With an engaging mix of humor and sincere reflection, Doctor David Spoon tackles the theme of expectation in the Christian life as he gears up listeners for the coming year. He urges his audience to consider whether they are ready to expect more from God in 2024 or if they are merely coasting through life. Spoon emphasizes that faith is dynamic and calls for believers to actively seek God’s blessings and interventions. By sharing personal anecdotes and biblical principles, he creates a compelling case for adopting a mindset that is open to divine possibilities, encouraging listeners to believe that God can work wonders in their lives if only they dare to expect it.

Transitioning into a deeper theological exploration, Spoon dives into the Book of Revelation, inviting listeners to reflect on the powerful imagery of Jesus presented in the text. He discusses how the descriptions of Christ serve as a reminder of His sovereignty and glory, contrasting the familiar figure of Jesus seen during His earthly ministry with the awe-inspiring vision presented to John. Spoon highlights that understanding these images is essential for Christians today, as they shape our perspective on faith, hope, and the future. He advocates for a respectful engagement with differing theological views, emphasizing that the goal is to draw closer to God rather than to engage in divisive arguments.

The episode concludes with Spoon leading a heartfelt prayer for various needs, from national issues to personal struggles, reinforcing the podcast’s focus on community and connection. By encouraging listeners to share their own prayer requests and testimonies, Spoon fosters an environment where faith can flourish collectively. This blend of scriptural insight, personal engagement, and communal prayer encapsulates the essence of the David Spoon Experience, making it not just a broadcast but a vital part of listeners' spiritual journeys.

Takeaways:

• Doctor David Spoon emphasizes the importance of expecting more from God in 2024, urging listeners to raise their expectations and embrace faith.
• The podcast discusses how engaging with the Bible should be a personal journey, fostering a closer relationship with God without judgment of differing interpretations.
• Listeners are encouraged to share their praises and prayer requests, highlighting the community aspect of faith and support during challenging times.
• Throughout the episode, there is a strong emphasis on the character of Jesus as depicted in Revelation, showcasing His power, wisdom, and authority.
• The podcast underlines the importance of prayer, reminding listeners that God desires to be pursued and engaged with in a meaningful way.

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Welcome to the David Spoon experience.

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My name is Doctor David Spoon and I'll be your host for the next 5,400,000 milliseconds.

Get ready for one of the more bizarre experiences on live radio.

Here is the key to the show.

We don't know what we're doing.

We have no idea what's going to happen, and we don't care.

But for the next few minutes, I want to talk biblical love with you.

So here we go.

We're asking questions about living life as a Christian.

That thing right there.

And it is Thursday.

And on Thursday we ask the same question every week, and we'll do so until the end of the year.

Yes, I challenge you in the name of the Lord.

Are you expecting the Lord to do more, or are you in the I just want to survive mode?

Let me tell you something about expecting more.

When you put up the sales and you have an expectation, even though there's no wind, supernaturally the wind comes blowing through because you are offering faith, and faith pleases God, and God moves in people's lives who believe anything is possible to him that believes, referring to believing in the Lord.

So are you expecting more?

Are you going, you know what?

It's kind of like October.

I got to get through this, you know, this election season, then get through Thanksgiving and then Christmas, then New Year's, and then I'll start expecting more.

Wrong answer.

So take that six level of expectation and turn it upside down and make it a nine so that you can see the power, the glory, the anointing of goddess rushing through into your lives, into your circumstances, into your family, into your job, into your existence.

If you have an opinion, a comment, a thought or a question, don't let it die of loneliness.

Just reach out and give us a call.

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Hello.

Thank you, David.

Happy Thursday.

Happy Thursday to you, my friend.

Is all well this Thursday for thou.

All well so far?

How's your Thursday going?

Going very, very good.

Not a challenge.

I've been a lot of doing a lot of study on the revelation.

So people are going to be hearing things.

They're going to be like going, whoa.

Which is okay.

Remember what we said as we get into the book of Revelation.

You don't have to agree with what I say.

