Welcome back. My name is Esti Klaas and as you know, we have absolutely amazing shows coming to you live every night this week. And without further ado, I'm sitting with the absolutely amazing head of thought leadership, Nepoi Mukhatle. Good evening. Oh, what a lovely introduction. I'm very well. Thanks. How are you doing? Thank you so much for joining us, taking time out of your busy day. And I love just engaging with you just a little bit before the show is what I noticed about you and your characteristics is that you're very down to earth. And that's something that we need as millennials, first-time home buyers. People who understand us, you know. I agree 100%. You know, a lot of the time buying a home seems like such a complex process, but it really doesn't have to be. And I think our jobs, including all stakeholders in the property chain, is to make sure that we eliminate that complexity and make it easy and helpful for people to own homes. Exactly. Even coming into Netbank shouldn't be this nervous, shouldn't be this nerve-wracking. We're financial experts who are trying to do good. Yeah. You're the people who help us. No reason to be nervous. Exactly. And on that note, a few of my friends, you know, in the group of millennials, I'd like to think I fall in that group, we all, we're looking to buy our first home and we're looking for guidance, mentorship, help, financial help. Financial literacy was never part of our ballgame growing up. It's nothing we knew. We weren't equipped with that type of knowledge. So what do you think that millennials can do to avoid any troubles that come in their way when purchasing that first home? Sure, ST, you made such valid points, right? And I think, first of all, you know, I think millennials have gotten a really hard rep, right? And perhaps we should be having the conversation about what should people who are buying homes in the future be aware of, right? Because I think, you know, whether we're talking about millennials or we're talking about Gen Z, it's about people who are buying homes in the future. And I think with the complexity that the pandemic has brought around, I think the first thing is to widen the scope of your options, right? So if you are somebody like myself who has the flexibility of not necessarily having to walk into an office for work, think about how much you can alleviate the pressure from your wallet by buying something that is a little bit further outside of your normal place of work, right? So for instance, I mean, we're here in this beautiful building in Santon. You know that prices for individual units around this area at a premium. So why not consider an option of buying a property a little bit further away so that you get more bang for your buck? That's just one of the ways that millennials and other people in the future home buying process can mitigate some of those risks. The upcoming generations. And I think it's so important and key that we actually look at because a lot of our viewers actually, and I say this week after week because we notice younger people coming to the show, starting from 16 to 18, they're still in high school. And I love that they're thinking about property already or investments. And on that note, talking about like our parents going back home, we all have our family home that we visit. And many cases, our parents are still paying off their bond. How do we as the younger upcoming generation avoid being in a similar space? How do we pay off our bond sooner? How can we avoid that with being financially literate as key and one of the key points? But what other mechanisms are there? Yeah. So Estine, there's actually quite a range of options that are available to make sure that the pitfalls that might occur when owning a property and particularly paying it off when you think about a bond or anything of that nature, there's lots of stakeholders in this property process that can help along the way. So there are many options that are available for first time home buyers. One of them is through a government subsidy called Flisp, which stands for the financially linked subsidy program. And this is a program that allows first time home buyers who are earning between three and a half thousand to 22 and a half thousand Rand per month, the opportunity to have a cashback paid into their bond as part of the purchase of a home. So that's really kind of one of the ways that you can tap into and make the home buying process less burdensome. The other option of course, which is also government initiated, is the fact that all properties under a million Rand do not have a transfer duty applied to them. So that's also one of the big wins in this far as being able to access the property market and make it a little bit more flexible and manageable for first time home buyers. And we always talk about research, research, research. And I found out about Flisp last year for the first time. Really? Yeah. And it shows like this and it's conversations with people like you that educate us as the younger generation because and I'm sure there are many other solutions that maybe we won't have time to mention today, but it's about doing your own research and speaking to the right people and networking. And I think a lot of the times we talk about how afraid we are to approach people of the stature, who have the status, who can help us because we're like they're going to ask us to pay. Yeah. And you know, Esther, you touch on a very important point, right? So, you know, we think of millennials and young people who are buying properties in the future, right? And some of the thinking around that is that a lot of young people feel like they don't want to be tied to a property, you know, they want to be able to travel, even post COVID perhaps. But they want that fluidity of being able to be anywhere and not be tied to anything. That does not mean that property purchasing doesn't play a factor in that. So nothing stops young people from taking up the opportunity to buy properties and use them for investment purposes, right? To start the journey now and actually add to your investment portfolio, even though you might not consider staying there permanently. We always talk about this passive income.  You know, your property, your investments make the money for you. 100%.  I read an article, it was, I think, two years ago about how black women are taking over the market, the property market, young, single black woman. And so let's talk a little bit about the trends millennials maybe in this day and age and how it was back in the day. And if we can touch on both things, renting and buying. Sure, interesting. Yes. And I remember that piece of research that was done where women, particularly black women, of course, are taking up space in as far as the property purchasing arena is concerned. And I think that's a consequence of a number of things, right? So firstly, it's about accessibility. Far more they are more women, particularly in South Africa, but across the continent who have access to opportunities like they never had before, right? The fact that you and I are sitting here having this conversation about property tells you a lot. Yeah. So I think accessibility has played a large part in as far as how young women are able to access property and buy our property. I think the next trend or opportunity that we should look out for is this whole notion around work from home. Right. And what that means to living spaces for a large number of people. So do we still want to be living in one bedroom units? Or do we want a lifestyle that allows us to live in our homes as often and as frequently as we are doing now during lockdowns and during a pandemic? Right. So I think the narrative around, you know, sectional title versus freehold, one bedroom versus three bedroom is really going to be an interesting debate that we can take forward. And I think lastly, the third trend that we need to watch out for is rental versus purchasing, right? And I think that plays into that whole millennial or Gen Z or property owners of the future space, right? So what is it that you want your home to bring?  Do you want it to be a space where you can raise your children and build a family or even look after your loved ones? Because there's a lot of us who have that kind of responsibility. And so part of that will determine how much the rental space changes and transforms in a space and a time where people are really starting to consider what it means to own property. Right. Yeah. And I think it's important to know, and I've been doing a lot of research because I'm looking to move and or to do rent by or to purchase property. And it's important for us to know, I think we assume the word bond, we assume that it's going to be like 20,000 land where if you look at apartments that maybe you're looking in Santon and it's about seven or let's say 10,000 a month, you could find an amazing apartment maybe further away from Santon where you could buy it and pay off that bond. A lot of this knowledge is new. It's new knowledge to me and I'm learning every day about these little things that are ways that I can purchase property. And it's very key. You said something amazing about knowing why you're buying your property, knowing is it investment? Is it a first home? Is it a home?  Or is it what what if the other reasons were but what's important about that is because one of our guests previously spoke about the emotional attachment to buying property. And when you're investing in a home to tell yourself this is my home and two years later it will be an investment. It's hard. It's not that easy to just give up. And I think, you know, we we we're moving towards a space and a time where things are no longer as structured as they were. There's fluidity and so there's fluidity in our lifestyles as well. And I think we need to own and accept that. One of the key things that we also need to consider is that life and most things around it happen in cycles, right? And the interest rate is one of them, right? So interest rates work in a cycle. So when you're considering buying a home, particularly as a first time home buyer, right, understand that interest rates are cyclical. Right now we're experiencing probably one of the lowest interest rates going through one of the lowest interest rate cycles. The repo rate is sitting at 3.5, which means prime lending is sitting at 7. And so this sounds like an opportune time to purchase a home, right? Which is great. But one of the key things that we need to consider is to make sure that as that cycle turns, that you and I are ready for that turn, right? And we're ready to make sure that there is a buffer in as far as being able to repay at a higher interest rate cycle. And so those are some of the things that should be considered as you think about, am I buying this property to live in? Am I buying this property to invest? Either way, it's cyclical. Yeah. And when it changes, am I ready? Are you ready for that change?  She keeps saying this, right? She keeps saying this. We talk about financial literacy. That's your language. That's what you speak. You speak finance. We spoke about financial literacy being foreign to a lot of young individuals. What would you say that net bank or what would you say that you're doing to, especially when it comes to credit score? This thing called credit score, which a lot of us are only learning about now. How do we maintain that? How do we check if we qualify for certain things? How do we even get a good credit? What is a good credit score? Yeah. So let's break down that credit score conversation a little bit, right? So your credit score is essentially a number that gets assigned to any individual who has a behavior in as far as how they pay their credit accounts. So whether it is a retail shopping account or a bank linked credit card, for example, you will be assigned a score based on your credit behavior. How often you're paying the credit off? Are you paying the right amount? Are you paying it consistently? And that score is assigned by various credit bureaus across the country, right? So that is your score. That score allows people like ourselves at net bank and other credit lenders to make sure that when we are lending to you, we're not lending in an irresponsible or reckless manner. It is to empower our customers to make sure that the kind of credit decisions that are being made are the right ones. So that's the credit score concept. Yeah. And then so I think another important thing because we are like talking to the next generation is how do we, what do we need to do to actually have a good credit record, to qualify for that home loan, to qualify to make that big investment? Yeah. And the trick is simple, right? It's if you had to lend somebody money, their terms to that contract, if I can put it that way, right? So if I'm going to lend somebody money, I need to make sure that when they say I can pay back every Monday, that's what they're going to do. When they say I can pay you back 10 rand every Monday, that's what they're going to do. So the same principle applies when it comes to your credit score and how that credit score makes sure that your behavior is the right kind of behavior.  