Welcome to 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting 2017,
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Exposing The Counterfeit.
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Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Spring Camp Meeting 2017,
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Exposing The Counterfeit.
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We're so glad that you
have joined us at home,
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whether you're
listening on the radio,
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watching on 3ABN
anywhere all around the world,
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we're so glad
that you have tuned in
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for the special
messages this weekend,
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and we're so glad that
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each one of you
are here as well,
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traveled from all
over the United States
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and from
different parts of the world
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come together to seek
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Our special message
today will be brought to us
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by Pastor Mark Howard.
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He is the senior
pastor of the Cedar Lake
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Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Michigan.
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He's also the director
of the Emmanuel Institute,
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that's the lay missionary
evangelism training school
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in the Michigan Conference
and they do a wonderful work
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and train and equip
people for evangelism.
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His precious wife,
Stephanie, is a fabulous cook.
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And they have two
children, Caleb and Anna,
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and we are
going to be so blessed
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by the message he
will be bringing today.
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It's entitled "Why do you claim
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there is a sanctuary in heaven?"
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So we'll be talking
about the importance
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and the relevance of
the sanctuary message for us
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at this time.
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Before Pastor Howard speaks,
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we'll be blessed by music
by our own pastor, C.A. Murray.
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He's a general
manager of 3ABN Proclaim.
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And he and his wife,
Irma are such a blessing.
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And the song he
will be ministering
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is one of my favorites.
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I think it's my
all-time favorite that he does.
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It's called, "He lifts me".
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After Pastor CA Murray,
the next voice you will hear
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will be that of
Pastor Mark Howard.
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He lifts my burdens
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Whenever I'm down
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He gives me joy
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When I'm wearing a frown
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He is my hope
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In the midst of despair
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And He, He is my comfort
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For He's always there
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So I sing
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Not because I feel like singing
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And I praise Him
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Though the end I may not see
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For whenever I
lift the name of Jesus
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Jesus reaches down
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And He lifts me
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He is the music
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That makes my heart glad
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He whispers peace
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Whenever I am sad
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He is the sunshine
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That brightens my day
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And He, He is the lighthouse
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To show me the way
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So I sing
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Not because I feel like singing
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And I praise Him
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Though the end I may not see
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For whenever I
lift the name of Jesus
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Jesus reaches down
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And He lifts me
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So I sing
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Not because I just like singing
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And I praise Him
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Though the end I may not see
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For whenever I
lift the name of Jesus
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Jesus reached down
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Turns me around
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And He plants my
feet on a higher ground
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He reaches down
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And He lifts me
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Amen.
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Reaches down and lifts me.
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Hallelujah.
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Good morning, everyone.
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How are you doing today?
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Well, it's a beautiful
day outside, the sun shining.
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I'm from Michigan,
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the sun's out
maybe one day out of 365.
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Okay, it's a little
bit of an exaggeration
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a little bit but,
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and the Son of righteousness
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is shining in here this morning,
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Jesus Christ, and I'm so glad.
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Are your brains full yet? No.
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Oh, good, you got room for
more because we've got more now.
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We are going to be talking
about the heavenly sanctuary
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but before we do,
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I want to kneel and ask God
to bless our time in His Word.
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So I'm going to do that.
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I'm going to invite you to bow
your heads with me as I do so.
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Heavenly Father,
we thank You so much
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for Your love for us,
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for the gift of
your Son Jesus Christ
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who lifts us up.
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Father we ask now that
Your Spirit would be present
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to give us
understanding in Your Word.
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Bless us to that end, we
ask it in Jesus' name, amen.
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Now the theme, I was
thinking about the theme,
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Exposing The Counterfeit.
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What is it that makes
a counterfeit effective?
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You've probably
heard it said before
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that you've never
seen a three dollar bill
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unless it was
some kind of plaything.
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Nobody's ever
tried to pass one off.
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Well, I shouldn't say nobody,
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I shouldn't say
nobody and here's why?
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I read a story in the news
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about a woman in
Covington, Georgia,
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who went to Walmart,
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totaled up her merchandise
purchase of about $1600
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and attempted to pay for
it with a million dollar bill.
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Now, there's one real
big problem with that.
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The U.S. Treasury doesn't
print million dollar bills,
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and so that didn't make
for a good counterfeit, right?
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What makes a counterfeit good
is it is so close to the true.
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And the reason I bring
that up is that there's one way,
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you know, Jesus
said, in the last days
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the counterfeit
would be so crafty
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that the elect would
be deceived if possible.
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You know why it's not possible?
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Because we have the Word of God.
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Yeah.
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That verse is in Matthew 24...
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Sorry, 24:24 in
the very next verse
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he says, "The very
elect will be deceived
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if it were possible..."
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And then he says, "But I
have told you beforehand."
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It's what the Lord has told us.
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It's our safeguard
against the counterfeit.
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So it really doesn't matter
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what I have to say this morning
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or any other speaker here
throughout this camp meeting.
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What really matters is
what the Word of God says.
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Amen? Amen.
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Now the question that I
am going to be addressing
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is the question,
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why do you claim
there's a sanctuary in heaven?
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And the short answer
is because there is one.
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How about that? Let's pray.
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No, we are not going to...
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We'll go to the Word.
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I don't want you to
go with my opinion on it
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but I'm going to tell you that
if you haven't studied this,
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there is an abundance
of evidence in scripture
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for a heavenly sanctuary,
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and more than just evidence
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of the existence of
a heavenly sanctuary,
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it's something
that deeply affects
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the experience
of every Christian
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living in these last days.
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So I'm going to address
this from four areas of thought,
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okay?
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The first is
eyewitness testimony.
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Bible gives us some
eyewitness testimony
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of the existence of
the heavenly sanctuary.
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The second area is
what we call Typology.
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I'll explain that
when we get into it.
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The third area is Christology.
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Christology is
a theological word
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for the study
related to the person
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and the work of Jesus Christ.
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And then the
last area is Prophecy.
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All of these different
areas give us understanding
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about the existence
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and the work of
the heavenly sanctuary.
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So let's start with
eyewitness testimony.
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Now, I'm hoping you have
your Bibles with you, right,
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because if we're running
to expose the counterfeit,
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you don't want
to go with my say-so
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or anybody else's say-so,
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I want you to open
your Bibles with me.
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We're going to go
to 2 Corinthians 13.
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In the New Testament, Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans,
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1 Corinthians,
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2 Corinthians 13:1.
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I just want you to see
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what the scripture
admonishes us here.
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2 Corinthians 13:1.
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The apostle says,
"This will be the third time
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I am coming to you..."
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And then he quotes
from the Book of Deuteronomy
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and says, "By
the mouth of" what?
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"Two or three witnesses
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every word
shall be established."
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Now, this is a Bible principle
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that tells us don't
just take one person say-so,
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get a number of witnesses.
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Well, that makes sense,
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so we're going to
look at four witnesses,
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how about that?
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We're going to look at
four witnesses in scripture
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who saw the heavenly sanctuary.
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The first we're
going to look at is Moses.
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We're going to
the Book of Exodus.
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Old Testament Book of Exodus
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is the second book in the Bible.
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We're going to Exodus 25.
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Now, I should
probably interject here
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that when you're talking about
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and studying
about the sanctuary,
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this is something that
was the entire foundation
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of the Hebrew
economy in the Old Testament.
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And there is much about
it in the New Testament,
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so one sermon is not
going to exhaust the subject
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of the heavenly sanctuary
and that's not my intention.
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I wish we could
read all through Exodus
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and pick up different things,
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but we're going to zero in
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on Moses'
testimony in Exodus 25:40.
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Now this is in the
midst of instruction
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that God is giving him
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regarding the
sanctuary and its furnishings,
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the earthly
sanctuary or the tent
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out in the wilderness,
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and in Exodus 25:40, it says,
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"And see to it
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that you make them
according to the" what?
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"Pattern which was
shown you on the mountain."
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So in other words,
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Moses directed the building
of the earthly tabernacle
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or temple or
sanctuary based on a pattern
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that God showed him.
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And that pattern that he
saw was the heavenly sanctuary.
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It's not defined
that clearly right here,
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but it will be in a
moment, we'll get to that,
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but right now
take my word for it,
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we will verify
that in scripture,
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but the first
eye witness testimony
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we have is that of Moses.
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Now David also saw
the heavenly sanctuary.
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We're going to
the Book of Psalms,
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actually going to the 102 Psalm.
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Psalm 102...
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and we are looking at verse 19.
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Psalm 102:19.
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And this is what David says.
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Let's start in verse 18 says,
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"This will be written
for the generation to come
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that a people yet to be
created may praise" who?
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"The Lord, for He, the Lord,
looked down from the height"
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of what?
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"His sanctuary from heaven
the Lord viewed the earth."
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So David here sees the Lord,
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looking down from
His sanctuary in heaven.
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He's an eyewitness and saw it.
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Let's look at another
place where David tells us
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something
similar back in Psalm 11.
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Psalm 11.
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And we're going
to look at verse 4.
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Psalm 11:4.
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The Bible says in Psalm 11:4.
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"The Lord is in
His Holy Temple."
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The Lord's throne is in heaven.
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"His eyes behold, His
eyelids test the sons of men."
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So here again, David
sees the Lord on His throne,
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in His temple, in heaven.
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Do you see that?
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Okay, now, so we've got
Moses' eye witness testimony,
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we've got David's
eyewitness testimony.
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Let's go to the well-known
and oft-read Book of Habakkuk.
