Let's bow our heads.
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Thank You, Father,
for this wonderful day.
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Thank You for the privilege of
coming once again here to this
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place in full freedom to open
Your Holy Word, and hear Your
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voice speaking to us.
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We ask that You will be present
here through the ministration
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of Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us clarity of thought,
and give us willing hearts
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to receive Your Word.
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And we thank You for hearing
our prayer, for we ask it
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in the precious
name of Jesus, Amen.
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The lecture today,
and the next lecture
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are very closely linked.
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In fact the lecture
today, The Remnant of Her Seed,
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is absolutely indispensible
to understand the next lecture,
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which is on the 144,000.
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So what we're going
to study today is basic
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to understand our next lecture.
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And I'd like to begin by going
to Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:15.
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At this point Adam and Eve had
sinned, and they were shaking
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in the garden because they felt
that God was going to implement
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His Word, and they
were going to be destroyed.
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Because God had said, The
day that you eat from the tree,
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that very day
you will surely die.
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But when they were filled with
fear, thinking that the sentence
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was going to fall on them,
God came down to the garden
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and He spoke to the serpent.
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And I want you to notice
four key elements in this verse.
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Genesis 3:15. God is speaking
to the serpent, to the Devil.
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That's the first element.
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That is between the serpent.
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That's the second element.
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There's the third element.
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So you'll notice that
there's four elements here.
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We have, first of all, enmity.
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Then we have a serpent.
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Then we have a woman.
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And then the serpent has
seed, and the woman has Seed.
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And you'll notice that the
enmity runs between the serpent
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and the woman, and the serpent's
seed, and the woman's Seed.
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But the real enmity is
not serpent versus woman,
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or seed versus seed.
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The true enmity is reflected
in the last part of the verse.
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Once again it says, And I
will put enmity between you
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and the woman, and
between your seed and her Seed;
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He, that is the Seed of the
woman, shall bruise your head,..
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That is the serpent's head.
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...and you
shall bruise his heel.
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So the great enmity that we
find in Genesis 3:15, is between
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the woman's
Seed, and the serpent.
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And the prophecy says that the
Seed of the woman would crush
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the serpent's head, and
the serpent would be successful
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in wounding his heel.
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Now Revelation 12:17 picks up
on this verse, on Genesis 3:15.
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Go with me to Revelation
12:17, which we've read before.
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It says there:
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Let's see if we have
the same four elements.
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By the way, the dragon
in verse 9 of Revelation 12,
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is called the ancient serpent.
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So the dragon is
the serpent. So it says:
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Or the serpent.
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See, there you have the enmity.
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There's the third element.
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So you have a
dragon, or a serpent.
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You have enmity, or
rage, and you have a woman.
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And then it says:
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That is the serpent.
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There you have the enmity again.
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I prefer the King James,
with the remnant of her Seed.
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So do we have seed in
this verse also? Absolutely.
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We find the same
elements in this verse as we
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found in Genesis 3:15.
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We find a woman, we find
a serpent, we find enmity,
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and we find the
Seed of the woman.
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But you'll notice here in
Revelation 12:17 that it's not
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the Seed that is being spoken
of, the Seed of the woman,
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but the Seed's seed.
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Notice the last
part of the verse.
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It says once again, He
went to make war with the
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remnant of her Seed.
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Now the question is, Who
is the Seed of the woman?
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Because this is the remnant
of the Seed of the woman,
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the remnant of her seed.
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Now the Seed of the woman,
we're going to notice, is Jesus.
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But this is the remnant's seed.
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So, in other words,
this is the Seed's seed.
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Now let's notice John
12:23, 24, John 12:23, 24.
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Here Jesus is
speaking about His death.
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And notice what He says:
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By the way, that's Him.
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It represents Jesus.
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What happens? it sprouts
again; and it produces what?
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So you have one Seed,
which is a grain of wheat;
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falls into the ground, dies,
and as a result of its death
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it sprouts forth, and
it brings forth many seeds.
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Are you understanding?
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In other words, these
are the seeds of the Seed,
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of the original seed
that died and sprouted up.
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Now the question is, who is this
solitary Seed who brings many
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seeds into the world?
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Let's go to Galatians 3:16.
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Galatians 3:16
identifies this solitary Seed,
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this grain of wheat that
Jesus spoke about. It says:
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So the question is,
Who is that solitary Seed,
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that grain of wheat
that Jesus spoke about?
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He's talking about Himself.
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But let me ask you, When Jesus
died, and sprouted forth to new
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life, or resurrected, Did
He provide the means where He
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could have many
other seeds? Absolutely.
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Notice Galatians 3:29. It says:
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In other words, we
become the Seed's seed.
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Are you following me or
are you not following me?
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So in other words, Revelation
12:17 is saying that the
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serpent, or the dragon, was
going to be enraged with the
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remnant of her Seed.
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Her Seed is Jesus, so the
remnant of her seed would be
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those who were born from Jesus,
the Seed's seed, if you please.
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Now you say, Why do
you bring this to view?
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There's a very important reason.
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You see, in the book of
Revelation, Babylon is not
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a literal city
geographically defined.
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Babylon, according to what we've
studied, is a worldwide system
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that is at enmity
with the people of God.
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The woman, who is called
Babylon the harlot, is symbolic.
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The wine that
she gets is symbolic.
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Her fornication is symbolic.
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The river that she
sits on is symbolic.
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It represents multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
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In other words,
Babylon is not literal Babylon
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over in the middle east.
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Babylon is a worldwide,
global, spiritual system.
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Now who is the great
enemy of Babylon in Scripture?
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Folks, the great enemy of
Babylon in Scripture is Israel.
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Now let me ask you, If
Babylon is global, or worldwide,
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and spiritual, that must
mean that Israel must also be
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global and spiritual.
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Are you
understanding what I am saying?
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The citizens of Babylon in
Revelation are not citizens
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of the old city
in the middle east.
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They're citizens of a
worldwide apostate system.
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And so Israel, the
enemy of Babylon, must also be
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a worldwide spiritual system.
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And you say, Why do
you bring this to view?
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You see, most churches
today, most Protestant churches,
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at least of the conservative
brand have a very interesting
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idea about Bible prophecy.
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They teach that God has
two mutually exclusive peoples.
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The first people of
God are the literal Jews,
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in other words literal Israel.
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The second group that belongs to
God, or the second people that
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God has, is the
Christian church.
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And they believe that God
has two totally different plans
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for literal Israel
and for the church.
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They actually believe that the
church is going to be Raptured
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to heaven seven years before
the glorious coming of Jesus.
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And then after the spiritual
people of God are Raptured
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to heaven, then God
will begin His plan again
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for the literal Jews.
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And some even teach that
throughout eternity God is
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going to have a heavenly
people, and He's going to
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have an earthly people.