We spoke about being ready for a change and ready for a shift and I think we can all agree no one was ready for the pandemic, no one was ready for what 2020 had to bring. And during that time of uncertainty, there were solutions made by NetBank and by people like you sitting on the top there making these changes. And I wanted to find out because we're still in a time of uncertainty. Little things have gone back to normal but we're still here and we're still waiting for something to happen. It's like we're on edge. That's how it feels for me, that this change can come at any moment and you just have to be ready to adapt. And what has NetBank done to help us make the application process for this investment for your first home possible and easier during this time of uncertainty? Yeah, you know here at NetBank we have a term that we use quite widely it's called resilience. I think that's such a powerful word, right? In a world of complexity, in a world where there's a lot of change, the level of resilience is what's going to set you apart. And so one of the things that we have to make sure that the online home loan application process is easier is that people are able to apply any time, anywhere from the comfort of their homes so they can use any of our digital platforms to do so. We have a fantastic sales and service team in the form of our distribution channels so you can walk into any NetBank branch today, you can contact our contact center and they will assist you with the home. But I think what is key for us is to make sure that that application process is a seamless and convenient regardless of which channel you choose. I think the last thing that I'd like to say just as far as how we're making sure that we are very impactful in how we make sure customers are put into homes is that we have linked our loyalty and rewards program to a responsible borrower package. So it's not just about giving away points for swiping or transacting which is what traditionally loyalty and rewards programs have been. But I think at NetBank what we've really tried to do is to make sure that we recognize those customers of ours that are responsible in paying back their home loan or their credit cards or their personal loans. In fact just recently because of that responsible borrower package one of our customers was very lucky to have been selected for their home loan to be paid off in full because they were managing their behavior and their repayments so successfully. So that's just one of the things. Yeah and I love what you said about resilience. I mean back in my varsity days we looked at resilience as an elastic so pulling it and pulling it but it comes back and I think the ability to do that and it's not only for the people who for the younger generation who are applying for the home loans but it's also people like you. On the other side the people who were maybe afraid to speak to or ask for advice but just to show us that no we too are resilient so we educate you to kind of have the same characteristics and on this note of uncertainty we know that during COVID we lost people lost jobs. Retrenchments was a thing and it was such a difficult time because a lot of us had to go and dig into that savings account and touch money we didn't think we'd ever have to right now and I just want to find out about like when it comes to how what need bank did during that time for the for their customers during again that time of uncertainty. Sure that was a tough time and I think it continues to be a tough time for a lot of our customers so we had a range of debt relief options available to our customers and I'll talk specifically about the home loan one so we had payment holidays that had been worked out customers could actually go online to our digital platforms and ask for relief because they had either you know been you know unable to work as a result of COVID or had literally lost their jobs right so that relief program has almost run its course nothing stops a customer today of net banks from contacting us directly and saying I'm still struggling and I need help and what we've decided and what we very clear on is to have a very bespoke set of solutions depending on each customer's individual circumstances so our ask to our customers is always to contact us have a conversation and then make the necessary arrangements because there are arrangements that can be made. We spoke a little bit about this thing called flisp earlier and the chats about property among millennials let me tell you something it is coming up it's a it's a it's a chat that we have at the dinner table now from personal experience it's something we talk about often we're not afraid of it anymore we may not have enough money but we talk about it and the fact that it's part of the conversation right now is one thing that means something right just a vision ambition exactly what the show is about and we spoke about other solutions that people who do not having we talk a lot about not having enough money but between three thousand to twenty two thousand you said right there are people who earn that much and they still can get property and so I'd like for you to just expand a little bit on how this flisp thing works if I was ready to apply tomorrow and you know get my property the process how long does it take what do I need besides you know just earning in that income bracket there's probably other things I need maybe we can also do talk a little bit about flisp is it only for South Africans do only South Africans qualify just a little bit more about this thing called flisp yeah sure so it's such a powerful initiative from government side right and I think what makes this even more powerful is that it has the support of the private sector as well yeah so that income bracket is one criteria so the the 3.5 up to the 22 odd k range but the other criteria is it's quite lengthy right so I would encourage you know consumers to go on to online to the housing department's website and just have a look at that criteria so one of the criteria for flisp is that you need to be in a household where there are dependents that works in your favor right and I think one of the things that is what government is really trying to do is trying to address those parts of society where there is a fundamental need to house as many people as possible right the other thing that flisp requires from a customer who wants to buy a property is that that property is linked to a bond so you are not buying that property for cash you are buying that property and have applied for a bond through one of the the home loan providers so flisp is again a powerful initiative run by government and the beauty of it is that it has the collaboration with private sector I think because the criteria for flisp is so broad my recommendation would be to visit the department of housing website and understand all that criteria and see which one fits you best in order to make the right application process again research and it's so important to do your own research we can talk all day about what you need to do but at the end of the day and I think what's so important about research is when you do it yourself you kind of understand it in your own words you know your colloquial your terminology is what you understand and just before we wrap it up I want to talk about there's a lot of misconceptions when it comes to and we I say I say this all the time because I think it's my fear maybe I shouldn't project about going to the bank and asking for a home loan about these discussions that we should be having as younger as the younger generation and obviously there's it's the stigma around the banks and it's talking about home loans but what has what has netbank done to kind of break break that narrative change that narrative and to let go of that stigma made it easier for us to come to you I think you know SD it's also about purpose right so so at netbank we're very purpose driven our purpose is to use our financial expertise to do good for individuals communities and families and so when we talk about how we have made things a little bit simpler for the home buying and the home ownership process I think our branch network I mean walk into a branch today at netbank and you will see the change you will see the future in those netbank stores I think secondly what we've done is we've broadened the channels that our customers can go to our digital channels are prime and ready for anybody be you a first time home buyer or a seasoned professional of buying homes to access toolkits that allow you to search for properties get property information and apply online yeah and we've also obviously got our contact center who has a strong baby of sales consultants ready to actually assist with that process thank you so much for for joining me today but I don't I don't want to end it right there I want to ask you a personal question we're talking about home loans and you've given us such amazing advice on what we can do and this also this is not only for the millennials it's not only for the younger generation if there's anything you can take from this conversation and apply it to your own life please I mean you've made it seem sound so easy and I think the key thing is that it is and last question what does home mean full of point what does home mean that thing home sure now you're getting personal but I can completely answer that you know home for me is um two things home for me is Johannesburg because I have an absolute love affair with the city yeah and I think anybody who's tied to a city and its energy can can relate to that and then home is also um where my family is yeah so so my my husband and my kids and I think wherever they are is where I'll be that's safe space that's safe haven again thank you so much Lupe and we'll we need to have this chat again and I think you'll see and we spoke briefly about trends but trends are changing thank you so much Lupe for joining us that's all for tonight the first time home by a show and we'll see you guys again next week same time same place


