The Bible
declares in Psalms 63:1-4,
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"O, God, You are my
God, early will I seek You,
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My soul thirsts for
You, My flesh longs for You.
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In a dry and thirsty
land where there is no water.
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And so I have looked
for You in the sanctuary,
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to see Your power
and to see Your glory.
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Because Your loving
kindness is better than life,
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my lips shall praise You.
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Thus I will bless
You while I live."
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I've come to
bless the Lord today
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that my lips might praise Him.
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We're going to sing together,
"Praise Him," hymn 249.
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Let's sing with all
our hearts this morning.
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Jesus, our blessed Redeemer
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Sing, O Earth
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His wonderful love proclaim
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Hail Him! Hail Him!
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Highest archangels in glory
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Strength and honor
give to His holy Name
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Like a shepherd
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Jesus will guard His children
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In His arms
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He carries them all day long
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Tell of His excellent greatness!
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Ever in joyful song!
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Jesus, our blessed Redeemer
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Heavenly portals
loud with hosannas ring
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Jesus, Savior,
reigneth forever and ever
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Crown Him! Crown Him!
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Prophet, and Priest, and King
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Christ is coming!
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Over the world victorious
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Power and glory
unto the Lord belong
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Tell of His excellent greatness
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Praise Him! Praise Him!
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Ever in joyful song
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Amen.
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We're going to sing
this song to all generations.
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I want you just to cry
out with your heart to Him
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as we testify our risen Savior.
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All together.
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I will sing of the
mercies of the Lord forever
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And declare, His,
faithfulness in truth
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I will testify
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I will testify
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Of one crucified
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Of one crucified
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And I'll sing His praises
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And I'll sing His praises
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we speak
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To all
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we sing
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And we sing it all
together this morning.
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I will sing of the mercies.
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I will sing of the mercies of
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Beautiful The Lord forever
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And declare
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And declare, His
faithfulness in truth
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So with all my heart
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So with all my heart
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And every breath
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And every breath
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I will shout
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I will shout His praises
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To all
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we speak
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we sing
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One last time all together
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we speak
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We declare His
love today, to all
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To all generations
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To all generations
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To all generations, we sing
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Can the Church say amen?
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This next song says,
"Hallelujah, what a Savior."
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It's a reply to the
awesome love of Christ
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and His sacrifice for us.
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Man of Sorrows
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what a name
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For the Son of God who came
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Ruined sinners to reclaim
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Hallelujah!
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What a Savior
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Bearing shame and scoffing rude
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In my place condemned
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He stood
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Sealed my pardon with His blood
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Hallelujah!
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What a Savior
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Let's sing the chorus together
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah, what a Savior
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Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah, what a Savior
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Guilty.
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Guilty, vile, and helpless, we
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Spotless Lamb of God was He
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Full atonement
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Full atonement can it be
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Hallelujah!
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What a Savior
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Lifted up
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Lifted up was He to die
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Beautiful church
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It is finished was His cry
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Now in heaven
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Now in heaven exalted high
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Hallelujah!
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What a Savior
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Hallelujah
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah, what a Savior
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We say it together, hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah
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What a Savior
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When He comes
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When He comes, our glorious King
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All His ransomed home to bring
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Then anew
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Then anew this song we'll sing
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Hallelujah!
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What a Savior
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah
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What a Savior
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Hallelujah, hallelujah
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Hallelujah
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Hallelujah
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What a Savior
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Hallelujah
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we sing together
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Under your wings
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Cover me
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Cover me
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Within your mighty hand
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When the oceans
rise and thunders roar
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I will soar with
you above the storm
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Father You are
King over the flood
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I will be still
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And know You are God
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Find rest my soul
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In Christ alone
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In Christ alone
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Know His power
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Know His power
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In quietness and trust
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We'll sing that chorus together
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When the oceans
rise and thunders roar
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I will soar with you
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Above the storm
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Father You are
King over the flood
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I will be still
and know You are God
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The Bible
declares in Psalms 46:10,
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"Be still, and
know that I am God,
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I will be exalted
among the nations,
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and I will be
exalted in the earth."
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Let's take this moment
to recognize our Creator,
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recognize His
sovereign rule in our hearts.
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Find rest my soul
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In Christ
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In Christ alone
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You've got it sing it out
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Know His power
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Know His power
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In quietness and trust
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When the oceans
rise and thunders roar
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I will soar with you
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Above the storm
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Father You are
King over the flood
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I will be still
and know You are God
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When the oceans
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When the oceans
rise and thunders roar
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I will soar with you
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Above the storm
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Father You are
King over the flood
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I will be still
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And know You are God
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I will be still
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And know
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You are God
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The pilgrims throng
thro' the city gates
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While the night is falling fast
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They go to watch
on Calvary's hill
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Ere the twilight hours are past
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Though dark be the way
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With eyes of faith
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They gaze on His cross above
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And, lo! From each heart
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The shadows depart
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As they list to
His words of love
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As they list
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to His words of love
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Rest, rest to the weary peace
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Peace to the soul
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Tho' life may be dreary
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Earth is not thy goal
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O lay down thy burden
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O come unto Me
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I will not forsake thee
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I will not forsake thee
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I will not forsake thee
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Tho' all else should flee
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Far, far, away
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O'er the dream of years
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They hear
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the voice of the king
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Where, O grave
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Where is thy victory
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And where,
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O death is thy sting?
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Captive He leads
them for evermore
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While weary pilgrims
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rejoice
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For looking on high
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to the cross He bore
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The faithful shall hear
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His voice
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The faithful
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shall hear His voice
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Rest, rest to the weary peace
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Peace to the soul
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Tho' life may be dreary
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Earth is not thy goal
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O lay down thy burden
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O come unto Me
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I will not forsake thee
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I will not forsake thee
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I will not forsake thee
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Tho' all else should flee
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Tho'
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all else should flee
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Let's pray.
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Thank You, Father, for
speaking that word of hope
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and promise through Sophia.
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Rest and peace from
the one who declares,
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"I will never leave
you or forsake you."
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Because of that
truth, we are here.
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And may the
teaching we are about to hear
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confirm to us
that You are the God.
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You are the God, we
can trust to the very end.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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Thanks to my two friends
Kathy Kudell and Holly Schafer.
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I'm about to introduce to you
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two very new
goat friends of mine.
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But before they come out
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and join me here, in the pulpit.
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I want to take a moment with you
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and reflect on
this two goat ritual
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that was central to the
Day of Atonement celebration.
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Before we reenact that,
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let's read the
account in Leviticus.
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Take your Bible out
please, Leviticus chapter 16.
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This is the great Yom
Kippur chapter, Leviticus 16.
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If you didn't bring a
Bible, you need to see this.
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Grab the pew
Bible in front of you.
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It will be page
80 in your pew Bible.
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Let's get the
settings for this reenactment
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by reading the actual account
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given by God through
Moses to the children of Israel.
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Something's in this for Israel.
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Something is in
this for you and me.
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We've got to
find out what that is.
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Leviticus 16,
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It'll be in the New
International version.
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Let's just pick it up.
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Aaron, the high priest,
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is moving through his
ritual on this most holy
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and somber day of the
religious calendar, all right.
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So it's the Day of Atonement.
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When we get down to verse five,
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notice now what's happening.
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Verse 5 "From the
Israelite community he,"
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Aaron the high priest,
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"is to take two male
goats for a sin offering
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and a ram for a burnt offering."
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Now verse 6, "Aaron
is to offer the bull,"
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which he's already selected,
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"for his own sin
offering to make atonement
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for himself and his household."
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So this is for the
priestly community.
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There will be that sacrifice.
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Then verse 7, "He is
to take the two goats
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and present them before the lord
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at the entrance to
the Tent of Meeting."
