1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,210 Granddaughter Two: This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible. 2 00:00:03,390 --> 00:00:06,660 And here's my grandpa, the OG Godcaster Steve Webb 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,970 Steve Webb: I think that's the best introduction I've ever had 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,130 on the show. That was my second oldest grandchild. She and her 5 00:00:23,130 --> 00:00:25,680 older sister were over at the House last couple of days. We 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,070 did a lot of Christmas baking and cooking. And then her 7 00:00:29,190 --> 00:00:34,050 parents were over last night and we fed the family, and I had a 8 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:38,370 whole lot of fun. So Bree told you what show this is and who I 9 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:41,250 am. And I'll tell you that I'm coming to you from Riverside, 10 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:44,370 California. This is a daily podcast and you and I are 11 00:00:44,370 --> 00:00:47,490 reading through the entire Bible in a year. I'm glad you're here. 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,880 The website is Lifespringmedia.com. And this is 13 00:00:50,910 --> 00:00:55,020 poetry Thursday, we're going to be reading Job, 19 and 20, which 14 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:58,320 should have been the reading for last week, but I actually read 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,740 which should have been today's reading Job 21 and 22 instead, 16 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:05,820 so by reading 19 and 20 today, we'll be back on track. Sorry 17 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:10,020 about the mix up. I'm calling today's episode,My Redeemer. And 18 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:13,920 it's December 15 so we'll have Christmas question number 15. 19 00:01:13,950 --> 00:01:17,370 sent in by Sandra Kim today. Of course, our Christmas expert 20 00:01:17,370 --> 00:01:20,220 James Cooper of Why christmas.com will be answering 21 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:23,670 Sandra in his usual very thorough and informative and fun 22 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:27,600 way. But before we read, let's pray. Our gracious heavenly 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,210 Father, we thank you so much for your word. And we thank you for 24 00:01:30,210 --> 00:01:33,840 the book of Job which teaches us how we can respond to 25 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,470 difficulties that inevitably come into our lives. Teach us 26 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:41,340 today I pray in Jesus name, amen. Okay, let's begin. 27 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:49,280 Job chapter 19. Then Job responded, how long will you 28 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,330 torment me and crush me with words? These 10 times you have 29 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:57,680 insulted me. You are not ashamed to wronged me. Even if I've 30 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,570 truly errored, my error lodges with me if indeed you vont 31 00:02:02,570 --> 00:02:06,140 yourselves against me and prove my disgrace to me. know then 32 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:09,590 that God has wronged me and is closed his net around me. 33 00:02:10,190 --> 00:02:15,050 Behold, I cry violence, but I get no answer. I shout for help, 34 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,190 but there is no justice. He has walled up my way so that I 35 00:02:19,190 --> 00:02:23,480 cannot pass and he has put darkness on my path. He has 36 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,230 stripped my honor from me and removed the crown from my head. 37 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:31,790 He breaks me down on every side and I am gone, and he has 38 00:02:31,790 --> 00:02:36,200 uprooted my hope like a tree. He has also kindled his anger 39 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,820 against me and considered me as his enemy. His troops come 40 00:02:40,820 --> 00:02:43,790 together and build up their way against me and camp around my 41 00:02:43,790 --> 00:02:47,870 tent. He has removed my brother's far from me, and my 42 00:02:47,870 --> 00:02:51,830 acquaintances are completely estranged from me. My relatives 43 00:02:51,830 --> 00:02:55,490 have failed, and my intimate friends have forgotten me. Those 44 00:02:55,490 --> 00:02:59,690 who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I 45 00:02:59,690 --> 00:03:03,650 am a foreigner in their sight. I call to my servant, but he does 46 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:08,270 not answer. I have to implore Him with my mouth. My breath is 47 00:03:08,270 --> 00:03:11,840 offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers. 48 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,610 Even young children despise me, I rise up and they speak against 49 00:03:16,610 --> 00:03:20,990 me. All my associates abhor me, and those I love if turned 50 00:03:20,990 --> 00:03:25,490 against me, my bone