Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000019
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00:01 The harvest truly is plenteous,
00:03 but the laborers are few. 00:04 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that he will, he will send forth laborers 00:09 into his harvest. Also, I heard the voice 00:12 of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? 00:14 And who will go for us? 00:17 Then said I, Here am I, send me, send me." 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you 00:25 to be an effective harvester for the Lord. 00:27 We now invite you into our classroom 00:30 to come, experience life. 00:43 We'd like to welcome you all back here 00:45 to the classroom at the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 00:49 This term we are located on the campus 00:52 of Pine Lake Retreat in Groveland, Florida. 00:55 We're glad those of you at home could be here with us, 00:58 you're gonna wanna get your Bible. 00:59 If you haven't already downloaded the study guide 01:03 or the material that goes with this, 01:04 you want to go to ComeExperienceLife.com 01:09 and you'll want to get the handouts 01:11 that go along with Judgment One, Judgment One. 01:15 And that the number for that study I believe, 01:18 if I'm not mistaking what number is that? 01:20 That number is 13, 13, so you want to get 01:23 study guide number 13, that way you'll be 01:26 able to follow along with this on paper. 01:28 And depending on what type of computer you have. 01:30 You maybe able to just to download the graphic. 01:32 Because we know that you as well 01:33 are gonna take this course. 01:35 You're gonna go to your own local church, 01:37 your own local congregation. 01:39 And you're either gonna get the DVD set 01:41 and take us with you or you're gonna get the material 01:43 and you're gonna present it yourself. 01:45 Our goal here at the Lay Institute For Evangelism 01:49 is to teach you, how to teach what we do? 01:52 I wanna be out of a job and when I'm out of a job, 01:55 when there is no one else to train, 01:56 guess what that means? Jesus has comeback. 01:58 Jesus has comeback, that's absolutely right Mike. 02:00 So, we just want to thank you for joining us. 02:02 On our graphic here you'll note that today's study 02:05 is Judgment One, we've been over that. 02:07 And the purpose of today's study is to show 02:11 that the earthly sanctuary is a revelation of Christ 02:17 and His work in the Heavenly Sanctuary. 02:20 So, we're gonna focus on the earthly sanctuary 02:23 and we're gonna see that the earthly sanctuary 02:25 is a revelation or it reveals Jesus Christ to us. 02:30 And then we're going to talk about the work 02:32 that went on in the earthly sanctuary 02:35 and that will tell us what now Christ is doing 02:38 in the heavenly sanctuary. And after this study, 02:41 Pastor Sizemore is going to be presenting 02:43 a study for us called Judgment part 2. 02:47 And he'll be going over the work of Christ 02:49 in the Heavenly Sanctuary. 02:52 Our Center It today is simply this: 02:55 Jesus is the earthly Sanctuary in verity. 03:00 Jesus is the earthly Sanctuary in verity. 03:04 And that word verity is a true principle of belief. 03:07 So, Jesus is the earthly sanctuary in its truest sense. 03:12 So, we're gonna hop right out into our study today, 03:15 those of you that have been watching, 03:16 those of you here in the classroom. 03:18 You'll remember that all of the studies 03:19 that I have presented this point have been presented 03:22 in two hours or two different programs. 03:24 But today we are gonna present this in one program. 03:29 So, you're gonna have to buckle on your seat belt, 03:30 you're gonna have to make sure that you have 03:32 some of that sticky stuff that they use at the post office, 03:34 so you can flip pages real nice. 03:36 But we're gonna go right into it on your screen there. 03:39 You see all of the texts that we are going to use 03:42 in this study, and you note that we have 03:43 19 of those references that we're going to be reading. 03:46 But it's going to go very rapidly, 03:48 because we're just simply looking 03:50 at the earthly sanctuary. 03:51 And then Christ as the fulfillment 03:54 of each one of the pieces of furniture and then Christ, 03:57 the fulfillment of the work in the earthly sanctuary. 04:01 So, we were going now to our first reference, 04:04 our first Judgment One study. 04:06 When you're marking it in your Bibles, 04:08 you'll note on the graphic there that it's 1J1, 04:10 so it's the first text in the Judgment One study. 04:13 And that is Exodus 25 verses 8 and 9. 04:17 Now, those of you at home watching on that graphic, 04:20 you noted there was an yellow circle around 1J1 04:24 and then a line and underneath 04:25 that the reference that we're gonna go to next. 04:27 This is a code for marking your Bibles, 04:30 so if you haven't been with us in any of our other programs. 04:35 You wanna make sure that you go back, 04:37 if you bought the DVD set go back to number 1, 2, 3, 04:40 we covered that heavily doing those. 04:42 Because we knew that once we covered it 04:44 heavily then you'd be able to keep up, 04:46 but maybe this is the first time you're with us, 04:48 so just go back 04:49 and get the first couple of programs. 04:50 So, let's go now to Exodus 25 and verse 8, 04:56 Exodus 25, Exodus 25 of course that's the second book 05:02 of the Old Testament. And we'll go ahead 05:05 and ask Anita to read that if she will. 05:08 So, Anita if you will read for us 05:09 Exodus 25 verses 8 and 9. 05:15 And let them make me a sanctuary; 05:18 that I may dwell among them. 05:20 According to all that I show thee, 05:22 after the pattern of the tabernacle, 05:24 and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, 05:27 even so shall ye make it. Okay, so Anita 05:30 what was the reason that God wanted to make a sanctuary? 05:36 That he may dwell among them. That's right, 05:39 so that God could dwell among his people. 05:43 God wanted Moses to make a sanctuary, 05:46 so that God could dwell with his people. 05:50 And so Moses makes that sanctuary, 05:53 there in verse 9 God says: 05:54 According to all that I show thee, 05:57 after the pattern of the tabernacle, 06:01 and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, 06:04 even so shall you make it. So, God there tells Moses 06:10 to make a sanctuary after a pattern, 06:14 so that God could dwell among his people. 