Now a lot of you might hate the idea of setting goals for your business and say things like goal setting doesn't work Sophie. Now I have to say that I have the opposite experience I love using goals as a tool for my art business. In this short video I'm going to explain to you why you likely have that experience and maybe even that negative feeling around goal setting and I want to say to you something that you're probably not going to like very much But the reason that you think the goal setting is not working is probably because you haven't achieved any goals yet So in this short video, I'm going to explain what's missing and the likely reasons why you haven't achieved those goals yet And of course what to do about it so that you can feel about goal setting the way I do to see it as a powerful tool for your business Well, hello and welcome or welcome back to my channel My name is Sophie and I love to help artists just like you to set up market and grow a highly successful business doing what you love Now if you'd like to learn more tips and tricks on exactly how to grow your successful business Then you're in the right place because that's exactly what I talk about on this channel So make sure that you subscribe and hit the bell to get notified every time I post a new video Now before we get into the specifics of how to set successful goals I want to ask you a question What type of goals have you set before? Please use the comments below and just play along with me here What sort of goals have you set in the past? What are goals that you have achieved? What are goals that you haven't achieved? Please let me know what different types of goals that you have set See the way I look at it. There are a few different types of goals. There are life goals There's the key business goal that you're going to set each year for your business and there are smaller business goals So obviously we're not talking about life goals in this video because we're all talking about all things business, right? But life goals for example It's quite typical in January to set yourself a health or a weight or a relationship Some sort of more general life goal now again You can use the tips in this video to do something similar to make sure that you achieve those life goals as well But directly we're really looking at business. So let's look at the second two types of goals So the second one is the key business turnover goal Now this is the goal that's going to be a primary component in your artist business plan Now, you know that is the core topic I talk about in the end everything on this channel Somehow somehow even very vaguely seems to come back to that why because it's going to underpin your success Right having a business plan as I talk about a lot Underpins everything you do and part of that plan is having an annual turnover So when I think about having a key goal for this year for my business I'm thinking about that turnover goal So we're going to talk about that in a little bit more detail in a minute The third type of goal again would fit into your business plan into your business would be a smaller goal That you would need to achieve on your way to the bigger goal So we're looking here at strategy And I think one of the other reasons that people don't achieve their goals or they find the whole thing a bit Demotivating as you pluck a goal out of the air. What would you like? You're thinking at the beginning of the year What would I like to achieve? Oh, I'd like this thing over here. I'd like that thing over here But actually it's not really something that you're actively working on It's not what you've decided to do for yourself for this year. It doesn't fit into a plan of any sort It's a random thing you'd like to achieve that doesn't make it a goal That makes it an item for your wish list by the way So pop it on your wish list and at some point you might want to turn it into a goal Okay, so let's look at six tips now to make sure that the goals that you do set Really are achievable and are the right goals for you So tip number one get clear on what type of goal you're setting if you're sitting down with a pen and paper Which I suggest you do to write your goals thinking, okay Is this a life goal that I want to be setting? All right great Is this the key business goal for the year that I want to be setting fantastic? Or is this a secondary goal that is part of and it's going to lead up to the primary business goal So that's tip number one Tip number two.  I'm sorry folks You can use any acronym you like in the goal-setting world The reason why people make these different kind of formulas for goal-setting is because it needs to jump through a specific number of Hoops in order for it to be a good quality goal So we just use the smart example because it's pretty familiar to most people So of course you want it to be specific if it's vague Not even you are going to know what it's about let alone anyone else right so it needs to be specific What is it you actually want to achieve? Which is why when I'm going to use the example in a minute of a turnover goal being specific It's going to be actually about taking a specific amount of money. This is the amount of money I want to turn over this year measurable well if it's something like a specific amount of money That's easy to measure right how far along am I am I 50% of the way there great? Okay, what do I need to do to make the rest of it achievable now? You might say whatever goal that you write there you might say, okay It's my second year of business. I want to make two million dollars. Is that achievable well? Physically practically it's achievable. Is it achievable for you? Are you likely to be able to do the type of strategies and plans and actions that it's going to take to achieve? Let's look at what you made in the first year if you only made 50,000 you now want to make 2 million is that really achievable for you? Is that likely is it possible are you really going to be able to make that happen now part of that? It's going to be a belief and the other part of it of course is a practical realization Only you are going to know the answer to that I'm going to suggest that you know if your first year turnover was 50 You either might want to double that or you might want to take it up by 10 or 20 percent So when we say achievable we need to know the things that you're going to do are practical like you can do them You know how to do them. You've got a strategy. We're going to talk about that in a bit more detail in a minute Relevant is it relevant? So is it completely out there? Is it something that's like over here? Is that nothing to do with your business at all? You set a goal That's not a monetary turnover goal that's a turnover of a specific product Actually, it's not a product that you're really even marketing at the moment Or you've got a brand new idea and it's a shiny object syndrome and it's over there somewhere So make sure that the goal that you're going to set is relevant to you and relevant to your art business And of course it needs to have a date on it needs to be time related time bound If you don't put a date on it, then you're never going to achieve it It's always going to stay out in the future, right? I'm going to do this thing great by when? By next month by this year by next year by 10 years All right You've always got the ongoing excuse of never having to have to achieve it or do the work to achieve it because there's no Days on the end of it. So having a date of when you intend to do it Not only gives you some accountability, but it means it gives you an endpoint from which you're going to work backwards in your plan So for example your key art business turnover goal might go something like this by December 2023 I have sold over. I always like to put that over $60,000 pounds euros worth of original paintings All right, we know by when it's very specific. Is it measurable? Yes Is it relevant? Chances are if you're building an art business selling paintings is relevant And is it achievable only you are going to know that but yeah, it's pretty achievable, right? Tip number three the next thing you're going to do is make sure that your artist's business plan backs that up, right? This is not again a random goal plucked out of the air But when you work your way through the plan everything that you're going to do is going to lead up to that goal of Selling 60,000 I'm just going to say dollars for example dollars worth of paintings Number four this must light you up this goal must light you up and must be part of your big vision That big vision of where you're going in the future with your art business, right? Now if you haven't thought about that, you're not quite clear on that at the end of the video I'm going to give you a really easy link to watch a video another video on how you can really create that big vision for Yourself and how you can get clear on what that vision might be But having that goal that takes you towards the big vision It means that everything is aligned and that's exactly how you want it to be, right? So here's a here's a real-life example You sell original art for an average of two and a half thousand dollars meaning that you need to sell 24 Original pieces over the year, right? That's a simple equation your plan is to have four Solo shows one a quarter and your target obviously is six sales or a minimum of six sales at each show Will it matter if the first show you don't sell anything? No, you just still have three more shows It just means that your target number will now have to go up for the other three, all right? So ideally you're going to sell six at each of these that's not to say that you can't be having other Avenues of income, but let's just give this for an example This is your plan of how you're going to do it. You have allowed two months before each show to do solid marketing and Or you have a mailing list of already interested people and existing customers Because at the end of the day if you have the strategy plans and for example things like a mailing list to back up What it is you're going to be doing do you see how that all makes sense, right? That's very different from saying I'm going to sell this amount of art and then wandering off And then when December comes going, oh, I didn't achieve that of course you didn't achieve that You need a plan, right? And this is one of the reasons that we build business plan so that you can work up and achieve that goal Isn't that exciting? I hope you're excited. I hope at this point you're pausing the video You're getting your pen and paper and they're actually starting to work on your plan for this year Number four this must light you up this goal must light you up and must be part of your big vision That big vision of where you're going in the future with your art business, right now If you haven't thought about that you're not quite clear on that at the end of the video I'm going to give you a really easy link to watch a video another video on how you can really create that big vision For yourself and how you can get clear on what that vision might be But having that goal that takes you towards the big vision It means that everything is aligned and that's exactly how you want it to be, right? Tip number five Anchor this all in with a vision board. This is the perfect time of year at the time of year that I'm shooting This is January. This is the moment to create that vision board and again It's not a random vision board full of things you'd like during the year. You've got a vision board That's very specific. You want to make sure that you find images that are of sales of money of people buying Paintings of venue all the things are going to be involved with you building up to those four solo shows in this example All right, so you want to make sure that you support yourself in the many different avenues as you possibly can Kind of the practical Planning stuff and also what I call the more mindset and kind of law of attraction sort of stuff as well Because you know on this channel I do like a mixture of both things and last for now tip number six and I have so many more because I really do love Goal-setting I've been using it effectively for years by the way So it works if you work it like all good things in life Tip number six is about again deepening that your experience so using something like meditation or and or Visualization exercises you can sit every morning and do a visualization where you visualize that goal coming into fruition So you close your eyes and you picture that future self Actually at the exhibition, you know shaking hands with the customer putting a red dot on the wall another red dot Make sure you see a minimum of six red dots when you visualize this all right Paintings coming down being wrapped being handed over at the end of the show You do this all the time and this is just going to become your reality All right, it's just going to happen for you remember that behind every successful business is 80% is your mindset 80% belief 20% strategies You need both to have a successful business But why not just make it easier for yourself do the mindset work as well as the practical stuff All right I hope you've loved these six tips and now as I promised a moment ago on screen is a link to in the next video That I think would be really helpful if you're not clear on that big vision This is about getting clear on your vision because at the end of the day everything is about that as well We're building a business around a big vision that you have all right It's one of the reasons that you're in business is because you have a vision It's somewhere that you want to go something you want to achieve a legacy You want to leave behind whatever it is for you your future vision is really important And if you haven't really carved that out exactly then don't forget to check out this video next so you can get that piece done as well All right If you haven't already make sure to give this video a thumbs up if you like it and of course subscribe to my channel because every week I put out new fresh content with more helpful tips and tricks to help you get successful and build your More profitable art business. Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you on the next one


