Well, welcome back.
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We need to finish our
study of biblical symbolism;
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how to interpret Bible
symbols in a proper way.
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So we want to go on now
to speak about time periods.
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And we're not going
to deal much with this,
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because we had a whole
principle that dealt with
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the year/day principle.
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Remember that?
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Time periods are also symbolic.
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That's all I'm
going to say about that.
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Because we dedicated
two classes to discuss
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this particular subject.
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Now the next point is
that things and objects
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are also symbolic.
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Things and
objects are also symbolic.
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Waters. What do
waters represent?
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Multitudes, nations,
tongues, and peoples.
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What kinds of peoples?
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People at enmity
with the people of God.
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What do eyes represent?
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Eyes represent
wisdom. Absolutely.
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And you have some references
there in Revelation 2 verse 18
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and Ephesians 1 verse 18.
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You have examples
of what eyes represent.
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And what animal do we
use to represent wisdom?
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An owl?
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Why do we use an
owl to represent wisdom?
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What is the predominant
characteristic of an owl?
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It's eyes.
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See, so we have a
remnant of that today.
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An owl has large eyes.
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And eyes represent wisdom.
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What does fire represent?
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Fire is a symbol
of the Holy Spirit.
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There are many
passages that deal with that.
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What does the sun represent?
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The sun is a
symbol of Jesus Christ.
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"The Sun of Righteousness shall
rise with healing in His wings."
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What does the
forehead represent?
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The forehead
represents your mind.
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Because your mind is behind
your forehead, your brain.
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So you can read
these text that are here.
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What do trees represent?
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Trees represent people.
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And maybe it might be a
good idea for us to read
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a couple of these
verses just for this point.
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Go with me to Psalm
1 and verses 1 to 3.
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Psalm 1 and verses 1 to 3.
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This is a passage that
is very, very well known.
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Some people might
have it memorized.
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It says, "Blessed is the
man who walks not in the counsel
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of the ungodly, nor
stands in the path of sinners,
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nor sits in the
seat of the scornful;
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but his delight is
in the law of the Lord,
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and in His law he
meditates day and night."
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And now comes the comparison,
now comes the symbol.
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"He shall be like..." What?
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"...like a tree..."
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The word,
"like," is the key here.
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You're dealing with symbolism.
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"He shall be like a tree..."
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In what sense
will he be like a tree?
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Is he going to have
branches and leaves?
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Well not literally, no.
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There's one particular aspect.
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It says, "He shall be
like a tree planted by
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the rivers of water..."
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What would the
rivers of water represent?
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In this sense,
rivers would represent
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the Holy Spirit, right?
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Fresh water.
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See, when it says that the
harlot sits on many waters,
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it's the waters
of the raging sea.
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But fresh waters
represent the Holy Spirit.
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Isn't that correct?
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So it says, "He shall
be like a tree planted by
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the rivers of water, that
brings forth its..." What?
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"...its fruit in its
season, whose leaf also
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shall not wither; and
whatever he does shall prosper."
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So in what sense is a tree
compared to a righteous person?
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In two points.
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Number one, where
does he get the strength
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to produce the fruit?
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From the water.
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And when he receives
the water, he bears what?
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He bears fruit.
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Those are the two
points of comparison.
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Now let's notice one
other example here of a tree.
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Jeremiah 17.
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Jeremiah chapter 17 and
verse 8 is another example.
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It says here, and let's
read verse 7 for the context,
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"Blessed is the man
who trusts in the Lord,
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and whose hope is the Lord.
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For he shall be like..." What?
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"...he shall be like a
tree," once again, "planted
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by the waters, which spreads
out its roots by the river,
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and will not
fear when heat comes;
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but its leaf will be green,
and will not be anxious in the
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year of drought, nor will
cease from yielding fruit."
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The same basic idea, right?
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So in Revelation when it
says that a third of the trees
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were destroyed, in
the trumpet series,
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you have to look for some
place on planet earth where
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at some point a third of
the trees were destroyed.
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Right?
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No.
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You have to look at a
place where a third of
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God's people were mowed down.
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And what if it
says, "Spare the trees?"
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Well, it means spare the people.
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Because trees are
symbolic of people.
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And by the way, it can
represent also a bad person.
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So it doesn't always
represent God's people.
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It represents God's people
sometimes, and other times
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it represents wicked people.
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Okay, now what
does oil represent?
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Oil represents the Holy Spirit.
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What does clothing represent?
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Clothing
represents righteousness.
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What does a sword represent?
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We covered this.
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It symbolizes God's
Word, and it also symbolizes
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the authority
of the civil power.
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What do horns represent?
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Kingdoms or
divisions of kingdoms.
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Stars represent what?
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Stars represent Christ.
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Or they can
represent God's people,
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or they can represent Lucifer,
depending on where they appear.
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And then on the next
page you have mountains.
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What do mountains represent?
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Mountains represent kingdoms.
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So in Revelation 17, this
beast that has seven heads
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and the seven heads
are seven mountains,
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what is represented by this?
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You don't even have to guess.
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Because in Revelation
17 it says the seven heads
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are seven mountains,
and they are seven kingdoms.
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So there you have the
heads, mountains, and kingdoms.
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So you have the
interpretation of what it means.
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Daniel 2, the
stone becomes a mountain.
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What does that mean?
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Well, it's God's kingdom
that fills the whole earth,
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and lasts forever.
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And so, whenever you find
mountains in symbolic prophecy,
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it represents kingdoms.
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And this is the reason
why the heads of the beast of
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Revelation 17 does
not represent seven popes.
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These days people are saying,
"Oh, you know, the seven heads
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are seven popes, and
then there's an eighth.
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And the eight is Francis I."
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Well the fact is that
mountains don't represent
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individual persons.
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Mountains represent kingdoms.
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And furthermore,
Revelation chapter 17
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clearly says that
number eight is of the seven.
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One of the seven.
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And Francis I is
not one of the seven.
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But anyway, some people take the
seven heads to be seven popes,
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and then an eighth
pope is the present pope.
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So basically they're saying
the last pope is this one.
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And then comes
the end of the world.
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That's pretty
close to setting a date.
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Okay, let's go
now to the next point.
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Colors are symbolic.
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What does white represent?
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Purity, light, righteousness.
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The robes that Adam and
Eve wore in the Garden of Eden
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were white robes of light.
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Blue, what does blue represent?
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Blue represents truth
as found in God's holy law.
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Let's go to Numbers 15 so that
you can see an example of this.
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Numbers 15 verses 38 through 40.
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Numbers 15:38-40
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There you have a
clear, clear example.
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Numbers 15 verse 38,
this is what it says,
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"Speak to the
children of Israel:
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Tell them to make tassels on
the corners of their garments
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throughout their generations,
and put a blue thread
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in the tassels of the corners.
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And you shall have the tassel,
that you may look upon it
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and remember all the
commandments of the Lord
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and do them, and that you
may not follow the harlotry
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to which your own heart and
your own eyes are inclined..."
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So why did God tell
them to put blue tassels
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at the bottom of their garments?
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To remember God's commandments.
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So blue represents God's truth.
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And we have the
saying, "True blue."
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Have you ever heard of
the expression, true blue?
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Because blue
represents the truth.
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And you know, just as a side
light, have you ever noticed
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that the Roman Catholic
priests and their vestments
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never use blue.
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They use
scarlet, they use purple,
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combined with white.
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But you'll never
find them clothed in blue.
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Very, very interesting nuance.
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And then you have red.
What does red represent?
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Sacrifice.
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It can represent
the blood of Jesus,
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or it can represent the
shed blood of the wicked.
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And you have Bible verses there.
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What does purple represent?
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It represents royalty.
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Remember that they put
a robe of purple on Jesus,
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and then they
mocked Him as a king.
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So in Revelation
chapter 17 where it speaks about
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the harlot being
clothed in purple and scarlet,
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it means that she
considers herself a queen.
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She considers herself royalty.
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And she rules over the
waters, and she rules over the
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kings of the earth.
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What does gold represent?
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Gold represents character.
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You know, faith
that works by love
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and purifies the
soul, as Ellen White says.
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And you find this, for example,
in the church of Laodicea.
