Well praise the Lord. We
now have an opportunity to
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study another
wonderful topic from God's Word,
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and during this hour we
have Pastor Stephen Bohr.
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We continue with the blessing
in the study of God's Word.
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And if you know Pastor
Bohr from watching 3ABN
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you will notice that he studies
his Bible in depth. Amen?
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Amen. So he's going to take
us through a study of a topic
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that is of great importance
for all the Christian world.
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It's a topic that is not
very well understood by many.
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And Pastor Bohr has even
written some material on this.
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And the people that are
here have the opportunity
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to go see that material.
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So that's
another reason why we say
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"you should come to
3ABN Camp Meeting! "
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Not only do you
get to see the speakers
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but you also get to speak
to the speakers in person.
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Amen? Amen.
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How many of you have
been blessed during this
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Camp Meeting? Praise the
Lord, every hand went up.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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During this hour we
have a message entitled
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Christ's
Ministry in the Sanctuary.
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Christ's
Ministry in the Sanctuary.
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Pastor Stephen Bohr
has been serving the Lord
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as a pastor for over 30 years.
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He has been a
professor in theology.
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He has also been an evangelist,
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and he currently is the Speaker/
Director of Secrets Unsealed.
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But that's not
all... he's very busy.
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He also serves as the pastor
of the Fresno Central church
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in California. And they're
very loving and caring there.
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I was there for a weekend once
and it's a wonderful church.
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And Pastor Bohr one time told
me: "They're very good to me.
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I've been here for many
years and they still haven't
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thrown me out. "
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It's because they
appreciate what God does
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through his ministry.
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And I believe you will as
well as you study with him
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during this hour. Before
we continue in this study
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we would like to
invite you to pray.
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And if you wouldn't
mind standing with me...
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We ask those joining
us by radio and television
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to join us in prayer,
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and we're going to ask
for the Lord's blessing.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank you, Lord, for
Your goodness and Your mercy.
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We thank you, Lord,
for bringing Pastor Bohr
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to direct us in this study.
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But we know, Lord, that
even though he has studied
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the scriptures
for many, many years
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from knowing him, he
relies totally on You.
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So we pray for Your Holy
Spirit to once again use him
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in a mighty way to bring
us the message You have for us
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through him. And we pray
that You will be with us.
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Help us to
understand this message
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and help us, Father, to
share with others as well.
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We ask for Your blessing
in his ministry as he preaches
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and we pray for
Your blessing as well
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in the music that we will hear.
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We pray that it
would draw us close to You.
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We ask you, Father, for
these blessings in Jesus' name,
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Amen. Amen.
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You may be seated. It
is my pleasure once again
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to introduce to
you the music that will
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lead us to
God's throne of grace.
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And it's a beautiful song
from last year's Pillars CD...
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or the year before.
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And Reggie and Ladye
Love Smith will be sharing
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In The
Sanctuary. Amen? Amen! Amen.
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Afterward you
will hear Pastor Bohr
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bringing us the message:
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Christ's Ministry in the
Sanctuary. May God bless you.
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Amen.
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Very meaningful words. Amen.
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Don't you love the
music that was composed
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for the first Pillars? Amen.
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Praise the Lord!
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Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our Father and our
God, we are going to study
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the foundational truth that has
made us what we are as a people.
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And we just ask
that the Holy Spirit
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through the
ministration of Your angels
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will be present in this place
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to give us understanding
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not only intellectually
but also experientially
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that we might
experience salvation
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as it is
revealed in the sanctuary.
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We thank you, Father, for
the privilege of approaching
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Your throne with the
assurance that You hear us.
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And we know that You
will answer this prayer
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because we ask it in
the precious name of Jesus,
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Amen. Amen.
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At the General
Conference session last year
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we head an impassioned plea
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by our new General Conference
president, Elder Ted Wilson,
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in a kind and yet firm tone.
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He spoke about
the unique relevance
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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and the dangers of
losing our self-identity.
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Why does the Seventh-day
Adventist church exist?
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What makes us unique?
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Should we be preaching what
other churches are preaching
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or do we have a distinctively-
unique message for this time?
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Amen. I believe the answer
to these questions is found
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in an understanding of
the ministration of Christ
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in the sanctuary.
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In fact, we find in the
book Counsels to the Church
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page 347 written by Ellen White
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these very significant words:
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"The correct understanding... "
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notice the
correct understanding -
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"of the ministration
in the heavenly sanctuary
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is the
foundation of our faith. "
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Now as we look at the sanctuary
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I believe that the
sanctuary reveals five stages
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in the work of
Christ for our salvation.
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The first stage
takes place in the camp.
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We usually begin our
study of the sanctuary
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in the court, but the
sanctuary begins in the camp
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where sinners are.
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Needy sinners.
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And so Jesus came to this earth
and He came to dwell among us
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and to face all
of our temptations
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and all of our trials...
and never to sin, not even once.
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Because Jesus not
only came to live with us
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Jesus came to live for us.
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He came to live in our place.
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He came to live the
life that we should live.
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You see, the law of God
demands absolute perfection.
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You cannot
deviate from the law -
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which is a reflection of
the character of God - one iota.
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Amen. And none of us can
offer the law that perfection.
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And so we needed
Jesus to come to this earth
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to live the perfect life
that God requires from us.
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And then, of course, we
move into the second part
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of the sanctuary
which is the court.
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In the court we find
the main piece of furniture:
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the altar of sacrifice.
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That is where Jesus died for us.
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You see, it wasn't sufficient
for Jesus to live the life
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we should live because the
law also condemns us to death
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because we're all sinners.
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And so somebody had to come and
pay the penalty for our sins.
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And so at the altar
of sacrifice in the court
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Jesus dies...
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paying the penalty for
every person who has ever lived
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on planet earth.
The work that Jesus did
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in the camp and in
the court is corporate.
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In other words, it
was done for every person
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who has ever
lived on planet earth.
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He lived His life for all
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and He died His
death for all. Amen!
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And then He
resurrected at the laver.
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It's called the
laver of regeneration
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in Titus chapter 3 and verse 5.
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And then He enters upon
the third stage of His work
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of salvation which
takes place in the Holy Place
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of the heavenly sanctuary.
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There Jesus applies the
benefits of His earthly work
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to people who come
to Him in repentance...
