We'll be looking at Obadiah, and what I chose to do is I looked at the chronology, the dating of each one of those books. Obadiah was written 840 BC, and so we'll look at Obadiah first, and then I'm going to work my way down to the one that is closest to the New Testament, which is 630 BC. And so these five books are going to be taken not in order as you find them in the Bible, but in order as you find them in terms of their dating. And that way you'll have a consistency, and you're going to actually see history for 200 years in the nation of Israel. I chose to do that rather than just choose books at random. And so Obadiah is the very first book that we're going to be looking at. Looking at Joel as the second, Joel was written about 835 BC, and so you'll see that we're going to go in that direction. So here we go with Obadiah. Let's begin reading at verse 1, Obadiah, verse 1 through 4. The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom. We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations saying arise, and let us rise up against her for battle. Behold, I will make you small among the nations. You shall be greatly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you. You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high. You who say in your heart, who will bring me down to the ground? Though you exalt yourself as high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord. And let me give you some background. Develop this, and then we'll look into our study here. The book of Obadiah, as mentioned a moment ago, was written around 840 BC by a man named Obadiah. The name Obadiah speaks of a worshipper or a servant of God. When you look up Obadiah in your concordance, you're going to find that there are 13 men mentioned in the Old Testament by the name Obadiah. So the scholars who determine these kinds of things are divided as to just who this particular Obadiah is. The Bible doesn't give us any background information, so nothing can be known for certainty. We simply know that he identifies himself as Obadiah. This book, Obadiah's book, is a prophecy. And we just read the first few verses, so you see that it is a prophecy concerning judgment. The prophecy concerning judgment is a prophecy of judgment on the land of Edom. Now when you're looking at an old map that gives to us the geography of the Middle East and all, Edom was just south of Israel proper by the Dead Sea. It actually begins by the Dead Sea and then goes straight down till you get to the Gulf of Aqaba, which is another place that we've been to in Israel where it's called Elat. So it goes all the way down to Elat, which is the southernmost tip there as it gets into the Gulf there, the Gulf of Aqaba, and it extends a little to the west as well as to the east, into Jordan and into Gaza and various areas like that if you're looking at a map. And so one of the cities of ancient Edom was a city that you read in Scripture by the name of Petra. And Petra was one of its principal cities and was actually a stronghold city there. The Edomites, who were they? Well, they were descendants of the patriarch Isaac. When you look in the Old Testament, you see what I refer to as the patriarchs, the ancient fathers. And you'll see men like Abraham. Well, Abraham is a patriarch, but you have Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and then the list goes on from there. So they were descended from the patriarch Isaac. Now, Isaac had two sons, and we know the story. He had a son named Jacob and he had a son named Esau. Isaac had been married to Rebecca and they desired children. But the Bible tells us that Rebecca was barren. And so Isaac prayed for 20 years that God would make it possible for her to conceive. And she finally did. And she was having what you would call a difficult pregnancy. And so out of concern because she was having such difficulty, she prayed and she asked God the reason why. And so it was revealed to her what her problem was and the problem was she was carrying twin boys. Genesis chapter 25 verse 23 says, The Lord said to her, Two nations are in your womb. Two people shall be separated from your body. One people shall be stronger than the other and the older shall serve the younger. And so the first born son who came out, he's described as coming out red. And he was hairy. So they named him Esau. Esau means hairy. I'm just wild about hairy. Well, hairy. The second son was born holding onto Esau's heel. So his name was given heel catcher Jacob. It's also known as the word supplanter. And so you see, you see supplanter. If we had time to just consider some of the life of Jacob, you would see that's exactly what he was. He was a deceiver in a sense. He was most certainly an aggressive young man. And we see that in the story between him and his brother and the things that went on. Now, when you look at the sons, the Bible is very clear that Esau, the first born, was his father's favorite. He's described as being what we would call today a man's man. He loved to hunt. He liked to dwell outdoors. And so his father really took to him. He liked this masculine little boy who grew to be a very, very powerful man. And also he favored his son Esau. But Jacob, on the other hand, is described as a mild man. And he enjoyed dwelling in tents. He was what we would today perhaps refer to as a mama's boy. That's what he was. He liked to be with mom cooking and wearing her apron and all that. I mean, that's what he was like. Well, supplanter lived up to his name. Because eventually he conspired to take both his brother's birthright as well as his brother's blessing. Now, when you read concerning the birthright in the Old Testament, the birthright was that which was given to the first born son. And the birthright was to demonstrate preeminence over any others. And so the first born son had what was called the right or the birthright. And he would get a double portion of his father's possessions. And when father died, he would become the head of the family. So a birthright was a very important thing. We still have those kinds of mentalities even in our society today. There are families that actually look at the oldest son in that regard even to this day. In my family, I have an older brother who thinks that he is, you know, the one who runs the show. You know, he doesn't, I do because I'm Jacob. But you can have this mentality and that can be a cultural truth. Well, in Israel, it was most definitely that. And he had conspired to take his brother's birthright. He also took his blessing. Now, the blessing was the most valuable heritage a parent could give to the child. The blessing was regarded as the greatest happiness that could come to children. Jacob took the blessing. He took the blessing of the covenantal promises that were made to Abraham, which were promises of abundance and authority over nations, authority in the family. And he took the general blessings that really had been intended under normal circumstances, had been intended for the older brother. Even though God, in giving the answer to the mother, even though God had said, the younger is going to have preeminence over the older. That's how it came about through conspiring. Now, when that took place, because these things were lost very easily. I mean, through deception, I should just remind you that the birthright was basically given away for some potage. It's called potage, some little soups, some red soup. Because Esau had come in from the field, he was hungry. He said, I'd like something to eat. And his brother, Jacob said, I'll make you something if you'd like. Well, yes, of course, he said, but it's going to cost you. Well, what's it going to cost? It's going to cost the birthright. What good does a birthright do me if I starve to death? So the scripture later on says that he despised his birthright. He didn't value it at all. And so he basically got the birthright for some potage, for some stew. Later on, when it was time for the blessing to be given, his father being old and getting ready to die, well, mama said to baby boy, it's time to get that blessing. And so he made himself to appear to be his brother Esau. Jacob put some goat skin on his arm because his brother was a hairy man. And so he put some goat skin on and he came in and said, here's your food because the father had said I'd like some food that you make to Esau. And Esau went out to prepare it when Jacob came in and actually brought in something that had been made for his father but pretended that he was Esau. And the father says, the voice is Jacob's. He said, what's going on here? Because his eyes were dim and he couldn't really see.   It's obviously Esau and he gives him the blessing. Well, here comes Esau and Esau is all upset because he finds out that his brother had been there before him and received the blessing and he cries out to his father, is there not even a single blessing you can give to me? Even a blessing says, and the father says, I thought that I can't. I can't give you. I've already given the blessing. Well, can't you give me something? And so what he did is he basically said, well, yeah, the only thing I can give you is this. I can tell you that you're going to live in the fields. I can tell you you're going to be warlike and I can tell you you're going to serve your brother. So that's basically what he got. Now, when he heard this, the Bible tells us, his response was to comfort himself and the way that Esau comforted himself was very simple.  