Welcome to Anchors Of Truth,
live from Surprise, Arizona.
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Well good evening and
welcome to Surprise, Arizona.
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And I tell you, this
is a beautiful place.
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We've had a wonderful
few days here setting up.
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And the weather is great here.
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You came from Illinois today.
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And how was the weather there?
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When I left, it was 14 degrees.
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I'm told it is
down to three now,
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and heading south.
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Yes, right.
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I was wondering, does anyone
here have a bedroom they want to
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rent out for the
rest of the winter?
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Well we love Illinois,
and it will warm back up.
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That's one good thing about our
weather there in West Frankfort.
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But we do envy you folks to
get to spend the winter here.
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I wouldn't want to
spend the summers here.
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Last time I was here in
the summer, 125 degrees.
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And I was wearing
contact lenses in those days.
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They stuck to my eyeballs
and I couldn't get them off.
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I'm serious.
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It was that warm.
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But boy, it's been some really
beautiful weather here today.
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And this is a great
place, Jim, to begin our
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Anchors series for 2015.
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It really is.
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This Anchors, Jim,
is the 151st Anchors.
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We've done 150.
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This makes 151.
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- Isn't that amazing? - Yeah.
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It's hard to fathom that this
many have actually been done.
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- But it's amazing. -
You remember the first one?
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Matter of fact, I don't.
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February 2011, Ty Gibson.
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- Who was it? - Ty Gibson.
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Alright, and we've
had Ty back several times.
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- Several times. - That is true.
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Well this is
about the Jewish work.
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And you know, the amazing thing
is that the servant of the Lord
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tells us that just
before the return of our Lord,
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there's going to be a mighty
work among the Jewish people.
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- We've seen it
already. - We have.
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We've seen guys
like Doug Batchelor,
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Sasha Bolotnikov, who's
going to be here tonight,
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Jeff Zaremsky, and Alan Reinach,
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Alex down in Florida who
can't be with us this time.
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But there are so many of these.
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White Horse
Ministry, Steve Wohlberg.
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And so many of these
young men grew up Jewish,
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found the Messiah,
found it in the context of the
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And all of a sudden, I had
one young Jewish man tell me,
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"I now feel complete."
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Now this is a
brilliant young man.
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And he was an Orthodox Jew.
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But when he found
this message, he said,
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"This puts it all together.
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This puts it all together."
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He said, "The
Seventh-day Adventist message
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is the apostolic
message of the disciples
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who were Jews who kept
the Sabbath and who believed
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in the entire Bible."
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And he said, "This is what
Seventh-day Adventists are."
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Now I want to
read you a statement.
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This comes from,
Acts of the Apostles.
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Ellen Whites says,
"God expects His messengers
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to take particular
interest in the Jewish people."
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Then she says this in, MR.
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I can't remember, Ministry of...
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1MR, 137 verse 2.
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You've heard this
statement many times,
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but you did not realize it
was tied to the Jewish people.
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It says, "The time has come when
the Jews are to be given light.
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The Lord wants us to encourage
and sustain men who shall
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labor in the right
lines for this people;
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for there are to be a
multitude convinced of the truth
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who will take
their position for God.
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The time is coming
when there will be as many,"
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now listen to this,
"as many converted in a day
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as there were on
the day of Pentecost..."
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It's talking about Jews.
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See, we always have
just applied that to
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a number around the world.
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No, she says there will be
as many Jews "converted in a day
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as there were on
the day of Pentecost,
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after the disciples had
received the Holy Spirit."
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You know something? We
want to be a part of that.
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And so this is why
we've invited Ralph Ringer,
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who is the coordinator and
director of the Jewish outreach
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ministries for North America,
among other hats that he wears.
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And we have invited him
to come and to be with us
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to introduce to us
three other young men
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who are going to be presenting
the message as Jewish believers
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in Jesus and the
third angel's message.
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So I'm looking forward to this.
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A year ago we had a
similar series with several of
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the same people, and it
was unbelievably received.
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And so we have invited
them to come and to present
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a series again.
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- Isn't it
amazing? - It is amazing.
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And one of the things we're
trying to do is to sensitize you
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to the understanding that
the work among particular people
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is not always as easy
as it is among others.
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Yet God said that this
work will be successful.
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And so we can move forward
in the strength of the Lord,
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not in our own strength.
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When you are dealing
with people of Islamic faith,
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you have to be very
easy and very sensitive.
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When you're dealing
with people of Jewish faith,
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you've got to be very
easy and very sensitive.
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You can't really sort of go
in like a bull in a china shop.
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Yet there are ways to
minister to our Jewish brethren.
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And one of the things we
want to do during this series
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is sensitize the Christian
community to those ways
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so that your evangelism
or your dealing with them
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can be
successful and be salvific.
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And we're looking to
present the right balance
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in understanding the
Jews and where they fit in
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to these last days.
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There are some that go, some of
our great evangelical friends,
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that go far to the
extreme in that position.
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However, there's some
that have gone extreme
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in the other direction of
not believing that the message
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should go to the
Jewish people at all.
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We believe God has a right
way to present that message.
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And that's what we're
going to be talking about
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in these next few days.
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I want to invite
Pastor Murrel Tull to come.
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And Pastor Tull, thank you
for allowing us to come here
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to this beautiful church.
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We're glad you're here, Jim.
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And we're so happy to
be with your people there.
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They've been so warm and
hospitable, and we just...
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You know, I think when
I mentioned that we were
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going to be here, I
called this place...
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- What did I
call it? - Sunshine.
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Well it is sunshine.
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It's Surprise, alright, but
there's a lot of good sunshine.
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And it is not just outside.
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We see it in the
faces of these folks here.
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- Would you lead us
in prayer? - Absolutely.
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Shall we pray.
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Loving Father,
You are our anchor.
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You are our truth.
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And we want to live for You.
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We thank You so much for
our friends that are here.
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Elder Gilley, be with him as he
presents this weekend in truth.
