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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WELCOME AND HAPPY SABBATH.
WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE JOINING US
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THIS MORNING. IF
YOU'RE BEHIND A TV SCREEN OR
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BEHIND A COMPUTER SCREEN, WE'D
LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
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SPECIAL PLACE HERE
FOR YOU IN THE SANCTUARY -
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WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEATS.
SO IF YOU EVER DECIDE TO COME
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VISIT US LOCALLY, I'LL
BE SAVING A SEAT FOR YOU.
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THIS MORNING WE HAVE ALL
THE HYMNS THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED
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EVERY WEEK AND BY THE GRACE
OF GOD WE'RE HERE TO SING THEM
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WITH YOU. SO IF
YOU HAVE YOUR HYMNALS,
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LET'S PULL THEM OUT. AND
OUR FIRST SONG THIS MORNING
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IS HYMN #569 - 'PASS
ME NOT O GENTLE SAVIOR'.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM
JONATAS IN BRAZIL, TAMARA IN THE
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CAYMAN ISLANDS, MARTINE IN
FRANCE, GLADWIN IN INDIA, FREDDY
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IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, ERICA
IN TAIWAN, AND LEONARD IN THE
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. NOW
THIS IS A REQUEST FROM ALL
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OVER SO KNOW THAT WE'VE
GOT YOU - ALL OVER THE PLANET.
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WE'LL SING THE FIRST,
SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS OF
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HYMN #569.
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(MUSIC)
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>>AMEN. 'WHOM HAVE I
ON EARTH BESIDE THEE?
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WHOM IN HEAVEN BUT
THEE?' ISN'T THAT AWESOME?
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I LOVE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SING
THIS SONG WITH A BIT OF OOMPH
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BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING, 'GOD, HEY,
WE WANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
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DON'T PASS ME BY. HEAR
MY HUMBLE CRY. I'M EXCITED
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AND I WANT YOU TO SAVE
ME.' WHAT AN AWESOME REQUEST.
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IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST, VISIT
US AT 'WWW.SACCENTRAL.ORG'.
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IF YOU CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US'
LINK REQUESTING ANY HYMN - OLD
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OR NEW, FAST OR SLOW - WITHIN
OUR HYMNAL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO
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HEAR FROM YOU. OUR
NEXT SONG THIS MORNING -
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WE WILL SING THE FIRST,
SECOND HYMN #AND THIRD STANZAS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>AMEN. 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY' -
THREE TIMES FOR GOD THE FATHER,
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GOD THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT. LET'S PRAY.
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DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLINESS.
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WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE GIVEN
US THIS IMAGE - THIS CHARACTER
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OF HOW HOLY YOU ARE THAT WE
MIGHT REFLECT IT HERE ON EARTH.
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WE ASK THAT BY THE HELP OF JESUS
CHRIST THAT EVERY DAY WE WALK
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AND TALK AND THINK LIKE YOU.
THIS MORNING, AS WE WORSHIP AND
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STUDY WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
HOLY SPIRIT COME AND ENGULF US.
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HELP PASTOR WHITE AS HE BRINGS
OUR MESSAGE TODAY AND HELP US.
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LET US HEAR AND LET US HAVE
IT IN OUR HEARTS NOT ONLY AFTER
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TODAY, BUT WELL INTO THE WEEK.
WE THANK YOU FOR LOVING US AND
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WE THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US.
IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON STUDY THIS MORNING
WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR
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HAROLD WHITE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE
PASTOR AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL.
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>>ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU. HAPPY SABBATH TO YOU.
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BEAUTIFUL DAY
HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
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GLAD ALL OF YOU JOINED US
AND EVERYONE JOINING US LIVE
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STREAMING OR IF YOU'RE
JOINING US THIS MORNING ON YOUR
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COMPUTER, RADIO - WE ARE HAPPY
THAT YOU ARE WITH US TODAY, TOO.
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WE HAVE A FREE OFFER IN
KEEPING WITH THE SUBJECT OF OUR
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QUARTERLY - THE SANCTUARY - AND
IT'S ENTITLED 'A HEAVENLY MODEL'
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AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS ASK FOR OFFER #802 -
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'A HEAVENLY MODEL' -
AND THIS PARTICULAR LESSON
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WILL ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
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'WHY DID GOD ASK MOSES
TO BUILD A TABERNACLE?'
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FOR EXAMPLE AND 'WHAT DID GOD
EXPECT HIS PEOPLE TO LEARN FROM
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THE SANCTUARY?' 'WHY
DID ANIMALS NEED TO BE
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SACRIFICED IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT SANCTUARY SERVICES?'
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AND 'DID THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
FORESHADOW A CLEANSING OF THE
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HEAVENLY SANCTUARY?'
THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES
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AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO
GET THIS OFFER #802 IS TO DIAL
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866-STUDY-MORE OR 866-788-3966.
NOW THIS MORNING OUR SUBJECT
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TITLE IS 'HEAVEN ON EARTH'.
THE CONCEPT THAT HEAVEN OR
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ETERNAL LIFE - WHEN WE THINK OF
HEAVEN WE THINK OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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THAT CONCEPT, TO ME, AS A BOY
WAS REALLY - I HAD NO IDEA THERE
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WAS GOING TO BE AN EARTH MADE
NEW. I NEVER HAD HEARD SUCH A
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THOUGHT - AND THAT WE'D
BE BACK HERE WITH GOD WITH US
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FOR ETERNITY. THAT WAS A
REVELATIONAL THOUGHT TO ME.
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I HAD SUCH A VAGUE IDEA OF
HEAVEN THAT IT WASN'T TOO FAR
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REMOVED THAT SOMEDAY I WOULD
BE OUT THERE ON A CLOUD PLAYING
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A HARP. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I
HAD EVER HEARD ABOUT HEAVEN.
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BUT WHEN YOU REALLY STUDY THE
WORD IT - WOW - IT TAKES ON SO
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MUCH MORE MEANING, ESPECIALLY
THIS SUBJECT, THE SANCTUARY.
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SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME
THIS MORNING TO READ OUR MEMORY
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TEXT TAKEN FROM HEBREWS CHAPTER
8 AND VERSE 5 IN THE NEW KING
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JAMES VERSION. IF YOU'D
READ ALONG WITH ME NOW, OKAY?
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"WHO SERVE THE COPY AND SHADOW
OF THE HEAVENLY THINGS, AS MOSES
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WAS DIVINELY INSTRUCTED
WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE
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TABERNACLE. FOR HE SAID,
'SEE THAT YOU MAKE ALL THINGS
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ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN
SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.'"
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SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE
IN OUR QUARTERLY THIS WEEK.
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HEAVEN ON EARTH
TAKES ON AMAZING CONCEPTS.
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THE SANCTUARY IN
HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE.
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EVIDENTLY WE FIND OUT FROM
THE WORD THAT THE SANCTUARY IN
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HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE WITH REAL
OBJECTS - REAL THINGS THERE -
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AND BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
THAT THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY WAS
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MODELED AFTER THE
HEAVENLY SANCTUARY.
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GOD GAVE MOSES INSTRUCTION
TO BUILD THE FIRST SANCTUARY AND
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THERE WERE SOME STAGGERING
TRUTHS THAT WERE TO BE TAUGHT
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BECAUSE OF THIS
SANCTUARY AND THE SERVICES.
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IT WAS ALL WRAPPED UP IN JESUS
CHRIST, THE COMING MESSIAH.
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IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM.
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EVERYTHING POINTED TOWARDS
HIM AND IT'S - THERE'S SO MANY
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THINGS WE CAN LEARN
THIS QUARTER FOR SURE.
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AS WE MOVE TO SUNDAY'S LESSON
ENTITLED, 'THE FIRST SANCTUARY
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ON EARTH' - THIS WAS A NEW
THOUGHT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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IN FACT, A GENTLEMAN A FEW
MINUTES AGO TOLD ME 'THERE ARE
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SOME NEW THOUGHTS IN THIS LESSON
THIS WEEK' AND THIS IS ONE OF
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THEM - THAT WE THINK OF THE
FIRST SANCTUARY AS THE ONE THAT
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GOD GAVE MOSES INSTRUCTIONS TO
BUILD, BUT THE LESSON BRINGS OUT
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THAT THE FIRST SANCTUARY
ON EARTH BEING THAT IN THE
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GARDEN OF EDEN. THE
GARDEN OF EDEN WAS CONSIDERED A
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SANCTUARY OR 'HOLY OF HOLIES'
AS ONE WRITING POINTS OUT.
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DID GOD DWELL IN THE
GARDEN? HIS PRESENCE WAS THERE.
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HE TALKED TO ADAM AND EVE.
HE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM SO
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HIS PRESENCE WAS THERE.
IT WASN'T CONFINED TO THE
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GARDEN, OF COURSE, YOU
CAN'T CONFINE GOD TO ANY PLACE
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OR ANYTHING. BUT HE WAS THERE.
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HE WAS WITH THEM. AND
HIS PRESENCE WAS THERE.
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HE COMMUNICATED OPENLY WITH THEM
AND SOME PARALLELS ARE GIVEN
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BETWEEN THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND
THE SANCTUARY BUILT LATER AND WE
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WILL TOUCH ON THOSE AS WE GO
THROUGH THE LESSON THIS MORNING.
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HE CAME TO EARTH EVEN THOUGH
HIS HOME HAD BEEN IN HEAVEN.
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NOW THIS WAS HIS INTENTION
ALL ALONG - TO DWELL WITH MAN.
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THAT WAS HIS INTENTION -
TO BUILD - TO CREATE THE EARTH
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- INHABIT IT. AND HE
WAS GOING TO COME AND DWELL
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WITH THOSE WHO HE CREATED AND
THAT WAS HIS INTENTION UNTIL SIN
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CAME INTO THE PICTURE,
RIGHT? SIN RUINED EVERYTHING.
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SIN DIDN'T JUST DRIVE ADAM AND
EVE OUT OF THE GARDEN, BUT GOD'S
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SPECIAL PRESENCE, EVIDENTLY,
BECAUSE AFTER AWHILE THE GARDEN
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WAS REMOVED - NO
MORE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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GOD ALWAYS WANTED TO
DWELL WITH HIS CREATION.
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AND HOW SAD THIS 6,000-YEAR
INTERRUPTION BETWEEN GOD
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DWELLING WITH HIS PEOPLE IN A
PERSONAL DYNAMIC WAY AND WHEN HE
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CAN - WHEN HE'S ABLE TO DO IT
AGAIN AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND
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YEARS AFTER JESUS COMES.
SO A LONG INTERRUPTION IN HIS
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ORIGINAL PLAN.
