3ABN presents The
Robe with Stephen Bohr.
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Well good evening and
welcome to our beautiful
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house of worship here.
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Worship Center... Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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And we welcome those that
are here and we also welcome
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you that are
joining us by television.
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We're so happy that you
could be with us tonight.
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We've been looking forward
to this series for some time.
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About two years
ago our Board Chairman
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said to me... Dr.
Walter Thompson said...
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"We would like to
have a special series"
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and he outlined exactly what
he felt like should be presented
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in that series. And then he said
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"Who would you
choose to do that? "
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And I said: "One man,"
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and that is Pastor Stephen Bohr.
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Pastor Bohr... I've known
him for a number of years.
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He's a man of
God; He loves the Lord.
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He's a Bible student.
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He is the pastor of the
Fresno Central SDA Church.
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And he is the speaker-director
of Secrets Unsealed...
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which you see on 3ABN
as well as other networks.
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And we enjoy working with him.
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He's been a speaker
here for our Camp Meetings
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a number of times.
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And you know at 3ABN we
love to bring you live events.
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And this is another
one of those live events.
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In fact, I was counting up
and over the past 20 months
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we have brought you some
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close to 200 live events.
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Amazing number. Many
of them brought from here,
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some from our studios,
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and some from
Atlanta, some from Miami,
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some from Orlando.
And you name other cities
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of the country. When I said
Miami, I meant to say Orlando.
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But we have been in
so many different places
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with live events.
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And right now we're bringing
you another one of those.
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Those are made possible because
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of your
generosity to this ministry.
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Because we could not bring
you all of these productions...
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some 67% of the
productions that we bring to you
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originate right
here in our own studios.
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And so this means that we
have to employ a great number
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of people. There are
some networks that just let
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somebody else produce the
works for them somewhere else
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and all they do is play them.
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Doesn't take much to
operate a network like that.
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But we believe that you
would like to have quality,
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and so we do our very
best to bring you the very best
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in presenting God's Word.
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Before Pastor Bohr comes,
I'd like for us to bow our heads
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and have just a
short word of prayer.
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Father in Heaven,
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tonight we thank you for Jesus.
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We thank you for His
robe of righteousness.
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As we look at weaving the robe
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and we look at how this
takes place in our lives,
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Father, today, we
pray for Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray for Your Spirit to
touch the lips of Pastor Bohr
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once again as You
have done so many times.
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We pray that You
will touch our hearts
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and fill us with
Your Holy Spirit.
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And we ask it in
Jesus' wonderful and powerful
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and loving name, Amen.
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Now Pastor Stephen Bohr.
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Good evening. Good evening.
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It's a real pleasure to
be back at 3ABN once again.
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It's always nice to come
back to this neck of the woods.
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Believe it or not, 35
years ago my son was born
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in West Frankfort, Illinois.
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I had the privilege of pastoring
this church when it was downtown
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for a little less than a year.
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I also pastored
the El Dorado district
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which I think is
what... 40 minutes from here?
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Approximately. So we're quite
well acquainted with this area.
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Remember the many times
that we had Camp Meeting
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at Little Grassy Lake.
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And probably some of you
remember those good days too.
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Before we get into our study
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even though Pastor
Gilley has already prayed,
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I always make it a
habit to pray before I preach,
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so I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we pray.
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Father in Heaven, once
again we come before Your throne
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thanking you for the
privilege of being here
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to study Your Holy Word.
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And Father, we ask that as we
open the pages of Your Holy Book
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us
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to enlighten our minds
and to soften our hearts.
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I not only ask for
those who are present here
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but I also ask for all
of those who are watching
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on television and those
who are listening on the radio.
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And we thank you
Father for Your presence.
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For we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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Tomorrow marks
the 166th anniversary
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of what has come to be known
as the Great Disappointment
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of 1844.
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And so we've decided
to focus on the sanctuary
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during these few days that
we're going to be together.
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And basically what we're
going to do is follow Jesus
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through the sanctuary.
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You see, we can't
understand what happened
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on October 22, 1844,
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unless we understand the
previous steps that Jesus took
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through the sanctuary before He
arrived in the most holy place.
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And so basically
we're going to follow Jesus
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as He moves in and
out of the sanctuary.
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This evening we're going to
follow Jesus into the camp...
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the sanctuary camp
where sinners live.
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And we're going to
see that Jesus there lived
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as the perfect Lamb.
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Then we're going to
follow Jesus into the court
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where Jesus died
as the perfect Lamb.
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And then we're going to
follow Jesus into the holy place
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where Jesus applies the benefits
of His life and His death
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to individual sinners.
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And then we're going to follow
Jesus into the most holy place
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where we find Jesus as Judge.
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And then finally
we're going to follow Jesus
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as He closes the door
to the most holy place
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and leaves the
sanctuary to come to this earth.
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And so basically we're going
to follow Jesus all through
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the sanctuary. We're
going to follow Him to the camp,
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to the court, to the holy place,
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to the most holy
place, and then eventually
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out of the most holy place
to come back to this earth.
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Now the subject that we're
going to study today is titled
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Weaving the Robe
of Righteousness.
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And first of all we want to know
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what robe covers God.
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Before we can understand
the robe that God has prepared
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for us we need to
understand how God is garbed.
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What clothes God?
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And so I invite you to
turn in your Bibles with me
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to the book of Psalms.
And we're going to read
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Psalm 104 and verses 1 and 2
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to find out how God is clothed.
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What is the
garment that covers God?
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It says there in
Psalm 104 verses 1 and 2:
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And now verse two has
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what I particularly
want us to focus on...
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So what is the
robe that covers God?
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We're told here that
God is covered with light
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like a garment. God's garment
is not made out of artificial
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cloth... it is
made out of light.
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There are other
passages of scripture
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that point to the same reality.
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For example, Daniel 7:9-10
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says that the garments of
the Father were white as snow.
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We're told in Matthew 17 verse 2
that when Jesus was transfigured
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His garments
were white as light.
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And I like the way
that Luke presents it.
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In Luke chapter 9 verse 29
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speaking about
the transfiguration
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it says that His garments
were "glistening or shining. "
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In other words, the
garments that cover God
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are garments of light.
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But now the question is:
what do those garments of light
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represent? What is
the symbolic value of that
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literal garment of
light that covers God?
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Well, In Isaiah 61 we find
the answer to this question.
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Isaiah 61 and verse 10
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we find what those garments
symbolize or what those garments
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of light represent.
