Matthew chapter 24 beginning at verse 36. Jesus says, But of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. Until the day that Noah entered the ark and did not know. Until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the coming of the Son of man be. Then two men will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken and the other left.  But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore, you also be ready for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. But of that day and hour, no one knows. The disciples had asked Jesus, what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age? And in response, Jesus listed various signs that would precede his return. And these things that he listed served as indicators of his return and also were intended to reveal its nearness. So the disciples had asked that question, what will be the sign? But they also had asked, when will these things be? So at this point, Jesus gives insight into the when part of their question. There will be observable worldwide indicators, but the exact time Jesus is making very clear is hidden. That's why in verse 36, he says, but of that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my father only. In other words, the exact moment of his return is unknown to human beings. It's even unknown to angels. Only God knows the answer to that question. And God has chosen not to reveal it. When you read your Bible, you look in the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy in chapter 29, at verse 29. And there it says, the secret things belong to the Lord our God, that the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this loss. Secret things belong to God alone. Other things are revealed to us. This is one of those times that only God knows the exact moment. So the signs that he'd been describing indicates the nearness, but they don't give the exact moment of his arrival. So we know that we're in a general period of time because even as he had mentioned in verse 32, the fig tree has already blossomed. Yet there are specific events awaiting to transpire before his return, and those events include the rapture as well as a seven-year period of time called the tribulation. But as for the exact moment of his return, no one knows for sure. Now notice how he says of that day, no one knows. No one would obviously include every human being. No one knows of the exact moment of that day. Nobody knows. Now there are those who would like to say that they know when he's returning. There are those who have written books saying that they know the exact moment of his return or the year of his return. There's one book that was written concerning the rapture where the guy gave, and I don't remember his name at the moment, perhaps some of you might, but he had said 87 reasons why Jesus is returning in 1987. Some of you may remember that 87 reasons why Jesus is returning in 1987. In the next year, he wrote 88 reasons why Jesus is returning in 1988. Well, that was speaking of the rapture, but Jesus here in this contest is not speaking of the rapture. He's speaking of the second coming when he returns, and he's making it very clear as for the exact moment, no one knows for sure, which would include every human being. Now, why won't men know the precise moment of his return? Well, one reason would be is that men would be tempted to put off receiving him until the last moment. If they knew that he was coming December 23rd, then there would be a temptation to put off coming to Christ, we'll say, until December 22nd. They would be tempted to put off receiving him until the last moment. So to put off following Jesus when given opportunity to know him reveals the absence of faith. Something we need to remember is salvation is not something you delay in receiving. It's something that you receive quickly when offered to you. You don't put it off. You know, I've never met anybody, anybody who's ever said to me, I wish I would have waited longer to get saved. I've never met anybody who has said that. Now, maybe somebody in this room might say, oh, I wish I'd have waited. I have never met anybody who has ever said, I wish I'd have delayed. I have only met, and it would include myself, men or women who have said, it would have been better had I gotten saved earlier. I just have never met anybody who says, I enjoy delaying my coming to faith in Christ. In 2 Corinthians chapter 6, verse 2, the apostle Paul says it like this. For he says, in the time of my favor, I heard you. And in the day of salvation, I helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God's favor. Now is the day of salvation. It's a now thing. It's not a tomorrow thing. It's a now. And so Jesus is saying here of that day and hour, no one knows. Not a single human being would know. He says, not even the angels of heaven. Now, when we've been studying through Matthew, we've noted that the angels are very involved in the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us, for example, that angels are actually accompanying him or returning with him. In Matthew 16, 27, it says the son of man is going to come in his father's glory with his angels. And then he will reward each person according to what he has done. Paul, when he was writing to the Thessalonians in 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 7, wrote that the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. So angels are very involved in the second coming. They return with him as a matter of fact. They separate the saved from the unsaved. He had made that clear in verse 31 where it says here in chapter 24, he'll send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together his elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. He's already mentioned that. He also had made that statement in chapter 13 verses 39 through 42 when he had said the harvest is the end of the age. The harvesters are angels. As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.  They will throw them into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. So angels are very involved in the second coming of Christ and yet they don't know when he'll return. There are other copies that speak concerning Jesus himself not knowing it says nor the son. Jesus himself has self-imposed restrictions in his human knowledge and during his incarnation the father alone exercised unrestricted divine omniscience and so he'd say but my father only. Only the father knows exactly the moment he will send the son. And when he says that he begins to speak concerning something else verse 37 as an illustration. He speaks of the days of Noah. He says but as the days of Noah were so also will the coming of the son of man be for as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark did not know until the flood came and took them all away so also will the coming of the son of man be so one aside and then we'll move into this. Jesus obviously believed the days of Noah to be an actual event and not a myth or a story. He speaks concerning it in a way as a warning to people. So I want to develop this with you for a moment when he says again in verse 37 as the days of Noah were. Well when it speaks of the days of Noah it begins by pointing to the attitudes and lifestyles that characterize the time of Noah. He's saying that the same kinds of sins will be rampant among the people living when Jesus returns. During the time of the tribulation mankind will be hardened in sin. He's speaking specifically of the time of tribulation yet today we see the world moving in this direction and it actually should serve to prepare the existing church. So as we look at this we ask the question what were the days of Noah like? And the Bible reveals to us that during his days evil was rampant. Evil was rampant. Genesis gives us a description of the days of Noah in chapter 6. Let me read to you out of Genesis chapter 6 beginning at verse 1. When the sons of God came into the daughters of men and they bore children to them these were the mighty men who were of old men of renown then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth and he was grieved in his heart. So the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth both man and beast creeping thing and birds of the air for I'm sorry that I've made them but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. In verse 11 he continued to say the earth also was corrupt before God and the earth was filled with violence. Now notice with me the days of Noah. Notice how it says when men began to multiply in the face of the earth the population explosion. Men were multiplying on the face of the earth the earth was becoming populated. According to PBS news hour it took all of human history up to 1804 for the world's population to reach 1 billion. The next billion came only 100 years later in 1927. After that the rate of growth accelerated 3 billion in 1959 4 billion in 1974 5 billion in 1987 6 billion in 1999 and now 7 billion. We are adding a billion people to earth's population every 12 years. In Africa the current population of 1 billion will increase to 3.6 billion by the end of the century. In Asia the population will increase from its current 4.2 billion to 5.2 billion by 2050. And so the point he's making is there's going to be like in the days of Noah a population increase. We're seeing that even as I'm standing before you this morning which is a population explosion. Secondly in verse 38 he said they were eating and drinking. In other words they're going about their regular routine they're ignoring what is going on around them plus they're ignoring the preaching of repentance. You see that's what occurred during the time of Noah. While Noah was building the ark he also preached of coming judgment. When you look at 2 Peter 2 verse 5 Peter calls Noah a preacher of righteousness and so there was an obvious indifference, hardness to and rejection of the message that was taking place during that day. Noah built the ark. God gave the population 120 years and as he was building the ark there he was repairing the world for judgment. There's no doubt that the people around saw what was going on, saw this huge ship and had no idea why someone would do something like that. And so when Noah would speak to them concerning coming judgment and if he described it as a flood the people at that time wouldn't have understood what that meant because there was no rain on the face of the earth. The Bible says there was a mist that watered the earth but there was no rain that was taking place. And so he was speaking of something they did not understand in the yet future and it was saying you need to turn away from your wickedness because as we just read wickedness was flooding the earth and every thought and intent of a man's heart was only evil continually and Noah was preaching that there's a judgment coming because of the way you're living and they rejected it. They would not listen. There was indifference too. There was a hardness too. There was a rejection of that message and that's taking place even as we see it today. That kind of attitude is already forming in the mind of many people, a rejection of repentance. There's no need for it. He also speaks in verse 38 of marrying and giving in marriage. Genesis 6 verse 2 speaks of the sons of God taken wives from the daughters of men. It's speaking of careless marriages. In other words, indiscriminate marrying was commonplace. That infers a lack of marriage commitment. It speaks of loose sexual morals. They went about their lives with a lack of concern for what was right before God. There was a lack of understanding of marriage and there was a lack of understanding of his meaning during the time of Noah and again we can see that to be true with us today. Now as Christians we know that marriage is created by God and is not lightly entered into. We have the scriptures to guide us as it pertains to that most sacred institution and we know that God intends marriage for good and he intends us to not only make our vows before him and promises to one another but to fulfill them because we know that marriage is designed by God. Hebrews 13 4 says marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept pure for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral and the word of God is very clear about that and yet during the time just before the return of Christ marriage will be taken very lightly which is what