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Pastor Ryan Day, Shelley
Quinn, Pastor John Dinzey,
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and Pastor John
Lomacang. And let's just pray
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before we go to this
portion with the questions,
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and Shelley, would you
pray for us? Absolutely!
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Father, once again we come
before You in the name of Jesus
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to thank you for Your
plan of salvation by grace.
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To thank you for all things,
Lord, that You do for us.
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And Lord, we ask right now
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that as we have
these questions coming in
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Lord, please... will
You give us the answers?
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Anoint our lips;
anoint our minds;
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anoint our ears to hear
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and help us to give proper
answers in our limited time
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that will lift up Jesus. Yes!
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And we pray in the name of Jesus
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that You will get all the glory.
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Amen. AMEN! Amen.
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Pastor John, we're
coming to you first.
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OK. This one is from May,
and this question came in from
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Canada, so thank you,
May, for this question.
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I know that the fourth
commandment in Exodus 20
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clearly refers to the
seventh day of the week
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as it mentions working
for six days before resting on
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the seventh day.
Can you please explain
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the other Sabbaths
such as the Jubilee?
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I know we were
just in one in 2020.
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Explain the significance
and how to encourage or correct
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others about the covenant
when it comes to the Sabbath.
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That's quite a loaded question.
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Yeah. Leviticus as a
matter of fact... If you go to
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Leviticus chapter 23...
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Let's go there very quickly
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and you'll find that the
Sabbaths are all outlined
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in the book of
Leviticus very carefully.
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But since you brought up
the question about the Jubilee
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I'll quickly refer to the
passage in Leviticus chapter 25
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and verse 13. Now
each of these Sabbaths
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had a significance when
it came to the ceremonial
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observances. There
was a civil calendar;
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there was a religious calendar.
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And the Jewish people...
Each of these ceremonies
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had a spiritual significance.
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The one we know well
is the Day of Atonement.
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At-one-ment. So once again
sealing that relationship with
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God, the removal and
the blotting out of sins.
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But the Jubilee was
the returning of the land
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to the rightful owner. If
you go to Leviticus chapter 25
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and let's look at verse 13
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it talks about the law of the
Jubilee or the Jubilee Sabbath.
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Um-hmm. It says
in Leviticus 25:13
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"In the year of Jubilee
each of you shall return
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to his possessions. And
if you sell anything... "
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verse 14... "to your neighbor or
buy it from your neighbor's hand
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you shall not
oppress one another.
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According to the number
of years after the Jubilee
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you shall buy from your neighbor
and according to the number
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of years of crops
he shall sell you. "
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And so you're going to find
out when that was in verse 11.
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"The fiftieth year
shall be a Jubilee to you.
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In it you shall
neither sow nor reap
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what grows of its own accord
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nor gather the grapes
of your unintended vine. "
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So you had the 50th year
which in this particular sense
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the Lord was saying would be
a Jubilee was also Pentecost.
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Um-hmm. But you also
found every seven years
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the land was to rest or
return to its rightful owner.
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We find in Revelation
that is going to happen again.
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Yeah. Let's go to
Revelation. And matter of fact,
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as I referred to
Revelation you know that...
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I'll give you two texts:
Revelation chapter 11 verse 15
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and I'll read it to you
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because the land of this
earth is going to one day
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return to its rightful owner.
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Who is the rightful owner?
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The Lord... the
Creator of heaven and earth.
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The Bible says in
Revelation 11 and verse 15:
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"And the seventh angel sounded
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and there were loud
voices in heaven saying:
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'The kingdoms of
this world have become
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the kingdoms of our
Lord and of His Christ.
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And He shall reign
forever and ever. ' "
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And Daniel foretold this
happening in Daniel 2:44.
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"And in the days of these
kings the God of heaven will
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set up a kingdom which
shall never be destroyed
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and the kingdom shall not
be left to other people. " Why?
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Because those who had
it had to give it back
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to its rightful owner.
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That's right. And it
says: "It shall break in pieces
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and consume all these kingdoms
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and it shall stand forever. "
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And then how are we
going to get that rest
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because there was a 1-yr. period
where the land was supposed to
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rest? And also so we
find the 6,000 years of sin.