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They symbolize or
represent something.
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It says in
Isaiah 61 and verse 10:
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So even though God is covered
with a literal robe of light,
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a physical robe of light,
that robe of light symbolizes
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or represents His
righteousness as it says here.
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Now we all know that
God decided at some point
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past... about 6,000 years ago...
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to create Adam and Eve.
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And it was the purpose
of God that Adam and Eve
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should reflect His glory.
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You see, it was God's
plan that He as the sun
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would shine on Adam and
Eve and they would reflect
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His glory like the moon
reflects the glory of the sun.
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Have you ever thought
about the idea that the moon is
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actually covered
with the glory of the sun?
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And so it was God's
plan that Adam and Eve
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be like the moon... that they
should reflect the glory of God.
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The Bible tells us in
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 25
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that originally
Adam and Eve were naked.
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Now that doesn't mean that
they didn't have any covering.
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What it means is that
they did not have any garments
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artificially made.
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They actually had garments
that were composed of light
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because they were reflecting
the robe of glory that God had.
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We're told in Genesis
chapter 2 and verse 25:
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And the reason why they
were not ashamed is because
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they were covered with
the robe of God's light.
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They were
reflecting the light of God.
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Kind of reminds me of that
text in Revelation 12 verse 1
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where it speaks
about the true church.
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And we're told that the
woman was clothed with the sun.
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You see the clothing with
which God garbed Adam and Eve
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was a garment of glorious light.
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In other words, they were
physically - literally - covered
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with a robe of light.
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But like God, that robe of
light that covered Adam and Eve
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symbolized something.
It represented something.
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It represented
their righteousness...
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the fact that they were
covered with righteousness.
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In the book
Patriarchs and Prophets
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page 45 Ellen White describes
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the clothing that was
worn by our parents...
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our original parents.
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This is what
Ellen White had to say:
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And you know it's interesting...
She says that the clothing
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that covered Adam and Eve
was like the clothing that
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covers the angels.
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You know if you look at
Luke chapter 24 and verse 4
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speaking of the two angels
that came to the sepulcher
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we are told that the garments
of the two angels gleamed
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like lightning.
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In other words, the
angels are also covered
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with a robe of light.
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Further, Ellen
White says this in
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Christ Object
Lessons page 310 and 311.
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Once again, amplifying this idea
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of the original clothing
that covered Adam and Eve.
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We're told there:
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And now she
explains why these robes
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covered Adam and
Eve. She continues saying:
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In other words, they were
covered with the spiritual robe
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of righteousness
because they lived in conformity
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to the law of God.
They had righteousness,
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spiritually speaking.
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But you know what? They were
also covered with a glorious
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robe of physical light.
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Notice what Ellen White
continues saying in this
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magnificent book: Christ
Object Lessons, page 311.
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And so you notice they
were covered with a robe
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of literal, physical light.
But that literal, physical light
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represented their innocence
or their righteousness.
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So as God had a physical
robe of light that represented
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His
righteousness, so Adam and Eve -
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who reflected God's glory -
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were covered with a robe
of literal, physical light...
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but that
represented their innocence
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or represented
their righteousness.
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If they had obeyed God,
they would have conserved
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both the physical
robe and the spiritual robe
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of righteousness.
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But we all know the story.
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Adam and Eve
chose to disobey God.
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Let's read about it in
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 6.
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Genesis chapter 3 and verse 6.
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And I'm sure that we have
read this many times before
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probably, but I think it would
be good for us to read it again.
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Genesis 3 verse 6 says:
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Now I want you to
notice what the first result
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of their sin was.
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Now they had broken
their relationship with God,
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and notice what the
very first result was.
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Genesis 3 verse 7...
the very next verse says:
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What had happened
with the robe of light
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that enshrouded Adam and Eve?
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The robe of
physical light had left!
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And suddenly they see that they
don't have the robe of light
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and for the first time
they realize that they're naked.
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And the Bible says
that they are "ashamed. "
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Now what I want you to
notice is first of all they lost
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their spiritual robe of light
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because they lost
their righteousness.
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But as a result of that
they lost their physical robe
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of light - which
was the glorious light
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that enshrouded Adam and Eve.
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In other words, they
first lost their spiritual robe
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and then they lost
their physical robe.
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They lost their
righteousness and in consequence
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they lost their robe of light.
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And as a result, now
they are physically naked.
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You see, because
they are spiritually naked
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their body becomes
now physically naked.
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Now the question
is: how did Adam and Eve
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try to solve this
problem of spiritual nakedness
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that led to literal nakedness?
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Genesis 3 verse 7 - the
last part of the verse -
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has the answer.
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Did you notice here
that we're told that THEY
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sewed fig leaves together
and made themselves coverings.
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In other words, they
were going to cover the shame
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of their nakedness by these fig
leaves made by their own hands.
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But you know what's interesting?
00:18:55.49\00:18:56.56
Even after covering
themselves with the fig leaves
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they still felt naked
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because they did not
have the robe of light...
00:19:01.62\00:19:03.95
because they did
not have righteousness.
00:19:04.15\00:19:06.09
They had lost the spiritual
robe and therefore they
00:19:06.29\00:19:09.40
had lost the
literal robe of light.
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By the way, the plan of
salvation contemplates restoring
00:19:12.24\00:19:15.80
both robes.
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The whole purpose of
the plan of salvation
00:19:18.00\00:19:19.87
is to restore the
spiritual robe of righteousness
00:19:20.08\00:19:23.94
which will lead to the restoring
of the physical robe of light
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that covered Adam
and Eve originally.
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Let me ask you: what did
those fig leaves represent?
00:19:31.25\00:19:35.90
Those fig leaves - those
aprons - represented something
00:19:36.10\00:19:39.78
and the question is:
what did they represent?
00:19:39.98\00:19:41.80
Well, let's allow
the context to tell us
00:19:42.10\00:19:45.09
what those fig
leaves represented.
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Genesis 9 and verses 9 to 13.
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Genesis 9... 3,
excuse me, verses 9 to 13.
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It says:
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But the previous verse is
telling us that he had already
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covered himself with fig leaves.
Why does he still feel naked?
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.99
Because he did not
have the robe of light.
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Notice verse 11:
00:20:21.18\00:20:22.44
Let me ask you: is Adam
trying to justify his sin?