What you have to do is make sure that as you read the book of Revelation, as you study, as you get involved between you and the Lord, you come to the right conclusions without judging other people who have different conclusions.

That's all we're saying.

You just want to make sure that every time you're engaging in the word of God, you're using it to draw closer to the Lord, to bring honor to him, to bless others.

And that doesn't mean you have to go around going, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right.

That's really not the way to do that.

Okay, so we'll be excited about that.

We're getting into that.

By the way, I do want to check with Jam and Jacob, but do you have to work this weekend or do you have some time off this weekend?

I don't have to work this weekend.

Next weekend I'll be working.

So I do have a couple of days off.

Well, good for you.

That's really good.

And we'll get into why that's important when we get into Jake's take.

Yes, we will.

Yes.

In the last 60 minutes, and I will tell you right now that also in that last 60 minutes, I think we're going to be bringing the book of acts to a conclusion.

So that'll be exciting.

But we're not quite there yet.

Here's the bottom line.

The bottom line is you can reach out and call us.

Yes, it's a telephone and no, it won't hurt you.

You can also text us.

He must increase from John 330.

He must increase.

I must decrease.org comma, we're a nonprofit entity.

That's why.

So you can either call us, text us, or email us.

Why?

Why?

Why?

Because maybe you have a praise report.

Maybe the Lord has done something phenomenal for you and you know it.

Here's an opportunity to share it.

It will bless others.

It will bless you.

It will honor God.

Maybe you've got a prayer request.

Got these things got to take care of.

We're going to be praying, obviously, we're going to be praying for the Florida people and the rescue issues.

I also want to pray for our country as well as ish, as well as Israel.

And then I want to pray for a couple of people's hurting lives.

They got some pain in there.

We want to pray for that.

We'll get to that.

But I just want you to be aware, if you got something that could be family, could be finances, could be job, could be situational, it doesn't matter.

Don't you understand how much God loves you?

He wants you to petition him.

All you got to do is look at Matthew seven seven.

Ask, seek, knock.

These are all things Jesus is encouraging us to do in the sermon on the mount of to pursue God, get that.

He wants to be pursued.

You know, he knows what you want.

Silly, silly.

Of course he knows.

He's omniscient, but he wants you to spend time with him.

That's where it really kicks in.

That's where the great understanding of faith comes in.

It's not about being robotic, it's about being relationship connected.

Epigenosa is the word knowledge used in the New Testament multiple times.

It's knowledge by contact.

So we want contact with God.

So if you got a prayer report, awesome.

If you've got a prayer request, awesome.

Let's petition together as brothers and sisters and seek the help of God.

If you got a scripture or something you want to share, awesome.

Our bent is a little off of the politics.

It's not deeply into politics.

I think everybody knows that by now.

Or if you're new, we're not deeply into politics.

We're deeply into encouraging one another as we see the day of Jesus Christ.

Get closer and closer.

And for those that don't know, I'm a manifold millennialist.

Don't bother.

You won't find it in Google.

Here's the bottom line.

There are many great eschatological approaches, and you don't have to beat one another over it to prove you're right or wrong.

What's amazing is in many of the eschatologies, there are phenomenal elements that we can use to draw near to the Lord now, and that's what we're all about.

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.

James.

Four eight.

And then it doesn't matter how it breaks down, does it?

Cause you're with the Lord.

Ah, that's a good idea.

All right, so let's go to prayer.

We're gonna pray for Florida, and I want to pray for the rescues.

I do want to pray for our country.

There's a lot of angsthenne in the country as well as for Israel.

And then I want to pray for a couple of brothers and sisters.

So take your faith and just stretch it in your heart.

You don't have to stretch out your hand, but you can.

People do that as a symbolic way of kind of extending their faith.

Nothing bizarre or weird.

There's nothing bad about that.

The Lord doesn't mind stuff like that.

That's silly.

But let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now.

We thank you, we praise you, we honor you, we acknowledge you.

You are the king of the universe, and nothing is taking place outside of you.

There is nothing the enemy does that you are not aware of.

He has to ask permission.