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confessing their sins
and trusting in His merits.
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You see, the
resources are there,
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but the resources must
be individually claimed.
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On earth Jesus gained
the benefits of salvation:
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a perfect life
and a death for sin.
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But those must be personally
and individually claimed
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in order for us to
benefit from what Jesus did.
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And so in the Holy
Place Jesus receives prayers
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of repentant sinners
who confess their sins
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and say: "Jesus, I trust Your
merits. I trust in Your life.
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I trust that You can
take Your life and Your death
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and put them to my
account. Thank you, Jesus.
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Please accept me. "
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And Jesus then
takes His perfect life
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and He takes His death for sins
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and He places
them to my account.
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And God looks upon me
as if I had never sinned.
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That's the work that Jesus
performs in the Holy Place.
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And so our sins
enter the sanctuary
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through the blood of Jesus.
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And some people say:
"Well that's a threat
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to our salvation for if
our sins enter the sanctuary
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and they're
written in the sanctuary
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they're against us. "
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I beg to differ.
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You see, if your sins do
not enter into the sanctuary
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by the blood of
Jesus they are here!
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You don't have to worry about
your sins being in the sanctuary
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as long as they enter the
sanctuary through the blood
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of Jesus. Amen!
What is written in heaven
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is forgiven sins!
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They are not sins that
will be held against you.
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But nevertheless, our
sins are recorded in the books.
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And next to the books is
written when we confess our sins
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when we repent, when we come
to Jesus and trust in His merits
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next to those sins
Jesus writes FORGIVEN.
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Amen.
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And then of course we have the
4th phase of the work of Jesus,
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and this is where the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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is unique.
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You see, we believe
that all of those sins
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that have entered the sanctuary
through the blood of Jesus
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must be cleansed
from the sanctuary.
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And that takes place
during the Day of Atonement.
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The purpose of a Day of
Atonement - as we are going to
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see - is to reveal before the
universe who was a true believer
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and who was not.
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In other words, the
purpose of opening up the books
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and revealing the
records is to show
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who truly repented,
who truly confessed sin,
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and who truly trusted
in the merits of Jesus
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which is shown
by a changed life.
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And once the sanctuary is
cleansed from all forgiven sins
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they are placed on the
head of the scapegoat: Azazel.
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And then Jesus
changes His garments
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from his High Priestly-garments
to His Kingly robes
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and He returns to earth as
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
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And that is stage number five.
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I once had somebody say to me
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"Pastor Bohr,
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true Ellen White said that Jesus
is going to change His garments
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from His High-Priestly
garments to His Kingly garments.
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Where do you find
that in the Bible? "
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And I looked at him - I
knew that his question was not
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a sincere question...
it was a loaded question
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because he didn't believe in
the writings of Ellen White -
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and so I looked at him and
in my normal, diplomatic way
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I said: "If you just use
a little of the gray matter
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that God has given you,
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you would be able
to figure it out. "
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And he looked at me
with surprise. And I said:
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"Let me tell you
where it is in the Bible.
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How is Jesus clothed today? "
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He says: "Well, He's
serving as High Priest
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so He's clothed
as a High Priest. "
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I said: "Good answer. "
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I said: "When Jesus comes
again, how is He clothed? "
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Oh, now he knew he was
up a creek without a paddle.
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Says: "Well, in Revelation 19
it says that He comes clothed as
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King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. "
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So I said: "The inevitable
conclusion is that before
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He came He changed! "
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It's simple!
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What Ellen White says is
found in scripture if you look
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hard enough.
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The trouble is we
are lazy Bible students.
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We are not
in-depth Bible students.
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And so we have these 5
stages of the work of Christ.
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Now I would like
to ask this question
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and we're going to dedicate
the rest of our time to answer
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this question. Before
that let me make a statement.
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Would you agree that
all of these statements -
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all of these phases of
Christ's ministry - are truth?
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No doubt about it. All
of these stages are truth.
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But let me ask you:
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are all of these
stages of the work of Christ
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present truth?
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No.
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You say: "Now wait a minute.
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All these stages
are not present truth? "
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Do you want to know
what present truth is?
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It's very simple.
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If you want to know what present
truth is, all you have to do
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is find out where Jesus
is and what He's doing now.
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And that's what we
should be preaching!
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Now don't misunderstand
me. The perfect life of Christ
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is indispensable. His death
on the cross is indispensable.
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His ministration of
receiving sins in the sanctuary
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is indispensable.
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But present truth has to
do with the apartment where
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Jesus is ministering today.
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What is He doing today
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and what are the truths
revealed there where Jesus is?
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And let me ask
you... where is Jesus?
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He is in the Most Holy
Place of the heavenly sanctuary
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which means
that present truth...
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In order for us to
preach present truth
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it must be the truths
that are revealed where?
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That are revealed
in the Most Holy Place
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of the heavenly
sanctuary. Are you with me?
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Amen.
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Now I'd like to take our
minds to the book of Revelation.
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I want us to take a look at
Revelation's seven churches.
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Now most conservative
Bible scholars believe that the
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seven churches represent
seven periods of church history.
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In fact most of
them - even Hal Lindsey,
00:22:44.65\00:22:48.38
who is a
dyed-in-the-wool futurist
00:22:48.59\00:22:50.74
who believes in the rapture
and the re-establishment of
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Israel and the rebuilding
of the temple and all of those
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things - even he says that
the seven churches represent
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seven stages of church history.
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And this is the
way they look at it:
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the church of Ephesus
is the apostolic church.
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The church of Smyrna is
the church that was persecuted
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under the Roman emperors.
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The third church -
Pergamum - is the church when
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compromise comes into the church
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.39
in the days of
Constantine the Great.
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The church of Thyatira
where that woman Jezebel
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does her work, that harlot
woman, represents the period
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of the Middle
Ages... the dominion of the
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Roman Catholic papacy.
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The church of Sardis represents
the period of the Protestant
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Reformation. In other
words, the first five churches
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take us to the period
after the Protestant Reformation
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and the period
of papal supremacy.
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Now I would like to take a look
at the 6th church in the series.
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Remember that according to
Adventists and non-Adventist
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conservative scholars
00:24:00.95\00:24:02.50
the sixth church would
come after the period of papal
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supremacy and after the period
of the Protestant Reformation.
