And I'm going to begin
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with the couple of
questions this evening.
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How, how were people in
the Old Testament saved?
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Were they saved any differently
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than individuals
under the New Testament?
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You know, some
people want us to believe
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that there're going
to be 2 groups of people
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in the kingdom of heaven.
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In the first group
will be men and women
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like Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Moses, David
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and you know, you
can put quite a list
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together from the Old Testament.
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Who are there because of
their obedience to the law?
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Somehow they were
good enough to make it.
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They were really who
looked at the Old Testament
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where that being
a legalistic system.
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But if you were good enough,
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you're gonna make it,
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you're gonna be there in heaven.
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Well, in the
second group will be those
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who were saved by
faith in Jesus Christ.
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And in this view the
scriptures and of the covenants,
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the old covenants seen
as a covenant of works,
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while the new covenant is
seen as a covenant of faith
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without reference to works.
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But I'm here to
tell you this evening
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that there will
be no one in heaven,
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no one in heaven
who has not found
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Jesus as their personal savior.
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Now how can I make
such a bold assertion,
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while there's a
biblical reason's
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why I can make that assertion?
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Beginning within
Acts 4:12, where it says,
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"And there is
salvation in no one else,
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for there is no
other name under heaven
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that has been given among men,
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by which we must be saved."
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There simply is no other way
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and I would add
to that text this one
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as we find it in 1
John 5:12, where it says,
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"He who has the
Son has the life,
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he who does not
have the Son of God
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does not have the life."
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And my friend, very simply
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put Jesus is the dividing
line between life and death.
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Without that relationship
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that saving
relationship with Jesus Christ,
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my friend, we will not be saved.
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And I--I'm going
to add one other text,
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Romans 6:10.
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Where it says, of Jesus,
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"For the death that
He died, He died to sin,"
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What's the next phrase?
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"Once for all."
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Jesus didn't died just for
those who follow the cross.
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He didn't die just for those
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who are under the new covenant.
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My friend, He died for them all.
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In fact as you imagine
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Jesus hanging on
the Cross of Cavalry
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with those outstretched hands.
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Imagine on one side
he is embracing those
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that lived before the
cross and on the other
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He is embracing those
who lived after the cross.
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Jesus died once for all
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that includes
every last one of us.
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From the very inception of
sin down to the end of it all.
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Jesus said and yet I can
hear "something be saved."
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But Jesus didn't
die down in 31AD.
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How can anyone
believe in Him before they,
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you know, before
He'd actually come.
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Well, let me take
you to another text
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that is Luke 24,
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Luke 24, take your
Bibles and open them up.
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Luke 24:25-27, it's
right after the resurrection
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and there are
two disciples unaware
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that Jesus has been resurrected.
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They are on the road to Emmaus.
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And this stranger
begins to walk with them
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its Jesus but they
don't recognize him
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and they begin
to share with Him.
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There are really horrible things
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that just happened in Jerusalem,
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the death of their Master,
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they thought it was,
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you know, it was the Messiah.
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They thought it was
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you know, their
Lord, their Savior.
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And notice how
Jesus responded, verse 25.
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"And he said to them,
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'Oh, foolish, oh, foolish man
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and slow of
heart to believe in all
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that the prophets have spoken,
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was it not necessary,
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not necessary for the Christ
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has suffered these things,
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and to enter into his glory?'
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Then beginning with Moses
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and with all of the prophets,
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he explained to them
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the things concerning
Himself in all the scriptures."
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And so Jesus was reasoning
with them from the Scriptures.
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Wasn't it not necessary
for the Christ to suffer?
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And then what, he
referred to the Scriptures,
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in the Scriptures all the things
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in reference to Himself.
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What scriptures did they
have at this period of time,
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this point of time?
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The Old Testament Scriptures.
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The first book
of the New Testament
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wouldn't be written
for another 10 years.
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And so Jesus opened up
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the Old Testament
to explain the things
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that were
written there by Himself,
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we call these
messianic prophecies.
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And then I'm
going to tell you there
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those who look
at the Old Testament
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and they think it has,
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oh, from little of anything
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he said to us about our
savior, about Jesus Christ.
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We're gonna
discover there's a lot
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that is embedded
in the Old Testament
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about in regards to Jesus.
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But you see, my friend,
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Jesus is revealed
in the Old Testament
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in types and symbols
through which an individual
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was to find a saving experience.
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Jesus revealed in both covenants
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as the only possible means
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by which an individual
could possibly be saved.
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And tonight,
we're going to discover
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there was primarily
through the temple system,
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the temple system
that Jesus was revealed
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to God's people under
the Old Testament period.
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Our study
tonight is a vital part
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of the old covenant
that is little understood
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and frankly often misunderstood.
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Now when we talk
about the temple,
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there are several terms
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we will find in the
Old and New Testament
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that are used synonymously
to talk about the temples.
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Sometimes it's
referred to as the sanctuary,
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same system or the tabernacle
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or the tent of meeting
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that is the portable temple.
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The tent of meeting
that they carried with them
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as they were
traveling from Mount Sinai,
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the 40 years and they wonderings
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through the
wilderness as they were making
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their way to the Promise Land
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and tell, Solomon was entrusted
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with a task of
building an actual,
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you know,
largely stone structure,
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the temple there in Jerusalem.
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As we continue on in
Psalm 77:13, it says,
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"Thy way, O God
is in the sanctuary."
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In the temple.
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What does it mean, god way
is in the sanctuary temple.
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My friend, God's way
in reference to what?
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In reference to how he
relates to us as sinners.
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How he relates to us
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in regards to
the Plan of Salvation
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is what we will discover
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as we look at the
sanctuary or temple system.
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God's way is revealed there.
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The temple you see
was a living illustration
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of how a sinner
was to find forgiveness
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and how an individual was
to find acceptance before God.
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And through the use
of prophetic symbolisms
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God's people were instructed
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in the Plan of
Salvation is what we find.
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Now let's--let me
take you to Hebrews 9,
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the New Testament page 173.
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Hebrews is a vital
book in our study tonight.
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And I want you to notice
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it is a New
Testament book, okay.
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But as you look in up Hebrews 9,
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if you look at the
illustration on screen,
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we have what we
call the tent of meeting
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or it's called the
Sanctuary Tabernacle
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as I've already mentioned.
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And as again
there were wandering
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through the wilderness.
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You know, it was right
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in the middle of
their encampment,
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all the tribes of Israel
had their appointed place
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where they were
to pitch their tents
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and the sanctuary was
right in the middle of it.
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And when--and I'm
gonna share with you
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through this
embosses what they to do
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when they were guilty of sin.
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Now let me tell you
this is not just a nuts
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and bolt subject tonight.
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There is some of that
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but it has such
practical application to us
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as New Testament believers.
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I've got to get
this all together
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on what this system
in the Old Testament
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really-- was really about.
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The first thing
if a individual sin
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the first thing they would do
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as they made their
way to the sanctuary
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is they will make their
way to the place of sacrifice,
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the Altar Of Sacrifice.
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And in Hebrews 9:22,
this is what we find.
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It says "And
according to the Law,
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one may almost say,
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all things are
cleansed with blood,
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and without shedding of
blood there is no forgiveness."
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No one is talking about the law
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it's not talking
about the Ten Commandments.
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There is the Ten
Commandment, the moral code
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we've already that a week ago,
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we were into that subject.
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But there is the law
we usually refer to it
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as the Levitical
Code or the Ceremonial Law
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that related to the
sanctuary and its system,
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the whole book of the Leviticus
lays down the specifics
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and the
particulars about the rituals
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and the things that
were to be done in reference
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to the sanctuary service. Okay.
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And what he is saying here
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and I don't think it's probably
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Paul that wrote
the book of Hebrews.
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"That without the
cleansing of blood
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there is no forgiveness."
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Why would that be?
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Without shedding of
blood there is no forgiveness.
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Why can't God just say,
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"It's all right,
I know you're sorry.
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I know that you're--you know,
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you feel horrible
about the sins in your life.
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It's forgiven."
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Why is the
shedding of blood necessary?
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Oh, remember what the Bible says
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in Romans 6, "the wages of sin."
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Is what?
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"Death."
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Now is God being obituary
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when He says the
wages of sin is death?
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My friend, God
is never arbitrary.
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But in the final
analysis in the universe
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there is no place for sin.
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God is going to eradicate sin.
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And my friend that all comes
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forth from the Cross of Cavalry.
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That is where God
in the person of Jesus
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is dealing with our sins.
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And my friend, we
can't just you know,
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take our sins as insignificant,
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it required the death of
Jesus on the Cross of Cavalry,
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to us stoned for our sins
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so that we
might find forgiveness
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and so that we
might find cleansing.
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And let me take you to
Leviticus 1 on the screen.
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Now verses 3, 4,
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this is what an individual
who was guilty of sin,
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what they were
required to do when they sinned.
