Our beloved heavenly Father,
once again we come before
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Your presence to
request that You will be with us
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in our study today.
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We're going to study something
that is of extreme importance.
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In fact, it's at the very
core and center of the truth
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that we find in holy Scripture.
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And so we ask that You will
open our minds and open hearts,
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that Your Word will
not return unto You void.
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But that it will accomplish the
purpose for which You sent it.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in
Jesus' name, amen.
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I'd just like to review briefly
as we begin what we studied
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in our last lecture together.
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If you remember, we
studied the reasons why Jesus
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had to come to
live with us in the camp
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as a real genuine man.
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In other words, Jesus
adopted real humanity.
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Real mortal humanity, in fact.
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Now let me
review the seven reasons
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why Jesus became incarnate.
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Number one, He became incarnate
so that He could reveal to us
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what God is really like.
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Because Jesus is in
the bosom of the Father.
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No one better to reveal
what God really is like.
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Secondly, we noticed that Jesus
came to the camp to live with us
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so that He could
die for our sins.
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See, God cannot die.
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God is immortal.
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And so Jesus had to assume
humanity in order for it to be
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possible for Him to die.
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In the third place, we notice
that Jesus had to become a man
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so that He could be tempted.
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Because the Bible tells us
that God cannot be tempted.
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God cannot be
deceived by the devil.
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Because God is
omniscient; God knows all.
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He's omnipotent.
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The devil cannot
lead God into sin.
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And so Jesus had to assume
humanity so that He could be
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tempted in a real way.
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In the fourth place,
we noticed that Jesus
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had to become a man so
that we could have the assurance
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that He sympathizes
and empathizes with us.
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That Jesus truly
understands us when He
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represents us before God.
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Then we noticed that
Jesus had to become a man
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so that He could
serve as our Judge.
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In other words, He had to be a
man so that He could present us
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before God as our Advocate
and judge us in a fair way.
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And so then in the judgment,
there is no excuse for sin.
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And then we noticed
that Jesus came to this earth
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to live a perfect life
as a man so the He could
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impute His righteousness to us.
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That means, credit
His righteousness to us.
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And secondly, to impart
His righteousness to us.
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Which mean that He
actually sheds into our hearts
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His righteousness so that we
live the life that Jesus lived.
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And finally, we noticed
that Jesus took human nature
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so that He could
prepare a place for us in heaven
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so that He could eventually come
back to receive us unto Himself.
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And so we noticed seven reasons
at least for the incarnation of
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Jesus Christ, for Him coming
to this earth to live with us
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in the Sanctuary encampment.
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We haven't even entered
the court of the Sanctuary yet.
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We have just spoken
about Jesus living in the camp
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where Israel lived.
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And tonight, we are going
to talk about Jesus entering
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the Court of the Sanctuary.
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I'd just like to say
that the Court had two main
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pieces of furniture.
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And you see them illustrated
here on the platform.
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First of all, you have on the
far end the altar of sacrifice.
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That was as you entered
the Court of the Sanctuary.
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And then a little bit
farther in, right before you go
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into the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary,
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you have what is
called the laver.
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Which had water in it
where the priest washed himself
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before he went to
minister in the Holy Place
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of the Sanctuary.
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Now we're going to notice that
these two pieces of furniture
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actually refer to two
functions of Jesus Christ,
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or two events of the
life of Jesus Christ.
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We noticed that the camp
represents the life of Jesus
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where He came to
live in our midst.
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Now the altar of
sacrifice represents the
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death of Jesus Christ.
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And the laver, we're
going to notice, represents
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the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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And then of course,
Jesus, after that, goes into the
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Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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And the Holy Place is in heaven.
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Allow me to say that there
is no Sanctuary Court in heaven.
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And the reason for that
is that the work of the Court
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was done by Jesus on the earth.
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You see, He lived with
us in the camp on earth.
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He died on earth.
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And He resurrected on earth.
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So in heaven, all we have
is a Holy and Most Holy Place.
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The Court is the earth where
Jesus carried forward His work
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as one living with us,
as one dying, and as one
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resurrecting from the dead.
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Now we need to ask the question,
why did Jesus have to come
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to live a
perfect life and to die?
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Well, let's take a closer
look at this and understand
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why Jesus had to come
and live a perfect life
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and why Jesus
had to come to die.
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The first thing that I want us
to notice is that the law of God
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demands absolute perfection.
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The law of God
says, "Obey Me and live."
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But it also says,
"Disobey Me and that is sin.
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And the wages
of sin..." Is What?
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"The wages of sin is death."
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So basically the
sequence is, the law demands
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absolute perfection.
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If I cannot offer the law
the perfection that it demands,
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that is sin.
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And the wages of sin, or
the result of sin, is death.
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Of course the question is,
how many of us have sinned?
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The Bible says, "All
have sinned and come short
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of the glory of God."
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"There is none
righteous, no not one."
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So we are all on death row.
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None of us can offer
the law the perfect life
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that the law demands.
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And so the law says, "Because
you can't offer me the perfect
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life that I require
so that you can live,
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you must die."
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And so Jesus came to
this earth for several
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reasons we mentioned.
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But I want to emphasize and
underline two, particularly.
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Number one, Jesus came to
this earth to live the life
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that all of us should live.
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Jesus came to live a life in
perfect harmony with the law.
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And He lived that
life for everyone.
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But Jesus not only came
to live the life in my place,
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in your place, so
that I in Him can stand
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before the law not guilty.
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Not because I am righteous,
but because He is righteous.
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But Jesus also had to
come to pay for our sins.
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He had to come to pay
for the sins that we have
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already committed.
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And so Jesus came to
this earth first of all
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to live the life
that we should live.
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And He came to die the
death that we should die.
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And He lived and He
died for every single person
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who has ever drawn
breath on planet earth.
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In other words, Jesus
came to live and to die
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in place of everyone.
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So that if I receive
Jesus Christ, He takes His life
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and places it to my account.
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And He takes His death and
He places it to my account.
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And God looks upon me
as if I have never sinned.
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Not because I haven't sinned,
But because Jesus never sinned.
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Is this point very clear?
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It's the center and core
of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Now we want to talk this
evening about the work of Jesus
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in the Court.
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We've already
discussed His perfect life.
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Now we want to talk
about His death at the altar
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and His
resurrection at the laver,
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or the washing of the water.
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Now there are several
prophecies of the Old Testament
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that pointed to the death
of Jesus Christ in the Court.
