Okay, the recording has started. Let's pray and get into the chapters for today. Who would like to lead us in prayer? Kikung, please be able to lead us. Thank you so much for this time to learn what you always got. As we study over people so much, but for imparting to us what you would have to say and revealing to us your heart and help us learn to live the way you want us to live. We would do everything to glorify you, but anyway, let's learn to use this new image. Thank you so much. Let's now get into the passages. We were at first Peter chapter 3 and we saw the instructions of submission to within the family setting. There was some instruction for the wife and then some instruction for the husband, godly husband. Now, let's move on to the next verse here. We will read from verse 8 and we could probably read. Okay, let's read till verse 12, verse 8 to verse 12. Could somebody go ahead and read it? Let me be open to you. Simple things. Rather than knowing, it's in the heart of the humble mess.  But on the contrary, rest for doing this, you are the part that you need to listen. For whoever desires the love, rather than seeking good ways, let him kick his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him seek peace and pursuit, for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to the prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who did evil. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Asha. As we look at this passage, we know that there have been different instructions to have the right attitude even under persecution. And difficult times. So there was this whole thing about submitting to authorities, submitting to the masters and submitting in this case, you know, the wife to the husband. And now, coming to the brotherhood or the community of God's people, there is this encouragement to, in a sense, though the word submit is not used here. In a sense, it's about caring for one another. It's about loving one another and living in unity. And Peter urges the believers to be of one mind. So what is one mind is one mind imposing one ideology on everyone such that people don't have their own personal opinions. Or what is one mind should all the whole congregation be forced to say the same thing do the same thing. Okay, then what would that mean for us. It means basically unity of heart, oneness of mind, respecting everyone's view and then everyone intentionally coming to a point that it's pleasing to God and also goes along with everyone agreed upon one mind basically unity of mind. Yes, thank you so much say and Kennedy shares one accord of me says mind submitted to God and value each other's opinion. Yes. So ultimately, it's about what God wants. What the word of God says, for example, if we recall the acts 15 Council, people may have had their own opinions. But once they made the decision, there is a statement in that passage. It says that whatever they decided, you know, it was okay with the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Spirit was pleased with their decision. So ultimately, what was it that was decided and chosen, what was pleasing to God. And in the same way, we can all have different opinions, we can all have, you know, different directions in our thought process. But at the end of the day, there is a oneness, which is us all of us submitting toward God once at the end of the day. Right. And thereby, maybe an opinion comes from one of our teammates or one of the people in our church, and that is well pleasing to the Holy Spirit, right. In those moments, okay, this is the right thing for us to do. So we're all willing to submit to that and be of one accord and say, okay, let's go with this because this is what is God's will in these moments. So this is the right decision to be made. So this is a tough thing. Unity is always a tough thing, but one needs to know that there is a blessing that comes with it. So as you read that passage there, he says, be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous. Beautiful instructions for community living. And then he goes on to say, not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling. So in contrast, people could be taking revenge on each other if anything goes wrong. He says, live with love and don't ever take revenge or don't engage in a tit for tat kind of an attitude with believers. But on the contrary, he says blessing just the way Jesus taught us. He said, people may wrong you. If somebody wrongs you, you should be kind to that person. They slap you one cheek, show the other cheek. So the essence of that is to be kind basically to people. On the contrary, he says blessing even those who've hurt us being ready to bless them. So what is going to be the outcome when we have such an attitude? He goes on to say knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. So God is not telling us to do things without an outcome and that outcome is a definite blessing. So when we walk with the Lord in a manner of maintaining unity and letting go, like even if somebody has hurt us, we choose to bless them. Then what does it say here? We are going to inherit a blessing. We are going to inherit a blessing. So that's the beauty of that. Now moving ahead, he talks about, he points out another promise here. So he says for he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. So this is just in connection with what we have discussed now that we must do good and we must keep our tongue from evil. We don't take revenge. And when we do that, God is somebody who will respond to us because we are acting in righteousness. So that's the meaning of the passage that we just read. Now let's go ahead and read from verse 13. Yeah, we could read till verse 18 and then we'll do the next section. Shall I read now? Yes, Amni. And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you are blessed and do not be afraid of their threats and not be troubled. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you with meekness and fear, having a good conscience that when they defame you as evil doers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. For it is better if it is the will of God to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Amni. So here in this passage, we see that the believers are being encouraged to end your suffering and persecution. So that's why he states things like who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? So once you become followers of Jesus, you're followers of what is good and persecution can rise up against us. But then there is a reminder, when we suffer for the sake of righteousness, we are blessed. So even in that suffering, God is a God who reminds us that in his eyes, we have not fallen, that we are still blessed in his eyes and that we must be strong in those moments of persecution. So now he continues, in this context when there is opposition and there is persecution, he also says that we should have sanctified the Lord God in your hearts, that is to say that honour God in your hearts. So when we honour God, what do we do? We've seen earlier, when we honour someone, we serve them, we live for them, we bless them.  