Welcome back, everybody.
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I hope that you
had a good lunch.
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I know I did.
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I had the chance of
going home and eating lunch,
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and changing my suit.
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The production crew said
that light suit is not good,
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because it's
hard to color balance.
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So I have to obey
the production crew.
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They know best.
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They are the ones
that do the technology.
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This afternoon we are going
to conclude our remarks about
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the importance of the Sanctuary
in the study of Bible prophecy.
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You know, I could
have spoken about Daniel.
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Daniel also has
many Sanctuary scenes.
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You know, Daniel 7 has
Jesus coming on the clouds
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to the Ancient of
Days for the judgment.
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That's the Day of Atonement.
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In Daniel chapter 8, the
Sanctuary shall be cleansed.
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In Daniel chapter
11, the king of the north
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tramples on the Sanctuary.
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So the book of
Daniel is saturated
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with the Sanctuary as well.
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But we just don't have enough
time to refer to all of the
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Sanctuary scenes in
Daniel and Revelation.
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So let's go to the
document that is titled,
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"The Sanctuary Sequence
in the Book of Revelation."
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That will be our study.
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But before we do, we
want to have a word of prayer
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to ask the Lord's blessing
for our session this afternoon.
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So let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven, we
thank You for the privilege of
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being here once again, and
we plead for the Holy Spirit
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to be present with us.
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Bless us as we study,
give us understanding,
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open our minds, open our
hearts, that we might be able to
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receive the seed of truth.
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And we thank You, Father, for
the promise of Your presence,
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because we ask it
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Okay, "The Sanctuary Sequence
in the Book of Revelation."
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This basically is a review
and amplification of the chart
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that we looked at this morning.
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Now as you see at the top of
the page, there are five places
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of the Sanctuary ministration.
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Five places.
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The first place is in the camp.
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What did Jesus do in the camp?
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In the camp, Jesus
lived His perfect life.
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He came and camped in our midst.
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He tabernacled among us.
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And the purpose of His
life was to live the life
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that the law requires from us.
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You see, we can't
offer the law perfection.
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And so because we can't
offer the law perfection,
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the law says you have to die.
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But of course, we
don't want to die.
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And so how can we offer
the law what the law requires?
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The only way is if the Creator,
Jesus Christ, takes the place
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of His creatures and
lives the life in human flesh
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that we should live.
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And then Jesus bore
our sins upon Himself,
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and He went to the cross.
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In other words, He died
the death that we should die.
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So basically, the first
step in the Sanctuary service
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is the perfect life of
Jesus in the camp with us.
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That is symbolized by
the lamb without blemish.
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You know, when they
brought a lamb to the Sanctuary,
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it had to be without blemish
even before it was killed.
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And so Jesus Christ had to
have a life without blemish,
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or else His sacrifice
would not have been accepted.
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Now the second step, of
course, is in the outer court.
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And in the outer court, you
have the altar of sacrifice.
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And that is where Jesus died.
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The altar of sacrifice
represents the cross of Calvary.
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And there He bore our sins.
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Now, there's one piece
of furniture that I don't
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mention here,
it's part of the court,
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which is the laver.
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And after the priest offered
the sacrifice, he would go
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and he would cleanse
himself before he went
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into the Holy Place.
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And basically, this represents
the fact that Jesus totally
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cleansed Himself from death.
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He came forth from the tomb.
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Death defiles.
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You couldn't touch even
the body of a dead person
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because you'd become defiled.
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So Jesus left death behind.
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He cleansed Himself
from death at the laver.
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And then the next
function in the Sanctuary
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is in the Holy Place.
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And that's where Jesus
intercedes for individuals
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and applies His life and His
death to those who come to Him
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in repentance
confessing their sins.
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Then He takes the
benefits of His life and death
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and He places them to
their personal account.
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Then the fourth
place in the Sanctuary
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is the Most Holy Place.
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And that is where Jesus
goes into the Most Holy Place
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to perform a work of judgment
beginning in the year 1844,
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October 22, 1844.
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And then the last
place, which is very important,
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is the outer court again.
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In the outer court, once
the Sanctuary was cleansed,
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the sins that had
been forgiven by the blood
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now were brought
out and they were placed
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on the head of the scapegoat.
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And if you read Leviticus
16 verse 7, it says that the
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scapegoat was at the entrance
to the tabernacle of meeting.
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And that's, the devil is
going to be on earth, isn't he.
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He's going to be
in the court on earth.
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And Jesus is going to come
out and He's going to place
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the ultimate responsibility
as the originator and instigator
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of sin upon
Azazel, upon the scapegoat.
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And then of course Jesus goes
back into the Most Holy Place.
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He changes His garments
from His priestly garments,
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because His priestly functions
have already come to an end,
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His high priestly functions.
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And then Jesus places His
kingly garments upon Himself.
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And that is where
Jesus returns to the earth
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as King of kings
and Lord of lords.
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So those are the five
key places of the Sanctuary.
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Those are the functions
of Jesus in the Sanctuary.
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Now we all know that
the Sanctuary service
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had two parts, two main parts.
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I'm not talking
about geographically.
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I'm talking in
terms of ministration.
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The first was the daily service.
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And the daily service
was performed in the camp,
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in the court, and
in the Holy Place.
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And then there was
the yearly service.
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And the yearly
service was performed
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in the Most Holy Place.
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And then at the conclusion
of the Day of Atonement,
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the high priest would come
out and place the responsibility
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for sin upon the
head of the scapegoat
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there at the entrance in
the court of the Sanctuary.
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Now, the ministration in the
court was very, very important.
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You have there the
altar of sacrifice.
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And according to Revelation
chapter 1 and verse 5,
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Jesus loved us and
washed us in His blood.
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Notice that the verbs are past.
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So Revelation begins
with the past work of Jesus,
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in Revelation 1 verse 5.
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He loved us and He
washed us in His blood.
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Past tense.
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So Revelation begins by
describing the work of Jesus
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while He was on the earth.
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By the way, Revelation
1:17-18 also amplifies that.
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Because it says that
Jesus was the one who was dead
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and yet is alive.
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So see, you have there the death
and resurrection of Christ.
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So in chapter 1, you have an
allusion to the work of Jesus
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in the court; His
death and His resurrection.
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And then of course, we
have the ministration of Jesus
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in the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
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And in Revelation, this
takes place during the period
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of the churches, the
seals, and the trumpets.
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Now in the church series,
we find Jesus walking among
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the seven candlesticks.
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And in heaven, the
candlesticks are literal.
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But on earth, the candlesticks
have a symbolic value.
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What do the
candlesticks represent on earth?
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On earth, they represent
the history of the church.
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Not only the literal
seven churches in Asia Minor,
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but seven stages in the
history of the church universal.
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Isn't that right?
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And you notice that
Jesus walks in the midst
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of the seven candlesticks.
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He does that literally
in the heavenly Sanctuary,
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but spiritually He walks among
the churches here on earth.
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In other words, He walks
in the church throughout the
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different stages
of church history.
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Now, what is it that
the high priest did with the
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candlestick in the Sanctuary?
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Well, you have to go...
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And we're not going to go
there because we don't really
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have a lot of time.
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I'll just summarize what
we have in our document here.
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The purpose of the high
priest, with regards to the
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seven branch
candlestick, was to make sure
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that the wicks were
long enough to burn,
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and also that the candlestick
had a constant supply of oil.
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And of course the high priest,
he would walk, so to speak,
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among the candlesticks to
make sure that the candlestick
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never ceased giving its light.
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Now, Jesus walks among
the candlesticks in heaven.
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He keeps them lighted.
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But what does that
represent on earth?
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On earth, it
represents the fact that Jesus
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walks throughout the
course of church history.
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The seven churches
represent all of church history.
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And Jesus walks in the midst
of the history of the church
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to make sure that the light
of the church never goes out;
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to make sure that there's always
a supply of the Holy Spirit,
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to keep the light
of the church shining.
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Even in the Dark Ages, the
light did not totally go out.
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Because Jesus was walking
in the midst of church history
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keeping the lamps lighted.
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The number seven, of
course, indicates the totality
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of church history.
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Jesus is in the midst
of His church on earth
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during the total
period of church history
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from the first
century till the end of time.
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So you'll notice
here, the key text is
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Leviticus 24 verses 1 through
4 where we are told that the
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high priest was
to trim the lamps.
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And he was suppose to
do it morning and evening.
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In other words, the
lights could never go out.
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The oil
represents the Holy Spirit.
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And the light represents
the witness that the church
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presents to the world through
the agency of the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus makes sure that
the oil never runs out
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so that His church can
be the light of the world.
