Shall we bow our
heads for prayer.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, as we begin this series
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on the Hebrew sanctuary
that you gave as a model
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of the plan of salvation,
we ask, Father, that You
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will enlighten minds and
that You will soften our hearts
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so that we might understand
the great truths that we find
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in the sanctuary.
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And not only understand them
in our minds, but also apply the
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lessons in our hearts.
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We ask for the
presence of Your Holy Spirit,
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for human minds cannot
understand the great things
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of God unaided.
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So we plead for your presence.
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And we thank You,
Father, for the privilege of
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approaching Your throne boldly,
because we do it in the precious
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name of Jesus,
our Savior and Lord.
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Amen.
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I'd like to invite you to
turn in your Bibles with me to
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the book of Psalms
and I'm going to Psalm 73,
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and I would like to read verse
3 and then verses 12 through 14,
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and then we will
jump down to verse 17.
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This psalm was written by Asaph.
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You know, many of the
psalms were written by David.
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But this particular
psalm was written by
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an individual called Asaph.
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And basically, what
Asaph is struggling with is
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the prosperity of the
boastful and of the wicked.
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And I want you to notice
how he expresses this envy
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at the beginning, and then how
he answers his question about
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why the wicked prosper.
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Let's begin by
reading Psalm 73 and verse 3.
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"For I was envious of
the boastful when I saw
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the prosperity of the wicked."
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Then we jump down to verse 12.
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"Behold, these are the
ungodly, who are always at ease;
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they increase in riches."
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And then he says, "Surely I
have cleansed my heart in vain,
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washed my hands in innocence.
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For all day long
I have been plagued,
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and chastened every morning."
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In other words, what use
is it to cleanse your life,
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to be righteous,
because the wicked prosper
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and the righteous are chastened.
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But now I want you to
notice the answer that he found
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to his problem.
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It's found in verse 17.
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It says there, "Until I
went into the sanctuary of God;
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then I understood their end."
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There was something in
the sanctuary, in the Hebrew
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sanctuary, that explained that
it is good to cleanse your heart
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from sin, and that the
wicked who prosper, the boastful
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who are successful in life, will
eventually receive a just reward
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for their deeds.
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The Hebrew
sanctuary has the explanations
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that many times leave
questions in the mind.
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Now I'd like to begin by
mentioning the sanctuaries
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that are brought
to view in Scripture.
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Particularly the
earthly sanctuaries.
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Now the first sanctuary that
was built, of course, was the
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sanctuary in the wilderness
in the times of Moses.
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This sanctuary was
built around the year 1445 BC.
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And I'd like to read
Exodus 25 and verse 8,
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and then we'll
go down to verse 40,
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where this particular tabernacle
or this sanctuary is spoken of.
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Exodus 25 and verse
8, here God is speaking.
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And He says...
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And then in verse 40, God told
Moses to make this sanctuary
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according to the pattern that
He showed him in the mountain.
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It says there...
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And then in Exodus
36 through 39, we find
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the building of this sanctuary
that God told Moses to build.
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Now after the
sanctuary had been built,
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all of its different parts,
we find in Exodus chapter 40
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and verse 34 that
the Shekinah Glory of God
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entered the Hebrew sanctuary.
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Let's read that verse,
Exodus 40 and verse 34.
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The sanctuary has been built,
all of its parts are complete.
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And now we find these words.
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"Then the cloud covered
the tabernacle of meeting,
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and the glory of the
Lord filled the tabernacle."
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So this is the first
sanctuary that is mentioned
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in Holy Scripture
that was built on earth;
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the Hebrew sanctuary
at the times of Moses.
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But then God had Israel
make a more permanent structure.
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Because the sanctuary in the
wilderness was actually a tent
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that they could move around.
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But when Israel
entered the Promised Land,
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God told David, and
then Solomon, to build
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a more permanent structure.
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Which came to be
known as Solomon's temple.
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Now that's a misnomer because
it wasn't Solomon's temple.
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Solomon built it, but it
was really the Lord's temple.
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This temple was built
around the year 960 BC.
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And to give you a
little bit of background,
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if you read in 2 Chronicles
chapter 6, you'll find that
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Solomon offered a prayer after
the building of this temple.
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And then in 2 Chronicles
chapter 7 verses 1 and 2,
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once again the Shekinah Glory
of God entered the sanctuary,
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or the temple
that Solomon had built.
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Let's read from 2 Chronicles
chapter 7 and verses 1 and 2.
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And so once again, we find
the building of a sanctuary.
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This is a permanent
temple in the year 960 BC.
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Built by Solomon.
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The building is
actually described in
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2 Chronicles
chapters 3, and 4, and 5.
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And then in chapter 6,
we have Solomon's prayer.
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And in chapter 7, we
have the Shekinah Glory
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entering the
temple that Solomon built.
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But because of the
apostasy of Israel, this temple
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was destroyed by King
Nebuchadnezzar in the year 586.
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And of course, Israel was taken
captive for a period of 70 years
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to Babylon.
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And there was a promise that
after they were in Babylon for
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70 years, they would be
able to go back to their land,
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re-establish their religion,
and build the temple once again.
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So after the captivity, in
the year 536 they went back
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to their land, and
they built the temple.
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And the temple was
finished in the year 515 BC.
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This temple is spoken
of in Haggai chapter 2
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and verses 6 through 9.
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Now there's something very
interesting about this temple
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that was built
after the captivity.
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And that is that this temple had
no Shekinah Glory go into it.
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In fact, when this temple
was finished, many of those
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who had seen
Solomon's temple actually cried
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when they saw how
inferior this temple was
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to the temple
that Solomon had built.
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Let's read about this
temple in Haggai chapter 2
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and verses 6 through 9.
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And then comes this promise.
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The latter temple is
the temple that is built
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after the captivity.
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The former is Solomon's temple.
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Do you know the Jews
are still trying to explain
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how this prophecy was fulfilled.
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Because the temple that
was built after the captivity,
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at least outwardly, never
reached the magnitude of glory
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that the temple built
by Solomon had reached.
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What was meant here
when God gave the promise
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that this post exilic temple
would be filled with glory
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and that the glory of
this latter temple would be
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greater than the former temple?
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The fact is that this was
fulfilled because Jesus Christ
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Himself walked in the
courts of this temple.
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Now His glory, according
to Scripture, was veiled.
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But He brought peace to
this place because He was
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the Prince of Peace.
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Now this temple was actually
beautified and remodeled
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and enlarged by Herod the Great.
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We find a description of this
in John chapter 2 and verse 20.
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Actually, it took 46 years
for Herod the Great to remodel
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and to enlarge and to beautify
this post exilic temple.
