Well, welcome to
our last session.
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This day, of
course, today is Friday.
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And the Sabbath just
began a few minutes ago.
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And we want to study the lesson
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that we find on page
339 of our study notes.
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So please go to page 339.
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And once you have that page,
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we'll have a word of prayer
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to ask the Lord to
bless this session,
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as we do morning,
afternoon and evening.
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And then we'll
get into our study.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven, thank
You for being with us this day.
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We realize, Lord,
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that there are many
people now who are suffering,
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not only in the United States,
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but in so many other countries.
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There are so many people
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that are concerned
about what's happening,
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there's almost panic.
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The stores are full,
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it's hard to buy
certain items of merchandise,
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but we know, Lord, that
You will provide for us.
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And so I ask that You
will be with all of those
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who are filled with anxiety,
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that You will
lead them to the truth
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which brings peace
and joy to the life
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in spite of all of the problems.
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Be with us as we
study this lesson,
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we pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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Okay, the title
of our presentation
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is examining the
subjects of the kingdom.
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Now, basically,
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the last two presentations
along with this one,
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which is the third,
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we are discussing the issue
of the measuring of the temple,
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the measuring of
the Most Holy Place.
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So, first of all,
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we studied about the
measuring of the Most Holy Place
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in Revelation 11:1.
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Then in our last study together,
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we studied this from
the perspective of marriage
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and the kingdom.
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And now we want to take a
look at a parable of Jesus
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that also explains the
measuring of the temple
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from a different perspective.
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And we're going to
take a look at a parable
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that we find in Matthew 22:1-14.
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Now usually,
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we study this topic of
the investigative judgment
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from the perspective
of Daniel and Revelation.
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But Jesus also in the
parables had a lot to say
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about the
investigative judgment.
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So instead of studying
this from the Book of Revelation
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or from Daniel,
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we are going to take
a look at this parable
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in Matthew 22:1-14,
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where we come to understand
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when, where,
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and how the investigative
judgment takes place.
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So, first of all,
what we want to do
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is read the parable.
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It begins in Matthew 22:1,
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"And Jesus
answered and spoke to them
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again by parables and said:
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'The kingdom of
heaven is like a certain king
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who arranged a
marriage for his son."
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This kind of awakens the idea
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of what we were
talking about before, right?
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"And sent out his servants
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to call those who were
invited to the wedding,
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and they were
not willing to come.
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Again, he sent out
other servants, saying,
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'Tell those who are invited,
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'See, I have prepared my dinner,
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my oxen and
fatted cattle are killed,
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and all things are ready.
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Come to the wedding.'
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But they made light of
it and went their ways,
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one to his own farm,
another to his business.
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And the rest
seized his servants,
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treated them
spitefully, and killed them.
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But when the
king heard about it,
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he was furious.
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And he sent out his armies,
destroyed those murderers,
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and burned up their city.
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Then he said to his
servants, 'The wedding is ready,
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but those who were
invited are not worthy.
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Therefore go into the highways,
and as many as you find,
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invite to the wedding.'
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" Has the wedding
taken place at this point
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in the parable yet?
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No.
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"So those servants
went out into the highways
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and gathered together
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all whom they found, both"
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what?
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Good and bad.
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And the wedding hall
was filled with guests.
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But when the king
came in to see the guests,
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he saw a man there
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who did not have
on a wedding garment.
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So he said to him,
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'Friend, how
did you come in here
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without a wedding garment?'
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And he was speechless.
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Then the king
said to his servants,
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'Bind him hand and
foot, take him away,
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and cast him
into outer darkness,
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there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.'
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For many are
called, but few are chosen.'
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" That is the parable.
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Now let's unpack the
parable verse by verse.
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Verse 1.
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"And Jesus answered
and spoke to them again
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by parables and said."
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Verse 2,
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"The kingdom of heaven
is like a certain King."
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Who does the King
represent in this parable?
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The King
represents God the Father,
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who arranged a
marriage for His son.
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Who is the Son?
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Jesus Christ.
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So here we have the father
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arranging a wedding for His Son.
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Who is His Son going to marry?
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Oh, His Son is going to
marry the corporate church.
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In other words, the
totality of the church.
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Verse 3,
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so if you're
going to have a wedding,
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is it necessary to
send out invitations?
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Of course, if you
don't, nobody will come.
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So it says in verse 3,
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"And sent out His servants,
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to call those who were
invited to the wedding,
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and they were
not willing to come."
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Now, who were these
servants that were sent out
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to give the first
invitation to the wedding,
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which has not taken
place at this point yet?
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The answer is threefold.
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The first one that was sent out
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to call the Jewish
nation to the wedding was
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John the Baptist.
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Notice John 1:6-7,
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and the key
expression is sent out.
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It says there,
"There was a man," what?
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"Sent from God,
whose name was John."
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So was john one of the
servants that was sent?
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Yes, why was he sent?
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To give witness to whom?
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To Jesus.
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So it says, "This
man came for a witness,
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to bear witness of the light
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that all through
him might believe."
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So the first
servant that was sent out
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to give the first
invitation to the wedding
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was John the Baptist.
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But then also we find
that the 12 were sent out
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to also prepare the
way for the wedding.
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It says in Matthew 10:5-7,
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these 12 sent out,
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there's the key expression
that we find in the parable,
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the 12,
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"These 12 Jesus sent out
and commanded them saying:
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'Do not go into the
way of the Gentiles.'
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" Now, I'm going to
stop here for a moment.
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That word way is
the identical word
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that appears
later on in the parable
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and it's translated highways.
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So keep that in
the back of your mind,
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the way,
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the same word appears
later as the highways.
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So "These 12 Jesus sent out
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and commanded them saying:
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'Do not go into the
way of a Gentiles.' "
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So what does the way represent?
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The way or the
highway means going to whom?
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To the Gentiles.
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"And do not enter a
city of the Samaritans."
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So don't go to
the Samaritans either,
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"But go rather to, " whom?
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"Go rather to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel."
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And as you go, preach, saying,
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'The kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
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'" So do the 12 also
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give an invitation
for the Jewish nation
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to come to the wedding?
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Absolutely.
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The third group is
the group of the 70
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that Jesus called
to witness for Him.
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In Luke 10:1,
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we find these words,
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"After these things,
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the Lord appointed
seventy others also,
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and sent them,
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" see there it is, again,
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"and sent them two
by two before his face
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into every city and place
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where He Himself
was about to go."
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So all three of
these are preparing the way
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for the coming of the Messiah.
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They are actually inviting
the Jewish nation to what?
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To the wedding.
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How did they respond
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to this
invitation to the wedding?
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Well, you know,
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we're told that they
treated the messengers
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by ignoring the message.
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They refused the invitation.
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So then we go to verse 4.
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Now there's going to be
a second group of servants
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that are going to be sent out.
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Verse 4 says,
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"Again, he sent out
other servants saying,
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" and here's a key
chronological point,
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"Tell those who are invited.
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See, I have prepared my dinner,
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my oxen and fatted
cattle are killed."
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That's a crucial detail.
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"My oxen and
fatted cattle are killed
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and all things are ready.
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Come to the wedding."
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Has the wedding taken place yet?
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No.
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It hasn't taken place yet.
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So here's a second invitation.
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Now there's an
interesting detail here.
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And that is that at this point,
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the oxen and fatted
cattle have been killed.
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Now what did the
sacrifice of animals
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represent in the Jewish system?
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It represented
the death of Christ.
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So at this
point, Christ has what?
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Christ has died,
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typified by the
fatted cattle and the oxen.
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Now, I want you
to notice Isaiah 53:7
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that corroborates this point.
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Speaking about
the Messiah, Jesus,
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"He was oppressed
and He was afflicted,
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yet He opened not His mouth,
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He was led as a
lamb to the slaughter.
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And as a sheep before
its shearers is silent,
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so He opened not His mouth."
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So at this point,
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we've had a call
by John the Baptist,
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a call by the 12,
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a call by the
70, Jesus has died.
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And now another
call is sent out.
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Let's go to verses 5 and 6.
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How did they respond
to this second invitation
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after the death of Christ?"
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But they made," what?
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"Light of it
and went their ways,
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one to his own farm,
another to his business,
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and the rest
seized his servants,
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treated them
spitefully and," what?
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"And killed them."
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Now, let me ask you this.
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Did Jesus send
additional messengers
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to the Jews after His death?
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Yes.
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When was
probation going to close
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for the Jewish nation?
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In the year 34.
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What year did Jesus die?
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In the year 31.
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So was there still a
period of three and a half years
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where the message could go out
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to invite the Jewish
nation to the wedding?
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Absolutely.
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So notice here,
Matthew 23:34-35.
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Jesus is saying this at
the very end of His life
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before His death on the cross.
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In fact, it's
during the last week.
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This is in the
chapter on the woes
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on the scribes and Pharisees.