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Be with our Jewish friends
in Israel, in New York, Florida,
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and here in Phoenix.
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The Phoenix area
have many Jewish people.
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And we pray that
they will be reached by
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Your Holy Spirit tonight.
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Again, touch
each one of our hearts
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and draw us nearer to You.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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I received a call on
Sunday from David Barron
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and he let me know that
just a few minutes before,
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my very good friend and his
father, Pastor Henry Barron,
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went to sleep in
Jesus at 1:40 am on Sunday.
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Pastor Barron and I
have a long history together
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back to my teenage years
when he was our youth pastor.
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Later, he joined me in
Arlington, Texas for five years.
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He volunteered, he was
paid, but he said, "I want to be
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your associate pastor."
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He was an
evangelist at the time.
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I said, "You're kidding me."
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He said, "No I'm not."
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He came and he kept me
in line for five years.
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And I tell you, the Lord
blessed our ministry together.
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That church grew from
under 300 to over 1000.
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And we knew that it
was the Lord's doing.
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But we also knew that
Henry's constant visiting,
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his working with
people, was the key
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in bringing people to Jesus.
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Henry was a wonderful singer.
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I'll never forget the
first time I heard him sing.
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And he loved hymns.
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And one of those
hymns that he loved so much
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is, My Faith Has
Found A Resting Place.
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I'm going to ask C.A. if he'll
sing that song at this time.
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My faith has
found a resting place,
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not in a manmade creed;
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I trust the Ever-living One,
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that He for me will plead.
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I need no other evidence,
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I need no other plea;
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it is enough that Jesus died,
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and rose again for me.
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Enough for me that Jesus saves,
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this ends my fear and doubt;
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a sinful soul I come to Him,
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He will not cast me out.
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I need no other evidence,
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I need no other plea;
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it is enough that Jesus died,
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and rose again for me.
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The great
Physician heals the sick,
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the lost He came to save;
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for me His
precious blood He shed,
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for me His life He gave.
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I need no other argument,
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I need no other plea;
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it is enough that Jesus died,
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and rose again for me.
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My faith is resting on His Word,
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the living Word of God;
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salvation in my Savior's name,
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salvation through His blood.
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And I need no other evidence,
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I need no other plea;
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it is enough that Jesus died,
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and rose again for me.
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Amen, thank you so much, C.A.
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I'm going to introduce to
you right now Ralph Ringer.
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Pastor, Elder, and
Doctor Ralph Ringer,
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who is the director
of NAD Jewish Ministries.
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I just gave you a
doctorate, I don't know.
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You may have one, you
probably have one already.
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I've given you another one.
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And so does Dr.
Sasha Bolotnikov.
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I know he has one.
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So I'm going to let
you introduce him, alright.
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It's my privilege to be
here and to introduce to you
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Dr. Alexander Bolotnikov.
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And he's more
commonly known as Sasha.
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He's the director of the
Shalom Learning Center for the
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North American Division.
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I'm very glad to
be here this evening.
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And I hope the topic of the
covenant will be of interest
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to those who are
here and to our viewers.
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And that's the topic we're going
to be covering every night.
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And I'll be
covering the first night,
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The Covenant and The Law.
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And on Sabbath morning
I will be speaking about,
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The Covenant and The Atonement.
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So today is the
topic of the law.
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Which is a challenging one.
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What do we
believe about the law?
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How do we relate the
law to the new covenant.
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Well, let me see.
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I'm going to ask
you four questions,
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and see if you believe this.
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How many of you
believe that God gave the laws
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to ancient Israelites as
the venue for them to be saved
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under the old covenant,
whereas under the new covenant
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Christians are saved by grace?
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How many of you believe it?
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Can I see your hands?
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Okay.
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Alright, I'm not
giving any reaction.
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Let's see the second
one, if you believe this.
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God gave the Ten Commandments
to all people, whereas the
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rest of the laws of the
Torah are merely ceremonial
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and were given to Jews only.
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I see some of
you think this way.
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Alright, I'm not
giving you my reaction.
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I'm just testing the opinions.
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It's just a poll. Don't worry.
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Just a poll.
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Okay, the third question.
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The Bible does not
separate the Ten Commandments
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from the rest of
the laws of the Torah.
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Therefore, under the
new covenant, Christians
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are liable to keep all the laws.
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How many of you believe that?
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Okay, you're a little
bit scared of my questions.
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Very hard theology, isn't it.
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Okay, and the fourth one.
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God made the new covenant
in order to nullify the laws
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of the old covenant.
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Therefore, Christians are not
bound by any of the Torah laws.
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And so you can find all
that you need to do totally
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in the New Testament.
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Do you believe that?
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That one you definitely don't.
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I see that.
00:18:29.94\00:18:31.57
I should ask how many
of you do not, instead of
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how many of you do.
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But it doesn't matter.
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These are serious questions.
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These are different ways
many Christians look at the law
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and look at the
relationship between the old
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and the new covenant.
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You know, it is interesting
how in the Middle Ages
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Jews were forced to
convert to Christianity
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under the threat of execution.
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In fact, in Spain
during the famous reconquista,
00:19:13.18\00:19:18.15
the reconquest, Spain
was taken by Christians
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from the Arabs at
the end of the 1400's.
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And Jews were very much
persecuted by Christians.
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Jews had three options.
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Option number one,
convert to Christianity.
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Option number two, within
three days leave the country.
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Option number three, if
option number two and number one
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is not met, they'll be killed.
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So that's why
it's not very easy.
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You know, some people
say, "Oh, how come Jews are not
00:19:58.69\00:20:02.56
accepting such simple
prophecies of the Bible?"
00:20:02.80\00:20:08.44
Well, history
made it not so simple.
00:20:08.47\00:20:12.87
You know.
00:20:13.48\00:20:14.81
Anyway, for the Jews
who accepted Christianity,
00:20:14.84\00:20:20.15
they had to swear to the bishop
that they completely reject
00:20:20.62\00:20:30.43
the laws of the Torah.