So obviously when we are living in a context where people don't believe in Jesus and we do and they are speaking ill against us, there can be times when they ask us, okay, tell me why do you believe this or what did Jesus do for you or what will happen if we die. So people have questions.  So we honour God, we serve God but we also are convicted about the things that we believe in and we are able to share what we know, the truth of the word of God and in this manner be able to reach out and impact others. Then he goes on, he talks about facing difficulties for the sake of Christ and he says for it is better if it is the will of God to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. So when persecution happens, be encouraged because you are not being persecuted because you are wrong but you are being persecuted because you follow Jesus and remember Jesus also said that if this has happened to him, why wouldn't it happen to the people who follow him? And I had pointed out earlier that Peter brings up the example of Jesus himself and uses that to encourage the believer. So in verse 18 he says Christ also suffered once for sins that just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the spirit. So a reminder that this is not unique to us as believers instead Christ Jesus has suffered for us and so we have to draw from his life and his example. So this is a preparation for the believers, preparing them mentally for what is to come. Now let's go ahead to the next section. We'll read from verse 19 till verse 22. Can somebody go ahead and read this please. Everyone also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who formerly were disobedient and once the divine mums have been waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared and which a few that is eight souls were saved through water. There is also an anti-tide which now saves us baptism. Now the removal of the soul of the flesh but the answer is a good conscience to God. But there is through the resurrection and Jesus Christ who has also gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to him. So here there is a slightly difficult section because there is a mention of certain events that took place after the Lord Jesus died and even to Hades. So these events we do see in the book of Ephesians we see Ephesians chapter 4 a little more to add to this and then this same theme or about these spirits, certain spirits and following angels that we're going to talk about. It will be repeated in the book of Jude as well. So I'm just saying it now so that you recall when we are doing the book of Jude. So here he says by whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who formerly were disobedient. So in the Christian circles there is a question about who are these spirits who have been in prison. So there are some spirits that have been imprisoned and are waiting for the day of judgment. So who are these spirits? He connects these spirits to Noah and Noah's times. So he goes on to say when once the divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared in which a few that is eight souls were saved through water. So our understanding is that what exactly happened was in Genesis 6 we have a description of how the sons of God they had progeny or descendants with the daughters of man. And that was something which God was not happy about because what did these angels I mean we understand that they are angels. So angels sons of God because this terminology is used in the book of Job to describe angels also. And so we know that these are angels. And when we talk about fallen angels who are inhabiting the earth we also use another term for them that is disembodied spirits or they are actually demons. So demons having descendants with human beings was something that God was very unhappy about. And after this incident is when God told Noah that he needs to build an ark because this earth is going to be destroyed. What had happened was the earth would have had a mixed race as well post this point but God did not want that. And you see how God says that he was so unhappy with mankind. So Noah and his family so the eight of them over there are the family of Noah they went into the ark and they were saved. So here with the example of Noah what we are being told is that these people were saved. These people were saved in a period of calamity. So even today for us as the world we know the earth is corrupted with sin and without Jesus we too will perish. So similar to perishing in the flood but we being in the ark like Noah is simply us being saved and experiencing salvation. So salvation is something that saves us but here he also uses a term such as or phrase such as was saved through water. And thankfully he interprets that himself and says there is also an anti-type which now saves us baptism. So when he talks about water he somehow connects that to baptism and says that baptism is a picture of us being saved. But notice he clarifies something very important in that statement. He says not the removal of filth of the flesh meaning baptism cannot save us or baptism is not a prerequisite for someone to receive salvation. So baptism can baptism clean us of the sins that we have? No he makes it very clear not the removal of filth of the flesh because baptism in itself cannot do that. Baptism is just an outward expression of our faith. So it's a proclamation of our faith. But then he says but the answer of a good conscience toward God. So when we study about baptism we know that even the Lord Jesus who did not need to be baptized. He was baptized in water by John the Baptist. But what statement did Jesus make? He said so that all obedience might be fulfilled. That is why Jesus was baptized not because he had sin in his life or that he needed to repent. No he actually didn't but so that all obedience might be fulfilled. And similarly over here what is being said is a good conscience toward God. So when you and I are baptized what happens? We are being obedient. Every believer is being obedient to God through baptism. And that requirement which Jesus has asked of which is baptism. The professor of faith we take part in it. So the author here is talking about baptism which is a symbol of us being in Christ Jesus. And then he says through the resurrection of Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to him. So many things here but we are not going to go into the depths of it. It talks about Jesus's current position. Where is his current position? It's in heaven. He's now ascended. So technically he is up in heaven. And the way book of Hebrews describes him as deity as the one whom angels worship. So he is in that place of authority and every other authority and power is subject to him. So let's move ahead now to 1 Peter chapter 4. Any thoughts, any questions about what we have discussed so far? Yes Pastor, I was just going to also point out something that the preaching, not necessarily preaching for salvation but basically it's declaration. Am I right to say that? Like proclaiming what he has already accomplished on the cross. Not necessarily preaching to the spirits to be converted. Am I correct to say that? Yes, yes. Absolutely. That's a very crucial point which I missed. Thank you for bringing that up. Preaching is not evangelism but preaching is declaration in this instance. Thank you. Thank you Pastor. Thank you. Thank you for that. Yes, now let's go to 1 Peter chapter 4. Okay, let's read the first six verses. Verse 6 verses, it reads, In regard to this, they think it's strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation.  