WILL HE REVIVE HIS PLAN?
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HE WILL REVIVE HIS PLAN IN A NEW
CREATION OF A NEW EARTH AND A
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NEW HEAVEN - A NEW
HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH.
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AND THAT'S THE
ULTIMATE OF THE GOOD NEWS.
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THAT'S THE ULTIMATE OF THE
GOSPEL IS THAT HE WILL COME AND
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DWELL WITH US AGAIN IN A PERFECT
ENVIRONMENT - A PERFECTLY MADE
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REMADE EARTH. I
WAS READING RECENTLY WE
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SHOULDN'T WORSHIP THE GOSPEL.
THE GOSPEL IS THE GREAT NEWS -
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THE GOOD NEWS - BUT
WE SHOULDN'T WORSHIP IT.
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WE SHOULD WORSHIP THE ONE
WHO MADE THE GOOD NEWS POSSIBLE.
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SO WHILE WE MAY LOOK FORWARD
TO MANY THINGS ON THE EARTH MADE
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NEW - NO MORE SICKNESS, NO MORE
PAIN, NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE
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DEATH - ALL THESE WONDERFUL
THINGS - A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT -
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PERFECT WEATHER - PERFECT
EVERYTHING. THAT'S ALL GLORIOUS
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AND FUN TO THINK
ABOUT, BUT DON'T WORSHIP IT.
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WORSHIP THE ONE WHO IS
GOING TO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE.
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THAT'S THE INTENTION THAT GOD
WOULD HAVE FOR EACH ONE OF US.
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NOW, THE CONCEPT WAS ONE OF THE
PARALLELS BETWEEN THE GARDEN AND
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THE FIRST EARTHLY
SANCTUARY THAT WAS BUILT.
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GOD DID DWELL IN
THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
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HIS SPECIAL SHEKINAH GLORY
WAS IN THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY.
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NOW, MANY TIMES, THIS SPECIAL
PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE EARTHLY
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SANCTUARY WAS MANIFESTED AT
CERTAIN TIMES WHEN HIS PEOPLE
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WOULD STRAY AND THEY NEEDED TO
BE BROUGHT BACK OR SOMETHING -
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SOME SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION WOULD
BE SHOWN AND THEY WOULD KNOW
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THAT GOD'S SPECIAL
PRESENCE WAS THERE.
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SO GOD DID DWELL IN
THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY.
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HE CAN'T BE CONFINED TO
IT, OF COURSE, BUT HE CERTAINLY
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WAS THERE - HIS PRESENCE.
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NOW, SOME PEOPLE QUESTION
'WHY DOESN'T GOD DO THAT TODAY?
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WHY DOESN'T HE GIVE US A SPECIAL
PLACE - A SANCTUARY - ONE
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SPECIAL PLACE LIKE HE HAD FOR
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT WE
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COULD SENSE, WE COULD FEEL,
WE COULD SEE HIS PRESENCE - HIS
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GLORY - HIS SHEKINAH?'
WHY DOESN'T HE DO THAT?
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WELL, THERE'S A GOOD QUESTION
AND I BELIEVE IT HAS SOME GOOD
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ANSWERS. ONE, WE
MUST REALIZE THAT THE
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EARTHLY SANCTUARY POINTED
TOWARDS CHRIST, THE COMING
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MESSIAH. EVERYTHING
IN THE SANCTUARY AND
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ALL OF THE
SERVICES POINTED TO JESUS.
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JESUS CAME AND FULFILLED ALL
THAT THE SANCTUARY REVEALED DOWN
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TO THE - DOWN TO
THE MINUTEST DEGREE.
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AND SO WE HAVE THIS
EXAMPLE EVER BEFORE US.
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WE DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE.
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WE HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS
COMING AND FULFILLING EVERYTHING
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THAT WAS - POSSIBLY COULD BE
FULFILLED IN THE SANCTUARY AND
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ITS SERVICES. AND
SECONDLY, IN THE WORD, WE
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HAVE A SPECIAL
REVELATION OF CHRIST.
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION
IS A REVELATION OF JESUS.
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IF YOU WANT A SPECIAL
DEMONSTRATION GO TO THE WORD AND
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FIND JESUS. JESUS IS THE WORD.
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WE DON'T NEED A SPECIAL
BUILDING, WE HAVE THE WORD.
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WE HAVE THE WORD BETTER THAN
ANYBODY HAS EVER HAD THE WORD ON
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THE FACE OF THE
EARTH AT ANY TIME.
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WE HAVE - YOU PROBABLY HAVE TEN
BIBLES IN YOUR HOME - SOME OF
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YOU - I KNOW I DO. WE HAVE THE
WORD. THIS IS JESUS THE WORD.
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JESUS IS THE WORD. WE
HAVE IT RIGHT BEFORE US.
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WE DON'T NEED A
SPECIAL BUILDING.
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SO HE'S MADE HIS DEMONSTRATION
TO US FOR ALL TIME.
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WE SHOULD NEVER COMPLAIN
THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIAL
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DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S PRESENCE.
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PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS WOULD
HAVE GIVEN THEIR EYE TOOTH TO
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LIVE RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU
AND I ARE LIVING AND TO KNOW THE
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THINGS THAT WE KNOW. THEY
EVEN WROTE THINGS THAT THEY
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DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BUT
WE DO. THAT'S AMAZING.
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WE'RE SO FORTUNATE. WELL, BACK
TO THE LESSON. THE COMPARISON
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IS GIVEN OF HOW ADAM WAS
TO TEND AND KEEP THE GARDEN.
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THE SAME TWO VERBS ARE USED
FOR THE SERVICE OF THE LEVITES
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IN THE TABERNACLE - TO
TEND AND KEEP THE TABERNACLE.
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OF THE TWO, I WOULD CERTAINLY
HAVE ENJOYED THE FIRST TEND AND
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KEEP BETTER THAN THE
SECOND TEND AND KEEP.
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TEND AND KEEP THE GARDEN WOULD
HAVE BEEN A GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE.
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A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT WITH
PERFECT AND ENDLESS VITALITY.
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WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN A JOY?
JUST IN ITSELF - TO BE PERFECTLY
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FULL OF VIGOR AND VITALITY AND
TO TEND A GARDEN THAT WAS JUST
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PERFECT. I WOULD
HAVE LOT RATHER DONE
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THAT THAN TO TEND AND
KEEP THE TABERNACLE. WHY?
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WELL THAT WAS A BIT
TEDIOUS TO BE A LEVITE.
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I MEAN, JUST THE SACRIFICIAL
PART OF THE SANCTUARY SERVICES
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WAS MORE THAN
TEDIOUS, IT WAS HARD WORK.
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BEFORE I WAS A
CHRISTIAN, MY EARLY ADULT LIFE,
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I WAS A BUTCHER'S HELPER.
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I WORKED IN AN BUTCHER SHOP
IN A PRETTY LARGE GROCERY STORE.
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AND I KNOW HOW MUCH - HOW HARD
OF WORK IT IS JUST TO CUT ONE
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SIDE OF BEEF - THEY CALL
IT A SIDE - A HALF OF A COW -
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BASICALLY HALF - NO HEAD, NO
HOOVES - BUT - NO INNARDS - BUT
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A HALF OF A COW.
IT'S CALLED A SIDE.
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AND IT TOOK A PRETTY STRONG MAN
TO CARRY ONE HALF OF A COW AND
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PLOP IT ONTO A BLOCK
AND START CUTTING IT ALL UP.
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A LOT OF WORK AND VERY MESSY.
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TO TEND AND KEEP THE GARDEN
WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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TO TEND AND KEEP THE
TABERNACLE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT.
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SO I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY
PREFERRED THE FIRST TO BE SURE.
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NOW WE OFTEN SAY THAT
WE ARE HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN.
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WELL, WE - THAT'S A
GOOD THING TO SAY, I GUESS.
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WE'RE HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN.
BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN A
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HEAVENLY
ENVIRONMENT. ADAM AND EVE HAD.
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THINK HOW BADLY THEY
WERE HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN.
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THEY MUST HAVE - THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES
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LONGED TO BE HOME IN THEIR
HEAVENLY ATMOSPHERE EXPERIENCE.
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THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS A
HEAVENLY ATMOSPHERE, RIGHT?
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IT WAS JUST A MARVELOUS
PLACE. AND THEY LOST IT.
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HOW OFTEN THEY WOULD HAVE LONGED
TO BE BACK THERE, BUT BECAUSE OF
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SIN, OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T.
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FROM TEND AND KEEP
- TO SLAY AND BUTCHER.
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THAT'S A DRASTIC CHANGE FOR
ADAM AND EVE BECAUSE THEY HAD TO
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BEGIN SLAYING AND BUTCHERING
ANIMALS SACRIFICIALLY.
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ANOTHER PARALLEL WAS
GIVEN OF THE CHERUBIMS.
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ANGELS WERE IN THE GARDEN.
ANGELS WERE IN THE SANCTUARY.
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ANGELS WILL COME BACK WITH
JESUS WHEN JESUS REAPPEARS.
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THOUSANDS AND TEN THOUSAND TIMES
TEN THOUSAND ANGELS WILL COME
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WITH JESUS. I WAS
READING RECENTLY ALSO THAT
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- ABOUT ANGELS - WE DON'T THINK
ENOUGH ABOUT OUR ANGELS AND HOW
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THEY ARE ALWAYS MINISTERING
TO US. WE JUST DON'T EVEN TALK
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ABOUT IT NEAR ENOUGH. WE
DON'T THINK ENOUGH ABOUT IT
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NEAR ENOUGH. ANGELS THAT
ARE IN THIS PLACE THIS MORNING -
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PRAISE GOD. IT'S NICE TO
THINK ABOUT A GUARDIAN ANGEL.
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EACH ONE OF US HAS
ANGELS WATCHING OVER US.
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THINK ABOUT AN ANGEL. AN
ANGEL IS IN HEAVEN WITH GOD.
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THAT'S - WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW FAR OUT THAT IS - I MEAN,
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OUR TELESCOPES HAVE GONE
HOW MANY LIGHT YEARS AWAY AND WE
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HAVEN'T EXACTLY SEEN HEAVEN YET
- IN THE TELESCOPE - SO IT'S WAY
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OUT THERE - HEAVEN. BUT
AN ANGEL IS IN FRONT OF GOD
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AND GOD SAYS, 'I NEED YOU TO
GO DOWN AND HELP OUT SO AND SO.
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HE OR SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A
PROBLEM AND YOU NEED TO GO RIGHT
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AWAY.' SNAP - BINGO! THAT
ANGEL THAT WAS THERE IS NOW
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RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE IN A SPLIT
- LESS THAN A SECOND. WHEW!
