All right, welcome back. Before we go ahead, any questions? Any of you have any questions? Online students, any questions, if you have? Feel free to ask. You can stop me anytime in between if you have any questions. You have any thoughts? Also, you can just stop me and ask and share your thoughts as well. All right, so let's move into this chapter on the wisdom of the cross, the wisdom of the cross. So Jesus foretells the cross. All of those are the Bible verses. And basically, all these verses talk about Him going to the cross. But let's go to the next chapter, the wisdom of the cross. So we were talking about the wisdom of the cross, right? So what is that wisdom? Let's look at how God expressed His wisdom through Jesus Christ, right? Not only through His death, but through His life as well, right? Let's look at it, right? First one is substitution. I'm sure most of us, if we have played soccer or cricket, we know what a substitute does, right? He's sitting there. One person gets injured. He can't run. He's probably fractured his leg. What happens? The substitute comes. Now, the substitute who comes has the same value of the guy who was sent off the field, right? Why? Because he's playing for the same team, right? It's the same team, probably if it's India. And if the substitute come in, he, as a substitute, is still representing India. He may not know anything about the game, but he's still representing India. He's still part of the team. And the team members must value him as much as he may be a young, he may be the first time in his life he's playing an international game, but he's still valued because he's a substitute for the game, right? The moment he gets onto the field, he's no more a substitute. When he was there, outside of the field, he was a substitute. The moment he gets onto the field, the commentators are not going to say he's a substitute. No, they're going to say he's a player. He's in the team. He's no more a substitute, right? So what is substitution? It is where God died for man, and Hebrews 2, 9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned him with glory and honor that he, by grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Who created death? Did God design death? What do you think? Did God design it when he created the world? Did he say, OK, there's something called death also? Did he say that? No, right? God did not design death. But through Adam, death came into this world, right? So remember when there was only one time when Jesus cried. Jesus wept. Where? Where? Loudly. Lazarus' tomb. Why did he weep? Couple of reasons. One is because he was very close to Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, right? But I believe the main reason he wept was because when he saw a loved one dead, something which he did not create, he saw the devil, the authority of the devil working in people. Because death came in through Satan. Yes. So what did Jesus reply to that situation? He said, hey, he wept. He was sad. He was hurt. And I think what would have happened was immediately he would have said, hey, I am the resurrection and the life. So it was basically talking to the devil and saying, devil, you brought death, but I am the resurrection and the life. And he resurrected Lazarus. And they were saying, why did Jesus say Lazarus come forth? He just said, come forth. You know, if he had said that, probably all the dead bodies, those who are dead will come back to life because that's going to happen later on. So he said, Lazarus, come forth. And he came forth, right? The Lord Jesus tasted death which he did not design. He did not create it. He allowed himself to die on the cross. He allowed it. He allowed this whole thing of death to overtake him. He tasted death. He doesn't know what death is, right? As God, he doesn't know what death is, but he tasted it. So that, what does it say there? By the grace of God that he might taste death for everyone. For example, we are, you know, as believers, you know, we are here and we lose a loved one, right? When we lose a loved one, what happens? It's hurt, it's pain, it's bereavement, right?  Can you just move this camera a little? I don't know, why is it... Move it a little back, please. Yeah, a little back. More, more, a little more. Okay, yeah. So he tasted death. When we lose a loved one, when we go to the Father, when we pray, he understands what that feeling of death is, right? Because he knows. He has also seen Lazarus, that he knows that feeling and he himself has tasted death, right? Romans 5-8, but God demonstrates his love for us, his own love towards us that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. God didn't wait for us to become, to reach a certain level of holiness or a certain level of knowledge. While we were yet sinners, whether you are going to believe this or not, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. And he took up, he substituted for us.  He said, no, me alone, one substitute is enough. And he did it that way. 1 Peter 3-18, for Christ also suffered for us since the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit. God, powerful, right? Now, who is this? Who's writing this? A fisherman, right? A fisherman, remember, Peter and John went to pray, acts, went to pray. And then suddenly Peter and John are speaking in such boldness, Peter speaking in such boldness. And they're asking, hey, these are unschooled fellows. They are fishermen. They're in that sea catching fish. Who taught them to speak this way? Who taught them to speak in such authority? Were you with Jesus? Yes. And then he gives us powerful sermon. We all know that, right? What does he say? You know, the stone that you have rejected has become the honor stone. And, you know, he gives us great sermon. He goes back to Moses and Abraham and all of that. What brings out the whole gospel there? It says here that he might bring us to God putting to death in the flesh. Now in the flesh, you and I will die, right? One, we will pass on that shore, right? It's natural, but in the spirit, we are made alive, right? So right now, this flesh is nothing, right? Yes, God has given us, you know, things that we can enjoy, right? In the flesh and in the things that we can enjoy and see. And, you know, in terms of eating, drinking, the nature, the wonderful things that we see.  So when you look at it, when we become believers, immediately we're alive in Christ. And then there'll come a time we will be dead. Our body is gone, right? But the spirit is alive in Christ. Paul says to be absent in the body is to be as unto the Lord. That moment, imagine, you picture this as believers, when we pass on, this flesh will go. That moment, in a twinkling of an eye, we will be with the Lord. Now, who's one? Who's victorious? Jesus or the devil? The devil can say, ah, I brought death. I brought death. Now, where is Paul? Where's his body? Who cares about the body? The body, the worms are gonna eat and go. It's the soul and the spirit that matters. So the devil can't say, ah, I brought death. No, I'm victorious. Paul is saying, hey, for me to live is Christ, death is a gain for me. So you think the devil went to Apostle Paul and said, hey, tomorrow you will die. Oh, he would have been praising God. Oh, thank God, finally I can meet the Lord. Paul then Satan is thinking, hey, how do I get this fellow? He's not scared of anything. He's not scared of death. Okay, I'll bring a shipwreck. I'll get a snake to bite him. I'll get, you know, a famine or without, let him be without food. Let him be beaten. Let him be scourged. Anything happen? The Apostle Paul is saying, live is Christ to die is gain. How do I break this fellow? So who's victorious? Physically, he will pass on. It'll go. But the real Paul, the spirit, what matters will be with the Lord. The devil can't come and say, hey, I brought death to know. So the spirit also belongs to me. And Jesus will say, hey, you know the cross. Why you want to come? Why do you want to even talk about this?  The Greek word for the word Hooper, which is translated in all these verses, it says in four different ways. One, instead of in place of, on behalf of, as a substitute for. So if we put the first one, the Lord Jesus, instead of me, he went on the cross. The Lord Jesus, in place of me, took up the suffering. The Lord Jesus, on behalf of me, took up the cross, paid my shame and sin. And the Lord Jesus, as a substitute for me on the cross, he took it up. When you say, hey, but I was not there that time. No, I was not there 2,000 years ago, but he was a substitute. He took it up. Substitution means he became what we were. He took our place. When we were supposed to be on the cross, he took it. He became sin for us. So that we might be called the righteousness of God. You understand this whole thing of super, you know, substitution, right? Substitution. Now, these are things that every time we come into a place of worship, we're reading the Word, we are praying. These are points that we need to keep in our heart. Some says, no, I hid your Word in my heart. So, the devil is going to say, how can you pray today? How can you pray? You've done, you've got angry, you shouted at this person, this morning you did something wrong. How can you pray? What is your response? Oh yeah, how can I pray? It's something wrong today. It's okay, tomorrow I'll pray. Now, what will happen? The enemies, you're letting the enemy win. But if we know this, devil, instead of me, Jesus took up my pain. On behalf of me, he took it in place of me. He's a substitute for me. So, when I stand, when I go to Jesus, when I go to the cross, or when I pray, I'm going with boldness because he did it for me. So, if you have a problem, you'll have to talk to Jesus. You understand what I'm saying, right? If the devil has a problem, he'll have to talk to Jesus. But he will accuse, right? That's his, the word Satan means accuser. That's his job. But what is our understanding? Our job is to go to the Word, go back and say, hey, but Jesus did it for me. All I have to do, go to the cross, go to him and say, Lord Jesus, forgive me, cleanse me. I should not have got angry. I should not have sin. Help me, right? And the moment we do that, he's faithful and just to forgive our sins. And when he looks at us, he looks at us as holy and righteous. He was a substitute for us, right? One man's sin, this is the first Adam. Only a perfect man can become a substitute for the sinful man, right? Man who was already a sinner could not become a substitute for other men because he would have to die for his own sins, right? So picture this. Adam, the first Adam, there was no sin in him, right? He was born without sin.  And there's this Adam there. He's walking around with his wife in the garden. They don't know anything. It's looking after the garden. God has imagined this. The Bible says that in the cool of the day as God would come and meet with them, no need veil, no need covering face, nothing. God is probably sitting and telling them, see, when you dig, you have to dig in certain way. When you put the seed, you put it in, obviously God would have told them, right? You put the seed in and then leave it for a while. There's something called rain. Rain will come, right? And when the rain comes, that seed will germinate, it will grow. After that, what you have to do is you tend the garden. You look after it. Make sure that no, you know, there are a lot of insects and you look after it. Okay, God, as you say, obviously they would have learned it. God met with them, spoke to them. But after sin came in, there was a separation. The first Adam, he sinned. Now there was a separation.  Who told you? Why are you hiding from me?  