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It says, "If his offering is
a burnt offering from the herd,
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he shall offer it,
a male without defect,
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he shall offer it at the
doorway of the tent of meeting,"
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at the entrance of
the tent of meeting.
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"That he may be
accepted before the Lord."
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So the offering, the
offering was an animal,
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usually it was a
lamb, it had to be a male,
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it had be a year old
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according to the Levitical Code.
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Though they were other animals
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that were used on occasion
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and depending on
the circumstances
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and the rituals
that were involved.
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And notice it was to be offered,
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the animals would be offered
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so that they might be
accepted before the Lord.
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To be accepted
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in the New Testament
terms is to be justified.
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That's what, what it means,
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justified means to be accepted.
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We who had been tainted
by this knowledge of evil,
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this knowledge of sin
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and therefore in a
strange relationship to God,
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this Goth of sin has interposes
up between us and God.
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And through the
offering of this animal
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an individual
can find acceptance.
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It goes on to say,
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"And he shall lay his hand
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on the head of
the burnt offering."
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And so doing
they were confessing
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their sins over the
head of this animal.
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And then it goes on to say,
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"That it--" that
is the sacrifice,
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the sacrifice to
be of that animal.
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"That it may be
accepted for him,"
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in New Testament terms
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we call this substitution.
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The animal was a substitute
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for the individual who had sin,
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and the wages of sin is death.
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And so the animal died in
the place of the individual
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in the Old
Testament sanctuary system.
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"So that maybe accepted for Him
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to make
atonement on his behalf."
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Now there's one of those terms
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that you at least
have to spend a year
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or two at seminary
to really understand
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that's the word atonement.
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Not actually,
just break it down.
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Look at the two words that
are in the word, atonement.
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The word is at-one-ment.
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At one, remember
what sin has done.
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Sin has it interposed
itself between us and God.
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It has separated us
from the life giver.
00:14:08.42\00:14:12.26
But by the
sacrifice of this animal
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that was you know,
accepted on His behalf
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that is a sinner,
one found atonement,
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one was made one.
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Oneness between God
and the sinner was attained
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through the
offering of the sacrifice
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of that animal that substitution
00:14:31.06\00:14:34.49
that we're talking about.
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And so, and we have a
picture too on the screen again
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when an individual sin,
they brought this animal.
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Priest would be
there to officiate
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and they will lay their hand
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as we already took
note in Leviticus 1.
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They would lay their hand
on the head of that animal,
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they confess their sins
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and then were required
00:14:54.50\00:14:56.41
with their own
hand to take a knife
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and slit the
throat of the animal.
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The priest would
be there with a bowl
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to catch some of the blood,
00:15:03.74\00:15:06.26
the blood was
necessary for forgiveness.
00:15:06.29\00:15:08.33
We just read that in
Hebrews 9:25 didn't we?
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There is no
forgiveness without the blood,
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the shedding of blood.
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And the priest does
something with the blood,
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we will come to
that in just a moment.
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But let me tell you,
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let me tell you
this place of sacrifice,
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the Altar of Sacrifice
was not a pleasant place.
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The stench of death hung
in the air at this place.
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As individual, after individual
would bring their animal
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and they will sacrifice.
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You know
probably the closest thing
00:15:43.72\00:15:45.19
that we could get to it
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is that we went
to a slaughter house.
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I mean the temple
system as built by Solomon,
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you know, from the
Altar of Sacrifice,
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they actually have this tells
00:15:57.00\00:15:58.32
that were underground
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that would take the blood away.
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Or else it would be pulling
00:16:01.54\00:16:02.66
all around the
Altar of Sacrifice.
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So it just plain stuck,
00:16:06.48\00:16:08.83
there was this smell of death
00:16:08.86\00:16:10.23
that was in the air.
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Now we're gonna discover
00:16:12.10\00:16:13.13
what this was all symbolic of.
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And by the way do you think
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an individual thought
twice before they sinned,
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when they knew that this is
00:16:23.77\00:16:25.24
what was gonna
be required of them?
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That they were gonna
have to bring an animal
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and they were gonna
have to kill it themselves.
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I think they
thought twice about it.
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And then let's
go on to Hebrews 10,
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the New Testament page 173.
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You see the book of Hebrews
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was written to explain to us
00:16:44.62\00:16:46.42
as New Testament
believers the significance
00:16:46.45\00:16:49.86
of the Old
Testament temple system.
00:16:49.89\00:16:53.54
And my friend
it only makes sense
00:16:53.57\00:16:55.73
if there's a whole
book in the New Testament,
00:16:55.76\00:16:57.74
the book that is to explaining
00:16:57.77\00:16:58.91
what this all means to us.
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Then we really ought
to understand it, right?
00:17:01.25\00:17:04.30
We need to really comprehend
00:17:04.33\00:17:05.97
what is-- was being taught here.
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But in Hebrews 10,
beginning with verse 4,
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it's talking about
the sacrificial system
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in reference to
the coming of Jesus.
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It says, "For it is impossible
for the blood of bulls
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and goats to take away sin."
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Oh, my friend if
that was possible
00:17:21.99\00:17:23.75
by the
sacrifice of those animals
00:17:23.78\00:17:26.14
to take away sin
and to find forgiveness,
00:17:26.17\00:17:29.15
Jesus Christ need
not come to this planet,
00:17:29.18\00:17:32.44
He need not have to died.
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All we would do is
what they did before.
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We would just bring an animal
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and we would sacrifice
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when we're guilty of sin
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and it would take care of that.
00:17:41.91\00:17:43.91
The blood would be shed.
00:17:43.94\00:17:46.82
But it says
here it is impossible
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for the blood of these
animals to take away sin.
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Verse 5,
"Therefore when He comes,"
00:17:51.32\00:17:53.08
speaking of
Jesus into the world,
00:17:53.11\00:17:55.13
he says,
"Sacrifice and offering,
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you have not desired
00:17:57.15\00:17:58.85
but a body you
have prepared for me.
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In both offerings
and sacrifices for sin
00:18:01.90\00:18:05.05
you have taken no pleasure."
00:18:05.08\00:18:07.08
Again the sacrifices of
these animals could not really,
00:18:07.11\00:18:10.05
truly satisfy the
requirements of God
00:18:10.08\00:18:14.41
that justice be done,
justice required death.
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We come on down
to verses 9 and 10.
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Verse 9, "Then he said,
00:18:22.84\00:18:23.87
'Behold, I have
come to do your will,
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he takes away the first
00:18:26.50\00:18:29.10
in order to
establish the second."
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What does that mean?
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He took away the first
to establish the second?
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That is He took away
the first earthly system
00:18:36.20\00:18:39.41
that was based upon the
sacrifices of those animals,
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He did away with the
first to establish the second.
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What will be the
establishment of the second?
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What would be the second
that would take its place?
00:18:52.40\00:18:55.76
The true sacrifice and
what is the true sacrifice?
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Yes, the sacrifice
of Jesus, you got it.
00:19:03.49\00:19:06.96
Those--those
sacrifices of those animals
00:19:06.99\00:19:10.35
prophetically and symbolically
00:19:10.38\00:19:13.18
we're pointing forward
to the sacrifice of Jesus
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on the Cross of Cavalry.
00:19:16.18\00:19:18.23
And so when He came to do
00:19:18.26\00:19:19.67
the will of God
to die in our place,
00:19:19.70\00:19:23.09
He did away with
the whole earthly system
00:19:23.12\00:19:26.65
that was built on sacrifice.
00:19:26.68\00:19:28.08
That makes a lot
of sense, doesn't it?
00:19:28.11\00:19:31.04
Because the true
sacrifice had come.
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And in first, in
fact in verse 10 it says,
00:19:33.33\00:19:34.98
"By this will we
have been sanctified
00:19:35.01\00:19:37.72
through the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ."
00:19:37.75\00:19:40.58
And notice the phrase
again, "Once for all."
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So it's the offering
of the sacrifice of Jesus.
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It is the shedding of
the blood of Jesus Christ
00:19:50.80\00:19:55.89
that brings forgiveness
00:19:55.92\00:19:57.45
that brings therefore
salvation to every one of us.
00:19:57.48\00:20:02.05
And again on the Old Testament,
00:20:02.08\00:20:03.70
all of those animals
that they were sacrificing
00:20:03.73\00:20:07.44
were pointing forward
to the true sacrifice,
00:20:07.47\00:20:10.24
they had it in the Old Testament
00:20:10.27\00:20:12.57
symbolically,
prophetically they had it.
00:20:12.60\00:20:15.73
And so, "Takes away the
first to establish the second."
00:20:15.76\00:20:21.99
We will bring
this up on the screen
00:20:22.02\00:20:23.31
and I want you to
remember this phrase,
00:20:23.34\00:20:25.24
"He takes away the first
to establish the second."
