March 7, 2026

The Blockhead Project Continued: Back In The Saddle/God's Relentless Pursuit of Your Heart

The Blockhead Project Continued: Back In The Saddle/God's Relentless Pursuit of Your Heart
Apple Podcasts podcast player badge
Spotify podcast player badge
Castro podcast player badge
RSS Feed podcast player badge
Apple Podcasts podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconCastro podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player icon
WEBVTT

1
00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.719
Broadcasting live coming to you through the rain drops of

2
00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:32.439
the Dallas Fort Worth area. You are listening to your

3
00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:35.799
favorite Blockhead. It has been too long since I've been

4
00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:37.479
able to get on this microphone and be able to

5
00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:40.039
talk with you, Blockhead Nation, So come on in, take

6
00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.960
a seat, relax, even though the rain is hitting me

7
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.399
from the back on the windows here at the Blockhead Nation.

8
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.439
I think this has been a long time coming. It

9
00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.520
was almost an entire month since I have been on

10
00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:57.439
this microphone, and I do apologize that it started with

11
00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:01.439
the flu turning into pneumonia. Plus the last thing to

12
00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:03.679
always leave when you get those type of strands, whether

13
00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.640
it's type A or type B, is the cough, which

14
00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:09.120
means I'd have been editing through a whole bunch of

15
00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.239
pauses and it just wouldn't have sounded like one of

16
00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.159
my best works, even though this one might not hit

17
00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.120
any home runs with you, It's just good to be back.

18
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.480
It's good to be on the microphone. It's good to

19
00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:24.359
be here in my living room here at the Blockhead

20
00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:27.400
Mansion aka my house. There are times I've done this

21
00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.920
in the study. There's times I've done this in other studios.

22
00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:31.599
There's times I do this right and the comforts of

23
00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.599
my home. And that's why I say kick up your feet, relax,

24
00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.840
and enjoy a podcast that has taken a different direction

25
00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.280
since December. This is still a podcast of a Peanuts fan.

26
00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.760
This is still a podcast of a man who follows

27
00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:50.040
the sport of mixed martial arts, just not as in

28
00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:53.599
depth as I used to. Now I will still bring

29
00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:55.799
up things from time to time. There's a main event

30
00:01:55.879 --> 00:02:00.959
coming up this Saturday that has perked my attention, But

31
00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:05.000
most of this is the journey that I'm on. Most

32
00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:09.599
of this is moving through life now that both parents

33
00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:13.159
have passed away and gone on to glory. Now it's

34
00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:17.000
a person who faces grief, who takes it one day

35
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.080
at a time, one breath at a time, but also

36
00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.159
is very much here to serve you. And what I

37
00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.479
have found is not only my love for the Peanuts,

38
00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:32.639
but also my devotion to understanding and sharing God's word

39
00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:38.120
is prevalent when it comes to this particular podcast. And

40
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:43.960
I have received many suggestions from several of you on

41
00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.879
what my next topic would be, what I would be

42
00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.000
discussing next on the show. But before I do that,

43
00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.280
I want to remind you that if you are not

44
00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.240
getting daily updates from me about the Peanuts comic strip,

45
00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.439
And you ask where can I turn to? Well, that's

46
00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:02.639
really simple. There's this thing called the Charles Schultz Museum

47
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:07.479
in Santa Rosa, California, who does a phenomenal job of

48
00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.719
putting out social media posts, especially on their Facebook. Those

49
00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:13.759
that are of that generation, you know, those old folks,

50
00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.479
us unks and everything in between that go to this

51
00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.280
particular website. Charles SCHULTZMDIAM does a great job of keeping

52
00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.759
us updated, especially now that we've had the seventy fifth

53
00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.639
anniversary of this comic strip, and a few days ago

54
00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.879
on March fourth, it kind of befits that it's raining

55
00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:38.000
here in my hometown to where Snoopy's brother Spike out

56
00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:41.120
in Nils, California, out in the desert face the same

57
00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:45.639
thing to where the comic strip that's displayed from March

58
00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:49.080
fourth has Spike looking at a cactus in the distance