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What was the purpose of
the giving of the Holy Spirit
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on the day of Pentecost?
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We studied this.
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Was it for personal edification
to make you feel good?
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Is that why God gave the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost?
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No. "Ye shall receive power,
and you shall be My..." What?
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"...witnesses."
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"You are the light of the
world," is what Jesus said.
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And so the purpose of the
oil in the lamp is for the
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church to give light.
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And Jesus makes sure
that there is always a supply
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of the Holy Spirit to keep
the light of the church burning.
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During the Dark Ages,
the light of the church
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was on the brink of going out.
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Why do you suppose
they're called, the Dark Ages?
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But Jesus did not leave
Himself without witness.
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Even in the darkest period
of the history of the church,
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the light still shone.
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Notice this
statement from Ellen White.
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It's found in, Acts of
the Apostles, page 586.
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Beautiful statement
about the seven candlesticks.
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She says, "Christ is spoken
of as walking in the midst
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of the golden candlesticks.
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Thus is symbolized His
relation to the churches.
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He is in constant
communication with His people.
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He knows their true state.
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He observes their order,
their piety, and their devotion.
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Although He is high priest and
mediator in the sanctuary above,
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yet He is represented as
walking up and down in the
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midst of His churches on earth."
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You see the principle?
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Jesus is walking in heaven
among the literal candlesticks.
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On earth, He walks among
the spiritual candlesticks;
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the church in
different periods of history.
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She continues saying,
"With untiring wakefulness
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and unremitting
vigilance, He watches to see
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whether the light
of any of His sentinels
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is burning dim or going out.
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If the candlesticks
were left to mere human care,
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the flickering flame
would languish and die;
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but He is the
watchman in the Lord's house,
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and true warden
of the temple courts.
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His continued care
and sustaining grace
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are the source
of life and light."
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Isn't that a beautiful
description of what the
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function of Jesus is in
the midst of the spiritual
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candlesticks on earth and
also as He walks among the
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literal candlesticks
in the heavenly Sanctuary?
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So Ellen White wrote
about seven candlesticks
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as proof that Jesus
is in the Holy Place.
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But she also
speaks of the candlesticks
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to prove that Jesus is
with His church on earth.
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Is Ellen White speaking
out of both sides of her mouth?
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No.
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Not any more than Jesus
who said that He was going
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to heaven, to the literal
temple, but also promised
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that He would be with His
church, the spiritual temple,
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until the end of the world.
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Jesus is literally in
heaven, but spiritually on earth
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through the Holy Spirit.
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You understand the principle?
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This is a very
important principle in the study
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of Bible prophecy.
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The literal
things are in heaven,
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and the spiritual
things are on earth.
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In heaven, there's a literal
tree of life, literal water,
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there's literal
manna, there's...
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Literal.
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The city has literal walls.
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Do you know what the wall is
spiritually these days on earth?
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The spiritual wall
represents the law of God.
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And a breach has
been made in the wall.
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What is the breach in the wall?
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The Sabbath
commandment has been removed.
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And so we have to be
repairers of the breach.
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In other words, the
wall on earth has to reflect
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the wall in heaven.
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And so once again,
what is literal in heaven,
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the literal Ten Commandments,
represents the wall on earth,
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spiritually speaking.
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Now we move to the next
section, which is the seals.
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We've spoken about
Jesus among the candlesticks
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in Revelation 1 through 3
with regards to the churches.
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Now we need to
move on to the seals.
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And of course, Jesus,
during the period of the seals,
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is at the table
of the showbread.
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Now what does bread represent?
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You know this.
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Bread
represents the Word of God.
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"Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God."
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"The words that I
speak, they are spirit
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and they are life," Jesus said.
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And so, the bread
represents the Word of God.
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Now the bread is called,
the bread of the Presence.
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It was always on the table.
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In other words, it
was continually there.
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There was never a time
when the table did not have
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the twelve loaves of
bread; representing the fact
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that God provides for
all of Israel's needs.
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Twelve loaves of bread
representing the twelve tribes,
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the twelve apostles,
and everybody that descends
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from them or comes
into the church as a result
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of their work.
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Now during the
period of papal dominion,
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the Word of God was scarce.
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But it never totally disappeared
because Jesus made sure
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that there was
bread on the table.
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The table of showbread
represents the throne of God
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in the Holy Place for
the following reasons...
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Some people think that
the throne of God was always
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only in the Most Holy Place.
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Not so.
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God has a throne
in the Holy Place too.
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If you don't believe that, you
know, just read Revelation 3:21
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where Jesus says, "He who
overcomes, I will grant to
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sit with Me on My
throne, as I overcame and sat
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with My Father on His throne."
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And then you go
to Daniel chapter 7.
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And you find in Daniel
chapter 7 that the Father moves.
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And then the chariot that took
the Father to where He went,
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it comes back and it
picks up Jesus, the Son of Man.
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And then the chariot moves
Jesus to where the Father was.
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And of course,
where were they moved to?
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They were moved to the
Most Holy Place because that's
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where the judgment
is going to take place.
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It says, the judgment sat
and the books were opened.
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So let me ask you, do you
have to be a rocket scientist
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to figure out that if they
went into the Most Holy Place
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for the judgment, before that
they must have been in the Holy?
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Did God have a
throne in the Holy Place?
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Absolutely.
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That's where God the Father and
His Son Jesus were until 1844.
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And then in 1844, the Father
moved into the Most Holy first,
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and then Jesus moved into
the Most Holy Place afterwards
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to begin the work of judgment.
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Daniel 7 makes
that absolutely clear.
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Are you with me?
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Now, how do we know that
the table of the showbread
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represents the throne of God?
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Well, I have several reasons
here that I'm going to read.
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Number one, the throne of God
is in the sides of the north.
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Where was the table of
showbread in the Sanctuary
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in the Holy Place?
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It was on the north side.
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The Hebrew
expression, "lechem panim,"
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is better translated,
the bread of the Presence.
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We call it, the showbread.
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But a better translation
is, the bread of the Presence.
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The word, "panim," means,
person, face, or presence.
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So in other words, the
name of the bread itself
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reflects the fact that in
the bread you have reflected
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the face or the
countenance or persons involved.
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In other words, the
bread represents persons.
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And of course, through
the persons it also represents
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the Word of God,
the written Word of God.
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Now the table of showbread
was the only item of furniture,
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that was
surrounded by two crowns.
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Interesting.
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Exodus 37:10-12,
you can read that.
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The altar of incense
and the ark of the covenant
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had only one crown.
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Now why would the table
of showbread have two crowns?
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Why would it have
two stacks of bread?
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Because you're
dealing with two people.
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You're dealing
with two individuals.
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There were two stacks
of bread on the table.
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This reflects the fact that when
Jesus ascended to His Father,
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He sat with His
Father on His throne.
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See, there are
two on the throne.
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And both of them provide for the
material needs of their people.
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The next point is
that during the third seal,
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this is a very important
point, during the third seal
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there is a scarcity,
or a famine, for what?
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There is a famine
for Sanctuary bread,
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which leads to the
death under the fourth seal.
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So why would the seals
talk about a scarcity of bread?
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In other words, grain
is extremely expensive
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during the period
of the third seal,
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and it brings
death in the fourth seal.
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It's because
there's a scarcity of what?
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There's a scarcity of showbread.
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It's not totally gone,
but it's very expensive.
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During the Dark Ages, was
the Word of God pretty expensive
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and hard to find?
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Oh yes it was.
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Ellen White,
furthermore, makes it very clear
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that the Father and the Son
were both seated on a throne
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in the Holy Place until 1844.
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The only piece of
furniture in the Holy Place
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that can be
interpreted as the throne is the
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table of the showbread, for
the reasons that I mentioned.
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So during the period of
the seals, Jesus is where?
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Jesus is at the
table of the showbread.
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And what is He
doing with the bread?
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He's making sure that there is
always a supply of fresh bread
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for His church.
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Now, were there
times during the seals when
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bread was quite scarce?
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Oh yes, very
scarce. Very expensive.
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And yet, it never
totally disappeared.
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Jesus always
sustained His church.
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He, for example,
used the Waldenses
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who copied little pieces
of Scripture on parchment.
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And they were, you
know, they traveled
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and they were sales people.
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And they would give these
little parchments of Scripture
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to their clients.
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In other words, the
Word of God was preserved.
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There was always bread, even
though it was quite expensive
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and scarce.
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And then during the
series of the trumpets
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Jesus moves to
the altar of incense.
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That's the
introductory Sanctuary scene.