Nice brother, I'd love to. Well, that's like my brother too. What happens is he married and he moved south and he became, according to Genesis chapter 36, especially verses one and eight, he became the father of the Edomites. So the war that began in the womb and stretched into adulthood was continued by their descendants. That leads to the judgment that God is pronouncing here in the book of Obadiah. You see, in Malachi, God makes an amazing statement concerning Esau, Malachi being the last book in the Old Testament. In Malachi chapter one, verses two and three, this is what God says, I have loved you, says the Lord, yet you say, in what way have you loved us? Was not Esau, Jacob's brother, says the Lord, yet Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated. Obadiah explains why God says he hated Esau. Now, they're being judged for a variety of reasons. It's all based though on one thing, and that's found in verse three. In verse three, it says, the pride of your heart has deceived you. So they're being judged, but the specific sin that is being enunciated is their pride. But they have reasons to be judged that pride had motivated them to do, which caused God to say, I'm going to judge you. One, is you have to go all the way back into the Old Testament book of Numbers, chapter 20, verses 14 through 21. And in that portion of scripture, it records how Moses requested safe passage through their territory as they were wandering in the wilderness, and they refused. And the king at that time even threatened violence against them if they tried to cross. And God hadn't forgotten that. And then second, Edom did not come to their aid during a time of invasion. Some commentators believe the invasion being referred to as when the Philistines were causing some problems and came to capture Jerusalem, and you'll see that in verse 11. And because of this, because of the pride that led to these kinds of things, God pronounces judgment on Edom. And he basically, as we go through this, he'll be saying this. He's saying, you will be small among nations. Your pride has deceived you.  Esau shall be searched out. Your warriors will fear.   You will be repaid. You were happy when Jerusalem fell, but you will be dealt with. And that's what we're going to see here in the book of Obadiah. So it begins at verse 1. The vision of Obadiah thus says the Lord God concerning Edom who we've heard a report from the Lord and a messenger has been sent among the nations saying, arise and let us rise up against her for battle. This begins with a formal declaration. This is a message but this is a message from God. That's what it means when it says a vision of Obadiah thus says the Lord God. This is a vision. This is a message from God and this message is directed against the Edomites. The Lord has sent out a messenger to stir up the nations to rise up against Edom. So God is now beginning to move to fulfill this determination to judge them. In verses 2-3-4 he says, you're going to be greatly despised. So God is bringing them down because of their proud belief in their own might because they believe themselves to be great. When he says in verse 2, I will make you small among the nations you shall be greatly despised. He goes on to say, the pride of your heart has deceived you. Notice you who dwell in the clefts of the rock whose habitation is high you who say in your heart who will bring me down to the ground and then he goes on to say though you exalt yourself from the eagle though you set your nest among the stars from there I will bring you down. So the pride of your heart has deceived you. I'm going to make you small but he describes the land that they live in you who dwell in the clefts of the rock whose habitation is high and so they lived in a place where they really thought that they could not be taken down. They are going to be brought down because of the proud belief and the proud belief that they have you see they lived in caves on the hills and because they lived in caves in these hills they felt that they were impregnable they thought there was nobody that could come and take them they thought themselves to be completely safe they're really high up on those hills and they're in these caves in the small mountain range and so they're basically saying who can ascend to defeat us who can come up here and take us out nobody so this pride had convinced them that they were incapable of being beaten by enemies it's this pride that God hates it's this pride that brings judgment on them when you come to the 21st century a pride of thinking that you can't be defeated is something God still hates by the way you know the nation that doesn't trust in the Lord is doomed for destruction may we as a nation remember that they were arrogant they were self-sufficient and God makes it clear you're going to be judged notice what he says in verse 4 there he says though you exalt yourself as high as the eagle you set your nest among the stars from there I will bring you down says the Lord you think you dwell safely you think you're out of reach nobody can get to you well I'm letting you know God is saying the arms man's arms are too short to reach you God is saying my arm is not too short to reach you you will be judged Amos in the book of Amos in verse 2 it says though they dig into hell from there my hand shall take them though they climb up to heaven from there I will bring them down so you can't escape me the Lord is saying no matter how low you might think you're going no matter how high you think you are you are not going to get away from me you think that no one can bring you down from your habitation but God is saying but you're wrong your pride has led to you being brought down it's interesting to me how this says it here in verse 4 because when it says though you exalt yourself as high as the eagle set your nest among the stars that reminds me of Isaiah 14 because when you study Isaiah 14 you see the sin that led to the fall of Satan that's found there in Isaiah 14 verses 12 through 15 where God says how you are fallen from heaven oh Lucifer said in the morning how you are cut down to the ground you who weaken the nations have said in your heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the most high I will, I will it's called five I wills of Satan so obviously Satan had eye problems I will I will I will I will do these things now God is saying oh you think so you think you are going to get away with these things God is saying no he said that to Satan and he is saying that to eat him you may be inaccessible to man God is saying but you are not inaccessible to me and when I go to get you there is nothing you can do to save yourself so he is speaking to them and he is saying I will bring you down say it to the Lord verse 5 if thieves had come to you if robbers by night oh how you will be cut off would they not have stolen till they had enough if great gatherers had come to you would they not have left some gleaning oh how Esau shall be searched out how his hidden treasures shall be sought after what the Lord is saying thieves can break in and steal all they can carry away but normally he says they don't take everything and that is probably generally true if you are on vacation and you leave and somebody breaks into your home and begins to steal things normally they don't take every single thing they take the things they think are of value if you have a computer if you have a television set if you have some recording devices or whatever electronics you might have maybe they will take your couches or whatever but they don't take everything normally they don't come in with a moving van and just normally strip everything they leave things behind and that is what the Lord here is basically saying thieves can break in and thieves can steal all they want or they can carry away but normally they don't take everything then he speaks of grape harvesters and begin to take the grapes they take the best grapes but they don't always take all of the grapes but in your case you will be completely ransacked you will have nothing left he's making it very clear in verse 6 your ruin will be total nothing shall be left even the hidden treasures that you have even the things that you think that you've hidden from others now this could be speaking in reference to Petra which would also be a place where they would have the merchandise or the things that were valuable to that nation but he's basically just making it very clear you may think you've hidden things because it's kind of like you can think that you can hide things and no thief would ever be smart enough to discover where you hid your things you think that oh I can hide it so that nobody can steal it but remember you probably were the same person who used to put your watch and your wallet in your shoes on the beach and you shoved it all the way to the bottom and you would know where your watch was and where your wallet was because you thought what kind of criminal mind could really see through this I'm really hiding it well and that's how people think because I used to do that all the time I'd take my wallet out I'd put it in my shoes and for sure they'd never think to look into this shoe here and find my wallet well bottom line is God is simply saying you can't hide these things there's nothing that you're going to have that isn't going to be taken away and be completely judged so this is a real strict thing verse 7 all the men in your confederacy shall force you to the border the men at peace with you shall deceive you and prevail against you those who eat your bread shall lay a trap for you no one is aware of it will I not in that day even destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding from the mountains of Esau then your mighty men shall be dismayed to the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau be cut off by slaughter your allies will turn on you and you will have no one to rescue you notice what he says in verse 8 will I not in that day even destroy the wise men there's not going to be no help at all coming to you not even your advisors your wise men will not bring forth any wisdom but they're going to be destroyed there's nothing that you can do you're going to be completely cut off you're going to lose everything like it says in Proverbs 21 30 there is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the Lord there's nothing that you can do when he says in verse 9 your mighty men oh Timon shall be dismayed to the end that everyone from the mountains etc Timon is a city that's near Petra it could be either a city or some are saying this may be a geographic location but the point is he's simply saying this you are going to be destroyed to the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau may be cut off by slaughter