And, Lord, there are so many things set up in motion from a prophetic point of view that are going to take place whether people think so or not.

It's not relevant.

Your truth is relevant, not man's opinion.

And we just thank you for who you are and for the love and the graciousness and the stability that you've brought into our lives.

And we lift up the people in Florida who are going through it right now.

Lord, give the rescue workers graces.

Give the people who are suffering mercies, and let them as a.

As a people, pull up out of this.

And, Lord, even for the continued rescue efforts that are taking place in North Carolina and other places that people will still be found alive and testify to your grace in that situation.

We pray for our country.

So much division within us, Lord, but you know what?

Not ours, but your will be done.

And blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.

And may we as a nation turn our face to you.

Let the righteous rise and the wicked.

We pray for Israel and the peace of Israel, exactly as your word commands.

Protect Israel, the apple of your eye.

And for our brothers and sisters.

Some have very serious illnesses.

Some, Lord, have deep pains.

You think of Joanne and the pain she has in her leg.

And we think of the different people, like Jeanette, who's going through a couple of different things at the same time.

Brotherhood, brother ace, of course, and Gary and so many others who are hurting.

We are asking for your grace, your healing power, your mercy, your manifestation of the kingdom of God in their bodies and in their lives.

For you tell us the kingdom is amongst us.

Have mercy on us as a people.

We turn our face to you.

We ask for grace, we ask for mercy, we ask for a pouring out of your love.

We lift all this up and pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior.

Amen.

And amen.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and creatures of all ages and sizes, into the book of revelation.

We go.

We're in revelation, chapter one.

We're picking it up at verse 13.

Actually, we'll go back to verse twelve just for one particular reason.

Then we'll get into verse 13.

Here it is, verse twelve.

Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me.

And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

Verse 13.

And in the midst of the seven lampstands, one like the son of man, clothed with a garment down to his feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes like a flame of fire.

His feet were like fine brass as it refined in a furnace.

His voice, the sound of many waters.

And he had in his right hand seven stars.

And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword.

And his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

Wow.

If you are John, if you are John the apostle, who has now his the senior apostle, no if, ands or buts.

92, 93, 94, maybe 95 ad writing this letter and the last, I just want you to think about this is John.

He's right.

And we've talked about it, but it's just amazing.

I don't think people catch it right.

John turns to see Jesus.

And as he turns, he is in for the shock of his life.

Remember, the last time John saw Jesus was the ascension.

When he saw him that close, that tight.

Right.

And now he's seeing a very different Jesus.

There are some scholars that believe that they look at the twelve disciples and they look at Peter, James and John as the tighter three.

And then John is the tightest, the closest.

Right.

So close that Jesus gave his mother to John to watch over.

That's pretty close.

So you could make a good argument saying, yeah, yeah.

Well, I mean, he was pretty close.

And let's keep in mind, like I said, the last time John saw Jesus with the magnitude had to do with the ascension.

So let's just be honest.

This is an entirely different looking Jesus.

Can I emphasize that?

That's not to say anything negative.

It's just this Jesus that's being presented in revelation, chapter one looks substantially different than the Jesus during the ascension.

So now there's some theological arguments.

Well, it's the glorified one that we're going to see.

No, it's the one we saw at the ascension.

Here's the answer.

Nobody knows.

I mean, right?

I mean, nobody knows.

We know that we're going to see him as he is and then we'll be like him.

Got that?

So that's cool.

We can live with that.

And what we do know is that the next time John sees Jesus, it blows his little mind.

It does.

And I want to pick up one thing and start on this, on the discussion.

If you remember in the very beginning of this, quote unquote epistle, in the very beginning of this letter, let's say that it says this, the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to show his servants things which must shortly take place.

And he sent it and signified it.

We reviewed the greek word for signify.

It means to communicate by symbol.

Now, we know there are symbols taking place in this book, otherwise you wouldn't use the word signify.

It would be ridiculous.

And what we do find out is in the very beginning, in verse twelve and 13, the word seven, the word seven.

In fact, in the book of Revelation, the word seven is used 55, at a minimum 55 times.

