Okay, welcome back everyone. This is our second lecture on BC 213, The End Times. We are joining through the book of Revelation. We've just gone through an overview, a high level of the first five chapters. And let's see if there are any questions. I see a question from John. And John says, as Revelation 4 talks about things going to happen, does it mean that there are no elders now casting their crowns and worshipping? Just thinking about the songs, about the throne room songs. Should we be singing these songs as it is going to happen or already happening? Now, we know from these scriptures, chapter 4 and 5, that the Lord is telling John these are things that are going to come, going to happen. But at the same time, we know that at the time when God was speaking to John, these elders were already there. Many of them had already died and martyred and they were already there, the example, the two apostles. Only John was the last apostle. The others had already died and gone to heaven. Old Testament, the prophets, they were already in heaven. And yet the Lord is telling John, John, it is going to happen. He is pointing it to the future. What we can say is, surely right now, all the saints who are in heaven, surely they are engaging in worship of God. It could be similar to what we are seeing in chapters 4 and 5, in the sense they could be standing around the throne and worshipping or how they are worshipping, how it is taking place. There are probably different things happening. But I am sure that the saints of God are worshipping the Father. They are worshipping God.  To answer your question, there is nothing wrong in singing songs that are based on Revelation 4 and 5 for two reasons. One is, we know there is worship going on in heaven. The angelic beings and the saints will be engaged in worship. That's the right thing to do. We see, even in the Old Testament, as Isaiah has a vision of the Lord, he sees the glory of God and angels saying, Holy, Holy. So there is worship going on. And also we can sing songs based on Revelation 4 and 5 as a declaration or an agreement or affirmation of what God said is going to happen, all the saints and angels. They bow before the throne. We are just declaring that this is what the Lord said is going to happen. So to answer your question, there is nothing wrong in singing throne room songs for these two reasons. One, there is worship happening in the throne room of God. It may not necessarily be exactly like this, but definitely God is being worshiped and he is Holy, Holy, Holy. So that's one thing. And second is, when we sing throne room songs, we are just coming into agreement with Revelation 4 and 5 saying this is what is going to happen. We are declaring the same thing. So from that perspective, I think it's fine. Both those perspectives. Sure. Thank you. Any other questions on what we have covered so far? Everybody is following. So Revelation 4 and 5 is a scene of the throne room, what's happening in heaven with all the redeemed saints, everybody along with the angelic beings worshiping God. And at that time, Jesus comes, the Lamb of God comes. He takes the scroll and he opens it, meaning all the prophecies are now going to start happening. And so when we come into chapter 6, verse 1, he says, I saw the Lamb and He opened one of the seals. And then he says, come and see. So that opening of the seal, the opening of the scroll and opening of the seal is symbolic. It's saying, hey, these prophecies which were spoken, which were sealed, or you could say in our modern language, we say it was kept in cold storage. It was kept like that. Now the time has come for those things to start happening. And the Lord is saying, John, come and see what's going to happen. So come and see these things that are going to unfold. So as in Revelation 6, as he opens, there are these, like we said, there are seven seals that are opened. And every seal is saying that some event is taking place. But I'm going to just focus on the very first one. When he opens the first seal, Revelation 6 verse 2, I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him. And he went out conquering and to conquer.  So the question is, who is this man on the white horse? Now as you know, the Lord Jesus also comes riding on a white horse in Revelation 19. But this is a different one. This is the beginning of the tribulation. So this rider on the white horse, Revelation 6, 2, is not Jesus Christ. It's the Antichrist. It's talking about the Antichrist who's been given a time to operate on the earth. So Revelation 6, 2, is talking about the Antichrist who, he comes on a white horse, but he's not the Christ. He's a false, he's not the Christ. The real Christ comes riding on a white horse in Revelation 19. This is the Antichrist and he's been given authority, a crown on his head, and he goes out to conquer. He's taking control. So the beginning of the events on the earth start off with the Antichrist being revealed. Now you tie this to what we read in 2 Thessalonians 2. This man of sin is being restrained. When he who is restrained is taken out of the way, then he will be made manifest. The first thing that you see on earth, Revelation 6, 2, is this Antichrist coming. Where is the church taken out of the way? In heaven, Revelation is after 4 and 5. So it's a very clear indication again, like we said, one of the reasons we gave as to why the church is taken out of the way is because we see this Revelation 4 and 5 and then Revelation 6, 2. The first seal is, here comes this man who's riding on a white horse, the Antichrist. He has authority and he's conquering and continues to conquer. And then as you read the rest of Revelation 6, you find different things beginning to happen. The second seal and that's opened. There is war on earth, violence. So immediately there is war on earth. So definitely Revelation 6, 2 cannot represent Jesus. But it's the Antichrist. He's coming in and right after that there's all the destruction taking place. Now this horse, remember, the horse again has to be understood figuratively. Doesn't mean he'll actually be coming on a horse. It means the horse represents speed and strength.  Now horse doesn't mean that these things are literal. They're figurative, representing speed and strength. Meaning here comes a man who's moving very fast. He comes as though he's a good man on a white horse. He's got authority and he's conquering and gaining influence. Second, there's a red horse which is talking about war, people killing each other. Then verse 5, Revelation 6 and verse 5, there's a black horse talking about famine. Then there is the fourth seal that is Revelation 6 and verse 7. There's a pale horse talking about death, hunger, and being, you know, destruction of life. And then we see that there are many people who are being martyred for the faith in Christ. Revelation 6 verse 9, it says, when he opened the fifth seal, he said to the all to the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held. So right from the start of the tribulation, people are going to be killed for believing in Christ. So that's why we are saying that there will be people who believe in Christ during the tribulation. Obviously, when they see everything happening, they will know that the Bible is true and they will call on the name of the Lord. They will be saved, but it's going to be very difficult to be a believer. They're going to be slain for the word of God and the testimony where they held. And there, their souls, of course, they will go right up into heaven. And then it tells us here, verse 11, Revelation 6, 11, white robe is given to them and their fellow servants are brethren who will be killed. That means there are even more people who are going to be killed during the tribulation. And then Revelation 6, 12, there is earthquake, catastrophic things happening. The sun and the moon becoming like blood, stars falling from heaven. So Jesus spoke about it. He said the moon would be darkened. So this happens on more than one occasion during the tribulation. So catastrophic things are happening, cosmic events are happening. The earthquake, the sun, the moon becoming like blood, stars or meteors falling to the earth and so on. And the people are crying out to the rock, fallen us and hide and fall. They want to die. They want to hide from the one who sits on the throne. They're recognizing that this is the time of God's judgment. So on the earth, all of these things are starting to take place. Revelation 6, at this time, Revelation 7, God has reserved 144,000 Jewish people who will serve Him during the tribulation. Now, these 144,000 Jews, they don't have to be living in Israel.  But it tells us here in Revelation 7 that he says, you know, verse 3, "'Til we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." That means these 144,000 Jews have the seal of God on their foreheads. Now, this doesn't mean like there's a physical mark in the New Testament. We know that the word to be sealed by God is the presence of the Holy Spirit. Believers, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit to the day of redemption, right? So we are sealed. So the seal of God is a language in the New Testament to talk about the presence of the Holy Spirit. So here's again one more reason why we say these servants of God, Revelation 7.3, they have the seal. They are servants of God. That means they're going to serve God. They're going to do something. They're ministers of God.  