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How did they do this?
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In most of the cases, they
made them eat pork publically
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to prove that they no longer
feel bound by the evil laws
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of the Old Testament.
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And so they later
were called, marranos.
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Those of you who know
Spanish probably are aware that
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marrano is a pig.
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You know, many of them
immigrated to South America.
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And we meet many of
them who still secretly,
00:21:08.86\00:21:14.24
many generations,
keep Jewish traditions
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because they remember how
they were forced to Christianity
00:21:18.47\00:21:22.41
through eating pork.
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Well, so this is why
the questions are not easy.
00:21:25.21\00:21:31.52
So we'll
address them one by one.
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So the first one, and I
know some of you hesitated.
00:21:36.56\00:21:41.50
Because it's a very typical
thinking that Old Testament
00:21:41.53\00:21:48.70
temple rituals were
given to Jewish people
00:21:48.74\00:21:53.88
so that they, by performing
them, they would be saved.
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And so under the new covenant
God had relieved His people
00:22:02.25\00:22:09.49
from this kind of
burdensome process of salvation.
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So let's check this theory.
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Let's open
Leviticus chapter 1 verse 4
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and hear what it says.
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It's talking about
one of the offerings.
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It is called the burnt offering.
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And so right at the beginning
of the offering ritual,
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there were lots of things,
you will see, when an Israelite
00:22:43.46\00:22:49.46
brings an animal to the
temple, the first action
00:22:49.66\00:22:57.01
is described like this:
00:22:58.24\00:23:00.11
"He shall put his hand over
the head of the burnt offering,
00:23:01.38\00:23:09.12
and it will be
accepted on his behalf to make
00:23:09.15\00:23:13.76
atonement for him."
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.82
You see, right at the beginning,
as soon as the individual
00:23:16.89\00:23:24.30
who understands his
sinfulness lays his hand...
00:23:24.40\00:23:32.27
By laying the hand, he
basically transfers his sin
00:23:32.31\00:23:39.31
upon the animal.
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As soon as it's done,
there is an atonement.
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Afterwards, the animal dies.
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That's what the wages of sin is.
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Afterwards, the priests
do all kinds of manipulations
00:23:52.36\00:23:57.43
with blood and with
other parts of the animal.
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But all of this does not
really concern the fact that
00:24:01.87\00:24:08.28
the relationship between
this Israelite and God are fixed
00:24:08.51\00:24:14.72
as long as he unloaded
himself from the sin he had
00:24:14.75\00:24:21.32
and put the sin upon the animal
that acts as a substitute.
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So it's exactly the same
how we're saved today, right?
00:24:29.13\00:24:32.83
How is Jesus
giving us justification?
00:24:34.14\00:24:38.54
Does He tell us,
"Oh, you need to do this.
00:24:38.87\00:24:42.38
You need to do this."
00:24:42.41\00:24:43.75
And you've got
to have a checklist,
00:24:43.78\00:24:45.68
like the airplane pilot.
00:24:45.71\00:24:47.65
And at the end of the
checklist, boom, justification.
00:24:47.72\00:24:51.29
Not really.
00:24:52.25\00:24:53.59
We acknowledge
ourself as sinners.
00:24:54.39\00:24:58.33
We claim the blood of
Jesus to atone for our sins.
00:24:58.56\00:25:05.57
And we're justified.
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.94
And then we follow the
same way as the ritual follows.
00:25:08.87\00:25:13.64
Because our life
changes, we change our habits,
00:25:13.68\00:25:18.48
whatever we need to change.
00:25:18.51\00:25:20.48
But justification comes right
at the beginning at no cost,
00:25:20.68\00:25:26.99
as long as we claim
the blood of the Messiah
00:25:27.02\00:25:31.46
to be applied for our atonement.
00:25:32.56\00:25:35.36
When Israelites did not
understand this concept...
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Because it wasn't
easy to understand.
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And I'll explain to you why.
00:25:46.11\00:25:48.11
See, pagans also brought many
sacrifices in their temples.
00:25:48.58\00:25:55.05
But they did it
for a sole purpose of
00:25:55.58\00:26:00.62
feeding their deities.
00:26:00.72\00:26:03.43
That's the difference.
00:26:04.66\00:26:07.76
In other words,
pagans, by bringing offerings
00:26:07.80\00:26:12.40
to the temples,
were paying the deity for
00:26:12.43\00:26:17.77
the things this deity was doing.
00:26:18.41\00:26:20.51
So if there was a temple of
Baal who was a god of fertility,
00:26:20.54\00:26:27.18
so they'd bring sacrifices
and they'd expect that
00:26:27.38\00:26:33.09
Baal will receive X
amount of bulls and goats.
00:26:33.12\00:26:36.79
And for this,
the rain will come.
00:26:36.83\00:26:40.10
So it's kind of a transaction
type of payment relation.
00:26:40.40\00:26:44.47
And when
Israelites got this attitude,
00:26:44.90\00:26:49.37
in the book of
Isaiah the prophet speaks,
00:26:49.40\00:26:54.24
"Bring no more
futile sacrifices.
00:26:54.91\00:26:58.71
Incense is an abomination to Me.
00:26:58.75\00:27:01.92
The New Moons and Sabbaths..."
00:27:01.95\00:27:03.52
Look, even New
Moons and Sabbaths.
00:27:03.55\00:27:06.09
"...and the
calling of assemblies;
00:27:06.39\00:27:08.36
I cannot endure iniquity
and the sacred meetings."
00:27:08.39\00:27:13.63
You see, God did not
need the sacrificial animals
00:27:14.46\00:27:20.00
as a payment for
justification and atonement.
00:27:20.54\00:27:28.21
God needed a changed heart.
00:27:28.78\00:27:31.21
And that's
exactly where Isaiah goes.
00:27:31.38\00:27:34.02
"Wash yourselves,
make yourselves clean;
00:27:34.38\00:27:38.42
Put away your evil
doings from before My eyes.
