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Who was Jesus?
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He had compassion for
the weak and the hurting.
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He loved every person He
met and taught them how to love.
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His great heart helped
all those who came near Him.
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But most of
all, He was a friend,
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that was who He was.
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Now, find out who He is.
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Welcome to another
hour of blessing on 3ABN's
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summer camp meeting.
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This hour is an
hour of blessing.
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We have a message
from God's word today
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and the title is
Covenant Son and Surety.
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the speaker for this hour is
sister Shelley Quinn. She has
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been studying and pray. And I
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I'm sure you will be blessed as
you study God's word together.
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Before this messages
presented We do have a musical
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offering PR Ryan Day will be
presenting a message in song.
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How Great Thou Art accompanied
by piano by brother Tim Parton.
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The next place you will
hear after this musical offering
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that of sister Shelley
Quinn. May God bless each and
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every one of us.
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Oh, Lord my God
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when I in awesome wonder.
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Consider all the
worlds Thy hands have made
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I see the stars,
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I hear the rolling thunder
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Thy power throughout
the universe display.
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Ohhh, and when I think
that God His Son not sparing
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sent Him to die
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I scarce can take it in,
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Ohhh, that on the cross.
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My burden gladly bearing,
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He bled and died,
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to take away my sin.
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Then sings my soul,
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my Saviour God to thee.
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How Great Thou Art,
How Great Though Arr...
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Then sings my soul
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my Saviour God to thee,
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How great though art.
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Amen! Thank you so
much, Ryan and thank you, Tim,
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for that beautiful song and
indeed, how great is our God?
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I'm so glad that you're joining
us tonight for this message
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titled Covenant Son and Surety.
The purpose of this message
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tonight is to answer 3
questions. When did God
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become the Lamb of God. When
did God become the Son of God?
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and what does the Bible
means when it says that Jesus is
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surety our surety
of a better Covenant?
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In our time together, I'm going
to tell you a story of Jesus
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from Scripture,
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the incomparable
Jesus who is perfectly human
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but perfectly
divine. Let's pray.
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Oh Father,
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as we come together.
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Lord, we come to
glorify your name
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and Lord, we do declare, You
are great. You are mighty, You
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are awesome. Father. I ask
in the name of Jesus tonight
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may your holy spirit
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bring the scriptures to life
to give us a true picture of
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Jesus Christ, our Lord and
Savior. Father, I pray that none
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of us will be the same
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after this presentation
that we will never again
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take for granted what You have
done for us in the covenant of
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grace, redemption by grace.
We love you, Father and we
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thank you in Jesus name. Amen,
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Have you ever
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drawn a picture by
connecting the dots? You know,
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you draw one line to the
next connecting the dots. What
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happens if you only connect
half the dots? Do you have a
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clear picture. Well, let me
tell you, some people have an
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incomplete picture of Jesus,
they see Him as inferior to the
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Father or they see Him as being
birthed from the bosom of the
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Father. But the Bible does not
say that, these people did not
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connect all the dots. They
see only half of them in the New
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Testament. But they have missed
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half of the dots that
are in the Old Testament.
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The New Testament
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builds on the Old Testament.
God has given us a progressive,
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revelation of His covenant
and of Jesus Christ and you
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can't oversee, understand
the New Testament without
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referring to the Old
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to develop a clear picture
of Jesus we must consider that
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He is the central figure of
the Old Testament and He is the
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central figure of
the New Testament.
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You know, Jesus was called
by covenant terms. Covenant
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language. He was called Messiah,
promised seed, Son of man, last
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Adam only-begotten firstborn
Lamb of God, Son of God, surety
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of the covenant. And tonight
we're going to look at these
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covenant terms so that we can
connect all the dots and outline
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a true picture of who Jesus is.
I want to tell you something,
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this is an ambitious
study for our allotted time.
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But please stay with me,
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please, because I believe by
the end of the study, you will
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have an epiphany, a Holy Spirit
light bulb moment where you are
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going to see Jesus, as
you've never seen Him before.
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And at the end of this
presentation. You may not be
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able to explain it to someone.
But I guarantee a true picture
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of Jesus, when we understand
who He really is. It can be a
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life changing experience.
So who is Jesus? He is the
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Messiah, the Old Testament.
He is the Christ of the New
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Testament. Both are messianic
titles. Both mean the same
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thing. They mean anointed.
How did our risen savior when
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He met the disciples on the
road to Emmaus. How did He show
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them and prove that He was the
Messiah and Luke 24:27 it says
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beginning at Moses and all
the prophets, Jesus expounded to
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them in all the scriptures
the things concerning Himself,
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the Apostle Paul when he had
people coming to visit him at
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his place. He explained
the kingdom of God to the Jews.
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Acts 28:23 says he persuaded
them concerning Jesus from both
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the law of Moses and the
prophets. That's the entire Old
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Testament Jesus appeared many
times in the Old Testament as
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the Angel of the Lord and
He fulfilled every messianic
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prophecy that is in the Old
Testament. Then when we get to
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the New Testament. Christ is
announced as the Anointed One,
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Christ, that's what it means. He
was consecrated to do His great
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redemptive work. Acts
10:38 says God anointed Jesus of
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Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
and with great power and He did
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wonderful things. He healed all
who are oppressed by the devil
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and under the Devils tyranny
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So, who is Jesus? He is
the promised seed. This is an
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important dot we're
going to draw a line from the
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messiah to
seed. Adam was created
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in God's image and he
was given authority over all
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the world. But Adam
broke covenant with the Lord
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by sinning through
disobedience and as soon
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as sin entered the world.
