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Canada’s National Post carried this headline:
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“Lost without a
map: Despite a globalized
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society, university
students can't locate the
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Atlantic Ocean."
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Professor Judith Adler
at Memorial University in
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Newfoundland had a hunch
that her students lacked
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basic geographical
knowledge, knowledge
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fundamental to
understanding the world
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around them--thus she
decided to examine her
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hunch by testing
her students.
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“I used to ask
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if they could identify
France, England or
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Ireland--which is the
background of a lot of
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students here, or Spain
or Portugal, which is important
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for this part of the world,
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but I've stopped asking that.”
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Over time, Adler simplified her questions.
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“I asked them to indicate
where on the map South
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America is, where Africa
is, and Antarctica, the
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Arctic, and to circle
Europe, label Australia
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and show where Asia is
and label the Atlantic,
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Pacific and Indian Oceans
and Mediterranean Sea--and
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I've become much simpler
in what I have
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asked over the years.”
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How did her students fare?
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I think you can see ahead
that they didn't do very
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well, but why is
this important?
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I’ll answer these
questions in a moment.
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I’ll also be offering
an important resource in
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connection with today’s
program, so be sure to
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have writing material
available to take down the
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contact information.
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So stay with me because I’ll
give you the surprising
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answer to Ms. Adler’s
quiz, and show you why
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this subject is important.
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♪
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A warm welcome to all of
you from all of us here at
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Tomorrow’s World.
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Professor and sociologist
Judith Adler of Memorial
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University of
Newfoundland, began giving
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her students geography
quizzes when she perceived
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that their understanding
of the world in which they
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lived was lacking.
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So how did they do?
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“A sizeable proportion of
the class would reliably
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have no idea where
the Mediterranean is.
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Some students would circle
Africa and indicate that
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it’s Europe, and if asked
to locate England and
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Ireland, they would
put them in Africa.
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I have had students that
aren't able to correctly
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label the Atlantic Ocean,
even though we are on it.”
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Man on the street
interviews in the United
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States indicate Americans
are equally ignorant of
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the real world
around them.
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Some confuse cities as
states, and show virtually
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no understanding of
geography, much less history.
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We now live in the
richest information age in
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history, but also the most
poverty stricken when it
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comes to understanding
where we are, where we
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came from, and
how we got here.
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Is there any wonder
why we have so many
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“flat-earthers”
amongst us?
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But geography and history
are vitally important, as
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brought out in this
Virginia Tech comment on
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repeating history:
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"Variations on the repeating-history theme
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appear alongside debates about attribution.
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Irish statesman Edmund
Burke is often misquoted
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as having said, “Those
who don't know history are
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destined to repeat it.”
Spanish philosopher George
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Santayana is credited with
the aphorism, “Those who
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cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat
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it,” while British
statesman Winston
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Churchill wrote, “Those
that fail to learn from
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history are doomed to
repeat it.”
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One lesson of
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history, is that
empires rise and fall.
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The fall of the Roman
Empire is one of the most
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studied lessons of
history, and has important
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warnings for America in
particular, and the West
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in general, because one
lesson of history is that
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power abhors a vacuum.
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When America falls, as it
surely is in the process
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of doing, unless it turns
and goes a different
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direction, another power
will fill the vacuum; and
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it may not be, in
fact will not be, so
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benevolent, according
to Bible prophecy.
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Whole books have been
written about the collapse
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of the Roman Empire, and
historians agree that its
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collapse had no
single cause.
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Instead, it was the result
of a series of internal
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and external forces
occurring over decades
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which pulled the fabric of
the Empire apart, ending a
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power that ruled for
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more than five centuries.
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Mass migration from
outside the Empire is
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often cited as
a primary cause.
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One of the most obvious
reasons for the downfall
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of Rome was the relentless
and seemingly endless
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waves of migration
and invasions from the
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Barbarian tribes that
bordered Rome’s northern
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frontiers.
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In the early days of the
empire, Roman legions were
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able to repel Barbarian
tribes with relative ease,
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but this started to change
towards the end
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of the 2nd century CE.
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A particularly destructive
migration took place in
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the late fourth century
when Eurasian Huns invaded
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Europe--driving Germanic
tribes to the
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borders of the Empire.
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The Romans grudgingly
allowed members of the
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Visigoth tribe to cross
south of the Danube and
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into the safety of Roman
territory....