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He's going to have two
peoples: literal Israel,
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and the Christian church.
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Now this has very strong
implications for what we're
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going to study
in our next lecture.
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Because we're going to notice
that, according to Scripture,
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there is only one
Seed, who is Jesus Christ.
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And there is only one
Seed's seed, which are His
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people from all ages.
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And I want you to notice, in ten
specific points, how the Bible
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teaches that God has only
one Israel, one true people,
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that are not geographically
defined, but they're defined
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by their
relationship to Jesus Christ.
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So we're going
to study ten points.
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The first point is
that God has only one fold.
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Jesus has only one fold.
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Notice John 10:16,
John 10:16. Jesus says:
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Who are those other
sheep that are not of His fold?
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This fold is Israel.
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Jesus says, I was not
sent but to the lost sheep
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of the house of Israel, He says
several times in the gospels.
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So it says, He says,
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...two flocks and one shepherd.
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That's not what it says.
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He's going to bring the
Gentiles and there will be what?
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one flock, and one shepherd.
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One people of God
represented by sheep.
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Let's go to John 11:51, 52.
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We're still showing that
Jesus has only one fold not two.
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He doesn't have literal
Israel and the Christian church.
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He has one people, one
fold, and there's one shepherd.
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John 11:51, 52. You
remember that Caiaphas says it's
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necessary for one
man to die, and not that
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the nation
disappear? Well notice:
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Caiaphas did not say...
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Which nation is
that? for literal Israel.
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But now notice:
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How many folds, and how
many shepherds? one fold,
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and one shepherd.
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And the fold is
composed of Jews and Gentiles,
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literal Israelites who accepted
Jesus, and spiritual Israelites.
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Now the second point that I
would like us to notice is that
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God has only one
Israel, and that Israel is not
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defined geographically.
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It's not defined ethnically.
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It's not defined genetically.
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It's defined relationally.
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In other words, for you to
be Israel, you have to have
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a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
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You must become the Seed's
seed in order to be true Israel.
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Let's go once
again to Galatians 3:16.
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Now to Abraham and his
Seed were the promises made.
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He does not say, and to seeds,
as of many, but as of one;
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and to your Seed, who is Christ.
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Who is the only true Seed,
according to the apostle Paul?
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Jesus Christ. Now do
we become seed also? Yes.
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We become the Seed's seed.
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How is it that we
become the Seed's seed?
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Notice what we find in verse 26.
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For you are all
sons of God through how?
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faith in Christ Jesus.
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For as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
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have put on Christ.
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How do we
become the Seed's seed?
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By being what? By being baptized
into His church. Verse 28:
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And now notice:
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What makes us children of
Abraham, or seed of Abraham?
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The fact that we are related
to whom? to Jesus Christ.
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In other words, those who
have not received Jesus Christ
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are not really
children of Abraham.
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They are not really Israel.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Notice Romans 2:28,
29, Romans 2:28, 29.
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Do you know that there are
Jews that aren't really Jews?
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Do you know what a real Jew is?
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According to the New Testament
definition, it is one who has
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accepted Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord, be he Jew, literally
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speaking, or be he
Gentile. Romans 2:28, 29.
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Let me ask you, Must you
have a circumcised and converted
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heart to Jesus Christ?
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Must you have received the Holy
Spirit in order to be a true Jew
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according to the New Testament
definition? Absolutely!
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Notice Romans
9:6-8, Romans 9:6-8.
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Here the apostle Paul says,
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That's interesting.
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Paul is saying that not
all Israelites are Israelites.
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Now who is an Israelite then?
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Notice what he
continues saying, verse 7.
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Let me ask you, Is it possible
to be the seed of Abraham
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literally, and not be a child,
or a son or a daughter of God?
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Absolutely. So he says:
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Let me ask you, Who was
it that came from Isaac?
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Jesus Christ,
the Messiah. Verse 8.
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That means literal Jews.
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That is of the
promise of the Messiah.
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Do you remember the encounter
that Jesus had with Nathaniel,
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who became one of His disciples;
one of the twelve apostles?
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I want you to notice how the
story is told in John 1:47-49.
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It says here:
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Question: If there are
Israelites indeed, must there be
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Israelites not
indeed? Absolutely!
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Now what made
Nathaniel an Israelite indeed?
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Was it because he had
blood of Abraham flowing
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through his veins?
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Was it because he
lived in the land of Israel?
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Was that defined genetically, or
geographically? Absolutely not.
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Let's continue reading.
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By the way, the word
indeed there is a Greek word
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that means genuine.
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In other words this is a genuine
Israelite in whom is no deceit;
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the same word that's used about
the 144,000: In their mouth
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was found no deceit.
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And then verse 48.
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What made him a Jew indeed?
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Interesting that he was under
the fig tree, because the fig
00:19:04.71\00:19:07.08
tree represented Israel.
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So you have an Israelite
indeed under the symbol
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.11
that represents Israel.
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And then verse 49 shows
what made him a true Jew.
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What made Nathaniel a Jew
indeed, or an Israelite indeed?
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the fact that he confessed
that Jesus was the Son of God;
00:19:30.77\00:19:34.14
that Jesus was
the King of Israel.
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The next point that I
want us to notice is that
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God has only one body.
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There's only one body of Christ,
composed of Jews and Gentiles.
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You see, God
doesn't have two bodies.
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God only has one body.
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Christ only has one body.
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Notice Ephesians
2:13-18, Ephesians 2:13-18.
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Here the apostle Paul says:
00:20:00.30\00:20:01.63
Who were those who
were far off? the Gentiles.
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You're going to
notice it in a minute.
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That is Jesus is our peace.
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In other words, Jew and
Gentile He has made one.
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How many new men?
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That's the Gentiles, by the way.
00:20:59.09\00:21:00.56
That's the Jews.
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How many bodies does Jesus have?
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One body is a Jewish
body, and the other body
00:21:10.80\00:21:14.60
is a Gentile body.
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No, Jesus has one body
composed of Jews and Gentiles:
00:21:16.00\00:21:20.81
one people, one
Israel, one fold.
00:21:20.84\00:21:25.51
Notice 1 Corinthians
12:13, 1 Corinthians 12:13,
00:21:25.55\00:21:31.75
on this same point that
Jesus Christ has only one body.
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It says there:
00:21:35.06\00:21:36.39
See, Jews and Gentiles.
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By the way, what
is the body of Christ?
00:21:55.44\00:21:58.61
The body of
Christ is the church.
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I want you to notice that.
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Ephesians 3:6. It
says there in Ephesians 3:6
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Listen to this.
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How many heirs does God have?
00:22:12.76\00:22:14.26
He has Gentile heirs
and He has Jewish heirs,
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separated one from the other.