Welcome to JSA TV and JSA podcast the leading newsroom for telecom and data center professionals I'm John Max Lima and joining me today. I've got Lee Curry co-founder and chairman of salute mission critical Lee Thank you so much for talking to us. How are you doing doing great? Thanks for having me on Great to have you always on but let's talk about you and sort of mission critical Talk us through like your life story like how did you get to launch the organization and what does the company do? You bet so I'm the chairman and co-founder. I had the good fortune of partnering up with Jason Ocroy Who's the CEO and we started this in? 2013 at the time veterans unemployment rate was crazy It was almost 25 percent for first-term veterans that had gotten off and they were considered unskilled So we wanted to build a company that would show that there's no such thing as an unskilled veteran and we've done that Four or eight years later We've got 400 full-time staff in 10 countries and continuing to grow rapidly because we built a service model That leverages the strengths of what veterans learn in the military and brings that to market and it's a valuable offering that people are latching on to and Kind of embracing as the new way of doing business at the data center sites. I Mean I was quite impressed with the growth of salute to be honest Special after nearly five years. It's still growing very fast, which is I mean usually start up starts Slowing down their growth at this point, but you guys seem to be still going quite strong We are and the exciting thing about it is I think we've got even more growth ahead of us We've found a capital partner that believes in our mission that came in and you saw the announcement just a couple days ago With LL our partners and that's just going to give us the ability to really scale this thing We'll invest into our infrastructure and our systems and our people and really put the pedal to the metal as they say I mean, this is big stuff is there are big equity capsule for investors And they've raised more than five billion dollars across six funds over the years I mean talk us a little bit more in detail through the through the news. They just released this week We knew a few years ago that as we got to a certain point We would outscale Jason and my personal assets because like typical entrepreneurs who bootstrap a company We were doing this basically by collateralizing our assets to get the line of credits and be able to make payroll and do that Now we've got a partner that understands how to finance how to get the capital line so that we can Push for even further growth, but if we wanted to keep it just to ourselves We could have just stayed at the level we are keep the 400 people going But we would like to look back in a few years and be talking about thousands of employees all across the world that Are getting a chance to get into the data center industry and delivering quality services Okay, when we talk about expanding across the world and you've already said that you're present in 10 countries What's the plan outside of the US anyway, even for the other nine countries with the outside of the US you bet We've got your great operations already established in Europe Are three footholds that I consider Ireland Netherlands and the Nordic region But we'll take those operations and we'll expand them further into other accounts I and then we'll also be breaking into new markets based on activity in Poland and Spain and we'll see more growth in Germany and France So it's pretty exciting all across the board in the Europe and the growth that's going there as the data centers move out We move out to help run them on a daily basis In South America. We're already in Chile in Argentina. I think by the end of the year will probably Be in Mexico and expand further in Chile and we'll continue to expand in the US too We've got a lot of growth forecasted for the hottest market northern Virginia But we're also seeing a lot of growth in Canada and Montreal and I All across the board our new region will be Asia, but we don't have that yet in the forecast But we do have that long term that we know we'll have to be there Yeah, well you can't escape Asia and eventually at some point is there kid Africa as well But I mean a lot of the destinations that you touched upon like they are really Booming in terms of demand and they will be over the next two three is Poland Spain Italy So they's very interesting, but there was also a few things that he said in the release They was quite interested or quite curious about So one of them you said that you represent And I quote like an often misunderstood and overlooked resource pool Which would be the veterans I mean let's talk about this resource pool like how big is this resource pool? How qualified are they? What do they have to bring to the markets? Especially in Europe for example whether then the notion of veterans is probably not as big as in the US and We do have a large military in the US But there's also significant Militaries in the other countries and we're working with a group called euro mill that represents 23 countries and tapping into the veterans there The one thing that you find consistent in all the programs is veterans go through similar training learning the teamwork learning critical thinking learning how to Operate under pressure. So those skills are what we really look for in our employees to be able to bring a man and teach him the technology But the thing that I think is most misunderstood about veterans Is no one seems to look beyond the initial specialty when you talk about an infantry man You think about what Hollywood portrays a map Rambo and Willem Dafoe But for that person to be able to do their job There's all kinds of supporting skills that they need to do to maintain their equipment their vehicle their weapons systems their communications That sounds like a data center technician to me. We just need to teach them new equipment We've proven that you can take cooks and truck drivers and teach them how to be data center technicians And that skill set is very misunderstood because you'll go to an employer typically and you tell them what you did in the military First thing they'll do with an infantryman is put them in as a security guard and the cook will go into food service They're missing an opportunity to have technicians and project managers with great skills So you do you think there's some sort of misunderstanding on how transferable those skills are Industry and even even if you do you even think there's some stigma around just employing veterans I think there is for people that haven't been around the military community And they've only learned about the military through the movies and tv shows They see an entirely different impression of veterans than what is really there One thing that I learned when I went through basic training was how to learn how to grow and do it quickly and I think that skill set is enormously important in a Industry like ours that's changing at such a pace and growing at such a pace If you come in and want to just sit back and not learn anymore, you're dead weight so The people when the military come and our lifelong learners you get them Engaged and they'll continue. They'll stay up with technology. They'll stay up with the latest processes and be able to deliver the services I'm sure they're very good at sticking to deadlines as well. She's very important.  So I mean what's the secret to still grow so much After nearly half a decade It's a combination of things I think that the service model that we defined in the beginning has been embraced by the industry because One we had a personnel shortage. So we took advantage of that opportunity to bring a new resource pool to bear We put in a comprehensive workforce development program that goes from training entry level all the way to intermediate and can take you No matter what your skill set is Integrate you and make you productive and then give you a career path that you can continuously develop With the service model that we've got the reason that it's so important is that the The military discipline that we apply to the sites and the data centers we do across the board So our service techs do both CE work their critical environments mechanical and electrical They do the it work and they do the security and that cuts down on the number of people needed on site it was Happenstance based on covid that cutting down on the number of people on site was actually a good thing And now we've got a new operating model that people are Embracing because it cuts down on their costs, but it cuts down on human risk during pandemics and things like that So it's a better way of doing business and I believe that's what's really contributed to our rapid growth Definitely sounds like but what's been one thing they've learned over the years since you launched There's no account for planning planning in advance everybody. There's an old saying Any plan does not survive first contact, but without that plan you're never going to get to first contact We continuously reassess and regage and make fine tunes to what we're doing But we planned this out from the beginning to have that workforce development strategy in place that could tap into the supply chain produce productive members Of this industry and then to continually grow and having a good service model and starting with the end in mind Of what we wanted to build has been the cornerstone to our success and that planning I think that people often try to shortcut you can't shortcut planning Okay, sounds good and uh one last question if people want to learn more about salutes if they want to get involved So if they are veterans like they're operators, um, if they want to get involved where can they go? How can you get in touch? What's the process? Variety of ways you can hit our website. You can follow our linkedin groups salute mission critical.com is out there We've got an info at salute mission critical.com and they can always reach out to me I'm happy to talk to veterans non veterans anybody that has a passion for this business because it's continuously growing and they'll find out more about our Programs like our military spouse program and the value of that demographic as well to be bringing into the industry The more you dig the more you find out and you may be able to apply what we've done to your business And I'd be happy to share our workforce development model how that works and how it could apply to your business Whether you're in this industry or the other it's tapping into that valuable resource pool of veterans and turning them into great employees Okay, um, I know I say it was the last question But one final one if you have to describe what you're doing for the industry Because I think you're going to be beyond just having an issue actually doing something quite unique For the industry you've had to describe what you're doing in one words What words would you choose? change We're we're changing things because everybody has complained about the personnel shortage for at least the last decade We're showing a way that you can fix this you can fix the personnel shortage And up the game with the quality of resources you're bringing to the table Okay, Lee. Thank you so much Um, thank you And thank you our viewers as well at home for tuning in into jsa tv and jsa broadcasts Don't forget you can also follow our channels social media channels to find out more information about us and the industry Until next time happy networking


Hi, my name is Jai and I'm an engineer at Twitter. I like the work I do a lot. It's incredible the scale at which Twitter operates, so being able to affect millions of people, sometimes significantly, is incredibly rewarding and super exciting. I think engineers just love to solve puzzles and that's a huge part of our jobs is to find these big real-world problems and then try to break them down into smaller parts and then solve them like a puzzle. This lesson is called variables and envelopes. We're going to learn how we can build sentences when we're still missing pieces of information. Most of us are already familiar with the idea of filling in a blank. We do it when we're putting a name on our homework. Sometimes there's more than one blank that needs to be filled out and in that case we give the blank of a label so that we know which piece of information goes where. Variables are placeholders for pieces of information that can change. By using a variable for missing information we can continue working on whatever we were doing and let someone else fill in the missing information later. In software we use variables a lot. We use variables as placeholders for name, email address, and even username. That way we can let the program know where those details will appear after the user fills them in. We use variables all the time in our work. So anytime you need to store a piece of information for later we'll use a variable. Let's say we need to count the number of times that a user has tweeted. Every time that user tweets we'll add one to that number and every time that user deletes a tweet we'll decrease that number by one. Anytime we need to know how many times the user is tweeted we'll just look at that variable.


