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Good morning and welcome back
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to our 3ABN
Australia Homecoming of 2019
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and we've been
having a wonderful weekend
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and this is actually
our final session here today
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so we're looking
forward to a blessing.
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My name is name
is Charissa Torossian
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and this is John Malkiewycz.
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You know, I'm very happy
to have Charissa alongside me
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because she's been
with 3ABN Australia
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from the very beginning
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and she's been a
blessing all around the world
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and her sister,
Marleta Fong will be singing,
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"Captive to the Call"
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and Sanja
Kitesvski will be playing...
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and she's another one
that's very well known by 3ABN
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and the Speaker is,
Pastor Justin Torossian,
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is he your husband?
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He is.
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Is he a good husband?
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He is.
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That's excellent and
he will be talking on,
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"Into Eternity. "
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He's chosen a Bible
text, Revelation 21:3 to 4
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and I'm reading it,
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"And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
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Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people,
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and God Himself
shall be with them,
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and be their God.
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And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes;
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and there shall
be no more death,
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neither sorrow, nor crying,
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neither shall
there be any more pain:
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for the former
things have passed away. "
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Amen, let's open
with a word of prayer.
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"Our loving Father in heaven,
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Lord, we praise You
for this new day of life
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and we thank you that
we can gather here together
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to study Your Word
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and as we listen to Your Word as
in song and as it is preached,
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we pray that the Holy Spirit
would speak to our hearts.
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May You point us to
Jesus and point us to eternity
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is our prayer in
Jesus' name, amen. "
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Pause...
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Piano...
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I hear Your voice so clearly
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I feel Your hand guide
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I know that You are near me
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In You I can hide
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I bring my life to You Lord
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I give You my all
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because You give me freedom
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I'm captive to
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the call
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Captive to the call
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Free from all my fear
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No prisoner of the Lord
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His freedom holds me here
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I'm bound by bands of grace
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and love that conquers all
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My joy alone in Christ
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I'm captive to the call
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Piano...
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I leave all things behind me
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To find all things new
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For now the dreams that bind me
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Are realized in You
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I've made the choice to follow
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Through Him I will not fall
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No power can separate us
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I'm captive to the call...
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I'm captive to the call
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Free from all my fear
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No prisoner of the Lord
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His freedom holds me here
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I'm bound by bands of grace
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and love that conquers all
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My joy alone in Christ
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I'm captive to the call...
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My hope is built on nothing else
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Than Jesus blood
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and His righteousness
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I'm captive to the call
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and I'm free from all my fear
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No prisoner of the Lord
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It's His freedom
that holds me here
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I'm bound by bands of grace
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and love that conquers all
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My joy alone in Christ
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I'm captive to the call
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My joy alone in Christ
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I'm captive
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to
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the call...
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I'm captive to the
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call.
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Audience: Amen.
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Pause...
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Good morning Friends,
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Audience: Good morning.
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It has been a
wonderful weekend here
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at 3ABN Homecoming hasn't it?
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A weekend filled with
powerful, Biblical messages.
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I've been given the
privilege this morning
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of presenting a topic...
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of the topic of
the Sanctuary of God
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and it really is a
high and holy privilege.
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It's been said
that the Sanctuary is...
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can be shallow enough for a
spiritual toddler to splash in
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but it's also deep enough
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for the deepest
theologian to drown in
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and so, because
of the vast array
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of the topic of the sanctuary,
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we could literally
spend a 30-Part Sermon Series
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just on the Sanctuary
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but this morning
we're only going to get to
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scratch the surface
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and because of its
richness and depth,
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we're just going to
have a broad overview
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for a message.
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I'll also along the way
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refer you to different
books for further study,
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if you'd like to study further
on those specific aspects
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of God's sanctuary.
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You know, you may or
may not have been here
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to hear the messages
earlier this weekend...
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you may have
missed some of them,
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but Pastor Geoff Youlden
preached some messages...
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one called, "Let's
investigate the Judgment"
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and another... "The Year
that Changed the Modern World"
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and these messages did
an excellent job in covering
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the prophesies of Daniel 8 and 9
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and the topic of Christ's
work in the heavenly sanctuary
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right now, during the
Investigative Judgment
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or the Pre-Advent Judgment
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and because they were
covered already this weekend,
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we won't be covering them
in our message this morning
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but rather will
have a broader overview
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of the heavenly sanctuary.
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Our message is
entitled, "Into Eternity. "
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Let us pray,
"Our Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the high
and holy privilege that it is
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to be called
the Children of God.
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We thank you for Jesus
Who makes it a reality.
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We thank You for Your Sanctuary
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that teaches us
Your way of salvation
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that outlines for us the
beautiful plan of redemption
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through which You
want to restore us
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into communion with You.
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We ask, Lord, that as we
study Your word this morning
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that You would fill
us with Your Spirit...
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that You would not
only inform our minds
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but that You would
touch and speak to our hearts.
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We ask it in Jesus'
precious name, amen. "
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I've never met
the Queen of England
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and chances are,
realistically, that I never will
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but I'm told that
before you meet the Queen,
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there are certain rules
of propriety and etiquette
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that you need to learn.
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You need to learn what
to say and what not to say,
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what to do and what
not to do in her presence.
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Respect and proper formality
are absolutely essential.
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I understand that
even Prince Charles
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calls his mother, "Ma'am"
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and bows to her.
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Friends, I may never meet...
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and most of us may
never meet an earthly monarch
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but one day soon by God's grace,
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we're going to
meet the King of kings.
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We're going to
see Him face to face.
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The sanctuary outlines
for us how we can be pure...
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and impure
people can become pure
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and stand and live and dwell
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in the presence of
a pure and a holy God.
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Not just for a
moment... not for an afternoon
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but for all of eternity.
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We're going to
have, as I mentioned,
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a broad overview of the
sanctuary together this morning.
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We're going to look
from Genesis all the way down
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until the book of Revelation...
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from beginning to the end
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and between our time
in Genesis and Revelation,
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we're doing to be having
three stops along the way,
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how many stops?
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Audience: Three.
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Three stops... we're going
to stop in Exodus for some time
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and zoom into Exodus.
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Next, we're going to
stop in the gospel of John
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and zoom in there
through a passage of Scripture
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and before
closing with Revelation,
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we'll stop in the
book of 1st Corinthians.
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So, this will be our
journey... the broad overview
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and we'll be zooming in
and out of the message today
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and I'd like to
share some things with you
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that I learned
about the Sanctuary
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just in the last few years
that really, really amazed me
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and when I learned them I
was just completely blown away
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and amazed by them
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and I'd like to
share them with you.
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So, why don't we start our
message in the book of Genesis?
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You know, until a few years ago,
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I thought that God's
first sanctuary on earth,
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was actually the sanctuary built
under the instruction of Moses
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in the book of Exodus
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but did you know
that that wasn't it?
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God's first sanctuary on
earth was the Garden of Eden.
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Check this out... beautiful.
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In Richard
Davidson's recent book...
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his textbook on the Sanctuary,
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he outlines 40
different parallels
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between the Old
Testament Sanctuary
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and the Garden of Eden.
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We're not going
to go through all 40
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but I want to share a few
of them that stood out to me
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as the most powerful
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and we're just
going to fly through these
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so buckle your pew
belts because here we go.
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First stop, did you
realize that the Garden of Eden
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was not the
first Garden of Eden?
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The one on the earth was
not the first one in existence.
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Ezekiel chapter 28 verse 13
says that before Lucifer's fall,
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he was in Eden...
the Garden of God.
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So, the earthly Garden of Eden
was actually to be a reflection
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of the heavenly Garden of Eden.
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God already had a
Garden of Eden in heaven
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and, of course, the one on
earth as mentioned was designed
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to be a picture or
reflection of that one.
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Now, the parallels
between the Garden of Eden
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and the Sanctuary.
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The Garden of
Eden... the Bible tells us
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was planted eastward...
Genesis 2 verse 8 tells us this
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and it says in Genesis 3:24
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that it's entrance
was on the eastside
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so, the Garden of Eden
had an eastward orientation.
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Well, did the sanctuary
have anything to do with
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the direction of east?
