Participants: Bill Liversidge
Series Code: IHS
Program Code: IHS000002A
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00:14 "Eat the bread, you will have life.
00:16 Eat My flesh, you will have life. 00:19 Drink My blood, you will have life." 00:22 The evidence is our willingness 00:23 to hear and obey the Word of God, 00:27 especially since we realize this is God speaking. 00:33 This is not an ordinary book 00:35 we are talking about this morning, 00:38 this is the word of life. 00:40 This is the Word of God. 00:42 We are in His presence. 00:47 The Holy Spirit's ability to inspire. 01:03 Happy Sabbath. 01:05 Happy Sabbath. 01:06 Great spirit here. 01:08 Yesterday morning I was praising God, 01:12 and we have more people here this morning 01:14 so we should be rejoicing. 01:17 And we learned yesterday, 01:20 but the Holy Spirit has inspired 01:24 which means 01:27 God breathed into His word 01:33 and it became the living word or the word of life. 01:39 This is not just the word about God, 01:42 this is the word of God. 01:46 When you read His word and eat it or act upon it, 01:50 you come into the very presence of God Himself 01:53 and God is privileged 01:55 in the process of becoming a part of you. 02:01 It's getting better. 02:03 I know from experience 02:04 if I say something three times up here, 02:06 you get a rousing response. 02:08 I'll leave it at two for this morning. 02:11 So this morning we're going to be speaking about 02:14 because this whole week is dealing with 02:17 the Holy Spirit's ability to inspire 02:20 and this morning we're going to be speaking 02:22 about His ability to Inspire A Movement. 02:33 Open your Bibles to Revelation Chapter 12, 02:37 Revelation Chapter 12. 02:39 Let's hear the wrestling of those pages. 02:45 That's why I love people to bring Bibles to my meetings, 02:48 it gives me courage to see the word being opened 02:51 and it's not all just up there on the screen, 02:54 but we can actually open our Bibles and use them. 02:58 Now it's an interesting chapter Revelation 12 03:01 because there is a woman in Revelation 12 03:05 and what kind of woman is she? 03:06 Is she a virtuous woman or is she is a harlot woman? 03:13 She is a very virtuous woman. 03:16 And we have these contrasting women 03:19 in Revelation. 03:21 And a woman as you well know 03:23 is the prophetic symbol of the church. 03:28 So this is a virtuous woman so we recognize 03:33 but because she is crowned with the crown of 12 stars, 03:38 she is standing on the moon 03:41 which is a reflection of the light coming from the sun. 03:47 Whenever you see the symbolism in prophecy 03:50 sun, moon and stars, 03:53 you are looking at the symbol 03:56 of God's true people. 04:00 We get all hung up on the fact that 04:02 there might be some signs in the heaven, 04:04 it's the symbol of God's true people, 04:07 the sun, moon, and stars. 04:11 And by the way if one of those seven trumpets 04:13 is addressed to the sun, moon and stars, 04:15 you better believe 04:17 it's addressed to the true last day people of God. 04:21 It's a message for them. 04:24 So in Revelation 12, 04:26 we have a pure woman 04:28 and the interesting thing to me is there are three phases, 04:34 three phases of the woman. 04:40 There's only one woman but she has three phases, 04:47 and the good news this morning is 04:51 they don't miss this in 6,000 years. 04:57 Allow yourselves to hear this, this morning. 04:59 In 6,000 years 05:02 God has only reached down three times 05:06 and raised up a man, 05:10 called Him and powered Him 05:14 and build around Him a great movement. 05:19 It's only happened three times 05:22 in 6,000 years. 05:27 And there is no fourth movement 05:30 in Revelation 12. 05:33 There's only three. 05:36 The first of those movements you can read it, 05:39 the beginning of Revelation 12. 05:43 "A sign appeared in heaven, 05:45 a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, 05:48 and on her head a crown of twelve stars." 05:51 The symbol of the sun by the way 05:53 is a symbol of the righteousness of Jesus. 05:56 He is called the Rising of the Sun 05:58 in Scriptures. 