Welcome to "Battles of Faith."
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We're your host,
Ivor and Atonte Myers.
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And we're with Power
of the Lamb Ministries.
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In our last program,
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we learned that God's way
truly is in the sanctuary,
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that it is a GPS,
"God's Plan of Salvation."
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How we can make it
home back to heaven
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and live with Him eternally.
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That's right, Atonte.
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We've been
discussing this blueprint,
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what we called the GPS,
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God's Gospel Plan of Salvation,
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and how God had
given this sanctuary
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to the children of
Israel in the Old Testament
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to teach them the
plan of salvation.
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And the path back
home, and we've gone over
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various examples of
Christ and His sacrifice.
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And how, you know,
the children of Israel
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were to look at the sanctuary
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and see the Gospel spelled out
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in the different articles
of furniture, et cetera.
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And so what we
want to do now is,
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we want to invite our audience
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to again take out your Bibles
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because we're going
to put this GPS up again.
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We want you to
get used to this GPS.
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We're going to be referring
to it in future programs
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and we want you to know
it so well that if if anyone
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would ever come
to me and say, hey,
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this is the way to salvation
or that's way to salvation.
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You can say uh, my GPS
says something different.
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And that is the
Gospel Plan of Salvation
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that is God's
sanctuary blueprint.
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And this GPS
like some of our GPSs
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that we have in our
car or on our phone.
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This one never gets us lost.
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It never makes a mistake.
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And so we can trust God's GPS.
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That's right. So we know that --
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the Book of
Exodus Chapter 25 verse 8
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God says, "Let them
make me a sanctuary,
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that I may dwell among them."
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The reason being
is because God would
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hide His Glory,
within that temple.
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In much the same way that
when Jesus came to this earth
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He was God hidden
under a veil of the flesh.
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So God says, make the sanctuary
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so that I can dwell
in the midst of you.
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And the Psalmist also
wrote of this sanctuary.
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He says in Psalm 77:13
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"Thy way, O God,
is in the sanctuary."
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It is God's path to salvation,
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it is found
there in the sanctuary.
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So what we want to
do is we just want to
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do a quick
review of the sanctuary.
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How it was laid
out and what each
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article of furniture represents
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and then we're gonna show is how
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God delivers
through this very pattern.
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It's a very exciting study
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and we're gonna
jump right in right now.
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So, taking a bird's
eye view of the sanctuary,
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we're gonna put our
picture up on the screen,
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when you went into the
outer court of the sanctuary
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that was the first place
that the sinner would go.
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He goes into this
tabernacle in the wilderness
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and the first
article of furniture to me,
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him was the Altar of Sacrifice.
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And that's where they
would sacrifice the animals
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as it, you know, a
sin offering as it were,
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there was of, they
would confess their sins
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over that particular animal.
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The animal was
slain and the blood was
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put upon that
altar of sacrifice.
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Going up a little bit
further you had go ahead,
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Well, we've the
Laver. That's right.
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And the Laver is where
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the priest would
wash their hands.
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Of course there was
blood, because there was death
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in the slain of lamb and
so just in handling the lamb
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they would need
to wash their hands.
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And so there was blood
and water there in the Laver.
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Exactly. After we --
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So after the priest
have washed thier hands
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and their feet,
they now enter into
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what is called the Holy Place
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and there in the Holy Place
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you have three
articles of furniture.
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The Table of Showbread and
we know that according to the
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New Testament, it represents.
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The word of
God. 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
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out of the mouth of God."
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You have the Altar of Incense,
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which represented? Prayer.
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Prayer, and you have the
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Seven-Branched
Candlestick, which represents?
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God's Church and
being a light in the world.
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Being a light in the world.
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Matthew 5:16 says,
"Let your light, so shine,"
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that represents the Church
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or the eye witness,
letting our light shine.
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And then finally, you
had the most Holy place,
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which was, uh, which have,
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The Ark of the
Covenant, and the Mercy Seat.
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Within the Ark was Law of God
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and upon the Mercy Seat
was the presence of God.
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Representing God's throne
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and the
foundation of his throne,
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which is the Law of God.
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So see that
blueprint, memorize that image,
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don't forget it,
because we're gonna see
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just how God
delivers through this pattern,
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over and over and over again.
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So, here's what
we're going to do
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we're not going to go
through the Book of Exodus
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because after all God did
give the pattern to Israel.