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Absolutely, the entrance to the
Sanctuary was on the east side.
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Secondly, the Tree of
Life... the Bible says
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was placed in the
middle of the Garden.
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Well, similarly,
in the Sanctuary,
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the Menorah or the
seven-branched candlesticks
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in the middle of the
Sanctuary... in the Holy Place
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and the Bible tells us that
it was designed to have buds
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and be shaped like a tree with
branches and almond blossoms
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so, this was a picture of
the Tree of Life in a sense.
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Furthermore, the light that
would shine from the Menorah
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in the Sanctuary...
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the word used to
describe that light
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is the Hebrew word, "mu'ár"
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that word is only ever used
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in the first five
books of the Bible...
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to describe the lesser light...
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the lesser mu'ár
and the greater mu'ár...
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the sun and the moon
in the Garden of Eden
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in Genesis 1 in Creation.
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These are the only two places
that the word "mu'ár" is used
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and so, there is
that connection as well.
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Next, the Bible says
that God's temple in heaven
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was on the Holy Mountain of God.
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It was on a... what?
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On a mountain... on
the Holy Mountain of God.
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Well, Solomon's
Temple in the Old Testament
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was on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
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Did you know that
the Garden of Eden
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was actually on a mountain
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or an elevated place?
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It doesn't say it
explicitly in the text there,
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it doesn't say
"Mountain" or a "Large Hill"
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but we know this is the case
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because Genesis 2
verses 10 through 14 tells us
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that there were
four different rivers
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that came out of one source
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and they flowed south
and north and east and west
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out of that one source.
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Logical conclusion?
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It was on an elevated
place... either a large hill
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or a mountain...
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similarly too, the
sanctuary that God designs.
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Last, in the Garden
of Eden the Bible says
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that God walked with
Adam and Eve in the Garden
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in the cool of the day,
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that Hebrew word
is the word, "Halak"
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and the word "Halak" is
also used of God's presence
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in the sanctuary
later in the Old Testament
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when the sanctuary
was designed and built.
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Friends, God walked and
talked with Adam and Eve.
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He spoke with them face to face.
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How amazing it must have been
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to walk and talk with
the God of the universe.
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What a beautiful
thing that must have been!
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What an incredible experience!
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But sadly, as we
know the Bible tells us
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that Adam and Eve
chose to disobey God.
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They chose to sin
and to eat of that Tree
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of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil
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and as a result, pain
and suffering and death
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came in through
sin and rebellion.
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The Bible tells us
in Isaiah 59 verse 2
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that the result of sin is
that we are separated from God.
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Listen... look... read
the verse along with me,
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"But your iniquities have
separated you from your God;
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and your sins have
hidden His... " what?
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"hidden His face from you. "
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All of a sudden, God was
separated from His people.
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Those who He had
walked and talked with...
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those who He had
loved to commune with...
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those made in His image...
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He was separated from them
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and He was in this long-distance
relationship all of a sudden.
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Last year, at 3ABN Homecoming,
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my wife Charissa
preached a message called:
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We're getting married.
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Well, we got married...
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actually, right
here in this church
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and this is the
first time that we are back
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since our recent marriage...
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our wedding and so,
it was an amazing day
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and marriage and ministry
together has been amazing.
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We're both happier...
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hence a little
heavier than when we...
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before we got married
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and, you know, our
wedding day was an amazing day!
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It was the end of a long...
long-distance relationship
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and although our
marriage looks like this,
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most of our relationship
looked more like this.
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We were... we were
talking and texting...
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we were on the
phone speaking together...
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we were texting each
other back and forth...
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we were communicating
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because when you love somebody,
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you can't bear to
be separated from them.
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You want to be
together with them.
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You want to be
connected with them.
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Friends, praise God that in
this long-distance relationship
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that we have with God right now,
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we can be connected
with Him through prayer
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and not only prayer,
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we can read His text messages
to us in His holy Word, amen.
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We can communicate with
Him and be connected with Him
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even though He's
distant and far away in heaven
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and praise the Lord
that that day of this
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long-distance relationship
will come to an end very soon.
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But this connection with
Adam and Eve through prayer
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wasn't good enough to God.
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He wanted to end the
long-distance relationship
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with His people...
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He wanted to dwell
with us again face to face
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and this brings us
to our next passage.
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Exodus 25 verse 8,
this is, as many call it,
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"The gospel
according to Moses... "
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Exodus 25 verse
8, tells us this...
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that God spoke to
Moses and He said,
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"And let them
make Me a sanctuary,
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that I may dwell among them. "
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Then in verse 9,
God explains to Moses
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that the earthly
sanctuary he was to build
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was to be a shadow of
the heavenly sanctuary.
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Now remember that word, "Shadow"
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because we're going to come
back to it later in our message.
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Just would like to
give you a quick overview
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of the Old Testament
Sanctuary very quickly,
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just a walk-through of it.
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The sinner would
come into the sanctuary
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and he would most
often bring a lamb
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although there
were other sacrifices
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that were brought as well
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for different
types of offerings,
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and he would come... and as
he would enter into the gate
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of the sanctuary...
there the priest would meet him
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and he would confess his
sins upon the head of this lamb
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or this animal...
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the throat sadly
would be cut of this animal
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and the blood
collected in a basin.
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The sinner...
having been broken hearted
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by having to see this perfect
and innocent animal put to death
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because of his own sins,
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would leave knowing
that he was forgiven.
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The priest would
then take the blood...
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he would take the animal
and he would divide it...
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and place it on the
Altar of Burnt Offering...
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he would take
the basin of blood...
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wash his hands and
feet there at the Laver
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and then would enter into
the Holy place of the sanctuary
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where the blood
would be applied as well
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as it had already been applied
to the horns of the Altar in...
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of the... the
Altar of Burnt Offering
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toward the entrance.
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And so, this was kind
of the general overview.
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In the Most Holy
Place, there was...
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or in the Sanctuary
itself, was the Most Holy Place
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and this is where the
Ark of the Covenant was
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as we're going to see
in a few minutes together
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but I want you to notice
three special words with me
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back in our
verse, Exodus 25 verse 8,
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what was the
purpose of the Sanctuary?
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God tells Moses, "Let
them make Me a sanctuary,
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that I might... " what?
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.28
"dwell among them. "
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Friends, God's entire
purpose for the sanctuary was...
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so that He could
dwell among His people,
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so that He could
be with us once again
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and we're going to see
this phrase, "Dwell among them"
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or "dwell with them" thread
throughout our entire message
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as we see it
throughout redemption history.
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God dwelt with Adam
and Eve in the Garden
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and now He's communicating
that the ultimate purpose
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of His sanctuary
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is to enable Him to dwell
with His people once again...
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face to face... to be able
to walk and to talk with us.
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To be able to put this
long-distance relationship
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at an end and to
be together forever.
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There are two overarching
purposes for God's sanctuary.
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First of all,
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the first and primary and
main purpose of the sanctuary
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is so that God could be close...
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God wanted to
dwell with his people
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amongst and within His people.
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So, first of all, God
wanted to be close to us,
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praise God.
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We serve a Savior and a God...
the Creator of the universe
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that's keeping the
entire universe in orbit...
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the planets and the stars
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and all the number of worlds
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and yet, He cares
about us individually.
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He loves us personally.
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Praise God that He
wants to dwell with us,
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He wants to be close to us.
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What a wonderful
God that we serve.
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But even more
beautifully than being close
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to Old Testament Israel
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through the
sanctuary in a physical sense.
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Secondly, the sanctuary
outlines how God would one day
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dwell with His people
again in a perfect universe
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in the earth made new.
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Friends, God wants to
end this long distance
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and to return...
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as we heard this morning...
for the ultimate rescue
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when all the
dead will live again.
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We'll be raised back to
life and taken home to heaven
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for eternity with Him.
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We live in a
broken sin-sick world
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and God must and can
and will deal with sin,
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and the sanctuary
outlines through its structure
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and through its services,
just how God will do that.
00:22:59.84\00:23:03.11
How He will purify His people,
00:23:03.14\00:23:05.01
how He will purge the
planet and the universe
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from death and destruction...
from Satan and his angel...