For this reason, the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but leave according to God in the spirit. Thank you Sayyid. So as we come to the next section here, what we're noticing is that suffering. Okay, so there is a couple verses here that talk about suffering and the fact that when one has suffered, his flesh has ceased from sin. Okay, and that leads to this person being able to live for the will of God and no longer for the lust of men. So the way we understand this is some of us or people in general, when they go through persecution, there is an advantage because you see they have experienced such laws that their flesh has been subjected to pain and they have learned how to overcome and even push through those seasons of pain. So he's saying that because of this kind of self-control that one develops during periods of persecution, they have a stronger ability to follow after God. Now we shouldn't take this and make a doctrine out of it and say that only if you have suffered for Jesus, then you can have a strong walk with the Lord, only then you can be a testimony for God. That's not what this is actually leading to, but he is saying that when people suffer to follow Jesus, they end up being very passionate for God. Okay, so it does happen and that's what he's stating that when somebody has suffered, the flesh has ceased from sin. So they've already learned how to be overcomers because they've come through a season of persecution. Now he goes on to emphasizing the fact that now that we are born again believers, we should have a different life compared to the people around us. So then he lists out many things which shouldn't be a part of a Christian's life. He says walking in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, abominable idolatry, but these are all things that we shouldn't be participating in because we have no association with these things and when people see us, they should be able to notice that we are different from them, that we don't participate in these things and they might even find it strange that we are not part of these things. He uses a term such as flood of dissipation. Flood of dissipation is wastefulness, a wasteful way of living that people who are not in Christ would be okay with. And when this happens, people, they may speak evil of you or they may find you strange, but all that's fine. We shouldn't be too worried about it because it's meant to happen, isn't it? So let our lives be different from the unbelievers. And then he also reminds us that there is a God who will judge us. He will judge us for the works that we have done. Now this is not to say that our salvation is dependent on the works, but our works are important because they profess our faith in God. So to have a godly living is very much a part of living out that life of salvation which Christ has given us. And again here, there is this comment that the Gospel was preached also to those who are dead. So people ask the question, what is the point of preaching the Gospel to the dead? Because we already know that it is for man to die once, Hebrews 9, I think 27, after which is judgment. So if there's only one lifetime, how does preaching after death help? So we have to understand it in the context of what is being said here. Preaching to the dead here is again the time when Jesus after his death went down to this place called Hades. So Hades at that point had sections and one of the sections was known as Abraham's bosom and Abraham's bosom was the place where all the dead righteous, those who believed in God, those who walked with the Lord, all those people were over in that place known as Abraham's bosom and it was there that he went. So these were all dead people. There he went again this term, preach is not evangelism to declare that the work of redemption is now underway that it is going to be through and that the equation is going to change now. So basically it was a declaration which he made to these dead people in Abraham's bosom and some people also call this section as paradise.  The reason is when Paul writes, he says to be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord. So directly we go to heaven right? When we now any believer dies, what happens? We directly go into the presence of God. There is no more concept of going to paradise or going to Abraham's bosom and when Jesus did this, he was actually fulfilling some of the promises which had been spoken of in the book of Isaiah. If you recall in Isaiah 61, it says, proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of prison to those who are bound. So one meaning is this that those who were in a bound state in paradise, they were set free. Now they had the release to go up to heaven. So that is the understanding that now we can move on to the next section verse 7 to verse 11. Any thoughts or questions regarding preaching to the dead? Okay, Kennedy has a note here he says but the dead are conscious of nothing kindly clarify. Okay, let's go back to that section. Can we, can you say the dead are conscious of nothing? I didn't quite get what, okay, he wants to take it up later. Alright, fine then. Let's move on. We're at till 6, so let's start from 7. 7 to 11 please. But the edge of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and watchful in your face. And above all things, I have proven to love for love brings about a multitude of scenes. Be hospitable, be hospitable to one another without any problem as each one has to say the good. Minister it to one another as good steward of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks let him speak as the author of God. If anyone ministers, let him do as with the ability to express. And all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. So how we belong, the glory, the communion of Canada. Thank you Abhinash. We notice here that in the last days, there are certain important things have been emphasized for the believer to practice. So firstly he says be serious and watchful in your prayers. The end of all things is at hand. So again, for the early church they believed that the Lord Jesus would come back and they had no idea of the timelines. Maybe some of them knew they could estimate and see that the second coming of the Lord Jesus would take a while longer. But then in general, what they believed was the return of the Lord is imminent and it could happen anytime and that's the way they lived. And when you study books such as Thessalonians you understand that the early church believers they were encouraged to live as if Christ can return any moment in our lifetime. So we have to be ready. And that is why even Peter says but the end of all things is at hand. We are living in the last of the last days but the last days began once the Lord Jesus ascended and they were consciously living their lives ready for the return of Christ. So it's a challenge for us today. If the first century church believers were living as in Jesus can come any moment, we who are right now in the last days, what is our attitude? Are we still given to the fact that we are analyzing and estimating and saying it's okay, it will take some more time and we still have time to do whatever we want to do. But that wasn't the way they lived so it's really a challenge to us. And then he goes on to say be serious, watchful in your prayers. So what are the important things one needs to do in the last days to be alert, right? Yes we have to fulfill our God's calling on our lives. We have to do everything God has called us to do. Be ready. Christ can come anytime so be serious. So be alert. Watchful in your prayers. So a thriving prayer life is very key for the believers in the last days.  