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Hello friends. Welcome to
another Wednesday night Bible
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study here at the 3ABN worship
center. Thank you for tuning in
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to A Sharper Focus. Can we
all say amen to that. (Amen) You
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know, we are all hoping to
focus more clearly, not only on
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gaining knowledge but also
strengthening our relationship
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with the Lord who imparts this
knowledge to us. Tonight we're
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continuing on the topic
The Truth About the First Day.
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The Truth About the First Day
and we've covered a number of
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the questions. Thus far, we've
covered 16, but we have to go
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all the way up to 35 and I'll
tell you in just a moment how to
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get a copy of the lessons, where
to download those. But before I
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tell you about the website and
before we sing our opening song,
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our theme song, let's begin with
a word of prayer. Loving Father
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in heaven, thank you for your
word. It is a lamp unto our feet
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and a light unto our paths. We
do pray tonight, Father, as we
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open your word that you'll open
our hearts that we would hear
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what the spirit is saying
to your people, to the church.
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Lead us, strengthen us in
our dedication to serve you and
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represent you, in
Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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Now lesson number 32 can be
found at the following website:
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ASF.3ABN.ORG. Download lesson
number 32 entitled The Truth
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About the First Day. The truth
About the First Day. This has
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been a very good lesson study
thus far and tonight we're going
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unfold some more things. You
know one of the big... We'll let
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me prevent myself from going
into the lesson; because if I
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lay the foundation, then sing a
song, you'll forget what I said.
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So let's go ahead and begin with
our theme song. Our theme song
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tonight is Victory in? Victory
in Jesus. Let's sing this song
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together. ¤ ¤
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¤I heard an old, old story
how the Savior came from glory¤
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¤How he gave his life on Calvary
to save a wretch like me. ¤
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¤I heard about his groaning,
of his precious blood atoning¤
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¤and I repented of my
sins and won the victory¤
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¤Oh victory in
Jesus My savior forever. ¤
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¤He sought me and bought
me with his redeeming blood. ¤
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¤He loved me e'er I knew Him,
and all my love is due Him. ¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood. ¤
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¤I heard about a mansion he
has built for me in glory. ¤
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¤And I heard about the streets
of gold beyond the crystal sea¤
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¤About the angels singing
and the old redemption story¤
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¤And some sweet day I'll sing
up there the song of victory¤
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Key change. ¤O victory
in Jesus My Savior forever¤
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¤He sought and bought me
With his redeeming blood¤
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¤He loved me e're I knew
Him and all my love is due Him¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood. ¤
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Amen? Amen. Wonderful song.
Victory in Jesus. Tonight our
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topic is The Truth About
the First Day. Say that with me,
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the Truth About the First
Day. You know, we have covered
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16 questions so far and in
question number 16 there were
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7 references. What we've done
this far, let me give you the
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foundation. I think it's
important to lay the foundation
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at the beginning of every
discussion about this truth
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about the first day topic.
In America right now there are
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many Christians that are very
upset about what the Supreme
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Court did. And what the Supreme
Court did was they decided to
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pass a law in favor of same sex
marriage. Now I would ask the
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question, Why are Christians so
upset about something that was
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ordained of God about 6,000
years ago; and here's why they
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are upset and here's why we are
upset. It's because they know
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that what God did 6,000 years
ago still applies today. They're
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not saying well it was way back
in the Garden of Eden so it's no
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longer relevant. They're
not concerned about the Egyptian
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empire, the Babylonian, the Medo
Persians, the Greeks, the Romans
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They don't care about what
culture has risen. They don't
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care about what New Age
philosophy has come to the
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forefront. They're saying what
God did in the Garden of Eden
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6,000 years ago when he joined
a man to a woman still stands
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today. Amen? But there's
something else that happened in
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the Garden of Eden; not just
the uniting of Adam to Eve, the
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beginning of the human race, but
God blessed the seventh day of
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the week. What day did He bless?
The seventh day. When you read
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the Bible you don't find names
like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Sunday. You don't find those
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names. You find first day,
second day, third day, fourth
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day, fifth day, preparation day,
Sabbath. That's what you find.
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And the Sabbath in the Bible
coordinates with sunset Friday
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to sunset Saturday. Why do
we say sunset/sunset. When you
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look at the news next time on
the weather, you'll notice they
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say sunrise today was, and
sunset today was. And the Bible
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says in Leviticus chapter
23 verse 32, from evening to
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evening you shall celebrate the
Sabbath and in Genesis chapter
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one the evening and the morning
were the what day, first, second
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third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and so on and so forth.
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So the world began at the dark
part and then the Lord said let
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there be light. So when the sun
rises we are already in the day.
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When the sun sets, the day ends.
Now let me give you an example.
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When we hit 12 o'clock at night
what do we call it, someone tell
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me. We call it midnight. Which
means if it's the middle of the
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night, the night already began.
When we hit 12 noon what do we
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call it? Midday. Which means if
it's the middle of the day the
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day already started. The day
doesn't begin at midnight any
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more than the day begins at mid
day. So from sunset one day ends
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at sunset if one day ends
another day begins. And so when
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the sun set on the sixth day of
the week the Lord ended his work
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as he created and blessed the
seventh day. But today the day
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that God blessed, sanctified,
hallowed and set remember to
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keep holy in the fourth
commandment has been replaced
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and most Christians today
honor the first day of the week,
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Sunday as a holy day. Now what
we want to do in this topic is
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find out if we can find any
support in the Bible for the
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sanctity of Sunday. There are
those that say we honor it, we
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observe in honor of the
resurrection. Well let me go
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ahead and summarize this before
we go to question number 17.
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There are only 12 verses in the
New Testament about the first
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day of the week. How many did
I say? Twelve. There's only 12.
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We went through all 12 and
found absolutely none of them,
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Cynthia, that support the
sanctity of the first day of the
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week. Absolutely none. Now we
found some that people tried to
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twist. To follow up on what
I'm saying, go to that website,
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ASF.3ABN.org and download this
very lesson number 32 and go
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through all the Bible verses
referring to the first day of
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the week. Furthermore,
we discovered that after the
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resurrection and ascension
of Jesus, the apostles and the
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disciples still honored
the seventh day as the Sabbath.