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Now, at the altar of
incense, Jesus receives
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the prayer of His saints.
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We've already studied that.
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Let me ask you, during
the period of papal dominion,
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did the papacy take
over the function of Jesus
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at the altar of incense?
00:22:18.68\00:22:20.29
Who were people
taught to pray to?
00:22:22.62\00:22:25.04
Mary.
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To pray to the saints.
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And the ministration of
Jesus was cast to the ground.
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So are you seeing that
all of this also relates
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to the Dark Ages?
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During the Dark
Ages the light flickered,
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but it did not go totally out.
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The bread was very expensive,
00:22:43.39\00:22:45.77
but it did not
totally disappear.
00:22:45.80\00:22:48.25
Jesus interceded at the
altar of incense on earth.
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This was blurred by the papacy.
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Because they said, "Oh no, the
priest has to intercede for you.
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Mary has to intercede for you.
00:22:57.71\00:22:59.61
The saints have to
intercede for you."
00:22:59.64\00:23:01.50
But the intercession of
Jesus never totally disappeared.
00:23:01.53\00:23:05.56
He was still there to
intercede for His people.
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To a great degree, the
people lost sight of Jesus
00:23:10.72\00:23:13.12
as the intercessor.
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Incidentally, this is
the taking away of the daily.
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The daily means
the continual function
00:23:18.58\00:23:22.32
of Jesus in the Holy Place.
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And do you know
something interesting?
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The word, "daily," or,
"tamid," in the Hebrew,
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is used for the
table of showbread,
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it is used for the
lamps, and it is used also
00:23:33.20\00:23:37.78
for the altar of incense.
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In other words, the
altar of incense is called,
00:23:39.85\00:23:42.17
the tamid incense.
00:23:42.20\00:23:44.23
The bread is
called, the tamid bread.
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And the candlestick is
called, the tamid candlestick.
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So the papacy messed
with all three of these.
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Instead of the Word of
God, it substituted tradition.
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Instead of being the
light, it brought darkness.
00:23:59.07\00:24:01.90
And instead of point at
Jesus as the intercessor,
00:24:01.93\00:24:04.88
it established
human intercessors.
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That's what it means,
they took away the daily.
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They took away the ministration.
00:24:09.92\00:24:11.31
The word, "daily,"
means, the continual
00:24:11.34\00:24:13.40
ministration of Christ.
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In fact, the
Spanish version says,
00:24:14.97\00:24:16.76
instead of saying,
"daily," it says, "continuo."
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The continual ministration
of Christ in the Sanctuary
00:24:20.24\00:24:22.98
was taken and placed on the
earth instead of pointing people
00:24:23.08\00:24:27.64
to the ministration
of Christ in heaven.
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And then Jesus moves
into the Most Holy Place.
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Following along
here in our document.
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Revelation 11:19 to 14:20.
00:24:35.96\00:24:38.98
And the Most Holy
Place opens in 11:19 for the
00:24:39.46\00:24:43.03
beginning of the judgment.
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The ark of the covenant is seen.
00:24:44.53\00:24:46.47
And the ark of the
covenant contained what?
00:24:47.12\00:24:49.99
The law of God.
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Where did the Day
of Atonement transpire?
00:24:51.55\00:24:54.25
In the Most Holy Place.
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So you know this is taking
place in the Most Holy Place.
00:24:56.20\00:24:59.45
Now isn't it interesting that
when the temple opens in heaven,
00:24:59.55\00:25:03.61
when the Most Holy Place
opens, is there suppose to be
00:25:03.71\00:25:06.95
an announcement on earth that
the temple in heaven has begun
00:25:06.98\00:25:10.84
the service of the Day
of Atonement? Of course.
00:25:11.04\00:25:13.62
Where's that announcement found
where the book of Revelation
00:25:13.65\00:25:16.98
says that the
judgment has begun?
00:25:17.01\00:25:19.47
The first angel's message.
00:25:20.01\00:25:21.60
Was that proclaimed by the
Millerites leading up to 1844?
00:25:21.97\00:25:24.98
Yes, besides Daniel 8:14,
the other most famous text
00:25:25.26\00:25:29.82
that the Millerites quoted
was Revelation 14 verse 7.
00:25:29.85\00:25:34.36
"Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:25:34.39\00:25:36.54
for the hour of
His judgment is come."
00:25:36.57\00:25:39.57
So in other words,
00:25:39.88\00:25:42.56
speaks about the
opening of the temple in heaven,
00:25:42.59\00:25:44.89
of the Most Holy
Place, and the first angel
00:25:44.92\00:25:47.34
proclaims on earth,
"Hey, the judgment has begun
00:25:47.37\00:25:50.76
in the heavenly Sanctuary."
00:25:50.79\00:25:52.41
So in Revelation 11:19,
you have the heavenly event;
00:25:52.77\00:25:56.79
the opening of the Sanctuary.
00:25:56.82\00:25:58.32
And on earth, in
Revelation 14:6-7,
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.90
you have the
earthly announcement
00:26:00.93\00:26:02.35
of the heavenly event.
00:26:02.38\00:26:03.93
And then you move on.
00:26:04.42\00:26:05.80
Revelation 15
verses 5 through 8.
00:26:05.83\00:26:08.84
This is what we
mentioned in our previous study.
00:26:09.18\00:26:12.32
And that is,
that the ministration
00:26:12.35\00:26:14.12
in the Sanctuary ceases.
00:26:14.15\00:26:16.52
The door to the
Most Holy Place opens.
00:26:17.24\00:26:19.48
Yes, it opens.
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.07
But it doesn't
open to let people in.
00:26:21.10\00:26:23.57
It opens to let
the plague angels out.
00:26:24.09\00:26:27.23
And no one can enter
the temple anymore until
00:26:27.91\00:26:30.56
the seven last
plagues have been poured out,
00:26:30.59\00:26:32.86
because intercession has ceased.
00:26:32.89\00:26:35.57
When the Day of
Atonement was over,
00:26:36.54\00:26:38.29
was
intercession over for Israel?
00:26:38.67\00:26:40.97
It most certainly was.
00:26:41.00\00:26:42.56
During this period,
God's people will have to live
00:26:42.83\00:26:45.48
in the sight of a holy
God without a mediator.
00:26:45.51\00:26:48.65
The temple is opened so
that the angels can come out,
00:26:49.16\00:26:52.21
not so people can go in.
00:26:52.69\00:26:54.46
The parallel with
Noah's day is impressive.
00:26:54.94\00:26:57.90
Preaching with the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:26:58.27\00:27:00.48
the closing of the door,
the time of trouble and testing,
00:27:00.90\00:27:04.39
destruction, Satan
bound on desolate planet,
00:27:04.69\00:27:08.12
and the world
cleansed from sin and sinners;
00:27:08.15\00:27:10.09
all of those are
parallels from the days of Noah
00:27:10.12\00:27:13.67
that point forward to the
time when probation closes,
00:27:13.70\00:27:17.49
when the door closes.
00:27:17.52\00:27:19.07
And then next, in Revelation
16 verse 1 through 18:24,
00:27:19.56\00:27:25.54
we have plagues.
00:27:25.74\00:27:27.46
Who pours out the plagues?
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The angels.
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See, in Revelation
15 the temple closes.
00:27:32.18\00:27:35.20
It's filled with smoke.
00:27:35.30\00:27:36.60
No one can enter.
00:27:36.63\00:27:37.77
In other words, you don't
have an intercessor anymore.
00:27:37.80\00:27:40.24
And then beginning in chapter 16
through the end of chapter 18,
00:27:40.50\00:27:44.32
the plagues are poured out.
00:27:44.35\00:27:45.65
Because this is the
time of tribulation.
00:27:46.47\00:27:48.53
This is the time of trouble.
00:27:48.63\00:27:50.47
And as I mentioned
this morning, the plagues
00:27:51.06\00:27:53.20
come from the Most Holy Place.
00:27:53.23\00:27:54.78
Because the angels come
out of the Most Holy Place.
00:27:55.36\00:27:58.27
They come out of the
temple, out of the naos.
00:27:58.30\00:28:00.82
In other words, they come
out of the Most Holy Place
00:28:00.85\00:28:02.86
of the Sanctuary to
pour out the plagues.
00:28:02.89\00:28:05.95
And as in the Old
Testament, the plagues came from
00:28:06.28\00:28:09.41
the ark of the
covenant because the Philistines
00:28:09.44\00:28:11.90
were trampling on God's law.
00:28:11.93\00:28:13.22
They were the
uncircumcised Philistines.