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Yes! He's trying to cover his
unrighteousness by justifying
00:20:46.90\00:20:52.58
his sin - by giving an
excuse or an argument explaining
00:20:52.78\00:20:56.94
why he had done what he did.
00:20:57.14\00:20:58.90
And then notice verse 13:
00:20:59.20\00:21:00.94
By the way, the
serpent that God had made...
00:21:07.59\00:21:09.38
Is Eve trying
to justify her sin?
00:21:13.31\00:21:15.61
She most certainly is.
00:21:15.71\00:21:17.36
And so the fig
leaves represent our attempt
00:21:17.66\00:21:21.32
to justify our sin
according to the context.
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Now allow me to read
you an interesting statement
00:21:25.46\00:21:27.77
that we find in the
writings of Ellen White.
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This is Review & Herald,
November 15, the year 1898.
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Notice what she said
about the fig leaves.
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And by the way, I noticed
the Biblical context first
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so that you see that the
Spirit of Prophecy is in harmony
00:21:41.27\00:21:43.60
with the Biblical
context. This is what she says:
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And so basically the fig
leaves represent Adam and Eve's
00:22:22.41\00:22:26.82
attempt to justify their sin.
00:22:27.02\00:22:31.29
And by the way, there's
a lot of justifying of sin
00:22:31.59\00:22:34.23
that goes on today.
00:22:34.43\00:22:35.79
People say: "Well,
pastor, the flesh is weak. "
00:22:37.21\00:22:40.89
"The enticements of
the world are too strong. "
00:22:41.19\00:22:45.96
"The devil made me do it! "
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.52
"My parents gave
me a bad example. "
00:22:48.82\00:22:51.88
"I was born that
way... it's in my genes. "
00:22:52.18\00:22:56.37
"It's the wife or the
husband that You gave me. "
00:22:56.67\00:22:58.91
"I grew up in a
bad environment. "
00:22:59.11\00:23:01.00
We give all kinds of reasons -
00:23:01.20\00:23:03.72
all kinds of arguments -
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to justify our sin.
00:23:06.48\00:23:08.82
That's exactly
what Adam and Eve did.
00:23:09.12\00:23:10.91
But all of the fig leaves
that we create will not... never
00:23:11.11\00:23:15.01
cover the shame
of our nakedness.
00:23:15.22\00:23:18.26
And so because Adam and
Eve had lost their spiritual
00:23:18.56\00:23:21.97
robe of righteousness
and they had lost their
00:23:22.17\00:23:24.76
literal robe of light,
as a result God pronounced
00:23:24.96\00:23:29.71
upon them the sentence of death.
00:23:29.91\00:23:33.43
Notice Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 19.
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God is speaking
to Adam, and He says:
00:23:37.35\00:23:39.75
Now let's review
the very important steps
00:23:52.75\00:23:56.46
that led ultimately
to Adam and Eve's death.
00:23:56.66\00:24:01.51
Number 1: they sinned.
00:24:01.71\00:24:04.59
Number 2: because they sinned
they lost their spiritual robe
00:24:04.79\00:24:09.55
of righteousness.
00:24:09.75\00:24:10.88
As a result of losing their
spiritual robe of righteousness
00:24:11.18\00:24:15.23
they lost their
physical robe of light
00:24:15.44\00:24:20.52
that covered them.
00:24:20.55\00:24:22.04
But ultimately they were
going to suffer the greatest
00:24:22.34\00:24:27.06
nakedness of all... and
that is the nakedness of death.
00:24:27.26\00:24:32.20
Do you know that the apostle
Paul in II Corinthians chapter 5
00:24:32.50\00:24:36.06
compares the decomposition
of the body in the grave
00:24:36.27\00:24:41.19
as being naked? In
other words, nakedness
00:24:41.40\00:24:45.87
of soul leads to
nakedness of body
00:24:46.07\00:24:49.05
which leads ultimately
to the nakedness of death.
00:24:49.25\00:24:54.42
And so Adam and Eve were doomed.
00:24:54.72\00:24:57.83
Now what is it that happened?
00:24:58.14\00:25:00.76
The law demands
perfect righteousness.
00:25:03.03\00:25:08.26
The law of God
demands sinless perfection.
00:25:08.56\00:25:13.02
If you don't offer the
law sinless perfection,
00:25:13.32\00:25:17.30
the result is
that you have sinned.
00:25:17.50\00:25:20.97
We all know that text in I
John chapter 3 and verse 4.
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And I'm reading from
the King James version:
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So in other words,
the sin... the law demands
00:25:35.69\00:25:39.63
absolute sinless perfection.
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.78
If you don't render
the law sinless perfection,
00:25:42.09\00:25:45.10
that is sin.
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And the Bible tells us that
the consequence of sin is death.
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Notice for example
Romans 6:23. It says:
00:25:54.58\00:25:57.71
Romans 5 verse 12 says:
00:26:02.13\00:26:03.87
So we notice here that
the law demands perfection.
00:26:16.03\00:26:20.54
If we don't render the
law perfection, it's sin.
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.09
The consequence of sin is death.
00:26:24.39\00:26:27.07
The Bible tells us
that "all have sinned, "
00:26:27.37\00:26:29.91
and therefore all
of us are on death row.
00:26:30.11\00:26:33.73
In fact, Romans 3 verse 23
00:26:34.03\00:26:36.57
and Romans 3 verse
10 say "all have sinned
00:26:36.77\00:26:40.74
and come short of
the glory of God. "
00:26:40.95\00:26:43.08
"There is none
righteous... no, not one. "
00:26:43.38\00:26:47.73
And so you can see the
predicament that Adam and Eve
00:26:49.03\00:26:52.30
and all of their
descendants were in.
00:26:52.50\00:26:54.94
As a result of not rendering
the law perfect obedience
00:26:55.34\00:26:59.98
which the law
requires, man is a sinner.
00:27:00.18\00:27:03.96
Because he's a sinner, the Bible
says that he deserves death.
00:27:04.26\00:27:07.85
And because all have sinned
00:27:07.95\00:27:09.96
everyone deserves the ultimate
nakedness which is death.
00:27:10.16\00:27:16.02
Now the Bible tells
us that Adam and Eve
00:27:17.72\00:27:20.73
should have died the
very day that they sinned.
00:27:20.93\00:27:24.94
Notice Genesis
chapter 2 and verse 17.
00:27:26.32\00:27:29.49
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 17.
00:27:29.79\00:27:32.63
It's speaking about the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil.