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The parallels of
mass migration into the
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Roman Empire from the
north, and the literal
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invasion of
illegals on the U.S.
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southern border, ought
to be a wake-up call for
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America, but politics is
apparently more important
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than preserving the country.
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In fiscal year 2020 (that is, October through
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September) there were
more than 458,000 border
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encounters with illegals.
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These were those who
were caught or who simply
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crossed illegally into
the country and turned
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themselves in,
claiming asylum.
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In 2021, this number rose
to nearly 1,735,000, and
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in 2022 to a
staggering 2,378,944.
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In October and November,
the first two months of
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fiscal 2023 (and the latest
figures available at the time
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of this recording), there
were 231,294 and 233,740
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respectively.)
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This goes beyond politics, my friends.
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It strikes at the heart of
the question of whether a
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country can survive with
what is clearly an open
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border policy.
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History holds many lessons
for modern man, but if
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history teaches us
anything, it is that we
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never learn from it.
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Sadly, today many don't
even know history.
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How many understand how the Roman Empire has been revived
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six times since it's fall
in 476 A.D.?
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And according to Bible prophecy,
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it will
revive one last time.
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And that final restoration
is destined to bring the
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world to the edge
of cosmocide.
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Our free resource, The
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fall, and how it would
be revived seven times.
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This is not fiction.
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It's not something too
obscure to understand.
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It was all spelled out
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Before the break I said
we would see what other
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lessons we should learn
from the fall of Rome.
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History.com lists other
reasons for Rome’s
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collapse in addition
to mass migration.
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Some of these reasons were:
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Overexpansion and military overspending,
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Government corruption and political instability,
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and Christianity and the loss of traditional values.
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Now that last reason
may surprise you.
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How could Christianity
be an empire killer?
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In a high school and
college history book first
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published in 1909, P.V.N.
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Myers explains how
Christianity (falsely so-called)
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contributed to
the loss of respect for
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the institution of the
Roman family and the
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resulting decline
in birthrate.
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Another cause of the
decline in population was
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the singular aversion that
the better class of the
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Romans evinced
to marriage.
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We meet during the period
of the empire with a crowd
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of imperial edicts
dealing with this subject.
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Penalties and bounties,
deprivations and
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privileges, entreaties and
expostulations are in turn
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resorted to by the
perplexed emperors, in
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order to discourage
celibacy and to foster a
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pure and healthy
family life.
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But all was in vain.
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The marriage state
continued to be held in
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great disesteem.
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And Christianity instead
of correcting the evil,
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rather made matters worse;
for just now the teachings
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of the monks were
persuading vast multitudes
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of the superior sanctity
of the solitary or the
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monastic life, and thereby
filling the deserts of
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Egypt and the monasteries
of all lands with men who
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believed they could best
live the higher live
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by freeing themselves
of all family and social
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cares and duties.
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Now America has few men
running off into the
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desert to live a monastic
life, but far too many
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prime aged men in
America, Canada, the U.K.
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and elsewhere, are sitting
on the sidelines instead
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of going to work, getting
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married, and raising families.
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Even before COVID-19,
participation in the labor
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market by 25-54 aged men
was a troubling concern
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for policy makers and
their concerns point
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directly to the
health of the family.
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In 2019, during what has
been described as the
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longest economic
expansion in U.S.
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history, with historically
low unemployment,
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Sen. Mike Lee of Utah admitted:
“I’m concerned that if
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more men can't find
stable, steady work, the
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result is likely to be
fewer marriages, in the
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first instance, and more
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divorces, in the second instance....”
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"It's also likely," he said,
"that as marriage rates
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fall, men will feel
less of a need to be
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breadwinners and involved
with their children, which
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in turn would lead to
more unemployment and less
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stable family lives."
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Manhattan Institute
senior fellow Oren Cass
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agrees--there is a
downward spiral, regarding
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work and the stability
of the family unit.
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When one is negatively
impacted, so is the other.
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"Work, especially for
men, helps establish and
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preserve families....
Where fewer men work,
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fewer marriages form.
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Unemployment doubles the
risk of divorce, and male
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joblessness appears to be
the primary culprit," he said.
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“These outcomes likely
result from the damage to
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both economic prospects
and individual well-being
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associated with being
out of work, which strain
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existing marriages and
make men less attractive
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as marriage partners,”
according to Cass.
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Without regard to the
specific cause, the effect
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of low birthrates and
disrespect for the
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family institution brings about the same
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result--a nation
in decline.