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from sin itself
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shows us how He
will purify the universe.
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In the words of
that beautiful hymn,
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"Only faintly now, I see Him,
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With a darkening veil between,
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But a blessed day is coming,
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When His glory shall be seen.
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.14
Face to face with
Christ, my Savior,
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Face to face shall I behold Him,
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Far beyond the starry sky;
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Face to face in all His glory,
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I shall see Him by and by!
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Friends, are you looking forward
to seeing Jesus face to face?
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Audience: Amen
Pastor: Amen... so am I.
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Two final points on
the Old Testament sanctuary
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and then, we'll move on.
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In Exodus 28 verse
36, the Bible tells us
00:23:52.16\00:23:55.00
that the Old
Testament High Priest
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would have something
written on a gold plate
00:23:57.77\00:24:01.17
and tied to his forehead on
the miter across his forehead
00:24:01.20\00:24:05.17
with a blue thread
00:24:05.21\00:24:06.57
and the Bible tells us
00:24:06.61\00:24:07.94
that this is what
was written on the plate,
00:24:07.98\00:24:10.58
"Holiness to YHWH... "
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"Holiness to YHWH" or Jehovah.
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Secondly, 1st Kings
6 verse 20 tells us,
00:24:17.69\00:24:20.99
this of the Most Holy
Place in Solomon's temple,
00:24:21.02\00:24:24.09
it says that its measurement
was 20 by 20 by 20 cubits.
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What shape is as long as
it is wide as it is tall?
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Audience: A cube.
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That's exactly
right... a cube...
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so the most Holy Place
was in the shape of a cube
00:24:36.30\00:24:38.97
and the Bible tells us in
the very next verse there,
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.61
that it was
overlaid with gold...
00:24:41.64\00:24:43.91
the walls... the
ceiling... the floor...
00:24:43.95\00:24:45.95
everything in
the Most Holy Place
00:24:45.98\00:24:47.58
was overlaid with pure gold.
00:24:47.62\00:24:49.05
So, when the
Shekinah glory of God...
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.09
its brightness
would actually come
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.09
and fill the Most Holy Place,
00:24:53.12\00:24:55.59
it would be the most
bright and beautiful thing
00:24:55.62\00:24:58.69
that the High
Priest had ever seen.
00:24:58.76\00:25:00.33
This is what the
Bible tells us was the case
00:25:00.40\00:25:03.73
with the Old Testament sanctuary
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.43
and that Most Holy Place...
00:25:05.47\00:25:07.54
it will be bright and beautiful
shining with the glory of God.
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.57
Well, we'll see
in our next section
00:25:10.61\00:25:13.78
that the glory of God
was about to shine brighter
00:25:13.81\00:25:17.15
and more
beautiful than ever before.
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First John... or excuse me...
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.35
John chapter 1 verse 14
tells us this beautiful reality
00:25:21.38\00:25:25.59
of the Plan of Redemption.
00:25:25.62\00:25:26.96
It says, "And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. "
00:25:26.99\00:25:32.36
This word "dwelt"
is... is similar...
00:25:32.39\00:25:35.56
it's the same idea as
that Old Testament word
00:25:35.60\00:25:38.13
where God said, "Let
them make me a sanctuary
00:25:38.17\00:25:40.67
and I will dwell among them. "
00:25:40.70\00:25:42.17
This verse is telling us
that the God of all eternity
00:25:42.20\00:25:45.97
dwelt in human flesh.
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.64
The word there
actually literally means,
00:25:47.68\00:25:50.18
"To pitch your
tent... to pitch camp... "
00:25:50.25\00:25:52.71
so, Jesus
pitched His tent among us
00:25:52.75\00:25:56.25
and He took on human flesh.
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.45
You know, we've been camping
00:25:58.49\00:26:01.62
once since we got
married, Charissa and I,
00:26:01.66\00:26:04.23
this wasn't our actual tent
00:26:04.26\00:26:06.80
but this was at
the same camp meeting,
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.73
it was that big camp
in northern south wales,
00:26:08.76\00:26:10.77
it's Stuarts Points...
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.13
and you know,
Charissa was a trooper,
00:26:12.17\00:26:14.44
she did great as
camping for almost two weeks
00:26:14.50\00:26:17.64
without running water,
00:26:17.67\00:26:19.21
you know, all of the...
those types of conveniences,
00:26:19.27\00:26:22.61
but one of Charissa's
favorite things about heaven
00:26:22.64\00:26:25.98
is that there
will be no germs there
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.58
and so, camping has
some of its challenges
00:26:28.62\00:26:33.89
and let's... let's be real,
00:26:33.92\00:26:35.32
I mean, if you've
ever been to a camp ground
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.26
where you're living
with a lot of people,
00:26:37.29\00:26:40.06
you know that
cleanliness and orderliness
00:26:40.10\00:26:43.23
and warmth in the
cold and cool in the heat
00:26:43.26\00:26:46.03
and running water
and your own shower
00:26:46.07\00:26:48.80
are things that you really
start to miss after a while.
00:26:48.84\00:26:52.41
Well, friends, when Jesus
pitched His tent among us...
00:26:52.47\00:26:56.04
when He became human...
00:26:56.08\00:26:58.28
He went not just
from a house here on earth
00:26:58.31\00:27:04.19
to a tent here on earth,
00:27:04.22\00:27:05.89
He went from the
palaces of paradise
00:27:05.92\00:27:08.86
to the nastiness of Nazareth.
00:27:08.89\00:27:10.86
Jesus' descension from a
place where disease didn't exist
00:27:10.89\00:27:15.63
and germs didn't exist and
uncleanliness didn't exist,
00:27:15.66\00:27:20.37
and pain and sorrow
and suffering didn't exist,
00:27:20.40\00:27:22.44
to a world filled with
darkness and pain and suffering
00:27:22.50\00:27:25.21
and sorrow and death...
00:27:25.24\00:27:26.57
this condescension is
beyond what we can comprehend.
00:27:26.61\00:27:29.94
We're actually told
that through all of eternity,
00:27:29.98\00:27:33.35
we're going to be
studying the plan of redemption
00:27:33.38\00:27:36.69
and it's going to continue,
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.62
we would never be able
to exhaust its beauties,
00:27:38.65\00:27:40.79
but we will continue to
learn more and more and more
00:27:40.82\00:27:44.59
down through the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.86
Friends, what a
sacrifice... what a God!
00:27:47.90\00:27:51.13
Now, what happened was...
00:27:51.17\00:27:54.84
the Old Testament
sanctuary was completed
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.11
was something very
special and significant.
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.74
The Bible tells us
that God's physical presence
00:27:59.77\00:28:02.34
came and dwelt
there in the sanctuary...
00:28:02.38\00:28:04.65
His Shekinah
glory... His brightness.
00:28:04.68\00:28:06.92
The next part of the
verse in John 1:14 says this,
00:28:06.95\00:28:09.55
"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
00:28:09.58\00:28:12.15
and we beheld His... " what?
00:28:12.19\00:28:14.09
"His glory...
00:28:14.12\00:28:15.59
the glory as of the
only begotten Father,
00:28:15.62\00:28:19.06
full of grace and truth. "
00:28:19.09\00:28:21.33
Friends, the place where the
glory of God shone the brightest
00:28:21.36\00:28:26.10
was the character...
the face of Jesus Christ
00:28:26.13\00:28:30.04
in His life...
in His personhood.
00:28:30.11\00:28:32.94
In Jesus, the glory of God
shone brighter than ever before
00:28:32.97\00:28:37.81
than anywhere before.
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.58
The world was blessed
with the Shekinah glory of God
00:28:39.61\00:28:43.42
in the person of Jesus Christ.
00:28:43.45\00:28:45.49
He was
Immanuel... the Bible tells us
00:28:45.52\00:28:47.62
and what does the
name "Immanuel" mean?
00:28:47.66\00:28:49.72
God with us.
00:28:49.76\00:28:53.13
Jesus
tabernacled in human flesh,
00:28:53.19\00:28:55.86
He was like the sanctuary...
00:28:55.90\00:28:57.97
His body was the sanctuary
00:28:58.00\00:29:00.00
and in fact, Jesus mentioned
the sanctuary a few times...