They have been marked by God given the presence of the Holy Spirit on their lives, put the name of God upon them. And how many of them are there? Verse 4, Revelation 7.4, there's 144,000 from the different tribes of Israel. So I'm not getting into the details of the tribes, but there's a little comment we'll make next year when we look at the tribes and so on. But there are 144 of them. And what are these people going to do? They are going to be preaching. They're servants of God. They're going to serve God during the Tripoli. Now, there are a lot of questions we could ask. Why did God choose 144,000 Jews? Why is He doing this? We don't know. There's a reason, of course, that God knows of why He's having these 144,000 Jews marked, sealed by God, to be servants of God during the Tripoli. There's a reason. God knows perhaps that the Jews rejected Jesus. But now He's using them to proclaim Jesus in the worst time ever. Of course, the second part of the Tribulation will be even worse. But 144 of them are serving God. So the Gospel is being preached. Will the Gospel be preached during the Tribulation? Yes. And God is going to... Many, many people are going to preach the Gospel during the Tribulation. But we know that these 144,000 Jews will be specifically raised by God all over the world to serve the Lord. And as a result of that, we see what happens. Verse 9, Revelation 7.9, that John sees. He sees a great multitude of people. Revelation 7.9. Of all nations, tribes, peoples and languages, they're standing before the throne of God. They're worshiping. And they're falling before the throne of God. They're worshiping God. And in verse 13, then one of the elders answered to me. So now the elders, one of the elders are speaking to John. So there's conversation happening. So John is having a vision of the future. And in that vision, he's seeing a conversation in the future. Right? And he sees one of the elders talking to him and says, you know, do you know who these people are? Where do they come from? And he said, I don't know. Well, you would know. Sir, you know. This is Revelation 7.14. And what he says, these are the ones who come out of the great Tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. That means while the Tribulation is going on, people are being killed, being martyred. He saw that in chapter 6. And their souls, they're coming up in the presence of God and they're worshiping God in spirit, in clothes. Remember, our spirit is real, a real being. And these spiritual beings are there in the presence of God and they're worshiping God. They're before the throne of God. They're serving Him day and night. And he says, they will need the hunger, not thirst. It was 16. And the Lamb is going to be the shepherd for 17. And God will wipe over every tear from their eyes. So the result of the preaching of the 144,000 Jews is that many, many, many people all over the world are going to be saved. They will be martyred. And they're coming up before the throne of God and they're worshiping God. This will happen. Seven seals, seven judgments are happening on the earth. Catastrophic things are happening. 144,000 Jews are preaching. Souls are being saved. They have been killed for their faith in Jesus. They are appearing in the throne room of God, worshiping God. Everless night. So while all of this is going on, the last seal represents a time of silence, quietness in heaven. And then the next set of judgments are going to be poured out. These are seven trumpets. But before the seven trumpets, the judgment of the seven trumpets can happen, you see something interesting. Revelation chapter eight versus three to five. What happens? Revelation eight, three to five. There's a golden censor. There's an angel that throws a golden censor and he fills it to fire on the altar from the altar and he throws it to the earth. But this golden incense is representing something. It's representing the prayers of the saints. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints was for ascending before the throne of God. So what is happening? While the seal judgments are going on, the 144,000 Jews are preaching. People are getting, say, they're being martyred. There is also prayer rising up before the throne. So we can say that during the tribulation, there's going to be a global prayer movement. People are going to pray like never before. Because it says there is so much incense, the prayers of the saints coming up before the throne of God.  Meaning it's like saying, you know, I'm going to add fuel to the fire. I'm going to make this stronger. And remember that that censor representing prayer, prayer, is being thrown to the earth. There's God by His power is going to cause a massive prayer movement happening on the earth. Revelation 8, 3 to 5. The prayers are rising up before the throne of God. During the tribulation, people are going to be praying. Then there are the next set of judgments, the seven trumpets. So what do we see? In verse 7, Revelation 8, verse 7, one-third of the vegetation is destroyed. Then third, verse 8, verse 8, this third of the waters are destroyed. They become like blood. 8, verse 10, chapter 8, verse 10, the waters, the rivers and waters destroyed become bitter. Water problem. Chapter 8, verse 12, the sun, the moon, the stars are darkened. So once again it's happening. It happened in chapter 6 we saw. Happening again in chapter 8, verse 12. And remember Joel prophesying. Joel chapter 2, in the last days, as God is pouring out his spirit, he said, the sun will be darkened and the moon will be turned into blood red before the coming of the great and redful day of the Lord. Joel prophesied. Joel 2, 28, 231. And that's seeing that's happening here. Revelation 8, 12, the sun is darkened and so on. So imagine if the sun is darkened the earth is going to be, it's going to be catastrophic, the weather conditions. Then chapter 9, verse 1, on the 5th trumpet there are demonic powers that are released on the earth and they are destroying people to the point except, you know, they won't touch the people out of the seal they've got on the foreheads and they're destroying people for a period of five months, Revelation 9.5 to the point where men will seek death and they will desire to die. So there's some sort of a demonic power, demons are released on the earth and they're going to trouble people in such a way that for five months that people will want to die. So demonic powers are released on the earth. So it's going to be very, very terrible. People will want to die. They want to die because of all the suffering that they're experiencing. 6th angel, this is Revelation 9.13 and it says, release the angels that are from the Great River Euphrates and one-third of mankind are killed and he sees horsemen, Revelation 9.16 200 million and verse 17 these horses have breastplates of fiery red, high synth blue, sulfur yellow and what are they causing? Fire, smoke and brimstone. And verse 18, Revelation 9.18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed by the fire, the smoke and the brimstone. So this is where we see an army of 200 million. Now when he says horsemen doesn't mean they're going to be riding on horses. It's, you know, in John's understanding they're military, they're soldiers, the military people and verse 17, Revelation 9.17 is talking about fire, smoke and brimstone, sulfur yellow, red and blue. So it, you know, remember John is saying things which are way ahead of his time. He may not understand, you know, nuclear weapons and he may not understand, he would not have definitely understood nuclear weapons and, you know, weapons of mass destruction and missiles and those kinds of things. He would tanks and so on. But he's seeing these destruction which today we can say these kinds of things fire, smoke and brimstone by which one third of people are killed could definitely happen, right? With the kind of weapons and warheads that are there today, these kinds of things can happen. Now this army of 200 million is interesting because there's only one country that could possibly have such a big army and again the passage doesn't say China. It doesn't indicate to us but it's quite possible this is pointing to such kind of an army, right? And we will see later on and we also read about this in Daniel chapter 11 that when the antichrist is operating he will be terrified by news that comes from the east and the north and we will study Daniel next year. He'll be terrified by news from the east and the north and he's the antichrist operating within Israel. So from the east, which most likely, you know, we could say the armies from the east, China and others, the north from Russia. So it is not stated in scripture clearly. Now Russia we can understand because of the names of the tribes that are given in Ezekiel 38. We will look at it, you know, but here in Revelation 9.17 it doesn't tell us who these 200 million are but we can speculate, we can guess maybe the only country that could have such a big army is China and so maybe it's them moving here, maybe, right? And when we come later on Revelation 16 it'll tell us about the river Euphrates drawing up and the army is moving in from that side, okay? So again we are guessing the armies from the east could be China and its allies moving in, okay? One more thing I want to point out here in Revelation 9 is verses 20 and 21 that while all this is happening it says the rest of mankind did not repent. Look at that, Revelation 9.20 and 21. They did not repent and they continued worshipping demons. They continued