clings to my skin in my flesh, and I have 51 00:03:25,490 --> 00:03:30,140 escaped only by the skin of my teeth. Pity me, pity me, Oh, 52 00:03:30,140 --> 00:03:34,430 you, my friends, for the hand of God is struck me. Why do you 53 00:03:34,430 --> 00:03:39,500 persecute me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh? Oh, 54 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,920 that my words were written, oh, that they were inscribed in a 55 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,120 book, that with an iron stylus and led they were engraved in 56 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:52,220 the rock forever. As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and 57 00:03:52,220 --> 00:03:55,820 at the last he will take his stand on the earth, even after 58 00:03:55,820 --> 00:04:00,080 my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh, I shall see God whom I 59 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,400 myself shall behold, and who my eyes will see and not another. 60 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:09,860 My heart faints within me. If you say, How shall we persecute 61 00:04:09,860 --> 00:04:14,390 him? And what pretext for a case against him Can we find then be 62 00:04:14,390 --> 00:04:17,510 afraid of the sword for yourselves for wrath brings the 63 00:04:17,510 --> 00:04:20,990 punishment of the sword so that you may know there is judgment. 64 00:04:21,110 --> 00:04:27,350 Job chapter 20. Zophar from Nana said, Therefore my troubled 65 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:31,250 thoughts make me turn back because of my inner turmoil. I 66 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:35,090 hear teaching that insults me. But I am forced to answer based 67 00:04:35,090 --> 00:04:39,530 on my own understanding. Do you know this from long ago from 68 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:42,440 when humans were placed on Earth, that the rejoicing of the 69 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,610 wicked is short, the joy of the godless brief, though their 70 00:04:46,610 --> 00:04:50,030 height reaches Heaven, and their heads touch the clouds, they 71 00:04:50,030 --> 00:04:53,720 will perish forever like their dung. Those who saw them will 72 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,220 say, where are they? They will disappear like a dream, and no 73 00:04:58,220 --> 00:05:01,520 one will find them carried way. They're like a nighttime vision. 74 00:05:02,150 --> 00:05:05,930 The eye that saw them will do so no more. They won't be seen 75 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:10,400 again at home. Their children will repay the poor, their hands 76 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,080 will give back their wealth, vigor fill their bones and now 77 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,890 sleeps with them and the dust. Though wickedness is sweet in 78 00:05:18,890 --> 00:05:22,460 their mouths, they hide it under their tongues. They like it 79 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:27,080 won't let it go. They hold it in their cheeks. Food turns their 80 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,430 stomachs becoming a cobra is poison inside. They swallow 81 00:05:31,430 --> 00:05:35,210 wealth and vomited. God dislodges it from their belly. 82 00:05:35,990 --> 00:05:40,580 They suck cobras poison of vipers tongue kills them. They 83 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:43,760 won't experience the streams, rivers of honey and brooks of 84 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,690 cream. They won't receive the reward for their labor. They 85 00:05:47,690 --> 00:05:51,290 won't enjoy the wealth from their business. They crushed and 86 00:05:51,290 --> 00:05:55,610 abandoned the poor stole a house they didn't build. Didn't know 87 00:05:55,610 --> 00:05:58,670 contentment in their belly couldn't escape with their 88 00:05:58,670 --> 00:06:02,960 treasure. nothing remained of their food so their riches will 89 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,890 not endure. Even in their plenty. They are hard pressed 90 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:11,690 all sorts of trouble come on them. Let God fill their belly 91 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:15,650 unleash His burning anger on them rain punishing blows on 92 00:06:15,650 --> 00:06:19,730 them. If they flee an iron weapon, a bronze bow pierces 93 00:06:19,730 --> 00:06:23,840 them, they pull it out, but it sticks out from their backs. Its 94 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:28,010 shaft in their liver brings terror. Complete, darkness waits 95 00:06:28,010 --> 00:06:31,460 for their trusted possessions. Fire that no one's stoked 96 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:36,410 consumes them. What's left in their tent is ruined. Heaven 97 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:40,460 exposes their guilt. Earth opposes them. Their household 98 00:06:40,460 --> 00:06:43,370 wealth will be carried off by rushing streams on the day of 99 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:47,840 his anger. This is a wicked person's lot from God, their 100 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,760 heritage