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It says there in John
chapter 2 and verse 20...
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Of course, Jesus had
said, "Destroy this temple
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and in three days
I will raise it up."
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And they thought that He
was talking about the temple
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that Herod had remodeled
that had taken 46 years
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to remodel and to beautify.
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So we find these
temples in Scripture.
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We find the
sanctuary in the wilderness,
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we find the
temple built by Solomon,
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we find the temple
which was built after the
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exile in the year 515, and then
the temple that was beautified
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and enlarged by Herod the Great.
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Now the questions is, what
did these sanctuaries represent?
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What did these
sanctuaries symbolize?
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Did God just build
these sanctuaries because He
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wanted to dwell among Israel?
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Or was there a particular
reason why God told Israel
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to build these sanctuaries?
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The fact is that these earthly
sanctuaries were symbolic,
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or represented several things.
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I want you to notice the first
thing that these sanctuaries
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represented or symbolized.
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The earthly
sanctuary actually was a symbol
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of the heavenly sanctuary.
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It was a scale model
of the heavenly sanctuary.
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God wanted Israel to
understand by looking at the
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earthly sanctuary things
about the heavenly sanctuary.
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Let's go to Hebrews
chapter 8 and verses 1 through 5
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where we find very clearly
that the earthly sanctuary
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was a symbol, or was
an illustration, of the
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much greater heavenly sanctuary.
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It says there in
Hebrews chapter 8 and verse 1...
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And now notice what it says
about the earthly sanctuary.
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What was the earthly sanctuary?
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It was a what?
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It was a copy and
shadow of the heavenly things.
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So the earthly sanctuary was
only a small scale illustration
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of the heavenly sanctuary
to give an idea of what
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God's heavenly
sanctuary is like.
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Also Hebrews 9 verses 11 and 12
tells us about this comparison
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between the earthly sanctuary
and the heavenly sanctuary.
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It says there in
Hebrews 9 verses 11 and 12...
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And I'm reading from
the King James Version,
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which is more accurate.
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It says, "But Christ
being come an high priest
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of good things to come..."
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Now notice.
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"...by a greater and
more perfect tabernacle,
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not made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building;
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neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by His own blood
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He entered into the
Holy Place, having obtained
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eternal redemption for us."
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Notice once again
that the true tabernacle,
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the heavenly sanctuary,
is a more perfect tabernacle
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not made with hands.
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In other words, the earthly
sanctuary had the purpose
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of serving as a scale
model to illustrate great truths
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about the greater
heavenly sanctuary.
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So one reason why God had all of
these earthly sanctuaries built
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was because He wanted
people to catch a vision
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of the heavenly sanctuary.
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But these earthly
temples represented
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other things as well.
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And we're going to
study this in this seminar.
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These temples also
represented our body temple.
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Notice 1 Corinthians
chapter 6 verses 19 and 20.
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You see, the sanctuary
is an illustration of us,
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of our body temple.
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In fact, we have a
whole lecture that is titled,
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The Two Temples,
towards the end of this series
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where I'm going to compare the
sanctuary with our body temple.
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God gave these temples to
illustrate plans that He had
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for our own
personal body temple.
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It says in 1 Corinthians
chapter 6 verses 19 and 20,
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See, the Shekinah is the
Holy Spirit, in the case of
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our body temple.
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So in other words,
another reason why God had these
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sanctuaries built is because
He wanted to give great lessons
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about our own
personal body temple.
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Incidentally, these temples were
also built to give great lessons
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about the body temple of Jesus.
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Notice what we find
in John chapter 2 and
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verses 19 through 21.
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John chapter 2 and
verses 19 through 21
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See, these earthly sanctuaries
also illustrated great truths
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about Jesus and His body temple.
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It says there in John
chapter 2 and verse 19...
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Now notice verse 21.
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"Therefore when He
had risen from the dead,
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the disciples remembered that He
had said this to them and they
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believed the Scripture and
the word which Jesus had said."
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So the temple was actually
symbolic of the body temple
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of Jesus, interestingly enough.
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So the temple was given,
not only to give lessons about
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the heavenly sanctuary,
about our body temple,
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but also about the
body temple of Jesus Christ.
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But there's another dimension
to these earthly temples.
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These earthly temples were
also given as an illustration
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of the Christian church,
which in Scripture is called
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the temple of God.
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Go with me to
Ephesians chapter 2
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and verses 19 through 22.
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Ephesians chapter 2
and verses 19 through 22.
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Here we find that these
earthly temples, or sanctuaries,
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represented the
Christian church.
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It says there in verse 19...
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Now notice the spiritual temple.
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See, these are
not stone foundations.
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The foundations of this temple
are the apostles and prophets,
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Jesus Christ Himself
being the chief cornerstone.
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See, the temple
had a chief cornerstone
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that held it all together.
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And now notice that
we are the building.
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It says in verse 21...
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Is there a Shekinah
in this church temple?
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Absolutely.
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So these earthly temples were
given to teach great lessons
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about the heavenly
sanctuary, about Jesus Christ,
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about our body temple, and
about the Christian church.
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In fact, later on we're
going to have a lecture where we
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talk about the antichrist
sitting in the temple of God
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showing himself to be God.
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Some people think that somebody
is going to rise over in the
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Middle East and sit in a
literally rebuilt Jewish temple.
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Is it just possible
that he's going to sit within
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the Christian church
itself, and that's the temple
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that Scripture is talking about?
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I believe so.
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Now let's talk a
little bit about the geography
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of the
sanctuary, or of the temple.
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And you'll find an illustration
here on the platform.
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The only one that is not
in order is the central one
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where you have the
priest and you have the lamb.
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I put that one there
because that's central
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to the sanctuary service.
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Without that, you
don't have anything.
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All of the other panels
are in the exact order in which
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the sanctuary was built.
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Now we're suppose to
read from east to west because
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the sanctuary was actually, the
entrance to the sanctuary was
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actually on the east side.
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Which means that when people
worshiped towards the sanctuary,
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their backs were to the sun.
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That was intentional.
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Because in antiquity, people
worshiped with their faces
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towards the sun,
according to Ezekiel chapter 8.
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But because the entrance to the
sanctuary was on the east side,
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when people faced
east, their backs were what?
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Their backs were to the sun.
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They were not to
worship the sun god.
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And so, you have
first of all the camp.
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And that's not
depicted here on the platform.
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You have the camp.
That's where Israel lived.
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That's where sinners lived.
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They were the ones
who needed the sanctuary.
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The sanctuary
encampment was actually part of
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the Hebrew Sanctuary.
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We usually start with the court,
Holy Place, and Most Holy Place.