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You're picturing it,
two goats at the entrance.
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Verse 8, "He is to cast lost
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for the two goats.
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One lot for the Lord
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and the other
for the scapegoat."
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We're gonna find out
that's a mistranslation.
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We'll get to
that in just a moment.
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"Aaron then," verse 9,
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"shall bring the goat
whose lot falls to the Lord
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and sacrifice it
for a sin offering.
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But the goat chosen by
the lot as the scapegoat
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shall be presented
alive before the Lord
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to be used for making atonement
00:23:27.88\00:23:29.47
by sending it
into the desert as..."
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.53
as the Hebrew
actually reads there,
00:23:31.56\00:23:33.37
Azazel, not scapegoat, Azazel.
00:23:33.40\00:23:36.81
We'll unpack
that in just a moment.
00:23:36.84\00:23:38.92
So now without further do,
00:23:38.95\00:23:40.22
let's bring these two goats out.
00:23:40.25\00:23:43.40
For which I am very grateful
00:23:43.43\00:23:45.58
they have two lovely
professional handlers,
00:23:45.61\00:23:50.54
who are going to bring the goats
00:23:50.57\00:23:53.21
to their designated
place on this platform.
00:23:53.24\00:23:56.49
Dr. Holly is a
veterinary in our community.
00:23:56.52\00:23:58.56
We take our dog Sadie to her.
00:23:58.59\00:24:00.65
And Professor Kathy
00:24:00.68\00:24:01.86
is in the
department of agriculture
00:24:01.89\00:24:04.46
here in the
college of technology.
00:24:04.49\00:24:07.19
And they're both goat
experts, as you will see.
00:24:07.22\00:24:12.65
All right, ladies,
bless you. Two lovely goats.
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Now, folks, we're in
Israel. This is the wilderness.
00:24:15.94\00:24:20.01
This is the Day of Atonement.
00:24:20.04\00:24:21.99
The two goats are
brought to the entrance,
00:24:22.02\00:24:24.03
to the sanctuary,
to the tent of meeting.
00:24:24.06\00:24:26.80
Now the lot must be cast.
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.28
Fascinating how
they cast the lot.
00:24:29.31\00:24:31.80
Thank you Horn
Archaeological Museum
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.89
for this loaned clay pot.
00:24:34.92\00:24:37.56
This is how they did it.
00:24:37.59\00:24:40.06
Inside the clay
pot were two ballots.
00:24:40.09\00:24:44.40
We call them
ballots, they're two lots,
00:24:44.43\00:24:46.24
two little pieces of wood.
00:24:46.27\00:24:48.12
Each has been designated,
00:24:48.15\00:24:49.87
one for Yahweh, one for the Lord
00:24:49.90\00:24:52.85
and the other for
Azazel, all right.
00:24:52.88\00:24:57.47
So the two lots go in,
00:24:57.50\00:24:58.93
the high priest will
not make the selection.
00:24:58.96\00:25:01.19
Oh, I like that
color, oh, I like that one.
00:25:01.22\00:25:03.39
No, there is no
human choice involved.
00:25:03.42\00:25:06.22
It is designated to be
divinely done, all right.
00:25:06.25\00:25:09.70
So Aaron reaches in, he has to,
00:25:09.73\00:25:13.43
he is going to mix up these lots
00:25:13.46\00:25:15.19
to make sure that its fair,
00:25:15.22\00:25:16.81
and then he will remove a lot.
00:25:16.84\00:25:18.22
Now he is going to designate.
00:25:18.25\00:25:19.35
He is going to say,
"Okay, I'm drawing a lot
00:25:19.38\00:25:20.85
for this goat," all right.
00:25:20.88\00:25:22.04
He doesn't draw the lot and say,
00:25:22.07\00:25:23.12
"Well, which goat
do I want to ply to."
00:25:23.15\00:25:24.41
No, it's for
this goat, all right.
00:25:24.44\00:25:26.23
So he reaches in
and he pulls it out.
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Ah! This is the
goat for the Lord.
00:25:29.24\00:25:32.63
Now here's what happen.
00:25:32.66\00:25:33.70
Once the goat is designated
as belonging to the Lord,
00:25:33.73\00:25:37.00
we know now who the
other one belongs to.
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A scarlet cord is
taken and is wrapped around,
00:25:39.95\00:25:46.11
did you think the
goats were going to be docile
00:25:46.14\00:25:48.26
when they came to the sanctuary?
00:25:48.29\00:25:50.35
Not at all, the
scarlet cord is wrapped around
00:25:50.38\00:25:54.92
the one which will be
slaughtered for the Lord.
00:25:54.95\00:26:00.47
The other scarlet
cord is taken to the goat
00:26:00.50\00:26:03.21
that will remain alive
and if this one had horns,
00:26:03.24\00:26:06.83
the scarlet chord will
be wrapped around the horns.
00:26:06.86\00:26:10.81
It'll remain alive
through the entire day.
00:26:10.84\00:26:14.64
Now the scarlet corded
one? What's going to happen?
00:26:14.67\00:26:18.41
And by the way,
here is where the ritual
00:26:18.44\00:26:21.37
no longer is
acted out in public.
00:26:21.40\00:26:24.05
Because the high priest
00:26:24.08\00:26:25.11
will simply reach
into his sacred garment
00:26:25.14\00:26:27.44
and remove the knife
00:26:27.47\00:26:29.89
and will slit the throat
00:26:29.92\00:26:31.87
of the goat chosen for the Lord.
00:26:31.90\00:26:33.29
Now here's what's happening.
00:26:33.32\00:26:34.43
Look at the verse
15 in Leviticus 16,
00:26:34.46\00:26:38.55
"He shall then slaughter
the goat for the sin offering
00:26:38.58\00:26:42.41
for the people
and take its blood..."
00:26:42.44\00:26:44.70
remember goat's blood
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.13
"...take its blood
behind the curtain..."
00:26:46.16\00:26:49.35
into the most holy place
00:26:49.38\00:26:51.12
"...and do with it as he
did with the bull's blood.
00:26:51.15\00:26:53.66
He shall
sprinkle the goat's blood
00:26:53.69\00:26:55.57
on the atonement cover"
00:26:55.60\00:26:56.80
of the ark of the
covenant "and in front of it."
00:26:56.83\00:26:59.41
The only day of the
year the high priest
00:26:59.44\00:27:01.39
would ever dare to
enter the most holy place
00:27:01.42\00:27:04.19
is after the
selection has been made,
00:27:04.22\00:27:07.79
the sacrifice has taken place.
00:27:07.82\00:27:10.07
And with the blood
of the Lord's goat,
00:27:10.10\00:27:13.87
he steps in to sprinkle
and begin the cleansing process
00:27:13.90\00:27:17.14
of withdrawing all
the sins that have been
00:27:17.17\00:27:20.89
accumulating through the year.
00:27:20.92\00:27:23.63
You got it so far?
00:27:23.66\00:27:25.19
All right, now there is
only one goat left alive.
00:27:25.22\00:27:30.29
What happens to this goat?
00:27:30.32\00:27:31.83
Let's read, let's pick
this up, pardon me, verse 20.
00:27:31.86\00:27:37.45
Verse 20 "When Aaron has
finished making atonement
00:27:37.48\00:27:40.61
for the Most Holy
Place," it's cleansed
00:27:40.64\00:27:42.78
"the Tent of Meeting"
that would be the holy place,
00:27:42.81\00:27:44.38
it's cleansed "and
the altar of sacrifice"
00:27:44.41\00:27:46.45
it now has blood sprinkled on it
00:27:46.48\00:27:48.43
"he shall bring
forward the live goat.