Some people say it's 49.

That has to do with their forgiveness.

No, it's not.

It could be 50.

It's much more likely 55.

Could even be 57.

It's not the point.

Why in one book are we seeing the number 750 times?

Well, there has to be a reason.

And then you have to consider, well, what then does seven represent, what does it symbolize?

What does that communicate to us?

What do you think of when you think of seven?

Now, because many people have been trained in a certain source of a certain realm of interpretation, many people are going to say seven means God or seven means perfection.

Could be that could, there's nothing wrong with that.

It could also mean completed, because the world was created in six days and God rested on the 7th and it makes one week.

It could also miss.

Seven also can mean rest by its own definition.

So it can be completed, rest, God, perfection, could be any of those.

Probably is all of those.

You see, here's my contention that I want you to follow with me on this.

When somebody is reading the book of Revelation, and they read something about something that's very picturesque, and the picture they get connects them to Jesus and it draws them closer to Jesus, but somebody has that same picture, it draws them closer to Jesus, but they see a little bit different of an angle.

Do you think God's going, well, I'm mad about that because I wanted everybody to have this point of view.

That's absurd.

When you read a passage and then ten years later you read that passage, and ten years later you read that passage, it's the same passage.

It's you that's changing.

And God is emphasizing a different thing at a different time.

And so when people look at these syllables, they're like going, wowzer, bowser.

And it impacts them differently.

As long as it's impacting them for the glory of goddess and it's not being used or abused, who cares?

I mean, it's like, what?

Big deal.

Okay.

And I'll give you a great example here.

You have the very first thing.

Jesus.

There's Jesus.

John sees Jesus.

He's clothed with a garment down to his feet and girded about with a chest with a golden band.

There's some people that think that represents his priestly garments.

Sounds pretty good to me.

I don't got a problem with that.

Other people think that just shows his royalty.

Sounds good to me.

I don't have a problem with that.

What's wrong with that?

Do I care about that?

No, he's completely covered.

That's the key.

The whole element is the garment goes all the way down to his feet, and it's a gold chest.

About his band, well, we know gold is pretty valuable.

There's a lot there.

And you could say, well, that gold is around his heart.

It means Jesus has a golden heart.

That would be true, too.

None of that would be wrong.

His head and his hair were white like wool.

What is that?

White as snow, by the way, it's not just gray head.

I do have to make a point here.

It's white like snow.

It's not gray.

I mean, if you've ever been in snow in your entire life, one thing is if you go outside to the snow, where it's freshly snowed, and if the sun is out, you have to wear sunglasses.

It's so blinding.

It's like wowzer bowser.

It's not gray.

It doesn't mean he's just old, right?

I mean, that's just not good.

And different people have a different understanding.

Some people believe that that white represents a divine wisdom, and some people believe it represents a sort of infinity, like a foreverness.

Great.

And you're like, well, I think it's this great.

Some people think it's maturity, right?

Because of Daniel's vision of the ancient ones.

Cool.

I think all of those are nifty, don't you?

It just shows how powerful Jesus is.

Then what's the next thing that's seen right after the.

His.

His hair is his head and his hair white like wool.

Not gray.

White like wool, like snow.

His eyes like a flame of fire.

Well, here's the one thing I can think of about eyes.

They see flame of fire means that it's.

I mean, it's almost like it's tested or it's.

It kind of cooks away the stuff that ain't there because we know that we get tried in the fire.

It's like, I can go with that.

That's pretty cool.

Other people see it a little bit differently.

How do they see it?

They see it as fire being something that just penetrates.

Okay, that's cool.

Guess what?

Jesus is all of those things.

He's penetrating in his eyes.

He sees everything.

There's nothing that he doesn't cook away.

That's not rubbish.

He sees through all of the ridiculous.

Piercing through pretense.

Cool.

The one I love is the next one.

People are like, what do you mean you love the next one?

The next one that's mentioned is the feet that are like brass.

He says this.

He says his feet were like fine brass, as if.

As if refined in the furnace.

One of the number one interpretations for that has to do with brass being judgment.