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IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE THAT WE ARE
MADE A LITTLE LOWER THAN ANGELS.
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I CAN HARDLY WAIT UNTIL I'M
ACTUALLY AT LEAST EQUAL TO AN
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ANGEL. WOW, THAT KIND OF
TRAVEL IS OUT OF OUR MIND -
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WE JUST CAN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
BUT LET US MOVE ON TO MONDAY'S
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LESSON ENTITLED 'A
COPY OF THE PATTERN'.
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WE ARE REFERRED TO EXODUS 25:9
AND VERSE 40 WHICH SAYS THIS -
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VERSE 9, "ACCORDING TO ALL THAT
I SHEW THEE, AFTER THE PATTERN
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OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE
PATTERN OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS
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THEREOF, EVEN SO
SHALL YE MAKE IT."
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VERSE 40, "AND LOOK THAT THOU
MAKE THEM AFTER THEIR PATTERN,
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WHICH WAS SHEWED THEE IN THE
MOUNT." THEN WE NEED TO COMPARE
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THAT WITH HEBREWS 8:5
AND HEBREWS 9:23 AND 24.
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8:5 SAYS - HEBREWS 8:5,
"WHO SERVE UNTO THE EXAMPLE AND
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SHADOW OF HEAVENLY THINGS, AS
MOSES WAS ADMONISHED OF GOD WHEN
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HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE
TABERNACLE: FOR, SEE, SAITH HE,
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THAT THOU MAKE ALL THINGS
ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN SHEWED
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TO THEE IN THE MOUNT."
THEN CHAPTER 9, VERSES 23 AND
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24, "IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY
THAT THE PATTERNS OF THINGS IN
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THE HEAVENS SHOULD BE PURIFIED
WITH THESE; BUT THE HEAVENLY
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THINGS THEMSELVES WITH
BETTER SACRIFICES THAN THESE.
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FOR CHRIST IS NOT ENTERED INTO
THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS,
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WHICH ARE THE FIGURES OF THE
TRUE; BUT INTO HEAVEN ITSELF,
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NOW TO APPEAR IN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US."
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SO WE ASK THE BIG QUESTION TO
BEGIN WITH, 'WHAT WAS ONE OF THE
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BIG REASONS THAT GOD
HAD THIS SANCTUARY BUILT?'
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DIDWAS HE CONFINED
TO IT?HIS SANCTUNO.? Y
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PASTOR BATCHELOR TALKED
ABOUT THAT SOMEWHAT LAST WEEK.
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YOU CAN'T CONFINE GOD TO
ANY TABERNACLE OR ANY PLACE, BUT
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CERTAINLY HIS
PRESENCE WAS THERE.
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HE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO
EARTH AS HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS
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DESIRE. HE DID INHABIT THE
SANCTUARY. THERE WAS A SHEKINAH
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GLORY. EXODUS 25:8 SAYS, "AND
LET THEM MAKE ME A SANCTUARY;
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THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM."
AND 'PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS'
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PAGE 372 SAYS, "ABOVE THE
MERCY SEAT WAS THE SHEKINAH.
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THE MANIFESTATION OF THE DIVINE
PRESENCE AND FROM BETWEEN THE
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CHERUBIM GOD
MADE KNOWN HIS WILL."
00:21:55.56\00:21:58.50
AND THEN AGAIN IT SAYS, "BEYOND
THE SECOND VEIL, THE SACRED ARK
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WITH ITS MYSTIC CHERUBIM AND
ABOVE IT THE HOLY SHEKINAH - THE
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VISIBLE MANIFESTATION
OF JEHOVAH'S PRESENCE.
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ALL BUT A DIM REFLECTION" - GET
THAT - "ALL BUT A DIM REFLECTION
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OF THE GLORIES OF THE
TEMPLE OF GOD IN HEAVEN.
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THE GREAT CENTER OF THE
WORK FOR MAN'S REDEMPTIONS.
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TRULY GOD DID COME FROM
HEAVEN TO DWELL WITH MAN IN A
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TABERNACLE BUT IT IS A DIM
REFLECTION OF THE GLORIES THAT
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EXIST IN THE HEAVENLY
SANCTUARY." CAN GOD DO THAT?
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OF COURSE HE CAN. GOD CAN DO
ANYTHING. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN
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EXERCISE YOUR PURE MINDS
FOR JUST A FEW MOMENTS NOW.
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THINK BACK TO WHEN THE COMMAND
WAS GIVEN TO MOSES TO BUILD THE
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EARTHLY SANCTUARY AND THE
VIEW OF GOD WAS NOT NEARLY AS
00:22:47.06\00:22:52.63
COMPREHENSIVE AS WE CAN HAVE
A VIEW OF GOD TODAY IN THE SENSE
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THAT BACK THEN THE WORLD WAS NOT
NEARLY AS BIG AS WE KNOW IT TO
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BE TODAY - THE UNIVERSE.
THEY LOOKED OUT AND I THINK I
00:23:01.33\00:23:04.63
READ ONE PLACE THAT THEY EVEN
HAD THE NUMBER OF STARS COUNTED.
00:23:04.63\00:23:08.06
THERE WERE ONLY
SO MANY THOUSANDS.
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WELL, WE KNOW NOW THAT THERE'S
TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS AND
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TRILLIONS OF STARS AND SOME OF
THOSE STARS THAT WE SEE ARE NOT
00:23:13.73\00:23:16.90
JUST STARS BUT THEY'RE
WHOLE GALAXIES FULL OF STARS.
00:23:16.90\00:23:20.26
IT'S INCREDIBLE. OUR
CONCEPT OF GOD IS EVEN SO
00:23:20.26\00:23:24.43
MUCH BIGGER THAN THE
CONCEPT THAT THESE PEOPLE COULD
00:23:24.43\00:23:27.33
HAVE HAD OF GOD BACK
THEN. WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE.
00:23:27.33\00:23:31.16
SO TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING
TO CONFINE GOD TO AN EARTHLY
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BUILDING, THAT WOULD
BE AN INTERESTING CONCEPT.
00:23:35.50\00:23:38.16
BUT YES, HIS SPECIAL PRESENCE
DID DWELL IN THE SANCTUARY.
00:23:38.16\00:23:42.36
HEAVEN WAS COME DOWN TO
EARTH IN THIS SPECIAL WAY.
00:23:42.36\00:23:45.70
NOW CONSIDER THIS: BEFORE
GOD CREATED THE EARTH AND ITS
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INHABITANTS, A PLAN WAS PUT IN
PLACE, WAS IT NOT, THAT IF MAN
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FELL THERE WOULD BE A
WAY TO SAVE MAN. ARE WE
00:23:55.46\00:23:58.90
UNDERSTANDING THAT TO BE TRUE?
LET ME SHARE A TEXT WITH YOU.
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HEBREWS 4:3 - ONE OF MANY THAT
TALKS ABOUT THIS - "FOR WE WHICH
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HAVE BELIEVED TO ENTER
INTO REST, AS HE SAID, AS I HAVE
00:24:06.33\00:24:10.26
SWORN IN MY WRATH, IF THEY SHALL
ENTER INTO MY REST: ALTHOUGH THE
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WORKS WERE FINISHED FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD."
00:24:14.93\00:24:18.76
THE PLAN OF SALVATION WAS
LAID FROM THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE
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WORLD. THAT'S AN AMAZING
THING TO PONDER FOR US ALSO.
00:24:22.96\00:24:28.70
SO JESUS
CONFIDED WITH THE FATHER.
00:24:28.70\00:24:32.30
IN FACT, WE'RE TOLD THAT HE
CONFIDED WITH THE FATHER MORE
00:24:32.30\00:24:36.36
THAN ONCE - I THINK UP TO
THREE TIMES AT LEAST - ABOUT HIS
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WILLINGNESS TO COME AND BE
THE SAVIOR TO A LOST MANKIND IF
00:24:41.50\00:24:46.23
INDEED MAN DID FALL INTO
SIN. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
00:24:46.23\00:24:51.66
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON?
00:24:51.66\00:24:55.43
'PLEASE LET ME
GO. I WANT TO GO.'
00:24:55.43\00:24:57.10
THE FATHER RELUCTANT, IN
ONE SENSE, TO LET HIS SON GO BUT
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WANTING TO BECAUSE OF HIS
LOVE FOR US - AMAZING LOVE.
00:25:03.90\00:25:06.93
IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND
ALL THAT IT'S JUST SO AMAZING.
00:25:06.93\00:25:11.06
THINK OF THE EMOTIONS AND
THE INTENSE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK
00:25:11.06\00:25:14.60
PLACE BETWEEN THE FATHER AND
THE SON. SO THE PLAN WAS LAID
00:25:14.60\00:25:17.96
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD. BEFORE CREATION EVER
00:25:17.96\00:25:19.80
TOOK PLACE THIS PLAN WAS IN
PLACE. CREATION TAKES PLACE AND
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THE CLOCK BEGINS
TICKING. PROPHECIES WERE
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GIVEN TO PROPHETS -
TIME PROPHECIES - TO WHEN THE
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SAVIOR WOULD COME AND BE BORN
AND BE BAPTIZED AND ALL THAT.
00:25:32.70\00:25:37.06
SO THE CLOCK TICKS, TICKS, TICKS
DOWN TO THE TIME WHEN JESUS
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COMES TO HIS FATHER - I'M
SURE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS THERE -
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AND JESUS SAYS TO THE FATHER AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT, 'THE TIME IS
00:25:50.26\00:25:56.63
HERE.' THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND THE FATHER
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PROBABLY DO NOT
NEED TO SAY A WORD.
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THEY KNOW WHAT
TIME HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:26:03.20\00:26:05.70
HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE TIME
THAT WAS FOR HIM TO LEAVE THE
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EQUALITY THAT HE HAD WITH HIS
FATHER IN HEAVEN AND COME AND
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BECOME A HUMAN
BEING UPON THIS EARTH.
00:26:13.83\00:26:17.16
THINK ABOUT THAT MOMENT.
THINK ABOUT THE EMOTIONS OF THAT
00:26:17.16\00:26:21.36
MOMENT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
LEAVES AND WHERE DOES HE GO?
00:26:21.36\00:26:26.26
HE VISITS A YOUNG LADY - A YOUNG
VIRGIN NAMED MARY - AND IN AN
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INSTANT - IN A SINGLE MOMENT
- JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS GOD - GOD
00:26:30.60\00:26:37.53
OF THIS ENTIRE UNIVERSE -
EMPTIED HIMSELF OF THE EQUALITY
00:26:37.53\00:26:42.70
THAT HE HAD WITH HIS FATHER AND
HE BECOMES A SPECK SO SMALL IT
00:26:42.70\00:26:48.06
TAKES A MICROSCOPE TO SEE.
