Let's pray.
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Once again, heavenly Father,
Thank You for blessing us
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with Your presence.
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Thank You for Your Word.
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We live in a world
were everything seems to be
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spinning out of control.
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But we Thank You that we
can build upon the solid Rock
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of Your Holy Word to
know what has happened,
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what is happening, and
what soon will take place
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on this earth.
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We ask for Your guidance as
we open Your holy book today.
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Send Your Holy Spirit through
the ministration of the angels
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to make things clear to our
minds and to open our hearts.
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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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Israel had just
crossed the Red Sea.
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And they had sung the song
of Moses, in Exodus chapter 15.
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And then they arrived in
the desert to a place where
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God wanted to test
their willingness to obey
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His holy law.
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Go with me in your Bibles to
Exodus chapter 16 and verse 4,
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and let's take a look
at what that test was.
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Exodus 16 and verse 4.
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Why were they to do this?
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Notice...
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Is this a test for Israel?
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Yes.
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In other words, the purpose
of this test is to see if
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Israel is willing to obey, what?
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God's holy law.
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It is a test.
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And so the Bible tells us
that God rained what is known as
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manna from heaven.
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Now the word, "manna,"
simply means, "what is it."
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Because when the
manna fell to the earth,
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the Israelites came out,
they had never seen this before,
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and so they started
saying, "Manna, manna."
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In other words,
"What is it? What is it?"
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And it was actually bread
that God had rained from heaven.
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Now God told the
Israelites to go out and gather
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the manna six days a week.
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Every day they were
suppose to gather manna
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except for the Sabbath.
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We start to catch a
glimpse of the fact that God is
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testing them regarding what?
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Regarding the observance
of the seventh day Sabbath.
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This is before God
gave the Ten Commandments
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on Mount Sinai.
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God is testing their willingness
to keep His holy Sabbath.
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And the Bible tells us
that some of the Israelites
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went out to pick up manna on
the Sabbath and they found none.
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And notice
Exodus 16 and verse 28
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the words that we find where God
is speaking to the Israelites
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that have gone out to look for
manna and they have found none.
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Here God says, "How long do
you refuse to keep My..." What?
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"...My
commandments and My laws?"
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Interesting.
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God had not yet revealed
His commandments or His laws.
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That comes in Exodus 20.
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So it must be that the
Sabbath existed before God
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gave it at Mount Sinai.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Because God says, "How
long do you refuse to keep
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My commandments and My laws?"
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And this particular commandment
had to do with not picking up
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manna when?
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On the Sabbath.
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It was a command, in
other words, to observe
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God's holy Sabbath.
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Now it becomes obvious that
God wanted to teach a profound
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lesson through the manna.
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And we know this because
after God gave manna to Israel,
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He commanded the Israelites
to take some of the manna
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and put it in a golden
pot and place it inside
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the ark of the covenant.
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This must have been very, very
important because there were
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only three things that
were in the ark of the covenant,
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we're going to notice.
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There was, first of
all, the tables of the law;
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the Ten Commandments.
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Secondly,
Aaron's rod that budded.
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And in the third
place, a golden pot of manna.
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Let's read about
that pot of manna.
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Exodus 16 and
verses 32 through 34.
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An omer is about half a gallon.
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Remember what the Testimony
is, the tables of the Testimony?
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We talked about
that last evening.
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Now I want to read a
passage from Hebrews chapter 9
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where it clearly tells
us that the pot of manna
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and Aaron's rod and
the Ten Commandments
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were inside the
ark of the covenant.
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Notice Hebrews chapter 9, and
we'll read verses 1 through 5.
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It says there...
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Which apartment is that?
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That is the Holy Place.
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And then it
continues saying in verse 3...
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Actually, a better translation
is, the Holy of Holies.
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And now notice what was
in the ark of the covenant.
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So question, was the manna
in the ark of the covenant?
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Yes it was.
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Was Aaron's rod in
the ark of the covenant?
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Yes, we'll talk about Aaron's
rod later on in this series.
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The Ten Commandments,
of course, were found
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inside the ark of the covenant.
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But now we have
a little problem.
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It just so happens that Hebrews
is describing the tabernacle
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that was built in the desert.
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But what about Solomon's temple?
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Was the pot of
manna and was Aaron's rod
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in the temple
that Solomon built?
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This is where we have a problem.
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Go with me to 1 Kings
chapter 8 and verse 9.
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1 Kings chapter 8 and verse 9.
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It's speaking here
about the ark of the covenant.
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And notice a very
interesting detail.
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It says there,
"Nothing was in the ark except
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the two tables of stone
which Moses put there at Horeb,
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when the Lord made a covenant
with the children of Israel
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when they came out
of the land of Egypt."
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So in the temple built
by Solomon, what was the
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only thing that was found
inside the ark of the covenant?
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Only, it says here, the what?
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The tablets of stone
which Moses put there at Horeb.
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So immediately the
question comes, what happened to
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the pot of manna and
what happened to Aaron's rod
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in between the time of
the wilderness tabernacle
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and the time of the temple
that was built by Solomon?
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Is it just perhaps the case
that maybe one of them is wrong?
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Maybe it's simply the
book of Hebrews is wrong
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when it says that the
manna and Aaron's rod was in the
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ark of the covenant?
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And then later, you know, in
1 Kings it says that it wasn't
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in the ark of the covenant.
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That there's this discrepancy
or contradiction in the Bible?
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No.
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We don't accept
the idea that there are
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contradictions in the Bible.
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And so the question
is, how do you reconcile
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what was in the ark in the
tabernacle in the wilderness
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and what was in the ark of
the temple that Solomon built?
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I want to present a
quotation from Ellen White.
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Because she resolves
this apparent problem.
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Notice Early Writings, page 32.
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This is very, very interesting.
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And there's Bible
backing for what she says.
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I'm going to provide
that in a few moments.
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God took her in
vision to the heavenly temple
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in the holy city,
the New Jerusalem.
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And notice what she says.
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"In the holiest I saw an ark;
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on the top and sides
of it was purest gold.
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On each end of the
ark was a lovely cherub,
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with its wings
spread out over it.
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Their faces were
turned toward each other,
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and they looked downward.
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Between the angels
was a golden censer.
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Above the ark, where the
angels stood, was an exceeding
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bright glory that appeared
like a throne where God dwelt."
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That's the Shekinah, by the way.
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Then she says, "Jesus
stood by the ark, and as the
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saints' prayers came up to
Him, the incense in the censer
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would smoke, and He would
offer up their prayers with the
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smoke of the
incense to His Father."
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And then here comes the
portion of the quotation
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which is very interesting.
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She says, "In the ark
was the golden pot of manna,
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Aaron's rod that
budded, and the tables of stone
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which folded
together like a book."
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What happened
with the pot of manna
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and Aaron's rod that budded?
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It was what?
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It was transported to
the heavenly Sanctuary.
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Because you can only have
one Aaron's rod that budded.
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Because if you have in heaven
one that is not Aaron's rod
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that budded, then it's
not going to be Aaron's rod.
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Right?
