Alright, welcome again
to Anchor Bible school.
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We're glad you're here.
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Has it been a blessing?
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm glad to hear
that hearty amen.
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It's very encouraging.
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It makes it all worthwhile.
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We are going to look now at
the document that is titled,
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A Providential Election.
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You should have
that in your materials,
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A Providential Election.
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And basically, we are going
to study about the election
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of the successor of Judas.
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And there's a lot of important
principles involved there
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that we're going
to bring to view.
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Like the importance
of biblical numbers,
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the importance
of sola scriptura,
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the importance of finding
Jesus Christ in prophecy.
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All of those will be illustrated
in this particular presentation.
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We're going to follow
the material quite closely.
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You have it before
you. That's my PowerPoint.
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See, this is much better
PowerPoint than projecting
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it on the wall, because
you can't take the wall home.
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But you can take this
written material home.
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In the future, what we'll
do is we'll probably do this
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electronically to
save a lot of trees.
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Because several of you mentioned
that you would like to have
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this in electronic form.
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And if you would like
to, please make sure that you
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give Aileen your email address.
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And we'll make sure that
you get it in an electronic form
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so that you can use it
for preaching and speaking.
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I hope that you'll
share these things.
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Go back to your churches
and you share this stuff,
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and other people can get
excited about studying the Bible
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and studying Bible prophecy.
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That's what it's all
about. Not only for us.
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You know, television audiences
are going to be watching
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this series, but you know, it
can go a lot farther than that
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if you go home and you
share what you've learned here
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and inspire other people.
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The Sanctuary begins in
the camp where sinners live.
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Jesus came and camped with
us and lived a life without sin
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in our place.
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In this way, He wove a
spotless robe of righteousness
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by His perfect life in the camp.
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So Jesus wove the robe of
righteousness by His obedience.
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The law demands
absolute sinlessness.
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And we cannot
offer this to the law.
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So Jesus came to live
in our midst a perfect life
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in our place.
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So His work begins in
the camp by His perfect life
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that can stand in
place of our life.
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Then we find the work
of Jesus in the court.
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The law demands our death,
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because the
wages of sin is death.
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And all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God.
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In the court of the Sanctuary,
Jesus suffered the death
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that we should all suffer.
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So on earth Jesus
lived for us and died for us.
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Lived in our place
and died in our place.
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Those are the
benefits of His atonement.
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And then Jesus
resurrected at the laver.
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We've already mentioned that.
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And when did that happen?
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That happened very early
on the first day of the week.
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So He lived in the camp
for three and a half years.
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Actually, longer than
that. His whole lifetime.
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But His ministry
lasted three and a half years.
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Jesus performed
the work of the court.
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In the court, in the...
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I want to say, on
Thursday in the garden
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and on Friday on the cross...
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And I might make a
little parenthesis here.
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Somebody was asking about
the three days and three nights.
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You know, most people think that
the three days and three nights
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begin from the time
that Jesus was buried.
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And the chronology doesn't work.
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Even the inclusive
reckoning does not work.
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Because three days and three
nights, if you believe that
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it's from the time that
He was put in the grave,
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you only have, actually
you only have Friday night
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and you have Saturday night.
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And as far as days,
you have Friday, Sabbath,
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and Sunday as days.
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You only have three
days and two nights.
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So you have to
include Thursday night.
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Because that's when the
passion of Jesus begins.
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You see, the expression,
"in the heart of the earth,"
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is a symbolic expression.
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The heart of the earth is
the furthest place from God
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that you could go.
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Jesus did not literally
go to the heart of the earth.
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He was buried above
the earth in a cave.
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So it's a symbolic expression
that means the furthest
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and darkest place that
you can be away from God.
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The darkest place
would certainly be
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the center of the earth,
or the heart of the earth.
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And the furthest
place from God as well.
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Now in the Sanctuary
service, the lamb was alive
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while the sins
were placed upon him.
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True or false?
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True.
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The lamb was brought alive, the
sins were placed upon his head,
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then he was slain for sin.
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In the same way,
Jesus in Gethsemane,
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the sins were placed
upon Him while He was alive.
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Read the chapter,
Gethsemane, in Desire Of Ages.
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He could not see beyond
the portals of the tomb.
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He felt that separation from
God was going to be eternal.
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Ellen White, several
times, says that He was
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drinking the cup
of the wrath of God.
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He felt
separation from His Father.
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That happened while He
was alive in the garden.
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And then the next day He
went to the cross and He died,
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like the lamb died.
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Are you with me or not?
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So the three days and three
nights include Thursday night,
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which is when the sins of
the world were placed upon Him.
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In fact, Ellen White says
that when He left the garden,
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He was at peace.
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The struggle was basically over
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when He left the
garden of Gethsemane.
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Okay, back to the material.
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That was just a
little extra. That's a bonus.
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So Jesus
resurrected on Sunday morning.
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And then after Jesus
resurrected, He spent
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40 days on planet earth.
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Now have you ever
wondered why Jesus spent 40 days
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on planet earth between His
resurrection and His ascension?
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Two reasons.
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They're given in Acts
chapter 1 and verse 3.
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I'm not going to read the verse.
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But basically it says
that, first of all, Jesus needed
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to appear to different groups
of people to give indubitable
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proofs that He had resurrected.
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In other words, it was
proof that He had resurrected
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by the post
resurrection appearances.
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But secondly, He
stayed here because He had to
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teach His disciples the things
concerning the kingdom of God.
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In other words, Jesus had
to explain to His disciples
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the prophecies that
had been fulfilled in Him.
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And He had to explain to them
the prophecies that would be
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fulfilled just a few days
later on the day of Pentecost.
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He had to
explain prophecy to them.
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He talked to them
about the things concerning
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the kingdom of God.
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And then Jesus
ascended to heaven.
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John 14 verses 1 to 3
tells us why Jesus left.
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It says there,
Jesus is speaking,
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"Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe in God,
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believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions;
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if it were not so,
I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again
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and receive you to
Myself; that where I am,
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there you may be also."
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And so Jesus went to heaven.
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What did He go to heaven for?
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To prepare a place for us.
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How does Jesus prepare
a place for us in heaven?
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He prepares a place in
heaven for us by His work
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in the heavenly Sanctuary.
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Just read the book of Hebrews.
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There you have a
full description of what
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Jesus does in heaven.
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Read the Sanctuary scenes
in the book of Revelation.
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It tells us what
Jesus went to heaven to do.
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He prepares a place by His work
in the Holy and Most Holy places
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of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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And then when the 40
days ended, Jesus ascended.
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Let's read about
it in our material
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in Acts 1 and
verses 9 through 11.
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It says there, "Now when
He had spoken these things,
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while they
watched, He was taken up,
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and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.
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And while they looked
steadfastly toward heaven
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as He went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel,
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who also said, 'Men of
Galilee, why do you stand
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gazing up into heaven?
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This same Jesus, who was
taken up from you into heaven,
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will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven.'"
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And so now Jesus
leaves, He goes to heaven
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to prepare a
place for His people.
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Now after the
ascension, the apostles returned
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to the upper room
from the Mount of Olives
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and waited for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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During those ten days, we
know that the disciples prayed,
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they studied the prophecies,
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they ironed out
their differences,
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they emptied themselves of self.
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And in this way, they
prepared for the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit
on the day of Pentecost.
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We know what the disciples
were doing in the upper room.
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But the big question
is, what was Jesus doing
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during those ten days?
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We know what the
disciples were doing.
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But what was happening with
Jesus during those ten days?
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This is the central theme
of the study that we're doing
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right now.
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Now let's take a look at who
was present in the upper room.
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The names are given in
Acts chapter 1 and verse 13.
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Let's read that verse
to see who was present.
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They're mentioned by name.
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"And when they had entered,"
that is when they came back
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from the Mount of Olives, "they
went up into the upper room
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where they were staying."
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And now I'm going
to innumerate them.
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Number one,
Peter; number two, James;
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number three, John;
number four, Andrew;
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number five,
Philip; number six, Thomas;
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number seven, Bartholomew;
number eight, Matthew;
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number nine, James
the son of Alphaeus;
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number ten, Simon the Zealot;
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and number eleven,
Judas the son of James.
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What strikes you as
strange about this list?
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There are only eleven apostles.
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And so Peter feels that
it is necessary to stand up
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and explain what happened
with the missing disciple.
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Because there were
individuals present there
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besides the twelve.
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Actually, Mary the
mother of Jesus was there.
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And there were others present
there that perhaps didn't
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know what had happened to Judas.
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And so Peter now
stands in the upper room
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and he's going to
explain what happened
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to apostle number twelve.
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And that's found
in verses 18 and 19.