00:29:00.04\00:29:03.97
the temple in His life...
00:29:04.01\00:29:05.34
one was in John
chapter 2 verses 19 to 21.
00:29:05.37\00:29:07.44
He was talking with
the religious leaders
00:29:07.48\00:29:09.61
and the Bible
tells us He told them,
00:29:09.64\00:29:11.55
"Destroy this
temple, and in three days
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.45
I will raise it up. "
00:29:13.48\00:29:14.82
And the Jews thinking He
was talking about that temple
00:29:14.85\00:29:17.69
that they so revered, they said,
00:29:17.72\00:29:19.05
"It has taken forty-six
years to build this temple,
00:29:19.09\00:29:21.79
and You will raise
it up in three days?
00:29:21.82\00:29:24.06
But He was speaking of
the temple of His body. "
00:29:24.13\00:29:28.10
Now, beyond Jesus just
communicating here that...
00:29:28.13\00:29:32.07
that the human body is
designed to be a temple for God,
00:29:32.10\00:29:36.20
Jesus was actually communicating
something much more powerful.
00:29:36.24\00:29:39.97
He was telling
the religious leaders,
00:29:40.01\00:29:42.34
"That temple
that you so revered...
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.68
that you so built
up and appreciate...
00:29:44.71\00:29:46.95
that temple that you
consider as so holy...
00:29:46.98\00:29:50.49
everything about it
pointed forward to me.
00:29:50.52\00:29:53.76
He was telling
them that the sanctuary
00:29:53.79\00:29:55.99
was pointing
them forward to Him.
00:29:56.02\00:29:58.23
It was all about Christ,
00:29:58.26\00:29:59.66
this was the purpose of
the Old Testament sanctuary
00:29:59.69\00:30:03.10
and Friends,
every furniture piece...
00:30:03.13\00:30:05.57
every sacrifice...
00:30:05.60\00:30:07.20
every service
centered in Christ.
00:30:07.24\00:30:10.87
We're going to look just
briefly and quickly together
00:30:10.91\00:30:13.94
at a few of these.
00:30:13.98\00:30:15.31
We're not going
to spend much time
00:30:15.34\00:30:16.68
speaking about the sacrifices.
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.31
The Bible tells us in Leviticus,
00:30:18.35\00:30:19.91
it outlines the
different sacrifices
00:30:19.98\00:30:21.88
of that were to
take place at the temple,
00:30:21.95\00:30:24.45
and if you want an excellent
book in learning how...
00:30:24.52\00:30:27.42
that will just
explain very clearly
00:30:27.46\00:30:29.09
how each and every sacrifice
points it forward to Jesus,
00:30:29.12\00:30:33.16
whether it was the goats
or the lamb or the red heifer
00:30:33.19\00:30:37.20
or the grain
offering or the turtle dove,
00:30:37.23\00:30:39.13
check out the book by
Roy Gane called: Altar Call.
00:30:39.17\00:30:42.54
It's beautiful and you can
see the gospel in Leviticus
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.57
very clearly
00:30:45.64\00:30:46.98
but I just want to
talk to you for a moment
00:30:47.01\00:30:49.01
and speaking of the sanctuary
or the sacrifices there
00:30:49.04\00:30:52.61
what did John say of
Jesus in John 1 verse 29?
00:30:52.65\00:30:56.15
John the Baptist... he
said, "Behold the... " what?
00:30:56.18\00:31:00.12
"The Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of the world. "
00:31:00.16\00:31:04.46
Every sacrifice of the sanctuary
points it forward to Jesus.
00:31:04.49\00:31:08.76
Next, even the
furniture of the sanctuary
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.17
pointed forward to Jesus
00:31:11.20\00:31:12.53
and check out a
book called, "Sarah"
00:31:12.57\00:31:14.04
a book by Sarah Elizabeth
Peck called: The Sanctuary.
00:31:14.07\00:31:17.77
It's an old book
written in like 1902 or so
00:31:17.81\00:31:20.48
and very powerful
00:31:20.54\00:31:21.88
but let's just
check this out briefly.
00:31:21.91\00:31:23.85
The bronze altar
of burnt offering...
00:31:23.88\00:31:25.95
what kind of metal is bronze?
00:31:25.98\00:31:28.98
Can you dig bronze out of the
ground in ore form and melt it?
00:31:29.02\00:31:32.02
No... bronze is a composite
metal of copper and tin.
00:31:32.05\00:31:36.93
Was Jesus a
composite being? Yes or no?
00:31:36.96\00:31:39.63
Yes He was... He was
100% man and 100% God...
00:31:39.66\00:31:43.97
both of them
combined in one person.
00:31:44.00\00:31:46.97
God and man...
100% combined in one...
00:31:47.00\00:31:49.90
the Altar of Burnt Offering
even points us to Jesus...
00:31:49.94\00:31:52.47
even the type of
metal that it was.
00:31:52.51\00:31:53.84
Next, the Laver... John 7:37,
00:31:53.88\00:31:56.61
Jesus said, "If anyone thirsts,
let him come to me, and drink. "
00:31:56.64\00:31:59.98
The Table of
Shewbread, John 6:51,
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.32
He said, " I am the living bread
which came down from heaven. "
00:32:02.35\00:32:05.09
The seven-branched
candlesticks, John 8:12,
00:32:05.12\00:32:07.72
He said, "I am the... " what?
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.52
"the light of the world. "
00:32:09.56\00:32:11.23
The Altar of Incense...
Hebrews 7:25 tells us,
00:32:11.26\00:32:14.00
"He ever lives to
make intercession for us. "
00:32:14.03\00:32:17.10
The Ark of the
Covenant... Hebrews 8 verse 1,
00:32:17.13\00:32:20.14
we're told, "We
have such a High Priest,
00:32:20.20\00:32:22.97
who is seated at the
right hand of the throne
00:32:23.00\00:32:25.84
of the Majesty in the heavens. "
00:32:25.87\00:32:29.11
Friends, Jesus is pointed to
00:32:29.14\00:32:32.31
in every article of
furniture in the sanctuary.
00:32:32.35\00:32:35.12
Incredible... and if you look
at the Old Testament Sanctuary,
00:32:35.15\00:32:38.39
and you turn it on its side
00:32:38.42\00:32:40.76
with the east side
being in the bottom,
00:32:40.79\00:32:42.56
and you draw a line through
every article of furniture,
00:32:42.62\00:32:45.33
guess what shape it makes?
00:32:45.36\00:32:46.70
It forms a cross.
00:32:46.73\00:32:48.53
Even the layout of the sanctuary
00:32:48.56\00:32:51.03
pointed forward to Jesus'
death on the cross for us...
00:32:51.07\00:32:54.67
the Plan of Redemption at
its apex... at its high point.
00:32:54.70\00:32:58.27
Next, the high priest
in the Old Testament...
00:32:58.31\00:33:01.14
Exodus chapter 28 tells
us that on his shoulders
00:33:01.18\00:33:03.95
were two special stones
called the Urim and the Thummim.
00:33:03.98\00:33:06.82
Six names of the tribes
of Israel were etched on one
00:33:06.85\00:33:09.62
and six names on the other
00:33:09.65\00:33:11.42
and on his chest he
wore a gold breastplate
00:33:11.45\00:33:14.12
with twelve precious gems on it
00:33:14.16\00:33:16.19
and each one had a name
of the tribes of Israel on it
00:33:16.22\00:33:19.83
and just like
that human high priest
00:33:19.86\00:33:23.06
went into the presence of God
00:33:23.10\00:33:24.43
with the names of
Israel on his shoulders
00:33:24.47\00:33:27.04
and over his chest,
00:33:27.07\00:33:28.40
now, Jesus our
High Priest is in heaven
00:33:28.44\00:33:30.94
and as He is in
the presence of God,
00:33:30.97\00:33:33.58
He has the names of His
people on His shoulders.
00:33:33.61\00:33:36.64
He has us and He's bearing us...
00:33:36.68\00:33:38.88
all of our of our
burdens on His shoulders,
00:33:38.91\00:33:41.52
but more than that,
He has us over His heart.