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And notice what Jesus said,
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"Therefore, indeed, "
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look the word
will is in brackets
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because really
it's future tense.
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"Indeed I will send you," what?
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"Prophets," who else?
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"Wise men," who else?
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"Scribes: some of them
you will kill and crucify."
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So is this future
from the death of Christ?
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Yes.
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"And some of
them you will," what?
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"You will scourge
in your synagogues
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and persecute
from city to city."
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Now, who were these prophets
and wise men and scribes,
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and those who
persecuted from city to city?
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Well, Peter
prophesied to the Jews
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on the day of
Pentecost, didn't he?
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Stephen saw a
vision of Jesus in heaven
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as He preached his
sermon before the Sanhedrin.
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In Acts 7,
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the seven deacons are
described as men full of wisdom.
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The Apostle Paul was a
theologian or a scribe.
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Herod had James
killed with a sword
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and Peter was crucified
upside down on a cross.
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The Jewish leadership
scourged Peter and John
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in the synagogue,
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and Saul of Tarsus
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persecuted the
church from city to city.
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So was there an
additional message
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that was given
after the death of Jesus?
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Yes.
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Was the invitation
to the wedding accepted?
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Absolutely not.
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So now we come to verse 7.
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You can read here these,
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what I just read is corroborated
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by these verses,
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Acts 6:2-3
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refers to the seven
deacons as wise men.
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Acts 7:57-58 tells us that
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Stephen was a prophet
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because he had
a vision of Jesus.
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Acts 5:40-41 says that
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Peter and John were
scourged in the synagogue.
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Acts 12:1-4 tells us that
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James was killed with the sword.
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John 21:18-19 refers
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or are actually hints
at the death of Peter.
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And Acts 26:11 says that
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Saul of Tarsus
persecuted God's people
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in foreign cities.
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So now we come to verse 7.
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What happens
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when these two
invitations are slighted?
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Verse 7 says,
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"But when the king,"
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that is God the
Father, "heard about this,
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He was furious."
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Now when it says He was furious,
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you need to understand
that this is not unholy wrath.
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This is what you call
righteous indignation.
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"So He was furious and
He sent out his," what?
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"His armies,"
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what are those
armies that He sent out?
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Titus and the Roman armies.
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And what did they do?
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"They destroyed those murderers,
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and burned up their city."
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What year did this happen?
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It happened in the year 70 AD.
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This is referring
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to the destruction of Jerusalem.
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So what have we seen so far?
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We've found
that John the Baptist
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was sent out to call
the Jews to the wedding.
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The 12 were sent
out, the 70 were sent out,
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the invitation was slighted.
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So after the death of Jesus,
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further messengers are sent out.
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They're treated spitefully,
just like the first group.
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So now in the year
70, Jerusalem is burned,
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Jerusalem is destroyed.
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Now in Luke 19:41-44,
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we're told that the
Romans destroyed Jerusalem
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because they rejected the
invitation to the wedding.
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Let's read that passage.
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It says there,
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"Now as He drew near,
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He saw the city
and wept over it,
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saying,
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'If you had known, even you,
especially in this your day,
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the things that
make for your peace!
00:16:54.61\00:16:57.08
But now they are
hidden from your eyes.
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For days will come upon you
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when your enemies will
build an embankment around you,
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surround you and
close you in on every side,
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and level you, and
your children within you,
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to the ground,
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and they will not leave in
you one stone upon another,"
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what was the reason?
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"Because you did not know
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the time of your visitation."
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What was that time
of their visitation?
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The arrival of Christ.
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So this is describing the fact
that Jerusalem was destroyed,
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because they rejected the
invitation to the wedding.
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So then we find verse 8.
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So God has to go now to
a plan B, if you please.
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Then he said to his servants,"
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this is the king
speaking to his servants,
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"The wedding is ready,
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" has the
wedding taken place yet?
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No, it hasn't taken place yet.
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"The wedding is ready,
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but those who were
invited were not worthy."
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Now that's an
important word, were not worthy.
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Let's read the note.
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God gave two
invitations to the Jewish nation
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to be guests at the
future wedding of Jesus.
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God gave one invitation
before Jesus died on the cross,
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and the other after.
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The Jews
slighted both invitations.
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The word worthy
is very important
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at this point.
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Matthew 10:5-6
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which we're
gonna read in a moment
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and 11 to 15 tells us that
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the lost sheep of
the house of Israel
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were the ones who were unworthy.
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So now we know who the ones are,
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who were unworthy,
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because the word
is used with reference
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to the Jewish nation.
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Let's read Matthew 10:5-6,
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"These twelve Jesus sent
out and commanded them saying:
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'Do not go into the
way of the Gentiles,
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and do not enter a
city of the Samaritans.'
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" So He tells His 12 disciples,
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you know, don't
go to the Gentiles,
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don't go to the Samaritans.
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"But go rather," where?
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"To the lost sheep
of the house of Israel."
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So the
invitations go first to whom?
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The lost sheep of
the house of Israel.
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And now notice verse 11.
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"Now whatever
city or town you enter,
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inquire who in it is worthy."
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Is that word in the parable?
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Yes.
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And it applies to whom?
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To the lost sheep
of the house of Israel.
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So it says, and
when you go verse 12,
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"And when you go into
a household, greet it.
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If the household is," what?
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"Worthy, let your
peace come upon it.
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But if it is not worthy,
let your peace return to you.
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And whoever
will not receive you,
00:20:04.70\00:20:06.84
nor hear your words,
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when you depart
for that house or city,
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.17
shake off the
dust from your feet.
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Assuredly I say to you,
00:20:13.64\00:20:15.38
it will be more tolerable
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for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrah
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in the day of judgment
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than for that city!"
00:20:20.75\00:20:22.35
And why would that be?
00:20:22.38\00:20:23.92
Well, because Sodom and Gomorrah
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didn't have the
witness of Jesus,
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what greater
light could God give?
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You know, Lot was
a witness in Sodom,
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you know, he become a
little bit defiled with Sodom
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because he
offered his daughters.
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That's kind of
difficult to understand,
00:20:37.03\00:20:39.23
offered his daughters
00:20:39.27\00:20:40.60
for the men
outside to rape them.
00:20:40.64\00:20:43.54
But anyway, the reason why this,
00:20:43.57\00:20:46.61
the case of the
Jews would be worse
00:20:46.64\00:20:48.28
is because the Jews
had far greater light,
00:20:48.31\00:20:50.51
they had Jesus in their midst.
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.78
So who are the ones
that were not worthy?
00:20:52.81\00:20:57.59
The Jewish nation,
00:20:57.62\00:20:58.95
they were the ones
00:20:58.99\00:21:00.32
that received the
first two invitations.
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So now there's a problem,
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.89
because there's
going to be a wedding.
00:21:05.93\00:21:08.10
But the problem is there,
00:21:08.13\00:21:10.17
nobody has accepted the
invitation to the wedding.
00:21:10.20\00:21:13.20
So now God is
going to go to a plan B,
00:21:13.23\00:21:16.14
He's going to say, we got
to do something about this.
00:21:16.17\00:21:18.51
So we go to verse 9,
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"Therefore go into the," what?
00:21:20.38\00:21:24.08
"Highways,"
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that is the identical word
00:21:26.55\00:21:28.48
that is translated
way of the Gentiles.
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So where are the
servants commanded to go?
00:21:32.42\00:21:37.26
They are commanded to go
to the Gentiles, the highways,
00:21:37.29\00:21:42.16
the way, Jesus said,
00:21:42.20\00:21:43.53
"Don't go the
way of the Gentiles."
00:21:43.57\00:21:45.47
And then He says,
00:21:45.50\00:21:46.84
"Therefore go
into the highways."
00:21:46.87\00:21:48.40
Now go to the Gentiles,
00:21:48.44\00:21:49.84
so now the gospel
is going to go to whom?
00:21:49.87\00:21:52.77
The gospel is going
to go to the Gentiles.
00:21:52.81\00:21:55.84
And it says, "And
as many as you find,
00:21:55.88\00:21:58.75
invite to the wedding."
00:21:58.78\00:22:00.92
So now you have
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.28
the entire
Christian dispensation.
00:22:02.32\00:22:04.42
You have the entire period
00:22:04.45\00:22:06.19
of the preaching of the
gospel in the whole world.
00:22:06.22\00:22:11.46
The word highways is
significant at this point.
00:22:11.49\00:22:15.76
If we remember,
in Matthew 10:5-6,
00:22:15.80\00:22:18.03
Jesus instructed His disciples,
00:22:18.07\00:22:20.74
not to go the
way of the Samaritans
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.80
or of the Gentiles.
00:22:22.84\00:22:24.67
The gospel was to
go first to where?