59
00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:54.240
and asks is it raining where you are? And there

60
00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.280
was a lot of discussion all the way from fans

61
00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.199
from Ontario, Canada, all the way to Atlanta, Georgia. So

62
00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:03.759
there is still very much engagement with the Charles Schultz

63
00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:07.400
Museum via social media. So if you ever need anything

64
00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.360
that would be accurate that would catch you up on

65
00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:14.800
current events with the Peanuts comic strip, or the TV

66
00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.680
show or the movie or everything in between. They do

67
00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.079
a phenomenal job, and they just celebrated as of yesterday,

68
00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.199
what has been called Freda Day because Freda, the young

69
00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.199
girl that is known for her naturally curly hair, made

70
00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:37.279
her debut on yesterday in nineteen sixty one. And this

71
00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:41.279
is coming straight from the Charles Schultz Museum about Frida's

72
00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.519
involvement in the strip, and I quote, Frida was a

73
00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:48.360
regular in the comic strip throughout the nineteen sixties, mostly

74
00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.279
known for her naturally curly hair, and she's happy to

75
00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:55.079
tell everybody about it. Frida is often seen in the

76
00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:59.399
early days carrying her cat, her cat being federin telling

77
00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:03.120
Snoopy to go chase rabbits and play an outfield with

78
00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.560
Charlie Brown's baseball team. She was also well known for

79
00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.720
huge bubblegum bubbles. That was a common theme for her

80
00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:16.120
as she played baseball. So not very attentive, we'll put

81
00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.480
it that way. So there is some trivia that was

82
00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.040
put in here that for her name's sake, Frieda comes

83
00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:27.480
from an artist from the Art Institute Schools in Minnesota

84
00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.160
that Charles Schultz worked with early in his career. That

85
00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:34.600
would be Frida Rich. So, unlike the Peanuts character, the

86
00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.600
real life Frieda was very popular, very well loved, I

87
00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.279
apologize for the thunder in the background, and a great

88
00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.720
friend to Schultz. So according to Rich herself, Schultz didn't

89
00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:50.560
ask permission to use her name and warned her cryptically

90
00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:55.639
to watch for your day in the newspaper. So that

91
00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:59.360
doesn't mean that Charles Schultz is always squeaky clean, doesn't

92
00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.279
mean that he's perfect. He certainly is a guy who

93
00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:09.240
if you go looking for admirable qualities, you'd find them,

94
00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:13.439
but you would find flaws as well. So amongst the

95
00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.360
friends that have reached out to me, I will not

96
00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:19.399
disclose who this is, but if you are listening, my friend,

97
00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:23.879
you know I'm talking about you. The big discussion that

98
00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.720
I will carry through most of this episode stems from

99
00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.040
my friend's question that says, when you are falling off

100
00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.319
the path of following the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

101
00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.879
and you want to and I quote fight your way back, Well,

102
00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.920
I can go ahead and start with from a societal standpoint,

103
00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:50.560
I understand where he's coming from. And I will use

104
00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.160
a movie that a lot of us from the nineteen

105
00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.720
nineties will remember. I'm gonna use the nineteen ninety six

106
00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:03.920
movie Dragonheart. Some of you listening have no idea the

107
00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.680
significance of that movie, and some of you knew right

108
00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:11.759
away the voice of Sean Connery Dennis Quaid playing the

109
00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:17.519
main role. Now here's the main point of that particular movie.

110
00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:23.560
Is that a knight of the Old Code who had

111
00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:29.439
put his faith in the king's son, so the king

112
00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.319
itself in the beginning of this movie is a wicked ruler,

113
00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:38.959
goes against everything that Bowen stands for. He feels that

114
00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:42.920
his only hope is in training his son to be

115
00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.480
a knight of the Old Code, which I will share

116
00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.720
with you in just a minute. Well, that's not exactly

117
00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.920
what happens. The dragon in this story shares a part

118
00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:57.759
of his heart to save the young king Ininan, and

119
00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:02.160
King Ironan actually becomes worse than his father. So Bowen

120
00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:08.199
naively lashes out against the dragon, swearing to kill him,

121
00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.439
and you know, swearing a life of vengeance instead of

122
00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:18.560
focusing on how really it's im that polluted the heart

123
00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:23.160
in many ways. So there's a story here behind all this.