we are seeing even right now we are starting to see that to be a truth here not only in the United States but worldwide where marriage is not only being redefined but it is also being taken extremely lightly and there are those who have their starter marriages because they say well we give it a try and see if it works if it doesn't the second marriage will be better and then we have others who say I don't even see marriage is that important we'll just live together what's the difference well during the time before the return of Christ marriage will be taken lightly a fourth thing we know is a season of grace was extended God didn't flood the earth in judgment immediately Genesis 6 3 says the Lord said my spirit shall not strive with man forever for he is indeed flesh at his day shall be 120 years so God gave the world time to repent then he flooded the earth during the time of the tribulation God gives people 7 years to turn to him and that's because God is gracious and patient in 2 Peter 3 15 it says bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation in Romans chapter 2 verse 4 Paul said do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness tolerance and patience not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance God's kindness leads you to repentance sometimes people think that because the Lord hasn't dealt with them he must approve of them and that's not true he's giving you a space to repent he's giving you opportunity to turn from your wicked ways and embrace him to turn from that which is killing you and to come to faith in him so that he can give you life well they don't care at that time a fifth thing is there's no self-restraint sin at that time had free reign and was accepted as normal Genesis 6 5 said every inclination of the heart was only evil continually so there was this inclination towards evil that was constant in Romans 1 28 through 32 Paul said it like this furthermore since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God he gave them over to a depraved mind to do what ought not to be done they have become filled with every kind of wickedness evil, greed and depravity they are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice the gossips, slanderers god-haters, insolent arrogant, boastful they invent ways of doing evil they disobey their parents they're senseless, faithless heartless, ruthless although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them that sounds like my staff and the problem is every inclination of their heart is only evil continually constant evil one of the things that stands out is inventors of evil things inventors of evil that's an interesting thing I mean evil is corrupted good marriage is honorable fornication is not sexual pleasure is honorable in marriage sexual pleasure outside of marriage is a sin what sin is very often is good that has been corrupted to evil good things can can be invented but good things that are invented can be used for evil things you look at the internet after Al Gore invented it you look at the internet and it's used for a dissemination of a lot of information and for that reason that's a good thing you're able to post scripture and encourage people to live godly lives that's a good thing but it's also used for evil and sometimes they're just taking what was originally meant for good and they use it they invent ways to use it for evil and we see that in our day now during the tribulation evil will be accepted righteous will be martyred in Revelation 6 verses 9-11 it says when he opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of god and for the testimony which they held and they cried with a loud voice saying how long old lord holy and true until you judge and avenge our blood and those who dwell on the earth then a white robe was given to each of them and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who would be killed as they were was completed a sixth thing is Genesis 6-11 says the earth was corrupt before god filled with violence so the inhabited world was morally corrupt and idolatrous and violently rejecters of god in Romans 1-25-27 Paul said they exchanged the truth of god for a lie worshipped and served created things rather than the creator who is forever praised amen because of this god gave them over to shameful lusts even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion so they left the roles of male and female began to be attracted to one another and rejected the things of god so during Noah's time god's patience reached its end and god brought judgment after 1727 they ate they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all the flood didn't come without warning Noah had preached but they rejected the message and that's what's going to occur before the second coming in the days of Noah unbelievers were taken in judgment through the flood and even so this family were saved because they obeyed god at the second coming some will enter into judgment but others will be saved you see in verse 40 it says two men will be in the field one will be taken the other left two women will be grinding at the mill one will be taken the other left so that happened in Noah's day they rejected the message they were not prepared and the word taken there means to be caught it's a picture of them being caught in judgment like the members of Noah's family some will be prepared and some will be saved so during the tribulation some will come through and enter the millennial kingdom but others will be caught in judgment so verse 42 the warning watch therefore for you do not know what hour your lord is coming be on the alert be in a state of constant expectancy because if you're alert and expectant that ensures that you are prepared watch therefore be on the alert the word watch can be used in a military sense of being on watch standing watch or being on guard, being vigilant you're to have this anticipation do not be unprepared because the unprepared are the ones that will be surprised it says in verse 43 know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come he would have watched not allowed his house to be broken into the thief doesn't write you a letter and say by the way at 11.30 on Thursday I'll be there so just letting you know just warning you, no it's an unexpected thing you're unprepared for and the tribulation will not know the moment of his return and thus it'll be a surprise and it will be unexpected to them and he's saying here notice everything in verse 43 everything they have valued and cherished will be suddenly lost everything I was watching a program that was highlighting fires and how fires are so devastating and how these individuals were caught unprepared for the fire how the fire rushed upon them so quickly that they just got out and the only thing they were able to say was what they were wearing when they got out of the house and it just highlights this there was nothing there for them to be able to save and sadly in many ways their entire lives that they had pictures and various things that meant something to them it was all lost at the same time just lost and it reminds me to be prepared for the things of the Lord because everything that they value and everything that they cherish is suddenly gone and so he says in verse 44 therefore you also be ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect Noah was prepared and he delivered the message and he told people be ready the Bible tells us in Genesis 6 verse 8 that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord and so he had the grace of God and he was 117 says by faith Noah when warned about things not yet seen in holy fear built in Ark to save his family by his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith so he had the grace of God and he exercised faith and thus he and his family were able to survive and so that would be the application to us to walk in grace and exercise faith and then he goes on in verse 45 who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his master made ruler over his household to give them food in due season blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods but if that evil servant says in his heart the master is delaying his coming and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards the master of that servant will come on a day when he's not looking for him and at an hour that he's not aware of and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites then Jesus says there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth to emphasize his point he now gives an illustration notice with me how he begins by asking the question who then is a faithful and wise servant by speaking of a faithful and wise servant he's referring to Christians in 1 Corinthians 4 2 Paul said it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful so Jesus would be saying that believers are faithful stewards of the trust that God has given to them and that's what distinguishes them to be a believer now this faithfulness is not something unusual it actually is one of the identifying marks of a genuine follower of God and so we recognize ourselves as his servants but I want you to notice a second thing because as he's speaking here he says to us that that servant is distributing he's distributing in verse 45 it says to give them food in due season who is a faithful and wise servant whom his master made rule over his household to give them food in due season a second thing is a faithful servant distributes food to others in due season we supply others with the spiritual food that strengthens them in their walks now we're sharing with the first service something I'll share with you and hopefully it'll make some sense it didn't first service let's try it again many of you are young and wouldn't wouldn't have experienced this and thus it can be difficult to give an illustration that requires a little explanation but I'll try because the Bible says here that we believers are to distribute food to others in due season and that's taken place of course during the tribulation but as I look at that I'm also aware of the fact that Christians today are also faithful and also to be distributors of these things and thus God has called us to supply others with spiritual food that strengthens them in their time of need and strengthens them in their walk in other words we feed one another with the word of God to encourage each other now when I got saved back in 1970 into 71 I was driving and as I was driving I had been I was so happy and so joyful that I was saved that I like to sing the songs that I was learning as I was going to church there at Calvary Chapel and the songs that we were singing were praise songs and were scripture songs and I was being taught the joy of the Lord and I was being taught how to praise God and it was just something I was learning because I love music anyway and I love so many types of music I grew up in a music revolution so I heard so many kinds of music and during that time you would listen to music and you could hear all kinds of songs everything from early rock and roll with the guys like Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard and so many others like that I grew up my mom was only she was actually 19 years old one month shy of her 20th birthday when I was born and so I grew up in a home filled with music and so she was always playing the radio so I grew up listening to all the early rock and roll I mean that's what mom listened to and I grew up with that into the 60's and in the 60's there's developing new kinds of music and all of that there's the Motown sound that breaks in and then there's the British invasion and then there's the heavy metal and there's all of these different genre and different kinds of music the folk rock you name it and I heard it all and that music as appealing in many ways that it wasn't and remains to this day because there's some beautiful songs it still didn't have the hope of eternal life and now I got saved and now I'm hearing a new kind of music praise music songs about Christ and songs about being saved but it's unusual because you see what you have today I didn't have when I first got saved we didn't use FM radio that was something that was unused it was almost completely empty I mean some of you who are older know this I mean you would turn on the radio and if you put it on FM it was empty the whole bandwidth was empty you'd have one or two