00:27:38.45\00:27:43.89
Cease to do
evil, learn to do good;
00:27:43.93\00:27:47.56
seek justice,
rebuke the oppressor;
00:27:47.60\00:27:51.13
defend the fatherless,
plead for the widow."
00:27:51.17\00:27:55.37
Then, "'Come and let us
reason together,' says the Lord.
00:27:56.91\00:28:01.28
'Though your
sins are like scarlet,
00:28:01.44\00:28:04.75
they shall be as white as snow;
00:28:05.51\00:28:07.62
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be as wool.'"
00:28:08.35\00:28:14.32
Isaiah 1, I was reading
from the verses 13 through 18.
00:28:14.46\00:28:20.43
This is not a new
concept in the new covenant.
00:28:21.73\00:28:27.84
This is exactly what God
expected from Israelites.
00:28:27.87\00:28:32.17
Change of heart.
00:28:32.31\00:28:34.11
And then the change of
heart, conversion of the heart,
00:28:34.51\00:28:39.18
or even he used the term,
circumcision of the heart,
00:28:39.21\00:28:44.55
brings atonement.
00:28:44.82\00:28:48.09
Then God said, "If your
sins are red as crimson,
00:28:48.12\00:28:52.26
I'll make them
as white as snow."
00:28:52.29\00:28:56.06
Exactly the same thing as
we have under the new covenant.
00:28:56.87\00:29:04.47
The difference is, Israelites,
by offering their sacrifices,
00:29:04.67\00:29:11.51
looked forward to
the ultimate Lamb of God
00:29:11.71\00:29:17.39
that would take
care of all the problems.
00:29:17.49\00:29:20.82
And we, under the
new covenant, look back
00:29:20.86\00:29:25.39
at Calvary where our
justification is done
00:29:25.43\00:29:32.00
once and for all, and
for everybody who wants to
00:29:32.03\00:29:36.17
change the heart.
00:29:36.20\00:29:37.64
So, the first question
we've kind of dealt with.
00:29:39.17\00:29:45.35
Let's look at
the second question.
00:29:46.31\00:29:48.65
And this is a tough one.
00:29:49.82\00:29:51.45
Are all the laws outside
the Decalogue ceremonial?
00:29:52.82\00:29:57.63
Well, that's a question
which often is misunderstood.
00:29:59.96\00:30:07.40
People often put two boxes;
they take the Ten Commandments,
00:30:08.00\00:30:13.38
and the rest is just ceremonial.
00:30:13.41\00:30:15.34
And I can tell you why.
00:30:15.38\00:30:16.95
Because there was lots of
discussion, especially in the
00:30:17.21\00:30:23.02
19th century, between different
Sabbath keeping Christian groups
00:30:23.05\00:30:29.42
and traditional Protestants.
00:30:29.46\00:30:31.96
And so the traditional
Protestants were bringing
00:30:32.13\00:30:36.00
all kind of text.
00:30:36.03\00:30:37.37
And I will show you one
text, which you're probably
00:30:37.40\00:30:41.14
very familiar with.
00:30:41.17\00:30:42.97
And so the
Protestants of the 19th century
00:30:43.30\00:30:47.18
tried to find the way
to defend the Sabbath.
00:30:47.38\00:30:51.08
And so when they
started doing this, they said,
00:30:51.18\00:30:54.52
"Oh, we're just
keeping the Ten Commandments.
00:30:54.55\00:30:56.92
The rest is only for the Jews."
00:30:56.95\00:30:59.55
Well, how about the
laws of Leviticus 11?
00:30:59.59\00:31:06.73
Clean and unclean food.
00:31:07.60\00:31:09.90
They're not part of
the Ten Commandments.
00:31:10.97\00:31:13.13
How about the laws
of Numbers chapter 18
00:31:14.10\00:31:21.48
and Leviticus chapter
27 where it talks about
00:31:21.78\00:31:26.01
returning our tithe to the Lord?
00:31:26.55\00:31:30.02
That's not part
of the Decalogue.
00:31:30.42\00:31:32.72
How about this?
Let me keep reading.
00:31:33.96\00:31:36.62
How about this?
00:31:37.96\00:31:39.29
Because sometimes the argument
is, "We don't need the old
00:31:39.33\00:31:45.23
covenant law's,
because the New Testament
00:31:45.33\00:31:47.87
teaches us everything."
00:31:47.90\00:31:49.50
So, Leviticus 19:31-32.
00:31:49.54\00:31:55.04
"Give no regard to
mediums and familiar spirits;
00:31:56.54\00:32:01.75
do not seek after them,
do not be defiled by them:
00:32:01.95\00:32:06.59
I am the Lord your God."
00:32:06.62\00:32:08.26
You know the
position of the Torah against
00:32:09.89\00:32:12.56
all kinds of spiritism.
00:32:12.59\00:32:15.80
There's no mention of
this in the New Testament.
00:32:16.67\00:32:21.80
You've got to
take it from the Torah.
00:32:22.70\00:32:25.31
How about this?
00:32:26.17\00:32:27.51
The language is a little
bit culturally conditioned, but
00:32:28.51\00:32:33.75
you'll
understand the essence here.
00:32:33.78\00:32:36.75
"You shall rise before
the gray headed and honor
00:32:36.79\00:32:41.22
the presence of old men,
and fear the Lord your God."
00:32:41.26\00:32:46.96
Verse 32.
00:32:47.43\00:32:48.83
Under the new
covenant, we are not suppose to
00:32:49.80\00:32:53.64
respect our seniors?
00:32:53.94\00:32:58.04
You know.
00:32:59.57\00:33:00.91
So this is something.
00:33:01.14\00:33:03.55
Now for example,
let's go to one other law.
00:33:03.85\00:33:09.82
And you will see why
people often do not understand
00:33:10.02\00:33:16.52
these laws, because
they're written in the language
00:33:16.86\00:33:22.23
of the culture which
existed 3000 years ago.