decreed by God. 101 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:54,980 Well, today I'd like to talk a little bit about Job 19 The 102 00:06:54,980 --> 00:06:57,800 chapter begins with job responding yet again to his 103 00:06:57,830 --> 00:07:02,450 friends turned accusers asking how long will you torment me and 104 00:07:02,450 --> 00:07:06,080 crushed me with your words, and he continues by recounting how 105 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,800 utterly miserable he's become. Even God seems to have turned 106 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,040 his back on him, even persecuting him. And yet in 107 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:18,140 verses 23 through 27, we see that indeed, Job's faith in God 108 00:07:18,140 --> 00:07:23,480 remains steadfast. He says, As for me, I know that my Redeemer 109 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,350 lives, hallelujah. Let's take a closer look at the word 110 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:33,290 Redeemer. The Hebrew word is go out G O E L, we see the Go l in 111 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,930 Joshua 27 through eight and numbers 3512 through 28 Were the 112 00:07:38,930 --> 00:07:41,870 Cities of Refuge were established. Remember, we talked 113 00:07:41,870 --> 00:07:45,920 about that on the show. In these chapters in Joshua and numbers, 114 00:07:45,950 --> 00:07:51,020 the GL L is translated as the avenger of blood. It was almost 115 00:07:51,020 --> 00:07:54,320 always the nearest family member who was appointed as go hell. 116 00:07:54,500 --> 00:07:59,360 And it was his responsibility to rightly carry out justice when a 117 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,080 family member was murdered. But it's important to note though, 118 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,010 that Old Testament justice was similar to our justice system, 119 00:08:07,250 --> 00:08:12,530 there's criminal law and civil law, the avenger of blood dealt 120 00:08:12,530 --> 00:08:17,600 with criminal law. on the civil side, the NGO L is a redeemer. 121 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,130 According to je Campbell Morgan, the gowell stood for another to 122 00:08:22,130 --> 00:08:26,180 defend his cause to avenge wrongs done to him and to acquit 123 00:08:26,180 --> 00:08:30,920 him of all charges laid against him. Steve Lawson put it this 124 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,880 way. A Redeemer was the Vindicator of one unjustly 125 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,720 wronged. He was a defender of the oppressed, a champion of the 126 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:43,250 suffering, an advocate of one unjustly accused, if you were 127 00:08:43,250 --> 00:08:46,820 ever wronged a redeemer would come and stand beside you as 128 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:51,680 your champion and advocate. So Job was saying that even though 129 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:56,270 he felt that God had abandoned him, even though he felt that 130 00:08:56,270 --> 00:09:01,670 God was wrongly persecuting him, he knew that God was his go owl, 131 00:09:01,790 --> 00:09:06,860 his closest family member, his Redeemer, his Vindicator. Job 132 00:09:06,950 --> 00:09:11,780 knew that in the end, God would make things right, all beloved, 133 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,340 to have faith like Job, even in the midst of agony and despair, 134 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,750 to know that we do have a redeemer. Charles Spurgeon said 135 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:24,920 this. Remember, too, that it was always considered to be the duty 136 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,150 of the girl, not merely to redeem by price, but where that 137 00:09:29,150 --> 00:09:34,310 failed to redeem by power. There are two redemptions, redemption 138 00:09:34,310 --> 00:09:38,510 by price and redemption by power. And both of these Christ 139 00:09:38,540 --> 00:09:43,400 hath wrought for us by price by his sacrificing upon the cross 140 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:48,110 of Calvary, and by power by His Divine Spirit coming into our 141 00:09:48,110 --> 00:09:53,450 heart and renewing our soul. I love Charles Spurgeon. Beloved, 142 00:09:53,510 --> 00:09:57,980 Jesus is even now advocating for you and for me at the throne of 143 00:09:57,980 --> 00:10:02,780 God. He has redeemed us with his blood. And when the enemy the 144 00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:08,180 accuser brings charges against us, Jesus is there to say, No, 145 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,560 this one is mine. And I have paid the price for this precious 146 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:19,880 one. Tell me your thoughts, call the Lifespring family Hotline at 147 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:25,010 plus 1-951-732-8511 Or write me an email at Steve at Lifespring 148 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,360 media.com. Or go to comment Lifespring media.com. Tomorrow 149 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,620 is prophecy Friday and we'll read Isaiah 56 through 61. 