If you like puzzle platformers like the lost Vikings, then you'd enjoy Sutaek-Hakun, a super Famicom game that never left Japan. It recently received an English patch a few months ago, but this isn't a game that requires one. You can play it as is. It's one of those games that's reasonably easy to play, but can be very difficult to master. You play as this transparent bird thing, I guess? It has a beak that absorbs or injects color into transparent objects, and each color has a different effect. red makes them slide up and down vertically, blue has them sliding side to side horizontally, and yellow makes them move diagonally. You can also absorb and become the blocks themselves, allowing your character to move them around. You can also make slight adjustments once you replace them by holding down the Y button after you spit them back out. The further you progress into this one, the more stuff you can have your character absorb and inject into something else, or just simply absorb and use that object's inherent quality. For example, you can become this rock, jump from a high place, and you can smash whatever's beneath you. There's other helpers around too, like these guys who turn into springboards when they're injected red, walkers when they're injected blue, and jumpers when they're injected yellow. When these guys are involved, the game kind of turns into lemmings a little bit. That's just a small sample of your capabilities in Sute Hakun, but it gives you a general idea of what the game is like. There are 110 total levels in this game, so if you like puzzles like this, you're in luck because there's a lot of them here. There's even battle stages you can unlock which are a one-on-one platforming race, kind of like the Gourmet race in Kirby Superstar. What helps set Sute Hakun apart from other games like this is that there's no enemies. There are occasionally pits and spikes to contend with, but no enemies or bosses, so to speak, and subsequently there are no lives either. There's not even a time limit. Instead, there's a point system, where the points count down from 1000 each time your character moves. In other words, the goal of this game is to get to the end of the stage, which would be the final rainbow shard thing, as efficiently as possible. So every little movement counts. But even if the points counter hits zero because you took too long, you can still finish the level. There's even a scorecard at the end of each stage, which is a nice touch. Let me just give a quick walkthrough example of what this game is like. That rainbow shard above me is where I need to get to, so let's grab this color red, pop down here and inject the block, ride it back up, take out the color and spit it out by pressing down, and re-inject it, ride it up and grab the shard. Hey, wait a second, the level didn't end. That means there's another rainbow shard somewhere, so you can hit the R button and take a look around the rest of the stage to see it. Flip the switch here to flip the jar color to blue, so we can bring this block over here to use it as a platform to jump up and get the last rainbow shard. Now, that's a pretty easy example, but I just wanted to provide something really straightforward so you can see what this game is like. And again, just like the Lost Vikings, some people may find this to be boring and tedious, and that's fine. But there's definitely an audience out there that enjoys these kinds of puzzles and trying to do them in as few steps as possible to get the highest possible score. And I know there's an audience out there for stuff like Sute Hakun, because this game actually started on the Satellaview. There was a broadcast for 50 levels of this game back in 1997, and it was so popular that there was a cartridge version made exclusive for Nintendo Power subscribers. That's what I'm playing a ROM of here. Following that, there were three more Satellaview broadcasts of all new levels.  My only qualm with this game is that, like many puzzle games, it gets ridiculously difficult to further you progress. I don't mean just in terms of figuring out what to do or how to get there. It's that you have to be insanely precise with your jumps and block placement. Every single pixel counts. So while there may not be any enemies or a real time limit, this game can still make you tear your hair out. But if that doesn't bother you, or if you're just looking for a good challenge, then check out Sute Hakun. The puzzles are cleverly done, and it's pretty easy to get the hang of things. This is an accessible game that anyone can get into, up until a certain point anyway. The best thing about this game is that there's a lot of it, with 110 levels and even more if you play the Satellaview ROMs. Unfortunately, the original Super Famicom cartridge goes for about $250 on average, but there are reproduction cartridges that go for $40 to $50 if you're into that. Or you can just throw the ROMs onto a flash cartridge and play it that way. Sute Hakun is one of the better games to have never been released outside of Japan, and if you like what you see here, go check it out.


with my co-workers but I was vlogging that day on my Instagram story so that's just kind of like how it ended up there but now I'm gonna walk in here for you guys and you can see the whole process of how it's done. So exciting. Who did their first dip already? So Valerie's dipping her cheese and bread in now. We did the Wisconsin blend or whatever it's called but yeah that's what the guy's making in a little montage. Yeah the dipping sauces. And I'll bring us extra sauces as well. So we have green goddess, sriracha cilantro and lime, gorgonzola pork, rich and robust, almost like a blue cheese, ginger phones, our version of a sweetened sour, yogurt-based curry and teriyaki. Okay I would like to get the sour sour cream. I think it's gonna be done. You can pick it out, you can put it with your mind. Oh shoot. Oh shoot. It's a little stuck. Search and rescue spoon. Did you just call it that? Mine's stuck. I can't get it out. You guys you have to like cook your food here and it's kind of hard especially if you don't cook at all. That's why the good thing I have Valerie here. Search and rescue spoon. Okay so we got a lot of stuff going on. I don't know if this mushroom's done or not but Valerie's like oh it should be done. This is a fun experience. If you guys have never been to a melting pot, I highly recommend it. It's so fun. It's you have to be prepared to stay here for like three hours though because it's a grazing type of meal. That is done. Mine looks kind of okay. I will give you this. Okay okay thanks. Thank goodness Valerie knows how to cook. How do you know? Yeah okay. She just knows everybody. And then we got lobster tail over here. This is good family bonding. Sherry was stabbing. That was my old one. Valerie gave me her purse. I got a steak in there. Alright so we got this side of Worcestershire sauce because Valerie's done her cooking and I just know I like it. It was really nice that the waiter brought it to us so I can have it with the steak and everything. So good. So good. Alright Sherry tell us how many sporky things you've dropped. She's a hot mess guys. What a good time. Aren't we ladies? Okay so we got dessert now.  Oh my goodness. It's gonna be good. No it's actually quite shallow. I know. Like I thought it was gonna be like the cheese. I know. Well remember ladies, small dips. Small dips.  Sherry take a stab at it. Alright. They all like take their thing and then try to get as much like sauce. Yeah there you go. Perfect. You're perfect. They try to lather their entire like thing in the chocolate. No offense ladies. Good? Oh it's not. Okay. Alright then we should wait a minute. Okay so Sherry over here has her little mountain flavors here. Strawberry, banana, and a little waffle. She loves it. One eternity later. Alright we're continuing on this vlog in the rain here. Here's Valerie. Yes. Focused on driving. Yes. So we're going to, I love my outfits. It's my new top, one of them, and then I got just like my blue jeans on. These were from Penny's and then my large tote because I needed to carry my umbrella. I didn't bring the vlog camera because like honestly I forgot. So we're on the phone and we're just gonna have dinner tonight at the restaurant. And go to the Disney Store. Go to the Disney Store, one of Valerie's favorite activities. Yeah so this is an eating vlog because the last thing you just saw was our melting pot adventures. It is so... Oh my gosh. Just got a glass of them. They're low. We're gonna order pretty soon. Valerie's just texting Sherry. Okay guys so got our food. Almost forgot to vlog but Valerie and I both got Caesar salads. I'm gonna try this mac and cheese because it looks so good. Probably can't eat the whole thing because like that's a really, let's say, huge portion but I got some shrimp as well. And we're just gonna dig in. It would not be a trip to Disney Springs if we didn't come into the ever after store. Oh my gosh the Stony Clover collection. Oh my gosh. It's so cute. It's Stony Clover, Valerie. Look at that backpack. Oh my gosh. I see this on Instagram all the time. A little overview of the Pandora. Oh, Alex and Annie. Sorry bracelets. They actually have Pandora here as well. The coach stuff is the cutest ever. I love the round bag up there. So cute. I actually think I'm gonna get one of the Stony Clover patches. Valerie's like, do you want it? And I'm like, yeah. So... I think she's gonna get it for me. I love this Duny and Burke.  I love it. Alright Valerie, tell us, tell the vlog what you got me. I got her a pack. I don't know if she was my favorite daughter, so I was getting her that pack. Woohoo! Didn't stop into Habiletics. I love working with them and like doing little Instagram posts. So much fun. Ooh, these are cute. Oh that is cute. Fun for the summer. Oh yeah, this one suits out. I love their swimwear. Like I love the white one I have. I've worn it so many times. Okay, so Valerie wants a pair of ears. I don't know if you want. I want the denim ears with the rainbow bow. Alright, we'll have to... Okay, let's go hunt them down. Alright, so these are the ears Valerie wants. The denim with the rainbow bow. Now she's gonna find the perfect one. I absolutely love this collection and all the colors. It's so pastel, neutral. Had to share with you guys. Okay, so this is a really fun fact but Valerie really highly recommends this popcorn. Show the camera. Yes, she loves this popcorn. So if you want a snack at Disney World, you know what to get. And she'll do a little haul for us when she gets home. Okay, so to end this video I just want to show you guys what we got. So we did end up getting the ears, the pride ears. These are Valerie's. Then I did end up getting these 50th celebration ears. I love them. They just look so cute. I can't wait to wear them. They do in fact light up which is so freaking cute and really fun if I was gonna be at one of the parks at night. Valerie got her favorite popcorn that you saw earlier. Second bag of that. And then Valerie got these cute little buses.  And then lastly, but certainly not least, I got Mrs. Potts. Perfect for my little Stony Clover makeup bag. I'm obsessed with this and I'm happy that I got a little patch now finally. It is stick-on but if it like falls off or whatever, my plan is just I'm gonna super glue it on there. But yeah, it looks so cute on. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure to give it a thumbs up if you did. Don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye.