No, the serpent sin came. Separation, right? But what happened? If in the later on, in the second Adam, this second Adam came not by sin, is born without sin, same as the first Adam, tempted in every way, same as the first Adam, yet he was without sin. So only he was able to take the punishment for the others, because he was born of no sin. And he was the substitute for the first Adam. The one man's obedience, which is the second Adam, yes, the only way there could be a perfect man was if God would become man, if deity put on humanity. Because after Adam, everyone was born in sin. Yes? There was a sin nature. We don't teach a child how to sin or how to lie. They learn it. We don't teach a child how to fight. See, this is how you fight. He will say yes, you say no fight. That's not how we teach. They know it. You don't have to teach them. How do you do your exam? You see the answer paper, something else is written. It's a sin nature. But here, only if God had become man, there is no sin nature. Here's the big problem, who will God become man? How can God become man? God is there in heaven. First Adam sinned. Now we need a person who is without sin. Everyone born is born in sin. How to deal with this problem? The only thing was God had to become man. So probably there was a meeting in heaven, in that meeting. Okay, the last prophet has come Malachi over. Let's send John the Baptist. And then all of a sudden the father says Jesus, son on Jesus, but son okay, I'm painting a picture, okay. When I say I'm painting a picture, I'm just trying to make it like for you for us to really picture what happened. The father waited. Father saying, okay son it's 4,000 years now. You want to go? The son says I'm ready. Okay, so let's choose somebody who knew no sin initially, who is a virgin and through the Holy Spirit you will go there but you will go in this kind of a way, humble ways. All that is later, right. All the whole thing of being pregnant, nine months and no place, all that is secondary. But what happened 4,000 years, the father says son you're ready to go? He says yes. And he comes and he was born without sin, lived a sinless life and he took up the sacrifice. I'm sure the father would have, just a picture again, right, just making you understand. The father saying, I'll come a time son, there'll be a cross. Are you ready for the cross? The Bible says that he was glad to take up the cross. He looked forward to the cross. Maybe the father saying, the prophet the Isaiah wrote about you. It's time. The only picture that the son coming into this world living this perfect life doing these wonderful miracles this gruesome death this resurrection going back to the father is just a perfect, perfect way of restoring humanity. It says that the real work was a spiritual work although it appeared like a man was dying on the cross it was spiritual though he destroyed the powers of darkness the devil was destroyed and at the name of Jesus every demon every work of the devil is destroyed the real work was a spiritual work and he endured all of that physical humiliation and torture even though he endured it for perfect holiness to come in contact with sin was far worse than that right? Perfect holy God getting to understand what the first Adam did that sin and he became that sin imagine feeling guilty does it feel good is it a good feeling to feel guilty or to feel condemned and feeling like a sinner it's not a good feeling now God being Jesus being God he went through it imagine how he will be feeling we as human beings we are so used to sin we feel guilty sometimes we feel condemned at times imagine the sun perfect holiness taking on sin for us taking Corinthians 521 for he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him he who knew no sin to be sin for us let's get to the next one substitution brings the blessings of divine exchange everyone you know you know this whole thing of exchange have you done this when you were small when you were small you say hey I'll give you my sharpener you give me your ruler no when you're small if you've not done that you had a weird childhood you should have done it you take my sharpener every time my son comes home sometimes he comes with no pencil box there's your pencil box I gave it to my friend what did he give you he gave me a toy what kind of exchange is that he'll come back sometimes there'll be 10 pencils in his pencil box whose pencils are these my friend gave me what did you give him I gave him 2 books are you gonna get it back it's an exchange what is the exchange what is the substitution that Jesus did what happened in that divine exchange one he died so that you and I can live what if Jesus did not die there's no point of the cross there's no point the devil will say hey you didn't die you only suffered anyone can do that anybody can do that but he had to go through what the devil ordered of so he died but when he resurrected he destroyed the devil so he died so you and I can live 2 he was thrown away from God so that we can be brought near to God he's our exchange he became sin so that we might be righteous what does the word righteous mean righteous means standing before God right he became poor so that we could be made rich he took our place here on earth to give us a place in heaven what a powerful exchange that is he left heaven came into this world as a human being so that we when we die can leave this place and go to him and be with him in heaven see that exchange right he became what we were so that we could share in who he is plenty of verses Christ in me the hope of glory talks about Christ being in us and finally the son of God became the son of man so that the sons of men could become son of God nowhere in the Old Testament were people considered son of God meaning that that whole sonship father-son relationship it's not that right even Moses who saw God who saw the glory of God he could not say he's my father even though Moses was there he seen God he not walked with God that's all wonderful what does the book of Hebrews say the book of Hebrews talks about what Moses even when Moses he came down from that mountain and the Israelites said Moses cover your face we can't see because the glory of God is on your face so he covered his face that was just being in God's presence for some time right not in a relationship of father and son you and I have the glory of God inside us and so Hebrews says we are in a greater covenant than that old covenant greater than that but Moses saw God face to face like he heard God he saw the back of God he saw the glory of God but in the new covenant the glory of God is already inside us far greater than that of the old right what love is this substitution teaches us that God loves us immensely so that he would take my place for himself right he would take my place and the most important point is for us each one of us as believers remember in our walk in life, in the things that we have to do there will be times we will fail there will be times when we will fall right but never let that be a reason for us to stay down on the ground Isaiah again says look at the weary and he will rise you up with wings like eagles shall run and not be weary you shall walk and not faint right so yes there will be times we feel weak, we feel tired we feel broken we just feel like giving up look at this what Jesus did look at what he did for you and me there are times we will have to press on for him right I remember times when I was much younger before getting married there were times I would just be pressing on for him I would feel God I am not able to do this no strength but Lord I know that you are there with me we can always go back sometimes we feel we get into ministry we are doing this or even if it is in the workplace over time we feel tired we feel weary we feel like giving up right it is a natural thing there is nothing unnatural in it but when you go back to the substitution I am sure Jesus is sitting in that prison cell that night why do I have to go through all this he would not have thought that way but why do I have to go through all this what did I do I healed people I delivered people I spoke some I spoke such good things I preached I didn't do any wrong I didn't hurt anybody but here now I am in this cell he didn't give up on us the next day they beat him scourged him and then now he is standing in front of the pilot he didn't say whatever it is who wants to go let him go I didn't sign up for this he didn't say that I am sure he was if he had sweated blood it would have been intense stress but he never gave up on us he had you and me in mind during those times of difficulties during those times when we feel weary and feel like giving up just think about what Jesus did and personally it has helped me it's not wrong to feel like giving up it's a natural thing feel tired I don't want to do this or I want to do something else I want to do that I want to do this it's a natural thing but you look at the substitution and see the love and see what Jesus did for us God you never gave up on me not to give up on you and it really encourages us to press on so do that each one of us there will be these seasons we overcome through the help of the Holy Spirit right atonement atonement means that Jesus met the demands of God's justice for sin towards the sinner Christ became our atonement in order to turn away God's anger towards sin and complete the requirements of God's judgment towards sin right remember the day of atonement in the Old Testament what happens in the day of atonement they go once a year sprinkle that blood on the altar and come away looks easy as easy you know day of atonement even though it was a fearful thing easy but the others in Israel are just sitting there God be with him if he dies then we are in trouble if he is alive then you have forgiven us since all of Israel will be dies will be on this one person right what this high priest is going to do if God is not happy if God decides no I'm not going to enough then that person will die and there will be judgment on the nation of Israel but on the day of atonement when that person comes out later on this rejoicing God has accepted our our failures and he has forgiven our sins but here in this substitutionary work the barrier between man and God was removed the veil was stoned from top to bottom so you and I can enter his presence the cross put to death the enmity man had with God Ephesians 2 14 through 16 can any one of us read that? Ephesians 2 14 through 16 contain in ordinances so as to create in himself one new man from the two thus making peace and that he might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross thereby putting to death the enmity thank you so it says there verse 14 and he has broken the middle wall of separation now in the Old Testament a wall was mostly referred to as sin and then we can also look at it as sin this wall of separation sometimes we use this allegory or this illustration at times when we are preaching I am praying and praying God is not answering maybe because we have built a wall why? there is pride there is anger, there is jealousy there is hatred, there is unforgiveness and we built a wall we are praying and praying and praying and nobody can hear us on the other side because the wall is there there is the separation we have built the wall God has not built the wall so we have to break down the wall and we are able to relate to God here for he himself has broken the middle wall of separation of separation between God and man he has broken it verse 16 that he might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross therefore putting death sorry putting to death the enmity God and sin are enemies we must understand that God loves us but he hates the sin yes God loves the people of Israel but he hated their sin now sin had to be judged and here it says that this enmity between God and sin was destroyed at the cross no longer that are they enemies because of what Jesus did through the cross he reconciled when we were small have you fought with your friends or even now you fight with friends and when we after fighting with friends next day you will not talk look the other side and then the next day you will just talk for 2-3 minutes yeah what is it and then the third day I will talk for a longer time and the fourth day without saying sorry everything is back to normal that is one kind of friendship that's a beautiful friendship and there is this other kind of friendship we both fight he goes hey I