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No, it says here:
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a different body. No.
00:22:24.44\00:22:26.54
How do they obtain the promises?
00:22:32.51\00:22:34.18
How do they become
members of one body?
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It says: partakers of
His promises, in Christ,
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through the gospel.
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By the way, you say,
Well, does the New Testament say
00:22:41.26\00:22:43.79
that the body is the church?
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Are you saying then
that God only has one body?
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literal Jews and Gentiles
in one church? Absolutely.
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Ephesians 1:18 and
then we'll read verse 24.
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It says in verse 18, And he...
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That is Jesus.
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...is the head of the body...
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And what is the
body? the church.
00:22:59.91\00:23:02.21
...who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
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that in all things he
may have the pre-eminence.
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Verse 24: I now rejoice
in my sufferings for you,
00:23:08.12\00:23:11.69
and fill up in my flesh what
is lacking in the afflictions of
00:23:11.72\00:23:14.66
Christ for the sake of
His body, which is what?
00:23:14.69\00:23:18.39
which is the church.
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.36
How many bodies does Jesus have?
00:23:20.40\00:23:22.63
He has two bodies.
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.27
If He had two bodies
He would be a monster.
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One head with two bodies? No.
00:23:27.87\00:23:30.91
He's one head, with one body,
composed of all of the people
00:23:30.94\00:23:35.01
of God: Jews and Gentiles.
00:23:35.04\00:23:37.78
The next point that I
want to make is that God has
00:23:37.81\00:23:41.32
only one chosen city.
00:23:41.35\00:23:42.75
He doesn't have the earthly
Jerusalem for the Old Testament
00:23:42.78\00:23:47.29
Jewish saints, and the New
Jerusalem for the New Testament
00:23:47.32\00:23:50.66
spiritual Israel saints.
00:23:50.69\00:23:53.23
Absolutely not! There's only
one city for both Old and New
00:23:53.26\00:23:57.47
Testament people of God.
00:23:57.50\00:23:59.23
Notice Revelation
21:2, Revelation 21:2.
00:23:59.27\00:24:04.41
Which city is this?
It's the New Jerusalem.
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One city, right? Now is that
city composed of all of God's
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.96
people from the Old and
New Testament? Absolutely.
00:24:23.99\00:24:27.06
Notice Revelation
21:12, Revelation 21:12.
00:24:27.10\00:24:32.13
It's speaking here about
the twelve gates of the city.
00:24:32.17\00:24:35.67
It says:
00:24:35.70\00:24:37.04
What is it that is
written over the gates?
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.89
the names of the
what? of the sons of Jacob,
00:24:50.92\00:24:54.76
of the twelve tribes of Israel.
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.26
Which testament would that be?
00:24:56.29\00:24:57.99
That would be the
Old Testament, right?
00:24:58.03\00:25:00.90
But I want you to
notice that that same city
00:25:00.93\00:25:03.47
has something else.
00:25:03.50\00:25:04.83
Notice Revelation
21:14, Revelation 21:14.
00:25:04.87\00:25:10.54
Speaking about the
same city, it says:
00:25:10.57\00:25:12.47
In other words one city.
00:25:20.58\00:25:21.92
The gates have the names of
the tribes, and the foundations
00:25:21.95\00:25:25.79
have the names of the apostles.
00:25:25.82\00:25:27.39
In other words, the city
is composed of Old Testament
00:25:27.42\00:25:30.29
Christians and New
Testament Christians,
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.69
Old Testament Israel and New
Testament Israel in one city.
00:25:32.73\00:25:36.97
By the way, go with me to
Hebrews 11, and lets pursue this
00:25:37.00\00:25:41.14
a little bit further.
00:25:41.17\00:25:42.50
Hebrews 11:9, 10 and then we'll
jump down to verses 13 to 16.
00:25:42.54\00:25:47.11
Let me ask you, which
city did the Old Testament
00:25:47.14\00:25:49.48
heroes look forward to?
00:25:49.51\00:25:50.85
Did Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
look forward to that little city
00:25:50.88\00:25:54.52
over there in the
Middle East, where there's so
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.69
much conflict today?
00:25:56.72\00:25:58.05
None of the great heroes of
the Old Testament looked forward
00:25:58.09\00:26:02.49
to the earthly Jerusalem.
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.63
They looked forward to
the heavenly Jerusalem,
00:26:04.66\00:26:07.23
just like we look forward
to the heavenly Jerusalem.
00:26:07.26\00:26:09.80
Notice Hebrews 11:9.
00:26:09.83\00:26:11.87
Speaking about Abraham.
00:26:12.73\00:26:14.30
Notice, he was in
the promised land,
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.37
but it was a foreign country.
00:26:19.41\00:26:20.74
This is Abraham.
00:26:28.85\00:26:30.19
Which city did Abraham look
forward to? to that little city?
00:26:35.09\00:26:38.43
Is that what God promised
Abraham? that little city
00:26:38.46\00:26:41.06
over in the middle
east? Of course not!
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.96
He looked forward to
the heavenly Jerusalem,
00:26:43.00\00:26:45.17
just like we do today.
00:26:45.20\00:26:46.53
Notice verses 13 through 16.
00:26:46.57\00:26:49.17
Once again this
idea is amplified.
00:26:49.20\00:26:51.07
It says, These...
speaking about all these heroes
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.64
of the Old Testament.
00:26:53.68\00:26:55.01
See, they knew that
this earth wasn't their home.
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.12
They knew that that little strip
of land over in the middle east
00:27:09.16\00:27:12.29
wasn't their real
home. Notice verse 14:
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.70
Were these people seeking a
homeland, yes or no? Absolutely.
00:27:19.43\00:27:22.37
Verse 15. Which
was that homeland?
00:27:22.40\00:27:24.77
Interesting! So how
many cities does God have?
00:27:45.69\00:27:50.83
One city
composed only of Gentiles,
00:27:50.87\00:27:55.90
if it's the New
Jerusalem in heaven.
00:27:55.94\00:27:58.34
Is that what the Bible teaches?
00:27:58.37\00:28:00.44
The Bible teaches that
there's one city composed of
00:28:00.48\00:28:04.81
the apostles, and
the twelve tribes;
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.62
all of God's people in one city.
00:28:08.65\00:28:11.82
Now there's another
point that I want to make,
00:28:11.85\00:28:14.32
and this will be point number 5.
00:28:14.36\00:28:15.79
God's people in the Bible are
represented by only one woman.
00:28:15.82\00:28:23.33
Listen, if God has two separable
peoples, then He has two wives.
00:28:23.37\00:28:29.30
He has two women, and God
would be a spiritual bigamist.
00:28:29.34\00:28:33.61
Excuse me for
saying that, but it's true.
00:28:33.64\00:28:36.64
Now notice Revelation 12:1, 2.