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And I would like us to analyze
or take a look at some of those
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prophecies that we
find in the Old Testament.
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The first of these prophecies
is found in Genesis chapter 22.
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And so I invite you to go
with me to Genesis chapter 22
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and verse 2.
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This is the story of the
sacrifice, or we might say
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the almost sacrifice, of Isaac.
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And I want you to notice in
Genesis chapter 22 and verse 2,
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in this story Abraham plays
the role of God the Father.
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And Isaac plays the
role of Jesus Christ.
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This is a symbolic story.
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It's an illustrative story
of the relationship between
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God the Father and
His Son Jesus Christ.
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Now notice Genesis 22
and verse 2 a couple of
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very interesting details.
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It says here, "Then He
said," this is God speaking,
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"take now your
son, your..." What?
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"...your only son..."
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By the way, that word
"only" should be translated,
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"your unique son."
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Or, "your one of a kind son."
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"Your special son."
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You say, "How do we know that?"
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Because Isaac was
not Abraham's only son.
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You see, the Hebrew
word "yahed" means, unique.
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It means, one of a kind.
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It means, special.
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Abraham also had
Ishmael at this point.
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And yet Isaac is
called Abraham's unique
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one of a kind son because
he was the son of the promise.
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But now notice that he's
not only called the unique son
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or the only son, but it
says, "whom you..." What?
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"...whom you love..."
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Does this sound familiar?
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"This is My beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased."
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And so it continues saying,
"Take him to the land of Moriah
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and offer him
there as a..." What?
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See, there's the
altar of sacrifice.
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"...offer him there
as a burnt offering..."
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Notice that he
wasn't only to kill him,
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but he was to also what?
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Burn him.
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That's what happened at
the altar in the sanctuary.
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And it says, "...on one
of the mountains of which
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I shall tell you."
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Now what's interesting in this
story is the agony of Abraham
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and his son, primarily of
Abraham, lasts three days.
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I want you to notice
Genesis chapter 22 and verse 4.
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Abraham actually offers Isaac
on the third day of his journey.
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It says in
Genesis 22 and verse 4,
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"Then on the third day
Abraham lifted his eyes
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and saw the
place..." What? "...afar off. "
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Let me ask you, how long
did the agony of the Father
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and His Son last when
Jesus was on this earth?
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It lasted also what?
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It lasted also three days.
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Another interesting
detail is that in this story
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Abraham places the wood
on the shoulders of Isaac.
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But Abraham has
the knife and the fire.
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Now that's very
significant. Let's read.
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Notice what we find
there in Genesis chapter 22.
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It says, "So Abraham took
the wood of the burnt offering
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and laid it on Isaac his son."
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And now Isaac his
son carries the wood.
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Let me ask you, who was
it that carried the wood
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upon which it was placed?
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Jesus Christ.
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But Jesus was smitten by whom?
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Isaiah 53 says by His Father.
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And that's why Abraham has
the knife and he has the fire.
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So it continues saying,
"So Abraham took the wood
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of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son;
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and he took the fire
in his hand, and a knife,
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and the two of
them went together."
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And now we reach
the climax of the story.
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When Isaac is
about to be sacrificed,
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something spectacular happens.
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Go with me to Genesis
chapter 22 and let's read
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verses 12 through 14.
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This is an
extremely significant passage.
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It says, "And
Abraham said, 'My son...'"
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Because Isaac has
asked the question,
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"You know, we have the
wood and we have the fire
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and we have the knife.
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But where is the sacrifice?"
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It says...
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Who was going to
provide the lamb?
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God was going to
provide the lamb for Himself.
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And it says...
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Was this a
substitutionary sacrifice?
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Was it a substitute for Isaac?
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Absolutely.
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It says...
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"And Abraham called
the name of the place,
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The Lord Will Provide;
as it is said to this day,
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'In the Mount of the
Lord it shall be provided.'"
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Now do you know that
according to the Bible,
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Abraham, at least in figure
or in a metaphorical sense,
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received Isaac from
the dead on the third day.
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You say, "Where
does the Bible say that?"
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Go with me to the
book of Hebrews chapter 11
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and verses 17 through 19.
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Let me ask you, was Isaac
as good as dead for Abraham?
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He most certainly was.
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But what
happened on the third day?
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On the third day Abraham
received his son back how?
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Alive.
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Now notice Hebrews 11 verse 17.
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"By faith Abraham, when he
was tested, offered up Isaac,
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and he who had received
the promises offered up his..."
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What?
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See, that word is not correctly
translated "only begotten son."
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It really means, his unique
or special or one of a kind son.
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The word monogenés
in the Greek language
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doesn't mean, only begotten.
00:17:07.40\00:17:10.37
It means, the unique or
special or one of a kind son.
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Just like it does in Genesis 22.
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And so it says, "By faith
Abraham, when he was tested,
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offered up Isaac, and he
who had received the promises
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offered up his only begotten
son, of whom it was said,
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'In Isaac your seed
shall be called...'"
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And now notice.
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"...concluding," that
is, Abraham concluded,
00:17:32.09\00:17:34.82
"...that God was
able to..." What?
00:17:34.85\00:17:37.93
"...to raise him
up, even from the dead,
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from which he also
received him in a..." What?
00:17:41.35\00:17:45.11
"...in a figurative sense."
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Did Abraham receive his son
back alive on the third day?
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He most certainly did.
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And so we have this beautiful
picture of a father and a son,
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the unique son,
whom the father loved.
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And they suffered together.
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And the ordeal lasts three days.
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But on the third day the son is
given back to the father alive.
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This is a beautiful image
of the relationship between
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God the Father and
His Son Jesus Christ,
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and the suffering
that they went through
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as Jesus gave His life
for the sin of the world.
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And so in Genesis chapter 22
we have this beautiful picture
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that illustrates
what Jesus was going to do
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when He came to this
earth to die for our sins.
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But there are other
prophecies in the Old Testament.
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Exodus chapter 12
has another prophecy.
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This is the prophecy
about the Passover lamb,
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the sacrifice of
the Passover lamb.
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The Bible tells us
that every male in Israel
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had to go to
Jerusalem for the Passover.
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Every male 12 years and
older had to go to celebrate
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the Passover and Unleavened
Bread in the city of Jerusalem
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every year.
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Now it's interesting to notice
that the Passover gives the day,
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it gives the month,
and it gives the hour
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when the Passover lamb
was suppose to be sacrificed.
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Let's notice Exodus chapter
12 and verses 5 through 7.
