Welcome to
3ABN's Fall Camp Meeting
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Homecoming 2010
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featuring inspired
messages from your 3ABN family
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along with
uplifting Christian music
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all to prepare your heart
for the coming of the Lord.
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Good morning. I am so happy
to see every one of you here.
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Did you have a
good night last night?
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Everybody slept good?
We're having beautiful
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sleeping weather and you
know it's supposed to get cooler
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tonight. Did you
hear that on the weather?
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That gives it
even... I sleep better
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when it's nice
and cold like that.
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Well I want to welcome all
of you here in southern Illinois
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and I want to welcome
you that are watching us
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from around the world.
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Welcome to 3ABN's
Homecoming Weekend.
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Just a joy to have you with us.
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You that are watching on 3ABN
and listening on 3ABN radio:
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we have a listening
audience around the world
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and we just
welcome every one of you.
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Well this morning we are going
to be blessed with John Dinzey.
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John Dinzey has been
with 3ABN for almost 21 years.
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He has served
in many capacities.
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He was head of our pastoral
department for quite some time.
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And then about 7 years
ago the Spirit of the Lord
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really started
moving on his heart
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and he with a few others
approached Danny about having
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a Latino network... a
Spanish-speaking network.
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And he is now
manager of 3ABN Latino
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and speaks all over the world -
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in the Spanish-speaking
areas of the world.
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Does a tremendous job.
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And this morning he's going to
be speaking on the red heifer.
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I'm looking
forward to hearing that.
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I love that subject. And... but
before Pastor Dinzey comes...
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All of you are
familiar with Tammy Chance.
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Tammy's going to come
now and she's going to sing
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a beautiful song for us.
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A friend of Dr. Walter
Thompson and Avon Thompson -
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his name is Leslie Keyes
- wrote a beautiful song.
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The name of the song is
I Can't Wait To Go Home,
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and Tammy's going
to sing it for us.
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In the struggles of this life
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I have often
failed to trust Him.
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I am tired of this old world
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we call home.
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I am looking for the coming
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of my blessed Lord and Savior.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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He has made me, He has kept me
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in the hollow of His hand.
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He is coming soon to take me
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home with Him.
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I still love Him;
I still trust Him;
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I will praise His name forever.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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When I trust in His Word
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all my troubles seem to vanish.
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I have peace
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that I don't understand.
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But my house here is worthless
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and I long to see my Savior.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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He has made me; He has kept me
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in the hollow of His hand.
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He is coming soon to take
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me home with Him.
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I still love Him;
I still trust Him;
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I will praise His name forever.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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When I think of my home
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that is waiting over yonder
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all the riches of this world
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begin to fade.
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God has promised He is coming
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and will take home to heaven.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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He has made me; He has kept me
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in the hollow of His hand.
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He is coming soon to take
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me home with Him.
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I still love Him;
I still trust Him;
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I will praise His name forever.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go home.
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I'm His child...
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I can't wait to go
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home.
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Amen! Praise the Lord, Amen?
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The Lord is good
all the time. Amen.
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Well today we have the privilege
to study God's Word together.
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And I'm so glad you're here.
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And we encourage you to open
your Bibles and follow along.
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We are going to
dig into God's Word.
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The first passage
we are going to turn to
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is in the book of Acts.
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The book of Acts
chapter 1, actually,
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and that's where we are going
to begin as soon as we pray.
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We have prayed, but I'd
like to go to the Lord in prayer
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again if you don't mind.
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And I'm going to kneel here -
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you're welcome to remain
seated - and pray for yourselves
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and for myself. We're
asking for the Lord to bless
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each and every one of us here
and those of course that are
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joining us at home. And
so we now take this moment
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to pray and ask for the
Lord's blessing upon us all.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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how great Thou art!
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We thank you, Lord,
for the holy scriptures
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that are able to make
us wise unto salvation.
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And Father, we want to
open the scriptures and see
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the light of Thy truth there.
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So we pray that You
will open our understanding.
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We ask, Father, for Your
Holy Spirit to be poured out.
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We pray that everyone
present will be blessed.
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We pray for those
that follow in their homes,
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in prisons, in hospitals...
wherever they may be...
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that they, too, will be blessed.
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For we ask that every
word will come from Your throne
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of grace. And we pray, Father,
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asking You to bless us.
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I place myself in
Your hands, Father.
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I pray that Your
name may be glorified
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and Your
children will be blessed.
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I ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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Jesus was standing
before His disciples.
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As He talked to them,
something amazing happened.
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He started going up into heaven
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and the disciples looked as the
Master disappeared from sight.
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Let us turn to Acts chapter 1.
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Beginning in verse
6 the Bible tells us:
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"When they
therefore were come together
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and they asked
of Him saying 'Lord,
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will Thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel? '
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And He said unto them: 'It
is not for you to know the time
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or the seasons which the Father
hath put in His own power.
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But ye shall receive power
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after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you.
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And ye shall be witnesses
unto Me both in Jerusalem,
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and in Judea, and in Samaria,
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and unto the
uttermost part of the earth. '
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And when He had
spoken these things
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while they
beheld He was taken up
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and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
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And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
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as He went up,
behold two men stood by them
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in white apparel which also said
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'Ye men of Galilee,
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why stand ye
gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus
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which is taken up
from you into heaven
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shall so come in like manner
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as ye have seen
Him go into heaven. ' "
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Amen? So the disciples were
looking at this marvelous sight.
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And as they beheld
Jesus going up into heaven
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they marveled that He
who had walked with them
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was now going to
heaven to be with the Father
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and with the holy angels.
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Can you imagine
how marvelous it was
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for them to go to
the Lord in prayer
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knowing that they
had a friend in heaven?
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If you ever want to get
into a building... let's say
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you want to get
into the White House...
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it would be much easier
for you to get there if you say
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"Oh, I know so
and so in there. "
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"Oh, you do? " This
opens the way for you.
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Now as they
prayed in Jesus' name
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they knew that He was there
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ministering in their behalf
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and they knew... their
prayers took on a new meaning:
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to pray in Jesus' name.
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Well you see, Jesus
is our friend as well.
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And we can come to the Lord in
prayer and offer our petitions
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with confidence that the Lord
hears each and every one of us.
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But the focus today is the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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and a sacrifice
called the red heifer.
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In the year 2002
something amazing happened.
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We have this quote:
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"We have been waiting
2,000 years for a sign from God
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and now He has
provided us with a red heifer. "
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said Yehuda Etzion,
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the ringleader of the
80's plot to blow up the Dome.