150 00:10:41,990 --> 00:10:45,380 Our associate producer today is Howie who sent in a $100 151 00:10:45,380 --> 00:10:48,860 donation. Well, he thank you so very much. I appreciate you, 152 00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:52,820 brother. God bless you. Beloved value for value is why I can 153 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:56,000 keep the Show coming to you seven days a week. 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I'm being sincere here please do pray 164 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,950 about it and then go to lifespringmedia.com/support. 165 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,720 Christmas question number 15 comes in from Sandra Kim. Sandra 166 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,930 has been a Lifespring member at least since last season, if I'm 167 00:11:45,930 --> 00:11:50,130 not mistaken, and she asks When and why did the Advent tradition 168 00:11:50,130 --> 00:11:53,550 begin and who started it? Sandra says I'm enjoying these 169 00:11:53,550 --> 00:11:57,360 Christmas tidbits each day. Thanks. Well, thank you, Sandra. 170 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,640 It's great to hear from you again. And I'm so glad you're 171 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,430 enjoying these informative little moments with James. Me 172 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:04,470 too. So James, you're up. 173 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,570 James Cooper: Many of us will have opened an advent calendar 174 00:12:06,630 --> 00:12:09,900 or perhaps even listen Advent candle. But what's it all about? 175 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:13,560 Well, Advent is the period of force on Days and weeks before 176 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:16,410 Christmas. Or if you're using a calendar, it's normally from the 177 00:12:16,410 --> 00:12:19,890 first of December to Christmas Day. Advent means coming in 178 00:12:19,890 --> 00:12:24,270 Latin. And this is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians 179 00:12:24,270 --> 00:12:27,270 have used these four Sundays and weeks of Advent for hundreds of 180 00:12:27,270 --> 00:12:30,360 years to prepare for the real meaning of Christmas. But there 181 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,200 are three meanings of coming. The first is the most tilt of my 182 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,170 hand about 2000 years ago, when Jesus came into the world as a 183 00:12:37,170 --> 00:12:41,610 baby. The second meaning of coming in Advent is now when we 184 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:45,210 can accept Jesus into our lives. And the third meaning of coming 185 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,730 he's actually sometimes called to second coming by Christians 186 00:12:47,910 --> 00:12:50,400 as it will happen in the future when Jesus will come back to the 187 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,990 world as judging him and not as a baby. Advent starts with 188 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:58,650 advent Sunday, and that can be from the 27th of November, when 189 00:12:58,650 --> 00:13:02,700 Advent is the longest it can be as it was in 2016. And it was in 190 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:06,540 this year. And the Advent can also be as late as the third of 191 00:13:06,540 --> 00:13:09,690 December when advence The shortest it can be as it was in 192 00:13:09,690 --> 00:13:14,490 2023. And it will be next year. And when only starts on the 193 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:17,340 first of December when Christmas days on a Wednesday, which will 194 00:13:17,340 --> 00:13:21,120 happen in 24. So we've had the longest Advent next year will be 195 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,840 the shortest Advent and then in 2024 will have Advent on the 196 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,590 first of December. No one's really sure when Advent was 197 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:32,880 first celebrated, but it dates back to at least 567 When monks 198 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,860 were ordered to fast during December leading up to 199 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:39,390 Christmas. And still today. Some people fast, don't eat anything 200 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:42,180 or don't eat certain foods during Advent to help them 201 00:13:42,180 --> 00:13:45,510 concentrate on preparing for Jesus is coming. In many 202 00:13:45,510 --> 00:13:48,570 Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. Advent actually lasts 203 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:52,200 for 40 full days. And it starts on the 15th of November and it's 204 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,550 called the Nativity fast. In medieval and pre medieval times 205 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:59,520 in parts of England, there was an early form of nativity scene 206 00:13:59,550 --> 00:14:03,600 called an Advent image or even a vessel cup. They were a box 207 00:14:03,630 --> 00:14:06,480 often with a glass lid and was covered with a white napkin. 