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Okay, if you find your way
to Ezekiel then Daniel, Hosea,
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Joe, Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
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and then if you
get to Zephaniah,
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you went a little too far,
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you could just work
your way from Matthew
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and work back just a few books
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and you'll find
the Book of Habakkuk
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who also gives us an
eye witness testimony.
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In fact, you might not
know the book very well.
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How many of you know the hymn,
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"The Lord is in
His holy temple."
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Okay, that comes
from Habakkuk 2:20.
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And that kind of
gives it away, right?
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Habakkuk 2:20 says, "The
Lord is in His holy temple.
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Let all the" what?
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"Earth keep silent before him."
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The implication is,
He's not on the earth,
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He's in heaven, in
His temple in heaven,
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but all the earth keep silent
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in the sense of reverent silence
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before the Lord.
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So Habakkuk saw the
holy temple in heaven,
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the heavenly sanctuary.
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And the last
testimony we're going to take is
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that of John the Revelator
in the Book of Revelation.
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Now I don't know if you have
really done much study on this
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or paid a lot of
attention on this
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but the setting of
the Book of Revelation
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is the temple in heaven.
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And it's fascinating.
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I'll just show you that
in a few different places.
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Now in Revelation 1, if
you read in Revelation 1,
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you see Jesus
dressed in priestly garments,
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He's walking
among the lampstands,
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but a lot of scholars say
that those images are used there
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but were not
actually in the temple itself.
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Well, that's kind of...
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There is
divided thought on that,
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but when we
come to Revelation 4,
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look at Revelation 4 with
me right there in verse 1.
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Revelation 4:1.
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And this is what John saw.
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He says, "After these
things I looked, and behold,
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a door standing open," where?
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"In heaven, and the
first voice which I heard was
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like a trumpet
speaking with me saying," what?
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"Come up here."
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So John sees in the
heaven, "Hey, come up,
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I'm gonna show
you something" where?
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"In heaven.
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Come up here and I
will show you things
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which must take
place after this.
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Immediately I was in the
spirit and behold," a what?
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"Throne set in heaven
and one sat on the throne."
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So he goes into heaven,
he sees the throne of God.
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Notice the setting
of the throne of God.
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Look at verse 5.
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Verse 5 says,
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"And from the throne
proceeded lightnings,
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thunderings, and voices.
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Seven lamps of fire were burning
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before the throne,"
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which are the
seven Spirits of God.
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Okay, now if you
go through 4 and 5
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are kind of a picture together.
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Jump to chapter 5
with me because we're still
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in the same
setting of chapter 4.
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And in chapter 5:8
notice what it says.
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"Now when he
had taken the scroll
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the four living creatures
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and the 24 elders
fell down before the lamp,
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each having a harp
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and golden bowls full of incense
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which are
prayers of the saints."
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Now if you study
the earthly temple,
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you will recognize
that the lampstands
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and the incense are two
pieces or articles of furniture
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that are in the holy
place of the sanctuary.
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Okay, now if we jump
ahead from there to chapter 8,
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and I'm just
skimming through this quickly.
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Chapter 8 and notice verse 3.
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Revelation 8:3 says,
00:18:06.68\00:18:08.18
"Then another angel
having a golden censer..."
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A censer was a dish that
they would put the incense in,
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and you see in chapter 8:3
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it says, "He had a golden censer
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and he came and stood at what?
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The altar, and he
was given much incense,
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so specifically the
Bible spelling out here
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the altar of incense in
heaven where John is looking.
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Now jump to
Revelation 11 with me.
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Revelation 11
and look at verse 19.
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Revelation 11:19.
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You don't get clearer than this.
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Revelation 11:19.
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John says, "Then," the what?
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"The temple of God
was opened," where?
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"In heaven."
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That kind of
settles it, doesn't it?
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Is there a temple in
heaven? Apparently so. Right?
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The temple of God, John
sees it is opened in heaven
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and I beheld, I saw, I
got to find my place again,
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is open in heaven in the
Ark of his Covenant was seen
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in His temple.
00:19:09.31\00:19:12.28
So here we have a
piece of furniture
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that is known in
the earthly temple
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as part of the most holy place
00:19:15.42\00:19:17.05
but John sees it
in heaven's temple.
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So we've got
eyewitness testimony from Moses,
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and from David,
and from Habakkuk,
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and from John.
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Okay, in the
mouth of four witnesses,
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we've established it.
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We're going to
see a fifth witness
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as we move from
eyewitness testimony to
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what we call typology.
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Now, how many of
you here are familiar
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.00
with the terms
type and anti-type.
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Okay, in the
event that you're not,
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a type is like a model
that is pointing forward
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to a greater reality
00:19:46.75\00:19:49.32
whereas the
anti-type is a reality
00:19:49.35\00:19:51.22
that's pointing forward too.
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So oftentimes we talk
about the temple for example,
00:19:52.69\00:19:56.59
the temple itself
00:19:56.62\00:19:59.09
and the things that
happened in the temple
00:19:59.13\00:20:01.76
were pointing
forward to something
00:20:01.80\00:20:05.73
to a greater
reality that would come.
00:20:05.77\00:20:08.30
For example, the sacrifice that
00:20:08.34\00:20:10.31
we often talk about
Jesus being the Lamb of God.
00:20:10.37\00:20:12.21
The Bible talks about
Jesus being the Lamb of God.
00:20:12.24\00:20:14.31
That when that animal was slain,
00:20:14.34\00:20:16.14
we know that it
wasn't about the animal,
00:20:16.18\00:20:17.98
it was pointing
forward to Jesus,
00:20:18.01\00:20:20.38
we would call the
slaying of the Lamb the type,
00:20:20.42\00:20:23.22
we would call the crucifixion
of Jesus the anti-type.
00:20:23.25\00:20:25.89
That's where
the reality comes in
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and the other was
just pointing forward.
00:20:27.82\00:20:30.03
Okay, now the
reason this is important
00:20:30.09\00:20:31.59
when we're talking about
the heavenly sanctuary is that
00:20:31.63\00:20:34.76
all of that earthly system
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.80
and we'll see this in scripture,
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.87
the earthly
tabernacle, the furniture,
00:20:38.90\00:20:41.27
and the work of the
priests was all a type
00:20:41.30\00:20:44.51
that was pointing
forward to a greater reality,
00:20:44.54\00:20:49.44
the reality that's in heaven.
00:20:49.48\00:20:52.95
What was happening in
the earthly temple was
00:20:52.98\00:20:55.05
not where it was all at.
00:20:55.08\00:20:57.62
It was what was
going to come later
00:20:57.65\00:20:59.82
and we'll see again,
00:20:59.85\00:21:01.26
as I said, we're going
to see this in scripture.
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.96
So go with me to
the Book of Hebrews,
00:21:04.03\00:21:05.56
we're going to spend a
good bit of our time in Hebrews
00:21:05.59\00:21:08.56
because Hebrews addresses
this whole concept of type
00:21:08.60\00:21:14.24
and anti-type.
00:21:14.27\00:21:15.60
In fact, I probably
ought to interject here.
00:21:15.64\00:21:17.01
There are some people
that get confused with Hebrews
00:21:17.07\00:21:19.67
and I'll tell
you why in a minute,
00:21:19.71\00:21:21.11
you'll see why in a minute
maybe you'd be one of them,
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.14
where they look at Hebrews
00:21:23.18\00:21:24.51
and they think Hebrews is trying
00:21:24.55\00:21:25.88
to compare the
work of the holy place
00:21:25.91\00:21:28.58
with the most holy place.
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.55
But the whole Book of Hebrews is
00:21:30.59\00:21:32.59
actually comparing the
type with the anti-type,
00:21:32.62\00:21:35.06
the earthly with the heavenly.
00:21:35.09\00:21:36.69
The earthly sanctuary
with the heavenly sanctuary,
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.53
the earthly priesthood
with the heavenly priesthood,
00:21:38.56\00:21:41.13
and we're going to see that
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as we look at
some passages here.
00:21:42.96\00:21:44.60
Hebrews 8:1.
00:21:44.63\00:21:47.90
Hebrews 8:1, now notice
what the apostle says here.
00:21:47.94\00:21:52.17
Now you can
catch me saying Paul,
00:21:52.21\00:21:53.54
I believe Paul wrote Hebrews,
but there are some people
00:21:53.61\00:21:55.44
who contest that, that's fine,
00:21:55.48\00:21:56.81
but the author of
Hebrews I assume that
00:21:56.88\00:21:58.55
it's the Apostle Paul.
00:21:58.58\00:22:00.42
Starts out in verse 1, it says,
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.02
"This is the main
point of the things
00:22:02.05\00:22:04.29
we are saying,
"We have such a" what?
00:22:04.32\00:22:07.36
"A high priest who is seated
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.36
at the right hand of the
throne of the majesty," where?
00:22:09.39\00:22:13.03
"In the heavens."
00:22:13.06\00:22:14.36
A minister of the
sanctuary and of the..."
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.47
Now the New King James
says the true tabernacle.
00:22:18.50\00:22:22.00
A tabernacle is
another word for tent.
00:22:22.04\00:22:23.81
So he's using the imagery
of the Old Testament tent
00:22:23.87\00:22:26.68
that was set up
in the wilderness,
00:22:26.74\00:22:28.08
the sanctuary, a
minister of the true tabernacle
00:22:28.11\00:22:32.55
which the Lord
erected and not man,
00:22:32.58\00:22:35.82
for every high
priest is appointed to offer
00:22:35.85\00:22:38.22
both gifts and sacrifices,
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.79
therefore, it is
necessary that this one,
00:22:39.82\00:22:41.86
he is speaking of Jesus,
our heavenly high priest,
00:22:41.89\00:22:43.73
also had something to offer.