00:22:24.71\00:22:27.84
Remember Acts Chapter
1 to Jerusalem and Judea,
00:22:27.88\00:22:31.75
and only later in
Acts Chapter 8 to Samaria,
00:22:31.78\00:22:36.38
and finally,
00:22:36.42\00:22:37.75
to the uttermost
parts of the earth.
00:22:37.79\00:22:40.12
The word way or highway
00:22:40.16\00:22:41.86
thus refers to taking the gospel
00:22:41.89\00:22:44.13
beyond
Jerusalem, to the Gentiles.
00:22:44.16\00:22:48.76
Now notice Matthew 8:11-12,
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.23
and then we're going
to go to a broader passage
00:22:51.27\00:22:55.07
that says
basically the same thing
00:22:55.10\00:22:57.01
in the Gospel of Luke.
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.84
Matthew 8:11-12,
00:22:58.87\00:23:01.51
"And I say to you,"
who is Jesus speaking to?
00:23:01.54\00:23:06.15
Speaking to Jews, right?
00:23:06.18\00:23:08.05
"And I say to you,
00:23:08.08\00:23:09.65
that many will come
from east and west."
00:23:09.68\00:23:13.89
Who are those that are going
to come from east and west?
00:23:13.92\00:23:16.79
The Gentiles.
00:23:16.83\00:23:18.46
"And sit down with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
00:23:18.49\00:23:21.86
in the kingdom of heaven."
00:23:21.90\00:23:23.77
But now notice,
00:23:23.80\00:23:25.13
"But the sons of the kingdom..."
00:23:25.17\00:23:27.04
Who are the sons of the kingdom?
00:23:27.07\00:23:29.10
The Jews.
00:23:29.14\00:23:30.77
So who is going
to sit with Abraham,
00:23:30.81\00:23:32.31
Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom?
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.44
The Gentiles, so,
00:23:34.48\00:23:35.81
"But the sons of the kingdom
will be cast out into," what?
00:23:35.84\00:23:40.98
"Outer darkness.
00:23:41.02\00:23:42.98
There will be," what?
00:23:43.02\00:23:44.59
"Weeping and gnashing of teeth."
00:23:44.62\00:23:46.86
Is that in the parable?
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.72
It most certainly is.
00:23:48.76\00:23:50.73
Now, Luke
13:22-30 amplifies this.
00:23:50.76\00:23:55.33
It expands upon
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.70
what we find in Matthew 8:11-12.
00:23:56.73\00:24:00.60
Those who rejected the message,
00:24:00.64\00:24:02.74
actually in this passage admit
00:24:02.77\00:24:05.74
that they ate and drank
in the presence of Jesus.
00:24:05.77\00:24:09.08
And that He
taught in their streets.
00:24:09.11\00:24:12.11
So to whom did Jesus
talk in their streets
00:24:12.15\00:24:15.68
and with whom did He
eat when He was here?
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.95
With the Jewish nation.
00:24:18.99\00:24:20.79
According to Jesus,
00:24:20.82\00:24:22.16
the message went
first to the Jews,
00:24:22.19\00:24:24.33
yet they would not that
they, yet they would be last.
00:24:24.36\00:24:27.76
On the other hand,
00:24:27.80\00:24:29.13
the Gentiles who
received the last call
00:24:29.16\00:24:31.17
would be what? First.
00:24:31.20\00:24:33.23
So let's read this passage
00:24:33.27\00:24:34.70
that we find in Luke 13:22-30.
00:24:34.74\00:24:40.74
"And He went through
the cities and villages,
00:24:40.78\00:24:43.35
" what cities and villages?
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.71
Jewish cities and villages.
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.68
"And journeying
toward Jerusalem.
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.29
Then one said to Him,
00:24:51.32\00:24:53.25
'Lord, are there
few who are saved?"
00:24:53.29\00:24:57.36
And He said to them,
00:24:57.39\00:24:58.89
'Strive to enter
through the narrow gate,
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.40
for many, I say to you,
00:25:01.43\00:25:03.16
will seek to enter
and will not be able.
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.47
When once the
Master of the house
00:25:06.50\00:25:07.97
has risen up and shut the door,
00:25:08.00\00:25:10.97
and you begin to stand outside
and knock at the door, saying,
00:25:11.01\00:25:14.34
'Lord, open to us,'
00:25:14.38\00:25:16.24
and He will
answer and say to you,
00:25:16.28\00:25:18.35
'I do not know you,
where you are from.'
00:25:18.38\00:25:23.18
" Remember the
parable of the 10 virgins,
00:25:23.22\00:25:25.75
the door shut,
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.79
and the foolish
virgins did what?
00:25:27.82\00:25:30.89
They came and knock
on the door, let us in.
00:25:30.93\00:25:33.46
And Jesus said,
"I don't know you."
00:25:33.50\00:25:36.40
Is that talking about
the close of probation
00:25:36.43\00:25:38.50
for the Jewish nation?
00:25:38.53\00:25:39.87
Absolutely.
00:25:39.90\00:25:41.24
It continues, "Then
you will begin to say,
00:25:41.27\00:25:45.21
'We ate and drank
in Your presence."
00:25:45.24\00:25:49.78
What?
00:25:49.81\00:25:52.21
Who ate and drank in
the presence of Jesus?
00:25:52.25\00:25:55.52
The Jews.
00:25:55.55\00:25:56.95
"And You taught in our streets.
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.92
But he will say, 'I
tell you I do not know you,
00:25:59.95\00:26:02.99
where you are from.
00:26:03.02\00:26:04.59
Depart from Me, all
you workers of iniquity.'
00:26:04.63\00:26:08.10
There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth,
00:26:08.13\00:26:11.63
when you see
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
00:26:11.67\00:26:14.47
and all the
prophets in the kingdom,
00:26:14.50\00:26:16.77
and you yourselves thrust out.
00:26:16.81\00:26:20.38
They will come from
the east and the west,
00:26:20.41\00:26:23.35
from the north and the south,
00:26:23.38\00:26:25.41
and sit down in
the kingdom of God.
00:26:25.45\00:26:28.58
And indeed, there
are last," who are those?
00:26:28.62\00:26:32.79
The Gentiles, who will be first,
00:26:32.82\00:26:36.36
"And there are
first who will be," what?
00:26:36.39\00:26:39.69
"Who will be last."
00:26:39.73\00:26:42.03
Are you catching the picture?
00:26:42.06\00:26:43.93
Has the wedding taken place,
00:26:43.97\00:26:45.73
all during the period of
preaching to the Gentiles,
00:26:45.77\00:26:48.94
to the outermost
parts of the earth
00:26:48.97\00:26:50.77
throughout the
Christian dispensation?
00:26:50.81\00:26:52.57
The wedding has
not taken place yet.
00:26:52.61\00:26:56.01
Notice Matthew 21:43-44.
00:26:56.04\00:27:00.22
Jesus said to them,
"Therefore I say to you,
00:27:00.25\00:27:03.95
the kingdom of
God will be," what?
00:27:03.99\00:27:06.76
He's speaking to
the Jewish leaders,
00:27:06.79\00:27:08.12
"will be taken from
you and given to a nation,
00:27:08.16\00:27:12.26
"that's the same word
that is translated Gentiles,
00:27:12.29\00:27:15.70
"will be given to a nation
bearing the fruits thereof."
00:27:15.73\00:27:21.87
And then we have
Paul and Barnabas.
00:27:21.90\00:27:24.31
This is in the Book of Acts,
00:27:24.34\00:27:25.67
they're preaching the
gospel to a group of Jews.
00:27:25.71\00:27:29.38
And they're
rejecting the message
00:27:29.41\00:27:30.95
that Paul and
Barnabas are preaching.
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.95
So notice how
the story develops.
00:27:32.98\00:27:35.38
This is in Acts 13:46-47.
00:27:35.42\00:27:41.06
It says,
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.42
"Then Paul and
Barnabas grew bold and said,
00:27:42.46\00:27:45.66
'It was necessary
00:27:45.69\00:27:47.13
that the word of God
00:27:47.16\00:27:48.50
should be spoken to you," what?
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.70
See, did you notice first,
00:27:50.73\00:27:52.30
key word, "but since you," what?
00:27:52.33\00:27:55.90
"Reject it,
00:27:55.94\00:27:57.44
and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life,
00:27:57.47\00:28:00.78
we turn to," whom?
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.08
"We turn to the Gentiles.
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.38
For so the Lord
has commanded us:
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.98
'I have set you as a
light to the Gentiles,
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.99
that you should be
for salvation to, "
00:28:11.02\00:28:13.56
where?
00:28:13.59\00:28:14.92
"To the ends of the earth.'
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.32
" Where do we
find that expression
00:28:16.36\00:28:18.13
ends of the earth
in some other place
00:28:18.16\00:28:20.46
in the Book of Acts?
00:28:20.50\00:28:23.47
You shall be witnesses to
me in Jerusalem and Judea,
00:28:23.50\00:28:28.90
that's the Jews by
the way, then what?