00:28:36.68\00:28:40.28
This is speaking about the
church of the Old Testament;
00:28:40.32\00:28:44.19
the woman of the Old
Testament. Notice verse 1:
00:28:44.22\00:28:47.26
This woman represents
the Old Testament church.
00:29:02.77\00:29:06.64
And you say,
How do we know that?
00:29:06.68\00:29:08.01
It's very simple, because
she's pregnant with a child.
00:29:08.04\00:29:11.55
Who is the child?
The child is Jesus.
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.92
It has to be the Old Testament
church because the child
00:29:13.95\00:29:16.18
hasn't been born
yet in verses 1 and 2.
00:29:16.22\00:29:18.29
So this woman represents
the Old Testament church.
00:29:18.32\00:29:22.59
And, by the way, did Jesus come
from the Old Testament church?
00:29:22.62\00:29:25.96
Was Jesus a
descendent of Abraham?
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.40
Was Jesus a descendent of David?
00:29:29.43\00:29:32.63
He most certainly was.
00:29:32.67\00:29:34.00
Jesus was born from
the Old Testament church.
00:29:34.04\00:29:37.07
But now I want you to
notice that after the child is
00:29:37.11\00:29:40.68
caught up to God into
His throne, notice verse 5:
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.74
In other words, after
Jesus ascends to heaven,
00:29:50.35\00:29:53.32
then the dragon goes after whom?
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.82
He goes after the woman.
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.69
Is it a different
woman, or is it the same woman?
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.36
It's the same woman.
00:30:00.40\00:30:01.73
Notice verse 6. It says:
00:30:01.76\00:30:03.97
Does the same woman flee into
the wilderness as the one who
00:30:15.21\00:30:20.12
brought forth
the male child? Yes.
00:30:20.15\00:30:22.35
The woman that brought
forth the male child represents
00:30:22.38\00:30:25.29
the Old Testament church
from where Jesus was born.
00:30:25.32\00:30:28.09
But then afterwards
that same woman now flees
00:30:28.12\00:30:31.23
into the wilderness.
00:30:31.26\00:30:32.59
So much for the idea that
God had an Old Testament woman,
00:30:32.63\00:30:36.87
which would be literal Israel,
and then He has a separable
00:30:36.90\00:30:41.07
people which are the Gentiles
in the New Testament period.
00:30:41.10\00:30:44.34
The Bible says that
God only has one woman.
00:30:44.37\00:30:48.24
Jesus Christ has only one wife.
00:30:48.28\00:30:51.18
He does not have two
wives: literal Israel
00:30:51.21\00:30:53.85
and spiritual Israel.
00:30:53.88\00:30:55.68
And, by the way, by
choosing twelve apostles,
00:30:55.72\00:30:59.69
Jesus Christ was trying to teach
that He was continuing Israel.
00:30:59.72\00:31:04.89
Don't you think that Jesus chose
twelve apostles just because
00:31:04.93\00:31:08.30
He liked the number.
00:31:08.33\00:31:09.66
He says, Oh, twelve,
that's a nice number, isn't it?
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.23
There were twelve tribes,
so let's just choose twelve
00:31:11.27\00:31:13.23
twelve apostles, No.
00:31:13.27\00:31:14.60
Jesus chose twelve
apostles intentionally.
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.44
How do we know that?
00:31:17.47\00:31:19.17
We know that because
before the day of Pentecost,
00:31:19.21\00:31:22.81
in Acts 1, before God
could pour out His Holy Spirit,
00:31:22.84\00:31:26.65
it was necessary to
elect apostle number twelve
00:31:26.68\00:31:29.98
in place of Judas,
because Judas had apostatized.
00:31:30.02\00:31:34.12
There needed to
be how many? twelve.
00:31:34.16\00:31:36.09
And let me explain very briefly
why there had to be twelve.
00:31:36.12\00:31:38.63
You see, the high priest, in
the sanctuary, had twelve stones
00:31:38.66\00:31:44.33
on his breastplate,
which represented God's people,
00:31:44.37\00:31:47.80
the twelve tribes of Israel.
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.30
Now Jesus was going to
begin His high priestly ministry
00:31:49.34\00:31:52.77
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:52.81\00:31:54.14
He couldn't begin it
with only eleven stones
00:31:54.18\00:31:57.48
on His breastplate.
00:31:57.51\00:31:58.85
He had to have all
twelve representing
00:31:58.88\00:32:01.32
all of God's people; the nucleus
of His New Testament church.
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.69
In other words, the number
twelve represents God's people
00:32:04.72\00:32:08.29
from all ages, Old
Testament and New Testament.
00:32:08.32\00:32:12.76
The next point that
I would like to make,
00:32:12.79\00:32:15.16
and I believe it's number
six, is that Christ's kingdom
00:32:15.20\00:32:18.40
is illustrated by
only one olive tree.
00:32:18.43\00:32:22.24
Now I'm going to tell you a few
things about that olive tree.
00:32:22.27\00:32:26.04
It's found in Romans 11, and
in a moment we're going to go to
00:32:26.07\00:32:29.38
the verses, but I want
you to have something clear
00:32:29.41\00:32:32.05
before we read the verses.
00:32:32.08\00:32:33.58
This olive tree has natural
branches, and those natural
00:32:33.62\00:32:39.45
branches are
retained in the tree.
00:32:39.49\00:32:41.52
In other words, those natural
branches are never cut off.
00:32:41.56\00:32:43.86
They are retained
in the olive tree.
00:32:43.89\00:32:46.90
These represent the Jews who
believed in, and accepted Jesus
00:32:46.93\00:32:51.90
Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.27
The literal Jews are the
natural branches that were never
00:32:53.30\00:32:57.17
cut off, because
they received the Messiah.
00:32:57.21\00:32:59.07
Then you have natural
branches who were cut off.
00:32:59.11\00:33:02.28
They represent the literal
Jews who rejected Jesus Christ,
00:33:02.31\00:33:06.92
because the tree
trunk represents Jesus.
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.48
Then there were natural
branches who were cut off,
00:33:09.52\00:33:12.35
but then they were
grafted into the tree again.
00:33:12.39\00:33:14.92
That represents the Jews
that initially rejected Jesus,
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.99
but then they
accepted Him afterwards.
00:33:18.03\00:33:20.90
You see, what is it
that determines whether you
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.70
belong to the tree or not?
00:33:23.73\00:33:25.07
What determines it is
your relationship to whom?
00:33:25.10\00:33:27.80
to Jesus Christ. But then the
olive tree also has some wild
00:33:27.84\00:33:33.38
olive branches grafted into it.
00:33:33.41\00:33:35.98
Now who would the
wild olive branches grafted
00:33:36.01\00:33:40.22
into the tree represent?