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It was Aaron's rod that budded.
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Interestingly enough,
the book of Revelation
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strongly hints that
the manna is in heaven,
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because in Revelation
2 verse 17, we're told
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that when Jesus comes
He will take us to heaven
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and He will feed us
with the hidden manna.
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And where is the manna hidden?
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It is hidden in the
ark of the covenant.
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So the pot of
manna is in heaven,
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and Aaron's rod that
budded is in heaven now.
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Somewhere in between the
tabernacle in the wilderness
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and the temple built by Solomon,
these things were placed
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in the heavenly Sanctuary.
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But now we need
to ask the question,
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what lesson did God want
to teach through the manna?
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What vitally important lesson
would make it so significant
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that the manna would be placed
inside the ark of the covenant
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with the Ten Commandments?
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Let's examine this by going
to the gospel of John chapter 5
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and verse 39, and
we'll read verse 40,
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and then we'll jump
down to verses 45 through 46.
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John 5:39-40 and 45-46.
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Here, Jesus is
speaking to a group of Jews,
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and notice what He says.
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Which Scriptures
was He referring to?
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It had to be the
Old Testament Scriptures
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because at this point
when Jesus is on earth,
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the New Testament
has not been written yet.
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So it's the Old
Testament Scriptures.
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So the question is, to whom
do the writings of Moses point?
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To whom do the Scriptures point?
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They point to Jesus.
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Now let's go to verse 40.
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Jesus says...
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"You go to the Scriptures
because you want eternal life.
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You think there's
eternal life in them.
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And yet, you don't
want to come to Me.
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Those Scriptures point to Me,
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that you might
have eternal life."
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Then notice verse 45.
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"Do not think that
I shall accuse you..."
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And now comes the
key portion of the verse.
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About whom did Moses write?
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He wrote about Jesus.
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To whom do the
Scriptures give testimony?
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They give testimony to Jesus.
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In other words, the
writings of Moses are centered
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in Jesus Christ.
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Now we want to study
one particular verse.
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And we're going to study other
verses in relationship to it,
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but there's one
particular verse that I want us
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to take a look at.
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Deuteronomy
chapter 8 and verse 3.
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One verse from
the writings of Moses.
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Deuteronomy
chapter 8 and verse 3.
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Here, God is speaking
about when He gave the manna
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and the reason
why He gave the manna.
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Remember, the manna
lesson is significant.
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It's a test for Israel to
see whether they were going to
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keep God's Sabbath or not.
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And it was so important
that God placed a pot of manna
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in the ark of the covenant.
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And it's in heaven right now.
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It must be
tremendously significant.
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Now notice
Deuteronomy 8 and verse 3.
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Moses is describing this
episode of Israel's history.
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Now why did God give the manna?
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You know, most of the
time I ask that question,
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people say, "Well, because
the people were in the desert
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and they needed food to eat."
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But that's not the main
reason why God gave the manna.
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Notice the reason that
is clearly expressed here.
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What did the manna represent?
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The manna
represented the word of God.
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Because He said, "Man
will not live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God."
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In other words, the
manna represented God's word.
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The Bible makes it
clear that the manna was
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more than physical food.
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Go with me to 1
Corinthians chapter 10
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and let's read verses 1 to
4 where the apostle Paul is
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reminiscing about
some of the experiences
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of Israel's history.
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1 Corinthians
chapter 10 and verses 1 to 4.
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The manna was not
primarily physical food,
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although it did
provide physical nourishment.
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But that's not the main
reason why God gave the manna.
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He gave it to show Israel
that man lives by every word
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that proceeds out
of the mouth of God.
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Now let's notice 1
Corinthians 10 verse 1.
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That's the water
that came from the rock.
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Was the manna symbolic?
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Did it have a spiritual lesson?
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Yes.
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Was the water that
came from the rock symbolic?
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Did it represent
something beyond literal H2O?
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Absolutely.
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Was the literal rock a
symbol of the much more
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profound spiritual truth?
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Absolutely.
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So we know that the manna
represents the word of God,
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and it's spiritual food.
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But the question is,
who is the word of God?
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Go with me to John chapter
1 verse 1, and then we'll
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go down to verse 14.
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John chapter 1 verse 1, and
then we'll go down to verse 14.
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"In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
00:18:35.16\00:18:41.41
and the Word was God."
00:18:41.44\00:18:44.91
And then it says in verse
14, the first part of the verse,
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"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us."
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Who is the Word?
00:18:53.36\00:18:54.99
The Word is Jesus Christ.
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So what did the manna represent?
00:18:57.51\00:18:59.94
The manna represented Jesus.
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Let me prove it to
you with a clear text
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from the gospel of John.
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John 6 verses 48 through 50.
00:19:08.08\00:19:11.13
John 6:48-50.
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Spiritually speaking, the
manna represented Jesus Christ.
00:19:13.38\00:19:16.41
Because Jesus
Christ is the Word of God.
00:19:16.44\00:19:18.65
He's the speech
of God the Father.
00:19:18.68\00:19:20.67
He reveals God the Father.
00:19:20.70\00:19:22.55
He teaches what God
the Father told Him to say.
00:19:22.58\00:19:26.72
Notice John 6:48-50.
00:19:26.75\00:19:29.28
Here, Jesus is
speaking and He says...
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So what did the manna represent?
00:19:47.87\00:19:49.55
The manna
represented the Word of God.
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And the Word of God is whom?
00:19:52.34\00:19:54.57
The Word of God is Jesus.
00:19:54.60\00:19:57.64
But let's become a
little bit more specific.
00:19:58.02\00:20:00.46
Not only did the manna
represent Jesus generally,
00:20:01.25\00:20:05.77
but there was
something specific about Jesus
00:20:06.21\00:20:09.76
that was
represented by the manna.
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Some aspect of Jesus that
was represented by the manna.
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Let's go to John 6
verse 51, the very next verse.
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Jesus says here, "I
am the living bread..."
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What does the manna specifically
represent about Jesus?
00:20:40.64\00:20:44.41
It represents His what?
00:20:44.88\00:20:46.98
It represents His flesh.
00:20:47.30\00:20:49.14
Did you catch that point?
00:20:49.17\00:20:50.26
So the manna
represents the Word of God.
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.99
The Word of God
represents Jesus.
00:20:54.55\00:20:56.71
But specifically, what
does the manna represent
00:20:57.05\00:20:59.85
concerning Jesus?
00:20:59.88\00:21:01.04
It represents His what?
00:21:01.14\00:21:02.86
His flesh.
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Don't forget that.
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That's key for everything
that we're going to study.
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The manna represented His flesh.
00:21:08.44\00:21:11.56
Now let's go to Exodus
16 and verses 19 and 20.
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See, we have to go
back to the Old Testament
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to the manna episode.
00:21:17.87\00:21:19.15
Because Jesus is
speaking about the manna.
00:21:19.39\00:21:21.77
So what better place to
discover what He wants to teach
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than by going back to the manna
episode in the Old Testament.
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Notice Exodus 16
verses 19 and 20.