am sorry especially with guys no guys can't say sorry we must learn to say sorry right so sometimes he is going to say hey you know I am sorry I shouldn't have got angry let's be friends again what is that call reconciling right especially you know when I remember when I was small I had a lot of friends the whole time we would the place that I grew up in friends and my dad was he was not like you should study you should study we were 3 boys in my house so my mom would say study you know one day before the board exam we were playing football and my mom was like where is this boy tomorrow is his final exams and my dad said he is going to play football and it is so boys don't expect 90-95% dude I do well it's okay leave them let them enjoy so we had a lot of friends and I really understood this whole thing of friendship I had some really good friends even now we talk about it especially during these summer vacations there is no home home is only to sleep the morning we are not there from morning to evening when did you eat we ate something where are you my parents would wonder where are my 3 boys I think only night we would come and sleep the whole day outside playing with friends I had a wonderful childhood playing and playing but there were times we would have these football matches cricket matches and we would fight has that happened hey that's a goal no that's not a goal the next day we will not play we will all be at home looking at the wall there is no youtube at that time sitting at home sitting at home the parents will give work take the cycle and go out then you will see one of your friends you will remember the fight after 2 days you are back to normal the same fight the same thing why is reconciliation in fact it becomes stronger the bond becomes stronger and stronger God reconciled us through the cross so God is saying no I am not talking to this guy he is going on sinning and I have to judge this sin the Lord Jesus comes and says hey become friends become friends now because I paid the price of the cross reconciled now we are both our friends I am happy you are happy everyone is happy no enmity that's called reconciliation no more is God enemy with us no more is he angry with us right because we have reconciled through the cross one person in between the Lord Jesus did it for us because of the cross God could pardon the sinner freely and still remain just he could pardon the sinner still remain just there are two legal imputations which has occurred what is the word imputation to impute for example you get married to a child everything of yours is imputed to that boy or that girl automatically that child gets your name it's not like the father is saying you become 10 years old let me see how you behave then you become 20 years old let me see what kind of life you are living then you will get my name no a moment they are born maybe dedication happens they get the name it's imputed the baby only doesn't know what his name is the same thing here on the cross there is a legal imputation the sins of the world was imputed in the perfect impeccable humanity of Jesus Christ imputed it was it was just given the sins of the world was put it was already it was given on him now what is the second legal imputation the perfect righteousness of God is imputed on us as believers can you picture that for example there is a person who is from another faith he has been on another faith for all his life now he is an old man maybe 60 years old somebody comes and shares about Jesus and his heart is open he becomes a believer there is nothing about the bible but he doesn't know righteousness justification, holiness genesis to revelation nothing he knows all he knows so this person came and told about Jesus I believe that if I pray to Jesus my sins are forgiven so I pray now I believe in Jesus he doesn't know anything Moses, Abraham nothing he knows but at that moment the righteousness of God is imputed on him that moment he has a right standing before God right now he doesn't know what is righteousness he doesn't know what is imputation but it's given to him the moment you are there right the moment you are a bible college student some things are imputed on you bible course, PC student and I remember during our time we had these when we had these conferences a bc student this is for them this is whole thing bc student that's for the bc students nobody else can enter that van it was there during those days we used to have these small 12 seater 15 seater vans that would come and take us bc van that is this is different van there is something imputed on you and during those days the bc bc students are coming for prayer right in front bc students will stand because you know you are going to do the ministry some things are imputed you have to do it right there is no choice so two things happen one the sins of the world was imputed on Jesus two the righteousness of God was imputed on us just give and take it and over time we learn about it and we need to walk in that way everyone understood these two things that happened right and because of that we are reconciled with God atonement teaches me that God wants to have a relationship with me so much that he himself paid great price to make it possible now here is the key words atonement teaches me that God first one is God wants to have a relationship with me it is not me wanting to have a relationship with God right right from Adam and Eve God made Adam and Eve he didn't say write one letter to them and say do like this no he had a relationship with them we talked about it he went he met them he spoke to them the cool of the day the Bible says what he normally did so maybe he came and he taught them see this is tiger this is elephant this is giraffe this is the animal the fish in the sea this is what they do you can catch it you can eat it this is the how you you sow your seeds how you look after the garden this is one fruit this is called mango this is called apple God would have taught everything there was a relationship that relationship was broken right and then later on here it ceases us that probably God taught to himself I love the time when I walked into that garden I spoke to Adam and Eve remember we used to sit and speak together made a campfire right and we used to speak together for I love that time I miss those times I wish things could go back that way right sometimes we say right my little one always ask me did you do this in school did you do this in school and I always think of my school and I think oh man I wish I could get back to school for a couple of years maybe God had that same feeling God the Father I miss talking to Adam and Eve and the cool of the night we used to sit around and talk I wish we could do that but they could not because of sin but now because God wanted to have a relationship he said okay I miss those days so I'll send my son Jesus he will finish look and now we can sit and have a relationship again only thing we're not sitting in a garden and it may not be physical but we have a relationship with him you and I with the Holy Spirit inside us can have a relationship with him all of us I'm sure all of us God speaks to us if God doesn't speak to us then what I'm trying to say is why does God speak to us because he has a relationship with us if I go to the road and if I see some random person I may talk to him but I don't have a relationship with him or her your God is saying I will have a relationship with you you ask me I'll tell you you tell me I'll ask you both ways a relationship now this relationship here's the important thing we have to build on that relationship right how many of you came here to Bible college maybe the online students as well you came here to Bible college and the first day you went and spoke to everyone did you you came sat and you looked left and right and you were waiting when to run away from this place yes or no if not then very good because I remember my first day I came and some 20 people were there in the class I came late because I was working in the corporate sector and I had come for the after the interview they had a test and all that so I remember I finished in the middle of my work I just rushed and I came I couldn't find the Bible college somehow I found a place all of them were sitting in these tables and writing some exam so I came and what's happening here so I came and everyone were there and I was waiting for this exam and all that to write I said let me go see I have to go because I have come from work but over time initially I thought hey what all of them here are you know they all are teams all are sitting in teams what is this I have come from the corporate sector and there are guys talking Hindi there are guys talking Telugu there are guys talking Kannada and I don't know any of those languages I feel lonely I said what is this but over time relationships were built first thing I did is I separated everyone I made one Kannada and Hindi fellows sit together I separated everyone no teams and all so being a class who is the class leader Francis use your authority in the right way but that's the thing but relationships were built even yesterday I was speaking to one of the guys in my classmate in bible college we were talking about oh man the times just to talk to him and hear with him I remember we used to walk from the college to the hostel every time we would go so it was about a one kilometer walk so we had to be quick because the girls hostel was very close by they would just walk in five minutes we had to walk one kilometer so we would rush eat your food they would have packed a big box you take that box and go to the girls hostel and give so they are all waiting for the food there we couldn't relax and this is a one hour break so we would walk and that whole walk going and coming two sermons we would preach and this guy would translate I will preach in English he will translate in Telugu the whole thing every day without fail the relationships are built and we were talking about it yesterday it was so wonderful so God wants to have a relationship with us you and I can build it sorry I didn't notice the time thank you everyone for joining have a great week ahead I will see you next Thursday God bless


Hey guys, it's Nate, aka The Foot Account, and welcome back to the channel. Our first ever promo with live cards related to pro players dropped today in FC24. It is the FC Pro Live Promo. And I want to take a look at the leaks that we have. Is this promo going to be exciting today? Or will the most exciting thing be an SBC that's already available that's going to be refreshing today in this base hero upgrade? We're going to talk about that and why maybe the promo today isn't going to be that amazing, but that's on purpose by EA. We'll talk about it and of course what part of the market to really hone in on today and maybe make a little bit of an investment on as well. If you're excited for it, drop a thumbs up, subscribe if you're new. Let's go over yesterday's content because it was a usual quiet Thursday, so we'll make it fast. First of all, we had a player of the month, Virts SBC, which actually as we had all the way back here since we have so many player SBCs available right now, this is actually a solid card. I was really hoping that Harry Kane would win, but it was Florian Virts instead. Four star, four star. If they would have given him 80 paces, this card would be very hyped, but 79 is just that one rating below, so it doesn't get as much hype. A solid card for 23,000 coins is an 83 rated squad to do. Pretty easy there. No problem with that from EA. They just updated it with a dynamic image of him holding the player of the month trophy as well. Along with the yesterday, we had the EFL championship squad foundations in SBC. We had a whole gate as the SBC player, and then of course some decent cards inside of objectives. Again, they're squad foundations. They're not amazing, but these ones, I don't think they're that bad actually. The rudder card looks pretty decent. Mov Didi looks okay. Kone looks okay. So if you want some EFL links