00:27:32.93\00:27:35.40
And we've read this verse
many times before. It says:
00:27:35.91\00:27:39.10
When were they
going to die? In the what?
00:27:51.64\00:27:53.69
"In the day that
you eat of this tree
00:27:54.00\00:27:57.26
you will surely die. "
00:27:57.46\00:27:59.88
And they ate. They
lost their spiritual robe,
00:28:00.18\00:28:03.01
they lost their literal robe,
00:28:03.21\00:28:04.63
the sentence of
death was pronounced,
00:28:04.84\00:28:06.47
God said: "this very day... "
00:28:06.68\00:28:08.05
But we all know that Adam and
Eve did not die that very day.
00:28:08.35\00:28:12.29
Now some people say:
"Well they started dying
00:28:12.49\00:28:14.33
because they died
spiritually, " and so on.
00:28:14.53\00:28:16.25
But there's a more
accurate explanation
00:28:16.45\00:28:18.72
to why Adam and Eve
did not die precisely
00:28:19.02\00:28:22.89
that very day.
00:28:23.09\00:28:24.52
You see, that very day a very
important ceremony took place.
00:28:25.69\00:28:30.84
That ceremony is described in
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 21.
00:28:31.14\00:28:35.84
And then I want to read you
an interesting statement from
00:28:36.04\00:28:38.78
the Spirit of Prophecy.
Genesis chapter 3 verse 21.
00:28:38.98\00:28:41.84
Always go to the Spirit
of Prophecy in confirmation
00:28:42.04\00:28:44.38
of what scripture has to say.
00:28:44.58\00:28:45.70
She amplifies and helps us
understand a little bit more
00:28:45.80\00:28:49.59
amply what scripture says.
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.47
Genesis 3 verse
21... it says here:
00:28:51.77\00:28:54.80
Somebody else is doing this...
00:29:00.46\00:29:01.99
Who made the tunics?
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.66
God. Who clothed them?
00:29:20.96\00:29:23.39
God. What were
the tunics made of?
00:29:23.60\00:29:26.09
They were made out of skins.
00:29:26.39\00:29:29.42
Now let me ask you, how do
you get the skin of an animal?
00:29:29.72\00:29:32.84
You have to kill the animal.
There was a death that very day,
00:29:33.14\00:29:38.57
And most likely it was a
lamb, because Jesus is the Lamb
00:29:39.61\00:29:42.96
slain from before the
foundation of the world.
00:29:43.16\00:29:45.81
Other texts says "from
the foundation of the world. "
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.31
So most likely it was a lamb.
00:29:48.41\00:29:50.47
In other words, a
lamb was slain that day.
00:29:50.77\00:29:53.71
God took the skins of
this blameless, immaculate
00:29:54.01\00:29:57.39
lamb and with the skins
He covered the nakedness
00:29:57.59\00:30:02.54
of Adam and Eve.
00:30:02.74\00:30:04.75
The physical
nakedness of Adam and Eve.
00:30:05.05\00:30:06.99
In the journal The Bible Echo,
00:30:08.67\00:30:11.72
May 21, 1900, we find
these very significant words
00:30:11.92\00:30:16.94
written by
Ellen White. She says:
00:30:17.24\00:30:18.97
And that happened the very
day that Adam and Eve sinned.
00:31:04.36\00:31:10.13
God was saying: "The
way in which your nakedness
00:31:10.33\00:31:13.27
is going to be covered
is as a result of a perfect,
00:31:13.37\00:31:17.44
immaculate Lamb being slain.
00:31:17.64\00:31:21.39
And that is going to cover
the shame of your nakedness. "
00:31:21.59\00:31:25.90
Now this lamb ceremony indicated
that Jesus had to do two things.
00:31:26.91\00:31:31.66
Usually we think of
one... but really two.
00:31:31.96\00:31:35.22
First of all, the
lamb had to be immaculate
00:31:35.52\00:31:40.90
and perfect. You see, even
before the lamb was sacrificed
00:31:41.10\00:31:46.10
the priest had to make sure that
the lamb was without blemish.
00:31:46.30\00:31:51.19
And we're going to find
that the lamb without blemish
00:31:51.49\00:31:54.29
represents the
life of Jesus Christ.
00:31:54.49\00:31:57.44
And then that
lamb without blemish
00:31:57.74\00:32:00.58
afterwards was sacrificed.
00:32:00.78\00:32:03.59
And by the way, this plan
was made from the ceaseless ages
00:32:03.89\00:32:07.14
of eternity but was only
implemented when man sinned.
00:32:07.34\00:32:11.50
Notice I Peter chapter 1
and verses 18 through 20.
00:32:11.80\00:32:16.00
I Peter chapter 1
and verses 18 through 20.
00:32:16.30\00:32:20.00
Here it says:
00:32:20.50\00:32:21.86
So what is the first thing
that you see about the lamb?
00:32:45.91\00:32:49.42
Is it the death of the lamb?
00:32:49.62\00:32:51.06
Or is it the fact that
the lamb is without blemish?
00:32:51.36\00:32:53.84
Notice the... the death of
Jesus would have had no value
00:32:54.14\00:32:58.26
unless Jesus had lived a
perfect, unblemished life.
00:32:58.46\00:33:01.46
And sometimes we start the
sanctuary service in the court.
00:33:01.77\00:33:04.95
The sanctuary service
doesn't start in the court...
00:33:05.15\00:33:06.96
it starts in the
camp where sinners live.
00:33:07.16\00:33:09.95
We're going to
notice that in a few moments
00:33:10.26\00:33:12.97
so notice what
it says, verse 19:
00:33:13.27\00:33:14.98
In other words, what
scripture is telling us
00:33:30.40\00:33:32.31
is that Jesus Christ was
going to come as the Lamb of God
00:33:32.51\00:33:37.40
to live a
perfect, unblemished life.
00:33:37.60\00:33:41.74
And after He had
lived His unblemished life
00:33:42.04\00:33:45.63
He was going to the cross
and He was going to pay our debt
00:33:45.83\00:33:50.12
of sin. In other words, Jesus
first of all came to the camp
00:33:50.32\00:33:55.76
and only afterwards
went into the court.
00:33:55.96\00:33:58.51
And some people say:
"Well, why did Jesus come
00:33:58.62\00:34:01.11
to live His perfect
life? Why did He come to die? "
00:34:01.31\00:34:04.02
Simply, folks, because
He was taking the place
00:34:04.32\00:34:07.18
of every human being who
has ever lived on planet earth.