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"Now this man purchased a field
with the wages of iniquity;
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and falling headlong,
he burst open in the middle
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and all his
entrails gushed out."
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Very vivid description.
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"And it became known to all
those dwelling in Jerusalem;
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so that field is called in
their own language, Akel Dama,
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that is, Field of Blood."
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Now as I mentioned, this
might appear to contradict
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the account in the
gospels where it says that Judas
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went and he committed
suicide; he hung himself.
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I want to read the explanation
that is given by Ellen White
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in, Desire Of Ages, page
722, where she reconciles
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beautifully the story
that is found in the gospels
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and the story that is
found in the book of Acts.
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She says this, "Later
that same day, on the road from
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Pilate's hall to Calvary, there
came an interruption to the
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shouts and jeers of the wicked
throng who were leading Jesus
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to the place of crucifixion.
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As they passed a retired
spot, they saw at the foot of a
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lifeless tree,
the body of Judas.
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It was a most revolting sight.
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His weight had broken
the cord by which he had
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hanged himself to the tree.
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In falling, his body
had been horribly mangled,
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and dogs were now devouring it."
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And so he fell headlong,
his stomach burst open,
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and his entrails came out.
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And elsewhere, Ellen White
says that Judas was the largest
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of the apostles,
physically speaking.
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He stood above
all of the disciples.
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And of course, they
thought that he would be a great
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asset to the church.
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Even till the very end
they thought he would be an
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asset to the church.
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Now after Peter
explained what had happened
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to apostle number twelve,
he now says, "We need to elect
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a successor for Judas.
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We need to elect
apostle number twelve."
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And you know, I
always wondered why they felt
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it was necessary to
elect apostle number twelve,
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and why it had to
happen before the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit
on the day of Pentecost.
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Those were questions
that I asked of the passage.
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You know, it would have
been beautiful to start in
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Acts chapter 2 with the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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And then having the Holy Spirit,
now you have the story of
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how they elect the
successor of Judas.
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Because now they
have divine wisdom.
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They have the Holy Spirit.
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But why did they
elect the successor before
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the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit?
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Why was there an
urgency to elect the successor?
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Well, I discovered by
reading the passage carefully
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that the reason why they
felt they needed to elect
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a successor was because
Bible prophecy required it.
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Bible prophecy required
that a successor be elected.
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You see, there were two
prophecies in the Old Testament
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that made it
absolutely imperative to elect
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a successor for Judas.
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Those two prophecies
are mentioned by Peter in
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Acts chapter 1
and verses 16 and 20.
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Acts chapter 1 verses 16 and 20.
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And we're going to
skip verses 17 through 19,
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because that is where
Peter described what happened
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to the apostle that was missing.
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And so verse 16
says, "Men and brethren,
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this Scripture had to be
fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit
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spoke before by the mouth
of David concerning Judas..."
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So there was a prophecy spoken
by David concerning Judas.
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"...who became a guide to
those who arrested Jesus."
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And now let's go to
verse 20, because it mentions
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the two prophecies.
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Both of them are from David.
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Verse 20, "For it is
written in the Book of Psalms:
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'Let his dwelling
place be desolate,
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and let no one live in it.'"
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In other words, Judas was
not going to return to his home.
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His house would
be left desolate.
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And that's
Psalm 69 and verse 25.
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And then Peter quotes Psalm
109 verses 7 and 8 when he said,
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"And, 'Let
another take his office.'"
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So you see very
clearly, prophecy predicted that
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Judas would not
return to his home,
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his house would be desolate.
00:16:31.85\00:16:33.22
And prophecy
predicted that it was necessary
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to elect a successor.
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I wonder, how did Peter
know that these prophecies
00:16:38.34\00:16:42.11
applied
specifically to this situation?
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Jesus spent what?
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Jesus spent 40 days teaching
His disciples about the things
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concerning the kingdom of God.
00:16:53.23\00:16:55.56
Jesus had explained to
the apostles the meaning
00:16:55.88\00:16:59.67
of these specific prophecies
from the book of Psalms.
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Now sometimes in the Adventist
church, we develop these
00:17:04.31\00:17:07.02
myths that are passed on
from generation to generation
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as gospel truths.
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I'm not talking about the
large doctrines of the church.
00:17:14.02\00:17:16.62
I'm talking about
some smaller things.
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Smaller details like, you
know, the one that I mentioned
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yesterday from Daniel chapter
12 and verse 4 where it says,
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"Knowledge shall be increased."
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And other minor things.
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And one of those
myths that is passed along
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is that it was God's
intention that Saul of Tarsus
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be apostle number twelve.
00:17:38.01\00:17:39.77
But that the
disciples jumped the gun.
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In other words, the disciples
were so anxious to elect
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a successor that they
elected the wrong individual.
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That if they had waited a
while, God would have shown
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that He wanted Saul of Tarsus
to be apostle number twelve.
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Well folks, this
is an unfounded myth.
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And it has no
biblical foundation.
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I made up my mind a
few years ago that I am not
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going to simply repeat
what is said or what I read.
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I'm going to go to
Scripture and I'm going to
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study it out for
myself to see if it is so.
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Because even within the
church, we pass on sometimes
00:18:22.89\00:18:25.62
these
traditions as gospel truth.
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And really they have
no basis in Scripture,
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or even in the
spirit of prophecy.
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Now there are four reasons that
I want to share at this moment
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why Paul could not have
been apostle number twelve.
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And towards the end of our
study, I'm going to give you
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an additional
reason, a reason number five.
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Reason number 1 is found in
Acts chapter 1 verses 21 and 22.
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Very clearly, the qualifications
of the successor are given.
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It says there in
Acts 1 verses 21 and 22,
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"Therefore, of these
men who have accompanied us
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all the time that the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us,
00:19:08.81\00:19:14.04
beginning from the baptism
of John to that day when He
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was taken up from us,
one of these must become
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a witness with us
of His resurrection."
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Question, would the apostle Paul
fit in with this qualification?
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Absolutely not.
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The successor had
to be with the apostles
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from the time of the
baptism of John the Baptist
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until the
ascension of Jesus Christ.
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Saul of Tarsus was
converted three and a half years
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after the death and the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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So Saul, or Paul, is
disqualified by this one point.
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There's a second point.
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And it's found in Acts
chapter 1 verses 24 to 26.
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Acts 1:24-26
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Did the apostles
follow the correct procedure
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in electing the successor?
00:20:08.54\00:20:10.40
Yes they did.
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It says there in
verse 24, "And they prayed,
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and said, 'You, O Lord,
who know the hearts of all,
00:20:16.20\00:20:21.13
show which of these
two You have chosen..."
00:20:21.58\00:20:26.58
What are they praying?
00:20:26.61\00:20:27.91
"Lord, show us
whom You have chosen,
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to take part in this
ministry, and apostleship,
00:20:31.55\00:20:34.89
from which Judas
by transgression fell,
00:20:34.92\00:20:37.33
that he might go
to his own place.
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And they cast their lots,
and the lot fell upon Matthias;
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and he was numbered
with the eleven apostles."
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So did they follow
the right procedure?
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Yes they did.
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Did they ask the
Lord that He should show
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which the successor should be?
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Absolutely.
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Now let's notice
reason number three.
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Ellen White has this comment
in the book, Spirit Of Prophecy,
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volume 3, page 264.
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Very clearly, this
statement indicates that they
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followed the right
process, and that the apostle
00:21:09.75\00:21:11.90
that was chosen
was God's choice.
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It says, "Two men were selected
who, in the careful judgment
00:21:14.83\00:21:20.81
of the believers, were
best qualified for the place.
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But the disciples, distrusting
their ability to decide
00:21:25.57\00:21:30.61
the question further, referred
it to One that knew all hearts.
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They sought the Lord in
prayer to ascertain which of the
00:21:36.53\00:21:40.80
two men was more suitable for
the important position of trust
00:21:40.83\00:21:44.78
as an apostle of Christ."
00:21:44.81\00:21:46.06
Now listen carefully.
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"The Spirit of God selected
Matthias for the office."
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Was it the
apostles who selected?
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No.
00:21:56.22\00:21:57.25
The Spirit of God
selected the successor of Judas.
00:21:57.28\00:22:01.97
First of all, Paul
is disqualified because
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he does not fit the
characteristic of being
00:22:05.85\00:22:08.07
with the apostles from
the times of John the Baptist
00:22:08.10\00:22:10.59
until the ascension of Christ.
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Secondly, we're told
that they prayed to the Lord
00:22:12.75\00:22:16.38
for the Lord to
show which He had chosen.
00:22:16.41\00:22:18.77
Ellen White, in the
third place, clearly says that
00:22:19.28\00:22:22.39
the Holy Spirit made the choice.