there, those cards are available and they're pretty easy to do. And of course we had the Marquis matchups SBC, which did supply some cards a little bit on the market. And I want to give a quick shout to objectives once again because we're in the final six days now of getting to level 20. A lot of you guys are getting to level 20 and you're like, Nate, do I take the 86 times three or do I take the 87 times two? I'm all about the 86 times three purely because it's a triple walkout pack and you get three different players. I would rather have three 86s than two 87s just because it's three players. I don't know. That's just me. But a lot of people are hitting that threshold because of the weekly objectives that refreshed yesterday as well. So there's some nice XP to be had after yesterday's content to get towards level 20. And that was basically all that we had yesterday. Of course, though, we had more leaks and news of what to look forward to today on this game. I'm going to go straight into the leaks guys and talk about the cards that we are getting today. It started off by a foot sheriff leaking Calvin Phillips. And we started to notice a trend with a little bit of this as well. We'll talk about it. I believe it is known that Calvin Phillips is going to be the live card that is represented by tech. So it's going to be a very, very popular card. And these are predicted stats. I hope EA actually give these guys a decent boost. A lot of these players in this promo, of course, have not had live items yet. So I hope that they give them a nice boost. That's going to be a really key part of content today is the boost on the cards because, of course, they're live items. I could see EA actually not boosting them that much because of that, but we'll have to see. This Calvin Phillips card is not going to be the most meta in game in my opinion unless they add some play styles to cards today, which I don't believe they're going to do. But I think that card is going to be just okay. And I think a lot of these are going to end up being pretty cheap. We'll have to see. General is a card that's being added to come as well. He needs some play styles. He literally has none. And this guy is going to be the card, I believe, that is going to be partnered up with Mark 11 from FootWiz. As you'll start to notice, a lot of the players that have been leaked match up with one of the nationalities of the participants that are in this tourney. So I think Mark 11 is going to be matched up with General. And again, it is believed that Calvin Phillips is going to be the card that upgrades for techs. Kolomani is one of the bigger name players in this promo. He is leaked to be in. It is official. The problem is I don't think he's going to be 89 rated. That's a massive boost. Like you think EA is going to drop an 89 rated Kolomani who could potentially get another like plus three or plus four after getting all those upgrades as a part of this live progression into February. Right. I don't think he's going to be that high rated 86 or 87 seems very possible for a card like this today. So this one's probably juiced too much. So just be careful with believing those. Now here's one that kind of breaks the trend. Right. All of these so far have a player, a pro player with the same nationality as the player, but money. Right. There is nobody with the same nationality as money and the pro tournament. There are a couple of Saudi Arabian players. So maybe since he's in the Saudi League, they'll be matched up with him. But money is going to be an FC live player as well. And hopefully give him a decent upgrade on top of the card that he already is. That could be a decent card and of course potential to upgrade. Simi Khan French center back in the Bundesliga is going to be getting in here. Like this could be a really nice card again. But it comes down to the ratings comes down to the boost. Makenko another French card coming as an item soon. Guys like when I look at these leaks and when we look through a few more. Daniel Malin. Okay. That's a bit exciting. Willian right. This might be the most exciting card dropping on the game today because we haven't had a good card since was it FIFA 21. I think he had a gold card and then FIFA 20. He has some other items we were looking at a yesterday on the stream. It's been a minute since we had a willian promo card. Hopefully they gave him a nice boost. And there are a couple of Brazilians that are in this competition. So you could be represented by either a number of those. But the promo team as we take a look through these leaks and we look at these players. It just doesn't look that good guys to be completely honest. Now we don't have the full team leaked for sure. We have 20 different pro players and they should all be represented by one player. But we could have SBC. We will have SBCs and objective players as a part of this promo as well. I'm not expecting to have all 20 on the game today. I would not be surprised if maybe there's like 14 or 15 of them in packs. You have a couple SBCs are going to come out between now and next Thursday. And then maybe an objective player or two as well. So maybe we only have like 13 14 players in packs today plus a mini release on Sunday. That sort of thing could get us to all 20. I believe they're going to represent every single player with a pro card that would make the most sense. But we will have to see. There's just a lot of like ins and outs I think that we're going to learn about these cards today. That EA is going to have to tell us about because this is something that we've never had before. And it is brand new. Now of course for SBC players we do have Chuckie Lozano as a part of the promo today. I'm guessing this seems more like a promo Friday SBC type of player than Locatelli does. Those are the two SBCs that have been leaked so far. So my guess is Lozano's today but it could be Locatelli as well or maybe both. Who knows. I'd also really be interested today. Of course promos usually run for a full seven days. Right. Of course you look at like the countdown screens here. Everything says you know that you know seven days even the team of weeks right seven days. I would not be surprised if these FC pro live players are not in packs for a full week because next week on Thursday is Thanksgiving also the day before Black Friday which is usually when they start like the best of and they kind of start the whole Black Friday promo a bit early. So I would not be surprised actually if we only had these cards in packs for like five days. Maybe they go out of packs on Wednesday or on Thursday before EA starts to build up the hype for Black Friday. That's one thing that I would watch out for today. And again I mentioned it. I don't know. I think these cards might be pretty packable. They're live cards and not all the time we live cards pretty packable but also when you look at the names that are in this team unless we have some other ones that are coming it doesn't look that amazing. It looks kind of mid guys and I want to talk about that for a second as well. Like think about this promo think about it in general. Why would you want this promo today if you're EA sports. This is just thinking purely from their perspective just trying to get some insight onto why I think today's promo might not be that good. Why would you want today's promo to be that crazy and exciting right. What you're going towards in the next couple of days in this next week with Black Friday. You want that to be a lot of the hype and we talk about it a lot on this channel is that content goes up and down and that is totally calculated the hype of content being hype and then kind of pulling back and not be as hype. That is totally calculated by EA because they know people can't always stay sustained and interested in this game for the whole entire year they're going to have to you know pull pull back a little bit and make them maybe go play Fortnite and COD and then come back all when it's Black Friday.  I'm really expecting today to be pretty mid based off how of the leaks look there could be some good content today but I'm just telling you guys how I feel and how I expect to go down in the game today. I'm not expecting any content to be a game breaking or absolutely insane. Yeah there's going to be some great new cards to try out in Week in League to have some fun with and they're live of course so there is hype today but I just don't think there's going to be as much hype as there of course will be next week for Black Friday and all of that. So that's kind of my opinion there but I think like I mentioned in the intro the most hype part of content today might be an SBC that we've already had that's going to be refreshing today the base hero upgrade pack refreshes today of course I think it's only what was it an 86 rated squad or an 85 rated squad it was pretty cheap it was pretty cheap last time around when we did this SBC I found that on a full bin let's click on it right now it was only 89,000 coins to do 85 rated squad and an inform so maybe some informs could be rising a little bit today once again after they dropped yesterday also today we have the 84 plus RTTK or Trailblazers upgrade pack that is coming back so you have two SBCs here that require informs watch out for those two coming back today maybe informs could go up a bit after you get some Week in League supply making the current impacts informs drop a little bit that's something to keep an eye on but again this SBC if you remember last Sunday actually made fodder move a good amount so do we need to invest in fodder today well remember last week when the icon pack refreshed 84s didn't really move that much I'm not expecting 85s to move that much today either but if you wanted to take a little bit of a gamble you probably would be able to get some good lazy sales on some 85s as people would be going out and do that base hero upgrade because again like I mentioned that and the 84 plus RTTK slash trailblazers might be some of the best content today to be completely honest so watch rises on 83s and 85s just because of that but I wouldn't go crazy because again think about it it's a promo Friday right and what do we have on promo Fridays we have Week in League rewards that are open and all the store packs give out rare golds and they give out 83s and 84s and 85s especially with some of the store packs that have been added to the code that we're expecting to see today there's some big time packs that are incoming especially as we look at some of the FC Pro ones right and 86 or higher guaranteed to you get 40 rare gold items FC Pro live foundations pack which is 25 golds 185 plus those are the not so exciting packs these are the ones that are interesting it leads season one on court pack 40 rare golds two of them guaranteed to be RTTK or trailblazers rated 86 or above I mean that's kind of like the 84 plus RTTK type of gamble but a higher rating which is going to remove a lot of rotor the knockouts and trailblazers and make that a very interesting pack for a lot of people to try that pack is going to sell good whatever it's whenever it's released whether today on Friday sometime during the weekend for sure we're going to get both of these but this one with the two players 86 or above from those two promos that'll be hyped and then there's a bit of smaller one and 85 plus though not an 86 but an 85 plus and 15 rare gold players those are the two biggest untradable packs that have been added to the code we have an 87 plus times three pack and also an 11 gold players pack including one rare and also a couple of the random packs a season two act one booster pack this sounds like it's a pack that's going to give you XP guys I don't think this is going to be in the store I think this is just a pack via an SBC somewhere or maybe even in objectives that you claim that's going to give you some XP but I really doubt unless that's like a 10k pack which I could see a making a 10k pack and then giving XP out for it but this almost just seems like it's going to be an SBC or something in objectives that you would be able to claim