00:33:22.26\00:33:26.33
But I think we
can relate to this.
00:33:27.17\00:33:30.11
Look at this, Leviticus 19:10.
00:33:31.51\00:33:34.38
"And you shall not
glean your vineyard,
00:33:35.28\00:33:38.88
nor shall you gather
every grape of your vineyard;
00:33:39.45\00:33:44.59
you shall leave them for
the poor and to the stranger."
00:33:44.62\00:33:49.09
That was actually in
ancient Israel, a safety net.
00:33:50.53\00:33:53.96
In other words, remember Ruth?
00:33:54.93\00:33:57.27
When they came
and they had nothing.
00:33:58.53\00:34:00.94
Based on the laws of the Torah,
Ruth went to glean at the edges
00:34:02.07\00:34:08.11
of Boas' field.
00:34:08.14\00:34:09.94
You know what
happened after that.
00:34:10.51\00:34:12.78
She became the
grandmother of King David,
00:34:13.52\00:34:16.89
who is the direct
ancestor of our Lord Jesus.
00:34:17.29\00:34:21.29
Do you see?
00:34:21.39\00:34:22.72
So is this applicable today?
00:34:22.76\00:34:26.26
Well if we change the
language, maybe not everyone
00:34:27.10\00:34:31.17
has the vineyard or field.
00:34:32.20\00:34:36.10
Farming is kind of no longer
popular on individual levels.
00:34:36.14\00:34:42.54
Right? But what about taking the
extra content of our closets,
00:34:42.58\00:34:51.55
which we don't wear, to
help who really needs that?
00:34:52.12\00:34:56.89
You see, Jews would
say this is a mitzvah.
00:34:58.19\00:35:02.10
And when Jews
say it's a mitzvah...
00:35:03.23\00:35:06.43
I have a hard time
translating it as a commandment.
00:35:06.74\00:35:11.57
Because sometimes in
the Christian culture,
00:35:11.61\00:35:16.54
a commandment is,
"Oh, you've got to do it,
00:35:16.98\00:35:19.81
otherwise you'll be lost."
00:35:19.85\00:35:21.88
It's not about being lost.
00:35:22.18\00:35:23.85
It's about being a human
being in the image of God.
00:35:23.89\00:35:30.03
And when Jews say
this is a mitzvah,
00:35:30.06\00:35:36.03
this is how we build relations.
00:35:36.23\00:35:39.33
This is how we
love our neighbor.
00:35:39.37\00:35:42.14
You know, when we try to help
the poor, protect the widow.
00:35:42.17\00:35:46.27
And that's what the
Torah is talking about.
00:35:46.74\00:35:51.21
Well, how about this?
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.98
Somebody says this
is only ceremonial,
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.62
and only to the Jews.
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.02
Some sensitive subject.
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.66
Touching.
00:36:08.23\00:36:09.56
Leviticus 18:19.
00:36:09.60\00:36:11.87
"Do not approach a wife
to have intimate relations
00:36:12.63\00:36:18.87
during the uncleanness
of her monthly period."
00:36:18.97\00:36:23.85
It's only for the Jews, right?
00:36:25.55\00:36:27.52
Jewish women are
built this way, right?
00:36:27.85\00:36:30.35
You see, the logic that the Old
Testament laws are ceremonial
00:36:31.69\00:36:38.69
and only given to the
Jews just doesn't add up.
00:36:38.73\00:36:43.60
It's good when you
are from a distance,
00:36:44.07\00:36:47.14
never read the Torah, just
reading the epistles of Paul
00:36:47.34\00:36:54.21
and hearing the debate.
00:36:54.31\00:36:56.11
But when you start
reading, you will see how
00:36:56.21\00:36:58.81
it just doesn't work.
00:36:58.85\00:37:00.82
It just won't work.
00:37:01.85\00:37:03.39
That's why Psalm says,
Psalm 1 verse 2, it says,
00:37:03.42\00:37:12.16
"But in the law of the Lord,
he meditates day and night."
00:37:12.23\00:37:18.63
There is a lot to
meditate about this.
00:37:19.57\00:37:22.37
Because the laws of
the Torah actually provide
00:37:22.40\00:37:26.51
a great guidance for our ethics.
00:37:26.54\00:37:32.28
That's where we
can draw our ethics.
00:37:32.61\00:37:36.05
Well, so how about this?
00:37:37.25\00:37:43.76
Also Leviticus.
00:37:44.16\00:37:45.79
And it seems
like, oh Levitical law;
00:37:46.23\00:37:48.86
it's all about
sacrifices, you know.
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.33
We start reading this, it seems
like you're in a butcher shop.
00:37:51.53\00:37:55.87
And you close the book
of Leviticus frustrated,
00:37:56.30\00:38:00.38
and you say, "I
don't want this, you know.
00:38:00.58\00:38:02.74
If I keep reading it too
much, you know, I will become
00:38:02.78\00:38:07.02
cruel to the animals."
00:38:07.05\00:38:08.88
Well again, this is
a different culture.
00:38:09.28\00:38:12.75
God speaks the
language of shepherd.
00:38:12.79\00:38:15.62
But the message is for us.
00:38:15.66\00:38:18.36
How about this?
00:38:18.39\00:38:19.73
Leviticus 19:18.
00:38:19.83\00:38:22.20
"You shall not take
vengeance, nor bear any grudge
00:38:22.60\00:38:28.24
against the children of
your people, but you shall
00:38:28.27\00:38:31.81
love your neighbor as yourself."
00:38:31.84\00:38:34.84
Is it ceremonial?
00:38:36.21\00:38:37.65
Kind of a ritual of
loving your neighbor.
00:38:39.25\00:38:41.98
We like that, huh?
00:38:42.42\00:38:43.89
So have we heard
it somewhere else,
00:38:45.75\00:38:50.43
love your neighbor as yourself?
