How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

When reading the Bible, a good rule to keep in mind is, not all of it is to us, but no matter where you turn in the Word of God, it is all for us.

You know, those are wise words from our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, as we begin our study on Through the Bible.

Welcome. I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and I'm so glad that you're here as the Bible bus steers back to the Old Testament and the little book of Neum.

And while Neum may have lived a long time ago, Dr. McGee shows us his message is relevant for us today.

Before we jump into Chapter 1, though, let's listen to Dr. McGee's introduction.

The news media played it up for all it was worth.

Arwell predicted in 1948 that man would become captive to an electronic system

headed up by a world dictator who was labeled,

Big Brother is watching you.

And of course he took 1948 and turned 48 around and made it the year 84. And that is the reason he picked that year. It could have been any other year,

of course. Now, publicity writers have marveled at Orwell almost pictured the present hour, and that all systems

indicated that we were moving toward a world dictator who would use the electronic system

to accomplish his purpose and to come into power.

Now, the word of God has predicted for over 2,000 years that there is coming a world dictator

who is labeled Antichrist, and some of us have preached about his coming without very little impression being made.

In fact, some of us have made no impact as much as Orwell has made. Well, Arwell didn't quite hit it,

but the word of God has.

And I've said repeatedly in my ministry that the day is coming when there will be one button

that will control the future of the world.

And the man who gets to that button and sits at a desk where that button is, he will be the Antichrist. He'll be the one

that will rule the world. He is the coming world dictator, and he is the big brother who's

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