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How many days was the
manna suppose to be picked up?
00:21:33.04\00:21:36.04
It was suppose to
be picked up six days.
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Which was the only
day in which the manna
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was not to be picked up?
00:21:41.68\00:21:42.94
It was not to be
picked up on the Sabbath.
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Now what happened if somebody
picked up manna on Wednesday
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and saved it for Thursday.
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Or any other day
other than the Sabbath?
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Let's read about it.
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Exodus 16:19-20.
00:21:56.02\00:21:59.29
In other words, they didn't
pay any attention to Moses.
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And now two things
happened with the manna.
00:22:14.50\00:22:16.44
Which represents what?
00:22:16.47\00:22:17.78
The flesh of
Jesus. Don't forget that.
00:22:18.68\00:22:20.77
Two things
happened with the manna.
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.38
It was picked up on,
not Friday for Sabbath,
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but some other day,
which is not identified here.
00:22:25.98\00:22:28.32
And so it says...
00:22:28.35\00:22:29.38
Was this ordinary bread?
00:22:37.10\00:22:38.57
If you go to the grocery store
and you buy a loaf of bread
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and you don't open it
today, you open it tomorrow,
00:22:44.83\00:22:47.09
when you open the package
tomorrow it has worms, right?
00:22:47.12\00:22:49.48
And stinks.
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No.
00:22:50.93\00:22:51.96
Well let's suppose
that you leave it in the
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package for a week.
00:22:53.67\00:22:54.92
And you don't open the
package until a week from now.
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When you open the package,
you say, "Whew, this stinks.
00:22:59.18\00:23:02.18
And it's full of worms."
00:23:02.61\00:23:03.84
No. Absolutely not.
00:23:03.87\00:23:05.91
Let me ask you, what is it
that breeds worms and stinks?
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It is dead what?
00:23:12.04\00:23:14.05
Dead decomposing flesh.
00:23:14.63\00:23:17.68
Am I right?
00:23:18.51\00:23:19.59
Absolutely.
00:23:19.85\00:23:20.89
But now notice what happened
when the manna was picked up
00:23:21.12\00:23:24.13
on Friday for Sabbath.
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Exodus 16 and verses 23 and 24.
00:23:26.19\00:23:31.09
What does the manna represent?
00:23:31.66\00:23:33.30
The flesh of Jesus. Very well.
00:23:34.49\00:23:36.46
Exodus 16:23-24.
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Notice, not the
Sabbath to the Jews.
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A holy Sabbath to the Lord.
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That is, on Friday.
00:23:54.96\00:23:55.99
And now notice,
very interesting.
00:24:06.95\00:24:08.46
It says...
00:24:08.49\00:24:09.52
You know, I did a word
search of the word, "stink."
00:24:17.72\00:24:20.40
You remember the
story of Lazarus?
00:24:22.08\00:24:24.19
You know, when Jesus
said, "Take away the stone."
00:24:24.97\00:24:27.29
What did the people say?
00:24:27.32\00:24:28.53
"Lord, he stinketh."
00:24:28.56\00:24:31.18
To use good ole
King James language.
00:24:31.58\00:24:34.54
"He stinketh, Lord."
00:24:34.57\00:24:35.97
It's a corpse that stinks.
00:24:36.00\00:24:37.88
Right?
00:24:38.25\00:24:39.29
And it's a corpse
that breeds worms.
00:24:39.43\00:24:41.81
And so when the manna
was picked up on Friday,
00:24:43.07\00:24:45.47
and saved for the Sabbath,
it was as fresh on Sabbath
00:24:46.05\00:24:50.07
as it had been on Friday.
00:24:50.39\00:24:52.93
Now what was
God trying to teach?
00:24:53.20\00:24:55.70
We need to go to the
gospels to understand
00:24:56.06\00:24:59.16
the interpretation of
what God was trying to teach.
00:24:59.41\00:25:02.81
Let's take a look at
the last three declarations
00:25:03.14\00:25:05.95
of Jesus on the cross.
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Matthew 27 verse 46
has the fifth declaration
00:25:08.17\00:25:13.05
of Jesus Christ on the
cross before His death.
00:25:13.08\00:25:15.93
Matthew 27 verse 46.
00:25:16.24\00:25:18.55
And listen
carefully to what it says.
00:25:18.58\00:25:20.25
It says, "And
about the ninth hour..."
00:25:20.28\00:25:23.22
Was it the ninth hour yet?
00:25:23.25\00:25:24.98
No, it was about the ninth hour.
00:25:25.34\00:25:27.82
Now that's the fifth
declaration on the cross.
00:25:39.04\00:25:41.08
Now let's go to number six.
00:25:41.11\00:25:42.56
John 19 and verse
30. John 19 and verse 30.
00:25:42.80\00:25:47.27
It says there...
00:25:47.57\00:25:48.77
But you know, Matthew and
John don't give the whole story.
00:26:00.85\00:26:04.97
Because there was a declaration
that was given before this one.
00:26:05.00\00:26:07.79
It's just not
recorded in the gospel of John.
00:26:07.82\00:26:10.36
You say, "What
declaration is that?"
00:26:10.58\00:26:12.28
Go with me to Luke 23 verse 46.
00:26:12.64\00:26:14.68
This was the last declaration
of Jesus on the cross
00:26:14.71\00:26:17.72
after He said, "It is finished."
00:26:17.75\00:26:19.48
Notice Luke 23 and verse 46.
00:26:20.06\00:26:23.60
So when Jesus said, "My God, My
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me,"
00:26:37.85\00:26:41.19
it was about the ninth hour.
00:26:41.22\00:26:43.13
Probably shortly after
that, He said, "It is finished."
00:26:44.79\00:26:49.34
And then exactly at
the ninth hour, He said,
00:26:50.16\00:26:53.79
"Father, into Your
hands I commend My spirit."
00:26:53.82\00:26:57.11
And you say, "How do
you know that it was exactly
00:26:57.23\00:26:59.18
at the ninth hour?"
00:26:59.21\00:27:00.29
Do you know what
time the ninth hour is?
00:27:00.49\00:27:02.33
It's three
o'clock in the afternoon.
00:27:03.28\00:27:05.07
So you say, "No. Well
you know, the ninth hour?
00:27:05.78\00:27:08.20
That's three o'clock.
How can it be three o'clock?"
00:27:08.23\00:27:10.24
Well, because the Jews,
they reckon hour number one at
00:27:10.44\00:27:14.62
six o'clock in the morning.
00:27:14.65\00:27:15.99
And hour number
twelve was at sunset.
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.50
And so hour number nine was at
three o'clock in the afternoon.
00:27:18.77\00:27:22.28
I want you to notice
Exodus chapter 12 and verse 6.
00:27:22.93\00:27:25.80
I'm going to show you when Jesus
died exactly and specifically.
00:27:25.83\00:27:29.09
Exodus 12 and verse 6.
00:27:29.12\00:27:31.55
It's speaking about the
death of the Passover lamb.
00:27:31.99\00:27:34.65
You remember we talked about
the death of the Passover lamb?