you're all going to be destroyed now verses 10 through 14 gives us reasons he's going to give to us some insight verse 10 for your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you you shall be cut off forever in the day that you stood on the other side in the day that strangers carried captive his forces when foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem even you were as one of them but you should not have gazed on the day of your brother in the day of his captivity nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress you should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of their calamity indeed you should not have gazed on their affliction in the day of their calamity nor laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity you should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those among them who escaped nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained in the day of distress so God has just laid out his case against them you had no sympathy and you had no concern for the nation you actually rejoiced over their pain you see when Israel was being invaded instead of offering aid you sided with their oppressors and that's a great sin because you had no sympathy or concern and rejoiced over them I will bring a judgment Proverbs 24 17 says do not rejoice when your enemy falls do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles and these people were glad when they saw Israel being treated that way notice verse 13 you should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of their calamity not only did you ally against the nation but you actually came in and looted the city and then he says in verse 14 you should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those who were escaping so instead of showing compassion and concern for those who were fleeing you actually prevented them from escaping because what they were doing is they were making their way down south to the security there but they detained them and then they turned them over to the invaders and so he says these are the reasons why you're going to be judged now what happens here in verse 15 is interesting because well I'll read verses 15 and 16 and show some things to you it says for the day of the Lord for the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near your appraisal shall return upon your own head for as you drank on my holy mountain so shall all the nations drink continually yes they shall drink and swallow and they shall be as though they had never been Obadiah is writing about a judgment that's coming but he likens it to God's future judgment the term here in verse 15 the day of the Lord is a technical term he's actually speaking about the day of the Lord is another way of speaking of a period when God is pouring out his wrath on unbelieving man it's normally reserved and used for the last days and it speaks concerning the days that are also called the tribulation period so what he's doing is he's likening the judgment that they're having that's going to come upon them in the near future he's actually likening it to a final judgment that God is going to be bringing on the earth in what are called the last times that is referred to as the day of the Lord so he's writing concerning judgment but he's likening it to future judgment now when Messiah comes to establish his kingdom at the end of the tribulation and this is what we're looking at really is a picture of that then there's going to be judgment that takes place there's going to be a judgment that that occurs at that time and there are three basic ways to look at this when Messiah comes for this there's not a common agreement on exactly how it's going to work out but some believe that this is now making reference to the judgment that's going to occur that's found in Matthew 25 what is called the judgment of sheep and goats so the judgment speaks of how people of earth are treated the people of earth treated Israel during the tribulation there are others when they begin to look at this thing say no Obadiah is pointing to the future judgment that you find in the book of Revelation chapter 20 verses 11 through 15 then there are others who see this as being fulfilled during the tribulation when all who oppose Jesus are killed the point is as Edom joined Israel's oppressors and were judged judgment will come upon Israel's oppressors now we need to remember that Edom is a picture of the flesh and will never partake in God's blessings and so all they have waiting for them is judgment so when he says in verse 15 the day of the Lord for the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near as you have done it will be done to you he's simply saying you are going to receive for what you have done you're not going to get away with it in the same way that at the very end when God deals with those who have rejected him even so you are soon to be dealt with for your rejection because Edom rejected the Lord as they were rejecting Israel as a result of that and treating them that the way they did God is simply saying I will bring a severe judgment on you you are going to lose every single thing that you have not a single thing that you have and own is going to be preserved you are going to be dealt with and you will be destroyed verse 17 but on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance there shall be holiness the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions the house of Jacob shall be a fire the house of Joseph a flame but the house of Esau shall be stubble they shall kindle them and devour them and no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau for the Lord has spoken well Edom is awaiting destruction Israel is awaiting God's blessings when you when you look at prophecy it's been referred to in this way the Jewish nation has been referred to as the miracle of the Jews because when you look in the Old Testament as we've been doing we're going through Joshua as you know on Wednesday nights and you see all these aides that I like to tease about the Canaanites and the Hittites the Parasites, the Jebusites and all the rest of the aides what other aides do we have cellulites up tights out of sites you know the aides I like that it's so stupid think for a moment when in history has there ever been a people that existed like the Jews never in history you can look you can look for the Canaanites if you want Jebusites all of the aides you can look for those people they don't exist they're all gone everyone everyone you know we use the term man that guy's a Philistine but he's really not a Philistine he's not descended from the Philistines we just use the word he's a Philistine why do we say that? well because he's a pagan and so we'll use that term you can look in history and this to me is so amazing it's mind boggling these people the Jews in 70 AD were taken captive and dispersed throughout the world throughout the world you find Jews throughout the world you know the stereotypical Jew and to me it's a very it's a very evil stereotype to be honest with you because during the 30s and 40s here in the United States especially the Jews were not regarded as a people and there would be cartoon characters of them that were offensive terribly offensive they would draw their pictures with big noses big ears big lips and all and it was okay and the cartoons were you saw them all the time and if you ever even see some of the older cartoons they come out of the 40s and 30s sometimes you'll even still see that artwork and it was acceptable because it was alright to hate Jews the Jewish people were hated throughout the world throughout the world and they always looked basically the same and they always were made to appear in the same way but I've been around the world and I have seen Jews in various countries there's no way to take that stereotype when we've been in Israel Marie and I were in Megiddo and we go walking into purgatory into a souvenir shop and Marie comes walking up to me and she says you gotta come here come here and so I grab my wallet and ran the other way but she dragged me back and we go into this area of this souvenir shop and there's this guy behind the counter this Mexican guy and I say hey it's happening no I looked at him he was from Mexico City and so Marie was speaking to him and she had asked him where are you from he says Mexico City and she says are you a Christian he says no I'm a Jew I'm from Mexico City a Jew from Mexico City we've gone into in Israel we've gone in there's a street we go to and you go into the shops Marie and I have gone into shops and the minute she walks in the shopkeeper looking at my wife begins to speak Spanish to her and they never do to me for some reason I don't know but they speak to her and they think she's Spanish Jew because the highest population of attorneys for the longest time were Spanish Jews and so you will see people in Israel who are Mexican who are Spanish you will see black Jews there are Japanese Jews my guide for years was from Argentina Jew Brazil Jew so the stereotype that they have to look in a certain way is ridiculous it's ridiculous there's no way because they were scattered throughout the whole world in 1492 there were certain things taking place in Spain we know one of them Columbus took his three small ships and sailed we know that the inquisition in Spain was at red hot heat at that time and what happened is the Jews were forced to do one of three things in Spain you either converted to become a Catholic or you left the country or you were killed those were your three options in Spain in 1492 Jews left from Spain and traveled to later on to the new world they went into Mexico from Mexico the Jews traveled north and there are populations of Jews throughout the southwest Santa Fe, New Mexico has a large population of Jews who are from Mexico who are from Spain and so you have Jews all over the world all over the world but you don't have Canaanites all over the world you don't have parasites all over the world you have some Rubinites but those are the Mexicans they just call Rubinites even Perezites the miracle of the Jew when in history