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All through the book of Acts
under question number 16, we
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looked at seven references all
referring to the Sabbath, the
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day the apostles honored
after the crucifixion, after the
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resurrection. And so when we
come to that conclusion we have
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to discover and come to
some conclusion that, here's the
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point, listen carefully.
If Jesus never nailed the
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commandments to the cross, then
they still stand today. What do
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you say? If Jesus intended
to get rid of the Sabbath or if
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Jesus did get rid of the Sabbath
the disciples and the apostles
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would not honor that day. They
would pick a new day. They would
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honor the first day like
many today honor the first day.
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But what many Christians don't
know is the first day of the
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week is based on tradition.
Say that together, based on
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tradition. But here's my point.
When tradition conflicts with
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the Bible the Bible is always
higher than tradition. All right
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So what we're going to do
tonight, since we went through
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all 12 verses in the New
Testament about the first day,
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found none of them there
including Revelation 1:10 which
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said, I was in the Spirit on the
Lord's day, we discovered that
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the Lord's day in the Bible is
the Sabbath. It's in the lesson
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there, you'll find that. And
then we're going to look now at
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Question number 17 to even
find out more about the special
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significance that the Lord added
to the Sabbath. So let's begin
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with question number 17 tonight.
All right. Here we go. Question
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number 17...
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We're going to begin by going
to Mark chapter 2 verses 27-28.
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What special significance does
the Bible connect to the Sabbath
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Now the reason why these
texts are chosen is because many
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Christians have been taught
that the Sabbath is a Jewish
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institution. They have been
taught if you keep the Sabbath
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you got to be a Jew. Somewhere,
somehow they got taught that the
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Sabbath is just for the Jew. If
that were the case then Adam and
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Eve had to be Jews. But Adam and
Eve were not Jews. He was just a
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man, she was just a woman
and God blessed the seventh day
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right after He sanctified the
marriage between Adam and his
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wife Eve. Not only that, if the
Sabbath was made for just the
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Jews, then Abraham had to be
a Jew. But Abraham wasn't a Jew.
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He was a Babylonian. Genesis
26 and verse 5 says Abraham kept
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my commandments, my statutes and
my laws. And by the way, many of
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you may or may not know that
Abraham, through his seed, the
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Jewish nation was born. Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Jacob renamed
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Israel and then he had 12 sons,
the children of Israel from
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which we get the nation of
Israel of the Jewish nation.
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So Abraham wasn't a Jew, but let
me ask a question before I read
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the text. Did Cain kill Abel,
yes or no? I'm giving you the
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answer. That's a rhetorical
question. Did Cain kill Abel.
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(Indistinct audience response)
What was Cain guilty of?
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Come on say it together. Murder.
Well now wait a minute. How
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could Cain be guilty of murder
when Mt. Sinai was about 2,000
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years in the future when
the commandments were written on
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tables of stone where thou shalt
not kill... You follow me? Where
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thou shalt not kill was one of
those 10 commandments. So here's
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my point. It must be clear that
the commandments of God which
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are a reflection of the
character of God were in place
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but then first written down
on tables of stone at Mt. Sinai,
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because Cain could not be guilty
of murder unless there was a law
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against committing murder. Thou
shalt do no murder, thou shalt
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not kill. So now going to Mark
chapter 2 verses 27-28 and by
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the way a New Testament verse,
let's what Jesus said about this
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day that's often connected to
just the Jews. Here it is: Mark
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2 verses 27-28.
The Bible says...
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OK. Question now. Who was the
Sabbath made for? M-A-N. Let's
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spell man, J-E-W. Am I
incorrectly spelling that?
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Man is spelled what, ready?
J- E-W. Well how do you spell
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man? Ready. (Audience M-A-N).
The Sabbath was made for M-A-N.
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Not J-E-W alone. It was
inclusive, including the Jews.
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Not exclusive to the Jews.
Mankind is one of the ways that
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the newer translations say
it. The Sabbath was made for
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mankind. Now what benefit do
I get out of the Sabbath. When
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Jesus rested at the end of his
creation week and I rest, I am
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now entering into His rest. Not
only physically but I enter into
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a spiritual rest, a spiritual
relationship. It's a sign that
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we are connecting on a spiritual
level. So when the Bible says
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the Sabbath was made for man
one of the ways that the Greek
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says it is the Sabbath was made
for the good of man, for the
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physical and spiritual good
of man. So write that down. What
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specific significance does the
Bible connect to the Sabbath?
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Made for the good of mankind.
Made for the good of mankind.
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Now let's look at another
one. We're going to go to Luke
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chapter 4 verse 16. This is a
powerful verse. Luke chapter 4
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verse 16. Reminds me of a story
that Pastor C.A. told not too
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long ago. We'll read the text
and I'll share the story. Made
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me giggle when I thought about
what this lady said. But I'll
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tell you. It's not a reference
necessarily to the text but it
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illustrates a particular
point. Luke chapter 4 verse 16.
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What special significance does
the Bible connect to the Sabbath
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Here it is...
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Years ago there was an acronym,
you know what an acronym is?
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Letters that have a broader
meaning to them. It was WWJD.
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(Indistinct audience response).
What would Jesus Do? I want to
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modify that. I have another
one. WDJD. What did Jesus do?
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Now just imagine for a moment.
We know that there's nobody
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keeping the gate in heaven
literally, not even Peter.
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That's an old wives tale.
That's fairy tale. But if you
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ever were to be asked why you
should be allowed in heaven and
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you say Jesus I simply followed
what you did. That would be a
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good reason, what do you
say? If you follow Jesus as an
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example there's no way that you
could be left out of the kingdom
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So now today, let's fast forward
that to 2015. Jesus comes to
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town and as His custom always
was He honors the Sabbath.