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In modern America, Canada,
Europe, Russia, and
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elsewhere, birthrates are
at historic lows, well
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below replacement value,
and there is a connection
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between low birthrates
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and unchecked illegal immigration.
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Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer
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of New York
called on Republicans
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Wednesday (that was November 16,
2022) to join in passing a
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pathway to citizenship for
“all undocumented” [ read:
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Illegals] in the United
States, citing the fact
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that Americans were “not
reproducing.’’ Why are
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Americans and others
not reproducing?
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One obvious reason is
unrestricted abortion, a
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major platform
on which Senator Schumer's
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party proudly ran in the
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2022 midterm elections.
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In the last 50 years,
Americans have aborted
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approximately 64,000,000
of their children.
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That amounts to a loss of
approximately 64,000,000
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“legal” workers
in the country.
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As fellow Tomorrow’s World
writer Wallace Smith has
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pointed out, the womb
is unmistakably the most
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dangerous place for
an innocent child.
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World Atlas lists seven
causes for the decline and
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fall of the Roman Empire
and then gives this summary.
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Do any of these
problems sound familiar to us?
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The fall of the Western
Roman Empire can teach
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humans many things about
societal collapse and
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regression.
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Most shortcomings of a
civilization in decline
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come from within
rather than without.
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Incompetent leaders,
government corruption, a
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weak economy, and
social dissolution all
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contributed to the
downfall of Rome.
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America’s
economy, and America is
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not alone, is a
house of cards.
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Can anyone comprehend
a national debt of
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$31,000,000,000,000?
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As one pundit pointed out,
if you spend a million
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dollars a day, it will
take just short of 3000
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years to reach one
trillion dollars.
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During the COVID
lockdowns, the United
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States, Canada, and many
other countries gave away
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“free money.” The result?
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The self-inflicted
wound of inflation.
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We were all too happy
to receive it, but what
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people fail to realize,
is that we will have to pay back
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every penny, and more,
through inflation.
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And who does inflation
hurt the most?
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The poorest amongst
us--those that governments
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claim they were
trying to help.
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But too much "free" money is
not an American problem only.
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According to
Inflationdata.com:
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It’s not just the United States
that is suffering from
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high inflation, countries
worldwide are experiencing
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higher than
average inflation.
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This is partially due to
the global pandemic but
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even more the result
of the actions taken by
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central banks in
response to the pandemic.
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Why is it that
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mankind never seems to
learn from the past?
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Part of the answer is that
nations become complacent,
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self-indulgent, and
frankly are too uneducated
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to know the past.
16:34.660 --> 16:37.896
Our resource--The Beast of
Revelation--shows how the
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Bible recorded history
in advance, and how these
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remarkable prophecies
have been fulfilled.
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It predicted the rise
of the Roman Empire, its
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deadly wound in 476 A.D.,
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five revivals during
an exact period of 1260
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years, followed by the
Hitler/Mussolini revival,
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and one more to come.
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The Beast of Revelation is
a must read, so order your
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free copy today.
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And I’ll be back in a few
seconds to explain why
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nations fail to
learn from the past.
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This clear and
straight-forward resource
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will help you understand
this vital truth--
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Today we're asking why
such subjects as history
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and geography
are important.
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As we've noted, nations
fail to learn from the
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past, and the consequences
are catastrophic, but the
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problem goes deeper than
merely knowing the past.
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As Nicholas Clairmont
wrote for BigThink.com.
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“History shows that both
those who do not learn
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history and those who do
learn history are doomed
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to repeat it.” He went on
to explain: “According to
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Santayana’s philosophy,
history repeats.
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The phrasing itself
certainly is catchy.
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It’s a big one, not only
because it is so common,
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but also because if it
is true and if history,
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driven by human nature, is
ugly (hint: it is), then
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this saying ought to guide
our public and private
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policy.”
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Now, I’ll add, more importantly, understanding
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that history is “driven
by human nature,” ought to
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guide more than public and
private policy--it ought
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to guide our behavior.
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For as Clairmont
rightfully implies, knowing
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history and acting on that knowledge are not the same.
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And the reason we fail
to learn from history is
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human nature.
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And that brings us to a
different kind of history
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book--one that deals
with human nature.
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The Bible is fundamentally
a history book.
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It gives us wise and
loving instructions from
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our Creator.
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It records how mankind
has rejected those
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instructions and the
tragic results of that
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rejection.