00:33:40.25\00:33:41.58
They represent the Gentiles.
00:33:41.62\00:33:43.55
But notice that they
belong to the same tree.
00:33:43.59\00:33:45.99
It's not a different tree.
00:33:46.02\00:33:47.66
It's the same tree.
00:33:47.69\00:33:49.02
And, by the way, the apostle
Paul says, If you don't believe
00:33:49.06\00:33:53.80
in Jesus, then
you'll be cut off, too.
00:33:53.83\00:33:56.83
And so you have this idea of
one tree with natural branches,
00:33:56.87\00:34:02.20
wild olive branches, and what
determines whether you belong
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.77
to the tree or
not is your attitude,
00:34:05.81\00:34:09.04
and your
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:34:09.08\00:34:11.55
Let's read Romans 11
beginning with verse 17.
00:34:11.58\00:34:14.68
And it's a rather long
passage, but lets go through it.
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.95
The apostle Paul says,
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.95
And if some of the branches
were broken off, and you,
00:34:18.99\00:34:22.82
being a wild olive tree,...
00:34:22.86\00:34:24.39
This is now
speaking about the Gentiles.
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.16
...He says to the Gentiles.
00:34:36.71\00:34:38.04
Don't think that you're so great
because you were grafted in.
00:34:38.07\00:34:40.24
Of course the root
represents whom? Jesus.
00:34:46.31\00:34:49.18
...says the apostle Paul.
00:34:55.59\00:34:56.99
Unbelief in whom?
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.23
The natural branches
were broken off because of
00:35:01.26\00:35:04.13
unbelief in Jesus.
00:35:04.17\00:35:05.50
How? You say the
reason you're grafted in
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.77
is because you have what? faith.
00:35:09.80\00:35:11.81
Faith in whom? in Jesus.
00:35:11.84\00:35:13.98
See, they'll be
grafted into their own tree.
00:35:39.73\00:35:41.64
He's speaking
about literal Israel.
00:36:07.50\00:36:09.20
And so some say, See, it says
there that all Israel someday
00:36:16.14\00:36:20.08
is going to be saved.
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.44
But they don't take into account
what comes immediately before.
00:36:21.48\00:36:24.05
You see, what is all
Israel, according to the
00:36:24.08\00:36:26.78
preceding context?
00:36:26.82\00:36:28.15
According to the preceding
context, all Israel will be
00:36:28.18\00:36:31.65
saved, means all
faithful Israel that has been
00:36:31.69\00:36:34.82
grafted into the tree.
00:36:34.86\00:36:36.19
Natural branches
that have remained,
00:36:36.22\00:36:39.43
natural branches that were
cut off and grafted in again,
00:36:39.46\00:36:42.66
and wild olive branches that
were taken off of a wild olive
00:36:42.70\00:36:47.00
tree and grafted into
the natural olive tree.
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.64
In other words, the context
indicates that when the apostle
00:36:50.67\00:36:54.51
Paul says, All Israel will
be saved, he means all faithful
00:36:54.54\00:36:58.25
Israel, who have been
grafted into the tree,
00:36:58.28\00:37:00.52
into the root, Jesus Christ.
00:37:00.55\00:37:02.72
And so it says, And so
all Israel will be saved,
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.19
as it is written:
00:37:05.22\00:37:06.62
So how many trees
illustrate the people of God?
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.80
Does God have
two separable trees?
00:37:20.84\00:37:23.17
Does He have
two separable wives?
00:37:23.20\00:37:25.67
Does He have two
separable bodies?
00:37:25.71\00:37:27.64
Does He have
two separable folds?
00:37:27.68\00:37:29.64
Does He have two
separable Israel's?
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.01
Not according to Scripture.
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.78
He has one people; one faithful
people who are determined
00:37:33.82\00:37:38.29
by their
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:37:38.32\00:37:40.72
Now our next point is that there
is only going to be one banquet
00:37:40.76\00:37:44.99
table in the kingdom
for Jews and Gentiles.
00:37:45.03\00:37:47.96
You know, Jesus had just healed
the servant of a Centurion.
00:37:48.00\00:37:53.77
You know what a
Centurion was, right?
00:37:53.80\00:37:55.97
He was the head of eleven
soldiers in the Roman army,
00:37:56.00\00:37:59.61
in the Roman legions, is
the way that they were called.
00:37:59.64\00:38:02.98
And Jesus had just
healed his servant.
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.55
And I want you to notice what
Jesus said to those who were
00:38:05.58\00:38:09.95
watching there and
listening to what He had done
00:38:09.98\00:38:14.52
for this Centurion.
00:38:14.56\00:38:16.62
Notice Matthew
8:11, 12. Jesus says:
00:38:16.66\00:38:21.16
And I say to you, that many
will come from east and west,...
00:38:21.20\00:38:25.57
Do you know who
those are? the Gentiles.
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.80
...many will come from east and
west, and sit down with Abraham,
00:38:28.84\00:38:34.04
Isaac, and Jacob in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:38:34.08\00:38:37.48
Were Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob faithful?
00:38:37.51\00:38:41.18
Were they faithful Israelites?
00:38:41.22\00:38:43.62
Did they look
forward to the Messiah?
00:38:43.65\00:38:45.29
Jesus said, Abraham saw My day
and what? rejoiced. John 8:56.
00:38:45.32\00:38:50.43
These all saw the
Messiah coming in the future.
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.60
They accepted
Jesus Christ in promise.
00:38:53.63\00:38:56.26
So it says once again, And I say
to you that many will come from
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.73
east and west, and sit down
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
00:38:59.77\00:39:03.81
in the kingdom of heaven:
But the sons of the kingdom...
00:39:03.84\00:39:07.08
Who are those? the sons of
the kingdom? the literal Jews.
00:39:07.11\00:39:11.01
...the sons of the kingdom...
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.38
That reject Jesus, incidentally.
00:39:12.41\00:39:14.35
...will be cast out into outer
darkness: there will be weeping
00:39:14.38\00:39:18.92
and gnashing of teeth.
00:39:18.95\00:39:20.69
How many tables are there
going to be in the kingdom?
00:39:20.72\00:39:23.39
How many banquet tables?
00:39:23.43\00:39:24.86
One for the Jews, and the
other one on the other side of
00:39:24.89\00:39:28.06
town for the
Gentiles? Absolutely not!
00:39:28.10\00:39:31.00
One table, composed
of Jews and Gentiles.
00:39:31.03\00:39:34.97
Next point: Jesus Christ
has only one spiritual temple.
00:39:35.00\00:39:40.04
Notice what we find in Ephesians
2:19-22, Ephesians 2:19-22.
00:39:40.08\00:39:48.25
Here the apostle Paul says,
Now therefore you are no longer
00:39:48.28\00:39:52.02
strangers and foreigners,...