00:33:41.55\00:33:44.65
He's in the presence
of the God of the universe
00:33:44.69\00:33:47.72
with us on His heart.
00:33:47.76\00:33:50.09
We are loved by Christ.
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.43
God loves us Friends
00:33:52.46\00:33:54.66
and what a
beautiful reality that is.
00:33:54.70\00:33:56.20
Friends, the entire focus of
our message is the sanctuary,
00:33:56.23\00:34:01.10
and the entire focus
of the sanctuary is Jesus.
00:34:01.14\00:34:05.11
This is the entire point of
the Old Testament sanctuary.
00:34:05.14\00:34:09.64
God wanted to
highlight this so much
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.58
that even in
Jesus' life on earth,
00:34:11.61\00:34:13.92
it was bookended
with the sanctuary.
00:34:13.95\00:34:16.22
John 1 verse 14,
00:34:16.25\00:34:18.12
"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. "
00:34:18.15\00:34:20.89
That's a
reference to the sanctuary
00:34:20.92\00:34:22.26
and then, all the way
at the end of His life,
00:34:22.32\00:34:24.43
when Jesus was on the cross...
when He breathed His last,
00:34:24.46\00:34:26.76
Matthew 27 tells us,
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.46
that something happened
in that earthly sanctuary,
00:34:28.50\00:34:30.80
what was it?
00:34:30.83\00:34:32.37
Pause...
00:34:32.40\00:34:33.90
The veil was ripped
from top... from the top down
00:34:33.94\00:34:37.47
in the Old
Testament sanctuary...
00:34:37.51\00:34:39.01
in that sanctuary there...
00:34:39.04\00:34:41.24
that physical sanctuary
and God was trying to say,
00:34:41.28\00:34:44.58
every lamb... every
goat... every red heifer,
00:34:44.61\00:34:47.88
every turtledove,
00:34:47.95\00:34:49.28
every animal in
every offering points us
00:34:49.32\00:34:52.09
to Jesus the Lamb of God
00:34:52.12\00:34:53.46
Who had just died to take
away the sins of the world.
00:34:53.49\00:34:56.09
The Old Testament
sanctuary was now obsolete...
00:34:56.12\00:35:00.16
it was no longer necessary.
00:35:00.20\00:35:02.40
The shadow had met
its reality in Christ.
00:35:02.43\00:35:05.63
When Jesus spoke His
final words on the cross,
00:35:05.70\00:35:08.87
it is finished...
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.24
it was three
words in English, right,
00:35:10.27\00:35:12.87
but in Greek, it
was just one word.
00:35:12.94\00:35:15.71
It was the word "Tetelestai"
00:35:15.74\00:35:18.11
Telelestai...
00:35:18.15\00:35:19.78
and this word has actually
been found by archeologists
00:35:19.81\00:35:23.25
on written debt records...
00:35:23.28\00:35:25.62
where someone owed
someone a large amount of money
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.26
and the word "Tetelestai" is
actually written across the top
00:35:28.29\00:35:32.99
as to say: Paid in Full!
00:35:33.03\00:35:35.96
Friends when Christ
cried out on the cross,
00:35:36.00\00:35:38.87
"It is finished... "
00:35:38.90\00:35:40.24
He wasn't just saying,
"Hey, my life on earth...
00:35:40.27\00:35:42.57
my earthly life is finished. "
00:35:42.60\00:35:43.94
He was saying, "The price for
the redemption of my children
00:35:43.97\00:35:47.51
is paid in full. "
00:35:47.58\00:35:49.24
Praise God for what
Christ has done for us, amen.
00:35:49.28\00:35:54.32
We have been bought by
the precious blood of Christ.
00:35:54.35\00:35:59.35
Fast forward with me 40 days,
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.96
Jesus had resurrected and
now His disciples looked on,
00:36:01.99\00:36:05.49
He began to defy gravity
00:36:05.53\00:36:08.16
as He rose higher
and higher into the sky
00:36:08.20\00:36:10.63
until He was caught
up by a cloud of angels
00:36:10.67\00:36:13.03
and taken out of their sight.
00:36:13.10\00:36:14.44
"Jesus' words to
them" as they thought
00:36:14.47\00:36:16.84
"seemed completely impossible. "
00:36:16.87\00:36:18.71
How could it be that
by leaving His disciples,
00:36:18.74\00:36:21.84
He was going to
be closer to them
00:36:21.88\00:36:23.51
than when He was actually there,
walking and talking with them.
00:36:23.55\00:36:26.15
But after ten
days in the Upper Room,
00:36:26.21\00:36:28.82
Christ was about
to take that promise
00:36:28.85\00:36:31.42
that God would dwell with
them to a whole 'nother level.
00:36:31.45\00:36:35.42
The book of Acts tells us
that there was a loud sound
00:36:35.46\00:36:39.36
like a mighty rushing winds.
00:36:39.39\00:36:41.13
The disciples then had
what looked like tongues of fire
00:36:41.16\00:36:43.77
above their heads
00:36:43.80\00:36:45.13
and were filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:36:45.17\00:36:47.00
They could miraculously
speak in other languages
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.21
so that the gospel could
go forth to the entire world.
00:36:50.27\00:36:53.58
The more miraculous than being
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:36:53.61\00:36:57.25
or then, speaking in tongues
00:36:57.28\00:37:00.05
was that they were
filled with the Holy Spirit.
00:37:00.12\00:37:02.28
He filled their hearts
and minds in a whole new way.
00:37:02.32\00:37:06.25
In his letter to
the church of Corinth,
00:37:06.29\00:37:08.89
in both of them
actually... both letters...
00:37:08.92\00:37:11.46
Paul... a total of three
times mentions this reality
00:37:11.49\00:37:16.56
that we are to be
temples of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:16.60\00:37:20.60
Paul says in 1st
Corinthians 3:16,
00:37:20.64\00:37:24.31
the following words,
00:37:24.34\00:37:26.01
"Do you not know that
you are the temple of God
00:37:26.04\00:37:28.44
and that the Holy
Spirit dwells in you?"
00:37:28.48\00:37:31.51
Corinth was a city saturated
with salesmen and sailors
00:37:31.55\00:37:35.88
living sin-sick lives.
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.65
On a hill called the Acropolis
in the middle of the city,
00:37:37.69\00:37:41.09
the city had this
temple of Aphrodite
00:37:41.12\00:37:44.06
the Greek Goddess of
Love as she was called.
00:37:44.09\00:37:46.36
It was really the the
Greek Goddess of Lust.
00:37:46.39\00:37:48.60
Paul reminded the
Corinthian believers,
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.43
"You are a temple of God"
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.84
and every time they would look
up and see those temple ruins,
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.47
that were already
ruins in Paul's day,
00:37:57.51\00:37:59.64
they would
remember, "Wait a minute,
00:37:59.67\00:38:02.54
I am meant to be
a temple of God... "
00:38:02.58\00:38:05.05
and they would pray a prayer,
00:38:05.08\00:38:06.41
"Lord, fill me
with your Holy Spirit,
00:38:06.45\00:38:08.55
I want to be a
sanctuary for you. "
00:38:08.58\00:38:10.79
Though the temple was
in ruins in Paul's day,
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.62
there were still
1,000 temple prostitutes
00:38:13.66\00:38:16.39
that would work the city below,
00:38:16.42\00:38:17.76
causing all kinds of
degradation and perversion.
00:38:17.79\00:38:20.70
Right after Paul commands
them to flee sexual immorality,
00:38:20.76\00:38:24.87
he pens these words in
1st Corinthians 6 verse 19,
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.97
"Or do you not know
that your body is the temple
00:38:28.00\00:38:31.07
of the Holy
Spirit who is in you,
00:38:31.11\00:38:32.71
whom you have from God,
and you are not your own?
00:38:32.74\00:38:35.64
For you were bought at a price:
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.88
therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit,
00:38:38.91\00:38:42.95
which are God's. "
00:38:42.98\00:38:44.45
Friends, every time they
pulled out their money pouch,
00:38:44.52\00:38:47.76
they were tempted
to pay for pleasure.