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He looks around town and
most churches are closed on the
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Sabbath. And by the way, if you
were taught that Sunday is the
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Sabbath we'll change that
in just a moment, because the
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resurrection day and the Sabbath
can't be the same day. Jesus, as
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His custom was, and let's
write this down, what special
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significance, Luke 4:16, Jesus
honored the Sabbath. Now why
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did He honor it? He made
it. It's just that simple.
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He honored it because He made it
If he blessed it, He honors it.
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If he honors it, He
further supports it. He further
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emphasizes its great importance.
Now this one is a really
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powerful text and I went to the
Amplified Bible. We could read
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in the New King James or the
King James version and I'll do
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that first before I ask the guys
to bring it up on the screen.
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Or the ladies, whoever's at the
graphics, because any given day
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it could be a male or a female.
All right. Don't bring the text
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up yet. I'm going to read it in
the New King James Version first
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Go with me to Hebrews chapter
4 verse 8 and then verse 9. I'll
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read it here in the New King
James Version. And reads thus in
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verse 8: For if Yeshua, many of
us pronounce that Joshua, for if
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Yeshua had given them rest
then he would not afterward have
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spoken of another day. And verse
There remains, therefore, a
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rest for the people of God.
That's the way it reads in the
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Bible. And the word Yeshua
there means Christ. Joshua was a
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representative by name of Christ
He led them, in the absence of
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Moses, into the promised land.
We follow Yeshua, Jesus, into
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the promised land. That's the
beauty of going to heaven when
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He comes back to take us. But
it says in verse 9 there remains
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therefore a rest to the people
of God. Now some of you may have
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heard of the Amplified Bible.
Don't bring it us yet. Some of
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you may have heard of the
Amplified Bible. The Amplified
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Bible is a beautiful translation
let me tell you why. When this
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Bible was put together, it
was financed by individuals who
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wanted to as clearly as possible
communicate the Greek language
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the way that it's actually
written. In other words, in
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English they wanted to
communicate the meaning of the
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Greek, so they put the Amplified
Bible together. So therefore now
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let's read the Amplified and see
how it reads in the Amplified.
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Now bring the text
up for us. Here it is.
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Now let's read verse 9 together.
Now you can bring it up.
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Here it is...
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That's the way it is in the
Hebrew. There remains a full
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and complete Sabbath rest
reserved for the true people of
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God. Now why? When the children
of Israel entered Canaan they
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embraced the rest, the spiritual
rest by entering into the land
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of rest and weekly they embraced
the spiritual rest by entering
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into the day of rest. That's
why the Bible says if He had
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give them rest on
any other _ He would not
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afterward have spoken of another
day. What that simply means was
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if entering Canaan got rid
of the Sabbath He would not have
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still emphasized the Sabbath
rest. That why it says there
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still remains a Sabbath rest to
the true people of God. So why
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is that vitally important? Go
with me the Ezekiel. Let me show
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you something. This is not
in our notes. This is just extra
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credit. All right. Go with me to
Ezekiel. OK. It's important to
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understand. We're going to go
to Ezekiel chapter 20 all right.
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Now look up another text just
so that you can follow me. OK.
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Here we are. And I'm going to
look at another verse here. OK.
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Good. And we're going to look
at Ezekiel chapter 20 and we're
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going to look together at verse
12. Some of you theologians know
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where I'm going. All right look
at Ezekiel chapter 20 and verse
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12. Moreover, the Lord says. In
other words, furthermore I also
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give them my Sabbaths to be
a sign between me and them that
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they might know that I am the
Lord who does what? Sanctified
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them. The Sabbath is not just
a day. It is a sign that I know
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where my sanctifying power comes
from. It connects me to the Lord
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Amen somebody. So it's a sign
of our relationship. Like an
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anniversary is a sign between
a husband and a wife. We have
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presidents
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that have holidays. People say
well we think when you have a
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holiday for this president or
that president it's a sign. When
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you honor presidents day you
are recognizing mostly in our
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country Abraham Lincoln and
George Washington. It's a sign
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about those presidents. Every
day established has a special
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indication, has a special
significance. The Sabbath is the
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sign, and let me use my pen
as an example. Here I am, here's
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the Sabbath and here's the Lord.
It's a sign between us. When I
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embrace this pen as the Sabbath,
it's connecting me to my Lord.
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The Sabbath is a sign between us
This pen represents the Sabbath.
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When I ignore it, there's no
sign between us. When I get rid
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of it, there's nothing that
connects us. And what man has
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done, He's gotten rid of it and
put a tradition, like my remote,
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between the two and the Lord's
not holding onto that because
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He says that has no connection
to me. You can hold onto that;
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that's your tradition. But I'm
not connecting to the other end.
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You see? So men have embraced
the tradition and want the Lord
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to accept it. He said no, put
the tradition down and pick up
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My Sabbath. Now I'll join hands
with you. Amen somebody. This is
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a special sign. So when men
tell you take any day, God's not
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telling you that. Right? Men are
telling us that, not the Lord.
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Let's go to the next question,
number 18. Now. This question,
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number 18, is so important
because what it does and what
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it's going to do, it's going
to show you unequivocally one of
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the events that helps us to
see clearly these three days we
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mentioned. We're going to see
the entire crucifixion weekend
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and we're going to be able
to see between the holiday of
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Easter; there's Easter, the
resurrection day, there's Good
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Friday, there's the day between.
We're going to see all three of
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these days so that if you
ask the question, how do I know
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which day is the Sabbath,
the Bible makes it very clear.
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Here's the question, number 18.
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All right. Let's begin by going
to Luke chapter 23, all right,
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and we're going to start with
verse 54. I know in my lesson I
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put verse 53 but let me go to
Luke chapter 23. I'm on my way
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there. Slow down you
fast people. Here we are. Luke
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chapter 23. OK. Here I am. And
we're going to begin with verse
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54. And it will appear on the
screen. All right. It says, here
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it is... So let's put that.
That day was the preparation...
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Now verse 55...