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.09
Speaking about the
Gentiles, very clearly.
00:39:54.12\00:39:57.13
Now therefore you are no
longer strangers and foreigners,
00:39:57.16\00:40:00.13
but fellow citizens with
the saints, and members of
00:40:00.16\00:40:06.47
the household of God.
00:40:06.50\00:40:07.87
Does that sound like
they're a separable people?
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.37
Absolutely not! So he says,
00:40:10.41\00:40:13.14
Now therefore you are no
longer strangers and foreigners,
00:40:13.17\00:40:15.61
but fellow citizens with
the saints, and members of
00:40:15.64\00:40:18.71
the household of God; having
been built on the foundation
00:40:18.75\00:40:23.22
of the apostles and prophets,...
00:40:23.25\00:40:25.35
Is that Old and New Testament?
apostles and prophets? Yes.
00:40:25.39\00:40:28.82
...upon the foundation of
the apostles and prophets,
00:40:28.86\00:40:31.53
Jesus Christ Himself
being the chief corner stone;...
00:40:31.56\00:40:36.70
What determines whether
you belong to the temple?
00:40:36.73\00:40:39.27
to the one temple or not?
00:40:39.30\00:40:40.64
Whether you're built on
the foundation of the apostles
00:40:40.67\00:40:42.60
and prophets; Old/New Testament.
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.01
But the chief cornerstone
that you build on is whom?
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.21
Jesus Christ. Now notice
what it continues saying.
00:40:47.24\00:40:50.18
In whom the whole building...
00:40:50.21\00:40:52.55
That is the temple.
00:40:52.58\00:40:53.92
...being joined together grows
into a holy temple in the Lord:
00:40:53.95\00:41:00.22
In whom you also...
00:41:00.26\00:41:02.76
He's speaking to the Gentiles.
00:41:02.79\00:41:04.13
In whom you also are being built
together for a dwelling place
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.06
of God in the Spirit.
00:41:08.10\00:41:10.60
How many
temples does Jesus have?
00:41:10.63\00:41:12.97
He has one temple
with foundations from Old
00:41:13.00\00:41:16.64
and the New Testament,
apostles and prophets.
00:41:16.67\00:41:19.01
Jesus Christ is the chief
corner stone of the one temple,
00:41:19.04\00:41:22.64
and the temple is
composed of Jews and Gentiles.
00:41:22.68\00:41:27.38
So, by the way, when prophecy
says that the antichrist
00:41:27.42\00:41:31.59
is going to sit in the temple of
God, showing himself to be God,
00:41:31.62\00:41:36.52
what temple is
that talking about?
00:41:36.56\00:41:38.73
Is that talking about
the literal Jewish temple
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.86
over in the Middle East where a
nasty individual is going to sit
00:41:41.90\00:41:45.33
after the rapture of the church?
00:41:45.37\00:41:47.30
Never does the apostle Paul use
the word temple in that sense.
00:41:47.34\00:41:51.44
You see, this is
a spiritual temple,
00:41:51.47\00:41:54.58
with spiritual foundations,
a spiritual chief cornerstone,
00:41:54.61\00:41:59.38
and spiritual stones
built up upon the foundation,
00:41:59.41\00:42:03.59
as 1 Peter 2 says.
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.42
The next point that I
would like to make is that the
00:42:06.45\00:42:10.43
redeemed from every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.80
will sing only one song.
00:42:13.83\00:42:17.57
You say, What's that?
00:42:17.60\00:42:18.93
You mean to say that the
Jews aren't going to sing
00:42:18.97\00:42:21.57
The song of Moses? and
the redeemed at the end
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.31
are going to sing
the song of the Lamb?
00:42:24.34\00:42:25.84
Go with me to Revelation
15: 3, 4, Revelation 15:3, 4.
00:42:25.87\00:42:33.45
It's speaking about
the redeemed. It says:
00:42:33.48\00:42:35.25
Is that Old and New
Testament, by the way?
00:42:41.66\00:42:45.23
Was Moses in the
Old Testament? Yes.
00:42:45.26\00:42:48.00
The Lamb, the New Testament.
00:42:48.03\00:42:50.97
And so it says: They sing
the song of Moses, the servant
00:42:51.00\00:42:54.40
of God and the song of the Lamb
saying, Great and marvelous are
00:42:54.44\00:42:58.01
Your works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true are Your ways,
00:42:58.04\00:43:01.64
O King of the saints.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.01
So the redeemed will sing only
one song, and it is the song of
00:43:14.26\00:43:18.33
Moses and the Lamb.
00:43:18.36\00:43:19.96
One song that
includes Old Testament
00:43:20.00\00:43:22.60
and New Testament Christians.
00:43:22.63\00:43:26.20
Another point that I would
like to make, and I believe that
00:43:26.23\00:43:29.20
this is number 10, is
that the redeemed will
00:43:29.24\00:43:31.94
have only one father.
00:43:31.97\00:43:33.31
And that one
father is defined by your
00:43:33.34\00:43:37.01
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:43:37.05\00:43:38.65
Only those who have received
Jesus are technically sons
00:43:38.68\00:43:43.08
and daughters of God.
00:43:43.12\00:43:44.45
It doesn't matter
if you're a literal Jew
00:43:44.49\00:43:46.72
or if you're a Gentile.
00:43:46.76\00:43:48.19
If you receive Jesus
as your Savior and Lord,
00:43:48.22\00:43:50.99
you are a brother or sister
of Jesus, and therefore a son
00:43:51.03\00:43:55.16
or a daughter of God.
00:43:55.20\00:43:57.07
Notice Galatians
3:26, Galatians 3:26.
00:43:57.10\00:44:03.24
How is it that we become
sons and daughters of God?
00:44:13.11\00:44:15.62
through faith in Christ Jesus.
00:44:15.65\00:44:18.05
So let me ask you,
What if we don't have
00:44:18.09\00:44:19.82
faith in Christ Jesus,
like most of those who are over
00:44:19.85\00:44:23.83
They don't have
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:44:24.29\00:44:25.93
Are they sons and daughters
of God in the spiritual
00:44:25.96\00:44:28.93
sense of the word?
00:44:28.96\00:44:30.30
By creation, yes,
but not by redemption.
00:44:30.33\00:44:33.37
Notice John 1:12,
13, John 1: 12, 13.
00:44:33.40\00:44:39.27
Notice this, very clear.
00:44:39.31\00:44:41.24
But as many as received Him,...
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.35
That is received Jesus.
00:44:43.38\00:44:44.91
...to them He gave the
right to become children of God.
00:44:44.95\00:44:49.08
How do we become
children of God? those who what?
00:44:49.12\00:44:52.49
received Him, to
them He gave the right to
00:44:52.52\00:44:56.02
become children of God.