00:27:48.46\00:27:54.40
He is," verse 21,
00:27:54.43\00:27:55.51
"to lay both hands on
the head of the live goat
00:27:55.54\00:27:58.37
and confess over
it all the wickedness
00:27:58.40\00:28:00.81
and rebellion of the Israelites,
00:28:00.84\00:28:01.88
all their sins and put
them on the goat's head.
00:28:01.91\00:28:04.85
He shall send the
goat away into the desert
00:28:04.88\00:28:06.89
in the care of a man
appointed for the task."
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.26
Finally verse 22
00:28:09.29\00:28:10.62
and "The goat
will carry on itself
00:28:10.65\00:28:12.59
all their sins
to a solitary place,
00:28:12.62\00:28:15.17
and the man" the assistant
00:28:15.20\00:28:16.49
"shall release
it in the dessert."
00:28:16.52\00:28:18.52
So here's the final reenactment.
00:28:18.55\00:28:22.92
When the sins
have all been removed
00:28:22.95\00:28:25.76
from the sanctuary,
00:28:25.79\00:28:28.19
the high priest will
come to the live goat.
00:28:28.22\00:28:30.74
And this is the only
time in the sacred year
00:28:30.77\00:28:33.67
when a two hand
leaning takes place,
00:28:33.70\00:28:36.24
usually just one hand
but now its two hands.
00:28:36.27\00:28:38.61
And this is the only
time in the sacred year,
00:28:38.64\00:28:40.90
when with the hand leaning
00:28:40.93\00:28:42.40
there is a
simultaneous confession.
00:28:42.43\00:28:44.70
All the other times
the confession happened
00:28:44.73\00:28:46.33
before you brought your
animal to the sanctuary.
00:28:46.36\00:28:49.10
But now the hands,
00:28:49.13\00:28:51.26
the two hands will be
placed on the live goat.
00:28:51.29\00:28:54.29
And he'll press
hard on this goat.
00:28:54.32\00:28:56.44
It'll be the
transference of the culpability,
00:28:56.47\00:28:59.27
the blame for all
the sins of God's people,
00:28:59.30\00:29:03.62
transferred to the
goat that belongs to Azazel.
00:29:03.65\00:29:06.97
Once that
transferred has been made,
00:29:07.00\00:29:10.08
the assistant takes that
goat out into the wilderness
00:29:10.11\00:29:13.29
where it will
subsequently perish alone.
00:29:13.32\00:29:18.35
Two goat ritual,
Day of Atonement.
00:29:18.38\00:29:22.52
I'd tell you to give the
goats a big hand right now
00:29:22.55\00:29:24.32
but I don't want to
get them all excited.
00:29:24.35\00:29:26.72
But I think we
ought to give a nice amen
00:29:26.75\00:29:28.64
to their handlers Dr. Holly
00:29:28.67\00:29:30.71
and professor
Kathy what do you say?
00:29:30.74\00:29:32.65
How about a nice
amen for that job?
00:29:32.68\00:29:34.84
Yeah, very well done.
00:29:34.87\00:29:35.92
Thank you, ladies,
God bless you both.
00:29:35.95\00:29:38.22
Yeah, you can clap now
00:29:38.25\00:29:39.28
because the
goats can't hear you.
00:29:39.31\00:29:43.03
So what was God doing
with the children of Israel?
00:29:47.21\00:29:52.23
What's He saying to you and me,
00:29:52.26\00:29:55.46
who live in the day of
atonement of human history?
00:29:55.49\00:29:59.80
What would be there for us?
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.41
Take out your study
guide, let's examine some truths
00:30:01.44\00:30:05.10
that are associated
with the two goat ritual.
00:30:05.13\00:30:07.91
Take out your study
guide it's tucked away
00:30:07.94\00:30:09.45
in your
communion bulletin today.
00:30:09.48\00:30:10.52
If you didn't get a study guide,
00:30:10.55\00:30:11.58
we've got friendly ushers
00:30:11.61\00:30:12.73
who are going to
do this very fast,
00:30:12.76\00:30:14.55
gentlemen and ladies, please.
00:30:14.58\00:30:17.06
Hold your hand up if
you didn't get a study guide
00:30:17.09\00:30:19.99
in your worship bulletin.
00:30:20.02\00:30:21.08
Five truths, you want five,
00:30:21.11\00:30:23.41
we're going to
scribble them down right now.
00:30:23.44\00:30:25.43
Up in the balcony
overflow right here
00:30:25.46\00:30:27.62
make sure
everybody gets a study guide.
00:30:27.65\00:30:30.01
And I want to say those of you
00:30:30.04\00:30:31.32
who are watching
our "Two Goat" teaching,
00:30:31.35\00:30:33.55
we're delighted you're
here, go to the website.
00:30:33.58\00:30:35.43
Let me give you our website,
00:30:35.46\00:30:36.53
you can get the
same study guide.
00:30:36.56\00:30:37.64
I'll put it on the
screen for you right now.
00:30:37.67\00:30:39.81
www.pmchurch.tv
fascinating two goat ritual.
00:30:39.84\00:30:45.37
What are these lessons
we can take away from it?
00:30:45.40\00:30:47.76
This is part six by the way.
00:30:47.79\00:30:50.35
When you come to the
teaching, "The Two Goats,"
00:30:50.38\00:30:52.88
you'll see study guide
there, click on the study guide
00:30:52.91\00:30:54.91
and you'll be able to
jot the same lessons down.
00:30:54.94\00:30:57.73
You can reflect on them later
00:30:57.76\00:30:59.37
but let's write
them down together.
00:30:59.40\00:31:01.37
All right, five truths
00:31:01.40\00:31:03.61
from the two goat
ritual, here we go.
00:31:03.64\00:31:05.17
Truth number one,
lesson number one,
00:31:05.20\00:31:06.95
would you jot it down please?
00:31:06.98\00:31:08.53
The two goats do not
represent the same person.
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.66
Key point.
00:31:12.69\00:31:13.98
The two goats do not
represent the same person.
00:31:14.01\00:31:17.36
You see, the Bible
often will use one animal,
00:31:17.39\00:31:20.53
one creature to
represent two beings.
00:31:20.56\00:31:23.16
Watch this,
keep your pen moving.
00:31:23.19\00:31:24.71
The lion, in the Bible,
00:31:24.74\00:31:26.63
the lion represents
both Christ and Satan.
00:31:26.66\00:31:31.32
You go to Revelation chapter 5,
00:31:31.35\00:31:32.83
Jesus, the lamb is called
the Lion of the Tribe of Judah,
00:31:32.86\00:31:35.74
the roaring lion of eternity.
00:31:35.77\00:31:37.86
C. S. Lewis in
Narnia, Aslan, see the lion.
00:31:37.89\00:31:41.58
But 1 Peter 5:8, "Beware,
your adversary, the devil,
00:31:41.61\00:31:45.26
like a roaring lion prowls about
00:31:45.29\00:31:47.47
seeking whom he may devour."
00:31:47.50\00:31:49.06
One creature, two
different representations.
00:31:49.09\00:31:51.83
That's true by the
way of the serpent.
00:31:51.86\00:31:53.64
Jot this down as well.
00:31:53.67\00:31:54.74
The serpent first
appears in Genesis 3.
00:31:54.77\00:31:58.39
The serpent clearly represents
both Satan and Christ.
00:31:58.42\00:32:02.06
Genesis 3, we know
who the serpent is.
00:32:02.09\00:32:03.68
Revelation 12:9,
00:32:03.71\00:32:05.03
"That old devil
called the serpent"
00:32:05.06\00:32:08.02
we know who he is.