00:20:25.27\00:20:29.71
Because this also has some deep,
00:20:29.74\00:20:32.71
some deep prophetic implications
00:20:32.74\00:20:35.74
because there are
some who are predicting
00:20:35.77\00:20:38.13
a restoration of the
temple in the end time.
00:20:38.16\00:20:40.95
I'm gonna come
to that little bit,
00:20:40.98\00:20:42.59
it's not you know,
central to my subject tonight
00:20:42.62\00:20:45.13
but it has
implications on this whole thing
00:20:45.16\00:20:47.61
as we talk about
it again the fact
00:20:47.64\00:20:49.37
that he takes the first
one to establish the second.
00:20:49.40\00:20:53.38
Remember when Jesus
came to the River Jordan
00:20:53.41\00:20:55.56
to be baptized by John.
00:20:55.59\00:20:57.72
And when John saw Him,
00:20:57.75\00:20:59.22
remember what he said,
00:20:59.25\00:21:00.88
what he declared here.
00:21:00.91\00:21:01.94
It is found in John 1:29
00:21:01.97\00:21:04.44
where he declared,
"Behold, the Lamb of God
00:21:04.47\00:21:06.83
who takes away
the sin of the world."
00:21:06.86\00:21:10.84
Why did John refer to
Jesus as the Lamb of God?
00:21:10.87\00:21:16.27
Because John understood
00:21:16.30\00:21:19.40
that Jesus was a fulfillment
00:21:19.43\00:21:21.61
of the whole sacrificial
system under the Old Testament.
00:21:21.64\00:21:27.43
He was the Lamb that
would be sacrificed, you see?
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He was the lamb
that would be sacrificed.
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Years ago on the west coast
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somewhere here
in the west coast,
00:21:39.14\00:21:40.64
Pastor W.D. Frazee was
called upon to officiate
00:21:40.67\00:21:43.36
at a particularly sad funeral.
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I know every few funeral is sad.
00:21:45.57\00:21:47.82
The funeral was
being held at the church
00:21:47.85\00:21:50.49
and the family
was in the--occupying
00:21:50.52\00:21:52.61
the first few
rows of the church.
00:21:52.64\00:21:55.13
There's a little casket up there
00:21:55.16\00:21:57.19
and the father was
weeping aloud unashamedly,
00:21:57.22\00:22:02.46
just crushed with grief.
00:22:02.49\00:22:05.80
It had been just a few days
00:22:05.83\00:22:07.51
as he had gone on so
many other occasions,
00:22:07.54\00:22:11.14
he was backing his
car down to driveway
00:22:11.17\00:22:13.44
not realizing
that his little son
00:22:13.47\00:22:15.85
evidently had
followed him up to the car,
00:22:15.88\00:22:17.99
he didn't know it.
00:22:18.02\00:22:19.22
And when he saw
backing down the driveway,
00:22:19.25\00:22:21.18
he couldn't see him
00:22:21.21\00:22:23.68
and he ran over his son
00:22:23.71\00:22:26.67
and crushed the life out of him.
00:22:26.70\00:22:30.04
That's pretty
horrible, isn't it?
00:22:30.07\00:22:32.70
I don't know how
one lives with that.
00:22:32.73\00:22:36.11
And I know that
happens every year,
00:22:36.14\00:22:38.37
those kinds of tragic things
happen to too many families.
00:22:38.40\00:22:43.90
Just crushed with grief
knowing that as his father
00:22:43.93\00:22:48.38
he was responsible
for the death of that boy.
00:22:48.41\00:22:52.58
You know, my friend, it
in a very similar fashion
00:22:52.61\00:22:54.38
when we realize
it's because of our sins
00:22:54.41\00:22:57.15
that Jesus was crushed there
00:22:57.18\00:22:58.55
on the Cross of Cavalry.
00:22:58.58\00:23:00.86
That we're responsible
for the death of Jesus Christ
00:23:00.89\00:23:03.42
because we are sinners.
00:23:03.45\00:23:06.00
My friend, we just
can't stand back just,
00:23:06.03\00:23:08.79
you know, disconnected to
what that really means to us.
00:23:08.82\00:23:14.57
And what it cost the Son of God
00:23:14.60\00:23:17.04
to offer Himself up
on the Cross of Cavalry.
00:23:17.07\00:23:20.67
I say it, we say this so glibly,
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.38
Jesus died for my sins.
00:23:23.41\00:23:27.93
And we need to stop to consider
00:23:27.96\00:23:29.94
what Jesus did when He hanged
on the cross bearing our sins.
00:23:29.97\00:23:34.23
We're gonna get into that
as we move on to Isaiah 53,
00:23:34.26\00:23:38.20
the Old Testament page 525-525.
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Isaiah 53 and
beginning with verse 3,
00:23:45.16\00:23:47.46
I can well imagine
as Jesus was on the road
00:23:47.49\00:23:49.97
to Emmaus talking
to those disciples
00:23:50.00\00:23:52.24
and sharing from
the Old Testament
00:23:52.27\00:23:54.43
the things written there
00:23:54.46\00:23:55.72
considering
Himself that most likely.
00:23:55.75\00:23:59.22
I don't know the--you know,
00:23:59.25\00:24:00.54
the particular passages
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.60
that Jesus referred
to but I would guess
00:24:02.63\00:24:05.59
that this would be
one of the passages
00:24:05.62\00:24:07.99
that he shared
with him about himself
00:24:08.02\00:24:10.53
and showing
that it was necessary
00:24:10.56\00:24:12.47
for the Messiah to come
and to suffer as He did.
00:24:12.50\00:24:15.98
And to die on
the Cross of Cavalry
00:24:16.01\00:24:18.61
and remember this was
crushing to the disciples,
00:24:18.64\00:24:21.59
I mean, they had up
00:24:21.62\00:24:23.36
they're following Jesus
for three-and-half years.
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.51
They certainly
had an understanding
00:24:26.54\00:24:28.11
of what Jesus
teachings were all about.
00:24:28.14\00:24:30.45
But they had with
in common with much,
00:24:30.48\00:24:34.44
with many of their own people
00:24:34.47\00:24:36.40
they had a miscomprehension
00:24:36.43\00:24:39.09
of the prophecies
in the Old Testament.
00:24:39.12\00:24:42.47
As it related to
the coming of Jesus
00:24:42.50\00:24:45.15
and when He came
what He would be,
00:24:45.18\00:24:47.02
what He would do.
00:24:47.05\00:24:50.86
You know, there's
important lessons in that.
00:24:50.89\00:24:53.86
You and I as New
Testament believers
00:24:53.89\00:24:57.10
cannot afford to miscomprehend
00:24:57.13\00:25:01.24
the prophecies as they did.
00:25:01.27\00:25:06.29
And do not understand
00:25:06.32\00:25:07.76
what they really are about.
00:25:07.79\00:25:09.18
If--you know, the world's gonna
00:25:09.21\00:25:10.42
come to an end,
it just makes sense
00:25:10.45\00:25:12.41
that by means of the Holy Spirit
00:25:12.44\00:25:14.24
as we study the
Bible we ought to have
00:25:14.27\00:25:15.57
some understanding
about these things.
00:25:15.60\00:25:17.65
They miscomprehended it,
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.57
they didn't understand it
00:25:19.60\00:25:21.27
even after three-and-half
years of Jesus' ministry.
00:25:21.30\00:25:23.65
They still didn't get
it when He finally died
00:25:23.68\00:25:25.90
on the Cross of Cavalry.
00:25:25.93\00:25:27.15
But let me tell you
they started to get it
00:25:27.18\00:25:29.40
in the aftermath of the tragedy
00:25:29.43\00:25:33.01
what
represented tragedy to them,
00:25:33.04\00:25:35.27
when Jesus died on the cross.
00:25:35.30\00:25:36.80
So here's the
verse, let me read verse 3.
00:25:36.83\00:25:39.66
It's a messianic passage.
00:25:39.69\00:25:41.93
It says of Him,
00:25:41.96\00:25:42.99
"he was the
despised and forsaken of men.
00:25:43.02\00:25:46.81
A man in sorrows and
acquainted with grief
00:25:46.84\00:25:49.16
and like one from
whom men hid their face.
00:25:49.19\00:25:51.99
He was despised and
we do not esteem Him."
00:25:52.02\00:25:56.96
Verse 4, "surely."
00:25:56.99\00:25:58.76
Notice this verse,
"Surely, our grieves,
00:25:58.79\00:26:01.51
He Himself bore and
our sorrows He carried."
00:26:01.54\00:26:07.52
What is that really about?
00:26:07.55\00:26:10.61
Oh, we sing the song sometimes,
00:26:10.64\00:26:12.37
no one understands like Jesus.
00:26:12.40\00:26:17.32
But I don't know that
00:26:17.35\00:26:18.38
we really can fully comprehend,
00:26:18.41\00:26:19.81
we ought to
comprehend more than we do.