things there was one program that my friends would listen to on occasion I would too and it was a guy who would just he got FM radio and because it came in stereo we would listen to it and it was some guy who was just playing Beatles albums and things and then pretending he was smoking dope maybe he was for all I know and it's always he'd do that and we'd said to go oh this is so cool so that's kind of but we listen to AM so we heard all this music and now I'm driving and as I'm driving I'm saying to Jesus I would love to hear worship music Jesus I want to praise you and I went through it it's AM so I went from the bottom of the dial to the top and there was nothing there nothing because we didn't have K wave we didn't have KKLA we didn't have all of the different genres and Christian stations that we have today we had none of that so I said Jesus I just want to praise you I want to sing to you I said please I want to sing can you give me something to sing praise to you and guess what I found George Harrison my sweet lord so I sang you know hallelujah and at one point it says Hare Krishna and I said hallelujah and I just kept it hallelujah you know but that was it see and why am I telling you that it's because I've got time I'm telling you that because that was what is called fruit of a revival I came out of darkness into the light of Jesus Christ and I wanted to praise him listen I used to go to parties you tell me where the party is and I'm going and now I'm saying where's the Bible study so I could go to a study and sit there and listen to how wonderful Jesus Christ is and what Christ does in someone's life and that was amazing see we didn't hear that we didn't hear that that was brand new to us it was a revival God was moving through this nation sweeping through southern California and young hippies like me were getting saved and violent men like Roy Reeves were getting saved and and and and mindless hippies like Mike McIntosh were getting saved and and guys like Steve Maisie who you know was shot in the leg and laying in a gutter and then he gets saved I mean that's what God was doing oh amazing grace how sweet the sound amazing that saved a wretch like me the word of God give me more of Jesus I want to know him so Bible studies that's what we went to it wasn't an option to me it wasn't forced on me it was where I wanted to be I wanted to be hearing about Christ I didn't find excuses not to go I didn't say oh it's a holiday I got a barbecue I said this is what changes lives the gospel of Jesus Christ this is what changes a nation the gospel of Jesus Christ I will not elect a Messiah I received one and I understand that I wanted Jesus Christ I want to follow him I want to worship him I want to know him I have a friend of mine who came to see me just this Friday I haven't seen him in 42 years he sure got old I haven't seen him in 42 years and he came to see me he lives in another state and he's in the area for a family reunion he said I just wanted to stop by and see I haven't seen him in 42 years and we're walking in the back in our foyer area and some of you have never even wandered off to the northern side of this foyer and there's a timeline that shows the history of the Jesus movement and how this church began and I walked him through it and I pointed to a picture of me with the long hair and a hat and I said do you remember that guy and he goes because that's what I looked like when I was hanging with this guy and as we sat and visited had a great conversation as we sat together and visited I couldn't help but tell him Gary God has been so good to me God has been so good to me he said Dave do you ever get death threats I said of course we all do if you preach the gospel of Jesus Christ yes there will be people who come after you indeed but guess what I said the truth sets you free let's keep preaching the truth of Jesus Christ and that's how it works why because when Jesus got hold of my heart he got hold of everything and that's what's missing in the church today we got to wake up the church has got to rise to the occasion and we're not and we're not we're caught up fighting about things that don't matter we're caught up today thinking about things that do not matter what matters is not my freedoms what matters is the liberty that Jesus will bring to a sinner we need to come back to what God originally wanted to do and that is let us preach the gospel and prepare people because there are those who will say my Lord delays his coming and they are the ones who enter into judgment and if your friends and your family don't know Jesus Christ pray for them and find a way to share with them to know Jesus we need revival why can't it begin with us why can't God reignite in us the flame and passion for Christ that is so necessary for this moment stop worrying about your boyfriend stop worrying about your girlfriend stop worrying about whether you have freedom to drink start worrying about people's salvation start worrying about their souls and watch what God will do watch what God will do you need you need to come back I am telling you this it's the truth we need as a church to come back to first things I promise you God will bless your life as you pursue him seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness all these things will be added to you make sure you're seeking the right things and so when Jesus is speaking here he's making it very clear we have the responsibility to distribute spiritual food that's your job embrace it see I was proclaiming the gospel long before my name was Pastor David I was sharing the gospel the day I got saved in testimony form and my sister Madeline is listening and she says whatever you did for my brother Jesus do for me I was sharing the gospel with my mom and dad when I opened up a Bible and walked in three weeks after being saved read a portion of scripture told my dad he's going to be the best man in hell if he doesn't give his heart to Christ bow your head you're getting saved right now and led him to Christ and I led my mom to Christ and I led my sister Becky to Christ my brother Frank came to faith in Christ because that's what matters at the very end understand me at the very end all that matters is what you did for the Lord all the stories and the things you accumulated they perish with the using they're not that important the only thing that matters is what you did for Jesus Christ understand that as you live for Christ and watch him bless your life and so we have that responsibility and Jesus would speak concerning the servant who's doing his master's will blessed is that servant verse 46 whom his master when he comes will find him so doing I say to you God is going to bless that servant for that God is going to work in that servant he's going to be rewarded for faithful service we're going to rule and we're going to reign with Jesus Christ Revelation 321 to him who overcomes I will give the right to sit with me on my throne just as I overcame and sat down with my father on his throne Romans 8 16 and 17 the Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children now if we are children then we are heirs of God co-heirs with Christ if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory faithful servant but he goes on in verse 48 but if that evil servant says in his heart my master's delaying is coming and begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he's not aware of and will cut him in two appoint him his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth my master stillain is coming you see because Jesus has not yet come they believe they can live any way that they want they live for themselves they live as if this Jesus will never return they could care less well as a result when he returns he catches them completely by surprise and that person will be judged and Jesus says there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth notice how in verse 51 it says he will appoint him his portion with the hypocrites with the hypocrites he didn't call him a hypocrite that's interesting he says his portion is with the hypocrites what's that mean there are those who are religious hypocrites I preached in your name I did all of these things in your name and Jesus says to them I never knew you depart from me but there are others who are actually loftily proud about and arrogantly proud about the rejection of Christ and they will say things well at least I'm not a hypocrite I live like I do right now and it doesn't matter to me either way I don't want to be like those hypocrites in church I've had people say that to me you probably have too why do I want to go to church it's just filled with hypocrites and I say well join us we could always use one more so they think themselves noble because they are openly rejecters of Christ they are proud of the rejection of Jesus they think themselves to be moral because they're at least honest in that and yet Jesus says he's still judged along with the others there's a fable a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who are coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship they were talking to Satan the chief of the devils about their plans to tempt and to ruin men the first said I will tell them that there is no God Satan said that will not delude many for they know that there's a God the second said I will tell men that there's no hell Satan answered you will deceive no one that way men know even now that there is a hell for sin the third said I will tell men that there is no hurry go said Satan you will ruin men by the thousands the most dangerous of all delusions is that there is plenty of time that's true plenty of time I'll come to him later I've got things to do now no I believe there's a God I do you know I believe there's a God I do but I'm just not ready I had a friend of mine his name is Nick he lives up north I first got saved I was sharing with my friend Nicky and I said Nicky can you ever give your heart to Christ and he says Dave I will but I have to clean myself up first and then when I'm more presentable to God then I'll present myself to him I said Nicky you're an idolater he didn't like hearing that but it's true I said you're an idolater man you're trying to make yourself into something that only God can do he did not ask you to make yourself clean he said he would clean you what you need to do is come to him as you are confessing your sin and ask Christ to forgive you he will wash you and cleanse you he'll make you brand new and then you're a follower of Christ you see because you don't come on your own terms you come on his and there are many people today who say oh you know I've got things to do eventually I will and that's a delusion of the enemy that's why the scripture says today is the day of salvation not next week not next month not next year there are so many people who come to church on a Christmas we have a Christmas service who are thinking you know what I have one more Christmas one more party one more getting drunk or whatever I'm going to do and then I'm going to get right with God and then the next Christmas comes and then the next Christmas comes and they're still putting off making that decision you know that person says the master's delaying is coming he hasn't returned he's probably never going to it doesn't really matter I'm just going to live for myself and Jesus said no there will be weeping there will be gnashing of teeth we need to remember that today is the day of salvation and Jesus in Revelation 2220 said it like this I am coming quickly I'm coming quickly I'm not as lack concerning as promised as some counts lackness but as long suffering toward us not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance it isn't God just approving of us it is God giving us opportunity and that's what we need to take today because the evil servant says my lord delays is coming the righteous one distributes the food to those in need they're the ones who are blessed by him the other is giving their portion amongst the rejecters