208 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:09,330 They contain two dolls representing Mary and the baby 209 00:14:09,330 --> 00:14:12,840 Jesus. The box was decorated with ribbons and flowers and 210 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,990 sometimes apples. They were carried around from door to 211 00:14:15,990 --> 00:14:18,900 door. It was thought to be very unlucky if you hadn't seen a box 212 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:22,350 before Christmas Eve. People often paid the box carriers or 213 00:14:22,350 --> 00:14:26,370 hate me or half penny to see the box and we have Christmas carols 214 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,370 but some of those are actually Advent carols. These include 215 00:14:29,370 --> 00:14:33,330 people look east come down unexpected Jesus. Lo he comes in 216 00:14:33,330 --> 00:14:36,630 clouds descending on Jordan's banks, the Baptist cries and 217 00:14:36,630 --> 00:14:39,420 perhaps the most popular Advent song of all Oh Come O Come 218 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:43,290 Emmanuel. Using candles to countdown Advent have been done 219 00:14:43,290 --> 00:14:46,890 so for hundreds of years. Lutheran churches in Scandinavia 220 00:14:46,890 --> 00:14:49,950 use 24 little candles to countdown through December from 221 00:14:49,950 --> 00:14:53,820 the 1700s you can get Advent candles now where you burn a bit 222 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:55,920 each day and you have to remember to blow it out before 223 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,830 it burned through seven days and you've missed a week. I've done 224 00:14:58,830 --> 00:15:01,920 that on more than one occasion. and you can get an Advent crown 225 00:15:02,070 --> 00:15:05,160 and they're often used in churches. The crown is made up 226 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,010 of a wreath of greenery or candle stand and it has four 227 00:15:08,010 --> 00:15:10,260 candles around the outside and one in the middle or in a 228 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:13,740 separate place. The first candle is lit on the first Sunday of 229 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:16,770 Advent, two candles are lit on the second Sunday of Advent and 230 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:20,310 so on. Each candle has a different meaning. And different 231 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,620 churches have given them different meanings over the 232 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:25,050 years and it can be very confusing working out who does 233 00:15:25,050 --> 00:15:28,290 what, on what Sunday. But what I was taught when I was growing up 234 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:31,020 was that the first represents Isaiah and the other prophets in 235 00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:33,660 the Bible that predicted the coming of Jesus. The second 236 00:15:33,660 --> 00:15:36,750 represents the Bible. The third represents Mary, the mother of 237 00:15:36,750 --> 00:15:39,660 Jesus. And sometimes this has a pink or different colored candle 238 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:43,110 in many churches. And the full Sunday represents John the 239 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:46,530 Baptist, Jesus, his cousin who told the people of Israel to get 240 00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:49,860 ready for Jesus. The middle or separate candle is lit on 241 00:15:49,860 --> 00:15:52,740 Christmas Day and represents Jesus the light of the world. 242 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,070 Perhaps the most common way of counting down Advent, well, 243 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:59,700 really December, all the advent calendars that are so ubiquitous 244 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:02,670 these days, and now they normally have chocolate, which 245 00:16:02,670 --> 00:16:06,300 is a good thing. In the 19th century German Protestant 246 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:09,150 Christians countdown to Christmas by marking 20 virtual 247 00:16:09,150 --> 00:16:13,350 blinds on a door and rubbing one off every day in December. Paper 248 00:16:13,350 --> 00:16:16,260 calendars became popular in Germany around the early 1900s. 249 00:16:16,290 --> 00:16:19,860 Although some people had made their own from the 1850s. That 250 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:22,800 is a debate about exactly when the first mass produced calendar 251 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,970 was made. But it was in the first decade of the 1900s. The 252 00:16:26,970 --> 00:16:30,510 first paper calendars consisted of two pieces of paper, a blank 253 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:33,480 piece of card with the numbers one to 24 printed on it, and 254 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,700 then a separate sheet of pictures that you cut out on 255 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:38,850 stick on to the numbers. The first calendars with doors were 256 00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:42,750 made in Germany in the 1920s. The first record of an advent 257 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:46,740 calendar in the UK was in 1956. And I imagine it'd be similar in 258 00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:51,180 the USA. The first calendar was chocolate, it was made in 1958. 