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When the 1,000 years
of the millennium begin
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the land is going to
rest for the 1,000-year period
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and then permanently
the land will be returned
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to its rightful owner
as the earth is made new.
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Amen! In a nutshell. Powerful!
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In a big nutshell.
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We could spend some
more time on that. Yes!
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Pastor Ryan,
we're coming to you.
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This is a rather
lengthy question that came in
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from David in Vermont.
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The gist of what they're
saying is this: they believe
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we are making a mistake
by not following the feasts.
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Can you address this? Are
we supposed to keep the feasts?
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Absolutely. The
clear simple answer is NO.
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We are not
obligated to keep those feasts
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and we SHOULD NOT be
keeping those feasts because
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Jesus Christ was the
fulfillment. His sacrifice
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and His new covenant ratifi-
cation with the shedding of His
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blood brought an
end to those feast days.
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That's the simple
answer. Let me back that up with
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some evidence. Let's
first go to John chapter 5.
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Let's go to the
book of John chapter 5.
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I want to show you
something really quickly here
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that a lot of
people miss in this case
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when it comes to
these feast days.
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I believe it's very clearly
communicated in Scripture
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across the
board. So John chapter 5
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and we're going to
start reading in verse 1 here.
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Notice what it says here.
Notice the very clear words.
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It says: "After this
there was a feast of the? "
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"of the Jews and Jesus
went up the Jerusalem. "
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So take in that: Jesus
went up to Jerusalem because
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there was a feast of the Jews.
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Turn over one more chapter to
John chapter 6 & notice verse 4.
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"Now the Passover... "
What are the next words?
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It says: "a feast
of the Jews was near. "
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All right? See a pattern here?
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Turn over one more
chapter to John chapter 7.
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Let's read verse
2 there. It says:
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"Now the Jews' Feast of
Tabernacles was at hand. "
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You know, there's a lot of
people that want to throw these
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feast days, this ceremonial
aspect of the covenant
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that God made with Israel,
they want to throw the Sabbath
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in there too and
they want to try to say:
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"Well the Sabbath...
it's a JEWISH Sabbath.
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It's for the Jews. "
But yet nowhere in Scripture
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do we find the seventh-day week-
ly Sabbath that God established
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in the beginning of
time - at creation -
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do we see it referenced
as the Sabbath of the Jews.
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When you're looking and
studying into these feast days
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the Bible makes it very clear
that these specific ceremonial
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celebratory feast days
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were given
specifically to the Jews.
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That is that special
nation, that group of people
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that God led out of
Egypt back in the day
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when He brought them
out of Egypt and led them
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to the Holy Land.
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Now that being
considered also, let's consider
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Daniel chapter 9 verse 27
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speaking of the 70
weeks' time prophecy.
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As we go over to
Daniel chapter 9 verse 27
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you'll see there...
excuse me, yes, verse 27
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it's speaking of the
70 weeks time prophecy
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when Christ would come.
Verse 27 makes it very clear
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speaking of Jesus Christ, and
in the middle of that 70th week
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which brings us
to the year 31 AD
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notice what it says
there in verse 27. It says:
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"Then He... " that's
Christ... not an antichrist
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but that's referring to
Jesus Christ. How do we know?
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Because it says: "He
shall confirm a covenant
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with many for one week. "
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Only Jesus Christ
can confirm the covenant.
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And it goes on to say:
"But in the middle of the week
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He shall bring an end to
sacrifice and offering. "
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King James says "sacrifice
and oblation ceases. "
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That's talking about
that ceremonial feast
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celebratory aspect of the
covenant that God made with
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Israel beginning in
Exodus ch. 19, 20, and onward
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where HE speaks
the Ten Commandments.
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But because they didn't
keep the Ten Commandments
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it was given to them
as a witness against them.
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Now where do I get that from?
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Let's go to Colossians ch. 2.
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So God made a covenant
with Israel in Exodus chapter 19
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and in chapter 20 He brought
about the heart of that covenant
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which was the Ten Commandments.