Don't only write e-mail and the opportunity to advance our thinking outside the bubble of the institution so we can act with others for a good amount of work. Thank you, thank you so much. How will you apply what you have learned here about Indigenous knowledge and ways of being? I've learned a lot about Indigenous ways of knowing and being and I think one way I'm going to apply it in my work going forward is to just look at knowledge more holistically and less from a Western lens like looking at land-based knowledge, cultural knowledge, oral knowledge, all of those types of things and try to incorporate those into my work. Thank you so much. What's the question for you? What will you take away from the conference as ways to make open education more sustainable? So I think what I'll take away to make open education more sustainable is the sense of community and partnering, whether we're more local or more international on sharing of our resources and really helping to support each other when we're doing similar work in that way. Sharing in open, essentially. Alright, thank you, perfect. I have a question for you over today's VoxPaw. What will you take away from the conference as ways to make open education more sustainable? Yeah, I think a thing that I've been thinking about a lot is throughout all of the various things that I've heard in the last few days is trying not to reinvent the wheel. So connecting with other folks who have similar interests or who are engaged in similar projects and looking for those kind of natural synergies to make connections so that people can collaborate on an initiative or a resource that benefits a lot of folks more broadly rather than kind of small folks just at their institution. So looking for ways that we can kind of community build connection and foster community that way. And part of that too is being open about our challenges and our frustrations. Thank you so much. Yeah, you're welcome. I love programming circle this morning, so I took a video of that. So I'm going to put it on my Instagram shortly actually and I'm looking for that with my friends, even the regalia they have. So I'm going to pull it out. So that, and I haven't been to Edith in a while, so I'm excited to share the views. Thank you. Yeah! I'm from Augusta, Georgia in the United States. I'm very excited to be attending the only, what I've been, what I'm going to bring back with me and what I've been telling my friends which it's expanded my thinking. So rather than going back to everything I'm doing and wanting to throw things away and replace them, I actually feel like my network is growing and my perspective is growing from all of the amazing sessions that I've attended. So it's been an awesome conference. Thank you so much. Thank you. So I'm going to hand it over to Christine for a few moments. My colleague, she's going to introduce us and give you a sense of where we're coming from. We jump into the details. So here I will meet with colleagues and I learn, can discuss my problems and I can share with them what I'm working on. So I will give a presentation tomorrow. It's been really informative. It's been great to connect with people again that I haven't seen in a very long time. And it's just nice to have a conversation. It's good to attend the sessions and it's also good to have a conversation in the hall. Yeah, it's really how you like that. You are telling your friends on the background that your time is really good and what are your learnings and what are your things like. Oh, definitely. There's so much running around in my head that I've got and it's going to take a while to kind of figure it out. Thank you so much. Thank you.


So we're doing something right I guess Okay, no one's no one's moderating, so I'm just gonna get get started. Thanks everyone for coming. I know it's Early and apparently the attendance shows that my name is Micah Abbott. I'm a senior quality engineer at Red Hat I work on the Red Hat atomic host product and the Red Hat Coro s product I'm here to talk about white quality is everyone's job I'll give a quick disclaimer though when I proposed my abstract I had a idea of what I wanted to talk about in terms of quality is everyone's job But when I just developed the slides it transformed more into building How to build a culture around that how to build a team that that respects that So I will still touch upon what quality is everyone's job, but there might not be as much focus as I Planned so first some bad news. I'm not an expert in this. There's probably people who can speak to this more intelligently and profoundly None of the advice I'm gonna give is particularly novel if you were to Google some Software development practices and quality practices. You could probably come up a lot of the stuff I'm gonna tell you about I'm also really bad at following my own advice So there's lots of things I haven't put into practice in my own day-to-day job my own organization And there's no guarantee that any advice I'm gonna give you is gonna work for your team software development, especially quality is really complicated and It really you really have to know your own team to figure out what's gonna work. What's not gonna work But I do have good news. I've been doing this for almost 20 years So I have what I think is a good amount of experience to make some observations Give some opinions on the matter I am IST QB certified for those of you who don't know what IST QB is It's the international software testing qualification board. They're trying to promote Standardized QE practices and best values. I went through their foundation level course Pass their test got the certification I've been participating in agile and agile team for almost four years now This talk will be pretty heavy on the agile methodology down the line I'm a big fan of it having lived both sides of agile and other ways of doing development and I've got a psychology degree and the only reason I mentioned that is because Well, a lot of what I'm going to talk about is building teams how to form relations within teams I think the background of psychology really is helpful in navigating those waters So first I want to talk about how we did QE in the past. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the waterfall model. It looks like this you've got Requirements that are made that fall down in design implementation verification, etc There's a lot of problems with this model in my opinion and I'm gonna start going through them Number one you end up with multiple silos of responsibility Like product management development quality assurance Everyone tends to own that their little piece of work and doesn't necessarily pay attention to what other people are doing in the whole chain And sometimes that generates silos when silos for example You sometimes end up in a quality organization where one team is doing test automation development And then the other team is doing the execution and they might not even be communicating very well or communicating outside of that that larger silo Like I said before everyone tends to stay in their own land They own their piece of work until I get to the end and then they pitch it off to the next Group and then the next group has to deal with whatever output was given was generated And it doesn't really encourage communication between the groups you like I said when you are so Singularly focused on your output you aren't really Going back up the chain to talk about how they did something what they did or getting involved in that process earlier on And the one thing I noticed in these models explicitly missing from there are groups like support and documentation There's no box on that that chain that says you know supports should be providing input here Unless you have a really good product manager or program manager might be pulling people in like that Typically support and documentation are those and those types of organizations are left out of the discussion When we're owning the only work when each stage is when the output of each stage is owned by a certain group Any mistakes are then just passed on to the next group and this encourages things like throwing code over the wall Which you end up like I'm sure you maybe you've seen Monty Python where the code comes over the wall QE has to take it and Oftentimes you end up in a situation like this where the code doesn't compile It doesn't build or you end up a kernel panic and QE is just frustrated because clearly the developers didn't test their code And I touched on before it isn't really conducive to having teams work together When you're just throwing code over the wall, you're not really in a good relationship to to collaborate on on the product itself and I found in my experience. It's a poor model for providing feedback to other teams and engineers in my experience when Working with other development teams in this model you rarely get the hey, thanks for testing this feature Hey, thanks for finding that bug. It's just sort of like everyone's doing their job and focused on the next The next bit of output they have to generate and There's really little to no effort to improve this process You everyone just keeps doing the same thing over and over again And the same mistakes are made often and no little to no improvement is made I Additionally these interactions that you do have with other groups is when something is typically when something's on fire like There's a deadline that's been missed There's a bug that's been found and you have to release the product and it tends up to be ends up being like a high stakes loss of emotion Environment where everyone's trying to place blame on the other person Or the other group I should say So moving to the present We're starting to see waterfall models get phased out and agile's getting phased in at Red Hat in particular where we have a strong Commitment to doing agile in as many places as possible. We have an agile architect actually who helps drive that message across all the group all the teams And this you know, we end up with in this model. We end up with QE and development under the same umbrella in the same team So we end up succeeding or failing together. So everyone's intrinsically linked to the outcome of the product If QE does a bad job or if Dev does a bad job net There is no QE and Dev anymore. It's just one team that team either succeeded succeeds or fails And in this model, I think it promotes professional growth because you're allowed to Work on things that wouldn't typically fall under your purview like QE can work on Dev tasks Dev can work on QE tasks and in some cases, you know, you might own some of the relinch process You get to work on some of the relinch stuff as well And also agile allows you to constantly improve the process So you can look at what happened in the past make an analysis suggest changes try those changes and then Go forward. Hopefully for the better Now when you start practicing agile, you usually end up practicing DevOps as well And that's when, you know, a team the team owns all the phases of development or multiple phases of the development Like for example the actual development test release and monitoring There could be other phases of development in your model But these are the ones that kind of stick out to me and this and this Model of owning all the phases you need to have excellent communication in your team And you got to work well together in team and this becomes your This is like the key point like you have to have great teamwork in order to see it in this model So going in the future looking to the future We're probably going to see more agile adoption more DevOps adoption. We're going to see more automation Obviously things like continuing to get integration delivery can become really important Even more important than they are now because we want to be able to move faster And produce software that's a higher quality at the same same time and I threw in this because Everyone's talking about artificial intelligence machine learning I haven't seen this in practice yet in the QE space, but It's probably going to happen. I can imagine Someone writing something that would analyze test results and Can figure out commonly Commonly found bugs or errors or whatnot And obviously When I'm here to emphasize it's going to be a lot more teamwork. You got to have good teamwork to be successful going forward Much like they did in increment So I'm going to talk about what I think what what I describe as a highly functional team Uh, I don't know if I read this or I made it up myself, but it's a team that works well together It's able to solve problems together and achieve your goals together consistently You're not going to do that every week or every day or whatever, but overall You have a really