00:32:08.05\00:32:09.14
But when Jesus is
alone with Nicodemus
00:32:09.17\00:32:11.26
in that clandestine
midnight meeting, He says,
00:32:11.29\00:32:13.42
"As Moses lifted up the serpent,
00:32:13.45\00:32:15.86
I'm going to be lifted up."
00:32:15.89\00:32:17.32
I'm the serpent on Calvary.
00:32:17.35\00:32:19.53
Burying your sins in My very,
in My very soul, all right.
00:32:19.56\00:32:24.31
So here we have,
clearly, the point
00:32:24.34\00:32:27.92
that just because God uses a
creature to represent himself
00:32:27.95\00:32:30.80
does not mean that
creature always represents Him.
00:32:30.83\00:32:34.21
In fact, here,
00:32:34.24\00:32:36.23
because one goat
represents Christ,
00:32:36.26\00:32:38.39
does it mean therefore,
00:32:38.42\00:32:39.87
the other goat has to
represent Him as well?
00:32:39.90\00:32:42.07
In fact, if we take the
pattern that we've just seen,
00:32:42.10\00:32:44.50
we would expect
one of the beings
00:32:44.53\00:32:48.15
to be the opposite of Christ.
00:32:48.18\00:32:49.25
We would expect
one of the beings
00:32:49.28\00:32:50.34
to be the Satan himself.
00:32:50.37\00:32:51.57
All right so
that's lesson number one.
00:32:51.60\00:32:52.65
Here we go, lesson number two.
00:32:52.68\00:32:54.02
The goat that was chosen
for the Lord symbolized Christ.
00:32:54.05\00:32:57.80
But of course, in this
entire series of the temple
00:32:57.83\00:33:01.13
as we've been focusing
on the Day of Atonement,
00:33:01.16\00:33:02.95
it has been crystal
clear that the cleansing blood
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.92
on the Day of Atonement
was the compelling symbol
00:33:04.95\00:33:07.50
for the cleansing blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:33:07.53\00:33:10.52
Behold the Lamb of God
00:33:10.55\00:33:11.60
who takes away
the sin of the world.
00:33:11.63\00:33:13.35
There had been no question
about that in anybody's mind.
00:33:13.38\00:33:15.84
And in fact, by the way,
00:33:15.87\00:33:17.10
not only on the
Day of Atonement,
00:33:17.13\00:33:18.70
all 360 days of
the year, that's right,
00:33:18.73\00:33:22.18
their month only had 30 days,
00:33:22.21\00:33:23.76
12 months, 360
days in their year.
00:33:23.79\00:33:25.57
All 360 days,
anytime there's blood,
00:33:25.60\00:33:28.02
it's blood symbolizing the
mighty Savior of the world,
00:33:28.05\00:33:32.27
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:33:32.30\00:33:36.71
So Christ is symbolically,
00:33:36.74\00:33:40.46
symbolically
represented by the Lord's goat.
00:33:40.49\00:33:42.11
In fact, let's put the--
00:33:42.14\00:33:43.23
we read this just a
moment ago in our scripture.
00:33:43.26\00:33:45.79
Let's put it on the screen.
00:33:45.82\00:33:46.91
Hebrews chapter 9,
00:33:46.94\00:33:48.03
the great Day of
Atonement chapter.
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.13
Hebrews 9:22 "In
fact, the law requires that
00:33:49.16\00:33:54.08
nearly everything
be cleansed with blood,
00:33:54.11\00:33:56.90
and without the
shedding of blood
00:33:56.93\00:33:58.44
there is no forgiveness."
00:33:58.47\00:33:59.54
Now lets go back to
verse 14 "How much more then"
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.66
how much more than
the blood of goats,
00:34:02.69\00:34:03.78
that's what he is
saying, "How much more, then,
00:34:03.81\00:34:05.83
will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit
00:34:05.86\00:34:09.00
offered himself
unblemished to God."
00:34:09.03\00:34:11.39
Notice what
Christ's blood can do.
00:34:11.42\00:34:12.86
It can cleanse you
and me, it can cleanse
00:34:12.89\00:34:14.69
"our consciences from
acts that lead to death,
00:34:14.72\00:34:17.09
so that we may
serve the living God!"
00:34:17.12\00:34:21.07
Christ symbolically
represented by the Lord's goat.
00:34:21.10\00:34:25.54
So what about the other goat?
00:34:25.57\00:34:29.03
Who's this Azazel?
00:34:29.06\00:34:31.40
Lesson number
three, jot it down please.
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.93
The goat that was chosen
for Azazel symbolized Satan.
00:34:32.96\00:34:38.51
Jot it down. Symbolized Satan.
00:34:38.54\00:34:42.20
By the way, this
is the only place
00:34:42.23\00:34:43.30
in the entire Hebrew Bible
00:34:43.33\00:34:45.01
which would be
the Old Testament,
00:34:45.04\00:34:46.32
where the name or even
the word Azazel appears.
00:34:46.35\00:34:50.68
There was a time when scholars
00:34:50.71\00:34:52.33
weren't quite
certain over the etymology
00:34:52.36\00:34:54.16
and the identification
of this mysterious Azazel.
00:34:54.19\00:34:56.67
But there is
growing unanimity now.
00:34:56.70\00:35:01.45
In the very next
chapter, in fact,
00:35:01.48\00:35:02.62
if you just turn
over to Leviticus 17:7,
00:35:02.65\00:35:05.98
God warns the
children of Israel,
00:35:06.01\00:35:07.71
don't offer
sacrifices to the goat demons.
00:35:07.74\00:35:12.15
Your new translations
will foot note it, goat demons.
00:35:12.18\00:35:15.42
What's going on?
00:35:15.45\00:35:16.49
There's another
power counter to God.
00:35:16.52\00:35:19.80
In fact, jot this
down in your study guide.
00:35:19.83\00:35:21.07
Leviticus 17:7 suggests that
there is a counter goat power
00:35:21.10\00:35:25.09
or a person in
opposition to God.
00:35:25.12\00:35:28.59
Who is that being or person?
00:35:28.62\00:35:32.70
Our friend Roy Gane,
who wrote the commentary
00:35:32.73\00:35:34.99
for Zondervan, the
Leviticus, Numbers,
00:35:35.02\00:35:37.90
Volume of the NIV
application commentary.
00:35:37.93\00:35:40.52
This is from his
commentary, Roy is writing here.
00:35:40.55\00:35:42.92
He teaches here at
the Theological Seminary,
00:35:42.95\00:35:46.01
in the Old Testament department.
00:35:46.04\00:35:47.13
Let's put it up here.
These are Roy's words.
00:35:47.16\00:35:49.32
"Once we know that la'aza'zel
is the proper name 'Azazel,'"
00:35:49.35\00:35:56.98
by the way the New
Revised Standard Version
00:35:57.01\00:35:59.01
correctly translates it,
not scapegoat but Azazel.
00:35:59.04\00:36:02.05
"Once we know that,
00:36:02.08\00:36:03.39
that it is
referring to a personal being
00:36:03.42\00:36:05.26
other than the
Lord," now watch this
00:36:05.29\00:36:07.16
"we automatically
rule out the traditional
00:36:07.19\00:36:09.75
mistranslation of
Azazel as scapegoat,
00:36:09.78\00:36:12.54
that is the goat that
goes away or escapes."
00:36:12.57\00:36:15.61
Roy goes on, "The dynamics
of the live goat ritual imply
00:36:15.64\00:36:18.55
that Azazel is
the Lord's enemy."
00:36:18.58\00:36:22.27
Now he is quoting from
his own book "Altar Call"
00:36:22.30\00:36:25.01
and with very colorful
language coming up here now.
00:36:25.04\00:36:27.03
"The Lord directed the
Israelites to transport
00:36:27.06\00:36:29.64
their sins on a goat to Azazel,
00:36:29.67\00:36:32.67
who ended up with
this noxious load.