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They had been waiting
2,000 years for a sign from God
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and now the Lord had
blessed them with a red heifer.
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And you say: "Why is a
red heifer a sign from God
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for the Jews? "
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You see, the Jews
cannot begin to sacrifice
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without the
sacrifice of the red heifer.
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They must purify
themselves and purify the temple
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with the ashes
of the red heifer.
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I continue quoting...
notice these interesting things:
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"No one may officiate
at the temple sacrifice
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who is not ritually
or Levitically pure.
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No one can be ritually
pure who has not been sprinkled
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with the ashes of
the red heifer... "
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According to the rabbis,
the only way that the Jews
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could become pure again
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was by being sprinkled
with the ashes of a red heifer.
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"That had been mixed
with water traditionally drawn
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from the pool of Siloam.
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According to the Mishnah -
the written version of the oral
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tradition - the ceremony
of the red heifer sacrifice
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has only been
performed nine times
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in the history of
the Jewish people.
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How many times? Nine times.
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I'm sorry if I asked you
that because I'm accustomed to
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doing that with my
children. How many times?
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Nine times. Now what
happens with the tenth one?
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Listen to this:
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Nine times... "Now,
when the tenth heifer appears
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the Messiah will finally come. "
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This is what they believe.
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So when the year
2002... April, 2002... came
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and the red heifer appeared...
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the Messiah is coming!
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Well you see, we understand
that the Jews are still waiting
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for the Messiah to come.
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We as Christians believe
the Messiah has already come.
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Jesus Christ is THE Messiah
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and He died for our sins.
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While they are waiting for the
Messiah to come the first time
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the Messiah - Jesus Christ
- is coming the second time
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to take His children home.
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Amen? Amen.
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Now listen to
this... we continue:
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"In the Mishnah
tractate Parah, we learned that
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there have been a total of
9 perfectly red cows burned. "
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The red heifer is a red cow.
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"The first was under
supervision of Moses.
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The second was prepared by Ezra.
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Two by Shimon Ha Tzaddik.
Yochanan - the high priest -
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also sacrificed two.
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Eliehoenai, son of Ha-Kof,
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was the seventh red heifer.
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Hanamel the
Egyptian burned the eighth.
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The ninth red cow was sacrificed
by Ishmael, son of Piabi.
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The tenth red heifer
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will be burned in
the time of Mashiach...
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or the Messiah. "
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This is what the Jews believe;
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this is what is
in their tradition.
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So you can
imagine the excitement
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when the red heifer appeared.
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Unfortunately, it
must be a red heifer.
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And at first when
they examine the red heifer
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they thought they
had, they were so elated
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because the time had
come for the Messiah.
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But as they further
looked upon the red heifer
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they discovered some
white hairs in the tail.
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You see, if you have
at least two white hairs
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or black hairs it is
no longer a red heifer.
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If it has white hairs,
it's a red and white heifer.
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If it has black
hairs and red hairs,
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it's a red and black heifer.
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It must be a
perfectly red heifer
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according to the scriptures.
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So this is what
they've been waiting for,
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and now not only are they
waiting for the red heifer
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the tenth red heifer
- some of them believe
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that you must mix the
ashes of the tenth heifer
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with the ashes of
the original heifer.
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So some of them
are looking... looking
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with great
interest to find the ashes
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of the other red heifers
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which had been mixed with the
ashes of the first red heifer.
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And without this they are
really - according to their
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understanding - not
fulfilling the will of God
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for the Jewish nation.
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So this is a big problem.
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What's another problem?
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Another problem is that upon
the site that it is believed
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that the temple
should be rebuilt -
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in other words,
the third temple -
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what is located
there? Can anybody tell me?
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Raise your hand...
the Dome of the Rock.
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And this is why if
you look into history
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you will find that even in
the 80's - as we mentioned -
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there was a plot
to blow up the Dome.
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Of course, the
authorities stopped this plot
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to blow up the Dome.
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It is said that
some found a tunnel
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underneath the temple
and were digging under there.
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Explosives were
ready when they were found
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just moments
before the explosion.
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But you see, if they
blow up the red heifer
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there will be an
all-out war between the Israelis
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and who?
Palestinians... the Muslims.
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And so this is a big problem.
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Several times already...
You see, there is a...
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there is what they call a
Temple Institute in Jerusalem.
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And the Temple Institute
has people there that they have
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great interest in
rebuilding the third temple
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to the point that
they have already rebuilt
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or made anew many of
the vessels that are needed
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to begin sacrificing again.
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Recently, in...
beginning 1998...
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they worked upon
the altar of sacrifice.
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And they have the candlestick
worth millions of dollars
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because it is
supposed to be covered by
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what precious metal? Gold.
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So they have this. It's
worth millions of dollars.
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And many of the vessels
have been reconstructed.
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They have even been working
on the priestly clothing.
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And so they are serious
about rebuilding the temple.
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Also, you have many Christians
of other denominations
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that believe that in
order for Jesus Christ to return
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the temple must be rebuilt
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and the people of Israel
to begin sacrificing again.
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As Seventh-day Adventists, we do
not believe that it is necessary
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for the temple to be rebuilt nor
for sacrifices to begin again.
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Let us continue our study.
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One of the individuals
that has been involved in this -
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even early in the
90's - is the minister
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of the Baptist
church called Calli Lut.
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In the early 90's he was
reading about the red heifer
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and realized "Wow, the people
of Israel need a red heifer. "
00:20:28.33\00:20:33.10
He is also a farmer
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and had some red
cows in his yard...
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in his farm.
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So he said: "I can
help these people. "
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So he contacted
the Jewish people
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and they became interested.
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He said: "I can show you
how to breed a red heifer. "
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They became very interested,
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and so began the
conversations with the Jews.
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Enter in then Rabbi Richman
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which became very
interested, and then...
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the first effort
that yielded a red heifer
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was a cow... a
red cow named Melody.
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That was the name
they gave the red heifer.
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And they were very
excited in 1997... March 1997...
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when Melody was born.
They were eager to see
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will it remain a red heifer.
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Unfortunately some white
hairs were found in 1997,
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and so they were disappointed.
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So in 2002 when this occurred
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excitement was stirring again
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and many were eager to begin
rebuilding the third temple.
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In fact, it has been
said that several times
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people from the Temple
Institute grabbed this huge
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rock that is to be
the cornerstone rock,
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put it upon a
truck, and started driving
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towards the Dome of the Rock.
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But each time they have
done this they have been stopped
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by the
authorities because they know
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it will be a serious
war that takes place.