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But the camp, we're going to
find, was very, very important
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in the sanctuary service.
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And so the camp is the first key
place of the Hebrew sanctuary.
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There were three tribes
that camped at each point of
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the compass of the sanctuary.
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And then, of
course, we have the court.
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Which is kind of like a
yard without a roof on it.
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And the court had two
key pieces of furniture.
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As you went in through
the gate into the court,
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you had the altar of sacrifice.
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That's where all of the
animals that were sacrificed
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were placed and
they were burned.
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And then a little bit further
in, before you got to the
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entrance of the
sanctuary, you had the laver.
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And so I want you to
keep this in your mind.
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Because every
aspect of the sanctuary
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is extremely important.
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So you have the camp beyond all
of this where Israel was camped,
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where the needy
sinners were living.
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And then you have
the altar of sacrifice.
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And then you have the laver.
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Both of those pieces
of furniture were actually
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in the court of the sanctuary.
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And then you go
into the tent proper.
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And as you go into the
tent, you go into an apartment
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which is called the
Holy Place of the sanctuary.
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And by the way, you're
going from west to east.
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So as you're going in
through the door, into the tent,
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you look to the left,
that's south, and you see
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a seven branch candlestick.
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And you have the
illustration in your hands.
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You have a seven branch
candlestick that remained
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lighted all the time.
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It had oil all of the time.
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And then as you look to
the right, which is north,
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you have the
table of the showbread.
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Twelve loaves of bread in
two stacks on this golden table,
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the table of the showbread.
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And then straight in
front of you as you go towards
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the Most Holy Place, right
before you go beyond the veil,
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you have the
golden altar of incense.
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So in other words, in the
Holy Place of the sanctuary,
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you have three
pieces of furniture.
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You have in the south
the seven branch candlestick.
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Pure gold, 120 pounds.
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We're going to
study that. Of pure gold.
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And then you have the table
of the showbread, which is north
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as you look to your right.
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Twelve loaves of bread.
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That is a very important
number, we're going to find.
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And then straight ahead
of you, before you go into
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the Most Holy Place, you
have the golden altar of incense
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where incense was
burning all the time.
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And then you have a veil.
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And behind the veil, you have
the apartment which is called
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the Most Holy
Place of the sanctuary.
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And in the Most Holy Place,
you have one piece of furniture.
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And you can see it
over there on the far side.
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You have what is
called, the ark of the covenant.
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And above the ark of
the covenant, you have the
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Shekinah Glory; the glory
of God that was above the ark.
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And the Bible tells us
that inside the ark were the
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two tables of stone that
contained the Ten Commandments.
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But not only were the
Ten Commandments inside the
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ark of the covenant beneath
where the glory of God was
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manifested above the mercy seat,
which was the cover of the ark.
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But you also had inside
the ark of the covenant,
00:26:05.21\00:26:09.06
a pot of manna.
00:26:09.36\00:26:11.81
Very, very
important symbolically.
00:26:12.00\00:26:14.37
You had a pot of manna,
the manna that fell in the
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wilderness for 40 years.
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And you also had in the
Most Holy Place inside the
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ark of the covenant, Aaron's
rod, which was a dead rod
00:26:23.67\00:26:28.38
that budded miraculously.
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And so in the ark of the
covenant, you have three things.
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You have the tables of the
law, you have a pot of manna,
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and you have
Aaron's rod that budded.
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So is it clear in your mind
the geography of the sanctuary?
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Very important that we
have this clear in mind,
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because we're going to be
referring to it time and again
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as we move through this seminar.
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Now let's talk about
the relationship between the
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earthly sanctuary and
the heavenly sanctuary.
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Now the earthly sanctuary
was a small scale model
00:27:00.32\00:27:04.42
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:27:04.45\00:27:06.27
In other words,
it was a miniature
00:27:06.30\00:27:08.59
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:27:08.62\00:27:10.17
The heavenly sanctuary
is far greater than the
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earthly sanctuary ever was.
00:27:13.32\00:27:15.32
Let's go to 1 Kings
chapter 8 and verses 27 to 30.
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1 Kings chapter
8 verses 27 to 30,
00:27:21.95\00:27:25.17
where it speaks about
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:27:25.20\00:27:29.00
It says there...
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Notice that in this
earthly temple, God is looking
00:28:06.26\00:28:10.43
upon the earthly temple.
00:28:10.46\00:28:11.83
Where was God?
00:28:44.41\00:28:45.78
God was in His heavenly temple.
00:28:46.08\00:28:48.98
But He also was present
through His Spirit where?
00:28:49.01\00:28:52.45
In the earthly temple.
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But the earthly temple was far
inferior to the heavenly temple.
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Notice also Acts chapter
7 and verses 47 through 50.
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Acts chapter 7 and
verses 47 through 50.
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Here, Stephen is speaking.
00:29:09.40\00:29:11.76
He's telling the story
of Israel in Acts chapter 7.
00:29:11.79\00:29:16.31
And he says there in
verse 47, "But Solomon
00:29:16.52\00:29:20.23
built Him a house..."
00:29:20.26\00:29:21.63
That is, built God a house.
00:29:21.66\00:29:23.10
"However, the Most
High does not dwell
00:29:23.23\00:29:27.11
in temples made with hands..."
00:29:27.14\00:29:28.98
Where does God dwell then?
00:29:29.01\00:29:30.75
God dwells in
the heavenly temple.
00:29:31.19\00:29:33.72
The earthly temple is
simply a figure or a symbol.
00:29:33.75\00:29:37.67
And then it continues
saying, "...as the prophet says,
00:29:38.15\00:29:42.35
'Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
00:29:42.38\00:29:46.37
What house will you
build for Me' says the Lord.
00:29:46.40\00:29:50.53
'Or what is the
place of My rest?'"
00:29:50.56\00:29:53.79
In other words, the earthly
sanctuary was only a scale model
00:29:54.21\00:29:58.52
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:29:58.55\00:30:00.29
In fact, let's notice
Exodus 25 and verse 40,
00:30:00.45\00:30:03.56
which we already read.
00:30:03.59\00:30:04.96
Let's take a look at it again.
00:30:04.99\00:30:06.57
Exodus 25 and verse 40.
00:30:06.60\00:30:09.29
I'm going to
include verse 8 also.
00:30:09.66\00:30:12.82
It says, "And let
them make Me a sanctuary,
00:30:12.85\00:30:14.98
that I may dwell among them."
00:30:15.01\00:30:17.44
And then it says in verse
40, God speaking to Moses...
00:30:17.47\00:30:20.83
So what did God show
Moses on the mountain?