00:28:13.25\00:28:15.47
In the same way, the
sinful world will receive
00:28:15.64\00:28:20.00
the retribution for their
sins, and it will come from
00:28:20.14\00:28:22.72
the Most Holy Place directly
from the ark of the covenant.
00:28:22.75\00:28:26.46
And then in chapter
19 verses 1 through 10,
00:28:27.53\00:28:30.39
you have God's
people victorious in heaven.
00:28:30.68\00:28:32.95
God's people are
there after the plagues.
00:28:33.61\00:28:36.07
They're singing,
they're praising the Lord.
00:28:36.10\00:28:38.13
The people are
clothed in white garments
00:28:38.57\00:28:40.47
because they have been cleansed
on the Day of Atonement.
00:28:40.67\00:28:43.15
So in Revelation 19, you
have the victory celebration
00:28:43.76\00:28:46.82
after God's people
have come forth victorious.
00:28:46.85\00:28:50.00
And then you have in
Revelation chapter 20:1-3
00:28:50.28\00:28:54.38
the scapegoat ceremony.
00:28:54.41\00:28:55.79
Let me ask you, is Revelation
following the exact order
00:28:55.82\00:28:58.68
of the Hebrew Sanctuary?
00:28:58.71\00:29:00.30
I mean, how can you understand
Revelation without understanding
00:29:01.10\00:29:03.81
the Sanctuary?
00:29:03.84\00:29:04.91
It follows the identical
sequence of the Sanctuary.
00:29:04.94\00:29:08.53
So in Revelation 20:1-3,
you have the scapegoat ceremony.
00:29:08.93\00:29:12.55
Satan is bound by a
mighty angel in a desolate
00:29:12.58\00:29:17.46
and uninhabited earth.
00:29:17.49\00:29:19.07
For how long?
00:29:19.10\00:29:20.23
For one thousand years.
00:29:20.26\00:29:23.22
And what will God's
people be doing during
00:29:23.74\00:29:26.00
those thousand years?
00:29:26.03\00:29:27.48
God's people will be in heaven.
00:29:27.81\00:29:31.08
And what will they
be doing in heaven?
00:29:32.11\00:29:34.12
In heaven, they
will be opening the books
00:29:35.48\00:29:39.47
to see the records of
those who were left behind.
00:29:39.50\00:29:42.78
Satan, his angels,
as well as the wicked.
00:29:43.02\00:29:47.16
Now are you aware that
the judgment has three phases,
00:29:47.67\00:29:51.30
the judgment has
three different stages?
00:29:51.33\00:29:54.50
There is a
pre-advent investigative stage.
00:29:55.25\00:29:58.20
And that is for those who
profess the name of Christ.
00:29:58.65\00:30:02.02
Then you have
the millennial stage,
00:30:02.87\00:30:05.13
which is a stage that
takes place with God's people
00:30:05.65\00:30:09.79
in heaven examining the records
of those who were left behind;
00:30:09.82\00:30:13.12
the reason why
they were left behind.
00:30:13.15\00:30:14.79
God wants to reveal to
the universe why these people
00:30:14.82\00:30:17.73
were not brought to heaven.
00:30:17.76\00:30:18.97
And then amazingly,
after the thousand years,
00:30:19.37\00:30:22.35
those same books are
opened all over again.
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.80
You find that in
Revelation chapter 20.
00:30:26.09\00:30:27.94
We'll take a look at that when
we study the literary structure
00:30:27.97\00:30:31.46
of Revelation 12
through 22 later on.
00:30:31.66\00:30:34.08
But in Revelation chapter 20,
particularly verses 11 and 12,
00:30:34.28\00:30:39.96
you find that those books
that were looked at during
00:30:39.99\00:30:42.75
the thousand years will
be opened and they will be
00:30:42.78\00:30:45.58
shown to Satan, his
angels, and the wicked
00:30:45.61\00:30:48.61
after the thousand years.
00:30:48.64\00:30:50.45
So when God finishes His
three stages of judgment;
00:30:51.10\00:30:54.57
the pre-advent judgment,
the millennial judgment,
00:30:54.60\00:30:57.14
and the post
millennial judgment,
00:30:57.17\00:30:58.84
the whole universe
will be on the same page.
00:30:58.94\00:31:01.38
You see, the pre-advent
judgment, the purpose is
00:31:02.02\00:31:04.82
to reveal to the heavenly
intelligences that Jesus
00:31:05.02\00:31:08.06
has the right to take
a certain group of people
00:31:08.09\00:31:10.67
with Him to heaven.
00:31:10.70\00:31:11.87
That's why He deals
only with the righteous
00:31:12.49\00:31:14.67
before the second coming.
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.91
He doesn't have to
judge the wicked, because
00:31:17.34\00:31:19.09
they're going to be left behind.
00:31:19.12\00:31:20.43
But He has to reveal
before His second coming
00:31:20.93\00:31:23.80
who is worthy of
being taken there.
00:31:24.05\00:31:26.61
That's why it's
only the righteous
00:31:27.39\00:31:28.83
before the second coming.
00:31:28.86\00:31:30.29
Because at the second coming,
He's going to reward them.
00:31:30.32\00:31:32.68
But before He rewards
them, He has to reveal
00:31:32.78\00:31:36.10
what their reward is.
00:31:36.13\00:31:37.70
During the millennium, who
is going to be convinced that
00:31:38.65\00:31:41.53
God acted correctly in
every single case of those
00:31:41.56\00:31:44.85
who were left behind?
00:31:44.88\00:31:46.04
Not only the intelligences of
the universe, but God's people.
00:31:46.30\00:31:50.02
Because there's going to
be some people there that we
00:31:50.22\00:31:52.47
thought we could
take it to the bank
00:31:52.50\00:31:53.67
that they would be there, and
they're not going to be there.
00:31:53.70\00:31:55.64
And there are other
people that are there that we
00:31:56.29\00:31:58.27
would have never
believed would make it.
00:31:58.30\00:32:00.00
And so God is going
to open up the books,
00:32:00.43\00:32:02.13
He's going to say, "Here,
folks, let Me show you why
00:32:02.16\00:32:05.27
those people who
are here are here.
00:32:06.51\00:32:09.52
And let me show you why
those who are down there
00:32:09.89\00:32:13.08
who were left
behind are not here."
00:32:13.11\00:32:15.11
And when we examine the records,
we're going to find that God
00:32:16.51\00:32:19.91
did everything
absolutely just right.
00:32:19.94\00:32:23.10
Don't think that when
we're examining the records,
00:32:24.23\00:32:26.23
you know, we're going to say,
"Uh-ho, Lord, You missed one.
00:32:26.66\00:32:29.75
You've got to
bring him up here."
00:32:30.17\00:32:31.20
No, no, no, no.
00:32:31.23\00:32:32.26
God, in the
pre-advent judgment, reveals who
00:32:33.04\00:32:36.35
He is going to take with Him.
00:32:36.38\00:32:37.49
When probation closes,
His kingdom is made up.
00:32:37.63\00:32:40.22
Because His kingdom
is made up of people.
00:32:40.90\00:32:43.32
We think of the kingdom in
terms of geographical territory.
00:32:44.18\00:32:47.24
No. The kingdom is His people.
00:32:47.27\00:32:49.26
And so He has to
reveal who His people are
00:32:50.08\00:32:53.19
before the second coming,
because He's going to come
00:32:53.22\00:32:55.29
to take them with Him.
00:32:55.32\00:32:56.49
He's going to take His
kingdom with Him to heaven.
00:32:56.66\00:32:59.24
And then during the millennium,
you know, He's going to show
00:32:59.75\00:33:02.91
His people, and the inhabitants
of the worlds, and the angels,
00:33:02.94\00:33:06.47
and everybody in
heaven, He's going to show that
00:33:06.50\00:33:08.25
He was right in leaving
all those people behind.
00:33:08.28\00:33:10.80
Who still
remains to be convinced?
00:33:12.36\00:33:14.68
The wicked.
00:33:16.63\00:33:17.85
The wicked need to be convinced
why they were left behind.
00:33:18.42\00:33:21.18
And the devil and
his angels need to admit
00:33:21.89\00:33:25.80
that God acted right.
00:33:25.83\00:33:27.07
So what is God going to do?
00:33:27.10\00:33:28.53
After the thousand years, He's
going to open the books again.
00:33:28.72\00:33:31.35
The same books that we
examined during the millennium.
00:33:31.38\00:33:33.64
And Ellen White says
that in panoramic view
00:33:34.60\00:33:38.04
God is going to re-enact
the entire history of the world.