to get a little bit extra XP in this season so there's that one thing I wanted to point out as well as this was a late pack addition that foot squirrel board dropped a campaign mix pack like a scam pain party bag this is the first one now that includes not just one or two different promos but three you've got road of the knockouts trailblazers and centurions except for the centurions icons all packable from this pack I don't know when this is going to be it might not be until next week it might be a couple of days from now this might be a pack that honestly makes 83s and 84s go up during Black Friday as EA says here's an opportunity to pack promo cards from this campaign mix pack that you can do X number of times per day during Black Friday that's maybe what we're getting out with the SBC I don't expect to see it today but maybe we could see that today as well so just watch out for that that pack has been added to the code but like I mentioned guys I'm not expecting a big and crazy day today because of the numbers of content on this game now let's talk about some market stuff because of that right I still have a couple of cards on my transfer list I've sold most of the fodder there's been a couple of trades that I've done in the past couple of days I am lazy listing still some 85s you can see I get lazy sales on them now and again a couple of cards I'm flipping at the moment as well the market in general some of your rare cards have actually started to like go up in value just because again this last week of content was kind of slow kind of mid and I think there could be opportunities today that if after content stuff is viewed as another mid promo like the new promo that comes out today if it is viewed as mid I could actually see some cards maybe from Centurions maybe from Trailblazers like I could see some of those cards also some of the triple threat cards that are leaving packs since these are decently hyped I could see them going up today guys it probably wouldn't last forever but you know how we've seen in the past couple of weeks after content there is usually on some of the more rare out of pack special cards last week it happened and it worked really really great for me with the Sun Trailblazer right he went from 1.05 back up to almost 1.2 mil where I was able to sell the card there might be opportunities to trade like that today with out of packs cards like from Centurions maybe the triple threat right usually the promo team that is going out of packs right away at around a new content drop has a little bit of extra hype so I would watch triple threats today for sure I'm not really investing in a ton of these but Thiago, Karchawi, Kirby, Greelish, Carnival Hall and some of the heroes as well not having heroes and icons impacts this week after having them impacts in some way shape or form for the last three weeks with Centurions and triple threat will make packs today seem probably a little bit less hype so I could see a slight rebound on the market after content on the out of packs market but once again guys I would be very careful I would be very careful with anything that is gold because I do believe that during this weekend and it might even happen today around the content drop it might start to happen today after content for sure is people starting to sell cards getting ready getting their week and the games done getting cards out and probably not a lot of people buying cards because of Black Friday coming this next week usually the weekend before Black Friday is where you see again some pretty big price drops and again like I mentioned in the previous videos this week I think I would expect to see those price drops the most on out of packs informs from earlier team of the weeks from Centurions I just believe that some of these guys are up like Hollins 700k that's up like 70,000 coins from where he was during the week Harry Kane is up so yes some prices are up but I don't think that's going to last a weekend just because of the nature of where we are and what is upcoming in the next week on this game so again I use a word I would say to you use caution right use caution with any of these out of packs promo cards because there could be some spikes today if there are that could be a really really good time to get out now also this weekend what a lot of people are looking forward to and looking at for an investment opportunity is SBC fodder and I don't think fodder is going to drop a ton this weekend because I think everybody is going to be investing in it and it's honestly not a bad time to invest in it because if we have an L promo content day today if we don't have really great SBCs we probably won't get anything insane tomorrow on Saturday Sunday maybe we get an icon pack right it's probably around the time today and then tomorrow on Saturday at the latest that if you see higher rated fodder dropping anymore it probably is the time to stock your club and to get in on that this is the double dip scenario that we mentioned earlier in the week fodder dropped like osman was 24.8k dropped down to 23.8 back up a little bit but with weekend league rewards today before content and even packs after content shoot they might drop lightning rounds again you don't know chat like remember chat this is YouTube this is not twitch remember last week we were watching these triple threat cards and EA dropped the lightning rounds and then all of a sudden they just absolutely died that sort of thing could happen again today I mean why would EA drop lightning rounds on a promo Friday like today where there's like you know the levels of hype today compared to where it was last week with a brand new promo like yeah these cards are dropping today upgrade but like EA if you drop lightning rounds today that's gonna seem very I don't know like snakey very like greedy almost so I'm not expecting those today but it's very possible we could absolutely get those so I would say you know I'm gonna be careful with fodder today I think there's gonna be opportunities to buy but I'm gonna probably try to get on some bids and again I'm doing more so of a club stock which I have a lot of already but as we look at every year we're gonna talk about throughout the weekend as we get closer and closer to it coming and in the early next week fodder is always something it does good during Black Friday because there's just so many different SBCs that are out so watching the triple threat card today I have a couple of Kirby just because she's pretty rare and she moves a bit I have Tiago as well I have two of those like eighty eight or eighty nine thousand coins with a good chemistry style I believe he's like ninety ninety three or four thousand coins so he's up a little bit he's just a popular player that people might want to be putting into their teams today also he does link to a card that has been rumored to be in or actually based off of the requirements that were leaked for a new evolution he wouldn't fit I'm talking about GACPO but this is another piece of content that could be coming today could be coming around Sunday who knows and we take this with a pinch of salt because these evolution leaks have been a bit shady in the past but foot police tweeted that the left wing evolution is set to come an ultimate team soon and when we looked at the requirements for this guys there were like the best card that could go in this was like Cezinha and Trossard I don't know if you guys saw that Trossard was up like he was like six thousand coins yesterday on the market okay well no I'm searching by special I don't know if he's six thousand coins now let's just double check this search here Leandro Trossard taking off a special he is currently okay back down to three thousand coins makes a lot of sense right these cards just get pumped and dumped with investments so I do believe there is an Evo coming I don't know if it's going to be today but I'm going to keep a close eye on that side of the market as well because that could bring a little bit of hype today if they drop a random evolution for cards that we want to upgrade that could be good but also like with the way that it looked with the leaks and stuff for the ratings in this evolution it looked like it was again only going to be an opportunity to evolve very low rated left wing players like 82 rated 81 rated in below which is a little unfortunate considering we've had a lot of Evo's that have been north of that sort of requirement so it must be an Evo that's going to boost these cards a lot if it's going to be that low of requirements that's at least how I see it today on this game so we're going to keep a close eye on the market and close eye on prices again the safest thing you can do right now is be as untradable as possible maybe you're trying a couple of trades today I would focus on again the most rare cards that you can informs from this current team leak are probably going to drop as we get closer to content just because they're going to get supplied a lot more so I'll be very very careful with those and usually before content like the hour before we've been seeing some price drops on impacts cards specifically some of the fodder cards as well so it could be a good opportunity to get in on some of those bids if you want to try to invest right before content or just everybody's going to be waiting until after content today to buy a lot of high rated fodder because that's when they'll expect the supply that's why I said it earlier I don't think fodder is going to drop a lot this weekend I think it's going to be pretty steady especially on the top tier because a lot of people are going to start investing and keep investing if they see prices just keep going lower but if you're just trying to make a quick flip or if you're trying to buy somebody for your weakling team I would tell you go as untradable as you can but just be on the lookout for potential flips and potential buy low scenarios what a great voice crack that was buy low scenarios and maybe a little bit of a rebound after some of those like right now Francesco is $370 I sold them for $400k like yeah you look at this and you're like wait you can make $10k right there after tax and I'm like well is it worth it $10k for $370k I think I'll just wait I flipped a couple of them earlier yesterday if he was going to like $410 then I would do it but I don't think I am right now also I'm kind of interested in this car chowee I know we have boccia I completely understand that but this is a PSG player that is one of the best I know boccia is really sick so she's good but her chowee is insane as well she's got the PSG links we're getting a PSG French player today you know that's the sort of stuff I'd be on the lookout for out of packs cards but really be careful on the market today and I do expect gold cards for sure to be dropping after the content drops so that's going to be the video for today guys if you did enjoy it smash a thumbs up on it comment below if you have any questions and subscribe if you do I will see you guys in the twitch stream today I've saved up a couple packs because it's always fun to have a couple packs for promo friday so we're going to open up some 84 times threes and see if we get lucky with the live card and then it would be fun that if I pack one of those then I can kind of root for that pro and like have that pro as a favorite throughout the tourney so we'll talk all about that stuff today on the stream as well so make sure you check out that link but I will see you guys there today it's been Nate the put account and have a great friday peace out


Now the Kogester government has accused politicians of being responsible for some security breaches in the state. These include the recent attack at the Kaba Correctional Centre. The State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fawle, stated this on Friday while briefing journalists in Lagos on the security situation in the state. Mr Fawle said that Gapno Yahya Bello had put in place security architecture to ensure the safety of the people, stressing that some politicians were trying to thwart such plans.