But because they were not
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obedient to that covenant
notice in Colossians chapter 2.
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I know this is taking
me a couple of minutes to
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bring this about, but
we have to spell this out
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very clearly so that
there's no confusion.
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Colossians chapter 2.
Notice we're going to be reading
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in verse 14 and
onward. Notice this.
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Colossians chapter 2 verse
14. It says: "Having wiped out
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the handwriting of requirements
that was against us... "
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OK? "which was contrary to us
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and has taken it out of the way
having nailed it to the cross. "
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So there was some law,
some handwriting of requirements
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that Christ nailed to the
cross when He died for our sin.
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But then notice as you
go on down to verse 16.
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It says: "So let no one
judge you in food or in drink
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or regarding of a
festival or of a new moon
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or sabbaths. " Plural
there... the lower case.
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All of those are context
clues dealing with what Pastor
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was just referencing
in Leviticus chapter 23.
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If you go back to Leviticus 23,
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you'll read about these differ-
ent offerings: these food and
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drink offerings
that they had to give
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at certain times
throughout the year.
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On special days of
these particular feasts.
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Also don't judge
anyone by the new moon.
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All of these particular
feast days were observed
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according to the cycle of
the new moon that would come.
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And of course when it
said sabbaths in the plural
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not talking about the
weekly seventh-day Sabbath
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according to the
Ten Commandments.
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We're talking about there were
all of these different festivals
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and celebrations, many of
them were considered rest days
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or sabbath days. It could have
fallen on any day of the week.
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And so you'll see here
that verse 17... Now verse 17
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is what I wanted to get to...
All of this saying, notice what
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verse 17 says: "which are
a shadow of things to come
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but the
substance is of Christ. "
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They were a shadow of things
pointing forward to the time
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when Jesus Christ would
bring an end to all of this.
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He would be the
fulfillment of that.
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So if you go to Galatians
ch. 3, last text, I promise,
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I'm going to shut up about this,
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Galatians chapter 3. If
you turn back to Galatians
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chapter 3 and
read with me verse 19
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this puts kind of the nail
in the coffin on the issue here.
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This is speaking
again that old law, that
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ceremonial law, it
goes on in verse 19:
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"What purpose then
does the law serve?
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It was added
because of transgression. "
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That's talking about
not the Ten Commandments.
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The old law, the ceremonial
law, was added because of their
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transgression
against the Ten Commandments.
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It was temporary. Why?
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It goes on to say here:
"Till the Seed should come. "
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Who's the Seed? JESUS!
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Notice that Seed is
capitalized. That Seed is Jesus!
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"Till the Seed should come
to whom the promise was made
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and it was appointed
through angels by the hand
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of the Mediator. "
My friends, Jesus Christ
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brought an end to those
old festival feast days.
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And besides, more
than half of them...
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I think three or four
of the seven feast days...
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you actually had
to go to Jerusalem.
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So if you're going to
actually keep those feasts
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and you've got
to get the lamb out;
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you've gotta shed
the blood of the lamb.
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You've gotta offer
food and drink offerings.
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And many of these you
have to actually geographically
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travel to the
actual temple location
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and you have to keep them. Does
Christ expect us to do that?
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Absolutely not! And
that puts an end to that.
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Jesus Christ was
the fulfillment of it
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and we should not have to
keep the feast days any more
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because Christ is our
Lord and we should place
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our rest and our trust in Him.
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I just have to add
one... That was such a beautiful
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answer. Yes it was! In
Colossians 2:14 when it
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was talking about He had
wiped out the handwriting
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that was against
us. Let me give you
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the scripture
that goes with that.
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It's Deuteronomy 31:26
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where the book of Deuteronomy
was the second giving of the law
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before the new generation
went into the Promised Land.
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And he - Moses - wrote it
out even more specifically
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than in the book of the
covenant and it's called now
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the book of the law. And
here's what the Lord said:
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"Take this book of the
law. Put it beside the ark
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of the covenant of the
Lord your God that it may be
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there as a
witness against you. "
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Because it had all of
the blessings and the curses
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in that. Amen! THAT'S
what got nailed to the cross.