00:33:38.51\00:33:42.31
Beginning with Adam in
the Garden of Eden, she says,
00:33:43.11\00:33:47.07
and ending at
the very end of time.
00:33:47.65\00:33:49.29
We're going to see
exactly the way it happened.
00:33:49.39\00:33:51.82
Now that is really something,
when you really think about it.
00:33:52.85\00:33:56.69
You know, how God retrieves
the entire history of the world.
00:33:56.72\00:34:00.92
Every single little detail.
00:34:00.95\00:34:02.60
I mean, that's
the type of technology
00:34:03.45\00:34:04.87
that we don't understand.
00:34:04.90\00:34:06.73
I mean, God has a
record of everything.
00:34:07.16\00:34:09.83
And the wicked
are going to see it,
00:34:09.93\00:34:12.35
and the devil and his
angels are going to see it.
00:34:12.38\00:34:14.61
And God's people
are going to see it.
00:34:15.27\00:34:17.26
It's going to be
seen above the city.
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.38
And every person is going
to see a record of their lives,
00:34:20.35\00:34:23.29
and the opportunities
that they received,
00:34:23.56\00:34:25.68
and how they rejected the
opportunities of salvation.
00:34:25.97\00:34:29.90
And the climax of
the great controversy is,
00:34:30.87\00:34:32.85
after everybody
has seen their case...
00:34:32.88\00:34:34.57
Up till this point Satan
has rallied all of the wicked
00:34:35.18\00:34:37.98
because he wants the
wicked to attack the holy city.
00:34:38.29\00:34:41.41
And in fact, Ellen White
says that powerful weapons
00:34:41.69\00:34:45.04
of warfare are created.
00:34:45.07\00:34:47.38
She also strongly hints
that there's going to be
00:34:47.98\00:34:51.41
military training.
00:34:51.61\00:34:52.98
Because when they're
ready to attack the city,
00:34:53.01\00:34:55.28
she says that they march
across the surface of the earth
00:34:55.45\00:34:58.89
with military precision.
00:34:58.92\00:35:01.04
They're not going
to storm the city,
00:35:01.84\00:35:03.54
they are going to be
organized militarily.
00:35:04.05\00:35:06.80
And she says that the
number of the troops is greater
00:35:07.76\00:35:11.72
than all of the military
personnel that has served
00:35:11.75\00:35:14.80
in every war in the
history of planet earth.
00:35:14.83\00:35:17.49
And that's why Revelation says,
00:35:18.08\00:35:19.64
they will be like
the sand of the sea.
00:35:19.67\00:35:21.91
And they will
advance toward the city,
00:35:22.44\00:35:23.95
they will surround the city.
00:35:23.98\00:35:25.28
God will show them that
they had the opportunity
00:35:25.39\00:35:28.50
to be saved, and they
rejected the opportunity.
00:35:28.53\00:35:31.23
And then their rage will shift.
00:35:31.54\00:35:35.48
See, the same thing that
happened in the days of Esther.
00:35:37.30\00:35:40.21
The same thing
that happened to Daniel
00:35:41.25\00:35:43.51
when he was
thrown in the lion's den;
00:35:44.54\00:35:46.17
the enemies were thrown in.
00:35:46.20\00:35:47.90
The same thing that happened
during the French Revolution.
00:35:48.14\00:35:51.05
Those who supported the
papacy turned against her.
00:35:51.66\00:35:54.40
The same thing that
happened with the Jewish nation.
00:35:55.08\00:35:58.71
The Romans that they
asked to crucify Christ
00:35:59.24\00:36:03.66
then turned against them.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.37
The same thing will
happen as the multitudes
00:36:06.61\00:36:09.67
turning against their ministers
during the sixth plague;
00:36:09.70\00:36:12.63
the drying up of the waters.
00:36:12.66\00:36:14.26
But this time it's
going to happen with
00:36:14.66\00:36:16.02
the devil and his angels.
00:36:16.05\00:36:17.53
You know, usually we have this
myth that the city is going to,
00:36:18.05\00:36:20.94
that the wicked are
going to be destroyed
00:36:20.97\00:36:22.37
when they're attacking the city.
00:36:22.40\00:36:23.57
The wicked
never attack the city.
00:36:23.60\00:36:25.65
The wicked, and the
devil and his angels,
00:36:27.18\00:36:29.03
they are totally
prepared to attack the city,
00:36:29.13\00:36:31.87
and then they see that
panoramic view above the city.
00:36:31.90\00:36:34.87
And they realize that they're
lost because of the ole devil
00:36:34.90\00:36:38.81
and because of
their own choices.
00:36:38.84\00:36:40.37
And she says
that at that point...
00:36:40.95\00:36:42.25
And this is found in Ezekiel
chapter 28 verses 1 through 10.
00:36:42.28\00:36:45.30
That's the biblical foundation.
00:36:45.40\00:36:46.80
She says that they now turn
towards the devil, they say,
00:36:46.96\00:36:50.45
"You are a liar.
00:36:50.48\00:36:53.23
And you are to blame."
00:36:53.74\00:36:55.48
Of course, they're to blame
because they made the choices.
00:36:56.82\00:36:59.22
But they're going to blame
the devil, they're going to say,
00:36:59.25\00:37:00.75
"You are to blame.
God isn't to blame.
00:37:00.78\00:37:02.87
God acted right."
00:37:02.96\00:37:04.62
Every knee will bow.
00:37:05.10\00:37:06.69
And every tongue will
confess that God acted right.
00:37:07.08\00:37:10.98
The devil himself will
have to kneel and admit that
00:37:11.01\00:37:14.70
God is love and that
God is perfectly just.
00:37:14.73\00:37:18.04
And then the wicked
will avalanche themselves
00:37:19.12\00:37:21.12
against the
devil and his angels.
00:37:21.15\00:37:22.77
And fire will descend from
heaven and then will consume
00:37:24.01\00:37:27.50
the devil, his
angels, and the wicked.
00:37:27.53\00:37:29.66
Does God convince the devil,
and his angels, and the wicked
00:37:30.76\00:37:33.42
that He acted right?
00:37:33.45\00:37:34.74
Listen, only when all
the universe agrees that God
00:37:35.42\00:37:39.71
was right is God able
to destroy sin and sinners
00:37:39.82\00:37:44.66
without any loose ends.
00:37:44.69\00:37:46.19
When sin is
eradicated from the universe,
00:37:47.05\00:37:50.21
there will be no loose ends.
00:37:50.43\00:37:52.30
The whole
universe, loyal and disloyal,
00:37:53.21\00:37:57.37
will openly and audibly confess
that God is love, God is just,
00:37:57.85\00:38:04.68
and that they're lost
because of their own choices.
00:38:04.94\00:38:08.33
You know, there's no church
in the world that has this view
00:38:09.58\00:38:11.75
except the Adventist church.
00:38:11.78\00:38:13.23
And do you know why?
00:38:13.63\00:38:14.81
Because people don't
understand the Sanctuary.
00:38:15.08\00:38:17.25
You ask Christians,
you say, "Why did Jesus
00:38:18.00\00:38:19.95
come to this world?"
00:38:19.98\00:38:21.01
They say, "Oh, so
that He could save me."
00:38:21.04\00:38:23.25
Yeah, that too.
00:38:24.92\00:38:26.13
That too.
00:38:26.52\00:38:27.62
But the primary reason
for Jesus coming to this world
00:38:27.97\00:38:30.69
was not to save us.
00:38:30.72\00:38:34.29
And you say, "What do you mean?
00:38:35.31\00:38:36.69
His primary reason
wasn't to save us?"
00:38:36.72\00:38:38.71
No, His primary
reason was that in saving us,
00:38:38.74\00:38:42.58
He would vindicate the character
of God before the universe.
00:38:42.61\00:38:45.76
In other words,
there's a greater purpose.
00:38:45.99\00:38:47.74
The security of the
universe is at stake.
00:38:47.77\00:38:50.56
Not only the salvation
of people on this earth.
00:38:51.09\00:38:53.44
But the security,
the eternal security,
00:38:53.61\00:38:56.10
of the universe depends on
everybody seeing the issues
00:38:56.30\00:39:00.46
and everybody seeing
that God acted correctly
00:39:00.62\00:39:03.15
in every single case.
00:39:03.18\00:39:05.50
I can respect a God like that.
00:39:05.93\00:39:08.73
And then we have
the consummation here.
00:39:11.19\00:39:13.30
The tabernacle of God
will then be with men.
00:39:14.75\00:39:17.72
And He will dwell with them.
00:39:18.87\00:39:20.72
Revelation 21 and 22
presents God's people
00:39:21.79\00:39:24.64
in the New Jerusalem
in the earth made new.