has ever been a time when a people were scattered throughout the world yet retained their national identity retained the mentality of who they were did not get absorbed into the dominant culture but remained independent the answers never there's only one people that ever did that and that's the Jews that's the Jews the Jews retained their personal identity and their religious beliefs and they remained that's what happened and when they returned to Israel to repopulate when as a nation ever that was not a nation that had been not a nation for 1900 years when did that nation ever become a nation again and the answer is when Israel in 1948 once again became an independent nation so when you read your Bible in the Old Testament and the new when it begins to speak concern in these people God says to the Edomites I'm going to judge you you will be no more and that's why you can look throughout the world to this day and you will not find an Edomite they were wiped out they do not exist anymore and that's why God is saying my people will be blessed now all the way back in Genesis chapter 12 God had spoken to Abraham and when he was giving his initial promises to Abraham the patriarch and the father of the Jewish nation he said those who bless you I will bless and those who curse you I will curse the Edomites fall under that curse and because they did not give help to Israel and because they rejoiced when Israel was being pillaged when Jerusalem the holy city was being pillaged God says because of your pride I will bring judgment against you God did bring judgment against them so he's speaking concerning the judgment that came against him but he's likening it to the judgment that occurs later on at the very end of history in this time that is referred to in this particular portion as the day of the Lord and he's using the image of the day of the Lord which is by the way if you have a concordance you might want to do this just look up the day of the Lord and you will find it used many times with what we in the New Testament would say the tribulation is the day of darkness the day of gloom it's the day of destruction it's speaking about what God is going to do in the last day during the tribulation period and he's basically just likening what will take place in this judgment time where he pours out his wrath in the future he's likening what will take place in the future to what is soon to take place in the nation of Edom and that is going to be in their near future in the last portion no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau the Lord has spoken it's utter and complete destruction that's what's going to happen now Israel awaits God's blessings they're going to be completely resettled on their own land and Mount Zion once again is going to be a holy place Isaiah 52 1 says awake, awake put on your strength O Zion put on your beautiful garments for the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you you see when Messiah rules holiness will be present when Messiah rules holiness will be present I was sharing today in the book of Romans how that God calls us in Christ to live a righteous and a holy life that's what God has called us to and I'll tell you holiness is something you pursue there is a state of holiness in the sense that God sets you apart but there is something that you actually do you actually cooperate with the spirit of God in pursuing holiness and there's a pursuit called the pursuit of holiness you discard those things that pollute your life erase those things that are going to purify you and you pursue that and that's also called living a sanctified life it's getting away from the things that bring you down you know not everything that you do is sinful but not everything that you do builds you up either and so what you eventually do if you're pursuing the Lord as you begin to make determinations I'm going to grab hold of the things that build me up I'm going to reject the things that bring me down and sometimes the things that bring me down might be a relationship that I have with somebody else I've had friendships that were very dear to me that I realized I'm going to have to release this friendship not because I don't care for or love that friend but because when I'm with that person I'm not the best person I can be and I want to be the best person I can be and therefore that person ceases being what I consider to be a dear friend it becomes more to me of a ministry and I have to be prepared I have to be ready prayed up and aware that when I'm with this person wherever it may be that he may very well be the kind of person who encourages me in the opposite direction of where God wants me to go so I've had a long time of doing that for many years I've discovered some things are friendships and some things are ministries and you just have to think that way why? because I want to when all is said and done what I want to do is I want to live a life that's pleasing to God and that's what he's called me to do that's what he called his church to do I am holy God says in 1 Peter 1 15 and 16 therefore ye be holy so God calls us to live a separated life a holy life well for us right now that's something you're pursuing but when Messiah rules holiness will be the norm that's what it's going to be alike see it's been said if you don't like holiness now you're not going to like it when Messiah rules if you can't worship the Lord now you know you're not going to like it when you're in heaven people are walking with the Lord wherever it may be because if you think it's boring to do that now think of what eternity is going to be like because that's what we're going to do guys we're going to be with the Lord but it's not boring at all there's such peace and such joy there's just such contentment when you know that your sins are forgiven and you're right with God when you're doing things that you know are not pleasing to the Lord there's a discontent there's this agitation of spirit there's a dissatisfaction it's called conviction you have that and you ask yourself what happened what happened to the joy I used to have what happened to the peace I used to have what happened to that sense of God's presence that I used to have and we used to say we're not from God then guess who moved because it's me the Lord says if you draw near to me I will draw an eye into you but sometimes I'm running away from him rather than running towards him and so holiness is what God is calling us to live and that's the estate that's what it's going to be like when the Messiah rules and Jeremiah 31 23 it says thus says the Lord of hosts the God of Israel they shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities when I bring back their captivity the Lord bless you oh home of justice and mountain of holiness in Zechariah 14 20 in that day holiness to the Lord shall be engraved on the bells of the horses the pots of the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar so holiness is going to be the norm now in verse 19 the inhabitants of the south shall possess the mountains of Esau the inhabitants of the flistening lowland they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria Benjamin shall possess Gilead and the captains of this host of the children of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarepah Zarepah the captains of Jerusalem who are in Sephirah which is an unknown country by the way shall possess the cities of the south then savior shall come to mountain Zion to judge the mountains of Esau and the kingdom shall be the Lord's Edom can only expect destruction in their future but Israel will receive blessings they will be resettled in their own land but they will no longer be under attack you go to Israel and every one of them everyone in Israel eventually when they're younger becomes a member of their military everyone of them both women and men they serve for a number of years but they're always on reserve status always on active reserve and they continue being under active reserve for many years until they're older older years they're already and they're all trained because at any time a rocket can come into the city at any time there can be an attack in the past we were on a trip in Israel years ago now and we were coming in this particular area that was we were driving on this road that comes around the city of Jerusalem we're going by an area where it's called Absalom's tomb after our left you can see a couple of churches we were driving my wife and I were in the front and Marie said there's somebody coming from the hill and we looked to the right and you could see somebody and they had a scarf around their face it was a young man and he was coming down through some olive trees and in his hand was a Molotov cocktail and as he came running down he threw that Molotov at the bus that was directly in front of us now the buses that they attack are the city buses because the city buses normally will have Jewish inhabitants what he did is he came from that hill he threw that Molotov we saw it, it was right in front of us it wasn't 30 feet in front of us he hit the side of the bus and then hit the ground and exploded in flame and I remember turning around my reaction was you know Marie they're going to hurt us, get on top of me and shield my body from the broken glass save me because I got to finish this tour they have good doctors here in Israel I turned around and I yelled at everybody down get down they just kind of sat there get down a reaction I didn't really need to have was just an instant reaction because they don't attack our buses they attack the Jewish buses with the Jewish people in it they don't live in peace like you and I do there are arrayed shelters everywhere in cities everywhere we've gone from the north to the south from the east to the west we've gone from top to bottom and in every city there are preparations for war they're on the alert every day they expect attacks at all time that's why the security of Israel when you fly Al-Aul airlines is the best in the world and they don't waste their time frisking 80 year old grandmas carrying some little pecanis they don't do that we