highly functional unit of of A people And one of the the cornerstones of this I think is open communication Uh, you need to be able to talk to your team members completely honestly And let them know what's happening in inside the team and with the product itself And to do that You should really everyone in the team should feel respected and show respect to the other people on the team and this breeds a an environment where no one's afraid to Uh, share an opinion or share some feedback that might be controversial because they know they're not going to get judged When they make that that uh that statement I also think everyone on the team should have a confidant because you're not always going to want to just go to your team of Eight or ten people and say hey, this is what I think we should do because maybe you're a little Where how it's going to sound you should be able to go to somebody on your team whether it's a architect or a senior team lead or Um, a scrum master for example and say here's the idea I have How do you think I should phrase it? How do you think I should? Present it to the team and that just having that person to bounce ideas off of like can really Help boost your confidence and like get over the hump of feeling scared to talk to your team with What might be controversial opinion Another cornerstone I think is appreciation I think overall in this industry we do a really bad job of showing appreciation for each other We should be able to Tell people that hey, you what you did is important What you did has value and again that breeds that environment where everyone's starting to feel like they're part of the overall team And they're they're they're part of the overall success of the product of the software development process Even a simple thing like thanks for finding that bug or thanks for you know updating the jury ticket like That's just like common courtesy, but we seem to to forget to do that In our day-to-day jobs And when you get that kind of feedback especially from someone In a senior position like an architect or someone that's above you or someone you have more respect for Like that can really improve your day and improve your whole experience on the team And this kind of goes into this uh This picture which if you haven't seen before it's called uh mazlo's hierarchy of needs It was proposed by a psychologist named abraham mazlo in 1943 in a book he wrote And it it shows that we can to reach self actualization and in software development terms this means like being able to take uh Be creative with your solutions be creative with your problem solving and taking risks, etc So in software development, we probably mostly have our Basic needs covered food water security safety Hopefully those are covered when you're working like if not then reevaluate what you're doing Oh, well, you know if the food courts closed there's uber eats or something, you know But when I talk about when I talked about everyone feeling valued and being Respectful and whatnot that really keys it calls it falls into the psychological needs so Like it says here steam needs prestige and feeling accomplishment like when you get that feedback from your team saying you're doing a great job Thank you for doing that like that That helps you fill that that hierarchy and then the relationships That you build on your team fills that piece of the hierarchy. So then you can go once you have those those Those needs addressed in your team. Then you can go and take those risks offer those controversial opinions take some creative Chances with the software that you're working with So how do we get there? How do we get to this highly functional team? Where everyone's owning the process everyone's concerned with software quality Number one, you have to nurture the creation relationships within your team You don't have to be best friends with everyone, but you should be friendly with them You should Feel like they're up here that you can talk to that you can interact with And treat them with the respect and value that I mentioned earlier I think it's also important to meet in person at least once a year Especially here at red hat one here, but at red hat we have We have a lot of teams that have remote workers on the team. I have for example, I work on for example There's people in Westford, Massachusetts in Raleigh in San Francisco, Toronto And then some folks even in Europe. So it's really difficult to get everyone in place Once a year, but if you can it allows you to build those relationships. I talk about In such a much more deeper and more Meaningful way Because you just just the value of human interaction is like I mean, I can't I can't put more emphasis on it And that's just in the workplace itself Like once you're done with the work, then you go out to dinner Then you go and have drinks and you get to figure out More about the persons that you're working with and I think that is going to help you in the long term Have a more successful team If you're practicing agile, I think you should utilize those agile activities like in-person stand-ups or video stand-ups I find that Just seeing the faces of the people I work with on video conference because we are all remote is Reinforces like hey, there's another person on the other side of the world that Is depending on me to do my job correctly and vice versa. They're depending on me to do my job as well If you can do in-person stand-ups like that's even better because you do get that immediate face-to-face feedback And in agile, we have the concept of retrospectives where we Talk about what we did in the last sprint the last Period of time and we talked about what went well What didn't go well and we figure out how we can improve the process To get closer to like a real the the best we can be And the closer we get to the best we can be Clearly we're going to get better quality software out of it And like I said before give feedback to your team Celebrate your achievements that your team has made, you know, whether it's on social media or on email or whatever say Talk about how what this person did in their in their job in the sprint or whatnot Suggest your improvements when things don't work out. Don't don't hold back. I mean do it respectfully clearly, but You need to keep giving that feedback to improve the team as a whole And show gratitude. I mentioned before like just saying thank you for things that happen every day Really go the different go the distance. I think especially if you do it consistently And finally remember we're all human. We all have the same Not the same but we all have similar dreams hopes feelings desires Treat other people like they're human. They're not just another face on the screen or whatnot or a You know email address on you in your inbox So once you have let's say you have your highly functional team and it's finished running well Now you need to start putting your feelers out beyond your team To again to spread the word of how software quality is important to everybody and how it's all there their responsibility So this is when you need to get the non-development non QE people involved Bring in people like tech writers program managers support engineers community managers get them to participate in your development process Let them provide feedback to you and let and let and provide feedback to them as well Like maybe the support engineers aren't As timely with contacting you with critical information or the need for critical information So we can talk to them about that. How can we improve that process or For example program managers, we can talk about how maybe they're not generating requirements that are specific enough or Or whatnot, but get everyone participating on the process And again use the same guidelines. I've talked about before in terms of respect and gratitude and whatnot So now you've got a highly functional team core team You've started to build relationships with external teams now We can start to leverage the strength that we've built with the core team and the external teams This is when you can really start to talk about making quality Everyone's job So you get involved in the development process as soon as possible In the waterfall model You saw how the the requirements planning happens at the very beginning How many people have participated in requirements planning as a q engineer for some piece of software? I mean, I know I haven't honestly I don't know if you have then you're doing the good you're doing a good job Well done adam But I think that that we're missing that a lot from the from the industry And this kind of goes into the this v model So the v model shows on the left hand side We've got the software development process starting with the requirements planning down to architecture design the implementation and on the right side we have the testing and validation portion of the model and you can notice that each for each piece of Development whether to requirements architecture design. We have a test Uh, corollary. So each one of these testing pieces has the ability to validate what was generated on the other side Um, and again, like I said, I don't follow my advice. I'm very bad at following my own advice So I'm not even close to being this this good if you're if you're operating at this level My hat's off to you because it does require a lot of work. It does require a lot of teamwork and But this should be the goal we're striving for you should be striving to Have tests that are able to validate each piece of the left-hand side of the model Ah, that didn't work. Okay. So I wanted all those to come out sequentially, but I guess my edit was wrong. So Yeah Well, I guess I'm doing a bad job so like I said So in terms of getting involved attend these decision-making meetings if you can if they'll allow you to get in there And even if you can just get in there and listen you can get a feel for You know where the direction of the product's going and then Alter your your how you figure out how you're going to test this product down the line Understand the businesses that are being met understand the use cases and start asking questions about how this software is going to be tested If you can do that at these early stages at the planning stages the requirements stages Then you can maybe uncover problems in the requirements that will be impossible to test I don't have a good example of it, but you can imagine what our requirement that would be Come down from product management And then when QE gets it finally at the end of the you know at the bottom of the model if they're not involved They're like I I don't know how to test this like there's no possible way I don't have a million man hours to do this um And start to plan your development test tests together and this is one is another Uh Point where I'm I'm not doing as good a job as I should in our on our team. Um, but if you can Plan that that development piece of work and then Side by side plan how you're going to test that and develop them in parallel Then you're going to be able to pick out the bugs in the software a lot earlier Then if the development finishes first and then three weeks later QE picks it up and says oh, I'm going to write some tests for it You're going to miss bugs and then when you get involved with Development to fix these bugs. They're going to say well, why didn't you catch this earlier? That sort of thing And if you do that you'll have success kid to show for it so to wrap up Waterfall model is bad agile is better if you're doing it properly You got to live or die together a team like That's the whole I think that's one of the key points of the agile model Practice that open communication be be open with your feedback. Be honest with your feedback Oh, that goes right into my next point honest feedback Uh and strive to include those external teams Get their feedback because they have a different perspective on the software development process They then you might and that's gonna ultimately grow your team as a To be more successful And like I said getting involved early on often ask questions And try to catch the problems that we're going to face as QE as early as possible And that's it so Does anybody have any questions comments? No, great go Go do good Thank you everybody All right So my situation I work on fedora, right? Yep, it's it's interesting because it's not a product It doesn't have a developer process, right? So yeah, people think about hey, how do we make fedora do agile? I was Thinking about situations like operating systems fedora rel, whichever you're working on very complex interlocking products Which don't have a single development team a single development model. How do you apply these practices to those? Do you think? Yeah, that's so in case I'll repeat just for the recording case the one caught but adam's asking In the fedora ecosystem, you know, there's many different development teams many different developers How do you apply these tactics to that model? You know, I think It kind of goes hand in hand with how fedora operates now like you just gotta I mean I know you adam you reach out to everybody, right?  