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God promised a seed a coming
deliver in Genesis 3:15 in the
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Garden of Eden after sin came
in God basically said this to
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the serpent. Hey devil,
this woman that you deceived
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she's going to have a seed,
a descendant from her bloodline
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and you're going to bruise His
heel. But that seed the promised
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delivered will crush your
head and that of all those who
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follow your evil ways. He
announced the good news of the
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coming deliver right
there in the garden. The seed of
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promise, the
promised Messiah, then
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God defined afterwards the
everlasting covenant of grace
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with Abraham.
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The everlasting covenant
of grace is this righteousness
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by faith.
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He announced this to Abraham
who believed in the Lord and
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the Bible says it was accounted
to Him as righteousness.
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Abraham saw Christ day in vision
and he was glad and in Genesis
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22:18, God is repeating the
promise of the covenant. He says
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in your seed, all the nations
of the earth shall be blessed
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because you have
obeyed my voice clearly.
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Paul identifies Jesus as the
promised seed in Galatians 3:16
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where he says God
did not say that Abraham
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seeds as plural. But He
said seed, singular, obviously
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referring to only one person
and then Paul concludes saying
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and to your seed who is Christ.
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If we follow this
seed descendants of Abraham
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God renewed the everlasting
covenant with Isaac, with Jacob,
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with Israel and with David.
And He even added a layer to His
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covenant by making a
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unconditional and unconditional
covenant with David saying that
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David's descendant the promised
seed who we know to be Jesus
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Christ would rule
on the throne forever.
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Now the everlasting
covenant progressively unfolds
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throughout the Old Testament
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and into the new actually
into and through the New.
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When Mary understood that
she would birth the Messiah.
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She burst into song and this
is recorded in Luke chapter one.
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She said ah God is
keeping his promises to Abraham
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and to his seed, his
descendants and she says now
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God has shown us mercy by
remembering His holy covenant.
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She's talking about the
everlasting covenant. She said
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fulfilling His sacred oath
to Abraham. You see the new
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covenant is just an extension
of what was revealed in the Old
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Testament. New means renewed
and 3 quarters of the new
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covenant recall the
Abrahamic Davidic covenants.
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The Old Testament
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seed the Messiah seed of
the woman seed of Abraham,
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is really eternal God.
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Isaiah prophesied
about messiah, he said,
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unto us, a child is born and
the government will be on His
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shoulders. Who is this child
of glory? Listen, Isaiah 9:6
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Isaiah identifies the
Messiah as Wonderful, Counselor,
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Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
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and Prince of Peace. The person
of Jesus, the seed that was
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promised is eternal God.
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Speaking of Christ's birth
place. God said that from that
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village of Bethlehem shall come
forth the one who is to rule
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and reign. The one He describes
in Micah 5:2, who's going's
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forth are from of old. Are
from everlasting and guess what,
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now the term this
covenant term seed applies
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to you and me because
Paul says in Galatians 3.29.
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if you are Christ, you are
Abrahams seed and heirs of the
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covenant.
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Who is Jesus, He is the Son of
man. This is another messianic
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title that will help us to
connect the dots as the Son of
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man Jesus identifies
Himself with us in our
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humanity. Did you know, this
was Jesus's favorite title for
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Himself. He used the title
Son of man over 80 times in Mark
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10:45. He said for even the
Son of man did not come to be
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served but to serve and to give
His life as a ransom for many.
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The Son of Man, the Messiah
portrayed in Isaiah 53 as the
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suffering servant of God whose
road to His future glory was,
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by the way, of rejection
suffering and humiliation on
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the Christ. When Stephen that
the Deacon of the early church
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was stoned and laid dying, He
was filled with the Holy Spirit
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in he gazed up into heaven
and He saw Jesus and He said in
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Acts, 7:56, look, I see the
heavens opened and son of man
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standing at the
right hand of God.
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But this son of
man our humble messiah
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claimed authority on
Earth to forgive sins.
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That's
something only God can do.
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The Son of man our humble
Messiah claimed to be Lord of
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the Sabbath. And Paul
tells us that the rulers didn't
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recognize who Jesus was. In
first Corinthians 2:8. He says
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for had they known, they would
not have crucified the Lord of
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Glory. The Son of man is
actually the Lord of Glory
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Those same Lord of Glory
that Daniel saw in vision and
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Daniel 7:13,14. He says behold
one like the Son of man coming
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with the clouds of heaven.
He came to the ancient of days
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and the brought Him near before
Him, then to Him was given
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dominion, glory and a kingdom
and His is dominion is an
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everlasting kingdom and His
kingdom is the one that will
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not be destroyed. The Messiah,
the Christ, the promised seed
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became the Son of man.
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Who is Jesus? He is the last
Adam. Boy, this is a wonderful
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next dot to help us
outline the picture of Jesus.
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I told you Adam was
created in the image of God as
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the representative of humanity.
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But He failed to follow the
God in loyalty and it had tragic
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results. In Romans 5:2,
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Paul explains that when Adam
sinned, the entire world was
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affected. Sin entered into the
human experience resulting in
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death and cast a shadow over
all of us because we all sin,
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but the God of eternity
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stepped out of heaven
and He became the last Adam.