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Rabbi Richman explains this:
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"The prophets of Israel
emphasized the fact that
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the temple is really much
more than just a synagogue.
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The temple is
actually the device
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through which God manifests
His presence to mankind. "
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Richman explains that the
temple is critical to the Jews.
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"We have this concept
that we have 613 commandments
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to fulfill and 1/3
of those commandments
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are dependent in some way
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on the temple for
their fulfillment.
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So it is that they
have this great desire.
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Because unless they
do this they believe
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they are not doing God's will.
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In the year 1999 in
Newsweek magazine it is stated
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"The predominant issue
in Christian prophecy is
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the return of the
Jews to the Holy Land
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and the
rebuilding of the temple. "
00:23:07.36\00:23:10.40
See... pretty
much across the board
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the majority of the
Christian denominations believe
00:23:14.20\00:23:17.23
that the temple must be rebuilt.
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But that is not necessary.
00:23:20.46\00:23:22.30
The Bible says in Matthew 24:14
00:23:22.50\00:23:25.16
and you know it... you
can quote it with me...
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"And this gospel of the kingdom
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shall be preached... "
Where? In all the world.
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"In all the world for a
witness unto all nations
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and then the end shall come. "
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Yes, there are other
things that will take place,
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but the temple is not
necessary to be rebuilt.
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Brothers and sisters,
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
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Amen!
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According to the Midrash in...
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when you... when you
go to Numbers 19:3...
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When king
Solomon wrote these words
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"I said I would acquire wisdom
00:24:03.40\00:24:06.40
but it is far from me"
00:24:06.60\00:24:09.23
which is in Ecclesiastes 7:23,
00:24:09.53\00:24:12.80
he was alluding to his inability
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to comprehend some of
the profound paradoxes
00:24:17.10\00:24:20.20
involved in the
commandment of the red heifer.
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This connection is
verified in the use of the words
00:24:23.20\00:24:26.03
lehe lehokah which
have the same gematria
00:24:26.23\00:24:30.73
441 as the words parah adumah,
00:24:30.93\00:24:34.33
and parah adumah in
Hebrew is red heifer.
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So they believe that even
Solomon with all the wisdom
00:24:39.90\00:24:43.73
that God blessed him with
00:24:43.93\00:24:45.30
could not understand
the mysterious sacrifice
00:24:45.50\00:24:49.20
of the red heifer.
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To conclude this
part I must tell you
00:24:52.60\00:24:56.03
that the 2002 red
heifer was considered unfit
00:24:56.23\00:25:00.40
for sacrifice but efforts
continue to find the ashes of
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the previous red heifers
00:25:04.70\00:25:06.43
and to breed a pure red heifer
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and to build the
temple furniture.
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In fact, they
are... they also have a
00:25:12.70\00:25:17.06
community where they
have Kohanim children
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or children that have
been dedicated or separated
00:25:19.36\00:25:23.30
to be prepared to
work in the temple
00:25:23.50\00:25:26.66
once it is rebuilt. In
order for this to take place
00:25:26.96\00:25:30.50
these children -
these people - must avoid
00:25:30.70\00:25:34.40
contact with the dead:
00:25:34.60\00:25:36.76
whether it is to
touch a dead bone,
00:25:37.06\00:25:40.13
a dead body, or even as
it is spoken in Numbers 19
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if they are in a
home and someone dies
00:25:45.13\00:25:48.33
they are considered unclean.
00:25:48.53\00:25:52.63
And so this is
a serious problem.
00:25:54.96\00:25:57.06
They are taking precautions
and keeping certain people
00:25:57.26\00:26:00.33
separated.
Furthermore, through DNA testing
00:26:00.53\00:26:04.20
they are trying to
identify who are the Kohanim
00:26:04.43\00:26:09.66
or descendants of the Levites
00:26:09.86\00:26:12.93
that are to work in the temple.
00:26:13.23\00:26:15.66
And so if they are
descendants of Aaron
00:26:15.96\00:26:19.86
or the Levites, they
are supposed to have...
00:26:20.06\00:26:23.63
all of their
DNA should match up.
00:26:23.83\00:26:26.46
So they are doing
this type of research.
00:26:26.76\00:26:29.16
Further research continues...
even working on things like
00:26:29.36\00:26:34.10
cloning so they won't have
this problem with red heifers
00:26:34.33\00:26:38.20
any more. Once they
get a pure red heifer
00:26:38.40\00:26:41.63
efforts -
according to the documents -
00:26:41.83\00:26:46.00
they are going to
try to learn cloning
00:26:46.30\00:26:49.33
to be able to clone red heifers.
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And so you see, they are
waiting for the Messiah to come.
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I must tell you that
recently I heard that
00:26:57.83\00:27:01.06
they do believe that they
finally have a red heifer.
00:27:01.26\00:27:04.50
In fact, there was
a... earlier this year
00:27:04.80\00:27:07.43
there was a radio
announcement made by a rabbi
00:27:07.63\00:27:11.06
that said: "we have at
least one red heifer...
00:27:11.26\00:27:15.83
probably more...
ready, fit to be sacrificed. "
00:27:16.03\00:27:20.36
So where is all this taking us?
00:27:20.70\00:27:22.70
Brothers and sisters, this
world is in a serious problem.
00:27:23.00\00:27:28.23
There are wars
and rumors of wars.
00:27:30.50\00:27:33.90
Already I'm sure
you can raise your hand
00:27:34.20\00:27:37.83
if I ask "How many
of you see signs? "
00:27:38.03\00:27:40.76
Well, in fact I'll ask
for a raising of hands.
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.60
How many of you see signs
in what's going on in the world
00:27:42.80\00:27:47.10
that would tell you
Jesus Christ is coming soon?
00:27:47.30\00:27:49.96
Would you raise your
hand if you see that?
00:27:50.16\00:27:51.86
Praise the Lord!
There are many signs
00:27:52.16\00:27:53.96
that tell us Jesus
Christ is coming soon.
00:27:54.26\00:27:58.93
But we believe that
Jesus Christ fulfilled
00:28:00.36\00:28:05.86
all of the
sacrifices and their symbolisms.
00:28:06.06\00:28:09.66
We may not arrive at a
complete understanding of how
00:28:09.96\00:28:13.73
this was done in the life of
Christ and His sacrifice today,
00:28:13.93\00:28:19.13
but I would like to give
you some ideas to get your mind
00:28:19.43\00:28:23.16
working and to further study.
00:28:23.16\00:28:24.93
Let's look at the
sacrifice of the red heifer.