And against the schemes, the plots of the devil we can even overcome those things. So prayer is very, very important. And prayer is a state of us anticipating. When we are in prayer it's like we are preparing ourselves for the bridegroom. So that is the posture. Prayer gives us that posture. So prayer is very important. Be alert, be prayerful. What are the other important things for the last days? He recommends love, fervent love for one another. And then he says be hospitable to one another without grumbling. So hospitality moves from that place of, emerges from the place of love, right? When we love one another, we will care for one another. We will provide one another's needs, be kind to one another. And then the next important thing is he says use your gifts and abilities. Don't put it on the shelf. But according to what each one has received from God, each one has received a gift for what sake for it to be used. Not to be kept but to be used. So he says each one has a gift minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. So in the last days all of us as believers, as saints, we should be engaging ourselves in serving the Kingdom of God. There's nothing big or small. What gift we have received? According to the grace of God, put it into practice. Be a blessing to somebody. He talks about the people who speak as oracles of God. As if what God is speaking, what is it that God wants to say.  Anyone who is ministering should do that with the ability that God gives that person. And in all these things may God be glorified. So what are some of the things we understood? He asked us to be alert. He asked us to be prayerful. He asked us to be grounded in love and serve one another. He also asked us to use our abilities to serve God and serve each other. And in all these things our God is glorified. Let's now read the passage from verse 12 to verse 16. Okay. So as he spoke of the last days, the next thing that he wants to remind the believer is endurance. There will be persecution but in the midst of persecution, be strong and he is wanting to emphasize a mindset where he says this life is temporal. eternally we are going to be blessed. We are going to receive rewards from God. So he says you be glad because his glory and when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. So during persecution have an eternal mindset we are going to receive God's blessings later on. And once again he says that persecution can happen and we may suffer but make sure that you don't suffer for doing the wrong thing because sometimes it's just easy to get into trouble and call it persecution but then the problem may have happened because of our carelessness and he's encouraging the believers not to get into that.  You be strong because God is there for you and God will reveal his glory at the end of the age. But if you have made a mistake and you're suffering then that shouldn't be called as persecution. So now we can read the next set of scriptures here from verse 17 please and maybe all the way through 17 to 19. It begins with us first what will be the end of those back to know where the gospel of God is.  Thank you. So this last section where he says for the time has come for judgment. So judgment here because we are talking about persecution it is in that context. So he's saying the time has come for the fiery trials to take place. And these trials will take place here among the believers and that's why he says the house of God judgment to begin at the house of God. And if it begins with us what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God. So he says something like if we go through these kind of trials and we have God in our lives we're still able to bear it.  What will become of them when trials and difficulties come their way and then he goes on to say the righteous one is scarcely said where will the ungodly and the sinner appear therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to him in doing good as to a faithful creator. So basically dependence on God. Dependence on the salvation of God is what is very important and that is what strengthens us even through periods of trial. Okay so we are now through with chapter 4 we will move ahead to chapter 5 let's see how far we complete. So I'm thinking if we can cover a substantial amount then I'll probably do one session record one hour of session if required for the remaining portions and then we can just I just request the team to put it up for you so we don't really have to attend the class next week so there will just be an additional hour of lecture that you can listen to anytime. So for now let's go to 1 Peter chapter 5 1 Peter chapter 5 go ahead. So I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed shepherd the flock of God that is among you exercising oversight not under compulsion but willingly as God would have you not for shameful gain but eagerly not domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock and the chief shepherd appears you will receive the unfading crown of glory likewise you who are anger be subject to the elders cloth yourselves all of you with humility toward one another but God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you be sober minded be watchful your adversary the devil prounds around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour resist him firm in your faith knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world and after you have suffered a little a little while the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore confirm strengthen and establish you to him be the dominion forever and ever amen Shall I continue ma'am? Yes sister please you can finish the passage it's a faithful brother as I regard him I have written briefly to you exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God stand firm in it she who is at Babylon who is likewise chosen sends you greetings and so does Mark my son greet one another with kiss of love peace to all of you who are in Christ thank you we have only 2 minutes left so what we could do is we could go in for a break let's come back we could come back at 10 should be fine let's come back at 10 am and then we will go over first Peter chapter 5 thank you