124
00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.439
If you watch the movie, you see how Bowen tells

125
00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:31.720
the dragon and begin that he served the father only

126
00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.799
for the sake of the son. Well, that doesn't work

127
00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.399
out too well, and that's been Bowen's thing. He doesn't

128
00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:43.120
want to ascend to the throne. He has assumed the

129
00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.919
position of a knight. If you think about the social hierarchy,

130
00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.559
the classes that were in place of the olden days

131
00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:56.159
from the twelfth thirteenth fourteenth century, especially upon European royalty

132
00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:00.879
and kingships, well there are knights that are very, very

133
00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.200
loyal to their task. And Bowen had always, as he said,

134
00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:11.480
dreamed of serving noble kings, noble ideals, and that dream

135
00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:15.200
never came to fruition. Now, towards the end of the movie,

136
00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.919
he does ascend the throne because there's really nobody else

137
00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.720
to take that position, as he was the mentor to

138
00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.440
King Einen. So I'm going into some depth here a

139
00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:28.120
little bit. But here's what a lot of us I'll

140
00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.840
say it blocked nation. There are still a lot of

141
00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:36.559
us Bowen's out there. It's not exactly spoken about. It's

142
00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:42.240
an undercurrent. People don't talk this way anymore. But deep

143
00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.519
in their hearts, there are plenty of us that wish

144
00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:49.879
that we could trust those that are appointed to leadership positions.

145
00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:56.840
We wish that we can trust our administrators, our politicians,

146
00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:02.399
our government, our president. And when we look at it

147
00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.240
and we see them fail or even worse, we see

148
00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:10.080
the corruption time and time again. It might be a

149
00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:15.000
bit of naivete, but it's also a huge letdown for

150
00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:19.879
nights of the Old Code. And here is that better

151
00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:23.679
known version. It's the shorter version, but in that movie,

152
00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.559
this is where you hear the Old Code in depth.

153
00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:35.000
A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue.

154
00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:40.320
His blade defends the helpless, His might upholds the weak,

155
00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:47.320
his word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked.

156
00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:52.720
Now that was the true core of the movie Dragonhart.

157
00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.240
This is one of those feel good movies that you

158
00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:58.360
can enjoy watching, but you can appreciate what Bowen is

159
00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:04.399
fighting for Blockhead Nation. This is what lets us down

160
00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.080
time and time again. Speaking from a person who would

161
00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.480
have believed in the Old Code if I didn't have

162
00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:15.279
biblical narrative to support what my true beliefs are to

163
00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:19.639
its very core, So My answer to you is if

164
00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:23.559
you are a person who's fallen away from the path

165
00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:27.840
of the Lord, and you believe that I have to

166
00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:31.559
fight my way back, well, the first thing I'm gonna

167
00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:36.000
tell you is you're fighting a battle that Jesus already won.

168
00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.799
So the simple answer to your question is to submit.

169
00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.480
To do something that our society looks down upon, something

170
00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:55.840
our commander in chief would never do. To surrender. It's

171
00:11:55.879 --> 00:12:00.320
the antithesis to everything that our culture talks about. You

172
00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.559
stand your ground, you stand up and fight. You believe

173
00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:06.759
in the old coade, no in humility, to get right

174
00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:12.080
with God. The solution for your strife is to submit

175
00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:16.519
to Him. Now, you can find that easily in the

176
00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:21.559
teachings of what a husband and a wife are called

177
00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:26.720
to be. By Biblical standard, wives submit to your husband's

178
00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:33.080
husbands submit to Christ. That's how a man is worthy

179
00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:37.320
of submission, is if he have submitted his life to

180
00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.080
Christ and Jesus. You can go by that anytime you

181
00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.000
go to a wedding, you hear these things, or you

182
00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.879
hear love is patient, love is kind, It does not envy,

183
00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.600
it does not boast. These are all admirable when it

184
00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.759
comes to submission. But there's somebody who said it better,

185
00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:55.960
and you can find that if you have your Bible.