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Exodus chapter 12
and verses 5 through 7.
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Speaking about the
Passover lamb, it says...
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If you look at the context,
it's the month of Nisan,
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the first month of
the Hebrew religious year.
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So he's suppose to sacrifice it
the 14th day of the same month.
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That is the month of Nisan.
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But it not only gives
us the day and the month.
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It also gives us the hour.
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Because it continues
saying, "Then the whole assembly
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of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it at twilight."
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I'll come back
to that in a minute.
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It was suppose to be
sacrificed at what hour?
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At twilight.
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You say, "What's
that twilight thing?"
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Literally in Hebrew, it says,
"between the two evenings."
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That's what it literally says,
"between the two evenings."
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You say, "What two
evenings is this talking about?
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Is there such a
thing as two evenings?"
00:20:50.90\00:20:53.45
Absolutely.
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You see, among the Jews, the
first evening is when the sun
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reaches its zenith or its climax
and it begins its descent.
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That's the first.
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It starts the afternoon hours.
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Or the evening
hours, if you please.
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The second evening
is when the sun sets.
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And so what would
between the two evenings be?
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It would be exactly in the
middle between when the sun
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begins its descent at noon
and when the sun actually sets.
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What time would that be?
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Three o'clock in the afternoon.
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Do you know
what time Jesus died?
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The Bible says that at the
ninth hour Jesus cried out,
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"'It is finished.
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Into Your hands I
commend My spirit.'
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And He breathed His last."
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Now you say, "Ninth
hour? Is that three o'clock?"
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Yes, because among the Hebrews
the first hour was six am,
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the third hour was nine
am, the sixth hour was noon,
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the ninth hour
was three o'clock,
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and the twelfth hour
was when the sun set.
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That why Jesus said, "Doesn't
the day have twelve hours?"
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Are you with me?
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So the ninth
hour is three o'clock.
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Jesus not only died on
the fourteenth day of Nisan,
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but He died exactly at
three o'clock in the afternoon
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just like the
Passover prophecy indicated.
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By the way, the New Testament
makes it very, very clear
00:22:21.89\00:22:25.06
that Jesus fulfilled
the Passover Himself.
00:22:25.09\00:22:28.60
Notice 1 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 7.
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1 Corinthians chapter 5
and verse 7 tells us that
00:22:32.04\00:22:35.20
the Passover was
fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
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It says there, the
apostle Paul writing...
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Who is our Passover?
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Jesus Christ.
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Did Jesus die the
very day of the Passover?
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Yes.
00:23:03.67\00:23:05.04
Did He die the very
month of the Passover?
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Yes.
00:23:07.26\00:23:08.63
Did He die at the
precise hour in which the
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Passover lamb was sacrificed?
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Absolutely.
00:23:13.23\00:23:14.60
You know, some
people are amazed at the
00:23:14.63\00:23:16.00
prophecies of Nostradamus.
00:23:16.03\00:23:17.89
But really, if you
look at the History Channel,
00:23:18.50\00:23:20.39
it's a bunch of speculation.
00:23:20.42\00:23:22.06
A bunch of words where
you have to add interpretation
00:23:22.40\00:23:24.87
and you have to
use your imagination.
00:23:24.90\00:23:26.67
Here you don't have
to use your imagination.
00:23:26.70\00:23:29.13
It gives you exactly the
day, the hour, and the month
00:23:29.68\00:23:34.41
when Jesus
Christ was going to die.
00:23:34.44\00:23:36.14
And He died
exactly at that time.
00:23:36.17\00:23:38.68
And this was written 1500
years before Jesus was born.
00:23:38.71\00:23:42.79
An amazing prophecy.
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.32
Now there's another
prophecy that gives us the year
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.07
of the death of Jesus Christ.
00:23:48.10\00:23:49.77
You see, the
Passover gave us the hour,
00:23:49.80\00:23:52.35
the day, and the month.
00:23:52.38\00:23:53.75
But there's another
prophecy that gives us the year
00:23:53.78\00:23:56.01
when Jesus was going to die.
00:23:56.04\00:23:57.55
It's called the
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:23:57.85\00:24:00.29
And we're going to
have two whole lectures
00:24:00.32\00:24:02.74
on the prophecy
of the seventy weeks.
00:24:02.77\00:24:04.58
One lecture isn't
enough to cover this prophecy,
00:24:04.61\00:24:07.01
there's just so much material.
00:24:07.04\00:24:08.69
So we're going to
dedicate two whole sessions
00:24:08.72\00:24:10.93
to speak about the
prophecy of the seventy weeks.
00:24:10.96\00:24:13.05
However, I want to
dedicate just a few moments
00:24:13.08\00:24:17.45
to read from Daniel
chapter 9 and verses 26 and 27
00:24:17.48\00:24:24.27
where this prophecy
gives us the exact year
00:24:24.67\00:24:29.69
in which Jesus was going
to be sacrificed as the lamb.
00:24:29.72\00:24:33.76
It says in verse 26...
00:24:33.79\00:24:35.81
When it says "after
the sixty-two weeks,"
00:24:39.74\00:24:41.33
it's seven and sixty-two.
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That is, after sixty-nine weeks.
00:24:43.15\00:24:45.78
Why was Messiah
going to be cut off?
00:24:53.39\00:24:54.98
Was He going to be
cut off for Himself?
00:24:55.01\00:24:56.79
No, He was going to
be cut off for others?
00:24:56.82\00:24:59.38
And then notice verse 27.
00:24:59.41\00:25:01.48
"Then He shall
confirm a covenant with
00:25:01.68\00:25:03.58
many for one week."
00:25:03.61\00:25:04.98
This is week
number 70 of the 70 weeks.
00:25:05.01\00:25:08.10
It says...
00:25:08.13\00:25:09.50
And when we study this
prophecy, we're going to
00:25:21.97\00:25:24.01
notice something amazing.
00:25:24.04\00:25:25.41
Jesus began His
ministry in the year 27 AD.
00:25:26.14\00:25:31.02
That's when He was baptized.
00:25:31.05\00:25:32.80
Three and a half years later,
in the middle of the last week,
00:25:33.53\00:25:37.13
Jesus Christ died on the cross.
00:25:37.16\00:25:39.51
And then three and
a half years later,
00:25:39.90\00:25:42.30
probation closed for
the Hebrew theocracy.
00:25:42.82\00:25:45.91
In other words, Jesus
died exactly in the year 31
00:25:46.20\00:25:50.83
at Spring time
during the Passover.