worshipping idols verse 21. They continued in their murderous and sorceries and immorality. So you can think about the hardness of people's heart that while all these things are happening on the earth yes there are certain number of people who are turning to Christ and dying for Christ and they're coming up into heaven. But Revelation 9.20 and 21 is also telling us that there will be numbers of people who don't repent. They will continue in their evil ways while all this is happening. You know they can read the scriptures and say look these are things the scripture is speaking about but they will not repent. This brings us to Revelation chapter 10 which as I mentioned earlier is a parenthetical chapter. In this chapter John is having an experience where he sees a mighty angel coming to him with a book that's open and this angel is a very big huge powerful angel and this angel, Revelation 10, when this angel comes to John and he says take this little book and eat it. So John takes this book and eats it. Now of course remember it's a vision. It's not like he's physically eating it but in the vision he is seeing this big angel come to him and say John eat this book and John eats this book. So he's seeing this vision and John is in the Spirit he's in heaven and then he's seeing this happen. And as he eats this book he feels that initially it's very sweet then becomes bitter and then the angel says okay you're eating this book which means you have to prophesy some more. That means there is some more prophetic revelation coming to you about many peoples, nations, tongues and kings, Revelation 10 and verse 11. So in the vision he is seeing this and that experience is basically telling John, you're going to get more prophetic revelation about things that are going to happen. It's okay. Now Revelation chapter 11 marks the midpoint of the tribulation. Midpoint meaning Revelation 6 to end of Revelation 10 is the first three and a half years. Revelation 11 to Revelation 19, end of 19, early part of 20 is the second three and a half years. How do we know it? Revelation 11 verses 1 and 2, Revelation 11, 1 and 2, John seeing. He says, you know, he sees the angel saying hey measure the temple of God, but leave out the outer coat and all of it because it has been given to the Gentiles. Revelation 11 verse 2, they will tread the holy city underfoot for 42 months. 42 months is three and a half years. So that's why we say Revelation 11 is the middle of the tribulation. Now the angel is saying for the next 42 months the Gentiles are going to trample Jerusalem underfoot. So 42 months means that seven years we spoke about of Daniel's 70th year is this period of the tribulation and Revelation 11 is the middle of that for the next 42 months. So everything happening from Revelation 11 onwards is the next 42 months, the next three and a half years, the second half of the tribulation. What will happen in Revelation 11? We read about the two witnesses. Revelation 11 verse 3.  Now, and they are going to be ministering for 1,260 days. That's three and a half years, almost three and a half years. They're going to be ministering here on 1,260 days. So Revelation 11 is giving us an idea of what these two witnesses are going to do during the second half of the tribulation. It tells us that they're going to do mighty signs and wonders. They're going to have power to shut up heaven, no rain. They'll call fire from heaven. But what will happen is Revelation 11 verse 8, 7 and 8, that the beast, which is the Antichrist, he's going to make war against them. I'll read more about the beast in Revelation 13. So the name, the beast, is suddenly introduced for us here in Revelation 11 verse 7. The beast that ascends from the bottomless pit. Now, this beast we will see is the Antichrist. It doesn't mean he's going to come from the bottom.  He's empowered by the powers of darkness, by hell. He's going to kill them. Verse 8, the dead bodies will lie in the street, the great city, Jerusalem. Now, spiritually it's called Sodom and Egypt because spiritually Jerusalem has departed from God. That's why it says, spiritually it's called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified. Revelation 11 verse 8. So in that city of Jerusalem, which spiritually has departed from God, these two people will be there. And notice verse 9, it says, people from all over the world will see their dead bodies three and a half days. Think about that. People from all over the world are going to see their dead bodies for three and a half days. Now, only in our day and time could something like this happen. Today, everyone can see what's happening in different parts of the world.  And in real time, on your phone, you can see what is happening in a different part of the world. About 30 years ago, it was not, you know, not possible. You know, yeah, you would read in the newspaper, but that would happen later on. Or you might see a video on television. But here, Revelation 9, 11 verse 9, you're seeing it in real time. And then it says in verse 11, after three and a half days, life will come into them. They will stand on their feet. And they will be taken up into heaven. Revelation 11 verse 12. And people will see it and great fear will come on them. So these two prophets, two witnesses are serving God in this second half of the tribulation for three and a half years or 1,000 to 60 days. Towards the end of that period, they're going to be killed. Their bodies will be seen all over the world. They'll be lying there in Jerusalem for three and a half days. And when people are watching, they'll rise up and they'll be taken to heaven. So again, it's a powerful sign from God that he is doing something. Now, of course, the question is, who would these two people be? Who are these two witnesses? And there are different opinions. Now, one is we know one person would be Elijah. Because in Malachi chapter four, God says, I will send Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. So God said, I will send Elijah the prophet. Now, when the Lord Jesus was here and was earthly ministry, he said in Matthew 17, he referred to John the Baptist. He said, Elijah has come. But Jesus also said, Elijah will come. Matthew 17. So that means he says, OK, here's John the Baptist. He's come in the spirit and part of Elijah. But the Elijah will also come. Jesus also said that. So we could, you know, with a lot of confidence, say that one of these two witnesses would be, why would it be Elijah? Because he didn't die physically. He was caught and taken up into heaven. So if we go by that premise, we go by that reasoning, then we would say, well, the other person like that was Enoch. He was caught up into heaven. He didn't die. So most likely the other witness would be Enoch. And both these men would be sent back to the earth. They will bear witness. And then they will be killed.  And they will be taken up into heaven. Now, some people say that it could be Moses because on the Mount of Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah appeared along with Jesus. So that's their reasoning as to why the second, the other witness could be Moses. You know, my thought would be Elijah and Enoch for the same reason that both these men didn't die. They were taken up into heaven. The Bible says it is appointed unto men once to die. But, you know, we know Elijah was specifically stated. God said, I will send Elijah. The other one, we don't know. We could do our best guess based on what we see in scripture. But you don't have to fight about it. The most important thing is, you know, there will be these two witnesses who will be serving God in the second half of the tribulation. They will do mighty things. And the details that are given here will be fulfilled. Okay. So I'm going to pause here. Any questions so far? We haven't finished chapter 11. There's some more. I will pick up in the second part of chapter 11 next week. But is everyone following me? You all with me so far? Any questions? Okay. I'm assuming things are clear. Okay. If there's any doubt or anything that comes to your mind later on, you know, just feel free to ask. And this is just an overview of the chapter by chapter. We're not reading every verse next year. We will do it. But it gives us a good idea of these other things that are going to happen during the tribulation as the Lord revealed it to John. Okay. So let's pray and close for today. And we will continue this next week. And we'll see how far we go next week. And we'll pick up in middle of Revelation and finish that. Okay. Could somebody pray with us? And then we will dismiss the class. Anybody? Good pray, please. Lord, we thank you for this time of learning. We pray and ask our God that we would continue to wait upon your coming and prepare ourselves. Lord Jesus. And we also pray that we would be able to lead and meditate upon the book of Revelation and Daniel and get more insights from it and to understand us as what you're trying to tell us Lord Jesus and you would open the eyes of our understanding and you would grow with you Lord Jesus. Lord, we thank you for this class. We thank you for all our classmates. We declare your grace and protection upon each one of us God. We thank you in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you everyone. Let's take a break and we can head off to your next class. God bless. Thank you. Bye now. See you next week. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everybody. Thank you everybody. God bless you. See you soon.