So my beautiful people I am back with another Alden Ring video and I found something they forgot to mention within the patch notes people for the 1.04 they've nerfed a couple of the newly found rune farming exploits today we're getting to it all how's it going guys my name is dpj and if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really helps out if you'd like what you want to see more be sure to subscribe okay so we're within the margown dynasty area uh so far without the amazing rune farming spot we know we have the turkey that runs off the map that still works we have the hill full of enemies they all still give you runes but guys they recently found exploit we could come from this point right here the palace of fortune ledger rolled come on your horse and come here guys you know the one way you throw yourself off the map keep swinging but i've actually nerfed it guys you can't do it no more because what they've done is they've pulled it up the way check this out check this out guys you can't jump up there no more luck they've actually put rocks in the way what is going on so they don't uh nerf the afk farmers within pvp the ones that ruin pvp the whole experience but they do nerf silly little exploits like this which ain't really hurting anybody weird also guys there's one round here as well which i thought now i posted this first i posted a couple days back i thought never in a million years you're gonna have nerf this but oh yes they have guys oh yes they have i posted a few days back i really knew that now let's go back and edit those videos and make sure people know they're nervous i do not go wasting their time but from this actual grace point here guys there was another place you could climb up and jump off uh bizarre guys absolutely bizarre how they've nerfed this is like an invisible wall here now you just can't get up here let's kill this guy so we don't summon that giant uh skillet none me okay so if you come up here guys you could normally get up this way you can see that there that that summon or that whatever it is phantom trying to do it nope you cannot get up there no more i mean you can come around here i mean i've climbed up trying to disguise for about past half hour you can get close we're just you can't get up there just can't get up there guys see see what i mean there's like an invisible wall there you just eat the slings you off oh my it's wild absolutely wild but yes guys they have nerfed a couple of the newly found ruin pharma exploits which i guess kind of sucks but hey at the end of that i did hear i did hear about on pc how they could be exploit i'm not exploiting so corrupting people saves i never really had any complaints or no one tell me that but hey if that's an issue that was happening i guess they're probably needed to take it out of the game i do is another one as well should we quickly check that out the one that was found i don't know i've got about that grace point now i won't let me pull up my map the one that's in the deep root depths there's a one up there which i thought was just a pain in the ass to even do but um it's just these two here that were much much better i'm gonna find another one though guys don't you get i will find another one okay so it was up here across the roots just it was it could jump off here and you could collect newman rooms if you haven't killed the ants the queen ants in the cave could only do this once it was a waste of time in my opinion but yeah and actually being here to check if they've nerfed please look it out of the game we'll find out now i'm pretty sure it would have though it's talking to one i posted a couple days back i don't see why they wouldn't have took this one out this one was found first i believe so we'll see so you come up here then you go across here this was the easier path to do it and you run up this this uh thing here up there hmm let's see if this works this could be the only one left this could be the only one left okay so you can still get up oh oh oh oh hold up hold up people that's probably just my poor parkour skills as you know i think this one's still here oh no it's not letting me up there that's weird that's weird people this one definitely feels like there's invisible walls been put here yes weird it's not let me up let me up but that guy there that phantom was just up there so it's gotta be a way up here unless you go the other way which was just pain in the ass okay my bad i'm just an idiot i am clearly just in it hold up a minute did you go underneath there last time i think you did yeah i've definitely done something here yeah they've definitely done something here guys you can't do anything here now i'm sure we used to run under there yeah they've destroyed this one as well they've destroyed this one as well oh my days but yeah there we have it guys there we have it oh can you go up there though no it's not letting you up for nothing people it's not letting you up for nothing hmm there's gotta be another way though there's got to be another way there has to be there has to be yeah guys it seems as though they've nerfed these uh exploits out of the game and there we have it more we'll be found if i find any i'll let you know right here on my channel so make sure you subscribe if you're new around here and like that daily admin content so yeah guys if you like what you see want to see more be sure to subscribe and hopefully people i will see you on that next one


It's not an article. It's not a book which one has to remember. It is field and everything has to be done according to the field. And many impromptu things can occur which one cannot even think before. So one has to be prepared for those also and take care of those things also so that any type of threat is eliminated. So war is a big specialty and it requires big preparation and training. When you entered Makkah, first he reorganized his army. He divided them into three different portions. Now one portion was headed by Hazrat Khalid bin Walid, who we also call Saifullah. Some young men from Makkah came together and they tried to fight with Hazrat Khalid bin Walid. But they did not have the knowledge that they were doing such a big event. In just a little while, they left a few dead bodies on the ground and they vanished away. They could imagine that they can't fight at all whatsoever. When war happens and you enter the city, it is called built-up area war and it is a very difficult sort of fighting.  Hazrat Khalid bin Walid, r.a. heads off to him. He has never been defeated wherever he was. Whatever war he was, that army has not been single-time defeated. To make sure that the entire Makkah has been completed, to make sure that all the streets of Makkah are covered with his army, to make sure that there are no other elements, no other elements that can harm us by deceiving us or by deceiving us or by hurting us in any way. It is understood that he did not find any resistance. He did not try to fight anyone anywhere. This meant that the Makkah had been completed. They have almost surrendered. Hazrat Khalid bin Walid was completely satisfied with this whole process and then left Makkah. Hazrat Khalid bin Walid went to Safa and asked Hazrat Khalid bin Walid to leave Makkah. He briefed them as the Commanders are briefed after the end of the war. After this, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, took both the Ansar and the Muhajireen with him and entered the mosque of Haram.