06:00 It's a beautiful symbol. 06:01 "And she was with child 06:03 and she cried out being in labor 06:06 and in pain to give birth." 06:10 Now if you read on down to verse 5, 06:12 "She gave birth to a son, a male child 06:14 who is to rule all nations with a rod of iron, 06:17 and her child was caught up to God, 06:19 and to his throne." 06:21 And we have long recognized this symbol 06:25 of the first movement that God raised up 06:27 that which brought forth the child was which people. 06:32 It was Israel, of course it was Israel. 06:37 That's why she has 12 stars, 06:41 a crown of 12 stars. 06:44 Israel, the first movement that God raised up. 06:48 He called Abraham, 06:51 the first man to be called to head up a movement 06:55 and had they been faithful, 06:57 we would all be going to Jerusalem today 07:01 to find out the truth of the one true God. 07:05 But you don't quite encounter that 07:06 when you go to Jerusalem today 07:10 because they fell into apostasy, 07:15 and I won't go into the history of Israel today. 07:19 But this was the first movement that God raised up 07:22 and it must have been a very tragic thing 07:24 for Jesus to actually say in His day 07:27 "I have taken the kingdom from you, 07:32 and I'm giving it to a people 07:34 who were once not my people." 07:41 Let those words penetrate this morning. 07:44 You can never presume 07:47 to remain the beneficiary 07:50 of all of God's grace and blessings 07:53 unless there is a willing heartfelt response to the love 07:57 that He has manifested towards you. 08:00 In other words we cannot take God for granted. 08:04 It's not enough to have quotes the truth, 08:08 we have to know God, the only living God. 08:12 Is there an amen to that? 08:13 Amen. 08:15 And so God breathes down. 08:17 Here we have Abraham coming into focus. 08:22 So God raised up another man 2,000 years ago, 08:29 probably a little more illustrious than Abraham 08:32 because he had some incredible beginnings. 08:37 Who am I referring to? 08:38 Jesus of course, Jesus. 08:43 And the movement that Jesus raised up, 08:49 Christianity. 08:51 Let me put-- 08:54 let's remain consistent here, Christianity. 08:59 And you can read about that in the same chapter. 09:03 The followers of Jesus became known as Christians 09:06 and in Revelation 12:6, 09:12 "The woman fled to the wilderness, 09:14 where she had a place prepared by God, 09:17 so that there 09:18 she might be nourished for 1,260 days." 09:24 This is historically 09:25 we know that this is an application 09:28 to the Middle Ages church 09:30 which fled into the wilderness 09:32 and eventually fell into apostasy 09:35 and Christianity became hopelessly divided. 09:40 You know the devil loves to divide the people of God. 09:43 You know that, don't you? 09:45 Tell how harder it's to find a unified church today. 09:49 I was in a unified church recently 09:52 for the first time in years. 09:54 I had a mild heart attack while I was there, 09:56 the shock was too great for me. 09:59 I said, "There's got to be some disunity in this church." 10:02 Somebody said, "We don't have any. 10:04 We just love one another." 10:06 I said, "It's too-- too much for me to handle 10:09 coming to a church like this." 10:10 The devil loves to divide God's people 10:13 because he knows if he can successfully do that, 10:17 that God will never be fully manifested and revealed 10:22 in most people. 10:24 And the third movement in Revelation 12. 10:27 Look at the end of the chapter and you all know this so well, 10:30 that's one of our favorite passages, 10:32 Revelation 12:17. 10:36 By the way, the ending of that period of 1260 years 10:40 was what year? 10:43 1798 so this third movement, 10:46 I'm gonna just put it up here, it's post 1798. 10:50 Whatever, whoever this third movement is, 10:53 it arises after 1798. 10:56 After the church has gone into the wilderness 11:00 and only a remnant is left, 11:02 then we see the beginning of a new movement 11:05 and here it is described in verse 17. 