In the early days of the Western United States, the masked rider of the planes led the fight for law and order. Outlaws and hostile Indians, road agents and renegades learned to fear his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness. It was he more than any other man who blazed the trail for progress, and finally made possible the winning of the West. Return with us now to those thrilling days. It was he more than any other man who blazed the trail for progress, and finally made possible the winning of the West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the Great Horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. The Lone Ranger and Tonto raced downhill at breakneck speed, ahead of them careening along the polished rails of train of half-dozen cars hurtled down the grave. If there's anyone on board, they'll be killed when that train hits the curve. That's right. Everyone stop. Come on, Silver. Look, there are two men clinging to one of the cars. They're shouting at us. You can't hear them above the hoofs. They'll go off track at turn. They can't possibly make a turn at that speed. Those men will certainly be killed. He's the Lone Ranger. How do you know? The Masked White Horse. I know it. He can't save us. Nothing will save us. How near is the turn? Right close. We're coming to it. I'm jumping. The two men jumped in the train and lay where they fell at the edge of the tracks. The cars left the rails at the turn and rolled over and over until they crashed into the great boulders that lined the slope. A moment later, the Lone Ranger and Tonto rained up just above the wreck. The cars are nothing but splinters. Look them over, Tonto. See if there's anyone in the wreckage. I'll have a look at the man who jumped.  Come on, fella. Not a chance for him. Here, drink. No, no, good. Can you tell me what happened? Lone Ranger. How did the train get started down the hill? Did the brakes fail? Get away. Save life, still. Still a chance for you. Still a chance for me. What did he mean? Tonto. Tonto, find a message. A message? What kind of a message? You come see. Come quick. Tulip, help, fella. You saw the other man? Him gone. So is this poor fellow. Where's the message you spoke of? It scratched down a piece of wood. Sight a car. Come, see. Very well. Follow along, Silver. Plenty of short time. Trouble comes fast. What kind of trouble? A railroad man gave me a warning just before he died. He said to get away from here while there was still a chance. That's right. There. You look what scratched down a side of a car. Hard to read. Scratch there while the train was running wild. This is... This is no accident. That what message say? But Tonto, if that message refers to the running away of the train, no accident, who's to blame? You see message. Now we get away from here plenty fast. Why? Put here to ground. You here. We've got to look around and see what we can learn. Another time. Not now. You listen at ground. Hey, well... I hear hoofbeats. Lots of them. Oh, that's right. Plenty horse come this way fast. That mean? Engine. Yes, this is Indian country. You look? Coming over the hill. Tonto, if someone planned this wreck and the death of the railroad men, we've got to find out who it was. That's right. We'll never find out if we leave here. The Indians will destroy what evidence there is. We stay here, engine kill. Then fellow Apache, plenty bad. Very well. Then I have a scheme. Come on, this way and be quick. Hurry. Help me to the jacket of this man.  Engine, find you. I don't think the Indians will pay much attention to a man they think is dead. Now I'll be able to hear and see what they do with the wreckage. Hurry. That's it. Now drag that poor fellow among the bushes and take both horses and get away. Tonto, stay with you. No. Get away from here. So the Indians will think we've both left. They find tracks of horses here. They want to know what became of the horses. Now go. You take the grist. Tonto, if you don't leave it once, it may be too late. Get him on the count. Come on, silver. Here you go. They've seen Tonto, but they haven't hit him. We have a chance now. He guessed who. Our plan will work. As the Indians closed in, the lone ranger lay on the ground motionless. The savage is hardly grasping his direction as they leaped in their ponies and began to loot the wrecked cars. At last, loaded down with plunder, they mounted once more and their wild cries faded into the distance. It was several days later that Mary Austin visited the office of Jeb Turner, the disparate superintendent of the railroad. As far as cash, Mary, I'm going to see that you don't want for nothing. The railroad company is mighty fine about taking care of the wives and children of the men that are killed on the job. Do you think I care about money, Mr. Turner? I want my poor bank. If given my right arm would bring him back, Mary, you'd get him. But it won't. Then I want to know why that ranger would run wild like it did. That's what I'd like to know. That's what I aimed to find out. I'm expecting Jake here any minute now. I want to ask him some questions. I'll appreciate hearing what he says after he's gone.  You can hear it while he's here. Now you stay right there. I see him outside now. Howdy, Mr. Turner. Oh, hello, Jake. Sit down. This here is Miss Mary Austin. Her paw was killed on the train. Oh, howdy, Miss. I'm done right sorry to hear about your father. How do you do? Couldn't learn much by any means. How do you do? Couldn't learn much by inspecting what the redskins left of the wreck, Jake. They set fire to it after they'd finished lutein it. So I heard. It sure beats me why that train started coast and downhill. You were the engineer, weren't you? I was. That train was most new. Brakes must have been good on her. I didn't have no trouble with her, Mr. Turner. I ran the train to the station, set the brakes, then put blocks under the wheels to make sure it couldn't get started back and down the hill. It seems to me you were in the station talking to Sam Blake when they started back and down. I was. Me and Sam was standing there with several other men. I looked out and saw the train starting to roll. Before we could do anything to overtake it, it was going too fast. That's a powerful, long grade, Mr. Turner. I reckon the train could have gone 15 miles if it hadn't turned over at the curve 10 miles from here. It could have, but any railroad man would have known that it turned over. It's funny that Paw was on board and didn't jump when he could have done so safely. That's hard for me to figure out too, Miss. I know that Paw had a message that told him to get on board. He had a message, huh? Yes. And he knew that someone was scheming with Indians. What's that, Mary, scheming with Indians? I didn't say anything about that before, Mr. Turner, but it's the truth. Well, tell me some more. I don't know much about it. Well, what about that engine business?  