00:30:28.07\00:30:31.07
God did not show Moses
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:30:31.10\00:30:34.60
God showed Moses a scale
model of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:30:35.06\00:30:40.15
In other words,
God made a miniature
00:30:40.39\00:30:43.20
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:30:43.23\00:30:44.95
In fact, let's notice
Exodus 26 and verse 30
00:30:44.98\00:30:48.53
where we find the same idea.
00:30:48.56\00:30:50.18
Exodus 26 and verse 30.
00:30:50.21\00:30:53.17
It says...
00:30:53.58\00:30:54.95
Now we've already read Hebrews
chapter 8 and verses 1 through 5
00:31:04.28\00:31:08.72
where it says that the
earthly sanctuary was a copy,
00:31:08.92\00:31:13.14
the earthly
sanctuary was a shadow,
00:31:13.17\00:31:16.57
of the true heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:16.60\00:31:18.95
Allow me to explain and
illustrate so that we can
00:31:18.98\00:31:22.40
understand the relationship
between the heavenly
00:31:22.43\00:31:24.64
and the earthly sanctuary.
00:31:24.67\00:31:26.18
Let's take the
idea of the scale model.
00:31:27.21\00:31:29.26
You know, several years
ago, our airport here in Fresno
00:31:29.99\00:31:33.62
was remodeled.
00:31:33.65\00:31:35.42
And I don't know if those
of you who were here remember
00:31:35.97\00:31:39.32
that there was a little
scale model of what the final
00:31:39.35\00:31:44.38
airport would look like.
00:31:44.41\00:31:46.26
Now you could get an idea where
everything was going to be.
00:31:46.98\00:31:49.65
Where the
parking was going to be,
00:31:49.68\00:31:51.44
where the
terminal was going to be.
00:31:51.47\00:31:53.14
You had an idea of where
everything was going to be.
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.85
But that was only a small scale
model of the finished product.
00:31:55.88\00:32:01.15
In other words, what God showed
Moses was a little scale model
00:32:01.60\00:32:05.97
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:32:06.00\00:32:07.70
Because the heavenly sanctuary
is so large that nothing like it
00:32:07.73\00:32:11.55
could have been
built upon the earth.
00:32:11.58\00:32:13.71
Or it's kind of
like taking a picture.
00:32:13.74\00:32:15.62
You know, you get a camera and
you take a picture of someone.
00:32:16.02\00:32:19.44
Does the picture give you
an idea about that person?
00:32:20.03\00:32:22.71
Yes.
00:32:22.77\00:32:24.14
Is the person a lot
smaller in the picture?
00:32:24.17\00:32:25.87
Absolutely yes.
00:32:26.36\00:32:28.01
But does the picture give you
an idea of the greater reality?
00:32:28.04\00:32:31.42
Of course.
00:32:31.45\00:32:32.82
And so it is with the sanctuary.
00:32:32.85\00:32:34.48
The sanctuary; God took
a snapshot of the sanctuary
00:32:34.51\00:32:37.63
and He showed the
snapshot to Moses.
00:32:37.66\00:32:40.22
And then Moses built the
sanctuary according to the
00:32:40.25\00:32:43.61
scale model that God showed him.
00:32:43.64\00:32:45.93
Or we could
compare it with the map.
00:32:45.96\00:32:47.69
Have you ever seen
a map of California?
00:32:48.37\00:32:50.30
Let me ask you, what existed
first, the map or California?
00:32:50.97\00:32:54.44
Of course, California.
00:32:55.07\00:32:56.44
And then they make a little map.
00:32:56.47\00:32:58.05
It shows you where all
the cities are, the distances,
00:32:58.08\00:33:00.81
where all the rivers
and where the mountains are.
00:33:00.84\00:33:02.86
You get a pretty good bird's
eye view of California, right?
00:33:02.89\00:33:06.38
But it's a
miniature of California.
00:33:06.58\00:33:09.39
California is much greater.
00:33:09.66\00:33:11.58
And so, the
sanctuary was in that way.
00:33:11.78\00:33:14.59
God showed Moses, so to
speak, a little map of the
00:33:14.62\00:33:18.69
heavenly sanctuary,
which is far greater.
00:33:18.72\00:33:21.36
The Bible says that the
earthly sanctuary was a shadow
00:33:22.02\00:33:25.23
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:33:25.26\00:33:26.85
Now in order for there to
be a shadow, there has to be a
00:33:26.88\00:33:29.31
reality that
projects the shadow.
00:33:29.34\00:33:31.66
Let me ask you, what's
more real; a shadow or the
00:33:31.69\00:33:35.01
reality that
projects the shadow?
00:33:35.04\00:33:36.87
The reality.
00:33:37.13\00:33:38.50
What's more real; a picture or
the person who's in the picture?
00:33:38.53\00:33:42.25
The person who
is in the picture.
00:33:42.67\00:33:44.41
Let me ask you, what is
more real; a scale model
00:33:44.44\00:33:47.76
or the finished product that
the scale model was pointing to?
00:33:47.79\00:33:51.36
The finished product.
00:33:51.43\00:33:52.94
And so the heavenly
sanctuary is very real.
00:33:52.97\00:33:56.34
But it's huge, it's immense.
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.91
The Bible tells us that
millions and millions of angels
00:34:00.13\00:34:03.82
angels are in the sanctuary.
00:34:03.85\00:34:05.22
We're going to study
that tomorrow morning.
00:34:05.25\00:34:06.62
Lord willing.
00:34:06.65\00:34:08.02
I mean, there's no earthly
person that even conceive
00:34:08.05\00:34:11.78
what the heavenly
sanctuary is like.
00:34:11.81\00:34:13.18
So God made a
little scale model.
00:34:13.21\00:34:15.05
And He said to Moses,
"You build a sanctuary
00:34:15.08\00:34:17.64
according to the scale
model, which is an illustration
00:34:17.67\00:34:21.32
of the greatness of
the heavenly sanctuary."
00:34:21.35\00:34:24.48
It reminds me of 1 Corinthians
chapter 13 and verse 12
00:34:25.37\00:34:29.22
where it says...
00:34:29.25\00:34:30.62
In other words, we can know
little now, enough to get there.
00:34:42.40\00:34:46.51
And when we get there,
we will see the real thing.
00:34:46.54\00:34:50.18
Now we need to also talk
about the Messiah's calendar
00:34:51.18\00:34:57.32
in relationship
to the sanctuary.
00:34:57.35\00:34:59.26
The sanctuary primarily presents
the events of salvation history
00:34:59.52\00:35:05.24
by Jesus Christ.