00:26:19.84\00:26:22.87
Now you see when
Jesus bore our sins
00:26:22.90\00:26:24.83
on the Cross of Cavalry
00:26:24.86\00:26:25.89
and again, how glibly
we can refer to the fact
00:26:25.92\00:26:28.45
that Jesus bore our sins there.
00:26:28.48\00:26:31.04
Now realizing it really
00:26:31.07\00:26:32.14
what that
really meant for Jesus.
00:26:32.17\00:26:34.34
In the innocence of
his heart and of his soul,
00:26:34.37\00:26:37.76
they enter into the darkness
of evil as a divine substitute.
00:26:37.79\00:26:42.33
So that he could
save us and redeem us.
00:26:42.36\00:26:47.52
You know, the
sins of our whole world
00:26:47.55\00:26:51.54
were pressing upon His
heart and upon His mind.
00:26:51.57\00:26:57.05
The grief and the sorrow
00:26:57.08\00:27:00.16
that sin has
brought to this planet
00:27:00.19\00:27:02.49
this the grief and the sorrow
00:27:02.52\00:27:04.55
that sin has brought
into your life and my life
00:27:04.58\00:27:07.35
because of sin Jesus experienced
00:27:07.38\00:27:10.75
it all the totality of
it all was right upon Him.
00:27:10.78\00:27:15.61
And my friend this
is what crushed Him,
00:27:15.64\00:27:17.57
this is what killed Him.
00:27:17.60\00:27:19.16
It was not the
nails that were driven
00:27:19.19\00:27:21.95
through His hands and His feet.
00:27:21.98\00:27:23.53
It was our sins that brought
about the death of Jesus.
00:27:23.56\00:27:29.56
Jesus died of a broken heart
00:27:29.59\00:27:30.94
you know that, don't you?
00:27:30.97\00:27:33.30
We live with it.
00:27:33.33\00:27:36.00
And I tell you
sin was particularly
00:27:36.03\00:27:37.54
painful to the Son of God.
00:27:37.57\00:27:40.71
And so let me tell you,
00:27:40.74\00:27:41.91
this even it gets even
more personal than you know,
00:27:41.94\00:27:44.16
He bore our sorrows and grieves
00:27:44.19\00:27:45.96
because of what sin
has brought into our lives
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.84
that means your
life that brings my life.
00:27:47.87\00:27:50.85
Whatever sorrow, whatever grief
00:27:50.88\00:27:53.21
sin has brought into your
life, brought into my life.
00:27:53.24\00:27:56.89
Jesus bore at
the Cross of Cavalry,
00:27:56.92\00:27:59.03
He's been through
that experience already.
00:27:59.06\00:28:01.54
Since we live after the cross
00:28:01.57\00:28:03.08
He has already been
through that experience.
00:28:03.11\00:28:09.40
I share a little bit with
you the tragic circumstances
00:28:09.43\00:28:12.18
that my family had
to go through the--
00:28:12.21\00:28:14.40
you know, it's
been two years ago.
00:28:14.43\00:28:17.87
Ah, I mean it was horrible
00:28:17.90\00:28:19.60
the hate, the
anger, the threatening,
00:28:19.63\00:28:23.76
the determination to destroy.
00:28:23.79\00:28:27.20
It was painful,
there was a lot of sorrow,
00:28:27.23\00:28:30.46
there were
tears, there was grief.
00:28:30.49\00:28:33.33
Jesus understood it all
because Jesus bore it all.
00:28:33.36\00:28:39.82
He went through all of that.
00:28:39.85\00:28:43.12
When he died for me
at the Cross of Cavalry.
00:28:43.15\00:28:47.86
And he understands
whatever grief and sorrow
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.83
you have experienced in
your life because of sin.
00:28:50.86\00:28:53.70
Maybe you're going
right through it, right now.
00:28:53.73\00:28:57.50
And my friends just
think of it all the sorrow
00:28:57.53\00:29:00.75
and pain and suffering
00:29:00.78\00:29:02.08
that's going on in
this planet right now
00:29:02.11\00:29:05.31
in this moment and time.
00:29:05.34\00:29:07.80
Among those heart that is broken
00:29:07.83\00:29:09.51
because she's
lost a son or daughter,
00:29:09.54\00:29:12.04
murdered, maybe horribly abused
00:29:12.07\00:29:16.54
and it will go on and on.
00:29:16.57\00:29:18.95
My friend, that all
touched the heart of Jesus
00:29:18.98\00:29:22.85
in a very real in
a very specific way.
00:29:22.88\00:29:27.74
Lot of part of verse 4,
00:29:27.77\00:29:29.00
"Yet we ourselves
esteemed Him stricken,
00:29:29.03\00:29:31.91
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
00:29:31.94\00:29:33.90
But He was pierced
through for our transgressions,
00:29:33.93\00:29:37.02
He was crushed
for our iniquities.
00:29:37.05\00:29:38.85
The chastening for our
well-being fell upon Him,
00:29:38.88\00:29:41.77
And by His
scourging we are healed.
00:29:41.80\00:29:44.77
All of us like
sheep have gone astray,
00:29:44.80\00:29:48.26
Each of us has
turned to his own way."
00:29:48.29\00:29:51.91
What a commentary
of the human condition.
00:29:51.94\00:29:55.48
But the Lord has caused
00:29:55.51\00:29:58.09
the iniquity of us
all To fall on Him.
00:29:58.12\00:30:00.77
He was oppressed
and He was afflicted,
00:30:00.80\00:30:03.16
Yet He did not open His mouth.
00:30:03.19\00:30:05.11
Like a lamb that
is led to slaughter,
00:30:05.14\00:30:08.57
And like a sheep that is
silent before its shearers,
00:30:08.60\00:30:11.58
So He did not open His mouth.
00:30:11.61\00:30:14.80
By oppression and
judgment He was taken away.
00:30:14.83\00:30:18.13
And as for His
generation, who considered.
00:30:18.16\00:30:20.47
That He was cut off out
of the land of the living.
00:30:20.50\00:30:23.52
For the
transgression of my people,
00:30:23.55\00:30:25.61
to whom the stroke was due?"
00:30:25.64\00:30:28.56
The stroke, what
is that talking about?
00:30:28.59\00:30:32.42
For my people to whom
the stroke was to do--
00:30:32.45\00:30:34.17
what was that stroke?
00:30:34.20\00:30:36.01
My friend, it is
the stroke of death.
00:30:36.04\00:30:40.63
The wages of our sins
00:30:40.66\00:30:42.64
and what Jesus did for us
00:30:42.67\00:30:44.09
as he hung upon
the Cross of Cavalry
00:30:44.12\00:30:46.20
was to interject Himself
00:30:46.23\00:30:48.06
between us and the death stroke.
00:30:48.09\00:30:51.79
He took it upon
himself in our place.
00:30:51.82\00:30:56.82
So that we can have life eternal
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.00
and there's an
pretty deep stuff here
00:30:59.03\00:31:03.23
in the Old Testament.
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.99
I tell you this is one
of the clearest passages
00:31:06.02\00:31:09.30
in both Old and New Testaments
00:31:09.33\00:31:11.30
in regards to what Jesus
would have accomplish verse
00:31:11.33\00:31:13.44
on the Cross of Cavalry.
00:31:13.47\00:31:14.68
Will you agree?
00:31:14.71\00:31:16.92
It just you know,
00:31:16.95\00:31:18.57
and I've been
missing this, somehow they--
00:31:18.60\00:31:20.45
have missed the
whole point of Isaiah 53.
00:31:20.48\00:31:24.33
And the point is so telling.
00:31:24.36\00:31:28.37
Oh, it's been not
quite two years ago,
00:31:28.40\00:31:30.29
probably 10 months ago
00:31:30.32\00:31:31.47
I was in the Modesto
holding a series of meetings
00:31:31.50\00:31:33.86
and James was
attending those meetings
00:31:33.89\00:31:37.87
coming night after night.
00:31:37.90\00:31:39.18
I remember initially
first few couple of weeks
00:31:39.21\00:31:41.97
at the meetings he
said, "I'm not sure,
00:31:42.00\00:31:43.66
I'm really
comforted of being here."
00:31:43.69\00:31:46.94
There were some
issues going on in his life.
00:31:46.97\00:31:50.09
He had a pretty tough
life as it turned out.
00:31:50.12\00:31:53.05
And I remember
several weeks in this series
00:31:53.08\00:31:56.16
probably about a
month in this series
00:31:56.19\00:31:57.78
visiting with James
in his studio apartment,
00:31:57.81\00:32:02.07
he didn't have a lot
of the things of this life
00:32:02.10\00:32:05.22
but he had a place to sleep
00:32:05.25\00:32:06.73
and you know, to survive.
00:32:06.76\00:32:09.95
And as we were visiting,
00:32:09.98\00:32:11.73
you know, he was
telling us about his life,
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.48
telling us about his childhood.