00:38:47.79\00:38:51.06
They would think, "No, I
have been bought at a price,
00:38:51.09\00:38:54.83
I belong to God...
00:38:54.86\00:38:56.46
I have been bought with
the precious blood of Christ. "
00:38:56.50\00:38:59.83
Friends, we are living in a time
00:38:59.87\00:39:02.74
where perversity
and sexual impurity
00:39:02.77\00:39:05.61
are at an all-time high.
00:39:05.64\00:39:07.44
Just like the 1,000
temple prostitutes of Corinth,
00:39:07.48\00:39:10.08
today, the devil
has 1,000s of ways
00:39:10.15\00:39:12.48
that he's trying
to tempt men and women
00:39:12.51\00:39:14.38
to fall into
lust and sexual sins.
00:39:14.42\00:39:16.25
When you go shopping,
00:39:16.28\00:39:17.69
he tempts you to buy that
dress that's a little shorter
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.39
or those pants that
are a little tight...
00:39:20.42\00:39:22.49
that shirt
that's a little lower...
00:39:22.52\00:39:24.49
or maybe it's the temptations of
posts of Facebook or Instagram
00:39:24.53\00:39:28.30
that
after-work-out photo of yourself
00:39:28.33\00:39:30.10
that you really
know you shouldn't...
00:39:30.13\00:39:32.13
through
promiscuous party culture
00:39:32.17\00:39:34.10
that permeates our
university campuses and towns...
00:39:34.14\00:39:36.77
through the plague
of online pornography...
00:39:36.81\00:39:39.07
through steamy romance novels...
00:39:39.11\00:39:40.98
through YouTube...
Hollywood and Bollywood...
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.65
in thousands of different ways,
Satan is trying to trip us up
00:39:43.68\00:39:47.15
but you know what?
00:39:47.18\00:39:48.52
Even in our highly
sexualized society,
00:39:48.55\00:39:52.19
we can be pure.
00:39:52.22\00:39:54.22
We can be victorious, amen.
00:39:54.26\00:39:57.03
James 4 verse 7 tells
us, "Draw near unto God... "
00:39:57.06\00:40:00.93
and it says, "Submit
yourselves therefore unto God.
00:40:00.96\00:40:04.80
Resist the devil
and he will... " what?
00:40:04.83\00:40:07.04
"Flee from you...
00:40:07.10\00:40:08.97
Draw near to God and he
will draw near to you. "
00:40:09.00\00:40:12.41
The key to victory
is drawing near to God
00:40:12.44\00:40:15.71
because in the presence of God,
00:40:15.74\00:40:17.58
and through the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit,
00:40:17.61\00:40:19.31
we can be victorious over the
temptations that may assail us.
00:40:19.35\00:40:23.39
Now, the
disciples experience this
00:40:23.42\00:40:26.19
through the
power of God's presence
00:40:26.22\00:40:28.92
Christ dwelt in their hearts
00:40:28.96\00:40:31.29
through every
surrendered follower of Him,
00:40:31.33\00:40:33.80
He lived out His life.
00:40:33.83\00:40:35.50
The disciples became
so full of His purity...
00:40:35.53\00:40:39.63
so full of His goodness...
00:40:39.67\00:40:41.70
so full of His righteousness
00:40:41.74\00:40:43.67
that there was no room
left for selfishness and sin
00:40:43.71\00:40:46.57
because they had let Jesus in.
00:40:46.64\00:40:48.38
Christ was living in
their hearts by faith
00:40:48.41\00:40:51.28
and now, in the
plan of redemption
00:40:51.31\00:40:53.98
God would dwell with His people
00:40:54.02\00:40:56.25
not in a physical building...
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.45
not limited to one
physical location at a time
00:40:58.49\00:41:02.02
like Jesus was
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.39
but now, inside
of every believer.
00:41:03.43\00:41:06.13
Check this out,
00:41:06.16\00:41:07.60
in the Old Testament
with the sanctuary as we saw,
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.96
God said, "I will
dwell with them. "
00:41:10.00\00:41:12.83
Then in John, the Bible
says that the Word became flesh
00:41:12.90\00:41:16.34
and dwelt among us.
00:41:16.40\00:41:17.74
Jesus said, "I
will dwell with them"
00:41:17.77\00:41:20.28
but now, through the
Holy Spirit God was saying,
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.98
"I will dwell within them... "
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.98
and God was now able to be
closer to every follower of His
00:41:25.01\00:41:30.62
than ever before
since the fall of man.
00:41:30.65\00:41:34.09
The steps were being taken for
the purification of His people
00:41:34.12\00:41:40.70
the preparation for us
to spend eternity with Him.
00:41:40.73\00:41:44.27
Friends, He wants
to prepare us to dwell
00:41:44.30\00:41:50.04
in His presence forever.
00:41:50.07\00:41:52.11
What a
beautiful reality this is!
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.58
It doesn't matter that
there are a 1,000 temptations,
00:41:54.64\00:41:58.75
just like for the Corinthians.
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.62
Doesn't matter if there
are 1,000s of temptations
00:42:00.65\00:42:03.55
that the devil
has to trip us up,
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.02
we can be victorious in
Christ and through Christ
00:42:05.05\00:42:09.42
to live a Godly and a pure
and an upstanding holy life.
00:42:09.46\00:42:13.46
Now, when we ask
God to fill us...
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.86
to fill our hearts and
minds with the Holy Spirit,
00:42:15.90\00:42:18.60
we find that... that He
actually makes our lives
00:42:18.63\00:42:24.04
reflect the life of Christ,
00:42:24.07\00:42:25.87
and remember Jesus'
life actually was...
00:42:25.94\00:42:29.08
was outlined in the sanctuary,
00:42:29.11\00:42:30.95
even in the
articles of furniture,
00:42:30.98\00:42:32.51
and when we give
our lives to Him,
00:42:32.55\00:42:33.98
our lives can be
outlined there as well.
00:42:34.02\00:42:36.12
Check this out...
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.49
the Altar of Burnt Offering...
00:42:37.52\00:42:39.32
Romans 12 verse 1 tells us
that we can die daily to self,
00:42:39.35\00:42:45.49
and that we are
sacrifices... Romans 12:1 says,
00:42:45.53\00:42:48.30
"We are to be living
sacrifices for God. "
00:42:48.33\00:42:50.80
Next, Galatians 3:27 says
that we are baptized into Christ
00:42:50.83\00:42:54.87
and we put on Christ.
00:42:54.90\00:42:56.24
John 6:58... we are partakers
00:42:56.27\00:42:59.71
or we partake of
Jesus the bread of life
00:42:59.74\00:43:02.04
daily through the Bible
00:43:02.08\00:43:03.98
and through
studying God's holy Word.
00:43:04.01\00:43:07.65
Ephesians 6:18, we
are to pray always...
00:43:07.68\00:43:09.18
this is that Altar of Incense...
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.05
Ephesians 6:18 tells
us, we are to pray always
00:43:11.09\00:43:13.76
with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit.
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.39
And last of all, the Most
Holy Place of the sanctuary...
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.76
the Bible tells us
in Revelation 3:21,
00:43:19.79\00:43:22.13
God spoke these
beautiful words to His people...
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.90
He said, "To him
who overcomes... "
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.60
to him who... what?
00:43:27.64\00:43:29.50
"To him who overcomes,
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.31
I will grant to sit
with Me on My throne
00:43:31.34\00:43:34.41
even also as I overcame and sat
with My Father on His throne. "
00:43:34.44\00:43:39.38
That Ark of the Covenant
had the Mercy Seat on top
00:43:39.41\00:43:43.18
which was a symbol of the throne
of the God of the universe
00:43:43.22\00:43:46.79
and Jesus says,
00:43:46.82\00:43:48.16
"Hey, you overcome
through My strength,
00:43:48.19\00:43:50.36
when I come back to save you
00:43:50.39\00:43:52.26
and bring you
home to heaven with Me,
00:43:52.29\00:43:54.23
you will sit
with Me on My throne,
00:43:54.66\00:43:56.00
even also as I overcame
00:43:56.03\00:43:57.37
and sat with My
Father on His throne. "
00:43:57.40\00:43:59.50
Friends, that is going to be
a beautiful, beautiful thing.
