We've arrived in Ancient
Shiloh and on the road here
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we pass the sign, which
has been here for a very
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long time. It's a track
leading through to an Arab
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village, but since the
Israelis have constructed
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curbstone, here they
have laid a tarseal road.
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The reason where here
is that this is the site,
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where the Israelites
erected the first sanctuary,
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when they've
arrived in the promise land.
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Recently some archeological
excavations have found
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some very definite proof
to backup the Bible story.
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As recently as
1986, archeologist Israel
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Finkelstein had a report
published in the Biblical
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archeology review in
which he reported his
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excavations here at
Shiloh and they provide us with
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some very interesting
evidence especially in
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relationship to the Biblical
account, but in order first
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to be able to understand
what it's all about, I think
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I better explain to you
something about archeology.
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You know, whenever I
come to Middle East and,
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I'm involved in the
excavations and get back
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home again. I suppose
you can guess the question my
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friends asked me as soon
as they meet me. Hey, did
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you find anything? What
did you find? And I say,
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yes, yes we found lot of
things, lot of broken pottery.
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And I said big deal is
that or you went to the Middle
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East for? But you
see, archeologists are not
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looking for treasures. Okay,
it's very nice if you find a
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golden vase or Alabaster
God or something, but really
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that's not we are looking
for? And that is not what
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provides us with the
information we need, we are
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trying to reconstruct
history. Archeologists are
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digging up the past
and they're trying to
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reconstruct the past. Now,
in order to understand just
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how it all works? I'll
need to explain it from a
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diagram, but first I have
to explain to you what is I
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Tell? The word Tell is
the name given to a deserted
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mound or sometimes it's
even still occupy in the
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Middle East in those plenty
of these Tells. And this is
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how all happen, you see
in ancient time's cities or
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villages were usually
built on low hills for defensive
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purposes. It was much
easier to defend if the
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enemy had to come up the
side of a hill, you saved to
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attack a town or city.
Well, people living on such a
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low hill would build their
houses here, let's illustrate
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it this way and by would
have the floor level like
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that and in those days
of course there were no
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garbologists or rubbish
collectors and so whatever
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rubbish they had broken
pottery or bit some pieces,
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dust and rubbish were
just thrown at the front door.
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Well, you can imagine
what happened? Little by little
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the street level outside
began to rise and eventually
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it reached the height
of the floor level of the
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house. So, guess what
happened when there was a
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downpour of rain.
Well, let's when momma caught
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hold of papa, and screwed
his ear and said listen you
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got to do something about
that because all the rain is
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coming in the front door.
So, good obliging papa did
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something what he did
was simply to rise the floor
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level bringing some
more earth and rise the floor
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level. And that was fine
for a while, but of course the
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rubbish still began to
accumulate and so the whole
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thing happened again
here see. And sometimes the
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wall collapse, sometimes
the roof fell in, all they did
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was simply level it off
and build on top. And so the
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level of this whole
hill began to rise and in
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different periods of the
history of this tell or hill.
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We have what we called
archeological strata and it
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goes this way. First of
all was the period when they
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used stone implements,
stone axes, stone knives,
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and stone pots and vessels
you see and so it's called
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the stone age or, it is
know as the Lithic period.
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Now, usually this is given
a date for the beginning of
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this something like
200,000 BC. Some people even
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put it to two million.
This is pure supposition and
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identical along with this,
but I'm telling you what is
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usually considered to be
then man began to discover
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how to use copper milk
pot, copper. And so we have
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the beginning of the bronze
or copper period and little
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by little we have and in
the mingling and so we have
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what is known as the
Chalcolithic period when you
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have both copper and
stone, and then bronze became
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more common and so we
have beginning of what we
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called the Bronze Age. First
of all, there was the early
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Bronze Age, which is
usually dated about 3100 BC
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and then we have the
middle Bronze Age, which
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is usually dated, dated
to about 2100 BC and then we
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have the light bronze
period, which is usually
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dated to about 1550 BC
and then we have the iron
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age, which is usually
dated to about 1200 BC
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and then of course we have
start of building up on top
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of that. Well, now when
an archeologist sink so shaft
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down here or a trench
down here, he exposes all these
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different strata and from
the type of pottery that he
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sees in each stratum, he
can determine which stratum
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he is working in. Now,
the why he can do that is
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because of the
different pottery styles you see
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fashion is changed and so
an archeologist can identify
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the different styles
for instance sometimes they
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just had little rounded
pots like this with, with flat
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bottoms on them and then
by learn they put handles
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on them and make
them a little ornamented,
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you know, put
scratches and designs on them.