From the SiliconANGLE Media office in Boston, Massachusetts, it's theCUBE. Now, here's your host, Dave Vellante. Hello everyone, and welcome to this CUBE conversation. You know, the auto industry was a, if not the, dominant force in the 20th century economy. And clearly, you see it in the headlines today.  The stock is absolutely on fire. Tesla's market value is actually greater than that of Ford and GM combined, even though its revenues are about one-twelfth of those two combined. The macro discussion today is really heating up around ESG, which stands for environmental social governance. So electric vehicles are really picking up momentum. And you know, maybe that's the tailwind for Tesla, but consumers are pragmatic. The electric is still more expensive than internal combustion-powered vehicles. So we'll see how that plays out. One of the things we talk about a lot on theCUBE is the software content in automobiles. In many ways, these vehicles are code on wheels. So that's part of the hype factor too. But you know, I've always argued that the incumbent automakers are actually in a pretty reasonable position to compete. While autonomous vehicles, they may disrupt the incumbents. And even though right now Silicon Valley is ahead of Detroit and Japan and Germany and Korea, there's an ecosystem that is evolving to support traditional automakers. Now, one of those players is tactile mobility. The vast majority of data created around autonomous vehicles today is visual-based with LiDAR as a key enabler. But a human driver, you think about it, they don't just rely on sight. They're able to feel the road, the bumps, the curves and the impacts of things like weather. In fact, it's estimated that more than 20% of vehicle crashes in the US each year are weather-related. In intelligent cars, they really still can't predict road conditions ahead. Tactile offers software that uses sensors that already live in the vehicles to predict and feel road conditions like black ice and potholes to improve safety. And with me to talk about these trends and his company is Amit Nisenbaum, who's the CEO of Tactile Mobility, Amit. Thanks so much for coming on theCUBE. Thank you, Dave, very much for having me. Yeah, so really it was a great opportunity when I heard you were in town, invited you out and really appreciate you coming out to our Mallboro Studios. But let me start with why your founders launched Tactile Mobility. Well, Dave, it's a very interesting story, I think, for our company as well, for other entrepreneurs to learn from it, because actually the company has been around for about eight years and it all started from a conundrum from a question that was posed to our founder, Bos Mizrachi, which was about how do you take a vehicle from point A to point B at a set speed with minimum gas consumption, using only software and data coming off the vehicle sensors that are run of the mill sensors? And that question started this whole company. He believed that it's only an optimization question, meaning all of the data is out there. The meaning data about the conditions of the road, the grades, the curvatures, the conditions and the health of the vehicle, meaning engine efficiency, tire health, et cetera, et cetera. And what he found out was that actually neither this nor that has existed. So it was way more complicated than an optimization question. It's about how do you generate that data about the vehicle and the road? And he launched the company in order to go after those two data sets. He was able to solve that or to address that question and to take a vehicle and to show that you can take a vehicle from point A to point B at a set speed while minimizing fuel consumption up to 10%. By the time that he has done that, gas prices dropped and the question was what's next? And fortunately enough, the industry and the hype around autonomous vehicles has come around and that has been the next frontier for our company. And that's what we've been focusing on since then, but not only on that, but also on other aspects which I'll be happy to speak about. Yeah, this is an awesome story of a pivot. I mean, you see this all the time with startups. It's going to survive until you can thrive. And then something happens. It's a tailwind, great technology that the visionary can see how to reapply it and a little bit of luck involved. Maybe, okay. Stamina. Stamina, right, right. You have to have a strong heart to be in stomach to be a startup. Okay, and then you joined just a couple of years ago. That's correct. What attracted you to tactile? Well, I've been in this industry actually in the cross section of the two industries of automotive and energy for about 12 years now, starting from a company called Better Place that you might have heard of. I was one of the first hand employees there. And those two industries have been near and dear to my heart ever since. I like big questions. I like big challenges. I like big plays that have the potential to make a real difference. So the fact that the tactile mobility at the time it was called Mobywise was in this industry was a big plus. But also the fact that the offering is not really the vanilla flavor offering. Everybody's doing LiDAR and radar and cameras. All of a sudden there is someone else that is saying, women, there is that neglected segment that additional set of senses, the additional, the sense of tactility that all of us are using when we're driving and computers will need that as well. How about that? This is something that nobody pays attention to. And that really caught my attention. So I kind of hinted at this in my little narrative up front. The hype was all around autonomous but let's face it, level five autonomous, it's at least 2030, maybe further. But everybody drives some form of autonomous vehicle today if you purchase a new vehicle and that's really the space that you play in. So what are the big trends that you see and what's the problem that you're solving? Yeah, so first of all, you're absolutely right. When people speak about autonomous vehicle, they imagine to themselves a car, a vehicle with big red button and that's it. That's what is called level five. However, there are four levels below that that lead to that and today, most of the vehicles leaving the assembly line are either level two or level three. That's why we're also saying that we're in the business of smart and autonomous vehicles and the challenges there if you're looking at the vehicles themselves are challenges of how do we make those vehicles both safer as well as more enjoyable to ride and the ability to address both of those together is actually not as simple as one might think. So that's what we're focusing on and that's the trend, the trend of no compromises that you go both for safety as well as a user experience. That's on the vehicle side. Having said that, being a data company that has a proprietary software stack that allows it to generate that