think that we're being wise in doing that they don't do that everybody goes through the same scrutiny everybody has to go through the same thing because they're going to make sure that nobody gets harmed because they've had to learn to do that since they became a nation back in 1948 whenever we travel to Israel and we fly Al-Aul I don't have a problem at all with their security because it's the safest in the world to fly safely and arrive safely but these people have been living under this kind of influence and this kind of awareness now for years there are children who've grown up never knowing a real peaceful day we were there on one occasion when rockets were being fired a friend of mine of Vietnam and I were walking in Jerusalem and as we were walking back to our hotel there was just a deep thud and he's a nom vet he was a door gunner and he turns to me he says those are rockets and I said yeah because I spent time in the military and I heard rocket fire and all of that too and I said I know and well it turns out that this place where one of the Jewish guides lived his compound where he lived his apartments they were firing towards his apartments and he's a friend of mine who owns the company that we work with in Israel his name is Samuel Schmooley he says Dave you want to see where the rockets were and I said yeah and Gary my friend he says you want to go and we said yeah but Gary says don't tell Sonia because she won't let me go I said man up so we walked out and Marie's looking at me like where are you going I just kind of smiled because we went off and as we went off we saw the area that all this rocket fire had taken place and this is how they live day in and day out this is what goes on but one day that isn't going to happen anymore one day Messiah will be ruling one day there's going to be peace holiness unto the Lord and Israel will be blessed judges in verse 21 when it says Savior shall come to Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau the kingdom shall be the Lord it's simply a picture of rulers or deliverers judges that will be there who are going to be representing God's rule on earth and Psalm 14610 says the Lord shall reign forever your God oh Zion to all generations praise the Lord that is what's going to take place Israel will be exalted Israel will be blessed but the enemies of Israel will be no more Edom is one of those enemies and God says because the way you treated my people the way that you rejoice over their pain the way that you blocked their their exit so that they could find security these are things that I'm judging you for and it's all because of the pride of your heart that you are going to be dealt with in this way this is the book of Obadiah


everybody. Welcome to a lot of way. I'm Jessica and today's video is going to be an unboxing of the create crates unicorns, mermaids and fairies box. Now I picked this box for Emily because while she loves everything unicorns, mermaids and fairies, but they have a plethora of boxes over there. You can get ones for things like coping with loss. They're going to be doing it around the world box soon. They have try a job where you can try like being a fireman. There is just so many to choose from. So I will leave the link in the description box down below for you to go check out any of the boxes that your child might be interested in. First things first, you guys know I review and unbox a lot of boxes around here. And I have to say that just the box itself, the quality is really nice. I mean the extra attention to detail on all of like the logos and the quality of the box is just really amazing. So this is what you get inside. We have this very nice little book that is spiral bound and this is like a thick cardstock type photo paper. And inside here we have all of the different things. So one of the things you're going to be making is a dreamy unicorn sleep mask. They give you the materials needed and then all of the step-by-step instructions for how to do that as well as the templates that you're going to need. There's also things like this like did you know that strange oh my so it's teaching you about unicorns as we go into the next one which is your fairy wishing wand. So again your materials needed your step-by-steps and then when you finish you have again more information about fairies here.  So here it talks about you know Christopher Columbus and the mermaids and the weird and fun facts and all of these things that can teach you more about mermaids. Here you're going to be making a mystical lantern again the steps to do that and then we have a little bit more about those floating lanterns that are so popular pouring unicorn clouds here the steps to do that your template oh and then I skipped the page sorry about that guys and then more about unicorns. Here you're going to be making a pretty pixie and then you have information about pixies. This I have to say is another thing I'm very impressed with the quality of this for it to be a subscription box um is very high quality this is like curriculum quality paper. So shiny seashell hair clip and then here we have some more interesting facts and did you know about you know hearing the ocean and a shell etc. Sparkly sea slime and then here we have more legends about mermaids and sirens and Greek mythology and here are some of those other boxes I was talking about you guys there are so many to choose from and then inside the box we have basically everything you're going to need to do all of those projects. So here are like your seashells and your beads the cups one of the things you're making is that fairy bubble wand and so they even send you the bubbles as well so you don't have to be like oh I don't have bubbles to use with the wand these are the little peg dolls for your fairy peg dolls you have a lot of popsicle sticks for all of the different projects you have plates and masks they send you scissors which I always find when companies go that extra mile to send the thing like the scissors or the glue is really nice because it's even less that you have to go hunt for like what if you just ran out of glue and you don't have time well you don't have to worry about it because here is some glue in the box ready to go for you I mean it has everything from your shiny pipe cleaners to your e6000 glue sparkly washi tape your acrylic paint that's probably for that cloud pour then there's also even you know the little light for your lantern I love that they thought to include all of that stuff because you're not going to have to say oh I'm sorry babe we can't you know we can't do your lantern until we pick up a light it's already in here for you and then we have the crayons your little canvas here for your acrylic painting I mean it really comes with every piece and part that you need to do everything so I'm very very impressed with this and Emily is sitting beside me dying as I'm unboxing this so she is probably going to go ahead and jump into this as soon as I hit stop recording


Hi there, this is Martin Hoxie and welcome to our latest alt community call and I've changed my venue if you've tuned in for quite a few of these calls in the past and I'm currently residing in Edinburgh University Student Union, so hopefully the noise isn't too bad and Delighted today to be joined by Daniel Scott Alt award-winning How are you Daniel? I'm good. Thank you, Martin. How are you? Not too bad, so it's Usually start these calls with kind of you know, what's your Background with you know, how did you first hear about the association? How you how have you been involved with Alt? When I first started my role at Banzer College as a learning technologist We had organizational membership And I immediately joined to the Alt mailing list that's supposed to buy just male So I was quite observing to conversations There was you know happening on there and I used to ask questions on there myself So I was quite passive at that point and just yeah, just kind of observing what was You know happening as such and then I think it was about a couple years later I was aware of Seamalt certified membership and I would be interested in Participating in that So I think I did I could have done me doing that at the beginning of the learning technologies role But you know you're late about fine or more settled into what I was doing and I found it a really useful you know Process to go through to reflect on what I was doing and what I'm doing what I'm doing in my role and my Organizational issue in my context and just knowing about what my specialist area is and yeah kind of things like that So it was very useful. I suppose one of the advantages of Not not doing your Seamalt straight ways You know you gain the experience evidence that you you can reflect on as part of that What were your kind of special areas within Seamalt that you you used as evidence I Can't quite remember now actually because it's been a while since I've looked at it but I think it was more to do with Online learning and activities, you know designing activities in online spaces. I think it might have been that Because I think of a time I was inspired by Julie Sammons five-stage model And I think that's one of the main things I've put down And I just like the idea of designing activities around you know that model and then using with it's a technology To construct these activities with yeah So obviously the other thing you've done recently is well you're the Oaks Living technologist of the year. How is that? You know has that changed? Life-changing event It has been yeah, I'm still really overwhelmed about winning it and be honest But yeah, it has I changed my life like say I think more people are aware of You know what I'm doing and how I'm doing things and and where I'm heading kind of thing and Probably more than they did before if I didn't you and So yeah, and yeah, it's just good to you know, I mentioned there. I'm an award-winning person and It's good that I've won awards as a team before but actually win, you know individual world and for myself. It's Yes, it's just overwhelming. So thank you again everyone who voted and you know, if you're nice comments