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Then there was a
period when they use pots with
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pointed in like this you
might say, well they fall
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over wouldn't they? No,
they had a little hole in
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the, in the houses floor
and it just sat there or maybe
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they had a piece of wood
with a hole in it and they
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just sat it like that,
you say not very convenient,
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but nevertheless that's
the way they did it you see,
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so when an archeologist
finds a piece of pottery
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from any of these he can
say right I know where it
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is, what age it is you
see. Now, another very good
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method of determining it
is, if you can find them oil
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lamps. Now at first,
there were just round saucers
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with a wick on the
side you see and oil there.
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Later on the potters learned
to pinch up like that you
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see and put the wick
here with the oil in there.
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Then they got a little
more refined and they made the
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top enclosed like this
with the spout. And then they
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got the idea of making
designs on it. So, you see
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how fashion is changed
and so when the archeologist
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finds these different pieces
of pottery here, he can say
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right, this is the
early bronze and this is the
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middle bronze, but what
he cannot tell is the exact
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date of these. The only
way he can date any of these
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potteries by relating it
to the chronology of Egypt.
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And so if he finds
something in the early bronze he
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says oh, well the
early bronze period in Egypt
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began about 3100 BC
and the middle bronze here,
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well the problem is
this. If Egyptian chronology is
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correct that's fine,
you have got the right dates
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here, but if there
is a mistake in Egyptian
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chronology as I
believe there is, well in these
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dates are gonna be wrong
to and that is why we come
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to Shiloh and notice the
interesting discovery that
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was made recently here
in the excavations. You see,
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according to this line
up here, the Exodus took
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place 1445 BC or the
invasion of Palestine
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1405 BC and that would
place it in the light bronze
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period, but in the
excavations in Shiloh,
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no evidence of occupation
was found there during the
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light bronze period.
There was however evidence of
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a century during the
middle bronze period.
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Now, I consider that is
where the Israelite invasion
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took place. In other words,
I consider these dates need
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to be shortened and
the Israelite invasion took
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place in 2100 BC then if
we accept that reconstruction
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we have exactly what we
are looking for evidence
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of a sanctuary in Shiloh
in the middle bronze period.
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Well, now the
important thing about these
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excavations and these men
did a wonderful job by the
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way I, I personally
think they did a great job here
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in Shiloh and they
established the identification
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of the various strata
and that's very important.
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You see, by finding pieces
of pottery here friends this
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is a piece here of a large
jar; they can identify which
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particular period it comes
from. And it is my personal
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opinion that the Israelite
invasion took place at the
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end of the early bronze
period that would be about
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1400 BC and that being the
case this just fits in with
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what I found in the
excavations. You, you just
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wouldn't believe it, it just
so supportive of the Biblical
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record. Now, here in
Shiloh, if I'm correct in this
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middle bronze period,
we would expect to find
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evidence that there was a
sanctuary here, that this is
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where the place of
worship was and this is exactly
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what they found. Listen
I read it to you from this
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report, which they have
made and it says here on
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page 39 of the report, I
think it is here, here we
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go. There are accumulating
indications of Celtic
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continuity at the site
from the middle bronze to period
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onward. A sanctuary
probably stood here as early
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as the middle bronze
age. Do you see, how that fits
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in. So, if that is
correct and of course the
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archeologists right spot on
there, if that is correct well
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then that is exactly
what we would expect to find.