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And that we want to
see how God delivered
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Israel out of
Egyptian captivity.
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And we're gonna find
this absolutely amazing.
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We're gonna go to the
Book of Exodus, Chapter 12,
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and let's read
from verse 1 to verse 6.
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I think I'll go
ahead and read that.
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Atonte, you can go
ahead and read that,
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Exodus 12 verse 1 to verse 6.
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And just to
give a little context
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what we're about read here.
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God has been sending out plagues
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upon the Egyptians in
order to let Israel go.
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This is the very last thing
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God is instructing Israel to do
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before they actually
leave Egyptian captivity.
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Now, as we're
reading, I want you out there
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as you're
watching to be thinking
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of the sanctuary and think okay,
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what article of furniture
could this be pointing to.
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Okay, so let's read
Exodus 12 verse 1 through 6.
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Okay, and it says
"And the Lord spake
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unto Moses and Aaron in
the land of Egypt, saying,
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This month shall be unto
you the beginning of months,
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it shall be the first
month of the year to you.
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Speak ye unto all the
congregation of Israel,
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saying, In the
tenth day of this month
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they shall take to
them every man a lamb,
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according to the
house of their fathers,
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a lamb for an house,
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And if the
household be too little,
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for the lamb let
him and his neighbor
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next unto his
house, take it according
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to the number of the souls,
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every man
according to his eating
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shall make your
count for the lamb.
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Your lamb shall
be without blemish,
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a male of the first
year, ye shall take it out
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from the sheep,
or from the goats.
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And ye shall keep it up
until the fourteenth day
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of the same month
and the whole assembly
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of the congregation of Israel
shal kill it in the evening."
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And verse 7 as well.
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"And they shall
take of the blood,
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and strike it on
the two side posts
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and on the upper
door post of the houses,
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where in they shall eat it."
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Okay, so here
we've the institution
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of the Passover
Sacrifice, hint, hint, hint.
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The Passover
Sacrifice, God is about to lead
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Israel out of
captivity and the first thing
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He tells them to do is to what?
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Sacrifice a lamb. Lamb.
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Well, bell should
be going off, because
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if you have been
familiarized with the blueprint
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and you remember the
articles of furniture.
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You will, your mind
would probably go where?
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To the Altar of Sacrifice.
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That's the very first
step in the plan of salvation
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that sacrifice,
without that sacrifice,
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there can be nothing else.
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And so God instructs
Israel to make the sacrifice
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and I believe He was
trying to point them forward
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to the ultimate
sacrifice that would come,
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that would deliver us
out of Egypt, from captivity.
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I mean think about it right now.
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You maybe sitting out there,
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watching this
program and you're saying,
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I'm in a captivity.
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You Know, I'm in a
captivity to drugs,
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I'm in captivity to alcohol,
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I'm in captivity, you
know, to whatever it is.
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You fill in the
blank, what we're seeing here
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through what we've
read so far is that,
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the way of deliverance
is thorough a sacrifice.
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And that sacrifice is none other
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than Jesus Christ
himself. That's Right.
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So, Christ this story
points forwards to Christ,
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but in it's actual setting,
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we see here a
lamb being sacrificed,
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which shows us this
is the very first step
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in the blueprint of God.
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In that sanctuary service,
the sacrifice of the animal.
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So what happens,
they sacrifice this animal
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and the destroying angel comes,
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and whosoever house
that destroying angel
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passes over that
did not have the blood
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on the posts,
they were destroyed.
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What does that tell us
about the plan of salvation?
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That we have to have
Jesus' blood to cover us.
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And we get that
through repenting of our sins.
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That's right.
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It is through
confession, and repentance,
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and cleaning the blood of Christ
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that averts destruction,
and what do we know,
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the devil is trying to destroy.
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That's his job,
that's his mission.
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Okay, so that's
Exodus Chapter 12.
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Well, the children of Israel
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are out of Egypt
and they're rejoicing
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and Pharaoh is
back there in Egypt
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and he lets them go
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but then he begins
to have second thoughts.
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And he says, what have I done.
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He says, he says to his army,
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go and get them
and bring them back.
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Well, if you know the
story you'll know that
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the children of
Israel are on their journey.
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When they hear news
that Pharaoh is behind them,
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coming to bring them
back to Egyptian captivity.
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And, you know what,
I just want to say here
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that Satan will not
let you go without a fight.
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That's right. That's right.