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And the disciples were careful,
they used careful judgment,
00:22:24.16\00:22:27.25
and they distrusted
their own ability to decide.
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There's a fourth reason.
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And the fourth reason is
that Saul was not to take
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the place of Judas.
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He was to take
the place of Stephen.
00:22:39.63\00:22:41.87
Notice this statement from,
Acts Of The Apostles, page 102.
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See, you know, my
name is Stephen Paul.
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Isn't that interesting?
00:22:51.80\00:22:52.83
I have the name of the
martyr and the martyrizer.
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My parents wanted me
to be like the martyrizer
00:22:57.41\00:22:59.81
after his conversion.
00:22:59.84\00:23:01.40
And I want you to notice,
Ellen White is clear on this.
00:23:03.44\00:23:07.30
"A Mightier than Satan had
chosen Saul to take the place
00:23:08.26\00:23:13.15
of the martyred Stephen, to
preach and suffer for His name,
00:23:13.18\00:23:17.59
and spread far and wide
the tidings of salvation
00:23:17.69\00:23:21.27
through His blood."
00:23:21.30\00:23:22.44
So was it God's
plan that Saul of Tarsus
00:23:22.47\00:23:25.27
be the successor of Judas?
00:23:25.30\00:23:27.13
Absolutely not.
00:23:27.35\00:23:28.71
And the fifth reason is going to
be the most definitive of all.
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But we still ask the
question, why the urgency
00:23:32.94\00:23:35.65
to elect the successor of Judas
before the day of Pentecost?
00:23:36.00\00:23:41.59
Why not wait until the
Holy Spirit was poured out
00:23:41.93\00:23:44.40
and maybe they
had more discernment?
00:23:44.61\00:23:46.47
Why did they even need to
elect apostle number twelve?
00:23:47.58\00:23:50.61
Well, the answer
is in the significance
00:23:51.37\00:23:55.17
of the number twelve.
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.23
One of the principles that
we're going to study later one
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.37
when we deal with
biblical symbols is that numbers
00:23:58.64\00:24:01.52
in the Bible are
extremely important.
00:24:01.55\00:24:04.28
Numbers have symbolic value.
00:24:05.09\00:24:07.58
The number 4 has symbolic value.
00:24:08.23\00:24:10.47
The number 40, the number 3.
00:24:10.50\00:24:13.37
We all know the number
666, the number 144,000.
00:24:13.57\00:24:18.11
Numbers have important symbolic
significance in Scripture.
00:24:18.14\00:24:21.78
And we need to know
what these numbers represent
00:24:21.81\00:24:24.55
in the totality of Scripture.
00:24:24.58\00:24:26.18
So the question is,
why was it necessary
00:24:26.21\00:24:29.38
to have twelve apostles?
00:24:29.41\00:24:30.88
The reason is simple.
00:24:31.11\00:24:32.40
We have to understand
the importance and meaning
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.96
of the symbolic number 12.
00:24:34.99\00:24:37.00
Now let's go to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 1.
00:24:37.99\00:24:40.59
Let me ask you, how
do you suppose I found
00:24:41.22\00:24:44.46
this verse that
we're going to now?
00:24:44.49\00:24:46.50
Sola scriptura.
00:24:48.70\00:24:51.39
You look up the
number 12 in the concordance,
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and then you see if they're
dealing with the same themes.
00:24:54.39\00:24:57.30
And if they're
dealing with the same themes,
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.49
you can connect the verses.
00:24:59.52\00:25:01.30
Are you with me?
00:25:01.33\00:25:02.36
Now, you're not
going to connect two verses
00:25:02.39\00:25:04.45
that don't have
anything to do with each other.
00:25:04.55\00:25:06.72
They have to deal
with the same subject
00:25:06.75\00:25:09.49
in order to be
able to connect them.
00:25:09.78\00:25:11.47
Now, the number
12 is very important.
00:25:11.85\00:25:14.24
Because you will
notice that in Acts chapter 1,
00:25:15.20\00:25:17.95
it says that Judas was
numbered with the apostles.
00:25:18.15\00:25:22.16
And then when
Matthias was elected,
00:25:22.96\00:25:25.21
it says that he was
numbered with the apostles.
00:25:25.31\00:25:28.98
So is the number significant?
00:25:29.01\00:25:31.24
The number is
extremely significant.
00:25:31.69\00:25:34.86
There's something
special about the number 12.
00:25:34.89\00:25:37.32
And let's go to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 1
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.06
to find out what the
number 12 means symbolically.
00:25:40.09\00:25:44.04
It says, "Now a great
sign appeared in heaven;
00:25:44.72\00:25:47.27
a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet,
00:25:47.86\00:25:54.23
and on her head a
garland of twelve stars."
00:25:54.79\00:25:58.75
Or a crown of twelve stars.
00:26:00.93\00:26:03.39
Now what does a woman represent?
00:26:04.08\00:26:05.77
The woman represents the church;
00:26:06.37\00:26:08.65
I'll give you
half credit for that.
00:26:08.68\00:26:11.12
Because the woman
represents the church,
00:26:11.78\00:26:13.66
but it really
represents the faithful church.
00:26:13.69\00:26:16.77
It represents
the faithful church.
00:26:17.30\00:26:19.65
Now how do we know
that the woman represents
00:26:20.17\00:26:22.46
the saints, or
the faithful church?
00:26:22.60\00:26:24.62
Usually what we do is we
use, say, Ephesians chapter 5
00:26:24.83\00:26:28.69
where it says,
"Husbands love your wives
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.33
as Christ loved the church."
00:26:30.36\00:26:31.52
And we say, "Well,
see, as the husband,
00:26:31.72\00:26:34.89
the relationship
between the husband and the wife
00:26:35.11\00:26:37.12
is illustrative of
the relationship between
00:26:37.15\00:26:39.32
Christ and His church.
00:26:39.35\00:26:40.38
Christ, the husband;
the church, the wife.
00:26:40.41\00:26:42.48
Just like you have the literal
husband and his literal wife.
00:26:42.61\00:26:45.17
And so we say, "See, here the
woman represents the church."
00:26:45.49\00:26:49.21
But we don't really need to go
outside of Daniel and Revelation
00:26:49.95\00:26:52.85
to discover what
the woman represents.
00:26:52.95\00:26:55.24
Let's compare two verses.
00:26:55.27\00:26:56.64
Daniel chapter 7 verse 25,
00:26:56.83\00:26:58.92
and then let's go to
Revelation 12 verse 14.
00:26:58.95\00:27:01.74
Daniel 7:25 and
Revelation 12 verse 14.
00:27:01.89\00:27:05.10
Daniel 7:25 is
speaking of the little horn.
00:27:05.48\00:27:07.79
Which represents what power?
00:27:07.82\00:27:09.49
It represents the
Roman Catholic Papacy.
00:27:10.28\00:27:12.43
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:27:12.82\00:27:15.52
shall persecute the
saints of the Most High..."
00:27:15.95\00:27:18.77
Remember that expression,
00:27:18.80\00:27:19.83
"...he shall persecute
the saints of the Most High,
00:27:19.86\00:27:22.66
shall intend to
change times and laws."
00:27:23.39\00:27:25.43
And then it tells us
how long the saints will
00:27:25.46\00:27:27.20
be under his power.
00:27:27.23\00:27:28.27
"The saints shall
be given into his hand
00:27:28.30\00:27:30.97
for a time,
times, and half a time."
00:27:31.00\00:27:33.36
So what I want you to remember
is, you have a little horn,
00:27:33.39\00:27:35.70
the little horn persecutes
the saints of the Most High,
00:27:36.42\00:27:39.96
and he does it for time,
times, and the dividing of time.
00:27:40.16\00:27:44.08
Now let's go to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 14.
00:27:44.62\00:27:48.83
And we'll read verses
I think it's 13 and 14.
00:27:48.93\00:27:51.37
Revelation chapter 12.
00:27:51.40\00:27:52.88
Notice it says, "Now when
the dragon saw that he had been
00:27:53.29\00:27:58.92
cast to the earth, he
persecuted the woman."
00:27:58.95\00:28:02.34
Hmmm.
00:28:03.52\00:28:04.55
Who did the
little horn persecute?
00:28:05.03\00:28:06.96
The saints.
00:28:08.70\00:28:09.78
So who does the
dragon persecute?
00:28:09.81\00:28:11.74
The woman. So who's the woman?
00:28:12.41\00:28:13.96
The saints.
00:28:14.72\00:28:15.75
You say, "But how do you know
this is the same time period?"
00:28:16.74\00:28:18.63
Well let's continue reading.
00:28:18.81\00:28:20.12
"Now when the dragon saw that
he had been cast to the earth,
00:28:20.68\00:28:22.96
he persecuted the woman who
gave birth to the male child.