00:28:28.94\00:28:32.21
Samaria and then the
uttermost parts of the earth.
00:28:32.24\00:28:36.85
Are you with me or not?
00:28:36.88\00:28:38.21
So when the gospel
00:28:38.25\00:28:39.58
goes to the
outermost parts of the earth,
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.08
has the wedding taken place?
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.92
No,
00:28:42.95\00:28:44.32
the guests are being
invited to the wedding
00:28:44.35\00:28:46.99
and invitations
are being accepted.
00:28:47.02\00:28:49.12
And among those who
accept there are good and bad.
00:28:49.16\00:28:55.46
Does this have anything to do
00:28:55.50\00:28:56.83
with what we've been studying
about measuring the temple?
00:28:56.87\00:29:00.04
It's a separation
between the good and bad fish.
00:29:00.07\00:29:04.74
Now notice, in verse 10,
00:29:04.77\00:29:09.21
"So those servants
went out into the," what?
00:29:09.24\00:29:12.31
"Highways."
00:29:12.35\00:29:13.68
What does that
mean? They went to whom?
00:29:13.72\00:29:15.65
To the Gentiles,
and what did they do?
00:29:15.68\00:29:18.75
"They gathered
together all whom they found."
00:29:18.79\00:29:22.29
Are they throwing the net now?
00:29:22.32\00:29:24.03
Absolutely.
00:29:24.06\00:29:25.39
Is the net
gathering all kinds of fish?
00:29:25.43\00:29:27.20
Absolutely.
00:29:27.23\00:29:29.00
"Both bad and good.
00:29:29.03\00:29:31.27
And the wedding hall was,"
00:29:31.30\00:29:32.97
what?
00:29:33.00\00:29:34.34
"The wedding hall
was filled with guests."
00:29:34.37\00:29:39.97
Now the question is,
00:29:40.01\00:29:41.34
has the wedding taken place yet?
00:29:41.38\00:29:43.11
No, not yet.
00:29:43.14\00:29:46.85
What is the wedding?
00:29:46.88\00:29:49.28
When does a wedding take place?
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.62
After all of those who
profess the name of Jesus
00:29:51.65\00:29:53.86
have been gathered.
00:29:53.89\00:29:56.83
Are you following me?
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.39
Now,
00:29:58.43\00:30:00.33
I'm not going to read
00:30:00.36\00:30:02.33
what we find on the
bottom of this page,
00:30:02.36\00:30:05.03
and in the
middle of the next page,
00:30:05.07\00:30:06.40
because I told you that
story in our last session,
00:30:06.43\00:30:09.74
but I do want to
read Matthew 13:47-50,
00:30:09.77\00:30:13.58
where, which is the passage
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.34
that I based
the illustration on.
00:30:15.38\00:30:17.01
Remember that I talked
about when I was a child,
00:30:17.05\00:30:19.88
my parents took me
to this pristine island,
00:30:19.91\00:30:23.49
where we watched
the fishermen come in,
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.65
or the anglers come in.
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.92
Notice what the
biblical foundation of that is.
00:30:27.96\00:30:31.13
Matthew 13:47-50.
00:30:31.16\00:30:33.56
"Again,
00:30:33.60\00:30:34.93
the kingdom of
heaven is like a dragnet
00:30:34.96\00:30:38.33
that was cast into the sea
and gathered some of," what?
00:30:38.37\00:30:43.97
"Every kind," would
you say good and bad?
00:30:44.01\00:30:48.61
Yes,
00:30:48.64\00:30:49.98
"which when it was full,"
00:30:50.01\00:30:52.65
so the fishing is over, right?
00:30:52.68\00:30:55.42
When the boat is
full, the fishing is over.
00:30:55.45\00:30:57.75
What would that be?
00:30:57.79\00:31:00.16
The close of probation,
"which, when it was full,
00:31:00.19\00:31:03.39
they drew to shore,
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.76
and they sat down
00:31:04.79\00:31:06.13
and gathered the
good into vessels,
00:31:06.16\00:31:09.13
but the bad they threw away.
00:31:09.16\00:31:11.97
So it will be," when?
00:31:12.00\00:31:14.74
"At the end of the age.
00:31:14.77\00:31:17.21
The angels will come forth,
00:31:17.24\00:31:19.57
separate the wicked
from among the just,"
00:31:19.61\00:31:22.24
which wicked
from among the just?
00:31:22.28\00:31:23.95
All of the wicked people
00:31:26.98\00:31:28.75
that are gonna be
examined during the millennium?
00:31:28.78\00:31:30.79
No.
00:31:30.82\00:31:32.15
Who are the wicked?
00:31:32.19\00:31:33.69
The ones that
were put in the boat.
00:31:33.72\00:31:36.66
Are you with me?
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.36
People who profess Jesus
because the net was thrown,
00:31:38.39\00:31:41.86
and they were fished, and
they were put in the boat,
00:31:41.90\00:31:43.60
and the boat represents what?
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.50
The church.
00:31:45.53\00:31:46.87
So the bad here,
00:31:46.90\00:31:48.30
the wicked are not really
00:31:48.34\00:31:51.84
the wicked as we know
them adulterers, and murderers,
00:31:51.87\00:31:54.74
and liars, and so on
that are outside the holy city
00:31:54.78\00:31:57.88
after the millennium.
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.25
These are people
who profess Jesus,
00:31:59.28\00:32:01.32
but they're really wicked.
00:32:01.35\00:32:03.28
And so it says, "Then
angels will come forth,
00:32:03.32\00:32:06.02
separate the
wicked from among the just
00:32:06.05\00:32:08.96
and cast them into
the furnace of fire.
00:32:08.99\00:32:12.23
There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth."
00:32:12.26\00:32:15.13
Do you notice
the same expression
00:32:15.16\00:32:16.53
in all of these stories,
00:32:16.56\00:32:17.90
the weeping and
gnashing of teeth?
00:32:17.93\00:32:19.47
That expression always applies
00:32:19.50\00:32:22.27
to those
individuals who profess Jesus
00:32:22.30\00:32:25.07
and yet they were
counterfeit believers.
00:32:25.11\00:32:27.24
You can look up that
expression every single time.
00:32:27.28\00:32:30.58
Now let's go to verse 11.
00:32:30.61\00:32:32.65
So is the wedding
hall full at this point?
00:32:32.68\00:32:36.48
Absolutely. It's
bursting at the seams.
00:32:36.52\00:32:40.49
The fish have been
gathered, the boat is full.
00:32:40.52\00:32:43.49
Now they're going to
bring the boat to the what?
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.86
They're going to
bring the boat to the shore
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.23
and there's going to
be a work of separation.
00:32:48.26\00:32:51.60
Notice verse 11.
00:32:51.63\00:32:53.97
"But when the
king came in to see..."
00:32:54.00\00:32:58.47
What does the king do now?
00:32:58.51\00:32:59.84
He comes into the wedding hall
and what does he come in for?
00:32:59.87\00:33:04.01
He comes in to see
00:33:04.05\00:33:07.35
and I want to tell you
something about that word.
00:33:07.38\00:33:09.52
You know there's a
common word in Greek for seeing,
00:33:09.55\00:33:11.95
it's the word blepo.
00:33:11.99\00:33:14.02
Very common.
00:33:14.06\00:33:15.39
It's the word that
mostly is translated to see.
00:33:15.42\00:33:18.09
This is not the word
blepo, this is an unusual word.
00:33:18.13\00:33:21.46
This is the word theaomai.
00:33:21.50\00:33:23.90
In a moment, I'll
tell you what that means.
00:33:23.93\00:33:26.00
But when the king came
in to see," to see whom?
00:33:26.03\00:33:30.91
The guests.
00:33:30.94\00:33:33.27
"He saw a man there
00:33:33.31\00:33:37.71
who did not have on a," what?
00:33:37.75\00:33:40.82
"A wedding garment."
00:33:40.85\00:33:42.18
So is the king now
going to examine the guests
00:33:42.22\00:33:45.39
to see if they have the garment
00:33:45.42\00:33:47.19
and they have a
right to be there?
00:33:47.22\00:33:50.46
Are you seeing there?
00:33:50.49\00:33:52.79
The parables of Jesus
00:33:52.83\00:33:54.20
fit just right
along with the prophecies
00:33:54.23\00:33:57.63
of Daniel and Revelation.
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.04
So next page, the
translation see is weak.
00:34:00.07\00:34:05.97
The Exegetical Dictionary
of the New Testament explains
00:34:06.01\00:34:10.18
that in the New Testament,
00:34:10.21\00:34:11.55
this word see means
something far deeper.
00:34:11.58\00:34:15.15
Here's the definition.
00:34:15.18\00:34:17.19
"Regularly connotes
intensive, thorough, lingering,
00:34:17.22\00:34:23.46
astonished, reflective,
00:34:23.49\00:34:26.90
comprehending observation."