186
00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.000
If you don't, it's okay. I will put the scriptures

187
00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:02.159
up in my blog today. The first scripture I'm using

188
00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:06.799
in this podcast is James chapter four, starting with verse

189
00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:12.600
six through verse ten. But he gives more grace. Therefore,

190
00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:17.240
he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to

191
00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:24.120
the humble. Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and

192
00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:27.879
he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and

193
00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:33.360
he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners,

194
00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:40.720
and purify your hearts. You double minded, lament and mourn

195
00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:46.279
and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and

196
00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.759
your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of

197
00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:57.559
the Lord, and he will lift you up. Knows the contrast.

198
00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.879
This is coming from commentary from David Guzig from Blue

199
00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:06.399
Litter Bible. Actually I apologize this is actually Charles Spurgeon talking,

200
00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.399
but this is coming from that commentary. So he quotes

201
00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:14.399
Spurgeon here, observe how weak we are and how strong

202
00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:20.120
he is, how proud we are. Somebody who falls after

203
00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:23.320
their own heart plocad nation. The heart is deceitful above all,

204
00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:30.519
how condescending he is with this scripture, how much we

205
00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:35.960
err in our ways, and how infallible he is, how

206
00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:40.879
much we change, and how immutable he is. How provoking

207
00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:46.039
we are, but how forgiving he is. Observe how in

208
00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.960
us there is only ill sickness, and how in him

209
00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:55.320
there is only good. Yet our sickness and our illness

210
00:14:55.879 --> 00:15:00.960
draw his goodness forth, and still he will bless you.

211
00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:06.440
James reminds us that this grace only comes to those

212
00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:14.159
who humbly submit. Grace and pride are eternal enemies. Your

213
00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.639
pride demands that God bless me in the light of

214
00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.840
my merits, things that I've done that are wonderful, real

215
00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:24.720
or imagined. But Grace will not deal with me on

216
00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:28.000
the basis of anything in me, good or bad, but

217
00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:35.480
only on the basis of who God truly is. In

218
00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.799
light of the grace offered to the humble, there's only

219
00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:45.279
one thing to do, to submit in order for yourself

220
00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:53.159
under God, to surrender to Him as the sovereign, conquering

221
00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:59.480
King and start receiving the benefit of now that he

222
00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:01.919
is on the throne. He has never left the throne.

223
00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:10.240
It's his reign blocked nation, that brings true satisfaction. So

224
00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:15.639
I simply call you to submit, bend your knee, because

225
00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.080
one day He is going to bend in the knee

226
00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:21.519
of every nation. I would rather be the one that

227
00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:26.200
is wilfully submitting to His will. And I hope that

228
00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.440
stirs your heart today, blocked nation, as I show you

229
00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:34.399
more in depth of what God's heart truly looks like.

230
00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:40.159
That will be on the second part, part two of

231
00:16:40.200 --> 00:17:09.920
this show. Our scripturean for this podcast comes from Hoseiah

232
00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:17.720
chapter two, verses fourteen through fifteen. Therefore, behold, I will

233
00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:22.920
allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak

234
00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.599
tenderly to her, and there I will give her her

235
00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:31.440
vineyards and make the valley of Acre a door of hope,

236
00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.519
and there she shall answer as in the days of

237
00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.799
her youth, as at the time when she came out

238
00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:40.839
of the land of Egypt. Now block at nation. This

239
00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.640
is a lot for me to unpackage for you, because

240
00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.920
when you spend time in the Old Testament and you

241
00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:55.599
look at the prophets, I will just say this, when

242
00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:59.559
it comes to prophecies, there's two ways that if you look

243
00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:05.920
back in the Old Testament, if a prophet is a

244
00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:11.359
legitimate prophet. One way is what they have pronounced, what

245
00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:17.559
they have prophesied, becomes a reality within a few hundred years.

246
00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.759
Here's an example of the four major prophets you had Daniel.

247
00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:25.440
Let me know the story of Daniel in the lions Den.