00:25:50.86\00:25:53.78
This prophecy
pointed to the exact year
00:25:53.81\00:25:56.81
in which Jesus was
going to die on the cross.
00:25:56.84\00:26:01.20
An amazing prophecy for sure.
00:26:01.23\00:26:03.31
And by the way, did you
notice that it says here that
00:26:03.34\00:26:05.71
He would cause the sacrifice
and the offering to cease?
00:26:05.74\00:26:09.23
Now I want to read you a
very interesting statement
00:26:10.15\00:26:12.65
from that classic biography
of Christ, The Desire Of Ages.
00:26:12.68\00:26:16.29
Do you know that this
was literally fulfilled?
00:26:16.32\00:26:18.60
That Jesus made the
sacrifice and the oblation
00:26:18.63\00:26:21.52
or the offering to cease?
00:26:21.55\00:26:23.44
Let me just read you a
short description that is
00:26:23.65\00:26:25.73
given in Desire Of Ages about
the moment when Jesus died.
00:26:25.76\00:26:29.48
Here Ellen White states...
00:26:31.74\00:26:33.76
Because there's been
this gigantic earthquake
00:26:38.87\00:26:41.24
and the veil of the temple has
been ripped from top to bottom.
00:26:41.27\00:26:44.55
She continues saying...
00:26:44.58\00:26:46.06
Did He cause the
sacrifice and oblation to cease?
00:26:59.65\00:27:02.18
Yes He did.
00:27:02.52\00:27:03.89
There was no sacrifice that day.
00:27:03.92\00:27:05.79
So she says...
00:27:06.40\00:27:07.77
And then she sees
the relationship between
00:27:13.98\00:27:17.64
type and antitype,
between what we find prophesied
00:27:17.67\00:27:21.56
and the fulfillment of
the prophecy when she says...
00:27:21.59\00:27:23.94
So Jesus
literally, in the year 31 AD,
00:27:33.37\00:27:38.97
three o'clock in the afternoon,
on the fourteenth day of Nisan,
00:27:39.58\00:27:44.56
fulfilled the prophecy
concerning the Passover lamb,
00:27:44.88\00:27:48.25
which is represented once
again by the altar of sacrifice.
00:27:48.57\00:27:53.96
But there were other prophecies.
00:27:53.99\00:27:55.80
We have for example the
morning and evening sacrifice.
00:27:56.64\00:27:59.56
In the sanctuary,a
morning and evening sacrifice
00:27:59.59\00:28:02.15
was offered and placed
upon the altar of sacrifice.
00:28:02.18\00:28:06.54
Let me just read that to you.
00:28:06.57\00:28:08.09
Exodus 29 and verses 38 and 39.
00:28:08.39\00:28:13.14
It says here...
00:28:13.65\00:28:15.02
That is between
the two evenings;
00:28:33.24\00:28:36.23
three o'clock in the afternoon.
00:28:36.26\00:28:37.85
In other words, the sacrifice of
the lamb, morning and evening,
00:28:37.88\00:28:44.64
pointed forward to the death
of Jesus Christ on the cross.
00:28:44.67\00:28:48.72
But there were other prophecies.
00:28:48.75\00:28:50.17
Notice Isaiah chapter
53 and verses 4 through 6.
00:28:50.20\00:28:55.18
Isaiah 53 and
verses 4 through 6.
00:28:55.21\00:28:58.40
It's speaking here about
the Messiah over 700 years
00:28:58.84\00:29:02.21
before Jesus is born.
00:29:02.24\00:29:03.81
And it says...
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.21
Listen carefully,
remember that the prophecy said
00:29:15.79\00:29:18.15
that it would
not be for Himself?
00:29:18.18\00:29:19.73
The prophecy of the 70 weeks?
00:29:19.76\00:29:21.32
He would be cut off
but not for Himself.
00:29:21.35\00:29:23.80
Notice what it says here.
00:29:23.83\00:29:25.20
Now is this prophecy
referring to Jesus Christ?
00:29:50.42\00:29:53.00
It most certainly is.
00:29:53.20\00:29:54.57
The New Testament
applies it to Jesus Christ.
00:29:54.60\00:29:57.19
Go with me to Acts chapter 8 and
we'll read verses 32 through 36.
00:29:57.41\00:30:02.57
This is the story
of the Ethiopian eunuch
00:30:02.60\00:30:05.74
that was met by Philip.
00:30:05.77\00:30:07.25
And the eunuch is
studying Isaiah 53 and he can't
00:30:07.28\00:30:10.33
make any sense out of it.
00:30:10.36\00:30:11.73
He says, "Who is this
prophecy talking about?"
00:30:11.76\00:30:14.09
Let's pick up
this story in verse 32.
00:30:14.12\00:30:18.13
Is he quoting Isaiah chapter 53?
00:30:41.29\00:30:43.78
Absolutely. Now notice.
00:30:43.81\00:30:45.54
Who is the center of
the prophecy of Isaiah 53?
00:31:07.22\00:31:10.16
Jesus Christ.
00:31:10.19\00:31:11.74
Notice 1 Peter chapter 2
and verses 23 and 24 where
00:31:11.77\00:31:15.91
Isaiah 53 is referred to again
and applied to Jesus Christ.
00:31:15.94\00:31:20.12
1 Peter chapter
2 verses 23 and 24.
00:31:20.15\00:31:23.04
Speaking about Jesus, it says...
00:31:23.07\00:31:24.95
And then comes a
quotation from Isaiah 53.
00:31:49.11\00:31:51.85
Did Peter understand
that the prophecy of Isaiah 53
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.01
of this Messiah being taken
as a lamb to the slaughter,
00:32:00.04\00:32:04.06
did he understand that
this applied to Jesus Christ?
00:32:04.09\00:32:06.68
He most certainly did.
00:32:06.71\00:32:08.08
Once again, all of this points
to the altar of sacrifice.
00:32:08.22\00:32:11.99
All of these prophecies
are showing that Jesus was
00:32:12.02\00:32:15.07
going to come and Jesus
was going to die for our sins.
00:32:15.10\00:32:19.75
Notice another interesting
prophecy that we find in
00:32:19.95\00:32:22.32
the Old Testament that
was fulfilled in Jesus.
00:32:22.35\00:32:24.66
Numbers chapter 15
and verses 2 and 3.
00:32:24.69\00:32:28.25
Numbers 15 and verses 2 and 3.