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Now I want you to
notice church number six
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is called Philadelphia.
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Let me ask you this question:
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would church number six be a
period before the second coming
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of Christ? Yes.
It would have to be
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because after the sixth
church there is a seventh.
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And you can't have a
seventh church if Jesus came
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during the sixth church!
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And so the period of the
sixth church is some time
00:24:35.66\00:24:39.06
after the fall of
the papacy in 1798 AD
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but before the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:24:42.36\00:24:46.04
Interestingly
enough, the word Laodicea
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which is the very next church
means "judging the people. "
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So the church after the church
of Philadelphia is the church
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of the what? Is the
church of the judgment...
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interestingly enough.
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Now I'd like us to read
from Revelation chapter 3
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and verses 7 and 8
something very interesting
00:25:07.33\00:25:10.81
that is placed before
the church of Philadelphia.
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The sixth church - before
the second coming of Christ
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but after the year 1798 AD.
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It says here:
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So there's a key and
something is going to be shut
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and something is
going to be what? Opened.
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Now what is it that's
going to be shut and what is
00:25:44.83\00:25:46.81
going to be opened? Verse 8:
00:25:46.91\00:25:48.29
So what is placed before
the church of Philadelphia?
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The church before the second
coming but after the period
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of papal
supremacy? An open door.
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Interesting.
00:26:11.92\00:26:13.86
How many doors
does the sanctuary have?
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Actually the sanctuary had 3.
00:26:17.36\00:26:20.40
The first door led
from the camp to the court.
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The second door led from
the court to the Holy Place
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and the third door led from
the Holy to the Most Holy Place.
00:26:28.18\00:26:30.80
Now the question
is: which of these doors
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was open before Philadelphia?
00:26:33.76\00:26:35.45
It cannot be the
door to the court
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because Philadelphia
is church number six
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and Jesus came to the court
even before the church age.
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Are you understanding me or not?
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It cannot be the second
door - the door that leads into
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the Holy Place -
because Jesus opened that door
00:26:51.80\00:26:54.55
and entered the Holy Place
when He ascended to heaven.
00:26:54.75\00:26:57.14
And we talked about that
in my first two presentations.
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So it can't be the first door
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because the first door
is the door to the court
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and the work of the court
Jesus did on earth when He
00:27:05.73\00:27:07.81
died on the cross.
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It can't be the second door
- the door to the Holy Place -
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because that door was
opened when Jesus ascended
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and began His High-Priestly
ministry in the Holy Place.
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So how many
doors does that leave?
00:27:17.49\00:27:19.50
One. It only leaves one door!
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.83
The door of the
sixth church after 1798 AD.
00:27:22.13\00:27:26.25
Now the question is:
where does this door lead to?
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We've noticed that it
leads to the Most Holy Place.
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But now let's
prove it from scripture.
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Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19.
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Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19.
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This verse is in the
context of the sixth trumpet.
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Interesting.
00:27:45.07\00:27:46.50
You have the sixth church
and you have the open door.
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Now you have the sixth trumpet
and you're going to notice also
00:27:49.33\00:27:53.53
an open door.
00:27:53.74\00:27:54.82
It says there in
Revelation 11:19:
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Which means that it
must have been what?
00:28:03.17\00:28:05.43
It must have been
closed until then.
00:28:05.63\00:28:08.89
So it says: "the temple
of God was opened in heaven"
00:28:09.19\00:28:13.48
and where does this
door of the temple lead to?
00:28:13.72\00:28:17.22
It says: "And the ark of
His covenant was... " What?
00:28:17.52\00:28:22.25
"The ark of His covenant
was seen in His temple. "
00:28:22.46\00:28:26.55
Which temple is this?
The earthly or the heavenly?
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It's the heavenly temple.
00:28:29.56\00:28:31.34
Which door is
this? To which apartment?
00:28:31.64\00:28:33.93
To the Most Holy Place.
00:28:34.23\00:28:35.55
How do we know that?
00:28:35.85\00:28:36.89
The word temple
here is the word naos.
00:28:39.22\00:28:41.92
It is used 15
times in Revelation.
00:28:42.22\00:28:45.65
Every single time it
refers to the Most Holy Place
00:28:45.95\00:28:49.17
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:28:49.37\00:28:50.43
Not only that, but the
text itself tells us that
00:28:50.73\00:28:54.64
the temple was open in
heaven and what was seen?
00:28:54.84\00:28:57.63
The ark of the covenant.
00:28:57.93\00:28:59.22
Now here's my question:
00:28:59.52\00:29:00.61
on which day of the Hebrew
year was the Most Holy Place
00:29:00.81\00:29:05.27
opened and the ark
of the covenant seen?
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.49
It was on the Day of Atonement.
00:29:08.79\00:29:11.32
So under the sixth trumpet
- under the sixth church -
00:29:11.62\00:29:14.86
you have an opening of a door
00:29:15.06\00:29:16.54
and that door leads
to the Most Holy Place
00:29:16.74\00:29:19.15
where the ark of the covenant
is found. Are you with me?
00:29:19.35\00:29:22.35
This gives us the
chronology of the judgment.
00:29:22.65\00:29:25.69
Now I'd like to
remind us about Daniel 7
00:29:26.09\00:29:29.15
because Daniel 7
follows the same pattern...
00:29:29.36\00:29:31.41
the same chronology.
00:29:31.61\00:29:32.97
I can only review this.
00:29:33.27\00:29:35.08
I'm sure that many of you
- probably most of you - have
00:29:35.28\00:29:37.28
studied Daniel chapter 7.
00:29:37.48\00:29:38.56
We have a lion. What
does the lion represent?
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.67
The kingdom of Babylon.
00:29:41.17\00:29:43.03
Then we have a bear.
What does the bear represent?
00:29:43.23\00:29:44.97
The Medes and Persians.
00:29:45.28\00:29:46.57
Then we have a leopard
and that represents what?
00:29:46.77\00:29:49.12
The kingdom of Greece.
00:29:49.32\00:29:50.65
Then we have a dragon beast
which represents what kingdom?
00:29:50.85\00:29:53.86
Rome. And then that
dragon beast sprouts ten horns
00:29:54.06\00:29:58.16
and what do the
ten horns represent?
