>>Bill: DR. GEORGE KNIGHT IS BACK WITH US AGAIN THIS 00:00:01.03\00:00:02.20 WEEK AS WE CONTINUE OUR EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK 00:00:02.20\00:00:04.93 OF HEBREWS. WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:00:04.93\00:00:10.66 >>Announcer: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:00:21.13\00:00:24.10 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE 00:00:24.60\00:00:27.16 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:00:27.56\00:00:31.73 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:00:32.23\00:00:34.13 SPREADING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:34.46\00:00:38.63 (MUSIC) 00:00:39.10\00:00:49.70 LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS BACK THIS WEEK TO OUR IT 00:00:50.66\00:00:51.80 IS WRITTEN PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE CONTINUING OUR 00:00:51.80\00:00:55.53 EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. DR. KNIGHT IS 00:00:55.53\00:00:57.86 BACK AGAIN. THANK YOU DR. KNIGHT FOR AGREEING 00:00:57.86\00:00:58.86 TO COME BACK ONCE AGAIN. 00:00:58.86\00:01:02.60 >>Dr. Knight: GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL. >>Bill: I'LL 00:01:02.60\00:01:03.66 TELL YOU, I LEARNED SO MUCH LAST WEEK WE LOOKED 00:01:03.66\00:01:07.16 AT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT WASTE 00:01:07.16\00:01:10.60 ANY TIME. LET'S GET RIGHT BACK INTO IT. I THINK WE 00:01:10.60\00:01:11.60 LEFT OFF LAST WEEK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WITH 00:01:11.60\00:01:14.86 THE IDEA OF THE JESUS INTERCESSION. YOU SAID, 00:01:14.86\00:01:19.20 MAYBE WE NEED TO RECAP THAT AND JUST EXPLAIN A 00:01:19.20\00:01:20.20 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 00:01:20.20\00:01:23.76 JESUS INTERCEEDING ON OUR BEHALF. >>Dr. Knight: 00:01:23.76\00:01:24.86 WELL, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 00:01:24.86\00:01:27.06 >>Bill: IS THAT A GOOD. 00:01:27.06\00:01:27.56 >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S A THEME OF A LOT OF 00:01:27.56\00:01:30.13 SCRIPTURE. WE CAN DO THAT NOW OR WE CAN FINISH THE 00:01:30.13\00:01:33.13 OUTLINE, DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME. >>Bill: 00:01:33.13\00:01:34.16 OK, LET'S FINISH THE OUTLINE THEN. LET'S 00:01:34.16\00:01:35.76 CONTINUE WITH OUR OUTLINE >>Dr. Knight: IT MAY BE 00:01:35.76\00:01:37.36 MORE MEANINGFUL IF WE FINISH THE ENTIRE BOOK AND 00:01:37.36\00:01:38.40 THEN WE. >>Bill: AND THEN WE COME BACK. OK. >>Dr. 00:01:38.40\00:01:40.86 Knight: AND TAP INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS. >>Bill: 00:01:40.86\00:01:43.03 AFTER ALL, YOU ARE THE DOCTOR. >>Dr. Knight 00:01:43.03\00:01:43.96 WELL, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, I'M THE ONE WHO'S 00:01:43.96\00:01:45.46 TALKING. >>Bill: THAT'S RIGHT. EXCELLENT. >>Dr. 00:01:45.46\00:01:48.13 Knight: ANYWAY, I'M JUST GONNA RECAP REAL QUICKLY 00:01:48.13\00:01:49.10 >>Bill: OK. >>Dr. Knight: JESUS IS BETTER THAN THE 00:01:49.10\00:01:52.93 ANGELS. HOW? NUMBER ONE, HE IS GOD. HE HAS POWER. 00:01:52.93\00:01:58.76 NUMBER TWO, HE'S LIKE US. 00:01:58.76\00:01:59.43 HE UNDERSTANDS US. AND FOR A JEWISH AUDIENCE, 00:01:59.43\00:02:04.03 IMPORTANT TO KNOW, HE'S BETTER THAN MOSES, HE'S 00:02:04.03\00:02:05.06 BETTER THAN JOSHUA, AND THE NEXT SECTION, CHAPTER 00:02:05.06\00:02:10.70 5, HE IS BETTER THAN AARON. HE HAS A BETTER 00:02:10.70\00:02:17.06 PRIESTHOOD. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE CLOSED ON 00:02:17.06\00:02:18.10 LAST TIME. WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST IN HEAVEN AND 00:02:18.10\00:02:22.56 THEN WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER EIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK 00:02:22.56\00:02:30.30 AT THE FIRST TWO VERSES OF CHAPTER EIGHT BECAUSE 00:02:30.30\00:02:31.40 HERE WE'RE GETTING INTO SOMETHING REALLY 00:02:31.40\00:02:37.00 IMPORTANT, THAT WE HAVE A BETTER SANCTUARY WITH A 00:02:37.00\00:02:40.06 BETTER CONVENANT. NOW, WE'LL GET INTO THAT WORD 00:02:40.06\00:02:41.16 "CONVENANT" IN A MINUTE. 00:02:41.16\00:02:45.06 VERSE EIGHT, CHAPTER EIGHT VERSE ONE, "NOT A POINT 00:02:45.06\00:02:46.26 IN WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THIS, WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH 00:02:46.26\00:02:52.96 PRIEST, ONE WHO IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE 00:02:52.96\00:02:57.16 THRONE OF THE MAJESTY IN HEAVEN, A MINISTER IN THE 00:02:57.16\00:02:58.16 SANCTUARY AND THE TRUE TENT WHICH IS SET UP 00:02:58.16\00:03:03.36 NOT BY MAN BUT BY THE LORD. WE HAVE A BETTER 00:03:03.36\00:03:10.06 SANCTUARY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN HERE WHEN IT SAYS THE 00:03:10.06\00:03:11.26 "TRUE TENT"? IT'S POINTING BACKWARDS TO THE BOOK OF 00:03:11.26\00:03:17.46 EXODUS. GOD SET UP IN THE WILDERNESS, JOURNEYING OF 00:03:17.46\00:03:25.23 THE PEOPLE OF ISREAL, WHAT WE CALL THE DESERT 00:03:25.23\00:03:26.36 TABERNACLE. THE TABERNACLE OF MOSES. AND THAT 00:03:26.36\00:03:30.46 TABERNACLE WAS ACTUALLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE PLAN 00:03:30.46\00:03:35.10 