Let's say Maybe we can talk about how to improve that or we can talk about what kind of test we can write to catch the regression We've seen or the problems we've seen um, I don't think there's a really good answer to that because it's Number one. I'm not an expert. I said that earlier But I think I bet you if you talk to One of the agile practitioners in red hat they might have some ideas for you Um, yeah, since you work for red hat you could talk to uh, jen kreger. She's the architect. She might have an idea So Yeah, yeah, I I would just start with being like Start at the bit at the bottom like just Be nice Be be a good person, you know and encourage that sort of that that sort of behavior. I think you know as humans when we see We tend to mirror the behavior we see. I mean, I have two kids and I know that They're basically a mirror of every mistake. I've made and every good thing I've done. So It's sort of a human nature thing even as adults where we mirror what we see So if you're being nice to somebody they're more likely to be nice to you and then you can start to have those dialogues Yep I have a question. So I guess yes, so I mean I agree with everything that you said and I Agree with I agree with everything that you said But I noticed that a lot of times It seems that the success rate is much higher when you have qe and development together But the other teams, especially p.m. For example, it's really hard to get them on board. Yeah So do you have any advice for improving that? Yeah, I mean you need I think in those types of in that sort of scenario where you have those external teams that haven't bought in You need to get I would suggest probably getting your management involved and having them reach out to the other side and say You know, this is what we're driving towards. This is what we wanted. We want everyone on board with ensuring software quality And outside of that, like I said, maybe you can drop in on our meetings, you know, reach out to them I know for example in my team my program manager is ben briard And I've got a pretty decent relationship with him Like I can reach out to him and ask questions And the only reason I in the only way we did that is that you know, he dropped in the office. I was in the same place We said hello, we introduced each other and we just started talking like people, you know And then now I've got this open line of communication to him where I can say like What does this product require me me and like, what are you intending for this? You know, or do you think we're going in the right direction with the development choices we made that kind of thing um So like I said, it really starts with just those personal relationships And if you can't establish that personal relationship, then I think you have to involve your management and get your management To bridge that gap Uh ahead of time Easier said than done. I know but that that's the best the best advice I can give you Thank you. You're welcome Anything else? No, all right. Well, thank you all for coming. I know it's early and uh Have a good rest of the conference you


About 5 years ago former WWE wrestler Stacy Kebler and her man packed up and moved to Jackson Wyoming to focus on raising their 3 kids. Around the same time she put her sophisticated home in the Truesdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills up on the market for over 18 million dollars. With no takers she more recently had to put it on the market again for a bit less and this time it sold. Not to mention prior to this Stacy lived in another nearby mansion built in a beautiful Georgian style. After checking out these two very different homes you might have trouble choosing which is more impressive. In these videos we don't reveal any addresses and even though I've done a house tour of my own place please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Stacy Kebler is best known as an actress model and of course former professional pro wrestler in the WWE. These days she and her husband Jared Pobre founded the Wyoming based men's skincare line called Dara & Labs who she's constantly finding new streams of revenue all while being a mom of three. By the time of this recording Stacy has amassed a net worth of at least 25 million dollars and the success just keeps on coming. Considering this it's no wonder she and her family lived in some beautiful Beverly Hills homes in the past. While one was built in a Georgian style and the other was far more modern they both boasted jaw dropping amenities like screening rooms, backyards built to entertain and more. You guys will have to let me know which amenities at Stacy's homes were the best of all. It's so hard to choose. Welcome back everyone I'm Cara the Vampire Slayer and I'm bringing you another exclusive house tour here on Femus Entertainment today looking at the homes of former WWE babe Stacy Kebler. If you haven't already make sure you subscribe and ring that bell for notifications because we post brand new videos daily. As always you can follow me on Instagram to chat and now let's get into this video. In 2014 Stacy and her husband splashed out 20.5 million dollars for a brand spanking new Georgian estate in the flats of Beverly Hills. The abode featured nearly 14,000 square feet and boasted 8 bedrooms, 9 full baths and 3 half bathrooms. This spot sported what can be best described as a classy 1930s vibe that included black and white marble checkerboard floors touched nicely with spiraling staircases and elegant chandeliers. I already know this is my kind of place. Upon entry to Stacy's former home guests were greeted with a ballroom skilled living room that boasted a marble fireplace, herringbone pattern wood floor, oversized windows and plush furnishings along with details like a grand piano. 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Then the couple's master suite also had its own colossal sitting area, sleek furnishing, grand fireplace and chandelier soaring above. But what takes the cake in this master retreat is the two bookmatched marble bathrooms and a boutique style dressing room decked out with glass fronted wardrobes.  Moving back to the grounds of the home that we got a peek at, there was even more to be excited about. The Beverly Hills estate had endless room to entertain and the grounds held a gorgeous pool, multiple lounging areas, a barbecue space, fire pit and more. There was even a pool house with living room right by the water which also boasted its own cute kitchenette, bedroom and bathroom. I guess that's what Stacy and her husband had in mind when they spent over 20 million dollars for the place. In 2018, this impressive abode was sold to Gary Gilbert, movie producer and co-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 26.5 million dollars. While Stacy may have lost a beautiful home, she and her husband gained a pretty penny in the process. Stacy and her husband sure have an act for snagging luxurious Beverly Hills real estate as you'll notice with their former digs and this next one is no different. In 2012, Stacy and Jared acquired a completely different style of mansion for 11.1 million dollars. This one's super modern but no less impressive. About five years ago when Stacy and her husband decided to move to Jackson, Wyoming, they tried to sell this mansion in the exclusive neighborhood of Truesdale Estates, Beverly Hills for the sky high price of 18.25 million dollars. With no takers, it was re-listed much more recently and this time, Stacy sold the massive single story home for just under 16 million. Maybe not as much as the couple was asking but a win money-wise no less. The chic city view home was built in 1963 but transformed by LA based architect James Schmidt in more recent years. He took the stylish and dated two bedroom residence and made it into a nearly 5,800 square foot modern estate with five en suite beds and 6.5 baths. Inside, there were amazing panoramic views through the glass walls and windows from the rolling hills to Catalina Island. The light filled home featured sparkling white terrazzo floors in the living and dining rooms that were separated by a double-sided fireplace and matching marble. There was even a walk-in wet bar in Stacy's living room that was perfect for laid-back entertaining. Her gourmet kitchen sported dark wood cabinets and marble counters that waterfalled off the ends of the massive island with built-in snack bar. I think we can all agree about how nice it would be to cook in an upscale kitchen like this one. Not to mention, there was also a bonus breakfast room with massive picture windows over the pool. As cute as this breakfast nook is, I think you would be hard-pressed not to step outside and enjoy a meal out on the terrace. Then, a nearby family room featured a fireplace and full glass panels that disappeared to the walls to reveal an open-air vibe. Stacy's former master retreat here had French oak floors, separate seating space, stone set fireplace and a private patio overlooking those killer views of LA. Additional goodies included a large dressing room fitted with custom shelves for all of Stacy's wardrobe and en suite bathroom with all of the upscale essentials including his or her sinks and a large soaking tub with you guessed it, more stunning views. If all of that's not enough, Stacy's bathroom had heated flooring too so no cold trips after a shower. The other guest rooms here were almost as luxurious considering they all had custom en suites too. Elsewhere in the home, there was a home office as well as a screening room with wet bar and retractable glass walls that lets you get to the pool quickly. The seamless transition between the indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the home really sells the California lifestyle which I'm sure was a selling feature for Stacy and her man. Well now that we got to see that spectacular interior, let's take a look at the outside. The backyard worthy of bragging came with more contemporary amenities like an infinity edged pool and spa surrounded by a huge patio space for sunbathing or dining and there was also a built-in grill. This is also the pad that Stacy and Jared had rented to Cam Newton under the condition that he would not throw any parties. Newton dropped $123,000 for his two months day and let's just say things got a little out of hand. Housekeepers had reported that Newton did in fact throw several shakers that caused the home's significant damage. We're talking over 300K in damages. When all was said and done, the couple ended up filing a 270K lawsuit against Cam including $90,000 worth of damages and $180,000 in lost rent and legal fees. Well there's maybe one reason Stacy chose to sell this mega estate for a more peaceful family life in Wyoming. All right, so I think I'll bring this house tour to an end here. We got to take a look at two of WWE Superstars, Stacy Keedler's former mansions in Beverly Hills. One had a more classic Georgian vibe while the other was completely contemporary. After checking out both of them, which was more your style? I think we can see that Stacy has quite the impressive real estate portfolio either way. We can only imagine how gorgeous her family home in Wyoming is. While the first Georgian home was bigger and definitely more my style, the views at the modern place were undeniable. I mean you really could see almost all of Los Angeles. If I had to choose though, I would be taking the Georgian style mansion no doubt. What else could you need? How about you guys? Be sure to tell me which you preferred out of Stacy's homes and why in the comments down below. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and I will see you all next time. Bye.