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A sanctuary here, now
somebody might say, yes but
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that was probably a
Canaanite sanctuary that
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was here before the
Israelites turned up, I don't
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accept that. Do you mean
to say that the Israelites
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would choose a place
that was already a place of
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worship for Heathen
religion and so right we would
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put God sanctuary here. I,
I just can't see that and so
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here the first evidence of
occupation is in the middle
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bronze period and I
would say that is where
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the Israelites came
and pitched their sanctuary
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right here. Here is
the model of the sanctuary,
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which Mr. Winterton
has made, he has done a
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beautiful job, don't
you think it's all made
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according to scale and
it's according to the Biblical
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dimensions. He himself
is laid in the high priest
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robes and they were
very beautiful, aren't they?
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And these also according
to the Biblical instructions,
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I'll explain all about that
in a little while, but first
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of all just let's have a
look at the sanctuary and
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its invariance. This was
originally erected of course
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at the foot of Mount Sinai,
later on as the Israelites
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travel alone, they took
this with them, it could be
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completely dismantle and
carried by certain priests,
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which were allocated to
the task and re-erected it
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each site. Then the
Israelites and their twelve
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tribes came around about
all in the prescribed place,
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they had their standards
under which they assembled
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and pitch their tents
all in a very orderly way.
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And then we noticed that
on the outside here there
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was linen clothes going
right around the outside
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on portable poles and
this courtyard was altogether
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a 100 cubits long and 50
cubits wide. Now, for your
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information a cubit is
approximately half a meter,
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so that meant that you
have got a distance of about 50
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meters along here and
at the front there was an
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entrance here and the
people could come in here,
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priests would come in
here daily for their official
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functions and so we now
transfer our attention to
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what was inside it. And I
will ask Mr. Winterton if he
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just like to remove the
gateway or curtain at the
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front there, right
thank you very much.
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Now, we can see the altar
of sacrifice. This was a big
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bronze altar and on
this the daily sacrifice was
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offered a bit, 9 o'
clock in the morning 3 o' clock
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every afternoon, there
was a lamb or a sheep was
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offered here as a
sacrifice and it was completely
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consumed, symbolizing
the nations dedication to
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Yahweh or Jehovah and
also day by day people who
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felt the sense of guilt
and who wanted to show their
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faith in the forgiving
love of God would bring along a
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lamb or a goat or some
sacrifice here, poor people
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even were allowed to
bring along a pigeon and so
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they could bring
these sacrifices along here,
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the sinner would lay
his hands on the head of the
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sacrifice and then he
himself was obliged to slay
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the animal and then the
blood was transferred inside
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and the fat of that animal
was burnt up on the out of
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the animal itself was
disposed of outside the
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sanctuary. Now, beyond
that in between the altar of
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sacrifice and the sanctuary
itself there was a liver and
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this was a liver that
contain water, so that the
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priests before going into
the sanctuary very important
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they cleanse their
bodies and so before approaching
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God they had to be
physically clean as well as
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spiritually pure. And
so they washed there and
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then they went into
the sanctuary. Now, the
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sanctuary itself was
covered by four layers of
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diamonds, cloth what
shall we call them and I'm
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going to ask Mr. Winterton
to take these off one by
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one. Now, this first
one was made of seal skins.
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And this of course
waterproof and so it kept
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the sanctuary dry in
time of rain because they did
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get rain there you
know, and then there was some
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rammed skins died
red and that was the next
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covering, thank you,
and then the next one was
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of goat hair, the tents
are still made of that you know
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in the Middle East today.
Palestine, they still make
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their tents of goat's
hair and so there was this
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goat's hair covering and
finally there was the pure
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white linen garment,
which covered the hall of the
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sanctuary. So, there were
these four coverings of the
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sanctuary building itself.
Now, the building itself was
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30 cubits long and 10
cubits wide and 10 cubits high.
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This building also was
made of wood, covered with
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gold plate and this
also was portable it could be
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completely dismantled and
carried by the appropriate
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priests and then reassembled
at the site on which it
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was pitched. And inside
the sanctuary incidentally
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there were a curtain,
there was a curtain here,
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thank you Mr. Winterton,
if you would like to take
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that off. There was two
vales or curtains, one was
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at the entrance of the
sanctuary and the other
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one was into the inner
apartment of the sanctuary.