06:18 Does that make sense? So, there was a pattern 06:21 that God showed Moses. He says make me 06:24 a sanctuary according to this pattern, 06:26 for the purpose of what, Dosang? 06:27 For what purpose? To dwell among them. 06:29 To dwell among them, that's right. 06:32 So, God shows Moses a pattern of how to build 06:34 this earthly sanctuary. In order to show that 06:37 Jesus is a fulfillment of that sanctuary, 06:40 we're gonna go to Matthew Chapter 1 verse 23. 06:44 Matthew Chapter 1, our next graphic there, 06:46 Matthew Chapter 1 and verse 23. 06:50 I skipped the graphic for the judgment there, 06:52 but we'll get right back to that one. 06:54 Because, it's actually gonna be on our future slide. 06:56 So, we're going to Matthew Chapter 1 and verse 23 07:00 and we'll go ahead and ask Jessica 07:02 to read that for us. So, Jessica, can you help me, 07:05 a brand new Bible student, 07:07 get from Exodus to the book of Matthew. 07:13 Can you help me get there from Exodus? 07:14 Go past half of the Bible. Half of the... 07:17 I'm in Matthew, oh! That's sweet. 07:21 Does it always work like that? No. No, well, all right 07:25 Matthew Chapter, what are we in Jessica? 07:28 Chapter 1, verse 23. All right, Chapter 1, verse 23 07:31 and don't forget to hold that underneath your chin, 07:33 so the popping noise doesn't happen. 07:37 "Look! The virgin will conceive a child. 07:40 She will give birth to a son, and he will be 07:43 called Immanuel (meaning, God is with us)." 07:47 So, Jesus comes, he is born, he is given the name Immanuel, 07:52 which being interpreted is what? 07:55 God with us. So the sanctuary was built 07:58 so that God could dwell with his people, 08:00 do you remember that? Exodus 25. 08:03 Then we get to Matthew 1:23 and it says that His name 08:06 will be called Immanuel, which being interpreted 08:10 is God with us. Jesus is the fulfillment 08:16 of the entire earthly sanctuary. 08:20 Now what we're going to see on our next graphic 08:23 is the earthly sanctuary in just a diagram format. 08:28 So, you see there on the far right 08:30 of your screen you see "The Door," 08:32 then there is "The Altar of Burnt Offering." 08:34 Then the "Laver," then you sees "The Candlesticks" 08:37 on the left as you go into the sanctuary. 08:40 Then you see "The Table of Showbread" 08:42 on the right or the side of the North of the sanctuary. 08:45 Then you see "The Altar of Incense" 08:47 and then we go past that line in that inner square 08:51 and that takes us from the Holy Place 08:52 into the Most Holy Place, where we find 08:55 "The Ark of the Covenant." So, what we're going to do is, 08:58 we are going to walk through this sanctuary, 09:00 and we are going to see, Vanessa, 09:02 that Jesus is the fulfillment of every bit of this sanctuary. 09:07 So, let's look now, you see there the door is in yellow. 09:11 So, each thing we're gonna focus on well be 09:13 in yellow as we continue going. 09:15 We're gonna focus on the door of the sanctuary. 09:19 Now, some of you are taking notes and don't you worry, 09:21 we have this on a graphic, a piece of paper 09:24 or a handout that we can give to you. 09:25 You can make multiple copies of that and then use it 09:28 in your studies. So, you'll be able to get that. 09:30 Let's go to our 3rd Judgment One text 09:35 in John Chapter 14 and verse 6, 09:38 John Chapter 14 and verse 6. 09:42 We're turning to the right from Matthew, 09:44 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Chapter 14 and verse 6, 09:50 and it looks like our cameraman is pointed 09:52 at someone here in this area. 09:54 So, who would like to read that for us? 09:56 Thank you Vanessa very much, so John Chapter 14 and verse 6, 10:01 you know Vanessa never just volunteers herself to read. 10:04 So, we have to volunteer her for us. 10:06 All right, John Chapter 14 verse 6, 10:08 what does Jesus saying? Jesus saith unto him, 10:12 I am the way, the truth, and the life: 10:16 no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 10:19 So, Jesus says that He is the way, 10:23 the truth and the life. Now, we're gonna go 10:25 forward to our graphic again, it will focus on something else. 10:29 But I want to explain to you how Jesus is the 10:31 only way to the Father. So, here we are, 10:34 we're back to our graphic. Once we go through the door, 10:38 if you went all the way through 10:40 the Most Holy Place or the Holy Place 10:43 into the Most Holy Place, 10:44 you would be where the Shekinah glory is. 10:48 And that's where the Father is. 10:50 So, the only way to get into the earthly 10:54 sanctuary was the door. You had to go through the door. 10:58 As a matter of fact go with me, 11:00 I believe it's John Chapter 10. 11:02 John Chapter 10, John Chapter 10 and verse, 11:09 let me just look at this, John Chapter 10 verse 7, 11:14 thank you very much there Tom. 11:16 John Chapter 10 verse 7, you may just add this 11:19 in the margin on your study. Then said Jesus unto them again, 11:25 verily, verily, I say unto you, 11:28 I am the what? Door of the sheep 11:32 and of course He's talking about 11:33 the sheepfold and the sheep that want 11:34 to get into his fold, he can't jump over the fence. 11:37 They have to come through the door; 11:38 the only way to the Father is through whom? 11:43 Is through Jesus and there is lots of 11:45 references in the New Testament, 11:46 maybe you as a Bible student will want to 11:48 find many more of those references. 11:51 Those of you at home, just go ahead and get out 11:52 your concordance and look up way or door, 11:55 or use one of your Bible study tools 11:57 or methods to find out how Jesus is the fulfillment 12:01 of the entrance into the earthly sanctuary. 12:05 Jesus is the what? Door. He is the door, 12:10 now the next thing we're focusing on 12:12 in this Bible study is the Altar of Burnt Offering. 12:17 The Altar of Burnt Offering, on The Altar of Burnt Offering 12:22 this is where the animals were burned. 12:24 The sacrificial animals were burned. 12:27 The fat was burned on that altar, 12:29 and fat is a representation of sin. 12:31 The kidneys were burned on that altar 12:34 and of course our kidneys filter our blood, 12:37 so it's something that, that filters out sin 12:39 in your life, if you could just spiritualize that whole, 12:42 that whole concept there. So, the sacrificial animal 12:45 is burned here, the fat is burned there, 12:48 the kidneys and then caul, or the part above the liver. 