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.76
Notice verse 4,
"For if he were on earth,
00:22:46.80\00:22:49.60
he would not be a priest.
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.50
Since there are
priests to offer the gifts
00:22:51.53\00:22:53.97
according to the law..."
00:22:54.00\00:22:55.34
And I'm going to come back
to that later, who served the,
00:22:55.37\00:22:58.57
he is speaking of
the earthly priests
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.48
who offered these
gifts, "who serve the" what?
00:23:00.51\00:23:03.68
"The copy and the
shadow of the heavenly things."
00:23:03.75\00:23:07.52
So what's he telling us here?
00:23:07.55\00:23:09.25
The apostle is telling us that
there is a sanctuary in heaven
00:23:09.28\00:23:12.09
and what was on the
earth was merely a copy.
00:23:12.12\00:23:16.12
Okay, it was a
shadow or shadowing forth,
00:23:16.16\00:23:18.73
you know, a shadow
if you see a shadow,
00:23:18.76\00:23:20.80
if I see I'm
looking for my shadow here,
00:23:20.83\00:23:22.20
this floor is reflective, I
see my shadow going out here.
00:23:22.23\00:23:24.33
If you follow, then my
head is right at your feet
00:23:24.37\00:23:26.57
over there if you see
and if you follow the shadow,
00:23:26.60\00:23:28.74
you're going to come up
to the substance of the thing
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.67
casting the shadow.
00:23:30.71\00:23:32.44
And the Bible uses
this language to say
00:23:32.47\00:23:34.61
when it talks about a shadow,
00:23:34.64\00:23:35.98
it's something that
isn't the original substance.
00:23:36.01\00:23:38.35
The earthly temple was a shadow,
00:23:38.38\00:23:39.91
but it was pointing forward
to what was casting the shadow,
00:23:39.98\00:23:43.02
that is the heavenly sanctuary,
00:23:43.05\00:23:44.39
it was a type of
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:23:44.42\00:23:49.29
Verse 5 again,
who serve the copy
00:23:49.32\00:23:50.99
and shadow of heavenly things.
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.73
Notice as Moses
was divinely instructed
00:23:52.76\00:23:56.46
when he was about
to make the tabernacle,
00:23:56.50\00:23:58.57
for he said, "See
that you make all things
00:23:58.60\00:24:02.20
according to the pattern
shown you in the mountain".
00:24:02.24\00:24:04.44
So there's the clarification
00:24:04.47\00:24:06.54
that when Moses
saw that pattern,
00:24:06.57\00:24:08.21
Paul says the pattern he
saw was the temple in heaven.
00:24:08.24\00:24:11.28
Are you with me so far?
00:24:11.31\00:24:12.98
Okay, so you have the type
00:24:13.01\00:24:14.48
and then it's
pointing forward very clearly
00:24:14.52\00:24:16.69
to something greater to
come the anti-type in heaven.
00:24:16.72\00:24:20.76
Now I want to move on to talk...
00:24:20.79\00:24:23.43
Well, the apostle is
actually going to move on here
00:24:23.46\00:24:25.56
in chapter 9 to...
00:24:25.59\00:24:28.50
He's going to begin to
describe the earthly temple
00:24:28.53\00:24:31.47
and he's going to
make a comparison with that
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.30
and the heavenly.
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.17
Hebrews 9:1.
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.47
The Bible says, "Then,
indeed, even the first covenant
00:24:37.51\00:24:39.74
had ordinances
of divine service,
00:24:39.77\00:24:41.58
and the" what?
00:24:41.61\00:24:43.14
The earthly sanctuary,
for a tabernacle was prepared,
00:24:43.18\00:24:47.48
the first part in
which was the lampstand,
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.85
the table, and the showbread,
which is called the sanctuary."
00:24:50.89\00:24:56.02
Now your Bibles will all...
00:24:56.06\00:24:58.06
If you're using
different versions
00:24:58.09\00:24:59.43
in the New King James,
00:24:59.46\00:25:00.86
you know, they all read
a little differently here.
00:25:00.93\00:25:02.76
So I want to flush
that out in a moment
00:25:02.80\00:25:04.53
but just follow along.
00:25:04.57\00:25:06.33
He says, "The tabernacle
was prepared the first part
00:25:06.37\00:25:08.87
in which were
these pieces of furniture
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.81
and it was
called the sanctuary."
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.41
Some Bibles will say it
was called "the holy place"
00:25:12.44\00:25:14.68
or the "holy" or whatever.
00:25:14.71\00:25:18.21
Verse 3 says,
"And behind the" what?
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.25
"The second veil,
there were two veils,
00:25:21.28\00:25:23.92
the part of the tabernacle,
which is called" what?
00:25:23.99\00:25:28.19
Mine says the holiest of all,
00:25:28.22\00:25:29.66
yours might say
the most holy place.
00:25:29.69\00:25:31.66
Okay, so all
Paul's doing is saying,
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.70
there was an earthly temple
00:25:33.73\00:25:35.03
and in that earthly
temple there were two rooms.
00:25:35.06\00:25:36.97
The first room was
called the holy place,
00:25:37.03\00:25:38.73
the second room was
called the most holy place.
00:25:38.77\00:25:40.94
In the first
room or the holy place
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.37
there were these
pieces of furniture.
00:25:42.40\00:25:43.91
And the second room
or the most holy place,
00:25:43.97\00:25:45.64
there was this, okay?
00:25:45.67\00:25:47.04
Are you following that?
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.24
Now, here's what I want
you to really grab on to.
00:25:49.28\00:25:52.75
In verse 3, now, again,
00:25:52.78\00:25:54.75
this is the way
my Bible reads this,
00:25:54.78\00:25:56.85
The New King James version,
00:25:56.89\00:25:58.22
it says, the part
of the tabernacle,
00:25:58.25\00:26:00.39
the second apartment is
called the holiest of all
00:26:00.42\00:26:03.22
or the most holy place.
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.23
In the Greek
language of the New Testament,
00:26:05.26\00:26:07.76
the term that's used
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.53
and translated is
the term "Hagia Hagion."
00:26:09.56\00:26:13.03
It means holy of holies.
Now listen to me carefully.
00:26:13.07\00:26:16.84
This is the only place
00:26:16.91\00:26:20.08
in the entire New Testament
00:26:20.11\00:26:22.18
that that word is used.
00:26:22.21\00:26:24.18
Now, the reason
that's important is
00:26:24.25\00:26:25.78
you're going to see as
we go through the passages,
00:26:25.81\00:26:27.72
you're going to find us
00:26:27.75\00:26:29.08
in and out of the
most holy place all over.
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.25
You're going to find
this text and that text
00:26:31.29\00:26:32.99
and that verse all talking
about the most holy place
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but in the Greek we're
not in the most holy place,
00:26:34.86\00:26:36.93
we're in the holy
place, or the holy places.
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.10
And I'll tell you
what I mean by that.
00:26:40.13\00:26:41.83
It's important
right now just to note
00:26:41.86\00:26:43.37
that the only time Paul
specifically talks about
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.83
or any New Testament writer
talks about the most holy place
00:26:45.87\00:26:48.64
is right there in verse 3.
00:26:48.67\00:26:51.07
In the rest of the places,
00:26:51.11\00:26:52.44
it uses the term
Hagia or Ta Hagia
00:26:52.47\00:26:55.44
which is plural holy
place or holy places.
00:26:55.48\00:26:58.61
It's not defining
the most holy place.
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.85
And you'll see how
significant that is as we go.
00:27:00.88\00:27:04.25
So he talks about these
two apartments of the temple.
00:27:04.32\00:27:08.72
Something else
we're going to look at
00:27:08.76\00:27:10.09
in just a moment is that
00:27:10.16\00:27:11.49
the two different
rooms in the temple
00:27:11.53\00:27:14.03
were pointing to
two different phases
00:27:14.10\00:27:17.63
of the ministry
that Christ would do.
00:27:17.67\00:27:22.24
Two different
phases of the ministry.
00:27:22.27\00:27:24.11
Now, in Hebrews 9:6,
00:27:24.14\00:27:29.31
he moves from the temple itself
to what happens in the temple.
00:27:29.34\00:27:32.31
These two phases of
ministry, I'm telling you about,
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.02
verse 6 says now
00:27:34.05\00:27:35.38
when these things
had been thus prepared,
00:27:35.42\00:27:38.09
the temple and its compartments
and the furniture inside,
00:27:38.12\00:27:42.59
when these things had
been prepared, the priests,
00:27:42.62\00:27:45.16
notice the word,
the priest always went
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.16
into the first
part of the tabernacle
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.43
performing the services.
00:27:50.47\00:27:51.80
The first part
was the holy place.
00:27:51.83\00:27:54.50
It says a priest
always on a regular basis
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.71
went into that first apartment
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.21
but verse 7,
into the second part,
00:27:58.24\00:28:02.24
the second part was called what?
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.28
"The most holy place,"
00:28:04.31\00:28:05.65
into the second part
the high priest went alone
00:28:05.68\00:28:09.02
once a year not without blood
which he offered for himself
00:28:09.05\00:28:12.89
and for the people's
sins committed in ignorance.
00:28:12.92\00:28:15.92
And so Paul's just reviewing,
you have to understand too,
00:28:15.96\00:28:18.99
he is writing to the
Hebrews, they understood this.
00:28:19.03\00:28:21.33
They grew up with this service.
Oh, yeah, the temple service.