00:28:22.99\00:28:25.41
But the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle
00:28:25.72\00:28:28.15
that she might fly into
the wilderness to her place
00:28:28.18\00:28:30.61
where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time
00:28:30.64\00:28:34.38
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:28:34.41\00:28:35.91
Same time period as Daniel 7:25?
00:28:36.70\00:28:38.92
Yes, but if you
notice, in Daniel 7:25
00:28:39.27\00:28:42.96
it is the little horn
that persecutes the saints.
00:28:42.99\00:28:45.49
In Revelation 12, it is
the dragon that persecutes
00:28:45.84\00:28:48.65
the woman.
00:28:48.68\00:28:49.71
So the woman is
equal to the saints.
00:28:49.89\00:28:53.01
And incidentally,
when you connect the two,
00:28:53.42\00:28:55.11
there's a very important truth.
00:28:55.14\00:28:56.49
And that is, that the
little horn is the emissary
00:28:56.59\00:29:00.33
of the dragon.
00:29:00.36\00:29:01.67
It is really the dragon
who's persecuting the saints.
00:29:02.21\00:29:05.21
Because Daniel 7
speaks of the earthly power,
00:29:05.81\00:29:08.03
Revelation 12
speaks of the power behind
00:29:08.49\00:29:10.64
the earthly power.
00:29:10.67\00:29:11.88
Are you following me or not?
00:29:11.91\00:29:13.06
Now, so do Daniel
and Revelation interpret
00:29:13.78\00:29:17.49
what is meant by the woman?
00:29:17.52\00:29:18.80
Yeah, the woman are the
saints of the Most High.
00:29:18.83\00:29:21.63
The woman represents
Christ's faithful church.
00:29:21.66\00:29:25.12
But now the question comes
up, in Revelation 12 verse 1,
00:29:25.15\00:29:28.26
this woman who has a
crown of twelve stars
00:29:28.53\00:29:30.54
when John see her in
Revelation 12 verse 1,
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.19
is this the Old Testament church
00:29:33.39\00:29:34.96
or is this the
New Testament church?
00:29:34.99\00:29:36.80
It's the Old Testament
church when John see her
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.62
in Revelation 12 verse 1.
00:29:40.65\00:29:42.00
I'm not talking
about later in the chapter.
00:29:42.03\00:29:43.85
But in Revelation 12
verse 1, it represents
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.52
the Old Testament church.
00:29:46.55\00:29:47.58
Because the child
hasn't been born yet.
00:29:47.61\00:29:49.49
You can't have a New Testament
church before the child is born.
00:29:50.07\00:29:52.80
Because the child is Jesus.
00:29:52.83\00:29:54.36
Are you with me or not?
00:29:54.58\00:29:55.62
And so you have the
Old Testament church
00:29:55.94\00:29:58.31
who is crying out
in anguish because
00:29:58.34\00:30:00.22
she wants the
Deliverer to be born.
00:30:00.25\00:30:02.61
The Old Testament church longing
for the coming of the Messiah.
00:30:03.77\00:30:07.20
And then, of course,
later on the woman represents
00:30:08.92\00:30:12.16
the New Testament church.
00:30:12.19\00:30:13.45
By the way, it's just an
extension of the same church,
00:30:13.94\00:30:16.15
because it's the same woman.
00:30:16.18\00:30:17.44
Right?
00:30:17.47\00:30:18.50
Because she flees to the
wilderness for 1260 years.
00:30:18.53\00:30:22.37
Which means that's
after the child is born.
00:30:22.40\00:30:25.14
And so the woman represents
both the Old Testament church
00:30:25.17\00:30:28.12
and the New Testament church.
00:30:28.15\00:30:30.51
Now, what is represented
by the fact that this woman
00:30:30.97\00:30:34.38
has twelve stars on her crown.
00:30:34.41\00:30:35.92
Does she have
twelve stars on her crown
00:30:35.95\00:30:37.91
during the Old Testament period?
00:30:37.94\00:30:39.35
Before the child is born? Yes.
00:30:40.21\00:30:41.93
Does she still have
the crown with twelve stars
00:30:41.96\00:30:43.92
after the child is born?
00:30:43.95\00:30:45.46
Yes, so she has twelve
stars before and after.
00:30:45.59\00:30:48.17
Now the question
is, what is represented
00:30:48.20\00:30:50.63
by the twelve stars?
00:30:50.66\00:30:52.18
Well, let's see
what it represents.
00:30:52.79\00:30:57.15
Go with me to
Genesis 37 verses 9 and 10.
00:30:57.65\00:31:00.61
We're going forward a
little bit in the material.
00:31:00.64\00:31:02.51
Genesis 37 verses 9 and 10.
00:31:02.54\00:31:04.79
The top of the next page.
00:31:04.82\00:31:06.31
This is a dream that Joseph had.
00:31:06.98\00:31:09.45
Remember that
Joseph was a dreamer?
00:31:09.48\00:31:11.48
Joseph had a dream.
00:31:12.40\00:31:13.78
And in that dream he
saw sun, moon, and stars.
00:31:14.29\00:31:18.77
Does that ring a bell?
00:31:18.80\00:31:20.00
That's what you find
in Revelation 12 verse 1.
00:31:21.09\00:31:23.28
See, you have to apply
the sola scriptura principle.
00:31:23.31\00:31:27.40
So it says there
in Genesis 37 verse 9,
00:31:27.59\00:31:30.47
"Then he," that is Joseph,
"dreamed still another dream
00:31:30.57\00:31:34.01
and told it to his
brothers, and said,
00:31:34.04\00:31:36.18
'Look, I have
dreamed another dream.
00:31:36.21\00:31:38.68
And this time the sun,
the moon, and the eleven stars
00:31:39.00\00:31:43.43
bowed down to me.'"
00:31:43.46\00:31:45.68
And you say, "It
doesn't say twelve stars there.
00:31:46.48\00:31:48.20
It says eleven stars."
00:31:48.23\00:31:49.48
Let me ask you, who
was star number twelve?
00:31:49.51\00:31:51.48
Joseph.
00:31:51.68\00:31:52.71
Joseph.
00:31:53.42\00:31:54.45
So what do the
twelve stars represent?
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.41
They represent
the sons of Jacob.
00:31:56.87\00:31:59.24
So let's finish reading.
00:32:00.38\00:32:01.61
It becomes clear in verse 10.
00:32:01.64\00:32:03.47
"So he told it to his
father and his brothers.
00:32:03.50\00:32:06.10
And his father
rebuked him and said to him,
00:32:06.57\00:32:08.92
'What is this dream
that you have dreamed?
00:32:08.95\00:32:11.11
Shall your mother
and I and your brothers
00:32:11.21\00:32:15.04
indeed come to bow down
to the earth before you?'"
00:32:15.07\00:32:19.27
So the twelve stars represent
the twelve sons of Jacob.
00:32:20.70\00:32:23.33
But the interesting thing is,
that the twelve sons of Jacob
00:32:23.36\00:32:26.65
then multiplied and
became a great nation.
00:32:26.68\00:32:30.20
The twelve tribes.
00:32:30.23\00:32:31.83
Let's read
Genesis 49 and verse 28.
00:32:32.41\00:32:34.87
Genesis 49 and verse 28.
00:32:34.90\00:32:37.03
Here you have the
twelve founders multiplying
00:32:37.30\00:32:40.80
into a great nation.
00:32:40.83\00:32:42.10
It says there
in Genesis 49:28...
00:32:42.48\00:32:44.94
And incidentally, the context
of this is that Jacob has
00:32:44.97\00:32:48.13
called all of his sons
before him, he's about to die.
00:32:48.16\00:32:50.93
And he's going to give
the characteristics of each
00:32:51.03\00:32:53.61
of his sons, the
character manifestation of
00:32:53.64\00:32:56.20
each of his sons in the future.
00:32:56.23\00:32:58.11
And I want you to notice
that after mentioning all of his
00:32:58.58\00:33:02.12
twelve sons and
their characteristics,
00:33:02.15\00:33:04.00
we have this summary statement.
00:33:04.03\00:33:05.63
"All these are the
twelve tribes of Israel,
00:33:05.93\00:33:10.35
and this is what
their father spoke to them.
00:33:10.91\00:33:13.44
And he blessed them,
and he blessed each one
00:33:13.47\00:33:16.49
according to his own blessing."
00:33:16.52\00:33:18.99
And so, the twelve
stars, with regards to the
00:33:20.12\00:33:24.75
Old Testament church,
represent the twelve founders
00:33:24.78\00:33:29.06
of God's godly
nation in the Old Testament.