12:53 You find that, this isn't in our study, 12:56 but you find that so write this down, 12:58 you're taking notes at home. 12:59 You find that in Leviticus Chapter 4 verses 8 and 9, 13:04 Leviticus Chapter 4 verses 8 and 9. 13:07 That's where you find what was burned 13:09 on that Altar of Burnt Offering. 13:12 Now, when you walk into that sanctuary, 13:15 you went into the courtyard, you went through the door. 13:18 The door represents who? Jesus. 13:21 Once you went in there, you went through 13:23 the right of the Altar of Burnt Offering. 13:26 And you have brought a lamb or another 13:29 one of the approved sacrificial animals, 13:33 to ask forgiveness for your sins. 13:35 You would confess your sins on the head of that lamb. 13:37 And not just, oh! Nice little lamb, 13:39 I'm sorry this is gonna happen, I have to confess my sins. 13:42 And what you would actually do 13:43 and you wanna get ready for this, 13:44 because I'm fixing to get on the floor. 13:46 You would actually confess your sins 13:49 on top of the head of that lamb and you would 13:51 lean down on that lamb and you would push 13:53 that lamb all the way to the ground. 13:56 Symbolic of the crushing weight of sin, 14:03 the crushing weight of sin. So, you would come 14:07 in through the door to the right of 14:09 the Altar of Burnt Offering, where the sin is consumed, 14:13 the fat, the kidneys, 14:15 the fat above the liver, the caul. 14:17 All of that is burned right there on that altar. 14:20 But you would have to sacrifice that lamb, 14:23 because it was your sins that cause that lamb to die. 14:27 Now, this is amazing, let's go to John, 14:29 our next reference. John Chapter 1 verse 29, 14:34 John Chapter 1 verse 29 and the Bible says there, 14:39 who's going to read that for us, maybe Dosang, 14:41 you could read that for us? John Chapter 1 and verse 29, 14:46 notice what John the Baptist says about Jesus 14:51 when Jesus is there near the Jordan. 14:53 What does he say Dosang? John Chapter 1 verse 29. 14:56 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 14:59 and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 15:02 which taketh away the sin of the world. 15:05 So, John the Baptist sees Jesus and he says: 15:09 Behold the Lamb of God, that does what Dosang? 15:13 Taketh away the sin. Takes away the sin of the world. 15:18 So, in our earthly sanctuary model, 15:21 we go in through Jesus, we go to the right of the 15:26 Altar of Burnt Offering, we sacrifice that lamb 15:31 after confessing our sins on it. 15:33 And then the representation of sin 15:35 in that animal is burned on that altar. 15:38 Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away our sin. 15:47 Isn't that powerful? And we're just walking 15:50 in to the earthly sanctuary here. 15:53 So, we'll go to our next, the next and we go 15:55 in through the door, we go to the Altar of Burnt Offering, 16:00 our sins have been confessed. And then the priest, 16:04 the priest would actually. He couldn't, 16:06 he wasn't to bathe himself, the priest was to be bathed. 16:10 They actually built a little room here, 16:13 a little and I think it just had linen cloth 16:15 in the outside of it, I'm not sure about 16:17 the material that it was build with. 16:18 But the priest would go in there and then another priest would 16:24 wash him, when Aaron and his sons 16:26 were going to go into the temple, 16:28 it was Moses that washed them. 16:31 And you'll remember, you'll remember 16:33 very vividly when, when Philip gets into his study, 16:37 you will; you will remember what I'm telling you right now. 16:40 That we cannot wash away our own sins, 16:45 but Jesus is the one that has to cleanse us from our sins. 16:52 And so when we get to the New Testament, 16:54 we see Jesus actually telling us that he is the water, 16:59 he is the one that gives us eternal life. 17:03 He makes us clean every bit of us clean. 17:08 So, let's go to that New Testament reference now. 17:11 Let's go to John Chapter 4, you see that graphic 17:14 on your screen, John Chapter 4 17:17 beginning with verse 10. So, we're already in John, 17:21 John Chapter 4 verse 10. Now, Jesus here is talking 17:25 about this water, Jesus is talking about this water 17:30 and I'll just go ahead and read that one here, 17:32 John Chapter 4 verse 10, the Bible says: 17:35 Jesus answered and said unto her, 17:37 he is talking to the lady at the well. 17:40 If thou knewest the gift of God, 17:43 and who it is that saith to thee, 17:46 Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, 17:49 and he would have given thee living water. 17:54 So, Jesus is going to give to us what type of water? 17:58 Living water, now if the priest had gone 18:01 into the Holy Place and he had not been clean, 18:05 guess what would have happen to that priest? 18:07 He would have died. He would have died. 18:10 Because the priest was also a symbol of Jesus. 18:15 And the priest symbolically carried 18:18 either in the blood of that animal or by eating 18:21 the flesh of that animal, he symbolically carried 18:24 the sin into the earthly sanctuary and he left it there 18:30 until the cleansing of the sanctuary. 18:32 And this is gonna get very vivid 18:34 when Pastor Sizemore takes us through judgment, 18:37 Judgment part 2, where sin is cleansed from the sanctuary. 18:42 But, we have to ask ourselves this question, 18:43 is it the earthly sanctuary or is it the heavenly sanctuary? 18:47 And he's gonna get to that in that next study. 18:50 So, Jesus is we're go to our graphic again, 18:54 Jesus is the living water. 18:56 Now, lets skip the verse didn't I? 18:58 Let's go to verse 14, then I say we have two verses 19:01 to read there, verse 14 says this. 19:04 Verse 14 says: But whosoever drinketh 19:07 of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; 19:12 but the water that I shall give him shall be 19:14 in him a well of water springing up 19:18 into everlasting life. So, just as the priest 19:24 had to be clean, Jesus is offering us 19:27 the water that will cleanse us, 19:29 that will give us everlasting life. 19:31 And you will remember that Jesus was baptized too wasn't He? 19:36 Jesus is a fulfillment of every part of the earthly sanctuary. 19:42 So, now lets go to we go in through another door here, 19:46 who's the door? Jesus. 19:48 Jesus and what reference is there we use for that? 19:52 John 14:6 and 7 and then Tom gave us 19:55 another one there, he helped us find 19:56 in John 15 verse 7, that's right. 