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Now, there with these
two apartments the first one
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was 20 cubits by 10 cubits
and it had three articles of
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furniture in and the
other one was 10 cubits by 10
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cubits and this just
had one item of furniture
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inside. Now, so that we
can get a better look at
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this remember it's
portable we just gonna lift
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the whole sanctuary
building up, thank you, and
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then we can see inside.
First we notice a table here
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called the table of
showbread. Now, this had 12
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loaves of bread on it,
which were replaced every
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Sabbath. They symbolized
the 12 tribes of Israel then
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over on this side were
the seven golden candle
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sticks and they were
burning continuously,
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they had oil in them
running from inside and they had
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wicks and high priests
came in here everyday and
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trim the wicks and filled
up the oil, so as to keep these
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lights burning setup.
Then here was an altar of
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incense and here again
the high priests came in
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here every morning and
every evening at the time of
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the morning and
evening sacrifice and he burned
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insects on this altar,
this incense used to curl up and
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go into the inner apartment
of the sanctuary and so
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the incense here represented
the prayers that were
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being offered by the
people who are outside waiting
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for the priest to perform
his duties. Now, let us look
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at the item on the
inside of the sanctuary in the
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inner apartment and that
is the ark of the covenant
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or the ark of the
testament, it was a
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wooden box gilded with
gold and inside where the
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two tables of the law
the Ten Commandments that
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had been written with
the finger of God on Mount
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Sinai. And on the top
of the Ark of the Covenant,
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there were two beautiful
golden angels with wings
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outstretched reaching
over and touching each other.
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And so that was the
only item of furniture in the
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inner apartment of the
sanctuary. Now the high
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priest only went in
their once a year, but a very
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significant service and
will be explaining that in our
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next subject, the next
topic. Now, the high priest
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garments were very
beautiful and I would like to
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explain them to you. The
high priest must have made
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a very impressive side
you know, his God given robes
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and they were God
given you know, because God
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specified everything that
the high priest had to wear,
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it was all given through
Moses. On top here it is on
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his head, he had a crown,
it's full of mattering the Old
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King James version, but it
is simply a covering for his
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head and a band round
here, which said holiness
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to the Lord indicating
that his thoughts were also to
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be holy and God
site. Then he had on here a
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breastplate in which
there were 12 beautiful stones
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and on each of those
stones was inscribed the
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names of one of the tribes
of Israel indicating that he
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bow this on this heart
and then we have here a
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Urim and Thummim. Now
they were used to indicate
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the good pleasure or
the, the negative will of God,
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if one lighted up, it
was yes, if the other one had
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a cloud on it, it was
no and so answers could be
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found when
enquires were made from God.
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Then behind that it is
what is known as the Ephod,
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and on the shoulder here
there were two stones and
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on these were inscribed
the names of the 12 sons of
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Israel. Then down here
he had a beautiful blue
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garment and this seems to
be God's favorite color you
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know, and I think there
is a lot of significance in
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this blue, it indicates
a royal color that God has
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and the Israelites
also, where suppose to wear a
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band of blue and then those
this shashiya it's called a
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curious girdle meaning
it's a very special one.
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And then of course he
had his incense sensor,
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which he wave before
the Lord with the incense in
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it and then right down at
the bottom you will notice
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there are some belts
and little pompoms that were
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representing pommie
granites and as the high
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priest walked, these
belts would nod at tinkle, can I
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too this Mr. Winterton,
yeah, they must have been
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very nice and so the
people would know the high
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priest movements as he
moved around the sanctuary.
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So then this is ancient
Shiloh and this is where it all
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happened, this is where
the sanctuary of Israel was.
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Later on of course when
Solomon built his beautiful
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temple on Mount
Moriah, this whole sanctuary
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concept was incorporated
in Solomon's temple of
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course what is there
now, it's not Solomon's temple
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it's the dime of the
rock Muslim mosque the first
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part of which was
built in the 7 century AD.
