Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021343
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00:46 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:50 RIGHT HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ON THE WEST COAST 00:53 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WHEREVER YOU'RE JOINING US FROM 00:56 - A BIG WELCOME. AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN. 01:00 WHETHER YOU ARE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE AT OUR 01:02 WEBSITE - 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' - OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION 01:06 NETWORKS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHEREVER YOU ARE AROUND THE 01:09 WORLD, WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE PART OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY. 01:14 AND WE HEAR FROM SO MANY OF YOU AND WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE 01:18 SINGING SONGS AND YOU LOVE STUDYING GOD'S WORD WITH US AND 01:21 TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. 01:23 SO WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO OUR PROGRAM AND START SINGING 'A 01:27 SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM' - #528 - SO IF YOU'RE AT HOME - IF 01:32 YOU HAVE A HYMNAL PULL IT OUT AND SING ALONG WITH US. 01:35 WE'RE GOING TO DO THE FIRST, THIRD AND FOURTH STANZAS. 01:38 THIS IS A REQUEST FROM JOSEPH IN AUSTRALIA, SELINA AND JONATHAN 01:43 IN THE NETHERLANDS, JOHN IN SRI LANKA, ZBIGNIEW IN UNITED 01:47 KINGDOM, AND MUYUNDA IN ZAMBIA - AND, OF COURSE, MANY MORE PEOPLE 01:52 AROUND THE WORLD. #528 - FIRST, THIRD, AND FOURTH STANZAS. 01:57 (MUSIC) 03:17 >>'A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM.' 03:20 NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WORLD 03:22 IS JUST GETTING MORE CRAZY. WE DO HAVE A SHELTER THAT WE CAN 03:26 GO TO. AMEN. IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT 03:31 YOU WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US, IT'S SO SIMPLE. 03:34 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET ON YOUR COMPUTER OR ON YOUR SMART 03:37 PHONE - HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GET ONLINE - AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE 03:41 AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'. CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK 03:44 AND YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR FAVORITE SONG. 03:47 IF IT'S IN THE HYMNAL IT WILL BE RIGHT THERE AND YOU CAN JUST 03:49 PICK IT AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT FOR YOU AS SOON AS 03:52 POSSIBLE. AND, OF COURSE, OUR BROADCASTS - 03:55 WE RECORD THREE WEEKS AHEAD - YES, AHEAD - SO WE'RE ALREADY 04:00 NEAR THE END OF OCTOBER SO YOU CAN START SENDING IN YOUR 04:03 CHRISTMAS FAVORITES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. 04:06 WE'LL BE SINGING THOSE SOONER THAN LATER. 04:08 OUR NEXT SONG IS #74 - 'LIKE A RIVER GLORIOUS' - AND WE'RE 04:15 WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL. 04:17 THIS ONE I DON'T THINK IS NEW TO MOST OF YOU SO - BUT WE'RE JUST 04:21 - WE'RE GOING TO DO IT SEEING AS IT'S NEXT IN LINE. 04:24 #74 - WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL - LET'S SEE - ALL THREE STANZAS. 04:29 (MUSIC) 04:52 >>EVERY JOY OR TESTING COMES FROM GOD ABOVE, GIVEN TO HIS 04:56 CHILDREN AS AN ACT OF LOVE. 04:58 SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ACT OF LOVE IF YOU'RE 05:01 GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME, BUT WE MAY TRUST HIM FULLY AND FOR 05:06 US TO DO, THOSE WHO TRUST HIM WHOLLY FIND HIM WHOLLY TRUE. 05:13 AT THIS TIME LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 05:16 FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WE CAN TRUST YOU. 05:21 THAT WE KNOW THAT THE TRIALS THAT COME UPON US ARE - IF 05:26 THEY'RE NOT BROUGHT ON BY OURSELVES - YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM 05:36 FATHER, I JUST PRAY THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH HARD TIMES, WE WON'T 05:41 GIVE UP. WE WILL TRUST YOU MORE FULLY. 05:47 BE WITH US TODAY AS WE OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER. 05:52 WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS. 05:56 BE WITH PASTOR DOUG AS HE BRINGS US OUR STUDY AND BE WITH EACH 05:59 ONE HERE AND THOSE AROUND THE WORLD, THAT ONE DAY SOON WE CAN 06:02 ALL MEET TOGETHER ON THE SEA OF GLASS AND SING PRAISES TO YOUR 06:07 NAME. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS 06:13 GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 06:16 HE IS THE SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY 06:19 ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>AMEN. MORNING. HAPPY SABBATH. 06:29 THANK YOU FOR OUR MUSICIANS - OUR SINGERS - THAT WAS GOOD. 06:33 I ENJOYED THAT. AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 06:36 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED I WAS GONE, BUT I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 06:40 A COUPLE OF WEEKS. KAREN AND I WERE DOING A 06:43 CAMP MEETING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS IN HAWAII. 06:46 I KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT. 06:48 AND THAT WAS VERY NICE. I WENT TO KAUAI - NEVER BEEN 06:51 THERE BEFORE - AND THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 06:53 AND THEN THE SECOND WEEK WE WENT TO OAHU AND DID A CONVOCATION 06:58 THERE AND HAD A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE. 07:00 IT WAS A REAL GOOD TURNOUT. 07:01 AND THEN I WAS HOME FOR ONE DAY AND THEN - HOME FOR ONE NIGHT 07:07 AND THEN FLEW THE NEXT DAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR SOME 07:10 MEETINGS BOTH AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND I WAS PART OF A 07:14 GROUP OF RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS MEETING WITH SOME GOVERNMENT 07:18 OFFICIALS TO PRESERVE FREEDOM TO BROADCAST - FOR CHRISTIANS TO 07:22 BROADCAST - SO WE HAD THREE MEETINGS. 07:26 ONE WITH A WHITE HOUSE MEETING - PROBABLY A STAFFER FOR PRESIDENT 07:31 OBAMA TO TALK ABOUT FREEDOM AND THAT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE WE 07:35 WERE THERE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AND - BUT THEN WE WERE 07:40 MEETING WITH SOMEONE FROM THE SENATE - WE ACTUALLY MET WITH 07:43 RAND PAUL AND THEN WE WERE MEETING WITH SOMEONE FROM THE 07:45 CONGRESS - WE MET WITH CONGRESSMAN TRENT FRANKS. 07:48 AND SO I WAS IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY MORNING. 07:50 SO IT'S A - SO IF I FALL ASLEEP DURING THE SERMON THAT'LL BE 07:55 PAYBACK FOR ALL THE TIMES - NO. 07:59 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT IS WHEN I WAS MEETING WITH 08:01 THE CONGRESSMAN AND I JUST WENT UP TO SHAKE HIS HAND - HE SAID, 08:06 'DOUG, I APPRECIATE YOUR PROGRAMS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD 08:10 WORK. I WATCH.' I SAID, 'OH, THAT'S NEAT. 08:13 THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON THAT ARE WATCHING SO 08:16 IT'S NOT TOTALLY HOPELESS IN OUR GOVERNMENT. 08:19 JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. NO, I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE 08:23 THAT WITH YOU. THAT WAS FUN. BUT ANYWAY, I'M THANKFUL TO BE 08:27 ABLE TO COME BACK AND TO STUDY THIS SUBJECT OF THE SANCTUARY. 08:30 IT IS A VERY INTERESTING STUDY TODAY. 08:32 I WANT TO ALSO REMIND OUR FRIENDS THAT, GOING ALONG WITH 08:34 OUR STUDY WE HAVE A SPECIAL LESSON. 