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God says that He wants us
to buy gold tried in the fire.
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Which is character,
especially love; the love of God
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in our lives.
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And then in Scripture,
black or darkness represents
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sin, error, and the power of
Satan, the powers of darkness.
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Okay, now let's go
also to the next section.
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Places and directions of
the compass are symbolic.
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Even directions of
the compass are symbolic.
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What does Sodom represent?
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We've already dealt with this.
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Sodom represents a
nation that has become
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very immoral, licentious.
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Did that happen
during the French Revolution?
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Yes.
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And then you have Egypt.
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These are locations.
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Was Egypt an atheistic nation?
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Did it challenge the
existence of the true God?
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It most certainly did.
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"Who is the Lord? I
don't know the Lord.
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And I'm not going
to let His people go."
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Babylon. Is Babylon symbolic?
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Yes, we've already noticed that.
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How about Israel and Jerusalem
when they're found in prophecy?
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Would those be symbolic?
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Of course they would be.
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How about the king of the
north and the king of the south?
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Would those directions
of the compass be symbolic?
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Of course.
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Are we to look for enemies
that are going to attack Israel
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from the south and the north?
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You know, south
of Israel was Egypt.
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So the speculation is
that the Arabs, you know,
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represented by Egypt
and the Arabic nations,
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are going to come and
they're going to attack
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Israel from the south.
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And then from the north you're
going to have the Russians,
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and you're going to have
others who come from the north
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to attack literal Israel.
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Well the fact is
that in symbolic prophecy,
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the points of the
compass become universalized.
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The north, in other
words, is the place where
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Babylon comes
from to attack Israel.
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And what is Babylon?
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Babylon is spiritual and global.
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How about the south?
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The south represents
secularism or communism.
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It's the opposite of
the king of the north.
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The king of the
north is false religion.
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And the king of the
south is non-religion,
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or adversarial to religion.
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And so is that going
to be a global phenomenon?
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Did the French Revolution cause
that to be a global phenomenon?
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Absolutely.
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So south and north are not
literal points of the compass
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in end time prophecy.
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They become symbolic of
global worldwide systems.
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Is Israel centered
in the Middle East?
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No. Listen folks, if Israel is
not centered in the Middle East,
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neither is the king of the
south nor the king of the north.
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Because the king of the south
was Egypt and the king of the
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north was Babylon.
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So if you say that
Babylon is symbolic
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and the king of the
south, Egypt, is symbolic,
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you would have to say
that Jerusalem is symbolic too.
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And also global and worldwide.
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Are you
understanding that principle?
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It's a vital
principle in the interpretation
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of Bible prophecy.
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Finally, the final point
under symbolism is that actions
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are also symbolic.
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For example, the
eating of the little book.
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We're going to study
about Revelation 10 tomorrow.
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The eating of the little book.
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Is that a symbolic action?
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Of course it is.
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In fact, John is a
representative of God's people.
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He's a representative person.
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We're going to notice
that in our study tomorrow.
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He represents God's
people symbolically.
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So when John is
told to devour this book,
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which is Daniel 8 through 12...
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We're also going to
study that this afternoon.
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The book that is found
in Revelation chapter 10
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is Daniel 8 through 12.
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The book of Daniel is
composed of two books in one.
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Daniel 1 through 7 is one book,
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and Daniel 8
through 12 is another book.
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But they're both
found in one book.
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Just like the
Bible you have 66 books,
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but you really
have only one book.
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In Daniel you have
two books within one book.
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And the two
parts, Daniel 1 through 7
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and Daniel 8 through 12,
can be clearly distinguished
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even by language.
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Because Daniel 1 is the
introduction to the book.
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But beginning with
Daniel 2 through Daniel 7
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it's written in Aramaic,
whereas Daniel 8 through 12
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is written in Hebrew.
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Just the language itself tells
us that there's a distinction
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between the first half
of Daniel and the last half
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of Daniel as well.
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So the little book that is being
eaten in Revelation chapter 10
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is Daniel 8 through 12.
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And we're going to
find that the central theme
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of Daniel 8 through 12
is the 2300 day prophecy.
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You'll see that when we
study it this afternoon.
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It's amazing.
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And so this action,
this symbolic action, is that
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John is representing
God's church at this
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particular stage of history.
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And John is commanded
to eat this little book,
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which is centered in
the 2300 day prophecy.
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And so John eats the book.
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And when he eats the book,
or he assimilates the message...
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You know, how do
we devour a book?
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It's not talking
about eating paper.
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You know, we devour our
book because we read it.
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Have you ever devoured a book?
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Sometimes I'll find a
book that's so interesting
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I can't put it down.
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I've got to eat the
whole thing in one sitting.
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Yeah.
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And so he devours this book.
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Wow, it's exciting.
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And it's sweet in the mouth.
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In other words, the message from
the book is a sweet message.
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But then in the
aftermath, it gets to the belly
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and becomes bitter.
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The message caused joy at
first, and then bitterness.
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So would you have to
look in history, at some point
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in history, where there
was a people who assimilated
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the message of the 2300 days
and it was a sweet experience,
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and then in the
aftermath it turned bitter?
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Wow.
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The Millerite
movement fits the description
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perfectly in every detail.
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Because the action of eating
the book is a symbolic action.
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So even actions in
Bible prophecy are symbolic.
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And then the final
point, a woman who acts
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in an adulterous
manner represents a church
00:18:28.42\00:18:32.74
that has come into
illicit relationships
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with the civil
powers of the world.
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So actions are
also of symbolic value.
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So I hope that these principles
have helped us a little bit
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as we struggle with
Bible prophecy in helping us
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interpret the
meaning of Bible symbols.
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Now what we want to
do is go to the material.
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We're going to go
to our next principle.
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And our next principle
has to do with the importance
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of understanding
the Hebrew Sanctuary
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in order to
understand Bible prophecy.
00:19:06.79\00:19:08.79
And I'll read it
from your syllabus.
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It's page 32 in your syllabus.
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It reads this way:
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Consider the
importance of the Sanctuary
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in the
understanding of Bible prophecy.
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It is
absolutely indispensable...
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And I underlined the
word, "indispensable."
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...to understand the
Hebrew Sanctuary in order to
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comprehend the prophecies
of Daniel and Revelation.
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You cannot
understand Daniel and Revelation
00:19:37.36\00:19:39.52
unless you
understand the Sanctuary.
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It's an impossibility.
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We're going to take a
look at in this material,
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.81
particularly this chart
that you have in the handout
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that you received, it says,
00:19:50.30\00:19:52.23
"Salvation History and
the Sanctuary in Revelation."
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That's the one that you
need to make reference to.
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And we're going to read
the description at the bottom
00:19:58.95\00:20:02.04
so that you
understand the chart.
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And then what we're going
to do after you understand
00:20:04.62\00:20:06.86
the chart, then we're going
to go back to the beginning
00:20:07.00\00:20:10.08
of this handout and we
are going to go through
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the material step by
step, which is a description
00:20:14.14\00:20:17.39
of what we find in the chart.
00:20:17.42\00:20:19.15
Now let's take a
look at this chart
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and let me explain
a little bit about it.
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You look at the
extreme left hand side,
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at the bottom, and you
find that it says, "Court."
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You see that there? "Court."
00:20:37.85\00:20:40.22
And what was in the court?
00:20:41.07\00:20:42.68
The altar of
sacrifice and the laver.
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Those represent the death
and resurrection of Christ.
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Now where did that take place?
00:20:51.58\00:20:53.56
On earth, right?
00:20:54.62\00:20:56.20
So the line that
you see at the bottom,
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the broken line at the
bottom, represents the earth.
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And so you see
there Jesus is on earth.
00:21:03.93\00:21:06.96
In Revelation 1 verse 5,
it speaks about His death
00:21:06.99\00:21:10.94
and His resurrection.
00:21:10.97\00:21:12.46
And so Revelation actually
begins with the work that
00:21:13.38\00:21:16.92
Jesus performed in the court.
00:21:16.95\00:21:19.45
But then you'll
notice the ascending line
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on the left hand side.
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Do you see it with
the arrow going up?
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Jesus ascended to heaven.
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And where did He enter?