00:34:26.93\00:34:30.87
So what is this,
just coming to see?
00:34:30.90\00:34:32.77
No. What is he doing?
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.27
He is examining the guests.
00:34:34.30\00:34:38.37
Could we use the word,
investigating the guests?
00:34:38.41\00:34:41.98
Absolutely.
00:34:42.01\00:34:43.35
Yes.
00:34:43.38\00:34:44.71
Now Ellen White
describes the sanctuary context
00:34:44.75\00:34:47.78
of the heavenly examination.
00:34:47.82\00:34:50.09
This is in for Spirit
of Prophecy, page 266,
00:34:50.12\00:34:56.22
"As the sins of the people
00:34:56.26\00:34:57.59
were anciently
transferred in figure,"
00:34:57.63\00:35:01.46
that is a type,
00:35:01.50\00:35:03.06
"to the earthly sanctuary
00:35:03.10\00:35:04.43
by the blood of
the sin offering.
00:35:04.47\00:35:06.53
So our sins are in fact
00:35:06.57\00:35:09.54
transferred to
the heavenly sanctuary
00:35:09.57\00:35:11.44
by the blood of Christ.
00:35:11.47\00:35:13.04
Furthermore,
00:35:13.07\00:35:14.41
as the typical
cleansing of the earthly
00:35:14.44\00:35:16.61
was accomplished by
the removal of the sins
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.25
by which it had been polluted,
00:35:19.28\00:35:21.58
so the actual
cleansing of the heavenly
00:35:21.62\00:35:24.75
is to be accomplished
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.19
by the removal or
blotting out of the sins
00:35:26.22\00:35:29.62
that are there recorded.
00:35:29.66\00:35:31.96
This necessitates
00:35:31.99\00:35:33.60
an examination of
the books of record
00:35:33.63\00:35:37.27
to determine who,
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.20
through repentance of
sin and faith in Christ
00:35:39.23\00:35:43.04
are entitled to the
benefits of His Atonement.
00:35:43.07\00:35:47.94
The cleansing of the sanctuary,
00:35:47.98\00:35:49.58
therefore
involves a work of, " what?
00:35:49.61\00:35:52.18
"Of investigative judgment.
00:35:52.21\00:35:54.48
This work,"
00:35:54.52\00:35:55.85
listen carefully now,
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.22
"this work must be performed
00:35:57.25\00:35:59.09
prior to the coming of
Christ to redeem His people,
00:35:59.12\00:36:02.32
for when He comes,
00:36:02.36\00:36:03.69
His reward is with
Him to give to every man
00:36:03.73\00:36:06.86
according to His works."
00:36:06.90\00:36:08.63
So are you
understanding the point
00:36:10.97\00:36:12.30
that Ellen White is making here?
00:36:12.33\00:36:14.07
When Jesus comes,
what is He going to bring?
00:36:14.10\00:36:16.54
His reward.
00:36:16.57\00:36:17.91
Must He have determined
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.27
what the reward
is before He comes?
00:36:19.31\00:36:20.98
And where is that
reward determined?
00:36:21.01\00:36:23.45
It's determined by an
examination of the names
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.98
that are found in the book,
00:36:27.02\00:36:30.09
the examination of the lives.
00:36:30.12\00:36:32.49
Now all believers are examined.
00:36:32.52\00:36:35.36
Notice this statement,
00:36:35.39\00:36:37.16
Christ Object Lessons, page 310.
00:36:37.19\00:36:40.33
"The guests at the gospel feast
00:36:40.36\00:36:43.33
are those who
profess to serve God,
00:36:43.37\00:36:46.57
those whose names are
written in the Book of Life."
00:36:46.60\00:36:49.84
Wow.
00:36:49.87\00:36:51.21
So what?
00:36:51.24\00:36:52.57
The guests of the gospel
feast are those who what?
00:36:52.61\00:36:55.04
Professed to serve God.
00:36:55.08\00:36:57.15
"Those whose names are
written in the Book of Life.
00:36:57.18\00:37:00.12
But not all who
profess to be Christians
00:37:00.15\00:37:03.95
are true disciples.
00:37:03.99\00:37:06.05
Before the
final reward is given,
00:37:06.09\00:37:08.59
it must be
decided who are fitted
00:37:08.62\00:37:11.36
to share the
inheritance of the righteous.
00:37:11.39\00:37:14.26
This decision must be made prior
00:37:14.30\00:37:16.13
to the Second Coming
00:37:16.16\00:37:17.57
of Christ in the
clouds of heaven,
00:37:17.60\00:37:19.33
for when He comes,
00:37:19.37\00:37:20.70
His reward is with Him
00:37:20.74\00:37:22.50
to give every man
according as his work shall be."
00:37:22.54\00:37:29.01
How many must appear
00:37:29.04\00:37:30.38
before the
judgment seat of Christ?
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.91
2 Corinthians 5:10 says,
00:37:32.95\00:37:34.78
"We must all appear
00:37:34.82\00:37:36.65
before the
judgment seat of Christ,
00:37:36.69\00:37:38.12
to give account
00:37:38.15\00:37:39.49
for what we have
done in the body."
00:37:39.52\00:37:40.86
That means what we
have done in this life.
00:37:40.89\00:37:44.56
"Will we also be judged
on the basis of our words?"
00:37:44.59\00:37:51.13
Jesus said, "By your words,
00:37:51.17\00:37:52.80
you will be
justified and by your words,
00:37:52.83\00:37:55.00
you will be what?
00:37:55.04\00:37:56.37
You will be condemned."
00:37:56.40\00:37:59.07
So are words
going to be examined
00:37:59.11\00:38:01.81
in the judgment?
00:38:01.84\00:38:03.18
They most certainly are.
00:38:03.21\00:38:05.11
How about the
secret things inside us
00:38:05.15\00:38:09.08
that don't manifest
themselves externally?
00:38:09.12\00:38:11.62
Ecclesiastes 12:14 says,
00:38:11.65\00:38:13.76
"God will bring
every work into judgment,
00:38:13.79\00:38:17.16
along with every secret thing."
00:38:17.19\00:38:22.13
So when Jesus comes,
what is He going to bring?
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.00
He's going to bring His
reward to give to everyone,
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.17
according to his what?
00:38:28.20\00:38:29.97
According to his work.
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.91
Matthew 7:21-23.
00:38:32.94\00:38:34.84
I didn't put all of
these passages in here.
00:38:34.88\00:38:37.38
But here is where people claim
the name of Jesus, they said,
00:38:37.41\00:38:40.65
"Didn't we
prophesy in Your name?
00:38:40.68\00:38:43.49
Didn't we performed
miracles in Your name?
00:38:43.52\00:38:46.62
Didn't we cast out
demons in Your name?"
00:38:46.65\00:38:49.19
And what is Jesus
going to say to them?
00:38:49.22\00:38:51.19
By the way, if they're
doing it in the name of Jesus,
00:38:51.23\00:38:53.70
do they claim to be believers?
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.40
Well, of course.
00:38:55.43\00:38:57.47
So what does Jesus say to them?
00:38:57.50\00:38:59.60
He says, "Yeah, come right in."
00:38:59.63\00:39:01.80
No.
00:39:01.84\00:39:03.20
He says what?
00:39:03.24\00:39:04.97
"I don't know you.
00:39:05.01\00:39:06.37
Depart from Me, you
workers of iniquity."
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.58
Did they claim to be believers?
00:39:09.61\00:39:11.75
Absolutely.
00:39:11.78\00:39:13.95
We read about Matthew
13:47-50, the good and bad fish.
00:39:13.98\00:39:18.85
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
00:39:18.89\00:39:22.06
tells us that in the church,
00:39:22.09\00:39:23.73
there are
ministers of unrighteousness,
00:39:23.76\00:39:26.43
who are garbed as
ministers of righteousness.
00:39:26.46\00:39:30.00
Matthew 13:30 says
00:39:30.03\00:39:31.93
that there's going to be
wheat and tares in the church.
00:39:31.97\00:39:35.37
Matthew 25:1-10 tells us
00:39:35.40\00:39:38.11
that there will be
wise virgins and what?
00:39:38.14\00:39:41.61
Wise virgins
and foolish virgins.
00:39:41.64\00:39:45.78
So what is the
purpose of this judgment?
00:39:45.81\00:39:48.35
The purpose of the judgment
is to reveal to the universe
00:39:48.38\00:39:52.42
if repentance, confession,
00:39:52.45\00:39:55.19
faith and baptism
were genuine or not.
00:39:55.22\00:40:01.36
The proof of true
conversion is what?
00:40:01.40\00:40:04.23
A sanctified life
that produces works
00:40:04.27\00:40:07.64
that flow from repentance.
00:40:07.67\00:40:10.17
God saves us by
grace through faith,
00:40:10.21\00:40:12.87
but He will
judge us by our works
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.21
because works reveal
00:40:15.24\00:40:16.85
whether faith is genuine or not.