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The new representative of
humanity. In Romans 5:21, Paul
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continues. He says just as sin
reigned in death. Even so sin
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conquering grace will
rain through righteousness,
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imparting eternal life
through Jesus Christ. Our Lord
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in 1Corinthians, 15:21,22
Paul said since death came by a
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man, Adam, it is only
fitting that the resurrection
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of the dead will come through a
man Christ. Even as all who are
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in Adam die. It is in Christ
that all shall be made alive.
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Then He goes down a few
verses 1Corinthians, 15:45,47.
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He says the first man,
Adam became a living being.
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But the last Adam became a life
giving spirit. The first man
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was of earth, made of dust.
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The second man is the
Lord Jehovah from heaven.
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Now our last Adam sits
on the throne as the new
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representative of humanity
resurrected in His glorious
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immortal flesh.
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Who is Jesus? He is
the only begotten of God.
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Now, understanding this term
is critical This is our next
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dot. And if we don't understand
this, we're not going to have
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in an accurate picture
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of God begotten can mean in
the literal sense to have been
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birthed by sire by but begotten
is covenant language, which
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means chosen for covenant
purpose. When we show you in
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first Corinthians 4:15, Paul
told the Corinthians. You might
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have 10,000 instructors in
Christ. Yet you don't have many
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fathers for in Christ, Jesus.
This is Paul speaking. I have
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begotten you through the Gospel
00:22:53.30\00:22:55.34
Paul called Onesimus a
runaway slave whom He had
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converted through the Gospel.
His begotten Son. And then in
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Hebrews Chapter
11:17-19 by faith Abraham
00:23:09.28\00:23:14.66
when He was tested offered up,
Isaac and he who had received
00:23:14.72\00:23:19.23
the promises offered
up his only-begotten Son
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of whom it was said in Isaac
your seed shall be called...
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Now. Wait a minute.
00:23:30.47\00:23:31.81
Abraham had eight sons,
six by Keturah. Ishmael was his
00:23:32.11\00:23:37.11
first, born Son.
00:23:37.18\00:23:38.51
But he wasn't the Son of
promise. It is Isaac who is
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called his only-begotten because
he was the Son of promise. Now
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the Gospel of John
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begins in John chapter one
00:23:55.96\00:23:58.47
explaining that Jesus is
the word of God that He was with
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God in the beginning that
He was God in the beginning and
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it says He is the creator of all
things. And then in John 1:14
00:24:10.15\00:24:14.48
it says the word became
flesh and dwelt among us and we
00:24:16.25\00:24:20.72
beheld His glory. The glorious
of the only begotten of the
00:24:20.79\00:24:26.76
Father. Our creator God
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.76
became a man in the person of
Jesus Christ. And just as Isaac
00:24:30.20\00:24:36.57
was called the only
begotten of his father, Abraham,
00:24:36.64\00:24:41.51
our creator who became the last
Adam the is called the unique
00:24:42.08\00:24:49.02
only begotten Son of covenant
promise. And Acts 13:32, 33
00:24:49.08\00:24:56.12
Paul shares wonderful news.
He says the promise that was
00:24:59.59\00:25:04.00
made to our forefathers.
God has now fulfilled for us.
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Their children for He
has raised up Jesus as it is
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written in the second Psalm
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you are my Son
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today I have begotten. Now
some Bible scholars believe that
00:25:19.38\00:25:25.82
He raised up Jesus at His
incarnation and that's when He
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became the begotten Son.
Others believe that it was at
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his resurrection that He was
begotten but either way, Jesus
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wasn't begotten
until He was here on Earth.
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And you know what? When
we accept Jesus as our savior
00:25:46.11\00:25:51.01
we are called, the
begotten of God in 1Peter 1: 3
00:25:52.81\00:25:57.55
He says according to His
abundant mercy, God has begotten
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us again to a living hope
through the resurrection of
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Jesus Christ from the dead.
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Who is Jesus. He is the first
born of all creation, we can't
00:26:11.13\00:26:15.10
miss this dot or our
picture will be distorted.
00:26:15.17\00:26:19.04
This does not mean that Jesus
was born some time an eternity
00:26:19.97\00:26:25.85
past. It does not mean as
some people explain it that He
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was brought forth from the
Father's bosom. While first
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born can literally
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.19
refer to chronological
order of birth. The
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term firstborn has a
covenant term means preeminence
00:26:43.73\00:26:48.90
superiority position and
rank. It means surpassing all an
00:26:48.97\00:26:55.28
Exodus 4:22, 23 God
is speaking to Moses and
00:26:55.34\00:27:00.78
he says, hey, go tell
Pharaoh thus says the Lord.
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Israel is my Son, my firstborn.
00:27:05.99\00:27:10.33
The whole nation is designated
as God's first born Son.
00:27:11.09\00:27:16.97
Now they weren't
the first nation,
00:27:17.07\00:27:20.60
but they were declared
and treated as first in rank.
00:27:21.07\00:27:27.81
They were preeminent because of
their covenant relationship to
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the Lord.
00:27:32.18\00:27:33.52
Colossians1:15,17.
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It says this Jesus is
the image the invisible God.