08:37 THIS IS ONE OF OUR PREMIUM LESSONS THAT AMAZING FACTS 08:41 CARRIES. IT'S CALLED 'GOD DREW THE PLANS' - 08:43 IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT OF THE SANCTUARY, 08:45 IT'S REALLY NEAT. IT'S FULLY ILLUSTRATED. 08:48 IT'S GOT A LOT OF SCRIPTURES IN IT AND IT WILL EXPLAIN THIS 08:51 SUBJECT IN A WAY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. IT'S FREE. 08:53 CALL AND JUST ASK FOR OFFER #129. 08:56 AND THE NUMBER, AGAIN, IS 866-STUDY-MORE - THAT'S 09:00 866-788-3966. WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. 09:05 READ IT AND THEN YOU SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. 09:08 SO WE'RE ON LESSON #4 TODAY IN OUR STUDY GUIDE, DEALING WITH 09:12 THE SUBJECT OF THE SANCTUARY. AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 09:16 MEMORY VERSE COMES FROM EXODUS 25:8. YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES? 09:21 EXODUS 25:8 AND HERE IN YOUR LESSON IT'S COMING FROM THE NEW 09:25 AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE AND IT SIMPLY SAYS - YOU READY? "LET 09:32 THEM CONSTRUCT ME A SANCTUARY THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM." 09:36 SEE? I INSTINCTIVELY WENT BACK TO THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 09:39 BUT IT SAYS, "LET THEM CONSTRUCT A SANCTUARY FOR ME THAT I MIGHT 09:44 DWELL AMONG THEM." THE LORD - NOW DOES GOD DWELL IN BUILDINGS 09:49 MADE WITH STUCCO AND SHEET ROCK AND TWO-BY-FOURS OR DOES 09:58 THE LORD REALLY DWELL IN PEOPLE? YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. 10:02 BUT THIS WAS TO REPRESENT THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 10:05 IT SORT OF GAVE THEM A CENTRAL FOCAL POINT FOR HIS PRESENCE 10:09 BEING WITH THEM. NOW IN YOUR LESSON - I THINK 10:12 WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS. I KNOW I DID IT, I THINK, WHEN 10:13 WE FIRST INTRODUCED THIS STUDY. IN THE LESSON, ON THE FIRST 10:16 PAGE OF YOUR LESSON, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S AN OUTLINE OF THE 10:19 SANCTUARY. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A MAP. I BET MOST OF YOU HERE 10:22 KNOW THAT THE SANCTUARY HAD THOSE THREE ROOMS. 10:27 YOU HAD THE COURTYARD - THREE AREAS - YOU HAD THE COURTYARD 10:29 WHERE YOU HAD THE ALTAR AND YOU HAD THE LAVER WITH WATER IN IT. 10:34 THEN YOU WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE WHERE YOU HAD - 10:36 WHAT WAS IN THERE? LAMPSTAND, THE TABLE OF SHEW 10:42 BREAD - SHOW BREAD - I USED THE KING JAMES - AND THE ALTAR OF 10:47 INCENSE. AND THEN YOU HAD ONE ROOM LEFT WHICH WAS WHAT? 10:54 THE MOST HOLY PLACE OR THE HOLY OF HOLIES AND IN THERE WAS ONE 10:58 THING. TYPICALLY THERE WAS ONE THING IN 11:00 THERE AND THAT WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WITH THE ANGELS. 11:03 IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY 11:07 BRING THE ALTAR OF INCENSE INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES AND YOU'LL 11:12 FIND REFERENCE TO THAT IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, BUT NORMALLY - 11:16 BECAUSE WHEREVER THEY WERE MINISTERING TO THE LORD, THEY 11:18 BROUGHT THAT TO REPRESENT THEIR PRAYERS. 11:20 SO IT MAY HAVE SHIFTED ONE DAY DURING THE YEAR. 11:23 AND SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF THAT - NOW THERE WERE 11:27 THREE TEMPLES IN THE BIBLE - EARTHLY TEMPLES - YOU HAD ONE 11:34 DURING THE TIME OF MOSES THAT WAS THE MOBILE TEMPLE, SO TO 11:37 SPEAK, THAT WAS - THEY CARRIED WITH THEM THROUGH THE 11:41 WILDERNESS. THEY HAD TO PACK IT AROUND. 11:44 THEY'D SET IT UP. THEY'D USE IT. THEY MIGHT STAY IN ONE PLACE 11:46 SOMETIMES FOR UP TO A YEAR OUT OF THOSE 40 YEARS OF WANDERING, 11:50 THEN THEY WOULD STRIKE IT - PACK IT ALL BACK UP AGAIN. 11:53 IT WAS PORTABLE SO THAT THE LEVITES WOULD CARRY IT TO THE 11:58 THEY WOULD PITCH THEIR CAMP, SET UP THE TABERNACLE - IT WAS THE 12:01 CENTER OF THEIR SOCIETY. WELL, THE REASON IT HAD TO BE A 12:05 MOBILE TEMPLE IS THEY WERE A MOBILE NATION. 12:08 BUT ONCE THEY SETTLED IN THE PROMISED LAND, GOD WANTED A 12:12 FIXED PLACE THAT WOULD REPRESENT HIS PRESENCE. 12:16 NOW, THE REASON HE HAD THIS PLACE IS BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO 12:20 BE WITH HIS PEOPLE. 'LET THEM BUILD ME A SANCTUARY 12:22 THAT I MIGHT DWELL AMONG THEM. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN 12:27 OF SALVATION? WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF SIN? SIN CAUSES 12:39 SEPARATION. SIN CAUSES SEPARATION IN FAMILIES. SIN 12:44 CAUSES SEPARATION AMONG CHURCH MEMBERS. SIN CAUSES SEPARATION 12:49 OF NATIONS AND CULTURES AND RACES AND SIN SEPARATES. 12:55 USUALLY BECAUSE SELFISHNESS IS LIKE TWO MAGNETS THAT REPEL. 12:59 AND WHEN ADAM AND EVE SINNED AND GOD CAME LOOKING FOR THEM, THEY 13:06 RAN FROM GOD. SIN CAUSES SEPARATION. 13:10 NOW THERE'S SOME VERSES FOR THAT. 13:11 SOMEONE LOOK UP - LET ME JUST SAY - WHO'S GOT OUR MICROPHONES? 13:14 ELDER RAY HAS ONE OVER HERE AND DO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE 13:17 OVER HERE? PANCHO HAS ONE, OKAY. 13:19 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME ISAIAH 64:7. 13:21 IF WE GAVE YOU THAT VERSE, HOLD UP YOUR HAND AND WE'LL BRING YOU 13:25 THE MICROPHONE AND SOMEONE ELSE LOOK UP FOR ME 13:28 PSALM 132, VERSE 4. WHICH SIDE IS THAT VERSE ON? 13:32 THEY'RE BOTH ON THAT SIDE, OKAY WE'LL GET YOU THE MIC NEXT. 13:37 AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT I'M GOING TO READ A VERSE, DEUTERONOMY 13:40 31:17 - DEUTERONOMY 31:17, "THEN MY ANGER SHALL BE AROUSED 13:50 HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM, AND THEY WILL SHALL BE DEVOURED." 13:54 - IF THEY TURN FROM GOD AND WORSHIP PAGAN GODS THE LORD 13:57 SAID, 'I WILL HIDE MY FACE FROM THEM.' 13:59 THERE'S A SEPARATION THAT HAPPENS. 14:01 WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT GOD. YOU KNOW, THE EVANGELICALS 14:06 TYPICALLY REFER TO HELL AS ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD. 14:11 WE'RE, AT LEAST, TEMPORARILY SEPARATED NOW, BUT GOD DOESN'T 14:14 WANT US TO BE SEPARATED. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO 14:20 REVELATION IT'S JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL STATEMENT WHEN IT 14:23 SAYS, 'GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM.' GOD WITH THEM. ALRIGHT, 14:28 I THINK WE'RE READY. GO AHEAD AND READ FOR US 14:29 ISAIAH 64, VERSE 7. 14:32 >>ISAIAH 64, VERSE 7, "FOR YOU HAVE HIDDEN YOUR FACE FROM US 14:37 AND HAVE CONSUMED US BECAUSE OF OUR INIQUITIES." 14:40 >>WHAT DO OUR INIQUITIES DO? HIDES THE FACE OF GOD. 14:44 WHY CAN'T WE SEE GOD RIGHT NOW? JESUS SAID, 14:46 'I'M WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.' WELL, WHY CAN'T WE JUST LOOK AND 14:50 SEE GOD LIKE I'M LOOKING AND SEEING YOU? 14:53 FOR ONE THING, THE PRESENCE OF GOD WOULD CONSUME US BECAUSE SIN 14:58 CANNOT EXIST IN THE PRESENCE OF A HOLY GOD. 15:01 SIN SEPARATED LUCIFER FROM GOD. HE WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN. 15:05 GOD WOULD LOVE TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO US. 15:08 LOOK AT THE HOLY MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD. 15:10 WHEN THEY HAD VISIONS OF GOD WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION? 15:14 THEY WERE TERRIFIED. THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE LIKE MOSES 15:18 AND EZEKIEL AND DANIEL - AND ISAIAH SAID, 'WOE IS ME I AM 15:22 UNDONE.' THEY WERE PETRIFIED AT THE HOLY 15:25 PRESENCE OF GOD AND THEY EVEN SAW IT VEILED. WHEN GOD CAME 15:28 DOWN ON MOUNT SINAI AND GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HE SAID, 15:31 'DON'T COME NEAR THE MOUNTAIN OR YOU'LL DIE. 15:33 AND HE WAS SHIELDED IN SMOKE AND CLOUDS BECAUSE THE GLORY AND THE 15:38 HOLINESS OF GOD - MOSES CAME DOWN, HIS FACE WAS SHINING JUST 15:42 FROM THE GLORY OF GOD. AND SO, THE GLORY OF GOD WOULD 15:45 CONSUME US AND SO EVEN BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR US WE'RE 15:49 SEPARATED BECAUSE OF OUR SIN. IT WOULD JUST DESTROY US. 15:53 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE - THEY CALL IT XP - NOT COMPUTER - IT'S A 16:03 PIGMENTOSIS DISEASE WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE BORN WITHOUT 16:07 PIGMENT AND IF THEY'RE EXPOSED TO LIGHT THEY GET CANCER ALMOST 16:10 IMMEDIATELY. THEY VERY QUICKLY DEVELOP CANCER. 