OF SALVATION. THAT JESUS, AS THE LAMB OF GOD THAT 00:03:35.10\00:03:36.13 WAS ILLUSTRATION BY LAMBS THAT DIED EVERY DAY FOR 00:03:36.13\00:03:43.36 THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT IT WAS A HIGH 00:03:43.36\00:03:48.80 PRIEST THAT MINISTERED THE BLOOD. A PRIEST IS ONE 00:03:48.80\00:03:49.96 THAT STANDS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND GOD. AND 00:03:49.96\00:03:53.56 THAT'S WHAT JESUS IS FOR US >>Bill: RIGHT. >>Dr. 00:03:53.56\00:03:58.06 Knight: WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, THOSE OTHER 00:03:58.06\00:03:59.00 PRIESTS WERE ONLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WAS 00:03:59.00\00:04:00.93 TO COME. JESUS IS THE REAL THING AND HE SERVES IN THE 00:04:00.93\00:04:07.90 TRUE TABERNACLE. AND THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 00:04:07.90\00:04:08.96 REALLY FASCINATING. THAT THE THRONE OF GOD 00:04:08.96\00:04:15.46 IN HEAVEN IS CALLED THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. THAT'S 00:04:15.46\00:04:21.96 THE REAL ONE AND THIS ONE WAS ONLY AN ILLUSTRATION 00:04:21.96\00:04:22.96 THAT'S THE ONE IN WHICH THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS 00:04:22.96\00:04:27.00 CARRIED OUT. THAT'S THE OPERATIONAL ROOM OF THE 00:04:27.00\00:04:33.20 ENTIRE UNIVERSE. THE BOOK OF DANIEL TELLS US IT'S 00:04:33.20\00:04:34.23 A BIG PLACE. IT'S GOT TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN 00:04:34.23\00:04:38.36 THOUSAND OF ANGELS IN IT IT'S, IT'S. >>Bill: IT'S 00:04:38.36\00:04:41.23 INCONCEIVABLE TO US. >>Dr. 00:04:41.23\00:04:41.80 Knight: YEAH, THE BIBLE BRINGS IT DOWN TO OUR 00:04:41.80\00:04:44.46 LEVEL. IT GIVES US AN ILLUSTRATION. SO.>>Bill: 00:04:44.46\00:04:45.43 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE AUTHOR IS SAYING, LISTEN, 00:04:45.43\00:04:50.63 YOU KNOW, DON'T BE WORRIED, YOU KNOW, THAT 00:04:50.63\00:04:54.10 YOU'RE NOT SACRIFICING IN THIS EARTHLY TEMPLE 00:04:54.10\00:04:55.06 AND THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE RITUALS 00:04:55.06\00:04:59.73 HERE BECAUSE YOUR HIGH PRIEST, JESUS CHRIST, IS 00:04:59.73\00:05:02.36 INTERCEEDING ON YOUR BEHALF IN THE TRUE 00:05:02.36\00:05:03.26 TABERNACLE. >>Dr. Knight: NOW JUST REMEMBER, THESE 00:05:03.26\00:05:05.20 FIRST PEOPLE, THEY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE 00:05:05.20\00:05:07.00 THEY GOT THIS BIG ONE THERE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN 00:05:07.00\00:05:08.06 UP.>>Bill: AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING. >>Dr. Knight: 00:05:08.06\00:05:09.83 JESUS SAID, HEY WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, 00:05:09.83\00:05:13.03 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT AND WE'RE 00:05:13.03\00:05:14.03 GOING TO GET TO HOW IT'S BETTER IN CHAPTERS NINE, 00:05:14.03\00:05:21.00 TEN, AND PARTICULARLY THIS BUSINESS OF NOT BEING ABLE 00:05:21.00\00:05:25.30 TO SEE IT COMES OUT IN CHAPTER ELEVEN. OK, SO 00:05:25.30\00:05:26.26 FIRST, IN THE FIRST FIVE VERSES HERE, FIRST SEVEN 00:05:26.26\00:05:33.26 VERSES, WE HAVE A HEAVENLY SANCTUARY, IN WHICH JESUS 00:05:33.26\00:05:40.33 FUNCTIONS. AND IS BASED UPON A BETTER CONVENANT 00:05:40.33\00:05:41.33 YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW CONVENANT. 00:05:41.33\00:05:48.16 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: WHAT'S THE NEW CONVENANT 00:05:48.16\00:05:50.10 ANYWAY? IT'S AN AGREEMENT.>>Bill: OK. 00:05:50.10\00:05:50.96 >>IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. 00:05:50.96\00:05:53.00 BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND GOD. AND SO WE GET DOWN 00:05:53.00\00:05:59.20 HERE TO VERSE EIGHT AND FROM VERSE EIGHT AND UP 00:05:59.20\00:06:00.40 THROUGH VERSE 12 WE HAVE THE LONGEST QUOTATION FROM 00:06:00.40\00:06:06.70 THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT'S ABOUT 00:06:06.70\00:06:10.90 THE NEW CONVENANT, THE NEW AGREEMENT AND YOU COME 00:06:10.90\00:06:11.93 DOWN HERE TO VERSE TEN, " THIS IS THE CONVENANT THAT 00:06:11.93\00:06:15.76 I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AFTER THOSE 00:06:15.76\00:06:20.20 DAYS, SAYS THE LORD, I WILL PUT THE LAWS INTO 00:06:20.20\00:06:21.13 THEIR MINDS AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS AND I WILL 00:06:21.13\00:06:24.06 BE THEIR GOD. GOD DOESN'T WANT US, JUST TO KEEP HIS 00:06:24.06\00:06:31.23 LAW BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TO DO. JESUS SAYS THE LAW 00:06:31.23\00:06:32.30 IS LOVE AND AS WE OPERATE IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE. 00:06:32.30\00:06:36.90 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS WHEN GOD WRITES HIS LAW, BUT 00:06:36.90\00:06:40.46 THAT'S NOT ALL OF IT. 00:06:40.46\00:06:41.06 WE STILL HAVE THE PLAN OF SALVATION. TAKE A LOOK AT 00:06:41.06\00:06:44.70 VERSE 12, "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR 00:06:44.70\00:06:45.66 INEQUITIES AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO 00:06:45.66\00:06:50.43 MORE". IT'S A CONVENANT OF GRACE AND THE WAY THAT 00:06:50.43\00:06:55.70 GRACE IS ILLUSTRATED IS IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY 00:06:55.70\00:06:56.83 AND SO WE HAVE A BETTER CONVENANT, RELATED TO A 00:06:56.83\00:07:04.46 BETTER SANCTUARY, RELATED TO BETTER PROMISES. 