00:32:28.28\00:32:32.20
Here it says...
00:32:32.94\00:32:34.31
Remember those words, a
burnt offering or a sacrifice.
00:32:51.95\00:32:55.67
So in other words,
the sacrifices were
00:33:10.44\00:33:12.36
what before God?
00:33:12.39\00:33:13.76
A sweet aroma.
00:33:13.79\00:33:16.00
Now let's go to
Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 2
00:33:16.53\00:33:19.60
to find out who this applies to.
00:33:19.63\00:33:21.56
Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 2.
00:33:21.59\00:33:24.39
Here, the apostle Paul
is going to apply this idea
00:33:24.59\00:33:26.98
that the sacrifices and
offerings were a sweet aroma,
00:33:27.01\00:33:29.75
he's going to
apply it to Jesus Christ.
00:33:30.15\00:33:32.02
It says there in
Ephesians chapter 5 verse 2...
00:33:32.05\00:33:34.69
Remember the words?
00:33:43.78\00:33:45.15
To whom does this
prophecy in numbers point to?
00:33:54.64\00:33:57.53
It points to Jesus Christ.
00:33:58.25\00:34:00.25
Let me mention just
two other prophecies.
00:34:00.90\00:34:03.05
Leviticus chapter
22 and verses 20 to 22.
00:34:03.91\00:34:07.11
It's speaking about choosing
a lamb for the sacrifice.
00:34:08.04\00:34:12.14
The Bible tells us that
the lamb had to be unblemished.
00:34:12.55\00:34:15.20
In other words, the lamb
was examined very carefully
00:34:15.23\00:34:18.23
to make sure that the
lamb physically did not
00:34:18.26\00:34:20.57
have any defect.
00:34:20.60\00:34:21.97
Now you need to understand
that a lamb is an animal.
00:34:22.00\00:34:24.44
All they could do was
examine it physically to
00:34:24.47\00:34:26.53
see that it
didn't have a defect.
00:34:26.56\00:34:27.93
But that represented the fact
that Jesus had no moral defect.
00:34:27.96\00:34:31.13
You see, the type is always more
imperfect than the antitype.
00:34:31.88\00:34:37.76
In other words, the shadow
is never as clear as the reality
00:34:37.79\00:34:41.70
to which the shadow points.
00:34:41.73\00:34:43.32
So in the Old Testament
you could only determine that
00:34:43.63\00:34:46.08
the lamb had no
physical blemish or defect.
00:34:46.11\00:34:48.47
But that represented the fact
that Jesus had no moral defect
00:34:48.50\00:34:51.93
in His character.
00:34:51.96\00:34:53.33
Notice what we find here
in Leviticus 22 verse 20.
00:34:53.44\00:34:57.09
In other words, the
lambs had to be without blemish
00:35:33.15\00:35:36.59
and without defect.
00:35:36.62\00:35:38.82
Now what about the priests?
00:35:39.28\00:35:40.65
Did the priests also
have to be without defect?
00:35:40.68\00:35:43.68
Absolutely.
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.08
Go with me to Leviticus
21 and verses 17 to 21.
00:35:45.11\00:35:48.78
Leviticus 21:17-21
00:35:49.04\00:35:51.29
Once again, the
priests in the Old Testament,
00:35:51.32\00:35:54.69
they could only determine that
they had no physical blemish.
00:35:54.72\00:35:57.92
But that represented the
fact that Jesus Christ had no
00:35:57.95\00:36:01.41
physical or moral blemish.
00:36:01.44\00:36:04.45
In other words, the shadow
is not as perfect as the reality
00:36:04.48\00:36:07.81
to which the shadow points.
00:36:07.84\00:36:09.61
Now let's read
Leviticus 21 verse 17.
00:36:09.64\00:36:12.18
Let me ask you, what
did the lamb represent?
00:37:00.54\00:37:02.95
The lamb represented,
the unblemished lamb
00:37:03.83\00:37:06.66
that was sacrificed
and placed on the altar,
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.65
represented Jesus Christ.
00:37:08.68\00:37:10.48
What did the priest represent?
00:37:10.94\00:37:13.44
The priest also
represented whom?
00:37:13.64\00:37:16.02
The priest also
represented Jesus Christ.
00:37:16.05\00:37:18.82
You say, "Well how
could the priest and the lamb
00:37:18.85\00:37:20.87
both represent Jesus Christ?"
00:37:20.90\00:37:22.28
It's very simple.
00:37:22.31\00:37:23.68
You see, the Bible says
that Jesus offered Himself.
00:37:23.71\00:37:26.92
In the Old Testament
system, you needed a priest
00:37:27.39\00:37:29.70
to offer the lamb.
00:37:29.73\00:37:31.10
But Jesus is the
priest and the lamb,
00:37:31.13\00:37:32.89
because Jesus offers Himself.
00:37:32.92\00:37:34.76
And He's undefiled.
00:37:35.97\00:37:37.54
Notice Hebrews chapter 7
verses 26 and 27 on this point.
00:37:37.83\00:37:42.28
Hebrews chapter
7 verses 26 and 27.
00:37:42.48\00:37:46.14
It says here...
00:37:46.54\00:37:47.91
What kind of
priest was Jesus Christ?
00:38:19.57\00:38:22.29
He was an
unblemished what? Priest.
00:38:22.32\00:38:25.59
And He officiated
His own sacrifice.
00:38:25.62\00:38:29.38
Was He also a perfect lamb?
00:38:30.04\00:38:32.05
Yes He was.
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.18
Go with me to 1 Peter
chapter 1 verses 18 through 20.
00:38:34.21\00:38:37.30
Listen, these prophecies
are much more precise than
00:38:37.33\00:38:39.85
Nostradamus
could have ever given.
00:38:39.88\00:38:41.64
You know, I've been reading a
book which is very interesting
00:38:42.14\00:38:45.81
on the quatrains of Nostradamus.
00:38:45.84\00:38:48.17
And you have to use a
wild imagination to figure out
00:38:48.20\00:38:51.39
what he's trying to say.
00:38:51.42\00:38:52.79
But with the Bible,
you don't have to do that.
00:38:52.82\00:38:54.91
The Bible is exact and precise.
00:38:54.94\00:38:57.32
It tells you when,
where, and how, and who.
00:38:57.35\00:39:00.66
Notice 1 Peter chapter 1
and verses 18 through 20.
00:39:00.86\00:39:04.09
Jesus is also the perfect lamb.