data, the tactile data, the data about the dynamic between the vehicle and the road allows us also to take that data to the cloud and in the cloud to split that dynamic into two separate models. One we model independently the vehicle, the vehicle health and the other one is we're turning each one of the vehicles to become like a probe that fills the road conditions and maps, the location of bumps, cracks, oil spills, black ice, et cetera, et cetera. And by that we are able to crowd source and create the data and create new layer and new of the map road conditions there. Going back to the question that was posed about how do you take that vehicle from point A to point B, a minimum fuel. Here you go, we have those two types of data and now we can use it in other verticals as well. Well, that's very interesting. So a lot of people say, oh autonomous vehicles it's all about real time, you can't do anything in the cloud and you actually, you're refuting that because you're building essentially a map of what's happening on the roads, whether it's a pothole or a bump or a curve, et cetera. That's correct. And so essentially you're doing that in the cloud, modeling that in the cloud and then what, bringing it down in real time, right? Yeah, so first of all the first use case is indeed to bring it back to the vehicles and so the vehicle and the vehicles around it will know what's ahead of them. Use cases there are about preconditioning vehicle systems. For instance, you're approaching a pothole, probably you want you, meaning the vehicle would like to tune the suspension to become harder or softer.  So that's one use case. But there are other use cases, other use cases around for instance, road authorities and municipalities. We do have customers around the globe, road authorities and municipalities that are subscribed to our data services that allow them, road condition data services that allow them to better plan maintenance as well as dispatch crews to locations of hazards in real time. Yeah, so I remember when I was a kid, we had a CB. That's how you communicated what was ahead.  Right, analogy. Yeah, and now we're doing that. And now does that essentially require some kind of peer-to-peer network? So we're agnostic of the technology. We're the data layer behind all of that. These days everything or most of the use cases are still running on a vehicle to cloud to vehicle or to anybody else. But there are companies that are working on vehicle to vehicle. So you mentioned the stack. What does your stack look like? Can you describe that a little bit? Two parts. One is embedded software that sits on one of the vehicle computers, one of the ECUs. And the other one is the cloud component. The component, the embedded software that sits on one of the vehicle ECUs, usually either the gateway or one of the vehicle dynamics ECUs or maybe ADAS say ECU, et cetera, takes in real-time amounts of data from multiple existing non-visual sensors such as wheel speed from all four wheels, wheel angle, position of the gas paddle, torque of the brake paddle and much, much more ingest all of that, create a unified signal that describes in real-time the dynamic between the vehicle and the road. That signal is very, very noisy. So we apply signal processing methodologies to clean it. And then we apply on top of it, algorithms and AI and all of that in real-time in order to derive insights about the vehicle road dynamics. You probably ask yourself, give me a concrete example of something like that because it's kind of amorphous. The killer up to these days with OEMs, the vehicle manufacturers, is what is called available grip level. It's basically a signal to the vehicle computer about how drastically can the vehicle accelerate, decelerate or change direction, all different types of acceleration before it will start to skid. Think about it as the performance envelope of the vehicle. Nobody but us can model this using software only in any condition and this type of data has multiple use cases in the vehicle. Happy to tell you more about those. Question is if do you have time? We do, but I want to make a point, the software only, the thing, if I understand it correctly, the OEM doesn't have to change any hardware. You're using the existing sensors of the vehicle of which there are certainly dozens, if not hundreds, to actually take advantage of this, right? You don't have to do any kind of hardware changes, is that correct? We're data and data analytics and AI companies. Yeah, so if you want to add some color and double click on some examples, that would be great. Sure, so going back to the available grip level type of data of insight, I call it, think about adaptive cruise control, the function that allows a vehicle to drive at a set speed, however, to avoid colliding into the front vehicle. So today, it seems like all of the data is there for ACC adaptive cruise control to be effective. You know the distance from the vehicle, probably using a radar. You know the relative velocity between the two vehicles, so you have all of the information. However, you don't know you, again, the vehicle computer, how hard the vehicle can break, given how slippery the road is, given how healthy or worn out the tires are, et cetera, et cetera. That means that the vehicle computer needs to err on the safe side and keep the large distance in order to allow safe braking. What's wrong with that? Going back to the question about the trend before. First of all, it's not natural to the driver. We keep a certain distance for a certain reason, and when the distance is too large, it just doesn't feel natural to us. That's one thing. However, on the other side, it's also not safe. How is that?   Being able to allow the vehicle to know really what is the tight distance, safe distance, to stay from the vehicle allows that vehicle to be more enjoyable to ride as well as safe. So take that example, because today, I can sort of personalize that adaptive cruise control and say, okay, I want one bar, two bar, three bar. Yes, that's it. But that's it. That's it. I sometimes say, well, is three bar right? Is two bar right? You're right. You go, well, that's too far. I think I'll cut it down to two bar or one bar.  