I think that's fine.

That's not my preference.

I think that's fine, though.

What do I think of brass?

And what do I think of feet?

Feet have to do with stability, and brass has to do with solid stability.

It's a firmness.

It's a security.

I love that notion.

I love that idea.

It makes me look at Jesus and think, totally stable, totally secure.

Totally, my king.

Immovable.

Can't just push Jesus around.

Doesn't work that way.

I love that.

But how about the next thing?

Oh, my.

His feet were like fine brasses refined in a furnace.

And his voice as the sound of many waters.

What do you mean, the voice?

The sound of many waters.

What do you mean, the sound of many waters?

Is powerful.

Well, what is the voice of God?

Well, it was the voice of God that spoke, and the universe came into existence.

What does that thundering mean?

It means power.

It means the sound of the almighty.

Aren't those just awesome?

This is what John is seeing.

Last time he saw Jesus, it's like, see you later, alligator.

Now he's looking at him going, whoa.

Completely different.

And if you have a preference in regarding the brass feet being more judgment or the brass feet being stable, cool.

I love you in the Lord.

You see, what we do is we pick a side.

Hey, this isn't football.

This is the kingdom of God, and we are inclusive in Jesus.

Only one way to get in through Jesus Christ.

Once you're in, you find out it's a little wider than you thought, but you have to get in through the narrow gate.

So you're sitting there going, wow, look at all these different things.

And that voice, the power and the voice of goddess.

God speaks.

It happens.

Okay, I'm in all the way, right?

Anybody can argue with that.

How do you argue with that?

And then he says this, and then in his right hand is the seven stars.

We'll stop on this one.

His right hand is the seven stars.

We already know the seven stars are the seven churches.

Nobody has.

Jesus already told us that.

Okay, but what does that mean, that it's in his right hand?

What does that have to do with anything?

Some people think that's acceptance and blessing.

Since the blessings were typically done with the right hand, other people think that it's different, that the right hand means closeness.

So close, so connected, so touched that he touches.

I want you to know something.

God has touched you, and that touching, that brings a close hand.

Another group of people think that's really protection.

Absolutely.

Does Jesus not protect you?

Does he not put his hand over you and protect you and watch over you?

All of those things?

This is what I want people to learn from the book of revelation.

You want to have an eschatology that runs a particular direction.

Have it, keep it, love it, embrace it.

But you want to enjoy this part of it with other brothers and sisters who don't see it the exact same way, but also love the Lord.

Listen to what's being said.

These things represent greatness from God.

And what John is getting in message, without any reservation, is, I am here, I am in charge.

Remember what Jesus said?

All authority in heaven and earth has been given unto me.

So what does that mean?

It means all authority in heaven and earth has been given unto Jesus.

And now we get this little picture, this small little picture of Jesus in charge.

You almost get the impression that if you saw Jesus way, you'd be like, okay, whatever that guy says, sure, okay.

But all of these attributes are fundamentally powerful.

Attributes that help us lean, connect, have reverence, awe, appreciation, fear and glory unto the Lord.

And that's what they're supposed to do.

So as you've heard all that and you're picking and thinking and thinking, can it be that much fun?

Can it be that much engagement and that interaction?

Yes, because that's how great God is.

That is the picture that John saw of Jesus.

And we're not even done.

Okay.

All right, we'll take our break and then we'll come back.

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I think we'll open up with.

I've decided to open up with a.

Story that I wasn't going to open up with because it's such an outrageous story.

But it's not an outrageously super bad story.

It's an outrageously super dumb story.

There's a big difference.

Bad is when I tell you, which I'll be telling you probably in the next segment, how the federal government is creating a database to track down hate speech as they define it.

That's bad.

We'll talk about that a little bit.

This is dumb, but it's funny.

Dumb, dumb, ha ha.

Funny, but not entirely.

Get this.

Now I'm holding a picture in my hand.

You can't see it, but there are four monkeys in this picture that I'm holding.

And the headline reads this, millions in taxpayer money used to study drunken monkeys.

No.

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Really.

Drunken monkeys.

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