WHAT AN AMAZING CONDESCENSION
00:26:48.06\00:26:54.73
FROM GOD TO A SPECK.
WE CAN'T COMPREHEND IT.
00:26:54.73\00:27:00.06
WE CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE.
WE CAN'T BEGIN TO COMPREHEND IT
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AFROM THE GOD OF THE VAST -
UNIVERSE - MORE VAST THAN WE
00:27:13.33\00:27:16.96
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED -
BECOMES A SPECK AS HEAVEN COMES
00:27:16.96\00:27:20.36
TO EARTH. DID JESUS
CONFINE HIMSELF TO THIS SPECK?
00:27:20.36\00:27:23.36
WELL, WE CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS
LIKE THAT - NOT YET - BUT WE CAN
00:27:23.36\00:27:27.46
UNDERSTAND THAT HE DID EMPTY
HIMSELF OF THE EQUALITY THAT HE
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HAD WITH HIS FATHER.
HE DIDN'T BECOME A MAN, HE
00:27:31.00\00:27:33.83
IMMEDIATELY BECAME A
SPECK IN A VIRGIN'S WOMB.
00:27:33.83\00:27:37.53
AND THEN, IN NINE MONTHS OR SO,
HE ACTUALLY WAS BORN AND GREW
00:27:37.53\00:27:41.03
UP, EVENTUALLY, TO BE A MAN.
FATHER AND SON PERFECTLY UNIFIED
00:27:41.03\00:27:47.13
- PERFECTLY LOVING - FOR AN
ETERNITY OF TIME NOW - POP -
00:27:47.13\00:27:54.03
THERE'S A SEPARATION THERE
THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN. WHY?
00:27:54.03\00:27:59.36
BECAUSE HEAVEN WANTS TO COME
DOWN TO EARTH AS - OUR LESSON IS
00:27:59.36\00:28:03.40
ALL ABOUT HEAVEN
COMES DOWN TO EARTH.
00:28:03.40\00:28:05.23
JESUS IS THE BEST HEAVEN HAS TO
OFFER AND HE COMES DOWN TO EARTH
00:28:05.23\00:28:10.06
FOR US. IT'S MIND-BOGGLING.
00:28:10.06\00:28:17.80
GOD HAD COME DOWN TO DWELL WITH
HIM IN THE SANCTUARY BUILT WITH
00:28:17.80\00:28:20.30
HANDS AND EVERYTHING IN THAT
SANCTUARY POINTED TO THE SAVIOR
00:28:20.30\00:28:23.33
THAT ONE DAY WOULD COME DOWN
TO EARTH FROM HEAVEN TO BEGIN
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.16
DWELLING IN THE SANCTUARY OF
A YOUNG WOMAN FOR APPROXIMATELY
00:28:26.16\00:28:29.70
NINE MONTHS AND
THEN HE WOULD BE BORN.
00:28:29.70\00:28:32.40
AND AS HE BEGAN HIS MINISTRY, IT
WAS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO HELP THE
00:28:32.40\00:28:35.23
WORLD TO SEE THAT JUST AS HE
CAME DOWN TO EARTH TO DWELL IN
00:28:35.23\00:28:39.00
THE SANCTUARY AND IN A SENSE HE
CAME DOWN TO BEGIN HIS EARTHLY
00:28:39.00\00:28:43.73
SOJOURN IN THIS YOUNG VIRGIN,
HE ALONE SHOULD DWELL IN THE
00:28:43.73\00:28:48.90
SANCTUARY OF EACH ONE OF
OUR HEARTS. AMAZING STUFF.
00:28:48.90\00:28:54.76
NOW BACK TO MONDAY A BIT
MORE, 'A COPY OF THE PATTERN'.
00:28:54.76\00:28:57.90
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY WAS
00:28:57.90\00:29:01.00
CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE
PATTERN. WHERE WAS THE PATTERN?
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.63
THE PATTERN IS IN HEAVEN
- THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY.
00:29:03.63\00:29:07.43
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW
BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO CONNECT
00:29:07.43\00:29:11.96
WITH HEAVEN. JUST AS
CHILDREN LOOK LIKE THEIR
00:29:11.96\00:29:15.06
PARENTS AND ACT A LOT LIKE
THEIR PARENTS, IT HELPS THAT
00:29:15.06\00:29:17.26
CONNECTION. JUST
LIKE WHEN WE MOVE.
00:29:17.26\00:29:20.50
MOVING IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST STRESSORS ON EARTH.
00:29:20.50\00:29:23.06
IT CAUSES SO MUCH STRESS TO
PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE TO MOVE.
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.86
TAKE UP ROOTS AND MOVE TO
ANOTHER STATE MAYBE - EVEN
00:29:25.86\00:29:29.20
ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT'S
A VERY STRESSFUL THING.
00:29:29.20\00:29:32.10
AND WHEN YOU GET SETTLED AND YOU
HAVE YOUR FURNITURE - FURNITURE
00:29:32.10\00:29:35.56
THAT YOU'RE USED TO - IN PLACE -
AHHH, THAT'S SUCH A STABILIZING
00:29:35.56\00:29:39.83
INFLUENCE ON US. YOU
SEE THE THINGS YOU'RE USED
00:29:39.83\00:29:43.03
TO AND IT'S - WELL, THAT'S
WHAT IT IS WITH THE HEAVENLY
00:29:43.03\00:29:46.16
SANCTUARY AND THE
EARTHLY SANCTUARY.
00:29:46.16\00:29:48.06
WE ARE CONNECTED TO
HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THE EARTHLY
00:29:48.06\00:29:50.33
SANCTUARY. AND THE MORE WE
STUDY THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY,
00:29:50.33\00:29:53.30
THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR US
IN REGARDS TO THIS CONNECTION.
00:29:53.30\00:29:59.70
SOMETHING ELSE I THINK IS
IMPORTANT HERE ON MONDAY IS
00:29:59.70\00:30:02.50
SOMETHING WAS VERY CONFUSING
TO ME, AT FIRST, WHEN I BECAME A
00:30:02.50\00:30:07.13
CHRISTIAN. I COULDN'T
KEEP IT ALL SEPARATED.
00:30:07.13\00:30:08.76
I USED TO SCRATCH
MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT.
00:30:08.76\00:30:12.43
I'D THINK 'WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?'
00:30:12.43\00:30:14.86
A GOOD EXPLANATION
IS GIVEN IN THE LESSON.
00:30:14.86\00:30:17.83
THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE, ON
MONDAY, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
00:30:17.83\00:30:21.96
THE TWO IS CALLED 'TYPOLOGY'.
'TYPOLOGY IS A DIVINELY DESIGNED
00:30:21.96\00:30:27.86
PROPHETIC CONFIGURATION
THAT INVOLVES TWO CORRESPONDING
00:30:27.86\00:30:30.96
HISTORICAL REALITIES CALLED
'TYPE' - OR THE ORIGINAL - AND
00:30:30.96\00:30:34.46
THE ANTITYPE - THE COPY.'
YOU EVER STRUGGLE WITH THAT?
00:30:34.46\00:30:38.80
WHICH IS WHICH? TYPE
- ANTITYPE - TYPE MET
00:30:38.80\00:30:41.30
ANTITYPE - WELL, IT'S
ALL IN THAT DEFINITION THERE.
00:30:41.30\00:30:45.50
IT GOES ON TO SAY, 'BECAUSE
THE CORRESPONDING RUNGS FROM THE
00:30:45.50\00:30:51.36
TYPE - OR ORIGINAL - TO THE
ANTITYPE - COPY - WE CAN SEE IN
00:30:51.36\00:30:54.36
HEBREWS THAT THE HEAVENLY MODEL
THAT MOSES HAD SEEN IS REFERRED
00:30:54.36\00:30:58.33
TO AS TYPE OR 'PATTERN' AND
THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY IS THE
00:30:58.33\00:31:03.06
ANTITYPE OR 'THE COPY'. OKAY?
00:31:03.06\00:31:07.53
AND THEN IT POINTS OUT THAT WE,
AS SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, ARE
00:31:07.53\00:31:10.96
ON SOLID GROUND WHEN WE
EMPHASIZE THE PHYSICAL REALITY
00:31:10.96\00:31:15.50
OF THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AND
THAT IS IMPORTANT IN THE SENSE
00:31:15.50\00:31:19.03
THAT SO MANY OTHER DENOMINATIONS
DON'T EVEN DISCUSS THE SANCTUARY
00:31:19.03\00:31:23.80
CONCEPT WHATSOEVER.
00:31:23.80\00:31:25.90
THE SANCTUARY AND THE
TRUTH SURROUNDING THE SANCTUARY,
00:31:25.90\00:31:29.33
BASICALLY ARE JUST SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTISTS ARE THE ONES THAT
00:31:29.33\00:31:34.56
UNDERSTAND IT AND EXPLAIN
IT AND TEACH IT. AND IT'S -
00:31:34.56\00:31:38.00
IT'S VERY - IT'S
VERY ENLIGHTENING TO ME.
00:31:38.00\00:31:41.70
AS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN I HAD COME
TO BELIEVE THE SABBATH IS THE
00:31:41.70\00:31:47.46
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO
YOU WHEN I HAD COME YOU DIE.
00:31:47.46\00:31:49.36
I WAS LEARNING A LOT ABOUT
THE HEALTH MESSAGES AND ALL THE
00:31:49.36\00:31:51.90
WONDERFUL DIFFERENT TEACHINGS,
BUT AS I LEARNED SOME OF THESE
00:31:51.90\00:31:54.93
THINGS I FOUND ANOTHER CHURCH
TEACHING EVEN - A LITTLE CHURCH
00:31:54.93\00:31:59.20
- SOME OTHER CHURCHES - TEACHING
THAT YOU SHOULD WORSHIP ON
00:31:59.20\00:32:01.93
SABBATH AND I FOUND SOME
CHURCHES THAT BELIEVE - VERY FEW
00:32:01.93\00:32:05.46
- THAT BELIEVE THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DEAD.