00:29:58.36\00:30:00.16
Rome in a divided state.
00:30:00.36\00:30:02.65
And then among the
ten horns rises what?
00:30:02.85\00:30:05.81
A little horn.
00:30:06.11\00:30:07.77
And what does the
little horn represent?
00:30:08.07\00:30:10.02
It is a new
Rome... it is papal Rome.
00:30:10.22\00:30:14.13
And how long does
the little horn rule?
00:30:14.24\00:30:16.72
Time, times, and
the dividing of time
00:30:17.02\00:30:19.68
which is 1,260 what?
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.68
Years... applying
the year/day principle.
00:30:22.88\00:30:25.66
And then in Daniel 7
after the little horn rules
00:30:25.96\00:30:30.19
for 1,260 years we have
this heavenly scene of judgment
00:30:30.32\00:30:34.75
where the Ancient of
Days goes and He sits.
00:30:36.57\00:30:41.39
And it says that the "judgment
is set and the books are... "
00:30:41.69\00:30:46.98
What? "Opened. "
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.82
Is that after 1798 AD?
00:30:49.12\00:30:50.96
Absolutely after 1798 AD.
00:30:51.16\00:30:53.96
But then we find that
coming on the clouds of heaven
00:30:54.27\00:30:58.29
to where the Ancient of
Days entered... and by the way,
00:30:58.49\00:31:01.55
it doesn't say He came on the
clouds of heaven to the earth.
00:31:01.75\00:31:04.20
That was a fundamental
mistake of the Millerites.
00:31:04.50\00:31:07.30
You know they... clouds
of heaven, Jesus coming.
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.77
That's the second
coming. No! Daniel 7 says
00:31:09.97\00:31:12.09
that He came on the
clouds to the Ancient of Days.
00:31:12.29\00:31:15.19
Where does the
Ancient of Days live?
00:31:15.49\00:31:17.15
Since 1844 AD He is
in the Most Holy Place
00:31:17.45\00:31:20.13
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:20.23\00:31:21.36
So Jesus goes into
the Most Holy Place
00:31:21.56\00:31:24.70
and there He is
given His kingdom.
00:31:24.90\00:31:29.32
The purpose of the
judgment is for Jesus to receive
00:31:29.62\00:31:32.58
His kingdom.
Now the question is:
00:31:32.68\00:31:34.35
what is the kingdom?
00:31:34.55\00:31:37.22
Folks, the kingdom has
nothing to do with territory.
00:31:38.73\00:31:42.45
The kingdom has everything
to do with what persons
00:31:44.02\00:31:48.88
belong to the
kingdom of Jesus Christ.
00:31:49.08\00:31:51.71
Amen. The purpose of
the judgment is to determine
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.03
who is a true genuine
follower of Jesus Christ.
00:31:55.23\00:32:00.19
Who has truly accepted
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord?
00:32:00.49\00:32:04.99
That's the purpose of
the heavenly judgment.
00:32:05.19\00:32:07.15
And when Jesus has
judged the case of all of those
00:32:07.45\00:32:10.11
who profess Jesus Christ
then His kingdom will be made up
00:32:10.32\00:32:15.07
because it will have
been revealed who are members
00:32:15.37\00:32:18.96
of His kingdom.
00:32:19.16\00:32:20.24
Amen. Now you say: "Why
do we need this judgment
00:32:20.55\00:32:22.80
if God knows everything? "
00:32:23.00\00:32:24.77
The purpose of the
judgment is not to inform God.
00:32:25.07\00:32:29.52
The purpose of the judgment
is to reveal before the universe
00:32:29.82\00:32:33.25
that God was right in the
way that He dealt with those
00:32:33.35\00:32:37.00
who professed the
name of Jesus Christ.
00:32:37.20\00:32:40.56
Let me ask you: are there
true and counterfeit believers
00:32:40.86\00:32:44.89
in the church? Yes.
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.69
Did Jesus say that there are
wheat and tares in the church?
00:32:46.99\00:32:50.45
Yes. Absolutely.
00:32:50.75\00:32:52.05
Does the gospel net
gather good and bad fish? Yes.
00:32:52.35\00:32:56.89
Absolutely. Were there
wise and foolish virgins
00:32:57.02\00:33:00.82
in the church? Yes.
00:33:01.02\00:33:03.68
Was the wedding
hall filled with guests?
00:33:03.98\00:33:07.07
Yes! But there were some
that did not have the robe.
00:33:07.37\00:33:11.10
They were in the books but
they did not have the robe.
00:33:11.40\00:33:14.27
Are there those
who say "Lord, Lord"
00:33:14.57\00:33:18.07
but their life denies
"Lord, Lord? " Absolutely.
00:33:18.27\00:33:21.73
Are there even ministers
who claim to be ministers of
00:33:22.03\00:33:24.64
righteousness but
are not? Absolutely.
00:33:24.84\00:33:27.44
Are there those in the church
that have a form of godliness
00:33:27.75\00:33:30.48
but not the power of godliness?
00:33:30.58\00:33:32.49
Are there those who have been
forgiven a huge debt by Jesus
00:33:32.69\00:33:36.95
but then refuse to let that
forgiveness flow through them
00:33:37.15\00:33:42.12
to others to forgive others?
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.07
By the way, for those who
say that forgiveness cannot be
00:33:44.37\00:33:48.48
revoked just read
Matthew chapter 18.
00:33:48.58\00:33:51.06
This individual
that was forgiven much
00:33:51.36\00:33:53.55
then he goes out and he
grabs somebody by the neck
00:33:56.31\00:33:59.11
that owed him a pittance.
00:33:59.31\00:34:01.35
And he started shaking
him and saying: "Pay me. "
00:34:01.55\00:34:04.63
And this man said: "Well
give me time and I'll pay you. "
00:34:06.26\00:34:08.66
"No! No time! Pay me now! "
00:34:08.86\00:34:11.24
And he has him thrown in prison!
00:34:11.54\00:34:13.17
Haa! When the king
heard that he called him in
00:34:13.47\00:34:16.45
and he revoked his forgiveness.
00:34:16.65\00:34:19.71
So don't you tell me that
forgiveness cannot be revoked
00:34:20.01\00:34:23.71
when the cases are
examined and it's discovered
00:34:23.91\00:34:27.34
that those who claimed
Jesus as Savior and Lord
00:34:27.54\00:34:31.03
did not really embrace
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:34:31.23\00:34:36.16
What else do we find in the Most
Holy Place of the sanctuary?
