God's Response to Dictators | Torah | Genesis 40

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Why do evil things happen? If God is in control, why do bad people come into power? How does God react to evil and brokenness? In today's episode, Patrick shares how Genesis 40 gives a peek into God's sovereignty over leaders of nations (even in 2022). Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Genesis 40 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.6	I'm Patrick Miller.
0:11.6	Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.
0:14.8	As I've watched news unfold from Ukraine, I found myself in a deep state of shock in mourning.
0:22.0	I mean these stories of residential neighborhoods
0:24.6	shelled by Russians, hospitals, schools, and it seems like they're actually
0:28.9	trying to kill civilians, to force people to flee and to ultimately leave their lives in
0:34.8	rubble it's it's awful. Every day civilians are being forced to take up arms to
0:38.7	defend their lives, their country, their property. Shuttons, elderly people who can't flee, they're being cared for by brave men and
0:46.0	women who are willingly putting their lives at risk just to get these people food and water.
0:51.9	And of course the death toll has been awful. On both sides, tens of thousands of
0:56.0	Russians, there's also Ukrainian casualties, these are all image-bearish destroyed by bombs and bullets. And it begs a question, why? Why do these things happen?
1:07.0	The answer in this case isn't hard to understand. The reason why is Vladimir Putin.
1:12.1	COVID seems to have taken him out of touch with reality,
1:15.0	so much so that he actually thinks he is justified in invading Ukraine.
1:19.0	But he's just like all dictators,
1:21.0	they're all out of touch with reality and in a much much deeper way than just
1:25.3	whatever COVID isolation causes. They are out of touch with reality in an idolatrous way.
1:32.4	Vladimir Putin has put himself into the place of God.
1:35.1	He is redefining good and evil and forcibly taking lives
1:39.1	as he sees fit.
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