00:43:59.53\00:44:03.51
God wants to dwell
in us... within us...
00:44:03.54\00:44:06.61
and to shine His
glory through us.
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.38
By-the-way, do you
know the first person
00:44:09.41\00:44:11.91
that the Bible ever mentions
00:44:11.95\00:44:14.12
as being specifically
filled with the Spirit of God?
00:44:14.18\00:44:17.79
Bezalel... you
know who Bezalel was?
00:44:17.85\00:44:22.22
The artisan... the
builder who God called
00:44:22.26\00:44:25.83
and set apart to
design and to build
00:44:25.86\00:44:29.36
the Old Testament sanctuary.
00:44:29.40\00:44:31.23
From the very beginning,
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.03
God's sanctuary and
being filled with God's Spirit,
00:44:33.07\00:44:36.37
were united.
00:44:36.40\00:44:37.74
These thoughts were one...
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.11
and it goes back
even further than that,
00:44:39.14\00:44:40.51
Adam... in the Garden of
Eden... his body was there...
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.98
his physical
body... but he was lifeless
00:44:43.01\00:44:44.78
and the Bible says that
God breathed into his nostrils
00:44:44.81\00:44:47.42
the breath of life and
man became a living being.
00:44:47.45\00:44:49.85
That word "breath" in Hebrew
is the same word as "Spirit. "
00:44:49.88\00:44:53.29
Adam was not only
filled with physical breath,
00:44:53.32\00:44:56.12
but he was also
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:44:56.19\00:44:58.96
and this brought him to life.
00:44:58.99\00:45:01.83
Friends, God's sanctuary and
being filled with God's Spirit
00:45:01.86\00:45:05.40
have been connected
all throughout time.
00:45:05.43\00:45:08.00
Now, check this out,
00:45:08.04\00:45:09.50
in Exodus 31, God tells Moses,
00:45:09.54\00:45:12.94
"I have called
Bezalel by name. "
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.34
Do you know what
Bezalel's name means?
00:45:16.38\00:45:19.51
It means, "In
the shadow of God. "
00:45:19.58\00:45:22.65
You may be wondering,
"Well, what's the significance?"
00:45:22.68\00:45:25.75
Hebrews... two times...
00:45:25.79\00:45:27.69
calls the Old
Testament Sanctuary
00:45:27.72\00:45:29.62
a shadow of things to come.
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.76
It's... Bezalel was
actually literally walking in
00:45:31.79\00:45:36.10
the shadow of
God in the sanctuary
00:45:36.13\00:45:38.40
that was to be a shadow
of the things to come...
00:45:38.43\00:45:41.14
a shadow of the cross
and the plan of redemption
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.91
beyond a shadow of the...
00:45:43.94\00:45:45.64
Christ's ministry in
the heavenly sanctuary
00:45:45.67\00:45:48.11
as our High Priest.
00:45:48.14\00:45:49.48
Friends, amazingly
Bezalel was set apart
00:45:49.51\00:45:52.81
and filled with the Holy Spirit
00:45:52.85\00:45:55.02
and this is our
greatest need today as well.
00:45:55.05\00:45:59.05
We need to be filled
with the Spirit of God.
00:45:59.09\00:46:03.02
We can try to live a good
and a pure and a holy life,
00:46:03.06\00:46:07.83
all that we want
in our own strength
00:46:07.86\00:46:09.80
but we will fail...
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.17
but if we are
surrendered to Him,
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.40
we can be victorious.
00:46:13.44\00:46:15.00
because through Christ...
how many things are possible?
00:46:15.04\00:46:17.97
All things are possible.
00:46:18.04\00:46:20.31
Christ promises us this,
"This is our greatest need...
00:46:20.34\00:46:24.41
is to be filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:46:24.48\00:46:27.05
We need the latter
rain of God's Spirit.
00:46:27.08\00:46:29.65
In case you
missed it in the news,
00:46:29.68\00:46:31.55
Australia is currently in
the worst drought in 100 years,
00:46:31.59\00:46:36.26
and we want to invite
you... whoever you are...
00:46:36.32\00:46:38.99
wherever you are watching this,
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.46
please join us
in praying for rain.
00:46:40.50\00:46:41.86
Many of our farmers' families
are terribly suffering out west.
00:46:41.90\00:46:45.87
My wife and I went out there,
00:46:45.90\00:46:48.04
she was leading a prayer weekend
00:46:48.07\00:46:50.17
in a regional of
churches a few weeks ago,
00:46:50.21\00:46:51.94
and we went out... and it
is just so dry and barren,
00:46:51.97\00:46:55.88
it's hard to fathom
until you actually see it
00:46:55.91\00:46:58.81
and then it can sink in.
00:46:58.85\00:47:00.22
We were able to help a
farmer and his... his family.
00:47:00.25\00:47:04.65
We were able to go
and to... to feed...
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.86
help him feed
some of his cattle...
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.99
it takes him all day
just to feed all of his cattle
00:47:09.02\00:47:11.63
and the sheep that
he has there as well.
00:47:11.66\00:47:14.53
Well Friends, as much
as we need physical rain
00:47:14.56\00:47:17.73
and are
desperately in need of that,
00:47:17.77\00:47:19.83
we're in even greater
need of spiritual rain...
00:47:19.87\00:47:22.74
the rain of the Holy Spirit...
00:47:22.77\00:47:25.14
the outpouring
of God's presence,
00:47:25.17\00:47:27.18
we need to be filled with God's
Spirit individually as people...
00:47:27.21\00:47:31.25
unitedly as families
00:47:31.28\00:47:33.42
and corporately as a church.
00:47:33.45\00:47:35.08
He longs for the
world to see His glory
00:47:35.12\00:47:38.89
and to come to
know His character.
00:47:38.92\00:47:41.19
That's really what the
glory of God is by the way,
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.19
it's His character.
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.56
You can check it
out in Exodus 32... 34.
00:47:44.59\00:47:48.23
So God wants to show the world
His character through us...
00:47:48.26\00:47:52.13
through His people.
00:47:52.20\00:47:53.54
Now the last point
before moving to our final part
00:47:53.57\00:47:57.37
in our message...
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.07
what do you notice here
00:47:59.11\00:48:00.74
as you look at the three
middle parts of our message?
00:48:00.78\00:48:04.18
We were in Exodus
25... John chapter 1...
00:48:04.21\00:48:07.85
and 1st Corinthians chapter 3...
00:48:07.88\00:48:10.45
Who is emphasized...
00:48:10.49\00:48:12.09
what member of the
Godhead is emphasized more
00:48:12.12\00:48:14.12
on Mount Sinai and in
the Old Testament sanctuary?
00:48:14.16\00:48:16.62
Pause...
00:48:16.66\00:48:17.99
God the Father... right?
00:48:18.03\00:48:20.43
God the Father is
emphasized more there
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.20
Who then... God became a man
00:48:22.23\00:48:23.97
and His name was... what?
00:48:24.00\00:48:25.33
Jesus...
00:48:25.37\00:48:26.70
and then, God says,
00:48:26.74\00:48:28.07
"Know ye not that your
body is the temple of God... "
00:48:28.10\00:48:29.50
Who dwells within you?
00:48:29.54\00:48:30.87
The Holy Spirit.
00:48:30.91\00:48:32.24
Every single
person of the Godhead
00:48:32.27\00:48:35.18
is involved in
the plan of redemption
00:48:35.21\00:48:37.91
and it centers
in the sanctuary...
00:48:37.98\00:48:40.65
incredible...
00:48:40.68\00:48:42.02
Friends, God is doing
everything that He possibly can
00:48:42.05\00:48:45.95
to prepare as
many people as possible
00:48:45.99\00:48:49.02
to dwell with Him
00:48:49.06\00:48:50.63
not just for a little while
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.69
but face to
face on into eternity
00:48:52.73\00:48:55.56
and every member
of the Godhead...
00:48:55.60\00:48:58.33
every holy angel is working to
prepare us for His soon return.
00:48:58.37\00:49:02.24
Come with me to Revelation
as we wrap up our message.