00:40:16.88\00:40:21.15
Words are cheap.
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.08
Notice what Ellen
White had to say about this.
00:40:23.12\00:40:26.65
"It is while men are
still dwelling upon the earth
00:40:26.69\00:40:30.09
that the work of investigative
judgment takes place
00:40:30.13\00:40:33.33
in the courts of heaven."
00:40:33.36\00:40:35.73
The lives of how many?
00:40:35.76\00:40:40.27
"All, the lives of
all, are those the guests?
00:40:40.30\00:40:45.37
Those are the guests.
00:40:45.41\00:40:46.74
The lives of all
00:40:46.78\00:40:48.94
His professed followers
pass in review before God.
00:40:48.98\00:40:54.45
All are examined
00:40:54.48\00:40:56.92
according to the
record of the books of heaven,
00:40:56.95\00:40:59.82
and according to his deeds
00:40:59.85\00:41:01.62
the destiny of
each is forever fixed."
00:41:01.66\00:41:06.06
So while God's
professed people are on earth,
00:41:06.09\00:41:09.80
the judgment transpires where?
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.60
In heaven,
00:41:11.63\00:41:12.97
and all who have
professed the name of Jesus
00:41:13.00\00:41:15.30
are examined in this judgment.
00:41:15.34\00:41:17.77
Notice Christ
Object Lessons, page 312.
00:41:17.81\00:41:21.04
Righteousness is right
doing and is by their deeds,
00:41:21.08\00:41:25.61
that all will be judged.
00:41:25.65\00:41:29.08
Our characters are
revealed," by what?
00:41:29.12\00:41:32.09
"By what we do,
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.76
the works show
whether the faith is genuine."
00:41:33.79\00:41:39.66
Is Ellen White
correct in her assessment?
00:41:39.69\00:41:42.13
Absolutely.
00:41:42.16\00:41:43.50
Because as we have seen,
00:41:43.53\00:41:45.50
in the Bible
00:41:45.53\00:41:46.87
the judgment is always concerned
00:41:46.90\00:41:48.24
with an examination of
our works, words, deeds,
00:41:48.27\00:41:52.41
thoughts, motives, and
intentions of the heart.
00:41:52.44\00:41:56.71
Notice Selected
Messages volume II, page 380.
00:41:56.75\00:42:01.05
"That which God required of Adam
00:42:01.08\00:42:02.88
before his fall was
perfect obedience to His law.
00:42:02.92\00:42:06.05
God requires now
what He required of Adam,
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.92
perfect obedience,
00:42:08.96\00:42:10.29
righteousness without a flaw
00:42:10.33\00:42:12.06
without
shortcoming in His sight."
00:42:12.09\00:42:14.66
Now,
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.03
is there anybody
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.40
that can render
that in themselves?
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.47
No, we always have to have
the righteousness of Christ
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.84
standing in place of
our own righteousness,
00:42:21.87\00:42:23.61
right?
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.21
If we receive Him as Savior,
00:42:25.24\00:42:27.61
but if we invite
Him into our hearts,
00:42:27.64\00:42:29.91
will we come to
reflect His character,
00:42:29.94\00:42:32.01
even to the point of
the final generation,
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.55
reflecting His character fully?
00:42:34.58\00:42:36.62
Yes.
00:42:36.65\00:42:37.99
So she continues here,
"God help us to render to Him,
00:42:38.02\00:42:42.12
all His law requires.
00:42:42.16\00:42:44.43
We cannot do
this without," what?
00:42:44.46\00:42:46.90
That faith that
brings Christ's righteousness
00:42:46.93\00:42:50.30
into daily practice.
00:42:50.33\00:42:53.30
So are works important?
00:42:53.34\00:42:56.07
Do works save us?
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.07
Do work show if we're saved?
00:42:58.11\00:43:00.04
Yes.
00:43:00.08\00:43:01.71
The problem is putting
the cart before the horse.
00:43:01.74\00:43:05.08
You know,
00:43:05.11\00:43:06.45
the horse that pulls is
faith, and the cart follows.
00:43:06.48\00:43:11.35
Now let's notice Luke 12.
00:43:11.39\00:43:13.19
We studied this
00:43:13.22\00:43:14.56
in one of our
presentations before,
00:43:14.59\00:43:17.13
but let's notice Luke 12:35-38.
00:43:17.16\00:43:20.63
Jesus says to His followers,
00:43:20.66\00:43:23.26
"Let your waist be
girded and your lamps burning,
00:43:23.30\00:43:27.10
and you yourselves be like
men who wait for their master,
00:43:27.14\00:43:30.94
when he will," what?
00:43:30.97\00:43:32.81
"Return from the wedding."
00:43:32.84\00:43:34.28
So does the wedding
take place in heaven
00:43:34.31\00:43:37.05
before Jesus comes back?
00:43:37.08\00:43:38.91
Absolutely.
00:43:38.95\00:43:40.42
"That when he comes and knocks
00:43:40.45\00:43:42.28
they may open
to him immediately.
00:43:42.32\00:43:44.69
Blessed are those servants
00:43:44.72\00:43:46.55
whom the master, when he comes,
00:43:46.59\00:43:48.62
will find watching."
00:43:48.66\00:43:49.99
So where are the
guests when Jesus comes?
00:43:50.03\00:43:52.66
They're on earth
and what are they doing?
00:43:52.69\00:43:54.63
They're watching and
their lamps are burning
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.07
but they're on earth.
00:43:57.10\00:43:58.83
Then it ends by saying,
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.64
"Assuredly, I say to you
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.40
that he will gird himself
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.21
and have them sit down to eat,
00:44:04.24\00:44:06.07
and will come and serve them."
00:44:06.11\00:44:09.88
So now this,
00:44:09.91\00:44:11.25
there's this individual
in the wedding chamber
00:44:11.28\00:44:14.58
that has no garment.
00:44:14.62\00:44:16.89
Does he claim to be
a follower of Jesus?
00:44:16.92\00:44:19.25
Absolutely.
00:44:19.29\00:44:20.62
He claims to be a
follower of Jesus.
00:44:20.66\00:44:22.52
Is he there in
the wedding chamber?
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.99
Yeah.
00:44:25.03\00:44:26.36
So he must have
sneaked into heaven.
00:44:26.39\00:44:29.96
Does that happen
after the Second Coming?
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.57
You tell me.
00:44:32.60\00:44:34.04
After the Second Coming,
00:44:34.07\00:44:35.80
all of God's
people are in heaven.
00:44:35.84\00:44:38.74
And suddenly now
the king comes out
00:44:38.77\00:44:40.64
to examine the guests.
00:44:40.68\00:44:43.11
And whereas He
examines the guests
00:44:43.14\00:44:44.65
that He took to heaven, He says,
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.01
"Now wait a minute,
what are you doing too here?
00:44:46.05\00:44:49.32
You've got to
get a return ticket."
00:44:49.35\00:44:51.75
No.
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.12
When does the
examination take place?
00:44:53.15\00:44:55.66
It takes place in heaven, right?
00:44:55.69\00:44:59.53
Before Jesus comes.
00:44:59.56\00:45:01.70
So what is this describing?
00:45:01.73\00:45:03.13
What is the
examination of the garment?
00:45:03.16\00:45:06.13
It's the judgment
that takes place when?
00:45:06.17\00:45:09.04
Before the Second
Coming. Beginning what date?
00:45:09.07\00:45:12.17
1844. Ending what date?
00:45:12.21\00:45:16.48
No date.
00:45:16.51\00:45:19.61
Ending when probation closes,
00:45:19.65\00:45:22.32
that's the answer
that I was looking for.
00:45:22.35\00:45:24.39
Now, notice verse 12.
00:45:24.42\00:45:28.82
He said to him,
00:45:28.86\00:45:30.93
jerk.
00:45:30.96\00:45:32.39
No, it's not what he says.
00:45:32.43\00:45:33.76
He says what?
00:45:38.93\00:45:41.00
Friend.
00:45:41.04\00:45:44.07
Was Jesus nice?
00:45:44.11\00:45:45.81
Yes.
00:45:45.84\00:45:47.18
"Friend, how
did you come in here
00:45:47.21\00:45:51.21
without a wedding garment?"
00:45:51.25\00:45:53.18
How was he there?
00:45:53.21\00:45:55.55
He was there through what?
00:45:55.58\00:45:57.65
Through the records in
heaven, his name is there.
00:45:57.69\00:46:03.19
And what did he say?
00:46:03.22\00:46:04.56
"Well, Lord, I was
born in a bad environment.
00:46:04.59\00:46:10.13
I got bad genetics.
00:46:10.17\00:46:13.50
I had bad influences.
00:46:13.54\00:46:16.50
I lived with a poor family.
00:46:16.54\00:46:19.47
The flesh is weak,
the devil is powerful."