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.59
Was Jesus the
unblemished priest?
00:39:34.17\00:39:36.42
Yes.
00:39:36.45\00:39:37.82
Was Jesus the unblemished lamb?
00:39:37.85\00:39:39.40
Yes.
00:39:39.43\00:39:40.80
Jesus officiated
His own sacrifice.
00:39:40.83\00:39:43.39
And you know what's interesting?
00:39:43.42\00:39:44.79
Not only was Jesus the perfect
priest that offered Himself,
00:39:44.82\00:39:49.50
the perfect sacrifice,
but when He resurrected
00:39:49.53\00:39:52.30
He took His own blood
as the priest into the
00:39:52.33\00:39:54.95
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
00:39:54.98\00:39:56.60
That's interesting.
00:39:57.27\00:39:58.64
All of this pointed to whom?
00:39:58.80\00:40:00.60
To Jesus.
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.00
Notice Hebrews
chapter 4 and verse 15 on the
00:40:02.03\00:40:05.27
perfect nature of Jesus
Christ, the fact that He had
00:40:05.30\00:40:09.70
no moral defect.
00:40:09.73\00:40:11.10
It says...
00:40:11.13\00:40:12.50
Notice 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 21.
00:40:23.51\00:40:26.10
The Bible is
clear on this point.
00:40:26.13\00:40:27.64
2 Corinthians 5:21, it says...
00:40:27.67\00:40:30.06
"He" is God the Father.
00:40:30.09\00:40:31.97
"Him" is Jesus.
00:40:35.25\00:40:36.70
He who knew no sin was made sin
so that we could be found what?
00:40:46.50\00:40:50.20
So that we could
be found righteous.
00:40:50.23\00:40:52.38
One more text.
00:40:52.50\00:40:53.87
Notice Galatians
chapter 3 and verse 13.
00:40:53.90\00:40:56.64
It says here...
00:40:57.33\00:40:58.70
These are only some of the
prophecies of the Old Testament
00:41:12.50\00:41:15.58
that pointed to the
work of Jesus in the Court.
00:41:15.61\00:41:18.47
Jesus coming to die for our
sins after living in the camp
00:41:18.50\00:41:23.33
as the perfect Lamb.
00:41:23.36\00:41:24.73
You see, Jesus lives in
the camp as the perfect lamb,
00:41:24.76\00:41:27.92
and then He goes to the altar
and He dies as the perfect lamb.
00:41:27.95\00:41:31.86
And He officiates
His own sacrifice.
00:41:31.89\00:41:34.68
Now I need to make one
point very, very clear.
00:41:34.89\00:41:37.82
And that is that what Jesus
did in the camp and in the Court
00:41:38.46\00:41:43.23
He did for every single
person who has ever lived
00:41:44.03\00:41:47.18
on planet earth.
00:41:47.21\00:41:48.62
Not only for the saved.
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.95
His live and His death
were for every single person
00:41:52.60\00:41:56.88
who has ever drawn
breath on planet earth.
00:41:56.91\00:42:00.50
In other words, the
work of Jesus in the camp
00:42:00.88\00:42:03.49
and in the Court is a
corporate work that includes
00:42:03.52\00:42:06.77
the whole human race.
00:42:06.80\00:42:08.30
Let's read some
verses about that.
00:42:08.33\00:42:10.13
Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 9.
00:42:10.41\00:42:12.26
And I know what you're thinking.
00:42:12.29\00:42:13.66
"So that means
everybody is going to be saved.
00:42:13.69\00:42:15.06
Right, Pastor?"
00:42:15.09\00:42:16.46
No.
00:42:16.49\00:42:17.86
You see, that's why we
need to understand our next
00:42:17.89\00:42:19.72
couple of lectures; the
work of Jesus in the Holy Place
00:42:19.75\00:42:22.74
of the Sanctuary.
00:42:22.77\00:42:24.14
Now notice Hebrews
chapter 2 and verse 9.
00:42:24.17\00:42:26.03
"But we see Jesus, who was made
a little lower than the angels,
00:42:26.72\00:42:31.25
for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honor,
00:42:31.28\00:42:35.84
that He, by the grace of
God, might taste death..."
00:42:35.87\00:42:41.86
for the saved.
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.26
No, it says, "might
taste death" for what?
00:42:44.53\00:42:48.27
"for everyone."
00:42:48.30\00:42:50.23
For how many
people did Jesus die?
00:42:50.26\00:42:51.91
For everyone.
00:42:51.94\00:42:53.60
Notice 1 Timothy
chapter 2 and verses 5 and 6.
00:42:54.08\00:42:57.72
1 Timothy chapter
2 and verses 5 and 6.
00:42:57.75\00:43:01.09
The same idea comes through.
00:43:01.12\00:43:03.01
Notice 1 John
chapter 2 and verse 2.
00:43:25.62\00:43:27.94
What Jesus did, He
did for the whole world.
00:43:27.97\00:43:30.04
He lived for the whole world
and He died for the whole world.
00:43:30.07\00:43:34.10
1 John chapter 2 and verse 2.
00:43:34.13\00:43:36.51
Here, he's writing to
the followers of Jesus,
00:43:38.27\00:43:40.17
the disciples of Jesus.
00:43:40.20\00:43:41.59
Well you know the verse.
00:44:08.25\00:44:09.62
For God so loved Fresno...
00:44:09.65\00:44:11.85
Fresno too.
00:44:13.20\00:44:14.57
For God so loved what?
00:44:14.60\00:44:15.97
...the world that He
gave His only begotten Son.
00:44:16.00\00:44:19.35
Allow me to read you
a spectacular statement
00:44:19.38\00:44:21.95
by Ellen White.
00:44:21.98\00:44:23.35
Desire Of Ages, page 753.
00:44:23.38\00:44:25.66
She caught this nuance.
00:44:25.69\00:44:27.06
There she says...
00:44:27.09\00:44:28.46
How much guilt?
00:44:54.70\00:44:56.07
The guilt of every
descendant of Adam.
00:44:56.47\00:44:58.82
You know, some people
commit suicide because
00:44:58.85\00:45:01.25
they feel guilty and
depressed over their guilt.
00:45:01.28\00:45:03.88
Imagine bearing the guilt of
all of humanity from all ages.
00:45:03.91\00:45:07.41
We have not suffered
at all compared to Jesus.
00:45:09.44\00:45:12.16
Our sufferings are
nil compared to His.