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Now get this. Take this slide
away for a moment. They rested
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on the Sabbath according to the
commandment. I got to ask you
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the question. What commandment?
Somebody tell me. (Indistinct
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audience response.) The 10
commandments or specifically the
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fourth commandment. Even at
the death of Jesus the women who
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were followers of Jesus, they
followed him from Galilee, they
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rested. They had these fragrant
oils for the embalming of his
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body, but they rested on the
Sabbath because they knew that
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Thou shalt not do any work. So
they rested on the Sabbath and
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they were waiting for the
Sabbath to pass so they can go
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to the tomb and anoint the body
of Jesus. So now so far let's
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put the first day we found. The
first day we found was the what?
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Preparation. The next one,
b., was the what Sabbath. We're
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going to add the third one in
just a moment. All right, let's
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go to Luke chapter 24 and
verse 1. Here it is again:
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Now what next day did we find?
What was it called? First day of
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the week. Let's go ahead and
make this clear. Preparation day
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Sabbath day, first day. All
right. I want to illustrate this
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very clearly. I have not done
this before but I need three
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people up here real quickly,
come on. Come on Hanna, come
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on up here real quick. Yannik
you're an Olympian, get up here
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Come on. David get up here. Come
hurry up real quick. Hurry up.
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Wide shot. Good to have you
Hanna. We do have people in our
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audience. I'm not talking to the
table. OK, get over here. You're
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the yellow. OK, OK. So we have
the preparation day, we have the
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first day. Now what day was
Christ raised on, do you know?
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Raise your hand. Let's say the
first day. What day was Christ
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put in the tomb? What
day? Preparation. What day was
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Christ put in the tomb? Raise
your hand. Preparation day.
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What day did the women rest
on? What day did they rest on?
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Sabbath. OK put your hand up.
What day? The Sabbath day. Now
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get this. This is the
day honored because of his
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resurrection. The is the day
that men have substituted for
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this day. So watch what men have
done. Bye Yannik. They've said
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ah now you take the place...
Don't go anywhere. I'm going to
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have you come back. They say
now that Hanna is the new day of
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worship. But there's a problem.
Hanna represents what day?
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(Indistinct audience response)
Get back over here Hanna. Yannik
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get over here. Yannik represents
what day? The Sabbath. So if
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Hanna's the first and there are
only seven days in a week, let's
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start counting backwards.
Mathematicians first, then the
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last day is what? Seventh. The
day before the seventh day is
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the sixth. So you have the sixth
you have the seventh, you have
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the first. Wow! Do you know
what? I'm going to show you this
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in the next lesson we're going
to study how Sunday became a
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popular day of worship. Men, if
you read the Catholic catechism,
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they call this day now the
eighth day. This day is now
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called the eighth day. There
is no eight-day week. Come on
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somebody, say Amen. This day,
which is the first in the Bible
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is now called the eighth day.
So you know when the confusion
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comes in? When Easter comes
around these two days are in
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conflict. Stand in front of him.
OK. I didn't tell 'em to do that
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but this is where Christians get
confused because some Christians
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believe that this day is this
day and some believe that this
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day is this day. You
were confused until you got it
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cleared up, right? These days
are not the same. So if we get
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rid of this day, go ahead, then
the Sabbath will stands. Amen?
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Thank you David. Thank you
Yannik. Thank you Hanna. Amen.
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Can we say Amen? Don't get the
days mixed up any more than we
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got the people mixed up. But
many pastors have told you it
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doesn't matter. Well I tell you
Yannik's Yannik, Hanna's Hanna
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and David is David. What do we
say. (Amen) You can't merge 'em.
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You can't get rid of one in
place of the other. And when you
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try to do that Easter is the
most confusing holiday of the
00:31:30.15\00:31:33.76
year. Because when Easter
comes I'm sure some people go to
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church on Sunday morning and
say Happy Sabbath because they
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were taught that. So many
Christians I heard songs, every
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day will be the Sabbath, Sunday
would never change. There are
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.17
some popular artists that
sing this, every day in heaven,
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every day will be the
Sabbath, Sunday would never end.
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Popular artists, they put both
words together. We couldn't do
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it, we could not merge Hanna
with Yannik. They just would not
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mix. The Lord never got rid
of one in place of the other.
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Men made a change and
we're going to show you from the
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records of history how men did
that. But we're going to take
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another step now to question
number 19, because this is
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powerful, this is powerful.
People are also taught that
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something was made new. They say
a new day of worship. The reason
00:32:29.24\00:32:34.28
for this question number 19 is
huge. Look at question number 19
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It is huge because many are
taught that we honor Sunday now
00:32:38.79\00:32:43.79
or the first day of the week, we
honor it in recognition of the
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resurrection of Christ. But let
me show you what the Lord has
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established to honor the
resurrection of Christ. Let's
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go now to question number 19.
Here it is. Question number 19.
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Let's go now to Romans chapter
6. What book did I say? Romans
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chapter 6. A powerful
description of what the
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Lord established to honor his
resurrection. All right. We're
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going to read Romans chapter
6, verses 3-5. OK. This is huge,
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This is huge. Here it is...
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This is huge...
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Finally...
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I got to take a breath here
because what I'm about to reveal
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to you has not been revealed in
this context before. OK. Now I
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have four questions:
Are you ready for number 19?
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The name of the service is what?
Baptism. OK. The name of the
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service is baptism. OK. From the
verses we read, what was made
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new? Someone look at the verses.
I'm not going to give you the
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spoon. What was made new? Tell
me. What was made new? Say it
00:35:07.54\00:35:13.78
again. We are made new. The Lord
wanted to create a new man not a
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new day. Huge. Have you ever
had that scripture used that way
00:35:19.78\00:35:27.36
before? The Lord instituted
baptism not Sunday worship to
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create a new man, not a new day.
Look at the third question. What
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was done away? What was done
away? Verse 6. (The old man)
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The body of sin. The body of sin
The body of sin, that old nature
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was done away with, not the
Sabbath. You see how the devil
00:35:54.52\00:35:57.95
twists things up? The devil says
the Sabbath was done away with.