Hello everyone, this is Grant your friendly neighborhood OpenShift team member today I wanted to show you how to install Red Hat code ready workspaces on the OpenShift Online Pro System so what I'm going to do as I just went to OpenShift comm I'm I'll click on log in and it's going to take me to the login wizard I'm going to authenticate to the pro tier, so I'll click on open that web console here and I have already authenticated to it and so you see I have four or four projects running over here So the first thing I want to do is download code ready workspaces So to do that. I'm going to actually go to access dot red hat comm Then I'm going to click on products and services View all products and then select code ready workspaces for OpenShift And on this page you can see that you have access to release notes administration guide as well as to Download the latest code ready workspaces. So I'm going to click on that and it should say your download just start automatically So you can see I'm using the windows operating system here And this is going to download a tar file for me What I want to do is actually just copy this link address because I'm going to use my Linux system to do this. So let me clear the screen here And I'm going to make a directory called temp and inside of that directory. I'm going to curl The url and I'm going to dash o for output and I'm just going to call this workspace tar And that will download the necessary files that I need and then I'll move that into my temp directory Because I forgot to change into that directory and I'm on a tar xvf workspace tar That gives me a couple of things that gives me a config script a deploy script and a readme script To actually run this you first want to log in to the OpenShift container platform that you want to deploy to So I am going to Go back to my OpenShift console and click on my username And select copy login command and then I'll go back to my terminal paste that in And now I'm logged in. Okay, you can see the same four projects there Now what we want to do is actually run that deploy script if I run deploy.sh-help Let's see. I got to go into that directory run that command again It'll list all of the available options for me and you can dig into the different options and whatnot Or read through the administration guide But right now all I want to do is pass in the Deploy command and this is going to give me an error message and I wanted to show this to explain why Because by default if you don't pass in a namespace or a project It's going to use code ready now because I'm on the online pro tier And it's a multi-tenant environment. Someone has obviously already used code ready on that Luckily, you can pass in a dash p equals and then your own project name. So I'm going to say G ship Lee And this will create a new project or a namespace called G ship Lee and then deployed the code ready workspace And cha operator inside of that project and this takes about three or four minutes to complete Okay, it looks like the deployment has finished correctly. So let's just run through what actually happened here When I ran the deploy script it actually installed postgres It installed key cloak, which is the authentication system that we're going to be using and it deployed cha So now let's take a look at the open shift console And we can see that we have a project called G ship Lee. That is where My instance of cha Was created. So the first thing we want to do is click the route for code ready workspaces And we're going to register a user So I'll just click in register and you can set this up Using oauth or other things. So let's just G ship Lee at redhat.com username g ship Lee Put a password in here Register, okay. So now I have an account on cha Um, so what we want to do is actually load up the key cloak dashboard at this time And we want to go to the administration console and the password and username is admin admin Okay, so the first thing we want to do is change that password, right? So if we go down to users View all users we can see admin. I'll click on him credentials. We want to make that Turn that off and change this to a secure password And we're going to change the password Now we can go back to the users And you'll also probably want to turn off Um registration, right and so let's see how we do that here log in Registration is set to on let's change that to off and save those changes Okay So now if we go back to our other tab, we can see that I am in code ready workspace So let's go ahead and start coding. I'm going to select a spring boot application So I'll just use the spring boot quick start And then I'll click on add or import projects and select get And I am going to go over to get hub And I'm going to pull down a spring boot project here that I've been working on which is The back end for a game. So I'm going to Get that url come over here and paste it in And click on add and then scroll down and select create and open So what this is going to do is is actually going to spin up a unique workspace for me Running inside of red hat code ready workspaces. That's a an actual container Inside of my open shift account. So if we go down here You can see that it's making a workspace right now and this takes just a few seconds to complete Okay, it looks like our workspace is up and running. We can see that it's uh importing the project over here It's doing some initial um stuff starting the java language server So this is eclipse uh chatty inside of red hat code ready workspaces So we can look at our source code here if we go down to source main java May expand all of this And look at the wild west application Um a few cool things you can do here first you can come over to your terminal And let's cd into our application. I can maven clean package And remember this is all running inside of my open shift account on open shift online pro And so I can you know access this workspace from anywhere. I had a built success there Um, so now let's actually run this spring boot application. I can do java dash jar target and I want to Run the wild west 1o dot jar. We'll start that up and this will start up this spring boot application And it also creates a route for me so that I can access This application from inside my browser. So let's look at that real quick. I'll click this plus arrow and then click on servers And this is the route for my workspace for my application That's deployed on my code ready workspace inside of the container on open shift So I'll click that and this is expected. This is just a back end api So if I throw in like, oh, I don't know egg We can see that this says every game needs an easter egg. That's the uh rest api call and so let's go ahead and make a change to that and See how the flow works. So let's see. I don't know where I put the um test Or the egg. It's been a while. So let me find it here. Here it is Request mapping equals egg. So let's just change this to say Code ready workspaces And then I'm going to save that And now my flow Is uh pretty similar to what I would expect as a java developer. I keep There we go Start a new terminal up here. Okay cd into that And let's do a maven clean package. So we're going to recompile the application And do a java dash jar and then target wild west And we'll start up our application here And let's refresh this page And we can see that it says code ready workspaces. So it's a pretty good Um ide an environment. It has everything that you would expect including including code completion So if I type in new game here and uh want to set game mode It'll complete all of that for me, but I don't want to do that. So let's delete that line Now let's take a look at the open ship web console again You can see inside of my project. I have uh eclipse chay running I have key cloak and I have postgres and then here is the docker image for my workspace Okay, and here's all the available routes and traffic. We can see it's using 1.6 gigs of memory But what is super nice about this is I now have access to my ide From anywhere in the world. Um deployed on my online pro account just based on the user credentials that I created All right, that's it for this video. I hope you enjoyed it and I also hope you enjoy red hat code ready workspaces