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One of the great lessons
is that when people hurt
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badly enough, they often
turn to God for relief--
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only to turn back to
the old ways
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once relief comes.
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It's the soldier’s
foxhole prayer that is
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quickly forgotten.
19:20.726 --> 19:23.896
Two world wars should
have sobered mankind, but
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sadly, as the late
Soviet President, Mikhail
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Gorbachev wrote in an
opinion piece for Time
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magazine: Politicians and
military leaders sound
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increasingly belligerent
and defense
19:36.475 --> 19:38.510
doctrines more dangerous.
19:38.577 --> 19:42.214
Commentators and TV
personalities are joining
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the bellicose chorus.
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It all looks as if the
world is preparing for war.
19:48.687 --> 19:54.326
This was published January
26, 2017--five years prior
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to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Will this generation
of Americans, Britons,
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Canadians, Australians,
and New Zealanders learn
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from the past?
20:04.303 --> 20:06.438
What about the French,
the Belgians,
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the Dutch, and the Swiss?
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It’s difficult to see how
any can, when some are
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consumed with re-writing
their past, and when all
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possess the same
rebellious nature as those
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who have gone before.
20:20.352 --> 20:22.854
The speed with which
mankind reverts to his old
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ways is astounding.
20:25.090 --> 20:28.760
This is shown in the
biblical golden calf incident.
20:28.827 --> 20:31.496
After God brought a slave
people out of bondage by
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great and powerful
miracles that could not be
20:34.733 --> 20:37.669
rationally explained away,
the Israelites turned back
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into idolatry.
20:39.571 --> 20:42.708
A mere 40 days was enough
time for the people to
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pressure Aaron, who was
left in charge while
20:45.477 --> 20:48.814
Moses was gone, to
make a golden calf idol
20:48.880 --> 20:52.751
and hold a licentious
festival to celebrate it.
20:52.818 --> 20:56.722
In the aftermath, God
commanded Moses the following:
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“Now therefore, go, lead the
people to the place of
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which I have
spoken to you.
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Behold, My Angel shall go
before you.
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Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will
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visit punishment upon them
for their sin.”
21:13.438 --> 21:15.741
Dennis Prager
makes this observation
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about this verse and humanity's
shallow understanding of
21:19.878 --> 21:21.413
the God of the Bible:
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“In modern times, with its
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psychological and
therapeutic mindset, many
21:26.652 --> 21:30.322
people tend to think of
God as a loving therapist
21:30.389 --> 21:33.959
Who is always there to
listen, to understand, and
21:34.026 --> 21:37.195
most importantly,
not to judge us.
21:37.262 --> 21:41.233
This verse reminds us that
above all, the God of the
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Torah is a moral judge.
21:43.635 --> 21:46.738
He demands certain
behavior, and holds people
21:46.805 --> 21:50.442
accountable when they fail
to live accordingly.”
21:50.509 --> 21:52.778
The Bible is the greatest and
most important history
21:52.844 --> 21:56.048
book ever written, but as
with history in general,
21:56.114 --> 21:59.317
far too many in this
generation are devoid of
21:59.384 --> 22:01.219
historical perspective.
22:01.286 --> 22:05.490
Winston Churchill sums it
up in one sentence:
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“Want of foresight,
unwillingness to act when
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action would be simple and
effective, lack of clear
22:11.930 --> 22:14.766
thinking, confusion
of counsel until the
22:14.833 --> 22:18.704
emergency comes, until
self-preservation strikes
22:18.770 --> 22:22.340
its jarring gong, these
are the features which
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constitute the endless
repetition of history.
22:26.511 --> 22:29.047
So what is our history
lesson today?
22:29.114 --> 22:33.351
What does the Bible say
about our near future?
22:33.418 --> 22:35.520
I’ll answer these
questions, but I want to
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remind you of today’s
offer--The Beast of Revelation.
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This free resource
documents from the pages
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of the Bible and from
history what was predicted
22:45.797 --> 22:49.234
hundreds and thousands
of years in advance.
22:49.301 --> 22:52.604
The Beast of Revelation
began with Imperial Rome,
22:52.671 --> 22:56.575
but it continues with one
revival after another all
22:56.641 --> 22:59.144
the way to the
return of Christ.
22:59.211 --> 23:02.914
Six of the seven revivals have
already taken place, but
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the seventh will affect
your life and that of
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your loved ones.