00:39:24.67\00:39:27.84
So Revelation, folks, presents
in their proper chronological
00:39:29.53\00:39:34.86
order the functions of
the ministration of Jesus
00:39:34.89\00:39:37.84
in the Sanctuary.
00:39:37.87\00:39:39.16
And if we include the
camp, of course, there's five.
00:39:39.19\00:39:42.03
But it presents Jesus as
the Lamb, as the High Priest
00:39:42.23\00:39:46.40
or Intercessor, as the
Judge, and as the King.
00:39:46.43\00:39:50.01
And of course, it must
be remembered, however,
00:39:51.02\00:39:53.14
that, The Desire Of
Ages, pages 19 to 697,
00:39:53.17\00:39:57.40
portrays the work of
Jesus in the Sanctuary camp.
00:39:57.43\00:40:00.20
On pages 698 to 828, we
have His work in the court.
00:40:00.82\00:40:04.88
And then on pages 829 to 836,
you have the ascension of Jesus
00:40:05.41\00:40:09.57
to the Holy Place.
00:40:09.60\00:40:10.89
So that's how you need to look
at the book, Desire Of Ages.
00:40:10.99\00:40:13.96
It is important
to link John 14:1-3,
00:40:14.58\00:40:18.65
and also actually all
of chapter 14 through 17,
00:40:19.79\00:40:23.77
with the book of Revelation.
00:40:23.80\00:40:25.43
In Revelation, and
also the book of Hebrews,
00:40:25.74\00:40:28.37
the emphasis falls
upon the heavenly work which
00:40:28.56\00:40:32.18
Jesus performs in order to
prepare a place for His people.
00:40:32.21\00:40:35.91
In John 14 through 17,
the emphasis falls upon the
00:40:36.32\00:40:40.00
work that the Holy
Spirit performs in the spiritual
00:40:40.03\00:40:43.03
earthly temple, while
Hebrews and Revelation focus on
00:40:43.06\00:40:46.68
Christ's heavenly work in
the literal heavenly temple.
00:40:46.71\00:40:49.95
While Jesus prepares the
place for us, we should prepare
00:40:49.98\00:40:54.01
to enter the place.
00:40:54.21\00:40:55.77
So in short, do we
need to study the Sanctuary
00:40:56.48\00:41:02.48
in order to understand what
Revelation is talking about?
00:41:02.51\00:41:05.70
Absolutely.
00:41:05.87\00:41:06.90
There's no way that you
can understand Revelation.
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.61
And that's the reason why
you have futurism and preterism.
00:41:09.64\00:41:13.19
They are oblivious to
the Sanctuary service.
00:41:13.67\00:41:16.50
And so they're looking, you
know, they don't conceive of
00:41:16.97\00:41:19.03
the idea that, "Well,
Jesus now is in a literal
00:41:19.06\00:41:22.55
heavenly Sanctuary.
00:41:22.58\00:41:24.15
And on earth, the
Sanctuary is His church,
00:41:24.19\00:41:27.54
the spiritual
Sanctuary is His church."
00:41:27.57\00:41:29.57
No, they don't
see that relationship.
00:41:29.60\00:41:32.03
And so they say, "Oh,
you know, the Sanctuary,
00:41:32.06\00:41:34.34
the temple, that's
going to be rebuilt.
00:41:34.37\00:41:35.70
That's the third
temple that's going to be
00:41:35.73\00:41:37.16
rebuilt in the Middle East."
00:41:37.19\00:41:38.48
And they totally lose
the spiritual significance
00:41:39.21\00:41:42.65
of the Sanctuary for
God's people on earth.
00:41:42.68\00:41:44.68
Because they don't
understand the Sanctuary.
00:41:45.49\00:41:47.38
And as I mentioned
in a previous lecture,
00:41:48.11\00:41:50.48
the Sanctuary is not a doctrine
of the Adventist church.
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.96
It is the world view
of the Adventist church.
00:41:54.50\00:41:56.86
It is that which
explains and interrelates all of
00:41:57.68\00:42:03.26
the doctrines of the church.
00:42:03.29\00:42:04.83
You see, the
Sabbath is a doctrine.
00:42:06.20\00:42:09.14
And it's
portrayed in the Sanctuary.
00:42:10.39\00:42:12.26
Health reform is a doctrine.
00:42:12.64\00:42:14.88
It's portrayed in the Sanctuary.
00:42:14.91\00:42:17.28
The state of the
dead is a doctrine.
00:42:17.50\00:42:19.58
It's portrayed in the Sanctuary.
00:42:19.61\00:42:21.23
The judgment is a doctrine.
00:42:21.50\00:42:23.33
It's portrayed in the Sanctuary.
00:42:23.36\00:42:24.93
All of our doctrines are
portrayed in the Sanctuary.
00:42:25.68\00:42:28.37
But the collection
of all of the doctrines
00:42:28.57\00:42:31.40
make the Sanctuary service.
00:42:31.43\00:42:33.46
The Sanctuary
service is the world view
00:42:33.49\00:42:36.41
of the Adventist church.
00:42:36.51\00:42:37.82
That's why Ellen White
says that the Sanctuary is
00:42:38.76\00:42:40.60
the foundation of our faith.
00:42:40.63\00:42:41.74
The proper understanding,
or the correct understanding,
00:42:41.77\00:42:44.75
of the ministration of
Christ in the heavenly Sanctuary
00:42:44.93\00:42:47.20
is the foundation of our faith.
00:42:47.23\00:42:49.22
Does the foundation only hold up
one little part of a building?
00:42:50.13\00:42:54.00
No, the foundation
holds up the entire building.
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.19
In other words, the Sanctuary
holds up the entire structure
00:42:58.11\00:43:02.41
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:43:02.44\00:43:04.01
And that's the reason
why the devil has hated
00:43:04.42\00:43:05.97
the Sanctuary doctrine.
00:43:06.00\00:43:07.81
And those great theologians that
have left the Adventist church,
00:43:08.23\00:43:11.70
one of the first
things that they question
00:43:11.89\00:43:14.15
is the Sanctuary doctrine.
00:43:14.18\00:43:15.64
Particularly the ministration
of Christ in the Most Holy Place
00:43:15.74\00:43:19.58
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:43:19.61\00:43:21.05
That is the object of
attack constantly by those
00:43:21.08\00:43:25.22
so called great
scholars that have left
00:43:25.25\00:43:27.32
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:43:27.35\00:43:29.00
They have gone
from the Most Holy Place
00:43:30.09\00:43:32.11
back to the Holy Place.
00:43:32.79\00:43:34.39
And they're kneeling there
at the altar in the Holy Place.
00:43:35.14\00:43:38.08
And of course, Ellen
White says that there the devil,
00:43:39.12\00:43:42.54
Satan, has taken the
place that was left vacant.
00:43:43.10\00:43:45.92
Not in the heavenly Sanctuary,
because he can't go up there,
00:43:46.02\00:43:48.54
but in the earthly
reflection of the Sanctuary.
00:43:49.03\00:43:52.14
He's there.
00:43:52.55\00:43:53.58
And the Christian world,
they're oblivious to Jesus
00:43:53.66\00:43:55.84
being in the Most Holy Place.
00:43:55.87\00:43:56.90
No, they don't
understand the Sabbath,
00:43:57.06\00:43:58.78
they don't understand the law,
00:43:58.81\00:43:59.91
they don't
understand health reform,
00:43:59.94\00:44:01.20
they don't understand
the state of the dead.
00:44:01.30\00:44:02.91
They don't understand any
of these doctrines that are
00:44:02.94\00:44:05.14
centered in the Most Holy Place
because they're all caught up
00:44:05.17\00:44:07.63
in the court and
in the Holy Place.
00:44:07.66\00:44:09.35
And that's why they think
that they're serving the Lord.
00:44:10.83\00:44:14.84
And many of them do
service the Lord to the
00:44:14.87\00:44:16.60
best of their knowledge.
00:44:16.63\00:44:17.73
And if they're
sincere, they will accept
00:44:17.76\00:44:19.68
the fullness of truth.
00:44:19.71\00:44:21.06
So, that's all we're going
to say about the importance
00:44:21.86\00:44:25.72
of the Sanctuary in the
study of Bible prophecy.
00:44:25.75\00:44:29.22
Now I want to invite you
to turn in your materials
00:44:29.25\00:44:33.23
to the one that it titled,
Daniel's Little Sealed Book.
00:44:33.49\00:44:39.80
This is going to
be an exciting study.
00:44:40.93\00:44:42.86
Are you excited about this?