This picture of me was when I was 21. Now, if you can see how skinny I was here, I wasn't trying to be skinny. This was from years of digestive problems. Now, that was after years and years and years of trying to see medical practitioners to figure out what was going on with my gut. And while at that time, it really was just digestive problems I was having. But as I got older and closer to 30, I began having other widespread systemic issues, like insomnia and brain fog and palpitations and really significant bowel changes and a lot of anxiety. So it seemed like my original root issue with the gut was now manifesting in much more serious ways elsewhere throughout my body. Have you ever wondered why some people are able to eat burgers and shakes and fries and they have no issues with bloating or bowel movements or their digestion? And then you might be the person who's eating very, very strict, very, very dialed in and yet you're always complaining about something going on with your gut. This is something that I wanna talk about here in today's video as part of my healing journey. Hey guys, it's Dr. Alex Hine, board licensed acupuncturist and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, author of the health book, Master the Day. Let's jump in. Now what were a lot of my digestive symptoms way back when? For me, I remember the first time I went into a dietation nutritionist. I was telling her, you know, I basically an incredibly healthy Mediterranean diet and I had tried every diet from the elimination diets to specific elemental sort of diets, specific carbohydrate diet, low carb diet, carnivore diet, vegetarian diet, vegan diet. And I told her, you know, no matter what I do, pretty much I'm always feeling extremely bloated to the point of almost shortness of breath and on top of that, I'm also extremely irregular with bowel movements. I mean, I was averaging one bowel movement every three days, which is crazy for someone who ate healthy. And while she was very sweet and she tried her best to help me, really what she had me do was she added bran, of course, following in the traditional food pyramid, you just don't have enough fiber, even though I was eating healthy. So she asked me, I had powdered bran to my oatmeal in the morning, powdered bran to my second meal, powdered bran to my third meal. So we add bran to my meals and that night, I had so much abdominal pain the very first night that not only did it not help with my bowels, it just gave me severe gas pains that kept me up all night. So I went back to her and she said, well, let's try something else. And she said, by the way, you know, you're very, very thin, are you just not eating? And I was eating normally, I was eating plenty, but I just was genetically very thin and so I was losing weight, just sort of my normal temperament, right? My normal physical constitution. So she sends me to a GI specialist. Now this guy basically touches my abdomen for 12 seconds in a four minute visit says, it's interesting, you have both asthma and digestive problems.  He's like, are you really stressed out? And I said, no. And he's like, yeah, you're really stressed. I know, it's tough. So this physician was extremely condescending, didn't listen and said, you know what, I'm going on a vacation to Jamaica, so let's just get you to do a colonoscopy next week. And then we can chat when I'm back. Needless to say, I did not take his advice and did not schedule a colonoscopy because I felt like what he said was inaccurate and just claiming that I had IBS with a four minute conversation was just not even professional, right? It was just very inaccurate.  And you know, for me, a lot of what it was, was when I was younger, it was purely localized to the digestive system, right? My only real concerns were maybe lower appetite, significant bloating that would flare up from time to time to almost unbearable levels and then really inching back down to let's just say a regular level of bloating and then very irregular bowel movements. There was no amount of healthy eating that would fix that. It wasn't about stress because when I went on vacation, it wouldn't fix it. So it really was something going on with my body. As we move forward in this video, I wanna share less about my journey and more about what work because chances are if you're watching this, you have a lot of the same symptoms that I had. And while I will share a combination of traditional Chinese medicine things and non-traditional Chinese medicine things, note that there are a lot of different ways you can treat gut issues. And I've put together four really interesting daily healing rituals. It's a free guide. It's the first link below this video. There are four healing practices you can do from traditional Chinese medicine that personally helped me quite a lot. You know, a meta high level living a healthy life point of view. And I think they are very distinct to East Asian healing arts. So you guys can check that out. They'll link right below this video. And you'll also get my weekly video newsletter. But let's jump in more and talk about the first dietary practice I did that really had a big effect. The first thing I did for about 10 years was the specific carbohydrate diet. Now I found this book. It's called Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gochal. And I think Elaine talks about maybe her daughter when she was very young, a couple of years old and she had some kind of Crohn's disease. Crohn's are colitis. I don't know, there's all sort of colitis whether her daughter was bleeding or her son but had severe GI issues. And she had seen many, many GI specialists and many physicians and as many people as she could see to help her child. And she said, there was an old GI doctor, very, very old guy who was a little bit more traditional like back in the day where they would do dietary therapy with patients. This doctor recommended her child to avoid gluten, wheat, dairy and a few other things. And she said that as her child got better and better and better and began to heal, the doctors were saying that wasn't necessarily possible. And frankly, only one doc, a really old school guy that believed in dietary therapy recommended her to do this. She found that very discouraging and very intriguing. So I believe that's when she went back to become a biochemist to study this phenomenon. Now in her book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle, she talks a lot about why people with these kinds of issues very often have a microbiome issue. And a lot of what is going on with the microbiome is that it's feeding on the bad bugs. So the bad bugs are feeding on the disaccharides, so a lot of what we traditionally call like carbs. I was on the specific carbohydrate diet for often a couple of weeks and then cycling off long enough for over a decade. All I knew was that my appetite was the best, my digestion, the bloating was certainly the best and bowel movements were a little bit better, a little more regular. This was fascinating to me because I found it number one that I had a solution that actually worked. Now I didn't fix my problems and if you can see how thin I am now, I lost about 10 or 15 pounds because it's a no carbohydrate diet besides vegetables. So one, I found that I was starving all the time. I looked literally emaciated. I mean, I'm already underweight sort of frame, so to lose another 10, 15 pounds was not something I wanted to do. And what I found was that like so many of my patients today, I was just cycling on and off and on and off these digestive diets and there really was never a resolution. So while some people go on the specific carbohydrate diet for years, it is an uncurculean level of will that is required to do that. And I didn't find that I was able to do that or really found it worth it. So I moved on to the next option which was looking for more people who could help. The second thing is really this concept of constitution. So your genetic tendency, right? Your constitution as we call it in traditional Chinese medicine encompasses things like your genetic body type, right? Obviously hair patterns, weight accumulation patterns, physical body type, how you look is inherited genetic material from your parents and from your genetic line. While there are some illnesses or some genes that you know, there's this predisposition towards something skip a generation. Some people asthma allergies and eczema, for example, this kind of immune triad, they skip generations. It's very bizarre. The grandpa had it, the grandson has it, but mom or dad don't, right? Or the in-between generation doesn't. What I learned was that for a lot of us, there is a genetic tendency towards some of these issues. So for myself, I learned that lots of people in my family on my mom's side all complain about their digestion. Surprise, surprise. It wasn't that I was eating a bad diet. It wasn't that I had an abnormal level of stress. It wasn't that I was doing the wrong things. It was that a switch had been flipped. That was a genetic thing running in my family. You know, like the balance had been tilted a bit out of line. That was somewhat useful, but also not that useful because what was I supposed to do about my genetics, right? Now, what I learned though in traditional Chinese medicine is that this constitution, not only can it be altered or adjusted, theoretically it can be quote, repaired in many cases. So from long-term herbal therapy, my practice views traditionally custom compounded herbal formulas, we can actually help flip those switches on or off of disease. So people who have had SIBO-like symptoms and bloating their whole life can take a traditional herbal formula for three to six months and now they're 95% resolved. And generally they're good for quite a long period of time.  