00:27:37.19\00:27:41.59
The firstborn over all
creation for by Him all things
00:27:41.66\00:27:47.70
were created that are in heaven
and that are on Earth, visible
00:27:47.76\00:27:50.83
and invisible. He is before
all things and in Him all things
00:27:50.90\00:27:56.81
consist. Jesus
incarnated as the person or
00:27:56.87\00:28:00.64
God incarnated as the
person of Jesus Christ as
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creator of all things He has
preeminence over all. The last
00:28:05.61\00:28:13.12
Adam. Jesus Christ is the
first born covenant Son of
00:28:13.19\00:28:18.89
promise. This emphasizes,
His honor, His dignity and His
00:28:18.96\00:28:25.60
exalted rank above all.
00:28:25.67\00:28:28.27
Jesus Christ who created
00:28:29.00\00:28:32.27
all things was not
himself. A created being
00:28:32.31\00:28:37.15
who is Jesus?
00:28:38.31\00:28:39.75
All He is the lamb of
God. This is a critical dot to
00:28:40.25\00:28:45.82
follow to get our picture
in Revelation 13, probably my
00:28:45.89\00:28:51.26
favorite Scripture
and the entire Bible.
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.73
He is the Lamb who was
slain from the foundation of the
00:28:54.26\00:28:58.47
Earth. This is the
everlasting covenant.
00:28:58.53\00:29:00.77
This is the heart of
the everlasting gospel
00:29:01.24\00:29:05.61
that Jesus Christ
would be born and die and be
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.71
resurrected. God's plan has
always been that He would step
00:29:09.78\00:29:14.48
in to save humanity and
Isaiah 53, Isaiah portrays the
00:29:14.55\00:29:20.36
Messiah as a Lamb who
was led to the slaughter.
00:29:20.42\00:29:24.56
I love what Paul says
in Philippians 2: 5-8.
00:29:26.33\00:29:29.80
He's talking about,
00:29:30.60\00:29:31.93
Jesus as the eternal God
00:29:32.93\00:29:35.44
as equal to the Father, but
He says He didn't think that
00:29:36.27\00:29:40.38
equality was something to
hold on to rather, He humbled
00:29:40.44\00:29:44.85
himself to become a man.
00:29:44.91\00:29:46.41
And even He became obedient
to the point of death on the
00:29:47.62\00:29:53.56
cross. God established the
00:29:53.62\00:29:56.29
penalty for sin was death.
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.93
But God all along planned
to pay that penalty for us.
00:30:00.90\00:30:05.83
I'm gonna say
something. Listen closely.
00:30:07.44\00:30:09.57
while He, Jesus, was
eternally considered as the
00:30:11.37\00:30:18.28
Lamb of God in
anticipation of His incarnation.
00:30:18.35\00:30:23.62
It was when He entered the
world through His incarnation
00:30:24.42\00:30:29.42
taking on human flesh that He
actually became the lamb of God.
00:30:29.96\00:30:35.53
He was born to die.
00:30:36.53\00:30:38.57
2Corinthians 5:19 says
God was in Christ reconciling
00:30:39.10\00:30:43.34
the world to Himself not
counting their sins against
00:30:43.41\00:30:46.74
them. Reconcile means to bring
us from position of alienation
00:30:46.81\00:30:51.91
net into a state of forgiveness
and line us up in right
00:30:51.98\00:30:56.95
relationship with Himself.
00:30:57.02\00:30:59.12
And then in 2 Corinthians 5:21
00:30:59.62\00:31:02.72
Paul says He God made Him who
knew no sin Him, who had no sin
00:31:03.29\00:31:10.67
to be sin for us. Jesus carried
the weight of our sin on the
00:31:11.80\00:31:15.77
cross. And Paul
explains why. So that
00:31:15.84\00:31:20.28
we might become the
righteousness of God
00:31:20.31\00:31:25.98
as we are united to
Christ. You see He imputes His
00:31:26.98\00:31:31.65
righteousness, He credits our
account with His righteousness.
00:31:31.72\00:31:36.93
The fact of the incarnation
is that God voluntarily
00:31:36.99\00:31:41.16
humiliated Himself become
a man. And then He became the
00:31:41.56\00:31:46.30
sacrificial lamb of God.
00:31:46.37\00:31:49.07
He had to be a sinless
human being to be the spotless
00:31:49.74\00:31:56.64
substitutionary sacrifice
for God's wrath against sin
00:31:56.71\00:32:02.68
and He had to become a
perfect human being to become
00:32:03.72\00:32:09.49
our righteousness
as the last Adam Jesus
00:32:09.56\00:32:13.06
overcame all the temptations
of the devil and the world.
00:32:13.66\00:32:18.20
And He bore Gods
00:32:18.27\00:32:20.00
judgment wrath for sin
00:32:20.60\00:32:22.80
for breaking the law. He
suffered death on the cross.
00:32:23.27\00:32:27.51
And it was because He loved
us. He gave His life for us
00:32:28.78\00:32:32.55
inaugurating the new
covenant, ratifying it with His
00:32:32.61\00:32:37.75
blood. Hebrews 13:20 calls
His blood the blood of the ever
00:32:37.82\00:32:45.09
lasting covenant He fulfilled
revelation 13:8. The lamb who
00:32:45.16\00:32:51.13
was slain from the foundation
of the world. And I love the
00:32:51.20\00:32:55.44
way John identifies the
lamb as God in revelation 17:14.