and things on the day How did you find the awards process? Is it something you'd recommend to colleagues to go for this year? I would yes, I would have mentioned to that my penises and passive penises that I have You know, I said I would like to see them in future, you know submit some you know proposals for it And but I don't encourage it. I mean, I've seen it for, you know, this award so money for the last few years But to actually, you know be a part of it and it's quite special actually And I don't know I kind of did it the off chance to thought, you know, why it's the right time to submit this You know, I'm just finished you know master's in technology and learning and Yeah Completed other things as well. I just thought, you know, it's the right time and I just turned 30 other summer So just like let's just round it all up and go for this, you know award and just see what happens and turns out So you mentioned the work you've been doing with apprentices and that that was something that In your award, can you just give us a bit more background what what you're doing is Structured Right, so yeah the apprenticeship that we've run But I'll just talk about the qualifications first. So these are level three level four Diplomers in additional learning design and these are created about two years ago or approximately two years ago Because there's a skills shortage in the UK My research was conducted by a co less good curriculum, you know agency and Basically There was no like a particular career pathway in your learning. So it was great for that reason to upskill you know Eileen E learning workforce and Then you to actually build a career pathway because a bit like my role And I'm sure it might be same for the people's roles that you can like stumbled upon the learning technology So you learn you learn in designer, but now it's a career room And so the college a kind of college where I work and respond to well to that I see it fitted quite a few needs. It was felt like happening around the time and do more pressures to Get online materials to higher quality standards Because when it's more department it was made sense to have more people, you know Which end up in is it lean technology or you learn designer. So it fitted quite a lot of needs and Have the teachers and educators want what are interested in creating you learning materials and It's the usual thing. It's a time conscience that we're against. So having apprentices and free service within college Enabled that a good service So we employed a lot of female thought apprentices Under a company called elephant land designs learning company. It is internal, but it can be external as well and open to them and So my role is I'm a line manager apprentices So I think was like training them on developing their roles and responsibilities and knowledge and skills as new learning designer and learning technologist But what I did with that over the beginning and I created So I dropped description for level three, which is mostly around the or focused on your learning design a little far I've got your learning designing to it But more focus on as a learning technologist. So looking at the wider use of digital technology And say we offers apprenticeship to whisper. We're basically in him and yeah, so he's running a year in a day format So yeah, we'll start with them usually just a bit start a term until end of term next year In terms of training support And Can't offer Individual and group training and it can be what we used to do before when we had a few external apprentices as well They'll call each other days where it would run bit like a all term special interest group Where agenda was set by, you know, the apprentices and the external apprentices what they wanted to know and people would share good practice I would like, you know, show things and just encourage their development and We also use Sorry, I was I was just wondering is has working with apprentices change your own approaches to digital learning design or You know has you know working with kind of peers and it sounds like a very Rich experience that it doesn't work both ways. Have you have you learned a lot yourself? I Have yes and a lot about we're based learning and that is something that I don't want to focus on a lot more and Obviously that's coming from, you know, we can move apprentices and I've got quite well I've got a passion for education in general furthering our education such and obviously don't but Yeah, in terms of we're based learning Managing and developing apprentices. It's just giving you focus on where and how we can use your technology a lot more effectively Because I don't think it's kind of Not forgotten about but it doesn't get mentioned a lot So I want to make that a bit of a focus that could be a little niche of mine if you like So yeah, that's a focus and it's just changed your way. Oh It's not changed your way. I'm sure I think a specific example is kind of changed But what it has actually in terms of you know practice You know, I'm expected as a an assessor a practicing assessor Internal verifier to you know, use digital technology where I can and some of things for example. I use is Initially use Google sites for as any portfolio and Well, I started for the year before I got the princess to create run blogs And they're kind of like the coursework around that as well and some evidence around that but this year past year I created a central Google site with which I own and then the apprentice has got All their names like down the left hand side and within their names. They've got all the units and other criteria It's a bit like a grid really so it's got a lot of outcomes and we're all the criteria for units And then there's another column for evidence and what I expect our apprentice to do is submit Hyperlink or anything digital that they've done that meets the evidence so I try and basically The job description because again, it's what this learning is the curriculum So I wanted to and if all the evidence should be derived from what they're doing practical on the job So, yeah, I got them to work more ownership to work submit Everything they're doing on the job on to a Google site and then I would just pick that up and assess and That was a task there Also, you was a max off on Drive So I've all my feedback for apprentices on there and the learners obviously you was a one drive to start their documents and your work processes and tasks, you know Various bits evidence. So it's completely online. There's no paper involved Except, you know some tasks that we've been office math to be a paper based initially, but you know all the assessments online, which is good then also you was a Yammer as well as a Online community and both love feeling falls on there and we just share what I share links on there and resources to aid their development and again encourage our apprentices to share like Obviously, I think some things they come across but also to share images of the work. So it's been, you know, pure development on there Yeah, and so those are some of the technologies that I've used based on I've been a reflection on thinking where I cannot use technology myself I'm still constantly thinking about it and if that's what I learned and what she does as well It's come to keep thinking about where I can make this process a lot better and and I'm still an experience So you mentioned that Barnsley have And then how's company is that is that where all the Apprentices are doing their their work placement or the other companies as well And currently the base of Bartholomew College, we've had external apprentices before and we've got one at the moment So yeah, it kind of goes up and down we'd expect but yeah internal printers and external printers So so it's a mixture so in terms of the You know the tasks that they're doing then it can be quite broad then in terms of the projects that they're working on Yes, so some of the projects for the do so I'll start with level three for example They're more focused on like Queen E-Learning packages E-Learning objects So they work with tutors Queen bespoke content So that initial would start with conversation either telephone face-to-face or email Teacher would initially know what they want to pro-line or some cases I might not and then your principal Conduct like a meeting to go about what we're actually wanting to create a storyboard and create an example then for all kind of initial learning life cycle process and then Testing it and then you know action off the back with team with others and then yeah implementing it and then evaluation So yeah kind of all full cycle The little force kind of do it similar thing. Um, but again, they And focus on like learning technology so they'll work with members of staff and using latest things tools online services parts of model functions and Trails and things further And yes above do a model development. So making more visual more usable. Um, It's probably improving for all use experience of it. So downloading resources is plenty of interactive materials on there not just learning packages, but using and Exploiting models potential basically Active jizz is gone And we also do training with members of staff So a lot of fees are expected to do a lot one-to-one training and a little for the expedited to go training So that could be a group just a normal group of people or Full department And yeah, and all under my guidance and support So the training is there usually a particular focus is it usually Moodle or is it just wherever the the current demand is? It's on a variety of things. Yeah, most of it can be around Moodle But sometimes it could be about a new tool that teachers come across Yeah, so the online tools and the usual thing and could be You know turn it in as popular one of the e-learning systems like for a monitor that we use and planning each stream But what I've done for the last few years. I kind of conduct A college survey asking what you know academic staff are using and doing with digital technology To identify any like gaps and like training needs And basically what we need them to be honest, you know from us So um from that survey just identify a good training list and that's what I've done for the last couple years and Kind of what we're doing now really we're putting new lists together and then Um, I will with the apprentices on putting that training program out promoting it advertising it and getting staff to participate So, yeah, that could be a course like like I mentioned him online tool services and Moodle stream. Yeah So you mentioned that You've used different tools to to help your apprentices to you know You know gather their thoughts or it gather evidence um Is that um In the open or are these clothes clothes spaces? Do you do you find There there's benefits, you know, how do you well? I'll let you answer the question first Are they are they open or closed spaces you're using? Um, I'll say that Well, yeah the clothes initially obviously with the google site It's only me that can access that and the apprentices to get like a private link to it So it's closing that sense, but it's um not an engaging environment because the business is uploading evidence um And same with one drive for obviously documents evidence and feedback Yammer well, you could say it's a private network, but it's more looking obviously to you know, the apprentices they've got more You know flexibility to um, you know How do you want to want on that online space? um Do you see any Trends with them how they're using yammer is do they keep it very professional or does it get more social as well?  