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.10
Yeah, throughout the year
00:28:24.17\00:28:25.50
you have the
service in the holy place,
00:28:25.53\00:28:27.44
but at the
conclusion of that year,
00:28:27.47\00:28:31.17
you have the service
in the most holy place,
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.24
it was one day
00:28:33.27\00:28:34.61
and it was called
The Day of Atonement.
00:28:34.64\00:28:36.24
You might have heard
it called Yom Kippur.
00:28:36.28\00:28:37.88
That's just Hebrew Yom means day
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.85
and Kippur means atonement.
00:28:39.88\00:28:41.58
And it's still
celebrated by the Hebrews.
00:28:41.62\00:28:43.49
They view it as a
very solemn day of judgment
00:28:43.52\00:28:46.22
and also a very
joyous day of judgment,
00:28:46.25\00:28:48.19
which is interesting.
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.53
That I'm not going to
get into at the moment,
00:28:50.56\00:28:51.99
but these two apartments
00:28:52.03\00:28:54.66
had two different
kinds of services.
00:28:54.73\00:28:56.50
Now, I'm going to just
give you a quick rundown of
00:28:56.53\00:28:58.17
how it worked.
00:28:58.20\00:29:00.07
In a typical year,
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.00
that daily service
throughout the year
00:29:02.04\00:29:04.34
you would have sinners
coming to the sanctuary
00:29:04.37\00:29:07.11
with their sacrifices.
00:29:07.14\00:29:09.11
You'd bring, now there
are also other offerings.
00:29:09.14\00:29:11.21
There were the peace
offerings and thank offerings.
00:29:11.25\00:29:13.21
But when you would
bring a sin offering,
00:29:13.25\00:29:14.58
a trespass offering,
00:29:14.62\00:29:15.95
the sinner would be
directed by the priest
00:29:15.98\00:29:18.29
to put their hands on
the head of the animal
00:29:18.32\00:29:20.39
and actually bear
down with their body weight
00:29:20.42\00:29:23.46
on to the animal
and confess their sins.
00:29:23.49\00:29:27.03
And this was figurative
of transferring the sin
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.50
from yourself the
sinner to the innocent victim
00:29:30.57\00:29:34.77
which represented Christ.
00:29:34.80\00:29:36.71
He was taking your sin
00:29:36.74\00:29:39.01
and this is what it
was trying to impress.
00:29:39.04\00:29:40.48
Now what would happen is
00:29:40.51\00:29:41.84
the sinner would confess the sin
00:29:41.88\00:29:43.21
and then the priest
would give the sinner the knife
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.61
and then the sinner
had to cut the throat
00:29:45.65\00:29:48.35
of the sacrificial
animal and take its life
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.62
because it's your sin that
cost the life of that victim.
00:29:51.65\00:29:55.69
You understand?
00:29:55.72\00:29:57.06
That was the imagery
that was being conveyed.
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.79
Now what would
happen next was interesting.
00:29:59.83\00:30:02.00
You as a sinner who
came to the sanctuary,
00:30:02.03\00:30:04.87
you would go away forgiven.
00:30:04.90\00:30:07.90
You would go away with
the burden of that sin gone
00:30:07.94\00:30:10.67
because you had
confessed it on the lamb.
00:30:10.71\00:30:14.31
But you knew at the same
time, and don't miss this,
00:30:14.34\00:30:17.05
you knew at the same time
that the work wasn't done yet
00:30:17.11\00:30:20.92
because the priest
then would take the blood
00:30:20.95\00:30:24.82
and sometimes the
flesh of that victim
00:30:24.85\00:30:26.32
and take it into
the sanctuary in figure,
00:30:26.35\00:30:30.89
and don't miss
that term in figure
00:30:30.93\00:30:32.99
transferring your
sin to the sanctuary.
00:30:33.03\00:30:34.83
The sanctuary became
this kind of holding place
00:30:34.83\00:30:37.83
for the sins of the people.
00:30:37.87\00:30:40.07
And what it was
conveying was this,
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.30
in real practical terms:
00:30:42.34\00:30:45.27
When you confess
your sin and accept Jesus,
00:30:45.31\00:30:48.31
let's say, I get
into a fight with my wife
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.68
and I say some mean words,
00:30:50.71\00:30:52.25
and I confess
those sins to Jesus,
00:30:52.28\00:30:55.68
that doesn't guarantee
that I'm not going to get
00:30:55.72\00:30:57.69
into a fight
with my wife tonight.
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.82
You understand what I'm saying?
00:30:59.85\00:31:01.39
Although I wish that it would.
00:31:01.42\00:31:02.79
Although I wish that
because I confessed my sins
00:31:02.82\00:31:05.09
once to Jesus
00:31:05.13\00:31:06.46
that I would never
say the wrong thing again
00:31:06.49\00:31:08.26
or do the wrong
thing or lose my temper.
00:31:08.30\00:31:09.83
You understand what I'm saying?
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.80
And so I could go away forgiven.
00:31:11.83\00:31:15.80
But I knew there was still
work yet for the priest to do.
00:31:15.84\00:31:19.87
And that was that
second apartment work,
00:31:19.91\00:31:22.01
that's what...
00:31:22.04\00:31:23.41
When a worshipper would come
00:31:23.45\00:31:24.78
and they would confess their sin
00:31:24.81\00:31:26.15
and offer that lamb, or
whatever that animal was,
00:31:26.18\00:31:28.58
and they go away forgiven.
00:31:28.62\00:31:30.95
They would look forward
to that Day of Atonement
00:31:30.99\00:31:33.56
because on the Day of
Atonement that was the day
00:31:33.62\00:31:36.69
where the sin was cleansed.
00:31:36.73\00:31:40.50
And it was
communicating to the worshipper
00:31:40.56\00:31:43.93
that Jesus will not
only forgive your sin
00:31:44.00\00:31:46.97
but He is going to cleanse
you from all unrighteousness.
00:31:47.00\00:31:50.54
That's where John gets
that from in 1 John 1:9,
00:31:50.57\00:31:53.17
if we confess our sins,
00:31:53.21\00:31:54.54
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.34
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:31:56.38\00:31:59.11
And so the hope in the
heart of the sinner was
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.35
that cleansing that
would come down the line.
00:32:01.38\00:32:04.49
Not to say that the forgiveness,
00:32:04.52\00:32:05.85
of course, there's
the joy of sins forgiven,
00:32:05.89\00:32:07.56
but inherent in
that was looking forward
00:32:07.59\00:32:10.03
to that other phase of ministry
00:32:10.06\00:32:12.96
that was
outlined in the sanctuary.
00:32:12.99\00:32:14.63
These two apartments
00:32:14.66\00:32:16.93
and these two
aspects of ministry
00:32:16.97\00:32:19.00
made up the
services of the sanctuary.
00:32:19.03\00:32:20.64
Now, the Apostle Paul,
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.04
this is what he is
reminding his reader of there
00:32:22.07\00:32:24.77
in Hebrews 9,
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.84
and then he connects
his point in verse 8.
00:32:26.88\00:32:30.05
Look at verse 8.
00:32:30.11\00:32:32.31
Hebrews 9:8.
00:32:32.35\00:32:34.55
Bible says here,
00:32:34.58\00:32:38.49
"The Holy Spirit
indicating this."
00:32:38.52\00:32:41.62
In other words,
this earthly service,
00:32:41.66\00:32:44.39
the Holy Spirit had
set this whole thing up.
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.76
He gave the
pattern and everything else
00:32:46.80\00:32:48.43
because he was
trying to teach this lesson.
00:32:48.46\00:32:50.80
The Holy Spirit indicating
this that the way into the...
00:32:50.83\00:32:55.80
Now my Bible
says holiest of all.
00:32:55.84\00:32:58.27
You know what the
original Greek says?
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.41
Holy places.
Doesn't say holiest of all.
00:33:00.48\00:33:02.48
This is what I meant earlier,
people get all tripped up like,
00:33:02.51\00:33:04.48
"Hey, this is in
the most holy..."
00:33:04.51\00:33:05.85
That's not what he's talking
about the most holy place.
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.82
And you'll see that in a minute.
00:33:08.85\00:33:10.39
It's not, that
the original says,
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.05
and some of your translations
will have it this way
00:33:12.09\00:33:13.66
like the New American
Standard of the ESV that
00:33:13.69\00:33:16.12
"The way into the holy places
00:33:16.16\00:33:18.93
or the sanctuary was
not yet made manifest
00:33:18.96\00:33:22.13
while the first tabernacle,"
not the first apartment,
00:33:22.16\00:33:26.33
"While the first
tabernacle was still standing.
00:33:26.37\00:33:30.27
Paul's telling us
that the Holy Spirit was
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.81
trying to teach
this lesson that the way
00:33:32.84\00:33:35.34
into the heavenly
sanctuary was not clear
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.15
while the first
tabernacle was still standing,
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.98
the Holy Spirit was
using it as a teaching tool.
00:33:40.02\00:33:42.88
He was indicating this
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.49
that there was a
heavenly sanctuary
00:33:44.52\00:33:46.42
that was going to
fulfill the reality.
00:33:46.45\00:33:48.39
This is what he says in
the next verse, in verse 9.
00:33:48.42\00:33:52.56
Its speaking
00:33:52.59\00:33:53.96
of the earthly
temple was symbolic.
00:33:54.00\00:33:58.73
Some of your Bibles
use the word, a figure.
00:33:58.77\00:34:02.40
The Greek word
here is interesting,
00:34:02.44\00:34:04.31
it's the word parabole.
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.54
I'll give you one guess
00:34:06.57\00:34:07.91
how the New Testament
usually translates that word,
00:34:07.94\00:34:11.35
it's parable.