00:38:50.46\00:38:52.73
Oh, if you look at the
book of Matthew chapter 22,
00:38:54.30\00:39:00.57
there is a very
interesting conversation between
00:39:01.80\00:39:05.51
Jesus and one Pharisee.
00:39:05.54\00:39:08.51
And the Pharisee asks Him,
"Which is the great commandment
00:39:09.04\00:39:17.15
in the Torah?"
00:39:17.19\00:39:18.52
And Jesus answers, "You
shall love the Lord your God
00:39:19.29\00:39:23.93
with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind."
00:39:23.96\00:39:28.26
By the way, did Jesus
just invent a new commandment
00:39:29.50\00:39:33.37
in place of the
Ten Commandments?
00:39:33.40\00:39:36.20
It's interesting.
00:39:37.44\00:39:38.77
I had a good friend who
watched one of my presentations
00:39:39.14\00:39:44.98
in the Russian language
on the book of Revelation.
00:39:45.11\00:39:50.32
And there I just
had an animation of the
00:39:50.35\00:39:53.82
heavenly Sanctuary, and I
was explaining Revelation 11:19
00:39:53.86\00:40:00.26
when the temple of
God was opened in heaven
00:40:00.30\00:40:05.13
and the ark of the
covenant became visible.
00:40:05.23\00:40:09.30
And in this animation,
the top of the ark opens up
00:40:09.34\00:40:12.94
and you have two tablets
with the Ten Commandments
00:40:12.97\00:40:17.05
coming out with the light.
00:40:17.08\00:40:18.85
So this gentleman called me.
00:40:18.95\00:40:21.58
"I like your presentation,
but I was shocked."
00:40:21.62\00:40:25.09
I asked him, "What was
shocking you, Michael?"
00:40:25.49\00:40:29.89
And he told me, "Your ark
of the covenant inside has
00:40:29.92\00:40:36.90
tablets with the
Ten Commandments."
00:40:36.93\00:40:39.60
I said, "What is it
suppose to have in heaven?"
00:40:39.63\00:40:45.01
"Oh, doesn't Jesus replace
the Ten Commandments with two?"
00:40:45.34\00:40:52.78
Well if you read carefully, "You
shall love the Lord your God
00:40:54.48\00:41:01.26
with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind."
00:41:01.29\00:41:04.93
This is nothing new
which Jesus presents.
00:41:04.96\00:41:09.16
It's Deuteronomy
chapter 6 verse 5.
00:41:09.20\00:41:15.04
Check it out.
00:41:15.64\00:41:16.97
He's quoting
straight from the Torah.
00:41:17.01\00:41:19.91
As well as the second one.
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.74
"You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.
00:41:23.11\00:41:27.48
On these two commandments
hang the Law and the Prophets."
00:41:28.15\00:41:32.45
You see, we often do
not understand the structure
00:41:33.36\00:41:39.86
of the laws in the Bible.
00:41:40.06\00:41:43.67
And we get lost.
00:41:43.70\00:41:45.33
Let me explain to
you with these terms.
00:41:45.53\00:41:48.77
I get my civic exam to
get my U.S. citizenship
00:41:49.27\00:41:55.64
back five years ago.
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.91
So of course
there was a question.
00:41:57.95\00:42:00.62
What are the
foundational principles of
00:42:00.72\00:42:03.99
the American Constitution?
00:42:04.02\00:42:06.49
And there are
foundational principles.
00:42:06.52\00:42:08.96
Life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.
00:42:09.36\00:42:14.10
So think of what Jesus
just taught this Pharisee
00:42:14.80\00:42:20.47
as the same example.
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.74
These are the
foundational principles
00:42:23.77\00:42:27.44
of a heavenly constitution.
00:42:27.48\00:42:30.58
Well, the U.S. Constitution
does not consist of three words.
00:42:31.18\00:42:37.02
It consists of a
number of articles.
00:42:37.52\00:42:41.26
So the heavenly constitution
consists of ten articles.
00:42:41.66\00:42:48.56
So you have, "Love your
God," and, "Love your neighbor,"
00:42:49.26\00:42:54.77
as "life, liberty," you know.
00:42:54.80\00:42:57.64
You have three in the
American Constitution,
00:42:57.67\00:43:00.31
two in the heavenly.
00:43:00.34\00:43:01.78
And then you have ten articles
of the heavenly constitution
00:43:02.38\00:43:06.82
that are sprouting from these
two foundational principles.
00:43:06.85\00:43:14.42
But does the court in the
regular state or county or city
00:43:14.92\00:43:23.23
operate solely
on the Constitution?
00:43:23.43\00:43:27.34
That is not possible.
00:43:28.30\00:43:29.80
Congress makes laws,
and the judicial branch
00:43:30.57\00:43:38.01
upholds these laws
and judges by these laws.
00:43:38.65\00:43:44.29
And of course, it's
important to see that these laws
00:43:44.92\00:43:48.96
would expand on the
Constitution and not contradict
00:43:48.99\00:43:54.70
the Constitution.
00:43:54.73\00:43:56.26
So that's what
you have in the Torah.
00:43:56.30\00:43:59.00
Exactly the same legal process.
00:43:59.03\00:44:03.71
So you have
foundational principles,
00:44:03.74\00:44:08.31
then you have the Constitution,
00:44:08.51\00:44:11.11
and then you have
ethical applications
00:44:11.31\00:44:15.98
for this Constitution.
00:44:16.18\00:44:18.62
Well, the biggest
problem comes when we look
00:44:19.89\00:44:27.60
at this from the New Testament
perspective without even having
00:44:28.63\00:44:33.70
the slightest idea
what the Old Testament says.
00:44:33.74\00:44:37.44
And this is why we
run into this problem
00:44:37.47\00:44:40.54
in Colossians 2:14, which
says in the King James Bible,
00:44:40.58\00:44:45.88
"...blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances
00:44:45.91\00:44:50.59
that was against us,
which was contrary to us.