00:07:04.46\00:07:11.40 BECAUSE, LET'S FACE IT, THE OLD TESTAMENT SYSTEM 00:07:11.40\00:07:12.40 WASN'T THE REAL THING. IT COULDN'T REALLY TAKE AWAY 00:07:12.40\00:07:23.43 SIN. THAT'S HOW COME THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND SHEEP 00:07:23.43\00:07:29.46 HAD TO BE REPEATED EVERY DAY. BUT, WE COME PRETTY 00:07:29.46\00:07:30.43 CLOSE NOW TO THE NEXT SECTION AND THAT IS IN 00:07:30.43\00:07:36.50 CHAPTERS NINE AND TEN, PARTICULARLY NINE ELEVEN 00:07:36.50\00:07:44.53 ON, WHEN JESUS IS A BETTER SACRIFICE. OVER AND OVER 00:07:44.53\00:07:45.56 IT SAYS HE DIED ONCE FOR ALL. LET'S JUST TAKE A 00:07:45.56\00:07:55.03 LOOK AT VERSE 11 AND 12, "BUT WHEN CHRIST APPEARED 00:07:55.03\00:07:58.76 AS A HIGH PRIEST, OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME 00:07:58.76\00:07:59.90 THROUGH THE GREATER AND MORE PERFECT TENT", 00:07:59.90\00:08:03.63 IN VERSE 12, "HE ENTERED ONCE FOR ALL INTO THE HOLY 00:08:03.63\00:08:10.36 PLACE TAKING NOT THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, 00:08:10.36\00:08:11.36 BUT HIS OWN BLOOD THUS SECURING ETERNAL 00:08:11.36\00:08:15.50 REDEMPTION. WE ARE SAVED, AS PAUL TELLS US OVER AND 00:08:15.50\00:08:23.20 OVER AGAIN, BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. AND THAT 00:08:23.20\00:08:24.13 BECOMES THE THEME NOW OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. 00:08:24.13\00:08:30.20 >>Bill: SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANXIETY AS A NEW JEWISH 00:08:30.20\00:08:35.20 CHRISTIAN, THAT YOU'RE NOT HEADING TO THE TEMPLE 00:08:35.20\00:08:36.20 EVERYDAY AND SACRIFICING EVERY DAY BECAUSE JESUS 00:08:36.20\00:08:38.53 HAS DONE IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. IT'S DONE, IT'S 00:08:38.53\00:08:40.93 FINISHED, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT. >>Dr. 00:08:40.93\00:08:42.03 Knight: ONCE AND FOR ALL. 00:08:42.03\00:08:43.03 THAT'S HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A PRIEST. WE DO HAVE 00:08:43.03\00:08:44.13 A PRIEST, DON'T WE? YOU ARE NOT A PRIEST. I AM NOT 00:08:44.13\00:08:48.23 A PRIEST. I WAS ORDAINED AS A PASTOR. WE HAVE A 00:08:48.23\00:08:55.06 HEAVENLY PRIEST IN HEAVEN AND THAT'S HOW COME 00:08:55.06\00:08:56.03 WE DON'T HAVE A SACRIFICE BECAUSE JESUS DID IT ONCE 00:08:56.03\00:08:59.73 FOR ALL. AND THAT SECURED ETERNAL REDEMPTION. THIS 00:08:59.73\00:09:08.80 HAS BEEN, REALLY, ONE OF THE GREAT POINTS OF 00:09:08.80\00:09:09.86 CHRISTIANITY. YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER RELIGION IS A 00:09:09.86\00:09:13.76 RELIGION OF WORKS IN SOME WAY. YOU EARN YOUR WAY, 00:09:13.76\00:09:18.30 BUT CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION OF GRACE. JESUS 00:09:18.30\00:09:19.26 DIED ONCE FOR ALL AND I ACCEPT, NOT HIS DEATH, I 00:09:19.26\00:09:24.96 ACCEPT OF HIS MINISTRY IN HEAVEN. THAT'S, THAT IS AN 00:09:24.96\00:09:32.83 ABSOLUTELY KEY UNDERSTANDING IN THE BOOK 00:09:32.83\00:09:33.70 OF HEBREWS, OVER AND OVER. 00:09:33.70\00:09:37.00 LET'S GO DOWN, IT SAYS ONCE FOR ALL, VERSE 26 00:09:37.00\00:09:37.96 OF CHAPTER NINE, TALKING ABOUT JESUS' MINISTRY. 00:09:37.96\00:09:44.86 THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT SAYS, "BUTAS IT IS, HE HAS 00:09:44.86\00:09:50.93 APPEARED ONCE FOR ALL AT THE END OF THE AGE TO PUT 00:09:50.93\00:09:51.93 AWAY SIN BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF." YOU SEE, HE'S 00:09:51.93\00:09:57.96 NOT ONLY THE PRIEST, HE'S THE, THE SACRIFICE. "AND 00:09:57.96\00:10:02.00 JUST AS IT IS APPOINTED, FOR MEN TO DIE ONCE AND 00:10:02.00\00:10:03.00 AFTER THAT COMES JUDGEMENT SO CHRIST HAVING BEEN 00:10:03.00\00:10:07.50 OFFERED ONCE TO BEAR THE SINS OF MANY, WILL APPEAR 00:10:07.50\00:10:12.56 A SECOND TIME, NOT TO DEAL WITH SIN BUT TO SAVE THOSE 00:10:12.56\00:10:13.66 WHO ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM." SEE, THIS IS THE 00:10:13.66\00:10:19.33 FULL GOSPEL HERE. >>Bill WOW. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 00:10:19.33\00:10:23.13 >>Dr. Knight: JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, WHY? TO 00:10:23.13\00:10:24.26 DEAL WITH SIN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE ONCE FOR ALL 00:10:24.26\00:10:29.13 SACRIFICE WAS ALL ABOUT WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST 00:10:29.13\00:10:31.93 FIRST SAW JESUS, WHAT DID HE SAY? >>Bill: BEHOLD 00:10:31.93\00:10:32.96 THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF 00:10:32.96\00:10:35.53 THE WORLD.