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But nevertheless that
is where Solomon's temple
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one stood. Now, what
was the purpose of the
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sanctuary why all these
animals sacrifices, all this
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blood letting, do we
assume that God is a sort
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an angry God that has
to be appeased by the slang
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of animals, no that's
not the idea too. It was all
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symbolic, typical all
pointing forward to what
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Jesus Christ was going
to do for the human race.
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You know, when Jesus
went to the River Jordan,
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John the baptize
pointed to him and said, in John
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1:29, "The next day
John saw the Jesus coming
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toward him and said,
behold the Lamb of God,
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who takes away the sin
of the world." And you see
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Jesus is referred to as
the Lamb of God just the
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sign of the sacrificial
Lambs were offered and
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innocent Lamb for a
guilty victim, so Jesus
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Christ died for the guilty
sins of the world and that
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was the very hard of the
sanctuary service, but the
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sanctuary itself was also
highly symbolical, typical,
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I'm here in the Book of
Hebrews and in chapter 8
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it says, "Now this is the
main point of the things we
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are saying: We have such
a High Priest, who is seated
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at the right hand of the
throne of the Majesty in the
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heavens, a Minister of
the sanctuary and of the true
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tabernacle which the
Lord erected, and not man."
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Now, that's interesting,
isn't it? It tells us that
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God made a sanctuary and
really this sanctuary here
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at Shiloh was really just
a tiny little insignificant
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model of that great
sanctuary of God in heaven.
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Of course, the temple
of God in heaven is nothing
00:23:53.06\00:23:55.93
like this one here
magnificent immense,
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ten thousand times;
ten thousands of angels can
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crowd in there. So,
this is gonna be a very small
00:24:03.94\00:24:07.05
model, but the temple is
there alright. I'm reading
00:24:07.15\00:24:10.61
in Revelation chapter
15 and in verse 5 where it
00:24:10.73\00:24:13.55
says, After these
things I looked and behold the
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temple of the tabernacle
of the testimony in heaven
00:24:17.94\00:24:20.58
was opened. So, when
John was carried up in the
00:24:20.66\00:24:23.57
heaven in vision, he
saw this temple opened he
00:24:23.71\00:24:27.22
looked inside, it was a
real temple I personally think
00:24:27.31\00:24:30.87
it was just as real and
solid as the sanctuary that was
00:24:30.90\00:24:33.64
picture right here in
Shiloh where that was built in
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the temple of God in
Jerusalem, it's a real place
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heaven is very real to me.
The things of eternity mean
00:24:39.87\00:24:42.86
something, they are
very meaningful, very real,
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alright. Now, John not
only saw the temple opened,
00:24:46.01\00:24:48.90
but just the sign as
the sanctuary on earth had
00:24:49.65\00:24:52.08
various articles of
furniture. So, John saw the same
00:24:52.37\00:24:56.44
things in heaven. For
instance in Revelation
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chapter 1 and verse in
18 it says, here verse 12.
00:24:58.94\00:25:04.86
Then I turned to see the
voice that spoke with me.
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And having turned, I saw
seven golden lamp stands.
00:25:08.13\00:25:12.58
So, just the same as there
are seven lamps stands here
00:25:12.86\00:25:15.10
in the sanctuary on
earth. John saw them right there
00:25:15.21\00:25:17.99
in heaven too. Not only
that in Revelation chapter 8
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and in verse 3, let's find
it, yes. Then another angel
00:25:23.58\00:25:27.94
having a golden censer
came and stood at the altar.
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And he was given much
incense that he should
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offer, with the prayers
of all the saints, upon the
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golden altar, which was
before the throne, shall
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okay the sanctuary on
earth had a golden altar of
00:25:38.31\00:25:41.07
incense there it was in
heaven. So, the one on earth
00:25:41.23\00:25:43.92
was just a copy a little
copy of the great altar in
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heaven. And finally we
notice the most important
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feature of the earthly
sanctuary was a copy of
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that in heaven too listen,
Revelation 11 and verse 19,
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"Then the temple of God
was opened in heaven and
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the ark of his covenant
was seen in his temple."