00:34:07.38\00:34:11.82
And you say: "Why could Jesus
00:34:12.12\00:34:14.45
live the life
that we should live? "
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.25
"Why could Jesus die the
death that we all should die? "
00:34:16.45\00:34:19.48
The reason is very simple.
00:34:19.78\00:34:21.32
The Bible tells us
that Jesus created us all.
00:34:21.62\00:34:25.19
And only He who created
all could offer His life
00:34:25.49\00:34:30.08
in place of all.
00:34:30.28\00:34:32.03
Notice John
chapter 1 verses 1 to 3
00:34:32.33\00:34:35.10
where we're told that Jesus
was the creator of everything...
00:34:35.30\00:34:38.73
every human
being on planet earth.
00:34:39.03\00:34:41.22
It says there in John
chapter 1 verses 1 to 3:
00:34:41.52\00:34:44.30
"In the beginning was the Word,
00:34:44.60\00:34:46.83
and the Word was with
God and the Word WAS God.
00:34:47.13\00:34:51.02
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:34:51.32\00:34:54.97
All things were
made through Him,
00:34:55.27\00:34:58.64
and without Him nothing
was made that was made. "
00:34:58.94\00:35:03.37
And sometimes when I say:
"You know that Jesus created
00:35:04.70\00:35:07.00
all human beings, "
somebody comes and says:
00:35:07.20\00:35:09.52
"Pastor Bohr, but I
was born from my mother. "
00:35:09.62\00:35:12.24
I say: "Oh, OK, good. Who
was your mother born from? "
00:35:12.44\00:35:15.65
"Well she was
born from her mother. "
00:35:15.85\00:35:17.66
"OK, who was her
mother born from? "
00:35:17.86\00:35:20.26
If you go back far
enough, where do you end up?
00:35:20.47\00:35:22.91
With Adam and Eve!
00:35:23.12\00:35:24.46
When Jesus created Adam and Eve
he created the whole human race.
00:35:24.66\00:35:28.98
And by the way, from creating
us, Jesus was responsible
00:35:29.18\00:35:32.48
for our existence.
00:35:32.68\00:35:33.91
And because Jesus felt
responsible for our existence,
00:35:34.21\00:35:37.04
He says: "I'm going to
provide a way of escape:
00:35:37.24\00:35:39.37
I'm going to live the
life that they should live,
00:35:39.57\00:35:42.04
I'm going to weave the
robe that they should wear,
00:35:42.24\00:35:45.25
and I'm going to die the
death that they should die. "
00:35:45.45\00:35:47.92
"I am going to be their
substitute in terms of My life
00:35:48.22\00:35:51.83
and in terms of My death
00:35:52.03\00:35:54.34
so that they can have
righteousness and so that
00:35:54.54\00:35:57.49
eventually they can be
covered with a glorious robe
00:35:57.69\00:36:00.68
of physical light.
00:36:00.88\00:36:02.73
And so the first thing
that Jesus does is He comes
00:36:03.03\00:36:06.75
to this earth to live as
the immaculate Lamb of God.
00:36:06.95\00:36:12.82
In other words, Jesus
didn't come first to the court
00:36:13.12\00:36:15.67
of the sanctuary where
the altar of sacrifice was.
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.15
Jesus came to the
camp where sinners live
00:36:18.35\00:36:21.47
because He was going to
live the life in our midst
00:36:21.67\00:36:24.92
that we should live.
00:36:25.12\00:36:26.22
In other words, the
sanctuary begins in the camp.
00:36:26.79\00:36:29.64
The sanctuary begins
with the perfect life of Jesus
00:36:29.94\00:36:33.17
in our midst.
00:36:33.37\00:36:34.44
You're all acquainted with
John chapter 1 and verse 14.
00:36:34.64\00:36:37.61
By the way, do you know that
word dwelt is the Greek word
00:36:42.27\00:36:46.06
skenoo... which means
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.40
He pitched His tent among us.
00:36:48.60\00:36:52.69
It can be translated
He tabernacled among us.
00:36:52.99\00:36:56.88
In other words, He came
to the camp where our tents
00:36:57.18\00:36:59.78
were pitched and He came and
pitched His tent in our midst.
00:36:59.98\00:37:03.55
And so it says: "The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. "
00:37:03.75\00:37:07.70
And so Jesus came to
the camp where we live,
00:37:15.65\00:37:19.02
and He came with the
purpose of living the life
00:37:19.22\00:37:22.86
that all of us should live...
00:37:23.06\00:37:24.91
facing the same
trials and temptations.
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.07
Facing the same difficulties.
00:37:28.27\00:37:30.15
Coming in the
likeness of sinful flesh
00:37:30.35\00:37:32.97
and conquering the flesh in
the likeness of sinful flesh.
00:37:33.17\00:37:37.82
And by the way, every time
that Jesus Christ obeyed God
00:37:38.12\00:37:42.87
in the midst of
trials and tribulations
00:37:43.01\00:37:45.04
He added a thread to the robe.
00:37:45.25\00:37:48.45
By His obedience Jesus was
weaving a robe of righteousness.
00:37:48.75\00:37:52.71
Every time that the devil
tried to get Him to entertain
00:37:52.81\00:37:55.84
a sinful thought and He
said: "No, I won't go there, "
00:37:56.04\00:37:59.11
another thread was added.
00:37:59.21\00:38:00.73
Every time that Jesus
said "No! " to the devil,
00:38:00.94\00:38:03.81
another thread was added.
00:38:04.01\00:38:05.38
And when Jesus said on
the cross "It is finished! "
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.56
the robe was complete...
it had every single thread
00:38:08.76\00:38:14.43
of a perfect
robe of righteousness
00:38:14.53\00:38:17.05
weaved by Jesus Christ Himself.
00:38:17.25\00:38:20.25
And so Jesus came to the camp
00:38:21.51\00:38:25.20
to live the life
that we should live.
00:38:25.40\00:38:28.16
Now let's go to a couple
of Old Testament prophecies
00:38:28.37\00:38:31.95
that pointed to Jesus as
the unblemished sacrifice
00:38:32.16\00:38:37.93
or the unblemished Lamb
and the unblemished Priest.
00:38:38.14\00:38:42.72
Let's go in our Bibles
to Leviticus chapter 22
00:38:43.02\00:38:46.19
and verses 20 to 22.