00:34:39.05\00:34:41.78
The Ten Commandments.
00:34:43.34\00:34:45.18
Could that be part
of the preaching of the
00:34:45.58\00:34:48.07
Seventh-day
Adventist church? Yes.
00:34:48.27\00:34:50.66
What is found in the
center of the Ten Commandments?
00:34:50.89\00:34:53.39
The Sabbath.
00:34:54.39\00:34:55.90
And by the way, the
Sabbath is highlighted in the
00:34:56.10\00:35:00.41
Most Holy Place. You
say: "How is it highlighted? "
00:35:00.51\00:35:03.78
Because God placed in the
ark of the covenant two things
00:35:04.08\00:35:07.39
related to the Sabbath.
00:35:07.59\00:35:08.68
The first is in
the fourth commandment:
00:35:08.98\00:35:11.29
"Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. "
00:35:11.49\00:35:13.26
But He also placed in
the ark a pot of manna.
00:35:13.46\00:35:17.19
So the Sabbath is
doubly highlighted.
00:35:18.09\00:35:20.36
And I believe that's the
reason why Ellen White saw the
00:35:20.57\00:35:22.75
Sabbath commandment
with a halo around it.
00:35:22.85\00:35:25.14
It's enhanced...
it's highlighted.
00:35:25.44\00:35:27.98
And if you remember, when
God rained the manna from heaven
00:35:28.18\00:35:30.98
He gave that as a test to Israel
00:35:31.18\00:35:33.82
to see if they
would walk in His law.
00:35:34.12\00:35:36.12
Which means that in the ark of
the covenant you have the law,
00:35:36.52\00:35:40.44
you have the Sabbath,
and the Sabbath as a test
00:35:40.64\00:35:44.23
whether God's people
will walk in God's law or not.
00:35:44.43\00:35:47.92
But another lesson of the
manna was healthful living.
00:35:48.22\00:35:51.08
God gave the manna to show
that we should live healthy -
00:35:51.38\00:35:56.22
vegetarian, vegan -
00:35:56.42\00:36:01.17
lifestyle.
00:36:01.38\00:36:02.58
And not only... we
should also sleep enough.
00:36:02.88\00:36:05.68
And we should drink enough
of the right things, of course.
00:36:05.98\00:36:10.77
And that we should exercise.
00:36:11.07\00:36:13.89
So in the ark of the covenant
the manna highlights the
00:36:15.50\00:36:19.79
Sabbath but it also
teaches healthful living.
00:36:19.99\00:36:22.39
And then, of course, you
have the idea of the judgment
00:36:23.60\00:36:25.94
in the Most Holy Place.
00:36:26.14\00:36:27.26
In fact, the judgment
of Israel took place in the
00:36:27.46\00:36:29.86
Most Holy Place. So you
have the investigative judgment
00:36:29.96\00:36:32.53
in the Most Holy Place.
00:36:32.63\00:36:33.63
You also have in
the Most Holy Place
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the idea that the dead are dead.
00:36:35.84\00:36:37.91
You say: "Now
where do you find that? "
00:36:38.01\00:36:40.05
Well, I'll tell you briefly.
00:36:40.35\00:36:42.32
There was also a rod
in the ark of the covenant
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and that rod sprouted life.
00:36:47.24\00:36:51.38
That rod represented
Jesus who has life in Himself.
00:36:51.68\00:36:56.43
"Because I live... " Jesus
said, "you shall live... What?
00:36:56.73\00:37:01.19
"also. " There's something
else in the Most Holy Place
00:37:01.39\00:37:04.95
that reveals that people
are dead until the resurrection.
00:37:05.15\00:37:08.27
That there's no immortal soul
that goes to heaven or to hell
00:37:08.47\00:37:10.76
when you die. You
say: "What is that? "
00:37:10.96\00:37:12.93
Well, if the
judgment began in 1844 AD
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at a certain point in history
and the first ones to be judged
00:37:16.92\00:37:22.70
were those who
first lived upon the earth
00:37:22.90\00:37:24.87
it must mean that
Adam who was judged first
00:37:26.34\00:37:29.20
because he was the
first being created...
00:37:29.40\00:37:31.07
Adam - who was
judged first in 1844 AD -
00:37:31.37\00:37:36.34
he couldn't be in heaven.
00:37:37.61\00:37:38.79
How could he be in
heaven before he was judged?
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Are you with me? Yes.
00:37:42.99\00:37:44.60
So in other words, the
idea that the judgment begins
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at a certain point of time
indicates that people did not
00:37:47.78\00:37:51.65
go to heaven or to
hell when they died
00:37:51.85\00:37:53.75
because they would
not be taken to heaven
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or they would
not be sent to hell
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before they were what?
Judged. Before they were judged.
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Now let me ask you: are
these all the distinctive
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beliefs of the Adventist church?
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Are those the points of conten-
tion with the Christian world?
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The commandments? The
Sabbath? Healthful living?
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The state of the dead?
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The investigative judgment?
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Absolutely. These are the
doctrines that are contended
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in the Christian world
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and are rejected to a great
degree in the Christian world.
00:38:26.44\00:38:29.89
And the reason why is
because the Christian world
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has not followed Jesus
Christ into the Most Holy Place
00:38:32.61\00:38:36.17
of the heavenly sanctuary
which is present truth.
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Amen.
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Now we need to go to
Revelation 13 and 14 quickly.
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You see, in Daniel
chapter 7 we have the judgment
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as a heavenly scene.
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In other words, what you see
in Daniel 7 about the judgment
00:38:50.40\00:38:52.67
is taking place in heaven.
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But of course it wouldn't
do any good for this judgment
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to take place in heaven if
nobody knew about it on earth.
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So in Revelation 14 we
have the same judgment but
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the emphasis is the announcement
of that judgment on earth.
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Go with me to Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 2.
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Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 2.
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It's referring
clearly to Daniel chapter 7.
00:39:16.43\00:39:19.75
It says here:
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What do those
beasts bring to mind?
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Daniel 7.
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Is that correct? Yes.