00:21:29.93\00:21:31.17
See, the line above with
the little boxes are heaven.
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So Jesus ascends to heaven.
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And where is He in
Revelation 1 through 3?
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He is in the Holy Place.
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Where in the Holy
Place specifically?
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What piece of furniture?
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He is at the candlesticks
in Revelation 1 to 3.
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That's the central theme
of Revelation 1 through 3.
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Then in Revelation 4
and 5, we're going to notice
00:21:57.35\00:22:00.47
the reasons for this, Jesus
is at the table of showbread.
00:22:00.50\00:22:04.12
Now where was the
showbread in the Sanctuary?
00:22:04.96\00:22:07.37
In the Holy Place.
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And then when you go to the
beginning of the trumpet series,
00:22:10.29\00:22:13.59
in Revelation 8:2-5, Jesus
is at the altar of incense.
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So in the series on
the churches, the seals,
00:22:20.33\00:22:23.85
and the
trumpets, where is Jesus?
00:22:23.88\00:22:26.68
Jesus is in the Holy Place.
00:22:27.16\00:22:28.33
Now don't misunderstand,
towards the end of each series
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Jesus goes into the Most Holy.
00:22:31.80\00:22:34.28
But as He begins His
ministration with the churches
00:22:34.64\00:22:38.39
and the seals and the
trumpets, Jesus is ministering
00:22:38.42\00:22:41.25
in the Holy Place.
00:22:41.28\00:22:42.31
In fact, the interesting
thing is that every time you get
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to number six in the
series of the churches,
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the seals, and the trumpets,
you have the Most Holy Place
00:22:49.16\00:22:52.33
that comes into view
when you get to number six.
00:22:52.36\00:22:55.26
You say, "How is that?"
00:22:56.76\00:22:57.96
In the churches
you come to number six,
00:22:59.22\00:23:01.47
it's the sixth
church, Philadelphia.
00:23:01.50\00:23:04.00
An open door is
placed before them.
00:23:04.41\00:23:07.05
The open door leads
into the Most Holy Place.
00:23:08.05\00:23:10.40
When you come to the seals,
and you come to the sixth seal,
00:23:11.64\00:23:15.97
there you have a
description of the sealing
00:23:16.34\00:23:18.93
of the 144,000.
00:23:20.24\00:23:21.91
The sealing takes
place in the Most Holy Place.
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And when you get to the trumpets
00:23:26.11\00:23:28.04
you have the
little book episode,
00:23:28.58\00:23:30.94
which is the 2300 day prophecy.
00:23:31.70\00:23:34.12
Which takes you
into the Most Holy Place.
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So in other words,
number six in the series
00:23:37.76\00:23:40.36
always is a transition from
the Holy into the Most Holy.
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But at the beginning
of each series, Jesus is
00:23:45.52\00:23:48.24
at the candlesticks, He's
at the table of showbread,
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and then He is at
the altar of incense.
00:23:52.50\00:23:54.28
And then we
continue down the line.
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You see, all of this is being
done by Jesus in heaven, right?
00:23:55.97\00:23:59.12
Are you able to follow along?
00:23:59.39\00:24:00.77
Everything is being
done by Jesus in heaven.
00:24:01.04\00:24:03.25
You know, in Revelation
11 verse 19, what is opened?
00:24:03.71\00:24:09.02
We studied this in
prayer meeting last night.
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.14
The temple of God
is opened in heaven.
00:24:12.17\00:24:14.00
What is that temple?
00:24:14.03\00:24:15.33
It's the Most
Holy Place is opened,
00:24:16.19\00:24:18.11
and the ark of
His covenant is seen.
00:24:18.14\00:24:20.94
Question, could you ever
make any sense out of this
00:24:22.40\00:24:25.44
without the Sanctuary?
00:24:25.47\00:24:26.77
How could you
understand the candlesticks
00:24:28.33\00:24:29.78
without the Sanctuary?
00:24:29.81\00:24:31.18
How can you understand
the table of showbread
00:24:31.65\00:24:34.01
without the Sanctuary?
00:24:34.04\00:24:35.42
How can you
understand the altar of incense
00:24:35.67\00:24:38.06
without the Sanctuary?
00:24:38.09\00:24:39.13
How can you understand
the opening of the door
00:24:39.16\00:24:41.57
to the Most Holy Place and
seeing the ark of the covenant
00:24:41.60\00:24:44.34
if you don't know the Sanctuary?
00:24:44.37\00:24:46.15
The whole book of Revelation
is patterned after the
00:24:47.47\00:24:50.69
Hebrew Sanctuary
in its proper order.
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.85
And so in 11:19 you have
the ark of the covenant seen,
00:24:54.50\00:24:59.30
the Most Holy Place is
opened, and the judgment begins.
00:24:59.33\00:25:02.63
Now when you
get to Revelation 15
00:25:03.73\00:25:05.88
verse 1 and verses 5
through 8, the service in the
00:25:06.68\00:25:11.25
Most Holy Place comes to an end.
00:25:11.28\00:25:13.35
And we studied
that last evening.
00:25:15.12\00:25:16.83
Remember what happens
in Revelation chapter 15?
00:25:17.67\00:25:20.36
Particularly verses 5 through 8.
00:25:22.93\00:25:24.97
It says that the
temple is filled with what?
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.46
With smoke.
00:25:29.81\00:25:30.90
And no longer can
anyone enter the temple.
00:25:31.80\00:25:35.88
Or the naos, or
the Most Holy Place.
00:25:35.91\00:25:39.10
There the temple is opened for
the plague angels to come out,
00:25:40.46\00:25:44.18
not for people to go in.
00:25:45.12\00:25:46.37
In 11:19, the Most Holy
Place is open so that people can
00:25:46.40\00:25:49.78
go in and follow Jesus and
His work in the Most Holy Place.
00:25:49.81\00:25:52.60
In Revelation 15, you
can't follow Him in anymore.
00:25:52.63\00:25:55.49
No one can enter.
00:25:55.52\00:25:56.93
The temple is opened so
the plague angels can come out.
00:25:56.96\00:25:59.82
So in chapter 15, the Most Holy
Place ministry comes to an end.
00:26:01.32\00:26:06.81
Are you following
the Sanctuary here?
00:26:08.13\00:26:09.98
Is the Day of
Atonement going to end someday?
00:26:10.49\00:26:12.54
You better believe it.
00:26:13.30\00:26:14.41
And then, notice, in
chapter 16 through chapter 18
00:26:15.07\00:26:20.18
you have the plagues, a
description of the plagues.
00:26:22.51\00:26:25.42
By the way, do you know
where the plagues come from?
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.42
They come from
the Most Holy Place.
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.62
Do you know specifically
where they come from?
00:26:31.65\00:26:34.09
They come from the
ark of the covenant.
00:26:34.12\00:26:36.07
You say, "How do you
know that they come..."
00:26:37.66\00:26:38.96
What was in the
ark of the covenant?
00:26:38.99\00:26:40.70
The Law.
00:26:42.90\00:26:44.14
What has the world been doing?
00:26:46.56\00:26:48.24
They've been
trampling on God's Law.
00:26:49.44\00:26:51.37
So the ark sends plagues.
00:26:51.47\00:26:53.02
You say, "Where do
you get that from?"
00:26:53.05\00:26:54.35
You remember the
story of the Philistines?
00:26:54.38\00:26:56.39
The uncircumcised Philistines.
00:26:57.94\00:27:00.89
What does uncircumcised mean?
00:27:00.92\00:27:02.68
It means that they were not
part of God's chosen people.
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.48
They were rebellious,
they were among the wicked.
00:27:08.01\00:27:10.42
And so they take the ark of
the covenant with unholy hands.
00:27:11.14\00:27:14.49
And what does the ark do?
00:27:15.16\00:27:16.65
The ark starts
pouring plagues out on them.
00:27:17.33\00:27:20.10
Because they are
tramplers of God's holy Law.
00:27:21.99\00:27:24.39
So the plagues come
from the Most Holy Place
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.81
after probation closes.
00:27:27.84\00:27:29.17
Are you following me?
00:27:29.20\00:27:30.30
And so the
plagues are poured out.