00:32:05.46\00:32:07.33
BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANYBODY
TEACHING ANYTHING ABOUT THE
00:32:07.33\00:32:10.76
SANCTUARY. WHEN I STUDIED
THE SANCTUARY MESSAGE AND ALL OF
00:32:10.76\00:32:13.93
ITS RAMIFICATIONS AND ALL THE
PIECES FITTING TOGETHER LIKE A
00:32:13.93\00:32:17.46
BIG, GIANT, WONDERFUL
JIGSAW - IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL
00:32:17.46\00:32:20.83
REVELATION OF GOD'S WORD BEING
WHAT IT IS AND HOW WE, AS GOD'S
00:32:20.83\00:32:25.56
REMNANT PEOPLE, CAN BE
ENCOURAGED. WE DON'T HAVE TO -
00:32:25.56\00:32:29.90
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE APOLOGETIC
AT ALL ABOUT TEACHING THIS
00:32:29.90\00:32:33.70
SUBJECT. IT IS A VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
00:32:33.70\00:32:37.43
IT HELPS US TO
UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE.
00:32:37.43\00:32:39.50
WE ARE GOD'S REMNANT PEOPLE WITH
A VERY SPECIAL REMNANT MESSAGE,
00:32:39.50\00:32:44.03
ARE WE NOT? AND WE MUST
NOT BE APOLOGETIC ABOUT IT.
00:32:44.03\00:32:47.90
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT, ALL
OTHER RELIGIONS - WELL, JESUS
00:32:47.90\00:32:52.53
CHRIST IS KNOWN AROUND
THE WORLD. MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T
00:32:52.53\00:32:57.36
CHRISTIANS BUT
THEY'VE HEARD OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:32:57.36\00:32:59.56
PROBABLY HARDLY ANYONE IN
AMERICA HAS NOT HEARD ABOUT
00:32:59.56\00:33:02.66
JESUS CHRIST AND KNOW
SOME THINGS ABOUT HIM.
00:33:02.66\00:33:05.26
OTHER RELIGIONS - AND I'M NOT
KNOCKING ANY OTHER RELIGION -
00:33:05.26\00:33:09.36
BUT IT'S DIFFERENT. HOW
MANY PEOPLE KNOW ANYTHING
00:33:09.36\00:33:13.43
ABOUT MOHAMMED OTHER THAN
THE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW THAT
00:33:13.43\00:33:16.13
PERSUASION? OR BUDDHA?
00:33:16.13\00:33:18.16
PROBABLY NOT ONE IN A HUNDRED
THOUSAND KNOW TWO FACTS ABOUT
00:33:18.16\00:33:21.16
BUDDHA IF THEY'RE NOT
PART OF THAT PERSUASION.
00:33:21.16\00:33:24.00
BUT THE SANCTUARY AND
ITS SERVICES, FROM THE VERY
00:33:24.00\00:33:28.70
BEGINNING, ALL
FOCUSED AROUND JESUS CHRIST.
00:33:28.70\00:33:32.73
JESUS CHRIST IS THE
CENTER OF EVERYTHING.
00:33:32.73\00:33:35.06
EVERYBODY KNOWS
SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS.
00:33:35.06\00:33:38.66
NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH IS SO
COMPREHENSIVE AS THE SANCTUARY
00:33:38.66\00:33:44.90
IS ABOUT JESUS. IT ALL
POINTS - POINTED TOWARD JESUS.
00:33:44.90\00:33:48.96
THIS IS A FANTASTIC SUBJECT
AND I HOPE BY THE END OF THIS
00:33:48.96\00:33:51.90
QUARTER ALL OF US UNDERSTAND HOW
FANTASTIC THIS SUBJECT REALLY
00:33:51.90\00:33:55.73
IS, ESPECIALLY TO US AS SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTISTS AND HOW WE NEED
00:33:55.73\00:33:58.90
TO GET IT OUT TO
THE WORLD AROUND US.
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.06
AND, OF COURSE, THAT IS WHY
IT HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF ATTACK
00:34:01.06\00:34:05.80
THROUGH THE YEARS. THERE
HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO RISE
00:34:05.80\00:34:08.50
UP WITHIN OUR OWN DENOMINATION
AND ATTACK THE SANCTUARY
00:34:08.50\00:34:11.20
MESSAGE. YOU
PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THAT.
00:34:11.20\00:34:13.63
AND IT HAPPENS EVERY SO
OFTEN. SOMEBODY GETS A FOLLOWING
00:34:13.63\00:34:17.76
BECAUSE THEY COME UP WITH SOME
NEW IDEAS OR DIFFERENT THOUGHTS
00:34:17.76\00:34:20.16
ABOUT THE SANCTUARY AND IT'S
BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO FOLLOW
00:34:20.16\00:34:24.46
THOSE INDIVIDUALS
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
00:34:24.46\00:34:26.60
THEY ALL GET A LITTLE FOLLOWING
- THEY ALL MAKE A BIG COMMOTION
00:34:26.60\00:34:30.26
AND THEN, EVENTUALLY, EVERY ONE
OF THEM GO OFF INTO, KIND OF,
00:34:30.26\00:34:34.20
OBSCURITY. OH,
THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE
00:34:34.20\00:34:36.80
FOLLOWING SOMETIMES BUT THEY ARE
REALLY ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING -
00:34:36.80\00:34:41.03
NOTHING FOR THE SAVING OF SOULS.
THEY JUST HAVE THIS LITTLE BITTY
00:34:41.03\00:34:46.00
FOLLOWING THEY WERE - THEY
JUST FADE OFF INTO OBLIVION,
00:34:46.00\00:34:49.86
BASICALLY - MOST OF
THEM - ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
00:34:49.86\00:34:52.50
SO YES, THE SANCTUARY MESSAGE
HAS BEEN ATTACKED BUT THE
00:34:52.50\00:34:55.86
SANCTUARY MESSAGE IS LIKE A BOB.
IT BOBS UP BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS
00:34:55.86\00:35:00.46
GOING TO BE PERFECTLY -
IT'S A PERFECT MESSAGE. IT'S A
00:35:00.46\00:35:03.56
WONDERFUL MESSAGE AND
YOU CAN'T DO AWAY WITH IT.
00:35:03.56\00:35:06.33
WELL, THE LESSON SHIFTS EMPHASIS
QUITE A FEW TIMES THIS WEEK.
00:35:06.33\00:35:12.00
TUESDAY IS ENTITLED 'JESUS AS
THE SANCTUARY' AND WE ARE TAKEN
00:35:12.00\00:35:15.73
TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER
2:19 THROUGH 21, "JESUS ANSWERED
00:35:15.73\00:35:20.83
AND SAID UNTO THEM, 'DESTROY
THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS I
00:35:20.83\00:35:23.73
WILL RAISE IT UP.' THEN
SAID THE JEWS, 'FORTY AND
00:35:23.73\00:35:26.86
SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN
BUILDING, AND WILT THOU REAR IT
00:35:26.86\00:35:30.70
UP IN THREE DAYS?' BUT HE SPAKE
OF THE TEMPLE OF THE BODY."
00:35:30.70\00:35:33.83
YOU KNOW, AS YOU PUT YOURSELF
IN THE SANDALS OF THE JEWISH
00:35:33.83\00:35:37.76
PEOPLE, IF THEY DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE A CONNECTION WITH JESUS
00:35:37.76\00:35:41.33
LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE, THEY
WOULD HAVE - THEY WOULD HAVE HAD
00:35:41.33\00:35:44.50
A HARD TIME WITH SOME OF
THE THINGS HE WAS SAYING.
00:35:44.50\00:35:46.80
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
'I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:35:46.80\00:35:52.13
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.'
WELL, IF YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
00:35:52.13\00:35:54.53
WHO HE WAS AND HAVE THAT
CONNECTION WITH HIM, YOU WOULD
00:35:54.53\00:35:56.76
SAY, 'WHAT? WHO DOES
THIS GUY THINK HE IS?'
00:35:56.76\00:35:59.13
'UNLESS YOU EAT MY BODY
AND DRINK MY BLOOD' - 'WHAT?
00:35:59.13\00:36:02.76
DON'T SAY THOSE KIND OF
THINGS. THAT'S BLASPHEMY.
00:36:02.76\00:36:05.66
YOU'RE TALKING
NONSENSE. YOU'RE A CRAZY MAN.'
00:36:05.66\00:36:08.80
YOU'D THINK THAT IF YOU DIDN'T
KNOW WHO JESUS WAS OR WHAT HE
00:36:08.80\00:36:13.26
WAS ALL ABOUT AND IF YOU DIDN'T
HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH HIM.
00:36:13.26\00:36:15.66
THE SAME THINGS
APPLIES TO US TODAY.
00:36:15.66\00:36:18.20
SOMETIMES IF PEOPLE GET THESE
CRAZY IDEAS AND THINK, 'OH,
00:36:18.20\00:36:21.33
THAT'S CRAZY' OR 'THAT TEACHING
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE' - IT
00:36:21.33\00:36:26.46
WON'T MAKE ANY SENSE
UNLESS YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE
00:36:26.46\00:36:31.93
PSO WE HAVE THE SAME
THING TO, CONTEND WITH.
00:36:31.93\00:36:34.76
NOW THE THING HERE WITH JESUS
REFERRING TO HIM AS BEING THE
00:36:34.76\00:36:40.40
TEMPLE OR THE SANCTUARY,
THE JEWISH LEADERS SHOULD HAVE
00:36:40.40\00:36:43.66
CAUGHT ON QUICKLY. AND
PERHAPS SOME OF THEM DID AND
00:36:43.66\00:36:46.20
THAT'S WHY THEY
GOT SO UPSET WITH HIM.
00:36:46.20\00:36:48.30
FOR THE WHOLE SANCTUARY THING
WAS ALL ABOUT HIM AND ALL THE
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.80
FORMALITIES AND ALL THE SERVICES
AND ALL THE FURNITURE AND
00:36:50.80\00:36:54.33
EVERYTHING WAS ALL ABOUT HIM
AND, AS YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I
00:36:54.33\00:36:59.33
DO, THEY LOST SIGHT OF ALL THAT
AND IT ALL BECAME JUST A MATTER
00:36:59.33\00:37:02.63
OF FORM - FORMALITY TO THEM AND
SO THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:37:02.63\00:37:06.86
HE WAS TRYING TO SAY AND IF THEY
DID, I SAY IT WOULD HAVE JUST
00:37:06.86\00:37:10.03
MADE THEM ANGRY.
00:37:10.03\00:37:11.73
SO FOR ONE REASON OR
ANOTHER THEY REJECTED HIM.
00:37:11.73\00:37:14.23
EITHER WAY, IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT JESUS HAD TO SAY SO THAT
00:37:14.23\00:37:20.30
WHEN THE SACRIFICE WAS COMPLETE,
PEOPLE COULD MAKE - THOSE WHO
00:37:20.30\00:37:25.93
WERE SINCERE IN HEART - COULD
PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER AND
00:37:25.93\00:37:28.70
MAKE THE CONNECTIONS
TO THE TRUTH AS IT WAS.