00:46:19.51\00:46:23.08
Is there going to be an excuse?
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.21
No.
00:46:25.25\00:46:26.58
What did it say?
00:46:26.61\00:46:27.95
And he was speechless.
00:46:27.98\00:46:31.32
Any excuse in the judgment?
00:46:34.56\00:46:36.66
No.
00:46:36.69\00:46:38.33
Romans 3:19 says,
00:46:38.36\00:46:40.70
"Now we know that
whatever the law says,
00:46:40.73\00:46:44.03
it says to those
00:46:44.07\00:46:45.40
who are under
the law that," what?
00:46:45.43\00:46:48.84
"That every
mouth may be stopped,
00:46:48.87\00:46:52.07
and all the world may
become guilty before God."
00:46:52.11\00:46:56.44
Notice Christ Object
Lessons, page 315 and 316.
00:46:56.48\00:47:01.62
Speaking about Christians
that are really not Christians,
00:47:01.65\00:47:05.85
they appear to be Christians.
00:47:05.89\00:47:08.29
"Many who call
themselves Christians
00:47:08.32\00:47:11.46
are mere human moralists."
00:47:11.49\00:47:13.46
In other words,
they live moral lives.
00:47:13.50\00:47:15.43
But it doesn't come from
a relationship with Christ.
00:47:15.46\00:47:17.77
It doesn't come from within.
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.83
They have refused the gift
that alone could enable them
00:47:19.87\00:47:23.20
to honor Christ by
representing Him to the world.
00:47:23.24\00:47:27.28
The work of the Holy Spirit
is to them a strange work."
00:47:27.31\00:47:30.18
So the moral life that they live
00:47:30.21\00:47:31.81
is not by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:31.85\00:47:33.85
Do you know people
that are very moral,
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.95
who are atheists?
00:47:35.98\00:47:38.15
Sure, there are
people that don't kill,
00:47:38.19\00:47:39.65
they don't commit
adultery, they don't lie.
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.49
They live a good moral life.
00:47:41.52\00:47:42.89
So they're going
to be saved, right?
00:47:42.92\00:47:44.69
No, only the works that
are produced by the Holy Spirit
00:47:44.73\00:47:48.40
are acceptable
in the sight of God.
00:47:48.43\00:47:50.53
She continues,
00:47:50.57\00:47:51.90
"The work of the Holy Spirit
is to them a strange work.
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.67
They are not doers of the word.
00:47:54.70\00:47:57.14
The heavenly
principles that distinguish
00:47:57.17\00:47:59.24
those who are one with Christ
00:47:59.27\00:48:01.34
from those who
are one with the world
00:48:01.38\00:48:03.35
have become
almost indistinguishable.
00:48:03.38\00:48:06.45
The professed followers
of Christ are no longer, "
00:48:06.48\00:48:09.28
listen carefully,
00:48:09.32\00:48:10.79
"a separate and peculiar people.
00:48:10.82\00:48:14.06
The line of
demarcation is indistinct.
00:48:14.09\00:48:18.49
The people are subordinating
themselves to the world,
00:48:18.53\00:48:22.36
to its practices, its
customs, its selfishness."
00:48:22.40\00:48:26.80
In other words, the church
is accommodating to culture.
00:48:26.84\00:48:31.64
"The church has
gone over to the world
00:48:31.67\00:48:34.58
in transgression of the law,
00:48:34.61\00:48:36.51
when the world should
have come over to the church
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.15
in obedience to the law.
00:48:39.18\00:48:41.32
Daily the church is
being converted to the world.
00:48:41.35\00:48:45.05
All these expect to be
saved by Christ's death,
00:48:45.09\00:48:49.32
while they refuse to live
His self-sacrificing life.
00:48:49.36\00:48:53.16
They extol the
riches of free grace,
00:48:53.19\00:48:56.50
and attempt to cover themselves
00:48:56.53\00:48:58.43
with an
appearance of righteousness,
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.47
hoping to screen
their defects of character,
00:49:01.50\00:49:04.47
but their efforts
will be of no avail
00:49:04.51\00:49:07.64
in the day of God."
00:49:07.68\00:49:09.61
That's a powerful statement.
00:49:09.64\00:49:12.55
Christ Object Lessons
317, Ellen White wrote,
00:49:12.58\00:49:15.95
"Men may now excuse
their defects of character,
00:49:15.98\00:49:19.65
but in that day,
they will offer," what?"
00:49:19.69\00:49:23.09
They will offer no excuse."
00:49:23.12\00:49:27.53
And then we have in
verse 13, the reward.
00:49:27.56\00:49:32.17
"Then the king
said to the servants,
00:49:32.20\00:49:35.47
" the servants
represent the angels,
00:49:35.50\00:49:38.04
"Bind him hand and foot."
00:49:38.07\00:49:40.48
Who are being
bound hand and foot?
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.51
The open sinners, right?
00:49:42.54\00:49:44.31
The adulterers,
and the murderers,
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.45
and the liars.
00:49:46.48\00:49:47.88
No who is?
00:49:47.92\00:49:52.05
Those who
claimed to follow Jesus.
00:49:52.09\00:49:54.82
"Bind him hand and
foot, take him away,
00:49:54.86\00:49:57.59
and cast him
into outer darkness,
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.89
there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth."
00:49:59.93\00:50:03.33
By the way, the
five foolish virgins,
00:50:03.37\00:50:06.53
did they come to
the wedding chamber
00:50:06.57\00:50:08.00
at night or in the daytime?
00:50:08.04\00:50:11.11
At night, because
they had lamps lighted.
00:50:11.14\00:50:14.38
Were they cast out
into outer darkness
00:50:14.41\00:50:17.25
when the door closed?
00:50:17.28\00:50:18.78
They remained in darkness,
00:50:18.81\00:50:20.55
whereas the others entered
and they were in the light.
00:50:20.58\00:50:23.32
That's what this
is talking about.
00:50:23.35\00:50:25.12
So cast him into outer darkness,
00:50:25.15\00:50:27.59
there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.39
Did the five foolish
virgins come back and cry out,
00:50:30.43\00:50:33.29
"Open the door, open the door."
00:50:33.33\00:50:35.30
Was there wailing
and gnashing of teeth?
00:50:35.33\00:50:38.30
Read the chapter
00:50:38.33\00:50:39.67
on the time of
trouble in Great Controversy.
00:50:39.70\00:50:41.70
Ellen White says that
00:50:41.74\00:50:43.07
some Christians
during the time of trouble
00:50:43.10\00:50:44.97
will confess
their sins in anguish,
00:50:45.01\00:50:47.31
but it's too late.
00:50:47.34\00:50:49.04
That will be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
00:50:49.08\00:50:52.71
Notice Matthew 13:30,
00:50:52.75\00:50:54.98
"Let both grow
together until the harvest.
00:50:55.02\00:50:57.69
And Ellen White says that
00:50:57.72\00:50:59.05
the harvest is the
close of probation.
00:50:59.09\00:51:00.86
"And at the time of the harvest,
00:51:00.89\00:51:02.62
I will say to the reapers,
00:51:02.66\00:51:04.26
'First gather together the tares
00:51:04.29\00:51:06.19
and bind them in
bundles to burn them."
00:51:06.23\00:51:09.56
Who are the
tares that are burned?
00:51:09.60\00:51:12.07
Is Jesus coming in raging
fire according to the Bible?
00:51:12.10\00:51:15.34
Yes, He is.
00:51:15.37\00:51:16.71
Who are the tares that
are going to be burnt up?
00:51:16.74\00:51:21.64
Those who profess
the name of Jesus, right?
00:51:21.68\00:51:24.11
What about the wheat?
00:51:24.15\00:51:25.55
It says, "First
gather the tares,
00:51:25.58\00:51:27.45
together the tares
00:51:27.48\00:51:28.82
and bind them in
bundles to burn them,
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.22
but gather the
wheat into my barn."
00:51:31.25\00:51:33.59
What does the wheat represent?
00:51:33.62\00:51:35.76
Genuine believers,
00:51:35.79\00:51:37.13
they're going to be
gathered into the barn.
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.49
What is the barn?
00:51:38.53\00:51:40.20
The heavenly kingdom.
00:51:40.23\00:51:41.96
What's going to
happen with the wicked?
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.47
They're going to be consumed.
00:51:44.50\00:51:47.70
And then in verse 14,
00:51:47.74\00:51:49.54
you have this,
00:51:49.57\00:51:51.11
"For many are
called, but few are chosen."
00:51:51.14\00:51:57.35
Now let's go to
Revelation 17:14,
00:51:57.38\00:52:01.78
which is similar to this,
00:52:01.82\00:52:03.15
it's talking about
the end time generation,
00:52:03.18\00:52:05.65
who will face the
beast, his image, his mark,
00:52:05.69\00:52:09.42
the number of his
name, the false prophet,
00:52:09.46\00:52:11.89
the kings of the earth,
00:52:11.93\00:52:13.29
all of the powers of the
world arrayed against them.