00:32:55.50\00:33:00.61
He says these will make war
with the lamb and the lamb will
00:33:00.98\00:33:04.75
overcome them for He is
Lord of Lords and King of Kings
00:33:04.81\00:33:11.12
who is Jesus?
00:33:12.19\00:33:13.62
Wow. This one is an
indispensable dot, He is the
00:33:14.32\00:33:19.83
Son of God.
00:33:19.89\00:33:21.53
Son of God is used as a
covenant term for those who are
00:33:22.40\00:33:27.24
living in covenant
relationship with God who are
00:33:27.30\00:33:31.67
chosen for covenant purpose.
Let's revisit Exodus 4:22
00:33:31.74\00:33:36.54
and we'll add verse 23.
God spoke these words to
00:33:37.38\00:33:41.72
Moses. Then you shall say
to Pharaoh, thus says the Lord
00:33:41.78\00:33:46.29
Israel is my Son, My first-
born. So I say to you let my
00:33:46.35\00:33:51.96
Son go that He may serve me.
God compared His relationship to
00:33:52.03\00:33:59.33
Israel as the relationship
of a father and his Son in
00:33:59.40\00:34:04.14
Deuteronomy 32: 6. He says
do you thus deal with the Lord
00:34:04.21\00:34:09.38
foolish and unwise
people, is He not your Father?
00:34:09.44\00:34:15.02
And then David shared
what the Lord told him in
00:34:16.05\00:34:19.19
I Chronicles 28:6, He says
God said to me, it is your Son
00:34:19.25\00:34:24.09
Solomon who should build
my house and my courts for I'm
00:34:24.16\00:34:27.93
chosen Him to be my Son and I
will be His father. This is God
00:34:28.00\00:34:33.77
speaking of Solomon. And
in Jeremiah 31:9 God says
00:34:33.84\00:34:38.74
I'm a Father to Israel Ephraim
is My first born. I don't
00:34:38.81\00:34:42.94
know if you know the
story of Ephraim. But Joseph had
00:34:43.01\00:34:45.58
2 sons. His older was Manasseh,
the younger was Ephraim
00:34:45.65\00:34:49.58
and Joseph takes them to
his father to be blessed before
00:34:50.09\00:34:54.62
Jacob died Jacob's blind
and He crosses his hands and He
00:34:54.69\00:34:58.93
puts the hand of blessing
for first-born Son on Ephraim's
00:34:58.99\00:35:03.83
head and Joseph is like oh no,
no, no father, It's the other
00:35:03.93\00:35:07.64
way around. The Manasseh should
have the first-born. But you
00:35:07.70\00:35:11.47
know what? Jacob refused
to move his hands because he
00:35:11.57\00:35:16.18
knew it was by God's own hand
at Ephraim would enjoy priority
00:35:16.24\00:35:20.98
status. The tribe of Ephraim
became the dominant tribe in
00:35:21.08\00:35:26.12
the 10 tribes of the northern
kingdom of Israel and Ephraim
00:35:26.19\00:35:30.53
even became symbolic name for
Israel. So Jeremiah 31:20 Jesus
00:35:30.63\00:35:36.77
said God, says is Ephraim
my dear Son, my heart yearns
00:35:36.83\00:35:43.20
for him. I will surely have
mercy on Him, says the Lord and
00:35:43.27\00:35:48.64
Hosea 1:10, He says it
shall come to pass in the place
00:35:48.71\00:35:52.68
where it was said of
them, you are not my people
00:35:52.75\00:35:55.05
there it shall be said to them
you are sons of the living God
00:35:55.72\00:36:01.16
in the entire Old Testament.
However, Son of God is used
00:36:01.82\00:36:07.56
already once
00:36:07.63\00:36:09.93
to describe the Messiah.
This is Daniel 3.25 and it's
00:36:10.33\00:36:14.14
used by pagan King
Nebuchadnezzar he had thrown
00:36:14.20\00:36:19.27
three Hebrew
worthy's into the fire
00:36:19.34\00:36:21.51
and then suddenly He looks and
He's astonished because he sees
00:36:22.01\00:36:26.48
the form of a 4th man
and King Nebuchadnezzar says
00:36:26.85\00:36:31.72
He appears to be
like the Son of God.
00:36:32.19\00:36:37.53
I think it is significant that
in the entire Old Testament.
00:36:38.16\00:36:42.46
The scriptures that Jesus
used to explain Hebrews Messiah
00:36:42.53\00:36:46.20
scriptures that Paul used
to explain Hebrews Messiah.
00:36:46.27\00:36:49.90
nowhere Do we see Jesus called
00:36:51.54\00:36:55.71
the Son of God. Son of
God is a covenant term.
00:36:55.74\00:37:02.32
That means Jesus served as
the covenant Son of promise.
00:37:02.38\00:37:09.32
In fact, even Adam is
called son of God in Luke 3:38.
00:37:09.42\00:37:15.86
But now let's
consider Jesus as Son of God.
00:37:15.93\00:37:20.24
The angel said to the
Virgin Mary in Luke one.
00:37:21.37\00:37:25.17
In Luke 1:35, the Holy
Spirit will come upon you in
00:37:25.87\00:37:29.88
the power of the Highest will
overshadow you, therefore also
00:37:29.94\00:37:33.31
that holy one who is 2 people
will be called the Son of God.