20:00 So once we go through that door, 20:03 if we turn to the left in the Holy Place, 20:06 which is the first compartment there, 20:08 we see the candlesticks, and I think that this is 20:11 really going to amaze you. Don't you love Bible studies 20:14 that just reveal Christ in a new way? 20:17 Don't you love that? So, we're going to go now 20:19 to an Old Testament reference, 20:21 and talk about these candlesticks. 20:23 So, our sixth Judgment One reference is going to be 20:27 Exodus 25 verses 31 and 37, Genesis, Exodus 31. 20:36 I'm sorry Exodus 25 verses 31 and 37. 20:44 So, Exodus 25, and who do we have 20:46 that's going to read this for us. 20:48 Let's go ahead and have Tim, can you read that for us. 20:51 Tim, we're in Exodus 25 verses 31 and 37. 21:00 "And now shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: 21:02 of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: 21:06 his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, 21:09 his knops, and his flowers shall be of the same. 21:13 37, it says. Yeah, in 37, that's right. 21:16 And now shalt make the seven lamps thereof: 21:19 and they shall light the lamps thereof, 21:21 that they may give light over against it. 21:25 So, notice in verse 31 there Tim, it says 21:27 and thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold, 21:30 of what type of work? Beaten work! Of beaten work. 21:34 Then you get down to verse 37, it says: 21:37 And you may shalt make the seven lamps thereof: 21:40 that they shall light the lamps thereof, 21:42 that they may give light over against it. 21:45 So, here we've a candlestick that is made 21:49 from beating something that is pure. 21:53 And some of you in this room are smiling, 21:55 and you are like, oh, I think I know where he is going to go. 21:58 I think I know where he is going to go. 21:59 This candlestick was made of a beaten, 22:02 beaten material. It was beaten 22:05 into the shape that they wanted it in, 22:07 and it was made of pure gold, pure gold. 22:13 Now let's go see Jesus as the fulfillment of this. 22:16 Now what was the purpose of the candlestick, 22:18 it was to give what? It was to give light. 22:21 So, on our next slide, you will see there, 22:23 we're going to Isaiah 53 verse 5. 22:26 And you will note it's the study immediately 22:30 after this one that we go over Daniel Chapter 9. 22:34 And we're going to talk more about Isaiah 53. 22:36 Isaiah 53 is one of the most potent 22:39 prophecies of the Messiah. So, we're going to Isaiah 53, 22:44 and we will go ahead and let, let's see here. 22:48 Who wants to read this? Isaiah is in the middle 22:50 of the Old Testament. I don't see anybody 22:52 raising their hand, so I'm going to surprise some. 22:54 Ah, thank you Tom, I appreciate that. 22:57 Isaiah 53, that's right, and we're going to read verse 5. 23:03 And I'm almost there, I'll race you, beat you, got you. 23:07 All right, Isaiah 53 and verse 5. 23:13 But He was wounded for our transgressions, 23:18 He was bruised for our iniquities; 23:20 The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, 23:24 And by His stripes we are healed. 23:27 So, was Jesus beaten? He was, wasn't He. 23:31 Was Jesus pure? He is, isn't He. 23:36 And He was beaten for our transgression, 23:39 and for our inequities. And this would be covered 23:42 very vividly in our next study, the one right after this. 23:47 Where we talk about Jesus being the fulfillment 23:50 of the Messianic prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9. 23:55 But what was the purpose of the candlestick 23:59 in the earthly sanctuary? To give light. 24:03 Now, you see there we've an optional reference 24:05 or an additional reference right beside on your graphic. 24:07 Isaiah 53:5, and its John Chapter 8 verse 12. 24:10 So, let's go ahead and just look there, 24:12 John Chapter 8 and verse 12. 24:17 And I'll read this, John Chapter 8 verse12. 24:20 Everybody is there, or getting there. 24:24 John Chapter 8 verse 12, the Bible says: 24:27 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 24:30 I am the light of the world: he that followeth me 24:35 shall not walk in darkness, 24:37 but shall have the light of life. 24:42 So, Jesus was beaten, a pure, sinless man beaten, 24:50 so that you and I could have eternal life. 24:54 And Jesus said that He is the light of the world. 25:00 Is this study exciting so far? It's very exciting, isn't it? 25:03 So, let's go back to our graphic that gives us the overview 25:07 of the sanctuary, so we go in through the door. 25:10 We confess our sin, the sin is consumed. 25:14 The Bible says 25:16 that our God is an all consuming fire. 25:18 And God doesn't consume that which is pure. 25:21 God consumes that which is what? Sinful, or not righteous, 25:26 so that sin is consumed. We wash ourselves 25:30 just like Jesus was baptized, just like Jesus said to us, 25:34 that He was the water of life. We're washed, 25:37 we go in through the door of the Holy Place. 25:40 We turn to the left, and we encounter 25:43 the source of light, the source of light, isn't it interesting? 25:48 Also that the word of God in Psalm 119 verse 105 says: 25:51 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. 25:57 And I saw Jessica smile real big. 25:59 Lights are coming on here, aren't they? 26:01 Every pun intended. So, then we turn to the right, 26:05 or we just make an about face and walk directly north 26:08 in the earthly sanctuary, and we encounter 26:11 the Table of Showbread. Now the Table of Showbread, 26:15 this bread was baked, every baked, 26:19 and replaced every seventh day. 26:22 So, every Sabbath this bread was baked, 26:25 and replaced. So, there were hot cakes 26:28 put on the Table of Showbread, 26:30 not pancakes, hotcakes, you know, 26:32 not like which you get at the store, 26:33 but there were two stacks of bread. 26:38 There were six individual breads 26:43 in each stack, so it was a flat bread. 26:47 So, it just lay there was flat, it wasn't like the nice round 26:50 loaves that you get out of the wonder bag or something. 26:52 So, here we have this two stacks of six 26:56 on the Table of Showbread. And Jesus says something 27:00 very interesting in John Chapter 6. 27:03 Our next reference is John Chapter 6 verse 35, 27:08 and John Chapter 6 and verse 35. 27:12 John has a lot to say about this. 27:14 John Chapter 6 verse 35. And we will ask Danielle, 27:21 to read this for us. So, John Chapter and verse 35. 