00:37:28.70\00:37:32.40
BY THUS MAKING THE STATEMENT,
WE ARE REMINDED ALSO THAT JESUS
00:37:32.40\00:37:35.40
WALKED EVERY DAY OF HIS MINISTRY
- ACTUALLY EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE
00:37:35.40\00:37:40.50
SINCE ABOUT THE AGE OF TWELVE -
KNOWING WHO HE WAS - THE LAMB OF
00:37:40.50\00:37:45.93
GOD. WHAT A REVELATION THAT WAS.
00:37:45.93\00:37:49.00
AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE TO BE
TAKEN TO THE TEMPLE AND SEEING
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.50
THESE ANIMALS TAKEN TO
BE SACRIFICED AND SAYING -
00:37:52.50\00:37:55.96
REALIZING - 'THAT'S ME.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE COME FOR.
00:37:55.96\00:38:01.43
I AM THE LAMB THAT
WILL BE SACRIFICED.'
00:38:01.43\00:38:04.50
WHAT A REVELATION TO LIVE
WITH FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE,
00:38:04.50\00:38:08.03
KNOWING EACH DAY THAT HE
WAS GOING TO BE THAT SACRIFICE.
00:38:08.03\00:38:12.06
NOW WE ALL LIVE WITH THE CONCEPT
THAT ONE DAY WE WILL DIE, RIGHT?
00:38:12.06\00:38:15.53
YOU CAN BE SURE OF TWO
THINGS: TAXES AND DEATH.
00:38:15.53\00:38:18.93
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH
THE REVELATION - THE IDEA THAT
00:38:18.93\00:38:24.66
WE WILL SUFFER THE SECOND
DEATH THAT JESUS TOOK UPON HIM.
00:38:24.66\00:38:29.33
WE WILL NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IF WE
00:38:29.33\00:38:33.13
ACCEPT HIM AS
OUR SAVIOR AND LORD.
00:38:33.13\00:38:35.80
THAT'S THE REALLY GREATEST NEWS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT
00:38:35.80\00:38:40.36
- HE DID. AND HE
NEVER ONCE FLINCHED,
00:38:40.36\00:38:45.03
BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU.
HE NEVER ONCE FLINCHED,
00:38:45.03\00:38:48.60
BECAUSE HE LOVES ME. THANK GOD.
00:38:48.60\00:38:50.60
WHAT A SAVIOR HE IS. AMAZING.
00:38:50.60\00:38:55.63
HE LIVED WITH THAT EVERY DAY.
WELL, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ALSO
00:38:55.63\00:38:59.43
IN THE SANCTUARY AT THE
VERY MOMENT THAT HE DIED.
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.23
MATTHEW 27, VERSES 50 AND 51
SAYS, "JESUS, WHEN HE HAD CRIED
00:39:03.23\00:39:08.80
AGAIN WITH A LOUD
VOICE, YIELDED UP THE GHOST.
00:39:08.80\00:39:12.30
AND, BEHOLD, THE VEIL OF THE
TEMPLE WAS RENT IN TWAIN FROM
00:39:12.30\00:39:15.83
THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM; AND THE
EARTH DID QUAKE, AND THE ROCKS
00:39:15.83\00:39:18.30
RENT;" NOW, AGAIN, THERE'S
SOMETHING VERY PROFOUND TO
00:39:18.30\00:39:21.76
CONSIDER AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE PROPHECIES OF DANIEL HAD
00:39:21.76\00:39:24.90
PREDICTED THE VERY TIME WHEN
JESUS WOULD COME AND BE BAPTIZED
00:39:24.90\00:39:27.96
AND THE VERY TIME OF HIS DEATH
AND JESUS KNEW THAT TIME BETTER
00:39:27.96\00:39:31.16
THAN ANYBODY.
HE WOULD OFTEN SAY,
00:39:31.16\00:39:33.50
'IT IS NOT YET MY TIME.' HE
WOULD ESCAPE - THEY TRIED TO
00:39:33.50\00:39:36.00
STONE HIM - HE
GOT AWAY FROM THEM.
00:39:36.00\00:39:38.60
BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THIS
VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND, HE SAYS,
00:39:38.60\00:39:44.10
'NOW IS THE TIME.' AND
HIS DISCIPLES WERE SAYING,
00:39:44.10\00:39:48.80
'DON'T GO TO
JERUSALEM, THEY'LL KILL YOU.'
00:39:48.80\00:39:50.53
'NO, I MUST GO, FOR THE TIME
IS AT HAND.' HE KNEW THE TIME.
00:39:50.53\00:39:54.43
HE KNEW THE TIME BETTER THAN
ANYBODY SO HE FREELY WENT TO
00:39:54.43\00:40:05.86
THE EXACT MOMENT. AT
THE VERY MOMENT WHEN THE
00:40:05.86\00:40:10.63
EVENING SACRIFICE - THE PRIEST
RAISED HIS HAND TO SLAY THAT
00:40:10.63\00:40:15.60
ANIMAL - THE LAMB OF GOD
GAVE UP THE BREATH AND DIED.
00:40:15.60\00:40:22.93
JESUS FULFILLED THE PROPHECY
DOWN TO A MOMENT - DOWN TO A
00:40:22.93\00:40:27.96
SECOND. I BELIEVE
THAT'S AN AMAZING THING. IS GOD
00:40:27.96\00:40:34.00
PARTICULAR? SOME PEOPLE SAY,
'GOD'S NOT THAT PARTICULAR.'
00:40:34.00\00:40:37.93
YES, GOD IS VERY PARTICULAR.
HE FULFILLS PROPHECY PERFECTLY.
00:40:37.93\00:40:42.86
JESUS KNEW THE TIME PROPHECY. HE
KNEW THIS WAS A SPECIAL WEEKEND.
00:40:42.86\00:40:46.83
HE KNEW IT WAS THE TIME
FOR THE EVENING SACRIFICE.
00:40:46.83\00:40:49.90
HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE
NAILED TO THAT CROSS AND AT
00:40:49.90\00:40:53.60
THE MOMENT OF DEATH WAS THE VERY
MOMENT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE.
00:40:53.60\00:40:59.40
AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING.
ANOTHER PROFOUND THING TOOK
00:40:59.40\00:41:08.76
PLACE THAT VERY
MOMENT AND HAD BEEN SUCH A
00:41:08.76\00:41:11.56
PART OF WHO THE JEWS WERE -
BECAUSE THE CURTAIN WAS TORN
00:41:11.56\00:41:16.40
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM,
THAT EXPOSED THE WHOLE SANCTUARY
00:41:16.40\00:41:20.56
SERVICES AS IRRELEVANT ANYMORE
- THEY DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT
00:41:20.56\00:41:25.26
ANYMORE FOR THE LAMB OF GOD.
IT WAS LIKE DOING AWAY WITH WHO
00:41:25.26\00:41:29.40
THEY WERE. NOW THE
ONLY THING WE COULD
00:41:29.40\00:41:33.63
POSSIBLY RELATE TO THAT IS IF
GOD TOLD US RIGHT NOW TODAY THAT
00:41:33.63\00:41:40.20
YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THE
THINGS YOU'RE USED TO DOING,
00:41:40.20\00:41:43.13
RELIGIOUSLY SPEAKING. YOU
CAN'T COME TO THIS CHURCH ON
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.16
SABBATH MORNING, YOU CAN'T DO
ANYTHING - ANY OF THINGS YOU'RE
00:41:45.16\00:41:48.16
USED TO DOING, RELIGIOUSLY,
TOGETHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:41:48.16\00:41:50.73
YOU'VE GO TO DO
AWAY WITH ALL THAT.
00:41:50.73\00:41:54.60
WELL, THAT WAS A PRETTY HARD
THING FOR THE JEWISH NATION TO
00:41:54.60\00:41:58.36
ACCEPT. THEY
SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT
00:41:58.36\00:42:00.13
BECAUSE THEY KNEW - THEY SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN THAT GOD WAS GOING TO
00:42:00.13\00:42:02.66
REPLACE IT WITH
SOMETHING BETTER.
00:42:02.66\00:42:04.66
NOW IF GOD CAME AND TOOK ALL
THAT AWAY FROM US - WHAT WE HAVE
00:42:04.66\00:42:08.10
GOING TODAY - WHAT WE DO, WE
WOULD THEN HAVE TO KNOW THAT GOD
00:42:08.10\00:42:11.66
HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR US
AND SO - BUT JUST THINK WHAT A
00:42:11.66\00:42:16.76
CHALLENGE IT MUST HAVE BEEN
FOR THOSE PEOPLE AT THAT TIME.
00:42:16.76\00:42:23.66
THEN THE CHURCH - IT TALKS
ABOUT THE CHURCH NOW BECOMES THE
00:42:23.66\00:42:26.26
SANCTUARY AS THE LESSON
TITLE FOR WEDNESDAY POINTS OUT.
00:42:26.26\00:42:29.30
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE
THE CHURCH. WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
00:42:29.30\00:42:32.20
WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO LIVE IN AND IT WOULD
00:42:32.20\00:42:38.10
DO US WELL TO KEEP IN MIND,
DURING THIS WHOLE QUARTER, ABOUT
00:42:38.10\00:42:42.56
HOW EVERYTHING ABOUT
THE SANCTUARY WAS HOLY.
00:42:42.56\00:42:46.26
EVERYTHING WAS
HOLY. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.
00:42:46.26\00:42:48.43
HOLY - AND THEN THERE WAS
THE HOLY OF HOLIES AND ALL THE
00:42:48.43\00:42:51.36
UTENSILS WERE
HOLY. THE BREAD WAS HOLY.
00:42:51.36\00:42:53.56
THE INCENSE WAS HOLY.
EVERYTHING - THE GARMENTS THAT
00:42:53.56\00:42:56.93
THE PRIEST WORE WERE HOLY AND
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
00:42:56.93\00:43:03.33
ARE THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:43:03.33\00:43:04.80
HOW HOLY DOES GOD WANT US TO BE?
HE WANTS US TO BE HOLY, DOESN'T
00:43:04.80\00:43:08.56
HE? EVERYTHING - WE KEEP THAT IN
MIND, ESPECIALLY THIS QUARTER AS
00:43:08.56\00:43:13.20
WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT.
GOD WANTS US TO BE HOLY.
00:43:13.20\00:43:16.03
NOT ONLY THAT, HE
WILL HELP US TO BE HOLY.
00:43:16.03\00:43:19.36
WITHOUT HIM WE
COULDN'T DO IT, OF COURSE.
00:43:19.36\00:43:21.73
SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT
DISCOURAGING IF WE HAD TO TRY TO
00:43:21.73\00:43:26.56
ATTACK - DO IT OURSELVES - BUT
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE ASKS OF US.