Well, a couple of times Indians had been seen with some of the stolen goods, but there was never any way that anything could be proved. That's generally known, Miss. Well, Paw had the idea that someone who was working on the train was working in Cahoots with Redskins. He was on the track of something mighty big when he had the message to go to the train and meet someone. Who was he to meet? I don't know. Didn't he give no hint at all? No. Sucks too bad he didn't. All I know is that he was to meet someone. And now I begin to think he was called to the meeting just so as he could be killed. Are you trying to say that I had... I didn't say anything about you. Boss, you don't suspect me of anything, do you? You, Jake? No, why should I? Oh, hang it. I can't help feeling the suspicion as pointing at me. I was running the train and I was the one who was to make sure the break was set. But I'd done all that. You can ask the boys in the office. The train didn't start coasting for half an hour after I went into the office. Take it easy, Jake. No one is blaming you. I think someone murdered my father. That girl looks at me like she thought I was the guilty one. Now look, Jake. Couldn't someone have got to the engine and released the break while you was in the office? Sure they could have. That's what must have been done. Likely it is. But even so, there was the block that was under one of the wheels. That had hold the train? Sure it would. Unless someone pulled it away. You any idea who might have done that? No, I ain't. I told you all I know. All right, Jake. Who's a- A masked man. Hold on, stranger. He's armed. Steady. I'll not shoot unless you force me to. Masked. A masked man. Jake, you come with me. Who, me? Hurry. I have no time to race around here. I want a long talk with you. Turner, don't let him get away with this. Do something. Just who are you, stranger? What do you want, Jake? I'll tell him that what I want when we're alone. And the deal has been made with the Indians by one of the employees of this railroad. Not me. Come, hurry, or shall I carry you? I won't move. I ain't no crook and I ain't nothing to do with Masked Man. Very well. Then we'll do it this way. Look out for the rope. Hey, let me loose. Let me go.  This way. Don't reach for a gun, Turner. You'll be a jail for this. You ain't. Up you come, Jake. No, no. Let me go, stranger. You'll hide for this. You can't get away with it. I'll sue you. Hurry. A stranger carried Jake to a small well-concealed camp in the woods where Taunta was waiting. There the Masked Man lowered his prisoner to the ground. I've never seen such a horse. Make yourself comfortable, Jake. I'm not going to keep you tired. You said something while we was riding. Yes. You said that you was taking me away because you knew I had nothing to do with the wreck. That's right, Jake. I know you're innocent. But how'd you know that? Because I know the name of the man who's guilty. And the wreck was done of purpose? It was. I was there when it happened. But who are you? You can just consider me a friend. The name doesn't matter. All that matters is the truth. We want to get the real criminals. If you know who he... Did you say they? There are two men involved. Then why not name them? That would do no good. We couldn't prove that they were in league with the Indians and that they took the cash from them. Proof. That's what you need. The father of the girl who was in the office finally learned what was going on. That's why he was killed. There was another man killed in the wreck. That's what I heard. He was a stranger around here. A friend of Mary's father. Oh. First of all, I want information from you. When is the next train due? I reckon the one that comes through here day after tomorrow will be the next one. I'll have to stop and clear off the track, son. Will it stop at the station near the office as the last one did? Oh, sure it will. Good. Why? I think we'll be able to trap the crooks then. Oh. Who is it? Them. Who are the crooks? I'm not going to name anyone until I'm sure what I say can be proved. Well, how did you know about them? Tyler learned a few things, quite a few things by moving among the Apache. I learned more by listening to what the Indians said when they looted the wreck. Where was you? I was in plain view. The savages thought I was dead. They glanced at me, assumed that I was one of the men who was supposed to have been killed. And while they were there, mentioned the name of their friend. The engine's friend? Yes. Railroad man? Yes. The railroad man that was working with him? Yes. Hold on. By Juniper, I... Don't move. Put the gun down, Jake. Like fun, I will. You heist your hands. You two redskins. You local. No, I ain't. But you must have been a local to have roped me.   Put it down. I won't. You take that rope and hog-tie the redskin. Then I'll hog-tie you. Thought you were smart to carry me away, didn't you? Jake. No use talking to me. I know who the thief is. I know who both of them are. No use you trying to bulldoze me. Now get that rope and start roping.  The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger's story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. How to continue our story. As the Lone Ranger was questioning Jake about the hold-up, the engineer grabbed a gun and got the drop on both the masked man and Tonto. Jake, do you think I'd be foolish enough to leave a loaded gun where you could grab it? What's that? You mean not loaded? Get him, Tonto. He got him. You won't. Take the gun. It was loaded. You tricked me. There. Now we will rope you, Jake. You got me.  I know who the cooks are. You and that redskin are the ones. It come to me when you was trying to get information out of me. You asked all about when the next train was due. So that's where you took the gun. Austin was a good friend of mine. Mary Austin was the finest girl that ever lived. I'll get the ones that killed Austin no matter what you do to me. Jake, wait. It's time he killed me. I'll get you if I have to come back from the dead to do it. But we didn't have anything to do with the murders. We're as eager to see the real cooks brought to justice as you are. I don't believe it. Very well. And I can't take a chance on leaving you untied. Sorry if the rope is tight. You'll have to stand it while I explain my plan to you. And you'll have to wait here for several days. I have a lot that must be done in town. During the next few days, the mystery of Jake's disappearance was the subject for a great deal of discussion in town. Jeb Turner's office was filled with townsmen and railroad men who asked countless questions as they tried to learn the full details. I have told you all there is to tell, gents. The masked man came in, threw a gun on us and lit out with Jake. That's all I know. That's all there is. Now, Mary Austin will bear me out in it. But Mr. Turner, Jake was my best friend. You don't suspect he had a hand in the wreck, do you? I don't know, Sam. Jake and me were standing together in the office near the tracks when that train started coasting. Maybe Jake was in cahoots with the masked man. Has that idea entered anyone's head? No, that ain't so, Jeb. Jake was straight as a string. Well, he lost his head easy.  Well, as I figure it, Sam, and all the rest of you, Jake left the engine with the brake on and blocked the wheel. Then the masked man let the brake loose and pulled the block from the wheel. No, it ain't so. Don't seem that Jake would do that kind of thing. Well, it's up to the law to find out. That's all I gotta say. Now, where is Baldy Masterson? I'm still here, Turner, near to the wall. Come forward here, Baldy. Get in through, gents. That's it, Baldy. You got something for me to do, Turner? You've been investigating the wreck. That's right, Turner. Find anything new there? Well, fact is, it did. Yeah? Well, what is it? One thing, I found the hoof marks of a horse. They're the same as the hoof marks of the horse that the masked man left when he rid off of Jake. Yeah?  Still, Sam, I'm questioning Baldy. Anything else, Baldy? Well, might mean something and might not. What is it? Oh, take much, but a hunk of cloth. It looks like one of the bags of money sent in. Here, look at it. Why, it is. Those bags are used when cash is sent on the train. Where'd you find that? I... Well, Turner, I don't like to say it. Might mean nothing at all. Speak up. Maybe better if I tell you in private after all the gents have left, huh? What of your life? Where was it? Baldy, speak up before everyone. I got nothing to hide. Well, you see, there ain't no proof that this cloth bag got with it.  Do you want me to have the sheriff jail you for withholding evidence? All right, then. I went to Jake's house to have a look around there. I found the bag in his house. You did? I don't believe it.  