27:28 So, Danielle, if you could read that for us, 27:29 we're in John the 6th Chapter, the 35th verse, 27:33 and what does Jesus say there? And Jesus said unto them, 27:37 I am the bread of life: he that cometh 27:39 to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me 27:42 shall never thirst. Jesus said, I'm the bread of life. 27:49 Jesus said, I'm the bread of life. 27:52 Now some of you are asking how do you know that those 27:54 loaves were made every Sabbath. 27:56 Well all you have to do write this down, 27:57 we're not going to turn there. 27:59 Then if you download this from the Internet, 28:01 you will see that this is there on your notes 28:03 on number 6 or number, reference number 7, 28:08 it says Leviticus 24:5 through 8 is where we find 28:12 that the 12 loaves of fresh bread every Sabbath 28:16 and put there. This bread was also known 28:20 as the bread of His presence, the bread of His presence. 28:27 It's interesting there. Let's just go to our, 28:30 I believe we've a graphic here, and we sure we do. 28:33 It's interesting to note that there are two stacks of bread. 28:37 They are both equal on that table, aren't they? 28:43 Who is it that sits down on the right hand 28:47 of the throne of God? That's Jesus. 28:51 You know the Bible tells us 28:53 that Jesus did not think it robbery. 28:55 He didn't think that He lost something 28:57 when He left heaven to come down here, 29:00 and to be made in the likeness of a man, 29:02 because He wanted to redeem us. 29:05 So, here we have these two stacks of bread. 29:07 We've one place for the Father, and one place for the Son. 29:12 And Jesus says that He is the bread of life. 29:16 Now in the Jewish tradition would call this 29:20 the bread of His presence, because the recognize that, 29:23 that symbolized the Messiah that was to come, and the Father. 29:29 Now when Pastor Sizemore gives us 29:31 the study on judgment too. We're going to find out 29:35 that right here this, this table here 29:38 is a representation of the throne of God. 29:42 And when he gets to Daniel Chapter 7, 29:44 we're gonna to find out that during the judgment scene 29:47 that this throne of God which is what this is a symbol of, 29:51 actually moves. It has wheels on it, 29:54 and we're gonna find that out in that study. 29:56 It's going to be very exciting. 29:58 So, once we go through the door, 30:00 we go to The Altar of Burnt Offering, 30:02 confess our sins, we're washed by Christ 30:06 with that living water. We go through another door, 30:09 the candlesticks that give light are on the left. 30:12 On the north side we've the throne of God, 30:15 and isn't interesting that from, when we were studying 30:19 the Great Controversy. Lucifer wanted to ascend 30:23 above the heights of the clouds. He wanted to sit on the sides 30:28 of the north, right where God's throne was. 30:35 Oh! What a blasphemous individual that guy Satan is? 30:39 And then we turn to the left as we're facing north, 30:42 we just turn to the left and we see something 30:47 called the Altar of Incense. And we're going to spend 30:49 a little bit more time on the Altar of Incense. 30:52 And its quite intriguing what we're going to find now. 30:55 So, let's go to Exodus 30 verses 1, 7 and 8, 31:01 Exodus Chapter 30 verses 1, 7, and 8, 31:08 Exodus Chapter 30 verses 1, 7, and 8. 31:13 And why don't we go head and we'll just... 31:17 Well, I'll read this one here, Exodus Chapter 30 verse 1. 31:22 The Bible says: And thou shalt make 31:26 an altar to burn incense upon: 31:29 of Shittim wood shalt thou make it. 31:31 So, what is the purpose of this altar? 31:35 To burn incense on. Verse 7: 31:38 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense 31:42 every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, 31:45 he shall burn incense upon it. 31:48 Verse 8: And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, 31:52 he shall burn incense upon it, 31:54 a perpetual incense before the Lord 31:58 throughout your generations. 32:01 So, this Altar of Incense in the morning 32:04 and in the evening, they would put more incense 32:08 on that altar for a perpetual incense 32:11 before the Lord, for a perpetual 32:14 rising of the smoke. And it's interesting, 32:16 we go to our, well our graphic. 32:18 Can I back up to a graphic, is on the right, 32:21 we just back up to the graphic. 32:23 That smoke from the Altar of Incense 32:26 would ascend over the top of the veil that separated 32:30 the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. 32:34 That smoke would ascend above that veil, 32:37 and go into the very presence of the Shekinah Glory. 32:43 So, now we're just going to go forward two slides there. 32:46 We're going go to Psalm 141 verse 2, 32:50 that will be our tenth reference here. 32:53 So, we have 10J1 which is our tenth Judgment One reference, 32:59 and we're going to Psalm 141 verse 2, Psalm 141 verse 2. 33:10 Now the more we get into the study, 33:11 the more I realize that we may not have it done 33:14 in just this one hour period. 33:16 So, we're going to do is we just going to 33:17 continue recording it, it won't be two hours, 33:20 but we'll post the rest of what we're studying here today, 33:23 we'll post that on our website, 33:25 and you can pick up the tail end of that, all right. 33:27 So, here we are, Psalm 141 verse 2. 33:32 Who's got that for me? And Tim, why don't you do 33:35 that again because maybe one of these cameras 33:37 in the back here can just shoot over to you. 33:39 Psalm 141 verse 2. Let my prayer be 33:44 set forth before thee as incense; 33:47 and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 33:51 Now you remember, at the same time 33:53 that the evening sacrifice is offered, 33:56 they are also offering that incense before the Lord. 34:00 And David here, David says let my prayer be 34:04 set forth before thee as what? Incense. 34:10 Now, we're going to go to Revelation Chapter 8 verse 4. 34:12 We're going to see that there is an angel holding a censer. 34:15 And that censer has this incense in it, 34:20 and it mingles with the prayers of the saints, 34:23 and it goes into the very presence of God. 34:28 All right, so let's go to that next reference then. 34:30 Let's go to Revelation 8:4. I told this would be 34:32 in rapid succession, because some of these points, 34:35 they don't require much commentary 34:37 because you're just going from reference to reference. 34:39 So, we're going to Revelation, the last book of the Bible, 34:44 Revelation Chapter 8 verse 4. 