00:44:56.06\00:44:57.39
To those who
believe in His what? name.
00:44:57.43\00:45:01.90
Who were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
00:45:01.93\00:45:05.37
nor of the will
of man, but of God.
00:45:05.40\00:45:09.34
So let me
explain how this works.
00:45:09.37\00:45:12.17
It's very interesting.
00:45:12.21\00:45:14.28
See, the only individual
who really deserves to be called
00:45:14.31\00:45:18.08
the Son of God is Jesus Christ.
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.02
We are all, all the rest
of us juvenile delinquents.
00:45:20.05\00:45:24.02
In other words,
we are alienated.
00:45:24.05\00:45:28.46
We are by nature children of
wrath, according to the Bible.
00:45:28.49\00:45:31.69
In sin our mother conceived
us, the Scripture says.
00:45:31.73\00:45:35.26
So we're alienated from
the covenants of the promise.
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.33
We belong to the
family of the first Adam;
00:45:38.37\00:45:40.17
the family of the lost.
00:45:40.20\00:45:41.54
So the question is, How do
we join the family of the saved?
00:45:41.57\00:45:46.88
Well, Jesus is the only one who
deserves to be called the Son of
00:45:46.91\00:45:50.35
God; the only
faithful Son of God.
00:45:50.38\00:45:52.78
So do you know what happens?
00:45:52.81\00:45:54.62
When I receive Jesus Christ
as my Savior and as my Lord,
00:45:54.65\00:45:57.95
and I believe and
have faith in His name?
00:45:57.99\00:46:01.36
I become His brother,
or I become His sister.
00:46:01.39\00:46:08.33
And so now, because
I'm a brother of Jesus,
00:46:08.36\00:46:12.43
because I receive Him as my
Savior, now Jesus comes before
00:46:12.47\00:46:16.60
the Father and He says,
Father, I have a new brother.
00:46:16.64\00:46:19.27
Oh really, what's his name?
00:46:19.31\00:46:21.74
Well, his name is
Pastor Stephen Bohr.
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.48
The Father says, No kidding!
00:46:24.51\00:46:26.85
Stephen Bohr is your brother?
00:46:26.88\00:46:28.22
Well, if he's your
brother, He's My Son, too.
00:46:28.25\00:46:30.89
In other words, the only
way in which we can be sons and
00:46:30.92\00:46:36.12
daughters of God,
is become brothers or
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.89
sisters of Jesus Christ.
00:46:38.93\00:46:40.76
That's why we're told in
Hebrews 2 that He is not ashamed
00:46:40.80\00:46:44.57
to call us brethren.
00:46:44.60\00:46:46.37
And that's what Jesus
meant when He said in John 14:6,
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.70
I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.34
No man comes onto
the Father except by me.
00:46:52.37\00:46:56.88
Only through Him do we become
Sons and Daughters of God.
00:46:56.91\00:47:00.65
So if we have not accepted
Jesus Christ, we do not belong
00:47:00.68\00:47:03.99
to the family of God.
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.35
And I know that that's
not a popular thing to say,
00:47:05.39\00:47:08.32
because everybody's, Oh,
we're all God's children.
00:47:08.36\00:47:11.79
We are God's
children by creation.
00:47:11.83\00:47:15.00
But we have to become
His children by redemption,
00:47:15.03\00:47:18.10
or else we will be
eternally lost children.
00:47:18.13\00:47:21.60
Now I want you to
notice John 8: 32-44.
00:47:21.64\00:47:26.04
Here Jesus is speaking
to a group of literal Jews.
00:47:26.07\00:47:29.91
He says to them, "And
you shall know the truth,
00:47:29.94\00:47:33.65
and the truth
shall make you free. "
00:47:33.68\00:47:36.32
They answered Him, We
are Abraham's descendents.
00:47:36.35\00:47:39.55
Actually in the Greek it
says, We are Abraham's seed.
00:47:39.59\00:47:42.09
It's the same word
that's used elsewhere.
00:47:42.12\00:47:44.29
We are Abraham's seed, and have
never been in bondage to anyone.
00:47:44.33\00:47:49.20
How can you say,
You will be made free?
00:47:49.23\00:47:52.13
Jesus answered them,
Most assuredly I say to you,
00:47:52.17\00:47:56.10
Whoever commits
sin is a slave of sin.
00:47:56.14\00:47:58.54
See, He's speaking spiritually.
00:47:58.57\00:47:59.91
He's not speaking literally.
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.28
And a slave does not
abide in the house forever:
00:48:01.31\00:48:04.21
but a what? a
son abides forever.
00:48:04.25\00:48:07.35
He's saying, If you
haven't received Me,
00:48:07.38\00:48:09.22
you are slaves of sin.
00:48:09.25\00:48:11.39
And if you're slaves of
sin, then you're not a son.
00:48:11.42\00:48:14.96
He says, But a
son abides forever.
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.59
Therefore if the
son makes you free,...
00:48:18.63\00:48:21.90
That is if I make you free, you
shall be free what? free indeed.
00:48:21.93\00:48:26.40
And then He says, I know
that you are Abraham's seed.
00:48:26.43\00:48:29.54
I know that you're
literally Abraham's seed,
00:48:29.57\00:48:32.61
is what Jesus is
saying, but you seek to kill Me,
00:48:32.64\00:48:35.28
because My Word
has no place in you.
00:48:35.31\00:48:37.28
I speak what I have
seen with My Father.
00:48:37.31\00:48:40.02
You do what you have
seen with your Father.
00:48:40.05\00:48:42.62
They answered and said to
Him, Abraham is our father.
00:48:42.65\00:48:46.09
Jesus said to them, If you were
Abraham's children, you would do
00:48:46.12\00:48:50.16
the works of Abraham.
00:48:50.19\00:48:51.53
Now He's going to say, You're
not Abraham's children at all.
00:48:51.56\00:48:53.53
I know that you literally are,
physically are, but you really
00:48:53.56\00:48:56.77
are not Abraham's children.
00:48:56.80\00:48:58.13
You're not Abraham's seed.
00:48:58.17\00:48:59.50
Verse 40. But now you seek to
kill Me, a man who has told you
00:48:59.53\00:49:03.51
the truth, which
I heard from God.
00:49:03.54\00:49:05.01
Abraham did not do this.
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.18
You do the deeds of your father.
00:49:07.21\00:49:10.81
Then they said to Him, We
were not born of fornication.
00:49:10.85\00:49:13.65
We have one Father, God.
00:49:13.68\00:49:16.02
Jesus said to them, If God were
your Father, you would love Me:
00:49:16.05\00:49:19.52
for I proceeded forth and came
from God; nor have I come of
00:49:19.55\00:49:23.16
Myself, but He sent Me.