I'm just telling it. By all this righteous that ties Jake right into it. Now, Turner maybe had the bag given him. We don't know that he stole it. It was given him. Given him by the Redskins that he let rob the train. That's how he got it. Then Jake was the one, him and that man's man. I'll report it to the sheriff. Find Jake and let him speak his side of this. Find Jake. That's the thing. Find Jake. The sheriff and his posse redouble their efforts to locate the missing railroad man, but without success. Two days passed, with everyone convinced that Jake was the one to blame for the crash of the train and the death of two men. Then another train arrived. The sheriff was at the station to meet it, along with most of the townspeople. On the far side of the track, some masked man and an Indian approached on their horses. The train catches off in view, Tutto. We can board the cars from this side without being seen. Matt, right. You know the part you're to do. Wait here while I ride back a bit. Huh? How to do his part?  Still keeping the train between himself and the station, the lone ranger raced back to a grove of cottonwoods. Hardly slackening his pace, the great horse Silver threaded his way among the trees and at last reached a clearing where Jake and Mary Austin were waiting. Well? I think everything is set to go ahead, Jake. Miss Austin? Yes? You might go to the office now. Speak to the sheriff. Jeb, Baldy and the others I name you. I will. And you, Jake? Yeah? Are you convinced yet that I'm as eager as anyone to find the crooks? I reckon I am. Can I count on you? Mary Austin is to be in the car, ain't she? Yes. Then you can count on me.  Thanks. Let me thank you too, Jake. I'm sorry for... For what, ma'am? Well, for what I thought at one point, Pa's dead. Oh, that's all right, ma'am. Now I'll go to the station. At the station, Jeb was conferring with the train's engineer. The crowd, eager for news, hemmed them in. So it wasn't so much of a job clearing off the tracks, eh? No, didn't delay us for very long, Mr. Turner. By the way, you got the break set on that engine, eh? Sure I have. Did you put a block under the wheel to make sure it wouldn't start backing downhill? Sure I did. I always do, Mr. Turner. That's one of the orders you gave out. Looks like that last train was just marked for stealing by Jake and his mask, partner. Well, I'll make my report out now, Mr. Turner, if I can use the desk. Now go ahead. Uh, Sheriff. Nothing new to report, Jeb. I still got men out hunting Jake and the mask man. But no luck yet, I... Mr. Turner. Oh, howdy, Miss Austin. It's good to see you again. Jeb, can I speak to you? Hello. Hmm? Why, sure thing, man. Just step over this way. Wait there for me, boys. Be back in the jiffy. Oh, that's odd, Sheriff. What is, Baldi? Mary Austin wants to speak secret to Jeb Turner. What's the matter with me and you? Can't she trust the two of us? I reckon she figures I fell down on my job, Baldi. Maybe I have. But I sure done my best to try and find them crooks. Oh, what about me? Shock, she don't hardly know you. Hey, look. There's Jeb leaving. Now, where's he going? Thanks, Mr. Turner. Mary's coming this way. Oh, Sheriff, I... There's something I want to say to you and this friend of yours. Hear me? Yes. You work for the railroad, don't you? I sure do. Well, I understand that you're one of the men who's been working so hard trying to learn who caused my father's death. Well, ma'am... Thank you for that. Well, sort of in the line of duty, ma'am. I've been doing my best. It was Baldi that found out that Jake was mixed up in it. Oh. Oh, yes. Well, I wonder if both of you would go on board that train that's outside. For what, ma'am? That train? Yes. Why? Well, there's something that I want you to see, that's all. But if you'll only do what I ask, I'm sure you'll learn a lot about... Well, about the way Pa was killed. Well, how can we? What's there on that train? That wasn't the one your Pa was on. No. Shock, we might as well do what she asked, Baldi. Won't hurt nothing. Why, of course it won't. Will you? Come on. You coming along, ma'am? Oh, yes, I'm coming. There's several other men I want there, too. I'll speak to them. The sheriff and Baldi watched Mary disappear in the crowd. And they headed for the door across the platform and boarded the train. A few moments later, they were joined by several other men. At last, Mary entered the coach. Well, now I think that... Oh, where's Deb Turner? I don't know, I didn't see him on this car. That's odd. Did you tell Jeb to be here too, miss? Yes, yes. Well, it doesn't matter. I want you to meet a friend of mine. The lone rink. Oh, really? Sit right where you are. And you're the one that made off with Jeb. That's right, Sheriff. You were the one at the scene of the wreck. I was. I understand that there are some people who think I had something to do with that wreck. You and Jeb... That's far enough, Baldi. Now, let me do a little of the talking. In the first place, we're going to solve the murder right now by hearing from the people who were in this car. Who are you accusing? Quiet, Sheriff. All right, then. But you needn't wave those guns around so handy. Now, we're all here the same way that Austin was. If this train started now, we'd all suppose it was going on this regular trip. We wouldn't realize it was running wild until it was going too fast to jump. What about it? It's not likely that this train will get loose. There isn't anything on board that the Indian would find worth stealing. Where's Jake? I'll tell you where Jake is when the time comes. Of course... We're moving! That's all right, Mary. It ain't all right. The engine ain't grounded. We're coasting downhill. Someone like to break loose and pull the block from beneath the wheel. We're going to be killed. Get to the platform. Jump board's too late. No one leaves this car until we hear the truth. Stay where you are, Sheriff. The Sheriff's gun was hardly out of its holster before a silver bullet sent it crashing to the ground. Panic had seized the men who faced the long range. For a moment, they seemed ready to defy the guns that covered them. But only for a moment. Then, in spite of the fact that the train was gaining momentum with every second, they turned back to the mask man. Stay where you are. Come now. Who started the last train coasting? It'll be too late to jump another couple of minutes.  Isn't that true, Mary? Yes, it is. The Sheriff knows the risks of his office. He has to be ready to take those risks. Now, the rest of you, you'll simply have to stay on board unless the killer confesses it. It's Jake. You know that's not true. It's Jeff Turner. He ain't here. He's reckless as the truth will be known about him. Turner, how do you know that, Baldi? I know that's all that's necessary. I know it was Jeff Turner. You've got to prove that. Get off the train. I'll prove it then. Prove it now. Where did you and Jeff Turner hide the loot? In under the floor of the station. The Indians brought it to Turner? Or did you meet the Indians? I met him and I... Hey, you're making me tell about... About yourself. That's right, Baldi. You've said enough to hang you. How about it, Sheriff? He sure has. If we live through this... We'll live through it. Three shots is a signal. Jake is at the controls. He'll apply the brakes. We weren't running loose at all? No, but I had to let Baldi think we were, so he'd be so badly frightened that we could catch him off guard. It was easier than I thought it would be. Jeff, you'll get Jeff Turner. You bet I will. Have you all the witnesses you need? And then some. I'll leave you then. Tando has brought my horse along beside the train. But wait! There's lots we've got to ask him. Mary will explain anything you want to know. Oh, wait! He's gone, Sheriff. And the answer's simple. He knew the names of the crooks, but he had to have proof. He done better than that. He got the confession. He heard as a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger incorporated.


And I think we are never better versions of us than when we are creative. There's something about being creative that is very much awakening in us, the divine spark in all humans. I think when we're creative, we are never more so in touch with our divine roots and beginnings and mandates than when we are creative.