16:13 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT XERODERMA PIGMENTOSA IS? 16:17 - I'M NOT SAYING IT RIGHT, BUT IT'S SUMMARIZED BY XP. 16:20 THESE CHILDREN HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DARK AND THEY HAVE TO BE 16:24 SLATHERED WITH SUNSCREEN IF THEY EVER JUST GO FROM THE HOUSE TO 16:28 THE CAR. AND THEY JUST CAN'T GET OUT INTO 16:30 THE LIGHT OR IT REALLY KILLS THEM LITTLE BY LITTLE. 16:35 AND WE SORT OF HAVE A DISEASE OF SIN WHERE THE LIGHT OF GOD IS 16:42 MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE. LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE, 16:45 ISAIAH 59, VERSE 2, "BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU 16:50 FROM YOUR GOD; AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU SO 16:54 THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR." SO SIN SEPARATES FROM GOD. 17:00 SO GOD WANTED A PLACE THAT WOULD REPRESENT HIS PRESENCE. 17:05 DO YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES? THIS IS NOT IN YOUR LESSON. 17:07 TURN WITH ME TO DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 12 - DEUTERONOMY 12, 17:11 VERSE 13. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER. 17:14 WHEN THEY WERE IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEY WERE WANDERING AROUND - 17:17 IT WAS A MOBILE SANCTUARY - BUT GOD TOLD THEM IT WON'T 17:19 ALWAYS BE THIS WAY. DEUTERONOMY 12, VERSE 13, "TAKE 17:25 HEED TO YOURSELF THAT YOU DO NOT OFFER YOUR BURNT OFFERINGS IN 17:29 EVERY PLACE THAT YOU SEE;" - OR ANY PLACE THAT YOU SEE - "BUT IN 17:34 THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD CHOOSES," - NOW WHO IS GOING TO 17:37 CHOOSE THE PLACE? ALRIGHT, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY 17:41 COULD JUST SAY, 'YOU KNOW, LOCATION'S 17:42 IMPORTANT, LET'S FIND A GOOD CROSSROAD' AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN 17:45 YOU PICK A CHURCH LOCATION'S REAL IMPORTANT - AND WON'T HAVE 17:49 TOO MUCH NOISE AND - THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO PICK IT, GOD 17:53 SAID, 'I WILL PICK THE PLACE.' SO GOD SAID, 'I WILL PICK A 17:56 PLACE.' THE REASON DAVID WAITED SO LONG TO GET THINGS READY 18:00 TO BUILD THE SANCTUARY - GOD HAD NEVER TOLD THEM WHERE YET. 18:04 HUNDREDS OF YEARS WENT BY DURING THE TIME OF JOSHUA AND THE 18:07 JUDGES WHERE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE PLACE AND SO THEY 18:10 STARTED MAKING THEIR OFFERINGS ON EVERY HIGH PLACE 18:13 AND EVERY HILL. THAT WAS NOT GOD'S PLAN. 18:15 AND, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE THEY DID IT AT SHILOH. 18:19 AND YOU REMEMBER SOLOMON MADE A BIG OFFERING AT GIBEON - A 18:23 THOUSAND SACRIFICES - AND THEY WERE KIND OF PICKING DIFFERENT 18:25 PLACES BUT THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE PLACE TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF 18:27 THE LORD. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO DO THAT. 18:30 A WAR ALMOST BROKE OUT BETWEEN THREE OF THE TRIBES IN THE NORTH 18:38 WHICH WERE EPHRAIM, MANASSEH, OR WAS IT GILEAD - UP IN GILEAD IS 18:46 WHERE IT WAS AND IT WAS HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH, AND EPHRAIM - 18:53 GAD - THAT'S IT - GAD, EPHRAIM, AND HALF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH 18:56 AND THEY BUILT AN ALTAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN IN THE 19:00 NORTH IN THE COUNTRY OF GILEAD. 19:01 AND WHEN THE OTHER TRIBES FOUND OUT THEY GOT ALL ARMED AND READY 19:04 FOR WAR AND THEY CAME UP AND SAID, 'YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT 19:07 SUPPOSED TO SEPARATE IN OUR WORSHIP. 19:08 GOD TOLD US HE'D TELL US THE PLACE.' 19:10 AND THEY SAID, 'NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 19:11 WE DIDN'T DO THIS TO ESTABLISH A NEW PLACE TO OFFER SACRIFICE, WE 19:16 DID IT AS A MEMORIAL TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE PART OF THE 19:20 TRIBES BECAUSE IN THE YEARS THAT GO BY YOU'RE GOING TO FORGET. 19:22 WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN. 19:23 WE'RE SORT OF OFF IN THE FRINGES. 19:25 WE DID THIS JUST AS A MEMORIAL THAT WE'RE ALL PART OF THE SAME 19:27 PEOPLE.' AND THEY SAID, 'OH, OKAY, WE'LL LET IT GO.' 19:30 BUT - SO THEY WERE WAITING FOR GOD TO CHOOSE THE PLACE. 19:32 NOW HOW DID GOD CHOOSE THE PLACE? ALRIGHT, IF YOU LOOK IN 19:38 GENESIS 14 - THIS IS THE FIRST CLUE - EVEN BEFORE THEY GOT 19:42 INTO THE PROMISED LAND. GENESIS 14, VERSE 18 - I SHOULD 19:47 SAY, EVEN BEFORE THE EXODUS. "THEN MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM 19:53 BROUGHT OUT BREAD AND WINE; HE WAS THE PRIEST OF GOD MOST HIGH. 19:58 AND HE BLESSED HIM AND SAID: 'BLESSED BE ABRAM OF GOD MOST 20:01 HIGH, POSSESSOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; AND BLESSED BE GOD MOST 20:05 HIGH, WHO HAS DELIVERED YOUR ENEMIES INTO YOUR HAND.' 20:08 AND HE GAVE HIM A TITHE OF ALL." MELCHIZEDEK IS A 20:10 TYPE OF WHO? OF CHRIST. 20:14 AND HE BRINGS OUT BREAD AND WINE. 20:18 WHAT DID JESUS DO AT THE LAST SUPPER? 20:21 BREAD AND WINE - IT'S A SIGN OF THE COVENANT, RIGHT? 20:24 AND IT SAYS HE'S A PRIEST. JESUS IS OUR HIGH PRIEST. 20:27 AND IT SAYS HE'S A KING. JESUS IS OUR KING. 20:30 AND HIS NAME MELCHIZEDEK MEANS 'KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS'. 20:33 JESUS IS OUR KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 20:34 NOW HERE YOU'VE GOT THIS MYSTERIOUS PRIEST THAT APPEARS 20:38 AND ABRAHAM RECOGNIZES HIM AS SUPERIOR - HE BRINGS HIM TITHE. 20:42 THIS PRIEST APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE - THE BIBLE SAYS, 20:46 'WITHOUT BEGINNING OF DAYS OR END'. 20:48 IN OTHER WORDS, THE BIBLE DOESN'T TELL US WHO HIS PEOPLE 20:50 WERE, WHAT IS ANCESTRY WAS - HE JUST SUDDENLY APPEARS. 20:54 IT'S LIKE JESUS IS FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING. 20:56 BUT IT TELLS US THERE IS A PLACE WHERE HE APPEARS. 20:59 WHERE IS IT? SALEM. KING OF WHAT? SALEM. 21:04 LATER THAT PLACE IS KNOWN AS - AND THE WORD 'SALEM' IS 'SHALOM' 21:08 - THAT'S THE SAME WORD. AND THE PLACE WHERE HE ARRIVES - 21:14 THAT HE APPEARS - IS LATER KNOWN AS 'JERUSHALOM' - SAME PLACE. 21:18 SO THIS IS INTERESTING, THIS IS WHERE THE TEMPLE ENDS UP BEING 21:23 BUILT - AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE ABRAHAM PAYS TITHE TO THIS 21:27 MYSTERIOUS PRIEST WHO IS A TYPE OF CHRIST. 21:30 A PLACE IS FIRST CHOSEN - IT'S NOT EVEN CHOSEN THEN, IT'S SORT 21:33 OF - A CLUE IS GIVEN. ALRIGHT? NOW THERE'S ANOTHER CLUE - 21:38 GENESIS 22, VERSE 2 - THIS PLACE - AND WE'RE UNDER THE SECTION OF 21:43 'THE PLACE OF THE PRESENCE' - GENESIS 22, VERSE 2. 21:47 AND GOD SAYS TO ABRAHAM - YOU KNOW THIS - "TAKE NOW YOUR SON, 21:52 YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC, WHOM YOU LOVE, AND GO TO THE LAND OF 21:54 MORIAH, AND OFFER HIM THERE AS A BURNT OFFERING ON ONE OF THE 21:58 MOUNTAINS OF WHICH I SHALL TELL YOU." - 22:00 'I'M GOING TO PICK A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE TO OFFER YOUR SON.' 22:04 WHERE WERE THOSE MOUNTAINS OF MORIAH? 