Any of us can do that. But in general, we can play with this sort of genetic temperament quite a lot. Now, if you guys don't know, I have a private clinical practice in Los Angeles where I see a limited number of new patients every month and also via telemedicine. So if that's something that's interesting to you, you can always call or reach out to my clinic and my practice right below this video. There's some information there on the kind of conditions that I treat and how to reach out, et cetera. But in general, if I'm being candid, what really moved me to a state of resolution where I saw finally uninterrupted years symptom-free was the addition of traditional Chinese medicine formulas. And while I had done this specific carbohydrate diet and danced back and forth on these elimination diets between no symptoms and a lot of symptoms, I hated that I lost a tremendous amount of weight. I hated that it was no carbs so it was completely unsustainable for life and I hated that it wasn't sustainable. And it was around this time that I was talking to TCM doctors and they were saying, you know, you really shouldn't be needing to go back on and off these elimination diets because if we fix the organs that are causing the problems in the first place, the microbiome will be well. So there were a number of traditional formulas that doctors I'd seen used and those formulas were different for each practitioner. But what it was was that, you know, I would take this compounded powder twice a day, dissolved into hot water and I did that for about three months to a year with one of my mentors. Actually, I saw him for several years. And what I noticed was that, you know, I had this one experience after a month where I ate something that would normally massively flare up my SIBO, which was I had a donut. Saturday morning, I had a donut and a cup of coffee. It was delicious. After a yoga class, very hypocritical, I know. But I found that what would ordinarily be guaranteed constipation and guaranteed severe bloating for a day or two was nothing. I didn't have any issues with transit. I didn't have any issues with bloating. I didn't get any other systemic symptoms and it really opened my eyes to the fact that it's not the food a lot of time. Unless you are celiac, it's not the food, it's the gut. TCM focuses a lot on the terrain theory, meaning that once you treat the organs and the terrain and the physiological processes, the pathways that have become dysregulated, you can go back to doing the same things, drinking coffee and you won't get anxiety or palpitation. Eating those high carb foods, you won't get excessive bloating. And what I find is that this is generally very true in my practice. Food allergies definitely are reversible. These kinds of things definitely are functionally reversible and that opened my eyes because that meant that there was the potential for healing in sight. I didn't see that in anything I talked to in conventional medicine any practitioners because they said you're just gonna have to do this forever. You're just gonna be this way because you are this way and there isn't really a way to reverse food allergies, which is utter nonsense because there is. And we have lots of case studies on my website of me having done that with formulas. So I found that the combination of elimination diet, if things acutely flare up and traditional Chinese medicine formulas really to be the game changer for me. And that is literally why I specialize in this in my practice because it is the thing that made the difference. Far and beyond anything I'd seen in conventional medicine and of course I never went back to that GI doctor. And it is the thing that really led to a more permanent resolution of symptoms. So I share this because there is hope for people that have SIBO and gut issues and I wanted to share what worked the best and why it made me not become a traditional medical doctor or a GI doctor but become a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. So there are lots of healing practices and modalities you could do. This one had a profound effect for me and many of my patients. Now, something really exciting. I just launched an introduction to healing with traditional Chinese medicine online program. It's the link right below this video, the pin link. It's a part of this bigger thing I'm building called the Healing Library or the Healing Path which is a series of online programs on how to heal traditional Chinese medicine because it's really not a lot on that, on the internet itself. And so I figured for some of you that can't see me or won't see me this is a great way to actually apply some of these practices in your daily life that can really potentially make a giant difference. So you guys can check it out, the link below the video. And then I also have another video here on healing the gut in particular right up there.


Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to the second lecture on BC213, the end times. All right. Any questions from anybody so far? Everything is okay. Everybody's with me. Okay. I'm saying Avni's question. Okay. So Avni's question is, can we say persecution is one way God uses to purify the church? If yes, then what should be our perspective and prayer regarding persecution that is growing these days? Should we gladly embrace it or pray for it to be removed? Okay. Now, persecution, I'm trying to answer your question as concisely as possible. Let's put it like this, persecution will always be that it will never go away. Jesus said, you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, and he who endures to the end will be saved, meaning it's going to be there. It's never going to go away. We can't pray it away. People are going to. And Jesus told us in John 17 especially, it's going to be because of his name's sake, right? And as long as we carry his name, there will be always those who oppose us. But we can learn from Scripture the practical way to respond to persecution. So what do we see in Scripture 1? Jesus told us to do what it takes to preserve our lives. He said, if they persecute you in one city, you go to the other. That means you do what you can to protect yourself. Don't unnecessarily get killed. So be wise about it. He said, I'm sending you as sheep among wolves. Be harmless as dows, but be wise like serpents, meaning take care of yourself. Walk with wisdom. So we do what we can. Secondly, there's nothing wrong to invoke whatever civil rights we have to protect ourselves. The Apostle Paul did it. He invoked his right as a Roman citizen when he was being persecuted unjustly. Third, we must make sure that we are not persecuted for the wrong reasons. And Peter teaches this in 1 Peter 3. He says, if you're persecuted for the name of Christ, that's good, but let nobody suffer as an evil doer. So there are Christians who do wrong and then they say they're being persecuted and that's foolishness. They're not being persecuted. They're being punished for their wrongdoing. So we need to differentiate between persecuted, genuine persecution and then persecution or facing the consequences of our wrongdoing. For example, if a Christian organization doesn't keep its records in place and the government revokes its permission, it's not persecution, it's punishment for not doing what you're supposed to be doing. But there are many people who are actually being punished for not doing what they're supposed to do and then they call it persecution. So we need to distinguish that. But in the midst of it, if and when there is persecution, Peter tells us the spirit of glory rests upon you and come to the joy to suffer honor for his name. So to answer your question, yes, we must do what it takes practically to protect our lives. Yes, we must do what it takes practical using civil means available to us to protect our lives. Make sure we're not persecuted or we're not suffering punishment for wrongdoing. And if we're having done all that, if you're still facing persecution, take it gladly, count it an honor to suffer shame for his name. Okay, and yes, this is part of the way that God, you know, that the church is also strengthened and encouraged. Okay. I hope I answered your question already concise way. Okay, so we're going to move forward. So what we were saying is chapter two and three are the Lord's message to seven churches. Now, and so the, I just want to say this, that there are some people who interpret chapters two and three as seven church ages. You know, they say, okay, these seven churches actually represent seven church ages and I personally do not subscribe to that because the Lord was speaking to seven actual churches. He was not speaking about seven church ages. And he was talking about things that are not about. So the seven churches do not represent things of which are yet to come, but things that are. So the moment you take it out of its context out of what the Lord gave it originally for then you're actually going into territory you're not supposed to be going to. But there are people, even good Christian leaders who interpret seven churches as seven church ages, which technically is wrong because these seven churches did exist in that time and therefore they fall within what Jesus called as things that are. So that's the way to leave it and just leave it there, but definitely we can learn something from each one of those seven churches. Okay, I see Kennedy's question. Compare bear my judgment why thrown trumpet bowl and nation such but all right Kennedy so as we journey through the book of Revelation we're going to come into each one of these right but just to give you a quick idea. Then my judgment which we refer to as the judgment of the believer office quarantine chapter three second Corinthians chapter five that is the judgment of the believer which happens right after this is in Revelation for right after the rapture of the church. Why thrown judgment happens in Revelation. The end of Revelation 20, which is at the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ. The judgment of the nations happens then end of Revelation 20 when it says everybody will stand before him. And so that's the judgment of the nations. And then during the seven years seven years of tribulation you have three sets of seven judgments, you have the seals, the trumpets and the bones. So those happen during the tribulation. Okay, so just to quickly review that in sequence. The first at right after after there is the bear my judgment which is the judgment of the believers in heaven. And it's a judgment for reward for salvation. During the tribulation are three sets of seven judgments each. There are the seven seals seven trumpets and seven bones during the seven years of tribulation. And after the tribulation there's a 1000 year reign of Christ at the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ, there is the great white throne judgment of the judgment of the nations, at the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ. So okay, we will be we will see that we'll see the sequence here in the book of Revelation. Okay, so, so