248
00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.519
What may you may not know is that Daniel interpreted

249
00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:32.519
a dream for a very cruel king named King Nebeknezer

250
00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.039
and tells him what's going to happen to his kingdom,

251
00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.200
that if you follow the statue, that he will be

252
00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:45.720
overtaken by the Persians, which does line up to secular

253
00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:51.680
history because Babylon fell to Persia. So if you read

254
00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:53.599
that story all the way through to the end, you

255
00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.759
see that Daniel is called to interpret the writing on

256
00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.759
the wall, and it's pretty much a I told you

257
00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:03.359
this was going to happen when you were vulnerable, King

258
00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:06.440
Cyrus of Persia was going to overtake you. So the

259
00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:11.440
Persians and the Meds do overtake the Babylonian Empire, just

260
00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.000
as the prophecy said and just as history determined it.

261
00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.119
So that's one way to know that a prophet is

262
00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.599
truthful in what they say. The other way to know

263
00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:27.200
is if a prophet speaks of a messianic king that

264
00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:32.440
is to come, meaning a Messiah as in Christ Jesus,

265
00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:36.680
and we see that happen during the Roman Empire. So

266
00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.839
that's two ways you can know the prophet that I

267
00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:43.160
just read from is a minor prophet by the name

268
00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.400
of Hoseiah. And we could debate this all you want,

269
00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:50.640
because a lot of people will say that the worst

270
00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:53.720
job you could have had would have been Jonah because

271
00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:55.839
he ended up in the belly of a whale. Now

272
00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:58.359
you've got to understand that the reason why he was

273
00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.039
swallowed and in the the fish for three days was

274
00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:05.119
because he ran from the Lord. He was supposed to

275
00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:07.799
go to Nineveh and he was going the opposite way.

276
00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:10.759
I will tell you that if there's anybody who's got

277
00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:15.079
the worst job of a prophet, it's gotta be Hoseiah.

278
00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:21.000
Why because in the first chapter of Hosea, the Lord

279
00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:24.599
calls him to marry gomer Well, calls him to marry

280
00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:29.359
a promiscuous woman. He calls him to marry a woman

281
00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:33.920
known for adultery. He calls for him to marry a prostitute.

282
00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:36.440
Where it's gonna be real with these words. If this

283
00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:41.880
falls upon younger ears. I'm telling you from a scriptural standpoint,

284
00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:47.799
this is symbolic of God's love for his chosen people.

285
00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:56.960
Hoseiah marrying Gomer, who continues to go after other lovers,

286
00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:04.359
is a representation of God. God's heart for Israel. So

287
00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:08.200
if we look at how Israel fell apart, if you

288
00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:12.839
look at the two kingdoms after Solomon's reign, you have

289
00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.839
a breaking of the two kingdoms to what would be

290
00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:20.079
the ten Northern Kingdom, the ten tribes in the Northern Kingdom,

291
00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:23.200
and two in the southern Kingdom of Judah. So you

292
00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:27.160
have Israel and you have Judah, and both of them

293
00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:31.160
are going to fall to outside forces. The Northern Kingdom

294
00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.119
will fall to the Assyrians. Now, I know that's all

295
00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:39.000
background information leading up to what we just read in

296
00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:42.519
Joseah chapter two, because God is given a prophecy of

297
00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:48.519
punishment but also a promise of restoration. There's a part

298
00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:51.400
earlier in this chapter that says, your mother has been unfaithful,

299
00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.640
I will expose her lewdness. Now I will speak tenderly

300
00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:59.559
to her. I will betrothe you to me forever. This

301
00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:03.480
is a quick summary of the entire chapter of Hoseiah

302
00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:05.880
chapter two. That I got from step Bible dot org.

303
00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.200
It's another resource I will put up for you. That's

304
00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:12.319
for free. It says God tells Hoseiah to give the

305
00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:18.160
people of Israel this prophecy. The people should change from

306
00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:24.599
their spiritually adulterous ways, otherwise God will strip their kingdom.

307
00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:28.359
He will send a drought to the land. He will

308
00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:32.160
stop their celebrations where they've been celebrating every other God.