34:47 And Ryan, would you like to read this for us? 34:49 Revelation Chapter 8 and verse 4, 34:53 Revelation the 8th Chapter, the fourth verse. 34:58 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers 35:02 of the saints, ascended up before God 35:05 out of the angel's hand. And the smoke of the what? 35:09 Incense, which came from the what? 35:12 Prayers of the saints upon the golden altar 35:16 which was before the throne. 35:18 So, here we have this incense that is mingled 35:22 with the prayers of the saints, and it's going before 35:26 the Shekinah Glory, or the very presence of God. 35:30 But, my friends who is it that makes 35:35 intersession for us? Who takes our prayers, 35:39 and presents our supplications before God? 35:43 It's Jesus, you are absolutely right, 35:45 and we see that in the Hebrews Chapter 7 verse 25. 35:49 So, we're just walking through the earthly sanctuary, 35:52 and we're seeing that Jesus is even the fulfillment 35:56 of the one that takes our prayers 35:58 and makes them sweet smelling savor 36:03 in the presence of God. So, we're going to 36:05 Hebrews which is to the left from Revelation. 36:10 Hebrews Chapter 7 and verse 25, 36:14 and who do we have to read this one, 36:16 Hebrews Chapter 7 and verse 25? 36:19 Ah, Darlene said she will read that for us, 36:21 Hebrews Chapter 7 and verse 25. 36:26 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost 36:30 those who come to God through him. 36:33 Since He is always, since He always lives 36:37 to make intercession for them. 36:39 So, who is this He that is talked about in this verse? 36:43 Its Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ 36:46 is the one that takes our prayers. 36:49 He mingles it with the sweet smelling savor, 36:53 and He presents our prayers before God. 36:56 So, Jesus is the fulfillment here, 37:00 even at the Altar of Incense. 37:03 But, we've got one more reference here, 37:05 and so we're going to go to our left 37:07 to Ephesians Chapter 5 and verse 2, 37:11 Ephesians Chapter 5 and verse 2. 37:22 And I'll read this if you don't mind, 37:23 Ephesians Chapter 5 verse 2 says: 37:26 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, 37:31 and hath given himself for us 37:35 an offering and a sacrifice to God for a what? 37:39 Sweet smelling savor. Jesus is the incense 37:48 that ascends before God. Jesus takes our prayers 37:52 and He presents those before the Father, 37:55 and now you and I are in the very presence of God. 38:02 Now in the morning, it maybe well, 38:04 you take out that little diagram that you get, 38:08 and pray your way through the sanctuary. 38:12 Go through Jesus, confess your sins, 38:16 ask Him to cleanse you, and give you that water of life. 38:19 Walk through the door and see the light of God in that room. 38:24 Go over to the Table of Showbread, 38:26 and get out your Bible, and eat from the word of life. 38:30 And then present your supplications before God, 38:34 and Jesus will take what you are asking 38:36 right into the presence of the Father Himself. 38:43 You notice there we've gone through the door, the altar, 38:45 we confessed our sins, we've been cleansed, 38:47 we've the water of life from Jesus, 38:49 we go through another door into. And these weren't literal doors, 38:53 these were curtains. And I wish we had 38:55 the time to go into what those curtains were made of? 38:57 There's three different colors in those curtains. 39:00 You have red, you have blue, and you have purple. 39:06 Of course purple is a combination of red and blue. 39:09 But to dig out all these references for you, 39:11 it's just going to take way too much time, 39:12 but you want to study this out. 39:14 The blue represents the law of God. 39:17 The red represents the blood of Christ, 39:20 and when the law of God, and the blood of Christ are in you, 39:23 you are royalty, you are wearing the purple, 39:26 isn't that powerful? So, we go through 39:29 these curtains here, these doors. 39:31 Jesus is the door, we see the light, 39:33 we eat from His word, we pray, 39:36 and He takes us into the presence 39:39 of God the Father Himself, very powerful. 39:44 Our next reference is the 14th reference in the study. 39:51 14J1, so the 14th text in the Judgment One 39:54 its Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 4. 39:57 We're going to ask ourselves if I may, 39:59 I'll just back up a graphic again, 40:01 just back up there, we're going to 40:02 ask ourselves about the Ark of the Covenant? 40:05 What is in the Ark of the Covenant? 40:09 There are several things that are listed there. 40:11 Yes, I hear people mumbling the Ten Commandments, 40:14 and that's there, and that's what we're going to focus on. 40:16 Go to Hebrews Chapter 9, you are in Ephesians, 40:20 you will turn to the right past the T section, 40:23 and we're going to Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 4. 40:30 And let's go ahead and let Mike read that. 40:32 Would you mind reading that for us Mike, 40:33 Hebrews Chapter 9 and verse 4, we'll start in verse 3. 40:39 Alright. And after the second veil of the tabernacle, 40:43 which is called the Holiest of all; 40:45 Which had the golden censer, 40:46 and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid with gold. 40:52 Round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot 40:54 that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, 40:57 and the tables of the covenant. 40:59 Now you remember when we studied the Law of God, 41:02 Moses wrote a law that was put where? 41:05 In the side of the Ark. God writes the law 41:07 with his finger that is put inside the Ark, 41:11 that's absolutely right. Jesus says something 41:16 very interesting in John Chapter 14 verse 15. 41:21 You will remember it from the Law of God study. 41:24 So, I'll just put the reference up there in the screen, 41:26 but you will be able to quote it. 41:27 Jesus said if you love Me, then do what? 41:30 Keep whose Commandments? My Commandments. 41:35 Jesus claims those Commandments 41:37 that are in the Ark of the Covenant as His own. 41:44 Jesus claims those Commandments as His. 41:47 So, when we go into the Most Holy Place, 41:51 we see that on top of this Ark of the Covenant 41:56 is something called a mercy seat. 41:59 Above the mercy seat is where the Shekinah Glory 42:02 or the presence of God was. 42:04 The foundation of God's throne is His law. 42:10 And Jesus claims that law as His own. 42:15 Isn't that amazing that the mercy seat sits 42:18 on top of the foundation of God's throne, 42:21 which is His law. The Bible said 42:24 in the Commandment itself, showing mercy unto thousands 42:28 of them that love Me, and do what? 42:32 Keep My Commandments. Jesus is just reiterating 42:36 exactly what He said on Mount Sinai, 42:39 showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, 42:43 and keep My Commandments. 