259 00:16:51,630 --> 00:16:54,270 And here in the UK, Cadbury's made their first chocolate 260 00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:58,590 calendar in 1971. However, they didn't really sell many to start 261 00:16:58,590 --> 00:17:01,500 with. Chocolate calendars only really became popular in the 262 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:05,490 1980s. But there are other forms of calendar as well. Some 263 00:17:05,490 --> 00:17:08,790 European countries such as Gemini, use a reefer with 24 264 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,760 bags hanging from it. And each bag or box, there's a little 265 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,510 prison. So I think it's time for me to like my Advent candle 266 00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:18,360 today. And then I've also got to remember to blow it out. 267 00:17:18,450 --> 00:17:20,760 Steve Webb: Well, that's where having a timer on the old cell 268 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,030 phone comes in handy. I use the timer app on my phone several 269 00:17:24,030 --> 00:17:27,120 times a day. And by the way, James, you just confirmed that 270 00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:30,360 you and the lovely lady Leanne would get along famously because 271 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,180 as soon as she hears this, she's gonna want to run right out to 272 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:36,780 get a chocolate advent calendar to Thank you, James for 273 00:17:36,780 --> 00:17:40,080 answering Sandra's question. And thank you Sandra for sending it 274 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,680 in. Now, beloved, it's time for you to send in your Christmas 275 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,950 question. I'm running out. I'd like to be able to feature one 276 00:17:46,950 --> 00:17:50,430 Christmas question on each show until Christmas. So I need you 277 00:17:50,430 --> 00:17:53,580 to pick up the slack. And to sweeten the offer. Of course I'm 278 00:17:53,580 --> 00:17:56,940 having a drawing on Christmas Day. I'm going to give away two 279 00:17:56,940 --> 00:18:00,360 pairs of tickets to the upcoming movie Jesus revolution which 280 00:18:00,360 --> 00:18:03,360 will be released in February 23. And in order to be in the 281 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:06,270 drawing you just have to send in a Christmas question for every 282 00:18:06,270 --> 00:18:09,720 question you send in you'll get an entry also on Christmas day 283 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,510 I'm going to have a drawing for a signed copy of my book webs 284 00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:15,300 easy Bible names pronunciation guide and to be entered into 285 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:18,090 that drawing your question will have to be one that was answered 286 00:18:18,090 --> 00:18:21,090 on the show. So send your questions to Steve at Lifespring 287 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:24,750 media.com and put Christmas question in the subject line. 288 00:18:31,650 --> 00:18:34,320 For our Christmas music today I've got a jazzy little 289 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:39,360 treatment of We Three Kings by E type jag until tomorrow may God 290 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:42,390 bless you richly thank you for inviting me to be a part of your 291 00:18:42,390 --> 00:18:44,040 day. My name is Steve Webb 292 00:18:55,110 --> 00:19:00,000 Music: We Three Kings of evolving and bearing gifts we 293 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:08,490 traverse field and fall to mourn mountain following your Mr. O 294 00:19:08,490 --> 00:19:17,400 star one star nine star with beauty Westwood leading still 295 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:27,690 proceeding guide us to that vana king bed God I bring to crown 296 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:41,580 him again. King for embassy sing wonders star star with beauty 297 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:48,330 bride Westwood leading still seating got us to that perfect 298 00:20:16,890 --> 00:20:24,510 consents to offer incense owns a day of prayer and raising 299 00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:34,590 raising worshiping God on the star of night start with raw 300 00:20:34,860 --> 00:20:42,240 beauty right leading still proceeding got us to that big 301 00:20:42,270 --> 00:21:17,310 lie It's better for breathe a lot of gathering gloom sorrow 302 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:25,380 and sighing bleeding time sailed in the Stone of two Oh star upon 303 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:32,160 the star of nine star with royal beauty bride Westwood leading 304 00:21:32,160 --> 00:22:03,000 still proceeding God has to perfect Scott stop we're gonna 305 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:03,330 shoot