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Alright, so we're continuing our lecture. This is lecture two on as we're studying through the book of Revelation. So we're going to pick up now in Revelation chapter 13 and was 16 onwards. So what we said was there is this beast, the first beast, who is the antichrist. And he has started speaking blasphemies against God and all of that and people are beginning to worship him. And then comes the false prophet. He is doing signs and wonders and he's preaching and deceiving people. And his goal is to get people to worship the first beast, the antichrist. And in order to do that, he comes up with this image of the beast that is getting everybody to worship. So we're saying there's a one world leader, a world leader. There is a world religious leader. So there's a world political leader, a world religious leader. The world political leader is the antichrist. The world religious leader is the false prophet. And the false prophet has introduced this world religious system, getting people everywhere to worship the beast. But what we also see here in verses 16 through 18 is there's a world financial system. Or some people use the term economic, global economic system, or they may even use the term of one world currency. It doesn't actually have to be physical currency, but it's a means by which people are able to transact financially. Because he says in verse 16, he causes all, whether you're rich or poor, great or small, slave or free to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. This is Revelation 13, 16. So he says, you know, you've got to receive this mark. And this mark is something that is put on the body. So how it's put on the body, you know, we don't know exactly. We don't have to worry too much about that. Of course, there's technology available these days, whether it's going to be some sort of a microchip implant or whether it's some sort of us.  But he causes people to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. Now this mark is not any ordinary mark or 17 says you cannot buy or sell, except if you have the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. So you cannot buy yourself that this has to do with financial transactions. You can't buy anything you can't sell and you can't engage economically in the market. So that's why people use the term of one world currency. That means you can't buy or sell unless you have this. Or you can't engage financially unless you have this unless you have the mark or the name or the number. So we could try and imagine how this thing is introduced. So basically what we know is it's something on the on the on the right hand or on the forehead. So that means it is something that is put on the person. So it's not like an ID, physical ID card that we carry. Now we are used to carrying ID cards or credit cards. And of course we use credit cards for engaging in transactions. But this is going one level closer to the human body than carrying a credit card. It's something that is put upon the forehead or on the right hand and that represents the mark, the name or the number of the beast, the Antichrist. And unless you have that imprint or implant, whatever form it's going to be, you can't transact financially on by yourself. So it's some sort of a control on the economic system on the financial system that this Antichrist introduces. Now, if you think about it, given the technology that we have today, something like this is very possible.  How are you going to be able to, you know, it says here, everybody is causing people everywhere globally to do this.  How could you do this? Not practically possible. Here we are 50 years later. It is possible that given all the technology we have, given all, you know, the advances in electronics and so on. Yeah, it's possible. What exactly the technology will be that is used for this? Don't worry. You know, whatever is available at that time will be, of course, be used. But the technology is available. We can do this. Right. So, what we have seen here is this. And then, and then again, don't worry about the number 666, you know, his number, it says, you know, what's 18 says. Where do my understanding calculate the number of the beast? It is the number of a man. His number is 666. So, whether he literally and actually uses 666 or some version of that number, you know, it's okay. You don't have to worry about it, but John was given this information and we can see how it plays out. It may be literally he will say have 666 as my number and everybody has to have this 666 number on the foreheads or on the hand, or some form, some variation of it. You know, how it's actually played out. We don't have to worry, but I'm sure that at that time, when it is being done, people reading Revelation 13 will be able to identify it. Say, hey, exactly what Revelation 13 said is happening. We'll be able to identify it. Okay. So, he's given us what 18 says, you know, have this understanding. Calculate the number. So, there is some sort of a mathematical formula involved here. Calculate the number of the beast. It's the number of a man. His number is 666. So, this number of the beast which is being imprinted through some calculation is going to arrive at 666. What exactly that is? We don't know right now. You know, there have been a lot of speculation around this, you know.  And all these things and none of it, you know, really came into fulfillment. So, I think we shouldn't speculate at this point, but we can be sure enough that when it is happening, people can correlate. They'll be able to say, hey, John wrote in Revelation 1318, calculate the number of the beast and they will be able to see it. That you can actually determine that whatever number he is using is going to come out as 666. Right. So, I don't know if there's a barcode that's imprinted and if you look at the barcode carefully, it'll come out as 666. We don't know, but we have the information here. So Revelation 13, to sum it up, there's a world political leader, the Antichrist, a world religious leader, the false prophet, a world religious system or a world religion where people are being forced to worship the Antichrist through the image of the Antichrist, the image of the beast. There is a world economic system or a global financial system where people are forced to receive the mark of the beast on the forehead or on the hands. And only with that mark, you can transact financially, you can buy yourself. So all this is happening in the three and a half years, the second half of the tribulation. The whole world now is being brought in under the influence of the Antichrist. The Antichrist is backed up by the dragon, which is the devil, and he's supported on the earth by another man, the false prophet, a religious leader. And they're using religion and finance to control the world. And if you look at it today, religion and money, finance are two very powerful control systems globally, very powerful.  And if you look at it, if you get imagined at a national level, at a nation level, then surely at a global level, something that is introduced as a religious system can be used to control people, masses of people. And of course, economic system. Today, the financial system of the world is so interconnected, you know, you could make certain decisions here and impact people in another part of the world. As we are seeing happen now, you know, European nations, North America, other nations getting together, making decisions and impact Russia economically financially.  And in just two or three days, the dollar ruble went up, the ruble, you know, just went up from almost double, a full hundred percent, almost. And then there's so many, they impacted Russia so much, you know, just a matter of days, things change. So you can imagine how the economic system of the world is so connected, you make a decision somewhere to do certain things, it impacts globally. Yeah. So we are living in a time when what is written in Revelation 13 can literally be fulfilled like that. It's not, you know, we're not waiting for days for this to happen. No, a decision is made, the nations are affected. It's so we are living in such a time. Any questions before we get into chapter 14? Okay. So Revelation chapter 14 is an interesting chapter. It is what we would refer to as a chapter of announcements. That means this chapter, we are seeing, we are seeing the 144,000 Jews who remember in the beginning of the tribulation, on the first half of the tribulation. There were 144,000 Jews who were mocked by God. So we said they were given the name of God and the Holy Spirit. And they, as we will see, they were servants of God. That means they were serving God in some way. These Jewish evangelists, as they refer to sometimes, they are serving God. Now these 144,000 Jews, we see them now in heaven. And then we see five angels who are making announcements to the earth. And each angel is saying something. They are warning the people on the earth. So that's chapter 14. It's a chapter of announcements where these angels are announcing to the people on the earth, warning them what is about to come. Right. So let's read Revelation 14 piece by piece. Could somebody read for us the first five verses Revelation chapter 14 verses one through five, please. Yes, sir. Then I looked and behold a lamb standing on Mount Zion. And with him 144,000 having his father's name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters. And I like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of herpes playing their herbs. They sang as it's where a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth.  These are the ones who followed the lamb whenever he goes. These were redeemed from among men being first frauds of God and to the lamb. And India mounts was found no deceit for there without fault before the throne of God. Okay. Thank you. So Revelation 14 verses one through five. The focus now is on the 144,000 Jews. Now they are so John sees this vision a lamb. He sees a lamb. That's of course the Lord Jesus Christ. It's representing the Lord Jesus Christ. So he sees the Lord. And then he sees Mount Zion. So obviously this is not physical Mount Zion on the earth as Jerusalem. But this is Mount Zion in heaven, heavenly Mount Zion. So, you know, there is this parallel that we see in the New Testament. There is the earthly Jerusalem. There's the heavenly Jerusalem. That's the earthly Mount Zion. And there's a heavenly Mount Zion. We read about this in Hebrews chapter 12, the end of Hebrews 12. So when he says, I see the lamb standing on Mount Zion. He's looking into heaven. He's seeing the Lord Jesus. He's seeing the heavenly Mount Zion. And then he sees these 144,000 Jews.  