00:27:34.68\00:27:36.97
When was it
suppose to be sacrificed?
00:27:37.36\00:27:39.18
On the 14th day of Nisan. Right?
00:27:39.21\00:27:41.69
The month of Nisan, the first
month of the religious year
00:27:41.72\00:27:44.79
of the Jews.
00:27:44.82\00:27:45.88
And at what time
was it sacrificed?
00:27:46.19\00:27:48.91
It was sacrificed...
00:27:49.17\00:27:50.69
Notice Exodus chapter 12 and
verse 6, it gives us the hour.
00:27:50.72\00:27:54.43
That's the month of Nisan.
00:27:59.14\00:28:00.59
When? At twilight.
00:28:06.18\00:28:09.01
Now that's not a
good translation.
00:28:10.39\00:28:12.23
Other versions
say, "at evening."
00:28:13.08\00:28:15.86
But literally in the Hebrew
language, in which this verse
00:28:16.62\00:28:20.25
was written, it says,
"between the two evenings."
00:28:20.28\00:28:24.55
In other words, it
doesn't say twilight
00:28:26.98\00:28:28.76
and it doesn't say evening.
00:28:28.79\00:28:29.92
It says literally,
"between the two evenings."
00:28:29.95\00:28:33.58
And you say, "What
is this, 'between the
00:28:33.61\00:28:35.28
two evenings,' thing?"
00:28:35.31\00:28:36.61
Well let me explain it.
00:28:37.16\00:28:38.35
Among the Jews, the
first evening was when the sun
00:28:39.17\00:28:44.11
reached its zenith and began its
descent in the afternoon hours.
00:28:44.14\00:28:49.39
The second evening is
actually when the sun set.
00:28:50.55\00:28:54.50
Are you understanding me?
00:28:55.39\00:28:56.57
I'm going to read you a
statement from a commentary.
00:28:57.08\00:28:58.77
I looked at
several commentaries.
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.00
They all agree on this.
00:29:00.03\00:29:01.59
So when the sun
reached it's zenith at noon,
00:29:01.93\00:29:05.30
that was the first
evening because the sun
00:29:05.65\00:29:08.47
now was beginning
the afternoon hours.
00:29:08.50\00:29:10.70
It was beginning its descent.
00:29:10.73\00:29:12.20
The second evening
was when the sun set.
00:29:12.47\00:29:15.00
Incidentally, in Spanish we say,
00:29:15.47\00:29:19.23
"Las orlas de la maņana.
00:29:20.90\00:29:22.59
E las orlas de la tarde."
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.46
The afternoon.
00:29:26.19\00:29:27.47
And so we need to
understand that the two evenings
00:29:28.62\00:29:32.72
are noon and six o'clock.
00:29:32.75\00:29:35.72
Let me read to you
from the commentary by
00:29:35.75\00:29:37.57
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown...
00:29:37.60\00:29:39.31
This is not a Seventh-day
Adventist commentary.
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.23
...on Exodus 12 verse 6.
00:29:41.26\00:29:43.86
"'Between the two evenings'
is a phrase denoting the
00:29:43.89\00:29:48.74
part of the day between the
declining and the setting sun,
00:29:48.77\00:29:54.11
or between noon and sunset."
00:29:54.57\00:29:58.95
So what time did Jesus die?
00:30:00.19\00:30:01.77
He died at the ninth hour.
00:30:02.69\00:30:04.72
Which is exactly between when?
00:30:05.05\00:30:08.32
The sixth hour,
which would be noon,
00:30:08.35\00:30:11.55
and the twelfth hour,
which would be sunset.
00:30:11.75\00:30:14.72
Jesus died at the
ninth hour exactly at
00:30:14.95\00:30:18.60
three o'clock in the afternoon.
00:30:18.63\00:30:20.27
Are you following me or not?
00:30:20.30\00:30:21.69
Very, very important.
00:30:22.04\00:30:23.17
In other words, Jesus
said, "Into Your hands
00:30:24.68\00:30:27.20
I commend My spirit."
00:30:27.23\00:30:28.83
And it was
exactly at three o'clock.
00:30:28.86\00:30:30.66
And at that moment, the
temple veil rent in two.
00:30:30.69\00:30:34.43
There was an earthquake.
00:30:34.46\00:30:35.62
And the lamb escaped
from the hands of the priest.
00:30:35.92\00:30:39.09
Now let me ask you, when
Jesus said, "It is finished,"
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.07
"Into Your hands I
commend My spirit,"
00:30:43.10\00:30:44.72
had He made perfect
provision for salvation?
00:30:45.06\00:30:48.08
Did He have a perfect life
to offer to everyone who comes
00:30:48.55\00:30:51.65
to Him in repentance to take
the place of your sinful life?
00:30:51.68\00:30:54.22
Absolutely.
00:30:54.25\00:30:55.28
Had He died the death
that everyone should die,
00:30:55.64\00:30:58.60
that if I come to Him
in faith and in repentance,
00:30:58.63\00:31:01.01
and I confess my
sins, He'll take His death
00:31:01.04\00:31:03.99
and place it to my
account as if it was my death?
00:31:04.02\00:31:06.37
Absolutely.
00:31:06.40\00:31:07.43
Jesus, when He
said, "It is finished,"
00:31:07.46\00:31:09.48
"Into Your hands I
commend My spirit,"
00:31:09.51\00:31:11.44
He had made perfect
provision for salvation.
00:31:11.47\00:31:14.78
Now Jesus died at three
o'clock in the afternoon,
00:31:15.53\00:31:17.60
but listen up.
00:31:17.63\00:31:18.66
After the death of the lamb,
the lamb had to be prepared.
00:31:19.18\00:31:22.81
Because after
sunset, the Jews partook of
00:31:23.72\00:31:28.52
the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
00:31:28.55\00:31:31.57
So for three hours in the
afternoon, from three o'clock
00:31:33.15\00:31:36.24
until sunset, what they did
was they roasted the lamb whole.
00:31:36.27\00:31:41.88
They cleaned it up and they
prepared it and they roasted it.
00:31:41.91\00:31:44.89
And then after
sundown, they ate the lamb
00:31:44.92\00:31:48.02
along with unleavened bread,
and also with bitter herbs.
00:31:48.22\00:31:52.81
Now let me ask you, when Jesus
died at three o'clock in the
00:31:53.70\00:31:56.47
afternoon, was it necessary
to prepare the body of Jesus?
00:31:56.50\00:32:00.68
Just look at everything
that had to happen between three
00:32:01.66\00:32:04.61
and shortly before sundown.
00:32:04.64\00:32:06.34
They had to ask
Pilate for the body of Jesus;
00:32:06.85\00:32:12.02
Joseph of Arimathea.
00:32:12.05\00:32:13.82
They had to take
Him down from the cross.
00:32:14.14\00:32:16.47
They had to clean His body.
00:32:16.81\00:32:18.84
They had to embalm
Him and wrap Him in linen.
00:32:19.14\00:32:22.99
They had to transport
Him to the place where He was
00:32:23.39\00:32:26.30
going to be buried.