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Leviticus chapter 22
00:38:48.87\00:38:50.77
and verses 20 to 22.
00:38:50.97\00:38:52.67
It's speaking here about
the animals that were offered
00:38:52.97\00:38:56.54
in the sacrificial service.
00:38:56.74\00:38:58.44
Even before the
animals were killed
00:38:58.75\00:39:00.90
the animals had to
be without blemish...
00:39:01.10\00:39:05.33
which represents the
perfect life of Jesus Christ.
00:39:05.63\00:39:09.52
It represents all of the threads
00:39:09.72\00:39:11.36
that Jesus put on the
robe of righteousness.
00:39:11.56\00:39:13.67
He lived a righteous life
00:39:13.87\00:39:17.23
so that He could give
us that righteous life.
00:39:17.54\00:39:20.35
Notice Leviticus 22 verse 20:
00:39:20.65\00:39:23.07
Now what did
those victims represent?
00:40:06.20\00:40:09.54
Those lambs and those rams
without defect, without blemish?
00:40:09.74\00:40:15.06
They represented the
life of Jesus Christ.
00:40:15.36\00:40:18.92
The unblemished,
sinless life of Jesus.
00:40:19.22\00:40:21.63
His robe of righteousness...
which He wove in our midst
00:40:21.93\00:40:25.47
in the camp where we live.
00:40:25.77\00:40:27.38
But it wasn't sufficient
for Jesus to be a perfect lamb.
00:40:27.68\00:40:31.68
He also had to be
an unblemished Priest.
00:40:31.98\00:40:36.19
Notice what we find
in Leviticus chapter 21
00:40:36.49\00:40:39.52
and verses 17 to 21.
00:40:39.72\00:40:42.23
Leviticus chapter 21
and verses 17 through 21.
00:40:42.44\00:40:46.76
It's speaking here about those
who could serve as priests.
00:40:47.07\00:40:51.51
"Speak to Aaron saying:
00:40:51.81\00:40:54.57
'no man of your descendents
in succeeding generations
00:40:54.60\00:40:59.78
who has any defect
00:40:59.88\00:41:02.70
may approach to offer
the bread of his God. '
00:41:02.90\00:41:05.74
For any man who has a
defect shall not approach.
00:41:06.04\00:41:09.99
A man blind or lame,
who has a marked face,
00:41:10.30\00:41:14.54
or any limb too long.
00:41:14.74\00:41:16.18
A man who has a
broken foot or broken hand
00:41:16.38\00:41:19.76
or is a hunchback or a dwarf
00:41:19.96\00:41:22.79
or a man who has
a defect in his eye
00:41:22.99\00:41:25.48
or eczema or a
scab or is a eunuch.
00:41:25.68\00:41:29.24
No man of the
descendants of Aaron the priest
00:41:29.44\00:41:32.84
who has a defect
shall come near to offer
00:41:33.04\00:41:36.65
the offerings made
by fire to the Lord.
00:41:36.85\00:41:39.27
He has a defect,
he shall not come near
00:41:39.57\00:41:42.89
to offer the bread of his God. "
00:41:43.09\00:41:47.01
And so the Old Testament
sacrificial service said that
00:41:48.24\00:41:51.23
the victim had to be
without blemish and the priest
00:41:51.43\00:41:55.28
also had to be without blemish.
00:41:55.48\00:41:57.86
This was even before
the animal was sacrificed.
00:41:58.06\00:42:01.13
Now let me ask
you: who is the priest
00:42:03.02\00:42:04.84
represented by the sacrifice?
00:42:05.04\00:42:07.64
The priest is Jesus.
00:42:07.94\00:42:11.81
And what does
the victim represent?
00:42:12.11\00:42:14.79
The victim represents Jesus.
00:42:15.09\00:42:17.96
You see, in the Old Testament
service you needed a priest
00:42:18.26\00:42:21.04
and you needed a victim.
00:42:21.24\00:42:22.57
But Jesus gathered
both meanings within Himself
00:42:22.87\00:42:26.81
because the book of Hebrews
tells us that Jesus offered
00:42:27.11\00:42:31.25
Himself a sacrifice.
00:42:31.45\00:42:33.37
In other words,
Jesus was the Priest
00:42:33.68\00:42:36.01
and Jesus was also the victim.
00:42:36.21\00:42:38.57
But in order to be a priest,
He had to live a perfect life.
00:42:38.87\00:42:42.97
In order to be a victim,
He had to live a perfect life.
00:42:43.27\00:42:47.64
You see, the robe is the
perfect life of Jesus Christ.
00:42:47.94\00:42:52.30
The robe - every thread
- is an act of obedience
00:42:52.60\00:42:56.68
of Jesus during His life.
00:42:56.88\00:42:58.30
And I repeat once again,
when Jesus said on the cross
00:42:58.50\00:43:00.91
"It is finished, " He
had placed the last thread
00:43:01.11\00:43:04.61
upon that robe of
righteousness which God requires
00:43:04.81\00:43:08.59
from us... but we can't give.
00:43:08.69\00:43:10.48
And so Jesus lived that
life that we should live
00:43:10.68\00:43:13.53
so that He could
give us as a free gift
00:43:13.73\00:43:16.31
the robe of His righteousness.
00:43:16.51\00:43:19.19
Notice Hebrews
chapter 4 and verse 15.
00:43:19.49\00:43:22.97
We are told concerning
the earthly life of Jesus
00:43:23.27\00:43:28.32
the following:
00:43:28.52\00:43:29.61
You see, Jesus was that
Lamb, tempted in all things...
00:43:47.05\00:43:51.20
without sin, without blemish.
00:43:51.50\00:43:54.30
Notice Hebrews 7 verse 26
00:43:54.60\00:43:57.21
where we find the
description of the high priest.
00:43:57.51\00:44:00.41
Hebrews 7 verse 26 it says:
00:44:00.71\00:44:02.83
In John chapter 8 and verse 46
00:44:18.90\00:44:21.98
Jesus asked those
who were listening to Him
00:44:22.18\00:44:25.70
"Which of you
convicts Me of sin?
00:44:25.90\00:44:29.66
And if I tell the truth,
why do you not believe Me? "
00:44:29.86\00:44:34.65
There are in the New
Testament an abundance of verses
00:44:34.95\00:44:38.53
that show that Jesus lived
a perfect life without sin.