00:28:25.23\00:28:30.13
Let us turn our Bibles to
the book of Numbers chapter 19.
00:28:30.43\00:28:34.43
Numbers chapter 19.
00:28:34.63\00:28:36.73
In Numbers chapter 19 you have
the sacrifice of the red heifer
00:28:37.03\00:28:41.86
and the different elements
involved in the sacrifice
00:28:42.06\00:28:47.46
and how a person was to
be cleansed or considered...
00:28:47.76\00:28:51.36
that was ritually
unclean could be cleansed.
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.50
And each and every
specification of detail is found
00:28:54.80\00:28:57.83
in Numbers chapter 19.
00:28:58.03\00:28:59.46
We are not going to be
able to read all of chapter 19,
00:28:59.76\00:29:02.40
but we're going to
begin reading in verse 1
00:29:02.70\00:29:04.40
and we'll go as far as verse 10.
00:29:04.60\00:29:08.43
Notice what is written in
God's Holy Book - the Bible.
00:29:08.73\00:29:13.06
"And the Lord spake
unto Moses and Aaron saying:
00:29:13.36\00:29:16.73
This is the ordinance of the law
which the Lord hath commanded
00:29:16.93\00:29:20.83
saying 'Speak unto the children
of Israel that they bring
00:29:21.03\00:29:24.16
Me a red heifer without spot
00:29:24.36\00:29:28.46
wherein is no blemish and
upon which never came yoke. ' "
00:29:28.66\00:29:33.06
We will come
back to these verses.
00:29:33.36\00:29:35.76
"And he shall give her
unto Eleazar the priest
00:29:36.06\00:29:38.70
that he may bring her
forth without the camp
00:29:39.00\00:29:42.56
and one shall slay
her before his face.
00:29:42.76\00:29:46.43
And Eleazar the priest
shall take of her blood
00:29:46.73\00:29:49.36
with his finger and
sprinkle of her blood
00:29:49.36\00:29:51.90
directly before the tabernacle
of the congregation... "
00:29:52.10\00:29:54.93
How many times? "Seven times.
00:29:55.13\00:29:57.70
And one shall burn
the heifer in his sight" -
00:29:58.00\00:30:03.06
that is the priest.
"Her skin and her flesh
00:30:03.26\00:30:06.73
and her blood with
her dung shall he burn.
00:30:06.93\00:30:10.30
And the priest shall
take.. " Listen to these things:
00:30:10.60\00:30:13.70
"cedar wood and
hyssop and scarlet
00:30:13.70\00:30:17.33
and cast it into the midst
of the burning of the heifer.
00:30:17.53\00:30:20.93
Then the priest
shall wash his clothes
00:30:20.93\00:30:24.33
and he shall bathe
his flesh in water.
00:30:24.53\00:30:27.10
And afterward he
shall come into the camp
00:30:27.30\00:30:30.03
and the priest
shall be... " What?
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.66
"unclean until the evening.
" We'll come back to that.
00:30:32.86\00:30:36.96
And he that burneth
her shall wash his clothes
00:30:37.26\00:30:40.30
in water and
bathe his flesh in water
00:30:40.50\00:30:43.23
and shall be
unclean until the evening.
00:30:43.53\00:30:47.40
And a man that is clean
shall gather up the ashes
00:30:47.70\00:30:51.53
of the heifer and lay
them up without the camp
00:30:51.73\00:30:55.83
in a clean place and they shall
be kept for the congregation
00:30:56.03\00:31:00.63
of the children of Israel
00:31:00.83\00:31:02.46
for a water of purification...
sorry, a water of separation.
00:31:02.66\00:31:07.63
It is a purification for sin. "
00:31:07.83\00:31:12.70
A clue there. "And he
that gathereth the ashes
00:31:13.00\00:31:16.93
of the heifer shall wash
his clothes and shall be unclean
00:31:17.13\00:31:21.50
until the evening.
00:31:21.70\00:31:23.16
And it shall be unto
the children of Israel
00:31:23.46\00:31:26.23
and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among them
00:31:26.43\00:31:29.76
for a statute forever. "
00:31:29.96\00:31:32.30
Verse 11: "He that toucheth
the dead body of any man
00:31:32.60\00:31:36.70
shall be unclean seven days. "
00:31:36.90\00:31:39.53
And if you keep
reading it will say
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.40
that he shall purify
himself on the third day
00:31:42.60\00:31:45.23
and on the seventh day he
shall be considered clean.
00:31:45.43\00:31:49.43
And there are other
specifications there
00:31:49.73\00:31:51.93
for different
things taking place.
00:31:52.13\00:31:54.13
For example, if a
person dies in a tent
00:31:54.43\00:31:58.13
everyone in the tent is unclean.
00:31:58.33\00:32:01.60
Every vessel that
is open... unclean.
00:32:01.90\00:32:04.26
So this
sacrifice of the red heifer
00:32:04.66\00:32:08.50
is to cleanse
not only the people
00:32:08.70\00:32:11.03
but also to
cleanse the sanctuary.
00:32:11.23\00:32:13.70
And it is also a
sacrifice for purification
00:32:13.90\00:32:18.26
and a sacrifice for sin.
00:32:18.46\00:32:21.03
So, was the red
heifer sacrifice needed?
00:32:21.33\00:32:25.53
Yes. God ordained it to be so.
00:32:25.73\00:32:28.20
Do we need the sacrifice
of the red heifer today?
00:32:28.50\00:32:32.53
No! The true
sacrifice of the red heifer -
00:32:32.83\00:32:38.06
Jesus Christ - has
already taken place.
00:32:38.26\00:32:40.73
Amen? Now let's look
at some of these things.
00:32:41.03\00:32:44.40
One of the reasons why
this is considered a mysterious
00:32:44.40\00:32:49.00
sacrifice... there were
other sacrifices that were done
00:32:49.20\00:32:52.30
outside the camp. But one of
the reasons this is considered
00:32:52.50\00:32:55.20
a mysterious sacrifice is that
everyone involved in the process
00:32:55.20\00:33:00.06
of sacrificing the
red heifer - the red cow -
00:33:00.26\00:33:03.86
is considered unclean.
00:33:04.10\00:33:05.60
The priest is
supposed to grab the blood
00:33:05.80\00:33:08.93
and sprinkle towards
the temple. How many times?
00:33:09.13\00:33:11.83
Seven times... signifying
a perfect and complete
00:33:12.03\00:33:16.20
cleansing done by
the act of the sacrifice.