00:32:26.33\00:32:27.42
They had to bury Him.
00:32:27.45\00:32:29.05
And they had to roll the
stone in front of the tomb.
00:32:29.08\00:32:32.88
Would that take five
minutes to do all of that?
00:32:32.91\00:32:35.34
Of course not.
00:32:35.37\00:32:36.50
Actually, this is
the preparation of Jesus
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.77
to be buried.
00:32:39.80\00:32:40.89
The unleavened bread
represents the body of Jesus,
00:32:40.92\00:32:44.38
because leaven represents sin.
00:32:44.58\00:32:46.69
And in Jesus there was no sin.
00:32:46.72\00:32:49.75
Now let's take a look
at the sequence of days
00:32:50.72\00:32:53.14
so that we can
understand a little bit better
00:32:53.17\00:32:55.09
what is happening here.
00:32:55.12\00:32:56.17
Was Jesus buried
before sundown on Friday?
00:32:56.47\00:33:00.59
Yes, you remember
that they felt an urgency.
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.65
They said, "We have to hurry.
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.04
We've got to get
Him off of the cross.
00:33:06.07\00:33:07.60
Because He has to be
buried before sundown."
00:33:07.95\00:33:11.08
And so Jesus, right
before sundown, He was placed
00:33:11.11\00:33:14.25
in the tomb.
00:33:14.28\00:33:15.32
Now let's look at the
Biblical sequence of days.
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Go with me to Luke
chapter 23 and verse 54,
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and we'll read through verse 56.
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Luke 23 verses 54 through 56.
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I want you to see the sequence.
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It's speaking about the
day of His death, first of all.
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"That day was
the Preparation..."
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Was the Sabbath there yet?
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No, the Sabbath was what?
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Was near when Jesus died.
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Verse 55...
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So His body is laid in the tomb.
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What day?
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Friday.
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Which is which day of the week?
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Day number six.
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Very well.
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And then notice 56...
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Which commandment?
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The fourth
commandment of God's holy law.
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They rested the Sabbath
according to the commandment.
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Now let me ask you this.
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How do you think the
rest of the women was?
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Was it a joyful rest?
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Was it a happy
and just bubbly rest?
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Absolutely not.
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It was not really rest.
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It was restlessness.
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They were filled with grief.
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And with sorrow.
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That Sabbath must have been
a miserable Sabbath to live.
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If they had understood
what the manna represented,
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would it have been
very, very different?
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They would have said, "Our
Master is resting in the tomb
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from His works of redemption.
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And we need to rest
with Him in what He has done.
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And tomorrow, He's
going to resurrect."
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What would that Sabbath had
been like if they had believed
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what Jesus said that
He was going to Jerusalem,
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and He was going to be
killed, and He was going to
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resurrect the third day?
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What would that
Sabbath have been like?
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They would have understood that
Jesus was resting in the tomb
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from His works of redemption,
like He rested on the
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seventh day from
His works of creation.
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And they would have said,
"Our Master has accomplished
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salvation for us.
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How wonderful He is."
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They would have
enjoyed the Sabbath of rest.
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But they did not understand.
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They came to understand later.
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Allow me to read you a
statement from Ellen White.
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This is found in an
article that she wrote titled,
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"The Man of
Sorrows" February 24, 1898.
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Listen how she connects
creation and redemption.
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And the she quotes Scripture.
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And then she comments...
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What was God's plan?
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That the work of
Christ should be what?
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Completed on a Friday.
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And now listen carefully.
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So what was Jesus
doing while the women rested?
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Jesus was also what? Resting.
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On which day of the week?
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The seventh day.
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Which day did Jesus
rest after He accomplished
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His work of creation?
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The seventh day.
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You see, Jesus is the
Creator, according to the Bible.
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John 1 and verse 3 says, "All
things were made through Him.
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And without Him was not
anything made that was made."
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Jesus is the Creator in Genesis.
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And after He finished His
work of Creation, He rested.
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And after He finished His
work of redemption, He rested
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on the seventh day Sabbath.
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And then which day
did Jesus resurrect?
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The Bible says He resurrected
on the first day of the week.
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Which would be our Sunday.
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Do you have the
sequence of days clear?
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He died what day?
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Day number six, Friday.
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He rested in the tomb which day?
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On the Sabbath He
rested in the tomb.
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And He resurrected which day.
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He resurrected on the first
day of the week, on Sunday.
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Now you say, "Where
did we leave the manna?"
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Well, let's go back
to the manna episode,
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because we want to see
what great lesson God wanted
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to teach through the manna.
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Now let's review.
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What did the manna represent?
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The Word of God.
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What is the Word of God?
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Jesus.
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But what specific aspect of
Jesus did the manna represent?
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His flesh.
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Let's read it
again, John 6 and verse 51.
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John 6:51.
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Here, Jesus says...
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Now as Jesus rested in the tomb,
He was the living manna, right?
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The manna represented His what?
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His flesh.
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The flesh of Jesus
rested in the tomb.
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Now here's my question,
what would have happened
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with a normal body
that was buried on Friday?
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It would begin
the process of what?
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Of decomposing.
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And eventually it would
breed worms, and it would what?
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And it would stink.
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Did that happen
with the body of Jesus?
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What is it that happened
with the manna when it was
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picked up on Friday for Sabbath?
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It was just as fresh on Sabbath
as it had been on Friday.
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And the manna
represents the flesh of Jesus.
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Was the flesh of
Jesus, all day Sabbath,
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as fresh as when He was
placed in the tomb on Friday?
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I'm going to
prove it from the Bible.
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God is teaching here the
observance of the Sabbath
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in honor of redemption.
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Notice what we
find in Acts chapter 2
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and verses 25 through 27.
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Acts chapter 2 and verse...
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Actually, let's go first of
all to the Messianic prophecy.
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And then we'll go to Acts 2.
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The prophecy that is
found in Acts 2 is in
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Psalm 16 verses 8 through 10.
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I want to read
the prophecy first.
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It says here in Psalm 16
and verses 8 through 10...
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And I'm reading from
the NIV because it's a
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better translation.
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Here, Jesus is speaking
prophetically a thousand years
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before He's actually born.
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He's telling His experience,
what is going to happen.
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Now notice what He says...
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"Therefore my heart is
glad and my tongue rejoices;
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my body..."
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Actually, that is
not a good translation.
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There's a word
for, "body," in Greek.
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It's the word, "soma."
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This is the same word,
"flesh," that is used in
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John 6 and verse 51.
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It's the word, "sarx."
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The NIV mistranslates that word.
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So really it is, "Therefore
my heart is glad and my
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tongue rejoices; my
flesh also will rest secure..."
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What does Jesus
say about His flesh?
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His flesh will what?
00:41:30.36\00:41:31.47
His flesh will rest secure.
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Where is it going to rest?
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In the tomb.
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You say, how do we know that?
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Well, let's read the next verse.
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"Because you will not
abandon me to..." What?
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"...to the grave, nor will you
let your holy one see..." What?
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"...see decay."
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To whom did Psalm 16 point?