00:45:12.50\00:45:15.69
She continues saying,
"The guilt of every descendant
00:45:15.89\00:45:18.41
of Adam was
pressing upon His heart.
00:45:18.44\00:45:20.46
The wrath of God against sin..."
00:45:20.66\00:45:22.78
Powerful statement.
00:46:09.91\00:46:11.28
For how many did
Jesus bear the guilt?
00:46:11.31\00:46:13.43
Every descendent of Adam.
00:46:13.94\00:46:16.16
Jesus lived for every person who
has ever lived on planet earth
00:46:16.19\00:46:19.60
and He died for every
person on planet earth.
00:46:19.63\00:46:22.31
His life and death are
available for everyone.
00:46:22.34\00:46:25.06
And so some people say,
"Well, that means everybody
00:46:25.73\00:46:27.79
is going to be saved, right?"
00:46:27.82\00:46:29.19
What is the most
famous verse in the Bible?
00:46:31.51\00:46:33.51
John 3:16
00:46:35.84\00:46:37.21
John 3:16 includes all,
but then it excludes some.
00:46:38.23\00:46:43.71
That very verse.
00:46:44.85\00:46:46.22
It says, "For God so
loved the world that He gave
00:46:47.05\00:46:51.51
His only begotten Son..."
00:46:51.54\00:46:53.09
And then what does it say?
00:46:53.12\00:46:54.66
"...that whosoever
believeth in Him..."
00:46:54.96\00:46:58.53
That means to have faith in Him.
00:46:59.17\00:47:01.13
"...should not perish
but have everlasting life."
00:47:01.16\00:47:03.69
Did God give Jesus
for the whole world?
00:47:05.53\00:47:07.67
Who will benefit
from what Jesus did?
00:47:08.49\00:47:10.80
Those who believe in Him.
00:47:11.34\00:47:13.83
By the way, this
text, John 3:16, if you
00:47:14.03\00:47:16.81
read the context, it's talking
about the serpent that was
00:47:16.84\00:47:20.01
raised up in the wilderness.
00:47:20.04\00:47:21.44
Let's read about that in
John chapter 3 and verse 14.
00:47:22.43\00:47:25.63
I want you to notice
something very important.
00:47:25.83\00:47:27.65
You remember when Israel
was being bitten by the snakes
00:47:27.68\00:47:30.38
and they were dying
because they were poised?
00:47:31.02\00:47:33.22
Was it enough to raise up
the serpent in the wilderness?
00:47:34.15\00:47:36.76
No. What did people have to do?
00:47:37.32\00:47:39.53
They had to look
individually and personally.
00:47:40.18\00:47:44.66
They had to look at the serpent
raised in the wilderness.
00:47:44.69\00:47:48.14
Is it enough that Jesus died?
00:47:48.55\00:47:50.21
No. We have to what?
00:47:51.15\00:47:53.08
We have to behold Him by faith.
00:47:53.38\00:47:56.19
It says there...
00:47:56.22\00:47:57.59
And then it says in verse 16...
00:48:11.41\00:48:13.16
Now listen carefully.
00:48:23.59\00:48:24.96
In our next lecture,
we're going to see how Jesus
00:48:25.47\00:48:28.00
pours out the benefits of what
He did while He was on earth.
00:48:28.03\00:48:31.11
We're going to talk about how
you can claim what Jesus did.
00:48:33.13\00:48:36.10
How His life and
His death becomes yours.
00:48:36.90\00:48:39.82
It's not automatic for everyone.
00:48:40.64\00:48:42.47
You have to claim it.
00:48:43.06\00:48:44.43
There are conditions that
must be met in order for you
00:48:44.90\00:48:48.16
to benefit from His
life and from His death.
00:48:48.19\00:48:50.86
Believing in Him is one of them.
00:48:51.33\00:48:54.36
Now, do you understand what the
altar of sacrifice represents?
00:48:55.33\00:48:58.49
Now let's talk about the laver.
00:48:58.92\00:49:00.66
The laver represents the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
00:49:01.11\00:49:04.83
Reviewing...
00:49:04.86\00:49:06.23
Jesus lived a
perfect life in the camp.
00:49:06.26\00:49:09.14
Jesus died as a substitute
on the altar in the Court.
00:49:09.43\00:49:13.38
Jesus resurrects at the laver.
00:49:13.71\00:49:16.51
And as we'll notice
tomorrow night, He enters
00:49:16.54\00:49:19.61
into the Holy Place to intercede
before His Father for those
00:49:19.64\00:49:24.34
who come in faith to Him.
00:49:24.37\00:49:27.08
By the way, do you know
something very interesting?
00:49:27.85\00:49:30.33
A person who touched a dead
carcass was considered unclean.
00:49:30.36\00:49:36.40
Because death was unclean.
00:49:36.93\00:49:38.87
When Jesus died, He would
have been considered what?
00:49:39.81\00:49:42.81
Unclean.
00:49:43.15\00:49:44.52
So what needed to
happen with Jesus?
00:49:44.55\00:49:46.48
He needed to be what?
00:49:46.89\00:49:48.36
Cleansed.
00:49:49.11\00:49:50.48
And at His resurrection,
He's cleansed at the laver.
00:49:50.51\00:49:54.11
Now let me read
you a very interesting
00:49:54.14\00:49:55.75
verse from Scripture.
00:49:55.78\00:49:57.15
Go with me to Titus
chapter 3 and verse 5.
00:49:57.38\00:50:01.53
Titus chapter 3 and verse 5.
00:50:01.56\00:50:04.38
A very important verse.
00:50:04.41\00:50:05.78
It says here...
00:50:05.81\00:50:07.18
What do you wash with?
00:50:23.91\00:50:25.42
Water, yes.
00:50:26.13\00:50:27.63
And what was in the laver?
00:50:27.66\00:50:29.49
Water.
00:50:30.05\00:50:31.42
It says, "washing of..." What?
00:50:31.45\00:50:35.45
Regeneration is
an important word.
00:50:37.70\00:50:39.07
Now let me tell you what
that Greek word is there.
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.44
The Greek word that is
translated "regeneration"
00:50:47.77\00:50:51.75
is a compound word that
is composed of two words,
00:50:52.19\00:50:55.17
two Greek words.
00:50:55.20\00:50:56.57
One is the word
"palin," which means "again."
00:50:56.60\00:51:00.57
And the word
"genesis," which mean what?
00:51:01.24\00:51:07.19
What does "genesis" mean?
00:51:07.22\00:51:08.59
To begin.