00:34:11.38\00:34:12.95
And that's the word
Paul chose to talk about
00:34:12.98\00:34:14.82
this earthly to say this,
00:34:14.85\00:34:16.18
"The Holy Spirit was
trying to teach a lesson
00:34:16.22\00:34:17.85
and that earthly
sanctuary was a parable
00:34:17.89\00:34:21.32
and what happened in
the earthly sanctuary
00:34:21.36\00:34:22.92
was a parable.
00:34:22.96\00:34:25.13
For the present
time in which both gifts
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.40
and sacrifices are offered
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.30
which cannot make him to
perform the service perfect
00:34:29.33\00:34:32.70
in regard to the
conscience concerned
00:34:32.73\00:34:34.74
with only foods and
drinks, various washings
00:34:34.77\00:34:37.67
and fleshly ordinances imposed
until the time of reformation.
00:34:37.71\00:34:43.71
So Paul says, this
whole earthly system
00:34:43.75\00:34:45.71
we're talking
type and anti-type was
00:34:45.75\00:34:47.95
pointing forward
to a greater reality
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.65
and he interjects there
that one of the big problems is
00:34:50.69\00:34:53.52
that this couldn't
cleanse the people.
00:34:53.56\00:34:55.82
Blood of bulls and
goats doesn't cleanse people,
00:34:55.86\00:34:58.23
doesn't take away sin.
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.33
And so our hope
shouldn't be in that,
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.26
our hope should be in and
that's what Paul is saying,
00:35:02.30\00:35:04.17
in something greater to come
00:35:04.20\00:35:06.17
and he tells us
what that greater is
00:35:06.20\00:35:07.94
if you keep reading in verse 11.
00:35:07.97\00:35:10.81
He contrasts the earthly,
00:35:10.84\00:35:12.34
the Holy Spirit is pointing
the way to the heavenly,
00:35:12.37\00:35:14.58
and he says in verse 11,
00:35:14.61\00:35:15.94
"But Christ came as high priest
of the good things to come.
00:35:15.98\00:35:21.65
With a greater and
more perfect" what?
00:35:21.68\00:35:25.59
"Tabernacle not made with hands,
00:35:25.62\00:35:28.29
that is not of this creation,
00:35:28.32\00:35:29.92
not with the blood
of goats and calves,
00:35:29.96\00:35:33.09
but with his own
blood he entered the..."
00:35:33.13\00:35:37.37
My Bible says,
"Most holy place."
00:35:37.43\00:35:38.93
What do you think the
Hebrews, the Greek says here?
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.10
Holy places.
00:35:41.14\00:35:44.01
The point that the
apostle is trying to make is
00:35:44.07\00:35:46.64
what the earthly couldn't do
and was never intended to do,
00:35:46.68\00:35:49.24
that's what the heavenly does.
00:35:49.28\00:35:50.71
What the earthly
priest could not accomplish,
00:35:50.75\00:35:52.98
the heavenly high priest,
Jesus Christ, can accomplish.
00:35:53.01\00:35:56.48
What the earthly
sacrifices couldn't do,
00:35:56.52\00:35:58.49
the heavenly does
do, then and then some.
00:35:58.52\00:36:02.66
And so his whole point
here in this passage is
00:36:02.69\00:36:06.23
comparing the
type and the anti-type
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.26
and helping trying
to help his readers
00:36:08.30\00:36:10.30
to fix their hope on
the heavenly high priest
00:36:10.37\00:36:14.84
and the heavenly sanctuary.
00:36:14.87\00:36:16.44
And the work of Jesus
that he has accomplished
00:36:16.47\00:36:20.18
and continues to do by
virtue of his own sacrifice.
00:36:20.21\00:36:26.65
He's entered with his own
blood into the holy places
00:36:26.72\00:36:30.99
having obtained
eternal redemption.
00:36:31.02\00:36:34.26
And I want to keep
reading, there's some more,
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.73
much more there
but you get the gist
00:36:36.76\00:36:38.36
of the type and anti-type,
00:36:38.39\00:36:40.40
and I want to move
into our third area
00:36:40.43\00:36:42.00
and that is Christology
because Paul just did it.
00:36:42.03\00:36:46.50
In other words,
00:36:46.53\00:36:47.87
here's the heart of
what we're talking about
00:36:47.90\00:36:49.80
and we're talking
about the heavenly sanctuary.
00:36:49.84\00:36:51.81
Folks, there's a
lot of people today
00:36:51.84\00:36:53.17
that talk a lot about Jesus.
00:36:53.21\00:36:55.08
Oh, when you talk about
Jesus, when you focus on Jesus,
00:36:55.11\00:36:57.41
when you talk about what
Jesus is doing and yet...
00:36:57.45\00:37:02.62
Rarely, if ever do
you hear any talk of
00:37:02.65\00:37:05.15
where Jesus actually
is according to scripture,
00:37:05.19\00:37:08.26
and what He's actually
doing according to scripture.
00:37:08.29\00:37:12.59
Like let's talk about
Jesus but let's not talk about
00:37:12.63\00:37:14.76
where He is and
what He is doing.
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.30
The Bible says, He
is in at this moment
00:37:16.33\00:37:19.03
that we're sitting here now
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.44
He is in the
temple in heaven mediating
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.27
for His people to
obtain that eternal redemption.
00:37:23.30\00:37:27.38
And I'm going to talk
about the significance of that
00:37:27.41\00:37:29.31
a little bit more as we go
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.68
but when we come to
talking about Christology,
00:37:30.75\00:37:34.25
when we are talking
about the sanctuary,
00:37:34.32\00:37:35.65
talking about the very
center of Christ's work
00:37:35.68\00:37:39.15
not 2000 years ago,
folks, we don't have crucifixes
00:37:39.19\00:37:43.73
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:37:43.76\00:37:45.46
because Christ isn't
on the cross anymore.
00:37:45.49\00:37:47.96
He came off the cross.
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.36
He's not in
Joseph's new tomb anymore.
00:37:49.40\00:37:51.37
He's risen from the grave,
00:37:51.40\00:37:52.73
He's ascended to
be our high priest,
00:37:52.77\00:37:54.30
whoever lives to make
intercession for His people.
00:37:54.34\00:37:57.57
And so the hope...
00:37:57.61\00:37:58.94
God wants the hope
of His people directed
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.71
to where Jesus is now.
00:38:00.74\00:38:03.58
And it's hard to
be Christ centered
00:38:03.61\00:38:05.98
when you exclude the place,
the very place of His work,
00:38:06.01\00:38:09.78
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.39
Now I'm not going to
go back to Hebrews 8.
00:38:11.42\00:38:13.09
But we just read
it in Hebrews 8:4,
00:38:13.12\00:38:15.26
the Apostle Paul said,
if Jesus were on earth,
00:38:15.29\00:38:18.06
He could not be a priest.
00:38:18.09\00:38:21.03
Because he said
there are priests
00:38:21.06\00:38:22.60
who offer gifts
according to the law.
00:38:22.63\00:38:23.97
Now, if you spend a little bit
more time reading Hebrew 7, 8.
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.04
You'll find that
his point is this:
00:38:27.07\00:38:29.00
The priests had to be
from the tribe of Levi.
00:38:29.04\00:38:33.78
What tribe is Jesus from? Judah.
00:38:33.81\00:38:36.85
And Paul simply makes the point,
00:38:36.88\00:38:38.61
that's why he goes
into the idea of Jesus
00:38:38.65\00:38:40.12
being after the
order of Melchizedek
00:38:40.15\00:38:42.28
to qualify as priesthood,
00:38:42.32\00:38:43.69
but he said if
He was on the earth,
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.05
He couldn't be a priest
00:38:45.09\00:38:46.42
because He wasn't
from the right tribe.
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.29
Now you've got to put a
couple of things together.
00:38:48.32\00:38:51.49
First of all, He's
from the wrong tribe
00:38:51.53\00:38:52.86
to be a priest on the
earth, so His priestly ministry
00:38:52.89\00:38:55.16
couldn't have been on the earth.
00:38:55.20\00:38:56.53
I have Christians who tell me,
00:38:56.56\00:38:57.90
"Well, Jesus did His
priestly work on the earth?"
00:38:57.93\00:38:59.27
No, He didn't. No, He didn't.
00:38:59.30\00:39:01.34
Because the Bible is
clear if He were on earth,
00:39:01.37\00:39:03.10
He could not be a priest.
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.44
There was another big problem
00:39:05.47\00:39:06.84
with doing His priestly
work while He was on the earth.
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.54
He didn't have a sacrifice yet.
00:39:09.58\00:39:12.01
He had to go to the cross
before He could be a priest.
00:39:12.05\00:39:14.72
It was by virtue
of that sacrifice.
00:39:14.75\00:39:17.79
And so the scripture limits
the priestly work of Christ
00:39:17.82\00:39:21.19
to the sanctuary in heaven.
00:39:21.22\00:39:22.56
I want you to
see something here,
00:39:22.59\00:39:23.96
I'm in Hebrew
still, we're in Hebrews 3.
00:39:23.99\00:39:25.49
Hebrews 3.
00:39:30.47\00:39:31.90
We're just going to
look at the first verse here.
00:39:31.93\00:39:34.14
And I want you to...
00:39:34.17\00:39:37.04
Consider it.
00:39:37.11\00:39:38.44
Yes, it's a little play on word,
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.31
you'll see in just
a moment, Hebrews 3:1,
00:39:40.38\00:39:43.04
the Apostle says,
"Therefore, holy brethren,
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.71
partakers of the
heavenly calling."
00:39:44.75\00:39:48.22
What's the next word?