00:39:42.26\00:39:44.30
So notice you have
the same four beasts:
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you have a lion, you have
a bear, you have a leopard,
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and you have a dragon.
00:39:49.53\00:39:50.86
And Revelation 12 says
that that dragon has ten horns.
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And then the 10-horned dragon
gives its seat, its authority,
00:39:54.39\00:39:58.32
and its power to the beast
00:39:58.43\00:39:59.94
and the beast rules for
42 months or 1,260 years.
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Do we have the same
time frame in Revelation 13
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as we have in
Daniel 7? Absolutely.
00:40:10.03\00:40:12.69
But now I want you
to notice in chapter 14
00:40:12.99\00:40:15.45
what transpires
after these powers rule.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7.
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Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7.
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Right after talking about
the lion, the bear, the leopard,
00:40:27.72\00:40:30.64
the dragon, the
ten horns on the dragon
00:40:30.85\00:40:33.02
and then the beast
that rules for 1,260 years
00:40:33.22\00:40:37.41
we have an earthly announcement
of a very important event.
00:40:37.62\00:40:42.15
"for the hour of His
judgment will come... "
00:41:02.12\00:41:05.15
Thank you very
much... you're with me.
00:41:06.37\00:41:09.11
It doesn't say "for the hour
of His judgment WILL come... "
00:41:09.35\00:41:12.58
it says "the hour of
His judgment HAS come. "
00:41:12.78\00:41:15.53
Now here's my question:
00:41:20.70\00:41:22.84
Does the judgment begin while
the gospel is being preached?
00:41:23.14\00:41:26.47
Of course.
00:41:27.62\00:41:30.62
This angel is saying:
"Proclaiming the everlasting
00:41:32.52\00:41:34.96
gospel to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people... "
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.19
And the angel said:
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:41:37.49\00:41:40.07
for the hour of His
judgment has come! "
00:41:40.27\00:41:41.93
So the judgment begins while
the gospel is being preached.
00:41:42.23\00:41:46.58
So does the judgment
begin before probation closes?
00:41:46.78\00:41:49.73
It most certainly does.
00:41:49.93\00:41:51.59
After these powers rule
00:41:52.00\00:41:54.52
and immediately
afterwards what do we have?
00:41:54.82\00:41:59.05
The warning in Revelation 14
that the hour of God's judgment
00:41:59.35\00:42:04.78
has what? The hour of
God's judgment has begun.
00:42:04.98\00:42:08.45
See, this isn't rocket science.
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.84
All you have to do is
follow the logical sequence
00:42:11.24\00:42:15.83
of prophecy. It's
called historicism.
00:42:16.03\00:42:19.59
It's the main method that
is used to interpret prophecy
00:42:19.89\00:42:24.71
in the Adventist
church and if I dare say
00:42:24.91\00:42:27.06
there are those in
the Adventist church
00:42:27.26\00:42:28.44
that are starting to
fiddle with this method.
00:42:28.54\00:42:30.74
And they're starting to
project portions of Revelation
00:42:31.04\00:42:33.73
purely to the future.
00:42:33.93\00:42:35.11
They're on dangerous ground.
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.15
Now do you know that the
three angels' message contains
00:42:39.45\00:42:43.02
the same things as
the Most Holy Place?
00:42:43.12\00:42:45.35
Let me just share it with you.
00:42:46.69\00:42:48.66
If you look at the
expression "Fear God, "
00:42:50.18\00:42:53.67
almost invariably in the
Old Testament it's used in
00:42:54.98\00:42:57.86
connection with
keeping God's commandments.
00:42:58.06\00:43:00.17
Ecclesiastes chapter 12
says: "Fear God and keep His
00:43:00.47\00:43:04.88
commandments for this
is the whole duty of man. "
00:43:04.98\00:43:07.58
Furthermore, the
third angel's message says:
00:43:07.88\00:43:10.29
"Here are they
who keep... " What?
00:43:10.49\00:43:12.93
"the commandments of God. "
00:43:13.03\00:43:14.37
Do the three angels' messages
bring the commandments to view?
00:43:14.57\00:43:17.45
How about the Sabbath?
00:43:17.75\00:43:20.11
Hmmm.
00:43:20.41\00:43:22.23
"Worship Him who created
the heavens, the earth, the seas
00:43:22.53\00:43:26.08
and the fountains of waters. "
00:43:26.18\00:43:27.72
The first angel's message
brings to view the Sabbath.
00:43:28.02\00:43:30.36
Is that a Most
Holy Place teaching?
00:43:30.46\00:43:32.08
Absolutely.
00:43:32.38\00:43:33.67
Does... Do the three
angels' messages bring to view
00:43:33.97\00:43:37.45
the idea that the
Sabbath will be a test?
00:43:37.65\00:43:39.96
Yes, because the test will
be over the mark of the beast
00:43:40.26\00:43:43.49
or what? Or the seal of God.
00:43:43.69\00:43:46.10
Those are in the
three angels' messages.
00:43:46.40\00:43:49.23
Do the three angels'
messages bring to view the hour
00:43:49.33\00:43:52.53
of God's judgment? Is
that in the Most Holy Place?
00:43:52.63\00:43:56.51
It most certainly is!
00:43:56.81\00:43:58.37
How about the state of the dead?
00:43:58.67\00:44:00.11
Is the state of the dead
in the three angels' messages?
00:44:00.21\00:44:02.84
Of course. If the hour of God's
judgment begins at a certain
00:44:03.04\00:44:06.19
point, then people did
not go to heaven or to hell
00:44:06.29\00:44:08.96
when they died.
00:44:09.06\00:44:10.29
Do the three angels' messages
have the idea of health reform?
00:44:10.79\00:44:15.88
Yes, because the
first angel's message says:
00:44:16.18\00:44:18.06
"Fear God and
give GLORY to Him... "
00:44:18.26\00:44:21.14
And the apostle Paul
says: "Therefore glorify God
00:44:21.44\00:44:23.94
with your body and with
your spirit which are God's.
00:44:24.14\00:44:26.97
If therefore you eat or
drink or whatever you do
00:44:28.67\00:44:31.67
do all to... " What?
"to the glory of God. "
00:44:31.87\00:44:34.29
In other words, the
three angels' messages are the
00:44:34.49\00:44:36.42
earthly proclamation of the
message of the Most Holy Place
00:44:36.52\00:44:40.90
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:44:41.10\00:44:43.01
This is present truth.