00:27:31.87\00:27:33.61
And then when you get
to Revelation 19:1-10,
00:27:33.64\00:27:36.77
God's people stand
victorious in heaven.
00:27:37.58\00:27:40.11
And they're singing
the song of victory.
00:27:41.97\00:27:44.34
Isn't that interesting?
00:27:44.73\00:27:46.11
Now, there are many nuances
in between these large segments.
00:27:46.74\00:27:50.46
I'm only showing you
the large sections that
00:27:50.49\00:27:53.75
deal with the Sanctuary.
00:27:53.78\00:27:54.87
In our study tomorrow,
we're going to take a look at
00:27:55.45\00:27:58.02
the structure of
Revelation 12 to 22.
00:27:58.05\00:28:00.95
It's an amazing structure.
00:28:02.44\00:28:04.20
Intricate, beautiful, complex
when you look at all of the
00:28:04.23\00:28:10.22
details that are in between
all of these large segments.
00:28:10.25\00:28:14.05
What I want you
to see now is the
00:28:14.08\00:28:15.53
progression of the Sanctuary.
00:28:15.56\00:28:17.18
And so God's people
stand victorious in heaven.
00:28:18.44\00:28:20.84
And then what do you have next?
00:28:20.87\00:28:22.36
In Revelation 20
what do you have?
00:28:24.28\00:28:26.29
You have the scapegoat ceremony.
00:28:29.90\00:28:31.86
Was that at the conclusion
of the Day of Atonement?
00:28:32.84\00:28:35.36
Absolutely.
00:28:36.44\00:28:37.47
The Sanctuary was closed.
00:28:37.50\00:28:39.18
And then the sins that had
been cleansed from the Sanctuary
00:28:39.82\00:28:42.17
were placed on the scapegoat
in the Sanctuary service.
00:28:42.20\00:28:45.69
How can you
understand Revelation 20 unless
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you understand Leviticus 16.
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You see, Revelation 20
is the scapegoat ceremony
00:28:51.55\00:28:54.72
where the devil is bound to
the earth for a thousand years.
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And then, of course, it all
ends in Revelation 21 and 22
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where God establishes or creates
a new heavens and a new earth.
00:29:06.00\00:29:11.48
And then the interesting
thing is, do you notice
00:29:12.34\00:29:14.30
that the arrow moves down?
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Revelation 21 and 22
should actually be down
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on the lower line.
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Jesus descends.
00:29:22.19\00:29:24.07
And the tabernacle.
00:29:24.89\00:29:25.98
It says in Revelation 22
that the tabernacle of God
00:29:26.01\00:29:29.10
is with men, and He
will dwell with them.
00:29:29.13\00:29:34.17
So you've gone full circle.
00:29:35.57\00:29:37.30
You've gone from the
point of Jesus leaving the earth
00:29:37.96\00:29:43.15
after His work in the court.
00:29:43.44\00:29:44.87
He's been at the
candlesticks, He's been at the
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table of showbread, He's
been at the altar of incense.
00:29:47.71\00:29:50.65
The temple in heaven
was opened for the judgment.
00:29:50.68\00:29:53.10
And then
intercession in heaven ended.
00:29:53.13\00:29:56.07
And then you have the
time of trouble when the
00:29:56.10\00:29:57.42
plagues are being poured out.
00:29:57.45\00:29:58.76
Then God's people
stand victorious in heaven.
00:29:58.79\00:30:00.83
And then the sins are
placed upon the scapegoat.
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And the scapegoat is
here for a thousand years.
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.90
And then Jesus descends.
00:30:06.93\00:30:08.71
And you have a new
heavens and a new earth.
00:30:09.28\00:30:11.07
All in the Sanctuary.
00:30:13.69\00:30:15.20
The book of Revelation is a book
that portrays the exact order
00:30:16.61\00:30:22.64
of the Hebrew Sanctuary and
all the steps that Jesus takes.
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Now, you notice that there's
a broken line at the bottom.
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Do all of these things have
a spiritual reality on earth
00:30:32.42\00:30:36.00
while Jesus is in heaven?
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Do they have a
spiritual reality?
00:30:38.88\00:30:40.50
Do the candlesticks
have any spiritual reality?
00:30:41.07\00:30:44.07
Do you believe that there really
are candlesticks in heaven?
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Yes I do.
00:30:47.31\00:30:48.34
Because there you have
the symbol and what the
00:30:49.53\00:30:51.64
symbol represents.
00:30:51.67\00:30:53.41
See, in heaven you have
the reality and the shadow.
00:30:54.52\00:30:57.06
And so in heaven
you have the candlestick
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and you also have
the Holy Spirit who is
00:31:00.94\00:31:03.42
represented by the candlestick,
00:31:03.45\00:31:05.14
or by the oil
in the candlestick.
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In heaven, you have
really a table of showbread.
00:31:08.55\00:31:11.57
But the reality to which the
showbread points is there too.
00:31:12.11\00:31:15.44
And you have an
altar of incense.
00:31:17.29\00:31:18.92
And the reality to
which the altar of incense
00:31:18.95\00:31:21.08
points is there too.
00:31:21.11\00:31:23.05
You have a real ark of
the covenant in heaven.
00:31:24.52\00:31:28.22
Probably much larger
than the one on earth
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because the one on
earth was made to scale.
00:31:30.62\00:31:32.75
But nevertheless, you have
an ark of the covenant there.
00:31:33.92\00:31:36.22
In other words, in heaven you
have the reality and the symbol.
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On earth you only have
what is symbolized spiritually.
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So let me ask you
this, does the candlestick
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have any spiritual relevance
to the church on earth?
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We're going to study
that in a few moments, yes.
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What does the candlestick
represent symbolically?
00:31:56.25\00:31:59.37
It represents the Holy
Spirit imparted to the church
00:32:00.08\00:32:03.86
so that the
church will shed light.
00:32:03.89\00:32:06.36
What does the bread represent?
00:32:09.12\00:32:10.85
The Word of God.
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See, spiritual on earth.
00:32:13.80\00:32:15.51
What does the incense represent?
00:32:17.15\00:32:19.23
Actually, the incense
represents the merits of Christ
00:32:20.92\00:32:25.20
mingled with the
prayers of the saints.
00:32:25.94\00:32:28.47
Revelation 8 makes that clear.
00:32:29.46\00:32:31.34
The incense is the
merits of Christ's blood
00:32:31.37\00:32:34.40
that is mingled
with our prayers.
00:32:34.94\00:32:36.68
See, our prayers have no virtue.
00:32:36.71\00:32:38.69
If we came to God in
prayer without the fragrance
00:32:39.91\00:32:44.01
of the incense, God
would have to destroy us.
00:32:44.04\00:32:46.99
But when our
prayers are mingled with the
00:32:48.42\00:32:50.88
righteousness of Christ,
00:32:50.91\00:32:52.50
ah, our prayers are
acceptable in the sight of God.
00:32:53.13\00:32:55.82
Because of Jesus,
not because of us.
00:32:55.85\00:32:58.63
And so, does the altar
of incense have spiritual
00:33:00.53\00:33:03.01
relevance for us?
00:33:03.04\00:33:04.34
Of course it does.
00:33:04.77\00:33:05.92
How about the
ark of the covenant?
00:33:05.95\00:33:07.46
Are we to proclaim
God's law on earth?
00:33:08.38\00:33:10.41
Are we to proclaim
the Sabbath on earth?
00:33:10.98\00:33:13.12
Are we to proclaim
health reform on earth?
00:33:13.66\00:33:15.89
Are we to proclaim the
hour of God's judgment on earth?
00:33:16.31\00:33:18.85
See, what is literal up there
has spiritual significance here.
00:33:19.58\00:33:23.34
Now when Jesus fills
the temple with His glory,
00:33:24.25\00:33:28.06
with smoke, so to
speak, will that have any
00:33:28.16\00:33:31.68
implications on earth?
00:33:31.71\00:33:33.18
Of course.
00:33:34.19\00:33:35.31
You see, when nobody can
enter the temple in heaven,
00:33:35.78\00:33:38.69
that means that
nobody on earth can enter
00:33:38.83\00:33:40.94
the temple spiritually.
00:33:40.97\00:33:42.51
Are you
understanding the principle?