00:52:13.33\00:52:17.00
And we find in Revelation 17:14,
00:52:17.03\00:52:21.14
the following,
00:52:21.17\00:52:23.17
"These will make
war with the Lamb,
00:52:23.20\00:52:26.64
and the Lamb will overcome them,
00:52:26.68\00:52:29.41
for He is Lord of
lords and King of kings,
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and those who are with Him,"
00:52:32.38\00:52:34.48
that is with Jesus,
are first of all what?
00:52:34.52\00:52:37.65
"Called," secondly,
"chosen," and third, "faithful."
00:52:37.69\00:52:44.63
Who are the ones
that are going to be ready
00:52:44.66\00:52:46.19
at the Second Coming of Christ?
00:52:46.23\00:52:47.86
Those who were called,
00:52:47.90\00:52:50.17
and because they were called
and responded, they're what?
00:52:50.20\00:52:53.30
They're chosen,
00:52:53.34\00:52:54.80
and as chosen
people, they remained what?
00:52:54.84\00:52:58.77
They remained faithful.
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Now you have a final story here,
00:53:01.81\00:53:04.18
a story that I told already.
00:53:04.21\00:53:05.78
But let's read
it from the Bible.
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I just told you the story.
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So let's now read
it from Scripture.
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It's found in Matthew 18:23-25.
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"Therefore the kingdom of heaven
00:53:15.99\00:53:17.46
is like a certain king,
00:53:17.49\00:53:20.56
" it's God the Father,
00:53:20.60\00:53:22.23
"who wanted to settle accounts,
00:53:22.26\00:53:24.43
" this is the judgment,
00:53:24.47\00:53:26.17
"with his servants."
00:53:26.20\00:53:28.20
Who are those?
00:53:28.24\00:53:30.37
Those who claim Jesus, right?
00:53:30.41\00:53:32.57
Because they're His servants,
they claim to be His servants.
00:53:32.61\00:53:35.71
"And when he had
begun to settle accounts,
00:53:35.74\00:53:38.48
one was brought to him
00:53:38.51\00:53:40.55
who owed him ten
thousand talents."
00:53:40.58\00:53:42.95
Which was a huge debt
that was impossible to pay.
00:53:42.98\00:53:47.79
"But as he was not able to pay,
00:53:47.82\00:53:50.33
his master
commanded that he be sold,
00:53:50.36\00:53:52.46
with his wife and
children and all that he had,
00:53:52.49\00:53:56.26
and that payment be made."
00:53:56.30\00:53:58.33
This man deserve this.
00:53:58.37\00:54:00.74
That's what he deserved
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.37
because he had incurred
the debt with his master.
00:54:02.40\00:54:04.81
So his master is
not making any demand
00:54:04.84\00:54:06.91
that is not just.
00:54:06.94\00:54:09.01
Verse 26,
00:54:09.04\00:54:10.51
"The servant therefore
fell down before him..."
00:54:10.55\00:54:13.38
Now the question is,
00:54:13.42\00:54:14.75
was this repentance for sin
00:54:14.78\00:54:16.12
or repentance for
the consequences of sin?
00:54:16.15\00:54:18.62
"The servant therefore
fell down before him, saying,
00:54:18.65\00:54:21.86
'Master, have patience with
me, and I will pay you all.'
00:54:21.89\00:54:26.46
Then the master of that
servant was moved with," what?"
00:54:26.49\00:54:29.76
Compassion."
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By the way, that's
grace and mercy, right?
00:54:31.17\00:54:33.77
"Released him," and what?
00:54:33.80\00:54:38.17
"And forgave him the debt."
00:54:38.21\00:54:42.94
This is God's
justification or forgiveness.
00:54:42.98\00:54:46.11
"But that servant went out,"
00:54:46.15\00:54:47.75
and now comes,
00:54:47.78\00:54:49.12
was this guy really sorry,
00:54:49.15\00:54:51.39
how would he have
shown that he was truly sorry
00:54:51.42\00:54:55.46
for incurring the debt?
00:54:55.49\00:54:57.63
He would have shown it by
his actions towards others.
00:54:57.66\00:55:01.13
That's why the
Lord's prayer says,
00:55:01.16\00:55:02.66
"Forgive us our debts,
00:55:02.70\00:55:04.43
as we forgive our debtors."
00:55:04.47\00:55:07.00
We are forgiven
as we forgive others.
00:55:07.04\00:55:10.37
It continues.
00:55:10.41\00:55:12.01
"But that servant," verse 28,
00:55:12.04\00:55:13.98
"went out and found
one of his fellow servants
00:55:14.01\00:55:16.58
who owed him hundred denarii,
00:55:16.61\00:55:18.51
" that's the
equivalent of 100 days of work.
00:55:18.55\00:55:22.08
The pay was one
denarii for the common labor.
00:55:22.12\00:55:25.65
"And he laid hands on him
and took him by the throat."
00:55:25.69\00:55:30.39
Did his works show that
his repentance was not genuine?
00:55:30.43\00:55:34.06
Yes,
00:55:34.10\00:55:35.50
"Saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'
00:55:35.53\00:55:38.30
So his fellow
servant fell down at his feet
00:55:38.33\00:55:40.44
and begged him saying,
00:55:40.47\00:55:41.80
'Have patience with me,
and I will pay you all.'
00:55:41.84\00:55:45.04
And he would not,
00:55:45.07\00:55:46.57
but went and
threw him into prison
00:55:46.61\00:55:48.58
till he should pay the debt.'
00:55:48.61\00:55:50.35
" Wow.
00:55:50.38\00:55:52.51
So and his fellow
servants, which is by the way,
00:55:52.55\00:55:54.75
the recording angels
saw that what he had done,
00:55:54.78\00:55:57.99
they were very grieved,
00:55:58.02\00:55:59.79
and came and told their
master all that he had done.
00:55:59.82\00:56:03.56
"Then his master
00:56:03.59\00:56:04.93
after he had
called him said to him,
00:56:04.96\00:56:07.73
"Should you not
also have had compassion
00:56:07.76\00:56:11.13
on your fellow servant,
just as I had pity on you?"
00:56:11.17\00:56:15.87
And his master was angry,
00:56:15.90\00:56:18.64
and delivered
him to the torturers
00:56:18.67\00:56:21.38
until he should pay
00:56:21.41\00:56:24.31
all that was due to him.
00:56:24.35\00:56:29.18
If he was alive,
he'd still be in prison.
00:56:29.22\00:56:32.25
He spent the rest
of his life in prison.
00:56:32.29\00:56:36.83
And now notice,
00:56:36.86\00:56:38.19
here's the lesson
that Jesus wants to teach.
00:56:38.23\00:56:41.03
So that is in the same
way as in this parable.
00:56:41.06\00:56:44.53
"So My heavenly
Father also will do to you
00:56:44.57\00:56:50.14
if each of you..."
00:56:50.17\00:56:52.31
Is the judgment individual?
00:56:52.34\00:56:55.01
Yes, the judgment
involves individuals.
00:56:55.04\00:56:58.88
"So My heavenly
Father also will do to you,
00:56:58.91\00:57:01.95
if each of you," from where?
00:57:01.98\00:57:05.52
That's an important
expression, "from his heart,
00:57:05.55\00:57:09.72
does not forgive his
brother his trespasses."
00:57:09.76\00:57:14.56
Is the judgment
investigation a threat
00:57:14.60\00:57:17.40
to a person's salvation?
00:57:17.43\00:57:20.77
No.
00:57:20.80\00:57:22.57
Only if their repentance
confession and faith are what?
00:57:22.60\00:57:26.41
Counterfeit.
00:57:26.44\00:57:27.78
If a person on a train
has purchased a ticket,
00:57:27.81\00:57:32.01
you know, when I
lived in New Jersey,
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.08
I used to go to New York
on the New Jersey Transit
00:57:34.12\00:57:37.05
because in New York to
park it costs a fortune.
00:57:37.09\00:57:40.36
So better go on the train.
00:57:40.39\00:57:42.26
And you didn't
pay for your ticket.
00:57:42.29\00:57:43.63
The attendant would come in
00:57:43.66\00:57:44.99
and after you were in the train,
00:57:45.03\00:57:46.36
the train was rolling.
00:57:46.39\00:57:47.73
He asked you for your ticket.
00:57:47.76\00:57:49.10
Do you think I was scared?
00:57:49.13\00:57:50.47
I was saying, "Whoa, no,
he's asking for the tickets."
00:57:50.50\00:57:51.83
No, because I bought the ticket.
00:57:51.87\00:57:53.34
So if you have accepted Christ,
00:57:53.37\00:57:55.57
you have nothing to
fear in the judgment.
00:57:55.60\00:57:57.31