42:46 So, we see there in the Most Holy Place, 42:51 Jesus represented by His law. 42:55 Now turn with me to Hebrews Chapter 8 verses 1 and 2. 42:59 You remember, or maybe we haven't even 43:01 gone over this yet, but who alone was allowed 43:04 to go into the Most Holy Place? 43:08 The high priest, the only earthly individual 43:12 that could go into the Most Holy Place 43:15 was the high priest. Now look what the Bible says 43:18 in Hebrews Chapter 8 verse 1. I love this so much, 43:23 you mind if I read it, okay. Hebrews Chapter 8 verse 1 says: 43:27 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum. 43:31 He says I've spoken to you from chapters 1 through 7. 43:34 Of course He just wrote a long letter, 43:36 and so He gets to this part in this letter, 43:38 and He say now the things which I've spoken to you, 43:40 this is the sum. I'm going to sum everything 43:43 I just said up in this. We have such an high priest, 43:49 who is set on the right hand of the throne 43:52 of the Majesty in heavens. A minister of the sanctuary, 43:58 and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, 44:02 and not who? Man, man. So, you remember 44:05 back in Exodus 25, Moses was shown a pattern 44:11 by which to make the earthly sanctuary, 44:15 so that God could dwell among His people. 44:18 The pattern that Moses was shown 44:21 was the pattern of a sanctuary that no man had pitched, 44:26 but who pitched it? God did, God did, 44:29 and where is that sanctuary located? 44:32 In heaven, that is going to become 44:35 very significant to everyone of us. 44:38 When Pastor Sizemore goes over judgment two, 44:41 and we go into the Most Holy Place 44:43 with Jesus in a sanctuary, but what sanctuary is it? 44:47 Is it a sanctuary here on earth? 44:49 Is it a sanctuary in heaven? 44:51 You are going to be thrilled when you study 44:54 Judgment Two with Pastor Sizemore. 44:57 The Bible says here that we've a high priest, 45:02 that functions in a sanctuary that the Lord made. 45:10 And that's the heavenly sanctuary. 45:12 Jesus is our high priest. Now its well for us 45:17 to go to our next reference right now. 45:19 What we've done, very quickly we went through 45:22 the earthly sanctuary. And we saw that Jesus 45:25 is the fulfillment of the door, the altar, 45:28 even the fire that consume sin, 45:30 the laver, the water, the baptism. 45:32 You go through another door, 45:34 you see the candlestick, the light of the world, 45:35 beaten into the shape that it needed to be. 45:38 You go and you eat from the bread of life. 45:40 You turn and you pray at the Altar of Incense, 45:42 that carries your prayers into the presence of God, 45:45 where Jesus throne sits on top of the mercy seat. 45:49 When the foundation of that throne is His law. 45:52 And He says if you love Me, keep My Commandments. 45:56 But, there were two different functions 45:58 that went on in the earthly sanctuary. 46:01 There was a daily function, something that happened 46:05 on a daily basis, and then there was a yearly function, 46:09 something that happened on a yearly basis. 46:12 Now on your screen there you see Leviticus Chapter 4 46:16 verses 1 through 7. I'll simply tell you 46:18 what that says. Leviticus Chapter 4, 1 through 7 46:20 is describing the daily ministration 46:25 in the earthly sanctuary, or the things 46:28 that occurred on a daily basis. 46:31 You bring the lamp, you confess the sin, 46:34 you lay down on the lamp, 46:35 symbolizing the crushing weight of sin. 46:38 The lamb is slain, and the blood is taken into the sanctuary. 46:44 That blood is taken into the earthly sanctuary, 46:47 and it is sprinkled in the sanctuary 46:51 symbolically taking your sin 46:53 from you to the head of that animal, 46:55 to the blood of that animal 46:57 which contains the life of the animal. 46:59 And then it is transferred symbolically 47:02 into the earthly sanctuary, and that's where your sins were? 47:07 With those sins, you know there wasn't just, 47:09 there wasn't a stack of paper that had everybody sins 47:11 listed on them there. There were in the, in symbolism. 47:17 And one day a year, the high priest would go 47:24 into the Most Holy Place, 47:27 to cleanse the earthly sanctuary. 47:31 They called this the Day of Atonement 47:35 or Yom Kippur, or Jewish tradition tells us 47:40 that they also called it the Day of Judgment. 47:45 And again, this Bible study is intricately associated 47:49 with the Bible study that Pastor Sizemore is going to do. 47:51 So, Leviticus 4, 1 through 7 is just 47:54 to show us what happened on a daily bases 47:57 in that earthly sanctuary. The sins are brought 48:00 to the sanctuary, symbolically transferred 48:03 to the animal, then the animal is slain, 48:05 the blood is caught, symbolically taken 48:07 into the temple with the blood of that animal, 48:10 and some of that blood is left there, 48:11 so the sin has been left there. 48:15 Then once a year, you notice the next reference 48:18 up there on your screen is Leviticus 16. 48:20 And again, I'll just describe that to you. 48:23 Leviticus 16, each on the Day of Atonement 48:27 the high priest would go offer for himself a sacrifice. 48:32 He would offer a sacrifice for himself, 48:36 to make sure that his sins had been cleansed, 48:38 and he was ready to go into the Holy Place, 48:41 and then the Most Holy Place 48:43 to stand before the presence of God himself. 48:47 He would offer, if I'm not mistaken 48:49 it's a bullock, he would offer a bullock for himself. 48:51 Then he would go into the sanctuary, 48:53 and he would symbolically transfer 48:55 his own sins into that sanctuary. 48:58 Then he would come out and on that day 49:01 there were two goats, two goats. 49:04 One goat was called the Lord's goat. 49:06 No sin was confessed on the head of the Lord's goat. 49:10 The other goat was called Azazel, 49:14 or the scapegoat. So, what would happen 49:18 is that the high priest after he had offered 49:20 sacrifice for himself, and he was cleansed, 49:23 he would come back out of that sanctuary, 49:26 and he would take the Lord's goat 49:28 without confessing any sin on the head of the Lord's goat, 49:31 and he would kill it. And then he would 49:33 take that blood, symbolic of the life that animal had given. 