that is chapters two and three that means things that are the seven churches were there and the Lord was giving a message to each one of the seven churches. Just one other thing I want to point out is the reward he gave he promised to each one of the seven churches is a reward in the future. Then he says to him who overcomes I will do this and this is very interesting that each one of those rewards are future tense that means it's something out in the future not something they would experience right then and there. There's corrective action he tells each one of the seven churches or almost all of them to take right then and there, but the reward for the overcomer is out in the future. And it's very interesting to observe that because that reward is for all believers. It's not just for those seven churches. Okay, so all believers are going to participate in those rewards. It's basically prefixed by the statement to him who overcomes. This is the reward. And so that's the reward we will all partake all believers will partake. Now, when you come to chapter four and five. What does John say. So John. You know he sees a door open and then basically he's looking into heaven. Right. So John is still in the spirit and in the spirit is like a door opens and he's like okay this is having John come on in and see how it's like. And he sees got the father seated on the throne. He sees Jesus as the Lamb of God so the lamb typifies Jesus Christ so it doesn't mean there's a lamb walking around in heaven in the throne room. No, that lamb is signifying Jesus so he sees the throne room. He sees got the father. He sees Jesus typified by the lamb. And he sees the Holy Spirit typified by the seven spirits of God or in chapters four and five. He refers to as the seven lamps of fire. The seven horns or the seven eyes. These are figurative of the Holy Spirit. So basically in the throne room he's saying got the father was being worshiped and he's seeing Jesus that he's seeing the lamb which typifies Jesus Christ. And he sees the Holy Spirit the presence of God the presence of spirit of God typified by the seven lamps of seven horns and the seven eyes. The seven lamps the seven horns are on the lamb, which means that the lamb was anointed, right was empowered by the Holy Spirit. But those he says are representing the seven spirits of God, the Holy Spirit. Okay, and then he sees worship happening.  He sees the cherubim's worshiping and he describes the church. He describes these angelic. Sorry. He describes these angelic beings while we're shipping God, Holy, Holy, Holy. And, you know, they're they're proclaiming the holiness of God. But he also sees 24 elders. Now, what can we say about the 24 elders? First of all, they are seated on thrones. They are waiting. They're wearing white robes. They're wearing crowns. The question is, who are these 24 elders? Are they angelic beings? No, because then he would have referred to them as angels. But who are they? Well, these 24 elders are redeemed saints of God. How can we say that? Well, one, in the book of Revelation, it's redeemed saints who are given white robes to wear the robe of righteousness. Second, it is to his 12 apostles. Jesus said, you will be seated with me on thrones. That's in Matthew 19, 28. So obviously one set of them are the 12 apostles. Third, it's the believer who receives crown for his reward. And these people are seated with crowns on the head. That's in Revelation chapter four and verse four. They have their crowns of gold and they have white robes and they're seated on thrones, 24 thrones. And then we also see over in Revelation 19, in two references. Revelation 19, 10 and again in Revelation 22 and 9. Revelation 19, 10 and Revelation 22, 9. Then John falls down to worship one of these elders. He replies and says, don't worship me. I am one of your brethren and of your people. That means he says, I'm a Jewish man. So this is, you'll see this in Revelation 19 and verse, let me give you the exact verse. Revelation 19, 10. Yeah, he says, I'm your fellow servant and of your brethren. And again in Revelation 22 and verse nine, he says, I'm your fellow servant and of your brethren, the prophets. So he could have been an Old Testament prophet. Okay, so who are these 24 elders? Very clear that these are redeemed saints of God. The 12 of them are the apostles. Now we know that Judas was replaced by, what's his name? Judas was replaced except of one. Matthias. Matthias, thank you. So Judas was replaced by Matthias. So Matthias will be sitting on the throne there. So 12 of them we know are the 12 apostles. The other 12 are from the Old Testament saints representing the 12 tribes of Israel. The reason we say that is because when you go over into chapter 22 of, and you see the New City, Jerusalem, Revelation 21 and 22, you find that the, Revelation 21, the names of the 12 gates of the city, each gate is one tribe of Israel. And in the foundation are the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. So both the 12 tribes and the 12 apostles are honored like this. So therefore, it's again, we conclude these 24 elders, just by all these scriptures that we've mentioned, are the 12 apostles of the Lamb and 12 Old Testament saints who represent each of the tribes of Israel. And they have received their rewards. They have the crowns, they have the white robes, they're seated on the throne. So we are saying that the Bema judgment has already taken place. That's Revelation chapter four and five. Therefore, they are now, they have been ushered into their rewards in heaven. That means first Corinthians chapter three, and second Corinthians chapter five, where everyone stands before the judgment seat of Christ, that is the Bema judgment, and receives the reward has taken place. That's why they're bearing the crowns of gold and they are seated on the throne. So chapter four, chapters four and five is a scene of the throne room of heaven after the rapture has taken place, because the rewards have been given. And then in chapter five, one interesting thing happens. There is a shout in heaven saying, sorry, chapter five, God the Father is holding a scroll in his hand. And the scroll has seven seals. That means it's perfectly sealed. It was very interesting. And we will look at this next year in Daniel chapter 12. And Angel Gabriel was speaking to Daniel. He said, Daniel, everything I've told you, it is sealed till the end of time. That means all these things I've told you about the end times, it is sealed. It's held. It's like a pause button pressed. It is sealed till the end of time. Chapter five verse one, God the Father is seated on the throne and he has a scroll in his right hand. And it has seven seals, meaning it's perfectly sealed. And then there's an angel crying out saying, who can open the seal? That means all these things are the things waiting to be fulfilled. Who is going to unlock them and start the fulfillment of these things? Who's worthy to do that? And Jesus comes up. He's typified by the lamb who has seven horns and seven eyes. That's representing the seven spirits of God. That means the lamb who was anointed by the Holy Spirit. He comes and then everybody says there's only one. This is Revelation chapter five verse five. Only one was qualified to open the seal. That is the lamb of God, the root of David, the lion of the tribe of Judah. So he comes and then it says that he takes the lamb and he opens the scroll. That's figurative of these things are going to start being fulfilled. So that's chapter five, the scene in heaven, the throne room. So what we are saying is this is going to happen. It does not yet happen, but it's going to happen. And as he opens the first seal, so now we go to chapter six. Are you with me so far? So Jesus begins to open the scroll, unsealed to open it. So it's the beginning of the fulfillment of the things that are prepared for the end of time and Jesus. So that means Revelation four and five rapture has taken place. Rewards have been given. 24 elders are around. Every worship is going on in heaven. And at that time Jesus begins to open the seals. The scroll representing things that are going to take place. You will see once again in chapter 14, I think it is, that John is made to eat scroll. Sorry. Is it? Yeah. Chapter. It is the intermission chapter. Chapter. Okay. And I can't remember this offhand. Okay. Chapter. Chapter 10. Sorry. So in chapter 10, we will see once again that John is given a little book. Chapter 10. A little book to eat. And that is, it is basically saying, okay, now you're going to speak out all of these prophecies. So the scroll and the book are basically indicating to us that all these prophecies are going to start happening. Okay. So that's chapter five. So as the Lord begins to open the seal. Things are happening here or not. So this is chapter revelation. Chapter six. So revelation chapter six. So revelation four and five is about the scene in heaven. The throne room. Revelation chapter six worse one is what is happening here on earth. At the start of the tribulation. So as Jesus opens the first seal. John is saying, John is invited to come and see. So obviously. He is seeing things. The first seal. What happens. So let me just summarize chapter six. So. Revelation six. I think we will finish chapter six and pause. Okay. So in revelation chapter six. We see in the first four seals. Very interesting. There's a horse involved. A horse. Again, the horse is symbolic of something that happens very quickly. With speed and with strength. And each one of those first four sales. Actually all all six of the seals. And the first four seals. And the first four seals. And the first four seals. And the first four seals. And the first four seals. Very interesting. There's a horse involved. A horse. The first four seals. A represent something happening. On the earth. Revelation chapter six. Verse one. The first seal is opened. And you see a man. On a white horse. And. He is given a bow and a crown. To go but conquering and to conquer. Now who is this man. On a white horse. Was going about conquering and conquer. Now. You have only. Either he's the Christ. What is the anti Christ. But Christ comes in Revelation 19. Riding on a white horse. But he comes in great power and great glory. So Revelation six one is the anti Christ. He's a copy. He's not the real Christ. But he is given. I mean, he's permitted to have this. Authority. And he goes about conquering and. To conquer. That means. He is moving with strength and speed. And he's extending his influence over the nations. So Revelation six one begins. With the unveiling. Of this man of sin. The son of perdition. The anti Christ. Who comes riding on a white horse. You know, comes as a man of peace. But he's gaining power and influence on the earth. The next horse verse three. Revelation six three. When the second seal is broken. There's a red horse. What does it symbolize? It says there in verse four. Revelation six was for people start killing one another. There is great destruction. People are killing. So there's killing on the others. So when the second seal is broken. There's a lot of killing on the earth. Killing one another. Peace is taken off from the earth. The third seal. A black horse. What is this represent represents famine. Because you read in Revelation six and verse six. It's talking about wheat. Oil and wine being sold for a high price. Says don't even touch it. You can't even touch it. So it's talking about scarcity of supply. Of food supply. We eat oil and wine. The fourth seal. It's a pale horse. This is Revelation six and we're seven. And this talks about death. And he says then verse eight. One fourth of the earth. That means 25% of what's population. Will die.  