So why don't okay if you're seeing this video, I'm exhausted if I look exhausted is because I'm exhausted It's freaking 9.52 and it's too late for me That's why I'm jumping on the mic because I'm just fascinated by ideas Sometimes I just think sit and think and I had this great idea. I had to share. I'm very expressive here. We go Social media I've been doing it since 2011. I started my YouTube then Instagram I was on top of that now it's my job now. It's what I do now It's something I am endlessly fascinated by the way it mimics us as humans I watched social dilemma. I highly recommended everybody to watch it and here's my idea I'm trying to build a business I'm trying to do what I need to do for my life to make what I love more of what I do only Which is the dream. I'm trying to live a dream.  Okay point is I Try to learn the marketing side of the platforms so I could use them to my favor, you know You got to push yourself up.  Yes, that's how skilled I am But the point is I keep saying that is you got to get good at that So you can get your message out. You don't just have a good enough message. You also have to be just as good at Saying that message. What is that famous quote? Maybe I can look it up as my own producer That's a great story Quote, okay, I'm not gonna do it now. Okay, I'll find it and I'll put it in the wherever you'll see it across the screen I'm good at it. So I'm getting to my point I'm getting to my point anyway the quote is something about the is it the greatest story ever told or is it the greatest storyteller? I think that's it. I'm close Point is as I'm learning about that. It's they're keeping your attention on The device they want you to stay on their platform as long as possible and they're getting good at it Are you hearing me? They're getting good at it. Not just good. They're Changing the world with it literally like our behavior. If you watch socials alumni, you get it Here's the thing because they're getting so good. It used to be marketing it used to be Instagrams for marketing and Maybe that your YouTube is your focus and I'm giving you secrets by the way But you want to get them off the platform, but now their whole goal is keep them on the platform So we're fighting these giants to get people. We're literally fighting the giants the four I'm reading the book the four because I read bucks. Okay. I I Miss him. I don't know what's going on. Don't ask me about that. I don't know.  Okay, just the positivity positive side of things whatever Get it back. I'm reading the big four. I read books Facebook Apple Google and Amazon, right? They're getting so good and they're so powerful and the social dilemma We're fighting the biggest four companies those type of people that are controlling the platform They don't even control the platforms. What am I saying, dude? I almost got it These people they are they are keeping us on the platforms. What am I that I'm right Facebook, whatever That were as an individual as me as a little guy in my studio studio apartment a little guy. What am I talking about? We're trying to Pull people off the platform against them trying to keep people on the platform That's my one thought that I took me nine years to get out But that's what I just had the realization tonight and maybe I'm not the only one Maybe I'm not the first but I haven't heard people talk about that. I'm deep in my own content I know I may not be in the media and on YouTube and the point is the cool part the fun part Here's the positive spin on it You can make content as an artist which I like to see myself as that's what I love to Do I love creating videos. I love music and I love Making funny videos and just those vibrations my podcast used to be called vibrations I don't know what it's called now because I keep changing the name and I was trying to make content that's good and Balancing that with trying to market my other platform say I wanted people to go to my YouTube, right? I don't want to bombard them with ads about swipe up on all this I want to just provide good content now But now because they feel like they're getting so isolated and we're fighting this people to get the people off the platform It's almost impossible That we just got to make content as content creators. I'm shouting to you guys the youtubers I love the YouTube community so much. It's been it's just been the best people the people I meet on YouTube are the best People I ever meet that's what I'm saying the ones that are the creative ones they get it It's just amazing.  You're good. I think that's why I like YouTube We make content for each platform So instead of trying to make a YouTube video and then trying to take pieces of that I put it on my story Advertise it the best part of this on the snippet all these I think we just forget that But I never want to add to my life. I'm trying to I'm trying to cut away Subtract because the less you do the better in your life You get better at less things so you can be even better at them if you I don't even know what I'm talking about But that's the goal cut away. I'm not trying to add things to my life so it sounds like Trying to make content for every specific platform is more things to do instead of trying to bundle them But now it's becoming more work I believe because you're trying to repurpose it and then try to You're trying to repurpose it and then trying to make it entertaining as well, right? But that is two jobs if you just repurpose you got to just throw it up now now It's too much work. So Instead of spending that energy just make a separate video that's specifically for Instagram for me for an example Sometimes I make little clone videos little clones, but they're short. I can't make an I can't make a 10 minute clone actually I could I can't it's hard to make a 10 minute clone video But maybe I'll do that for a YouTube project This is not my brain works and then I'll put it on YouTube But so I make those really quick put them on Instagram. Perfect. That's what I should do I shouldn't try to incorporate that in the YouTube because that's I should try to separate them because then that's less At least in my head it seems like less work tick-tock do some dancing. That's where I get my dancing creativity out I don't know if you're like me as a creative But I like all these platforms and I like the trends and I like the doing all these things I like jumping on board and I like producing high quality audio video. So I like to maximize that I like to maximize each thing So to me it feels like less because instead of trying to make one thing that fits all these platforms I just make something for each platform and I maybe I don't I focus on a couple platforms But I'm not trying to mingle them all because they're all trying to isolate So they're falling away and we're trying to hold them all together. I feel ready for this visual I'm standing on like an iceberg that broke away I got little ropes and they're like all these pulling away and I'm trying to pull them back into me instead I can just like hop to each one. I guess I don't even know where that was going So if you're listening to this on a podcast That's because it's for a good podcast if you're watching this on YouTube That's because I think it's best for YouTube and I got the lights out. I got the camera out. I got the good quality now So what's next you're asking? I don't know but the answer has always been just get better Just just crush it. I just I literally it was on the beach this morning filming this dope intro Maybe I'll put it in this video. Maybe I won't but you'll see it in a future YouTube videos Me doing the foam roller and I just couldn't believe the good quality and one time recently this past week somebody mentioned That I have such talent with the camera and when I picked up a camera I had zero when I was saying that to other people like they have an eye Right, they have an eye for photography. They have an eye for this and in ice. I used to tell myself I wish I had that how do they ever get that it was felt like a gift Then you work That's it. So I've doing I've been doing it and the thing is you got to love it Meaning don't work and then fall in love with it No, if you love it, then you'll keep getting better at it photography Videography creating was always something I did and I knew I wanted to make it what I do and now it's what I do And so now I can get even better at it and it's incredible that I get to show that or actually see it I knew I could get better at it. I knew about the Sun I knew had the I had to wake up early this morning for the beach I knew the angles all these little things I've been learning you get to put them to practice But the thing is in the background when I'm practicing I'm doing these things There's so many things so many times where I'm just doing it for fun and that's just because I love it It's fun to get good at something you like so a lot of people see these content I think what I'm getting at is people see these platforms as a way to be free But it's only free if you love doing it. That's amazing Steve Like I love doing this. I love talking. I love these ideas and sharing them But I also love the cinematography so I'm getting better at it But so many people want to do that because first of all sick But they but then they want to do it for the plan. I'm not discouraging anybody I'm just I'm my platforms about helping you maximize yourself. So for me Wrapping is one of them. So I get better at that. I wouldn't continue writing if I didn't enjoy it I guess there's a not everything that's expressive. I really enjoy it But the point is you got it. You got to do so much of it What am I saying? I forgot where I was even going with that, but you gotta Pick your freedom. Dang. Maybe that's the name of the episode. No, I gotta be social media wise or something But if you pick your freedom because then you're going the right way. So if I liked something else like The marketing side, maybe not the creative side like the actual then I would just keep doing that I would I would be on the other end. I might work for one of those companies Would I work for those companies? I don't know. That's interesting. That's so weird If I was on the other side trying to keep people on the platforms kind of what I'm doing trying to keep them on me Am I trying to make my own company? What am I saying? I can't believe this has only been 10 minutes It feels like I've been talking for 17 years and I could talk forever It feels like and I also want to rap and I don't know where to put that So I was thinking that's how this whole thing started because I was like I want to put my raps out somewhere I want to make another one I like I wish people saw it more and it's just like where's the best place for and I sort of realized Different platforms are better for different things which we know but now they're being isolated so much. All right That's the sum of it. I hope that idea helps that was really fun By the way, the last thing I wanted to say is I'm so exhausted I meant to start with this is that sometimes at night my mind races and this might be my key to when I Tap in because I notice when I go into the subconscious levels. I'm really fascinated by the brain You get connected some people say to the universe some people say to Just your own subconscious but anyway either way These thoughts always been flooding for the past couple weeks. So I'm learning that and then tonight I'm just like I just need to thank dude. It felt like my mind was racing. I was working so much I just needed to think so I literally sat on my balcony I just thought and by the way turned my phone into a tool at 9 p.m Because I use screen time downtime, which means it doesn't show notifications So I don't even have to worry about seeing a notification not only does it not buzz But it doesn't bother me so I could write down notes really really helpful for me Just more into my brain and I love that about our brains is we can hack them We can use these things to art. They're so powerful. The notes tool is so powerful for me I can make checklists. I can keep it. I can pin some I could do this. I could edit them I could add pictures.  It's helping my life immensely I can write down my dreams about a what did I dream about the other day? A friend had braces and we were back in school and I was like, oh, it's fine. It's like I was using like my Philosophy now it's like it's a struggle You're gonna overcome and you're gonna be stronger for it for braces So, yeah, that's what I was thinking but Yes, so I'm so tired and it's it's that's now these ideas come So I think for me just to give some examples of what all this is about is If I can get better at finding when I feel expressive and being able to jump on the camera jump on the mic This is tough because I don't I'm exhausted and I want to sleep But it feels good to get it out So it's this learning process of being creative finding the time that works finding the platforms that work So you can make your best content. This is a song.