00:43:26.56\00:43:30.86
WE MOVE TO THURSDAY AS WE
TAKE ANOTHER GIANT LEAP INTO THE
00:43:30.86\00:43:36.10
FUTURE - AS WE TALK
ABOUT THE NEW CREATION.
00:43:36.10\00:43:39.23
THE LESSON TAKES US DIRECTLY TO
REVELATION, THE SEVENTH CHAPTER.
00:43:39.23\00:43:43.90
REVELATION 7:15 THROUGH 17 SAYS,
"THEREFORE ARE THEY BEFORE THE
00:43:43.90\00:43:49.06
THRONE OF GOD, AND SERVE HIM DAY
AND NIGHT IN HIS TEMPLE: AND HE
00:43:49.06\00:43:52.90
THAT SITTETH ON THE
THRONE SHALL DWELL AMONG THEM.
00:43:52.90\00:43:55.43
THEY SHALL HUNGER NO
MORE; NEITHER THIRST NO MORE;
00:43:55.43\00:43:58.10
NEITHER SHALL THE SUN LIGHT ON
00:43:58.10\00:43:59.36
THEM, NOR ANY HEAT. FOR
THE LAMB WHICH IS IN THE
00:43:59.36\00:44:03.13
MIDST OF THE THRONE SHALL FEED
THEM, AND SHALL LEAD THEM UNTO
00:44:03.13\00:44:06.56
LIVING FOUNTAINS OF WATERS: AND
GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS
00:44:06.56\00:44:10.23
FROM THEIR EYES."
WELL, REVELATION 21 REPEATS
00:44:10.23\00:44:13.50
SOME OF THAT SAME
MATERIAL AND EVEN ADDS TO IT.
00:44:13.50\00:44:18.90
I WON'T TAKE TIME TO READ IT BUT
IF YOU TURN BACK INTO THE OLD
00:44:18.90\00:44:23.26
TESTAMENT - ISAIAH 65, VERSES 17
THROUGH 25 TELLS US SOME OF THE
00:44:23.26\00:44:28.56
VERY SAME THINGS - WHAT IT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE IN THE EARTH
00:44:28.56\00:44:31.03
MADE NEW - VERY
FASCINATING AND WONDERFUL.
00:44:31.03\00:44:34.60
AND THEN THIS LESSON BRINGS
OUT THAT - HOW THE NEW JERUSALEM
00:44:34.60\00:44:37.76
WILL HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH
THE SANCTUARY, WHICH WAS SOME
00:44:37.76\00:44:42.56
NEW THINKING FOR
MANY OF US, I'M SURE.
00:44:42.56\00:44:44.86
ONE THING THAT I FOUND
FASCINATING ABOUT THIS LESSON
00:44:44.86\00:44:47.46
THIS WEEK WAS THINKING ABOUT
THE SANCTUARY FROM THE GARDEN OF
00:44:47.46\00:44:50.46
EDEN CLEAR UNTIL THE NEW
JERUSALEM COMES DOWN OUT OF THE
00:44:50.46\00:44:55.46
SKY. I NEVER HAD QUITE THAT
00:44:55.46\00:44:58.56
COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE
SANCTUARY BEFORE, IN MY MIND.
00:44:58.56\00:45:02.00
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING TO
DO THAT. BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
00:45:02.00\00:45:05.86
IT ALL STARTS IN HEAVEN WITH GOD
AND IT'S ALL GOING TO END WITH
00:45:05.86\00:45:10.86
GOD ON AN EARTH MADE NEW.
GOD WANTS TO DWELL WITH MAN.
00:45:10.86\00:45:16.93
NOW THE WILL OF GOD WILL BE
FULFILLED WHEN HE WILL COME TO
00:45:16.93\00:45:22.90
EARTH AND LIVE IN A PERFECT
MARVELOUS - PERFECT PLACE OF
00:45:22.90\00:45:26.93
PEACE. THE
EARTHLY SANCTUARY DIDN'T
00:45:26.93\00:45:29.93
ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:45:29.93\00:45:33.50
FOR SOME PEOPLE IT DID.
THEY WILL BE SAVED IN HIS
00:45:33.50\00:45:36.33
KINGDOM. THEY
UNDERSTOOD THE TEACHINGS OF
00:45:36.33\00:45:38.50
THE SANCTUARY AND IT
WAS ALL ABOUT SALVATION.
00:45:38.50\00:45:41.50
THEY ACCEPTED THOSE TEACHINGS.
ONE PERSON THAT IT DID
00:45:41.50\00:45:46.03
ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT IT WAS
MEANT TO AND THAT WAS FOR JESUS.
00:45:46.03\00:45:49.10
THE SANCTUARY, WE THINK, IS ALL
ABOUT US AND HOW WE SHOULD LEARN
00:45:49.10\00:45:54.03
ALL THERE IS ABOUT THE
PLAN OF SALVATION FOR US BUT
00:45:54.03\00:45:56.90
THE SANCTUARY
MEANT A LOT TO JESUS.
00:45:56.90\00:46:01.03
IT HELPED HIM KNOW WHO HE WAS
AND WHAT HIS MISSION WAS SO HE
00:46:01.03\00:46:04.50
CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THROUGH THE STUDY OF HIS WORD.
00:46:04.50\00:46:07.70
AND, AS I SAID, AT TWELVE YEARS
OLD HE PUT ALL THOSE PIECES
00:46:07.70\00:46:10.86
TOGETHER. NOW WE MAY
SHRINK BACK FROM DUTY
00:46:10.86\00:46:15.40
AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT MAY BE
POINTED OUT IN THE TRUTHS TAUGHT
00:46:15.40\00:46:18.50
BY THE SANCTUARY, BUT
IMAGINE WHAT MESSAGE IT GAVE TO
00:46:18.50\00:46:23.93
CHRIST AND HE DIDN'T
FLINCH FROM IT FOR A MOMENT.
00:46:23.93\00:46:28.93
HE DID QUESTION HIS FATHER,
'FATHER, IF THERE BE ANY OTHER
00:46:28.93\00:46:31.93
WAY, BUT NEVERTHELESS, NOT
MY WILL BUT THY WILL BE DONE.'
00:46:31.93\00:46:36.76
AND THAT'S HOW WE
SHOULD APPROACH EVERYTHING TOO.
00:46:36.76\00:46:38.93
WE CAN ASK SOME
SINCERE QUESTIONS.
00:46:38.93\00:46:41.26
YOU CAN ASK GOD ANYTHING YOU
WANT TO, JUST BE WILLING TO ADD
00:46:41.26\00:46:45.53
THAT ON TO THE END OF YOUR
QUESTION, 'NOT MY WILL BUT YOUR
00:46:45.53\00:46:48.00
WILL BE DONE, FATHER.'
AND AS WE STILL CONSIDER THIS
00:46:48.00\00:46:54.00
CONCEPT OF GOD'S DESIRE TO
DWELL WITH MAN - THAT'S BEEN HIS
00:46:54.00\00:46:59.36
ULTIMATE DESIRE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING CLEAR UNTIL THE END.
00:46:59.36\00:47:02.60
IT'S HIS DESIRE
FOR US RIGHT NOW.
00:47:02.60\00:47:04.20
HE WANTS TO DWELL IN US
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:47:04.20\00:47:06.43
WE ARE THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:47:06.43\00:47:08.50
NOW, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO
THINK ABOUT GOD DWELLING IN US,
00:47:08.50\00:47:12.30
BUT IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT
AWKWARD AT TIMES TO THINK ABOUT
00:47:12.30\00:47:15.06
GOD DWELLING IN US IF YOU HAVE
THIS STRONG DESIRE TO GO ON AN
00:47:15.06\00:47:18.76
EXTRAVAGANT
SPENDING SPREE, FOR EXAMPLE.
00:47:18.76\00:47:22.33
IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD,
HAVING GOD DWELL IN YOU, IF
00:47:22.33\00:47:25.26
YOU'RE WANTING TO TURN TO
A QUESTIONABLE SITE ON YOUR
00:47:25.26\00:47:29.43
COMPUTER - THINGS THAT,
PROBABLY, GOD IS NOT GOING TO
00:47:29.43\00:47:32.56
ENJOY LOOKING AT. SO
IT'S A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD
00:47:32.56\00:47:35.36
HAVING GOD THERE WITH YOU WHEN
YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND THAT
00:47:35.36\00:47:39.00
ISN'T PERFECTLY
ALIGNED WITH GOD'S WILL.
00:47:39.00\00:47:42.30
IT'S ALRIGHT TO HAVE GOD CLOSE
BY SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SOME
00:47:42.30\00:47:45.56
PROBLEMS YOU CAN CRY OUT TO GOD
AND SAY, 'HELP ME LORD, I NEED
00:47:45.56\00:47:49.33
YOUR HELP.' BUT
TO HAVE HIM ACTUALLY
00:47:49.33\00:47:51.33
DWELLING WITHIN US
- THAT'S HIS DESIRE.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.70
THAT'S WHAT HE
WANTS MORE THAN ANYTHING.
00:47:53.70\00:47:55.36
DWELLING WITH HIS PEOPLE.
SO IS IT AWKWARD TO HAVE JESUS
00:47:55.36\00:48:01.30
DWELLING WITH
YOU - INSIDE OF YOU?
00:48:01.30\00:48:05.00
ARE YOU HAPPY TO HAVE
HIM DWELLING INSIDE OF YOU?
00:48:05.00\00:48:08.43
SOMETIMES WE'RE LIKE - SOMETIMES
WE'RE LIKE THE DAZED BIRD -
00:48:08.43\00:48:12.23
MAYBE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS - THE
BIRD THAT FLEW INTO THE WINDOW
00:48:12.23\00:48:17.90
A GENTLEMAN WAS WATCHING AND SAW
THIS BIRD FLY INTO HIS WINDOW
00:48:17.90\00:48:20.93
AND THE BIRD WASN'T FLYING -
JUST KIND OF WALKING AROUND IN A
00:48:20.93\00:48:24.73
DAZE AND HE SAW THE NEIGHBOR'S
CAT APPROACHING READY TO POUNCE
00:48:24.73\00:48:28.53
AND SO HE GOES OUTSIDE AND
HE GRABS THE BIRD JUST IN TIME
00:48:28.53\00:48:32.30
BEFORE THE CAT POUNCES ON
HIM. SO THE BIRD IS SAFE IN THE
00:48:32.30\00:48:38.66
HOLLOW OF THE MAN'S HAND.
WHAT IS THAT BIRD THINKING?
00:48:38.66\00:48:43.00
'OH, THANK YOU MISTER.
I'M SO HAPPY YOU SAVED ME.'