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That's right,
Shelley. Great study already
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and we only have 15
minutes and then we're going to
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church. So we're going
to accelerate it if we can
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and try to answer the
questions a little quicker
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because there's more coming
in which I'm going to pass down
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the table here. Shelley,
we're coming to you next
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if you want to pass
these down that way? Sure.
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Shelley, it says... This
person: Jim from Danville, PA.
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We watch Sabbath
School panel every Sabbath
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and I have learned so much.
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Thank you for
teaching God's truth.
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My wife and I have a question.
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Why was the serpent
cursed in the Garden of Eden?
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What was the snake guilty of?
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OK... if you want that
answer we will turn to Genesis
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chapter 3 and you'll see
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the character of the serpent.
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It says: "The
serpent was more cunning... "
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he was subtle - "than
any other beast in the field
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which the Lord God had made.
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He said to the
woman... " Now the serpent
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is actually Satan
"incarnated" if you will.
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"He said to the
woman: 'Has God indeed said
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you shall not eat of
every tree of the garden? ' "
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And the serpent goes on
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to deceive the
woman. He twists God's word;
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he lies to the woman
and says: "No, no, no, no.
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God's lying to you, Eve.
If you eat of this fruit,
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you're going to
become like God. "
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So it was the serpent
who deceived the woman
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and she took of
that fruit and she ate.
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So the serpent...
This is why in Genesis 3:15
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hallelujah! as
soon as sin entered
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God says to the serpent:
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"Hey devil... guess what?
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This woman's
going to have a Seed.
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It's going to
come from her loins
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but He's going to
bruise... You'll bruise His heel
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but He's going to
crush your head. "
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Umm! Thank you very much.
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Pastor Johnny, coming to you.
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If according to Bible
scripture such as John 3:16
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and many others that state
when a person accepts Christ
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as their Savior and is baptized
and receives Jesus' blood
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that cleanses them from sin,
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why is a person under probation
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if the individual lives in
Christ from that point onward?
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The blood of Christ is con-
tinuous throughout the duration
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of one's life. Has
probation been misapplied
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or not explained correctly?
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Well, I'm not sure how
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the idea of probation
has been presented to you.
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But the fact is that
once you become a Christian -
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once you accept Christ
as your personal Savior -
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Satan does not go away and
say: "Oh, we're done with this
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one. Let's go on
to the next one. "
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No! He continues his attack
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to derail you, to
cause you to fall away.
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And the Bible presents
this idea of falling away.
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So while you have made
your decision for the Lord...
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Praise God for that!
continue following Jesus
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with all of your heart. In
the book of Revelation ch. 12
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we're going to go to the
scripture there that talks about
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how Satan is angry
or wroth with the woman
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as it says in the
King James version.
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Notice there in Rev. chapter
12. Let's begin in verse 15.
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"So the serpent
spewed water out of his mouth
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like a flood after the woman. "
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So you see there
is an effort to derail
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those that are faithful to God.
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And it says here: "But
the earth helped the woman
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and the earth opened its
mouth and swallowed up the flood
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which Satan had
spewed out of his mouth.
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And the dragon was
enraged with the woman
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and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
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So while you have become a
Christian and are following
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the Lord - praise God for
that! the blood of Jesus Christ
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cleanses you and
covers you. However, Satan
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launches a
relentless attack against you
00:17:29.48\00:17:33.11
so that you can fall
away, turn away from the Lord
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like Judas did and
others that turn away
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from the Lord. And
Paul spoke of people
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that would fall away and try to
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bring false
doctrines into the church.
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So praise God for your decision.
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Continue faithful to the Lord
and he who endures to the end
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the same shall be saved
AND Philippians 1:6. Good.
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That is really
good; let's read that one.
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It says here...
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If somebody finds it
before me. "Being confident
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of this very thing... "
"Being confident of this very
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thing: that He that has
begun a good work in you
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will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ. "
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We have to quote
it from the mind.
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Time is short. We have to
pass on to another question.