00:35:05.27\00:35:06.64
But the Hebrew
feasts present the calendar
00:35:06.80\00:35:11.18
or the timing of those
events that are illustrated
00:35:11.21\00:35:15.03
in the Hebrew sanctuary.
00:35:15.06\00:35:16.93
Now let's go to
Leviticus chapter 23 and verse 3
00:35:17.53\00:35:21.03
and read about these
so called Hebrew feasts.
00:35:21.28\00:35:25.72
They follow the exact
order of the sanctuary.
00:35:25.75\00:35:28.85
Leviticus 23 and verse 3.
00:35:29.19\00:35:32.05
And actually let's start reading
at verse 1 for the context.
00:35:32.55\00:35:35.59
It says, "And the Lord
spoke to Moses, saying,
00:35:35.62\00:35:39.10
'Speak to the children
of Israel and say to them,
00:35:39.13\00:35:42.34
"The feasts of the Lord,
which you shall proclaim to be
00:35:42.54\00:35:46.99
holy convocations,
these are My feasts."'"
00:35:47.02\00:35:51.47
Now there were four
spring feasts and there were
00:35:51.81\00:35:55.27
three fall feasts.
00:35:55.30\00:35:57.26
And in between the spring
feasts and the fall feasts,
00:35:57.29\00:35:59.78
you have a long summer drought,
a long summer where there are
00:35:59.81\00:36:04.27
no feasts at all.
00:36:04.30\00:36:06.01
Now allow me to
mention the spring feasts.
00:36:06.44\00:36:09.05
The spring feasts
were the Passover...
00:36:09.21\00:36:12.35
What was the Passover?
00:36:14.13\00:36:15.55
What was
sacrificed on the Passover?
00:36:15.58\00:36:17.59
A lamb.
00:36:17.75\00:36:19.12
See, there you have the
altar of sacrifice represented.
00:36:19.15\00:36:22.25
And then the next two
feasts are Unleavened Bread
00:36:22.47\00:36:25.42
and First Fruits.
00:36:25.45\00:36:27.01
Now do you know what
Unleavened Bread represents?
00:36:27.73\00:36:30.13
It represents
the burial of Christ.
00:36:30.16\00:36:32.30
And First Fruits
represents His resurrection.
00:36:32.33\00:36:34.86
Because the apostle
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15
00:36:34.89\00:36:37.70
that Jesus rose the first fruits
of those who went to sleep.
00:36:37.73\00:36:41.65
We're going to find in our
study that the laver represents
00:36:42.30\00:36:45.73
the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, interestingly enough.
00:36:45.76\00:36:49.32
And the feast of
First Fruits represents the
00:36:49.35\00:36:52.24
resurrection of Jesus.
00:36:52.27\00:36:53.66
So we have Passover
and Unleavened Bread.
00:36:53.69\00:36:56.26
They were connected.
00:36:56.29\00:36:57.66
And then we have First Fruits,
represented also by the laver,
00:36:57.69\00:37:01.67
the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
00:37:01.70\00:37:03.83
And then you have after
this the Feast of Pentecost.
00:37:03.86\00:37:08.08
On the Feast of Pentecost,
we're going to find that Jesus
00:37:08.88\00:37:11.75
entered the Holy Place.
00:37:11.78\00:37:13.23
He entered there
to interceded for us.
00:37:13.26\00:37:15.74
In other words, He entered
where the candlestick is,
00:37:15.77\00:37:19.40
and where the table
of the showbread is,
00:37:19.43\00:37:21.62
and also where the
altar of incense is found.
00:37:21.65\00:37:27.16
In other words, Pentecost,
which came exactly 50 days
00:37:27.19\00:37:31.24
after First Fruits,
represents the beginning of the
00:37:31.27\00:37:35.71
intercession of Jesus in
the Holy Place of the sanctuary.
00:37:35.74\00:37:39.00
Do you see how this is
following the order of events
00:37:39.03\00:37:42.43
in the ministry of Christ?
00:37:42.46\00:37:43.92
But it's giving us the dates.
00:37:43.95\00:37:46.13
Because Passover the year Jesus
died was the 14th of Nisan,
00:37:46.22\00:37:49.69
Unleavened Bread
was the 15th of Nisan,
00:37:49.72\00:37:52.12
First Fruits was the
16th of Nisan, the third day,
00:37:52.15\00:37:55.84
and Pentecost was 50 days later.
00:37:55.87\00:37:57.96
And the Bible tells us
that on the day of Pentecost,
00:37:57.99\00:38:01.36
the Holy Spirit was poured
out because Jesus had begun His
00:38:01.39\00:38:04.28
intercessory ministry
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:38:04.31\00:38:07.31
And then we
have the fall feasts.
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.60
You see, the Feasts of Trumpets
was the first fall feast
00:38:10.10\00:38:12.82
and it announced the
coming of the Day of Atonement
00:38:12.85\00:38:15.27
which took place, it was
the great day of judgment
00:38:15.30\00:38:17.71
in the Most Holy
Place of the sanctuary.
00:38:17.74\00:38:20.43
Let me ask you, what is the
next apartment in the sanctuary
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.31
in the ministration of Christ?
00:38:23.34\00:38:24.96
It is the Most Holy Place
where the ark of the covenant
00:38:25.21\00:38:28.08
and where the Law is.
00:38:28.11\00:38:29.48
In other words, we find in
the sanctuary the movements of
00:38:30.34\00:38:34.73
Jesus Christ and the
timing of those events.
00:38:34.76\00:38:37.75
Because the Hebrew
feasts give specific dates
00:38:37.94\00:38:41.61
when Jesus was going to begin
His ministry in these particular
00:38:41.64\00:38:46.38
apartments of the sanctuary.
00:38:46.41\00:38:48.54
And of course, we're going
to be studying this in detail
00:38:48.57\00:38:51.79
as we move along.
00:38:51.82\00:38:53.32
Now how
important is the sanctuary?
00:38:54.27\00:38:56.32
Let me just mention a
few very important things.
00:38:56.35\00:38:59.23
The book of Daniel is
seeped in sanctuary terminology.
00:39:00.30\00:39:05.71
In fact, there's no way you can
understand the book of Daniel
00:39:05.74\00:39:08.26
without the sanctuary.
00:39:08.29\00:39:09.66
Particularly chapter 8 where
it speaks about a little horn
00:39:09.93\00:39:14.34
that takes away the daily.
00:39:14.37\00:39:16.17
And where it speaks about
the sanctuary being cleansed;
00:39:16.36\00:39:19.86
a reference to
Leviticus chapter 16,
00:39:19.89\00:39:22.85
what happened on
the Day of Atonement.