11:08 "The dragon was wrath with the woman 11:12 and went to make war with... 11:14 the remnant of her seed 11:16 who keep the commandments of God 11:18 and have... the testimony of Jesus." 11:21 And we got a whole meeting on this later in the week. 11:24 We gonna be shocked 11:25 by the understanding of the testimony 11:27 of Jesus that comes out. 11:29 The word testimony by the way is the word witness. 11:33 It's the Greek word Martyreon. 11:35 It's the root of the word martyr, interestingly enough. 11:39 So here is the final movement. 11:42 They are only a remnant, 11:45 the rest or the remnant of her seed. 11:50 And interestingly enough 11:52 there is a church on earth today 11:54 which lays claim to being this remnant, 11:57 I'm wondering if you've ever heard of it. 12:00 What does it call itself? 12:03 Calls itself Seventh-day Adventist. 12:07 That's what it calls itself. 12:10 And I'm challenging you this morning 12:11 what right do we have to lay claim, 12:17 not be the remnant church 12:19 but perhaps to be the remnant people 12:21 who are part of this remnant people. 12:24 And that's where I'm leading you this morning 12:26 because this is only been three times in 6,000 years 12:30 has God raised up a people. 12:33 The first two movements fell into apostasy. 12:41 I'm expecting apostasy by the way in our own ranks. 12:47 There's only one movement left on earth 12:49 that could go into apostasy and we happen to represent it. 12:54 So some big things are coming, 12:55 I'm already encountering apostasies 12:57 all around the country. 12:59 I've never strike a period in my life 13:01 when such weird ideas are coming forth. 13:04 People walk up to me, I've got fresh light. 13:08 I said, well, I can hardly wait to hear it. 13:12 Oh, you know, Jesus is not really God. 13:14 I said, well, thank you for sharing that with me. 13:17 Oh, the Holy Spirit is not a person 13:20 or unless you keep the Jewish weeks of festivals, 13:24 you won't be saved. 13:25 And I say, thank you so much 13:28 for sharing this new light with me 13:29 and just reach for my antidepressants. 13:33 I'm speaking about in Seventh-day Adventist churches 13:36 I'm hearing all this. 13:42 What gives us the right to lay claim 13:47 to being the true people of God, 13:50 so I have researched this very, very strongly. 13:52 You know, what I have found out. 13:56 These three movements 13:58 were all given the same message by God. 14:04 I mean the exact same message. 14:10 There's only one message they all have in common. 14:16 That's not 27 points of doctrine either. 14:21 There's one teaching that they all have in common 14:26 which sets them up hot 14:29 because there is only one biblical teaching 14:34 which contains the complete plan of redemption, 14:40 and that is the teaching of... 14:46 the sanctuary, of course, Cedius, thank you. 14:49 It's the teaching of the sanctuary. 14:53 It's the only teaching in the whole Bible 14:58 that contains the complete plan of redemption. 15:04 We happen to know that even though 15:06 the cross is the most marvelous demonstration of God's love, 15:10 it's not the end of the journey. 15:14 It was the entrance into the sanctuary 15:18 where God completed 15:20 the ongoing process of salvation 15:23 in the lives of His children... the sanctuary. 15:29 The one message that they all have in common. 15:32 Once I began to realize this, 15:34 I started looking much more seriously at our own movement. 15:40 And the claims that we have made 15:42 and I began to question myself 15:44 why are we hearing so little about the sanctuary today. 15:49 It's our only distinctive teaching, 15:51 did you know that. 15:54 It's our only distinctive teaching. 15:57 It's probably a true thing to say 16:00 that it's the only old landmark 16:05 that we have that's unique to ourselves. 16:10 Everything else we teach 16:11 we got other people who believe it, 16:13 but the sanctuary is unique, it sets you apart. 16:18 Was it present in Israel? 16:23 Exodus 25:8, you know it well, I'm sure. 16:28 Let them make me a sanctuary that I might dwell among them. 16:34 And the term sanctuary 16:36 did not only have reference to a building, 16:39 it had reference to a people in whom God would dwell. 