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It pointed to the
flesh of Jesus Christ.
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Did the body of Jesus
Christ decompose in the grave?
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It did not.
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Because Jesus
was the living manna.
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Are you following me?
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Now let's go to Acts
chapter 2 verses 29 to 33.
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And once again,
I'm reading in the NIV.
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Here, Peter is preaching
on the day of Pentecost.
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And He's going to explain
Psalm 16 verses 8 through 10.
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Because you might say,
"Well, how do you know that
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Psalm 16 is
talking about Jesus?"
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Well Peter says so,
inspired by God's Holy Spirit.
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Notice Acts 2 and let's
begin reading at verse 29.
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And we'll go through verse 33.
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Peter says here, "Brothers,
I can tell you confidently
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that the patriarch
David died and was buried,
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and his tomb is
here to this day."
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In other words, this psalm
was not talking about David.
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Because his tomb
is here and he's dead.
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Notice verse 30.
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"But he was a prophet..."
00:43:05.04\00:43:06.64
David was a prophet.
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Once again, it
should be the word, "flesh."
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"Exalted to the right
hand of God, He has received
00:43:40.16\00:43:42.78
from the Father the promised
Holy Spirit and has poured out
00:43:42.81\00:43:46.01
what you now see and hear."
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Isn't this a
magnificent Bible prophecy?
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It was prophesying that Jesus,
the manna, would die on Friday,
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on Sabbath He would
remain in the tomb all day,
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and His body, like the manna,
would not begin the process
00:44:02.95\00:44:07.02
of breeding worms and stinking.
00:44:07.05\00:44:09.40
Because He was what
the manna represented.
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In other words, this is
not only telling us that we
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keep the Sabbath.
00:44:17.32\00:44:18.45
It's telling us that
Jesus kept the Sabbath
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by resting in the
tomb on the Sabbath.
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And those who were outside
also should have been resting,
00:44:24.67\00:44:27.90
understanding fully
what Jesus was doing.
00:44:28.10\00:44:31.08
He should have been resting
inside while they rested outside
00:44:31.11\00:44:34.59
understanding what
Jesus had accomplished.
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Now we need to ask the
question, why did Jesus
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resurrect on Sunday?
00:44:43.35\00:44:45.11
You know, Christians today,
they say, "Jesus resurrected
00:44:46.66\00:44:50.00
on Sunday because He
wanted Christians to know that
00:44:50.03\00:44:53.59
Sunday is holy.
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.47
And that we're suppose
to go to church on Sunday.
00:44:56.25\00:45:00.06
And we're suppose to
honor Jesus by celebrating
00:45:00.09\00:45:03.02
the day of the resurrection."
00:45:03.05\00:45:04.69
You know, even Pope John
Paul II in his pastoral letter,
00:45:04.72\00:45:08.84
Dias Domini, he tried
to impress people by the
00:45:08.87\00:45:13.86
number of things
that Jesus did on Sunday.
00:45:13.89\00:45:16.14
Let me give you a list of them.
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He resurrected on Sunday.
00:45:18.08\00:45:19.83
He appeared to two
of His followers on the
00:45:20.10\00:45:22.24
road to Emmaus on Sunday.
00:45:22.27\00:45:24.01
He appeared to His
disciples on Sunday night.
00:45:24.45\00:45:27.61
He appeared to them
again the next Sunday.
00:45:28.30\00:45:30.46
The Holy Spirit was
poured out on Sunday.
00:45:30.49\00:45:32.71
The first proclamation of
the gospel took place on Sunday.
00:45:32.74\00:45:35.90
The first baptisms
took place on Sunday.
00:45:35.93\00:45:38.20
So he gives this long list
and he says, "See, it's because
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.01
God wants us
now to keep Sunday."
00:45:41.04\00:45:42.82
But in the light
of what we've studied,
00:45:44.15\00:45:45.99
we now notice that
Jesus resurrected on Sunday,
00:45:46.39\00:45:49.89
not because Sunday is important,
but because the day before
00:45:49.92\00:45:53.53
Sunday is important.
00:45:53.56\00:45:54.80
You see, Jesus had to
rest in the tomb, which day?
00:45:55.61\00:45:59.18
The Sabbath.
00:45:59.21\00:46:00.24
So which day would He resurrect?
00:46:00.27\00:46:01.80
Duh.
00:46:02.79\00:46:03.82
Sorry for the expression.
00:46:04.53\00:46:05.94
But if He has to
fulfill the manna episode,
00:46:06.26\00:46:08.90
and He has to rest in
the tomb on the Sabbath day
00:46:08.93\00:46:11.97
according to the commandment,
well which day would you
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.41
expect Him to resurrect?
00:46:15.44\00:46:16.55
On Sunday.
00:46:16.58\00:46:17.61
But it's not
because Sunday is holy,
00:46:17.64\00:46:19.45
but because Sabbath is holy.
00:46:19.48\00:46:21.30
Are you with me?
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And isn't it interesting
that during holy week,
00:46:24.51\00:46:27.15
oh Christians, they love
to talk about Palm Sunday, and
00:46:27.45\00:46:31.10
Ash Wednesday, Holy
Thursday, Good Friday,
00:46:31.13\00:46:35.13
Resurrection Sunday.
00:46:35.16\00:46:36.40
Who says anything
about the Sabbath?
00:46:36.43\00:46:38.25
Nothing.
00:46:38.78\00:46:39.81
Because the devil has
made it his utmost objective
00:46:40.10\00:46:43.15
to obliterate the Sabbath.
00:46:43.18\00:46:45.16
Because the Sabbath
points to Jesus as our Creator
00:46:45.19\00:46:48.60
and as our Redeemer.
00:46:48.63\00:46:50.46
And when we rest on the Sabbath,
we're resting because He made us
00:46:50.78\00:46:54.29
and we're resting
because He redeemed us from sin.
00:46:54.32\00:46:57.88
You know, Christians sometimes
present objectionable arguments.
00:47:00.12\00:47:03.69
They use
psychological arguments.
00:47:05.29\00:47:06.87
They say, "You know,
I keep Sunday because
00:47:06.90\00:47:09.47
Sunday was a happy day.
00:47:09.50\00:47:10.93
See, the disciples
were sad on Sabbath
00:47:11.35\00:47:13.14
but they were happy on Sunday."
00:47:13.17\00:47:14.92
And Christians who
don't study their Bibles,
00:47:16.24\00:47:18.60
they swallow it hook,
line, sinker, fisherman's pole,
00:47:18.63\00:47:22.41
fisherman and boat.
00:47:22.44\00:47:23.79
They swallow
everything and they believe it
00:47:25.74\00:47:28.06
because they don't study
the Bible for themselves.
00:47:28.09\00:47:30.27
Let me ask you, should
Sabbath have been a sad day?
00:47:32.60\00:47:36.38
Had Jesus warned the
disciples that He was going to
00:47:37.24\00:47:39.45
go to Jerusalem,
He was going to die,
00:47:39.48\00:47:41.33
and He was going to
resurrect on the third day?
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.15
Of course.