00:36:32.70\00:36:34.95
This would be
like sending someone
00:36:34.98\00:36:36.54
a truck full of chemical waste
or dumping a load of reeking,
00:36:36.57\00:36:40.28
maggot infested chicken
manure all over his front lawn.
00:36:40.31\00:36:44.72
Not a friendly gesture.
00:36:44.75\00:36:46.80
Here, Azazel,
get a load of this!"
00:36:46.83\00:36:51.40
Somebody is not your
friend when they do that to you.
00:36:51.43\00:36:53.78
That's the point.
00:36:53.81\00:36:54.90
Now with that colorful language
Roy is describing this goat
00:36:54.93\00:37:01.07
and he puts it this
way in another place.
00:37:01.10\00:37:02.39
He calls this goat
a ritual garbage truck
00:37:02.42\00:37:05.67
or a permanent
moral septic tank.
00:37:05.70\00:37:09.80
Now listen, the point is
clear and Roy makes this.
00:37:09.83\00:37:12.85
There is no, now
you got to get this,
00:37:12.88\00:37:14.94
there is no substitution
taking place with the live goat.
00:37:14.97\00:37:20.18
It is not
substituted for Israel,
00:37:20.21\00:37:22.40
it will not die
for Israel's sins.
00:37:22.43\00:37:24.73
No, no, no, no,
right this down please.
00:37:24.76\00:37:26.49
"Azazel's goat is
not the sin bearer,
00:37:26.52\00:37:30.61
not the sin bearer.
00:37:30.64\00:37:32.53
The Lord's goat
is the sin bearer."
00:37:32.56\00:37:35.78
You've got to get that point.
00:37:35.81\00:37:39.06
Then what's
happening with Azazel's goat?
00:37:39.09\00:37:40.56
Keep writing.
00:37:40.59\00:37:42.33
Azazel's goat is rather
00:37:42.36\00:37:44.05
the final
repository of culpability,
00:37:44.08\00:37:47.16
I'll leave the word up there
so you can get the spelling.
00:37:47.19\00:37:49.14
Culpability, that means blame.
00:37:49.17\00:37:52.90
This goat is the final
repository of culpability
00:37:52.93\00:37:57.08
or ultimate responsibility
for all the cleansed
00:37:57.11\00:37:59.89
and forgiven sins of Israel.
00:37:59.92\00:38:03.10
That's what's going on.
00:38:03.13\00:38:04.68
Hey, listen, every now
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.19
and then we read
of another bank heist.
00:38:06.22\00:38:08.56
All right, so two
accomplices rip off a bank
00:38:08.59\00:38:10.68
somewhere in our community.
00:38:10.71\00:38:12.64
They're taken to court
00:38:12.67\00:38:13.73
but in court
it's been discovered
00:38:13.76\00:38:16.27
that there has
been an evil mastermind
00:38:16.30\00:38:18.45
from the mafia who
directed the entire caper.
00:38:18.48\00:38:22.60
Now are the two
accomplices guilty?
00:38:22.63\00:38:24.88
Yes, they are.
00:38:24.91\00:38:26.12
But will not the law also throw
00:38:26.15\00:38:28.71
the book at the evil mastermind,
00:38:28.74\00:38:32.18
who perpetrated the
crime behind the accomplices?
00:38:32.21\00:38:35.51
Yes or no? But of course.
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.39
That's what's going on here.
00:38:38.42\00:38:39.73
Azazel is the evil mastermind
00:38:39.76\00:38:42.24
for all evil in the
history of the human race.
00:38:42.27\00:38:46.11
And the book will be thrown
at Azazel one day, trust me.
00:38:46.14\00:38:51.65
In fact, jot this
down, will you please?
00:38:51.68\00:38:52.96
The Day of
Atonement dramatically teaches
00:38:52.99\00:38:55.24
that at the end
of salvation history,
00:38:55.27\00:38:57.57
"God will place the culpability
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.36
or blame of all the
sins of his saved friends,"
00:38:59.39\00:39:02.30
by the way, it's
just to say friends,
00:39:02.33\00:39:04.56
those that don't want God
get to stick with their sins.
00:39:04.59\00:39:07.39
Nobody gets, nobody takes them,
00:39:07.42\00:39:10.09
not even Satan will take them,
00:39:10.12\00:39:11.15
they get their own.
00:39:11.18\00:39:13.16
But God will place, keep
reading in that sentence.
00:39:13.19\00:39:17.13
"God will place the culpability
00:39:17.16\00:39:18.45
of all the sins
of his saved friends
00:39:18.48\00:39:19.90
back upon the
mastermind who caused them,"
00:39:19.93\00:39:22.38
write it in, "Satan himself."
00:39:22.41\00:39:24.64
And by the way, please
note, see Revelation 20,
00:39:24.67\00:39:27.45
because that's the great
chapter of the millennium.
00:39:27.48\00:39:30.38
When the planet will
be emptied of human life
00:39:30.41\00:39:34.97
and Azazel himself
will have a 1,000 years
00:39:35.00\00:39:38.89
to ponder the
fruitage of his rebellion
00:39:38.92\00:39:42.57
against the throne of
the temple of God Himself.
00:39:42.60\00:39:45.65
A 1,000 years,
00:39:45.68\00:39:47.33
where the
culpability is all coming back.
00:39:47.36\00:39:50.38
I did this all my self.
00:39:50.41\00:39:57.83
The good news is,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:40:00.50\00:40:01.80
the Day of Atonement
teaches that this sin,
00:40:01.83\00:40:04.87
this noxious, septic sin problem
00:40:04.90\00:40:08.74
will not last forever.
00:40:08.77\00:40:12.19
Hallelujah, God is going
to bring it to an end one day.
00:40:12.22\00:40:15.39
Never again will there
be sin in this universe.
00:40:15.42\00:40:17.53
Amen. That's the good news.
00:40:17.56\00:40:20.49
Lesson number four, jot it down.
00:40:20.52\00:40:21.99
"At-one-ment,"
00:40:22.02\00:40:23.14
because that's what
the word atonement is.
00:40:23.17\00:40:24.49
"At-one-ment is both a noun
00:40:24.52\00:40:26.55
and a verb, an
act and a process."
00:40:26.58\00:40:30.15
Key point.
00:40:30.18\00:40:31.54
Because you see,
the Cross of Christ
00:40:31.57\00:40:33.93
is the finished act of
God to secure atonement
00:40:33.96\00:40:37.57
for all who choose Him,
00:40:37.60\00:40:38.63
because ladies and gentlemen,
that's what atonement means.
00:40:38.66\00:40:40.73
It means to
reconcile, to reunite,
00:40:40.76\00:40:44.20
to restore two parties
into at one relationship again.
00:40:44.23\00:40:49.67
Atonement creates two parties
and restores them at one.
00:40:49.70\00:40:54.92
Calvary is the act
of God in reconciling.
00:40:54.95\00:41:02.25
How does it go,
2nd Corinthians 5:19,
00:41:02.28\00:41:04.26
"God was in Christ,
00:41:04.29\00:41:05.87
reconciling the
world to Him" at Calvary.
00:41:05.90\00:41:08.11
He's in Christ,
reconcile, at one again.
00:41:08.14\00:41:13.71
But it didn't
all end at Calvary,
00:41:13.74\00:41:18.30
it couldn't have.
00:41:18.33\00:41:20.51
Let's say I'm Warren
Buffet, don't you wish?
00:41:20.54\00:41:24.09
And let's say I
liquidate all my assets
00:41:24.12\00:41:27.06
and equities to the tune
of $60 billion, all right.
00:41:27.09\00:41:31.97
So I'm Warren Buffet,
00:41:32.00\00:41:33.10
I now have $ 60 billion in cash.