00:33:29.09\00:33:32.81
Twelve
individuals that then multiply
00:33:32.84\00:33:36.38
and become a great nation.
00:33:36.41\00:33:38.49
Now let's go to
the New Testament.
00:33:39.06\00:33:41.28
How many apostles
did Jesus appoint?
00:33:41.65\00:33:44.56
Jesus appointed twelve apostles.
00:33:45.81\00:33:49.01
Notice I didn't say
He chose twelve apostles.
00:33:49.21\00:33:51.96
Because Judas
offered his services.
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.68
But Jesus appointed twelve.
00:33:55.01\00:33:57.11
Why would Jesus appoint twelve?
00:33:57.14\00:33:59.22
Do you think Jesus
said, "Now let Me think.
00:33:59.25\00:34:01.14
Uh, what number can I choose?
00:34:01.17\00:34:02.90
Seven; perfection? No,
no, I don't like that one.
00:34:02.93\00:34:06.10
Uh, four; universality? No.
00:34:06.29\00:34:08.68
Um, definitely not six.
00:34:08.92\00:34:11.62
Um, three for the Godhead?
00:34:12.04\00:34:14.98
I think I'll choose twelve."
00:34:15.18\00:34:16.57
Is that the way that He decided?
00:34:16.60\00:34:18.35
No, No. He's
purposely choosing twelve.
00:34:18.72\00:34:22.05
Because they are going
to be the founders of the
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.93
New Testament church.
00:34:24.96\00:34:26.47
Go with me to Mark
chapter 3 verses 14 through 19.
00:34:27.06\00:34:30.61
Mark chapter 3
verses 14 through 19.
00:34:30.98\00:34:33.86
Very important.
00:34:33.89\00:34:35.06
It says here,
"Then He appointed twelve
00:34:35.09\00:34:38.48
that they might be with
Him, and that He might send them
00:34:38.78\00:34:42.88
out to preach, and to
have power to heal sicknesses,
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.98
and to cast out demons."
00:34:46.01\00:34:47.71
And then notice, they're listed.
00:34:47.96\00:34:49.70
"Simon, to whom He
gave the name Peter;
00:34:49.73\00:34:52.57
James the son of Zebedee
and John the brother of James,
00:34:52.75\00:34:56.01
to whom He gave the
name, Boanerges, that is,
00:34:56.04\00:34:59.05
sons of thunder."
00:34:59.08\00:35:00.37
They must have
had a violent temper.
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.24
"Andrew, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas,
00:35:05.08\00:35:10.44
James the son of
Alphaeus, Thaddaeus,
00:35:10.71\00:35:13.90
Simon the Canaanite,
00:35:14.10\00:35:15.69
and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him."
00:35:15.80\00:35:20.13
How many apostles?
00:35:21.30\00:35:22.64
Twelve.
00:35:23.15\00:35:24.18
Did the twelve
apostles become the foundations
00:35:25.24\00:35:27.50
of the Christian church?
00:35:27.53\00:35:28.88
Did they go out and
preach, and then multiply
00:35:29.93\00:35:32.10
and become a great nation?
00:35:32.13\00:35:33.48
Twelve spiritual
tribes, so to speak.
00:35:33.87\00:35:36.22
Because we're dealing
with spiritual Israel now.
00:35:36.81\00:35:39.06
Twelve spiritual tribes
now multiplied from the twelve
00:35:39.49\00:35:42.98
individual founders.
00:35:43.01\00:35:44.86
Now you say, "Pastor Bohr, are
you on the right track here?"
00:35:45.21\00:35:47.79
Well, let's see what
the prophet had to say.
00:35:49.16\00:35:51.16
Go with me to, Acts
Of The Apostles, page 19.
00:35:52.06\00:35:54.71
Listen carefully.
00:35:54.74\00:35:55.86
"As in the Old
Testament the twelve patriarchs
00:35:56.83\00:36:00.81
stood as representatives of
Israel, so the twelve apostles
00:36:00.84\00:36:06.21
stood as
representatives of..." What?
00:36:06.24\00:36:09.80
"...representatives
of the gospel church."
00:36:09.83\00:36:13.14
See, there it is clear.
00:36:13.95\00:36:15.13
So what is
represented by the number 12?
00:36:15.55\00:36:18.37
The number 12 is the
number of God's people.
00:36:18.64\00:36:22.01
It's the number of God's church.
00:36:22.04\00:36:24.08
Twelve individual
founders, twelve persons,
00:36:24.39\00:36:28.69
then multiply and become
the Old Testament church;
00:36:28.80\00:36:32.52
a great nation.
00:36:32.55\00:36:33.67
And then the twelve
founders in the New Testament
00:36:33.70\00:36:36.51
multiply through their
preaching and they form a large
00:36:36.72\00:36:41.04
nation, or New Testament church,
which is a continuation of
00:36:41.07\00:36:44.88
God's plan for the
Old Testament church.
00:36:44.91\00:36:47.83
So the number 12 is
the number that is used
00:36:47.94\00:36:51.14
in connection with the church.
00:36:51.24\00:36:53.17
There had to be
twelve, because the number 12
00:36:53.45\00:36:57.83
is the number of God's church.
00:36:57.86\00:37:00.05
If there were twelve
founders in the Old Testament,
00:37:00.30\00:37:02.72
there had to be
twelve founders in the New,
00:37:02.92\00:37:05.08
because the New Testament
church is a continuation
00:37:05.11\00:37:08.24
of the legacy of the
Old Testament church.
00:37:08.76\00:37:11.86
Now you'll notice, this is
at the top of the next page
00:37:12.50\00:37:15.52
where it says, "Only One Woman."
00:37:15.55\00:37:17.04
It is important to remember
that there is only one woman
00:37:17.49\00:37:21.20
before Jesus was born.
00:37:21.23\00:37:22.72
Right?
00:37:23.35\00:37:24.39
When Jesus was born,
when the church was persecuted
00:37:24.95\00:37:29.48
for 1260 years, and when
the final remnant is persecuted;
00:37:29.51\00:37:33.14
is it only one woman
during all those stages?
00:37:33.17\00:37:35.39
Yes.
00:37:35.75\00:37:36.78
God has only one true church.
00:37:36.81\00:37:39.16
He does not have
two separable peoples
00:37:39.26\00:37:41.20
with two different plans.
00:37:41.23\00:37:42.86
That's contrary to
Daniel and Revelation.
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.42
There is no such thing as
one plan for literal Israel
00:37:45.60\00:37:48.40
and another for
the Christian church.
00:37:48.50\00:37:50.26
They form an indivisible unity.
00:37:50.29\00:37:52.67
Dispensationalists are
totally wrong when they say that
00:37:53.54\00:37:57.39
God has two
mutually separable peoples;
00:37:57.42\00:37:59.94
literal Israel and
the Christian church.
00:38:00.33\00:38:02.68
Revelation 12 tells us
that there is only one Messiah,
00:38:03.04\00:38:07.02
and there is only one
people of the Messiah,
00:38:07.05\00:38:09.41
and there is only one
dragon who is active in all of
00:38:09.44\00:38:12.36
the stages against the Messiah
and the people of the Messiah.
00:38:12.39\00:38:16.27
And now we need to
ask the question...
00:38:17.50\00:38:18.87
We know now why
it had to be twelve.
00:38:18.90\00:38:20.64
You understand why
it had to be twelve?
00:38:20.67\00:38:22.28
The significance of
this symbolic number?
00:38:22.31\00:38:24.39
But now we need to
return to our original question.
00:38:24.59\00:38:27.14
Why before the day of Pentecost?
00:38:27.37\00:38:29.50
Okay, they
needed to have twelve.
00:38:29.60\00:38:31.24
Fine, that's alright.
00:38:31.27\00:38:32.53
But why did they need
to elect a successor before
00:38:32.56\00:38:35.93
the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost?
00:38:35.96\00:38:38.70
The answer is found in
what was taking place with Jesus
00:38:38.96\00:38:43.79
in heaven during the
ten days that the disciples
00:38:43.82\00:38:46.84
were in the upper room.
00:38:46.87\00:38:48.03
Now we're going to take a peak
into the heavenly throne room.
00:38:48.47\00:38:51.01
And we're going to find out
that something was happening
00:38:51.71\00:38:54.02
during those
ten days with Jesus.
00:38:54.05\00:38:56.17
You say, "What was happening
during those ten days?"
00:38:57.90\00:39:00.43
Well, we need to go
to Leviticus chapter 8.
00:39:00.94\00:39:04.33
Leviticus chapter 8
and verses 6 through 12.
00:39:04.64\00:39:08.47
Three things happened.
00:39:09.04\00:39:10.68
And I want you to
notice what the three things
00:39:11.05\00:39:13.03
that took place...