Following Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had swept far into the Pacific, occupying islands as far south as New Guinea. That was 1942. Thereafter, we recaptured them one by one, until our next conquest would bring us within striking distance of the Philippines and Japan itself. Less than 1,600 miles from Tokyo lie the Marianas. 15 volcanic islands, including Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan. Saipan, the Marianas Administrative Center, was our first objective, to be invaded June 15, 1944. On the 22nd of February, carrier planes of Task Force 58 took off for the softening up attacks on Saipan's defenses, as well as those of Tinian, Rota, and Guam. Our first wave of planes caught the Japs off guard. It got 70 of their aircraft on the ground. Sporadic attempts of Japanese planes to attack the carriers and warships of Task Force 58 ended in failure, because we were ready for them. We destroyed no less than 141 planes, their entire attacking force. The plane after plane was shot down and set ablaze, until these costly adventures of the Japanese Air Force completely collapsed. Toward the end of May, the 27th Infantry Division in Hawaii was getting ready to sail for Saipan. Major General Smith was in command. Veterans of the Gilbert Islands' campaign, the men of the 27th knew the enemy. Some of their buddies had not returned from the Gilberts. Some would never return from Saipan. Elsewhere in the Pacific, the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions embarked. They were to make the first landings on the island. By now, convoys were nearing Saipan. In two more days, these men would be crawling through brush and cane fields, fighting for every foot of Japanese ground. They received their final instructions in Japanese symbols, nomenclatures, and the island's geography. Saipan was the Japs' nerve center. Its capital and largest city was Garapan, the 2nd biggest city, Charon Kanoa. Airfields were at Asleto and Charon Kanoa, and a partially completed airstrip at Marpe Point. The population was estimated at 50,000. 25,000 civilian, 25,000 military. Our naval barrage blasted away at all Jap installations. On the success of this barrage depended the fate of our Marine Divisions. No air attacks along the shoreline were coordinated with this naval shelling. The invasion was on. D-Day 0700 hours. Troops of the 2nd and 4th Marine Division piled in Higgins boats and then alligators. Awaiting the starting signal, assault boats circled around the transports. Landings were to be made along a line from Charon Kanoa to Aginyan Point by the 2nd and 4th Marines, moving in abreast. Under our naval barrage, the boats started for Saipan Shores at 0815 hours. Soon we would know how effective had been the pre-invasion bombardment and how much strength there was left on the island. Once on land, however, we were pinned down for a couple of hours. Silenced enough of the enemy fire for more of our troops to land. And by noon we had pushed a mile inland in certain parts of the beachhead. Toward evening we were fighting our way further inland. And on the following day the 2nd Marine Division extended its beachhead and joined forces with the 4th Marines near Charon Kanoa. We were still being showered on the beaches with jack mortars and shells as we attempted to push our way further inland. These were our next objectives as Lito, Saipan's main airfield, Magician Bay on the east coast, and Garapan the capital. On the 2nd day of the invasion, the 27th Infantry Division began landing over the blue beaches at Charon Kanoa. Ended with little opposition, the 27th set up a command post and established contact with the Marines to coordinate an attack on Aslito. Our infantry tank teams sweeping toward the airfield were supported by mortar and artillery fire. Here in the eastern sector, resistance was stiffest because the Japs had already withdrawn many troops from the south. After a day of hard fighting across the dangerous exposed ground, the Army troops captured Aslito airfield on D-Day plus 3. The hangars and planes were largely in ruins. Those that were halfway intact were shipped back to the states for study. Army engineers lost no time in reconstructing the runways. Thousands of natives and their children caught in the advance of our troops streamed through designated safety zones to the internment camps. Here, together with captured Japs soldiers, they were treated as prisoners of war and were given food, clothing, and medical treatment. A large Japanese task force had meanwhile sailed toward Saipan. The 5th fleet operating in support of our landings under Admiral Spruance was the Japs target. Our search planes could not locate the enemy force. The Japs struck first. Attack 300 miles west of Saipan, the day of Aslito's capture. Many were shot down by our own carrier planes and anti-aircraft batteries. This battle could not have occurred in any previous war. It was a naval battle without naval guns, in which, with aircraft alone, two huge fleets were striking at each other at a distance of 300 miles. After naval engagement since midway, we shot down 353 Japs planes. Only three of our ships were damaged, and those superficially. Now it was our turn. We searched for the Japanese fleet throughout the day and night, and finally found it the following afternoon, about 670 miles west of Saipan. Our airstrike was immediately ordered by Admiral Mitchell, commander of our carriers. It was just before dusk. By the time we reached the fleet, it had already shifted its position. Escape was now the enemy's only hope. After yesterday's battle, he just didn't have enough planes. We saw a few in the air, none on the decks. We sank three JAP carriers and 15 other warships, and as our planes returned from their mission, the Japanese fleet totally crippled, retired toward the Philippines. Our troops on Saipan, having secured Aslito airfield, drove eastward toward Magician Bay, and isolated a large part of the Japanese troops on the southern tip of the island at Nafutan Point. From there, the 27th Division moved into reserve. Meanwhile, the 2nd and 4th Marines went up the center of the island toward Mount Tapacho, which dominates Garapan and its harbor. Mile by mile, we were taking possession of Saipan, called the Island of Many Thieves, by the discoverer of the Marianas. Resistance grew increasingly severe as our forces entered the higher country. Tank teams smashed JAP pillboxes in the foothills before the mountains, preparing the way for the infantry. 1,500 feet high, Mount Tapacho was an excellent vantage point for the JAPs. We had to protect our troops with smoke screens of white phosphorus, and then advanced toward the deep wooded slopes, which would present yet another major obstacle. To flush out the JAPs, we set fire to the surrounding cane fields. We progressed steadily. Once our forces gained the mountain, they would be able to control the capital. This last stretch was one of the hardest. Along the mountain side, JAPs were hidden in limestone caves, from which they had to be blasted with dynamite and flamethrowers. We reached the mountain summit on June 25th, D-Day, plus 10. We're in the position to drive for Garapan. Our artillery fired at the capital. For the first time in this war, American troops were assaulting a true Japanese settlement. It was hit with every weapon at our disposal, supplemented the artillery barrage. Rockets from mobile launchers sought out every possible enemy dugout. Thunderbolts from the Osledo airfield joined in the attack, and Navy dive bombers blasted the JAP batteries and defenses. The troops were forging ahead. This was still the day we had gained Mount Tapacho and set up our artillery observation posts on its peak. In a few more hours, we would hold a continuous line from coast to coast across the island. In 10 days of bitter fighting, our forces had occupied approximately half of Saipan, including the principal airfield, a town, and a high peak in its center. Many JAPs had been killed, though only a handful were captured. Now on the 14th day, the troops were entering the outskirts of the capital. This was Garapan, once a clean, tidy, tropical town that our bombardments had now reduced to a pile of rubble. But behind these shattered buildings were many enemy patrols, and we had to fight for the city street by street and house by house. After four days of this struggle, on the 2nd of July, Garapan fell, and so had its harbor, Tanapag, and the Flores Point seaplane base. Our casualties were heavy. Fanatical JAPs did not give up easily. In the whole campaign, more than 11,000 of our men were wounded. Some of these men were now on their way back to the States. There were others, of course, who would never return. The Marine and Army troops continued the drive northward, pocketing the last of the JAPs at Marpe airfield in Agasa Point and Paradise Valley, a deep gulch in the hills northeast of Garapan. The enemy still resisted violently. The terrain was tough. It became more and more difficult to move equipment. Then, on July 7th, 5,000 JAPs tried a last suicide counterattack, the largest ever launched in the Pacific. It was a costly one for both sides. American dead and wounded, 1,154 of 1,500. JAP dead, 4,311 of 5,000. We gave what remained of the enemy a chance to surrender. Through loudspeakers, we announced the ultimatum and held our fire. At first, no one came, then a few natives and Japanese civilians, but hardly any soldiers. When the time limit was up, we resumed our fire. The battle went on against the remaining Japanese, most of whom were holed up in well-nigh inaccessible caves. They didn't have a chance now, but they knew that this island was the gateway, not only to Japan, but to the Philippines and all Japanese-held territory in the Western Pacific. Through a final bombardment, the infantry and tank teams moved in, and by July 9th, three weeks and three days after D-Day, the Marines and Army troops had stopped all organized resistance. General Richardson and Major General Greiner inspected the fallen city of Garapan on the 13th of July. The last remaining JAPs were burned out of their cave hideouts. Here and there, we found them stranded on cliffs and had to pick them off one by one. Some JAPs surrendered, but most preferred death. Even suicide. Some tried to escape by swimming, though few got away, and so strong was their indoctrination horror of the Americans that fervent Japanese parents forced their children to swim out into the ocean. Our men rescued some of these children, and together with natives and captured soldiers took them to internment camps and prisoner of war enclosures. Food stores in mountain caves had not always held up. Many of these people had been without water for several days. The half-starved civilians were given army rations as well as rice which had fallen into our hands earlier in the campaign. Those who were too young or too feeble to walk were sent to central internment camps elsewhere on the island. Japanese prisoners, the few who'd surrendered, were put to work burying those who hadn't. Japanese losses were tremendous. 