00:33:16.60\00:33:20.50
It's an ample sacrifice.
00:33:20.70\00:33:22.63
And once the priest is
done he is considered unclean
00:33:24.63\00:33:29.03
until the
evening. No other sacrifice
00:33:29.23\00:33:32.60
made the priest unclean as
the sacrifice of the red heifer.
00:33:32.80\00:33:37.20
The person that burned the red
heifer is considered unclean.
00:33:37.50\00:33:41.46
The person that grabs the
ashes is considered unclean
00:33:41.76\00:33:45.13
until the evening.
00:33:45.36\00:33:46.60
And it is strange that
even when someone has to be
00:33:46.90\00:33:51.56
cleansed, what they would do is
00:33:51.76\00:33:54.70
uh, when the sprinkling of a
person that is ritually unclean
00:33:54.90\00:33:59.60
would have to be done,
they would take the ashes
00:33:59.80\00:34:02.70
and put pure water on the ashes
00:34:02.90\00:34:06.00
and now they have
like reconstituted blood.
00:34:06.20\00:34:11.76
And then they
would take of the ashes
00:34:12.06\00:34:15.26
and sprinkle upon the person
that needs to be purified.
00:34:15.46\00:34:20.13
Understood? Amen?
00:34:20.43\00:34:23.50
Amen. I heard a
rumbling amen, amen...
00:34:23.80\00:34:26.93
So this is the
sacrifice of the red heifer.
00:34:28.30\00:34:31.03
How does Christ fulfill
the ashes of the red heifer?
00:34:31.33\00:34:36.23
There are some
details. Notice these things...
00:34:36.53\00:34:38.86
Let's go back to the
beginning of Numbers chapter 19.
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Notice - number two -
it says that this sacrifice
00:34:44.63\00:34:48.53
according to what it says
was supposed to be without spot.
00:34:48.73\00:34:51.63
So... or blemish. Question:
00:34:53.00\00:34:56.83
was Christ
without spot or blemish?
00:34:57.03\00:35:00.53
Amen! The Bible says that
He was tempted in all points
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.26
just like we are
and found without sin.
00:35:04.46\00:35:08.23
Amen? Without spot or blemish!
00:35:08.53\00:35:11.80
Christ never
sinned... not by thought,
00:35:12.00\00:35:15.16
not by action, not by His words.
00:35:15.36\00:35:17.73
He remained clean,
pure, holy... undefiled.
00:35:17.93\00:35:23.23
So this aspect of the
red heifer Christ fulfilled.
00:35:23.53\00:35:26.80
The verse... verse 2 also says:
00:35:26.80\00:35:30.16
"Upon which never came yoke. "
00:35:30.36\00:35:34.13
So what... how you
do describe this yoke?
00:35:34.43\00:35:36.60
It is...
suggestion for you is that
00:35:37.96\00:35:41.73
when you put a yoke on
an animal it's to work.
00:35:41.93\00:35:44.43
He's under a burden, right?
00:35:44.63\00:35:46.93
So you can consider that
to be the burden of sin...
00:35:48.40\00:35:52.93
Christ never
sinned. Also, we as humans -
00:35:53.13\00:35:58.10
even the angels - are
subject to the law of God.
00:35:58.30\00:36:02.23
All created beings are
subject to the law of God.
00:36:02.43\00:36:05.10
Christ as divine
is beyond the law
00:36:05.40\00:36:09.53
because He is the
author of the law.
00:36:09.83\00:36:13.03
Amen? And so I
would like to, uh,
00:36:13.33\00:36:18.30
read some verses for you
that have some of these things
00:36:18.50\00:36:22.70
that will be included.
00:36:22.90\00:36:24.70
Now one of the
items of the red heifer
00:36:25.00\00:36:27.93
was a scarlet wool.
00:36:28.13\00:36:33.30
If you go to, ummm,
00:36:33.60\00:36:37.70
verse... lost my verse...
00:36:38.80\00:36:42.63
verse 6: "And the priest
shall take cedar wood and hyssop
00:36:42.93\00:36:45.60
and scarlet and
cast it into the midst
00:36:45.80\00:36:47.73
of the burning
of the red heifer. "
00:36:47.93\00:36:49.53
Let us turn in your
Bibles to Matthew chapter 27.
00:36:49.73\00:36:52.26
Matthew chapter 27.
00:36:52.46\00:36:56.16
In Matthew chapter 27 we have
00:36:56.36\00:36:58.56
the time when
Christ is being sacrificed.
00:36:58.76\00:37:01.43
And in Matthew
chapter 27 and verse 28
00:37:01.63\00:37:04.43
you will notice
even the use of scarlet.
00:37:04.63\00:37:08.43
There were several sacrifices
that involved scarlet.
00:37:08.73\00:37:11.00
But notice in
Matthew 27 and verse 28...
00:37:11.30\00:37:14.20
Let's begin in verse 27:
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.26
"Then the soldiers of
the governor took Jesus
00:37:16.56\00:37:19.13
into the common hall
and gathered unto Him the
00:37:19.33\00:37:22.33
whole band of
soldiers. And they stripped Him
00:37:22.53\00:37:25.56
and put on Him a scarlet robe. "
00:37:25.76\00:37:28.53
Scarlet wool was put into
the sacrifice of the red heifer.
00:37:28.73\00:37:32.10
So we here see the scarlet
being used during the time
00:37:32.40\00:37:36.36
of Christ's suffering for us.
00:37:36.56\00:37:39.13
Now when you go...
When you go to Numbers
00:37:39.43\00:37:42.00
chapter 19 verse 6, one of the
items that was also used there
00:37:42.20\00:37:46.66
was hyssop. So for
hyssop let us turn in our Bibles
00:37:46.86\00:37:52.10
to John chapter 19.
00:37:52.30\00:37:54.43
John chapter 19.
00:37:54.73\00:37:57.10
Even before we read it
you may already remember
00:37:57.10\00:38:00.76
some of the words of this
moment in Christ's suffering.
00:38:00.96\00:38:05.63
In John chapter 19
we are going to read
00:38:05.86\00:38:09.10
beginning verse 28.
00:38:10.03\00:38:15.53
"After this... " We're
in John chapter 19 verse 28
00:38:17.36\00:38:21.53
and onward... "After this Jesus
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.40
knowing that all
things were now accomplished
00:38:23.60\00:38:26.23
that the scripture
might be fulfilled said:
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.03
'I thirst. ' " And
He really was thirsty.
00:38:29.23\00:38:32.40
He really was
suffering on the cross.