00:39:22.88\00:39:24.58
There's no way you
can understand Daniel
00:39:24.61\00:39:26.63
without
understanding the sanctuary.
00:39:26.66\00:39:28.43
Furthermore, the whole
book of Hebrews from beginning
00:39:28.86\00:39:32.40
to end is an illustration
of what Jesus has accomplished
00:39:32.43\00:39:37.45
in the sanctuary.
00:39:37.65\00:39:39.02
There's no way that you can
understand the book of Hebrews
00:39:39.05\00:39:41.69
unless you understand the
Old Testament Hebrew sanctuary.
00:39:41.72\00:39:45.33
Because the book of
Hebrews is saturated
00:39:45.36\00:39:48.62
with sanctuary terminology.
00:39:48.65\00:39:50.99
The book of Psalms.
00:39:51.57\00:39:53.05
There's no way that the
book of Psalms can be understood
00:39:53.65\00:39:56.37
independently of the
feasts and of the sanctuary.
00:39:56.40\00:39:59.16
You know, David
was called the...
00:39:59.97\00:40:01.76
The Bible tells us that he was
skillful in playing the harp.
00:40:02.33\00:40:06.08
He was a great musician.
00:40:06.11\00:40:07.85
You can read that in 1
Samuel chapter 16 and verse 18.
00:40:07.88\00:40:11.48
He was so
proficient in playing the harp
00:40:11.51\00:40:14.64
that the demons even fled when
he was playing for King Saul.
00:40:14.67\00:40:18.80
The Bible also tells us in 2
Samuel chapter 23 and verse 1
00:40:19.37\00:40:23.08
that David was called
the sweet psalmist of Israel.
00:40:23.11\00:40:26.70
He wrote 73 of the 150 psalms.
00:40:27.51\00:40:31.76
In fact, the book of Psalms
was the hymnal of the sanctuary.
00:40:31.79\00:40:34.85
Each psalm had a
particular sanctuary setting
00:40:35.48\00:40:39.04
or the psalm was read during
a particular Hebrew feast.
00:40:39.14\00:40:44.48
Let me illustrate the point.
00:40:44.86\00:40:46.45
You know, when Jesus met with
His disciples in the upper room
00:40:48.41\00:40:51.37
to institute the Lord's Supper,
they sang Psalm 113 and 114.
00:40:52.51\00:41:01.44
See, the Psalms were
the hymnal of the sanctuary.
00:41:01.47\00:41:04.93
And when the service
was finished when Jesus had
00:41:05.33\00:41:08.24
instituted the Lord's
Supper, they sang Psalm 115
00:41:08.27\00:41:15.26
through Psalm 118.
00:41:15.29\00:41:17.21
Do you remember that it says in
the gospels that when they had
00:41:17.24\00:41:20.04
sung the hymn, they went
out to the Mount of Olives?
00:41:20.07\00:41:22.83
Well, what they sang was
actually Psalm 115 through 118.
00:41:23.03\00:41:28.00
Psalm 135 was sung at the
Feast of Unleavened Bread.
00:41:28.48\00:41:35.32
Psalm 29 and Psalm
132 were sung at Pentecost
00:41:35.64\00:41:40.42
and at the Feast of Tabernacles.
00:41:40.45\00:41:42.19
The book of Ruth was
sung at the Feast of Pentecost
00:41:42.22\00:41:45.54
because it has to
do with the harvest.
00:41:45.57\00:41:48.03
And Psalms 47, 68, 29,
and 132 were sung at the
00:41:48.06\00:41:53.89
Feast of Tabernacles.
00:41:53.92\00:41:55.29
In other words, the Psalms
help us understand the sanctuary
00:41:55.32\00:41:59.39
and the Hebrew feasts because
the Psalms were connected with
00:41:59.42\00:42:02.55
the sanctuary service.
00:42:02.58\00:42:03.95
In other words, the theme of
the Psalms were connected with
00:42:03.98\00:42:06.54
specific events that had to
do with the Hebrew sanctuary.
00:42:06.57\00:42:10.45
The book of
Revelation cannot be understood
00:42:11.07\00:42:13.30
without the Hebrew sanctuary.
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.10
In fact, the book of
Revelation is saturated
00:42:15.13\00:42:17.41
with sanctuary terminology.
00:42:17.44\00:42:18.94
Let's notice several examples.
00:42:18.97\00:42:20.66
Notice Revelation
chapter 5 and verse 6.
00:42:21.09\00:42:24.16
Revelation
chapter 5 and verse 6.
00:42:24.19\00:42:26.60
It says there...
00:42:26.96\00:42:28.33
There were millions
of lambs that were killed
00:42:41.38\00:42:43.67
in the sanctuary service.
00:42:43.70\00:42:45.54
The seven
candlesticks are mentioned
00:42:52.31\00:42:54.60
in the book of Revelation.
00:42:54.63\00:42:56.09
Notice Revelation
chapter 1 and verses 12 and 13.
00:42:56.12\00:42:59.95
It says there...
00:43:00.25\00:43:01.62
See, there you have the
Holy Place ministry of Christ.
00:43:08.18\00:43:11.41
The altar of incense is
in the book of Revelation.
00:43:21.32\00:43:24.25
Notice Revelation chapter
8 and verses 3 through 5.
00:43:24.64\00:43:29.34
It says there, Revelation
8 verses 3 through 5...
00:43:29.65\00:43:32.49
So notice, you have the Lamb,
you have the seven candlesticks,
00:43:53.82\00:43:57.40
you have the altar of incense.
00:43:57.43\00:43:59.39
You also have the manna.
00:43:59.87\00:44:01.36
Notice Revelation
chapter 2 and verse 17.
00:44:01.39\00:44:05.18
Revelation
chapter 2 and verse 17.
00:44:05.21\00:44:07.82
Do you know that the Most
Holy Place is also mentioned
00:44:20.92\00:44:23.63
in the book of Revelation?
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.03
Notice Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19.
00:44:25.06\00:44:27.86
Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 19.
00:44:27.89\00:44:30.46
In which temple?
00:44:39.91\00:44:41.28
In the heavenly temple.
00:44:41.88\00:44:43.33
Is there an ark in
the heavenly temple?
00:44:43.36\00:44:44.97
Most certainly.
00:44:45.28\00:44:46.65
In fact, we don't have the
time right now to show this,
00:44:56.63\00:45:00.19
but the book of Revelation
follows the exact order of
00:45:00.22\00:45:03.65
the Hebrew sanctuary.
00:45:03.68\00:45:05.05
It goes from the people
in the camp to the lamb,
00:45:05.97\00:45:10.22
to the candlesticks,
to the table of showbread,
00:45:10.25\00:45:13.37
to the altar of
incense, to the Most Holy Place,
00:45:13.40\00:45:16.65
and then to the
cessation of intercession
00:45:16.68\00:45:19.99
in the Most Holy Place.