22:07 THEY WERE IN THE SAME AREA AS SALEM OR SHALOM - LATER KNOWN AS 22:12 JERUSALEM OR MOUNT ZION - IT'S ALL THE SAME SPOT. 22:16 SO ANOTHER CLUE ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE THE TEMPLE IS GOING TO BE 22:19 BUILT. NOW HERE'S THE LAST CLUE: 22:23 2 SAMUEL 24, VERSE 18 - AND, NOW THIS HAPPENS WHEN DAVID WAS 22:29 NUMBERING ISRAEL. HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO NUMBER 22:32 ISRAEL AND GOD WAS DISPLEASED. DAVID WAS - YOU KNOW GOD - JUST 22:38 VERY QUICKLY I HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY, 'WHY WAS GOD 22:40 SO HARD ON DAVID FOR NUMBERING ISRAEL? 22:42 DON'T WE DO A CENSUS AND DIDN'T THEY COUNT THEIR SOLDIERS? 22:45 WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT? AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO COUNT 22:46 YOUR SHEEP?' THAT WASN'T THE REASON. 22:48 DAVID WAS NUMBERING ISRAEL BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SEE HOW BIG 22:51 HIS ARMY WAS. AND EVERY TIME DAVID HAD GONE 22:54 INTO BATTLE TRUSTING GOD HE ALWAYS WON. 22:58 IHE ALWAYS WON TRUSTING GOD. HE DIDN'T TRUST HOW MANY 23:01 SOLDIERS HE HAD. MANY TIMES DAVID AND A HANDFUL 23:04 FOUGHT BIG ARMIES AND WON. AND SO NOW HE'S STARTING TO 23:08 TRUST HIS ARMY. HIS FAITH WAS SHIFTING FROM GOD 23:10 AND GOD WAS GOING TO PUNISH THEM. 23:12 A PLAGUE WENT THROUGH THE LAND. PEOPLE WERE DYING AND DAVID IS 23:17 SAYING, 'LORD, DON'T DO IT TO YOUR PEOPLE.' 23:19 HE'S PRAYING FOR THEM, HE'S INTERCEDING. 23:20 GOD SAYS, 'OKAY, MAKE AN OFFERING.' 23:22 WHERE DOES HE TELL HIM TO MAKE THE OFFERING? 23:24 AND YOU READ IN 2 SAMUEL 24:18, "AND GAD CAME THAT DAY TO DAVID 23:30 AND SAID TO HIM, - GAD THE PROPHET - 'GO UP, ERECT AN ALTAR 23:34 TO THE LORD ON THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE.' 23:39 - NOW YOU KNOW WHERE JEBUS WAS? THE CAPITAL OF JEBUS WAS 23:42 JERUSALEM. THIS WAS A THRESHING FLOOR IN 23:45 JERUSALEM. NOW A THRESHING FLOOR IS A BIG 23:49 FLAT PAVED AREA - THEY WOULD PAVE IT WITH STONES - WHERE 23:54 TIT WAS USUALLY A HIGH SPOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED A BREEZE. 23:58 THEY'D THROW THE GRAIN - THEY BEAT THE GRAIN - THEY'D ROUGHEN 24:01 UP THE CHAFF, THEY'D THROW IT IN THE AIR ON THIS HIGH SPOT, THE 24:04 WIND WOULD BLOW THE CHAFF AWAY, THE GRAIN WOULD FALL DOWN. 24:07 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WOMEN THRESHING RICE OR WHEAT WHERE 24:10 THEY'RE USING A WINNOWING FAN - THEY'RE THROWING IT UP AND IT'S 24:12 - THE CHAFF - IS BLOWING AWAY? AND SO THIS IS A HIGH SPOT THAT 24:18 WAS IN SALEM OR JERUSALEM ON MOUNT ZION AND GOD SAID BUILD AN 24:23 ALTAR HERE' AND DAVID BOUGHT THE LAND FROM ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE. 24:28 THAT WAS THE PLACE WHERE HE TOLD SOLOMON GOD WANTED THEM TO BUILD 24:31 THE TEMPLE. SO THIS IS HOW IT ENDED UP - AND 24:34 WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND THEY CAME 24:36 BACK TO REBUILD, WHERE'D THEY REBUILD IT? SAME SPOT. 24:39 WHY HAVEN'T THE JEWS REBUILT THE TEMPLE IN SOME OTHER TERRITORY 24:45 OF ISRAEL? BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE BIBLE 24:48 TEACHES GOD PICKED A SPOT AND THEY CAN'T REBUILD IT IN THAT 24:52 SPOT NOW. WHY? THERE'S A VERY BIG MUSLIM MOSQUE 24:58 THERE. IT'S THE THIRD HOLIEST PLACE FOR 25:00 THE MUSLIMS. THEY SAY IT'S WHERE MUHAMMAD 25:02 BRIEFLY ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND CAME BACK AGAIN. 25:05 IT'S CALLED THE DOME OF THE ROCK. IT'S BY THE WAILING WALL. 25:08 THE JEWS DON'T GO UP ON THE PLATFORM THERE BECAUSE THEY SAY 25:10 THAT'S HOLY GROUND SO THEY PRAY AT THE WALL. 25:13 AND THEY'RE SECRETLY LONGING FOR THE DAY WHEN THAT DOME OF THE 25:16 ROCK IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. AND I'VE BEEN TO THE DOME OF THE 25:19 ROCK AND, YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN GO. 25:22 AND YOU GO INSIDE THE MOSQUE - YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF 25:26 - YOU LOOK DOWN IN THE HOLE AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE MIDDLE? 25:28 THE WHOLE DOME IS BUILT AROUND A ROCK AND IN THE ROCK THERE IS A 25:35 TUNNEL THAT GOES DOWN TO THE KIDRON VALLEY BECAUSE THAT WAS 25:38 THE PLACE WHERE THE ALTAR OF SOLOMON SUPPOSEDLY WAS BUILT 25:45 CLEANSED. BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF SACRIFICES THEY ALLOWED THE 25:48 BLOOD TO RUN FROM THAT POINT OUT TO THE KIDRON VALLEY. 25:51 AND SO - BUT THE MUSLIMS SAY IT WASN'T ISAAC THAT WAS OFFERED 25:55 HERE, IT WAS ISHMAEL. BUT IT'S THE SAME PLACE THAT 26:00 ABRAHAM OFFERED HIS SON. THEY INSIST IT WAS ISHMAEL AND 26:02 NOT ISAAC. HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW THAT? 26:05 SO THAT SPOT IS A VERY SACRED SPOT. 26:10 THAT'S WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT. 26:11 THAT WAS THE PLACE THAT WAS CHOSEN. 26:13 THAT'S WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN REBUILT AND GOD SAID, 'I WILL 26:18 PICK A PLACE.' NOW I GAVE YOU A VERSE - PSALM 26:20 132, VERSE 4 - YOU'RE GOING TO READ THAT FOR US. GO AHEAD. 26:25 >>PSALM 132:4 AND 5, "I WILL NOT GIVE SLEEP TO MY EYES OR SLUMBER 26:30 TO MY EYELIDS, UNTIL I FIND A PLACE FOR THE LORD, A DWELLING 26:33 PLACE FOR THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB." 26:38 HE SAID, 'WE'VE GOT TO FIND A PLACE.' 26:40 'IT'S NOT FAIR THAT I DWELL IN HOUSE MADE OF CEDAR' DAVID SAID 26:43 - 'AND THE ARK OF THE LORD IS IN A TENT.' YOU CAN ALSO READ 26:46 IN THAT SAME PSALM - LOOK AT VERSES 13 AND 14. 26:49 "FOR THE LORD HAS CHOSEN ZION; HE HAS DESIRED IT FOR HIS 26:54 DWELLING PLACE; 'THIS IS MY RESTING PLACE'" - FOR HOW LONG? 26:58 - "'FOREVER; HERE I WILL DWELL, FOR I HAVE DESIRED IT.'" 27:02 GOD SAID, 'I HAVE CHOSEN A PLACE THAT WILL BE THE PLACE 27:05 WHERE MY PRESENCE IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTED. 27:09 NOW, I TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'VE 27:11 GOT THIS WHOLE QUARTER TO TALK ABOUT THE SANCTUARY. 27:13 I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE PLACE THAT WAS CHOSEN FOR THE 27:17 EARTHLY SANCTUARY GOD WENT TO GREAT EFFORT TO SAY, 'I'M GOING 27:20 TO PICK A SPOT ON THE PLANET THAT WILL - THROUGH WHICH THIS 27:24 BUILDING - I WILL TEACH THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 27:27 IT WILL BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU COME TO OFFER YOUR SACRIFICES. 27:30 IT REPRESENTS MY PRESENCE.' OKAY. 27:34 LET ME GIVE YOU - LET ME GIVE SO IYOU ONE MORE VERSE. 27:39 2 CHRONICLES - 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 5, VERSE 13 AND 14, 27:47 "INDEED IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE TRUMPETERS AND SINGERS WERE 27:51 AS ONE, TO MAKE ONE SOUND TO BE HEARD IN PRAISING AND THANKING 27:54 THE LORD, AND WHEN THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE WITH THE TRUMPETS 27:57 AND CYMBALS AND INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC, AND PRAISED THE LORD, 28:00 SAYING: 'FOR HE IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.' 28:03 THAT THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WAS FILLED WITH A CLOUD, 28:08 SO THAT THE PRIESTS COULD NOT CONTINUE MINISTERING BECAUSE OF 28:11 THE CLOUD; FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE HOUSE OF GOD." 28:16 IT ACTUALLY TELLS US IN - I BELIEVE IT'S IN KINGS - THAT 28:21 FIRE CAME DOWN FROM GOD WHEN SOLOMON DEDICATED HIS TEMPLE AND 28:26 GOD SHOWED HIS APPROVAL OF THAT LOCATION. 