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The Bible says the body of sin
was done away with, right? And
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now, this is huge, what should
we no longer do? Be slaves to
00:36:10.43\00:36:15.94
sin. We should no longer be
slaves to sin. But you've been
00:36:15.97\00:36:20.18
taught we should no longer honor
the Sabbath. You see how the
00:36:20.24\00:36:24.98
devil has mixed this up? Here
it is: The name of the service,
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together, baptism. What was
made new? We are. Not a new day.
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What was done away with? Sin,
the body of sin was done away
00:36:34.09\00:36:38.69
with. What should we no longer
do? Be slaves to sin. It didn't
00:36:38.73\00:36:42.36
say we shall no longer honor
the Sabbath. It said we shall no
00:36:42.40\00:36:46.03
longer be slaves to sin.
You have been taught, and many
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and I want to tell you the
largest church in the world, the
00:36:49.24\00:36:52.34
Catholic church, I gotta be
clear. Not the people. I love my
00:36:52.37\00:36:55.38
family, 90 percent of my family
is Catholic. So I'm telling you
00:36:55.41\00:36:59.51
out of a heart of love. All
Catholics have been told by the
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.65
Pontiff, whether Frances, Pope
Paul or Benedict, go all the way
00:37:03.69\00:37:09.12
back, they were all taught that
Sunday is a new day. The Bible
00:37:09.16\00:37:14.56
says we receive a new life. They
were taught that the Sabbath
00:37:14.60\00:37:19.33
was done away. The Bible says
the body of sin was done away.
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They were taught we walk in a
new day. The Bible says we walk
00:37:24.04\00:37:28.64
in a new life. You get the
difference? And the service is
00:37:28.68\00:37:33.15
not called a day of worship,
it's called baptism. That's what
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the Lord instituted in honor of
His resurrection, baptism, that
00:37:37.65\00:37:41.62
when you come up out of the
watery grave, you walk in a new
00:37:41.66\00:37:45.33
life, you don't accept a new
day Can we all say Amen to that?
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This scripture has often been
left out of the equation. But
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when I was studying this lesson,
Louise, the Lord said, John go
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to Romans 6. They've been told
that there's a new day but it's
00:37:56.37\00:38:00.01
a new life. They've been told
the Sabbath was done away with,
00:38:00.08\00:38:03.51
but the body of sin was done
away with. They were told to
00:38:03.55\00:38:06.08
walk in a new day of worship,
the Lord says, I want you to
00:38:06.11\00:38:09.22
walk in a new life. Say Amen.
It's huge. The difference is
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magnificent. It's the difference
between tradition and God's
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word. Now, now. Let's go to some
of the favorite verses in the
00:38:17.79\00:38:21.50
Bible. This lesson is probably
one of the most potent ones I've
00:38:21.53\00:38:24.67
ever covered. Because what I'm
going to do now in the next two
00:38:24.70\00:38:27.84
questions is I'm going to
show you what Sabbaths were a
00:38:27.87\00:38:33.24
shadow. There's a favorite
verse in the Bible. Let's go to
00:38:33.27\00:38:37.65
question number 20. There's
a favorite verse in the Bible
00:38:37.68\00:38:41.98
that many theologians use to try
to get rid of the Sabbath. And
00:38:42.02\00:38:47.29
let's look at it. Let's not skip
a single verse. Question number
00:38:47.32\00:38:52.56
20. Here it is:
00:38:52.59\00:38:55.26
Let's go now to Colossians
chapter 2 verses 16 and 17.
00:39:06.07\00:39:10.65
Colossians chapter 2 verses 16
and 17. This is a favorite verse
00:39:10.68\00:39:14.25
You know what amazes me is
many clergy and leaders and
00:39:14.28\00:39:18.75
traditionalists try to find
verses in the Bible to support
00:39:18.79\00:39:22.32
what they already believe,
rather than letting the Bible
00:39:22.36\00:39:25.79
teach them what to believe. They
go in with a preconceived idea.
00:39:25.83\00:39:30.37
As one of my favorites, Dr.
Pundit, said don't ever say to
00:39:30.40\00:39:34.54
anybody that they are not biased
everybody's biased. You're not
00:39:34.57\00:39:38.71
going to meet a single person
that's not biased. But if you
00:39:38.77\00:39:43.45
are an inquirer, he said you
need to be an inquiring inquirer
00:39:43.48\00:39:49.22
A person that wants to honestly
learn. And we should be so
00:39:49.25\00:39:53.86
subject to God's word that
the word of God, we should be
00:39:53.89\00:39:58.43
willing to allow the word of God
to destroy any preconceived idea
00:39:58.46\00:40:03.30
that's out of harmony with it.
Isn't that right? After all how
00:40:03.37\00:40:07.54
many people buy GPS's and throw
it out when it says make a left
00:40:07.57\00:40:11.74
and you think you should go
right? How many people bang on
00:40:11.77\00:40:15.98
the door of the cockpit when
we say I think California's over
00:40:16.01\00:40:20.38
there and the pilot's going
over there? You've got to trust
00:40:20.42\00:40:23.45
something and I want to tell
you, we can still trust God's
00:40:23.49\00:40:26.55
word. What do you say? So now
let's go to this favorite text.
00:40:26.59\00:40:31.09
Colossians chapter 2 verses
16-17. I'm turning there because
00:40:31.13\00:40:35.10
I want to read it with you. this
is a favorite passage. I'm not
00:40:35.13\00:40:39.67
leaving any stone unturned. OK.
Here we are. It's on the screen.
00:40:39.73\00:40:44.24
Here we go. These verses,
here it is, gotcha. Colossians 2
00:40:44.27\00:40:49.04
Here it is on the
screen. Here it is...