00:39:13.28\00:39:14.89
I want you to notice the
three things that took place
00:39:15.56\00:39:17.82
here in Leviticus
chapter 8 verses 6 through 12.
00:39:17.92\00:39:21.40
Now Leviticus 8 has the type.
00:39:21.43\00:39:24.09
It has the Old Testament
scenario, the Old Testament
00:39:25.04\00:39:27.73
picture, that is fulfilled
during those ten days by Jesus.
00:39:27.76\00:39:31.71
In other words, we're
going to study now the type,
00:39:31.91\00:39:33.85
or the shadow.
00:39:33.88\00:39:35.16
But if we understand the shadow,
we're going to understand
00:39:35.54\00:39:38.78
what it represents in the future
on a broader and larger scale.
00:39:39.05\00:39:43.02
What happened in the
little tent in the wilderness
00:39:43.05\00:39:45.42
is going to happen
with the heavenly Sanctuary,
00:39:45.65\00:39:48.61
which is huge.
00:39:48.64\00:39:50.01
You know the earthly
Sanctuary was made to scale.
00:39:50.43\00:39:53.35
We don't know how large
the heavenly Sanctuary is.
00:39:53.38\00:39:56.32
It's huge.
00:39:56.35\00:39:57.41
It fits millions
and millions of angels,
00:39:57.44\00:39:59.91
so it has to be a huge place.
00:39:59.94\00:40:02.02
But we have the small
scale model that we're
00:40:03.58\00:40:05.53
going to look at now.
00:40:05.56\00:40:06.59
And then we are going to look at
what it represents symbolically.
00:40:06.62\00:40:10.43
So let's go to
Leviticus 8 verses 6 through 12.
00:40:10.46\00:40:13.33
"Then Moses..."
00:40:13.92\00:40:14.95
This is before the
Sanctuary in the wilderness
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.54
began its services.
00:40:17.57\00:40:18.70
This is before the inauguration.
00:40:18.73\00:40:20.59
This is the
inauguration service.
00:40:20.62\00:40:22.41
It says, "Then Moses
brought Aaron and his sons,
00:40:22.99\00:40:25.52
and washed them with water."
00:40:25.55\00:40:26.96
And now he's going to do
something very interesting
00:40:28.15\00:40:30.21
with Aaron.
00:40:30.24\00:40:31.71
"And he put the tunic on
him, girded him with the sash,
00:40:32.73\00:40:37.55
clothed him with the
robe, and put the ephod on him.
00:40:38.17\00:40:42.53
And he girded him with
the intricately woven band
00:40:43.15\00:40:46.02
of the ephod, and with
it tied the ephod on him.
00:40:46.05\00:40:50.10
Then he put the
breastplate on him.
00:40:50.64\00:40:52.86
And he put the Urim and
the Thummim in the breastplate.
00:40:53.26\00:40:56.83
And he put the
turban on his head.
00:40:57.39\00:41:00.06
Also on the turban, on its
front, he put the golden plate,
00:41:00.45\00:41:04.49
the holy crown; as the
Lord had commanded Moses.
00:41:04.52\00:41:08.17
Also Moses took
the anointing oil..."
00:41:08.61\00:41:11.12
Now notice there's a
second function that's
00:41:11.44\00:41:13.38
going to take place here, right?
00:41:13.41\00:41:15.13
What was the first function?
00:41:15.23\00:41:16.77
Moses clothed Aaron as the what?
00:41:17.16\00:41:22.73
The high priest.
00:41:23.06\00:41:25.34
The first task before the
Sanctuary services could begin,
00:41:25.98\00:41:29.44
in the tent, Aaron had to
be clothed as the high priest.
00:41:29.75\00:41:35.65
But then something
else happens. Verse 10.
00:41:36.01\00:41:37.86
"And Moses took the anointing
oil and anointed the tabernacle,
00:41:38.19\00:41:42.26
and all that was in
it, and consecrated them."
00:41:42.29\00:41:45.42
Did he anoint the
entire tabernacle?
00:41:45.45\00:41:47.83
Yes. Why?
00:41:48.08\00:41:49.11
It had to be set
apart because Aaron was
00:41:49.14\00:41:51.74
going to serve in there.
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.17
Not only did Aaron
have to be set apart,
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.86
the Sanctuary had to be
sanctified or set apart.
00:41:55.89\00:41:59.46
And so it says in verse
11, "He sprinkled some of it
00:41:59.94\00:42:02.32
on the altar seven
times, anointed the altar
00:42:02.35\00:42:05.12
and all its utensils,
and the laver and its base,
00:42:05.15\00:42:07.82
to consecrate them."
00:42:07.85\00:42:09.07
And now notice
the third function.
00:42:09.57\00:42:11.69
"And he poured some of the
anointing oil on Aaron's head,
00:42:11.80\00:42:18.00
and anointed him,
to consecrate him."
00:42:18.03\00:42:21.16
Three things.
00:42:21.70\00:42:22.75
Number one,
clothe the high priest.
00:42:22.78\00:42:25.19
Number two, anoint
the Sanctuary where the
00:42:25.22\00:42:27.79
high priest was going to serve.
00:42:27.82\00:42:29.33
And number three, anoint
the high priest with oil.
00:42:29.36\00:42:33.32
Now you say, what
does this symbolize?
00:42:34.67\00:42:38.09
Well let's go to Psalm 133.
00:42:38.45\00:42:41.61
It's a very short psalm.
00:42:41.64\00:42:43.05
Psalm 133.
00:42:43.83\00:42:45.67
And let's notice
something very interesting here.
00:42:46.05\00:42:48.86
This is what I
call, a Pentecostal psalm.
00:42:50.22\00:42:53.19
Not because it
belongs to the Pentecostals,
00:42:53.96\00:42:55.92
but because it has
to do with Pentecost.
00:42:55.95\00:42:59.00
And immediately
you're going to see.
00:42:59.38\00:43:00.77
When we read the first
verse, another verse is
00:43:01.22\00:43:03.78
going to come to
mind immediately.
00:43:03.81\00:43:05.39
"Behold, how good and how
pleasant it is for brethren
00:43:05.73\00:43:09.43
to dwell together in unity."
00:43:09.46\00:43:11.29
What verse comes to mind?
00:43:11.94\00:43:13.27
Is there any verse
that comes to mind?
00:43:14.94\00:43:16.35
When the day of
Pentecost had fully come,
00:43:17.23\00:43:19.72
they were all in one accord.
00:43:20.48\00:43:23.87
Brethren meeting together
or dwelling together in what?
00:43:24.50\00:43:29.98
In unity.
00:43:30.24\00:43:31.28
Now notice verse two.
00:43:31.31\00:43:32.47
"It is like the
precious oil upon the head..."
00:43:32.76\00:43:37.63
And I want you to notice,
this is not just a little
00:43:37.66\00:43:39.30
trickling of oil like
when we anoint sick people.
00:43:39.33\00:43:41.72
"...the precious oil upon the
head, running down the beard,
00:43:43.87\00:43:48.03
the beard of Aaron."
00:43:48.73\00:43:49.78
Ah, now we know
that this is reminiscent
00:43:49.81\00:43:51.54
of Leviticus 8, don't we.
00:43:51.57\00:43:53.05
"...the beard of
Aaron, running down on the
00:43:53.42\00:43:56.17
edge of his garments."
00:43:56.20\00:43:57.23
Wow, this is a lot of oil
to have it run down your face,
00:43:57.26\00:44:01.59
down your beard,
onto your garments.
00:44:01.62\00:44:03.84
Even to the bottom of
the border of the garments.
00:44:03.87\00:44:05.92
This is an abundance of oil.
00:44:05.95\00:44:07.67
And so it says,
"...running down on the beard,
00:44:08.20\00:44:10.22
the beard of Aaron, running down
on the edge of his garments."
00:44:10.25\00:44:13.31
And it not only runs down
onto the edge of his garments,
00:44:13.68\00:44:16.80
but it says, "It is
like the dew of Hermon
00:44:16.83\00:44:19.31
descending upon
the mountains of Zion.
00:44:19.34\00:44:22.52
For there the Lord
commanded the blessing,
00:44:22.55\00:44:24.33
life forever more."
00:44:24.36\00:44:25.39
Let me ask you, who was gathered
on the mountains of Zion?
00:44:25.42\00:44:28.28
The twelve
apostles in the upper room.
00:44:30.06\00:44:32.10
And so you have this picture of
the oil being poured on the head
00:44:34.19\00:44:38.07
going down the beard, going down
to the border of the garments.
00:44:38.54\00:44:42.84
And it's so abundant
that some of the trickle
00:44:42.87\00:44:45.51
falls on the mountains
of Zion, where the apostles
00:44:45.54\00:44:48.23
are gathered together in unity.