Um, and yeah Sometimes come across that interesting links, um and other resources. So that's fun. Yeah But I'm not just a change, um In their approaches to digital technology and workplace and they do seem to be using skype quite a lot for instant chat Um, you know shaming things. So it looks like I've could be moving towards that a very shortly and seeing what potential that's got in Workbase learning um Yeah, so that seems to be um happening in a moment So it could be switching from yammer and you know turning on to them skype It sounds like one of the huge benefits of The program is, you know, you The apprentices are getting that kind of professional experience.  Do you think that's true? No, definitely. Yeah, the environment for, you know, learning obviously, um You know, professionalism basically and especially for your learning and learning technology Yeah, um, yeah, we're learning quite a lot from each of them So does that answer your question? Yeah, yeah So, uh, I'll just uh, if anyone wants to ask Daniel a question. Have you just tag it? And I'll see I'll I'll try and get that Um, but um, I just wondered Daniel if you had any examples of the the types of things that uh, the apprentices were were developing Um, yes, I could just share my screen and I've just populated a document with just some screenshots and I can just like talk through those I can share some more bits and pieces as well. So these are some Elan materials that the apprentices have been creating. So I'll just kind of skim through these. So you can vary from a apprenticeship handbook The usual light paper work they've got, they've got to complete. So That's one that would have been designed and it's been used Uh employer Employee rights and responsibilities again relating to a base learning Um, this was a very popular one nutrition in sports. Um, Yeah, um, it's one of my favorite ones as well I like the look and feel of that one is very colorful and engaging the straightaway There's a lot of activities in there as well C. S. C. S. The green card training instruction Health and safety cross college Introduction to the motor vehicle workshop Other um particular tools that they're using to to create these Um, yes, uh view mainly use adobe captivate Um along with other creative suite like photoshopping design illustrator. They've got um You know full control and creative control or what they do and like I always said to apprentices Um, you know, um, we have got creative control So no matter what the look and feel is as long as it has structure Um, and you know and flow and people understand it. That's the main thing But it's one of the things I try and encourage within them to um put with new ideas And what you might call like dynamic views of e-learning rather than like a linear view Which most of these tend to be So something I'm kind of conscious about on looking into how we can Take those from like a linear approach um You know to something a bit more Different and it's one of the challenges in this job, especially from apprentices.  Yes, we've got um membership subscription to um e-learning rivers So we've got like We've got vectors on there images some here stock images and videos and bits and materials And that's what the apprentices used to create those Spending from into like Things like Photoshop and manipulating a little bit Another thing I'll just um show to everyone which is that kind of well anyone that is doing digital design Some plan that I've currently been um, well using in this last 12 months Before um, it was just a bit more of a course on the side which will working for me Which is something that I reflect quite a lot on Or to be obviously again around the job description because that is the curriculum. So anyway, um So it's all holistic. So all units um time with each other And yeah, it's around the job role. So as you can see it's just like it's like assessment plan It's like a project plan whichever good prior tasks there Understanding some new things because obviously at level three to be new to you know, uh teacher role And what you learn and learn technologies. So just some links there And then I've tied it around basically in like project tasks. So I'll not like kind of go through more, but it starts off with digital learning environment knowing the job role professional aspects um laws of distillation Communication and then it starts with in the adding model people are familiar with that. So analyzing like a project um task around that um design have storyboarding then into um development point all together and enhancing it implementing it creation And then some jobs that's outside the actual job role. Um additional things like web production there and using social media technologies So that's level three I know that skimmed quite fast on that. Um got my presentation later on and level four is pretty much same They just started well extending from the job role. So developing it further got reflective practicing there. It's new And it's going a little bit deeper. I don't be doing there um And similar sort of thing again it goes through a kind of adding model But this is more um level four introduces more learning theory um like gamification social learning um Yeah, you're learning models and more accessibility. So we're just going through that And then down at the bottom Additional tasks again, this is just doing group training And then just like an infographic on it safe online use Is there somewhere People can uh read more about what barnes league college is doing about apprenticeships So you should pay that please Somewhere people can read more about what barnes league college is doing ships um It's more information about All that view and it's an overview of the qualifications on the college website Um, but I do have some my blog posts because I do reflect on the what um What we pensions do what I do Um, so that's some my blog is working share links on that but it might be also worth looking at um the design e-learning uh network that Kind of like is it consortium for qualifications? There's some resources on there Um, and there's obviously with people that are doing these qualifications as well um So yeah, but I'm happy to talk to me about you know, you know further What we pensions do and again what my role is and how I you know, deliver it in ssc and the whole process I think we're we're talking about on bandwidth. I wonder if you could just um stop this screen sharing for A moment. I think that will help That's great. Thanks. Uh, so there's You know, we're always short on time on these calls. There's so much more to love to ask you Um, what what kind of my final question there and that's an opportunity also for me Um to plug the alt online went 200 with the calls for proposals Uh is open right now. I wonder if you're going to put anything in yourself for the Online conference this year. Yeah, I actually saw that and I've still got it You know to further look into because I would like to actually um, I'm just not sure what on yet. Um, but yes I'm very interested and um Yeah, I'll get back to people soon about that. Um, definitely want to do it. Um, just not sure what yeah there's quite a few things As our focus is on showcasing the the You know the best of learning technology. It sounds like you've got plenty that you could Share as part of that. Uh, but yeah, I appreciate hard to pin something down Said the call for proposals for the online winter conference is open until the 16th of November. Uh, and uh This is an event that we also ran last year And it's a great opportunity to see what is going on. You know the stuff that uh, you know Like Daniel is doing And it really is a celebration of the alt community Because uh submissions are only from alt members. Uh, but anyone can participate in the conference. So, uh, hopefully we'll see you Daniel Uh Some of the bits and pieces you've uh been to I'm conscious of time, uh But Daniel, thanks again for talking us through some of your work. Um And uh, I didn't show you time on the screen share but in terms of me using those digital technologies I mentioned in my work based learning like practices. Um, is it just case study on that? Um, so I've got my website somewhere. I think it's called rethinking. We're based on assessment or something What we can do is we'll uh, we'll share a reference to that in the uh, the video description so that If you want to have a look at it that they they confirmed it quite easily um and There's so many others that we could have talked about Daniel. I know you're also involved in alts in various committees Uh, but we'll have to save that conversation for another day Uh, and uh, again, thank you for your time and um, we'll Have your contact details as well the description so people can find you on your blog and other places as well Yeah, I'll pass you the details to our relevant ones That's great. Thanks very much. Thank you. Bye everyone


Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in at the range now, and we've got a coyote target that is 285 yards away. We've got my ruger ranch rifle of ruger American ranch rifle chambered in 350 legend now We're using these these hunting loads that are 150 grain. They're called Winchester Deer season extreme point All right now we tried to get 300 yards that would put us right back in the brush here We've been taking a few shots wondering how well the 350 legend could impact that target From 285 yards away, and we got our answer. It was impacting Do I think that it would be a good choice for a deer season? Probably not But it can make contact and that's what this video is about I got my buddy trees to blow back here spotting so Let's see how This thing does Should have the windage and everything down pretty well At this point you ready trees ready like buddy right at the top of his butt So that was an impact. Yeah 300 yards or I'm sorry 285 guys. We tried 300 Got him up in the neck area. All right, so two out of two for impact at 300 Well, that one's tight That would have been a good spine shot Did I say 300 I meant 285 same spot covered the other the last shot. Yep We did this a couple weeks ago. We did it from 240 and We were able to tag a 12-inch target Easily with a center hold and that's from a Optic that was sited in at 100 yards now Winchester suggests that you cite the optic in at 150 yards They said 250 yards is pretty much What you can expect for a positive hunting results, but we're checking out 300 yards and and honestly If that was a real coyote instead of my iron or my AR 500 coyote Then I think this would take it out. Probably not a whitetail though. Let's check it out again here Right up in the nose area. Yep.  Anyway, I think I got one more magazine holds five this Ruger American ranch rifle dead center Impact and there we go. So there we go the Ruger American ranch rifle 350 legend I went five four five right yep went five for five at 285 yards. There were a lot of people that said this round was not worthy And then some others that are believers. I am now a believer. I consider 15 yards back I think I could have done just as well. We stretched this range out as far as we possibly could this was a lot of fun and it did take some Shots to get to get on target, but we just went five for five and to me. That's pretty convincing. Thanks, buddy Great job spot. Yeah, but as always good friend right here Yeah, if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


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Come to the video lecture on Introduction to RA using C programming. At the end of this video lecture, students will be able to demonstrate the declaration and initialization of an RA and will be able to explain the concept of memory representation in an RA. The following topics will be discussed in this video lecture. RA, declaration of RA, memory representation of an RA, elements, initialization of RA. RA, need of an RA. Consider a scenario where you want to store one student's roll number, we declare one variable. In the same way, in order to store roll number of 100 students, we need to declare 100 variable names. Remembering 100 variable names and handling this variable names in the program is quite complex and tedious task. Therefore, we can use the concept of an RA which will make, which will allow to store and access 100 values using same variable name. In this way, RA is useful to make code simple. Definition of an RA. An RA is the collection of data elements of the same data type arranged in continuous memory location. Example may be a collection of integers, a collection of characters, collection of doubles. For example, if I want to store marks of five students, I can say it as fruit marks of five. So it will be stored at marks of zero, marks of one, marks of two, marks of three and marks of four. The different marks stored are 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. So how is the array declaration done and how is initialization done will be discussed in the next slide. In order to declare an RA in C, a programmer specifies the type of the elements, name of the RA and the number of elements required by an array as follows. That is type, array name, array size. This type of array is called a single dimensional array. The array size must be an integer constant greater than zero and type can be any valency data type. For example, to declare a five element array called amount of type int, use this statement int amount of five. Here amount is a variable array which is sufficient to hold up to five integer numbers. The size of this array will be 10, 20 bytes as four bytes are required to store one integer constant. Float salary of 10. Here salary is a variable array with sufficient to hold up to 10 floating point numbers. The size of this array will be 40 bytes as four bytes are required to store one floating point constant. Character name of 10. Here name is a variable array with sufficient to hold up to 10 characters. The size of this array will be 10 bytes as one byte is required to store one character constant. Now we will be discussing about the memory representation in an array. Suppose we have declared an array int amount of four. All the other elements will have garbage values assigned to it. All arrays have zero as the index of the first element which is called the base index. And the last index of an array will be total size of the array minus one. So it will be amount of zero, amount of one, amount of two and amount of three. And this will be there will be the different address location like 2686728 for amount of zero and 2686732 for amount of one, 2686736 for amount of two and 2686740 for amount of three. So these are the different address locations. So when I assign a value to index zero amount that is amount of zero equal to 11. The above statement assigns the zeroth element in the array with a value of 11. Pictorial representation of the array we discussed above is shown below.  Now this address locations are differing. The difference between their address location is four bytes. It means the size of the integer is four bytes. Now we'll be discussing about how we will initialize an array. Initialization means giving some initial value. The initialization of an array can be done either in a single statement or one statement as follows. Int amount of five equal to curly brackets 246810. The number of values between braces cannot be larger than the array size. If the size of an array is omitted, an array just begun off to hold the values initialized will be created. That is int amount square bracket 246810. Then fruit salary bracket two that is square bracket two is equal to 2,550,000. In this array, I have initialized the array with an array size equal to two. But I'm assigning three values which will create an error during the execution of the program. Character n empty square bracket with empty value equal to a b c d where a b c d are all character type of constants. It's a character. It's also called a string. Then int a c c id four is equal to zero one zero two one zero four one zero six. In this array, I have initialized the array with array size equal to four. But I'm assigning three values to array elements. One of the array elements will have a garbage value or junk value. The garbage value is zero for integer data type zero point zero zero for floating point data type and null for character data type. Now pause this video for a few seconds and try to write answer to the question. Which of the following is correct? Array declaration for storing bank balance of five persons. The first person first option is float balance. Curly brackets five float balance square bracket five for balance round brackets five or it is all of the above. So when we had declared the array declaration, it meant it should mention the data type. That is first three all all are the same. Okay. Next bank balance. It means balance is the data type or the balance is the variable name. So then five persons. It's correct. All three are there. Okay. But the main thing while declaring an array, it should have square bracket of five. So float balance square bracket five. It means the option or the answer for your question is option B. Now we will be writing a simple program to find some and average of marks scored by a student in six different subjects. Each subject has a having maximum marks of hundred. So this whatever program will be done using your code blocks software. So we'll be declaring a variable for marks. Okay. That is int marks of six. It means six subjects. So six int marks of six. So the array sizes six. Then I'll use I variable for that is loop counter. I want to marks of zero marks of one, two, three, four, five. Then I'll say float average. Now to find the sum value sum equal to zero. The starting sum is zero. Then I'll use your for loop for I equal to zero. I is less than six. I plus plus. Bracket. Enter the marks to go to the next line. Then scan it. Percentage. Marks of. So this whatever the thing I have written in the loop, it means it should ask the user to enter the marks scored in different subjects, different subjects. So it should be repeated six times. Then I say some is equal to some plus marks of I ending with a semicolon. I'll come back now. Final what is that I want the average to be printed average is equal to some divided by 6.0. Now what should we print average? I have to print also the sum by print of percentage D comma some ending with a semicolon. Then I'll say go for bill. It says zero errors, zero warnings. Then I'll go for compile. Total is percentage D and the average marks is percentage F. I'll compile it. Go for compiling. Build. Compile. Run. 60. 70. 80. 90. 90. 80. 90. So the total marks obtained is 480. And average marks is 80. These are the following references. Thank you.