28:29 NOW THERE'S NO RECORD FIRE CAME DOWN WHEN THEY REBUILT THE 28:31 TEMPLE DURING THE TIME OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BUT FIRE CAME DOWN 28:35 FROM HEAVEN TO SHOW - LIKE IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN THEY BUILT 28:38 THE FIRST TEMPLE, FIRE CAME DOWN FROM GOD TO INAUGURATE IT. 28:42 THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED IT HOLY FIRE. 28:43 NOW THIS FIRE COMES DOWN AGAIN - THEY WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO USE 28:46 THE FIRE FROM THAT ALTAR IGNITED BY GOD, ON THE ALTAR OF INCENSE 28:51 AND FOR THEIR SACRIFICES. WHY WERE THE SONS OF - NADAB AND 28:57 ABIHU - SONS OF AARON SLAIN? BECAUSE THEY USED PROFANE FIRE. 29:01 THEY JUST TOOK COMMON FIRE FROM THE CAMP FIRE AND BROUGHT IT 29:03 INTO THE TEMPLE. ALRIGHT. SO THIS PLACE WAS CHOSEN. 29:07 THE BIBLE TELLS US - IF YOU GO TO MONDAY - THIS PLACE IS 29:10 SUPPOSED TO BE A HOLY PLACE. NOW WHAT DOES THE WORD 'HOLY' 29:14 MEAN? MOST OF YOU, I ASSUME, BROUGHT A 29:17 BOOK WITH YOU TODAY, IT'S CALLED THE BIBLE. 29:20 BUT OFTEN IT SAYS ON YOUR BIBLES - ANOTHER WORD. 29:23 I'M JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE MINE SAYS IT - YEAH. 29:26 HOLY BIBLE. IF YOU'VE GOT A SPANISH ONE IT'S 29:28 SANTA BIBLIA, RIGHT? SANTA MEANS SANCTIFIED. 29:33 WE GET THE WORD - IT MEANS HOLY OR SET ASIDE AS DIFFERENT 29:37 FROM OTHERS. WHEN TWO PEOPLE GET MARRIED THEY 29:40 CALL IT WHAT KIND OF MATRIMONY? HOLY. WHY HOLY? SET ASIDE. 29:46 IT'S NOT A COMMON RELATIONSHIP. IT BECOMES A SACRED 29:49 RELATIONSHIP. IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP 29:53 BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. THE BIBLE IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK. 29:56 IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE BOOK. IT'S A SACRED BOOK. IT'S A HOLY BOOK. 30:02 AND SO THE BIBLE TELLS US THE TEMPLE - YOUR TITHE - ONLY A 30:06 FEW THINGS ARE HOLY IN THE BIBLE - TITHE IS SAID TO BE HOLY. 30:11 THE SANCTUARY WAS TO BE A HOLY PLACE. 30:19 GOD HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A HOLY PURPOSE. 30:24 WHAT DID JESUS DO TWICE IN HIS MINISTRY WHEN THEY STARTED 30:31 TREATING A PLACE SET ASIDE - THE TEMPLE - FOR SACRED PURPOSES? 30:36 IT TURNED INTO SORT OF A FLEA MARKET WHERE THEY WERE SELLING 30:39 ANIMALS AND ARGUING ABOUT PRICES AND 'GET YOUR TEMPLE KEYCHAINS 30:44 AND T-SHIRTS' - AND IT JUST SORT OF BECAME A BAZAAR IN MORE WAYS 30:50 THAN ONE. WHAT DID JESUS DO? ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT A 30:56 RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION WAS SEEN IN CHRIST AND HE DROVE THE MONEY 31:02 CHANGERS AND THE MERCHANTS AND THE ANIMALS OUT OF THE TEMPLE. 31:06 AND THEN HE CONCLUDED WITH A STATEMENT. 31:08 HE SAID - THE BIBLE TELLS US - 'THIS HOUSE - MY HOUSE IS TO BE 31:15 A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS AND YOU HAVE MADE IT A 31:18 DEN OF THIEVES.' TURNED IT INTO THE VERY OPPOSITE 31:22 OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. SO HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT IT 31:25 WHEN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SET ASIDE AND CONSECRATED AS SACRED 31:29 ARE TREATED AS COMMON OR PROFANE? IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS 31:35 SUPPOSED TO BE RESPECTED IN THAT WAY. OKAY. 31:39 SO THE SANCTUARY WAS TO BE HOLY. SOMEBODY READ FOR ME EXODUS 40 - 31:44 WHO'S GOT EXODUS 40, VERSES 9 AND 10? 31:47 THIS IS IN YOUR - GOT RIGHT BEHIND YOU RAY. 31:49 RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. 31:52 AND WHILE WE GET THAT I'M GOING TO READ LEVITICUS 19, VERSE 2 - 31:57 LEVITICUS 19, VERSE 2, "SPEAK TO ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE 32:03 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY TO THEM: 'YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I 32:21 TESPECIALLY GOOD ON THE SABBATH DAY? MORE THAN OTHER DAYS? 32:32 SHOULD PASTORS BE GODLY PEOPLE? BECAUSE WE HAVE A HOLY WORK. 32:37 IF YOU'RE NOT A PASTOR SHOULD YOU BE LESS GODLY? 32:42 COME ON NOW, SHOULDN'T PASTORS BE A BETTER EXAMPLE? 32:46 IT'S KIND OF A TRICK QUESTION. 32:48 OUR EXPECTATION OF PASTORS IS - YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS 32:53 THAT YOU JUST KNOW IS NOT GOOD BEHAVIOR, BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY 32:56 BAD IF IT'S ON THE SABBATH. AND THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU KNOW 33:01 YOU SHOULDN'T MAYBE TALK ABOUT, BUT 33:03 IT'S ESPECIALLY BAD IF IT'S IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? 33:07 AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE - PROBABLY SOME SITTING HERE TODAY 33:09 - WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH SMOKING, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN 33:12 THEM LIGHT UP IN THE SANCTUARY. 33:14 THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A HOLY PLACE, A HOLY OFFICE, THAT 33:22 INVITES US TO BEHAVE IN A UNIQUE, SACRED WAY. 33:29 WE'RE CALLED A HOLY PEOPLE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST PASTORS. 33:33 BIBLICALLY, YOU ARE TO BE A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. 33:36 EVERYBODY - MAN AND WOMAN - IS PART OF THIS SPIRITUAL 33:41 PRIESTHOOD WHERE WE ARE TO REPRESENT GOD - IF YOU'RE A 33:43 CHRISTIAN - TO A LOST WORLD. RIGHT? 33:47 ALL OF US HAVE A WORK TO DO. 33:50 AND SO WE'RE TO REMEMBER THIS AND BE HOLY IN THAT WAY. 33:53 ALRIGHT, READ FOR US EXODUS 40:9 AND 10. 34:00 >AND ANOINT THE TABERNACLE AND ALL THAT IS IN IT; AND YOU SHALL 34:04 HALLOW IT AND ALL ITS UTENSILS, AND IT SHALL BE HOLY. 34:08 YOU SHALL ANOINT THE ALTAR OF THE BURNT OFFERING AND ALL ITS 34:11 UTENSILS, AND CONSECRATE THE ALTAR. 34:14 THE ALTAR SHALL BE MOST HOLY." >>ALRIGHT, HOW MANY UTENSILS AND 34:19 HOW MUCH OF THE FURNITURE WAS ANOINTED IN THE SANCTUARY? 34:23 IT SAID THE WORD 'ALL'. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 34:26 WHERE WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT? 34:30 HOLY OF HOLIES, RIGHT? WHO ONLY COULD GO IN THERE? 34:35 ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST. BUT IN THE EARTHLY TABERNACLE 34:39 THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL BESIDES AARON THAT WENT IN THERE. 34:42 MOSES. WHAT WAS THE ONLY DAY THAT THE 34:47 HIGH PRIEST WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO 34:49 THE HOLY OF HOLIES? DAY OF ATONEMENT. 34:54 I TO SAY TOO MUCH ON THAT RIGHTN COMINOW, BUT THERE WAS ONEWA 34:58 EXCEPTION, WHEN MOSES WENT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OTHER THAN 35:03 THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. WHEN THEY CONSECRATED THE 35:07 SANCTUARY ALL OF THE FURNITURE AND ALL OF THE IMPLEMENTS WERE 35:10 ACTIVATED. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LAUNCH A SHIP 35:13 WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY CHRISTEN IT. 35:16 YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE WHERE THEY CRACK MARTINELLI'S OR WINE 35:18 OR SOMETHING ON IT THEN IT SLIDES OFF ITS RAMP INTO THE 35:21 OCEAN AND - I SAW ONE CLIP ONE TIME WHERE A QUEEN WAS LAUNCHING 35:29 - I THINK A BRITISH SUBMARINE OR OCEAN LINER - I'M NOT SURE WHAT 35:32 IT WAS AND SHE WHACKED THIS BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AND IT 35:35 DIDN'T BREAK. ANY OF YOU SEE THAT? 35:38 THEN SHE HIT IT AGAIN AND IT DIDN'T BREAK. 35:40 THEN FINALLY SOMEONE I THINK, HELPED HER 35:41 WITH IT AND IT SMASHED EVERYWHERE, BUT - SO THERE WAS 35:44 LIKE A CHRISTENING EXCEPT GOD DOESN'T USE CHAMPAGNE. 