00:51:08.62\00:51:09.99
In other words, you put
"palin" and "genesis" together
00:51:10.02\00:51:12.81
and it means, to begin what?
00:51:12.84\00:51:14.65
To begin again.
00:51:14.98\00:51:16.62
Most lexicons or
dictionaries that I checked out
00:51:16.96\00:51:20.08
of the experts in the biblical
languages say that this means
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.72
to regenerate,
or it means rebirth.
00:51:23.92\00:51:27.82
Now let me ask you,
where was Jesus regenerated?
00:51:29.41\00:51:33.34
What does regenerate mean?
00:51:35.13\00:51:37.15
It means to give what?
00:51:38.23\00:51:40.10
It means to give life what?
00:51:40.50\00:51:42.68
What does "re" mean?
00:51:42.71\00:51:44.32
Generate is to give life,
but regenerate is to what?
00:51:45.17\00:51:50.00
To give it again.
00:51:50.03\00:51:51.40
Let me ask you, when
was Jesus regenerated?
00:51:51.79\00:51:54.83
When is it that He
began again after His death?
00:51:55.34\00:51:59.02
It was when Jesus was
resurrected from the dead.
00:51:59.65\00:52:02.73
Now not only do you
have here in this verse
00:52:03.43\00:52:06.66
the washing, which
refers to the laver, water,
00:52:06.69\00:52:10.20
of regeneration...
00:52:10.52\00:52:11.89
The word regeneration means,
beginning again or rebirth
00:52:11.92\00:52:17.00
from the grave.
00:52:17.03\00:52:18.40
But also you have
renewing of the Holy Spirit.
00:52:18.43\00:52:21.62
Allow me to tell you something
about that word "renewing."
00:52:21.65\00:52:24.36
That word, "renewing," is
the Greek word, "kainotes."
00:52:24.81\00:52:29.26
And let's read another
verse in the New Testament that
00:52:30.12\00:52:32.93
uses that word "renewing"
to see what it refers to.
00:52:32.96\00:52:36.78
It's actually used
in only two other verses
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.22
in the New Testament.
00:52:39.25\00:52:40.62
It's used in
Romans 6 and verse 4,
00:52:40.65\00:52:42.82
and Romans 7 and verse 6.
00:52:42.85\00:52:44.45
We're only going to read
Romans chapter 6 and verse 4.
00:52:44.48\00:52:47.72
Notice what this
word, "renewing," refers to.
00:52:48.14\00:52:52.03
It says, "Therefore, we were...
00:52:52.35\00:52:55.15
...buried with Him
through baptism into..." What?
00:52:57.56\00:53:03.61
"...death, that just
as Christ was raised..."
00:53:03.89\00:53:08.80
So what is the theme here?
00:53:08.83\00:53:10.20
It's death and
what? Resurrection.
00:53:10.23\00:53:13.00
"Therefore we were buried with
Him through baptism into death,
00:53:13.03\00:53:16.70
that just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the
00:53:17.12\00:53:22.54
glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in..." What?
00:53:22.57\00:53:28.43
"...in newness of life."
00:53:28.77\00:53:30.18
What happens in baptism?
00:53:30.21\00:53:31.81
Do we die with
Christ in baptism?
00:53:33.00\00:53:35.03
Are we buried
with Christ in baptism?
00:53:35.78\00:53:38.02
Do we resurrect to
newness of life in baptism?
00:53:38.76\00:53:42.13
Absolutely.
00:53:42.32\00:53:43.69
So what does this
word here mean, "newness,"
00:53:43.72\00:53:47.70
in Titus chapter 3 verse 5, "the
renewing of the Holy Spirit?"
00:53:47.73\00:53:52.67
It's referring to what?
00:53:52.70\00:53:54.12
It's referring
to the resurrection.
00:53:54.42\00:53:57.68
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:53:58.23\00:53:59.70
So after Jesus dies,
because His body is a corpse
00:53:59.96\00:54:04.40
it has to be what?
00:54:04.43\00:54:05.81
It has to be cleansed.
00:54:06.24\00:54:08.47
And so it's cleansed where?
00:54:08.50\00:54:10.26
When Jesus resurrects
with a glorified body.
00:54:10.29\00:54:14.11
He resurrects at the laver
as the renewing of His life.
00:54:14.58\00:54:18.14
It's the
regeneration of His life.
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In other words, the
laver represents the
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resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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So Jesus basically
lived in the camp with us.
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He lived His perfect
life there as a perfect priest
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and a perfect lamb.
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Then He came to
the altar of sacrifice
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and He offered Himself.
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He is the officiating
priest in His own sacrifice.
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At the laver, He's regenerated.
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Or His life is
renewed, as we read in
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Romans chapter 6 and verse 4.
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In other words, He resurrects
from the dead with His glorified
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immortal and incorruptible body.
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Now here's the very important
question that will set the stage
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for our next study together.
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Where would you
expect Jesus to go next?
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Do you know what
most Christians believe?
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They say Jesus jumped from the
Court to the Most Holy Place.
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My question is, is
there a Holy Place between the
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Court and the Most Holy?
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Of course.
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Do you think Jesus
jumped over the Holy Place
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into the Most
Holy Place directly?
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Absolutely not.
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Did Jesus have a
function to fulfill in the
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Holy Place of the Sanctuary?
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He most certainly did.
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He had a role to fulfill where
the seven branch candlestick is.
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He had a role to fulfill
where the table of showbread is.
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He had a role to fulfill
where the altar of incense is.
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All three of those
pieces of furniture represent
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something very important
concerning the relationship
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between Christ and His people.
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So the next step
that we find Jesus taking
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in His Sanctuary
walk is going into where?
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Going into the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
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And the question is, what did
He go into the Holy Place for?
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You know, you ask a
Christian today, "What has Jesus
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been doing the last 2000 years?"
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They say, "Hmmm, good question."
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For most Christians,
everything was finished when
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Jesus died on the cross.
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That's it.
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That's not it.
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Because Jesus lived in the
camp, He died in the Court,
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He resurrected at the laver,
He goes into the Holy Place,
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and then He goes
into the Most Holy Place.
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Let me ask you, is
there a function of Jesus
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after His work in the
Court on planet earth?
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Most certainly.
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And we're going to study
about His work in the Holy Place
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tomorrow and
also on Friday night.
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We're going to see that in
the Holy Place is where we can
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claim the benefits of what
Jesus did while He was on earth.
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So don't miss tomorrow night.
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