16:46 Thank you very much. 16:47 You're on a roll this morning. 16:49 Praise God. 16:52 Praise God, it's one of those occasions. 16:56 It's an incredible thing to see 16:58 that the sanctuary not only had reference to a tent, 17:03 it actually had reference to the people 17:06 who came to that tent 17:08 and God was trying to teach them 17:11 that I plan to indwell you. 17:15 So the sanctuary 17:17 becomes a huge thing, huge. 17:21 I'm going to draw it up here briefly. 17:26 The courtyard, the holy place 17:30 and the most holy place. 17:35 There's three sections in the sanctuary. 17:38 There's a courtyard and out here was the altar 17:42 of burn sacrifice and the laver. 17:45 We have the sacrifice here. 17:51 As the blood was taken through daily, 17:53 this was the place of daily ministry here. 17:57 Daily, let that word sink in. 18:00 Daily. 18:02 I'm going to just write it here so you don't forget it, daily. 18:06 And there're three articles of furniture here remember, 18:08 there is a table of showbread, 18:12 the seven golden candlesticks 18:15 and there is an altar of incense. 18:19 In the daily ministry we have oil, 18:23 we have bread and we have incense. 18:30 And those three items 18:32 oil, bread, incense 18:37 all have something in common. 18:41 That's why they are used symbolically 18:44 in the daily ministry. 18:46 Remember the blood is taken in 18:48 and sprinkled here on this altar and here. 18:52 Everyday the blood was taken in. 18:56 The blood of atonement is taken in here 19:00 because blood is the great symbol biblically of life, 19:05 not death, of life. 19:07 It's to teach us 19:09 that if you embrace the atoning death of Jesus, 19:13 you now, have access to His marvelous life. 19:21 I'm gonna repeat that again. 19:24 I don't do well with feebleness, you know that. 19:28 If you have embraced the atoning death of Jesus, 19:33 that is the doorway to His marvelous life. 19:37 Amen. 19:39 Whenever I meet somebody 19:40 who is not experiencing victory, 19:42 they're not rejoicing with the living Christ in them, 19:45 I have to bring them back to the cross, 19:49 so that they can stand there and look at the cross 19:52 and actually look up and say to the Father, 19:55 thank you for lifting from me 19:59 through the atoning death of Jesus 20:01 all my guilt, 20:04 all my condemnation, 20:08 all my judgment 20:11 and all my second death. 20:15 All of that has been lifted from me 20:19 and placed on Jesus Christ 20:22 who did not deserve it, 20:27 but He did it to free me up 20:29 so that I might now daily experiencing Him, 20:34 experience Him indwelling me through the Holy Spirit. 20:39 I can actually have 20:41 an intimate delightful walk with Jesus every single day, 20:46 but I've got news for you this morning 20:49 if you're carrying the burden of sin, 20:51 the guilt, the condemnation, 20:56 it will crush you. 20:58 If you're in fear of judgment 21:00 and you haven't realize it's already fallen on Jesus. 21:04 If hellfire and the second death 21:07 are terrifying to you 21:08 and you haven't realized that you already died that in Jesus. 21:14 You will not be free 21:17 to enjoy the daily walk and intimacy with Him. 21:22 It's all about our relationship with Jesus 21:24 and the cross was designed to lift from us 21:28 all the burden of guilt and condemnation, 21:32 so with hearts up lifted and strengthened, 21:35 we can now look 21:36 to the living Christ coming into us 21:38 as the blood was carried in here every single day. 21:42 So what are these three things have in common? 21:44 Oil, incense and bread. 21:51 They're all symbolic of Christ 21:53 but how did they become what they are 21:55 so they can be used in the sanctuary. 21:57 How did we get oil and what it did do? 21:59 How did we get bread and what it did do? 22:02 And how do we get incense and what it did do 22:04 as a function? 22:07 Oil produced life, yes. 22:11 But I'm looking at these as basic elements, 22:15 not symbolically at the moment, as basic elements. 