25,000 soldiers and civilians were dead. 1,500 more soldiers were hunted down and killed in the following weeks. The last defenders' only weapons had been bayonets mounted on sticks, and the sacrifice had gained them nothing. Our own losses came to one-sixth of the enemies. We now had everything to gain. Ever since Asleto's capture, army engineers and CPs had been at work on the new airfield. Perhaps it was a routine job for the engineers, but when the last piece of gravel was smoothed out by their bulldozers, the war in the Pacific entered a new and decisive phase. So far, every island we had recaptured, every swamp and malaria-infested spot from Guadalcanal to Quajolain had been a springboard for the next island, but not Saipan. When, on November 24, 1944, the first super fortresses took off from this center of the Marianas, they could at last head directly for the heart of the empire, whose savage grip had reached so far into the Pacific. Saipan was our air springboard for Tokyo. This island had given our Pacific fliers the first chance to strike at the Japanese home. From that time on, with hundreds of our giant bombers, we began the final destruction of a war machine that had once hoped to wipe out our civilization.


but also we could be coming to the end which I'm going to go through some of the reasons as to why I think that this could be coming up and shortly we'll go through that in this video I've got to say I'm not a financial advisor I'm a business teacher my daily life but I'm by no means an expert on the stock market and if you could smash that like button if you want the stock market correction to end smash that like button and don't forget to subscribe to the channel let's get right into the information here so will the stock market correction end soon and I think with the recent news that's coming out and I think also we are getting towards the end of the correction in my opinion I do believe that this month is still going to be really rocky you know it's going to be a bit up and down but I do believe we could be coming to sort of the end of this correction okay with the recent news now what's that the Senate's just passed Joe Biden's 1.9 trillion relief bill okay so it won a significant majority in his push to kickstart the economy here so off after talk after torturous negotiations the US Senate passed President Joe Biden's vast 1.9 trillion relief bill yesterday bringing these discussions to a conclusion the American Rescue Plan provides direct payments of $1,400 to millions of Americans on middle-income injects vast amount of federal money into the economy and provides help for the jobless until the end of the summer so I do think that this adds some cushions towards the economy I think that having this relief bill is actually going to help the economy he's going to actually make sure that we have this kind of a bit of security there so I do think that this is going to have a knock on impact on the stock market because I think that in times where there's more security and when there's less uncertainty there was a lot of uncertainty going around you know what's going to happen in regards to this but now that we've got that certainty the stock market tends to like certainty and I do think because of that we're going to see some stocks moving up again and it's got to be said that a lot of stocks did crash and burn okay they've moved down a huge amount already so I do see things starting to recover slowly but surely in the stock market this month's going to be rocky but I do think we're we're going to be sort of stopping the bleeding when it comes to some of these stocks by now okay and there's a lot of potential to be getting into the stocks ready for that run-up back to normality so moving into this we got this bill that has been passed 1.9 trillion okay so very interesting stuff here so what does it mean what does this actually mean for the stock market so what we're going to get is more money circulating in the economy okay so there's more money circulates that's good for businesses it's good for profits in businesses it's good for earnings in businesses as we get more money circulating in the economy again that's a good thing in that sense and that's going to be good for the stock market so more money circulating in the economy is good okay and I think also to back up with the 1.9 trillion we've also got a lot of people that have saved a lot of money and there's a lot of pent up demand so when things reopen what we're going to see is a lot of consumer spending on different products and services and businesses and then that's going to circulate money around the economy even more in correlation with this relief bill as well so I think we've got a lot of spending power that's going to be happening in the next few months which actually is going to impact the economy in a positive way and in the sense it'll impact the stock market as well now one thing you got to be careful of is inflation and if inflation's rise to too large of a level that can have a big impact on the stock market itself now moving into the second point so this is positive for the stock market this relief bill it'd be positive for the stock market the facts that we're going to have more spending and more money circulating around the economy is positive for the stock market so it's all good stuff however is it enough to stop this correction because a lot of these growth stocks and there's some very good growth stocks and I'm invested in many of them they did run up a lot right that there was running up a lot so it was bound to be some sort of correction on some of these growth and tech stocks at some point so I do think that the growth and tech stocks although I think the corrections going to potentially stop and again I'm not a financial advisor although I think it's going to kind of slow down I do think that it is going to be a rocky road to recovery for these growth and tech stocks I don't think they're going to shoot up straight away I think it's going to be a bit of up and down but on a upward trajectory overall for the weeks to come so that's what I think however I think that there is some of the players which I think is going to do really well in the coming months and you know alongside the growth and tech stocks because they're going to do well as well in the long term but there's a lot of certain stocks that I think are going to do really well in the medium to short term I'll go through that now another thing to mention that's new and that's happening this is going to be a incredible week on the stock market it's going to be eventful to say the least now I'm not saying that the correction is means that everything's going to go up and everything's going to go exploding right is that that's not what's going to happen what I'm saying is that there's going to be a stopping of the bleeding on some of the stocks right they're not going to go down as much as they have been doing in previous weeks that's what I would say but I do think they've got a bit of potential to go down and a bit of potential to go up but I don't see them going down as rapidly as they have in the previous week so okay now another point here is the earnings releases so we've got this one point trillion one point one point nine trillion COVID relief bill here yeah but then we've also got this here in terms of the earnings that are coming out this week so a very very eventful week because we've got this relief bill what impacts that going to have on the stock market and then what is the earnings releases for some of these companies going to have an impact for those individual companies so very interesting week indeed so we've got on Monday some of these on Monday we've got X-Peng we've got Wish we've got a range of companies here then Tuesday some very interesting ones Wednesday we've got skills I've talked about skills before I actually first talked about that at $16-17 now if they can do really well on their earnings that could be really good for them in terms of the share price for them but again is this going to be offset by the correction if the correction continues and skills brings out really good earnings it may not have as much of an impact as we'd like to see unfortunately but hopefully if the correction kind of slows down or it stops and it you know we start to the stock start to move up if skills can produce some really good earnings alongside the stocks stock market moving up we could see this share price going to some really really good levels of skills right now we've got TattooedChef as well there some interesting stocks then Thursday and Friday some interesting stocks there so again there's a lot of earnings releases this week so a lot of eventful stuff going on especially with the relief bill that's just happened now what do you need to consider now first of all make sure to smash the like button that's the first thing to consider so thanks for all the support on the channel really do appreciate it honestly i'm really trying to grow the channel and and you're really helping out with that so i do appreciate that so what is it to consider first of all rotations so we've seen this rotation from tech into into recovery players and i do think that the the recovery players are going to do very very well in these next sort of three to six months i think they're going to do incredibly well some of these rotation players in terms of these recovery stocks so i think it's good to have a balance between you know obviously don't it's not a good idea to sell out of your growth and tech stocks when they're hitting all-time lows for you know the past three months or whatever there's no point in doing that but if you have cash on the side the two areas that i'm looking to buy into heavily is SPACs because they're close to hitting their $10 floor and i do think there's a potential for a swing trade and i'm also buying recovery players as well because i do think in the three to six next three to six months with the money circulating around in the economy with this pent up demand some of these recovery players are going to do really well okay so i do think it's got a lot of potential one of them that i'm looking at buying more of is driveshark ticker symbol ds i think that one again is