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They're really coming
in! Thank you for sending in
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your questions. We're clearly
not going to get to them all
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right now, but hopefully
later we'll have some more
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Q&A's today and we
can get to some more.
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Pastor John, we're
coming back to you.
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OK. About the 144,000.
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Are the 144,000 the
saints that are going to be
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saved? This is from
Sabrina in Tennessee.
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Well the answer is yes, but
I think that's not the question
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they're asking.
They're probably asking
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meaning are they the only
ones that are going to be saved.
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I would agree. I think
that's probably what the person
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is meaning because this
idea has been communicated
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quite a bit. The
answer straightly is no.
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Absolutely not
because in Revelation 7
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you find two groups mentioned.
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You find first the 144,000
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and then John is shown
look I see a number that
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no man can number of
all nations, kindreds,
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tongues, and peoples.
And the question is asked:
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"Who are they? And
where did they come from? "
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"These are they which came
out of the great tribulation
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and have washed their
robes and made them white
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in the blood of the
Lamb. " But you clearly see
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the 144,000 have
a specific function.
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And I believe that these are
those who are going to proclaim
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with great power as the
Holy Spirit is poured out
00:19:18.72\00:19:21.39
on the church in the last days
00:19:21.59\00:19:22.92
that are going to proclaim
with great power the culmination
00:19:22.96\00:19:26.33
of the three angels' messages.
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The result of that as Rev.
18:4 says: "Come out of her
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My people. " These
are they that CAME OUT
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of great tribulation
and have washed their robes.
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So there's a number of
people and the Bible says
00:19:36.24\00:19:38.77
"a number which no
man could number. "
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How do I know that
they are not the only ones
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that are going to be
saved? II Peter 3 and verse 9.
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"The Lord is not
slack concerning His promise
00:19:45.28\00:19:47.25
as some count
slackness but is longsuffering
00:19:47.45\00:19:49.38
towards us not
willing that ANY should perish
00:19:49.58\00:19:52.99
and that all should
come to repentance. "
00:19:53.39\00:19:55.72
Any and all.
"Whosoever will let him come. "
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Everyone that comes
to Christ will be saved
00:19:58.59\00:20:01.13
but the 144,000
have a special function.
00:20:01.33\00:20:04.07
And praise the Lord for that.
00:20:04.27\00:20:05.67
OK. I'm done! I was
just lookin' at questions.
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Shelley, we're
coming back to you.
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This is Carlos from Michigan.
00:20:14.78\00:20:16.11
How do you respond to
someone who thinks Jesus
00:20:16.14\00:20:18.45
as the Son of God
was created by God
00:20:18.65\00:20:21.15
and not God
Himself or is equal to God?
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Ah-ha-ha... OK.
00:20:25.82\00:20:27.16
Carlos, we just go
to John chapter 1:1-3.
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"In the beginning was the Word
00:20:30.39\00:20:33.09
and the Word was with
God, the Word WAS God. "
00:20:33.29\00:20:35.00
You can go to Hebrews 1 verse 3
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that says Jesus is "the
express image of the Father. "
00:20:38.33\00:20:42.20
Philippians 2:5-8.
"We see that it is God
00:20:42.40\00:20:46.84
who came down and became a man,
00:20:47.04\00:20:51.35
humbled Himself
to become a man. "
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So here's the point:
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what people don't
understand is covenant language
00:20:55.35\00:21:00.09
like begotten and firstborn.
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I just did a whole sermon on
that during this Camp Meeting
00:21:02.82\00:21:06.73
called Covenant Son and Surety.
00:21:06.93\00:21:10.17
Even the idea of
being the Son of God
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is a covenant
title. It was only when God
00:21:13.87\00:21:18.74
came down to
earth and was incarnated
00:21:18.94\00:21:22.74
that He became the Son of God.
00:21:22.94\00:21:25.81
Although eternally, in
anticipation of the incarnation,
00:21:26.01\00:21:30.95
you can say: "Yes, He
was considered the Son of God
00:21:31.15\00:21:34.66
but it wasn't until
He became incarnated
00:21:34.86\00:21:39.46
that He actually was the
Lamb of God, slain from the
00:21:39.66\00:21:42.76
foundation of the world or
that He became the Son of God.