309
00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:36.920
They've been celebrating pagan deities like Ball, which was a

310
00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:41.920
tree god of I believe impurity of some kind, but

311
00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:45.680
gain more into that, punishing them for worshiping Ball and

312
00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:51.119
for seeking protection and other allies in other nations when

313
00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.720
you should have been seeking God all along. So later,

314
00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.920
if you look at the end of this, it starts

315
00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:01.599
off extremely, extremely punishing. With the words it talks about.

316
00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:05.559
You have run from your true love. It's not like

317
00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:08.480
you lost your true love. You have abandoned the one

318
00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:12.400
true love, which was your God, who gave you everything.

319
00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:16.319
And now he's gonna snatch it away. He's gonna take

320
00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:18.720
his wine, he's gonna take his bread, he's gonna take

321
00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:24.559
his animals. You will be left to the instrument that

322
00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:26.799
God will use to bring about his will, which is

323
00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.119
the Assyrian kingdom. So it's very easy to read chapters

324
00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:32.920
like this and go, oh, God of the Old Testament

325
00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:39.920
was cruel, he was hateful. You're missing something. God will

326
00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:43.720
bring judgment for those that have continuously turned away from Him.

327
00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:47.079
But there's also a message of hope and restoration all

328
00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:50.759
through the book of Oseiah. This resembles God's heart towards Israel.

329
00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:55.240
As much as Joseiah has to go and buy back Gomer,

330
00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:59.039
pay off her debts, buy her out of slavery, that

331
00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:01.559
will come in the next after, but just to share

332
00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:04.880
all that, God will allure the people of Israel back

333
00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:08.400
to Samaria. So Samaria be in the capital of Israel

334
00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:12.039
and Jerusalem be in the capital of Judah, the two

335
00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:16.400
divided kingdoms, where many more prophets will come into play.

336
00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:20.119
We're just talking about one minor prophet. Hoseiah begins his

337
00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:23.839
mastery that lasts about sixty to seventy years. Then Isaiah

338
00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.000
comes after that, one of the major prophets who speaks

339
00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.960
about the Assyrian invasion as well, and that happens around

340
00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:38.119
seven twenty two b C. So continuing how again he

341
00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.559
will become their God. They will no longer worship idols.

342
00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:45.839
This is gonna be crucial. God will make the people

343
00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:50.880
safe from the weapons that destruct the land. The land

344
00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:57.599
will again become productive. This is what he promises. This

345
00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:04.279
is God's heart in the midst of Israel's unfaithfulness, over

346
00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:08.559
and over again, he will come back and say, just

347
00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:10.759
like you did in the first verse of Oseiah chapter one,

348
00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:14.000
say to your brothers, you are my people, and to

349
00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:20.240
your sisters you have received mercy. He wants to win

350
00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:27.279
her heart back blockad nation. That's the kind of love

351
00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:33.319
you receive when you seek and return to God. Joseah's

352
00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:36.880
message is simply returned to him. And know that I

353
00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:40.920
am the God that provides for you. There is a

354
00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:44.079
Messianic message all the way through that as well, of

355
00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:48.519
a Messiah who will fulfill every prophecy that needs to

356
00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:52.680
be fulfilled. And it doesn't matter what prophet you're talking about,

357
00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:57.200
whether that's Isaiah or Jeremiah or Ezekiel or Daniel. Who

358
00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:01.079
would considered the major prophets the minor prophet. There's twelve

359
00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:04.599
of them. It's not that they are inferior, it's just

360
00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:07.160
that third chapters are shorter. They can fit them all

361
00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:12.680
onto one scroll. Every one of them either portrays something

362
00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:16.079
that happened in history that is exactly accurate to what

363
00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:20.440
secular history would say. The Assyrians overtook the Northern Kingdom,

364
00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:25.400
the Babylonians overtook the southern Kingdom of Judah. Eventually King

365
00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:30.519
Cyrus comes in with Persia and overtakes the Babylonians. Then

366
00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:34.319
there will be the Greeks known as Alexander the Great

367
00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:39.279
that will set the city of Alexandria as a port city,

368
00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:42.680
because the Greeks and the Phoenicians were the best sailors

369
00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:45.640
of all time. But then you have the takeover of

370
00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:50.559
the Iron Age known as the Roman Empire, as during

371
00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:53.440
their reign that a thirty three year old man is

372
00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:57.160
brought before a local Roman governor who wants nothing to

373
00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.920
do with it, but the Jews ensure that he is

374
00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:04.519
going to be crucified, which his crucifixion and his death,

375
00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:08.319
and his resurrection and his ascension, all of these things

376
00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:11.119
fulfill the prophecies of old. We don't need the prophets

377
00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.000
blockad nation. We have the Old and the New Testament.