35:48 THE ARTICLES IN THE SANCTUARY WERE INAUGURATED WITH THE BLOOD 35:52 OF A SACRIFICE, SHOWING THEY WERE SET ASIDE FOR A HOLY 35:56 PURPOSE. NOW WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU - I'M 35:57 BELABORING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. 36:02 OUR CHURCH, IN PARTICULAR, WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS 36:05 MINISTERING AS OUR HIGH PRIEST IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY, 36:08 RIGHT? AND THAT SOMETHING UNIQUE BEGAN IN 1844. 36:15 NOW, I EVEN WAS TALKING WITH A FRIEND - SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD 36:18 OF THE PASTOR - THE MOODY BIBLE CHURCH - ERWIN LUTZER - I WAS 36:20 WITH HIM THIS WEEK AND WE HAD A LITTLE STUDY IN THE SUPREME 36:23 COURT, OF ALL PLACES, ON THE SABBATH AND THE STATE OF THE 36:26 DEAD. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS. 36:28 BUT THEY TAKE ISSUE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE THINK THAT THERE'S 36:33 A JUDGMENT PRIOR TO CHRIST'S COMING. 36:36 IT IS SO SIMPLE FOR ME THAT IF JESUS SAYS, 'BEHOLD I COME AND 36:40 MY REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS 36:43 WORKS' SOME JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE BEFORE HE COMES IF HE KNOWS WHAT 36:49 REWARDS ARE GIVEN WHEN HE DOES COME. 36:50 SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT, OKAY? 36:52 THERE'S SOME PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. 36:54 AND IF THERE ARE SEVEN AGES OF THE CHURCH - AND MANY RELIGIONS 36:57 BELIEVE THAT - REVELATION THE SEVEN CHURCHES - THE SEVEN AGES 37:00 OF THE CHURCH. ARE YOU WITH ME? THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE LAST 37:04 STAGE OF THE CHURCH NOW, WHICH IS KNOWN AS LAODICEA, WHICH 37:07 MEANS 'A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE' OR 'A PEOPLE BEING 37:10 JUDGED' AND THAT TIME PERIOD BEGAN IN 1844. 37:16 AND THERE'S ANOTHER WHOLE STUDY ON THAT WE'LL GET INTO LATER. 37:19 BUT THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS CHRIST DID ASCEND INTO THE 37:24 HOLY OF HOLIES RIGHT AFTER HIS SACRIFICE TO ACTIVATE - TO PLEAD 37:30 HIS BLOOD - THAT HIS SACRIFICE WAS ACCEPTABLE AND THE HEAVENLY 37:35 TEMPLE - WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED IN THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE IN THE 37:39 OLD TESTAMENT BEFORE JESUS DIED? IF THERE'S NO BLOOD, 37:42 WHAT DO YOU OFFER? THAT HEAVENLY TEMPLE WASN'T 37:44 REALLY ACTIVATED IN THAT SENSE UNTIL CHRIST PRESENTED 37:47 HIS BLOOD. SO HE ASCENDED AND DID THAT WORK THAT MOSES DID 37:52 TO QUICKLY ACTIVATE IT AND THEN HE BEGAN HIS WORK AS 37:55 OUR HIGH PRIEST WITH THE DAILY SACRIFICES. 37:57 AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL SYMBOLIC OF THINGS HAPPENING 37:59 HERE ON EARTH WHICH IS, AGAIN, I'M TRYING NOT TO GET INTO THAT 38:02 STUDY. BACK TO HOLINESS. WHAT DOES HOLY MEAN? 38:09 'BELONGING TO OR DERIVED FROM OR ASSOCIATED WITH A DIVINE POWER; 38:14 SOMETHING SACRED' - THE BIBLE SAYS, 'BE YE HOLY' - 'REGARDED 38:18 AS WORTHY OF WORSHIP OR VENERATION; TO BE REVERED AS IN 38:22 A HOLY BOOK OR HOLY PLACE; LIVING ACCORDING TO A STRICT OR 38:27 HIGH MORAL, RELIGIOUS, OR SPIRITUAL SYSTEM; SAINTLY, AS IN 38:31 A HOLY PERSON; SPECIFIED OR SET APART FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSE; A 38:37 HOLY PLACE; SOLEMNLY UNDERTAKEN; SACROSANCT; A HOLY PLEDGE; 38:43 REGARDED OR DESERVING SPECIAL RESPECT OR REFERENCE; A HOLY 38:48 QUEST' - IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE MARKET, 38:50 YOU'RE ON A HOLY PILGRIMAGE. ALRIGHT, WHAT WAS ON THE BROW OF 38:58 THE HIGH PRIEST? HE HAD A CROWN. 39:02 AND WHAT DID IT SAY ON THAT CROWN? 39:04 'HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD.' DOES THAT REPRESENT THAT ALL OF 39:08 US, IN THAT SPIRITUAL PRECEPT, ARE TO LIVE HOLY LIVES? 39:12 WHAT WAS ABOVE THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 17? 39:17 YOU NOTICE IN THE FOREHEAD - IN THE BIBLE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE 39:19 FOREHEAD - THOSE WHO ARE SAVED, WHAT DO THEY HAVE 39:24 IN THE FOREHEAD? 39:25 THE SEAL OF GOD AND THAT'S A SYMBOL FOR HOLINESS UNTO THE 39:29 LORD AND THE SABBATH IS PART OF THAT BECAUSE WHERE IN THE TEN 39:33 COMMANDMENTS DOES THE WORD 'HOLY' APPEAR ONE TIME? 39:37 ONLY IN THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT DOES IT APPEAR. 39:39 THAT'S INTERESTING. JUST A FOOTNOTE. 39:42 REVELATION 17, WHAT DOES SHE HAVE ON HER FOREHEAD? 39:45 THE ANTITHESIS OF HOLINESS - 'BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF 39:50 HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH' - IT'S TALKING ABOUT 39:53 FILTH AND HARLOTRY, IMMORALITY - IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF - BUT IT'S 39:57 A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. VERY INTERESTING. 40:00 SO YOU'VE GOT GOD'S RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION 40:02 AND THE HIGH PRIEST - HE'S A TYPE OF CHRIST - HOLY 40:04 LIFE JESUS LIVED, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE DEVIL'S CHURCH 40:08 AND IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. IT'S UNHOLINESS. 40:11 SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOLD TO BE HOLY. 40:14 I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE MORE VERSES ON THIS. 40:15 SOMEONE LOOK UP EPHESIANS 4, VERSE 24. 40:18 WE'VE GOT A HAND - RICHARD'S GOT THAT. 40:20 GO AHEAD, RAY, YOU CAN PASS HIM THE MICROPHONE. 40:25 AN1 THESSALONIANS 3:13 - NOW,G THESE ARE JUST GOOD VERSES FOR 40:28 YOU TO REMEMBER THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO HOLINESS. 40:31 AND YOU KNOW WHY I'M SPENDING MORE TIME ON THIS? 40:36 BECAUSE OF THE - AND I BELIEVE THAT GRACE - IT'S IMPORTANT TO 40:39 EMPHASIZE GRACE - THAT WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE. 40:43 BUT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES, WHILE WE EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE 40:46 SAVED BY GRACE, WE FORGET THAT GOD ALSO EXPECTS US AND EMPOWERS 40:49 US TO LIVE HOLY LIVES. WE ARE CALLED - WE ARE COMMANDED 40:54 TO BE HOLY AND THAT MEANS TURNING FROM SIN. 40:57 ALRIGHT, SO 1 THESSALONIANS 3:13, "SO THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH 41:01 YOUR HEARTS BLAMELESS IN HOLINESS BEFORE OUR GOD AND 41:06 FATHER AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS 41:08 SAINTS." - SAINTS MEANS HOLY ONES - THEY'RE ANGELS. 41:12 1 THESSALONIANS 4:7 AND 8, "FOR GOD DID NOT CALL US TO 41:16 UNCLEANNESS, BUT IN HOLINESS. 41:18 THEREFORE HE WHO REJECTS THIS DOES NOT REJECT MAN, BUT GOD, 41:22 WHO HAS ALSO GIVEN US HIS HOLY SPIRIT." 41:24 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE WANTS US TO 41:27 BE LIVING HOLY LIVES THAT THEY MIGHT BE HOLY VESSELS. 41:30 IT'S ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE GOD CALLS US TO HOLINESS. 41:32 AND THIS IS ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE SANCTUARY. ALRIGHT, 41:35 WHO WAS GOING TO READ FOR US EPHESIANS 4:24? RICHARD. 41:40 >>EPHESIANS 4:24, "AND THAT YOU PUT ON THE NEW MAN WHICH WAS 41:45 CREATED ACCORDING TO GOD, IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 41:49 HOLINESS." >>SO WE'RE NEW CREATURES. 41:52 WHAT KIND OF NEW MAN - NEW CREATURE? 41:53 CREATED IN HOLINESS - DIFFERENT KIND OF LIVES. 41:56 NOT ACCORDING TO OUR FORMER CONDUCT BUT NEW CONDUCT. 