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New Bible note from Chris McCann: "God Proving That He Exists? The Bible's Teaching in a Nutshell" - Chris answers a man from Birmingham, UK, who asked God to prove He exists.
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The Difference Between Dragging and Drawing-and Possible Time Line Until Christ's Command to Bring of the Fish is Activated

John 21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
Some have looked at this verse and asked isn't "dragging the net" the same thing as drawing it?
The answer is yes and no. The Greek word (Strong's #4951) translated as 'dragging' is also translated as "draw" or "drew". But it is not the same Greek word as "draw" in John 6:44 or as used in John 21:6,11 (#1670). They are not even remotely related words.
The Greek word translated as dragging (#4951) is found 5 times in the New Testament. Here are the other 4 verses:

Acts 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling (#4951) men and women committed them to prison.

Acts 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew (#4951) him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Acts 17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 And when they found them not, they drew (#4951) Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew (#4951) the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:

Notice that in these 4 passages the word translated as "dragging" in John 21:8 is used in a negative way. In fact, the ones doing the "haling" (Saul committing or delivering them up to prison) or drawing (certain Jews who persuaded people to stone Paul) are involved in activity that is opposed to the things of God. Revelation 12:4 shows this as we see it is the dragon's (Satan's) tail (false prophets) that drags (drew) the third part of the stars of heaven casting them down to earth.
Given that this word is used in this way everywhere it is found in the Bible, what are we to make of its use in John 21:8? Why are the disciples "dragging" the great catch of fish in their net? We are told that they dragged the net with fishes (the great multitude of God's elect) for about 200 cubits.
It was AFTER they went this distance that Jesus would then issue forth command that the fish be brought to Him-and it is then that the same Greek word for draw (#1670) as that used in John 6:44 is used:

John 21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew (#1670) the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

How do we understand this?

We can understand that the disciples "dragged" the net full of the fish or haled the net full of the great multitude in the sense that they brought them or delivered them up into judgment.
That is, once all 153 fish were in the net the great tribulation concluded and Judgment Day for this world began. It was the date of May 21, 2011. And God's elect people (typified by the disciples) declared the things they learned from the Bible to all. Those things included that the world had been turned into hell. That the wrath of God was upon the earth. Therefore, the fish were delivered up into the judgment.
If this understanding is correct, it means we the reference to "as it were two hundred cubits" is a time reference from the beginning of Judgment Day (May 21, 2011) until the point of Christ issuing the commandment to "bring of the fish" and the fish are then drawn (in the good sense of John 6:44).
But what could the about 200 cubits refer to?
It could be about 200 days. But that time period has already passed so it is not correct.
Or it could be about 200 weeks (1400 days)-but that time period has also passed.
Or it could be about 200 months-this remains a possibility.
We are quickly approaching September 2029. It was September 25th in 29 AD when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and began His ministry.
The number of Gregorian calendar months from May 21, 2011 to September 2029 is 219. Almost 220. There is about a 10% difference between 200 and 220. But it is within acceptable limits for saying "as it were 200 cubits".

I'm not saying this dogmatically at this time. This may be the answer.

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The Reason Why the Only Place of Deliverance in Jericho was a Harlot's House

Jericho was the city of palm trees. Psalm 92:12,13 relates the palm tree to the righteous. Jericho was a picture of those who had relationship with God (Israel of the Old Testament and the church of the New Testament). This is why when the trumpet of the Jubilees was blown Jericho's walls fell down. Walls in the Bible identify with salvation. The falling of Jericho's walls (the falling of the walls of the city of the righteous) indicated God's judgment on Israel and later the corporate church.
Have you ever wondered why the only safe place in all Jericho turned out to be a harlot's house? Why in the world would God set up Rahab the harlot's house as the only place of refuge. Only those who entered into that house were spared the destruction of the city. Everyone else, man, woman, and child who were outside Rahab the harlot's house perished within the city of Jericho. Why? Why a harlot's house? Why not a more respectable establishment or honorable home?

The reason is because Rahab was a harlot. And God associated Babylon, the kingdom of Satan, consisting of all the nations of the world as a harlot:

Revelation 17: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

What a brilliant mind God has in general. But especially when it comes to hiding truth.
In the book of Jeremiah the Lord typified the church as Judah. And God's command to the people of Judah that they heard through the prophet Jeremiah was that they had to go into Babylonian captivity.

Spiritually, Judah represented the New Testament corporate church and Babylon the nations of the world. The command to flee to Babylon was an historical parable depicting God's end time commandment to all within the churches to come out of them and go out into the world. God's elect within the churches obeyed this command.

Returning to the book of Joshua and the unusual situation of salvation and deliverance being found ONLY within the harlot's house-we can now understand the spiritual picture. Rahab's house typifies the world. A harlot's house is a shameful place. And the "righteous" people of Jericho would disdain to go there.
But few (the elect) did. And by going to the harlot's house they illustrated God's command for His people to come out of the churches (city of the righteous like Jericho) and go to the place of sinners-the world itself.

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Are We Living in Hell?

A Facebook friend writes:

"Legitimate question: Are we living in Hell? Like, is Earth, Hell and Death is the grave?"

McCann reply:

It's a very important question. And the answer is yes.

Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Once God brought the world into the day of judgment on the date of May 21, 2011, He effectively turned the world into the condition of hell. The resurrection is our expectation. At this time it appears God has forgotten us and His promises towards us. But of course He has not forgotten. By leaving the elect on the earth to go through this period of hell God positioned us for the resurrection.
Where was Jesus before His resurrection? He was in the grave. And since the grave is hell, Jesus was in hell. He rose from the dead out of hell (the grave). The Bible says we will conformable unto His death that we might obtain a like resurrection:

Philippians 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Therefore, we are all presently living on the earth that has been turned into the condition of hell. The book of Revelation describes this by showing us the condition of the pit below (hell) rises up to the earth above in the day of judgment:
Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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WE EXPECT DATES TO COME FORTH — Y2K STILL AHEAD OF US
You Tube question on EBF's "Biblical Evidence for the End in 2033" video:
"So, are you saying God has given you dates?"
EBF reply:
By: Chris McCann
God has given us the Bible — and the Bible is full of time references.
From which we can come to understand key Biblical dates since the
creation (11,013 BC) to the flood (4990 BC) to the cross (33 AD).
And once we lay out all of these key dates for major Biblical events we see a clear pattern emerge.
For example, from the creation date of 11,013 BC (gotten from the Bible's own genealogies) to the flood is a period of 6,023 years (11,013 - 4990 = 6,023).
Next, from the flood date of 4990 BC to the cross of Christ in 33 AD is 5,023 (calendar) years.
We already see a pattern.
Fullness of thousands of years plus a 23 year period tacked on (23 years is a tribulation period) and then major event unfolds.
Since these dates are from the Bible we're not guessing about them. It’s duration of years from one to the other — is factual.
Following the same pattern if we project from the flood date of 4990 BC to the year 2033 we find: 4990 + 2033 = 7,023 calendar years.
It matches the earlier well established Biblical dates of going to the fullness of thousands of years with an attached 23 year tribulation period.
Of course, this is just one example of the Biblical evidence that points to 2033 for the expected end of the world.
Another obvious time path would be the exact 2,000 years from Christ's death / resurrection in 33 AD to the year 2033.
The actual Y2K is still ahead of us.
What we are saying is — that the God who not only knows but has DECLARED the end from the beginning:
Isaiah 47
:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
God has made that declaration and hidden it in His word the Bible UNTIL we reached the time of the end:
Daniel 12
:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
And yes, we are emphatically stating that we have reached the time of this world's end.
Therefore, we would expect information to come forth from the Bible —which only the wise (truly saved) will understand; and that none of the wicked (unsaved) will understand.

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What is DDBM?

DDBM is a ministry fully supported by the estate of Donald Dolezal. Therefore we do not seek nor ask for any funds from listeners or any individuals. We seek to continue the Biblical principle of freely giving as we have freely received.
We are still in the start up stages but our goal is to develop and freely distribute faithful Bible materials (tracts, books, etc.). The ministry will work closely with the ministry of E Bible Fellowship to accomplish these goals.

On a personal note, I did not know who Donald Dolezal was until I met someone who knew him at this year's Bible conference. From what I was told, Donald Dolezal was a longtime FR listener living in Arizona who began to listen to EBibleFellowship after May 21, 2011. Apparently, he was checking us out as he listened for several years after 2011. From what his lawyer told me Mr. Dolezal was a very careful man (the person who knew him at the conference said this same thing about him) who knew exactly what he wanted and how to go about it.

By God's grace at the establishing of DDBM ministry I became a full time volunteer for the ministry of E Bible Fellowship. I now serve as a volunteer as general manager and president of E Bible Fellowship.

ddbminc.org/

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Schedule for New Open Forum for upcoming week:
10/11/26 Sunday 3:30 pm ET
10/15/26 Thursday 8:00 pm ET
I have many things to work on-so we'll take a few weeks to build back up to 5 days a week again.
May the Lord's perfect will be done.

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Hi Everyone,
I hope you're all doing well by God's grace.
I've been prayerfully considering some things regarding the Bible Exalted program and the Friday night time slot.
First, I think we've covered many good topics. There are still more to be covered but I think time and consideration should be given to them. I think what tends to happen with a weekly topical program like this is that we throw something quick together and kind of 'come up with something' to discuss for that segment. I think this program is too valuable for us to continue doing that.
I've also been thinking of having an online Bible study. Friday nights are a good night for that.
So, for the rest of this year and for 2027 here are the changes I would like to make.
Each first Friday of the month we have a new Bible Exalted program at the time we've been doing it. 10 pm ET. This means 12 programs throughout the year.
Also, in May/June we have our spring season of 6 consecutive Friday night programs. Then again in the fall Oct./Nov. 6 consecutive Friday night programs. This should give us about a total of 20 new programs in the year.
The Friday night Bible study will fill in the rest of the nights. During the spring/fall seasons when BE is aired the Friday night study will break.
The next Bible Exalted will be the first Friday in November. I'll try to let you know soon what the topic will be. And Lord willing, I'll try to give you all topics in advance after that.
May the Lord's perfect will be done,
Chris

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Tasting Death
Matthew 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Luke 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

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New Open Forum (attempt) to Go Live at 3:30 PM ET

Lord willing, we will try to have the New Open Forum today at 3:30 pm. The Karlbots will be handling the technical things that Karl always has done. They will open up a Zoom room. I do not know if this will be streamed livce on YouTube/Facebook/etc.

If there are any problems opening the room-I will try to go live on Zoom on my computer. I think I am able to do that. But I do not know how to live stream to other platforms. So if that happens the NOF will only be on Zoom.

In case you've never done it before-to join us on Zoom go to our website (ebiblefellowship.org) and click the Zoom link to download Zoom and join the Q & A.

May the Lord's perfect will be done.

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