polycytemia vera is a specific but it's a rare disorder if the WBC which is your white blood cell count is abnormally high or low it could be liver disorders or thyroid problems and some other conditions hello everyone today we are talking about CBC complete blood count you're gonna be able to understand what is going on in your blood work you all want to know right well I'll tell you things that your doctor may not tell you I'm dr. Ahmed Ergin I'm an endocrinologist and today I'm going to explain how to read CBC complete blood count well CBC can assess your overall health and detect infections like anemia, leukemia, etc. the blood cells are created and matured in the bone marrow and they're released into the bloodstream as needed now CBC assesses three cell types that are red blood cells number one is the erythrocytes that are made in the bone marrow and then they are discharged into the bloodstream they have hemoglobin this is also reported in there a protein that carries the oxygen a red blood cell has a lifetime of 120 days so the bone marrow must constantly manufacture that red blood cells to replace those that age and degrade or bleed out to death aside from the illnesses that cause severe bleeding many conditions can actually impact the creation of these red blood cells or their longevity well red blood cells are generally homogeneous in size and shape but for example deficits in B12 especially if you're a metformin folate iron can alter the appearance of that red blood cell anemia reduce red blood cell counts and hemoglobin is a frequent disorder affecting red blood cells anemia for example can be caused by several disorders and extra testing is sometimes required if your hemoglobin or red blood cell count is low so hemoglobin hematocrit these are all similar things that we'll talk about the next thing I want to quickly touch base is the white blood cells that are commonly known as leukocytes they're found in the blood in the lymphatic system and the tissues what they do is they help in infection resistance they prevent the inflammation they try to take care of allergy problems now some have unique functions and neutrophils lymphocytes basophils azonophils and monocytes there are some examples of these white blood cells that you will see in your cbc and you will try to figure out which I will go over that in a second and depending on body's condition these numbers can fluctuate so don't panic if your numbers are a little bit higher a little bit lower every time because for white blood cells are especially very dynamic for example a bacterial infection can cause your bone marrow to create a lot of neutrophils for example allergies may cause increase in the eosinophils a viral infection for example can make a lot of lymphocytes in leukemia for example you will see a lot of immature and mature kind of mix of white blood cells they can grow rapidly so platelets is the next thing platelets I would say we call them also thrombocytes they're microscopic blood cell fragments required for normal blood coagulation so platelets actually assist in stopping the bleeding by sticking to the wound and clumping together to form a temporary stopper they also create a lot of chemical signals that attract and clump other platelets and they eventually form a stable blood clot at the location of that lesion that Tess does trying to heal well there are several automated instruments that can actually perform cbc these instruments measure a lot of data they includes the cell count they look at the physical characteristics of certain cells and we will have a list of items in cbc right now for you so what are red blood cell tests for example the amount of red blood cell is in your blood sample is determined by doing a red blood cell count these are oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin is measured by the total amount of hemoglobin in the blood in the red blood cell which in turn indicates the number of red blood cells as well so when it comes to red blood cell count though hematocrit counts the percentage of your entire volume of your blood as red blood cells examples of low red blood cell or hemoglobin or hematocrit are going to be anemia it could be acute or chronic bleeding causing anemia it could be red blood cell destruction for example hemolytic anemia or nutritional deficiencies such as iron deficiency v12 deficiency folate deficiency and so forth and bone marrow disorders can lead to anemia as well and some chronic inflammatory disorders such as chronic kidney disease can also cause anemia causing low hemoglobin or hematocrit etc what about the high levels well there's something called polycytemia the hydration can do that the lung diseases can do that or kidney problems occasionally kidney tumors can do that they sometimes produce excess aditropoietin smoking living in a high altitude or even some genetic causes can cause elevated hemoglobin in your blood polycytemia vera is a specific but it's a rare disorder and that is something that you can discuss with your doctor if you think you have a high risk another thing you're gonna see is mcv which is mean corpuscular volume in your cbc it's a measure of average cell volume of your red blood cells and because your blood cells contain an average quantity of hemoglobin called because mean corpuscular hemoglobin and the average concentration of hemoglobin in your red blood cell is known as the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration if you have a low mcv that can indicate that red blood cells are smaller than normal we call that micro acetic this can be caused by iron deficiency anemia or thalassemias and a high mcv could be due to a b12 deficiency folate deficiency myelodysplasia a bone marrow disorder it could be liver disorders or thyroid problems and some other conditions which indicates that your red blood cells are larger than normal we call that macro acetic so mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration may be also low when mcv is low and decreased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is seen again in iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia increased mchc or mean corpuscular hemoglobin values can be seen in conditions where hemoglobin is more concentrated inside the red blood cells this could be autoimmune hemorrhagic anemia is sometimes in burn patients there's something called hereditary spherocytosis which is a rare genetic disorder that can all cause that when it comes to red blood cells there's something called red cell distribution width which i get a lot of questions about which is a measurement of the diversity in the cell size so red cell distribution width is high it may mean that like it may be a lot of small and large red blood cells presence some of them are juvenile some of them are very old etc for example in patients with iron deficiency anemia and pernicious anemia there is a significant degree of variation in the red blood cell size which we call that anizocytosis in addition to that sometimes cbc may include reticulocyte count which is a count or percentage of nearly released young red blood cells in your blood sample testing for white blood cell count is important counting the total number of the white blood cell in a blood sample is known as wbc count if the wbc which is your white blood cell count is abnormally high or low we sometimes do the fractural and as part of that cbc is a fractural if there's problems in the white blood cells so there are five types of cells are counted and these are neutrophils the lymphocytes the monocytes the azonophils and bezophils as we discussed earlier the individual count can be provided as an absolute count or they can sometimes give you as a percentage of the overall count if your white blood cell is low that's considered leukopenia and some causes are bone marrow disorders or damage to your immune system or severe infections such as sepsis lymphoma or other cancers that spread to your bone marrow can do that sometimes even dietary deficiencies or HIV or AIDS type of immune disorders can do that as well if your white blood cell is high this is considered leukocytosis and most common causes are infection either bacterial or viral could be due to inflammation in your body leukemia myeloperliferative disorders such as excessive proliferation in your bone marrow trauma burn heart attack intense exercise severe stress all can increase your white blood cells when it comes to neutrophils and if they are low we call this nitropenia the severe overwhelming infections or stuff for example sometimes the sepsis can do that or the immune disorders can do that the dietary deficiencies or reaction to medications HIV and some other bone marrow disorders can do that as well so specifically the neutrophil count can be low after chemotherapy radiotherapy and so forth especially if cancer spreads to your bone marrow if neutrophils are high we call this neutrophilia some causes are severe bacterial infections or inflammation trauma heart attack burns stress rigorous exercise if you're not used to it certain leukemias for example cml chronic myeloid leukemia or even cushion syndrome can cause that what about the lymphocyte counts well the some of the causes for low lymphocytes we call this lymphocyte apenia could be other immune disorders such as lupid or motor arthritis it could be infections such as HIV or viral hepatitis it could be influenza COVID-19 and you name it bone marrow damage can do that chemotherapy radiotherapy corticosteroids all can do that if lymphocytes are high this is called lymphocyte ptosis and some causes will be acute viral infections