00:38:32.70\00:38:36.43
You see He had been
up there several hours
00:38:36.73\00:38:39.10
in the heat of the sun.
00:38:39.30\00:38:40.86
We read "to fulfill
scripture" but He was literally
00:38:41.16\00:38:44.93
very thirsty in the heat of
the sun. He had been beaten.
00:38:45.13\00:38:50.00
He had been
tortured... near death.
00:38:50.20\00:38:54.90
You see, when they whipped
Him it was a severe beating.
00:38:55.20\00:38:59.83
Severe, severe beating.
00:39:00.16\00:39:01.96
And you may have
heard this before,
00:39:02.16\00:39:03.70
when they whipped somebody
like this, they put either
00:39:03.90\00:39:06.83
bones or some metal so
that when you whipped the person
00:39:07.03\00:39:11.36
it would dig into the
flesh and pull flesh out
00:39:11.56\00:39:14.43
and blood would
start squirting out.
00:39:14.73\00:39:16.90
So He had loss of blood,
00:39:17.20\00:39:19.23
sweating in the
heat of the sun...
00:39:19.43\00:39:22.30
He was thirsty.
00:39:22.50\00:39:24.96
He said: "I thirst. "
00:39:26.36\00:39:28.33
Verse 29:
00:39:28.73\00:39:30.23
"Now there was set a
vessel full of vinegar
00:39:30.23\00:39:33.80
and they filled a
sponge with vinegar
00:39:34.00\00:39:37.23
and put it upon hyssop
00:39:37.53\00:39:40.40
and put it to His mouth. "
00:39:40.60\00:39:42.83
Verse 30: "When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar
00:39:43.13\00:39:45.80
He said 'It is finished'
00:39:46.00\00:39:48.60
and He bowed His head
and He gave up the ghost. "
00:39:48.90\00:39:52.46
So we see another item used
in the sufferings of Christ.
00:39:52.76\00:39:56.70
Hyssop was used
during His suffering.
00:39:57.00\00:40:00.96
Now one of the items
that was used is cedar wood
00:40:01.26\00:40:03.63
in the sacrifice
of the red heifer.
00:40:03.93\00:40:05.70
Where do you find cedar wood?
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.00
I don't have a
clear answer for that.
00:40:07.20\00:40:09.76
We know He was sacrificed
on a cross made out of wood.
00:40:09.76\00:40:15.56
A suggestion has been
made that when you have hyssop
00:40:15.76\00:40:18.70
which is the soft vegetation
and when you have cedar
00:40:18.90\00:40:23.73
which is a strong wood...
00:40:23.93\00:40:25.96
Have you heard of
the cedars of Lebanon?
00:40:26.16\00:40:29.20
There was pride in the
cedars of Lebanon in Israel.
00:40:29.40\00:40:32.20
Strong wood... also
used for preservation.
00:40:32.50\00:40:37.00
And so some have
suggested that the cedar wood -
00:40:39.30\00:40:44.13
it preserves - and may
have been used at the cross
00:40:45.03\00:40:50.60
or even the sign
that was above His head.
00:40:50.80\00:40:52.46
We don't know.
00:40:52.76\00:40:54.03
But cedar wood has
been suggested that just as
00:40:54.33\00:40:57.73
cedar wood is preserving,
00:40:57.73\00:41:00.20
the sacrifice of Christ,
00:41:00.20\00:41:01.73
the blood that He shed for us,
00:41:01.93\00:41:03.60
preserves us completely clean.
00:41:03.80\00:41:06.00
Amen? Amen.
00:41:06.30\00:41:08.10
Let us now go to hyssop again.
00:41:09.36\00:41:14.73
In Psalms...
Psalms chapter 51...
00:41:15.03\00:41:20.36
you may recognize
this verse as well.
00:41:20.56\00:41:23.20
Psalm 51. In Psalm 51 we
have what is considered to be
00:41:23.40\00:41:28.70
the confession of David because
of his horrible, horrible sin.
00:41:28.90\00:41:33.93
And in Psalm 51 you can
see him crying out to the Lord.
00:41:34.23\00:41:37.73
I'll read verse 1:
00:41:38.03\00:41:39.50
"Have mercy upon me, O God,
according to Thy lovingkindness.
00:41:39.70\00:41:44.13
According unto the
multitude of Thy tender mercies
00:41:44.33\00:41:47.36
blot out my transgressions. "
00:41:47.56\00:41:51.30
You want your
transgressions blotted out?
00:41:51.60\00:41:54.80
Verse 2: "Wash me
thoroughly from mine iniquity
00:41:56.50\00:42:00.80
and cleanse me from my sin. "
00:42:01.00\00:42:03.76
He is crying out
to the Almighty God.
00:42:04.06\00:42:08.10
He alone can cleanse from sin.
00:42:08.40\00:42:12.80
There is nothing upon this earth
that can cleanse you from sin...
00:42:13.10\00:42:18.93
only the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:42:19.23\00:42:24.20
There is no
cleanser upon this earth
00:42:24.50\00:42:27.50
that... there are cleansers that
make great and incredible claims
00:42:27.70\00:42:31.46
that can cleanse, bleach out,
and remove all kinds of stains.
00:42:31.66\00:42:37.60
But they cannot
remove the stain of sin...
00:42:38.83\00:42:41.60
only the blood of Jesus Christ.
00:42:41.90\00:42:44.83
So when you see David calling
out for God to cleanse him
00:42:46.00\00:42:49.40
and wash him completely,
00:42:49.60\00:42:50.83
I encourage you
to identify with him.
00:42:51.03\00:42:52.96
We all need to be
washed, cleansed from our sins.
00:42:53.16\00:42:57.93
Let us move to verse 3:
00:42:58.23\00:43:02.60
"For I
acknowledge my transgressions
00:43:02.80\00:43:04.93
and my sin is ever before me. "
00:43:05.13\00:43:08.10
You see, we must
acknowledge our transgressions.
00:43:08.40\00:43:11.16
ALL have sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
00:43:11.36\00:43:14.90
So before you come
before a holy, righteous, pure,
00:43:15.20\00:43:20.86
undefiled God, dare
not to stand before Him
00:43:21.06\00:43:26.43
thinking that you have
righteousness of your own.
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.50
For none of us are righteous
unless we put on Jesus Christ
00:43:30.63\00:43:36.30
and His robe of righteousness.
00:43:36.60\00:43:38.93
Verse 7: "Purge me with hyssop
00:43:39.23\00:43:44.06
and I shall be clean.