00:39:48.25\00:39:50.12
"Consider the apostle
00:39:50.19\00:39:51.82
and high priest
of our confession,
00:39:51.85\00:39:53.76
Christ Jesus."
00:39:53.79\00:39:55.72
Now notice what he said
there. First of all consider.
00:39:55.76\00:39:58.59
This is not a...
00:39:58.63\00:40:00.30
Consider is not a word
like hey, consider the red barn
00:40:00.33\00:40:03.43
you just passed on the road."
00:40:03.47\00:40:05.33
This is not a passing thought.
00:40:05.37\00:40:07.64
The idea implied here
00:40:07.67\00:40:09.00
is something you're
going to think about
00:40:09.04\00:40:10.61
and meditate on.
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.44
And Paul says, he
wants us to meditate on Jesus
00:40:12.47\00:40:14.98
in two roles,
00:40:15.01\00:40:16.71
one as the
apostle of our confession,
00:40:16.75\00:40:20.92
and the other as the what?
00:40:20.95\00:40:23.05
High priest.
00:40:23.08\00:40:24.42
Now, that may
confuse you a little bit
00:40:24.45\00:40:25.79
if you haven't heard
this term used with Jesus
00:40:25.82\00:40:27.42
before, hadn't thought about it.
00:40:27.46\00:40:28.79
An apostle literally
means one who is sent. Okay.
00:40:28.82\00:40:31.53
And so what Paul saying
is, consider Jesus as the one
00:40:31.56\00:40:34.13
who was sent to this
earth from His Father
00:40:34.20\00:40:37.03
to live a perfect
life, to take our sins,
00:40:37.10\00:40:39.37
to die on Calvary's
Cross, to rise again, right?
00:40:39.40\00:40:41.70
Consider Him as the apostle.
00:40:41.74\00:40:43.84
Listen, folks, the
life, the death, the burial,
00:40:43.87\00:40:47.21
the resurrection of
Jesus is the foundation
00:40:47.24\00:40:49.58
of the Christian faith.
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.51
It is the
foundation of our faith
00:40:51.55\00:40:53.35
and it's been said by one author
00:40:53.38\00:40:55.58
that to remove the
cross from the Christian
00:40:55.62\00:40:59.85
would be like
blotting the sun from the sky.
00:40:59.89\00:41:02.96
Okay.
00:41:02.99\00:41:04.33
So the Apostle Paul says,
I want you to consider Him,
00:41:04.36\00:41:07.40
His life, His
death, His resurrection.
00:41:07.40\00:41:10.73
I want you to
consider Him as the apostle.
00:41:10.77\00:41:13.54
But any Hebrew knew
that to consider Him
00:41:13.60\00:41:20.24
as the sacrifice,
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.74
to consider Him on the
cross included considering Him
00:41:21.78\00:41:25.51
as the high priest.
00:41:25.55\00:41:27.12
The sanctuary
service was not completed
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.38
with the sacrifice alone.
00:41:29.42\00:41:31.12
They knew that, and
the apostle knew that
00:41:31.15\00:41:32.75
and so he says, look,
I want you to consider
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.39
not only Jesus as
the apostle of our faith,
00:41:34.42\00:41:38.63
but I want you to
consider Him as the high priest.
00:41:38.66\00:41:43.40
There are a lot of Christians
who are not thinking through
00:41:43.43\00:41:46.80
what it means to have
Jesus as the high priest.
00:41:46.87\00:41:50.91
Now, one thing
that Paul tied in here
00:41:55.74\00:42:00.22
in the beginning of Hebrews 9
00:42:00.25\00:42:04.69
that we looked at briefly,
I'm going to read it again.
00:42:04.72\00:42:06.89
Chapter 9:1 says, then
indeed, even the first covenant,
00:42:06.96\00:42:12.03
what's another word for that?
00:42:12.06\00:42:14.20
First covenant.
Old Covenant, right?
00:42:14.20\00:42:18.77
Don't miss this,
even the first covenant
00:42:18.80\00:42:21.10
or the old covenant had
ordinances of divine service
00:42:21.14\00:42:24.17
and the earthly sanctuary.
00:42:24.21\00:42:27.58
What's he trying to say?
00:42:27.61\00:42:29.11
He's making the point
that the covenants are
00:42:29.14\00:42:33.11
both associated
with sanctuaries.
00:42:33.15\00:42:36.52
The old covenant is associated
with the earthly sanctuary
00:42:36.55\00:42:40.62
and the new
covenant is associated
00:42:40.66\00:42:42.79
with the heavenly sanctuary,
00:42:42.82\00:42:44.96
yet how many new
covenant Christians,
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.13
I mean, how know nothing
about the heavenly sanctuary.
00:42:47.20\00:42:50.40
Okay. The scripture is full
of these kinds of things, why?
00:42:50.43\00:42:53.87
Because this is the focal point,
00:42:53.90\00:42:55.54
the center of Christ's work,
00:42:55.57\00:42:56.97
and the Lord wants
to direct our minds
00:42:57.04\00:42:58.87
and our attention to
what Jesus is doing for us
00:42:58.91\00:43:02.31
as our great high priest.
00:43:02.34\00:43:05.08
Now, there's a lot
that could be said,
00:43:05.11\00:43:07.22
but what I want to
highlight is I want to draw,
00:43:07.25\00:43:09.38
connect some dots,
00:43:09.42\00:43:10.79
when we looked at
the earthly service
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.15
and we talked about
that two apartment ministry,
00:43:12.19\00:43:16.26
the holy place and
the most holy place.
00:43:16.29\00:43:18.29
The daily service
and the yearly service
00:43:18.33\00:43:20.30
called the Day of Atonement,
00:43:20.33\00:43:23.53
all of those were
pointing forward to the reality
00:43:23.57\00:43:26.07
that Jesus' ministry
also includes two phases.
00:43:26.10\00:43:30.91
One dealing
primarily with forgiveness
00:43:30.94\00:43:33.74
but Jesus is not
stopping short at forgiveness.
00:43:33.78\00:43:37.55
Jesus has promised
to cleanse us from sin.
00:43:37.61\00:43:41.75
A key part of the
priestly work of Christ
00:43:41.78\00:43:46.05
is to cleanse His
people from their sin.
00:43:46.09\00:43:49.52
He's not going to save us
only from the penalty of sin,
00:43:49.56\00:43:52.99
He promises to save
us from the power of sin
00:43:53.03\00:43:56.13
and this is sadly
lacking in Christianity today.
00:43:56.16\00:44:00.44
So much so, I'm going
to tell you, I read this,
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.87
this doesn't have to do
with some Christian book
00:44:02.90\00:44:04.74
or something I was reading,
00:44:04.77\00:44:06.11
but I read, how many of you
know the name Robin Williams.
00:44:06.14\00:44:09.11
He was a comedian who
committed suicide in 2014.
00:44:09.14\00:44:15.28
And when he committed suicide,
00:44:15.32\00:44:16.89
I read this
article in MSNBC News.
00:44:16.92\00:44:22.82
Now, Robin Williams had
suffered with alcoholism.
00:44:22.86\00:44:26.53
And he had
tried, and he had tried,
00:44:26.56\00:44:28.06
and he'd not
been able to shake it.
00:44:28.10\00:44:29.90
It ruined the marriage of his
and it made his life miserable.
00:44:29.93\00:44:33.60
And this is what he
said in an interview
00:44:33.64\00:44:36.14
that they quoted from
00:44:36.17\00:44:38.14
in this MSNBC News
article of August 12, 2014.
00:44:38.17\00:44:41.91
This was Robin Williams
talking about his alcoholism,
00:44:41.94\00:44:44.45
his addiction and he
said, you know, I was shameful
00:44:44.48\00:44:50.55
and you do stuff
that causes disgust
00:44:50.59\00:44:54.76
and that's hard to recover from.
00:44:54.79\00:44:57.13
You ever do something
that just you loathe your sin
00:44:57.19\00:45:01.36
from the sin that's
within you as Paul says.
00:45:01.40\00:45:03.77
You say
something or you do thing,
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.70
you act a certain way
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.07
and you long for
something different,
00:45:07.14\00:45:10.01
you want
transformation in your life.
00:45:10.04\00:45:11.71
You wished you
weren't so selfish
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.17
or self-centered or
whatever else it is.
00:45:13.21\00:45:18.55
How many of you know
what I'm talking about?
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.48
And you long for
that transforming power,
00:45:21.52\00:45:24.49
you want
release, you want victory.
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.35
Now this is what he says.
00:45:26.39\00:45:28.59
You do stuff that causes disgust
00:45:28.62\00:45:29.96
and that's hard to recover from.
00:45:30.03\00:45:32.79
You can say, I forgive you
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.56
and all that stuff
00:45:34.60\00:45:36.83
but it's not the same
as recovering from it.
00:45:36.87\00:45:40.50
Folks listen to me.
00:45:40.54\00:45:42.70
A lot of people are selling
Christianity today as simply,
00:45:42.74\00:45:47.04
"Hey, God forgives you."
00:45:47.08\00:45:49.28
You know that works if
you don't hate your sin.
00:45:49.31\00:45:53.01
That works if sin
is fashionable for you.
00:45:53.05\00:45:55.82
But if you long to
be delivered from sin,
00:45:55.85\00:45:58.09
forgiveness is good,
but you want cleansing.
00:45:58.12\00:46:00.89
Here's a man who
took his own life
00:46:00.92\00:46:02.56
and I think to
myself God forbid,
00:46:02.59\00:46:04.26
he may have been a
victim of modern Christianity
00:46:04.29\00:46:09.36
where you got
Christians who act no different
00:46:09.40\00:46:11.87
from the world around us.