a recovery player that's going to do quite well it's also a penny stock now moving on SPACs you so again i'm looking at buying SPACs that are just gone down for example acic moved down to around $10 30 at one point right i bought acic around i think it was $14 around that they first bought it around $14 around that point now it's moved down to $10 30 and so you can get it cheaper than acic first bought it right now and i do think some of the SPACs are just incredibly cheap at the moment and they are going to run up again eventually so i'm it's very good things to consider in the current stock market climate and also buying the dips on growth stocks i feel that some of them have been oversold that much that it's worth buying the dips on as well so it's just three areas to consider now i'd just like to end the video by making sure you make sure to subscribe to the 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You know, I think Jesus was, of course, a genius, but one of his particular expressions of genius was his solution-oriented mindset that I think he constantly plunged his disciples into scenarios and situations that forced out of them either a stuck, non-solution-oriented, non-progressive mindset or a more positive, forward-motion, progressive, solution-oriented mindset. And you get to choose which one of those you'll primarily be, the glass half full, the glass half empty kind of metaphor in life. We get to choose which of those we predominantly come down on the side of in life. And I've been both in my life, and I guess you have too. I have had seasons of my life where I've gravitated more towards non-solution or getting stuck easily on the first couple of options that I couldn't see anything beyond that as possibilities. I began to train myself to think and listen and study and take counsel and wisdom and ideas wider than me or the small group I was listening to and realize that there are people somewhere in the world that have already figured out what I'm stuck with and I don't need to reinvent the wheel, or if it is a brand new unique problem to my life or to yours, then rather than be terrified or made stationary by it or terrorized by it, that we apply our solution-oriented make-up towards it. And I was fascinated recently reading again about the feeling of the 5000 and John's version of that, which gives us more behind the scenes than the other versions in the other Gospels. And it says, Jesus moved by compassion, turned to the disciples and said, where shall we buy bread to feed these people? He first asked Philip, John tells us. And the first thing I noticed was, I'm going to say to you, is that a solution-oriented mindset, which is what Jesus is driven by, he sees a problem of people that are hungry because they've tracked with him several days and he wants to help them practically by feeding them, providing food for them. And so he wants to bring a solution to a problem, but it starts by saying he was moved by compassion. And that compassion led him to decide, I want to help these people. And the first thing I want to say to you is that a solution-oriented mindset is first of all rooted in compassion. The compassion gets you wanting to change the human condition. Compassion and empathy is what makes us want to come up with solutions that alleviate suffering and alleviate difficulties and problems and things that seem to be unable to be solved and things that stick us in a place where we don't want to stay. That it's compassion rather than fixing a problem. I think the undergirding foundation of a continual solution-oriented mindset isn't fixing things, but it is compassion and empathy. It is that I don't want you to be stuck anymore. I don't want this to govern and dominate and terrorize you anymore. I don't want this to rob you of a level and quality of life that you could have anymore. I don't want these people hungry anymore in the miracle of the 5000 instance. I think all of that is driven by compassion and empathy. So if you want to get into this slipstream, this culture, this mindset of thinking solutions rather than thinking problems, then build up your compassion quota, increase your empathy quota, become more aware of the human condition, become more aware of the suffering that you could make a difference to. If you simply came up with a solution instead of adding to the problem, instead of feeling the problem, you came up with an answer, a way out, an off-ramp, an exit, a way to do this better, a way to get a result where people are thinking they're stuck and they can't. I think what has kept me like that now for over 40 years in my leadership and helping and investing in and growing people is that. I've traced it over the years, I haven't always been that, but I've realized now for a certain couple of decades that my wanting to help and grow people, my wanting to come up with things and articulate things in a way that becomes practical and useful to you is because I really care about how much people are stuck. I really care that no one often is helping us. I really care that people that know stuff don't pass it on enough or don't pass it on clear enough.  It wasn't said well and I want to get better in growing and building empathy because empathy asks me to feel something that I think you're feeling. If I can find that same thing in me then it will change how I communicate something to you because I want to say in a way that alleviates your suffering as soon as possible and all of that solution that you walk away with we forget was driven and fueled by and rooted in a heart that was committed to becoming compassionate and empathetic to ever increasing levels. So that's what drove Jesus to feed the 5,000 and I think it's what drives God to continue to love and help and intervene in the misery of humanity. Build up your compassion empathy quarter daily. It will make you more solution oriented as a start point for becoming that kind of person.


Hi, I'm Nicky Hitchcock. I'm the Founder and Service Manager of the Azure Centre here in Southwick. Over the last few months we've been working with West Sussex County Council to put together this short film to help people in our local community who've been bereaved or supporting somebody who's been bereaved. We hope this short film will make it easier for you to talk about grief and loss. One of the best-known theories of grief is Elizabeth Kubleros. She talks about the five stages of grief. The first stage is denial and isolation. In that stage of grief the person is trying to comprehend what's happened, trying to work out what's gone, reorganise their life. The second stage is anger. It's okay to be angry. We often feel angry when we're scared or things feel out of control. The next stage is bargaining. It's when people can get lost in the maze of what is and if only so they can spend some time or a lot of time dwelling on what if I'd said that, what if we hadn't done that, if only. The fourth stage is depression. The symptoms of depression vary from person to person but they usually involve intense feelings of sadness and hopelessness and it can be really difficult to be around people when we're feeling like that, lack of energy, lack of motivation. Equally it can be really difficult to support people in those times to just a reminder to stay connected, text messages, voice messages, letters and phone calls can really help you stay in touch with that person. The fifth stage of grief is acceptance and by acceptance we don't mean that they've suddenly come to terms with their loss, they've got over it, everything's okay. It's very much a point of them accepting where they are in terms of their life. They're accepting the loss and they're working through the bereavement. So later on they added a sixth stage and that stage is making meaning. Making meaning could be different for different people. It could be setting up a trust fund in the name of that person who's died. It could be looking to get policy change or maybe some legal action. So we'd recommend caution around this stage because not everybody will reach it. It might take years. Some people may never get there but that's okay. So although we talk about the stages of grief, it's not a linear process and it's really useful to remember that people will pass through these stages again and again. They might pass through all these stages of grief in one day, maybe even in one hour. There's no right way to grieve. Grief will be different for everybody and how we express and experience it will be different. It's unique. It's as unique as our fingerprint and no two journeys will be the same. It can be a lonely journey and that's why those moments of connection when we meet our friends or neighbours in the local community can be so important. They can stand out as real moments of support and comfort. At the Azure Centre when working with people who've been bereaved, they've told us that they'd rather people say something than say nothing at all. But it can feel daunting. We don't know what to say. We don't want to be the one to upset them. After all, they've been through enough. So what can we say? I'm sorry for your loss. I'm really sorry I've heard your news. I don't know how you're feeling. Just want you to know that I'm there for you. I'm always at the end of the telephone. Just give me a call. So we could offer practical help. If they've got children or they've got pets, is that a way that you could help out? Could you drop round some food? A meal? It can mean a lot to know that other people in the community are there for you. Any ways that you can just let people know that you're there, that you're thinking about them. You could recommend local services. There's the Azure Centre. We've got a fantastic team of councillors here. Many of them have done additional training in bereavement. There's cruise bereavement services. They do individual support. They also do some group work. I recommend you check out the West Sussex Library Services website. They've got fantastic resources, books, films, something for all ages, for people who've been bereaved, for people who are supporting those who've been bereaved. When in doubt, just listen. It's often far more useful than thinking you have to have the right thing to say. Just giving that person a chance to talk, to share the thoughts and feelings they've got in the inside, to share them with you, they can feel less isolated and less lonely. They're just a reminder to be kind to yourself. It can be really hard work and training, supporting others. So thanks for taking time to do that. If you've got any questions or you want to get in touch, you can do so via the Azure website. Thanks for watching this film.