00:44:38.73\00:44:44.48
Every act of obedience
- whether it be in thought
00:44:44.78\00:44:48.19
or in actions or
feelings or emotions of Jesus -
00:44:48.40\00:44:52.76
was an adding to the thread
00:44:52.96\00:44:54.52
of His perfect
robe of righteousness.
00:44:54.73\00:44:58.14
So the robe of righteousness
represents the perfect life
00:44:58.44\00:45:03.18
of Jesus. The
sinless life of Christ
00:45:03.38\00:45:07.64
which we can't offer the law.
00:45:07.84\00:45:09.35
But we're going to see
in our study tomorrow that
00:45:09.55\00:45:12.51
when we come to
Jesus and we receive Him
00:45:12.72\00:45:15.28
He takes the robe
of His righteousness -
00:45:15.38\00:45:17.56
the life that He lived -
and He places it upon us...
00:45:17.77\00:45:21.88
the spiritual robe of
His own righteousness.
00:45:22.08\00:45:25.52
But it wasn't
enough for Jesus to come
00:45:25.82\00:45:28.32
to live His perfect
life in the camp with us.
00:45:28.52\00:45:30.63
You see, we need to start the
sanctuary service in the camp,
00:45:30.83\00:45:33.09
don't we? We can't
start in the court.
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.39
Jesus couldn't just come to die.
00:45:35.60\00:45:37.36
He had to be the perfect
Lamb who lived in our midst.
00:45:37.56\00:45:40.61
Who by every act of obedience
wove this wonderful robe
00:45:40.82\00:45:44.47
of righteousness which
we cannot offer to the Lord.
00:45:44.67\00:45:47.61
But it wasn't enough for
Jesus to live a perfect life.
00:45:47.91\00:45:50.51
Jesus also had to
suffer our penalty of death.
00:45:51.82\00:45:56.20
You see, at the beginning...
I want you to notice
00:45:56.50\00:45:59.58
this sequence of things...
00:45:59.78\00:46:01.10
At the beginning, we
all know that man sinned.
00:46:01.31\00:46:04.47
And as a result of sin,
00:46:06.01\00:46:07.74
man lost his
spiritual robe of righteousness
00:46:07.77\00:46:12.18
because he was disobedient now.
00:46:12.39\00:46:14.10
And as a result of losing his
spiritual robe of righteousness
00:46:14.30\00:46:17.93
he lost the
literal robe of light.
00:46:18.13\00:46:21.45
And of course this would
lead to the ultimate unclothing
00:46:21.75\00:46:25.79
of man... through
death, in the grave.
00:46:25.99\00:46:28.81
But Jesus came to
undo what Adam and Eve
00:46:30.00\00:46:34.67
and all of their
descendants have done.
00:46:34.87\00:46:37.44
You see, Jesus took
our sins upon Himself.
00:46:37.75\00:46:41.90
Jesus took our spiritual
nakedness upon Himself.
00:46:42.90\00:46:46.99
And as a result,
Jesus hung on the cross
00:46:47.30\00:46:50.96
totally naked -
physically speaking -
00:46:51.16\00:46:55.70
because Jesus was
bearing our spiritual sin.
00:46:55.90\00:47:00.34
Jesus now hangs physically
naked - just like Adam and Eve
00:47:00.64\00:47:04.82
sinned and they
lost their righteousness
00:47:05.02\00:47:07.75
and then they lost
their physical robe.
00:47:07.85\00:47:09.44
Jesus Christ now has taken the
sins of the world upon Himself.
00:47:09.65\00:47:13.17
And as a result, He doesn't
have a robe... He's naked
00:47:13.37\00:47:16.44
hanging on the cross!
And I know some people say
00:47:16.74\00:47:18.66
"You're saying that Jesus
hung naked on the cross? "
00:47:18.86\00:47:21.56
You know, usually artists
cover up Christ's private parts.
00:47:21.76\00:47:26.22
That's not Biblical.
00:47:26.52\00:47:27.89
Jesus hung between
heaven and earth stark naked.
00:47:28.19\00:47:32.51
Notice what we
find in John chapter 19
00:47:32.81\00:47:35.84
verses 23 and 24.
00:47:36.05\00:47:38.49
John 19:23-24.
00:47:38.79\00:47:41.20
Speaking about the soldiers
when they were going to...
00:47:41.50\00:47:43.80
you know... cut the robe
of Jesus into four parts.
00:47:44.00\00:47:48.36
It says there, John 19:23:
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.60
That's also
symbolically significant.
00:48:13.90\00:48:16.21
It represents the perfect
life of Christ which He wove
00:48:16.41\00:48:21.02
while He was on earth.
00:48:21.22\00:48:22.33
Verse 24:
00:48:22.53\00:48:24.58
They took His garments
and they took His tunic.
00:48:44.18\00:48:47.45
Jesus Christ hung
naked on the cross of Calvary
00:48:47.65\00:48:52.05
because Jesus was taking
upon Himself our nakedness.
00:48:52.35\00:48:56.38
Jesus had taken our sins, and
the result of sin was nakedness.
00:48:56.68\00:49:01.01
So Jesus now takes our sin,
00:49:01.21\00:49:02.87
and therefore Jesus hangs
naked on the cross of Calvary.
00:49:03.07\00:49:07.03
And by the way, He
suffered the ultimate nakedness
00:49:07.13\00:49:09.58
which is death.
"Father, into Your hands
00:49:09.78\00:49:14.37
I commend My spirit. "
00:49:14.57\00:49:16.51
And so the law
demands our death.
00:49:16.81\00:49:19.23
The law says: "Hey,
you obey me perfectly
00:49:19.54\00:49:22.56
you live. You disobey me,
you lose your spiritual robe
00:49:22.76\00:49:27.99
of righteousness, you lose your
physical robe of righteousness,
00:49:28.19\00:49:31.79
and ultimately you will
be unclothed by death. "
00:49:31.99\00:49:35.09
The Bible tells us
that Jesus Christ came
00:49:37.27\00:49:39.60
and He took my spiritual
nakedness upon Himself.
00:49:39.80\00:49:44.18
And He paid the penalty
that I should have paid.
00:49:45.25\00:49:48.56
In other words, in the
camp Jesus lived the life
00:49:48.86\00:49:51.38
that we should live.
00:49:51.58\00:49:52.60
And in the court, Jesus died
the death that we should die.
00:49:52.90\00:49:55.96
Notice Galatians
chapter 3 and verse 13.