00:46:11.90\00:46:13.77
You're just as likely to
get that your number one sign
00:46:13.84\00:46:16.37
when you're
driving from a Christian is
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.77
from somebody else, right?
00:46:17.81\00:46:20.21
You're just as likely,
00:46:20.28\00:46:21.61
we got a divorce rate
just like the world does.
00:46:21.64\00:46:25.11
We're no different
00:46:25.15\00:46:26.48
and then we say
cute little things like,
00:46:26.51\00:46:28.25
"Well, Christians
aren't perfect, just forgiven."
00:46:28.28\00:46:29.98
What does that mean?
00:46:30.02\00:46:32.09
Hey, praise the
Lord for forgiveness.
00:46:32.12\00:46:34.82
But Jesus promised more.
00:46:34.86\00:46:37.23
He's going to save
to the uttermost all
00:46:37.26\00:46:39.79
who come to God through Him.
00:46:39.83\00:46:41.63
That heavenly
sanctuary was intended
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.53
to draw the minds
of humanity to the fact
00:46:43.57\00:46:46.33
that we have a
priest, an advocate right now
00:46:46.37\00:46:50.27
who is working for our
success in the Christian life.
00:46:50.31\00:46:53.64
Look what Paul
says in Hebrews 9,
00:47:00.68\00:47:02.58
I'm starting in verse 23.
00:47:02.62\00:47:04.42
He's contrasting again
and he says in Hebrews 9:23,
00:47:10.59\00:47:13.26
"Therefore, it was necessary
00:47:13.29\00:47:15.03
that the copies of
the things in the heavens
00:47:15.06\00:47:18.57
should be
purified with these..."
00:47:18.60\00:47:21.77
Speaking of
earthly animal sacrifices.
00:47:21.80\00:47:23.61
"But the
heavenly things themselves
00:47:23.64\00:47:25.54
with better
sacrifices than these,
00:47:25.57\00:47:27.28
for Christ has not entered
the holy places made with hands
00:47:27.31\00:47:31.15
which are copies of the
true but into heaven itself
00:47:31.18\00:47:34.72
now to appear in the
presence of God for us."
00:47:34.75\00:47:37.95
So he's again just drawing out
00:47:37.99\00:47:39.69
that Jesus is into
the presence of His father
00:47:39.72\00:47:44.16
on behalf of His people,
00:47:44.23\00:47:45.56
that's what the priest
did in the earthly sanctuary.
00:47:45.59\00:47:47.30
He was a
representative of the people.
00:47:47.30\00:47:51.27
When the priest
would come before God,
00:47:51.30\00:47:53.13
God saw in the priest
the rest of His people.
00:47:53.17\00:47:58.57
I think God that Jesus is
the one in the presence of God
00:47:58.61\00:48:01.34
and when He sees Jesus,
00:48:01.38\00:48:02.71
He sees everybody
who depends on Jesus.
00:48:02.74\00:48:04.11
You look just like Him.
00:48:04.18\00:48:06.08
He's standing there in
the presence of His Father.
00:48:06.11\00:48:08.18
This is what the
Apostle's saying,
00:48:08.22\00:48:09.55
appearing in the presence
of God for us on our behalf.
00:48:09.58\00:48:13.69
Verse 25, "Not that He
should offer Himself often
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.56
as a high priest
enters the most holy place,
00:48:16.59\00:48:19.43
literally the holy places again,
00:48:19.46\00:48:22.03
every year with
the blood of another.
00:48:22.06\00:48:24.27
He then would have
had to suffer often
00:48:24.30\00:48:26.03
since the
foundation of the world,
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.44
but now, once at
the end of the ages."
00:48:27.47\00:48:29.90
Don't miss a language here.
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.77
Speaking of Christ as
our Heavenly High Priest.
00:48:31.81\00:48:35.21
"Now once at
the end of the ages,
00:48:35.24\00:48:36.58
He has appeared to do" what?
00:48:36.61\00:48:39.95
"Put away sin by the
sacrifice of Himself."
00:48:40.02\00:48:45.42
Folks, the reason
Jesus hasn't come back yet.
00:48:45.45\00:48:48.59
I've asked
Christian friends like,
00:48:48.62\00:48:49.96
so what's Jesus doing,
00:48:50.03\00:48:51.36
"Oh yeah, it was all done back
at the cross and he's been...
00:48:51.39\00:48:53.60
What?
00:48:53.63\00:48:54.93
Is He playing checkers
with His Father up there
00:48:54.96\00:48:56.46
or something, I mean what?
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
You don't know, look folks,
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.30
and I'm not trying
to be facetious here,
00:48:59.33\00:49:00.97
I'm saying the Bible
tells us what Jesus is doing.
00:49:01.00\00:49:05.71
He is in the work
of putting away sin.
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.94
While He could force it,
but He actually can't force it.
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.88
He can't force us
to be obedient to God.
00:49:10.91\00:49:13.48
It's got to be your
choice so He works with us
00:49:13.55\00:49:15.42
as our high priest,
00:49:15.45\00:49:16.82
helping us to learn how
to trust in Him completely.
00:49:16.85\00:49:20.99
He had manifested Himself.
00:49:21.02\00:49:22.52
He appeared, the Bible says,
00:49:22.56\00:49:23.89
he is talking about
His earthly ministry
00:49:23.96\00:49:25.29
to put away sin by
the sacrifice of Himself.
00:49:25.33\00:49:29.00
Do you think He can do it? Yes.
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.13
Folks, I'm gonna tell
you, that's where our hope is.
00:49:31.17\00:49:33.27
There's not going to be
any sin in the new earth.
00:49:33.34\00:49:35.44
Sin is going to be
gone. Sin is going to be gone.
00:49:35.47\00:49:37.97
There's not going to be no more
00:49:38.01\00:49:39.34
that plaguing of
the sinful nature.
00:49:39.37\00:49:40.71
There's no more the
traces of the curse.
00:49:40.78\00:49:42.61
He has appeared to put away
sin by the sacrifice of Himself,
00:49:46.11\00:49:49.32
verse 27, and as it
is appointed for men
00:49:49.35\00:49:52.22
to die once but
after this the Judgment,
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.16
so Christ was offered
once to bear the sins of many
00:49:54.19\00:49:57.43
to those who
eagerly wait for Him,
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.70
He will appear a second
time, notice the language,
00:50:00.73\00:50:03.73
apart from sin unto salvation.
00:50:03.77\00:50:08.00
Anybody have a
different reading?
00:50:08.04\00:50:09.87
There's some Bible
that say it this way,
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.67
without reference to sin.
00:50:11.71\00:50:14.18
Not to deal with sin.
00:50:14.24\00:50:15.78
Now, I don't
want you to miss this.
00:50:15.81\00:50:17.51
The point the
apostle is making is this,
00:50:17.55\00:50:18.95
Jesus came once to put away sin.
00:50:18.98\00:50:21.38
He sacrificed
Himself on the cross.
00:50:21.42\00:50:23.59
By virtue of that sacrifice,
00:50:23.65\00:50:24.99
He went to the
sanctuary in heaven.
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.35
Right now, He
works on our behalf
00:50:26.39\00:50:27.72
to put away sin out
of this entire universe.
00:50:27.76\00:50:29.32
Out of your life, and my
life, and out of the universe.
00:50:29.36\00:50:32.59
When He comes again,
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.40
He is not coming
to deal with sin.
00:50:34.46\00:50:37.00
He will have done that.
00:50:37.03\00:50:38.37
He is not coming back according
to scripture as a priest.
00:50:38.40\00:50:42.07
He is coming back
as the King of kings
00:50:42.10\00:50:43.74
and Lord of lords.
00:50:43.77\00:50:45.11
And the King deals with
the execution of judgment.
00:50:45.14\00:50:46.81
Now is the time that
we have a high priest.
00:50:46.84\00:50:51.21
In the presence of
the Father in heaven,
00:50:51.25\00:50:53.75
who will save you
and me to the uttermost.
00:50:53.78\00:50:59.22
Are you availing
yourself of the grace of Christ?
00:50:59.25\00:51:04.46
I don't know what
you struggle with,
00:51:04.49\00:51:06.49
but I'm going to tell you
there's nothing you struggle
00:51:06.53\00:51:08.26
with that is greater
than the power of Christ
00:51:08.30\00:51:09.76
to save you from it.
00:51:09.80\00:51:11.13
Amen.
00:51:11.17\00:51:12.50
I tell you it
makes me think of...
00:51:12.53\00:51:15.84
You know saints.
00:51:15.87\00:51:19.21
I want you to look at one
of the passage in Hebrews 6.
00:51:19.24\00:51:22.74
Hebrews 6:19 and
20. Hebrews 6:19 and 20.
00:51:22.78\00:51:30.55
The Bible says here,
00:51:30.59\00:51:32.69
"This hope we have
as an anchor of the soul
00:51:32.72\00:51:37.96
both sure and steadfast..."
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.26
I mean, look at all those
words that give us confidence,
00:51:40.30\00:51:43.03
this hope we have,
00:51:43.06\00:51:44.40
this hope of Jesus
as our high priest.
00:51:44.43\00:51:46.67
"Both sure and steadfast,
00:51:46.70\00:51:48.14
and which enters the
Presence behind the veil,
00:51:48.17\00:51:50.94
where the
forerunner has entered for us,
00:51:50.97\00:51:52.84
even Jesus having
become High Priest forever
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.48
according to the
order of Melchizedek.