49:39 Now did that blood have any sin in it? 49:41 It didn't, because nothing was confessed 49:43 over the head of the Lord's goat. 49:44 And the high priest would take that blood 49:46 into the sanctuary, and he would sprinkle 49:51 some of that blood over the mercy seat, 49:55 symbolically cleansing the earthly sanctuary. 50:00 Then he would come out of that temple, 50:03 and when he leaves that temple, is that temple clean now, 50:06 or is it still full of sin? It's clean. 50:11 And then he goes to the scapegoat, 50:14 and he confesses the sin of all the people 50:19 that have been stored up for all of that year 50:22 onto the head of the scapegoat. 50:25 And then the Bible says that a strong man, 50:28 a fit man would lead that goat out 50:32 into the wilderness and leave him there to die. 50:39 Isn't it amazing in our Great Controversy study. 50:43 Not our Great Controversy study, 50:44 but in our study on the Millennium, 50:47 that Satan is bound in a desolate wilderness 50:52 for a period of a thousand years. 50:57 That goat represented Satan. 51:00 Jesus died for the sins of believers. 51:05 Jesus died for the sins of everyone, 51:07 but there are some people that will not confess 51:09 the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved. 51:14 So, there were two different ministrations 51:18 in the earthly sanctuary. 51:20 There was the daily ministration, 51:23 and when we get to Daniel Chapter 8, 51:24 we're going to be talking about the daily and how that is, 51:28 was thrown down, or cast to the ground. 51:31 There is that daily ministration, 51:33 and in heaven, Jesus serves as our high priest. 51:41 Everyday you and I confess our sin, 51:45 and those sins are taken to the heavenly sanctuary. 51:51 When we study Daniel Chapter 8, we'll find out 51:53 when the judgment began. 51:58 And we'll see Jesus in that heavenly sanctuary. 52:03 We will see Jesus striving with His people, 52:09 working with His people, convicting His people. 52:15 Because you see everyday we confess our sin, 52:18 it goes to the heavenly sanctuary everyday. 52:24 And Jesus could cleanse it in a moment. 52:28 It's in the twinkling of an eye. 52:32 But Jesus wants to come back and get people that are pure. 52:38 And, so, He is working in that sanctuary 52:40 to cleanse the source of sin, that sin that continually 52:46 comes to the heavenly sanctuary, 52:47 and where does that sin come from? 52:50 It comes from us. And so Jesus is working, 52:54 He puts us through the furnace of affliction, 53:00 so that He can purify us just as silver and gold are purified. 53:07 You and I can come to the Father. 53:09 We can come to the throne of the all mighty Himself, 53:15 because Jesus is the door, He is our lamp, 53:21 He is our sacrifice. He takes away our sin, 53:25 He washes us and makes us whole. 53:27 He lights our life with the word of His truth. 53:32 He feeds us from His word. He is the bread, 53:36 He takes our prayers, and our supplications, 53:39 and He presents them before the Father. 53:45 And Jesus is sitting right there by the Father on the throne, 53:49 on the mercy seat. And the foundation 53:52 of His throne is His law. 53:59 But, my friends Jesus wants to purify us, why? 54:03 Why does He want to do that, because one day, 54:05 our last reference here, one day Jesus will declare 54:10 some to be righteous, and some to be unfit 54:14 for the Kingdom of Heaven. Go with me 54:17 to Revelation Chapter 22, Revelation Chapter 22 verse 11. 54:28 Notice the declaration that Jesus makes here, 54:30 and again this is the appeal text, 54:31 so I'm going to read this, I know I've read lot of them, 54:34 but when I get excited, I just can't stop myself. 54:37 The Bible says Revelation 22 verse 11. 54:40 Jesus makes this declaration, 54:43 in my mind's eye I don't think 54:46 He makes it joyfully when He starts out, 54:49 because this is what He declares. 54:51 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. 54:58 Was that person already unjust 55:00 before he declared them to be unjust, yes. 55:02 He says let him be unjust still, 55:06 and he which is filthy, let him be what? 55:09 Filthy still. I can imagine He has tears, 55:13 that sadness in His eye when He makes that declaration, 55:16 but He makes that declaration because there are people 55:19 on earth that are righteous. There are people on earth 55:22 that have responded to the cleansing of God's temple. 55:27 And then He says in verse 11: 55:29 And He that is righteous, let him be righteousness still. 55:34 And He that is holy, oh Father let him be what? 55:38 Holy still. And then He is so excited, 55:41 He said behold I come quickly, and My reward is with me 55:45 to give every man according as his work shall be. 55:50 Friends, you are I are not saved by our works, 55:53 but we're rewarded by our works. 55:57 We're not saved by our works, 56:01 but they carry a heavy weight in the judgment, don't they? 56:05 You and I are saved by grace through faith. 56:09 It's a gift of God. But that faith must 56:14 exemplify itself in a work that glorifies Jesus, 56:19 our high priest in the heavenly sanctuary. 56:24 What we've done is we've walked 56:27 into the very presence of God, but Jesus has been with us 56:32 step by step. We went through the door. 56:36 We went through the curtain. 56:38 We went through the Altar of Burnt Offering. 56:40 We confessed our sins, we were cleansed 56:43 by the water of life. We went in and we basked 56:46 in the presence of the light of Jesus. 56:48 We ate from the table of Showbread. 56:51 We presented our supplication before God, 56:54 and now we're in a very presence of God. 56:58 And when you are in the presence of God, 57:00 you are holy. Jesus never left us, 57:08 He fulfilled His promise, and lo, I'm with you always 57:12 even unto the end of the world. 57:16 This study about the daily and the yearly would 57:19 become very vivid as we study our Judgment Chapter 2 message. 57:28 We're very glad that Jesus has been here with us. 57:32 We're very glad that you could join us here 57:34 at the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 57:37 It's our prayer that Jesus will fill you 57:40 with His Spirit, as He has done for us. |
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