>>Dr. Knight ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL TEXT, 00:10:35.53\00:10:38.13 JOHN 1:29, "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES 00:10:38.13\00:10:39.10 AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD". YOU KNOW, HOW 00:10:39.10\00:10:45.56 MANY CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE BUT NEVER REALLY 00:10:45.56\00:10:52.10 UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICIAL SERVICE. NEVER UNDERSTAND 00:10:52.10\00:10:53.16 WHAT THE LAMB OF GOD IS. 00:10:53.16\00:10:58.40 HEY, THE LAMB OF GOD GOES RIGHT BACK TO THAT JEWISH 00:10:58.40\00:10:59.43 SANCTUARY. >>Bill: YES. 00:10:59.43\00:11:01.80 EVERY HEBREW MIND, THE LAMB, THE LAMB. THAT'S 00:11:01.80\00:11:02.90 WHAT THOSE LAMBS REPRESENTED. >>Dr. Knight: 00:11:02.90\00:11:04.86 THAT'S RIGHT. JESUS, HE CAME THE FIRST TIME TO 00:11:04.86\00:11:08.40 DEAL WITH SIN BUT THE SECOND TIME HE COMES TO 00:11:08.40\00:11:09.40 FULLY SAVE US. NOW, PAUL TELLS US IN THE BOOK OF 00:11:09.40\00:11:16.03 ROMANS THAT WE'RE ONLY PARTLY SAVED NOW. I HATE 00:11:16.03\00:11:19.43 TO TELL YOU BILL, YOU'RE GONNA DIE. IF 00:11:19.43\00:11:20.26 JESUS DOESN'T COME SOON ENOUGH.>>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. 00:11:20.26\00:11:24.20 >>Dr. Knight: YOU'RE UNDER A DEATH SENTENCE, MAN. THE 00:11:24.20\00:11:26.66 ONLY THING I DON'T KNOW IS WHETHER YOUR MIND WILL GO 00:11:26.66\00:11:27.73 BEFORE YOUR BODY. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, 00:11:27.73\00:11:31.26 I'M A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK AND I'M 00:11:31.26\00:11:33.90 BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DOESN'T GO ON 00:11:33.90\00:11:34.93 FOREVER. THAT, YES, I HAVE BEEN SAVED IN JESUS BUT 00:11:34.93\00:11:39.43 WHEN HE COMES AGAIN, THEN I WILL BE FULLY SAVED. 00:11:39.43\00:11:47.90 THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOSPEL. NOW WE COME TO AN 00:11:47.90\00:11:48.96 INTERESTING WORD HERE IN CHAPTER TEN, VERSE 00:11:48.96\00:11:52.96 ONE, "FOR SINCE THE LAW", THAT IS THE LAW OF MOSES, 00:11:52.96\00:12:00.33 DEALING WITH THE SACRIFICES. "FOR SINCE THE 00:12:00.33\00:12:01.33 LAW WAS BUT A SHADOW OF THE GOOD THINGS TO COME". 00:12:01.33\00:12:04.13 YOU SEE, IS THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS IS RIGHT AND HE 00:12:04.13\00:12:11.03 SAID HEY, YOU MAY BE WORRIED BECAUSE YOU DON'T 00:12:11.03\00:12:12.00 HAVE A VISUAL TEMPLE BUT I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING. 00:12:12.00\00:12:17.20 YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER. THAT TEMPLE WITH 00:12:17.20\00:12:20.76 THE SLAYING OF SHEEPS AND GOATS EVERYDAY, THAT'S 00:12:20.76\00:12:21.90 NOT THE REAL THING. IT'S A SHADOW. NOW, YOU'RE 00:12:21.90\00:12:26.10 MARRIED, AREN'T YOU BILL? 00:12:26.10\00:12:26.60 >>Bill: YES, SIR. >>Dr. 00:12:26.60\00:12:29.73 Knight: WHICH DO YOU LIKE BEST? YOUR WIFE'S SHADOW 00:12:29.73\00:12:30.73 OR YOUR WIFE. >>Bill: MY WIFE, DEFINITELY. 00:12:30.73\00:12:33.46 SURE. >>Dr. Knight: YEAH. 00:12:33.46\00:12:33.96 SHADOWS ARE GOOD. YOU CAN TELL IT'S YOUR WIFE BY 00:12:33.96\00:12:37.03 LOOKING AT THE SHADOW BUT THERE'S SOMETHING MORE 00:12:37.03\00:12:42.30 THERE THAN A SHADOW. THAT SHADOW POINTS TO GOOD 00:12:42.30\00:12:43.30 THINGS TO COME. >>Bill: THAT'S RIGHT. >>Dr. 00:12:43.30\00:12:48.23 Knight: ANYWAY, THAT'S THE SAME WAY IT IS HERE AND IN 00:12:48.23\00:12:51.83 OTHER PLACES IS CALLED A PARABLE. WHAT WE HAVE 00:12:51.83\00:12:52.83 IS, WE HAVE AN EARTHLY SANCTUARY AND EVERY PART 00:12:52.83\00:12:56.73 OF THAT SANCTUARY POINTS TO JESUS. YOU'VE GOT THE 00:12:56.73\00:13:01.50 TABLE TO SHOW BREAD, JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE 00:13:01.50\00:13:02.50 YOU'VE GOT THE LAMPSTAND, JESUS IS THE LIGHT. 00:13:02.50\00:13:06.83 EVERYTHING, IN FACT, EVEN WHEN YOU GO INTO THE MOST 00:13:06.83\00:13:11.50 HOLY PLACE, THE SECOND DEPARTMENT OF THE 00:13:11.50\00:13:12.36 SANCTUARY, YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THE ARK OF 00:13:12.36\00:13:15.20 THE CONVENANT. YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE ARK OF THE 00:13:15.20\00:13:18.66 CONVENANT? >>Bill: TEN COMMANDMENTS. >>Dr. 00:13:18.66\00:13:19.60 Knight: THAT'S WHY GOD PUT IT THERE. WRITTEN WITH 00:13:19.60\00:13:21.23 HIS OWN FINGER. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IN JEWISH 00:13:21.23\00:13:24.16 CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, IS THE ARK OF THE CONVENANT, IS 00:13:24.16\00:13:25.20 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT WHAT'S ABOVE IT? >>Bill: 00:13:25.20\00:13:32.13 THE MERCY SEAT. >>Dr. 00:13:32.13\00:13:32.60 Knight: THE MERCY SEAT. 00:13:32.60\00:13:35.96 MERCY, GRACE ALWAYS GOES WITH LAW. THE LAW CAN'T 00:13:35.96\00:13:36.96 SAVE ANYBODY. THE LAW CAN SAY, BILL, YOU KNOW, 00:13:36.96\00:13:39.66 YOU'VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: 00:13:39.66\00:13:44.43 BUT IT CAN'T SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. >>Bill: THAT'S 00:13:44.43\00:13:45.43 RIGHT. Dr. Knight: IT'S THE MERCY SEAT. AND ABOVE 00:13:45.43\00:13:46.96 THE MERCY SEAT WERE THE CHERUBUM, THE ANGELS, WHO 00:13:46.96\00:13:50.30 SERVED GOD DAY AND NIGHT. 00:13:50.30\00:13:50.83 THAT'S THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD, THE MOST HOLY PLACE. 00:13:50.83\00:13:57.36 EVERY PART OF THAT SANCTUARY HAS MEANING FOR 00:13:57.36\00:13:58.30 CHRISTIANS BECAUSE JESUS IS THE REAL HIGH PRIEST 00:13:58.30\00:14:04.50 AND HE SERVES IN THE REAL SANCTUARY. AND THAT 00:14:04.50\00:14:08.66 SANCTUARY IS NOT ONLY HERE, THE BOOK OF ROMANS, 00:14:08.66\00:14:09.66 EXCUSE ME, THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS BUILT UPON 00:14:09.66\00:14:14.63 IT. >>Bill: IT'S FILLED WITH SANCTUARY IMAGERY. 