There is the sound of harps playing and being played. And they are singing a new song before the throne. So obviously this is the scene in heaven. And there are these four living creatures, which we read often earlier about. And they're singing the song and it says, you know, it's a very special song because only these 144,000 Jews are singing. But now we see some things about the 144,000 Jews. It says that they had not defiled themselves with women.  And they followed the lamb wherever he goes. So that means they were followers of Jesus Christ. So these 144,000 Jews were actually Jewish believers in Jesus Christ. They were single men. They were followers of Jesus Christ. And it also says they were redeemed from men, from among men. So it says this twice. End of verse three, it says they were redeemed from the earth. End of verse four, it says they were redeemed from among men, being first fruits to God and to the lamb. So we'll come to that. But before we go into that, just the next verse was five. It says the mouth was no deceit. And they were without fault before the throne of God. So what do we know about these 144,000 Jews as men, as people on the earth? They were single men. They were believers in Jesus. They lived honest or you say lies of great integrity. Verse five, there was no deceit in the mouth. They were without fault before the throne of God. They lived these powerful lives. And we can take it that being followers of Jesus Christ during the tribulation, they were bearing witness to Jesus Christ. They followed the lamb variable. That means they were faithful to the lamb of God, all their lives. So these are 145,000 Jews. But it also says they were redeemed from the earth. They were redeemed from among men as the first fruits to God and to the lamb. So that is something we have to think about. What does that mean? Now, the question is, if these 144,000 Jewish men were on the earth and they were sealed by God and they lived these righteous lives and that they followed Christ and they were believers in Christ, how did they get into heaven? Because John is seeing them in heaven on Mount Zion before the throne of God, along with the elders worshipping God, singing a new song with the sounds of harp. He's seeing them in heaven. And this is in the second half of the tribulation. So Revelation 7, we read about them in the first half of the tribulation. Revelation 14, we read about them in the second half of the tribulation. The question is, how do they get to heaven? There are two possible choices. One is, either they were killed during the tribulation for their faith in Christ. They died and they were resurrected, taken into heaven, or they were raptured and taken into heaven. God could rapture them and just take them up, like how we read about the rapture of the church in 1 Thessalonians 4 and 1 Corinthians 15. It's possible, or if we see how the two witnesses were killed and they were resurrected and raised up, he could have done the same with these 144,000 Jews. So it's not clearly given how they went. So it's only a good guess, I could say. We could say it's most likely like this. Now, the word firstfruits may give us an indication. The word firstfruits in other places in the New Testament is 1 in James 1, I think it was 18. It's used to talk about being born again, firstfruits. In 1 Corinthians 15th chapter, it's used to talk about physical resurrection, the resurrection of Christ, firstfruits. So if we go by that, and we also go by this whole thing about being redeemed from among men, because we read it earlier in Revelation chapter 7, when it talks about these others who were the, who, Revelation 7, 14, who have come out of the Great Revelation, you know, it is possible. It is possible that just going by the word firstfruits and by the fact that they were redeemed from among men, we could say that these 144,000 Jews were probably killed during the Tribulation and then were raised up, or they were just raptured right away. Now, in Revelation 9 and verse 4, Revelation 9 verse 4, when we read about this fifth angel, this angel was commanded not to harm the grass of the earth or any green thing or any tree, but only those men who do not have a seal of God on their foreheads. So Revelation 9 verse 4, it seems to indicate, Revelation 9 verse 4, that having the seal of God on their foreheads, which these 144,000 Jews have, protected them from harm and death, it seems like it. So that could give a little weightage to the idea that maybe this 144,000 Jews were just raptured, taken up into heaven. That's one way of looking at it, or maybe God just allowed them to be killed for their faith and then raised up their bodies as firstfruits. We don't know and you will find people having both of these points of view and some people even refer to this as a mid-tribulation rapture, the 144,000 Jews being raptured. So therefore they extend it and say, okay, the rapture would happen in the middle of the tribulation because these 144,000 Jews were firstfruits raptured into heaven, etc. My thought is all of that is good guesses, right? We are guessing at that point because we don't know for sure. What we know for sure is these 144,000 Jews are up in heaven and they are worshipping God in Revelation 14. How exactly did they go up? Did they die and then resurrect? Were they just raptured and go up into heaven? We are not very sure and so we just look at possible options. We consider possible options and we leave it at that. I don't think anybody could say definitively that this is the way it will happen. We could do our best, what to say, guess and say these are the possible options, how they would go to heaven. So that is Revelation 14 verse 1 to 5. But what we know for sure is in the second of the tribulation 144,000 Jews are taken out of the earth, they are in heaven. Then we see, starting from verse 6, we see five angels making announcements to people on the earth. So let's read portion by portion. Somebody read verses 6 and 7, please. Revelation 14, 6 and 7, please. So that's our promise. Revelation 14, 6 and 7, please. Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwelt on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue and people. Seeing with a loud voice, fear God and keep glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come. And worship him who made heaven and earth the sea and spring of water. So Revelation 14, 6 and 7. Now John is saying, this is another angel who is proclaiming the everlasting gospel to those who dwell on the earth, every nation, tribe, tongue and people. And he is telling them to fear God and give glory to God. So God is using an angel during this tribulation period, Revelation 14, to warn people to proclaim the everlasting gospel to every nation, tribe, tongue and people. So think about it. Now, we know typically the responsibility of preaching the gospel is given to the church. Generally speaking, it is the church who has the responsibility. And the church has fulfilled the responsibility and has proclaimed the gospel to all nations on the earth. The church has been taken out of the way, taken into heaven. And here in the middle of the tribulation, Revelation 14, there are lots of people who are dying for their faith in Christ. They believe in Jesus to die. Of course, they will be doing something, their part to testify to Christ because they are the testimony of Jesus Christ. But in addition to that, Revelation 14, 6 and 7, God is sending an angel messenger to go to all the nations, tribe and tongue and preach to those who dwell on the earth. How exactly this is going to happen? How exactly is it going to be? We don't know. Could there be an angel, a single angel? Or could there be a company of angels? Or is it, you know, in what way is God going to do this that people on the earth are warned to fear God and to glorify him? Because the judgment is coming. That's verse 7. So God is sending angels to do this work at that time, Revelation 14, 6 and 7. So people are being warned. The gospel is being proclaimed all across the earth. So obviously, if the gospel is being proclaimed, it means people will be saved. There will be those who hear the gospel and respond to the gospel during the tribulation and they will be saved. Then there's another angel doing something. So let's read verses 8, Revelation 14 verse 8, please. What does the second angel do? Thomas? Saying with a loud voice, fear God, give glory to him for the heart of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the spring of water. And another angel followed saying Babylon is fallen, is fallen to the great city because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of the fornication. So in verse 8, the second angel is announcing Babylon is fallen, is fallen that great city because all nations were drinking of wine, made to drink of that wine. So this angel is announcing in advance the fall of Babylon. Now, what is this Babylon, we will get to see in chapter 17 and 18. And basically what we will understand as we go through 17 and 18 is chapter 17 is announcing the fall of that world religious system, which this false prophet, which this false prophet had introduced, that is also referred to as mystery Babylon, that falls, that collapses. And in chapter 18, this world economic system that had been introduced also collapses. That is referred to as the great city Babylon because it's talking about buying and selling and commerce. So that collapses. So both the mystery Babylon representing the world religious system and the city Babylon representing the economic system, both these collapse, chapter 17 and 18. But now here in Revelation 14 verse 8, the angel is announcing ahead of time Babylon is fallen. It's telling people, look, this thing is going to collapse. It's going to go away. Then there's a third angel who's making another announcement. So let's read verses 9 to 13, please. Revelation chapter 14 verses 9 to 13. Canon, is your mic okay to read? I'm not sure. Revelation chapter 14 verses 9 to 13. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. Go ahead, please. Revelation 14. 9 to 13. I'll read. Then a third angel followed them saying with the loud voice, if anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand. He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night who worships the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints. Here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, right, blessed are the dead who died in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the spirit that they may rest from their labors and their works follow them. Thank you. So this third angel is warning the people saying, don't receive the mark of the beast and don't worship the image of the beast. Because if you do that, you are going to be tormented. You're going to go to the lake of fire and you will be dismissed from God's presence. So this angel is warning people, don't receive the mark of the beast. Don't worship the image of the beast. And then it says, you know, verse 12, this is the endurance that if you keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, you'll be blessed who died in the Lord from now on. So in other words, obviously, refusing to worship the image of the beast or refusing to receive the mark of the beast is going to result in death. We saw that in chapter 13. It's going to kill everyone who refuses to do this. But then the angel is encouraging saying, look, this is your hope or this is your endurance. This is what, you know, if you keep the commandments of the Lord and faith of Jesus, you are blessed when you die in the Lord from now on. That means you're refusing to receive the mark of the beast. You're refusing to worship the image of the beast. If you die, you're blessed. You're going to be with God in heaven. So the angel is warning the people. Again, it's telling us, so this all of this is very indicative or very clearly indicative that there will be people during the Great Tribulation, even in the during the second half of the tribulation who will hear the gospel and who will believe in Jesus Christ and who will die for Christ. They will be killed, but they will die in faith for Jesus Christ. Now, the next angel. So there are two more angels, right? So we've gone, we've heard three angel announcements, two more are there. Let's please read verses 14 to 16, Revelation, the 14th chapter, verses 14 to 16, Thomas, Revelation, chapter 14, verses 14 through 16. Our prince, maybe you could read it. Yes, sir.  Thirst in your scale and for the time has come for you to rep for the harvest of the earth is rep. So he who said on the cloud trust, trust in his scale on the skill on the earth and the earth was great. All right. So John is saying, he's saying Jesus, the son of man, that's Jesus. That's the term used for Jesus with a golden crown. So Jesus is enthroned. He's glorified. He's sitting on the cloud and he's got a sharp sickle in his hand. Now the sickle is a harvesting tool. You know where you go and cut the harvest in the fields. The farmers use that. He used the sickle to reap the harvest. And he is saying Jesus with this crown sitting on the throne ready with the sickle is going to get the harvest. Now in the Bible harvest is a prophetic symbol of salvation of souls of souls being saved of souls being reaped for the kingdom of God. Okay. I see that note from Thomas. It's a little noisy there. Okay. That's fine. No problem. So Jesus is ready for the harvest. So Revelation 14, 14 to 16, the angel is basically telling us at that point in the tribulation, there's going to be a rich harvest of souls. The Lord puts in the sickle and the earth was reaped. That means it's going to be a big in gathering of souls in the second half of the tribulation. The gospel is being preached. Angels are warning and people are going to believe in Jesus Christ. Of course, there is this anti Christ. There is this false prophet. They're deceiving the nations and many people are subscribing to the anti Christ. Many people are believing the false prophet and all that's happening. But at the same time, the Lord Jesus is reaping a great harvest of souls. There will be people who will, like we read there in verse 12, they will keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus in that tribulation. They'll keep it. And it's saying here, Revelation 14, 14 through 16, the son of man sitting in the golden crown. He is the Lord of the harvest and he's going to reap a great harvest. So many souls will be saved during the second half of the tribulation. And then the last part of Revelation 14. Let's finish this. I think we can. Revelation 14 verses 17 to 20. I will read it and I will just comment on it. So this is the fifth angel. Then another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven. He also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power of a fire. And he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle saying, trust in your sharp sickle and gather the cluster of the wine of the earth for a grape softly ripe. So the angel trust in his sickle into the earth and gather the wine of the earth and throw it into great wine press of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trampled outside the city and blood came up out of the wine press up to the horse's bridle for 1,600 furlongs. So verses 17 to 20 is the fifth angel. What does fifth angel do? He says, you know, he sees another angel holding the sickle, but this one is gathering grapes, grapes being thrown into the wine press. And this is prophetic image of judgment because in the wine press, the grapes are crushed. It's basically in those days people would walk, you know, walk on their feet and they will crush the grapes. They will trample the grapes and, you know, to get the grape juice out. So that is symbolic of judgment. And so this in Revelation 14 17 to 20 is a is a picture of the wine press of the wrath of God. That's how it ends in verse 19, the great wine press of the wrath of God. This is judgment time. And verse 20 gives us some information. It says the wine press was trampled outside the city, the city of course referring to Jerusalem. That means there's going to be this judgment taking place outside the city of Jerusalem. And that's the place of judgment. The judgment is going to happen. And when the judgment of God happens in that place outside the city of Jerusalem, what's going to happen? Blood is going to flow as high as a horse's bridle, which is about four feet high. It's going to flow for 1,604 long, about 184 miles, close to 200 miles. Then there's going to be so much of bloodshed. It's going to flow as high as a horse's bridle about four feet off the ground for 200 miles. Now, and of course we don't know how wide it is, but the point is outside the city of Jerusalem is where this great and final judgment of God is going to take place. There's going to be so much of bloodshed. It's going to flow like a river for about 200 miles. So that's the fifth angel. He's announcing this what's going to happen. So in closing Revelation 14, there are five angels making announcements. What did we see? First angel is proclaiming the gospel so that people can get saved. Second angel is warning that Babylon is going to fall. That is this one world religion and one world economic system is going to collapse. The third angel is telling people, don't receive the mark of the beast. It's better to die. It will be blessed if you die, but don't receive the mark of the beast. It's better to die for obeying the commandment of God and your faith in Jesus. The fourth angel is announcing that there is going to be a great harvest of souls. So a lot of people will be saved. The fifth angel is announcing the judgment of God is going to happen outside of the city of Jerusalem. And it's going to result in a lot of bloodshed. It's going to so much bloodshed that it's going to flow like a river for 200 miles. That judgment is coming. It's going to happen just outside the city of Jerusalem. We will see in Revelation 16 how that's going to happen. That basically is the battle of Armageddon outside of Jerusalem. The battle of Armageddon will take place. So we have covered till the end of Revelation chapter 14. And I hope things are very clear. If you have any questions, we will take them next week. And it's really interesting just going chapter by chapter, seeing all that has been given to us. Let's close in prayer. I want to thank you for listening patiently and joining through the book of Revelation. Could somebody close in prayer and we will dismiss. Prince, would you pray and we will dismiss, please? Yes. Thank you, dear heavenly father. Thank you. You help us to learn that your word from the book of Revelation that we reveal all these things for you a lot. We believe that you're working in our hearts so that we can worship you and we can continuously connect with you a lot. Thank you for the coming days. Stabilization will come. But your power, your power in us so that we can reach, we can live forever with you a lot. Thank you. I also pray for pastor and those who we attend the class, bless us in this time and also submit all things in your hand. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. God bless. I'll see you in the next class. Bye now. Thank you.