00:47:43.18\00:47:44.21
Was it the intention
of Jesus that the Sabbath
00:47:44.27\00:47:46.75
be a joyful day of expectation?
00:47:46.78\00:47:49.22
Absolutely.
00:47:49.25\00:47:50.28
Furthermore, and this
is even more devastating,
00:47:50.31\00:47:52.35
Sunday night the day of
the resurrection, the disciples
00:47:52.89\00:47:57.84
didn't even believe
that Jesus had resurrected.
00:47:57.87\00:47:59.93
You can see that in the gospels.
00:47:59.96\00:48:01.32
So how could they
be happy all day Sunday
00:48:01.35\00:48:03.34
if they didn't even
believe He had resurrected?
00:48:03.37\00:48:05.24
You see, the
argument falls on its face.
00:48:06.48\00:48:08.41
But people who
don't study their Bibles,
00:48:08.93\00:48:10.94
and listen to what
their preachers say,
00:48:10.97\00:48:13.09
they say, "Oh,
this sounds wonderful.
00:48:13.12\00:48:15.20
We're suppose to keep
Sunday because Jesus said
00:48:15.23\00:48:17.14
we're suppose to keep Sunday."
00:48:17.17\00:48:18.38
But it is not so.
00:48:19.24\00:48:20.51
Now, do you know that
the Sabbath not only points
00:48:22.32\00:48:24.26
backwards to Creation.
00:48:24.29\00:48:25.77
It not only points to
Jesus our Redeemer now.
00:48:26.86\00:48:30.23
But the Sabbath also
has a prophetic dimension.
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The Sabbath will be
kept in the earth made new...
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...in the future...
00:48:39.97\00:48:41.16
...when God creates again
new heavens and new earth.
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Go with me to
Isaiah 66 verses 22 and 23.
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Isaiah 66:22-23.
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Here, it makes it very
clear that in the kingdom come
00:48:55.35\00:48:59.68
on the new earth, we
will keep God's holy Sabbath
00:48:59.71\00:49:04.12
in commemoration of the
creation of the new heavens
00:49:04.55\00:49:08.39
and the new earth.
00:49:08.59\00:49:09.62
It says here...
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Now don't be confused
by that "New Moon" thing.
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The New Moon marked
the beginning of the month.
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It's the word that
is translated, "month,"
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in the Old Testament.
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So in Spanish, for example,
it says, "De mes en mes."
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Because the New Moon marked
the beginning of the month.
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And so really what it's saying
is, "And it shall come to pass
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that from month to month..."
00:49:47.65\00:49:49.70
"...and from one
Sunday to another..."
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Oh, thank you.
You're still with me.
00:49:53.53\00:49:55.32
"...and from one..." What?
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"...one Sabbath to another..."
00:49:57.33\00:49:59.09
"...all the Jews shall come..."
00:49:59.22\00:50:01.34
No. Do you have flesh?
00:50:02.38\00:50:04.30
You're not ghosts.
00:50:06.07\00:50:07.46
It says, "'All flesh shall
come to worship before Me,'
00:50:08.40\00:50:13.43
says the Lord."
00:50:13.46\00:50:15.53
What day will be kept in
honor of the creation of the
00:50:16.18\00:50:18.79
new heavens and the new earth?
00:50:18.82\00:50:19.98
God's holy Sabbath.
00:50:20.57\00:50:22.18
Now you say, "Why are we
going to go from month to month?
00:50:22.21\00:50:24.94
We know from Sabbath
to Sabbath, because that's
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God's rest day to
commemorate the new creation.
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But why from month to month?"
00:50:30.84\00:50:32.82
Revelation 22 verses
1 and 2 has the answer.
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Revelation 22
and verses 1 and 2.
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It says here...
00:50:40.59\00:50:41.82
Here, John is speaking
about what he saw in vision.
00:50:42.48\00:50:45.24
Actually, a better
translation is, "the square;"
00:50:56.90\00:50:59.78
"In the middle of its street."
00:51:00.14\00:51:01.66
You know, people, when
they say, "I'm going to walk
00:51:02.31\00:51:03.92
the streets of
gold;" no you're not.
00:51:03.95\00:51:06.31
It doesn't say in the
Bible, "streets of gold."
00:51:07.25\00:51:09.82
It says, "street."
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Which in the light of what
we've studied on the 70 weeks,
00:51:12.23\00:51:14.45
it's really the town square.
00:51:14.48\00:51:16.09
So anyway, it says...
00:51:16.80\00:51:18.74
Notice, one tree.
00:51:24.29\00:51:25.51
You say, "How's that?
00:51:25.88\00:51:27.21
On either side of the
river, and it's one tree?"
00:51:27.41\00:51:30.22
Ellen white
explains it beautifully.
00:51:30.48\00:51:32.12
She says that
there's one trunk on one side
00:51:32.15\00:51:34.64
and one trunk on the other,
and they meet in the middle
00:51:35.06\00:51:37.35
over the river.
00:51:37.38\00:51:38.41
So there's no contradiction.
00:51:39.58\00:51:41.01
And so it says, "...was
the tree of life which bore
00:51:41.66\00:51:44.34
twelve fruits..."
00:51:44.37\00:51:45.53
Now listen carefully.
00:51:45.56\00:51:46.59
How frequently does the
tree of life produce its fruit?
00:51:55.10\00:51:57.43
Every month.
00:51:58.35\00:51:59.44
Which means that we are
going to go to partake of the
00:51:59.47\00:52:03.08
tree of life every, what?
00:52:03.11\00:52:04.59
Every month.
00:52:04.97\00:52:06.09
You read the messages to
the churches, God says that
00:52:06.41\00:52:08.67
He's going to give us to
eat from the tree of life.
00:52:08.70\00:52:11.21
So we're going to go to eat.
00:52:11.24\00:52:12.47
But it produces
its fruit every month.
00:52:12.50\00:52:14.26
And so now we know why
we're going to go monthly.
00:52:14.46\00:52:16.73
And we're also
going to go, what?
00:52:16.93\00:52:18.85
We are also going to
go weekly to commemorate
00:52:19.12\00:52:22.42
the creation of the new
heavens and of the new earth.
00:52:22.74\00:52:26.04
But somebody says, "Pastor,
are you sure that we're going to
00:52:26.71\00:52:29.67
go and worship
before the Lord on Sabbath?
00:52:29.99\00:52:32.50
Isn't it true that there's
not going to be any sun or moon?
00:52:32.88\00:52:35.15
So if there's no sun or
moon, how can there be days?
00:52:35.18\00:52:39.74
How can there be months?"
00:52:40.10\00:52:41.52
Well the problem is, people
don't read the Bible carefully.
00:52:41.67\00:52:44.38
Let's go to that text,
Revelation 21 verse 23.
00:52:45.36\00:52:48.32
Revelation 21 and verse 23.
00:52:48.35\00:52:50.65
See, we've got
to read carefully.
00:52:51.64\00:52:53.42
The Bible doesn't say
that there's not going to be
00:52:53.45\00:52:55.08
any sun or moon.