00:44:45.05\00:44:48.16
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:44:48.64\00:44:50.10
Now you're going
to really get excited.
00:44:50.13\00:44:51.83
Daniel's Little Sealed Book.
00:44:52.94\00:44:55.69
Now in the
materials that you received,
00:44:56.44\00:44:59.32
there is a packet that
has this chart on the front.
00:45:00.16\00:45:04.38
I want you to take that out.
00:45:07.09\00:45:08.87
And on the fourth page
of the packet, you have this
00:45:11.92\00:45:16.49
little chart.
00:45:18.33\00:45:19.59
The Structure of
Daniel 1 through 7.
00:45:22.06\00:45:25.00
The Structure of
Daniel 1 through 7.
00:45:25.74\00:45:28.57
Do you have it?
00:45:28.83\00:45:29.91
I see that
you're searching for it.
00:45:32.24\00:45:33.79
That's good.
00:45:33.82\00:45:35.26
Seek, and ye shall find.
00:45:35.29\00:45:37.40
Alright.
00:45:40.34\00:45:41.41
Yeah, it's in
that packet, Michelle.
00:45:45.67\00:45:48.74
It's in that packet.
00:45:48.77\00:45:49.94
The fourth page.
00:45:50.21\00:45:51.47
You count one, two,
three, four, and you're there.
00:45:51.50\00:45:56.14
Now this chart, this
chart illustrates the structure
00:46:01.30\00:46:07.88
of the first book
in the book of Daniel.
00:46:08.73\00:46:12.06
Because Daniel is composed
of two books in one book.
00:46:12.09\00:46:15.46
Daniel 1 through 7 is the
first book within the book.
00:46:16.48\00:46:21.34
And I want you to
notice how Daniel 1 through 7
00:46:22.50\00:46:26.54
is structured.
00:46:26.57\00:46:28.00
And by the way, there
should have been a line drawn
00:46:29.61\00:46:32.85
right down the middle here.
00:46:32.88\00:46:34.75
Because this is
suppose to be a candelabrum.
00:46:34.85\00:46:37.73
This is suppose
to be a candlestick.
00:46:38.67\00:46:40.91
Okay?
00:46:41.73\00:46:42.76
Daniel chapter 1
would be the top light.
00:46:44.48\00:46:47.45
It's the
introduction to the book.
00:46:47.48\00:46:49.37
Okay, so you should have
up here, and it is, chapter 1,
00:46:49.92\00:46:53.98
but it doesn't have a circle.
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.15
It should have a
circle right up here.
00:46:55.18\00:46:57.46
Now let me ask you,
are Daniel 2 and Daniel 7
00:46:58.48\00:47:02.13
on the same branch
of the candlestick?
00:47:03.71\00:47:06.09
Yes they are.
00:47:06.65\00:47:07.72
Why?
00:47:07.95\00:47:09.01
Are they parallel chapters?
00:47:09.04\00:47:10.68
Of course they are.
00:47:11.01\00:47:12.16
Daniel 2 has four metals
and Daniel 7 has four beasts.
00:47:12.76\00:47:18.14
Do they deal with the same
theme, Daniel 2 and Daniel 7?
00:47:18.86\00:47:21.97
Absolutely.
00:47:22.00\00:47:23.03
So they're on the same
branch of the candlestick.
00:47:23.06\00:47:25.90
Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
00:47:26.67\00:47:28.93
Now Daniel 3 and Daniel
6 are on the next branch
00:47:29.23\00:47:33.35
of the candlestick.
00:47:33.38\00:47:34.67
Are those two chapters related?
00:47:34.85\00:47:36.66
Of course they are.
00:47:37.07\00:47:38.11
What does Daniel 3 describe?
00:47:38.14\00:47:40.37
It describes the three
young men that were thrown
00:47:40.90\00:47:43.81
into the fiery furnace.
00:47:43.84\00:47:45.37
What does Daniel 6 describe?
00:47:45.95\00:47:47.90
Daniel thrown
into the lion's den.
00:47:48.62\00:47:50.76
Do they have a
same central theme?
00:47:51.56\00:47:53.65
Absolutely.
00:47:54.07\00:47:55.10
Daniel 4 and 5 are on the
same branch of the candlestick,
00:47:55.75\00:48:00.52
and they are
related in their theme.
00:48:00.78\00:48:03.48
In Daniel chapter 4, you have
the fall of the king of Babylon
00:48:03.98\00:48:08.30
for his pride and arrogance.
00:48:08.33\00:48:10.10
In Daniel 5, you have the
fall of the kingdom of Babylon
00:48:10.76\00:48:15.70
for its pride and arrogance.
00:48:15.73\00:48:17.76
And so both of those
chapters are related.
00:48:18.57\00:48:21.02
So what you have
here in Daniel 1 through 7
00:48:21.22\00:48:24.39
is, you have a book
that is complete in itself.
00:48:24.49\00:48:28.76
And you can use the
illustration of the candlestick.
00:48:29.53\00:48:32.51
Daniel 1 being the
introduction to the entire book,
00:48:32.54\00:48:36.45
and then Daniel 2 and 7
related, Daniel 3 and 6 related,
00:48:36.68\00:48:41.61
and Daniel 4 and 5
related on the same branch.
00:48:41.64\00:48:44.79
So the first seven
chapters of Daniel are
00:48:44.82\00:48:47.70
a complete book in itself.
00:48:47.73\00:48:49.97
But Daniel 8
through 12 is another book.
00:48:50.95\00:48:54.66
Now let's take a look at the
first book here in our handout.
00:48:56.00\00:49:00.65
And you're going to where
the title is, The First Book.
00:49:01.75\00:49:05.57
Daniel 7 gives us a
sequence of historical powers
00:49:06.89\00:49:11.99
that rule in the earth.
00:49:12.02\00:49:13.30
The lion represents Babylon.
00:49:13.95\00:49:17.25
The bear; the
Medes and Persians.
00:49:17.55\00:49:20.51
The leopard; Greece.
00:49:20.54\00:49:22.90
The dragon beast; Rome.
00:49:23.00\00:49:25.81
The ten horns; Rome divided.
00:49:25.84\00:49:29.17
The little horn; papal Rome.
00:49:29.42\00:49:33.68
And then after
papal Rome; 1260 years,
00:49:33.83\00:49:37.20
times, time, and
the dividing of time,
00:49:37.23\00:49:39.25
then you have a judgment scene.
00:49:39.55\00:49:41.73
In other words, after
the fall of the papacy
00:49:41.92\00:49:44.07
you have the judgment in 1844.
00:49:44.10\00:49:47.22
And then, at the end of Daniel
7 you have the consequence
00:49:48.28\00:49:52.75
of the judgment.
00:49:52.78\00:49:53.81
And that is, that Christ takes
over the kingdoms of the world.
00:49:53.84\00:49:57.93
Now where does
Jesus receive the kingdom?
00:49:59.16\00:50:01.22
When He takes it over
or in the judgment when
00:50:01.25\00:50:04.90
He already has determined who
are the subjects of His kingdom?
00:50:05.90\00:50:09.04
Folks, His kingdom is
made up at the end of the
00:50:10.27\00:50:14.67
investigative judgment.
00:50:14.70\00:50:15.89
Because it's already
been revealed who are His.
00:50:16.76\00:50:19.25
But then Jesus, after
the time of trouble, comes
00:50:20.15\00:50:23.28
and He empirically takes
His people to the kingdom,
00:50:23.31\00:50:26.33
physically takes His
people to the kingdom.
00:50:26.36\00:50:28.37
But the kingdom is made up when
the judgment comes to an end.
00:50:28.85\00:50:32.41
It is revealed who are
subjects of His kingdom.
00:50:32.51\00:50:35.21
That is what
Jesus went in to do.
00:50:35.24\00:50:38.04
He went into the
Father to get the kingdom.
00:50:38.07\00:50:40.31
It doesn't mean that
He went into the Father
00:50:40.64\00:50:42.21
to get a geographical territory.
00:50:42.24\00:50:44.21
Because this geographical
territory is His anyway.
00:50:44.97\00:50:47.62
He went in there to
determine who are the subjects
00:50:48.13\00:50:51.67
of His kingdom, who
belongs to His kingdom.
00:50:51.70\00:50:53.69
And for that, He has to
do a work of separation.
00:50:53.82\00:50:56.69
Because in the church
there are wheat and tares.
00:50:57.69\00:51:00.84
In the church there are
wise and foolish virgins.
00:51:02.16\00:51:05.26
In the church there
are good and bad fish.