such as chicken pox cmv epstein bar herpes rubella etc some bacterial infections typically do that as well such as whooping cough tuberculosis toxoplasmosis and chronic inflammatory conditions such as ulcerative colitis coronal disease and so forth the informal will definitely do that as stress can occasionally especially acute stress and then the esonophils are next guys the esonophils can be high especially in asthma the allergies hay fever drug reactions do that parasitic infections can increase your esonophil counts sometimes celiac disease inflammatory bowel disease can do that some cancers trigger high esonophil count certain acute or chronic leukemias or lymphomas sometimes addisonous disease connective tissue disorders and so forth now how about platelets let's let's get into the platelets now if it is low we call this thrombocytopenia sometimes viral infections such as mono or mononucleosis measles hepatitis stuff like that can do that now sometimes the allergic reactions to even to acetaminophen or sulfa drugs can do it cirrhosis can do it autoimmune disorders such as itp can do it sepsis leukemia lymphoma chemo and radiotherapy can all cause that but if your platelets are high recall this thrombocytosis again this can happen with lung cancer gastrointestinal cancer breast cancer ovarian cancer and lymphoma rheumatoid arthritis can do that inflammatory bowel disease lupus iron deficiency anemia hemolytic anemia and so forth now let's talk about the mpv if the mean platelet volume is low that indicates that the average platelet size is low and that can mean that a condition is affecting the production of platelets by the bone marrow well if the mpv is high that indicates a high number of larger and younger platelets are in the blood well this may be due to bone marrow producing and releasing platelets rapidly into the circulation for example myeloproloperative disorders such as essential thrombocytemia one or more diseases or disorders may be present at the same time if the cbc results fall beyond the predefined reference intervals though you will still need to have a good conversation with your doctor and do not try to interpret your own results i am trying to give you a general idea about how to understand your results and sometimes your doctors will actually send this blood sample for a smear for under microscope examination for more detailed examination to understand further because cbc is overall a general test to give an idea to the healthcare provider to the physician they can utilize this information to understand the root cause of the abnormal cbc findings and most of the time more tests are necessary when your platelets are low your risk of excessive bleeding will be high and when your platelets are high your risk of clotting will be high so guys i hope this gave you some idea about how to look at your cbc and we will talk more about other blood testing for you if you have questions don't hesitate to ask we may not give personal information but i can answer some of the questions that you may have that is not necessarily pertinent directly to you well thank you very much and we'll see you in the next video hey guys i hope you're enjoying this channel so far and i hope you subscribed already if you didn't do it and if you did watch this video right there i think that will help you too


Hey, good morning. Welcome to morning prayer from the Radiant City Center. Typically we're starting right now, but you are coming in and joining a six day prayer meeting that's been burning continually here. And we're just gonna be continuing on that prayer meeting broadcast. We'll go for an hour for those joining broadcast and then the prayer room will continue burning and I just want to encourage you. We're gonna go into worship even the, it might not look, the prayer might not look the same even as it typically has. The Lord's been doing a new thing and so we respond in a new way.  It's fun, especially for those staff and students here. You know, there's people with booking flights coming in. We've had reports of people coming from Ontario, Arkansas. There's a family driving in from Colorado and just coming to, not for Radiant, not for our prayer room, but for a touch from Jesus and it can be easy to be excited about that but then lack the hunger because the familiarity of, oh, this is cool. There's an outpouring happening at my church and just kind of high five it without realizing, like, no, this is for me. Like, I want to reach out and touch the hand of his garment and his robe and so I just want to encourage us. Let's actually stand in the room and let's just stir up our hunger and our faith this morning. Jesus, we just thank you for what you've done and what you're doing. Lord, we just ask for you to stir up hunger and faith in our midst.  Do not pass us by. We are hungry for a fresh touch from you. Oh, Jesus, we're thirsty for a fresh touch from you. Oh, fresh outpouring, Lord, we're hungry for a fresh outpouring of you. Speak out in tongues, sing out in tongues. Romans 8 says likewise, the spirit also helps in our weakness for we do not know how to pray as we ought but the spirit makes intercession through us with groanings too deep to be uttered. Just let the spirit make intercession through you this morning. Prayer deeper than surface level prayers. The spirit groaning. Just cry out for his beauty, cry out for his glory. Hunger for him, thirst for him. Oh, Jesus, we cry out for the revelation of your beauty over a generation. Oh, Lord, I ask that you would look on a generation that was born into the pig pen of rebellion that has not tasted the glory of the Father's house. Oh, what about a generation that has not seen the beauty of Jesus? What about a generation that has not heard the gospel proclaimed with authority and power and signs and wonders? What about a generation that does not know their right hand from their left, that does not know the beauty and the glory and the splendor and the majesty of the king of kings that has not seen the train that fills the robe of the heavenly temple that doesn't know the glory and the majesty and the power and the wisdom? Oh, Jesus, we cry out for a broken generation and we ask that you would reveal yourself all for the sake of your children, Lord, for the sake of your children, for the sake of your lost sons and daughters who do not know you. Oh, would you make your glory and beauty manifest on the earth, God? Lord, in this generation, Lord, that you would light a fire upon your church, that you would place flaming tongues of fire upon your church, Lord, to be your bold witnesses, Lord, to cause a disruption in the public square, a manifestation of your presence and glory and beauty for a generation that only knows depression, despair and suicide and death, to a generation that only knows the divided states of America, Lord, to a generation that only knows a barren church without presence and without power.  Oh, God, we are asking for you to reveal yourself to this generation. Son of David, do not pass us by. Son of David, do not pass this generation by. Oh, Son of David, we feel the train of your robe passing us. We see that you're on the move, but we reach out for the hem of your garments.  Do not pass us by, Son of David. Oh, but have mercy on a generation. I ask that you would look upon the threats of the enemy, God, the spirit of death that has been assigned to Gen Z, Lord, the depression, despair, the gender dysphoria, Lord, the spirit of confusion and witchcraft that has dominated and is terrorized and has killed our youth. Oh, but like the eunuchs that were emasculated because a generation tolerated Jezebel, I asked for a fire to rise up that they would hear the call of Jehu to say, cast that woman down, cast that woman down, and that there would be a fire in Gen Z to rise up and cast down what my generation has tolerated. Oh, God, that you would not allow what my generation has tolerated to kill the next generation, but you would have mercy that we would see Jezebel cast down in a generation is prophesying, just let the groanings and the travail crying out for mercy be released. That has begun in this place. Father, we thank you for the spark that has begun in this place. And Father, we thank you for the fire that is coming after this God. Father, we pray that this fire will not just be a fire that we see corporately, but it be a fire that will start in our lives, God. Because Father, we know that we will not see revival until revival happens on the inside of us. And right now in the name of Jesus, Father, I thank you for the spark that you began in every heart in this church. And Father, we say may the fire begin to burn. May the fire begin to burn. May the fire begin to burn our God over every area of our lives, Father God. We thank you in the name of Jesus. We release the fire of the Holy Spirit. We release the fire of the Holy Spirit. Bend it all, God. Bend anything in us that is not from you. Remove stuff from our lives, God. That is not from you, God. Our that has been holding us down, God. Father, I declare today that we'll arise, Father God, to be a church that does not just walk in words, but walks in the authority of the finished work of the cross. May fire begin in the lives of the individuals, God. But Father, we thank you for a fire that is coming in Kalamazoo, God. Opposing every spirit, every demonic force upon this region. We say in the name of Jesus, we release the fire of the Holy Ghost. We say no spirit will be above the spirit of the living God. Holds all the covenants that were made outside of Jesus. We're now in the name of Jesus. Come reign.