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You may know that athletes and sports people have a lot more stamina compared to non-athletes like me Right because of the practice that they have But did you know that if you were to look inside their muscle cells? Because of all the practice they have developed something more in number their cells have something more in number Compared to that of non-athletes. What exactly is that and why do they have that more in number? How does that help them get more stamina? To answer this question. We need to find out exactly where inside the cell Respiration takes place why because it's the respiration that gives us energy Now in a previous video, we've seen how cells can take glucose and break it apart to give us energy which is called respiration, right and This can be done in the presence of oxygen which gives us a lot of energy. We call this as aerobic And it can be done in the absence of oxygen to where we get a little bit of energy. This is called anaerobic respiration or fermentation But if this seems new to you or if you feel you need a refresher It'll be a great idea to go back and watch that video on Aerobic and anaerobic respiration. This is explained in detail over there And I've also explained how to remember these equations and so if you feel you're comfortable with this great Let's go ahead So these reactions are happening inside our cells, right? The question now is in exactly which part of the cell are these reactions taking place? Now the problem in trying to answer that question is these are not one-step reactions Okay, there it takes multiple steps to do this for example over here It's not that oxygen just gets added to glucose and we get carbon dioxide directly There are multiple things happening in between which is not shown over here. Okay And guess what? It turns out that some of these steps will take place in one part of the cell and other steps will take place in some different part of the cell So should we learn all the steps in between? Well, no, we don't have to there are many steps in between and we don't have to learn all of them We will just learn the first step of respiration. Okay It turns out that regardless of which respiration you want to do whether you want to do aerobic or lactic acid Fermentation or ethanol fermentation whichever you want to do the first step is common Let me just move it a little bit to the right more and what is that first step, you know The first step glucose gets broken into two pieces. That's how I like to think about it glucose gets broken into two molecules and Each of them are called pyruvate two molecules of Pyruvate all right and in this process again because glucose is getting broken We get a little bit of energy. So some energy is released again I'm writing that energy in small just to showcase that little bit of energy is released over here Now pyruvate might be a very new world, right? So what exactly is this?  It has six carbons inside it turns out that pyruvate has three carbons inside it and That's why I like to think that glucose is broken into two parts, okay? But it's not exactly broken into two halves. There are other reactants in between as well We don't have to worry about that in detail, but this is the first step Okay, and we also give a name to this step. This particular step is called glycolysis glycolysis You might hear this word a lot in respiration.  So this this over here means glucose and Lysis means breaking So you can now kind of see what this means Breaking of glucose and that's basically what's happening glucose is being broken into two molecules of pyruvate and When this pyruvate gets further broken in the presence of oxygen That's when we get this aerobic respiration and that's mostly what's happening inside your cells right now on the other hand If the pyruvate gets broken without oxygen, then we'll get these reactions But one important difference between these reactions are When you break pyruvate in the presence of oxygen these reactions also release energy and That's why aerobic respiration releases a lot of energy on the other hand if we break pyruvate without oxygen That does not Release energy So to release energy from pyruvate. It has to be broken in the presence of oxygen and So now you can see that if you take the aerobic pathway We get energy when glucose is broken into pyruvate during glycolysis And we again get a lot of energy when pyruvate is further broken down And it's for that reason aerobic respiration is awesome because it gives you a lot of energy On the other hand if you take the fermentation pathway, you see that energy is only released during the glycolysis part Further when you break down pyruvate no more energy is released And that's why fermentation only gives you a little bit of energy that was released during glycolysis And so now we can answer our original question. Where do these reactions take place? Well, it turns out that the ones that do not require oxygen They happen in the cytoplasm of the cell and just to remind you what cytoplasm is if this is an animal cell, let's say Then this dotted stuff represents the cytoplasm this whole thing though the stuff that is outside of the nucleus But within the cell is the cytoplasm and that's where all the anaerobic stuff is happening The glycolysis happens in the cytoplasm and the fermentation are also happening in the cytoplasm on the other hand If we want aerobic respiration this part then that happens inside the mitochondria So if you want aerobic respiration once the glycolysis happens in the cytoplasm The pyruvate has to enter into the mitochondria and then oxygen also has to enter into the mitochondria And that's where this reaction takes place and after the reaction takes place It's the mitochondria that will release all that energy All that energy and that is the reason why they say mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell Because it's the mitochondria that's releasing most of the energy needed for the cell by performing aerobic respiration And so now can you guess what organelles do the muscle cells of at least have more? Well, if you guess mitochondria, then you are absolutely right because the more Mitochondria you have The more you can carry out these reactions Simultaneously and the more energy that can be released whenever you want and so scientists have found that on average The cells the muscle cells of athletes have about twice as much mitochondria Compared to the muscle cells of a non athlete, which means when you do regular practice One of the changes that you will find inside your body is you will start developing your muscle cells will start developing more and more mitochondria, that's pretty cool, right and So the energy which is released by these mitochondria can now be used up by the cell to perform all the activities Right that makes sense, right, but guess what? That's not what happens The energy released by breaking glucose is not used up by the cell Then what happens? Well, it turns out that that energy is stored in yet another molecule Okay, and that molecule is a pretty famous molecule. It's called ATP And it stands for adenosine tri-phosphate. I don't have to worry too much about that lengthy name. We'll just call it as ATP But that energy gets stored in that ATP and when I first learned this it didn't make any sense to me Because let's go to a different screen to summarize what respiration is See in respiration, we have glucose. Let's say this is our glucose What do we do? What do the cells do? They break it open and release that energy But instead of using that energy, what do they do? They take that energy and store it in yet another molecule called ATP So basically they're transferring energy from glucose into ATP's into smaller packets, but why why are they doing that? Well, that's because breaking glucose releases a lot of energy and Cells do not need that much energy to carry out their function This is too much for them and it's for that reason. They store it into smaller packets And then whenever cells want to perform any energy, they just break ATP open And ATP will now have just the right amount of energy they need to perform their functions Now to understand this even better, think of energy as money Then glucose would be like a large denomination like a 2000 rupees note and ATP is like that smaller denomination like 10 or 5 rupees note Now if I want to eat Pani Puri or ice cream or chocolates, it just makes a lot of sense to carry 10 rupees notes, right? I mean the Pani Puri by a guy outside my house doesn't even accept 2000 rupees note On the other hand if I'm traveling from one place to another and let's say I'm not buying anything Just want to carry money from one place to another Now it makes a lot of sense to carry higher denominations If I just carry 10 rupees note, my wallet will get filled up and I will have no space In a similar manner the functions needed to carry out by the cell only require a little bit of energy And so ATP is perfect for them On the other hand when energy needs to be transported from one place to another We will transport it in terms of glucose because it's compact If everything was in terms of ATP, it would just take up a lot of space and turns out ATP is also a bulky molecule And so when we're transferring energy from one part of the body to another or from one cell to another Usually it is in glucose. It's compact carries a lot of energy But when the cell wants to use that energy first It will store it into ATP and then we'll use ATP's And another important reason to use ATP is Releasing energy from glucose is not a one-step process We just saw that glucose has to first broken into pyruvate Then the pyruvate has to enter into mitochondria the mitochondria then carries out a series of reactions to give energy Right, so this is not instant On the other hand ATP's well to break ATP open it just one step process So it gives us instant energy whenever a cell wants it So it just makes a lot of sense to use ATP's and so this means if we go back The mitochondria does not just release that energy mitochondria Puts that energy into the ATP and then it gives ATP out and then that ATP will be used up by the cell Whenever, you know, it wants to do any work and just to give you some numbers The ATP is produced by the mitochondria per glucose so for every glucose molecule we get about 36 ATP's over here and When that glucose gets broken into pyruvate in the cytoplasm we get about two ATP's over here This also is given into ATP so you can see in the aerobic respiration You get total 2 plus 36 about 38 ATP's although that's a textbook number the in reality It may vary it could definitely be less than that but during the fermentation process we only get two ATP's in total and That's because remember if you break pyruvate without oxygen We do not get any further energy and so in the entire fermentation process Only two ATP's and which is why most of our energy comes due to aerobic respiration For which mitochondrias are super important to keep us alive. All right So what did we learn in this video? we saw the first step of respiration is glycolysis where Glucose is broken down into pyruvate molecules releasing a little bit of energy and then we saw that if the pyruvate gets broken in the absence of oxygen we get fermentation process and all of this anaerobic stuff happens in the cytoplasm on The other hand if the pyruvate enters into the mitochondria in the presence of oxygen Then we get aerobic respiration where a lot of energy is released So aerobic happens inside the mitochondrias and finally we saw that the energy released in the respiration process is stored in ATP molecules They act like tiny packets of instant energy whenever the cells want it