00:33:43.55\00:33:45.11
Sometimes we focus so much
on what Jesus does up there
00:33:45.60\00:33:48.20
that we forget about
what He's doing here.
00:33:48.23\00:33:50.13
You see, there's
another temple here.
00:33:51.37\00:33:53.08
It's a spiritual temple.
00:33:53.11\00:33:54.66
That's at the
bottom of the line.
00:33:55.12\00:33:57.21
You know, Jesus
said, "I am going,"
00:33:57.38\00:34:00.38
but He says, "I
will come to you."
00:34:00.48\00:34:02.70
So how can Jesus say, you
know, "I am with you always,
00:34:04.30\00:34:08.16
even unto the end of the world,"
and yet He can say to Peter,
00:34:08.19\00:34:10.80
"Peter, I'm going.
00:34:10.83\00:34:11.89
And where I'm going
now, you can't go with me."
00:34:11.92\00:34:14.30
Is Jesus talking out of
both sides of His mouth?
00:34:16.46\00:34:18.75
No.
00:34:19.22\00:34:20.25
What He's saying is that
physically He is going to
00:34:20.57\00:34:23.95
be in heaven, but spiritually
through the work of the
00:34:23.98\00:34:26.69
Holy Spirit, He's
going to be with us on earth.
00:34:26.72\00:34:28.87
So where does
the antichrist sit?
00:34:31.25\00:34:32.95
You know, the antichrist,
he can't take any position
00:34:32.98\00:34:35.92
in the heavenly temple.
00:34:35.95\00:34:37.17
So what does he do?
00:34:37.82\00:34:39.06
He says, "Well, I can't
take over the place in the
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.42
heavenly temple, so
the best I can do is
00:34:41.45\00:34:43.34
take over the place on earth."
00:34:43.37\00:34:44.86
And so he sits in the church.
00:34:45.97\00:34:48.00
And he does his thing.
00:34:48.97\00:34:50.38
That's 2
Thessalonians chapter 2.
00:34:50.98\00:34:52.58
He sits in the temple of
God showing that he is God.
00:34:52.61\00:34:55.92
And do you know whose
position he's usurping?
00:34:56.98\00:34:59.17
He's usurping the
position of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.77
Because the pope was not
left as Christ's representative;
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the Holy Spirit was.
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.32
Are you with me?
00:35:10.63\00:35:11.66
Now you understand the chart.
00:35:13.36\00:35:15.05
So let's go to the description
at the bottom of the chart
00:35:15.90\00:35:18.46
and review to make
sure, absolutely sure,
00:35:18.49\00:35:23.09
that you understand
the meaning of this chart.
00:35:23.12\00:35:26.90
Because next we're going
to go to the document itself
00:35:27.42\00:35:31.26
and we're going
to go step by step.
00:35:31.29\00:35:33.51
Things to keep in mind
as you study this chart.
00:35:35.50\00:35:38.53
Number one, the book of
Revelation is not written in
00:35:39.14\00:35:42.40
strict chronological order.
00:35:42.43\00:35:44.52
It functions on the principle
of climax and anti-climax.
00:35:45.21\00:35:49.17
It often presents
flashbacks and foretastes.
00:35:49.20\00:35:54.68
Let me illustrate that.
00:35:57.94\00:35:59.25
And when we deal with
literary structure matters,
00:35:59.56\00:36:02.53
it will become clearer.
00:36:02.81\00:36:04.35
Revelation 14:1-5
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.67
It says there that the 144,000
stand victorious on Mount Zion
00:36:08.83\00:36:12.81
with the Lamb.
00:36:12.84\00:36:14.07
We have a problem.
00:36:16.95\00:36:18.11
Because in Revelation
14:6, the very next verse
00:36:19.57\00:36:24.33
through verse 12, you have
the three angels' messages.
00:36:24.36\00:36:26.96
So how could they be standing
on Mount Zion with Jesus
00:36:27.75\00:36:30.25
victorious if the
three angels' messages
00:36:30.28\00:36:32.57
haven't been proclaimed yet?
00:36:32.60\00:36:34.17
Are you following me?
00:36:35.48\00:36:36.64
It's because, you know...
00:36:37.94\00:36:39.38
In fact, Revelation 14:1-5
really belongs with chapter 13.
00:36:39.48\00:36:43.66
Because chapter 13...
00:36:45.56\00:36:46.77
See, we need to understand this.
00:36:46.80\00:36:48.81
I wish I had more time.
00:36:48.84\00:36:49.97
You know, we could take just
the total hours of this class
00:36:50.00\00:36:55.07
just to study
this one principle.
00:36:55.10\00:36:56.80
I'm serious.
00:36:57.81\00:36:59.01
I'm not exaggerating.
00:36:59.36\00:37:00.79
Because
Revelation is so intricate,
00:37:01.37\00:37:03.56
and Daniel is so
intricate, that it takes time
00:37:03.59\00:37:09.15
to decode it.
00:37:09.18\00:37:10.67
But once you do, oh
wow, a whole panorama
00:37:11.44\00:37:15.83
opens up to your view.
00:37:15.93\00:37:17.83
Revelation 14:1-5
belongs with chapter 13.
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.28
You say, "Why?"
00:37:23.31\00:37:24.35
Because chapter 13 ends
by speaking about the beast
00:37:24.68\00:37:28.99
and his image imposing his mark.
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.48
And whoever does not
receive the mark will be killed.
00:37:35.07\00:37:38.25
And so when Revelation 13
ends, you ask the question;
00:37:39.27\00:37:42.91
okay, so there was this crisis.
00:37:42.94\00:37:45.82
The beast imposed his mark.
00:37:46.51\00:37:50.32
And the beast said that
he would kill everyone who
00:37:51.43\00:37:53.48
did not receive the mark
or did not worship the image.
00:37:53.51\00:37:56.01
The question is, was there
anybody who stood victorious?
00:37:56.04\00:38:01.20
Chapter 14 says yes.
00:38:03.42\00:38:05.20
The 144,000.
00:38:05.23\00:38:07.00
The climax is that there
was a group that will stand
00:38:08.50\00:38:11.90
on Mount Zion victorious
over the beast, his image,
00:38:11.93\00:38:15.54
his mark, and the
number of his name.
00:38:15.74\00:38:17.60
Is that making sense?
00:38:19.42\00:38:20.54
Let's go to
Revelation 15, I'll show you.
00:38:22.18\00:38:24.21
Revelation chapter 15.
00:38:25.31\00:38:27.09
And you're going to
see that the 144,000
00:38:29.40\00:38:32.18
really are those that
were victorious over the beast,
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.48
his image, his mark,
and the number of his name.
00:38:34.51\00:38:36.51
So chapter 14:1-5
really belongs to chapter 13.
00:38:38.79\00:38:42.31
It's the climax to chapter 13.
00:38:42.81\00:38:44.97
And it says there in
Revelation 15 and verse 2,
00:38:46.28\00:38:49.31
"And I saw something like a
sea of glass mingled with fire,
00:38:49.34\00:38:52.07
and those who have the
victory over the beast,
00:38:52.10\00:38:56.28
over his image and over his mark
and over the number of his name,
00:38:56.31\00:38:58.87
standing on the sea of
glass, having harps of God.
00:38:58.90\00:39:01.40
They sing the song of
Moses, the servant of God,
00:39:01.43\00:39:03.18
and the song of
the Lamb, saying..."
00:39:03.21\00:39:04.66
Are these the same
characteristics as the group
00:39:04.76\00:39:07.53
in Revelation 14:1-5?
00:39:07.63\00:39:09.35
So did God have
a victorious group?
00:39:11.18\00:39:13.40
Yes He did.
00:39:13.89\00:39:15.09
There are several
chapter divisions in Revelation
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.36
that are wrongly divided.
00:39:19.39\00:39:21.42
Of course, the translators,
the ones who created
00:39:22.57\00:39:26.45
the chapter divisions, you know,
they did the best they could.
00:39:26.48\00:39:29.61
They didn't have the light
that we have as Adventists.
00:39:30.48\00:39:33.61
You know, another
example is the one I gave
00:39:34.33\00:39:35.83
in prayer meeting last night.