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You know, don't
think that just because
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you accepted Christ's sacrifice
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on your behalf,
that the devil says,
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okay, well, you
know, let him go.
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No, He is always
going to come after you,
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trying to bring you
back into captivity.
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That happens many
times, sometimes people
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have been living a life of sin
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and even though
what they were doing
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is what Satan wanted them to do
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they didn't feel
his presence so heavily,
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but then when
things got really bad,
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they did feel his presence
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and they decided
to turn to Jesus.
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But then they
see that the attacks
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are pushed up or
it's more aggressive.
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And they're thinking
I gave my life to God
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why are all
these things happening,
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because Satan wants you back.
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That's right. He wants you back.
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What a title? He wants you back.
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Well, anyway so
that's Exodus 12,
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as we said,
we've seen our Pharaoh
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and his army is
coming after Israel.
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And there is a
situation because Israel,
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it looks as
though they're trapped
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because right ahead of them
is the Red Sea, the Red Sea.
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Our whole bells are going off,
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because if you
remember the blueprint,
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what article of
furniture comes right after
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the Altar of
Sacrifice, what is it?
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The Laver. It's the Laver.
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And what does
the Laver represent?
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Baptism. It represents baptism,
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we saw that in earlier programs.
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We saw that in another program.
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In this program earlier,
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the Laver represents baptism,
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and the children of Israel
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are their face,
they're in between,
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the Red Sea is in front of them,
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Pharaoh's behind them.
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And God says to Moses,
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Moses, why are
you standing here?
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Lift up your rod and
something is going to happen.
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When Moses lifts up the rod.
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Sixteen. You go head.
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Chapter 16 verse o
rather chapter 14 verse 16.
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"But lift thou up thy
rod, and stretch out thine
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hand over the
sea, and divide it,
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and thy children of
Israel shall go on dry ground
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through the midst of the sea."
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That's right.
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It's interesting, Atonte,
that when Paul writes about
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this event in
First Corinthians 10,
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listen to how he describes it,
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he says verse 1,
"Moreover, brethren,
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I would not that
ye should be ignorant,
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how that all our
fathers were under the cloud,
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and all passed through the sea.
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And were all baptized unto Moses
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in the cloud and in the sea."
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Here is a symbol,
the children of Israel
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going through the Red Sea
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actually symbolized a baptism,
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just like God had
pointed out in the sanctuary.
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Now mind you, the sanctuary
hasn't even been built yet.
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The children of Israel
don't get the sanctuary
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until they're in the wilderness.
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So God is even
showing this sanctuary path
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before the children of Israel
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even received the sanctuary.
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They sacrificed
the Passover lamb,
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that's the Altar of Sacrifice.
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In Exodus 14, they
crossed through the Red Sea,
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that's the Laver,
they've been baptized.
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Well, what comes next after
they crossed over the Red sea
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and they're rejoicing
and they're all happy,
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something else happens.
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Well, God rains
manna down. That's right.
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The children of Israel,
all of a sudden are like
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hey, we're hungry.
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And he rains manna
down from heaven that they,
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and gather it every day
except on the seventh day.
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That's right. What a blessing.
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All you need to do is to go out
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and get the food for free.
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Exactly. Exodus 16:4, it says.
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Well, actually verse 3 says,
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"And the children of
Israel said unto them,
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Would to God we had
died by the hand of the Lord
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in the land of
Egypt, when we ate,
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when we sat by the flesh pots,
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and when we did
eat bread to the full,
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for ye have brought us
forth into this wilderness
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to kill this whole
assembly with hunger.
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Then said the Lord unto Moses,
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Behold, I will rain
bread from heaven for you,
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and the people shall go out
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and gather a
certain rate every day,
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that I may prove them,
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whether they will
walk in my law, or no."
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So what's happening here is that
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God now is raining
manna down from them.
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Now, remember again
bells should be going off
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because what
article of furniture
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do we find in the
Holy Place that would
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correspond to God
raining bread down?
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The Table of Showbread.
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The Table of
Showbread. Absolutely.
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We might say
this is a coincidence
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or we might say,
no, this is the GPS,
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this is God's path of Salvation.
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This is how God delivers.
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This is how God saves,
always through that pattern.
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You've got to
accept Christ first,
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you've got to be baptized.
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And then you've got to
start studying the word of God.
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You've got to start reading,
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you've got to
start eating that word
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and having it
become a part of you.
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And I am glad
that you said study,
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at first you did say
reading but then you said study.