378
00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:19.160
But all you've got to do to experience God's love,

379
00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:23.200
the one that relentlessly pursues your heart just the way

380
00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:29.200
he did Israel, the way Joseiah did with Gomer. All

381
00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:34.440
you gotta do is turn back, just repent and know

382
00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:40.359
that He is God. I pray that that stirs your

383
00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:42.880
heart this week block at Nation as it does. Mean.

384
00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:48.839
It's almost like since the time of my grief from

385
00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:52.759
one parent to both parents. The more I spend time

386
00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.920
in the Word, the less I care what goes on

387
00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:58.359
in this world. So I'm not talking about current events

388
00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:02.200
with you, talking about things that have happened in my lifetime.

389
00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:06.079
More than once, I'm gonna tell you, don't put your

390
00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:11.720
faith in your leaders. Pray for them, pray for discernment,

391
00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:14.000
but don't put your faith in them. Don't put your

392
00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:17.119
faith in this midterm election coming up in November. You're

393
00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:20.640
not gonna find it there. Stop being in foolish and

394
00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:24.599
naive as I was, and as Bowen was in Dragon Heart,

395
00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:32.039
looking after nobility in this lifetime. Even in a way,

396
00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:34.079
there's a parallel on that movie. Where do we turn

397
00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:38.960
when Draco gets killed to the stars Bowen, where do

398
00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:42.599
we turn? Turn your hearts back to God as he

399
00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:48.119
has pursued yours over and over again. I pray you

400
00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:52.720
know that's the truth. Blockhead Nation. We can discuss it

401
00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.240
more next week after I make sure I mentioned on

402
00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:58.279
the back end there are friends of mine that's still

403
00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:01.079
gonna go. Man, will he ever talk MMA again? Sure,

404
00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:03.640
I'll talk about it. You got a great match coming

405
00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:08.880
up tonight. You got my favorite fighter, Max Holloway, who

406
00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:12.160
is known for the ten seconds of the last fight

407
00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:16.200
with Justin Gaechee. Ten seconds where they just he pointed

408
00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:18.880
to the canvas said let's just throw in the last

409
00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:21.480
second he knocks out Justin Gai Chee. We're never gonna

410
00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:24.200
see anything like that again in the midst of our lifetime.

411
00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:28.440
This guy's put his title on the line, known as

412
00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:32.880
the BMF title, the brainchild of Nate Diaz, that hasn't

413
00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:37.119
had the the greatest reputation for many fighters since it

414
00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.160
first was put around Jorgey Mozwitol's waist. The landing edge

415
00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:44.160
has been a little bit off. There have been some

416
00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:49.720
spectacular moments for that particular belt. What you're gonna have

417
00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:54.359
tonight is one guy that I love, who's my favorite fighter,

418
00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:57.519
and another guy that I just can't get mad at

419
00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:01.359
no matter what I do. I don't know how I

420
00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:05.920
can stand against Charles oliver one of the most likable

421
00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:09.519
guys in the history of that sport. So Charles oliver

422
00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:14.079
versus Max Holloway is a great matchup. It does have

423
00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:17.720
my attention. I am interested to see how that plays out.

424
00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:21.720
But can I tell you that I have a great

425
00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:26.640
track record on predicting what they're gonna do? No, I

426
00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.920
can tell you have a submission artist. They can get

427
00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.799
this done early. Both of them have gas tanks to

428
00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.519
get them to the very end. Is Charles Olivera going

429
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.559
to be lured into the ten seconds of throwing hands

430
00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:43.400
in the middle of the cage where Max points to

431
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:47.039
the cage and said, let's go. Only one guy has

432
00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:51.440
truly fallen for that, and that's just engagee will we have?