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.65
Now this is the passage where
the devil pops up his head and
00:41:15.20\00:41:19.24
says, that's it, that's it,
that's the one that gets rid of
00:41:19.27\00:41:22.58
the Sabbath. Let me say, like
the kids said in my neighborhood
00:41:22.61\00:41:27.35
growing up, Nah-uh. We're going
to find out now, because we need
00:41:27.38\00:41:31.89
to know, food, drink, festivals,
new moons, Sabbaths, shadows.
00:41:31.92\00:41:36.39
Write this down. Was the
creation Sabbath a shadow that
00:41:36.42\00:41:40.56
needed to be discontinued? Now
I don't want you to answer this
00:41:40.60\00:41:45.27
yet, because what we're going to
do now... You know the answer's
00:41:45.33\00:41:49.97
no right? What we're going
to do now is we're going through
00:41:50.01\00:41:55.11
all of the shadow Sabbaths,
so that you can see what was a
00:41:55.14\00:42:00.28
shadow. Now what's a shadow?
What's a shadow? I wish I could
00:42:00.32\00:42:05.15
clear the shadow. I got a
shadow. If you follow my shadow
00:42:05.19\00:42:12.16
it leads to me, right? Which
means that the shadows had to
00:42:12.19\00:42:19.13
lead somewhere. The shadows had
to lead somewhere, and based on
00:42:19.17\00:42:24.57
the text the shadows, these were
shadows of things to come but
00:42:24.64\00:42:29.84
who was the substance. And the
word the Bible uses is Christ.
00:42:29.88\00:42:35.08
Christ was the substance.
So here's the point. All these
00:42:35.12\00:42:40.52
things had to be a reflection
of who was to come. Let's go now
00:42:40.56\00:42:46.73
and break down the reflections.
We're going to go to question
00:42:46.76\00:42:51.53
number 21 and I'm purposefully
leaving question number 20 open
00:42:51.57\00:42:55.90
although I know the answer
is no. I'm purposefully leaving
00:42:55.94\00:42:59.84
question number 20 because I
want to be an inquiring inquirer
00:42:59.87\00:43:03.18
I don't want to say anything
that you might say you're only
00:43:03.21\00:43:06.45
saying that because you keep
the Sabbath. I want the Bible to
00:43:06.48\00:43:11.02
speak. Question number 21.
Here it is now. Question 21...
00:43:11.05\00:43:15.56
Let's begin by going to the book
of Leviticus. Let's all turn
00:43:22.76\00:43:25.63
there because I'm only giving
you some. There are very many.
00:43:25.67\00:43:29.30
But I'm going to give you only
some. All right. While you're
00:43:29.34\00:43:34.68
going to Leviticus, I'm turning
there now, OK. Can we say thank
00:43:34.74\00:43:40.82
the Lord for His word. No I said
say thank the Lord for His word.
00:43:40.85\00:43:46.45
I want to let you know the board
has approved the words Thank you
00:43:46.52\00:43:52.09
Jesus. OK. Here it is. I'm
in 23 now. Here we are, OK here
00:43:52.13\00:43:58.10
we are. Now I'm only giving
you some. There are so many. But
00:43:58.13\00:44:03.71
let's begin to break down these
shadows. Because, this is huge.
00:44:03.74\00:44:08.28
You can't have a shadow unless
that shadow is connected to a
00:44:08.31\00:44:15.72
substance. Anything that casts
a shadow has to have substance.
00:44:15.75\00:44:21.89
So Jesus was saying until I come
here are the shadows letting you
00:44:21.92\00:44:26.29
know I am going to come. Let's
look at the first one. Leviticus
00:44:26.33\00:44:30.83
chapter 23, verse 39. All right.
Look at this. I'm going to give
00:44:30.87\00:44:34.84
labels and titles to each one of
these. Here it is. Leviticus 23
00:44:34.87\00:44:38.81
verse 39. Here it is...
00:44:38.84\00:44:40.18
Now this brings out two of the
Sabbaths. Let me go to the next
00:44:56.73\00:45:00.10
verse, the continuation
of the verse. It says...
00:45:00.13\00:45:04.03
Now notice it says a Sabbath
rest, a Sabbath rest. What
00:45:14.14\00:45:18.41
Sabbath rest was this? What
Sabbath rest was this? Go back
00:45:18.45\00:45:22.08
to the beginning of the verse.
I'm going to turn there myself.
00:45:22.12\00:45:26.22
The beginning of the verse,
here it is: This is called the
00:45:26.25\00:45:32.29
gathering in of the fruits
or the first fruits, the first
00:45:32.33\00:45:39.47
fruits, and this was a seven...
The Bible had seven. They had
00:45:39.50\00:45:45.44
seven months rest, seven days
of rest, which was a seven-day
00:45:45.47\00:45:50.48
Sabbath. They had a first
day Sabbath, they had an 8th day
00:45:50.51\00:45:55.82
Sabbath. These were feasts
and this was the feast of first
00:45:55.88\00:46:01.12
fruits. Write that down. So here
we go on Leviticus 23:39. What's
00:46:01.16\00:46:07.63
the first day mentioned?
The 15th day. That's at the
00:46:07.66\00:46:11.83
beginning of the verse. Also on
the what? Fifteenth day of the
00:46:11.87\00:46:15.70
seventh month. Now that was
a Sabbath. The 15th day. No not
00:46:15.74\00:46:19.17
that verse, not that verse yet.
We're just looking at all of
00:46:19.21\00:46:23.24
verse 39. On the 15th day. So
in question number 21 under the
00:46:23.28\00:46:27.62
first reference on a. put 15th.
I'll bring that up on the screen
00:46:27.65\00:46:31.92
so my people in the audience
here can see. Here on the 15th
00:46:31.95\00:46:37.13
day. All right. Of what month?
Seventh month. Write that down
00:46:37.16\00:46:42.66
for b. Fifteenth day of the
seventh month of the sabbatical
00:46:42.70\00:46:48.14
month was when they gathered the
fruits. It was called the feast,
00:46:48.17\00:46:53.98
it was a feast for seven days.