00:32:13.51\00:32:15.68
And he began to tell us
this story about you know,
00:32:15.71\00:32:19.27
this tragic thing that happened
00:32:19.30\00:32:20.76
between he and his brother.
00:32:20.79\00:32:23.67
And I think it
was his older brother,
00:32:23.70\00:32:25.37
two years separated them.
00:32:25.40\00:32:26.79
They were just kids.
00:32:26.82\00:32:29.27
And he said, you know,
00:32:29.30\00:32:32.79
and he pulled up
his shirt at this point
00:32:32.82\00:32:36.51
and there was the ugliest scar
00:32:36.54\00:32:38.28
I think I've
ever seen on anybody.
00:32:38.31\00:32:41.63
And for me the
story of how as kids,
00:32:41.66\00:32:45.15
his brother has a rifle
in his hand raised it up
00:32:45.18\00:32:49.24
and pulled the
trigger straight at him.
00:32:49.27\00:32:53.62
And here these
many, many years later
00:32:53.65\00:32:55.99
this big old ugly
scar that was left,
00:32:56.02\00:33:00.32
he said this was for,
00:33:00.35\00:33:01.98
you know,
thereafter in the family
00:33:02.01\00:33:04.15
it was called the accident.
00:33:04.18\00:33:09.59
He said that it was some
bitterness, the accident.
00:33:09.62\00:33:13.81
Because he was there,
00:33:13.84\00:33:14.87
he knew for
whatever is the reason
00:33:14.90\00:33:17.39
his brother pulled the trigger.
00:33:17.42\00:33:21.07
James made his decision,
00:33:21.10\00:33:24.11
to commit his
life to Jesus Christ.
00:33:24.14\00:33:26.18
And I remember as
he was in the class
00:33:26.21\00:33:27.98
preparing for his baptism,
00:33:28.01\00:33:30.96
one evening it was just
the last week of our meetings,
00:33:30.99\00:33:34.26
the baptism was the
final night of the meetings.
00:33:34.29\00:33:38.33
He was sitting
there, he begin to talk
00:33:38.36\00:33:41.61
and he begin to tell us
00:33:41.64\00:33:43.28
just
spontaneously began to tell us
00:33:43.31\00:33:45.55
how two or three days earlier
00:33:45.58\00:33:48.99
the Lord had taken
away all of the grief
00:33:49.02\00:33:53.86
and all of the
pain of that experience
00:33:53.89\00:33:57.76
that he had been
carrying for all of these years.
00:33:57.79\00:34:01.59
He was at last
free of this burden
00:34:01.62\00:34:05.81
that oppressed him, it
really have oppressed him
00:34:05.84\00:34:08.09
that his brother shot him.
00:34:08.12\00:34:10.46
He'd felt released from it.
00:34:10.49\00:34:12.64
And my friend, the
same thing happens to us
00:34:12.67\00:34:15.03
when in response to
the claims of Jesus Christ
00:34:15.06\00:34:19.17
as we experience
these love, there is healing
00:34:19.20\00:34:23.75
that takes place
in a person's life.
00:34:23.78\00:34:27.20
Healing that throws
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.48
from the Cross
of Cavalry for us.
00:34:28.51\00:34:30.95
Let me take you
to Zechariah 13:1.
00:34:30.98\00:34:34.03
For there
is--there's something else,
00:34:34.06\00:34:36.42
there's a place of sacrifice
00:34:36.45\00:34:37.80
we spend a longtime talking
about this place of sacrifice
00:34:37.83\00:34:40.82
but it is foundational
to the whole system you see.
00:34:40.85\00:34:44.41
And the priest was there
00:34:44.44\00:34:45.61
and he would
catch some of the blood
00:34:45.64\00:34:46.67
in that bowl, remember.
00:34:46.70\00:34:47.73
And then he will make his way
00:34:47.76\00:34:49.08
to the temple to the sanctuary
00:34:49.11\00:34:51.30
and before entering the temple
00:34:51.33\00:34:53.77
there he would pause,
00:34:53.80\00:34:55.51
there was a large
brass bowl of water,
00:34:55.54\00:34:59.96
it was called the labor.
00:34:59.99\00:35:01.02
Our word
laboratory comes from it.
00:35:01.05\00:35:02.88
And there he would
ritualistically cleanse himself.
00:35:02.91\00:35:05.22
So we got blood
and we got water.
00:35:05.25\00:35:07.61
Ritualistically cleanse himself
00:35:07.64\00:35:09.26
and what did that represent?
00:35:09.29\00:35:11.66
Well, we will see as
we turn to Zechariah 13,
00:35:11.69\00:35:14.81
you're already
there, aren't you?
00:35:14.84\00:35:16.26
Zechariah 13 and
looking at verse 1.
00:35:16.29\00:35:21.65
Zechariah, well, that's almost
00:35:21.68\00:35:23.51
at the end of the
Old Testament, isn't it?
00:35:23.54\00:35:25.82
And listen what he says,
00:35:25.85\00:35:26.98
"In that day a
fountain will be opened
00:35:27.01\00:35:28.95
for the house of David
00:35:28.98\00:35:30.06
and for the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
00:35:30.09\00:35:32.00
for sin and for impurity."
00:35:32.03\00:35:33.62
A fountain.
00:35:33.65\00:35:35.47
You see water, I
mean, water represents,
00:35:35.50\00:35:38.73
you know, there's something,
00:35:38.76\00:35:39.87
it something that
is so every day to us.
00:35:39.90\00:35:43.05
Because we use it
everyday for the purpose
00:35:43.08\00:35:46.78
of physical cleansing, right?
00:35:46.81\00:35:49.84
Ever tried a
shower without water?
00:35:49.87\00:35:53.51
Ever trying throw some clothes
00:35:53.54\00:35:54.90
into a washing
machine without water?
00:35:54.93\00:35:57.91
And there's a word very well.
00:35:57.94\00:36:00.08
And so
biblically and spiritually
00:36:00.11\00:36:03.80
the Bible takes something
00:36:03.83\00:36:04.91
that is so common
and uses this matter
00:36:04.94\00:36:07.39
of water to represent
the spiritual cleansing
00:36:07.42\00:36:10.49
that comes to us
through Jesus Christ.
00:36:10.52\00:36:13.83
And as such represents,
in New Testament terms
00:36:13.86\00:36:17.56
the cleansing
that comes as by faith
00:36:17.59\00:36:19.70
we embrace Jesus
through the act of baptism
00:36:19.73\00:36:23.09
as we go through
the waters of baptism.
00:36:23.12\00:36:25.41
It represents the
cleansing that takes place.
00:36:25.44\00:36:28.53
And Acts 22:16,
00:36:28.56\00:36:30.51
I'm reminded of
the words of scripture
00:36:30.54\00:36:33.27
where it says, "And
now why do you delay?
00:36:33.30\00:36:35.21
Arise, and be baptized,
00:36:35.24\00:36:36.67
and wash away your
sins, calling on His name."
00:36:36.70\00:36:40.38
I want you to
know it's the movement
00:36:40.41\00:36:41.79
as we continue
following this priest
00:36:41.83\00:36:43.72
with this blood as he makes
his way into the temple itself.
00:36:43.75\00:36:48.18
In fact I have an illustration
right up here on the screen,
00:36:48.21\00:36:51.67
there were two rooms
that comprised the temple,
00:36:51.70\00:36:54.91
the two
compartments if you please.
00:36:54.94\00:36:58.10
The first was
called the holy place,
00:36:58.13\00:36:59.80
you'll see it
illustrated right here.
00:36:59.83\00:37:02.21
And then beyond that veil
00:37:02.24\00:37:03.46
if you just see to
the left side there
00:37:03.49\00:37:06.20
the veil separates the two rooms
00:37:06.23\00:37:07.72
and beyond it was
called the most holy place.
00:37:07.75\00:37:10.77
And you could see
there's a number of items there,
00:37:10.80\00:37:12.95
there's the
Seven-Branched Candlestick
00:37:12.98\00:37:14.84
that provided light to
the interior of the temple.
00:37:14.87\00:37:17.42
On the far side was a Shewbread,
00:37:17.45\00:37:20.11
it was called the
bread of the presence
00:37:20.14\00:37:23.11
which is an interesting,
fascinating term to me.
00:37:23.14\00:37:27.34
It also was vital
00:37:27.37\00:37:29.52
and then just before the
veil there was Burning Incense
00:37:29.55\00:37:33.55
that provided this beautiful
fragrance throughout the temple.
00:37:33.58\00:37:38.78
I wonder if that
somehow was covering the stench
00:37:38.81\00:37:41.51
that was coming from the
place of sacrifice outside.
00:37:41.54\00:37:45.54
I think so, I think
there's a correlation to there.
00:37:45.57\00:37:48.68
But those three items
00:37:48.71\00:37:49.85
and each of them is the
work of the temple system
00:37:49.88\00:37:52.41
illustrating
some important aspects
00:37:52.44\00:37:54.73
in regards to the
life in ministry of Jesus.