00:37:33.38\00:37:39.12
The same angel tells
Joseph, her betrothed husband
00:37:39.62\00:37:44.39
in Matthew 1: 23.
00:37:44.46\00:37:45.79
Behold, the Virgin shall be
with child and bear a son and
00:37:46.19\00:37:52.23
they shall call
His name Emanuel.
00:37:52.30\00:37:55.57
And the angel goes on and
says Emanuel is translated
00:37:56.20\00:38:00.78
God with us.
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.71
So God with us, shall be called
the Son of God. Remember how
00:38:02.74\00:38:08.45
Isaiah defined and scribe the
Messiah in Isaiah 9: 6, He says
00:38:08.48\00:38:14.69
Wonderful
Councilor everlasting God,
00:38:14.82\00:38:19.13
or mighty God everlasting
Father and Prince of peace,
00:38:20.13\00:38:25.00
Jesus is now called Son
of God because He serves as a
00:38:25.37\00:38:31.47
human covenant Son of promise.
00:38:31.54\00:38:34.31
We're going to spend some
time in Hebrews chapter one now
00:38:35.54\00:38:39.45
because this will bring the
point clearly to the surface.
00:38:39.51\00:38:44.09
Hebrews 1:2 says God has in
these last spoken to us by His
00:38:44.35\00:38:50.66
Son whom He appointed heir
of all things and through whom.
00:38:50.73\00:38:55.70
He made the universe. Our
creator God is here called the
00:38:55.76\00:39:01.27
Son of God and then in verse
3, Hebrews 1:3, He says the Son
00:39:01.34\00:39:07.38
is the radiance of God's glory,
the exact representation of
00:39:07.44\00:39:12.95
His being sustaining all things
by His powerful word. And after
00:39:13.01\00:39:19.65
He had provided purification
for sins. He Jesus sat down
00:39:19.72\00:39:25.16
at the right hand of
the majesty of the Father
00:39:25.23\00:39:27.86
Jesus Christ didn't
merely reflect God's glory,
00:39:28.43\00:39:32.80
He radiated God's
glory because He is God.
00:39:32.83\00:39:37.17
He is the exact representation
of God, He shares in His divine
00:39:37.54\00:39:43.91
essence in nature. All
creation was created by Him, all
00:39:43.98\00:39:49.48
creation is
sustained by Him and He sits
00:39:49.55\00:39:53.49
at the right hand of the throne
as King. Now going on in Hebrews
00:39:54.06\00:39:59.53
chapter one verse five.
00:39:59.93\00:40:01.33
This is what it says for
to which of the Angels did
00:40:02.40\00:40:06.13
He...talking about
the father in verse 8
00:40:06.20\00:40:08.90
you are my Son today,
00:40:09.47\00:40:12.04
I have begotten you.
00:40:12.61\00:40:13.94
And again,
00:40:14.74\00:40:16.08
it goes on saying I will
be, this is future tense, I will
00:40:16.11\00:40:21.05
be to Him a Father and He
shall be again, future tense, He
00:40:21.12\00:40:27.36
shall be to me a Son.
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.82
Just as God compared His
relationship with the nation of
00:40:30.56\00:40:34.93
Israel and other human beings
as that of a father in the
00:40:35.00\00:40:38.83
Son. He describes His
relationship with the person of
00:40:38.93\00:40:43.30
Jesus Christ as Father and Son.
00:40:43.41\00:40:46.17
Now, here's
where it gets exciting.
00:40:47.04\00:40:48.94
Hebrews 1:6, says when it began
brings the first born into the
00:40:50.25\00:40:54.72
world. The Father says let all
the Angels of God worship Him.
00:40:54.78\00:40:59.25
But Hebrews 1:8
says, But to the Son,
00:41:00.06\00:41:04.76
the Father says, listen.,
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.33
This is the Father
speaking to the Son,
00:41:09.16\00:41:11.97
your throne Oh God,
00:41:13.10\00:41:15.64
is forever and ever.
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.24
A scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of your kingdom.
00:41:19.04\00:41:21.78
And then if you jump down to
verse 10, it quotes the Father
00:41:22.71\00:41:26.01
as further saying to the Son,
you Lord in the beginning laid
00:41:26.11\00:41:30.79
the foundation of the Earth.
So God is calling Jesus God,
00:41:30.85\00:41:35.52
He's calling
him Lord and He says
00:41:35.62\00:41:38.33
In the beginning you laid
the foundation of the earth and
00:41:39.03\00:41:41.80
and the heavens are the
works of Your hand. The father
00:41:41.86\00:41:45.73
Himself declares that the
Son is God. Now let's hit the
00:41:45.80\00:41:51.91
pause button for just a minute.
This is important in Matthew 22:
00:41:51.97\00:41:55.34
we'll start with verse 42
Jesus asked the Pharisees.
00:41:57.08\00:42:00.55
What do you
think about the Christ?
00:42:00.58\00:42:02.18
Whose Son is He? And
they said to him well,
00:42:02.75\00:42:05.75
He's the Son of David.
00:42:05.79\00:42:07.26
And, you know, scripture
does call the Messiah, the Son
00:42:07.29\00:42:10.26
of David. But Jesus is
about to expand their limited
00:42:10.33\00:42:15.83
understanding and listen to what
He says beginning with Matthew
00:42:15.90\00:42:19.67
22:43.