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Because it's not just
reading the word of God.
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But when you eat the bread
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and so, it represents studying,
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taking it deep,
digesting and allowing
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it to become a
part of your mind,
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your thought process,
it begins to change you.
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So many times Christians say,
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yeah, I get up,
then I, you know,
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read a passage in the Bible.
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And you know, then I
pray for five minutes
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and nothing really
seems to be happening,
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or the Bible is boring,
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it's because we're not
eating the bread of life,
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we're just reading
the outside of the bread.
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That's right. The
label if you will.
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Exactly. God is
taking His people
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through the
journey of the Israelites.
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God is actually
showing us our own journey,
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He is showing us what we must do
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in order to make it
to that promised land,
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because that's where He was
ultimately leading them too.
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All right, so that's Exodus
12 the Altar of Sacrifice.
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Exodus 14, the Laver, they
passed through the Red Sea.
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Exodus 16, God rains down manna,
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that's the Table of Showbread.
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Well, what comes next?
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In Exodus 19, we find God
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making a
pronouncement to Israel,
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if you will, it's
Exodus 19 and verse 5.
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Atonte, do you
want to read that?
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Verse 5 and verse 6.
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Okay. It says. "Now therefore,
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if you will
obey my voice indeed,
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and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be
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a peculiar treasure unto me
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above all people, for
all the earth is mine.
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And ye shall be unto me
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a kingdom of
priests, and a holy nation.
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These are the words
which thou shalt speak
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unto the children of Israel."
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So the Bible, now
tells us here that God is
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calling His people
and He declares them that
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His royal nation He declares
them a peculiar treasure.
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Now, as we look in the
sanctuary we might say uh,
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peculiar treasure,
what peculiar treasure.
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What would that
represent in the Holy Place?
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I mean you look
at a candlestick,
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usually has one
shaft it's a candle.
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But here we have
a peculiar treasure
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if you will, a candlestick
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seven branched made out of gold,
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that is pretty peculiar.
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What God is here declaring
to the children of Israel
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is you are the light, you
are the people I'm going to use
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to bring the light of
the Gospel to the world.
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You are my royal
nation, my nation of priests
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that I'm going to use
in the plan of salvation
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to shed light to the world.
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I've had something that's
stood out to me in verse 5.
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"If you will
obey my voice indeed,
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and keep my
covenant." That's right.
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"You will be
considered a peculiar people
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and I will use you basically."
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And so there is
condition to that as well.
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Exactly. Exactly.
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God is showing us
through the path of Israel
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the very path we
are called to take.
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So Exodus 12,
"Altar of Sacrifice."
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Exodus 14, "The Laver."
00:18:11.96\00:18:14.08
Exodus 16, "The
Table of Showbread."
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Exodus 19, "The
Seven-Branch Candlestick."
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We can't say that
this is coincidence,
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or we can say,
no, this is God's GPS.
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This is a plan, this
is not a coincidence,
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this is God's directing.
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Well, what happens next?
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In Exodus 19,
same chapter Exodus 19,
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and I believe this is verse 9.
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The Bible says in verse 9.
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"And the Lord said unto Moses,
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Lo, I come unto
thee in a thick cloud,
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that the people may hear
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when I speak with thee,
and believe thee forever.
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And Moses told those words,
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told the words of
the people unto the Lord.
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And the Lord said unto
Moses, Go unto the people,
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and sanctify them
today and tomorrow,
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and let them wash their clothes,
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And be ready
against the third day,
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for the third day
the Lord will come down
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in the sight of all the
people upon Mount Sinai."
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It's quite interesting
here. Well, God is calling,
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he's telling the children
of Israel to do this thing.
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He's saying, listen,
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prepare yourselves
because I'm coming.
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Prepare yourselves
because I'm coming.
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It's as though
He was calling them
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to make hard preparation
they spent these three days,
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you know, probably
searching their own hearts,
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searching themselves
and trying to do all that
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they could to be ready. Yeah.
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This is a call to prayer. Yes.
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It's a call to contemplating,
00:19:35.88\00:19:38.04
you know, you're
deep self searching
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and it points us to
the Altar of Incense.
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It's amazing that
God is actually going
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through this entire
pattern as He's leading
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the children of
Israel, of through this path
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because what do
we find happening
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in Exodus Chapter 20, remember.
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Exodus 12, "Altar of Sacrifice."