00:39:35.86\00:39:37.38
Revelation 11 verse 1
belongs with chapter 10.
00:39:37.74\00:39:41.09
You say, "Now how
does Revelation 11 verse 1
00:39:44.14\00:39:47.12
belong with chapter 10?"
00:39:47.15\00:39:48.31
Let me explain it.
00:39:48.34\00:39:49.41
Now why are we getting
off into structure here?
00:39:50.00\00:39:52.67
Well, it has to do with
what we're talking about anyway,
00:39:52.97\00:39:55.41
with the Sanctuary.
00:39:55.44\00:39:56.67
So let's use that excuse.
00:39:57.54\00:39:59.28
I get caught off
on these tangents.
00:40:02.13\00:40:04.28
My mind is like a
big pool of thoughts.
00:40:04.31\00:40:07.76
You know, and I have the
tendency to get distracted.
00:40:08.22\00:40:10.29
But anyway, where were we?
00:40:10.32\00:40:12.47
Okay, chapter 11 verse
1 belongs to chapter 10.
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.66
Chapter 10 ends by
speaking about the little book
00:40:17.92\00:40:22.22
that John ate.
00:40:23.20\00:40:24.44
Sweet in his mouth,
bitter in his stomach.
00:40:24.76\00:40:28.12
And then the
chapter ends by saying,
00:40:29.22\00:40:30.84
"You must prophecy again."
00:40:30.87\00:40:32.67
And then the
very next verse says,
00:40:34.80\00:40:36.45
"Arise, measure the temple."
00:40:36.48\00:40:38.33
Let me ask you, what
started immediately after the
00:40:40.92\00:40:43.34
great disappointment in 1844?
00:40:43.37\00:40:45.33
What started after
the disappointment?
00:40:45.78\00:40:48.59
The measuring of the temple.
00:40:50.15\00:40:51.72
The investigative judgment.
00:40:52.50\00:40:53.97
And so Revelation 11 verse
1 is telling you that after
00:40:54.88\00:40:58.42
the disappointment they
would understand that now the
00:40:58.45\00:41:01.48
temple was going to be measured.
00:41:01.51\00:41:03.76
So 11:1 belongs with chapter 10.
00:41:05.40\00:41:08.12
It's the climax of chapter 10.
00:41:08.32\00:41:10.72
The same thing with
Revelation 21 and verse 1.
00:41:10.92\00:41:13.42
That's part of chapter 20.
00:41:15.10\00:41:16.83
Because chapter 20, the
last two verses, 14 and 15,
00:41:18.90\00:41:22.22
speaks about the devil
and his angels and the wicked
00:41:22.25\00:41:24.69
cast into the lake of
fire, which is the second death.
00:41:24.72\00:41:27.18
And then it says, "I saw a
new heavens and a new earth."
00:41:27.21\00:41:29.53
Revelation 21 verse 1.
00:41:29.95\00:41:31.51
And then verse 2 says
the heavenly city descends.
00:41:33.41\00:41:36.59
Now, it's out of order.
00:41:36.69\00:41:39.38
Because the holy city
descends before God makes
00:41:40.38\00:41:43.89
a new heavens and a new earth.
00:41:43.92\00:41:45.26
Before He destroys the wicked.
00:41:45.66\00:41:47.26
So what happens is,
Revelation chapter 21
00:41:48.42\00:41:52.84
and verse 2 begins a new cycle.
00:41:52.87\00:41:55.22
In fact, we're going
to study the millennium.
00:41:56.04\00:41:57.84
And you're going to
see in practical terms
00:41:57.87\00:41:59.58
the nuts and bolts of how
to do this literary study.
00:41:59.61\00:42:02.97
Revelation 20 verse 1 through
Revelation 21 and verse 8
00:42:04.06\00:42:07.54
has four cycles,
four repetitive cycles,
00:42:07.57\00:42:13.09
where the same
material is repeated four times,
00:42:13.89\00:42:16.55
but with a different emphasis.
00:42:16.58\00:42:18.58
The first emphasis is
upon Satan and the earth.
00:42:20.31\00:42:23.80
The second
emphasis is upon the saints.
00:42:25.00\00:42:27.52
The third emphasis
is upon the wicked.
00:42:28.23\00:42:30.61
And the fourth emphasis is
on what life is going to be
00:42:30.98\00:42:34.14
in the holy city.
00:42:34.17\00:42:35.20
And when you study each
cycle, and then you put them
00:42:36.48\00:42:40.57
all together, you
have a complete picture.
00:42:40.60\00:42:43.07
If you try to read
Revelation 20 verse 1
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.67
through 21:8 in
chronological order,
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.19
you will be so
goofed up you don't know
00:42:49.22\00:42:51.23
what planet you're on.
00:42:51.26\00:42:52.63
Because it goes back and
forth, it goes in cycles.
00:42:55.08\00:42:58.03
And unless, you know...
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.80
Interpreting
symbols is important,
00:43:01.83\00:43:03.52
the Sanctuary is
important, but I've come to the
00:43:03.55\00:43:05.86
conclusion that the most
important thing in studying
00:43:05.89\00:43:08.90
Bible prophecy is understanding
how things are put together.
00:43:08.93\00:43:12.87
And what amazes me is
when I read the writings
00:43:14.14\00:43:16.77
of Ellen White, she
has it all together.
00:43:16.80\00:43:20.66
And I study the
structure, and I say,
00:43:22.08\00:43:24.23
"This fits
here, this fits here."
00:43:24.26\00:43:25.83
Then I read, Great
Controversy, she says,
00:43:25.86\00:43:27.29
"Well, this is where this fits
and this is where this fits."
00:43:27.32\00:43:30.04
And the little old
lady didn't have a PhD.
00:43:31.19\00:43:33.90
She had two and a half
years of primary education.
00:43:35.23\00:43:37.47
Hello.
00:43:37.50\00:43:38.68
You don't have
to be King Solomon
00:43:39.11\00:43:41.53
to understand Bible prophecy.
00:43:42.13\00:43:43.74
All you need is to pray to
the Lord for enlightenment.
00:43:43.77\00:43:47.43
And make up your mind
that you're going to sit down
00:43:48.70\00:43:50.50
and you're going to study it.
00:43:50.53\00:43:51.56
Because you have to
pray and you have to sweat.
00:43:51.59\00:43:54.93
You know, some people will say,
"Only pray, and then God will
00:43:57.35\00:44:00.41
give you and
enlightening thought."
00:44:00.44\00:44:02.62
Well, God will give
you enlightening thoughts,
00:44:04.07\00:44:06.08
but God does not
condone laziness.
00:44:06.28\00:44:08.94
Jesus said,
"Search the Scriptures."
00:44:10.30\00:44:12.96
And, "search the Scriptures,"
is different than reading them.
00:44:14.74\00:44:17.74
There's too many
people who read the Scriptures
00:44:18.67\00:44:20.84
and not enough people
who search the Scriptures.
00:44:21.88\00:44:24.52
So the Sanctuary is
vitally important, is it not.
00:44:26.69\00:44:31.94
Now that was point number one.
00:44:32.14\00:44:33.72
Is that clear,
that first point there?
00:44:37.67\00:44:39.45
Okay.
00:44:39.48\00:44:40.51
Number two, each
major section of Revelation
00:44:41.16\00:44:44.93
has a Sanctuary introduction
which not only clarifies
00:44:44.96\00:44:49.46
when the vision historically
begins, but also the direction
00:44:49.49\00:44:54.48
toward which the
vision is flowing.
00:44:54.51\00:44:57.27
In other words, the introductory
vision gives you the beginning
00:45:00.18\00:45:02.81
point and the
ending point of the series.
00:45:02.84\00:45:06.44
I'll give you an example.
00:45:07.84\00:45:09.19
Revelation 3 verse 21.
00:45:09.71\00:45:11.21
We're on point two.
00:45:11.24\00:45:12.58
We're doing well.
00:45:12.99\00:45:14.13
Revelation chapter 3 verse 21.
00:45:15.70\00:45:19.44
This is the
concluding verse to the churches
00:45:20.69\00:45:27.01
and is the
introductory verse to the seals.
00:45:27.04\00:45:31.07
In other words, it
concludes the previous section
00:45:32.78\00:45:35.02
and it
introduces the next section.