22:21 I saw your lips moving and nothing coming out. 22:24 You're giving me symbolism, 22:26 I'm looking at them as symbols, 22:27 they're much as basic elements. 22:33 They were all crushed. 22:34 Thank you very much. 22:35 In order to obtain them, they're crushed. 22:39 The oil is crushed. The grain is crushed. 22:44 The incense is crushed. 22:46 In order to perform their God given function, 22:50 they're crushed and then having been crushed, 22:53 they're then... it came out yesterday 22:58 not as clearly but it came through in yesterday's meeting. 23:01 Having been crushed, they're rolled in... 23:06 They're life giving if you bring in the right word. 23:08 Who said life giving? 23:11 What word came out yesterday that supports that? 23:16 Jesus spoke about the bread but unless you eat it. 23:22 So these things are all crushed 23:23 but then they have to be consumed 23:29 or else they do not produce their life giving impact, 23:33 they have to be consumed. 23:36 And then you can move into the symbolic relevance, 23:39 the Holy Spirit, the bread, the word of God, 23:44 the ministry of intercession of Jesus Christ Himself, 23:47 all becoming an internal part of us daily. 23:51 This is how the living Christ brings Himself into us 23:56 through the word, anointed by the sprit, 24:00 all undergirded with beautiful intercession. 24:03 He makes Himself available to His children. 24:07 This sanctuary is an incredible picture. 24:10 Incredible picture. 24:11 Every little symbol is significant, isn't it? 24:15 Every little symbol is significant. 24:19 I mean take the candlesticks. 24:22 The oil flows down the central pipe here 24:26 which Revelation says 24:28 is actually a picture of Jesus Himself. 24:31 It flows out into the branches where the wigs were made from 24:35 the dirty discarded undergarments of the priest. 24:40 Torn into strips, soaked in oil, 24:45 they bring forth light. 24:49 And who is standing in the middle of candlesticks 24:51 in Revelation? 24:52 Jesus. 24:53 All that light is reflecting on Jesus. 24:56 It's a magnificent picture in Revelation. 25:01 The dirty garments soaked in oil, 25:06 transformed into producing light 25:10 which reflects Jesus. 25:11 What a message that is and what a profound, 25:14 that's the message of course of righteousness by faith. 25:17 So here we're having the daily ministry of Jesus 25:19 where growth takes place. 25:23 This is where growth takes place on a daily basis. 25:26 Here is the sacrifice 25:29 which leads to growth in the life 25:32 and what's left in the most holy place? 25:34 What furniture? 25:36 The Ark of the Covenant 25:38 which contains the Ten Commandments 25:39 among other things and the mercy seat above it. 25:44 The mercy seat above it. 25:46 The two symbols by the way 25:48 of the justice and the mercy of God. 25:54 The Ark of the Covenant with the Ten Commandments, 25:57 the justice of God and the mercy seat above it, 26:01 justice and mercy coming together. 26:04 We have long seen that this is the place of judgment. 26:10 Well, I have news for you this morning 26:11 and we'll deal with this later in the week as well. 26:16 For too long now, we have had the wrong focus 26:18 in talking about the investigative judgment. 26:21 We ought to have the focus on God instead of on man 26:32 because our judgment has already fallen on Jesus. 26:38 Let's bow our head together this morning. 26:41 Father in heaven, 26:44 what a gracious and mighty God You are. 26:48 We can hardly comprehended 26:50 how generous You've been in offering Your Son Father, 26:57 as an offering for sin, 26:59 and then making His beautiful life 27:01 available through the spirit daily, 27:05 and then choosing to glorify Yourself 27:07 through the most miserable of species. 27:11 We can hardly comprehend 27:12 but in our hearts we feel a deep 27:15 and abiding gratitude today 27:17 and we plan with Jesus in us today 27:19 to spend our whole Sabbath just glorifying you. 27:23 Thank you in anticipation for the hope 27:25 that lies within us today in Jesus' precious name. 27:30 Amen. 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