00:48:43.00\00:48:46.26
NO, THAT LITTLE BIRD
BRAIN IS THINKING, 'LET ME GO!
00:48:46.26\00:48:51.33
I WANT TO BE FREE! I
WANT TO DO MY OWN THING!
00:48:51.33\00:48:56.33
I WANT TO BE FREE!'
AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE.
00:48:56.33\00:49:00.83
WE'RE DAZED BY SIN AND
WE WANT TO DO OUR OWN THING.
00:49:00.83\00:49:03.50
GOD DON'T - ARE WE COMFORTABLE
WITH LIVING IN THE HOLLOW OF
00:49:03.50\00:49:09.86
GOD'S PIERCED HANDS?
HIS NAIL-PIERCED LOVING,
00:49:09.86\00:49:13.76
CARING HANDS? THERE'S
NOT A MORE COMFORTABLE
00:49:13.76\00:49:18.03
PLACE ON EARTH TO BE THAN
IN THE HOLLOW OF GOD'S HANDS.
00:49:18.03\00:49:22.80
HOW PEACEFUL ARE YOU WITH
THE CONCEPT THAT GOD WANTS
00:49:22.80\00:49:29.60
TO DWELL WITH YOU TODAY?
00:49:29.60\00:49:32.56
HE WANTS TO DWELL IN YOU -
NOT JUST WITH YOU - IN YOU.
00:49:32.56\00:49:36.73
THOSE ARE AMAZING THINGS
TO THINK ABOUT, I TELL YOU.
00:49:36.73\00:49:40.16
WE SHOULD CONSIDER
THESE THINGS VERY CAREFULLY.
00:49:40.16\00:49:43.86
NOW THIS MORNING I NEED TO
RETELL YOU ABOUT THE FREE OFFER
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AND IT'S THIS STORACLE THAT
IS CALLED 'A HEAVENLY MODEL' AND
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IT'S OFFER #802 AND ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO TO GET THIS OFFER #802 IS
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TO DIAL 866-STUDY-MORE OR
866-788-3966 - 866-788-3966.
00:50:05.73\00:50:18.13
YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME IN THIS QUARTERLY -
00:50:18.13\00:50:20.66
THIS LESSON
QUARTERLY - THE SANCTUARY?
00:50:20.66\00:50:23.86
YOU KNOW, I - WHEN I FIRST
CAME TO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS
00:50:23.86\00:50:29.83
40-SOME YEARS AGO - LIKE I
SAID, THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS
00:50:29.83\00:50:32.46
THAT I HAD LEARNED WHEN I WENT
THROUGH THE LESSONS, IT WAS JUST
00:50:32.46\00:50:37.10
INCREDIBLE. AND YET
I REMEMBER ALMOST THE
00:50:37.10\00:50:41.50
VERY NIGHT THAT THE PASTOR - WE
HAD A DIFFERENT PASTOR STUDIED
00:50:41.50\00:50:45.53
WITH US AND THEN WE WERE
BAPTIZED AND AS SOON AS WE GOT
00:50:45.53\00:50:48.90
BAPTIZED, THIS PASTOR WAS MOVED
ON AND ANOTHER PASTOR CAME IN
00:50:48.90\00:50:52.83
AND HE WAS A VERY WONDERFUL
FELLOW. HE'S IN SOUTHERN
00:50:52.83\00:50:57.46
CALIFORNIA NOW, I THINK,
AND PROBABLY MOSTLY RETIRED.
00:50:57.46\00:51:00.13
BUT HE'S - I REMEMBER HIM ASKING
ME SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
00:51:00.13\00:51:04.53
SANCTUARY MESSAGE AND I
HAD NEVER STUDIED THAT BEFORE.
00:51:04.53\00:51:08.80
MAYBE I'D GONE THROUGH A
LESSON BUT NONE OF IT STUCK.
00:51:08.80\00:51:12.26
AND HE STARTED TO EXPLAIN IT TO
ME AND IT WAS JUST OVERWHELMING.
00:51:12.26\00:51:16.13
'WOW, THIS IS EXCITING.' SO
I COULDN'T HARDLY WAIT TO GET
00:51:16.13\00:51:18.80
HOME AND START DIGGING THROUGH
SOME MATERIAL AND FIND OUT MORE
00:51:18.80\00:51:21.86
INFORMATION AND THE MORE I
STUDIED, THE MORE I UNDERSTOOD
00:51:21.86\00:51:24.90
HOW IMPORTANT THIS SUBJECT IS
TO THE WORLD AND TO SEVENTH DAY
00:51:24.90\00:51:29.20
ADVENTISTS AND TO CHRISTIANS.
WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.
00:51:29.20\00:51:31.80
WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS
00:51:31.80\00:51:33.83
ABOUT IT. IT'S MARVELOUS.
IT'S GREAT. IT'S FANTASTIC.
00:51:33.83\00:51:37.50
AND I'LL NEVER
FORGET THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:51:37.50\00:51:39.73
AND SO I HOPE THAT'S THE SAME
KIND OF FEELING WE ALL HAVE BY
00:51:39.73\00:51:44.30
THE TIME THIS QUARTER'S OVER
- THAT THIS SUBJECT IS A SUBJECT
00:51:44.30\00:51:48.26
TO BE PRAISING GOD FOR THAT HE
HAS ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND IT.
00:51:48.26\00:51:53.20
SO MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU
COME TO THAT CONCLUSION, I PRAY.
00:51:53.20\00:51:57.40
NOW, WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS
MORNING, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
00:51:57.40\00:51:59.80
EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US ONLINE,
ON THE SATELLITE, OR BY RADIO.
00:51:59.80\00:52:04.83
THANKS AND COME
BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:52:04.83\00:52:08.50
>>I GREW UP IN A
CHURCH-GOING FAMILY.
00:52:08.50\00:52:12.30
I MEAN, WE WERE
AT EVERY MEETING.
00:52:12.30\00:52:13.83
I SANG IN FOUR
OF THE CHOIRS THERE.
00:52:13.83\00:52:16.26
I DIRECTED THREE -
VERY INVOLVED - VERY ACTIVE.
00:52:16.26\00:52:20.36
IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE
BUSY WORK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW?
00:52:20.36\00:52:24.36
I WENT TO SUNDAY
SCHOOL. I KNEW ABOUT GOD.
00:52:24.36\00:52:27.83
I KNEW ABOUT JESUS BUT I DIDN'T
HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
00:52:27.83\00:52:32.20
WITH JESUS CHRIST. MY
SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL I
00:52:32.20\00:52:37.36
GOT THE NEWS THAT MY
FATHER HAD BEEN MURDERED.
00:52:37.36\00:52:42.50
I PLAYED IT OFF WELL. NO
ONE REALLY SAW THAT I WAS
00:52:42.50\00:52:45.73
STRUGGLING WITH IT. IT
JUST REALLY FELT LIKE THERE
00:52:45.73\00:52:52.83
WAS A HOLE THAT NEEDED TO BE
FILLED AND I TRIED TO FILL IT
00:52:52.83\00:53:00.83
AFTER COLLEGE I JUST STOPPED
GOING TO CHURCH ALTOGETHER.
00:53:00.83\00:53:06.76
ONE DAY, ON A SUNDAY, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH
00:53:06.76\00:53:10.60
WITH MY MOM, I THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW, I SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT
00:53:10.60\00:53:14.96
OF WORD. SHE HAD THE
SATELLITE SYSTEM HOOKED UP
00:53:14.96\00:53:18.50
AND I'M FLIPPING THROUGH
CHANNELS AND THEN THE LOGO POPS
00:53:18.50\00:53:21.76
ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF
00:53:21.76\00:53:25.66
DIFFERENT MINISTERS BUT HERE -
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE
00:53:25.66\00:53:29.06
WAS ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING
WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND
00:53:29.06\00:53:31.83
ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND
'I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE.
00:53:31.83\00:53:35.30
LET ME LOOK
THROUGH AND FIND THIS.'
00:53:35.30\00:53:37.23
I WENT THROUGH
ALL THE STORACLES.
00:53:37.23\00:53:39.00
I WENT THROUGH ALL THE STUDY
GUIDES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET
00:53:39.00\00:53:41.30
ENOUGH. AND THEN THE SABBATH
CAME UP AND HE'S GOING THROUGH
00:53:41.30\00:53:45.23
THE APPEAL AND I'M JUST
GOING, 'LORD, I HEAR YOU.
00:53:45.23\00:53:48.90
I HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH.'
SO I SHOW UP - IT WAS FUNNY, I
00:53:48.90\00:53:52.53
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS
GOING TO BE JUDGED - ANYTHING
00:53:52.53\00:53:55.93
JUDGMENTAL - ANYTHING.
AND I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND I
00:53:55.93\00:53:58.80
JUST FELT AT HOME. BUT
THERE'S STILL A PROBLEM.
00:53:58.80\00:54:03.76
I WAS STILL PARTYING. I WAS
STILL GOING OUT TO THE BARS.
00:54:03.76\00:54:08.16
AT THIS TIME, I WAS
SELLING COCAINE TO PAY MY RENT.
00:54:08.16\00:54:12.10
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER I FIND MYSELF
IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
00:54:12.10\00:54:17.73
I HAD JUST CAME BACK FROM A
LIQUOR STORE AND I GRABBED A
00:54:17.73\00:54:20.70
BOTTLE OF VODKA AND THERE I AM
HIGH OFF COCAINE, WITH MY BIBLE
00:54:20.70\00:54:26.80
IN HAND, TRYING
TO DO A BIBLE STUDY.
00:54:26.80\00:54:30.13
AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE
VOICE, 'JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF.'
00:54:30.13\00:54:36.93
AND I DID AND I WAS
LIKE, 'WHAT AM I DOING?'
00:54:36.93\00:54:42.93
AND I GOT ON MY KNEES. I
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU DO NOT
00:54:42.93\00:54:46.33
TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME
NOW I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF.'
00:54:46.33\00:54:51.86
I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS
LIFESTYLE AND I WAS GOING TO END
00:54:51.86\00:54:54.30
UP OVERDOSING, HAVING A
HEART ATTACK, WHATEVER IT WAS.
00:54:54.30\00:54:59.33
'YOU HAVE TO TAKE
THIS AWAY. ALL OF IT.'
00:54:59.33\00:55:04.30
AND THAT DAY HE LIFTED
ALL OF IT AWAY FROM ME.
00:55:04.30\00:55:10.56
IT WAS ALL GONE. WHEN
GOD DOES SOMETHING IN YOUR
00:55:10.56\00:55:14.53
LIFE HE DOES IT
COMPLETE. (MUSIC)
00:55:14.53\00:55:15.53