So a. is 15th day; b. is seventh
00:46:54.01\00:46:59.08
month. These are shadow Sabbaths
This was a gathering in of the
00:46:59.11\00:47:03.15
fruits. It's also called the
feast of first fruits. It's at
00:47:03.18\00:47:07.06
harvest time, the seventh month.
Now let's go to the very next
00:47:07.09\00:47:11.39
verse. And then you have on the
first day, there shall be a what
00:47:11.43\00:47:15.70
Sabbath rest. And on the what?
Eighth day there shall be a
00:47:15.73\00:47:20.00
Sabbath rest. These are feasts
that were specifically ordained
00:47:20.04\00:47:24.01
for the Jews to honor. These
were feasts that they honored
00:47:24.07\00:47:28.28
during this seventh month. So
in the seventh month they had a
00:47:28.31\00:47:33.15
15th day Sabbath, a first day
Sabbath and a 8th day Sabbath.
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.75
It was all called Sabbath.
You know what the word Sabbath
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.99
simply means? It means
holy convocation, it means holy
00:47:41.02\00:47:45.16
convocation. You gotta know this
because what happens here is
00:47:45.19\00:47:49.66
when people connect these with
the 10 commandments, you get
00:47:49.70\00:47:54.10
confused and if you're
not careful, you merge them
00:47:54.14\00:47:57.81
together. In the very next
question we'll see why we cannot
00:47:57.84\00:48:01.21
merge them together. All right?
So on question 21, first one you
00:48:01.24\00:48:07.45
have a. 15th, b. seventh month,
c. first day, d. eighth day.
00:48:07.48\00:48:12.85
Those are four Sabbaths right
there. Now let's go to the very
00:48:12.89\00:48:17.69
next verse. Leviticus chapter
23 and we're going to look at
00:48:17.73\00:48:22.30
verse 27 and verse 32. Here it
is. Now you can bring the text
00:48:22.33\00:48:26.87
up. Verse 27. It says...
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.30
...write that down and
let's keep reading the verses.
00:48:36.48\00:48:43.22
and it says, you shall afflict
your souls and offer an offering
00:48:43.28\00:48:48.62
made by fire to the Lord. Now
look at verse 32. Here it is.
00:48:48.66\00:48:53.96
Now which one was this? We got
the answer in the verse before
00:49:15.22\00:49:19.35
that. Somebody tell me, what
celebration was that? Day of
00:49:19.39\00:49:24.23
Atonement. When was it? When
was it? On the 9th day of the
00:49:24.26\00:49:29.63
what month? Ninth day of the
10th month. So now here's the
00:49:29.66\00:49:34.97
answer. Under Leviticus chapter
23 verse 27 put Day of Atonement
00:49:35.00\00:49:40.88
under a. and put 9th day,
9th day, 10th month under b.
00:49:40.91\00:49:48.48
9th day, 10th month under b.
Here it is. On the 9th day of
00:49:48.55\00:49:56.06
the month at evening and it was
under the 7th month. So here you
00:49:56.09\00:50:04.20
are. You had the day of
Atonement, the 9th day of the
00:50:04.23\00:50:10.41
7th month. That's another shadow
Sabbath. This happened once a
00:50:10.44\00:50:12.87
year. The Jews had a Day of
Atonement service. What was the
00:50:12.91\00:50:17.08
purpose of that service. The
cleansing of sin. Every day they
00:50:17.15\00:50:21.28
sacrificed for their sins.
They took the life of a lamb,
00:50:21.32\00:50:22.88
sprinkled the blood but once
a year they called it the day of
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.96
Atonement where the sins were
not just confessed, they were
00:50:26.99\00:50:30.96
what? Blotted out. I was
forgiven every day but my sins
00:50:30.99\00:50:36.26
were blotted out once a year on
the Day of Atonement. That was
00:50:36.33\00:50:41.80
in the 7th month, the 9th day of
the 7th month was called the Day
00:50:41.84\00:50:48.78
of Atonement. Let's go to the
next one. Chapter 23 verse 24.
00:50:48.81\00:50:55.68
Here it is. OK. Together.
00:50:55.72\00:51:04.03
Going on. So now what is that
called? OK, and what day was it
00:51:28.02\00:51:33.96
supposed to be on. The first day
of what month? Seventh month,
00:51:33.99\00:51:39.66
exactly. Now why the first day
of the 7th month. Because the
00:51:39.69\00:51:44.20
blowing of the trumpets was
always a warning of the day of
00:51:44.23\00:51:48.67
Atonement. So the trumpets were
blown and the Lord said it shall
00:51:48.70\00:51:51.84
be a Sabbath rest. When
the trumpets began to blow the
00:51:51.87\00:51:55.48
people went to rest and prepare
themselves for the day of
00:51:55.51\00:51:58.31
atonement. And it was called
a Sabbath rest. Now let me ask
00:51:58.35\00:52:01.22
Christians today, how many
Christians have the blowing of
00:52:01.25\00:52:04.05
the trumpets in your church? How
many Christians celebrate the
00:52:04.09\00:52:06.52
Day of Atonement? How many
Christians have the feast of
00:52:06.55\00:52:08.72
first fruits? None of
us. Because these are all
00:52:08.76\00:52:12.49
foreshadowing the work that
Jesus would do. And when was
00:52:12.53\00:52:15.80
this? When was this? The 7th
month the first day of the month
00:52:15.86\00:52:21.67
Write that down for Leviticus
23 verse 24. Blowing of the
00:52:21.70\00:52:26.84
trumpets on the 7th month the
first day of the month. Notice
00:52:26.88\00:52:31.28
how you can get confused. If you
don't read your Bible carefully
00:52:31.31\00:52:35.28
you can have a pastor that lumps
all this together and makes you
00:52:35.32\00:52:39.22
think just pick a Sabbath
and that's why people do that,
00:52:39.25\00:52:42.69
because they don't see the
shadow Sabbaths. They miss them.