You do one of these things. What they'll be killed with the sword. With hunger. Scarcity of food. Or something. Whatever is going to cause death. And by the beasts of the earth. That means wild animals are going to begin to invade other cities. And it's very interesting. That you read in the news time to time. You know, that TV man in our cities, we've actually encroached on into the habitation of these animals. And these animals are now, you know. Showing up in cities. Leopards and tigers and whatever. But they're being killed by the beasts of the earth. So there's the fourth sale. It's destruction. There's death. There's a point where 25% of fourth of the earth. Is killed. A fourth of the powerful's population die. The fifth sale. Tells us about martyrs. She's worse nine. When he opens the fifth sale. I see the souls of those who have been killed for the word of God. And for the testimony they held. So here we see very clear. This is the first key. During the tribulation. And this is just the start of the tribulation. There are going to be souls who are killed. For the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. And so there's a loud voice. Revolution 610, you know, Lord, how long is this going to go on for? When are you going to avenge the blood of the people who are being martyred? Verse 11, a white robe was given to each one of them. So remember, I told you earlier. The white robe is given to the saints of God. So it's right here, Revelation 611. A white robe was given to each of them. But then he says, this is going to go on. Their fellow servants and the brethren who would be killed. That means more and more people are still going to be killed during the tribulation. Revelation 6 verse 11. Their fellow servants and their brethren would be killed.  So that means there will be believers during the tribulation. There will be people who are serving God during the tribulation. They will turn to God. They will be like it refers to them as servants of God. They have been killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. That means they're going to proclaim. They're going to talk about Jesus, but they're going to die. They're going to be killed. So will there be believers during the tribulation? Yes. Will they be preaching about Jesus? Yes. So will they be empowered by the Holy Spirit? Yes. Will they be martyred? Yes. That is under the fifth seal. We see that. And the sixth seal, Revelation 6 verse 12. So when the Lord opens the sixth seal, there is catastrophic, cataclysmic events. Because the earthquake, the sun becomes black. The moon becomes like blood. The stars of the heaven fall to the earth. And the sky is just affected. And this is so much like what Joel prophesied. Joel chapter 2 verse 28. He said, you know, I will pour out my spirit. The sun will be darkened. The moon will become blood red. And I will show signs in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Revelation 6, 12 is one part of the fulfillment. If you see it again and happening in chapter 8 and verse 12. Okay. So these cataclysmic events in the earth and in the cosmic system is so great. It says verse 15. That's the weekend, yeah? All right, sorry. I mean, I've been having these airtel problems here. So I stopped when I was saying, I think I lost connection. When I was saying, wow, is that where I lost connection? It's like the tribulation is going to be so, so great. I mean, catastrophic events there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Can you all hear me now? Am I back? You can all hear me. Okay. Fine. All right. So what we were saying was. Revelation 6, 12 onwards. There are going to be these signs in heaven and so on and verse 15. You know, these, these rich, the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the, you know, educated, uneducated. Everyone is going to say, you know, we are actually experiencing the wrath of the lamb. Revelation chapter 6, verse 16. They're going to recognize that this is God's judgment. Okay. That means, hey, we are in a time that we are facing up to God. Revelation 6, 16. This is the day of his wrath. This is what is happening now. It's the time of the wrath of the lamb of God. Meaning it's the time of God's judgment. People are going to realize that. Okay. So by the time you reach the sixth seal, it's like people are going to, you know, get shocked, going to wake up and what's going on. This is out of hand.  So, so, you know, the last two years we've seen a pandemic and we're just coming out of it. A lot of, you know, a lot of people have lost lives, but it's nothing compared to what we're seeing here. Revelation 6, 8, 25% of the earth's population will die and more. So we're talking about, you know, almost more than 2 billion people, right? 24 at least. I'm just approximately saying that that's how great this devastation is going to be. And it's going to make people realize this is the wrath of the Lamb. And this is the day, great day of His wrath, Revelation 6 or 17. And then Revelation 7, 7 verse 1, or, you know, the sixth seal is actually in chapter 8 verse 1. We will get to that. That's basically a time of silence and heaven. We'll get to it. But let us stop here to the end of chapter 6. Okay. We will pick this up next week, but to quickly review and then if you have any questions, we can take it. After the Lord has given the message to the seven churches, which were existing at that time, which was around 80, 90, He takes John into things that are yet to come that are going to happen. And the first vision, part of the vision is the throne room that is chapters 4 and 5. And in the first part of that, He sees God the Father, the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit. And He sees 24 elders. I mean, He sees the angelic beings worshiping and He sees 24 elders who are also joining in worship. But what we note in chapter 4 is that these 24 elders are clothed in white robe. They have received the crowns. They seated on the throne. And later on, we know that one of these elders in Revelation 19, 10, another elder in Revelation 20 to 10, 9, identifies himself as a man of your brethren and of your people and of your one of the prophets. So, you know, we conclude based on this and what we see in Revelation 21, 22, that there are these 12 apostles of the Lamb, 12 prophets of the old who are seated on the throne. They make up the 24 elders.  Therefore, the judgment of saints has taken place. They have received all their rewards. Then chapter 5 is the scene in the throne room of heaven. God the Father has a scroll in his hand, meaning these are prophecies that have been sealed up, waiting to be fulfilled. Who can say that it's not being fulfilled? Who has the authority to do that? And there's only one. It's the anointed Lamb of God, Jesus. So, he comes, he takes the scroll. And there's great, you know, worship going on in heaven, worshiping the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And chapter 6 verse 1 onwards, the seals are being opened, meaning the prophecies are beginning to be fulfilled. And so in chapter 6, the first six seals are fulfilled here on earth. The first four are typified by, each one is typified by a horse, horse meaning something that happens with strength and speed. So it's not like a literal horse coming and riding on the earth. They're just saying something happens very quickly, very strong, very quickly. What happens? Well, first there's this man who comes on a white horse. He comes as a man of peace and he conquers, meaning he gets influence and power. This is the Antichrist. It happens very fast and happens very strong. But then right after he comes into power, things just start getting bad. The next seal is that people start fighting with each other. The next thing you see is there is famine, lack, scarcity of food and supply. And the fourth seal is there's death everywhere. 25% of the world, people are dying.  