42:00 HEBREWS 12, VERSE 14 - IF YOU FORGET ALL THE OTHER VERSES 42:04 REMEMBER THIS ONE - "PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE, AND 42:09 HOLINESS," - PURSUE MEANS 'LOOK FOR; LONG FOR; STRIVE FOR' - 42:17 I WANT TO SEE THE LORD AND HIS BEAUTY WITHOUT HOLINESS - NO. 42:20 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY WILL WHAT? 42:23 SEE GOD. ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS TAUGHT? 42:27 WILL GOD ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DO? 42:29 WILL GOD ASK YOU TO BE SOMETHING YOU CAN'T BE? 42:32 IF GOD SAYS, 'BE YE HOLY' - WHEN GOD SAID, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT' 42:36 DID LIGHT HAPPEN? SO WHEN GOD SAYS 'BE HOLY' - 42:40 THROUGH FAITH IN HIS WORD CAN YOU BE A NEW CREATURE? YOU CAN. 42:45 IF YOU'VE FAILED BEFORE, KEEP BELIEVING YOU CAN. YOU CAN. 42:48 AND THEN PETER QUOTES LEVITICUS WHEN HE SAYS IN 1 PETER 1, 42:53 VERSES 14 TO 16, "AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, NOT CONFORMING 42:57 YOURSELVES TO THE FORMER LUSTS, AS IN YOUR IGNORANCE; BUT AS HE 43:01 WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT, 43:06 BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 'BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.'" 43:11 PEOPLE - SINCE YOU ASKED, I'LL TELL YOU WHY - SOME PEOPLE SAY, 43:14 'YES, WE GET A GIFT OF HOLINESS - THROUGH JUSTIFICATION THE LORD 43:17 COVERS US WITH HOLINESS AND WE MAY NOT LIVE AND ACT LIKE WE'RE 43:21 HOLY BUT WE GET IT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VICARIOUS HOLINESS 43:25 WE RECEIVE BY FAITH. IT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL PHANTOM HOLINESS. 43:31 WE MAY NOT ACT IT BUT WE GET CREDIT' - WELL YOU DO WHEN 43:35 YOU'RE JUSTIFIED, BUT THEN YOU MOVE ON TO SANCTIFICATION AND 43:37 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN HOLINESS. 43:40 YOU NOTICE IN THAT VERSE IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST IN 43:42 THEORY, IT'S TALKING ABOUT IN BEHAVIOR WE'RE TO BE HOLY. 43:46 IS THAT CLEAR? THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE? 43:49 BECAUSE I RUN INTO THAT ALL THE TIME. 43:51 'OH, WE CAN'T REALLY BE HOLY, IT'S JUST SORT OF - IT'S THE 43:53 PHANTOM HOLINESS THAT WE GET FROM JESUS' SACRIFICE ON OUR 43:56 BEHALF.' WE GET CREDIT FOR HIS HOLINESS 43:59 BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WE NEED TO BRING IN SANCTIFICATION 44:02 WHERE OUR CONDUCT IS HOLY, WHICH IS WHAT PETER SAID. 44:06 NOT WALKING AFTER YOUR FORMER BEHAVIOR. 44:08 ALRIGHT, 'INSTRUMENTS OF THE SANCTUARY'. 44:11 NOW THIS IS A VERSE I REFERRED TO BEFORE BUT I'M GOING TO READ 44:15 NOW AND IT'S HEBREWS 9, VERSE 19, "FOR WHEN MOSES HAD SPOKEN" 44:21 - NOW WE'RE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - "FOR WHEN MOSES HAD SPOKEN 44:24 EVERY PRECEPT TO ALL THE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HE TOOK 44:27 THE BLOOD OF CALVES AND GOATS, WITH WATER, SCARLET WOOL, AND 44:30 HYSSOP, AND SPRINKLED BOTH THE BOOK ITSELF AND ALL THE PEOPLE, 44:34 SAYING, 'THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD HAS 44:37 COMMANDED YOU.' THEN LIKEWISE HE SPRINKLED WITH 44:40 THE BLOOD BOTH THE TABERNACLE AND ALL" - HOW MANY? 44:46 ALL THE UTENSILS. HE WASN'T THE HIGH PRIEST AND 44:48 THIS WAS NOT THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. ARE YOU WITH ME? 44:51 - "ALL THE VESSELS OF THE MINISTRY. 44:56 AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW ALMOST ALL THINGS ARE PURIFIED WITH 44:59 BLOOD, AND WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION." 45:01 SO ALL THESE THINGS WERE SET ASIDE. 45:04 WHAT MOSES DID IN THE EARTHLY TEMPLE TO INAUGURATE IT, JESUS 45:07 DID IN THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE FOLLOWING HIS SACRIFICE. 45:10 HE WENT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES, THEN HE CAME BACK DOWN TO EARTH. 45:14 REMEMBER WHEN MARY WENT TO CLING TO HIS FEET HE SAID, 'DO NOT 45:18 CLING TO ME' - I KNOW THE KING JAMES SAYS 'DO NOT TOUCH ME' BUT 45:21 THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD TRANSLATION. 45:24 SHE WAS GRABBING HIS FEET AND KEEPING HIM FROM ASCENDING. 45:26 HE SAID, 'DO NOT CLING TO ME FOR I'VE NOT YET ASCENDED TO MY 45:29 FATHER.' BUT HE SAID, 'GO TELL MY 45:31 BRETHREN I ASCEND TO MY FATHER YOUR FATHER, MY GOD YOUR GOD.' 45:34 SO HE ASCENDS, HE THEN IS DECLARED VICTORIOUS - HE HASN'T 45:37 BEEN TO HEAVEN YET FROM HIS SACRIFICE. 45:39 HE GOES BEFORE THE FATHER INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 45:42 HE PRESENTS HIS BLOOD. THE ANGELS SING. HE IS DECLARED 45:48 VICTORIOUS - THAT HIS SACRIFICE - HIS LIFE WAS 45:50 HOLY AND ACCEPTED. HE THEN COMES DOWN TO EARTH AND 45:56 YROOM HE SAYS, 'ALL HAIL' AND THEY GRAB HIM BY THE FEET AND 45:58 WORSHIP HIM AND HE DOESN'T SAY DON'T TOUCH ME.' WHY? 46:02 BECAUSE SOMETHING'S HAPPENED. 46:03 HE HAS GONE UP AND PRESENTED HIS BLOOD IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. 46:07 NOW YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN 'THE GREAT CONTROVERSY' AND 46:10 OTHER PLACES, BUT I'M CONDENSING THAT TRUTH. 46:12 WHAT MOSES DID, JESUS DID. 46:15 NOW YOU'VE GOT THE DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTS, OF COURSE. 46:19 YOU'VE GOT THE ALTAR, THE LAVER, THERE'S A DOOR, THERE'S A LAMP, 46:24 THERE'S A TABLE OF BREAD, AN ALTAR OF INCENSE, AND THE ARK OF 46:27 THE COVENANT. ALL THESE THINGS IN THE ARTICLES 46:30 OF FURNITURE ARE TELLING US ABOUT JESUS. 46:33 REMEMBER THIS LESSON IS CALLED 'LESSONS FROM THE SANCTUARY AND 46:38 I - IN THE INTRODUCTION I THINK I BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THESE. 46:41 THE ALTAR REPRESENTS THE CROSS. 46:43 THAT'S WHERE THE VICTIM WAS - IT WENT THROUGH THE FIRE. 46:46 DID JESUS GO THROUGH THE FIRE FOR US? 46:49 HE WAS SACRIFICED. THE LAVER REPRESENTS WATER. JESUS SAID, 46:52 'I AM THE LIVING WATER' - IT ALSO REPRESENTS BAPTISM. 46:55 AFTER THEY WASHED THEY THEN ENTERED THE NEXT ROOM AND THAT'S 46:58 WHERE SANCTIFICATION TAKES PLACE. JUSTIFICATION TAKES PLACE 47:01 IN THE COURTYARD, SANCTIFICATION TAKES PLACE IN THE HOLY PLACE. 47:06 THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOOR - JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE DOOR.' 47:09 YOU NEEDED A PRIEST - JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE PRIEST.' 47:11 YOU NEEDED A LAMB - JESUS SAID, 'I AM THE LAMB.' 47:14 YOU WENT IN THERE WAS A LIGHT - JESUS SAID WHAT? 'I AM THE 47:17 LIGHT OF THE WORLD.' THERE WAS BREAD - JESUS SAID WHAT? 47:21 'I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.' AND THEN THERE WERE PRAYERS THAT 47:24 WERE OFFERED ON THE ALTAR OF INCENSE AND JESUS SAID WE ARE TO 47:28 PRAY IN HIS NAME - IT'S THE ESSENCE OF HIS NAME. 47:31 AND THEN IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT THERE WAS ROCK - JESUS 47:35 SAID, 'HE THAT HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE' - ROCK WRITTEN WITH THE 47:38 FINGERS OF GOD, RIGHT? 47:40 THE WORD OF GOD WAS IN THERE WRITTEN ON ROCK. 47:44 'HE THAT HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE AND DOES THEM IS LIKE A 47:46 WISE MAN BUILDING HIS HOUSE ON THE ROCK.' 47:48 AND SO CHRIST IS THE ROCK OF AGES UPON - HE IS THE ROCK THAT 47:52 BROUGHT DOWN GOLIATH. HE IS THE ROCK THAT BRINGS DOWN 47:54 THE IDOL IN DANIEL TWO - JESUS IS THAT ROCK. 47:57 SO EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SANCTUARY AND ALL OF ITS 48:00 FURNITURE IS TELLING US SOMETHING ABOUT GOD, OKAY? 48:07 THE CENTER OF DIVINE AND COMMUNAL ACTIVITY. 48:10 NOW EVERYTHING I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT - I THINK 48:14 VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE VERSES ARE BASED UPON THE DEDICATION 48:18 PRAYER OF SOLOMON WHEN HE BUILT THE EARTHLY TEMPLE. 