00:41:33.13\00:41:35.00
You are a banker
and I come to you
00:41:35.03\00:41:37.21
and I say, "Question number one,
00:41:37.24\00:41:38.89
would it be all right
00:41:38.92\00:41:40.06
if I put my $60
billion into your bank?"
00:41:40.09\00:41:43.30
What are you going to say to me:
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.06
"But of course, Mr. Buffet."
00:41:45.09\00:41:48.15
And then I ask
you a second question,
00:41:48.18\00:41:49.60
"After I've put all
my money in you bank,
00:41:49.63\00:41:52.12
would it be all right with you,
00:41:52.15\00:41:54.04
if occasionally I make
withdrawals from that amount?"
00:41:54.07\00:41:59.03
And what are you going to say?
00:41:59.06\00:42:00.21
But of course, Mr. Buffet,
00:42:00.24\00:42:02.25
you may take as
much as you want.
00:42:02.28\00:42:05.43
It's yours."
00:42:05.46\00:42:07.13
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:42:07.16\00:42:08.20
that's what happened at Calvary.
00:42:08.23\00:42:10.46
God liquidated
His entire estate.
00:42:10.49\00:42:14.80
The assets of the
treasury of heaven are taken
00:42:14.83\00:42:18.13
and are poured into
this salvation atonement.
00:42:18.16\00:42:24.09
And ever since Calvary
00:42:24.12\00:42:25.92
and this is what
Hebrews is trying to tell us.
00:42:25.95\00:42:28.10
Ever since Calvary,
Christ has been withdrawing
00:42:28.13\00:42:32.05
from that
storehouse of divine treasure.
00:42:32.08\00:42:36.41
For every man, woman and child
who senses a moral bankruptcy,
00:42:36.44\00:42:40.48
if you're here
today and you're saying,
00:42:40.51\00:42:41.64
"You know what, I'm feeling
morally bankrupt right now,"
00:42:41.67\00:42:45.54
I have some good news for you.
00:42:45.57\00:42:46.69
There is a
savior in this universe
00:42:46.72\00:42:50.10
who can withdraw
from his infinite treasure
00:42:50.13\00:42:54.41
and pay it in full,
what you owe to guilt.
00:42:54.44\00:42:59.31
Pay it in full,
hallelujah. What do you say?
00:42:59.34\00:43:02.91
That's the point.
00:43:02.94\00:43:03.99
Now God making the deposit-act,
God making withdrawals-process,
00:43:04.02\00:43:09.43
can you see it's
both a noun and a verb?
00:43:09.46\00:43:12.05
Atonement is an act
and it's also a process.
00:43:12.08\00:43:18.82
So He makes the deposit
at Calvary complete act.
00:43:18.85\00:43:25.18
But Hebrews tells us now Jesus
00:43:25.21\00:43:26.90
as our heavenly
high priest is mediating,
00:43:26.93\00:43:29.40
withdrawing from the
funds to keep you afloat,
00:43:29.43\00:43:32.53
to keep me
morally afloat as well.
00:43:32.56\00:43:37.07
And then, when you
have the return of Christ
00:43:37.10\00:43:40.47
and the eradication of Satan.
00:43:40.50\00:43:43.64
Then atonement will
return to enact one final act,
00:43:43.67\00:43:48.71
securing the
universe for ever and ever.
00:43:48.74\00:43:50.82
Amen, ladies and
gentlemen let's review it now
00:43:50.85\00:43:54.21
and write this down as
we review them, please.
00:43:54.24\00:43:55.92
This is critical
for you to understand.
00:43:55.95\00:43:58.26
Number one, "The Cross
of Christ is a finished act
00:43:58.29\00:44:01.46
that secures atonement."
00:44:01.49\00:44:03.54
All right,
finished, it is finished.
00:44:03.57\00:44:06.23
Jesus cried out,
"It is finished."
00:44:06.26\00:44:08.44
Finished act that
secures atonement.
00:44:08.47\00:44:10.42
Number two, "The
mediation of Christ
00:44:10.45\00:44:12.56
is a continuing process
that provides atonement."
00:44:12.59\00:44:16.80
Act, process.
00:44:16.83\00:44:18.84
We're living during
the process time right now.
00:44:18.87\00:44:20.71
And finally number
three, "The return of Christ
00:44:20.74\00:44:22.86
and the eradication
of Satan is the final act
00:44:22.89\00:44:26.18
that completes the atonement."
00:44:26.21\00:44:28.72
Act, process, act.
00:44:28.75\00:44:32.26
Noun, verb, noun.
00:44:32.29\00:44:34.40
And by the way, all three acts
00:44:34.43\00:44:37.81
and phrases of
divine atonement centered
00:44:37.84\00:44:40.35
as they are on Christ Jesus.
00:44:40.38\00:44:42.11
Everything centers on Jesus.
00:44:42.14\00:44:43.81
All three are dramatically
symbolized in Yom Kippur,
00:44:43.84\00:44:48.13
the Day of Atonement, all three.
00:44:48.16\00:44:50.38
That's why that
was such a great day,
00:44:50.41\00:44:52.92
and that's why you
and I cannot just blow
00:44:52.95\00:44:55.36
that old dusty antique
00:44:55.39\00:44:56.85
and say it has
nothing to do with us.
00:44:56.88\00:44:58.35
It has everything
to do with you and me
00:44:58.38\00:45:00.35
because lesson
number five, write it down.
00:45:00.38\00:45:03.66
"It's cleansing time."
00:45:03.69\00:45:05.24
Final lesson,
lesson number five,
00:45:05.27\00:45:07.30
"It's cleansing time."
00:45:07.33\00:45:08.70
That is a shining truth
of the Day of Atonement.
00:45:08.73\00:45:11.36
We are living at this very hour.
00:45:11.39\00:45:13.54
And by the way,
may I tell you this?
00:45:13.57\00:45:15.34
You were born, you were
born into the Day of Atonement.
00:45:15.37\00:45:20.26
It didn't start
after you came along,
00:45:20.29\00:45:21.86
you were born.
00:45:21.89\00:45:23.12
The heavenly
judgment has already begun.
00:45:23.15\00:45:25.85
The two minute warning
for the human race had sounded
00:45:25.88\00:45:29.09
and now the
clock is counting down.
00:45:29.12\00:45:32.24
There's a cleansing
going on in the sanctuary about
00:45:32.27\00:45:34.50
cleansing the
records in His temple.
00:45:34.53\00:45:36.27
There's a cleansing going
on amongst God's people below,
00:45:36.30\00:45:39.43
cleansing their hearts.
00:45:39.46\00:45:41.45
Record of sin, presence of sin,
dual cleansing, simultaneously,
00:45:41.48\00:45:45.98
cleansing,
cleansing, cleansing is the key.
00:45:46.01\00:45:50.27
Cleansing, it's cleansing time.
00:45:50.30\00:45:54.47
That's why I'm
excited about this.
00:45:54.50\00:45:57.50
I should say that's why
I'm stirred up about this.
00:45:57.53\00:46:00.55
I fear that some how
we might just kind of,
00:46:00.58\00:46:04.28
smile it off and say,
00:46:04.31\00:46:07.15
"I'll get to this,
when I'm ready for it."
00:46:07.18\00:46:10.42
The only time you're
ready for it is right now.
00:46:10.45\00:46:14.54
You have nothing
more than right now.
00:46:14.57\00:46:18.49
Cleansing time.
00:46:18.52\00:46:19.87
Last week, I
shared a text with you
00:46:19.90\00:46:20.98
and we've been
brooding over it ever since.
00:46:21.01\00:46:22.74
Come to our house of prayer
you'll noticed it was front
00:46:22.77\00:46:24.82
and center for
us Wednesday night.