00:14:14.63\00:14:17.60 >>Dr. Knight: OH, EVERY VISION STARTS OUT WITH THE 00:14:17.60\00:14:18.66 SANCTUARY. WAS JESUS IN THE SEVEN CHURCHES, HE'S 00:14:18.66\00:14:22.73 WALKING AMONG THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS. THAT'S 00:14:22.73\00:14:28.00 REFERRING BACK TO.>>Bill: THE SEVEN BRANCH 00:14:28.00\00:14:28.86 CANDLEBRA. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S RIGHT. AND WHEN WE 00:14:28.86\00:14:30.76 GET TO THE SECOND HALF IT OPENS UP WITH 11:19, "AND 00:14:30.76\00:14:33.80 I SAW HEAVEN OPEN AND IN HEAVEN", THIS IS JOHN 00:14:33.80\00:14:34.76 SPEAKING, "I SAW THE ARK". 00:14:34.76\00:14:39.33 "THE TEMPLE IN HEAVEN OPENED AND I SAW THE ARK 00:14:39.33\00:14:40.30 OF THE COVENANT." NO. THAT IS STILL THERE, THERE IS A 00:14:40.30\00:14:48.43 TEMPLE IN HEAVEN, WE STILL HAVE A HIGH PRIEST, HE 00:14:48.43\00:14:52.73 DIDN'T DIE AS A LAMB EVERY DAY, HE DIED AS A LAMB 00:14:52.73\00:14:53.76 ONCE AND FOR ALL. SO, HEY, IF YOU'RE WORRIED IF YOUR 00:14:53.76\00:14:58.20 WORSHIP SERVICE DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD AS THE JEWISH 00:14:58.20\00:15:02.73 TEMPLE, HEY, STOP WORRYING. >>Bill: THAT'S 00:15:02.73\00:15:03.60 THE SHADOW. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S THE SHADOW. >>Bill: 00:15:03.60\00:15:08.43 YOU'VE GOT THE REAL THING. 00:15:08.43\00:15:08.96 >>Dr. Knight: YOU'VE GOT THE REAL THING. YOU HAVE 00:15:08.96\00:15:10.50 A BETTER HIGH PRIEST. YOU HAVE A BETTER SANCTUARY. 00:15:10.50\00:15:12.43 YOU HAVE A BETTER CONVENANT AND A BETTER 00:15:12.43\00:15:13.43 SACRIFICE. >>Bill: IF I COULD JUST OPEN A 00:15:13.43\00:15:18.63 PARENTHESIS HERE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE WITH 00:15:18.63\00:15:21.23 THIS, BUT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I DON'T HEAR 00:15:21.23\00:15:22.16 MANY CHRISTIAN PREACHERS TALKING ABOUT THE HEAVENLY 00:15:22.16\00:15:28.00 SANCTUARY. >>Dr. Knight: AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE 00:15:28.00\00:15:30.70 OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY SURPRISING. BECAUSE 00:15:30.70\00:15:31.73 HOW CAN YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL, THAT 00:15:31.73\00:15:36.66 JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS IT'S SO MUCH RICHER WHEN 00:15:36.66\00:15:45.60 YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE WHAT THAT MEANS AS IT'S 00:15:45.60\00:15:46.70 BROUGHT OUT IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. HEBREWS HAS NOT 00:15:46.70\00:15:53.16 BEEN A FAVORITE BOOK, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT IN 00:15:53.16\00:15:57.53 THE MIDDLE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. AND THIS 00:15:57.53\00:15:58.43 SANCTUARY SYMBOLISM IS NOT ONLY HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY 00:15:58.43\00:16:03.30 TOUCHED ON IN MANY OTHER BOOKS. WE'RE GOING BACK 00:16:03.30\00:16:10.73 TO, LATER ON, TO THIS BUSINESS OF INTERCESSION 00:16:10.73\00:16:11.70 >>Bill: YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. >>Dr. Knight: 00:16:11.70\00:16:13.93 AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS COMES OUT IN THE BOOK 00:16:13.93\00:16:15.46 OF 1 JOHN, OR IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS BECAUSE THIS 00:16:15.46\00:16:16.46 BOOK IS MUCH MORE CENTRAL TO OUR FAITH THAN MOST 00:16:16.46\00:16:20.23 PEOPLE REALIZE. >>Bill: I FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE A FEW 00:16:20.23\00:16:23.46 WEEKS AGO, I SAID I FOUND IT A LITTLE BIT BORING 00:16:23.46\00:16:24.46 BUT YOU'VE MADE IT, YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY EXCITING 00:16:24.46\00:16:27.70 THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. >>Dr. 00:16:27.70\00:16:28.23 Knight: OH, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU GET ME WOUND UP, 00:16:28.23\00:16:30.16 BILL. NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO A BETTER FAITH. NOW THE 00:16:30.16\00:16:38.00 AUTHOR OF HEBREWS IS REALLY GETTING TO THE 00:16:38.00\00:16:38.93 POINT. HE'S BEEN MAKING MAJOR POINTS ALL ALONG 00:16:38.93\00:16:46.46 BUT HE'S GOT THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE KIND OF 00:16:46.46\00:16:50.86 DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE THINGS. YOU EVER 00:16:50.86\00:16:51.90 WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU?" 00:16:51.90\00:16:57.46 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: IT SEEMS LIKE I'M ALL 00:16:57.46\00:17:02.50 ALONE. I'M PRAYING, IS IT GOING ANYWHERE? >>Bill 00:17:02.50\00:17:03.50 YES. >>Dr. Knight: WELL, YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE 00:17:03.50\00:17:08.06 TO FEEL THAT WAY. NOW, BEFORE WE GET TO CHAPTER 00:17:08.06\00:17:12.33 ELEVEN, WHICH IS THE GREAT FAITH CHAPTER, OKAY. WE'VE 00:17:12.33\00:17:13.43 GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE THING HERE. THAT SOME OF 00:17:13.43\00:17:19.50 THESE PEOPLE HERE WERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT 00:17:19.50\00:17:23.86 DISCOURAGED AND SOME OF THEM EVEN STOPPED GOING 00:17:23.86\00:17:25.00 TO THE FELLOWSHIP. CHAPTER TEN, VERSE 25, "NOT 00:17:25.00\00:17:32.00 NEGLECTING TO MEET TOGETHER", NO, NO. GOD 00:17:32.00\00:17:36.83 WANTS US TO MEET TOGETHER AND IT SAYS HERE AT THE 00:17:36.83\00:17:37.86 END OF THE VERSE, "ALL THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY 00:17:37.86\00:17:43.53 DRAWING NEAR". AND IN MY BIBLE, THAT WORD "DAY" IS 00:17:43.53\00:17:48.10 CAPITALIZED. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >>Bill: OH, 00:17:48.10\00:17:49.06 INTERESTING. >>Dr. Knight: IT MEANS THE COMING OF 00:17:49.06\00:17:54.73 JESUS. >>Bill: OKAY. >>Dr. 00:17:54.73\00:17:55.26 Knight: NO. >>Bill: SO AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER 00:17:55.26\00:17:57.83 TO THE SECOND COMING IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE 00:17:57.83\00:17:59.00 COMING TOGETHER. >>Dr. 00:17:59.00\00:17:59.50 Knight: OH, YEAH, THIS BUSINESS. AND WHY WERE 00:17:59.50\00:18:01.16 THEY GETTING DISCOURAGED? 00:18:01.16\00:18:01.70 DOWN HERE IN VERSE 32, "BUT RECALL THE FORMER 00:18:01.70\00:18:04.13 DAYS AFTER YOU WERE ENLIGHTENED AND ENDURED 00:18:04.13\00:18:05.10 A HARD STRUGGLE WITH SUFFERING, SOMETIMES BEING 00:18:05.10\00:18:07.63 PUBLIC EXPOSED TO ABUSE AND AFFLICTION," IT GOES 00:18:07.63\00:18:11.50 ON. THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING DISCOURAGED 00:18:11.50\00:18:12.36 BECAUSE OF TROUBLES THAT THEY HAD. NOW, I'M GONNA 00:18:12.36\00:18:17.80 TELL YOU BILL, THIS IS.I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE 00:18:17.80\00:18:21.90 TIME FOR TRUE CONFESSION OR NOT BUT NOT ALL MY DAYS 00:18:21.90\00:18:22.93 ARE EQUAL. SOME DAYS I GET UP, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 00:18:22.93\00:18:26.16 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, BUT CERTAINLY I GET 00:18:26.16\00:18:31.36 UP DISCOURAGED. AND I SAY, IS THIS LIFE REALLY WORTH 00:18:31.36\00:18:32.43 IT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME TO VERSE 38, WHERE 00:18:32.43\00:18:41.70 THE BOOK QUOTES "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH". NOW, 00:18:41.70\00:18:49.16 IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS IT, THE EMPHASIS IS ON FAITH 00:18:49.16\00:18:50.16 YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD'S SALVATION IS WHAT REALLY 00:18:50.16\00:18:57.73 LINKS US TO SALVATION BUT HERE IT'S WHAT YOU DO. HOW 00:18:57.73\00:19:02.13 DO WE KNOW? LET'S GO TO VERSE ELEVEN, CHAPTER 00:19:02.13\00:19:03.13 ELEVEN, VERSE ONE. NOW, THIS IS THE TEXT THAT MOST 00:19:03.13\00:19:07.30 PEOPLE HAVE HEARD A SERMON ON IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. 00:19:07.30\00:19:10.63 WE ALL LOVE THIS. BUT AFTER HAVING UNDERSTOOD 00:19:10.63\00:19:11.63 THE BOOK BETTER WE'LL UNDERSTAND THE TEXT 00:19:11.63\00:19:15.30 BETTER. NOW, "FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED 00:19:15.30\00:19:19.73 FOR AND THE CONVICTION OF THINGS NOT SEEN". WOW. 00:19:19.73\00:19:20.73 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND IT IN ITS HEBREW'S CONTEXT, IT'S 00:19:20.73\00:19:28.93 THE CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST THAT WE 00:19:28.93\00:19:35.40 CANNOT SEE. >>Bill: YES. 00:19:35.40\00:19:35.90 CANNOT SEE. >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S WHAT FAITH IS ALL 00:19:35.90\00:19:39.36 ABOUT. NOT WHICH THINGS I CAN GRASP BUT THOSE THINGS 00:19:39.36\00:19:40.43 WHICH THE BIBLE TELLS ME AND I ACCEPT BECAUSE GOD 00:19:40.43\00:19:46.00 HAS SAID THAT WE ACCEPT THEM BY FAITH. VERSE TWO, 00:19:46.00\00:19:51.10 "FOR BY IT, THE MEN OF OLD RECEIVED DIVINE APPROVAL 00:19:51.10\00:19:52.13 BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND", IT STARTS OUT 00:19:52.13\00:19:57.46 WITH CREATION AND THEN IT BEGINS TO GO DOWN THROUGH 00:19:57.46\00:20:01.36 THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. 00:20:01.36\00:20:01.93 VERSE FOUR, "BY FAITH, ABEL OFFERED TO GOD A MORE 00:20:01.93\00:20:06.36 ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE", AND IT GOES DOWN, "BY FAITH, 00:20:06.36\00:20:07.40 ABRAHAM OBEYED". YOU KNOW, IT MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH, 00:20:07.40\00:20:12.50 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THESE DESERT 00:20:12.50\00:20:16.56 COUNTRIES BUT JUST TO STRIKE OUT INTO THE DESERT 00:20:16.56\00:20:17.60 IS NO PARTY. BUT IT SAYS DOWN HERE VERSE TEN, "THEY 00:20:17.60\00:20:20.66 LOOKED FORWARD TO THE CITY WHICH HAS FOUNDATIONS 00:20:20.66\00:20:26.33 WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD". AND ALL DOWN THROUGH 00:20:26.33\00:20:27.43 HISTORY, PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS VISION, GOD HAS SAID 00:20:27.43\00:20:31.60 THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YOU IN IT AND THEY CAN'T SEE 00:20:31.60\00:20:37.70 VISUALLY. >>Bill: CAN'T SEE IT. >>Dr. Knight: BUT 00:20:37.70\00:20:38.73 THEY GO WITH THE EYES OF THEIR FAITH. WE HAVE A 00:20:38.73\00:20:41.76 HIGH PRIEST. I KNOW EVERY MORNING AS I PRAY TO HIM, 00:20:41.76\00:20:47.46 THAT HE'S UP THERE. 