00:44:50.62\00:44:54.96
And took it out of the
way, nailing it to His cross."
00:44:54.99\00:45:00.10
Well, this was a big, big
issue back in the 19th century.
00:45:00.83\00:45:08.07
What was nailed to the cross?
00:45:08.10\00:45:10.94
The problem is that you have
an apparent inconsistency here.
00:45:11.87\00:45:18.58
Look at Psalm 19 verses 7 and 8.
00:45:18.61\00:45:22.38
"The law of the Lord is
perfect, converting the soul.
00:45:23.02\00:45:27.92
The testimony of the Lord is
sure, making wise the simple.
00:45:27.96\00:45:33.40
The statutes of the Lord
are right, rejoicing the heart.
00:45:33.70\00:45:38.77
The commandment of the Lord
is pure, enlightening the eyes."
00:45:38.80\00:45:44.57
So you can't say that the
handwriting of the ordinances
00:45:45.47\00:45:50.11
is something against us
and God nailed it to the cross,
00:45:50.15\00:45:57.09
and the Ten
Commandments are good.
00:45:57.12\00:45:59.95
Because what was the
psalmist David doing?
00:45:59.99\00:46:03.93
I mean, does the
Bible contradict itself?
00:46:04.76\00:46:07.60
One of the big
problems is when we look at this
00:46:09.36\00:46:14.30
and take it from the context
of the passage from Deuteronomy,
00:46:14.34\00:46:21.58
which says in
Deuteronomy 31 verse 26
00:46:22.64\00:46:28.48
that the Book of the Law is
beside the ark of the covenant,
00:46:28.52\00:46:35.52
and it is against you.
00:46:35.79\00:46:38.73
The question is, what
is the Book of the Law?
00:46:39.59\00:46:42.33
If I were to take you to
one of our congregations,
00:46:43.63\00:46:49.84
Adventist Jewish congregation,
most of them have actually
00:46:50.31\00:46:54.74
the scrolls of the Torah.
00:46:54.78\00:46:57.21
And I will open it up, and there
will be Ten Commandments in it.
00:46:58.31\00:47:03.79
So believe me, that
book which Moses finished,
00:47:05.12\00:47:09.26
the Pentateuch, did
not have a torn page.
00:47:09.29\00:47:12.73
It wasn't like you go
until Exodus 19 there,
00:47:13.70\00:47:17.57
and there would be a note
here, "Go inside the ark to read
00:47:17.60\00:47:21.50
the content of Exodus 20."
00:47:21.54\00:47:24.01
Then there is a
stitch, and everything goes.
00:47:24.44\00:47:28.31
And this is going to
be against you, where the
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.71
Ten Commandments are for you.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.71
It makes no sense.
00:47:33.55\00:47:35.18
It makes no sense.
00:47:35.52\00:47:37.29
What is the problem?
00:47:37.69\00:47:39.39
You know, the problem
is that when we look at
00:47:40.16\00:47:45.06
the Old Testament, we never see
the law called, handwriting."
00:47:45.09\00:47:52.57
And the current
research in the new translations
00:47:55.17\00:48:00.31
especially the New
American Standard Bible,
00:48:00.51\00:48:03.85
translates this
text totally different.
00:48:05.11\00:48:08.28
I'm reading the New
American Standard Bible,
00:48:09.32\00:48:11.95
"Having cancelled out
the certificate of debt
00:48:11.99\00:48:17.79
consisting of decrees against
us, which was hostile to us;
00:48:17.83\00:48:24.60
and He has taken
it out of the way,
00:48:24.63\00:48:28.70
having nailed it to the cross."
00:48:28.74\00:48:31.14
If you look at most
modern translations...
00:48:31.81\00:48:36.11
I'm not going to, I don't
have time to describe to you
00:48:36.14\00:48:39.65
how the modern scholarship
discovered the meaning of
00:48:39.75\00:48:44.99
this Greek term,
cheirographon dogmasin.
00:48:45.02\00:48:49.36
I would only say this:
00:48:49.79\00:48:52.43
That in the Greek
of the 1st century,
00:48:52.46\00:48:56.13
in Roman court language,
dogma was the accusation
00:48:56.16\00:49:02.80
that was actually nailed
to the cross above the head
00:49:02.84\00:49:08.81
of the criminal so
the people would know
00:49:09.01\00:49:13.28
what he is accused of.
00:49:13.31\00:49:15.78
Jesus had a
dogma above His head.
00:49:17.29\00:49:23.36
The dogma stated,
"King of the Jews."
00:49:23.46\00:49:27.76
And we have dogma over our head.
00:49:28.90\00:49:33.67
Each of us knows what do
we owe and what is our debt.
00:49:34.90\00:49:42.74
And God knows.
00:49:44.01\00:49:45.35
And He offers the solution.
00:49:45.38\00:49:47.75
To nail it to the
cross once and for all.
00:49:48.42\00:49:54.16
Well the question is,
now can we really keep
00:49:55.16\00:50:03.87
all 613
commandments of the Torah?
00:50:03.90\00:50:08.24
Well, not so simple.
00:50:10.54\00:50:12.67
How about this?
00:50:13.04\00:50:14.38
Leviticus 24:16
00:50:14.41\00:50:17.05
"And whoever
blasphemes the name of the Lord
00:50:17.71\00:50:22.05
shall surely be put to death."
00:50:22.08\00:50:26.22
Okay, let us turn
into some Saudi Arabian.
00:50:27.66\00:50:33.76
Alright?
00:50:34.73\00:50:36.06
Or especially in the
setting of the church.
00:50:38.00\00:50:42.47
Yeah?
00:50:43.24\00:50:44.57
Somebody comes and
says something against God,
00:50:44.61\00:50:47.71
do you have in your
church some storage for stones?
00:50:48.28\00:50:52.95
You know, that's a
question, that's a question.
00:50:56.38\00:51:00.16
And here is the reason why.