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.61
Zechariah 12, I want
to end with this text,
00:46:27.64\00:46:29.51
because it
doesn't end with verse 10.
00:46:29.54\00:46:32.47
Zechariah 12:10,
let me just put that
00:46:32.50\00:46:34.98
verse back up on
the screen for you.
00:46:35.01\00:46:36.35
God is making this phenomenal,
unbelievable almost promise.
00:46:36.38\00:46:41.06
And I want you to hear it.
00:46:41.09\00:46:43.03
Last week, we only concentrated
on that first line of verse 10,
00:46:43.06\00:46:45.66
God speaking, "And I will
pour on the house of David
00:46:45.69\00:46:48.31
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
00:46:48.34\00:46:50.14
a spirit of grace
and supplication."
00:46:50.17\00:46:53.48
And we said to
ourselves last week
00:46:53.51\00:46:54.81
and I've been saying a
whole lot of this to myself,
00:46:54.84\00:46:57.01
"God won't You
please give this university,
00:46:57.04\00:47:00.07
give this community,
give this congregation,
00:47:00.10\00:47:02.38
a spirit of asking, a
spirit of supplication.
00:47:02.41\00:47:05.64
So that we don't
just sit on our hands
00:47:05.67\00:47:07.41
and say, "Well
what will be will be,
00:47:07.44\00:47:09.00
'que sera sera.'"
00:47:09.03\00:47:10.42
No, we're living,
two minute warning.
00:47:10.45\00:47:16.28
Give us the
spirit of asking please.
00:47:16.31\00:47:18.28
But we stop,
artificially stopped
00:47:18.31\00:47:20.78
the verse last week there.
00:47:20.81\00:47:22.11
Notice how the second
half of the verse reads.
00:47:22.14\00:47:24.03
"They will look
on me," God says,
00:47:24.06\00:47:25.85
"I'm going to give you
the spirit of supplication."
00:47:25.88\00:47:26.93
How?
00:47:26.96\00:47:28.08
"You will look on me,
the one they have pierced,
00:47:28.11\00:47:32.27
and they will mourn for him
00:47:32.30\00:47:34.41
as one mourns for an only child,
00:47:34.44\00:47:36.94
and grieve bitterly for him
00:47:36.97\00:47:39.07
as one grieves for a firstborn."
00:47:39.10\00:47:41.32
One of our pastors,
just a few weeks ago
00:47:41.35\00:47:44.28
conducted the
funeral of a little girl,
00:47:44.31\00:47:47.43
who was killed
by her father's car.
00:47:47.46\00:47:50.63
There is no sadder
funeral. No sadder funeral.
00:47:50.66\00:47:56.19
You will mourn for me
as if you were the cause
00:47:56.22\00:48:02.27
of the one who's
pierced and dies.
00:48:02.30\00:48:04.66
You will mourn for me
00:48:04.69\00:48:06.66
as if your sins
alone took my life.
00:48:06.69\00:48:10.64
It will finally sink
in. I died, for only you.
00:48:10.67\00:48:17.22
Not for the guy beside
you right now, for only you.
00:48:17.25\00:48:21.14
Your sins took my life.
00:48:21.17\00:48:23.59
You'll mourn for
him as an only child.
00:48:23.62\00:48:28.14
Now if we left it right
there, this morning we'd be sad.
00:48:28.17\00:48:31.94
But I got to show
you, chapter 13 verse 1
00:48:31.97\00:48:34.91
follows this incredible promise.
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.51
Drop down to 13:1.
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.04
"On that day," here comes
the Day of Atonement promise.
00:48:38.07\00:48:40.71
"On that day, a fountain
00:48:40.74\00:48:42.31
will be opened to
the house of David."
00:48:42.34\00:48:44.52
Hallelujah.
00:48:44.55\00:48:45.64
"And the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
00:48:45.67\00:48:47.34
to cleanse them
from sin and impurity."
00:48:47.37\00:48:51.04
What do you say?
00:48:51.07\00:48:52.54
On that day, when I am lifted up
00:48:52.57\00:48:54.28
and you will look on the
one your sins have pierced,
00:48:54.31\00:48:56.38
there will be a fountain,
a gushing fountain opened up.
00:48:56.41\00:48:59.09
And that fountain
will wash you clean.
00:48:59.12\00:49:00.86
Day of Atonement promise.
00:49:00.89\00:49:02.19
You will be washed
clean of your moral impurity.
00:49:02.22\00:49:05.11
You will be washed
clean of your sinful stain.
00:49:05.14\00:49:07.88
I will wash you clean.
00:49:07.91\00:49:10.59
It doesn't get any
better than that, does it?
00:49:10.62\00:49:12.93
Every sin in
your life right now,
00:49:12.96\00:49:14.64
that you're a bit troubled by,
00:49:14.67\00:49:16.02
the good news is
there's a fountain
00:49:16.05\00:49:17.64
that's already been
opened up 2,000 years ago.
00:49:17.67\00:49:20.26
It's the Day of
Atonement fountain opened early,
00:49:20.29\00:49:24.16
to cleanse the human race.
00:49:24.19\00:49:26.05
You could be clean.
00:49:26.08\00:49:27.19
You don't have to
carry that stain with you.
00:49:27.22\00:49:28.98
You could be
clean. Washed clean.
00:49:29.01\00:49:32.87
Today, when we come
to the foot of the Cross,
00:49:32.90\00:49:34.54
I'm telling you
don't you go anywhere.
00:49:34.57\00:49:35.82
You stay right here
00:49:35.85\00:49:37.13
because you want that cleansing.
00:49:37.16\00:49:39.65
Today at the foot of the Cross
that fountain will be flowing.
00:49:39.68\00:49:44.04
And when you eat the
bread and you drink the cup,
00:49:44.07\00:49:46.56
you will take
that fountain in you
00:49:46.59\00:49:48.01
and it will be, it
will mystically cleanse you
00:49:48.04\00:49:52.30
in the process of
celebrating that sacrifice.
00:49:52.33\00:49:56.63
Why wouldn't you
want to be cleansed?
00:49:56.66\00:49:59.23
What would you
want to skip the cross?
00:49:59.26\00:50:03.51
You skip the cross,
00:50:03.54\00:50:04.94
you skip the only hope you have.
00:50:04.97\00:50:11.24
"There is a fountain
filled with blood drawn
00:50:11.27\00:50:14.09
from Immanuel's
veins and sinners plunge
00:50:14.12\00:50:18.07
beneath that flood, lose
all their guilty stains."
00:50:18.10\00:50:22.88
You know who wrote that song?
00:50:22.91\00:50:23.99
His name is William
Cowper, it's spelt 'Cowper.'
00:50:24.02\00:50:28.84
Go on wikipedia.
00:50:28.87\00:50:30.95
I refresh my memory of his life.
00:50:30.98\00:50:32.99
The man was manic depressive.
00:50:33.02\00:50:34.79
Some of you
know what that means,
00:50:34.82\00:50:36.45
bipolar, swing to
high, swing to low.
00:50:36.48\00:50:40.96
This man, manic
depressive, found Jesus Christ
00:50:40.99\00:50:46.33
but when you find
Jesus does it mean--
00:50:46.36\00:50:48.33
It doesn't mean
suddenly all the ills go away.
00:50:48.36\00:50:51.62
You still are you.
00:50:51.65\00:50:54.96
And in the midst of
his finding the Gospel,
00:50:54.99\00:50:59.71
this William Cowper
00:50:59.74\00:51:00.86
who became a great English poet.
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.93
Three times he
attempted suicide.
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.62
Three times he
attempted to take his life.