00:43:44.26\00:43:46.70
Wash me and I shall
be whiter than snow. "
00:43:46.90\00:43:52.33
Amen? Verse 8:
00:43:53.33\00:43:55.60
"Make me to
hear joy and gladness
00:43:55.90\00:43:58.96
that the bones which
Thou hast broken may rejoice.
00:43:59.16\00:44:02.16
Hide Thy face from my sins and
blot out all my iniquities. "
00:44:02.36\00:44:06.96
Verse 10:
00:44:07.16\00:44:08.53
"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:44:08.83\00:44:12.16
and renew a right
spirit within me. "
00:44:12.36\00:44:16.53
Amen!
00:44:16.86\00:44:18.36
So there in Psalm 51 we
not only see David asking
00:44:18.56\00:44:22.00
for a cleaning from
sin, asking Him to wash him
00:44:22.20\00:44:25.23
thoroughly...
make him pure, clean...
00:44:25.43\00:44:28.46
but he is also asking God
to purge him with hyssop -
00:44:28.66\00:44:34.23
a complete cleansing
- but also he is saying:
00:44:34.53\00:44:38.90
"Lord, create in me a
clean heart" - a clean mind -
00:44:39.10\00:44:43.06
and renew a right
spirit within me. "
00:44:43.26\00:44:46.20
This is a
complete surrender to God.
00:44:46.50\00:44:50.86
Renunciation of sin, forsaking
the evil that he has done,
00:44:51.06\00:44:55.90
and asking God to
put such a desire in him
00:44:56.10\00:44:59.80
so that he does not
do those things again.
00:45:00.06\00:45:04.03
This is what we need. Amen?
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.43
We need the
cleansing, the purification,
00:45:06.73\00:45:09.96
that the blood of
Christ can bring -
00:45:10.16\00:45:12.03
the true red heifer sacrifice -
00:45:12.23\00:45:14.56
but also to put
in us a right spirit
00:45:14.76\00:45:19.00
and create in us a clean
heart so that we will say
00:45:19.20\00:45:22.23
"I don't want to do
those horrible things any more.
00:45:22.43\00:45:25.83
I want to be done with them.
00:45:26.13\00:45:28.73
I don't want to hurt
myself nor others any more.
00:45:28.73\00:45:32.16
I want to be pure,
blameless, undefiled. "
00:45:32.46\00:45:35.03
And by God's grace we can say
00:45:36.43\00:45:42.40
with Paul: "I can do all things
00:45:42.70\00:45:46.00
through Christ who
strengtheneth me. "
00:45:46.20\00:45:49.80
The sacrifice was
made outside of the camp
00:45:52.40\00:45:57.13
according to Numbers 19.
00:45:57.43\00:45:59.60
Now in Hebrews chapter 13
00:46:00.60\00:46:03.70
we have these wonderful words:
00:46:03.90\00:46:06.86
Hebrews 13
beginning in verse 11:
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.56
"For the bodies of those
beasts whose blood is brought
00:46:09.86\00:46:13.60
into the sanctuary by
the high priest for sin
00:46:13.60\00:46:17.23
are burned without the camp.
00:46:17.43\00:46:19.36
Wherefore Jesus also, that
He might sanctify the people
00:46:19.66\00:46:24.70
with His own blood
suffered without the gates.
00:46:24.90\00:46:30.03
Let us go therefore
unto Him without the camp
00:46:30.33\00:46:33.80
bearing His reproach. "
00:46:34.00\00:46:35.36
Why was Jesus Christ crucified
00:46:35.66\00:46:40.16
outside of the camp?
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.03
This is a message to all of us.
00:46:42.33\00:46:44.56
It's a message to
the people of Israel.
00:46:44.76\00:46:47.53
The Messiah has come,
00:46:47.76\00:46:50.63
and His sacrifice is
not only for the Jews
00:46:50.93\00:46:54.26
but for the whole world. Amen?
00:46:54.46\00:46:58.50
That's why Christ
died, suffered, was crucified
00:46:58.70\00:47:03.30
outside of the camp:
00:47:03.50\00:47:05.63
because His sacrifice is a
sacrifice for the whole world.
00:47:05.83\00:47:10.30
Not just the
Jews... the whole world.
00:47:10.60\00:47:13.16
And praise be to God that He
is able to save to the uttermost
00:47:13.46\00:47:18.96
all that come unto Him.
00:47:19.16\00:47:21.56
In fact, Jesus says
00:47:21.86\00:47:24.30
"Him that cometh unto Me
00:47:24.50\00:47:27.26
I will in no wise cast out. "
00:47:27.46\00:47:30.33
So however defiled you may be -
00:47:30.63\00:47:33.90
however sinful you may
consider yourself to be...
00:47:34.10\00:47:38.06
This past week I heard
two people say the same thing.
00:47:38.26\00:47:42.46
"I was filthy, dirty...
00:47:42.76\00:47:46.73
and Christ cleansed
me and I have peace. "
00:47:46.93\00:47:52.10
The other person
said: "I feel filthy. "
00:47:54.10\00:47:57.00
And the only One that can
cleanse her is Jesus Christ.
00:47:57.30\00:48:01.90
The only One
that can cleanse you,
00:48:02.20\00:48:04.86
the only One that can
cleanse me is Jesus Christ
00:48:05.10\00:48:09.23
and the sacrifice that He made.
00:48:09.53\00:48:12.06
I read to you from
Testimonies volume 4 page 122.
00:48:12.36\00:48:17.10
"The priest used cedar
and hyssop, dipping them
00:48:17.40\00:48:20.83
into the cleansing water
and sprinkling the unclean.
00:48:20.83\00:48:24.30
This symbolized
the blood of Christ
00:48:24.50\00:48:27.36
spilled to cleanse us
from moral impurities.
00:48:27.56\00:48:30.93
The repeated sprinkling
illustrates the thoroughness
00:48:31.23\00:48:35.20
of the work that must
be accomplished for the
00:48:35.20\00:48:38.43
repenting sinner. All that
he has must be consecrated.
00:48:38.43\00:48:42.83
Not only should his own
soul be washed clean and pure
00:48:43.16\00:48:46.83
but he should
strive to have his family,
00:48:47.03\00:48:49.86
his domestic
arrangement, his property,
00:48:50.06\00:48:53.43
and his entire
belongings consecrated to God. "
00:48:53.63\00:48:58.36
Amen? All of us. Our homes,
00:48:58.70\00:49:03.33
our families, every one
in our family consecrated
00:49:03.63\00:49:07.66
to God.