00:51:55.51\00:51:58.65
God wants us to
have hope in Christ,
00:51:58.68\00:52:01.45
wants our eyes to
be directed to Christ,
00:52:01.48\00:52:04.09
and what He is
doing now for you and me,
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.89
and we should have no misgivings
00:52:06.96\00:52:08.52
that Jesus won't be
able to finish the work
00:52:08.56\00:52:10.43
He started in us.
00:52:10.46\00:52:12.59
It reminds me of one
of my favorite stories
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.46
actually of a young
man, he wasn't so young,
00:52:14.50\00:52:17.23
he'd actually had
a failed marriage.
00:52:17.27\00:52:20.30
And it was really hard on him.
00:52:20.34\00:52:23.41
And after a period of,
00:52:23.47\00:52:25.11
you know, there
was a period of time
00:52:25.14\00:52:26.47
where he just didn't
feel like doing anything
00:52:26.51\00:52:27.84
and after some time
he thought to himself,
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.54
you know, I need
to shake this off,
00:52:29.58\00:52:30.91
I need to get on with my
life, but one of the things
00:52:30.95\00:52:32.78
he always wanted to
do was go on a cruise.
00:52:32.81\00:52:34.82
He thought it would be
great to go on a cruise.
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.18
This would be fantastic
00:52:36.22\00:52:37.55
and maybe I can find the
girl of my dreams on a cruise,
00:52:37.59\00:52:39.15
who knows.
00:52:39.19\00:52:40.52
I have some money
in my savings account,
00:52:40.56\00:52:41.89
I'm going to go ahead,
00:52:41.92\00:52:43.26
I'm going to get
that, I'm going to spend,
00:52:43.29\00:52:44.63
empty up my savings account
and I'm going to buy a ticket.
00:52:44.66\00:52:47.20
That's just what he did.
00:52:47.23\00:52:49.13
In fact, he emptied out
his account to the point...
00:52:49.16\00:52:51.33
Now, he wanted to
have a little bitty,
00:52:51.37\00:52:52.70
he had a little
bit of money left
00:52:52.73\00:52:54.07
where he could use for souvenirs
00:52:54.10\00:52:55.44
and what have you,
00:52:55.47\00:52:56.84
and so in order to save money
he got this bright idea that,
00:52:56.87\00:52:59.87
you know, because he was
sure that those elaborate meals
00:52:59.91\00:53:03.28
in the dining hall were
going to be too expensive.
00:53:03.35\00:53:06.15
And if he would
just skip that...
00:53:06.18\00:53:08.08
I mean, yeah, it was a sacrifice
00:53:08.12\00:53:10.02
but that way he can,
you know, go on the cruise.
00:53:10.09\00:53:13.19
And so he decided
00:53:13.22\00:53:14.56
I'll take the
easiest thing I can pack.
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.02
I'll take some peanut butter
00:53:16.06\00:53:17.43
and I'll take
some crackers, okay.
00:53:17.46\00:53:18.96
Peanut butter keeps,
00:53:18.99\00:53:20.33
you don't have to have
a refrigerator, crackers,
00:53:20.40\00:53:21.70
I mean, look it's not
the greatest but I'll get by
00:53:21.73\00:53:24.13
and I'll have all the
other enjoyment of the cruise.
00:53:24.17\00:53:27.30
And he wasn't disappointed.
00:53:27.34\00:53:28.67
I mean, he got
out on this cruise
00:53:28.70\00:53:30.07
and it was beautiful.
00:53:30.11\00:53:31.44
I mean, the beautiful,
the water was perfect,
00:53:31.47\00:53:33.11
beautiful sunshine every
day, beautiful scenic places
00:53:33.14\00:53:36.51
and there was a
lovely young lady
00:53:36.54\00:53:38.25
he met on that boat.
00:53:38.28\00:53:41.15
The second day that he
struck up a conversation
00:53:41.18\00:53:45.15
and they seem to
just hit it off so well.
00:53:45.19\00:53:48.22
And he met her one
day, the next day, she said,
00:53:48.26\00:53:50.49
hey, let's eat dinner
tonight in the dining hall.
00:53:50.53\00:53:54.10
Well, he thought to himself,
00:53:54.13\00:53:55.46
you know, I don't want to
be embarrassing to tell her
00:53:55.50\00:53:57.83
I don't have the tickets.
00:53:57.87\00:53:59.33
So he put it off
and he made an excuse.
00:53:59.37\00:54:03.14
Well, this happened every day
00:54:03.17\00:54:04.51
until the last
day of the cruise,
00:54:04.54\00:54:05.87
well they've been
really hitting it off,
00:54:05.91\00:54:07.28
and he thought
something may come of this,
00:54:07.31\00:54:08.64
and I really need to
tell her, and she asked again,
00:54:08.68\00:54:11.48
"This is the last day,
00:54:11.51\00:54:12.85
can't you eat with
me in the dining hall."
00:54:12.88\00:54:14.45
And he said,
"Well, here's the thing,
00:54:14.48\00:54:15.95
I spent all my
money on the ticket
00:54:15.98\00:54:20.79
and I just didn't, I
wanted to save some money
00:54:20.86\00:54:22.42
for souvenirs and stuff,
00:54:22.46\00:54:23.83
so I didn't get the meal ticket.
00:54:23.86\00:54:26.53
And she says, "Aha,
that's what I love about you,
00:54:26.56\00:54:29.30
your sense of humor.
00:54:29.33\00:54:30.83
Silly, you know, the
meals come with the ticket."
00:54:30.87\00:54:34.80
And this guy thought to himself,
00:54:40.44\00:54:43.04
"I have been eating
peanut butter and crackers
00:54:43.08\00:54:45.05
in my room every day
00:54:45.08\00:54:47.18
and I could have been feasting
with this beautiful lady
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.82
in a wonderful dining hall.
00:54:49.85\00:54:54.02
And brothers and sisters,
I want to tell you something.
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.19
I fear that too many of us
who name the name of Christ
00:54:57.23\00:55:00.93
to call ourselves Christians
are living a peanut butter
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.47
and cracker Christianity,
00:55:03.50\00:55:06.77
because we don't focus
on our Heavenly High Priest,
00:55:06.84\00:55:11.04
because we don't
understand that Jesus is there,
00:55:11.07\00:55:14.08
and He has all
power and all authority.
00:55:14.11\00:55:17.15
Not only for our own
spiritual experience,
00:55:17.18\00:55:20.12
we're out sharing
our faith with others
00:55:20.15\00:55:21.68
and we say, I don't know
if I can say it right now.
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.79
How can I lead somebody?
00:55:23.82\00:55:25.15
Because you've got
a heavenly high priest
00:55:25.19\00:55:26.52
who is going to put
the words in your mouth.
00:55:26.55\00:55:29.16
When you're seeking
victory in your own life,
00:55:29.19\00:55:32.23
you've got Jesus, Who
is ministering for you.
00:55:32.26\00:55:36.87
Oh, and we're
eating peanut butter
00:55:36.93\00:55:38.40
and crackers in the little room.
00:55:38.43\00:55:42.80
Again, I don't know
00:55:42.84\00:55:44.91
what struggles
you came here with
00:55:44.94\00:55:46.34
but I know this.
00:55:46.37\00:55:47.98
Jesus Christ came
to give you victory.
00:55:48.01\00:55:51.15
He has a place for
you in His kingdom.
00:55:51.18\00:55:53.78
And right now, He
ministers in your behalf.
00:55:53.82\00:55:56.45
And He wants you to
look to Him and trust in Him
00:55:56.48\00:55:59.35
and they hold of
His priestly ministry.
00:55:59.39\00:56:01.26
How many of you
want to do that today?
00:56:01.29\00:56:02.62
Amen. Amen.
00:56:02.66\00:56:03.99
Let's pray together.
00:56:04.06\00:56:06.93
Father in heaven.
00:56:06.96\00:56:09.23
Oh, Father, Father forgive
us for where we've fallen short.
00:56:09.26\00:56:13.54
Lord, sometimes we
expect so little out of You
00:56:13.57\00:56:16.27
when You've promised us so much.
00:56:16.30\00:56:20.18
It's almost a mockery, Lord.
00:56:20.21\00:56:23.55
It makes it look like
we don't think our God is
00:56:23.58\00:56:25.51
as great as we
often say that He is.
00:56:25.55\00:56:28.62
So again, Father, forgive us.
00:56:28.65\00:56:31.29
Oh, direct our
minds, direct our eyes,
00:56:31.32\00:56:34.26
redirect our eyes to
Jesus, our Heavenly High Priest.
00:56:34.29\00:56:39.66
Lord, we're so grateful
for the sacrifice on the cross.
00:56:39.69\00:56:43.26
And now by virtue
of that sacrifice,
00:56:43.33\00:56:45.33
Jesus has ascended into heaven
to work as our High Priest,
00:56:45.37\00:56:51.41
to give us victory,
to cleanse us from sin,
00:56:51.44\00:56:53.94
to give us hope,
bright hope for the future.
00:56:53.98\00:56:58.51
Oh, Father.
00:56:58.55\00:57:00.85
Father, you know the
hearts of each one here.
00:57:00.88\00:57:02.72
You know what we
have come here with.
00:57:02.75\00:57:04.55
There are people here today
00:57:04.59\00:57:09.09
who have been longing
for release from some habit,
00:57:09.12\00:57:14.83
from some character trait,
00:57:14.83\00:57:16.33
from something that
has just bogged them down.
00:57:16.36\00:57:21.17
Lord, perhaps...
00:57:21.20\00:57:25.81
Perhaps it's some besetting sin
00:57:25.84\00:57:27.58
that they've wrestled
with for a long time but today.
00:57:27.61\00:57:30.65