00:37:54.76\00:37:58.67
So let's focusing on the table
00:37:58.70\00:38:00.24
where Shewbread
is, we turn to John 6,
00:38:00.27\00:38:02.71
the New Testament page 77.
00:38:02.74\00:38:06.24
Page 77, John 6 and
looking at verse 51.
00:38:06.27\00:38:10.69
And I want you to notice
the declaration of Jesus here.
00:38:10.72\00:38:13.36
John 6:51, where He said,
00:38:13.39\00:38:18.78
where He said, well, let me turn
00:38:18.81\00:38:20.43
one more page and
I'll be there, verse 51.
00:38:20.46\00:38:23.00
Where he says, "I
am the living bread
00:38:23.03\00:38:25.33
that came down out of heaven.
00:38:25.36\00:38:27.10
If anyone eats of this
bread he will live forever.
00:38:27.13\00:38:31.40
And the bread
also which I will give
00:38:31.43\00:38:33.03
for the life of
the world is my flesh."
00:38:33.06\00:38:35.85
My friend, the bread,
00:38:35.88\00:38:37.09
the bread of the
presence there in the holy place
00:38:37.12\00:38:42.26
represented Jesus
as the bread of life.
00:38:42.29\00:38:45.60
It means that
if any of us hunger
00:38:45.63\00:38:47.07
for that which this
world cannot possibly satisfy
00:38:47.10\00:38:50.16
Jesus alone will, right?
00:38:50.19\00:38:53.77
He's the bread of life,
00:38:53.80\00:38:54.93
He satisfied those heart
longings, desires of our hearts.
00:38:54.96\00:38:58.91
Take a look at John 8
00:38:58.94\00:39:00.34
as we look at the
Seven-Branched Candlestick.
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.16
New Testament page 78,
00:39:03.19\00:39:05.35
just a page or two
over from where we're at.
00:39:05.38\00:39:08.40
As we're looking at the
Seven-Branched Candlestick.
00:39:08.43\00:39:10.77
Notice what Jesus
said here in John 8:12,
00:39:10.80\00:39:13.01
"Then Jesus again
spoke to them saying,
00:39:13.04\00:39:15.30
'I am the light of the world,
00:39:15.33\00:39:16.94
he who follows me will
not walk in the darkness
00:39:16.97\00:39:19.58
but will have
the light of life.'"
00:39:19.61\00:39:21.75
So who is the light?
00:39:21.78\00:39:23.86
My friend, Jesus is the light.
00:39:23.89\00:39:26.69
That the world is engulfed
in darkness because of sin.
00:39:26.72\00:39:32.09
And my friend, if you've
been walking in darkness,
00:39:32.12\00:39:35.54
Jesus alone will
bring light into your life.
00:39:35.57\00:39:41.31
He will enlighten us
and He will show us the way.
00:39:41.34\00:39:48.92
And then we come to
the Altar of Incense.
00:39:48.95\00:39:52.88
So what did that represent,
00:39:52.91\00:39:53.99
we'll take a
look at Revelation 8,
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.87
the New Testament page 193, 193.
00:39:55.90\00:39:59.88
Revelation 8 we're
looking at verses 3 and 4.
00:39:59.91\00:40:05.22
Yeah, imagery
more than just imagery
00:40:05.25\00:40:08.15
actually here in
the book of Revelation
00:40:08.18\00:40:11.38
in regards to
the Altar of Incense,
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.50
it says here, Revelation 8:3,
00:40:13.53\00:40:15.85
"Another angel came
and stood at the altar,
00:40:15.88\00:40:19.89
holding a golden censer;
00:40:19.92\00:40:21.46
and much incense
was given to him,
00:40:21.49\00:40:23.97
so that he might add it to
the prayers of all the saints
00:40:24.00\00:40:27.70
on the golden altar
which was before the throne.
00:40:27.73\00:40:30.42
And the smoke of the incense,
with the prayers of the saints,
00:40:30.45\00:40:34.63
went up before God
out of the angel's hand."
00:40:34.66\00:40:37.35
Notice the location of
the Altar of Incense here.
00:40:37.38\00:40:40.90
It was located
before the throne,
00:40:40.93\00:40:43.18
just before the Throne of God.
00:40:43.21\00:40:45.52
And the
incensing part represented
00:40:45.55\00:40:48.19
the prayers of God's
people ascending before God,
00:40:48.22\00:40:51.97
if you have ever wondered
00:40:52.00\00:40:55.17
whether your prayers
were getting through.
00:40:55.20\00:40:58.01
My friend, this
gives us assurance.
00:40:58.04\00:41:00.27
If you've ever been
through that experience
00:41:00.30\00:41:01.85
maybe you might be
going through it now.
00:41:01.88\00:41:03.90
Where it seems like your prayers
00:41:03.93\00:41:05.07
are just bouncing
off of the ceiling.
00:41:05.10\00:41:08.04
My friend, there
is a God in heaven
00:41:08.07\00:41:12.57
who is
interested in our welfare,
00:41:12.60\00:41:15.56
fantastic as that may seem.
00:41:15.59\00:41:18.94
In the vastness of the universe
00:41:18.97\00:41:20.62
the all powerful
one, the all knowing one,
00:41:20.65\00:41:23.15
the one who has inhabited
and will inhabit eternity.
00:41:23.18\00:41:27.11
He is interested in me.
00:41:27.14\00:41:29.78
He is interested in
what is in my heart.
00:41:29.81\00:41:32.23
And entrusted
when I get on my knees
00:41:32.26\00:41:34.47
and when I let my
voice in prayer to Him.
00:41:34.50\00:41:37.22
My friend, immediately
He gives us attention.
00:41:37.25\00:41:41.17
Is that pretty
fantastic when you think of it?
00:41:41.20\00:41:42.98
Amen.
00:41:43.01\00:41:44.04
Like God will
be interested in me
00:41:44.07\00:41:46.21
among the billions
that are on this planet.
00:41:46.24\00:41:47.96
And this planet a little spec
00:41:47.99\00:41:50.85
way out there in the universe.
00:41:50.88\00:41:54.37
Who would think he would
have so many other things,
00:41:54.40\00:41:57.05
bigger things to consider
themselves, wouldn't you?
00:41:57.08\00:42:02.23
And my friend, this is
the most important thing
00:42:02.26\00:42:03.76
I'm doing right now.
00:42:03.79\00:42:05.58
You and me are just, it
was just strictest term,
00:42:05.61\00:42:12.18
it just sometimes
just kind of blows me away
00:42:12.21\00:42:15.92
to think that God
looks at me so intimately
00:42:15.95\00:42:20.73
interested in my
life and what's going on.
00:42:20.76\00:42:25.15
But He would take
to time to hear me.
00:42:25.18\00:42:27.97
But that's what it telling me.
00:42:28.00\00:42:29.96
Aren't you just great
for have a God, aren't you?
00:42:29.99\00:42:32.80
That-- that hears our prayers.
00:42:32.83\00:42:36.15
And my friend, we
ought to be praying
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.41
but we must, we must move on
00:42:38.44\00:42:39.78
because you know, the
Seven-Branched Candlestick
00:42:39.81\00:42:41.97
we mentioned, the incense
00:42:42.00\00:42:44.32
we representing the
prayers of God's people.
00:42:44.35\00:42:46.86
But beyond the veil,
00:42:46.89\00:42:48.52
in the most holy place
where it's just one item
00:42:48.55\00:42:50.74
it was called the
Ark of the Covenant
00:42:50.77\00:42:53.06
that knows Ark now.
00:42:53.09\00:42:54.44
The Ark of the covenant and
it was highly significant to
00:42:54.47\00:42:58.95
as we will see the
Ark of the Covenant.
00:42:58.98\00:43:01.97
In fact I have a little bit
video clip right here of it.
00:43:02.00\00:43:05.36
You know, two golden angels
00:43:05.39\00:43:06.74
that was chastened
overlaid with gold.
00:43:06.77\00:43:09.27
And within the
Ark of the Covenant
00:43:09.30\00:43:11.52
while we're coming to it
00:43:11.55\00:43:12.62
the Ten Commandments was
placed among other things.
00:43:12.65\00:43:16.54
But what did that represent?
00:43:16.57\00:43:19.07
Well, I'm gonna take you
00:43:19.10\00:43:20.13
to the Old
Testament, to 1 Chronicles 13:6,
00:43:20.16\00:43:23.05
"And the Israelites foolishly
had taken the Ark into battle."
00:43:23.08\00:43:28.11
I think they believed
that somehow miraculously
00:43:28.14\00:43:30.24
God will give to
them the victory.
00:43:30.27\00:43:32.33
But they lost it
to the philistines
00:43:32.36\00:43:34.52
who rejoiced until they discover
what a crucial it was to them.