00:49:02.27\00:49:05.31
Here the Bible tells
us the beautiful reality
00:49:05.34\00:49:08.64
that we will live in
heaven forever with Him.
00:49:08.68\00:49:11.98
After Jesus returns...
00:49:12.01\00:49:14.05
after He saves His people
from earth's final crisis...
00:49:14.08\00:49:17.39
after we are in
heaven for the 1,000 years...
00:49:17.42\00:49:19.85
after the wicked and Satan
and sin itself is incinerated
00:49:19.92\00:49:22.82
in the lake of fire...
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.19
after death itself
will be destroyed...
00:49:24.23\00:49:27.66
on the ashes, God
will create a new heaven
00:49:27.70\00:49:31.27
and a new earth.
00:49:31.30\00:49:32.63
In heaven, one of the groups
of people that will be there
00:49:32.67\00:49:36.81
is a group called the 144,000.
00:49:36.87\00:49:39.94
The Bible tells us that these
are those that will be alive
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.91
at the very end of
time, the righteous...
00:49:42.94\00:49:45.01
those who have given
their lives to Christ...
00:49:45.05\00:49:47.05
who will be there at the
end of time before Jesus...
00:49:47.08\00:49:50.25
or when Jesus returns.
00:49:50.29\00:49:51.75
They'll be alive
during the ultimate rescue
00:49:51.79\00:49:54.56
of Christ's second coming,
00:49:54.59\00:49:55.92
and check out the Bible's
beautiful description of that
00:49:55.96\00:49:58.13
in Revelation 14 verse 1,
00:49:58.16\00:49:59.86
"Then I looked, and behold,
a Lamb standing on Mount Zion,
00:49:59.89\00:50:03.70
and with Him one
hundred and forty-four thousand,
00:50:03.73\00:50:06.00
having His Father's
name written... " where?
00:50:06.03\00:50:08.37
"written in their foreheads. "
00:50:08.40\00:50:10.81
Does this sound familiar?
00:50:10.84\00:50:12.17
What was written on the
forehead of the High Priest
00:50:12.21\00:50:17.28
in the Old Testament?
00:50:17.31\00:50:18.65
"Holiness to... " whom?
00:50:18.68\00:50:20.02
"Yahweh"
00:50:20.05\00:50:21.38
Yahweh is the name of God...
00:50:21.42\00:50:22.82
so in the Old Testament,
it was just one person...
00:50:22.88\00:50:25.55
just the high priest
00:50:25.59\00:50:26.92
that would come into the
physical presence of God,
00:50:26.96\00:50:29.06
and have His name written
over his forehead but now,
00:50:29.09\00:50:32.36
all of the people of God
would have His character...
00:50:32.39\00:50:35.60
His name imprinted
in their frontal lobes.
00:50:35.63\00:50:38.57
Their minds will have been
transformed to become like Him,
00:50:38.60\00:50:42.20
to reflect His
character to be like their God
00:50:42.24\00:50:46.68
and to be like their Savior.
00:50:46.71\00:50:48.41
Friends, this is amazing
00:50:48.44\00:50:50.11
not just one of us
will have this as a reality
00:50:50.15\00:50:53.82
like the Old
Testament high priest,
00:50:53.85\00:50:55.18
but all the followers of God.
00:50:55.22\00:50:56.55
And next, it gets
even more beautiful,
00:50:56.58\00:50:58.72
Revelation 21 verse 16,
00:50:58.75\00:51:00.26
"The city is
laid out in a square:
00:51:00.29\00:51:02.62
its length is as
great as its breadth.
00:51:02.66\00:51:04.76
And he measured
the city with the reed:
00:51:04.79\00:51:06.86
twelve thousand furlongs.
00:51:06.90\00:51:08.23
Its length, breadth,
and height are equal. "
00:51:08.26\00:51:10.90
What kind of shape is that?
00:51:10.93\00:51:12.40
It's a cube.
00:51:12.43\00:51:13.97
Friends, the Bible tells us
here that the New Jerusalem...
00:51:14.00\00:51:17.91
when we will be
dwelling in for all eternity...
00:51:17.94\00:51:21.04
that's primarily
build out of Gold...
00:51:21.08\00:51:23.21
transparent like glass
00:51:23.24\00:51:24.58
is... is the place where
God will dwell with His people
00:51:24.61\00:51:28.58
throughout eternity,
00:51:28.62\00:51:30.59
it's not just
going to be one person
00:51:30.62\00:51:32.12
but we'll all dwell in
a giant Most Holy Place
00:51:32.15\00:51:36.49
with God almighty for eternity.
00:51:36.52\00:51:39.09
The Shekinah
glory of His presence
00:51:39.13\00:51:41.66
will illuminate the place
00:51:41.70\00:51:43.26
and the Bible
tells us in Revelation
00:51:43.30\00:51:44.67
that that will be light
and glorify the entire place.
00:51:44.70\00:51:50.24
Friends, if you
gain one thing...
00:51:50.27\00:51:53.88
if remember one
thing from this message,
00:51:53.91\00:51:56.34
let it be this,
00:51:56.38\00:51:57.85
that God longs
to dwell with you.
00:51:57.88\00:52:03.02
He wants to be close to you
00:52:03.05\00:52:06.15
not just here and now
00:52:06.19\00:52:07.79
through filling you
with His Holy Spirit
00:52:07.82\00:52:09.59
but then and
there on into eternity
00:52:09.62\00:52:13.13
face to face.
00:52:13.16\00:52:15.06
That's His greatest desire...
00:52:15.13\00:52:17.33
that is what the
sanctuary is all about.
00:52:17.37\00:52:20.30
That is what the
life, death, resurrection
00:52:20.34\00:52:23.27
and ministry of
Jesus is all about.
00:52:23.30\00:52:24.84
That is what the infilling
of the Holy Spirit is all about
00:52:24.87\00:52:27.84
and praise God that on
that day, it will be set.
00:52:27.88\00:52:30.78
Our last verse,
Revelation 21 verses 3 and 4,
00:52:30.81\00:52:34.05
"... Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:52:34.08\00:52:37.29
and He will... " what?
00:52:37.35\00:52:39.72
"dwell with them, and
they shall be His people.
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God Himself will be
with them and be their God. "
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Friends, what a
beautiful day that will be!
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Audience: Amen.
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God will have a holy people
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who are living in the
presence of the Holy King.
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The first two
chapters... we're standing...
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we find ourselves...
humanity face to face with God
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in a sinless world.
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The last two
chapters of the Bible,
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face to face with God
in a sinless universe.
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The whole Bible in between
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is God making it possible
to dwell with His people.
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Friends, this is
3ABN Homecoming...
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it's our last message
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but this homecoming only exists
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to prepare us to
look forward to...
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and be ready for that homecoming
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when Jesus will come to
gather His loved ones home.
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I don't know
about you but Friends,
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I want to go home with
Him for all of eternity.
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This world with its
brokenness and sin...
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as much as...
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as the blessings of
God can... can fill it
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and make it a
joy in various ways,
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I'm homesick for
heaven, how about you?
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It's time to go home Friends.
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Revelation 21 verses
3 and 4 is the last time
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that this phrase,
"Dwell with them... "
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exists in all of the Bible,
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and the reason for
that is because this,
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"Dwell with them... "
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will continue into eternity.
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Praise His name...
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we will dwell face to
face with Him forever and ever.
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Life will go on and on and on
and on and on and on and on...
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world without end... amen.
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Audience: Amen.
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Friends, do you want to say,
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"Lord, I want to
be Your sanctuary...
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fill me with Your
Spirit here and now
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so that I can be
ready to meet you
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and dwell with You then
and there through eternity.
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Is that your
desire this morning?
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Amen.
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"Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the
infilling of Your Spirit,
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we thank You that
Jesus is coming soon
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to take us home...
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the ultimate
homecoming that will ever exist,
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and Lord, we thank
You for the sanctuary
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that outlines the
plan of redemption
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and that You
want to be close to us
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and dwell with us face to face.
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.36
Fill us with Your Spirit Lord,
00:55:01.40\00:55:03.30
make us Your walking talking
breathing living sanctuaries...
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shine Your glory
through us we pray,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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