00:45:20.02\00:45:21.86
In fact, let's read
that in Revelation chapter 15
00:45:21.89\00:45:24.62
and verses 5 through 8.
00:45:24.65\00:45:26.28
You know, the time is
coming when the service of the
00:45:26.31\00:45:28.56
sanctuary is
going to come to an end.
00:45:28.59\00:45:30.25
And nobody is going to be
able to enter the sanctuary
00:45:30.28\00:45:32.98
by faith anymore.
00:45:33.02\00:45:34.39
Probation will have closed.
00:45:34.42\00:45:35.87
That is presented in Revelation
15 and verses 5 through 8.
00:45:35.90\00:45:40.34
Notice...
00:45:40.37\00:45:41.74
Is the sanctuary service going
to come to an end some day?
00:46:19.97\00:46:22.59
Most certainly it will.
00:46:23.05\00:46:24.59
The Most Holy Place ministry
of Christ will come to an end.
00:46:24.62\00:46:27.75
And when it comes to an
end, probation will close.
00:46:27.78\00:46:30.52
A time of tribulation will
come; the time of the plagues.
00:46:30.55\00:46:33.36
And then Jesus will
return in power and glory.
00:46:33.39\00:46:37.18
The book of Revelation
follows the exact order
00:46:37.21\00:46:40.20
of the Hebrew
sanctuary from beginning to end.
00:46:40.23\00:46:42.99
Which means that there's
no way that we can understand
00:46:43.02\00:46:45.72
the book of Revelation unless
we understand the sanctuary.
00:46:45.75\00:46:49.25
So we must understand the
sanctuary to understand the
00:46:49.58\00:46:52.00
Psalms, to understand
the book of Revelation,
00:46:52.03\00:46:54.25
to understand
the book of Hebrews,
00:46:54.28\00:46:56.04
to understand other
portions of Scripture.
00:46:56.07\00:46:58.84
The sanctuary is
of critical importance
00:46:59.39\00:47:01.98
for understanding Scripture.
00:47:02.01\00:47:04.29
Do you know that the
sanctuary also presents
00:47:04.63\00:47:07.35
step by step each
event of the life of Christ,
00:47:07.38\00:47:11.57
of the ministry of Christ?
00:47:11.60\00:47:13.13
Let's read several verses now so
that you see how the sanctuary
00:47:13.76\00:47:17.72
points to each action
of the ministry of Christ.
00:47:17.75\00:47:20.96
John chapter 1 and verse
14 speaks about Jesus coming
00:47:20.99\00:47:24.55
to the camp to live with us.
00:47:24.58\00:47:26.72
John chapter 1 and verse 14.
00:47:27.00\00:47:30.31
It says here...
00:47:30.61\00:47:31.98
Do you know that word
"dwelt" actually means,
00:47:40.46\00:47:42.79
He pitched His tent.
00:47:42.82\00:47:44.33
The Greek word skenoo, it means
He came and He pitched His tent.
00:47:46.39\00:47:49.23
He came to live in our midst.
00:47:49.26\00:47:50.68
Before He goes into the
court to die at the altar,
00:47:50.99\00:47:54.90
He lives in our midst.
00:47:54.93\00:47:56.30
Because He came to
live a perfect life so that
00:47:56.33\00:47:58.50
His sacrifice would be accepted.
00:47:58.53\00:48:00.40
See, sometimes we forget
that He had to live a holy life
00:48:00.43\00:48:03.54
in order for His
sacrifice to be accepted.
00:48:03.57\00:48:05.87
So the first step of the
ministry of Jesus is to come
00:48:05.90\00:48:09.09
and live with us in the camp.
00:48:09.12\00:48:10.71
And so it says...
00:48:10.74\00:48:12.11
Did Jesus live
without sin in our midst?
00:48:21.31\00:48:23.95
He most certainly did.
00:48:24.15\00:48:25.52
Notice Hebrews
chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:48:25.55\00:48:28.65
Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:48:28.68\00:48:30.83
"For we do not have a
High Priest who cannot
00:48:31.06\00:48:34.00
sympathize with our weaknesses,
but was in all points tempted
00:48:34.03\00:48:38.50
as we are, yet without sin."
00:48:38.53\00:48:41.53
He lived in the camp
with us, but He never what?
00:48:41.56\00:48:44.73
He never sinned.
00:48:44.76\00:48:46.13
Because He was that perfect
lamb of the sanctuary service.
00:48:46.16\00:48:49.16
But then the lamb had to die.
00:48:49.19\00:48:50.88
That's the next step
in the ministry of Jesus.
00:48:51.20\00:48:53.39
He was slain and
then placed on the altar.
00:48:53.42\00:48:56.17
Notice 1 Peter chapter 1
and verses 18 through 20.
00:48:56.20\00:48:59.99
1 Peter chapter 1
and verses 18 through 20
00:49:00.02\00:49:03.40
speaks about the death
of the unblemished lamb.
00:49:03.43\00:49:06.33
Was He without
blemish and without spot
00:49:27.36\00:49:29.54
before He shed His blood?
00:49:29.57\00:49:30.94
Absolutely.
00:49:30.97\00:49:32.34
He came to live in our midst,
to live a life without sin,
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.14
so His sacrifice as the
lamb would be acceptable.
00:49:35.17\00:49:38.06
So first He came to live
with us, then He came to die.
00:49:38.09\00:49:41.63
Now, the interesting thing
is that the next thing that
00:49:41.92\00:49:44.16
Jesus does is intercede
for us in the Holy Place.
00:49:44.19\00:49:47.80
Notice what we find in
the book of Hebrews chapter 7
00:49:48.35\00:49:51.52
and verse 25.
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.02
This is the next step.
00:49:53.22\00:49:54.59
Jesus is now in the Holy Place
where the table of showbread is,
00:49:54.62\00:49:57.40
where the seven
branch candlestick is,
00:49:57.43\00:49:59.98
where the altar of incense is.
00:50:00.01\00:50:02.39
And we're going to follow Him,
in each lecture, we're going to
00:50:02.42\00:50:06.14
follow Him in His
trek through the sanctuary.
00:50:06.17\00:50:09.03
It says there in
chapter 7 and verse 25...
00:50:09.06\00:50:11.56
See, Jesus went to
heaven to the Holy Place to be
00:50:24.57\00:50:27.46
the intercessor.
00:50:27.49\00:50:28.86
Notice also 1 John chapter
2 and verse 1 speaks about
00:50:28.89\00:50:32.78
this stage of the
ministry of Christ.