00:44:43.31\00:44:47.78
And it worries me when I
see Adventist churches changing
00:44:48.28\00:44:51.75
their names to
Adventist Community Church
00:44:51.86\00:44:55.39
or Adventist Fellowship.
Like we want to get rid
00:44:56.69\00:45:01.18
of the distinctiveness
of the Adventist church.
00:45:01.28\00:45:04.53
We should be proclaiming
this from the rooftops - Amen! -
00:45:04.73\00:45:09.15
that we are
Seventh-day Adventists - Amen! -
00:45:09.25\00:45:12.40
and then we must explain
to people what that means.
00:45:12.53\00:45:15.18
But the Most Holy
Place has another message
00:45:16.97\00:45:19.11
which has been greatly
ignored by the Christian world
00:45:19.61\00:45:22.45
and even by Adventists.
00:45:22.65\00:45:23.88
You see, before the Day of
Atonement - which is the message
00:45:24.28\00:45:27.89
of the Most Holy Place -
you have the Feast of Trumpets
00:45:28.10\00:45:32.10
which announced the coming
Day of Atonement and the need
00:45:32.40\00:45:35.57
to prepare. You know, sometimes
we have emphasized so much
00:45:35.77\00:45:39.54
what Jesus does in heaven that
we forget what the people did
00:45:39.74\00:45:43.12
outside the sanctuary as
the priest was working inside.
00:45:43.22\00:45:47.04
What were the
people doing outside?
00:45:48.57\00:45:50.97
Oh, they were jumping and
they were speaking in tongues
00:45:51.27\00:45:54.43
and they were shouting and they
were laughing in the Spirit?
00:45:54.63\00:45:57.54
No! What were they doing?
00:45:57.84\00:45:59.73
They were afflicting their
souls and they were fasting.
00:46:00.03\00:46:05.90
And they gathered
around the sanctuary because
00:46:07.57\00:46:10.15
their minds had to
be in the sanctuary.
00:46:10.35\00:46:12.64
Because once the Day of
Atonement closed, that was it!
00:46:12.94\00:46:16.12
He who was
filthy was still filthy
00:46:16.42\00:46:20.03
and he who was
holy was still holy.
00:46:20.23\00:46:23.38
You see, as Jesus
cleanses the sanctuary in heaven
00:46:23.68\00:46:26.93
He does a parallel work of
cleansing the temple of the soul
00:46:27.13\00:46:31.85
on earth.
00:46:32.05\00:46:33.26
I want to read Joel chapter 2.
00:46:34.44\00:46:36.98
Of course, the clock
is our greatest enemy.
00:46:37.28\00:46:39.84
Joel 2 verses 10 and 11.
00:46:41.56\00:46:43.88
If you read the first 9 verses,
that's describing the second
00:46:44.18\00:46:46.51
coming of Christ.
00:46:46.61\00:46:48.00
And the climax is in
verse 10, and verse 11
00:46:48.30\00:46:51.16
asks the question.
Notice what it says:
00:46:51.26\00:46:52.93
So it's describing the
second coming and it says:
00:47:18.68\00:47:20.91
"Who can endure the
day of Christ's coming? "
00:47:21.11\00:47:24.41
The answer is in
the very next verse.
00:47:25.65\00:47:27.65
And I'm only going
to read verses 12 and 13
00:47:27.95\00:47:29.99
and then I'm going to
jump down to verses 15-17
00:47:30.19\00:47:33.23
because of the
time. It says in verse 12:
00:47:33.43\00:47:36.06
Because the day of His
wrath is going to be so great
00:47:37.37\00:47:41.40
and terrible, who is
going to be able to stand?
00:47:41.61\00:47:44.00
God says beforehand:
00:47:44.10\00:47:45.13
Is that what we're
supposed to be doing now?
00:47:54.02\00:47:55.74
Amen. Yes!
00:47:56.04\00:47:57.77
It's not time for celebration.
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.17
The time for celebration
is tabernacles in heaven.
00:48:01.74\00:48:05.23
Now that doesn't mean
that we can't celebrate
00:48:05.43\00:48:07.35
what Jesus did on the cross and
we can't experience salvation
00:48:07.55\00:48:10.18
like Shelley told
us this afternoon.
00:48:10.38\00:48:13.31
We can have the
joy of salvation.
00:48:13.52\00:48:14.82
We can even say that Christ
has saved us by His grace.
00:48:15.02\00:48:18.03
It doesn't mean that we
can't have joy, but it does
00:48:19.13\00:48:21.43
mean that we're
doing soul searching.
00:48:21.63\00:48:23.47
Amen.
00:48:23.77\00:48:25.69
And it continues saying:
00:48:25.99\00:48:27.07
And then you have a reference
to the Feast of Trumpets.
00:48:39.25\00:48:42.55
That's the spirit of the
Day of Atonement on earth
00:49:16.34\00:49:19.24
because Jesus is not
going to cleanse anything there
00:49:19.54\00:49:23.03
that has not been cleansed here.
00:49:23.23\00:49:25.83
You know, that question
that you find in Joel 2:11
00:49:27.05\00:49:32.41
is repeated in Revelation.
00:49:32.61\00:49:34.10
After describing the second
coming... signs in the moon
00:49:35.38\00:49:38.22
and the stars and the
great earthquake and so on
00:49:38.42\00:49:41.30
it says in Revelation 6:17 at
the conclusion of this passage:
00:49:41.50\00:49:45.07
Is that the same
question we noticed in Joel?
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.24
Absolutely. Do you
know where the answer comes?
00:49:55.47\00:49:57.38
In the very next chapter.
00:49:57.58\00:49:59.10
There are 144,00 which
represent the living saints when
00:49:59.40\00:50:03.49
Jesus comes.
00:50:03.69\00:50:04.92
They follow the
Lamb wherever He goes.
00:50:05.22\00:50:07.23
They have the
name of their Father
00:50:09.26\00:50:10.78
written on their foreheads.
00:50:10.88\00:50:12.92
They are virgins...
00:50:13.22\00:50:14.83
which means that they
have not become defiled
00:50:15.13\00:50:17.09
with the apostate
women... with fallen churches.