00:51:06.65\00:51:08.50
Twice he ended
up in insane asylum,
00:51:08.53\00:51:10.44
as they had in those days.
00:51:10.47\00:51:12.18
He became a
friend of John Newton.
00:51:12.21\00:51:13.52
"Amazing Grace," John
Newton became a friend of his.
00:51:13.55\00:51:17.64
And in the moments of quiet,
when his mind, un-tortured,
00:51:17.67\00:51:21.97
gave him the presence to write,
00:51:22.00\00:51:24.86
he composed this great
poem, a 100 poems beside it.
00:51:24.89\00:51:28.31
"There is a fountain
filled with blood drawn
00:51:28.34\00:51:30.98
from Immanuel's veins
and sinners plunge beneath
00:51:31.01\00:51:34.63
that flood lose all
their guilty stains."
00:51:34.66\00:51:38.08
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:51:38.11\00:51:39.19
that's the Day of
Atonement promise.
00:51:39.22\00:51:41.54
There's been a fountain
that's been open for the earth.
00:51:41.57\00:51:45.15
And you and I today,
can step into that fountain
00:51:45.18\00:51:47.84
and lose all our guilty stains.
00:51:47.87\00:51:51.12
Hallelujah.
That's why we're here.
00:51:51.15\00:51:53.63
I want to sing that. I
want to sing that with you.
00:51:53.66\00:51:56.49
American folk
tune has been put to it
00:51:56.52\00:51:59.13
and so we've learned the tune.
00:51:59.16\00:52:01.18
I want to sing this.
00:52:01.21\00:52:03.39
I want to sing the
first, second and third
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.17
stanzas of this
great composition.
00:52:05.20\00:52:07.74
It's all gonna be on the screen
00:52:07.77\00:52:08.88
so you don't have to look it up.
00:52:08.91\00:52:10.21
We'll put the hymn
number up there on the screen
00:52:10.24\00:52:11.97
for you right now, if
you want to use the hymnal.
00:52:12.00\00:52:13.81
But the three stanzas are
going to be on the screen.
00:52:13.84\00:52:16.52
Let's sing those.
00:52:16.55\00:52:18.35
Let's stand together as we sing.
00:52:18.38\00:52:21.80
And Just sing your heart out,
just let this be your testimony
00:52:26.17\00:52:29.85
that today in
the fountain you have
00:52:29.88\00:52:32.52
what Jesus has brought you.
00:52:32.55\00:52:33.85
Just let your heart
well up as you sing.
00:52:33.88\00:52:39.85
There is a
fountain filled with blood
00:52:44.85\00:52:51.34
Drawn from Immanuel's veins
00:52:51.37\00:52:57.33
And sinners
plunged beneath that flood
00:52:57.36\00:53:03.60
Lose all their guilty stains
00:53:03.63\00:53:09.94
Lose all their guilty stains
00:53:09.97\00:53:16.39
Lose all their guilty stains
00:53:16.42\00:53:22.28
And sinners
plunged beneath that flood
00:53:22.31\00:53:28.75
Lose all their guilty stains
00:53:28.78\00:53:36.73
The dying thief rejoiced to see
00:53:36.76\00:53:43.08
That fountain in his day
00:53:43.11\00:53:49.30
And there may I,
though vile as he
00:53:49.33\00:53:55.86
Washed all my sins away
00:53:55.89\00:54:02.66
Washed all my sins away
00:54:02.69\00:54:09.10
Washed all my sins away
00:54:09.13\00:54:15.75
And there may I,
though vile as he
00:54:15.78\00:54:22.65
Washed all my sins away
00:54:22.68\00:54:31.45
E'er since by
faith, I saw the stream
00:54:31.48\00:54:38.34
Thy flowing wounds supply
00:54:38.37\00:54:44.79
Redeeming love has been my theme
00:54:44.82\00:54:51.36
And shall be till I die
00:54:51.39\00:54:57.88
And shall be till I die
00:54:57.91\00:55:04.59
And shall be till I die
00:55:04.62\00:55:11.54
Redeeming love has been my theme
00:55:11.57\00:55:18.65
And shall be
00:55:18.68\00:55:21.49
till I die
00:55:21.52\00:55:25.87
Oh, God, if that dear friend
of Yours tortured in his soul
00:55:28.32\00:55:33.47
could find the
hope of the Gospel
00:55:33.50\00:55:35.65
and pour it out in the
words we have just sung,
00:55:35.68\00:55:39.50
then the good news
must be very good indeed.
00:55:39.53\00:55:43.27
And so we sing at
the top of our hearts,
00:55:43.30\00:55:45.70
we sing with all our voices.
00:55:45.73\00:55:51.58
Redeeming love shall be my theme
00:55:51.61\00:55:54.97
and shall be till I die.
00:55:55.00\00:55:58.65
Holy Father, for the fountain
00:55:58.68\00:55:59.82
opened up in
Christ, all of us thank You.
00:55:59.85\00:56:03.22
We don't know what to say.
00:56:03.25\00:56:04.60
Thank you is such
a pitiful expression
00:56:04.63\00:56:07.47
of the heartfelt
gratitude we have
00:56:07.50\00:56:09.64
that we're not stained forever,
sin is not staying forever.
00:56:09.67\00:56:14.53
You're going to
cleanse us and the universe
00:56:14.56\00:56:17.98
and then forever,
with Him who was our lamb.
00:56:18.01\00:56:21.90
O, God, today,
00:56:21.93\00:56:24.14
pour out that
fountain and in its stream,
00:56:24.17\00:56:29.68
let us rejoice through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
00:56:29.71\00:56:33.93
Amen.
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.99
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:37.02\00:56:39.00
I hope that the Spirit of Jesus
00:56:39.03\00:56:40.98
has blessed your
time with us right here
00:56:41.01\00:56:42.95
in the Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:42.98\00:56:44.16
on the campus of
Andrews University.
00:56:44.19\00:56:46.34
Do you know that
around the world,
00:56:46.37\00:56:47.44
people join us every
week for this hour of worship?
00:56:47.47\00:56:49.97
We're always
looking as a consequence
00:56:50.00\00:56:51.73
for new ways to bridge,
00:56:51.76\00:56:53.06
somehow to
connect with these people
00:56:53.09\00:56:55.11
who come here to
worship via the telecast.
00:56:55.14\00:56:57.97
One of the areas
00:56:58.00\00:56:59.04
that is quickly
growing for us is our website.
00:56:59.07\00:57:01.39
We had more than a
140,000 visitors last year.
00:57:01.42\00:57:05.34
It's an incredible opportunity
00:57:05.37\00:57:07.34
that God has given us
to expand His kingdom.
00:57:07.37\00:57:10.20
If you'd like to
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as we seek to spread
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00:57:12.08\00:57:15.03
I'd love to have you
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00:57:15.06\00:57:17.41
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00:57:20.01\00:57:23.06
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00:57:23.09\00:57:25.24
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00:57:27.15\00:57:28.51
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00:57:28.54\00:57:31.49
If you prefer, listen,
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00:57:31.52\00:57:33.73
Go to our website,
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00:57:33.76\00:57:38.13
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00:57:38.16\00:57:39.58
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00:57:41.57\00:57:43.98
We are living in urgent times.
00:57:44.01\00:57:47.32
Now more than ever,
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00:57:47.35\00:57:50.11
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00:57:50.14\00:57:52.27
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00:57:52.30\00:57:56.69
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00:57:56.72\00:57:59.06
That blesses me and
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00:57:59.09\00:58:02.35
I pray that the Spirit of Christ
00:58:02.38\00:58:03.91
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every step of the way.
00:58:03.94\00:58:06.34
And I hope you come back
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00:58:06.37\00:58:09.46
as we continue our
worship journey together.
00:58:09.49\00:58:12.70