00:44:48.26\00:44:50.59
What am I saying, folks?
00:44:53.04\00:44:54.29
What I'm simply saying
is that the Holy Spirit
00:44:54.82\00:44:57.50
that fell on earth was
just a little trickling of the
00:44:57.53\00:45:01.32
gift that Jesus had received
from His Father in heaven.
00:45:01.35\00:45:04.35
During those ten days, God
the Father was clothing Jesus
00:45:04.90\00:45:09.89
as the High Priest.
00:45:09.92\00:45:11.36
Piece by piece, God
the Father clothed Jesus
00:45:11.97\00:45:15.77
as the High Priest to serve as
the High Priest of His people.
00:45:15.80\00:45:19.17
Not only was Jesus
clothed, but then the Sanctuary
00:45:19.80\00:45:24.55
was set apart, or was
sanctified, because that
00:45:24.58\00:45:27.93
is where Jesus was going
to serve as the High Priest.
00:45:27.96\00:45:32.20
And then Jesus
received from His Father...
00:45:32.44\00:45:35.06
You can read it
in Acts 2 verse 33.
00:45:35.09\00:45:37.08
He received the promise
of the Spirit of His Father.
00:45:37.11\00:45:40.13
And it was so abundant that it
dripped down into the upper room
00:45:40.16\00:45:45.47
where the disciples
were gathered together
00:45:45.50\00:45:47.34
on the day of Pentecost.
00:45:47.37\00:45:48.92
So where was the
significant event?
00:45:51.06\00:45:53.51
The significant event
was not on earth at all.
00:45:54.52\00:45:57.25
The earthly event
was an announcement
00:45:58.12\00:46:00.56
that Jesus, the
sacrifice of Jesus, had been
00:46:01.06\00:46:04.15
accepted by the Father.
00:46:04.18\00:46:05.80
He had presented
Himself before His Father.
00:46:06.12\00:46:08.27
And He said, "Father, is
My sacrifice sufficient?"
00:46:08.30\00:46:11.35
Jesus says, "Yes,
it is sufficient."
00:46:11.38\00:46:13.50
And so now, the Holy
Spirit, the Father gives Jesus
00:46:13.60\00:46:16.70
the promise of the Holy Spirit
to pour out upon His disciples
00:46:16.73\00:46:20.52
so that they would
have the power to proclaim
00:46:20.55\00:46:22.90
what Jesus had done and
what He was willing to do
00:46:23.00\00:46:26.10
for each individual
that comes to Him in faith.
00:46:26.13\00:46:28.61
Wow.
00:46:29.82\00:46:30.87
So is Jesus the High Priest?
00:46:31.25\00:46:33.08
Notice what it says in Hebrews
chapter 8 verses 1 and 2.
00:46:34.24\00:46:37.61
"Now this is the main point
of the things we are saying:
00:46:37.89\00:46:40.51
We have such a High Priest
who is seated at the right hand
00:46:40.61\00:46:45.62
of the throne of the
majesty in the heavens;
00:46:45.65\00:46:47.88
a minister of the Sanctuary
and of the true tabernacle,
00:46:47.91\00:46:51.84
which the Lord
erected and not man."
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.52
You see, that little
tabernacle in the wilderness
00:46:53.55\00:46:55.60
was only a little scale
model of what Jesus went to do
00:46:55.63\00:47:00.09
in heaven in the Holy Place.
00:47:00.12\00:47:02.12
Of course, we still
haven't answered the question,
00:47:02.74\00:47:04.61
why did they have to
elect a successor before
00:47:05.79\00:47:08.51
the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit?
00:47:08.54\00:47:10.25
Now we're ready for the answer.
00:47:10.81\00:47:12.31
And we're going to
have reason number five,
00:47:12.67\00:47:14.55
why it could not
be Saul of Tarsus.
00:47:14.58\00:47:16.66
One of the pieces of clothing
that the high priest wore,
00:47:17.18\00:47:22.74
and which undoubtedly
Jesus wears in heaven
00:47:22.77\00:47:25.67
because He is
clothed as the High Priest,
00:47:25.70\00:47:28.15
was what is
called, the breastplate.
00:47:28.50\00:47:31.41
Now let's read in
Exodus chapter 28 verse 21,
00:47:32.40\00:47:35.79
and then we'll jump
to verses 29 and 30,
00:47:35.82\00:47:39.79
about the breastplate.
00:47:40.12\00:47:42.19
It covered the
heart of the high priest.
00:47:42.22\00:47:45.15
It says there in
Exodus 28 verse 21,
00:47:45.96\00:47:48.43
"And the stones shall have the
names of the sons of Israel."
00:47:48.89\00:47:54.96
So what did the stones
have, the twelve stones?
00:47:55.93\00:47:58.65
They had the names
of the sons of Israel;
00:47:59.58\00:48:01.69
the founders of the
Old Testament church.
00:48:01.72\00:48:04.21
"Twelve,
according to their names,
00:48:04.49\00:48:06.73
like the engravings of a signet;
each one with its own name.
00:48:06.76\00:48:11.64
They shall be
according to the twelve tribes."
00:48:11.67\00:48:14.08
Do you notice that it goes
from the names of individuals
00:48:14.11\00:48:17.16
to the tribes?
00:48:17.19\00:48:18.35
In other words, in the
individuals is represented
00:48:18.71\00:48:21.05
the entire people.
00:48:21.08\00:48:22.64
And then notice
verses 29 and 30.
00:48:23.81\00:48:26.54
"So Aaron..." Listen to this.
00:48:26.75\00:48:28.39
"So Aaron shall bear the
names of the sons of Israel
00:48:28.42\00:48:32.12
on the
breastplate of judgment..."
00:48:32.90\00:48:34.45
Notice, it's called the
breastplate of judgment.
00:48:34.48\00:48:36.06
That's significant.
00:48:36.09\00:48:37.12
"...over his heart when
he goes into the Holy Place
00:48:37.36\00:48:41.40
as a memorial before
the Lord continually.
00:48:41.60\00:48:44.58
And you shall put in
the breastplate of judgment
00:48:44.89\00:48:48.43
the Urim and Thummim.
00:48:48.46\00:48:50.08
And they shall be
over Aaron's heart when he
00:48:50.11\00:48:52.92
goes in before the Lord."
00:48:52.95\00:48:54.17
Now here comes
an important point.
00:48:54.20\00:48:56.82
"So Aaron shall bear
the judgment of the children
00:48:56.85\00:49:00.83
of Israel over his heart
before the Lord continually."
00:49:00.86\00:49:04.94
What does Aaron
bear on his heart?
00:49:05.50\00:49:07.29
The judgment of
the children of Israel.
00:49:07.39\00:49:10.06
Now what does that mean?
00:49:11.60\00:49:12.68
It means, folks, that
when we come to Jesus Christ
00:49:14.14\00:49:17.14
and claim what Jesus did for us,
we claim His life and His death
00:49:17.82\00:49:22.90
as our own.
00:49:22.93\00:49:23.98
The breastplate of judgment
says, "I bore the judgment
00:49:24.69\00:49:29.51
that you deserve."
00:49:29.54\00:49:30.92
Jesus bears the judgment
of His people upon His heart.
00:49:32.94\00:49:36.94
"If anyone sins,
we have..." What?
00:49:37.78\00:49:40.21
"...an advocate
with the Father."
00:49:40.24\00:49:42.26
When we repent of our
sins and we confess our sins,
00:49:42.29\00:49:44.77
and we come to Jesus and say,
"Jesus, I'm sorry I did this.
00:49:44.87\00:49:48.22
And I recognize I'm a sinner,
and I confess my sin to You.
00:49:48.32\00:49:51.86
But Jesus, You
bore the punishment,
00:49:51.89\00:49:55.51
You bore the
judgment that I deserve.
00:49:55.54\00:49:57.77
Please, Jesus, take
Your life and Your death
00:49:58.12\00:50:00.80
and place them to my account."
00:50:00.83\00:50:02.12
Then Jesus, with
His breastplate, says,
00:50:02.22\00:50:05.58
"I bear your judgment."
00:50:05.61\00:50:08.80
What an amazing truth we
find in the Most Holy Place.
00:50:09.77\00:50:14.27
Notice Isaiah 53 where we
find this idea of Jesus bearing
00:50:14.56\00:50:18.78
the judgment of His people.
00:50:18.81\00:50:19.94
The very same word, "bear,"
that is used here in Exodus 28.
00:50:19.97\00:50:25.12
It says in Isaiah
53 verses 4 and 5,
00:50:25.24\00:50:27.60
a Messianic prophecy,
"Surely he has..." What?