00:42:19.73\00:42:21.47
Jesus said to them
00:42:22.47\00:42:23.81
How then does David in
the spirit call Him Lord?
00:42:24.27\00:42:28.34
saying the Lord said to my Lord
sit at my right hand until I
00:42:29.14\00:42:32.08
make your
enemies, your foot stool
00:42:32.15\00:42:33.98
and Jesus asked this
pointed question verse 45
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If David then calls him Lord,
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how is He His Son? Now,
Let's connect that thought with
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Hebrews 1:8 and 1:10 that
we just read the father address
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the Son as God, He
addressed the Son as creator
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of all the Father Himself
affirmed the Deity of Jesus
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Christ. How then if
Jesus is God and Creator,
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How is He God's Son?
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The last Adam.
God in the person of
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Jesus Christ
became a the Son of man
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and the covenant Son of God
in Romans 1:4, Paul wrote that
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Jesus was declared to be
the Son of God with power.
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According to the spirit of
holiness by the resurrection
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from the dead.
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The resurrection clearly
declare Jesus withstand to
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indicate that Jesus was the
Messiah of the Old Testament
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and He was
established as the exalted Lord?
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You know, Jesus claimed
quality with a father a number
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of times He says before Abraham
was I am. I and the Father are
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one. If you have seen me,
you have seen the Father. Yet He
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also said in John 14:28,
my father's greater than I.
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Well, if Jesus is equal to
the Father, what does He mean?
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My Father is greater than
I. It was in His incarnation
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that Christ voluntarily sub-
mitted to do the Father's will
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through the power and
direction of the Holy spirit.
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Listen to what I'm about to say.
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This is something that if you
can get your head around this,
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you will have a new appreciation
for your Lord and Savior.
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While Jesus was eternally
Son of God in anticipation
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of His incarnation.
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It was when He entered the world
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through His incarnation born in
our flesh, that He was installed
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in the official role
as covenant Son of God
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and took one of
submissive role to the Father.
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In John17:5 before Jesus'
death, He was in the Garden of
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Gethsemane and He was praying
and He says oh Father glorify
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me together with
Yourself with the glory which I
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had with you
before the world was.
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After He bore
the judgment wrath,
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for sin, His humiliation
was over. He was united once
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again with the
Godhead. And in His risen flesh,
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He once again shared
the glory with the father.
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You know what I like?
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the risen Christ in His
glorified flesh still carries
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the exulted
covenant title of Son of God.
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Jesus is eternal God
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distinctly unique as the Son
of God. He is the Son of promise
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of the everlasting covenant.
He became the Son of man, Son of
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God that we might become the
sons of God, Galatians 3:26 is
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for you are all sons of
God through faith in Christ.
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Jesus. Who is Jesus?
He is our Assuranty of the
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everlasting
covenant of redemption.
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Let's unpack that because this
is our final dot and this is
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going to help us see things
that we may not have considered
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before. In Hebrews 7:22
it is written by so much more
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Jesus has become a
surety of a better covenant.
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Surety, this is the only use
of this Greek term in the New
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Testament. You know what
it means. It means guaranteed.
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It means Jesus is our guarantor.
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And He says by so much more.
Jesus has become the surety of
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of a better covenant
because He continues forever.
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Jesus has and
unchangeable priesthood.
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Therefore, because His
priesthood is unchangeable.
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He is also able to
say to the uttermost,
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those who come
to God through Him
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since He always lives to
make intercession for them.
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Whew! Do you realize Jesus is
in heaven praying for you right
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now. Jesus is the
surety of the covenant.
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Jesus himself guarantees the
success of the new covenant of
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salvation, He is the guarantor.
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He's our guarantor from
God to us 2 Corinthians 1:20
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says that all of God's
promises are yes and Amen!
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In Christ Jesus, no matter
how many promises God has made,
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they find the yes answer
in Jesus Christ and He is the
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guarantor from us toward God
in 2 Corinthians 12:9 Jesus says
00:48:59.10\00:49:08.04
My grace is sufficient for you
from My power is made perfect
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in weakness. In
Philippians 2:13 it says that
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He works in us to will and to
do God's good pleasure. And then
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in Philippians 4:13 it
says that we can do all things
00:49:27.20\00:49:33.54
through Christ
who strengthens us.
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In fact, Jesus is not just
the surety of the covenant,
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He is Himself the covenant.
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Let's look at how our
guarantor is the covenant,
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Isaiah 42: 6 through 7.
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It's a messianic passage.
It's about, this is one of
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the songs about, and
it's a poem about the Messiah.
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And here's what Isaiah
prophesied as he hears the
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words of the Lord.
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I the Lord have called you
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speaking to the
Messiah in righteousness.
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I will hold your hand I
will keep you and give you as a
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covenant to the people
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as a light to the
Gentiles to open blind eyes to
00:50:31.63\00:50:36.36
free captives from the prison
and release those who sit in
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the darkness of the dungeon.
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Jesus is the
covenant Revelation 13:8,
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the eternal covenant.
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the everlasting gospel.
He is the Lamb who was slain
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from the foundation of the
world. God had this covenant in
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mind before He ever created
the world and his blood Hebrews
00:51:01.62\00:51:06.70
13:20 says is the blood
of the everlasting covenant.
00:51:06.76\00:51:10.40
God had to become a man
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to service our high priest
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.67
in Hebrews
2:17,18, listen to this.