00:50:32.81\00:50:34.99
It says, "My little children,
these things I write to you
00:50:35.21\00:50:39.31
so that you may not sin.
00:50:39.34\00:50:41.33
And if anyone
sins, we have..." What?
00:50:41.36\00:50:44.65
"...we have an
advocate with the Father,
00:50:44.68\00:50:48.50
Jesus Christ the..." What?
00:50:48.53\00:50:50.75
"...the righteous."
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.19
Let me ask you, is Jesus
also going to perform someday
00:50:52.68\00:50:56.62
a Most Holy Place
ministry of judgment?
00:50:56.65\00:50:59.08
He most certainly is.
00:50:59.47\00:51:00.94
Notice 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 10.
00:51:01.28\00:51:04.53
2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 10.
00:51:04.77\00:51:08.14
It says here...
00:51:08.55\00:51:09.92
And let me ask you, where was
the judgment in the sanctuary?
00:51:22.77\00:51:27.00
Where did the judgment
take place once a year?
00:51:27.03\00:51:29.87
It took place in the Most
Holy Place of the sanctuary,
00:51:30.13\00:51:33.38
because people will be judged
by the perfect law of liberty.
00:51:33.41\00:51:37.58
The judgment takes
place where the law is.
00:51:38.12\00:51:40.37
So Jesus is going to
fulfill that function as well.
00:51:40.40\00:51:44.09
And you know what's interesting?
00:51:44.59\00:51:45.96
After Jesus performs His
work in the Most Holy Place
00:51:45.99\00:51:48.60
of the sanctuary, the Bible
tells us that He will take off
00:51:48.63\00:51:52.02
His priestly
garments and He will return
00:51:52.05\00:51:54.58
to this earth as King.
00:51:54.61\00:51:56.78
The sanctuary also tells of that
stage of the ministry of Christ.
00:51:58.71\00:52:02.00
Notice Revelation chapter
19 and we'll read verse 11,
00:52:02.03\00:52:05.60
and then we'll
jump down to verse 16.
00:52:05.63\00:52:08.24
Revelation 19 verse 11.
00:52:08.27\00:52:10.06
In other words, Jesus
will come back to this earth as
00:52:29.96\00:52:32.48
King of kings
when He has finished
00:52:32.51\00:52:34.50
His Most Holy Place ministry.
00:52:34.53\00:52:36.29
But do you know there is
another ceremony that needs to
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take place after this.
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It's found in the
very next chapter.
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Chapter 20 of Revelation.
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Have you ever heard
about the scapegoat ceremony?
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When the scapegoat
was sent to the wilderness
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to a non-inhabited land, you
see, that's in the next chapter.
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Revelation chapter
20 and verses 1 and 2.
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Let's read it.
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So the sanctuary presents the
order of all of the steps that
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Jesus takes in
the plan of salvation.
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Now the final point that I want
to make in our lecture today
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is that the sanctuary actually
explains all of the doctrines
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of the Bible.
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The sanctuary is the
great magnet that brings
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all of the doctrines
of the Bible together.
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Now let me mention
some of those doctrines.
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Does the sanctuary
present the character of God?
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It most certainly does.
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It shows that God is
justice; the law demand death.
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But it shows that God is mercy
because God takes the judgment
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upon Himself.
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It shows His
justice and His love.
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Does the sanctuary
present the doctrine of sin?
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Millions of sacrifices
died in the sanctuary service
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showing that the
wages of sin is... What?
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...death.
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Does the sanctuary
present the humanity of Jesus?
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It most certainly does.
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You know, it's interesting
that the sanctuary outside
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was very ordinary, but
inside it was beautiful.
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And that was a picture of Jesus.
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Inside, His
character was beautiful.
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But outside, He
had no comeliness
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that we should desire Him.
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Does the Bible
present the perfection of
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the life of Christ?
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Yes, because the priests
could not have any blemish
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and the lamb could
not have any blemish.
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Which shows that Jesus
had to be a perfect sacrifice
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and He had to be
a perfect priest.
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Is death
revealed in the sanctuary?
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It most certainly is.
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Is forgiveness
revealed in the sanctuary?
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Absolutely.
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When the sinner placed his
sin on the head of the animal
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and confessed his sin
on the head of the animal,
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the transfer was made.
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And now the sinner could have
the assurance of forgiveness.
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Is the priesthood of Jesus
presented in the sanctuary?
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Most certainly.
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Because the priest would take
the blood into the Holy Place,
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the blood of the victim to whom
the sin had been transferred.
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The blood was
taken in, and in this way
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forgiven sin was
transferred into the sanctuary.
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Is the importance of
the study of Scripture
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presented in the sanctuary?
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Yes, in the table of showbread.
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Is prayer
presented in the sanctuary?
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Yes, the altar of incense.
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We're going to
study all of these things.
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Is the importance of the
church shedding the light
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of Jesus Christ through
the power of the Holy Spirit
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presented in the sanctuary?
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Yes, in the seven
branch candlestick.
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Are angels
presented in the sanctuary?
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We're going to study
this tomorrow morning.
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Amazing.
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The doctrine of baptism
is presented in the laver.
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The Trinity is presented.
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There's one
seated on the throne.
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Before the throne, a Lamb
as though He had been slain.
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And also the seven
branched candlesticks,
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which are called the
seven Spirits of God.
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The three are there.
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Tithing is
presented in the sanctuary.
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This whole system was
sustained by the tithes
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and by offerings.
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All of the doctrines of
the Bible come together,
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and you see the
relationships of those doctrines
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in the
perspective of the sanctuary.
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But not only the general truths,
but also the distinctive truths.
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Is the judgment
presented in the sanctuary?
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Absolutely, the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
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Is the law
presented in the sanctuary?
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Yes, it was in the
ark of the covenant.
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Is the Sabbath
found in the sanctuary?
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Yes, it's in the
ark of the covenant.
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Is healthful
living in the sanctuary?
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The manna pointed
to healthful living.
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We're going to study about that.
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God gave manna to teach
Israel to have a simple diet.
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Is the state of the dead
presented in the sanctuary?
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Yes, that rod that sprouted
life by a miracle of God,
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we're going to find,
represented that life comes
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only through Jesus Christ.
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The antichrist is presented
in the sanctuary as well.
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He sits in the temple of
God showing himself to be God.
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The millennium is in
the sanctuary because the
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scapegoat ceremony is
found in Revelation chapter 20.
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So all of the
doctrines of the Bible are found
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in the sanctuary.
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What a magnificent
lesson that God taught
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through the Hebrew sanctuary.
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