00:19:59.45\00:20:02.57
Exodus 14, "The Laver." Baptism.
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Exodus 16, "The
Table of Showbread." Manna.
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Exodus 19, "The
Seven-Branch Candlestick.
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"You are my peculiar treasure.
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Same Exodus 19, spent three days
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in deep heart
searching because in Exodus 20,
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what do you have happening?
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And maybe you should
be jumping up and down
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in your chairs
right now at home because,
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what is Exodus 20 about?
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God gives the Law to Moses,
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the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments.
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He gives it actually to all,
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he gives it not only to Moses,
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but the whole-- all
the children of Israel,
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they receive the commandments,
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God comes down and speaks
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the law of God,
in their hearing.
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This is the
sanctuary of blueprint
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laid out for us in the most
amazing and spectacular way.
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God saves through this pattern
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this is how he delivers.
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Ultimately, Atonte, it shows us
00:21:04.97\00:21:07.53
that God is
trying to lead us back
00:21:07.54\00:21:11.17
to keeping His commandments.
00:21:11.18\00:21:14.66
He's saying, listen, if
you want to get in my presence,
00:21:14.67\00:21:18.41
if you want to dwell with
me throughout all eternity.
00:21:18.42\00:21:23.78
Remember, that day
in the Garden of Eden,
00:21:23.79\00:21:26.66
Satan, convinced Adam and Eve
00:21:26.67\00:21:28.87
that they did not
need to obey God's word
00:21:28.88\00:21:32.76
and as a result they
were cast out of the Garden.
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They were therefore
in a lost condition,
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mankind has been
in a lost condition.
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What God is here doing now
00:21:47.97\00:21:49.72
is He gives to
mankind the special gift,
00:21:49.73\00:21:53.04
this blueprint, it's like a map.
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And again we have a
map of the sanctuary
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right before us on our table,
00:21:57.53\00:21:58.64
we have it folded
out just like we --
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just like you would open
up a map and show it someone,
00:22:01.22\00:22:03.13
hey, are you lost,
this is the way to go.
00:22:03.14\00:22:04.95
Here is our map of the sanctuary
00:22:04.96\00:22:06.92
that shows this
path of salvation,
00:22:06.93\00:22:09.08
God gave this, this
blueprint to the humanity
00:22:09.09\00:22:13.80
as a map so that
they can look and see.
00:22:13.81\00:22:16.62
Okay, if we want to get
back into the presence of God,
00:22:16.63\00:22:19.87
we have to accept
Christ's sacrifice.
00:22:21.16\00:22:24.34
Yes. We too must be baptized.
00:22:24.35\00:22:26.81
We must study his word daily.
00:22:26.82\00:22:29.08
We too must pray, pray,
00:22:29.09\00:22:31.62
and commune with
God on a daily basis.
00:22:31.63\00:22:33.99
We too must let our light shine.
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And I think, in as
Christians we get the surrender,
00:22:37.60\00:22:43.03
we get the
baptism, we even understand
00:22:43.04\00:22:45.44
studying His word and praying.
00:22:45.45\00:22:47.16
I think the weakest,
one of the weakest links
00:22:47.17\00:22:49.20
that we find--
is in the witnessing
00:22:49.21\00:22:52.68
letting our light
shine. That's right.
00:22:52.69\00:22:54.25
I mean, yes, living as
a-- living a good honest life,
00:22:54.97\00:22:58.53
people can see that by example
00:22:58.54\00:23:00.11
but actually with
a purpose, intent.
00:23:00.12\00:23:02.85
You know, an intention to go out
00:23:02.86\00:23:04.70
and witness to actually
try to study with someone
00:23:04.71\00:23:07.88
or have some type of ministry
00:23:07.89\00:23:09.95
that God has called you too.
00:23:09.96\00:23:11.36
I think that's
where the weaker --
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the weaker link
is for Christians.
00:23:13.30\00:23:14.87
Exactly. In other words,
00:23:14.88\00:23:17.34
it's showing us and
it's quite amazing, Atonte,
00:23:17.35\00:23:19.92
just staying on that
Holy Place just for a moment,
00:23:19.93\00:23:25.52
the Altar of Incense,
the Table of Showbread,
00:23:25.53\00:23:30.03
and the
Seven-Branch Candlestick,
00:23:30.04\00:23:32.37
it's as though
they're all equals.
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And whenever we give
any one of those articles
00:23:34.71\00:23:38.85
more attention than the other.