00:51:00.66\00:51:02.56
This is the answer that
is provided to us by Paul
00:51:03.63\00:51:09.23
when Paul talks and
describes the relations between
00:51:10.87\00:51:15.24
the old and the new covenants.
00:51:15.27\00:51:17.97
Hebrews chapter 8 verse 13 says,
00:51:19.11\00:51:23.98
"In that He says, 'A
new covenant,' He has made
00:51:25.08\00:51:29.82
the first obsolete.
00:51:29.85\00:51:32.42
Now what is becoming
obsolete is growing old
00:51:32.45\00:51:38.89
and ready to vanish away."
00:51:39.19\00:51:42.46
"Oh," people say, "Great.
00:51:43.53\00:51:45.87
That's the proof that we
don't need all the laws."
00:51:46.10\00:51:49.64
The big problem often in
our Bibles is that they place
00:51:51.04\00:51:54.91
chapter division and verse
division artificially, you know.
00:51:54.94\00:51:58.95
You have to read
a little further.
00:51:59.35\00:52:01.12
And the next chapter
describes what the old covenant
00:52:01.55\00:52:06.86
is all about.
00:52:06.89\00:52:08.22
And it says, "Indeed,
even the first covenant
00:52:08.26\00:52:12.23
had ordinances of divine service
in the earthly Sanctuary.
00:52:12.26\00:52:19.50
For a tabernacle was prepared."
00:52:20.34\00:52:23.14
And it says next, "It was
symbolic for the present time
00:52:23.41\00:52:29.31
in which both gifts
and sacrifices are offered
00:52:29.34\00:52:33.82
which cannot make him
who performed the service
00:52:33.85\00:52:38.15
perfect in regard
to the conscience;
00:52:38.19\00:52:41.46
concerned only with foods
and drinks, various washings,
00:52:41.76\00:52:46.43
and fleshly ordinances imposed
until the time of reformation."
00:52:46.46\00:52:52.30
So that's what the old covenant,
by the definition of Paul,
00:52:53.40\00:52:59.17
clearly presented in
the epistle to Hebrews.
00:52:59.27\00:53:06.25
The old covenant is not the law.
00:53:06.75\00:53:09.52
It is a Sanctuary service,
and anything pertaining to it.
00:53:10.19\00:53:18.19
Because we have a
perfect Sanctuary,
00:53:19.53\00:53:23.53
and a perfect High Priest.
00:53:24.43\00:53:27.24
You know, there are so many
people today who are obsessed
00:53:29.10\00:53:34.84
about the
restoration of the temple.
00:53:34.88\00:53:38.31
And to be honest,
I was very surprised.
00:53:39.85\00:53:46.29
Being Jewish, I was very
surprised that Christians are
00:53:46.76\00:53:52.33
worried about the restoration
of the temple in Jerusalem.
00:53:52.36\00:53:56.16
And I was listening to
all of the presentations
00:53:57.43\00:54:03.37
and reading all of
the books, and I realized
00:54:03.41\00:54:07.91
how many Christians
just don't understand
00:54:07.94\00:54:12.61
what is happening
in Jewish circles.
00:54:12.65\00:54:15.85
I will give you one of the
difficulties in the restoration
00:54:17.05\00:54:21.26
of the temple.
00:54:21.29\00:54:22.89
It's finding a high priest.
00:54:23.59\00:54:25.83
They don't know who
should be the high priest.
00:54:27.50\00:54:30.53
I mean, yes, you can
have some descendants of the
00:54:31.03\00:54:35.00
tribes of Levi.
00:54:35.04\00:54:36.77
And especially...
00:54:37.67\00:54:39.17
I have my good friend, he gave
his testimony; Rushel Aronov.
00:54:39.71\00:54:44.85
And he's from, definitely
he is from a priestly lineage.
00:54:45.01\00:54:52.02
Is he suppose to
become a high priest?
00:54:52.22\00:54:55.19
There are tens of
thousands like him.
00:54:55.96\00:55:01.26
Whom do they choose?
00:55:01.73\00:55:03.26
I'm so glad I
don't have to worry.
00:55:05.57\00:55:07.90
I have my High Priest.
00:55:10.27\00:55:12.14
Jesus.
00:55:14.04\00:55:15.38
Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, in Hebrew.
00:55:16.08\00:55:20.95
He is in the heavenly Sanctuary
00:55:21.35\00:55:25.32
performing the priestly
service for me and for you.
00:55:26.49\00:55:33.93
And this is why I'm not worried
about the temple in Jerusalem.
00:55:35.83\00:55:41.14
I am more worried that my
brothers, Jews, would understand
00:55:41.97\00:55:48.94
who is their High Priest today.
00:55:48.98\00:55:51.71
And I am worried that
everybody else would understand
00:55:52.48\00:55:57.15
who is the High Priest today
00:55:57.19\00:55:59.95
who bore our iniquity,
who died for us on Calvary.
00:56:00.96\00:56:07.70
And now He is
representing us in heaven.
00:56:07.73\00:56:13.03
That is the
greatest sense of security.
00:56:14.87\00:56:18.41
That is the new covenant.
00:56:18.44\00:56:22.14
Let us pray.
00:56:23.04\00:56:24.38
Heavenly Father,
help us to understand
00:56:25.75\00:56:31.95
the value of Your covenant.
00:56:31.99\00:56:35.42
Help us to understand
the sacrifice You have made,
00:56:35.79\00:56:41.86
and understand what You
are doing for us right now
00:56:42.60\00:56:47.44
in heaven being our High Priest.
00:56:47.47\00:56:51.64
Not human sinful,
but sinless and divine.
00:56:51.67\00:56:57.48
Help us to anchor
our hope inside the veil
00:56:58.01\00:57:06.25
where You are our
Advocate and Representative.
00:57:06.79\00:57:12.39
Thank You, Lord, for this.
00:57:12.96\00:57:15.10
Amen.
00:57:15.46\00:57:16.80