00:49:56.26\00:49:59.47
"Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law
00:49:59.77\00:50:05.28
having become... "
what? "a curse for us. "
00:50:05.48\00:50:10.12
"For it is written: cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree. "
00:50:10.42\00:50:14.85
We were the cursed ones!
But Jesus took upon Himself
00:50:15.84\00:50:18.66
our curse. He took our
sin. He suffered our punishment.
00:50:18.86\00:50:23.92
Notice II Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 21.
00:50:24.22\00:50:27.49
These are well-known verses.
00:50:27.69\00:50:29.73
Speaking about God the
Father it says: "For He made
00:50:30.03\00:50:32.04
Him - that is,
the Father made Jesus
00:50:32.24\00:50:34.92
who knew no sin
- to be... " what?
00:50:35.12\00:50:38.24
And of course,
Isaiah 53 verses 5 and 6:
00:50:44.81\00:50:48.49
Isn't this marvelous?
The message of the camp
00:51:16.93\00:51:19.97
and the court?
00:51:20.18\00:51:21.31
Jesus lived a perfect life which
is His robe of righteousness.
00:51:21.61\00:51:27.55
And then He went to
the court - the cross -
00:51:27.85\00:51:30.25
and He suffered the penalty
of death that every human being
00:51:30.45\00:51:34.36
on earth should
suffer. And by the way,
00:51:34.56\00:51:36.83
the work that Jesus did
in the camp and in the court
00:51:37.03\00:51:39.92
He did for every single
human being who has ever lived
00:51:40.12\00:51:43.62
on planet earth.
00:51:43.82\00:51:45.52
No matter how wicked or
how evil they have been,
00:51:45.82\00:51:48.95
the robe was
weaved for everyone!
00:51:49.15\00:51:52.53
And the death of Jesus
was a death for everyone.
00:51:52.83\00:51:56.44
Allow me to read you
several verses of the Bible
00:51:56.74\00:51:59.63
that underline this point.
00:51:59.84\00:52:01.26
John 3:16. Have you
ever heard of that verse?
00:52:01.46\00:52:03.55
For God so loved West Frankfort.
00:52:04.97\00:52:08.81
Yeah, West Frankfort too!
00:52:09.01\00:52:10.04
So for... for how
many did Jesus come?
00:52:17.15\00:52:19.75
Came for the world. But
don't miss tomorrow night,
00:52:20.05\00:52:23.00
because tomorrow night we're
going to talk about the 2nd part
00:52:23.20\00:52:25.29
of John 3:16.
"Whosoever believeth in Him... "
00:52:25.49\00:52:28.55
Because you're probably
thinking, Pastor Bohr is
00:52:28.85\00:52:31.69
teaching universalism here.
00:52:31.90\00:52:33.63
Pastor Bohr is saying
that Jesus lived the life that
00:52:33.93\00:52:35.88
we should live; He died
the death that we should die.
00:52:35.98\00:52:38.16
Hallelujah! And that's it!
00:52:38.36\00:52:40.26
Everybody's
going to be saved. No!
00:52:40.46\00:52:42.44
Because we have to receive
the benefits of what Jesus did
00:52:42.64\00:52:46.70
in the camp and what
Jesus did in the court.
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.43
But His death and His
life were for everyone!
00:52:50.52\00:52:53.32
Notice I John
chapter 2 and verse 2.
00:52:53.62\00:52:56.32
We'll go quickly through these.
00:52:56.43\00:52:57.63
I John 2 verse 2. It says:
00:52:57.83\00:52:59.69
So not only for ours
but for the whole world.
00:53:08.03\00:53:11.60
Notice Romans
chapter 5 and verse 8.
00:53:11.91\00:53:14.83
And of course we
all known John 1:29.
00:53:27.98\00:53:30.21
You see, what Jesus did
in the camp and in the court
00:53:37.59\00:53:41.47
He did corporately for every
person who has drawn breath
00:53:41.67\00:53:45.83
in the history of planet earth.
00:53:46.03\00:53:48.15
But as we're going
to study tomorrow night
00:53:48.45\00:53:50.67
as we go into the holy place
00:53:50.97\00:53:52.85
we're going to see there
is something that we must do
00:53:53.05\00:53:55.64
in order to respond
to what Jesus has done
00:53:55.84\00:53:59.09
for Him to pour out the benefits
of His life and His death.
00:53:59.39\00:54:02.91
Allow me to close by
reading you a few statements
00:54:03.21\00:54:05.99
from the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:54:06.20\00:54:08.24
We find in Selected
Messages volume 1 page 309
00:54:08.54\00:54:12.80
these words:
00:54:13.10\00:54:15.39
Did you catch that?
00:54:24.82\00:54:26.76
What redemption
price did Jesus pay?
00:54:28.24\00:54:30.09
He paid it for what?
00:54:30.49\00:54:32.92
"For the race. "
That's all of us.
00:54:33.22\00:54:35.33
On page 321,
Selected Messages volume 1...
00:54:35.63\00:54:39.61
Listen to
this... this is powerful:
00:54:39.91\00:54:41.93
One final statement that
we find in the little booklet
00:55:21.08\00:55:24.78
Confrontation, page 17.
00:55:24.98\00:55:27.02
She says:
00:55:27.12\00:55:28.40
So folks, Jesus -
by coming to this earth
00:56:14.97\00:56:18.43
in the camp with us - lived
the life that we should live.
00:56:18.63\00:56:24.43
Jesus came to this
earth and Jesus died
00:56:25.60\00:56:29.12
the death that we should die.
00:56:29.32\00:56:31.58
He prepared a
robe of righteousness
00:56:31.98\00:56:34.74
complete with every
thread through His obedience
00:56:34.94\00:56:38.06
that He can give
freely to human beings.
00:56:38.26\00:56:42.78
He paid the penalty that
every single one of us deserves.
00:56:43.08\00:56:48.52
And this He did for
the whole human race
00:56:48.82\00:56:52.90
from Adam and Eve
to the last person
00:56:53.20\00:56:56.12
that lives on planet earth.
00:56:56.32\00:56:58.20
But there's a catch.
00:56:59.34\00:57:02.33
We must come to
Jesus and we must ask Him
00:57:02.73\00:57:08.65
for Him to credit
His life to our account.
00:57:08.85\00:57:13.44
We must come to Him and
ask Him to credit His death
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to our account.
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And when we respond
individually and personally
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then we are
accepted in the beloved.
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This will be our
study for tomorrow.
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