00:49:07.96\00:49:11.33
In this same page 123
of Testimonies volume 4 -
00:49:11.63\00:49:17.20
it is also stated that the blood
of Christ is "efficacious. "
00:49:17.40\00:49:21.90
That means it can do a
thorough, cleansing work.
00:49:22.13\00:49:25.43
But it must be applied daily.
00:49:25.63\00:49:29.10
We need the blood
of Jesus Christ daily.
00:49:29.40\00:49:32.83
Daily we must have the blood
00:49:33.93\00:49:37.53
of our Savior to
cleanse us from sin.
00:49:37.73\00:49:41.76
In Hebrews chapter
9 verses 11 through 14
00:49:41.96\00:49:45.46
we have these wonderful words.
00:49:45.66\00:49:47.33
Hebrews chapter 9
verses 11 through 14.
00:49:47.66\00:49:52.43
Hebrews 9, verses 11 through 14:
00:49:52.73\00:49:56.36
"Thus it is written, but Christ
00:49:56.66\00:49:58.90
being come a high
priest of good things to come
00:49:59.10\00:50:03.26
by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle not made with hands"
00:50:03.26\00:50:07.63
that is to say, not of
this building, in other words,
00:50:07.86\00:50:10.36
in heaven - "neither
by the blood of goats
00:50:10.36\00:50:13.90
and calves but by His own blood
00:50:14.10\00:50:17.26
He entered in once
into the Holy Place
00:50:17.46\00:50:19.73
having obtained
eternal redemption for us. "
00:50:19.93\00:50:23.60
Amen to that!
00:50:23.60\00:50:25.16
"For if the blood
of bulls and of goats
00:50:25.46\00:50:29.83
and the ashes of a
heifer sprinkling the unclean" -
00:50:30.03\00:50:34.80
that is the red heifer -
00:50:34.80\00:50:36.00
"sanctified to the
purifying of the flesh, "
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notice this
wonderful scripture -
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"how much more
shall the blood of Christ
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who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself
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without spot to God,
purge your conscience
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from dead works, to
serve the living God! "
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Amen?
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So if the blood of
bulls and even the red heifer
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can purify to the
sanctifying of the flesh,
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how much more the
blood of Jesus Christ!
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That's why John
the Baptist said:
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"Behold the Lamb of God
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that taketh away
the sins of the world. "
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You want your
sins to be taken away?
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Do you want to be purified,
made righteous and clean,
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undefiled from all of your sins
however small, however great?
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However many?
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Christ is the way,
and there's no other name
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among men... given among men...
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whereby we must be saved.
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That is: Jesus Christ.
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The true Messiah
has already come.
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The true sacrifice for our
sins has already been done.
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No more sacrifices are needed.
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The sacrifice to end all
sacrifices has been made,
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and all who are willing
can come and be cleansed.
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So I read to you now
from a well-known verse.
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And I would like to
make that same invitation
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as found in this verse.
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In Isaiah chapter
1... Isaiah chapter 1.
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Thus it is written
beginning verse 16:
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"Wash you, make you clean.
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Put away the evil of your
doings from before Mine eye!
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Cease to do evil. "
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This is God's invitation.
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Verse 17: "Learn to do well!
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Seek justice,
relieve the oppressed,
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Judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow. "
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Verse 18: "Come now
and let us reason together,
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saith the Lord. Though
your sins be as scarlet
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they shall be as white as snow.
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Though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
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If ye be willing and obedient,
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ye shall eat the
good of the land.
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But if you refuse and rebel
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you shall be
devoured with the sword.
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For the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it. "
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The invitation of the Lord is
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"Come... let us
reason together. "
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I would like to invite
you if it's possible for you
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to come forward and
make a prayer of dedication,
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sanctification to the
Lord. If you perhaps came here
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and feel that you
need to be cleansed
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and you need the blood of
Christ to be applied to you,
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I invite you to
stand and come forward.
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Some may be able to walk
all the way to the front.
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Some may be able to just stand.
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If you feel that you need
this cleansing that God alone
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can provide through
the blood of Jesus Christ,
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I want you to
stand. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
Notice the invitation again.
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God is asking us
to wash ourselves.
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It is a choice that we have.
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Wash you... make you clean.
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This invitation of wash... make
you clean is a renunciation,
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a giving up of a life of sin
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to live a life
united with Christ
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and to allow Him full and
complete control of our lives.
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Consecrated to
Him to be used by Him.
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Whenever He says "My
child, speak unto this person
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these words: let your
light so shine before men
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that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father
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which is in heaven. " It is
time for God's people to shine.
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It is time for
God's people to reveal
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God living in them...
Jesus Christ living in them.
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You know, there's a wonderful
invitation here for us.
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"Come, let us reason together.
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Though your
sins be as scarlet. "
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Though your sins be as scarlet
is trying to help us understand.
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If they could be... if
they're the worst you could
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consider them to be or the
world could consider them to be,
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the invitation is:
"You can be cleansed. "
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And again,
reading the verse it says:
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"Come now and let us
reason together saith the Lord.
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Though your sins be as scarlet
they shall be as white as snow.
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Though they be red like
crimson they shall be as wool. "
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By God's grace, everyone
here will receive that blessing
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because of the precious
blood of the true red heifer
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that was sacrificed for us
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that is able to completely
cleanse us from all sin
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and unrighteousness.
Let us pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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how grateful we are, Lord,
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that the blood of
Jesus Christ can cleanse us
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completely from all sins.
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We thank you, Father,
that we can come to You
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with the confidence that we
are not going to be rejected.
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And thus we are also
thankful that the door of mercy
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is still open and we can go
in through that door of mercy
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and receive
forgiveness of our sins.
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And so we ask that You
will fulfill Your promise
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in I John
chapter 1 verses 8 and 9
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that if we confess our
sins You are faithful and just
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to forgive us for our
sins and to cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness.
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Lord, your children have
asked for this cleansing;
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we ask for it to be done.
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We pray that the blood of Christ
will cleanse us completely.
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Purge our conscience
and create in us, O Lord,
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a clean heart and renew
a right spirit within us.
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We ask You for these blessings
in Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
Thanks be to Christ.
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You may sit...
you may be seated.
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Thanks be to
Christ for this sacrifice.
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And we hope that you at
home have also prayed with us
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and dedicated
your life to the Lord.
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Don't hesitate for a
moment to come to Christ,
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for He is able to
cleanse you completely
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and His arms are
open wide to receive you.
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May God bless you
and continue to bless you
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as you search for Him
with all of your heart.
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