00:20:47.46\00:20:47.93 >>Bill: YES. >>Dr. Knight: BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, I 00:20:47.93\00:20:50.30 HAVEN'T SEEM HIM. THIS IS WHAT THIS CHAPTER IS ALL 00:20:50.30\00:20:51.40 ABOUT. HANG IN THERE GUYS. 00:20:51.40\00:20:54.60 I KNOW THAT IT'S TOUGH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU 00:20:54.60\00:20:55.60 KNOW, MORE SPECTACULAR THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE 00:20:55.60\00:20:59.56 WITH YOUR EYES BUT THE MOST SPECTACULAR THING IS 00:20:59.56\00:21:04.73 JESUS. YOU CAN'T SEE HIM BUT ALL DOWN THROUGH 00:21:04.73\00:21:05.66 HISTORY AND THEN HE GOES DOWN.>>Bill: SO WHAT 00:21:05.66\00:21:12.23 YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT 00:21:12.23\00:21:15.00 ABRAHAM DID, AND ABEL DID, AND ENOCH DID, AND 00:21:15.00\00:21:16.00 ALL THESE.THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO. >>Dr. 00:21:16.00\00:21:20.13 Knight: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:20.13\00:21:20.60 >>Bill: GO ON FAITH. >>Dr. 00:21:20.60\00:21:23.63 Knight: AND THEY WERE FAITHFUL. BUT YOU KNOW 00:21:23.63\00:21:24.60 THE REALLY GOOD NEWS HERE, THERE'S SOME REAL 00:21:24.60\00:21:29.60 STUDBALLS IN THIS CHAPTER I MEAN, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT 00:21:29.60\00:21:34.50 SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THE FIRST ONES, ABEL, ABRAHAM, 00:21:34.50\00:21:35.56 YOU KNOW, ISSAC AND JACOB AND MOSES. YOU KNOW, 00:21:35.56\00:21:40.60 MOSES, SAYS RATHER "HE CHOSE", IN VERSE 25, "TO 00:21:40.60\00:21:45.43 SHARE ILL TREATMENT WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD RATHER 00:21:45.43\00:21:46.40 ENJOY THE FLEETING PLEASURES OF SIN". HEY, 00:21:46.40\00:21:49.70 DOES THAT SPEAK TO ME YEAH, SURE DOES. THAT'S 00:21:49.70\00:21:54.06 WHERE I AM TODAY. WHICH CHOICE AM I GOING TO 00:21:54.06\00:21:55.03 MAKE HE CONSIDERED ABUSE SUFFERED FOR CHRIST 00:21:55.03\00:21:58.66 GREATER THAN THE WEALTH OF THE TREASURES OF EGYPT. 00:21:58.66\00:22:01.20 WOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. ANYWAY, IT GOES 00:22:01.20\00:22:02.16 ON, AND THEN DOWN HERE IN VERSE 31, YOU'VE GOT 00:22:02.16\00:22:07.10 RAHAB, THE HARLOT, OH MY, HOW DID SHE GET IN HERE. 00:22:07.10\00:22:12.13 SHE SHOWS UP IN A LOT OF STRANGE PLACES. SHE SHOWS 00:22:12.13\00:22:13.13 UP IN MATTHEW ONE AS THE GENEOLOGY OF JESUS, BUT 00:22:13.13\00:22:15.60 THEN YOU'VE GOT DAVID, EY YEY YEY, AND SAMPSON, WHAT 00:22:15.60\00:22:19.80 A TERRIBLE LIFE. WHAT ABOUT JEPTAH, KILLED HIS 00:22:19.80\00:22:20.76 OWN DAUGHTER. THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE STORY. THESE 00:22:20.76\00:22:23.16 PEOPLE MADE SOME REAL MISTAKES. BUT THEY CAME TO 00:22:23.16\00:22:33.56 GOD AND THROUGH CHRIST, HE FORGAVE THEM. >>Bill 00:22:33.56\00:22:34.73 RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 00:22:34.73\00:22:38.13 >>Dr. Knight: BUT BY FAITH THEY HELD ON. I DON'T 00:22:38.13\00:22:39.16 CARE, BILL, HOW BAD YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN, GOD 00:22:39.16\00:22:41.20 CAN SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THAT'S POWERFUL. SO WE NOT 00:22:41.20\00:22:49.33 ONLY HAVE BETTER THAN ANGELS, BETTER THAN MOSES, 00:22:49.33\00:22:50.36 BETTER THAN AARON, A BETTER PRIESTHOOD, A 00:22:50.36\00:23:00.76 BETTER SANCTUARY, A BETTER CONVENANT, BUT WE HAVE A 00:23:00.76\00:23:02.73 BETTER FAITH. A BETTER FAITH THAT GUIDES OUR 00:23:02.73\00:23:03.70 LIVES. VERSE 33, TALKING ABOUT SAMPSON AND DAVID, 00:23:03.70\00:23:11.40 "WHO THROUGH FAITH CONQUERED KINGDOMS, 00:23:11.40\00:23:14.83 ENFORCED JUSTICE, RECEIVED PROMISES", OH, SOME GOOD 00:23:14.83\00:23:15.86 THINGS HAPPENED. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, A LOT OF BAD 00:23:15.86\00:23:20.00 THINGS HAPPENED. THEN WHAT? VERSE 36, "OTHERS 00:23:20.00\00:23:27.26 SUFFERED MOCKING AND SCOURAGING AND EVEN CHAINS 00:23:27.26\00:23:28.26 AND IMPRISONMENT, THEY WERE STONED AND SAWN IN 00:23:28.26\00:23:34.13 TWO, THEY WERE KILLED WITH A SWORD, THEY WENT ABOUT 00:23:34.13\00:23:37.06 IN SKIN". HEY, THIS IS NOT, YOU PUT IN YOUR CARD 00:23:37.06\00:23:38.06 AND YOU COME OUT WITH A REWARD... >>Bill: EASY 00:23:38.06\00:23:45.76 STREET. YOU'RE NOT GOING, NOT NECESSARILY GOING DOWN 00:23:45.76\00:23:48.33 EASY STREET. >>Dr. 00:23:48.33\00:23:48.76 Knight: .WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN. NO. NO. BUT 00:23:48.76\00:23:50.63 DOES THAT MEAN GOD HAS LEFT YOU. >>Bill: NO. 00:23:50.63\00:23:51.56 >>Dr. Knight: NO. SOME OF GOD'S GREAT HEROES DIED 00:23:51.56\00:23:53.26 FOR THE FAITH. THEY LOST THEIR PROPERTY, WERE 00:23:53.26\00:23:56.20 TREATED UNJUSTLY. IT SAYS HERE, "SAWN IN TWO", THE 00:23:56.20\00:23:57.20 TRADITION TELLS US THAT THE PROPHET, ISAIAH, WAS 00:23:57.20\00:24:02.63 PUT IN A HOLLOW LOG AND SAWED IN TWO. I DON'T 00:24:02.63\00:24:08.43 THINK I WANT TO GO THAT WAY, BUT GUESS WHAT? IF 00:24:08.43\00:24:09.46 MY FAITH IS IN CHRIST, THE CHRIST WHO DIED ON THE 00:24:09.46\00:24:16.80 CROSS, THEN I ALSO, HE'LL SUSTAIN ME BECAUSE I HAVE 00:24:16.80\00:24:24.23 A LIVING HIGH PRIEST TO GUIDE MY LIFE. SO, IT'S 00:24:24.23\00:24:25.26 NOT JUST WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GOOD. AND THAT'S 00:24:25.26\00:24:31.16 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE 00:24:31.16\00:24:33.83 TODAY WHO ARE GOING THROUGH DIVORCE, THEY'RE 00:24:33.83\00:24:34.76 GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF UNJUST THINGS IN THEIR 00:24:34.76\00:24:37.10 LIVES. NO. WE HAVE FAITH. 