48:21 THIS WAS THE APEX - THE REAL CLIMAX - THE PINNACLE OF THE 48:25 HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE IS WHEN SOLOMON FINALLY - THE SON OF 48:28 DAVID - JESUS IS THE SON OF DAVID - DEDICATES THE HOUSE OF 48:31 THE LORD. IT WAS THE MOST GLORIOUS BUILDING. IT'S TOO BAD 48:35 THAT THE HISTORIAN HERODOTUS HAD NEVER SEEN IT BECAUSE HE WOULD 48:41 HFILLED WITH GOLD - IT WAS ENORMOUS IN ITS SCALE - GREAT 48:46 BIG BRONZE PILLARS, I MEAN, IT WAS VERY MAJESTIC. AND HERE, 48:50 IN THE DEDICATION PRAYER OF SOLOMON THAT IS A SPIRIT-FILLED 48:53 PRAYER, HE TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLACE 48:57 OF WORSHIP. AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE - 49:00 THESE ARE IN YOUR LESSON. THE TEMPLE WAS A PLACE FOR 49:03 SEEKING FORGIVENESS. YOU FIND THAT IN HIS PRAYER IN 49:06 VERSE 30. IF THEY SINNED THEY WOULD COME 49:08 TO THIS PLACE AND OFFER THEIR SACRIFICES, OKAY? 49:13 IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD COME AND MAKE THEIR VOWS AND 49:16 THEIR OATHS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. CAN YOU THINK OF SOMEBODY 49:20 WHO CAME TO THE TABERNACLE AND MADE A VOW OR AN OATH IN THE 49:23 BIBLE? HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHERE 49:28 HANNAH WAS PRAYING AND SHE MADE A PROMISE THAT, 'LORD, IF YOU'LL 49:36 AND WHERE DID SHE GO TO DO THAT? THE HIGH PRIEST WAS RIGHT THERE. 49:39 AT FIRST HE THOUGHT SHE WAS DRUNK BECAUSE SHE WAS SWAYING 49:41 BACK AND FORTH AND SHE WAS SO, YOU KNOW, HEARTBROKEN - SO MUCH 49:45 GRIEF THAT HE THOUGHT SHE WAS INTOXICATED. 49:47 BUT SHE PRAYED AND HE SAID, 'OH, SO SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU. 49:50 YOUR PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED.' SHE BELIEVED HIM. 49:53 SOMETIMES PASTORS SAY THINGS AND PEOPLE BELIEVE AND THEY'RE 49:56 BLESSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAITH - PASTOR DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT 49:58 HE SAID. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? IT'S TRUE. 50:03 YOU KNOW, THE HIGH PRIEST, DURING CHRIST'S TIME, HE SAID, 50:07 'DO YOU KNOW NOTHING AT ALL BUT THAT IT'S EXPEDIENT THAT ONE MAN 50:09 SHOULD PERISH TO SAVE THE NATION?' 50:12 AND JOHN, IN HIS COMMENTARY ON THAT, HE SAYS, 'BEING HIGH 50:15 PRIEST HE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT HE HAD UTTERED A PROPHECY.' 50:18 HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A PLACE WHERE 50:22 THEY WOULD MAKE THEIR VOWS. ONE REASON IS THEY'RE KIND OF 50:25 RECORDED THERE AND PEOPLE - GOD WANTED PEOPLE TO REMEMBER 'YOU 50:31 SAID THISPROMISES.' YOU SEE, WHEN THEY WERE BEATEN 50:34 BY THEIR ENEMIES THEY WOULD COME AND PLEAD FOR VICTORY AT THE 50:37 SANCTUARY. YOU FIND THEY ALL GATHERED 50:40 BEFORE THE TEMPLE - OH, I WON'T TELL YOU. LET'S SEE IF YOU KNOW. 50:43 WHEN'S A TIME WHEN THE KING AND PEOPLE GATHERED BEFORE THE 50:47 SANCTUARY BECAUSE OF EITHER A LOOMING BATTLE OR A DEFEAT. 50:54 HEZEKIAH IS ONE EXAMPLE, WHEN THE - RABSHAKEH AND THE 50:56 ASSYRIANS CAME TO ATTACK. REMEMBER WHEN JEHOSHAPHAT - 51:00 AN ARMY WAS GATHERED AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT AND THEY GATHERED IN 51:03 THE COURTYARD AND THEY PRAYED AND PLEAD BEFORE THE LORD? 51:05 DID HE GIVE THEM VICTORY? BOTH TIMES, OKAY. 51:09 THEY WOULD PLEAD FOR RAIN AND FOR NATURAL BLESSINGS AND I'LL 51:15 BE TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING THE SERMON ON ELIJAH A LITTLE LATER, 51:17 BUT THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD COME AND PRAY FOR THE 51:21 BOUNTIES OF HEAVEN AND REPENT OF THEIR SINS BECAUSE SOMETIMES 51:24 THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR AFFECTED THE WEATHER. 51:27 IT WAS A PLACE FOR THE ALIEN TO PRAY, NOT JUST THE CHURCH 51:31 MEMBERS, AND THAT'S WHY - BY THE WAY, YOU FIND THAT IN ISAIAH AND 51:37 IT SAYS IT'S TO BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER TO ALL PEOPLE AND IT WAS 51:41 - THAT'S IN ISAIAH 56, VERSE 7. A PLACE TO PETITION GOD FOR 51:45 VICTORY - VERSES 44 AND 45. SO IT TELLS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT 51:47 THINGS. IT WAS A CENTER FOR WORSHIP. 51:50 OH, AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S NOT IN HERE. 51:52 WHERE WERE THE KINGS SOMETIMES CORONATED ONCE THE TEMPLE WAS 51:56 BUILT? WHERE WAS JOASH PRONOUNCED KING? WASN'T IT 51:59 STANDING BY THE PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD? AND SO IT 52:05 WAS SORT OF THE CENTER OF THEIR DIVINE AND COMMUNAL ACTIVITY. 52:09 AND THEN THE LAST PART - AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE - IS 52:13 WHERE IT SAYS, 'UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD.' 52:16 PSALM 27, VERSE 4, "ONE THING I HAVE DESIRED OF THE LORD, THAT 52:22 WILL I SEEK: THAT I MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE 52:25 DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, AND TO 52:30 INQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE." TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE 52:33 PRESENCE OF GOD AND TALK TO THE LORD. 52:35 NOW DID I GIVE SOMEBODY PSALM 23, VERSE 6? 52:39 YOU GOT IT RIGHT HERE? LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 52:41 WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD. 52:43 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. 52:45 >>PSALM 23, VERSE 6, "SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW 52:50 ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE; AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE 52:52 LORD FOREVER." >>THAT FAMOUS PSALM. 52:55 WHAT ARE THE CLOSING WORDS? PSALM 23? 52:59 'GOODNESS AND MERCY ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE...DWELL IN THE HOUSE 53:01 OF THE LORD' - FOR HOW LONG? FOREVER. 53:04 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE - WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN 53:06 THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOREVER. WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED BY SIN. 53:09 JESUS WANTS TO ABIDE WITH US, HE SAID, RIGHT? 53:13 AND SO, EVEN IN HEAVEN, THAT'LL BE THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 53:16 GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH US. FOR HOW LONG? (FOREVER) 53:19 THAT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TRUTH. 53:21 WELL, WE'RE OUT OF TIME WITH THAT BUT I WANT TO REMIND OUR 53:23 FRIENDS THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED THE CHANNEL YET THAT WE HAVE A FREE 53:26 OFFER. IT'S OFFER #129. WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR THIS. 53:30 IT'S 1-866 - WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU JUST FOR ASKING. 53:33 TALK ABOUT THE SANCTUARY. 866-STUDY-MORE - 53:36 THAT'S 866-788-3966. AND GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE STUDY 53:42 HIS WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 53:46 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 53:50 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD 53:53 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 53:57 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 54:01 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 54:03 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 54:06 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? 54:11 DISCVISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM.OD'S LAW AND HO(MUSIC)S CHANGED |
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