00:52:55.11\00:52:56.33
Listen to what it
says, "The city..."
00:52:56.98\00:53:00.40
Not the new earth.
00:53:01.89\00:53:03.33
"The city had no need of
the sun or of the moon..."
00:53:03.36\00:53:09.08
Does it say that there's
not going to be any sun or moon?
00:53:09.69\00:53:11.70
No, it says the city
had no need of sun or moon.
00:53:12.37\00:53:17.59
"...to shine in it, for the
glory of God illuminated it.
00:53:17.62\00:53:20.65
And the Lamb is its light."
00:53:20.85\00:53:23.01
Let me give you an illustration
so you can understand.
00:53:23.92\00:53:25.95
Supposing that at
midday in July in Fresno,
00:53:25.98\00:53:29.08
I'm walking down the street and
I have a flashlight in my hand.
00:53:29.31\00:53:32.75
The flashlight is on and
I'm shining the flashlight
00:53:33.00\00:53:35.14
on the ground.
00:53:35.17\00:53:36.20
Is the light shining?
00:53:39.39\00:53:40.61
Of course it's shining.
00:53:41.49\00:53:42.52
Somebody comes up to me
and says, "Are you crazy?"
00:53:42.97\00:53:45.12
"Well, what do you mean crazy?
00:53:47.21\00:53:48.33
This flashlight
has light, right?"
00:53:49.26\00:53:50.89
He says,
"Where? I don't see it."
00:53:50.92\00:53:52.26
Because you can't
see it on the ground.
00:53:52.81\00:53:54.08
Why?
00:53:54.11\00:53:55.14
Because the glory of
the sun is so bright that
00:53:55.35\00:53:57.51
it is as if the
flashlight sheds no light.
00:53:57.54\00:54:00.63
In other words, the glory
of God is going to be so bright
00:54:01.36\00:54:04.17
that the sun and the
moon will be eclipsed.
00:54:05.28\00:54:07.85
Read Isaiah 24 verse
23 where it says that the
00:54:07.88\00:54:11.36
sun and the moon
are going to be ashamed
00:54:11.39\00:54:13.31
before the glory of God.
00:54:13.76\00:54:15.44
Now allow me to
mention one thing in closing.
00:54:16.34\00:54:18.60
In the Most Holy
Place of the Sanctuary,
00:54:19.68\00:54:22.51
God put the ark of the covenant.
00:54:23.22\00:54:24.99
And the Sabbath
commandment was highlighted
00:54:26.48\00:54:30.29
in the ark of the covenant.
00:54:30.96\00:54:31.99
You know, Ellen White
had a vision where she saw
00:54:32.02\00:54:33.97
the law of God in heaven.
00:54:34.22\00:54:35.89
And she says that there was a
halo of light that shown around
00:54:35.92\00:54:39.83
the Sabbath commandment.
00:54:39.86\00:54:41.15
And some Adventists say, "Well,
where did she get that from?
00:54:41.63\00:54:44.02
Where is that in the Bible?"
00:54:44.05\00:54:45.26
I'll tell you where it is.
00:54:45.29\00:54:46.48
The Sabbath is highlighted.
00:54:47.21\00:54:48.89
What was inside the
ark of the covenant?
00:54:49.89\00:54:51.69
The Ten Commandments.
00:54:53.08\00:54:54.11
Is the Sabbath in
the Ten Commandments?
00:54:54.14\00:54:55.97
It most certainly is.
00:54:56.41\00:54:57.60
It's the fourth commandment.
00:54:57.63\00:54:58.67
But did God give something
additional that He put inside
00:54:58.95\00:55:01.79
the ark of the covenant
to highlight the Sabbath,
00:55:01.82\00:55:04.89
and to underline
that it is a test,
00:55:05.09\00:55:07.61
and it is extremely important?
00:55:07.81\00:55:09.49
Yes. What did He place there?
00:55:09.99\00:55:11.52
The manna.
00:55:11.83\00:55:12.86
Highlights and
underlines the Sabbath.
00:55:13.07\00:55:15.80
And God is saying, "If
you don't get it from the
00:55:15.83\00:55:17.85
Ten Commandments,
get it from the manna."
00:55:17.88\00:55:20.29
Let's read
Deuteronomy 10 verses 1 and 2,
00:55:22.27\00:55:24.87
and verse 5 in closing.
00:55:25.19\00:55:27.19
It says, "At that time
the Lord said to me..."
00:55:27.82\00:55:30.15
He's speaking to Moses.
00:55:31.97\00:55:33.05
"Then I turned and
came down from the mountain
00:55:49.23\00:55:51.25
and put the
tablets in the ark..."
00:55:51.28\00:55:52.73
Now listen to
what I'm going to say.
00:55:58.22\00:55:59.63
We're going to talk
in our next lecture about
00:56:01.06\00:56:03.68
what happened in 1844.
00:56:03.71\00:56:05.72
There was a great
disappointment in 1844.
00:56:06.65\00:56:09.03
When Jesus entered
the Most Holy Place,
00:56:09.69\00:56:11.39
people were oblivious to what
Jesus really was going to do.
00:56:11.49\00:56:14.14
They didn't understand.
00:56:14.49\00:56:15.64
Just like what
happened in the triumphal entry,
00:56:16.90\00:56:19.57
the people did not understand.
00:56:19.60\00:56:21.20
Later on, they studied
Scripture and they understood
00:56:21.82\00:56:24.36
that the date was
correct, but the event that was
00:56:24.39\00:56:27.34
going to take place on
that date was incorrect.
00:56:27.37\00:56:31.06
After the great disappointment,
the founders of the
00:56:32.63\00:56:35.95
Seventh-day Adventist
Church went back to the Bible
00:56:35.98\00:56:39.63
and they started
studying Scripture.
00:56:40.24\00:56:42.08
And they discovered
that Jesus had entered the
00:56:42.40\00:56:44.48
Most Holy Place
of the Sanctuary.
00:56:44.51\00:56:45.92
And you know, one after
another they started discovering
00:56:45.95\00:56:49.22
the distinctive truths of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:56:49.25\00:56:52.21
They discovered that the law
is in the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:56:52.85\00:56:55.70
Which means that the
law is still binding.
00:56:55.73\00:56:57.88
And they said, "But if in heaven
there's the Ten Commandments,
00:56:58.50\00:57:00.89
there's also the fourth
commandment among the ten.
00:57:00.92\00:57:04.05
So the Sabbath is binding."
00:57:04.40\00:57:06.12
They looked at Aaron's rod which
budded by a miracle of God.
00:57:07.02\00:57:10.37
Life from that which was dead.
00:57:10.48\00:57:12.05
They said, "Life is
only in Christ, not in
00:57:12.08\00:57:14.69
some immortal soul."
00:57:14.72\00:57:16.32
They discovered the
idea of the judgment.
00:57:17.18\00:57:19.00
The distinctive truths of
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:57:19.04\00:57:21.84
were discovered when they
entered the Most Holy Place
00:57:21.87\00:57:24.81
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:57:25.42\00:57:26.93