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.76
In other words, Jesus is
saying, Abraham loved Me.
00:49:24.79\00:49:28.20
My Father loves Me.
00:49:28.23\00:49:29.96
You hate Me, so how can
you say that My Father is Your
00:49:30.00\00:49:33.94
Father, and that
Abraham is your father,
00:49:33.97\00:49:36.14
because your spirit
is totally opposite?
00:49:36.17\00:49:38.97
Verse 43. Why do you
not understand My speech?
00:49:39.01\00:49:42.31
because you are not
able to listen to My Word.
00:49:42.34\00:49:44.51
Jesus did say some
politically incorrect things.
00:49:47.18\00:49:50.52
In fact, the apostle Paul in
Galatians 4 speaks about Hagar
00:50:08.30\00:50:13.98
and Sarah, and
Ishmael and Isaac.
00:50:14.01\00:50:17.81
You know, the Jews claimed
to be descendents of whom?
00:50:17.85\00:50:21.22
of Sarah and Isaac.
00:50:21.25\00:50:23.05
But do you know what
the apostle Paul says
00:50:23.08\00:50:25.29
in Galatians 4? He says,
You folks, the Jerusalem that is
00:50:25.32\00:50:29.52
now, and the Jews that
were at mount Sinai, He says,
00:50:29.56\00:50:33.36
You are sons and
daughters of Hagar and Ishmael.
00:50:33.40\00:50:36.97
In other words, He's saying,
He's to them, You are not
00:50:37.00\00:50:42.30
children of Isaac.
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.27
You are children
of the slave woman.
00:50:44.31\00:50:47.04
In other words, what determines
whether you belong to the people
00:50:47.08\00:50:51.45
of God is your relationship to
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:50:51.48\00:50:57.05
Now I want to go through this
very quickly, because we have
00:50:57.09\00:51:00.69
a very short
period of time left.
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And so I'm just going
to synthesize the last part
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of what you have on your sheets.
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In Deuteronomy 28:63, 64
God promised Israel that if they
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were unfaithful to Him, He would
scatter them among the nations.
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But then He promised in
Deuteronomy 30:3-5 that if they
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repented, and they returned to
the Lord, the Lord would gather
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them from where He
had scattered them.
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So these are the scattering
and gathering prophecies.
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Now it's important to realize
that the gathering, and the
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scattering, the important
aspect was not the land.
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In other words, what I'm saying
is God had chosen the land
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as His dwelling place.
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And so if they had a bad
relationship with Him in the
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land, they would be scattered.
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If they had a good relationship
with Him in the land,
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they would be gathered.
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In other words, the key was
not to be gathered to the land,
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the key was to be gathered to
the Lord, who was in the land.
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Now Jesus gave a profound
interpretation to the gathering
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and the scattering prophecies.
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In fact Jesus is going to say,
Do you know that it's possible
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for you to live in Jerusalem
and still be scattered?
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And it's possible for you
to live out there among the
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Gentiles and to be gathered.
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You say, Now how is that?
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Go with me to Luke 11,
Luke 11: 23. Jesus says here:
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He who is not with me...
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He who is not what? who is
not with Me, he is against Me.
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And He who does not
gather with Me scatters.
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What was the key? being gathered
to the land, or being gathered
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to the Lord? It was
being gathered to the Lord.
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And Jesus says, If you
don't gather to Me, you what?
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you scatter. Let's go once again
to the experience of Caiaphas
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when he said, It's necessary for
one man to die, and not that the
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whole nation
perish. John 11:51, 52.
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It explains what this means.
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He prophesied that Jesus
would die for the nation;
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And not for that nation only,
but also that he would what?
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that he would gather in one
the children of God who were
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what? scattered. But they were
going to be gathered to where?
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Was the key being
gathered to Jerusalem the place?
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Or was the key being
gathered to the Lord?
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It was to be gathered to
the Lord, even though they lived
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all over the Roman empire.
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By the way, when Jesus
left the Jewish temple,
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notice what He
said: Matthew 23: 37, 38.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the one who kills the prophets,
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and stones those
who are sent to her.
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How often I wanted to...
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What's the key word there?
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...I wanted to gather
you as a hen gathers her
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chicks under her wings...
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Who were they going to be
gathered to? the city, the land,
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or the Lord? the Lord.
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And then He says,
but you were not willing.
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See your house is
left to you desolate.
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And, by the way, in another
gospel He speaks about them
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being scattered among the
nations, because they refused
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to be gathered to the Lord.
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Jesus explains what it means
to be gathered in Matthew 18:20.
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He says: For where two or three
are what? gathered together
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in My name, I am
there in the midst of them.
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Let me ask you then,
Where is the holy land?
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The holy land is where Jesus is.
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And where is Jesus?
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He's in heaven, but spiritually
He's where? all over the world,
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through the
presence of the Holy Spirit.
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So where is Jesus?
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Jesus is worldwide through the
ministration of the Holy Spirit.
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And where there are two or
three gathered in His name,
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there is the holy land, because
present there is the Holy Lord.
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In other words, it wasn't
the land that was important,
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it was the Lord in the land.
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If they had a bad relationship
with the Lord in the land,
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they were scattered.
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If they repented they
were once again gathered.
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But the key was
the Lord not the land.
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Now let me as you, When
were these prophecies of the
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gathering finally fulfilled?
those who were scattered?
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When were these prophecies
fulfilled that they were
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gathered into one?
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Acts 2 has the answer, verse 1.
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When the day of
Pentecost had fully come,
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they were all with
one accord in one place.
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Had these people accepted
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord?
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They were all gathered, right?
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Were they gathered
from many different nations?
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Was the place the key part here?
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It wasn't the place.
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They were gathered there.
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They were gathered to the Lord.
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Notice verse 7. They
were people from all nations.
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Then they were all amazed and
marveled, saying to one another,
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Look, are not all
these who speak Galileans?
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And how is it that we
hear each in our own language
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in which we were born?
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Parthians, and Medes, and
Elamites, and those dwelling in
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Mesopotamia, Judea, and
Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia, in Egypt,
in the parts of Libya adjoining
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Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both
Jews and proselytes, Cretans,
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and Arabs, who hear them
speaking in our own tongues
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the wonderful works of God.
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Who were they gathered to?
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They were gathered
to Jesus Christ from
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all parts of the empire.
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So let me synthesize it.
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What makes you a true Israelite
is not that you are gathered
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to the holy land, but that you
are gathered to the Holy Lord.
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If you are in the holy land,
and have rejected the Holy Lord,
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you are scattered.
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So where is prophecy going to be
fulfilled? in the literal land
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of the Middle East, with people
who do not receive Jesus Christ?
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No! It will be worldwide Babylon
against worldwide Jerusalem.
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