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I encourage you to watch the
sermon Covenant Son and Surety.
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Um-hmm. Let me
just add one last thing.
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Great. Shelley, when you
said read John 1 down to verse 3
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verse 2 says He was "In
the beginning with God. "
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Yeah! And then
it says in verse 3:
00:22:00.52\00:22:02.22
"All things were made
through Him and without Him
00:22:02.42\00:22:05.29
nothing was
made that was made. "
00:22:05.49\00:22:07.29
That includes Him. AMEN!
00:22:07.49\00:22:09.46
If nothing was made and all
things were made through Him
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.59
and by Him, then He wasn't made
00:22:12.79\00:22:14.96
because nothing
was made without Him.
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Amen! That's good.
Pastor Ryan, coming to you.
00:22:17.73\00:22:20.40
This is Joe from Saskatchewan.
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.54
I was born a Catholic 38 years
00:22:22.74\00:22:24.87
and I now believe
the SDA remnant church
00:22:25.07\00:22:28.14
and also believe the
Sabbath but this is my question:
00:22:28.34\00:22:30.98
how can I make the switch to
become a Seventh-day Adventist
00:22:31.18\00:22:33.98
without a big
hullabaloo in my family?
00:22:34.18\00:22:36.89
That's a great
question because how do you
00:22:37.99\00:22:40.49
follow truth without it
just exploding in your family?
00:22:40.69\00:22:43.36
Yeah, you know, honestly
Joseph, the truthful answer
00:22:43.56\00:22:47.00
to that is you
don't control that.
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.66
You can't control the way people
are going to perceive you,
00:22:48.86\00:22:51.13
how they're going
to respond to you.
00:22:51.33\00:22:52.90
You can make decisions
to try to minimize that.
00:22:53.30\00:22:56.91
Obviously, we don't
want... We have learned truth
00:22:57.11\00:23:00.01
and we're determined to
follow God with all our heart.
00:23:00.21\00:23:02.28
We obviously
don't want to engage in
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.01
you know
argumental conversations
00:23:05.21\00:23:07.98
and heated arguments
and disputes between our
00:23:08.18\00:23:10.59
brothers and sisters in
Christ or our family members.
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.12
But the most important
thing is that we keep in mind
00:23:13.32\00:23:15.52
that we can't control
the thoughts and the ideas
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.86
and the feelings
of others towards us.
00:23:18.06\00:23:19.53
The truth is Jesus said
the truth offends people.
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.76
When He came He said:
"I'm bringing the truth
00:23:22.96\00:23:24.93
'cause it's
gonna bring division. "
00:23:25.13\00:23:26.47
And the truth
DOES bring division.
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.87
It's like the Bible
says: "The Word of God is like
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.21
a two-edged sword.
" It cuts; it pierces;
00:23:31.41\00:23:32.97
you know, it
divides. And the truth is
00:23:33.17\00:23:35.41
there's going to be some people
even in our very family...
00:23:35.61\00:23:37.75
I'm a testament to this
because I have family members
00:23:37.95\00:23:40.95
who still don't want to
talk or have much to do with me
00:23:41.15\00:23:43.08
today since I became a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian
00:23:43.28\00:23:45.89
because I was convicted of the
Bible truth that I believed in
00:23:46.09\00:23:48.52
and saw in God's Word.
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.29
What we have to
remember is that Jesus said
00:23:50.49\00:23:52.93
that "If you love your
father, your mother, your son,
00:23:53.13\00:23:55.10
your daughter, your
brother, your sister
00:23:55.30\00:23:56.63
anyone more than you love
Me you are not worthy of Me. "
00:23:56.67\00:23:59.10
That doesn't mean we
stop loving our loved ones.
00:23:59.30\00:24:01.20
We still love our loved
ones but we put God first.