00:51:05.86\00:51:08.53
In the church there are
people who have true godliness
00:51:09.36\00:51:12.13
and there are people who
have only the form of godliness.
00:51:12.16\00:51:15.97
In the church there are people
who truly have the name of
00:51:16.39\00:51:18.73
Jesus, whereas there are
others who say, "Lord, Lord,"
00:51:18.76\00:51:22.94
but they don't have a
proper relationship with Jesus.
00:51:24.51\00:51:27.37
And so in the church,
the church is a mixed bag,
00:51:27.95\00:51:30.79
so to speak.
00:51:30.94\00:51:32.02
In the church you have
faithful and unfaithful.
00:51:32.05\00:51:34.94
Now how is it going to be
determined who is faithful
00:51:34.97\00:51:37.50
and who isn't?
00:51:37.53\00:51:38.56
There has to be what?
00:51:39.38\00:51:40.74
A judgment.
00:51:41.11\00:51:42.26
The purpose of the judgment
is simply to test the sincerity
00:51:42.91\00:51:47.70
of the repentance and
the confession of people who
00:51:48.27\00:51:52.22
claim the name of Jesus Christ.
00:51:52.25\00:51:54.31
Let me ask you, can
forgiveness be revoked?
00:51:55.53\00:51:59.74
Once a person is forgiven,
can forgiveness be revoked?
00:51:59.94\00:52:03.31
Yes it can.
00:52:04.27\00:52:05.41
You say, "Is that biblical
that once a person is forgiven,
00:52:06.91\00:52:09.45
the forgiveness can be revoked?"
00:52:09.71\00:52:11.87
Absolutely.
00:52:11.90\00:52:12.93
Do you remember the
story of the two debtors?
00:52:13.39\00:52:15.55
Hmmm.
00:52:16.17\00:52:17.44
Interesting story.
00:52:17.47\00:52:19.07
A parable of Jesus.
00:52:19.57\00:52:20.96
There's this debtor
that had a huge debt.
00:52:21.44\00:52:23.80
And this individual, you
know, his master, he probably
00:52:24.65\00:52:27.45
embezzled what
belonged to his master.
00:52:27.48\00:52:29.40
His master calls him.
00:52:29.43\00:52:30.69
That's the judgment, by the way.
00:52:30.72\00:52:32.12
And the master
says, "Hey, I want you to
00:52:32.22\00:52:33.72
render me an account."
00:52:33.75\00:52:34.89
And he examines the accounts,
he says, "You're an embezzler.
00:52:35.14\00:52:37.82
I'm going to
throw you in prison,
00:52:38.43\00:52:39.61
and all your family with you."
00:52:39.64\00:52:40.99
And this man, you
know, he says to his master,
00:52:41.87\00:52:45.69
"Oh please,
please, give me time.
00:52:45.72\00:52:47.62
Give me time and I'll pay."
00:52:48.49\00:52:49.99
And the master says, "Be real."
00:52:50.89\00:52:52.72
He owed ten thousand talents.
00:52:52.75\00:52:54.48
He wouldn't have been able
to pay in several lifetimes.
00:52:54.51\00:52:56.95
It was too big of a debt.
00:52:57.14\00:52:58.46
And so the master says,
"You'll never be able to
00:52:59.08\00:53:02.42
pay me for this."
00:53:02.45\00:53:03.48
But he says, "I'll
do something better.
00:53:03.68\00:53:05.24
Debt forgiven.
00:53:05.68\00:53:06.83
Because you cried out
to me and you pled with me
00:53:06.86\00:53:10.17
for forgiveness."
00:53:10.20\00:53:11.29
Oh, this
individual is so overjoyed.
00:53:12.17\00:53:14.45
Was he forgiven, yes or no?
00:53:14.63\00:53:16.24
Of course he was forgiven.
00:53:16.45\00:53:17.62
The story says that
his debt was forgiven.
00:53:18.32\00:53:20.98
And so this individual,
he's jumping for joy.
00:53:21.38\00:53:23.97
He's really happy.
00:53:24.00\00:53:25.03
He wasn't really sorry
that he embezzled the money.
00:53:25.06\00:53:27.08
He was sorry he
was going to jail.
00:53:27.11\00:53:28.63
But you would never know that
unless there was a judgment.
00:53:30.05\00:53:33.44
Unless his works were examined.
00:53:33.85\00:53:36.41
And so this individual
goes out into the street
00:53:36.83\00:53:38.92
and he finds someone that
owns him a hundred denarii.
00:53:39.39\00:53:42.21
It was a considerable
sum, about 100 days of work.
00:53:43.27\00:53:46.59
Because the common minimum
wage was one denarius a day.
00:53:46.62\00:53:51.87
So, you know, he could have
paid this debt in installments.
00:53:51.90\00:53:55.70
And yet, this individual who
had been forgiven this huge debt
00:53:56.53\00:53:59.89
that he couldn't pay, he goes
out and he tells this person,
00:53:59.92\00:54:03.98
"Pay me what you owe me."
00:54:04.01\00:54:05.55
And this person
says the same thing.
00:54:06.27\00:54:07.95
He cries to him for mercy.
00:54:07.98\00:54:09.48
He says, "Please, please,
give me time and I'll pay you."
00:54:09.51\00:54:13.50
And the Bible says that
he grabbed him by the neck
00:54:13.53\00:54:15.72
and he started
strangling him and saying,
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.84
"You give me my money
right now. I want it right now."
00:54:17.87\00:54:21.12
Was this guy really repentant?
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Listen, if he had understood
the great debt that he had
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been forgiven, he would
have forgiven the little debt.
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His works showed that his
repentance was not genuine.
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And so word comes to
the king, to his master,
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that this has happened.
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And so he calls this individual.
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He says, "Hey, come here.
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Didn't I forgive
your large debt?"
00:54:47.69\00:54:49.43
"Oh yes, thank
you. Thank you, master."
00:54:50.03\00:54:52.31
"What is this I hear that
I forgave you such a big debt
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that you couldn't pay and
you were not willing to let that
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forgiveness flow through
you to someone who could pay?"
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And he was silent.
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And what did the master do?
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The master threw him into prison
until he paid all of his debt.
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Was his forgiveness revoked?
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Yes, because it was
discovered that his repentance
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and his confession
were crocodile tears.
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It was not genuine.
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The purpose of the
judgment is to determine
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if your
repentance was true or not.
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And the only way that it
can be shown is by the way
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that you live.
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By works.
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We're not saved by works,
but we are judged by works.
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Because the works
show if our faith is real.
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Faith without works is dead.
00:55:52.52\00:55:54.07
You know some people say,
00:55:55.31\00:55:56.34
"Okay, I'm saved by
grace through faith."
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And my answer is, "Yes,
and you're judged by works."
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Is there a contradiction there,
that you're saved by grace
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through faith, but
you're judged by works?
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Absolutely not.
00:56:06.89\00:56:08.01
Because your works show if
your faith was real or not.
00:56:08.04\00:56:11.52
If you say, "Oh, I'm
so sorry for sinning.
00:56:12.43\00:56:15.08
Lord, I'm so sorry
I beat up my wife,"
00:56:15.28\00:56:17.56
and then you're beating
her up an hour from now,
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there's something
wrong with your repentance.
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You see, repentance is
shown by a changed life.
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And the changed life
reveals in a tangible way
00:56:28.39\00:56:32.78
whether your
repentance is genuine.
00:56:32.81\00:56:34.22
That's why when
the books are opened,
00:56:34.25\00:56:35.70
the works are
going to be looked at.
00:56:35.80\00:56:37.52
And then Jesus is going
to show who is really His
00:56:39.28\00:56:42.07
and who is a hypocrite.
00:56:43.03\00:56:44.44
Jesus, many times,
spoke about the hypocrites
00:56:45.06\00:56:47.62
who will be thrown
where there is wailing
00:56:48.19\00:56:50.61
and gnashing of teeth.
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So, folks, the first
half of the book of Daniel,
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the first seven chapters, are
dealing with a central theme.
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And Daniel 8 through
12, as we're going to see,
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deals with a separate theme.
00:57:10.90\00:57:13.29
They're related, but
it is a separate theme.
00:57:13.49\00:57:15.76
Now, we only have
a few seconds left,
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so what we'll do is we'll
bring this to a close now.
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And then in our next session,
we are going to take a look
00:57:25.09\00:57:28.74
at the second book that we find
in Daniel chapters 8 through 12.
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There are five reasons
why Daniel 8 through 12
00:57:34.29\00:57:38.51
is a second book in Daniel.
00:57:38.54\00:57:40.78
And we're going to
take a look at that.
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