00:45:35.63\00:45:37.96
So Revelation 3
verse 21, Jesus says,
00:45:38.43\00:45:41.25
"To him who overcomes I
will grant to sit with Me
00:45:42.04\00:45:47.48
on My throne, as I
also overcame and sat with
00:45:47.51\00:45:52.96
My Father on His throne."
00:45:52.99\00:45:54.95
What points of time
do we have in this verse?
00:45:56.14\00:45:58.38
We've got two points of time.
00:46:00.50\00:46:02.14
The first point of
time is when Jesus overcame
00:46:03.73\00:46:06.47
and sat with His
Father on His throne.
00:46:06.50\00:46:08.36
The second point of time
is when we will sit with Jesus
00:46:09.74\00:46:13.74
on His throne.
00:46:13.77\00:46:15.01
What do you have in between?
00:46:16.24\00:46:17.89
The seals.
00:46:18.20\00:46:19.43
Are you with me?
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.17
So in other words, this
one verse is the introduction
00:46:23.64\00:46:27.46
to the next section,
and it also gives you
00:46:27.49\00:46:29.61
the ending point
of the next section.
00:46:29.64\00:46:32.00
I'll give you another example.
00:46:33.70\00:46:34.96
Revelation 8.
00:46:36.15\00:46:37.68
Revelation 8, the
introductory Sanctuary vision.
00:46:40.79\00:46:43.47
And verse 2.
00:46:47.37\00:46:51.93
"And I saw the seven
angels who stand before God,
00:46:53.79\00:46:56.49
and to them were
given seven trumpets.
00:46:56.69\00:46:58.64
Then another angel,
having a golden censer,
00:46:58.67\00:47:01.41
came and stood at the altar.
00:47:01.71\00:47:03.63
He was given much
incense, that he should offer it
00:47:04.47\00:47:07.84
with the prayers of all the
saints upon the golden altar
00:47:07.87\00:47:10.37
which was before the throne."
00:47:10.40\00:47:11.80
Let me ask you, is
intercession open at this point?
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.36
Is the censer interceding?
00:47:15.96\00:47:18.12
It is interceding.
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.02
Absolutely.
00:47:20.12\00:47:21.22
Verse 4, "And the
smoke of the incense,
00:47:23.05\00:47:26.47
with the prayers
of the saints..."
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.63
See, the incense and the
prayers are two separate things.
00:47:28.66\00:47:32.04
Related, but separate.
00:47:32.41\00:47:33.88
"...with the prayers of
the saints ascended before God
00:47:34.62\00:47:37.38
from the angel's hand."
00:47:37.41\00:47:38.69
But now something
is going to happen.
00:47:41.51\00:47:43.32
What's going to happen?
00:47:45.80\00:47:47.02
Verse 5, "Then the
angel took the censer,
00:47:48.65\00:47:52.91
filled it with
fire from the altar,
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.22
and threw it to the earth."
00:47:56.96\00:47:59.51
What does that
mean, he took the censer
00:48:01.22\00:48:02.66
and threw it to the earth?
00:48:02.69\00:48:04.14
There's no
longer an intercession.
00:48:06.75\00:48:08.85
The censer is not being
presented before the Lord.
00:48:09.38\00:48:12.52
And notice what the result is.
00:48:13.14\00:48:14.82
"And there were noises,
thunderings, lightnings,
00:48:14.85\00:48:17.37
and an earthquake."
00:48:17.40\00:48:18.86
At the end of the
trumpet series, you're going to
00:48:20.15\00:48:22.66
find those same phenomena when
the trumpets come to an end.
00:48:22.69\00:48:27.39
So this introductory scene is
giving you two points of time.
00:48:29.32\00:48:32.50
The trumpets begin with
the intercession of Jesus.
00:48:33.15\00:48:37.13
And they end when
intercession ceases.
00:48:37.78\00:48:41.67
Did you catch the point?
00:48:44.09\00:48:45.26
Now, let's go to this material.
00:48:46.36\00:48:47.85
Let's go to
point number three now.
00:48:47.88\00:48:49.56
There is a Sanctuary progression
in the book of Revelation;
00:48:51.17\00:48:55.00
from the court
to the Holy Place,
00:48:55.83\00:48:58.71
and from the Holy
to the Most Holy Place.
00:48:59.88\00:49:02.44
When the ministry
of the Most Holy Place
00:49:02.96\00:49:04.82
concludes at the end
of the thousand years,
00:49:04.85\00:49:07.38
then Jesus will
physically return to the court
00:49:08.02\00:49:11.03
from whence He
ascended to heaven.
00:49:11.44\00:49:13.17
Caught that point?
00:49:14.48\00:49:15.84
Number four, each
heavenly event in Revelation
00:49:17.13\00:49:21.22
has a corresponding earthly
repercussion and reflection.
00:49:21.25\00:49:25.63
Jesus does nothing
in heaven in a vacuum.
00:49:26.37\00:49:29.36
In other words, the
work of Jesus in heaven
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.85
is reflected by
His people on earth.
00:49:35.61\00:49:41.44
While Jesus is
doing His work in heaven,
00:49:41.70\00:49:43.26
His people are
preparing on earth.
00:49:43.29\00:49:44.97
Number five, the church on
earth is a spiritual reflection
00:49:46.12\00:49:50.55
of the literal heavenly temple.
00:49:50.58\00:49:52.43
Number six, I have
included the scapegoat
00:49:53.72\00:49:57.07
and the cutting
off of the wicked.
00:49:57.10\00:49:59.59
Do you remember what
would happen with people
00:50:00.07\00:50:01.56
who did not
sympathize with the high priest
00:50:01.59\00:50:05.58
on the Day of Atonement?
00:50:05.61\00:50:07.00
Leviticus 23 says they will be
cut off from among the people.
00:50:08.67\00:50:13.01
So you have two things
00:50:14.86\00:50:15.92
that happened on
the Day of Atonement.
00:50:15.95\00:50:16.98
Number one, the sins that
had been confessed and forgiven
00:50:17.01\00:50:20.16
previously by the
blood of the Lord's goat
00:50:20.95\00:50:24.07
were placed on the
head of the scapegoat.
00:50:24.81\00:50:26.82
And then he was sent out to the
wilderness, to an uninhabited
00:50:27.97\00:50:31.90
land, and the
wicked were cut off.
00:50:31.93\00:50:34.29
Do we find that in Revelation?
00:50:35.39\00:50:37.00
Absolutely.
00:50:38.10\00:50:39.13
At the second coming of Jesus,
what happens to the wicked?
00:50:39.16\00:50:41.98
They're cut off.
00:50:43.12\00:50:44.27
What happens to the devil?
00:50:44.80\00:50:46.17
He's bound to the
earth, like the scapegoat.
00:50:48.30\00:50:50.75
And so, I have included the
scapegoat and the cutting off
00:50:53.53\00:50:56.15
of the wicked after the
thousand years as part of
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.91
the Most Holy Place ministry
because these events are
00:50:58.94\00:51:01.83
included in the Day
of Atonement chapters
00:51:01.86\00:51:04.00
of Leviticus 16 and 23.
00:51:04.23\00:51:07.36
Finally, number
seven, at the present
00:51:08.39\00:51:12.97
there exists a gulf
between heaven and earth.
00:51:13.18\00:51:16.35
Right?
00:51:17.54\00:51:18.58
There's a gulf
between heaven and earth.
00:51:20.27\00:51:22.28
Christ is physically present
in a literal heavenly temple.
00:51:23.10\00:51:27.87
He is also spiritually
present with His spiritual
00:51:28.97\00:51:31.84
temple on earth.
00:51:31.87\00:51:33.54
Let me ask you something.
00:51:35.48\00:51:36.92
You know I travel a lot.
00:51:37.83\00:51:39.08
And I spend a lot of
time away from my wife.
00:51:41.28\00:51:44.97
And after I've been
gone for a few days...
00:51:47.08\00:51:49.29
By the way, she's
with me in spirit.
00:51:50.68\00:51:52.83
But after several
days, I long to be with her.
00:51:54.80\00:51:59.74
Physically.