00:24:37.10\00:24:37.60 AND IT CLIMAXES, VERSE 39 AND 40, I LOVE THIS 00:24:37.60\00:24:45.26 PASSAGE.>>Bill: WE'VE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF 00:24:45.26\00:24:49.66 LEFT. >>Dr. Knight: OH, BOY, I'M NOT EVEN FINISHED 00:24:49.66\00:24:50.73 WITH THE OUTLINE YET. 00:24:50.73\00:24:55.53 WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, BILL. 00:24:55.53\00:24:56.06 "AND ALL THESE, THE WELL ATTESTED BY THEIR FAITH 00:24:56.06\00:24:57.56 DID NOT RECEIVE WHAT WAS PROMISED. SINCE GOD HAS 00:24:57.56\00:24:58.56 SEEN SOMETHING BETTER FOR US THAT APART FROM US 00:24:58.56\00:25:03.56 THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE PERFECT." YOU KNOW WHAT, 00:25:03.56\00:25:08.03 WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN, THE DEAD 00:25:08.03\00:25:09.10 SHALL RISE, THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE CAUGHT UP IN THE 00:25:09.10\00:25:11.96 CLOUDS IN THE AIR, NOBODY GETS THEIR HEAVENLY REWARD 00:25:11.96\00:25:14.46 UNTIL JESUS COMES AGAIN. 00:25:14.46\00:25:15.06 WE ALL GET THE SAME REWARD, AT THE SAME TIME 00:25:15.06\00:25:19.20 AS DAVID AND MOSES. 00:25:19.20\00:25:19.66 HEY, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PARTY, BILL, AND I WANT TO 00:25:19.66\00:25:23.96 BE THERE. >>Bill: ABSOLUTELY. YOU AND 00:25:23.96\00:25:24.96 I BOTH. THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. WE'VE GOT 00:25:24.96\00:25:26.86 A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS LEFT MAYBE WE CAN PICK UP WITH 00:25:26.86\00:25:32.40 THOSE ON OUR NEXT BROADCAST AND THEN GO 00:25:32.40\00:25:33.26 BACK TO THIS THEME OF THE INTERCESSION. 00:25:33.26\00:25:38.26 >>Dr. Knight: THAT'S GOOD.>>Bill: WHICH I THINK 00:25:38.26\00:25:40.66 IS A GREAT.>>Dr. Knight: OH, WE WANT TO SPEND 00:25:40.66\00:25:41.60 SOME TIME ON INTERCESSION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE 00:25:41.60\00:25:43.30 OUGHT TO BE, EVERYDAY, ON OUR KNEES WITH GOD. LET US 00:25:43.30\00:25:47.00 HAVE PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR 00:25:47.00\00:25:47.96 THESE MOMENTS WE HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD. WE 00:25:47.96\00:25:51.53 THANK YOU FOR JESUS AND WHAT HE DOES FOR EACH AND 00:25:51.53\00:25:55.60 EVERY ONE OF US. WE PRAY FOR OUR VIEWERS AND WE 00:25:55.60\00:25:56.56 ASK THAT THEY MAY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO JESUS, 00:25:56.56\00:26:00.23 EXPERIENCE JESUS IN THEIR LIVES, NOW AND FOREVER 00:26:00.23\00:26:07.33 MORE WE PRAY IN HIS NAME. 00:26:07.33\00:26:07.86 AMEN >>Dr. Knight: AMEN. 00:26:07.86\00:26:11.56 (MUSIC) 00:26:12.26\00:26:22.73 >>Bill: WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU THIS WEEK. 00:26:54.86\00:26:55.86 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING 00:26:55.86\00:27:00.10 MORE ABOUT THE BOOK OF HEBREWS AND ALL OF THE 00:27:00.10\00:27:02.33 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, AND GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE, 00:27:02.33\00:27:03.46 WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU A FREE BIBLE COURSE, IT'S BY 00:27:03.46\00:27:06.76 CRRESPONDENCE, IT COMES POSTAGE PAID, AND THEIR'S 00:27:06.76\00:27:12.16 NOT OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART WHATSOEVER. HERE'S 00:27:12.16\00:27:13.16 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET STARTED ON YOUR 00:27:13.16\00:27:17.40 COURSE OF STUDY TODAY. 00:27:17.40\00:27:20.30 WELL, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER PROGRAM. 00:27:45.96\00:27:47.00 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND DR. KNIGHT WE THANK 00:27:47.00\00:27:49.10 YOU FOR OPENING UP THE BOOK OF HEBREWS TO US AND 00:27:49.10\00:27:52.16 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BEING WITH US NEXT WEEK 00:27:52.16\00:27:53.16 >>Dr. Knight: ME, TOO, BILL. THANK YOU. AND I 00:27:53.16\00:27:55.96 HOPE, YOU WILL BE WITH US ALSO. REMEMBER TO VISIT 00:27:55.96\00:27:59.70 OUR WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA, 00:27:59.70\00:28:00.56 THERE, THERE WILL BE A LINK TO ALL OF DR. 00:28:00.56\00:28:03.63 KNIGHT'S BOOKS INCLUDING THIS DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY 00:28:03.63\00:28:08.10 SERIES OF WHICH EXPLORING HEBREWS IS BUT ONE. WELL, 00:28:08.10\00:28:09.13 REMEMBER THIS TIME AND THIS STATION AND BE THE 00:28:09.13\00:28:15.00 GOOD LORD WILLING, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT 00:28:15.00\00:28:18.53 WEEK. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN 00:28:18.53\00:28:19.43 THAT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 00:28:19.43\00:28:24.40 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:28:24.40\00:28:32.56 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:28:33.46\00:28:35.93