00:50:17.29\00:50:20.85
They are without spot
before the throne of God.
00:50:22.04\00:50:25.55
In other words, those who have
been in the sanctuary with Jesus
00:50:25.86\00:50:31.40
and through the power of the
Holy Spirit have overcome sin
00:50:31.60\00:50:35.33
in their lives. You
know, I have people say
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.38
"Well Pastor Bohr,
nobody's perfect. "
00:50:38.67\00:50:42.59
In fact they say:
"Are you perfect? "
00:50:43.73\00:50:45.85
And when I... And I
answer: "No, I'm not perfect. "
00:50:47.89\00:50:50.58
But the possibility of
perfection does not depend
00:50:50.98\00:50:55.13
on whether I'm perfect or
not. It depends on whether
00:50:55.33\00:50:58.10
God is able or not. Amen.
00:50:58.30\00:51:01.00
Some people say: "You
can never overcome sin
00:51:01.30\00:51:03.38
before Jesus comes.
The flesh is too strong. "
00:51:03.59\00:51:05.91
So you're saying that the
flesh is stronger than God?
00:51:06.11\00:51:07.92
"The world is too powerful! "
00:51:09.44\00:51:10.94
So you're saying the
world is more powerful than God?
00:51:11.14\00:51:12.85
"The devil is more powerful. "
00:51:13.15\00:51:15.19
You're saying that the
devil is more powerful than God?
00:51:15.40\00:51:17.14
"Oh, my genes made me do it. "
00:51:18.33\00:51:22.73
So your genes are
more powerful than God?
00:51:22.93\00:51:24.79
"The environment I
grew up in made me do it. "
00:51:24.99\00:51:27.65
So you're saying that your
environment is more powerful
00:51:27.85\00:51:30.08
than God? See, when you
say that it is not possible
00:51:30.19\00:51:32.42
to reach perfection, you're not
really saying that man is weak,
00:51:32.45\00:51:36.25
you're saying
that God is not strong.
00:51:36.46\00:51:38.03
You know that text in the Bible
that says: "I can do almost
00:51:40.67\00:51:43.47
all things through
Christ who strengthens me? "
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.44
OK, you didn't like that.
00:51:49.84\00:51:51.21
OK. How about: "I
can do some things
00:51:51.51\00:51:55.06
through Christ
who strengthens me? "
00:51:55.26\00:51:56.56
My Bible says: "I can do
ALL things through Christ
00:51:56.86\00:52:00.35
who strengthens me. "
00:52:00.55\00:52:01.87
And by the way,
there are no parentheses.
00:52:02.27\00:52:04.44
He doesn't say: "I can do
all things except overcome sin
00:52:04.55\00:52:08.21
through Christ
who strengthens me. "
00:52:08.41\00:52:09.92
Allow me to read you a couple
of statements from Ellen White.
00:52:11.00\00:52:13.53
From the book
Maranatha page 249 she says:
00:52:13.84\00:52:16.73
In the devotional book
The Upward Look page 344
00:52:56.91\00:53:00.80
she says this:
00:53:01.00\00:53:02.13
In other words,
this is present truth.
00:53:47.90\00:53:50.43
While most of the Christian
world, you know, follows what
00:53:51.65\00:53:54.42
the bumper sticker says: "I'm
not perfect... just forgiven. "
00:53:54.52\00:53:57.96
Well God wants you to be
forgiven but He wants more
00:53:59.38\00:54:01.82
than forgiveness. He
wants to pour out His power
00:54:01.92\00:54:04.81
to overcome. Amen. He
doesn't want us to have
00:54:05.01\00:54:08.29
a frustrated Christian walk
where we are just constantly
00:54:08.39\00:54:11.69
coming: forgive,
forgive, forgive.
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He will forgive if we're
sincere and we love the Lord.
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But Jesus wants us to
have victory over sin. Amen.
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You see, this is the one
doctrine that distinguishes
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Seventh-day Adventists
from every other church.
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It's no coincidence
that shortly after 1844 AD
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our pioneers discovered
all of the distinctive truths
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of the Adventist church.
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Because once you
enter the Most Holy Place
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you see the ark and you
know that the law is there.
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So it wasn't done
away with at the cross.
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And once you examine the
law you see that the Sabbath
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is there. And once
you're in the Most Holy Place
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you say: "That's where
the judgment took place. "
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And once you see the
pot of manna you say:
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"God gave that to
Israel for healthful living
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and it highlights the Sabbath. "
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And once you believe that
the judgment began at a certain
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point, the dead are dead
until the resurrection...
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until after they're judged.
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All of the distinctive
truths of the Adventist church
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are found in the Most Holy
Place of the heavenly sanctuary.
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That IS present truth.
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And Ellen White has said
in Early Writings page 256...
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She says about the three angels'
messages which are the earthly
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announcement of
the heavenly event:
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Is the final controversy
going to be over God's law? Yes.
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Is it going to be
over the Sabbath? Yes.
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Is spiritualism
going to be involved
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which is a wrong concept
of the state of the dead?
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Are you understanding
that the distinctive truths of
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the Adventist church are the
issue in the end-time conflict?
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Do we need to warn the
world about this? Amen.
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This is what we need to
be warning the world about.
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Yes, we need to teach
people to follow Jesus.
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We don't start with
people in the Most Holy Place.
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We need to take them
first of all to the camp.
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Jesus lived His life for you.
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We need to take
them to the court.
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Jesus died the death for you.
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There we need to take
them to the Holy Place and say:
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"Now you can come to
Jesus and if you're repentant
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and you confess your sins and
you trust in the merits of Jesus
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Jesus will take His
life and He'll take His death
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and He'll put them to
your account and you'll be
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covered by the
blood in the sanctuary.
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Amen. But we need to
lead them one step further
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and reveal to them the
truths of the Most Holy Place.
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The idea that
through the power of God
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sin can be overcome
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because sin is not
more powerful than God.
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Amen!
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This is what Elder
Wilson was calling us to do.
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This is what
makes our church special
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and gives us the
reason for our existence.
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And woe to us
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if we should think
that we need to preach
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what everybody else is preaching
00:57:18.10\00:57:19.73
and we need to grow churches
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the way everybody
else grows churches. Amen.
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The truth will fill the church
with those who are sincere
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and loving, and that's
the way we should do it.
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