And then the fifth seal is there are a lot of people being killed for the name of Jesus Christ. And it's not over. He said there are more people who are going to be dying. It's going to go on. The sixth seal are these catastrophic cosmic events and events on the earth. There's great earthquake, sun becomes black, the sun comes into blood. There are meteors falling from the sky. And it just is very devastating. It shakes people up. And then it says that everybody on the earth, rich and poor, educated and educated, everybody understands how we are in the day of God's judgment, the judgment of the Lamb of God. They recognize it. Okay. So today we've just given a high overview till chapter six. Any questions before we dismiss? We've got about six minutes. Any questions? Go ahead. Thank you, Pastor. Pastor, I have a question on this 24 Elders. As you said that, you know, 12 will be the elders and the 12 will be the 12 tribes of Israel. It will be in that way that 24 Elders will be counted. So my question is this, that so what about those people like Enoch, Abraham, Noah, because they were not in the even able, they were not in the 12 tribes of, you know, of Israel. They were the patriarchs. So what will be their position? That is one question. And my another question is this, that what will happen to those children's at the time of, you know, the parents who will, who have this mark of beast and they will have children's. So will they able to, they will be, are they will be in a position to those children's are they will be in the position to receive Christ because they were not knowing about whatever is happening, you know. So in those, in that case, how the God will go into judge those children's who are going to, you know, come at that in the season of this tribulation and after the rapture. So how they will come to Christ or whether they can able to come to Christ. That's my question because of the, the mark of the beast is controlling them. So that's two questions I have. Thank you. Yeah. So to answer your first question, see, we don't know exactly who these 12 Old Testament Saints are. We don't know. There are only 12 thrones and there are many Old Testament, you know, people that we could think of. I will just let God decide the reason I mentioned the 12 tribes is because of how the 12 tribes are honored by, you know, the, the names of 12 tribes are written on the gates of the city of the New Jerusalem. Now, if, you know, the Lord wants Abraham to be there or Noah to be there on one of the throne or, you know, able or somebody other than one of the 12 tribes. I mean, we'll just leave it to God. I don't know. I'm just saying this is what we think. Right. I mean, that the 12, we know Jesus spoke to the 12 apostles, but because one of them, one of the elders said, I am one of your prof of your prophets. So we are saying, yeah, it's somebody from the Old Testament. We don't exactly. And we'll just leave it open. I think because he's honored the 12 tribes that way, maybe it's one from the 12 tribes, maybe not, but probably, you know, from the Old Testament, you know, saints. Yeah. To what extent we know we've said it, but we'll just leave it open. Yeah. The second question, the answer to your second part is, you know, God will deal with the children just as he deals with children today. That is until they come to that place where they can know for themselves the truth, you know, and make a decision. They are in their age of innocence. And so if they die early before they could make a decision, they will definitely go to heaven. So he will deal with the children just the way he does today as well. Like we said. All right. Say, if you have a quick, quick question, we'll try to do it in two minutes. Yeah. I wasn't really clear about the 24 elders. Are you saying to the representative of the 12 tribes and the 12 apostles? If so, John was still alive when the elders were in heaven. So I'm just wondering if that is it or maybe I didn't catch that very well. Sorry. Yeah. So what we are saying is chapter four and five are things yet to come. They're not things that were happening when John was seeing it. It was things yet to come. So we are saying chapter four and five is the scene after the rapture of the church and the elders are around the throne and Christ begins to open the seal. So it is in the future, literally maybe 2,000 years from the time of John. So surely John would be in heaven by the time and he would be one of the 12 apostles seated on the throne. Now, I don't want to say that we know for sure these 12 are the 12 apostles and the 12 are 12 Old Testament saints. The answer is we don't know. The only thing we can say for sure is that these elders are redeemed saints because there I didn't.  That means he's Jewish. I am your fellow servant. That means he was a servant of God. And in Revelation 22.9, he says, I'm of the prophets. So most likely he's talking about the Old Testament prophets. So that's the information we do have which we can say for certain. The reason I said it could be the 12 apostles and the 12 tribes is because that's the 12 apostles and 12 tribes are honored by God in the New City, Jerusalem. And secondly, also in Revelation 19, 28, Jesus did tell the 12 apostles, you will be seated with me on thrones. So it's because of that, you know, we arrive at this inference, but if the Lord wants to do something different, it's okay. Okay. Thank you, Preston. All right. Thank you. Divya, I know you raised your hand, but can we do your question next week? Sure, sure, Preston. Please remember to ask your question. Okay. All right. So let's close. I hope these things are coming through clearly if you have questions. We'll definitely pick them up next week. And so we're going through the book of Revelation chronologically to see the sequence of events that they unfold. It's in high levels. Don't worry if you're not getting the details. We will do it when we read verse powers next year. Okay. Could somebody please close and pray and dismiss us so we can take a break and go. Oh, actually, we don't have to hurry, right? It's the end of the class. I was thinking there's one more hour here after this. Okay. You want to ask your question? Is your question short? Yes. Yes, Mr. My question is regarding since it is mentioned about what's happening on earth in chapters four to 19. So is the Bible silent about what is happening in heaven during this time? Or does it give a glimpse into it as well? Yeah. So chapters four and five, we said it's what's happening in heaven, right? Four and five, six onwards is happening here on earth. But John is seeing both heaven and earth. He's seeing what's happening. What we have said earlier is when we listed out all the things that will happen in heaven after the rapture, right? So all those things are happening in heaven. That is, our believers are, you know, the mansions, they're in worship. And there is the marriage supper of the Lamb, Revelation 19. So all that's happening. So from chapter six, the focus is on earth. But John does see what's happening in heaven and on earth. He's going up and down. He sees something in heaven, something on earth. But the focus is on the events that are happening on earth. So chapter four and five is what's happening in heaven. Chapter six, things on earth. Chapter seven, again, he sees something that's happening on earth. Chapter eight, he goes up into heaven to get a sequence of events that are happening on earth. So to answer your question, it's actually like a back and forth, but really a lot of the things are of things on earth. Okay, okay. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. Let's wrap up for today. Somebody could pray and then we'll dismiss. I know we've taken a few minutes extra, but somebody could pray and we will go. All right, let's pray. O precious father, we thank you for all we have learned. We thank you for all you taught us today. Father, we have been nearest to the west, and we want to be the west of the west, but I will pray that even as we leave this class, may your grace and your grace are complete to do with us, that we will apply this knowledge in our daily life. That will be the concept of your life. That will be the concept of the end time. That every step that we take will be in line with the gospel, will be in line in accordance to your word. What are we thank you for? In the name of Jesus. Amen. Okay, everyone. Enjoy the rest of your day. God bless. See you soon. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you, brother. God bless. God bless. Thank you, brother. God bless. God bless. Thank you, everyone. See you again. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. God bless.


Γεια σας, και καλώς ήρθω στο τελευταίο της ημέρας μου, που εξερουάζει Αβρίελ. Και επειδή έχω φτιάχνει σαφές, δεν μπορώ να τελείω την ημέρα μετά να κάνω ένα καρδί με Σαντα. Λοιπόν, σήμερα χρησιμοποιώ ένα κομμάτι από Αβρίελ και θα σκοτήσω Σαντα με αρκετάς και χρησιμοποιώ τα κομμάτιο μου για να χρησιμοποιώ τη Σαντα. Και τώρα θα χρησιμοποιώ την κομμάτιο μου για να χρησιμοποιώ τη Σαντα. Είμαι να χρησιμοποιώ ένα πολύ σύμφωνο συγγραφή, και θα σκοτήσω ένα καρδί με Σαντα. Και ειναι νιώα ότι τα καρδί με Σαντα είναι καλή να δημιουργήσουν σε κομμάτια. Άχθα εχει αρεθασμόνου τα εξέφερξια όταν they νιωαστούν ότι μπορεί να σκοτήσουν τα καρδί και πιστεί ότι θα κατύνουν αυτοπωσια. Λοιπόν, ειναι χρησιμοποιώ τα κομμάτιο μου και θέλω να κομμάσω ένα μέρος από το άλλο, και πάνω going to cut out a frame and also have this spich bubble dye that i'm going to cut out by using white card stock so i'm going to pass it through my skisachs machine and i have my spich bubble there and if you don't have such a dye you can always just draw spich bubble and cut it out with your scissors and now i'm going to cut out the frame and also for the frame you can use your paper trimmer to create the frame you don't really need those just make your life easier Θα χρησιμοποιήσω ένα κομμάτι αδερφασμένο από την κομμάτι και θα κομμάσω εκεί ένα πιστό ασσεταίτητο. Μπορείς να εξηγήσεις ασσεταίτητας που βλέπεις από την κομμάτι και αυτό είναι σημαντικό που κάνω all the time. Είμαι also cutting out the excess of the acetate. So I have my window ready and I am going to use some foam tape at the back and if you want your sequence to have more movement inside the window you can always double up on foam tape. I am not going to do that here since they have such a big area to move and I am using a silver mix of sequence. So now I can peel off the tape and stick on top the backing for my window. Now for that I have chosen this pattern paper that I have cut out to size and my window is ready. Now all I have to do is to embarrass it with santa and the spit bubble. On the santa I am going to use some foam tape to add some dimension and I am going to stick him on one corner of the window and for the spit bubble I am going to stamp ho ho ho and then stick it again on top of my window with some foam tape. And as I am doing that just to remind you that you can find a full list of all the supplies that I am using today just below the video in the description area as well as on my blog. Now that my window is ready I can stick it on top of my card base which is a top folding card that's 4.25 x 5.5 To finish off my card I am going to use these Nuvo crystal drops on the white parts of santa's uniform. And that was the card for today I hope you had fun throughout the week as I was featuring Avery Elle stamps and if you did don't forget to leave my comment as well as give me thumbs up on my youtube channel and here are the rest of the cards that I have posted throughout the week as I was featuring Avery Elle. Thank you all for watching!