Did you know that Tom Brady became one of only four quarterbacks in NFL history to beat every NFL team? I still hate him.  No, I do. Why? He's the greatest quarterback of all time. That's true. So why do you hate him? Because of that. Josh! Informational video. This is how bone carvers in India keep a prehistoric art alive. Bone carvers. Bone carvers. Funny enough, your mom carved my bone. Great. Sounds like a great band. Ladies and gentlemen, the bone carvers! Well, I'm sure this is going to be great because like the last one was perfume. Oh, that was so great. As was the one we watched a long time ago that had those particular machine spun, um, yeah, um, sardis. Yeah. Yeah, they were beautiful. So hopefully this one's just as good. Here we go. Bone carving can be traced back to prehistoric times. In India, artisans have been turning buffalo bones into works of art since at least the 16th century, when royals would commission works like this in ivory. But more recently, a scarcity of materials and legal restraints have pushed people away from the craft. Good, we don't want that. We visited Lucknow, India to see how one group of bone carvers is still standing. So this is all buffalo bones. Jalaluddin Uffar stores bones out on the roof of his home. He has enough stock to last him six months. These were once widely available when traders sold them out of giant warehouses. But now Jalaluddin has to get them from butchers instead. Down in the workshop, Jalaluddin cuts the bones into small pieces. He learned the art from his uncle in 1980. It's been in his family for over 50 years. And in his lifetime, he's seen the industry change. Jalaluddin chops down the bone to make it straight. He sells any excess fragments for 13 cents a pound to factories that grind them up and sell them as producer. Then he shaves down the bone pieces with an electric sander. Electricity is expensive and sometimes unreliable in this part of India. So not all bone carvers can afford to run tools like these. The Akhtar family says that's part of the reason many have left the craft. These pieces will later be glued together to form a lampshade. But first Jalaluddin needs to boil them with baking soda. They cook for three hours. He files down the edges so that they align when he glues them together. In the past, there were workers who specialized in this step. But now Jalaluddin has to do all the processes himself. Once the glue is dry, he drills tiny holes to create a piece called the net. He used to do this by hand. But the drill press has made the process much more efficient. Then he submerges the bones in hydrogen peroxide to clean them. Normally the pieces lay out in the sun to whiten. But when it's rainy, Jalaluddin uses a light bulb instead. He polishes each piece with this puffing machine. And then puts all the parts together to create the shape of a lamp. Designs call for different tools, like this one. The artisans hand make it themselves. Akel is one of Jalaluddin's three sons. He's hand carving holes with the help of wooden anvil. The block keeps the piece in place while workers carve. They used to fix the wooden blocks into the ground. But over time, they started using a stone to weigh down the log instead. Akel learned the craft at 14 years old and won a state award at 18. But he wasn't always excited about the job. Now, he sees potential in it. Akel and his father work with just one or two other artisans who have different expertise. Salahubin's big specialty is engraving. Many bone carving designs resemble architecture from the Mughal Empire. 18th century buildings still stand from when the Muslim dynasty ruled India. Back then, royals commissioned artisans to carve ivory to their liking. But when the ivory trade was banned in the 1990s, carving bones from camels or buffaloes became a legal and cheaper alternative. The Akkar family says their business peaked during the early 2000s, with support from the government. Jalaluddin won a national award in 2012. And a couple years later, the government sent him to Brazil to show off his work. But soon after, the Akkar said with a new administration, funding shrunk. And business hasn't been the same ever since. Then in 2017, the government put restrictions on slaughterhouses and forced many of them to shut their doors, cutting off artist's bone supply. The raw materials became too expensive for such a small market. Some artisans went abroad for better work, and others didn't pass on the craft within their families. Today, the Akkar family teaches workshops to people in the community. It's part of the government's initiative to save the art. It pays for the students to attend the classes, and for the Akkaris to teach them. And while the pandemic has slowed down classes and regular business, it's also given the Akkaris time to develop new designs, like this lamp. It sells for around 12,000 Indian Rupees, or 200 dollars. They export most of their products to foreign customers. This is one of their most rare and expensive pieces. It's a perfume holder made from camel bone. They crafted it 30 years ago, and just recently sold it for 1200 dollars to an art collector. And the order was a bit less, and that's why a lot of people stopped doing it. Akkail is hoping to start selling her work through social media. And the Akkaris don't play on stopping anytime soon. That's super awesome and sad that there were so many, and now there's your shocking. Also, you kind of understand, obviously, we definitely don't want them to be doing anything on ivory. That is a plague that is still haunting our world. Yes, sadly. But for butchers and to use old ox or cow bone or camel, which is a very, especially in the Middle East, camel is a very popular food. I don't know if they can use goat bones, maybe too small and brittle. Or human, way too many of those. To use all of that and let the fragrance use its fertilizer, that's the way it should be done. It should be used for that. I remember when I was on Safari in Africa, one of the things we saw was this, the remains of a dead giraffe, long, long, gone. It was just the bones. And he said this giraffe died of natural causes. Just old giraffe laid down, died. The hyenas came, chewed off the meat. When they were done, the vultures came, picked off what was left. When they were done, the bugs came, picked up what was left. And what's left is going to just slowly become the fertilizer for the soil and will be very lush for the animal diet. So that taking these things that are happening as part of the natural process and creating beautiful works of art for it, I really hope this is, you share it, share it, share it, because there's people who have the money and the wherewithal in the West, especially to support them. I promise you, if those things were being made and sold here, $200 is, I don't even know how you could get away with selling that for $200 US dollars. Because that should go for literally thousands. Yeah, the rarity of that, if that was sold here and someone was selling it in Los Angeles, that lamp would have easily been $800, easily been an 800. And that perfume case would have been $567, $8,000 at least. At minimum.  So it probably would have been more on the 15,000. Yeah, you can find the best people for it. So I think it's smart of them to start using social media. Absolutely. Because if you get some of your stuff to go viral, you get more people interested in getting some unique pieces. Yeah, that was cool. Yeah, that was really cool. These informational videos, sir. So good. So good. Let us know more videos like this and other informational videos. We always enjoy these ones down below.