00:43:34.55\00:43:38.62
Plagues were
falling in their midst
00:43:38.65\00:43:41.01
apparently they got the
message and they sent it back
00:43:41.04\00:43:43.71
and David went up
to claim it, the Ark.
00:43:43.74\00:43:46.46
It says, "And David went up,
00:43:46.49\00:43:47.52
and all Israel, to Baalah,
that is, to Kirjathjearim,
00:43:47.55\00:43:50.42
which belonged to Judah,
00:43:50.45\00:43:51.63
to bring up
thence the ark of God,
00:43:51.66\00:43:56.23
the Lord, that
dwelleth between the cherubims."
00:43:56.26\00:43:59.43
Remember those two golden
cherubims on top of the ark?
00:43:59.46\00:44:04.20
And between the Ark
in the earthly sanctuary
00:44:04.23\00:44:07.87
God's presence was
revealed right there.
00:44:07.90\00:44:10.67
It was called
the Shekinah glory.
00:44:10.70\00:44:13.35
The Ark
represents the throne of God.
00:44:13.38\00:44:17.87
That's what it
represents the throne of God.
00:44:17.90\00:44:20.80
And as I mentioned in the Ark,
00:44:20.83\00:44:23.16
ever wondered what happened
to those tablets written on,
00:44:23.19\00:44:26.24
you know, written by
the finger of God on stone.
00:44:26.27\00:44:28.85
Well, they were
placed into the Ark
00:44:28.88\00:44:31.13
and because this was His
throne represented His throne.
00:44:31.16\00:44:34.59
It represented His justice
00:44:34.62\00:44:36.47
and the standard
of His righteousness
00:44:36.50\00:44:39.81
which is foundational
to the divine government.
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.76
But the lid was
called the mercy seat.
00:44:42.79\00:44:46.18
And it was positioned
in a place of ascendancy
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.37
the two major attributes of God,
00:44:49.40\00:44:52.63
His righteous character and
His tremendous love and mercy.
00:44:52.66\00:44:58.45
And blood was
essential in all of us.
00:44:58.48\00:45:03.22
As we've already
taken note, Okay,
00:45:03.25\00:45:07.13
so let's pick that up
as we go on the Hebrews 8,
00:45:07.16\00:45:09.42
the New Testament page 172, 172.
00:45:09.45\00:45:13.79
Hebrews 8:5.
00:45:13.82\00:45:18.19
Okay, Hebrews 8
and moving to verse 5.
00:45:18.22\00:45:22.26
The temple what
did it represent?
00:45:22.29\00:45:25.30
Remember the
priest was making his way
00:45:25.33\00:45:27.30
into the temple with that blood.
00:45:27.33\00:45:29.65
And when he went
into the temple itself,
00:45:29.68\00:45:32.02
remember that veil, the Altar
of Incense was just before it.
00:45:32.05\00:45:36.51
The priest would intercede
on behalf of the sinner
00:45:36.54\00:45:40.89
and he would sprinkle
some of the blood on the veil.
00:45:40.92\00:45:45.00
That's what he would do.
00:45:45.03\00:45:46.63
And again some of the rituals
are gonna be very foreign to us
00:45:46.66\00:45:49.76
but in his role as
a priest he would bear
00:45:49.79\00:45:53.23
the sin and
guilt of the individual
00:45:53.26\00:45:56.63
into the
sanctuary into the temple
00:45:56.66\00:45:59.10
and ritualistically the
sanctuary the temple was tainted
00:45:59.13\00:46:06.29
because of the
sins of God's people.
00:46:06.32\00:46:08.26
I've brought you
to verse 4 and 5.
00:46:08.29\00:46:10.37
It says and
speaking of Jesus now,
00:46:10.40\00:46:12.58
"Now if He were on earth, He
would not be a priest at all,
00:46:12.61\00:46:15.47
since there are those who offer
the gifts according to the Law.
00:46:15.50\00:46:20.07
Who serve a copy and
shadow of the heavenly things,
00:46:20.10\00:46:23.49
just as Moses was warned by God
00:46:23.52\00:46:25.74
when he was about to
erect the tabernacle;
00:46:25.77\00:46:27.61
for, "See," He says,
00:46:27.64\00:46:28.84
"that you make all
things according to the pattern
00:46:28.87\00:46:31.62
which was shown
you on the mountain."
00:46:31.65\00:46:34.04
That is the
earthly temple was a copy,
00:46:34.07\00:46:37.11
it was a pattern
that was given to Moses.
00:46:37.14\00:46:43.22
Oh, you know
what? April's coming up.
00:46:43.25\00:46:44.84
April, taxes, taxes.
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.28
Oh, oh, my
wife, bless her heart.
00:46:50.31\00:46:53.19
She started early with
this when we were first married.
00:46:53.22\00:46:56.63
Somehow she began
preparing our tax returns
00:46:56.66\00:47:00.05
and she's been doing it.
00:47:00.08\00:47:01.29
Now we have a friend who
helps, he's becomes a friend.
00:47:01.32\00:47:06.88
I tell you it's good to
have somebody that knows
00:47:06.91\00:47:08.63
how to prepare your taxes
and he's your friend, you know.
00:47:08.66\00:47:11.98
So you know, when he comes
over we got everything ready,
00:47:12.01\00:47:15.61
we got to have copies of
all the receipts, you know.
00:47:15.64\00:47:18.14
We have a copy
machine in our home.
00:47:18.17\00:47:20.31
And the copies are
good enough for the RAS
00:47:20.34\00:47:22.34
that will accept them
00:47:22.37\00:47:23.40
even though they
are not the originals,
00:47:23.43\00:47:25.23
have you noticed that?
00:47:25.26\00:47:27.46
And the earthly system is a copy
00:47:27.49\00:47:30.19
of that similarly
of the heavenly system.
00:47:30.22\00:47:34.33
Are you
catching this at verse 5?
00:47:34.36\00:47:37.51
That is the earthly temple
00:47:37.54\00:47:39.33
is a copy of
the heavenly temple.
00:47:39.36\00:47:44.05
Let's look at in
Revelation 11:19.
00:47:44.08\00:47:46.59
Where it says, "And the
temple of God which is," where?
00:47:46.62\00:47:50.49
"Which is in heaven
was opened, and the Ark--"
00:47:50.52\00:47:53.58
oh, this one has the ark
too, but where's the ark?
00:47:53.61\00:47:57.01
The throne of God.
00:47:57.04\00:47:58.80
So we're appearing
00:47:58.83\00:47:59.86
into the inner
recesses of the temple.
00:47:59.89\00:48:01.77
Into the throne room of God,
00:48:01.80\00:48:03.94
"And the Ark of His
covenant appeared in His temple,
00:48:03.97\00:48:06.53
and there were
flashes of lightning
00:48:06.56\00:48:09.13
and peals of thunder
00:48:09.16\00:48:11.84
and earthquake and
a great hailstorm."
00:48:11.87\00:48:15.21
So the earthly temple system
served a limited function,
00:48:15.24\00:48:19.98
it was symbolic of
the heavenly temple
00:48:20.01\00:48:22.65
which is now the
focus of God's people.
00:48:22.68\00:48:28.40
Okay.
00:48:28.43\00:48:30.38
So both
covenants have in temple,
00:48:30.41\00:48:32.66
the old covenants
had an earthly temple,
00:48:32.69\00:48:35.30
the new covenant
has a heavenly temple.
00:48:35.33\00:48:39.70
Earthly system had sacrifices,
00:48:39.73\00:48:42.84
the heavenly system is based
upon the sacrifice of Jesus.
00:48:42.87\00:48:48.97
See the
parallelisms as we look at it
00:48:49.00\00:48:52.19
and there's even more
as we go further into this.
00:48:52.22\00:48:56.43
I am going to take
you on to Leviticus 4:6,
00:48:56.46\00:48:59.57
the Old Testament page 75.
00:48:59.60\00:49:02.14
Page 75, Leviticus 4:6.
00:49:02.17\00:49:04.97
Remember we're
talking about the priest
00:49:05.00\00:49:06.63
how he go in with that blood
00:49:06.66\00:49:09.49
and how, you know, he
bore the sin and guilt
00:49:09.52\00:49:11.94
of the
individual into the temple.
00:49:11.97\00:49:14.02
And the-- you know, again,
00:49:14.05\00:49:16.45
the temple, the sanctuary
would be polluted in a sense
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.27
by the sins of God's people.
00:49:19.30\00:49:21.37
Now we're being dealt with there
00:49:21.40\00:49:22.91
within the
rituals of the temple.
00:49:22.94\00:49:24.65
Verse 6 says here, Leviticus 4,
00:49:24.68\00:49:26.39
"And the priest shall
dip his finger in the blood
00:49:26.42\00:49:28.69
and sprinkle some of the
blood 7 times before the Lord,
00:49:28.72\00:49:31.29
in front of the
veil of the sanctuary."