00:26:03.16\00:26:07.02
So, John saw it up
there, there it was. So, you see
00:26:07.28\00:26:10.53
this sanctuary on earth
was just a little model a type
00:26:10.67\00:26:15.36
of the great temple of
God in heaven. I want you
00:26:15.73\00:26:19.09
to see the significance
of what is here? Here is the
00:26:19.18\00:26:22.76
high priest wearing the
names of the 12 types of
00:26:22.93\00:26:26.83
Israel on his heart. He
has a responsibility for them.
00:26:27.00\00:26:31.20
He carries them on his
heart and now remember this
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high priest is a type
or a symbol of a great high
00:26:35.12\00:26:39.45
priest in heaven Jesus
Christ, who day by day is
00:26:39.54\00:26:43.02
looking after us and offer
his sacrifice on our behalf
00:26:43.53\00:26:47.18
and he bares our names on
his heart. Every one of you
00:26:47.71\00:26:52.51
he has got your name
written there if you believe
00:26:53.23\00:26:55.00
in him, he has got your
name there. You see it's
00:26:55.03\00:26:57.75
says here in Hebrews
chapter 7 and in verse 25.
00:26:57.78\00:27:02.02
"Therefore he is able to
save to the outermost those
00:27:02.62\00:27:06.84
who come to God through
him, since he ever lives to
00:27:06.97\00:27:10.76
make intercession for
us. You see, we need somebody
00:27:10.81\00:27:15.47
to intercede on our behalf
we are sinners, we've done
00:27:15.69\00:27:19.21
things that are wrong, we
deserve to be put to death,
00:27:19.32\00:27:21.87
but Jesus Christ died for
our sins and so he steps in
00:27:22.67\00:27:26.45
between a loving God
and the sinner and says,
00:27:26.83\00:27:30.76
I died for that person
intercedes on our behalf
00:27:30.90\00:27:34.17
and it's not that God
has reluctant to forgive us,
00:27:34.60\00:27:37.01
he is so happy when Jesus
Christ is able to confess us
00:27:37.36\00:27:41.14
as his children. And the
result, well it tells us here
00:27:41.56\00:27:45.42
in Hebrews
chapter 4 and in verse 15.
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"For we do not have a
high priest who cannot
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sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all
00:27:53.03\00:27:56.14
points tempted as we
are yet without sin."
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.77
He knows what it is to
be tempted he lived in this
00:27:58.89\00:28:00.88
world of temptation. "Let
us therefore come boldly to
00:28:01.08\00:28:05.30
the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy,
00:28:05.33\00:28:08.52
and find grace to
help in time of need."
00:28:08.79\00:28:11.56
Don't be afraid to come
to Christ. You might say,
00:28:12.36\00:28:14.67
oh yes, but I am a
sinner, I have done so many bad
00:28:14.77\00:28:16.89
things I'm ashamed.
Okay, you're the person who
00:28:17.05\00:28:20.09
needs Christ you can
come pleading that Christ died
00:28:20.27\00:28:24.46
on your behalf and you
can come boldly with your
00:28:24.61\00:28:26.65
prayers, you can say I
stand before God just as if
00:28:26.78\00:28:29.85
I have never seen
because Christ died for
00:28:29.88\00:28:31.93
my sins. This
is what it means to
00:28:32.14\00:28:35.48
have a great
high priest in heaven.
00:28:35.59\00:28:37.31
Well, that sounds
encouraging maybe the
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.64
sanctuary truth is the
key that unlocks the old Bible
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.94
prophecy in Daniel chapter
8, where it was told that
00:28:44.08\00:28:47.32
until 2300 days, and
then shall the sanctuary be
00:28:47.47\00:28:51.59
cleansed. Daniel was
given this prophecy in the
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.57
Old Persian town of
Shushan and that's were we
00:28:54.74\00:28:57.66
will be taking you
in the next program.
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