00:52:42.72\00:52:46.33
These are all pointing to the
work of Christ. Now let's look
00:52:46.36\00:52:49.90
at the next one, all
right? We're going to go now to
00:52:49.93\00:52:55.34
Leviticus chapter 23 verses
4 and 5. And here it's going to
00:52:55.40\00:52:59.27
appear on the
screen. Now here it is.
00:52:59.31\00:53:01.28
What's supposed to happen. So
let's write that down. What day
00:53:21.43\00:53:26.07
is it supposed to be? The
14th day of the first month, the
00:53:26.10\00:53:30.97
Passover, the Lord's Passover,
is a Sabbath, a shadow Sabbath.
00:53:31.04\00:53:35.44
Because today, do we honor the
Passover, yes or no? What's in
00:53:35.48\00:53:40.08
place of the Passover? Somebody
tell me. The Communion service.
00:53:40.12\00:53:44.65
Jesus, during the time of
Passover, when the lamb was
00:53:44.69\00:53:49.42
about to be killed for the
Passover, the Lamb of God was
00:53:49.46\00:53:54.10
being nailed to the cross and
the Jews were about to take the
00:53:54.16\00:53:58.03
life of the lamb, the lamb got
away. The curtain was torn from
00:53:58.07\00:54:01.90
top to bottom. Read it in
Matthew chapter 27 and the Lamb
00:54:01.94\00:54:05.11
Christ Jesus was being crucified
Can you say Amen. So this was
00:54:05.14\00:54:09.81
normally the real lamb giving
His literal life, His throat
00:54:09.84\00:54:14.45
being cut, his blood being shed.
How are we forgiven. We overcome
00:54:14.48\00:54:20.32
by the blood of the Lamb. A
shadow. That little lamb pointed
00:54:20.36\00:54:24.49
to the Lamb Christ Jesus. So
when John the Baptist in John
00:54:24.53\00:54:28.70
1:29 said behold the Lamb of
God the reason why they knew was
00:54:28.73\00:54:32.90
because for 1500 years they'd
been killing the shadow lamb,
00:54:32.93\00:54:36.60
but the real Lamb showed up,
Christ Jesus. Come on somebody.
00:54:36.64\00:54:41.01
It's a shadow. So every time
they celebrated Passover it was
00:54:41.04\00:54:45.28
to point them to Christ. That's
why it was such a travesty when
00:54:45.31\00:54:49.78
Jesus came. He came to His own
people that he had given these
00:54:49.82\00:54:55.22
shadow Sabbaths and they didn't
even recognize Him. Who are you?
00:54:55.26\00:55:00.90
Before Abraham was, you am?
You're not even old enough. They
00:55:00.93\00:55:05.33
didn't recognize the Lamb of God
That was the travesty. But the
00:55:05.37\00:55:10.41
devil has turned it around now
and he wants Christians today to
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.14
ignore what God established from
the beginning and try to find
00:55:14.18\00:55:17.88
another way to Christ. The
only way to Christ is through
00:55:17.91\00:55:21.18
obedience. Let's get the last
one now. Leviticus chapter 23
00:55:21.22\00:55:26.79
and verse 6. Here it is. All
right. Here it is. And on the
00:55:26.82\00:55:34.10
what day? 15th day of the same
month, and what month was that?
00:55:34.16\00:55:41.60
First month. Is the feast of
unleavened bread to the Lord.
00:55:41.64\00:55:48.18
You must eat what? Unleavened
bread. What do we use unleavened
00:55:48.24\00:55:54.78
bread for today? Somebody
tell me? The communion service.
00:55:54.82\00:55:58.99
Now you ought to know that the
unleavened bread is a shadow of
00:55:59.02\00:56:04.83
the Bread of Life. When Jesus
came to the disciples, to the
00:56:04.86\00:56:11.80
Jews, there in John chapter 8.
They saw Him and He said, your
00:56:11.83\00:56:16.74
fathers gave you bread in the
wilderness. You remember that?
00:56:16.81\00:56:22.41
And they said of course they
did. He said well I am the true
00:56:22.44\00:56:26.95
bread that came. Moses couldn't
give you bread, but My Father
00:56:27.02\00:56:32.02
has given you bread. I Am
the true Bread. The bread in the
00:56:32.05\00:56:36.99
wilderness pointed to Jesus the
Bread of Life. Can you say Amen?
00:56:37.03\00:56:40.93
Let me show you. The water in
the sanctuary service, the water
00:56:40.96\00:56:44.77
in the laver where the priests
washed their hands was a shadow
00:56:44.80\00:56:49.74
of the Water of Life, Jesus. The
lamb being slain was a shadow
00:56:49.77\00:56:55.84
of the Lamb of God which taketh
away the sin of the world. Right
00:56:55.88\00:57:01.52
The candelabra in the sanctuary
was a shadow of Jesus the Light
00:57:01.55\00:57:06.89
of the World. The high priest,
who was a man, who was sinful,
00:57:06.92\00:57:11.29
who had to confess his own sins
before he participated in the
00:57:11.33\00:57:16.06
services, was a shadow of our
High Priest who is sinless. What
00:57:16.10\00:57:21.27
do you say? That was a weak amen
Amen. We have a High Priest that
00:57:21.30\00:57:26.44
doesn't need to create a
sacrifice because He is the
00:57:26.47\00:57:30.98
sacrifice. You see friends, we
are going to continue and you'll
00:57:31.01\00:57:34.98
see in the next study why the
shadow Sabbaths which were added
00:57:35.02\00:57:39.79
because of sin, cannot replace
the Sabbath which was instituted
00:57:39.82\00:57:44.56
before sin. That's the
comparative nature right there.
00:57:44.59\00:57:47.46
I know it's a challenge to
understand some of these things
00:57:47.50\00:57:51.03
but if you keep on studying
allowing the word of God to be
00:57:51.07\00:57:54.50
your guide, you'll see that it's
a simple thing to honor what the
00:57:54.54\00:57:57.57
Lord has established. So don't
stop now because I believe if
00:57:57.61\00:58:00.98
you keep going, one day it
will come into a sharper focus.
00:58:01.01\00:58:04.35