Hey, guys. Welcome to another episode of Drum History News. Today, we are doing some really cool ones about Trixon drums, which are some of the most unique, rare drums in the world, German brand, which I've actually yet to do an episode of the podcast about because it's honestly kind of hard to find an expert on them. There's someone in Germany who I hope to get on the show, but he is a little hesitant because of the language barrier, but I'm sure we'll make it happen at some point. These ads are from the 1960s and you can kind of tell that from the language they use at that point in time. And it's neat that they were advertising for Trixon drums in the newspaper. I say Trixon, some people say Trixon. Either way, I think it's fine. It's just whatever you prefer. So let's jump in and check out the first one. So this first ad is from the St. Louis Post Dispatch in St. Louis, Missouri from 1966. It says at the top, Trixon drums, what a way to go pro. You couldn't go pro a better way than Trixon. These are drummers drums made to withstand job after job use and sound. You never heard it so good. You'll find a new freedom in percussion expression. Trixon drums are tops in construction with six ply shells, mirror finished on the interior, parallel snare release mechanism is standard on all snare drums. The new Trixon shapes produce a new world to percussion possibilities. These new in shapes produce the in sound and sparkle with the new or now showmanship designs. Then it's got some cool photos of people performing and playing with the Trixon drums. We have on the Telstar set. I believe it's Bob Kuban from when I googled it. I might be saying that wrong, Cuban Kuban. It says Bob Kuban of the in man on the Trixon Telstar recommends and endorses Trixon drums. Then below that, we have Joe Mundello of the Sheritons on the Trixon Telstar recommends and endorses Trixon. Then up on the top right, we have Phil Halsey or Mr. Drums on the new Trixon Thunderbeat recommends and endorses Trixon, which boy, that Thunderbeat, how cool is that? It's kind of a shame that these aren't in color, that they're just printed like in an old newspaper, black and white, because the it really pops when you see these from the old catalogs of them being in color. It says above Phil Halsey pictured with Phil Halsey is Marty Bronson of KSDTV's noon show. So that must be like a still image from the video of them having these on the news, because I guess they were probably doing more media to try and get these out there and say, look at these amazing drums and hopefully get people to buy them. We've got some prices on the left there, which says Trixon drums from 365, Trixon Luxus four-piece outfit 489, I think is what that says, Trixon Telstar four-piece outfit 515, Trixon Speedfire four-piece outfit 525, and the Trixon Thunderbeat eight-piece outfit 720. And the change is kind of hard to read. It says below that, yes, we have low down payments, long easy terms, convenient Christmas layaway plan available. Man, I would be a happy kid if I got a Trixon drum set for Christmas in 1966, which that's right when Ludwig was just blowing everyone out of the water. So this would definitely be an interesting, different drum set to get as opposed to getting a Ludwig set. Then at the bottom it says Music Center, 99 Northland Shopping Center, Jennings, Missouri, teaching all instruments to all ages. See our complete stock of Trixon drums in the Phil Halsey, Bob Kuban Drum Center. I hope I'm saying that last name right. It's interesting. These guys kind of took a bet by bringing in a stock of these German drums to their shop, you know, which everyone wanted Ludwig, everyone wanted these American brands. So hopefully they did well and sold some of these awesome Trixon drum sets, which sure are interesting looking. Up next, we've got a cool one from the Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa from 1966. This one says Meet Louis Luigi Waits. I believe it's the last name. It says, see and hear Luigi demonstrate great new sounds, great new shapes, Trixon drums. You're invited. See and hear the great Luigi demonstrate the great new sounds in Trixon drums. Luigi with his conical drums produces a tone impact and a penetration never possible on ordinary old fashioned round drums. You'll hear drum music you never heard before and no cost to you. Discover how much more you get with a Trixon drum set. They're rugged as a tank designed like a jewel with special six-ply acoustic shells. The elliptical drum with two foot pedals actually explodes two distinct tones. Discover how great these drums can be. Boy, that is a little bit of hyperbole there, I think, to help sell these drums and really go over the top with describing them. Then in the middle there, we have a really cool picture of, it looks like Luigi playing his, I guess it's a Speed Fire kit next to a Telstar using it as a double base kit, which is really cool. I don't think I've seen that before using the combination of them together. It's probably just for photo purposes to be a cool image for the newspaper. This was a clinic. It says Tuesday, May 17th, 2.30 to 5.30, 7.00 to 9.30 pm was the time for the clinic. It says, see Luigi on the After Dark show, KGLO TV, 10.30 pm, Potter Music Center, Mason City, Iowa. It's really cool. This is a press blitzkrieg of, let's get these Trixon drums out in the world, get them on TV, get them in newspapers. I'm assuming that Trixon would have a press kit and they would use certain terminology, which you hear on a couple of these different ads, which is pretty neat to see because these are all around the same time, like 1966, 1965. Very neat to see that one. I'd love to be at that clinic to hear Luigi here demonstrating these drums. Then we have one from St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1966. Same month as the previous ad that was in the same newspaper in the same year, but a few weeks earlier. This is from November 4th. The other one was from the 26th or something. Multiple ads for Trixon drums in this one regional newspaper. I imagine it was all over the United States. They would be advertising Trixon drums at this point in time. So this one is more about the particular pricing. On the left, it says the Trixon Telstar, smashing impact, real groovy, exclaimed Jim May of the Liverpool Five. Telstar has super sound floor tom and bass, snappy snare with parallel release, all drums conical shaped to produce an expanded penetrating sound. Then next to that we have the Trixon Thunderbeat Special. Jimmy May of the Liverpool Five thinks this outfit is the most. The Thunderbeat has five tomtoms plus a giant 20 inch floor tom and a double tone bass drum, super sensitive snare drum. So if you do the price comparison on one of the websites that will convert it for you, the Trixon Telstar being $515, this website says that that's $4,515, which that is extremely expensive today for a drum set, which is maybe why these didn't really catch on so much in the USA just because the sheer price of importing them and dealing with all that stuff. And then the Trixon Thunderbeat Special, which is $720 in 1966. The conversion here says that $6,312. So for $6,300, you really get one of the coolest drum sets ever made. But I don't know, it's really, really, really expensive. I honestly see that the Thunderbeat being a little bit more like, okay, this is an eight piece drum set. You're getting all these cool, it's the kind of drip that bass drum, the elliptical bass drum, whereas the Trixon Telstar is the conical shape, but a little more normal where I'm thinking, I don't know, that I guess I feel better paying $6,000 for the eight piece drum set, but it's all kind of painful. But anyway, that's what it says is the price. So very cool. If you were buying this back in the day, you must have been doing pretty well. I think it's interesting because you see similar wording across all three advertisements where they would talk about the explosive sound and giant floor tom, double tone bass drum. They use the word penetrating multiple times. So it just kind of funny. It's just really neat to see this. It's a special period in time. They're special drums. They're art. These drums are art. I hope to do a full episode on the history of them because I've heard some things that are pretty wild about the background of Trixon, but I've also heard people say, well, that's not true. This story and that story. So I want to kind of narrow it down and make sure I get you guys the actual, the most truthful background of Trixon drums. So I'm sure it'll happen. We'll make it happen at some point. Thanks to my friend Jerry Reiman for sending this to me. These are just really, really cool. I've been getting other articles and advertisements from other people that I would never even thought about looking for. So thanks to everyone who's been sending them in. I'll be sure to get those. If you do send me something, it just has to be kind of a high res photo because you need to zoom in and make it interesting for the video. So anyway, I appreciate everyone who's been doing that. Thank you for watching this. I really appreciate you guys doing this. Be sure to subscribe and like the video and comment. If you've got Trixon drums or if you're interested in hearing more about them, it's pretty cool stuff. So thanks for watching this and I will see you next week.