00:52:01.60\00:52:02.92
Is it different to be
with someone in spirit
00:52:04.21\00:52:07.10
than to be with them physically?
00:52:07.75\00:52:09.51
So is Jesus with us in spirit?
00:52:10.27\00:52:12.43
Do you think
He's happy about that?
00:52:12.94\00:52:14.90
No.
00:52:15.62\00:52:16.65
He doesn't want to be
only with us spiritually,
00:52:17.88\00:52:20.11
He wants to be
with us physically.
00:52:20.14\00:52:22.05
That's the whole purpose
of the Sanctuary service.
00:52:23.71\00:52:25.69
Jesus said, "I'm
going to prepare a place."
00:52:25.72\00:52:27.49
All of this is the
preparation of the place.
00:52:28.56\00:52:31.36
His work in the Sanctuary.
00:52:33.00\00:52:34.70
And while He
prepares the place for us,
00:52:35.66\00:52:37.75
we prepare for the place...
00:52:37.78\00:52:39.26
...on earth.
00:52:41.22\00:52:42.37
We do a parallel work
to the work that Jesus does
00:52:43.94\00:52:47.19
in heaven on earth.
00:52:47.22\00:52:48.48
We shine like the candelabra.
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.32
We assimilate the bread.
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.74
We present our prayers to Him.
00:52:56.75\00:52:58.49
We enter with Him
into the Most Holy Place.
00:52:58.52\00:53:00.86
See, we
sympathize with His work.
00:53:01.81\00:53:03.99
But the goal of this whole
thing is that, "Where I am,
00:53:04.02\00:53:09.16
you may be also."
00:53:10.22\00:53:11.63
And so He is also
spiritually present with His
00:53:13.22\00:53:15.78
spiritual temple on earth.
00:53:16.24\00:53:18.03
That is the church.
00:53:18.06\00:53:19.13
The goal of salvation
is to join the physical
00:53:19.33\00:53:22.90
and spiritual
realities at the end
00:53:22.93\00:53:26.66
so that Jesus and His
people can not only experience
00:53:27.25\00:53:31.40
spiritual fellowship, but
physical fellowship as well.
00:53:31.43\00:53:36.31
The Sanctuary
service illustrates the steps
00:53:37.98\00:53:41.05
which Jesus must take
so that he and His people
00:53:41.08\00:53:45.01
can live together in
fellowship in a perfect universe
00:53:45.04\00:53:48.74
that has been freed
from the curse of sin.
00:53:48.77\00:53:51.86
Wow.
00:53:53.12\00:53:54.28
So is the Sanctuary a vital
thing in the book of Revelation?
00:53:55.18\00:53:58.08
It's one of the principles
of prophetic interpretation.
00:53:59.47\00:54:02.85
That's why I included
it as a separate principle.
00:54:02.88\00:54:05.10
Because it is
vital in understanding
00:54:05.30\00:54:08.18
where the book of
Revelation is trending to.
00:54:08.69\00:54:11.21
It's not merely academic, folks.
00:54:12.89\00:54:15.08
It's a matter of salvation.
00:54:16.11\00:54:17.73
To understand, to
follow Jesus by faith.
00:54:18.59\00:54:21.46
And I repeat once again, Israel
could not see into the tent.
00:54:23.18\00:54:28.29
So what God did was He
gave them a description
00:54:29.65\00:54:32.60
of what went on in the tent.
00:54:32.63\00:54:34.30
So that when the priest went
in every day to offer incense
00:54:35.14\00:54:39.21
morning and evening,
00:54:39.24\00:54:40.36
they would gather outside.
00:54:41.20\00:54:42.35
It says in Luke when Zacharias
was offering the incense,
00:54:42.38\00:54:45.88
the people were outside praying.
00:54:45.91\00:54:47.40
And they were outside
and they were praying,
00:54:47.43\00:54:49.27
they're saying, "Ah, Zacharias
right now is presenting
00:54:49.30\00:54:52.27
the incense in the Sanctuary."
00:54:52.30\00:54:54.14
See, they were
doing the reality,
00:54:56.56\00:54:58.08
and in the
Sanctuary was the symbol.
00:54:58.11\00:54:59.92
And then when the high priest
went in to light the lamps
00:55:02.42\00:55:05.68
morning and evening, that was
the high priest that did that,
00:55:05.71\00:55:08.63
the people would
say, "Oh, he went in
00:55:09.90\00:55:12.11
to fill the lamps with oil."
00:55:12.14\00:55:14.52
Because the lamp
had to give light.
00:55:15.11\00:55:16.92
It was the only source
of light in the Sanctuary,
00:55:16.95\00:55:19.48
was the candlestick.
00:55:20.09\00:55:22.00
And so they were
to understand and say,
00:55:22.82\00:55:24.33
and they're following the
high priest, they're saying,
00:55:24.36\00:55:27.03
"He's lighting the
Sanctuary with the oil.
00:55:27.06\00:55:29.16
And so give me oil in my lamp.
00:55:29.19\00:55:32.39
Keep me burning."
00:55:32.85\00:55:34.18
As the song says, "Give me Your
Spirit so that I can shine."
00:55:34.99\00:55:39.35
See, there's a
spiritual implication
00:55:39.98\00:55:42.83
in our personal life.
00:55:43.50\00:55:45.10
And the showbread; every Sabbath
the showbread was changed
00:55:46.58\00:55:51.42
and put fresh.
00:55:51.45\00:55:52.48
Just like we get a
fresh sermon every Sabbath.
00:55:52.51\00:55:55.18
And so when the priest
when in to put the bread,
00:55:57.82\00:55:59.72
the people were saying,
"This is the holy Sabbath."
00:55:59.92\00:56:02.70
It's the day to get fresh bread.
00:56:04.01\00:56:06.26
Spiritually speaking.
00:56:07.57\00:56:09.13
And so the Sanctuary
had profound significance,
00:56:10.06\00:56:13.00
not only because of
what Jesus does in heaven,
00:56:13.03\00:56:16.28
but it has a profound
spiritual significance
00:56:16.48\00:56:19.13
for us on earth.
00:56:19.43\00:56:20.90
And sometimes we miss
that because we talk about
00:56:22.42\00:56:25.21
temple geography.
00:56:25.24\00:56:27.29
And we're able to explain,
"Oh yeah, yeah, you know,
00:56:28.24\00:56:30.15
yeah the table of
showbread, and measured so much,
00:56:30.18\00:56:32.20
and it had twelve
loaves of bread on it.
00:56:32.23\00:56:33.71
And you know, and
the incense was a special
00:56:33.98\00:56:35.91
kind of incense, you know.
00:56:35.94\00:56:36.97
And Aaron, he would light
the lamps morning and evening,
00:56:37.03\00:56:40.05
and he would make
sure that they had oil.
00:56:40.08\00:56:41.72
And you had the ark of the
covenant with the law inside."
00:56:41.75\00:56:43.97
Folks, the reason for the law
inside the ark of the covenant
00:56:44.00\00:56:47.15
is because God wants it to
be in the ark of the heart.
00:56:47.18\00:56:50.32
It does us no good to
have it in the ark up there.
00:56:52.10\00:56:54.52
Jesus says, "I want
the ark to be down there."
00:56:54.62\00:56:57.54
Spiritually.
00:56:58.50\00:56:59.88
And so in that way, the
Sanctuary becomes relevant.
00:57:01.74\00:57:04.70
Not only geographically, but
it becomes relevant to our own
00:57:05.87\00:57:12.23
spiritual walk with Jesus.
00:57:12.26\00:57:15.09
And so what we'll do in our
first class when we reconvene
00:57:17.40\00:57:22.19
is we're going to go to
this document and we're going to
00:57:23.31\00:57:25.80
go step by step through what
we just covered in the chart,
00:57:25.83\00:57:28.96
with Bible verses and quotations
from the spirit of prophecy,
00:57:29.72\00:57:33.27
so that we're sure that it
is absolutely crystal clear
00:57:33.49\00:57:37.75
and that it will cause
an impact in our lives.
00:57:38.10\00:57:39.87
And we can share it
with other people so that
00:57:39.90\00:57:42.16
they can have this
wonderful experience with Jesus.
00:57:42.19\00:57:46.15