00:50:27.63\00:50:31.59
"...born..." That's
the same Hebrew word.
00:50:32.62\00:50:34.82
"He has born..."
00:50:35.02\00:50:36.19
Where did He bear it?
00:50:36.22\00:50:37.48
On His heart.
00:50:37.78\00:50:38.88
His heart exploded on
the cross, did it not?
00:50:38.91\00:50:41.58
When they, you know,
pierced His side with the spear,
00:50:42.96\00:50:47.46
blood and water came out.
00:50:47.90\00:50:49.05
Because they pierced His heart.
00:50:49.08\00:50:50.64
And so it says,
"Surely he has born our griefs
00:50:52.26\00:50:54.85
and carried our sorrows.
00:50:54.88\00:50:57.21
Yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted."
00:50:57.97\00:51:01.50
Did He bear our
judgment, yes or no?
00:51:01.61\00:51:03.50
He sure did.
00:51:03.53\00:51:04.62
"But he was wounded
for our transgressions,
00:51:04.87\00:51:07.26
he was bruised
for our iniquities.
00:51:07.29\00:51:10.10
The chastisement for
our peace was upon him.
00:51:10.46\00:51:13.38
And by his
stripes we are healed.
00:51:13.41\00:51:16.95
All we like
sheep have gone astray;
00:51:17.64\00:51:19.87
we have turned
every one to his own way.
00:51:20.72\00:51:22.86
And the Lord has laid on
him the iniquity of us all."
00:51:22.89\00:51:26.90
He bore our judgment.
00:51:26.93\00:51:28.35
And when He comes
before the Father, He says,
00:51:28.38\00:51:30.37
"Father, don't
look at Pastor Bohr.
00:51:30.40\00:51:32.09
Look at Me. Because
I bore his judgment."
00:51:32.12\00:51:35.30
Wow.
00:51:35.84\00:51:36.87
No reason to be depressed.
00:51:37.61\00:51:39.45
We have to be happy people.
00:51:40.58\00:51:42.29
No reason to feel
guilt if we have come and met
00:51:42.32\00:51:45.37
the conditions, and
we've come to Christ.
00:51:45.40\00:51:47.16
We can have peace with God.
00:51:47.19\00:51:48.84
There's no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus.
00:51:49.40\00:51:52.44
You know, as Adventists we
say, "Well, you know, I have to
00:51:52.57\00:51:54.79
wait until my name goes through
a process in the judgment."
00:51:54.82\00:51:58.89
And we're always scared,
you know, because our name
00:51:59.14\00:52:00.84
might appear
before the judgment.
00:52:00.87\00:52:02.22
Well, we wouldn't be
scared if we are in Christ.
00:52:02.29\00:52:05.52
If we constantly, through
the power of God, are repenting
00:52:06.20\00:52:09.27
of sin and confessing
our sin and recognizing our
00:52:09.30\00:52:12.38
need of Christ, we
wouldn't have any problems.
00:52:12.41\00:52:14.55
And you know,
there's some people who say,
00:52:14.58\00:52:16.12
like Desmond Ford, they
say, "Well, you know, believing
00:52:16.15\00:52:18.78
that Christ takes the sins
and puts them in the Sanctuary,
00:52:18.81\00:52:21.46
that takes away our
security of salvation.
00:52:21.49\00:52:23.97
Because, you know,
they're taken from us
00:52:24.74\00:52:26.64
and they're put in there."
00:52:26.67\00:52:27.70
But let me tell you something;
my greatest assurance of
00:52:27.73\00:52:29.76
salvation is to have
my sins in the Sanctuary,
00:52:29.79\00:52:32.90
and going in
there through the blood.
00:52:32.93\00:52:34.60
Because if they're
not there, they're here.
00:52:34.69\00:52:36.69
So you better make
sure you put them in there,
00:52:38.08\00:52:39.84
covered with the blood of Jesus.
00:52:39.87\00:52:41.37
Our greatest assurance is to
have our sins in the Sanctuary
00:52:41.50\00:52:45.03
covered by the blood of Jesus.
00:52:45.06\00:52:46.30
Because if they're
not there, they're here.
00:52:46.33\00:52:48.24
Now... Thank you, brother.
00:52:51.12\00:52:52.60
I was wondering when
you were going to warm up.
00:52:54.35\00:52:56.46
Now, let's finish this up.
00:52:58.31\00:53:02.82
How many stones did
the breastplate have?
00:53:04.03\00:53:05.93
It had twelve stones.
00:53:06.48\00:53:08.47
Representing the
twelve sons of Jacob.
00:53:09.75\00:53:13.94
But also the what?
00:53:13.97\00:53:15.24
The twelve apostles.
00:53:15.84\00:53:17.26
Remember the number twelve
of the crown of the woman?
00:53:17.70\00:53:20.01
The twelve apostles from
where a great nation grows.
00:53:20.15\00:53:24.66
Now, how many
apostles were there on earth
00:53:25.37\00:53:29.84
when the disciples
first met in the upper room?
00:53:30.61\00:53:33.02
Eleven.
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.25
But Jesus was going
to be clothed with what?
00:53:37.00\00:53:39.80
He was going to be
clothed with the breastplate
00:53:40.47\00:53:42.41
that had twelve stones.
00:53:42.44\00:53:43.93
So the question is,
how could Jesus be clothed
00:53:44.39\00:53:47.53
with the breastplate
that had twelve stones
00:53:47.68\00:53:50.28
if there were
only eleven apostles?
00:53:50.31\00:53:52.62
It was necessary first to
elect apostle number twelve.
00:53:53.59\00:53:59.00
And then Jesus
could wear the breastplate
00:53:59.33\00:54:02.36
with the twelve stones.
00:54:02.39\00:54:04.16
There is a reason for
everything in Scripture.
00:54:04.71\00:54:07.40
Every detail is important.
00:54:07.44\00:54:09.33
Nothing is wasted.
00:54:09.36\00:54:11.34
Nothing is a filler.
00:54:11.90\00:54:13.88
You know, every
little detail has some nuance
00:54:15.86\00:54:19.21
connected with Jesus Christ.
00:54:19.24\00:54:20.75
Is this Christ
centered what we've studied?
00:54:20.78\00:54:22.94
It all revolves
around Jesus, folks.
00:54:23.09\00:54:25.71
All of these
prophecies of the Old Testament.
00:54:25.74\00:54:27.74
Psalm 133, Leviticus chapter 8.
00:54:27.77\00:54:32.19
They find their fulfillment and
their beauty in Jesus Christ.
00:54:32.51\00:54:36.56
Without Jesus Christ,
they are totally meaningless.
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Now one final point.
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This is a beautiful thing.
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The New Jerusalem
is going to have people
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from the Old Testament church
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and from the New
Testament church all together...
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...in one city.
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Like you have one
woman, you have one city.
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You say, "How do you know that?"
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Go with me to the
book of Revelation.
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Revelation
chapter 21 and verse 12.
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And then we'll read
verse 14 as we close.
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Revelation
chapter 21 and verse 12.
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Speaking about the city, the
new, the holy city Jerusalem.
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It says, "Also she had
a great and high wall..."
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And then what does it say?
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"...with twelve gates,
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and twelve angels at the gates,
and names written on them;
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which are the names
of the twelve tribes
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of the children of Israel."
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So is the Old Testament
church represented in the city?
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Absolutely.
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They're represented where?
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They're represented on
the foundations of the walls.
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What about the
New Testament church?
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Let's go to verse 14.
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"Now the wall of the city..."
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By the way, previously it
was the gates, not the walls.
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But notice, Revelation
21 verse 14, "Now the wall
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of the city had twelve
foundations, and on them
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where the names of..." What?
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"...of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb."
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So the gates have
the names of the tribes,
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and the foundations have
the names of the apostles.
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So in one city you have all
of God's people represented.
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One city that gathers all
of God's people from all ages.
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The Old Testament church
and the New Testament church.
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God does not have
one plan for Israel
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and another plan for the church.
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He just had one plan,
and that one plan centers
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on Jesus Christ.
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In the Old Testament it
was Jesus Christ predicted,
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foreshadowed,
announced beforehand
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through symbols,
through ceremonies.
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In the New
Testament, those ceremonies
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find their
fulfillment and their meaning.
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And so do we have a message
for the Jews today particularly?
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They don't
understand their own religion.
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They're still
waiting for the Messiah.
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We have a message to say,
"Folks, He's already here.
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He already came.
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Receive Him, and
then you'll understand
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what your
religion is all about."
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So the Scriptures are
centered in Jesus Christ.
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Not only the New
Testament Scriptures,
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but the Old
Testament Scriptures as well.
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What an incredible
book the Holy Scripture is.
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May we enjoy studying it
and living it in our lives.
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