00:23:38.86\00:23:41.65
What ends up happening is that
00:23:41.66\00:23:43.05
you lead an unbalanced
00:23:43.06\00:23:45.21
you have an
unbalanced Christian experience.
00:23:45.22\00:23:47.29
If you're only into prayer
00:23:47.30\00:23:49.03
and you're like I
don't need to study,
00:23:49.04\00:23:50.47
I don't need to
witness, you're unbalanced.
00:23:50.48\00:23:52.68
If you're only into Bible study,
00:23:52.69\00:23:54.32
oh I love studying the
word of God, but prayer,
00:23:54.33\00:23:56.20
you know,
witnessing, you're unbalanced.
00:23:57.32\00:23:59.57
Anyone of those
that you lean toward
00:23:59.58\00:24:03.31
and kind of play the other down,
00:24:03.32\00:24:05.26
it leads to an
unbalanced experience.
00:24:05.27\00:24:08.57
And when you're
unbalanced what happens?
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.23
You fall. That's right.
00:24:11.24\00:24:12.95
And in Proverbs
Chapter 11 verse 1,
00:24:12.96\00:24:16.22
the God says
that, an unbalanced man
00:24:16.23\00:24:18.99
is an abomination unto the Lord.
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That's right. Unbalanced man.
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So he wants us to be balanced
in everything in our life.
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Exactly. Exactly.
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So ultimately we
find here that --
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the plan of
salvation leads us back
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into the very presence of God.
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But if we want to be
in the presence of God,
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we must be willing
to submit to the law,
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which is the
foundation of His throne.
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This is why
Revelation 22:14 and 15, say,
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"Blessed are they
that do His commandments,
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that they may have
right to the tree of life,
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and may enter in
through the city."
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Remember, Adam and
Eve, put out of the Garden
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because they sinned or
rebelled against God's law.
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God is ultimately
saying, the way back to me,
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back into that city
is through ultimately
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keeping my commandments.
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That's what He's
leading us back to,
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to keeping His commandments.
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So we see the plan of salvation
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or we see the
blueprint laid out here.
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I want to show one more thing,
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just before we close,
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we just have a short time left.
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But even the way
that the New Testament
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is organized shows
the GPS plan of salvation,
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the Gospels,
the Book of Matthew,
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Mark, Luke, and John.
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All deal with the life, death,
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and burial of Jesus
Christ, and His resurrection.
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That's all the max
that the Gospel speak about.
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The next book is
the Book of Acts,
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by the way that would
be the Altar of Sacrifice.
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The next book is
the Book of Acts,
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and the Book of
Acts deals strongly
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with the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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Well, audience, what is that?
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The Laver. Exactly.
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The Laver. The Laver.
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The baptism, all right.
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Then you have the Book of Romans
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all the way to the Book of Jude.
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And those books Romans to Jude,
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covers the
importance of Bible study,
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the importance of
prayer, and Christ intersession,
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and the importance of
letting your light shine.
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That's right.
Of being a witness,
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all those books cover
all those three aspects,
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which brings us to
the Book of Revelation.
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And the Book of Revelation
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takes us into the
very presence of God.
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It shows us
exactly what we need to do
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in order to stand
before His throne.
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It takes us into that most
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Holy place like
no other book does.
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And it's amazing
just in case you think
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this GPS is coincidence we're
gonna see in future studies
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that the blueprint
is all over the Bible.
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And I've heard, Christians
say that I stay awake,
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I stay away from
the Book of Revelation,
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and to think that's book
that takes into presence of God.
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Exactly. It's amazing.
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So as we have, I believe
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demonstrated here
today, trust the GPS.
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It doesn't lie,
God's Plan of Salvation
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will get you to
where you want to go,
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that is the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Amen. For those of you who are
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starting to get more and
more excited about this study.
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I mean, it has made us excited,
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because I know there's
family members and friends
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and people out there
that you're thinking,
00:27:39.53\00:27:40.99
they don't know
Jesus and hey're confused
00:27:41.03\00:27:44.42
on what the Bible
is really teaching.
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But we believe that this GPS,
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this blueprint
is what you can use.
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God would want,
would like for you to use
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to help guide them and
show them the path to Jesus.
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And then eventually the
path into living in the kingdom,
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and living with
Him Forever. Amen.
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So you don't want to
miss any future programs
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because this was exciting
but it gets even better.
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So until next time, God Bless.
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