00:24:01.40\00:24:03.91
As Peter said in
Acts chapter 5 verse 32
00:24:04.11\00:24:08.24
"We ought to obey
God rather than men. "
00:24:08.44\00:24:11.18
I believe Abraham and
Lot... you know, they had some
00:24:11.58\00:24:13.72
family contention there as
Lot's wife was not too happy
00:24:13.92\00:24:17.02
with the truth that Abraham
was an influence upon Lot
00:24:17.22\00:24:20.09
and upon the family and it led
them off to Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:24:20.29\00:24:23.59
right? And you
know how that ended.
00:24:23.79\00:24:25.13
Because Lot... he felt under
pressure to what his family was
00:24:25.16\00:24:29.76
telling him and his wife
was trying to pull him away
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.47
from the truth that God was
leading Abraham and his family.
00:24:32.67\00:24:34.94
We see there very clearly
that it led them to a very
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unpleasant demise. We want
to make sure that we follow
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the Lord. So how do you
keep that from happening?
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Sometimes you just
can't. Pray for them.
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Don't look into it too
much as far as to cause disputes
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or arguments but
trust in the Lord
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and He will lead you through
and He will see that everything
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is well. Amen! Amen!
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The last question we're going
to ask - that's all we have time
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for - we're going to toss
it out for everyone to jump in.
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This is actually
question #5 that came in
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if you have your papers.
During SS panel this morning
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John 1:29 was
mentioned which says:
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"Behold the Lamb of
God who takes away the sin
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of the world. " What does take
away the sin of the world mean?
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Does it mean all our sins
were laid on Him at the cross?
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Or does it mean He
will cleanse us from sin
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so that we're no
longer sinning on this earth?
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This comes from
Julie in South Dakota.
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OK... I think the
answer is actually both
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because when the Lord
takes away the sin of the world
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that sin of the world,
that broken relationship,
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is going to be
healed through Christ
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and then sin is going to
be permanently blotted out.
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So when He takes away
He doesn't do it partially.
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He is mending the
broken relationship
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from the Garden of Eden
and He is blotting out sin
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permanently. But I
just want to add this:
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When God... during the Passover
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when the Exodus
from Egypt God told them
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"take a lamb and
take the blood and put it
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on your doorpost. " If they had
not appropriated the blood...
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There's one thing
to be the sacrifice.
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This was representative
of Christ as our sacrifice.
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But when it says it
takes away the sin of the world
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He only takes away the sin for
those who appropriate His blood
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who receive the gift
of salvation by grace.
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You've gotta apply the blood.
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Yes, Johnny, you were
going to say something?
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Yes, all this is
wonderful that has been said.
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And the wonderful thing also
is that the Lord Jesus Christ
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works in our heart so
that we will hate sin.
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He'll take the desire to
sin away as we behold the Lamb
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of God who takes away our
sins, the sin of the world.
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Amen! OK, I'll just add
that Jesus died for all sins...
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even the sin of the atheist.
Those that don't even claim Him
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or want to receive
of... But yet it's our job,
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it's our duty to receive
that and claim that sacrifice
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of what Christ has done for
us. Why would we want to die
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for our sins when Jesus has
already died for them, right?
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We have to accept that.
And of course the other aspect
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as Pastor brought out
I believe very clearly
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that Jesus... when it
says the Lamb of God takes away
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sin of the world, He
wants to come and cleanse us
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from all of our
sin and to prepare us
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to enter heaven
without any sin at all
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according to His
perfect work in us.
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Amen! Love
working with you family:
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Pastor John, Pastor Johnny,
Shelley, and Pastor Ryan.
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What a privilege to
open up the Word of God
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and to study together.
And we love sharing with you
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3ABN family at home.
Thank you for texting in
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your questions. Thank you for
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studying with us as
we study the Word of God.
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For joining us for
this special edition of
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3ABN Sabbath School
panel where we explored
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the new covenant
sanctuary. Make sure you join us
00:27:39.49\00:27:42.29
next week on 3ABN
Sabbath School panel
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when we'll be
studying the covenant as well.
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Stay tuned because
divine worship hour
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is coming up next
with Danny Shelton.
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His title is
Expanding the Kingdom.
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