00:51:17.21\00:51:20.78
He had to be made like
His brothers in every way He
00:51:21.34\00:51:26.18
embraced our full humanity
in order that He might become a
00:51:26.25\00:51:31.39
merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to
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God and that He might make
atonement for the sins of the
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people.
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Then He says
because He himself suffered
00:51:42.40\00:51:47.17
when He was tempted.
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He is able to help those
who are also being tempted.
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I think that is so beautiful.
00:51:56.11\00:51:58.61
His human suffering
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qualified Jesus to be
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our sympathetic high priest.
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Some people don't
realize that Jesus
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continues to minister
to us as the high priest.
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In fact, I've had
people who write to me
00:52:23.00\00:52:24.71
and they will say
00:52:24.74\00:52:26.27
when Jesus said it is
finished on the cross. That was
00:52:27.18\00:52:31.11
the end, salvation was complete.
00:52:31.21\00:52:33.55
Let me ask you something.
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This word lamb of God was
familiar to the Jews, they knew
00:52:36.08\00:52:42.16
that the lamb of the
Passover that they had to apply
00:52:42.42\00:52:47.00
the blood to the
doorpost, to the mantle
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and they knew that when they
went to the sanctuary, which by
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the way, the sanctuary is the
full plan of salvation by grace.
00:52:57.11\00:53:03.21
On the substitutionary
sacrifice, the sanctuary was
00:53:03.24\00:53:08.35
theology in physical
form. But they understood what
00:53:08.42\00:53:14.06
the lamb was with the lamb
wasn't just slain in that outer
00:53:14.12\00:53:18.96
court, the blood had to
be taken into the Holy place.
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And on the day of atonement
to the Holy of Holy's to be
00:53:25.60\00:53:29.64
applied to the mercy
seat. See when Jesus cried it is
00:53:29.70\00:53:34.88
finished on the cross.
00:53:35.14\00:53:37.81
The sacrifice was completed.
The bearing of judgment, wrath
00:53:38.15\00:53:44.59
was finished.
00:53:45.65\00:53:46.99
But salvation wasn't complete
00:53:47.72\00:53:49.79
until He assumed the role
in heaven as our high priest.
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Who would minister His blood
00:53:55.90\00:53:58.63
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:53:59.13\00:54:00.77
1Timothy 2:5, 6,
says there's one God,
00:54:01.47\00:54:06.81
there's one
mediator between God and man,
00:54:06.88\00:54:12.18
the man Christ Jesus
who gave himself a ransom
00:54:12.38\00:54:19.99
for all. Only God's Messiah
00:54:20.02\00:54:25.66
the Christ who was God Himself
has the character and the
00:54:26.39\00:54:32.80
credentials to be the
mediator of the new covenant
00:54:32.90\00:54:37.34
and He is able to
save to the uttermost.
00:54:38.01\00:54:43.45
So, Jesus is the Messiah,
00:54:43.48\00:54:51.29
the Christ, the anointed one,
00:54:51.32\00:54:54.79
Jesus is the promised seed
00:54:54.82\00:54:58.26
who became the Son of man.
00:54:58.63\00:55:01.53
Jesus is the last Adam who
became the new representative
00:55:02.23\00:55:09.44
of human kind. And whereas
the first Adam handed over
00:55:09.50\00:55:14.64
the government to Satan.
00:55:14.68\00:55:17.28
Jesus is restoring
the government to God,
00:55:17.58\00:55:20.52
The government that
is operated by the power
00:55:20.55\00:55:27.16
of love, not a love of power.
00:55:27.22\00:55:29.82
Who is Jesus? He is the only
begotten, chosen, unique Son
00:55:30.13\00:55:36.80
of the covenant. He is our
creator, the first born who has
00:55:37.47\00:55:41.77
preeminence over all the world
He outranks everyone. Who is
00:55:41.90\00:55:47.58
Jesus? He is the lamb of God
our substitutionary sacrifice.
00:55:47.64\00:55:53.42
He is the Son of God, the
unique, one of a kind covenant
00:55:53.48\00:56:00.62
Son of promise
and He is our surety.
00:56:00.66\00:56:06.33
He guarantees our
redemption because He was given
00:56:06.36\00:56:12.43
to us as a covenant.
00:56:12.53\00:56:14.74
Do you have a
clearer picture of Jesus now?
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Have you may be expanded,
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let the scriptures expand
your understanding. If you do,
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may we be like Thomas?
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When we look upon our
risen Savior, Jesus Christ in
00:56:32.95\00:56:36.86
John 20:27, 29, Jesus
after He rose from the
00:56:37.06\00:56:43.70
dead said to Thomas
reach your finger here.
00:56:43.73\00:56:46.37
Look at my hands, reach your
hand here put it in my side.
00:56:46.84\00:56:50.17
Do not be unbelieving but
believing and when Thomas did,
00:56:50.74\00:56:54.54
you know what He
answered and said to him?
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My Lord and my God.
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Oh, may we
realize, God died for us.
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[MUSIC]
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>> His body was broken
00:57:10.53\00:57:12.19
so that we could live giving
us the gift of eternal life.
00:57:13.70\00:57:17.47
He pursues us relentlessly
with an everlasting love,
00:57:19.43\00:57:23.44
regardless of our
failures and mistakes.
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The one who
loves us like no other.
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This is who Jesus is.
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[MUSIC]
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