23:07.419 --> 23:09.988
You need to know what is
happening today in Europe
23:10.055 --> 23:12.891
and the Middle East, and
how it will impact your
23:12.958 --> 23:16.762
life in the near future,
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And do it today
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And when I come back after
this short break, I'll
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show you what this
remarkable book says about
23:27.339 --> 23:28.774
your near future.
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In addition to being the
most important history
24:31.770 --> 24:35.040
book of all time, the
Bible does something no
24:35.106 --> 24:37.576
other book has
credibly done.
24:37.642 --> 24:40.579
It gives history in
advance--what many people
24:40.645 --> 24:42.747
think of as prophecy.
24:42.814 --> 24:45.350
Before the break I said I
would show you what this
24:45.417 --> 24:49.254
remarkable book says about
your near future, so
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let’s get started.
24:51.223 --> 24:54.426
Speaking of the end time,
the time just ahead of us,
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Jesus explained:
24:56.394 --> 24:58.897
"And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will
24:58.964 --> 25:01.867
be also in the
days of the Son of Man:
25:01.933 --> 25:04.836
They ate, they drank, they
married wives, they were
25:04.903 --> 25:07.272
given in marriage, until
the day that Noah entered
25:07.339 --> 25:11.176
the ark, and the flood
came and destroyed them all.
25:11.243 --> 25:15.814
Likewise as it was also in
the days of Lot: They ate,
25:15.881 --> 25:19.217
they drank, they bought,
they sold, they planted, they
25:19.284 --> 25:22.721
built; but on the day
that Lot went out of Sodom it
25:22.787 --> 25:26.825
rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
25:26.892 --> 25:28.560
Even so will it be in the
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day when the Son of Man is revealed."
25:31.496 --> 25:34.499
That's from Luke the 17th chapter.
25:34.566 --> 25:37.269
What was
it like in the days of Noah?
25:37.335 --> 25:41.973
Here's what we read of in
Genesis 6, verses 5 and 11:
25:42.040 --> 25:46.177
"Then the LORD saw that
the wickedness of man was
25:46.244 --> 25:49.114
great in the earth, and
that every intent of the
25:49.180 --> 25:52.884
thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually...
25:52.951 --> 25:56.588
The earth also was corrupt
before God, and the earth
25:56.655 --> 25:59.291
was filled with violence."
25:59.357 --> 26:01.159
Our day
has far more in common
26:01.226 --> 26:04.362
with the days of Lot than
we could ever imagine,
26:04.429 --> 26:06.464
even just a few years ago.
26:06.531 --> 26:09.501
So dust off your Bible and
read for yourself about
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the destruction of Sodom
and Gomorrah, and the
26:12.237 --> 26:13.738
reasons for it.
26:13.805 --> 26:17.842
The account is
found in Genesis 19.
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But let's also notice how God inspired the prophet
26:20.712 --> 26:25.750
Ezekiel to write about the pride of Sodom:
26:25.817 --> 26:29.988
"Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and
26:30.055 --> 26:33.425
her daughter had pride,
fullness of food, and
26:33.491 --> 26:35.694
abundance of idleness;
neither did
26:35.760 --> 26:38.663
she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
26:38.730 --> 26:40.999
And they were haughty
and committed abomination
26:41.066 --> 26:46.438
before Me; therefore I
took them away as I saw fit."
26:46.504 --> 26:48.006
The Bible shouts loud and
26:48.073 --> 26:51.309
clear in chapter after
chapter that destruction
26:51.376 --> 26:54.346
is coming on our world
because we have never
26:54.412 --> 26:56.481
learned from the past.
26:56.548 --> 26:58.616
Just as the Bible
predicted in easy to
26:58.683 --> 27:01.186
understand language, the
rise and the fall of the Roman
27:01.252 --> 27:05.256
Empire, as well as its
seven revivals, so the
27:05.323 --> 27:08.393
Bible predicted thousands
of years in advance, the
27:08.460 --> 27:11.997
rise and fall of the
British and American peoples.
27:12.063 --> 27:15.700
Our choices today will
bring our downfall, just
27:15.767 --> 27:19.037
as sure as that of Rome.
27:19.104 --> 27:22.140
To learn more about what
was predicted in advance, be
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sure to order your free copy of The Beast of Revelation.
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Jesus Christ, the good
news of the coming Kingdom
27:43.161 --> 27:46.331
of God, and the exciting
end-time prophecies and
27:46.398 --> 27:48.466
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