That's correct. But also keep me having comfortable driving. Absolutely true. Actually, those three bars is kind of a psychological exercise, right? Because the shortest bar is that large distance. When they tell you two bars or three bars, it's kind of like, do you want to keep a large, very large, or extra large distance, right? Because they will never allow you to keep shorter distance, shorter than what is really, really the bare minimum in order to break at the worst case scenario. Even if it's safe. Even if it's safe. And that's really where your software comes in. Absolutely. Now, Porsche is an investor in the company. That's correct. Presumably, it's a customer, right? No, they actually said publicly that they're a customer as well. Okay, great. Let's talk about how customers are using this and what the adoption cycle looks like. And maybe you could give us some examples of how it's being applied. So customers, you mean OEMs, car manufacturers. So the way that they use it, I just described it now. The adoption cycle, in this industry, unfortunately, cycles are long. We work years to create relationships with the car manufacturers, to allow them to learn about our capabilities, to validate the integrity of our software. They also most commonly run RFPs or RFQs in order to choose the right technology. And I'm glad to say that we're winning again and again and again. And then there is the integration cycle, which by itself is a few years in length. So the cycle altogether is long. However, we found that our approach is quite effective and the approach, not necessarily the technology, yes, but also the way that we approach those OEMs. We are quite, if I may say, humble. We know that we're not the car engineers, the typical car engineers. We actually know very little about cars. What we know, we know data very well and we know AI very well. And when we come to them, we say, we're not trying to replace your engineers. We're not trying to do what you do. We're trying to tackle the same problems that you weren't able to tackle before from a very different angle. And that works very well. So you talk about the integration cycle of a couple or maybe even longer. How long is the design cycle for these things? Is it also years or? So the design cycle from our perspective is much, much more agile. Actually, we are working in agile framework in terms of the development of the software itself, but you're asking about the design much faster. But when I said a few years, a couple of years, I meant a per OEM to design together to allow them to feel that we're designing, meaning customizing the software to their needs as well as implementing it. That's the level. But what they get is a competitive advantage. So Porsche as a leader, obviously, and an early adopter is going to be able to now commercialize this technology. Of course, it'll be embedded, but that'll be a feature that the car sales person will highlight and maybe they market it, maybe they don't. But that gives them a competitive differentiation. So are you seeing that other OEMs are starting to really get this and sort of leaning in or what's your experience? Yes, it's the typical technology adoption curve. There are the early adopters and there are the mainstream and the late adopters. I'm glad to say that these days we're not only working with the early adopters, but also more with the mainstream. I encourage you to stay tuned. I believe that in the coming month or two we'll have a big announcement about another major OEM that has chosen us commercially for mass production. And we are in quite advanced stages with OEMs both in Europe and North America, starting also to spin out to Asia. And is the business model, is it a subscription model? Is it a one-time payment from the OEM? How's it work? That's another thing that made me excited about the company going back to your question from before. It's quite diverse, I would say. For the OEMs, the software that we embed in their vehicle, it's software licensing. However, the data that we generate and then upload to the cloud and repurpose it with the OEMs themselves, but also, as I said before, road authorities, municipalities, fleet managers, insurance companies. I didn't have a chance to touch on all of the verticals. That's a subscription model. So the two models are working together. It's actually quite an attractive value proposition for us and for our investors. So there's software license and there's data as a service. Absolutely. And there's also adjacent industries that you can go after. You just mentioned a couple. So when you think about the total available market, which obviously any CEO is going to do and TAM expansion is part of your job, but so what's that vision? When does that look like? So in terms of the size itself, it's measured in the trillions. It's very, very big. In terms of the different verticals, the ones that I tapped on are the first ones, but even within those these days, we're really, really trying to stay razor focused on the OEMs and road authorities and municipalities. We have fleets and fleet managers that are coming to us when we request for the data that we call vehicle DNA. That's the data about the vehicle health, et cetera. And that's the third vertical that we're starting to address these days, but we're only 25 people growing to 40. We're trying to be very, very agile. That's from one end and from the other end, now that we showed our value to the car manufacturers, we're going for the E-Force multipliers, meaning partnerships with the channels, with T-1s, the suppliers to the OEMs themselves.  And then I think you did a raise of roughly what, nine million today? We in October, yes, October 2019, we announced the latest round of $9 million from Porsche as well as some other investors, yes. Yeah, great, okay, so I mean, not a ton of money, but you guys are small, and so a little bit more on the company. You said 20, going to 40, you're well-capitalized, but today you see people raising $250 million. Yes, that's right. What do you sense is your capital needs? I mean, you're obviously actively raising money and doing as what the CEO does, but can you share with us kind of your milestones for the next 12, 18 months? First of all, we were fortunate and fortune has something to do with it. I think that being disciplined is another thing, to have revenue already. So our capital needs were still not profitable and we're growing fast, so we need to raise in order to support that growth, but we're quite diligent about that. Also, true, companies have raised tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. First of all, not all companies in this industry are created equal. We're not a hardware company. We're software and data. We're also not trying to do a fully integrated offering like, let's say, Zooks or something like that, which requires way, way more money. And actually, I'm quite glad that we're raising as we need, but not more than that, because what you raise, you need to return tenfold. So we have enough in order to support the growth of the company in years to come. Well, the OEM model is very sales-efficient as well, right? I like them in the software companies today are hiring people to inside sales, outside sales, enterprise sales, and so there's a different business. Well, first of all, congratulations. A really interesting story. Really appreciate you coming out to our studios here in Marlboro and sharing your story. Best of luck to you. Thank you very much, Dave. It's been a pleasure coming here and I'm glad that you invited me. Great, and thank you everybody for watching. This is Dave Vellante with theCUBE. We'll see you next time.