00:49:31.32\00:49:33.89
And then
ritualistically once a year
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.74
the temple had to be cleansed
00:49:40.77\00:49:43.24
of the guilt than
the sins of God's people.
00:49:43.27\00:49:46.86
But the priest
himself was prophetic
00:49:46.89\00:49:49.58
and symbolic of
somebody significant to us.
00:49:49.61\00:49:53.56
Notice as again which it refer
00:49:53.59\00:49:55.06
to Hebrews 9 on the
screen beginning with verse 11.
00:49:55.09\00:49:57.77
It says "But Christ
being come a," What?
00:49:57.80\00:50:02.20
Becoming a high
priest, Jesus was a sacrifice
00:50:02.23\00:50:05.98
but he is also our priest.
00:50:06.01\00:50:08.79
"By his own blood he entered
in once into the holy place,
00:50:08.82\00:50:12.12
having obtained
eternal redemption or us."
00:50:12.15\00:50:14.39
Just as in the earthly
system one the blood will shed
00:50:14.42\00:50:17.39
the priest will
go into the temple,
00:50:17.42\00:50:18.89
to intercede on
behalf of the sinner.
00:50:18.92\00:50:20.58
So to is that once
Jesus sacrificed himself
00:50:20.61\00:50:23.79
and shed his blood
00:50:23.82\00:50:24.97
he then ascended having gained
victory over the powers of death
00:50:25.00\00:50:28.67
ascended into
the presence of God
00:50:28.70\00:50:30.63
into the heavenly
temple to intercede for us.
00:50:30.66\00:50:34.55
The parallels are so
clear and it goes on to say
00:50:34.58\00:50:37.69
"For Christ is not entered
00:50:37.72\00:50:38.91
into the holy
place made with hands,"
00:50:38.94\00:50:41.22
of a human creation,
00:50:41.25\00:50:42.63
"which are the
figures, symbols of the true,
00:50:42.66\00:50:44.92
but into heaven
itself, now to appear
00:50:44.95\00:50:47.80
in the presence of God for us."
00:50:47.83\00:50:51.20
Jesus is sacrificed
but He is our high priest.
00:50:51.23\00:50:55.48
Kindergarten-- oh, I
remember kindergarten.
00:50:59.05\00:51:01.53
I was living as
Moses Lake, Washington
00:51:01.56\00:51:03.50
any of you know
Moses Lake Washington.
00:51:03.53\00:51:06.51
And I was a part of
the baby boomer generation
00:51:06.54\00:51:10.24
and I was as mischievous
kid I've already admitted it.
00:51:10.27\00:51:13.19
I've confessed it, I've made
this all right with the Lord
00:51:13.22\00:51:17.23
but I got into trouble one day
00:51:17.26\00:51:19.29
and I knew my teacher was upset
00:51:19.32\00:51:20.64
because she said
you're going to the principal.
00:51:20.67\00:51:23.00
And I knew when you
went to the principal
00:51:23.03\00:51:24.36
you were in trouble,
00:51:24.39\00:51:25.42
I don't know what I
did, and what I said
00:51:25.45\00:51:27.07
but I will never forget this.
00:51:27.10\00:51:29.06
In 86' I was doing a series
of meetings there on Moses lake
00:51:29.09\00:51:32.36
and I went
looking for that school
00:51:32.39\00:51:35.66
remembering this experience,
00:51:35.69\00:51:37.62
it in made an
imprint of my thinking.
00:51:37.65\00:51:39.97
And it was still there vacated
those doors leading up to the,
00:51:40.00\00:51:44.26
were the offices
of the principal were,
00:51:44.29\00:51:46.85
were still there.
00:51:46.88\00:51:47.91
They looked big to me
even as an adult back in '86.
00:51:47.94\00:51:51.65
But I remember making
this long trip sobering trip
00:51:51.68\00:51:56.03
to the other side of
the campus as a 16 year old.
00:51:56.06\00:52:00.15
I never met the principal
but I knew you were in trouble,
00:52:00.18\00:52:03.58
I remember wish
somebody big and strong
00:52:03.61\00:52:06.30
who would go in there with me.
00:52:06.33\00:52:07.92
And who would
say "yes, he blew it
00:52:07.95\00:52:10.07
but give him another chance.
00:52:10.10\00:52:12.01
He's not really a bad of a boy."
00:52:12.04\00:52:14.52
And if I'd had somebody
who would do that for me,
00:52:14.55\00:52:17.40
they would have
interceded for me.
00:52:17.43\00:52:19.45
See that's what Jesus is doing
for us in the presence of God,
00:52:19.48\00:52:24.33
This is not that he
has to convince God,
00:52:24.36\00:52:26.65
it's because God loved us
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.13
that he sent Jesus
to die as our sacrifice.
00:52:28.16\00:52:31.82
Take a look at Hebrews 8
the New Testament page 172.
00:52:31.85\00:52:36.72
Back in the
Hebrews, I know who he been
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a lot into the book of Hebrews.
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But do you want to know
what Hebrews is all about this,
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this says at right
here these two verses,
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Hebrews 8:1-2, it
says, "Now the main point,
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and what is being said is this.
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"We have such a high priest,
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who is taken a seat at
the right hand of the throne
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of the majesty in the heavens.
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A minister of the sanctuary
and of the true tabernacle
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which the Lord
pitched and not man."
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That's the whole point of it,
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And my friend it
gives us great insights
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into what Jesus has been doing,
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since he left this planet.
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He's not just up there
building mansions for us.
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He is intimately and intricately
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rapped up in
everything that affects us.
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He represents us bearing
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our human form
before God the Father.
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And yet there are
those who are predicting,
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'there is going
to be a restoration
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of an earthly
temple in the end time.'
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Think of what that means
a restoration of sacrifice,
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the restoration of priesthood.
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My friend why would there
be a restoration of sacrifices
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which is foundational
to the temple the end time.
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When, we've already
seen in Hebrews 10:9 it says,
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"He takes away the first
to establish the second."
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The whole earthly
system is obsolete
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to us as New Testament believers
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and that's why we're not in
any temple, this is a church,
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Gale and I were not priests
we're ministers of the gospel
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because the earthly
priest have passed away
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when Jesus ascended
to be our high priest.
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Okay? That's what it says.
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And then I want to take
you to Hebrews 10:19-22,
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Lets draw some
conclusions from this,
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"since therefore, brethren,
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we have confidence to
enter the holy place,"
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By faith now by
reality in the future,
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"By the blood
of Jesus" we enter,
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"By new and living way
which he inaugurated for us
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through the veil
that is his flesh,
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and since we have a great
priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near
with a sincere heart
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in the full assurance of faith
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having our hearts sprinkled
clean from an evil conscience
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and our bodies
washed with pure water."
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My friend, the way
had been obstructed
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because of sin of rebellion.
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But through the death of Jesus
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and his
intercession for us inaugurated.
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That's the word that was used.
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A newer living way
into the presence of God.
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He did this for us
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through the
shedding of His blood.
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Take a look at Hebrews 4:14-16
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the New Testament page 170.
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"Therefore, since we
have a great high priest
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who has passed
through the heavens
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Jesus the Son of God,
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let us hold fast our confession.
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For we do not have a high priest
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who cannot sympathize
with us in our weaknesses."
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And remember in
English a double negative
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is actually a
positive assertion.
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In other words we
do have a high priest
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who sympathizes with what?
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Our weaknesses.
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My friend, the
heart of Jesus is tender,
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He's approachable
because He loves us,
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paid the price
of it, He proved it.
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Didn't just say it? He
acted on it, didn't He?
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And then He says, "The
one who has been tainted
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in all things is we
are yet without sin."
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He is victorious.
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Led the perfect life
and a complete sacrifice
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on the Cross of Cavalry for us.
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Therefore let us
draw near with confidence
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through the throne of grace,
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so that we may receive mercy
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and find grace to
help in time of need.
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You see before the death
of Jesus in a real sense,
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the throne was a
place of certain retribution
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and judgment for the sinner
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but because of His
sacrifice and His intersession
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it has become the headwaters
for grace and for mercy.
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Anybody knew a
little bit of mercy tonight.
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My friend let me tell you
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there is mercy
aplenty of all of us
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at the throne of God
and we would go come boldly
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not in some insufficiency
not because we're deserving
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but because God has
provided a way for us.
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And there's grace of
plenty in our time of need.
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And so my friend we
do in the Old Testament
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the declaration He's
coming and in the New Testament
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He has come and
He will come again
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we must not forget that.
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He's the center of that all.
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And in Hebrews 7:25
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it says "Wherefore He
is able also to save them
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to the uttermost
that come unto God by Him,
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seeing He ever liveth to
make intercession for them."
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He can save us to the uttermost.
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There's nothing going on
in your life too big for him.
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You may feel that you the devil
has got you in his cross house
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he's the tracking you he's
got you under you his power.
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But my friend,
he is all sufficient
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and he will save
us to the uttermost.
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