433
00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.599
And that again see history pea itself. Probably not so

434
00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.480
either way. Am I okay with Charles Olivera defeating him? Yes?

435
00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:02.440
I am am I good with Max Holloway continuing to

436
00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:07.880
have dominance in the sport. Absolutely great guy, lovable guy,

437
00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.799
one of the most likable guys in the history of

438
00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:15.599
the sport. Both men are truly loved and enjoyed by

439
00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:19.640
MMA fans around the world. Do I have a prediction

440
00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:23.480
for you. No, you have a guy who is expected

441
00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.279
to strike and a guy who's expected to take it

442
00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:31.119
to the mat who's gonna have their defenses up. Will

443
00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:34.519
this go the whole way? Well, we have another ipoke,

444
00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.920
because that's been a consistent thing time and time again

445
00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:43.160
in this sport. It doesn't seem to be getting any better. So, friends,

446
00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.920
I don't know, you know, it's okay for me to

447
00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.160
say that I don't know what's going to happen with

448
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:51.079
this sport. I don't know what's gonna happen with this

449
00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:55.359
fight tonight, but I'll be tuned in. I might have

450
00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.359
somewhat of an analysis for you on the back end

451
00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:02.119
later on. But this, as we are in go in

452
00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:05.880
this new direction with the Blockhead project, is how can

453
00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:11.079
I serve you? And I pray that you are more

454
00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.400
in tune to open your Bibles and seek the truth.

455
00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.160
If you don't know how to do that, the first

456
00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:19.920
thing you do is you read it. I could always

457
00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:22.440
give you suggestions of chapters to go to if you

458
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:28.119
need that. Reach out after you read it, pray over it. Lord?

459
00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:30.720
What are you asking me to see in this scripture?

460
00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:34.480
And I'm not against you watching shows like the chosen.

461
00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:37.519
Just don't let that be a substitute for the word.

462
00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.119
Be careful not to read yourself into the word, because

463
00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:44.640
this story from began to end is all about one man.

464
00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:49.559
It's about our Savior. Then I tell you to meditate

465
00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.680
upon it. And there are plenty of resources that are

466
00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:54.599
out there that I can give you. First of all,

467
00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:57.640
Blueletterbible dot org. There's a commentary by the name of

468
00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.960
David Musick that will go into any chapter you want.

469
00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:03.240
He's very easy to understand, easy to read and interpret it,

470
00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:06.559
so I recommend that one. But also stepbible dot org

471
00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:09.599
is free. Any chapter you want a summary on you

472
00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:11.119
can pull it up and you can hit the chapter

473
00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:14.920
summary plus more commentary of people that are much smarter

474
00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:20.759
than I am. So much to chew one. So start

475
00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:25.599
with reading it, then pray about it, then meditate over it,

476
00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.279
and then my prayer is on the back end that

477
00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:33.119
we can tend to go and make disciples to share it,

478
00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:38.119
to share the truth. Even call to do three things

479
00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:41.279
blockade nation, love your God with all your heart and

480
00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.359
all your soul, all your mind, to love your neighbor

481
00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:51.359
as yourself, to love others, and finally to disciple no

482
00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:55.960
matter the cost. Could that be in teaching, sure? Could

483
00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:59.480
that be an administration? Maybe? Could there be in hospitality? Maybe?

484
00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:03.839
As Paul talks about the spiritual gifts, something to consider,

485
00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:12.760
how are you spreading the gospel? Blocking nation? You cannot

486
00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:17.480
lose your salvation, but how are you continuing to be

487
00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:22.199
a jewel in his crown and that royal diadem that

488
00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:25.679
is our Lord and savior Christ Jesus, who will return

489
00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:28.159
one day on a white horse and all of his

490
00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:32.480
glory and all of his splendor. I'll leave you on

491
00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:36.679
that note, and we will catch you next Saturday, same

492
00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:39.760
blockhead time, same blockhead chain,