Welcome once again to
this very important series,
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The Secrets of Pentecost.
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And our subject
of study today is,
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The Lord Is Our Rock.
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But before we begin our
study, before we open the pages
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of God's holy book,
we always need to ask
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for the Lord's guidance.
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Never should the Bible
be opened without prayer.
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And so I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we ask
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for the Lord's presence.
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Our Father and our
God, what a privilege it is
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to call You, Father.
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To know that You want
the best for Your children.
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You especially want us
to understand Your will.
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But our minds are limited.
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We can't understand on our own.
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And therefore, we
need divine wisdom.
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So we ask that You will
bless us with the presence
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of Your Holy Spirit;
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the same Spirit that was poured
out on the day of Pentecost
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in abundance without measure.
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We ask that that
Spirit will be present here.
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And we thank You,
Father, for the promise
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that You will be
with us when we ask.
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And we have asked for it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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As we begin our study
today, I would like to say
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that there is a very close
connection between what Jesus
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performed on the cross
and the descent of the fire
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on the day of Pentecost.
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In fact, these two
events are totally inseparable.
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Without the cross,
there would have been no fire.
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It would have been impossible.
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And we're going to see
that in our study today.
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A second fact that
I would like to share,
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other than the connection
between the cross and the fire,
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is the fact that most people,
when they study what happened
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at Pentecost, they focus
on what occurred on earth.
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And they fail to realize
that what happened on earth
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was only an earthly announcement
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of the most important
event that took place in heaven.
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In other words, the earthly
event was a sign of something
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very significant that
occurred in the heavenly courts.
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You know, when you
mention the day of Pentecost,
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people immediately say,
"Oh, the mighty rushing wind
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and the tongues of fire.
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And people started talking
in languages and tongues."
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That's all they
remember about Pentecost.
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But the day of
Pentecost is not primarily about
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what happened on earth.
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Primarily, it is about
what happened in heaven.
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And the earth was
simply a repercussion
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of the heavenly event.
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So two things that I want us to
remember as we begin our study:
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number one, there is an intimate
connection between the cross
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and the fire that fell
on the day of Pentecost;
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and number two, and very
importantly, equally important,
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the event that was significant
on the day of Pentecost
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was not so much the one on earth
as the event that took place
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in heaven.
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Now as we begin our
study, I would like to mention
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that there is a recurring
pattern in the Old Testament
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that we want to study
as we begin our analysis
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of this topic,
The Lord Is Our Rock.
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What is this pattern that
we find in the Old Testament?
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Basically I'll explain it,
and then we're going to notice
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several examples.
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What happens is that an animal
or animals are sacrificed,
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they're placed on the
altar, and then God rains fire
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to consume the sacrifice
as a sign that the sacrifice
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has been accepted by Him.
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In other words, the
signal that God gives
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that He accepts the
sacrifice that was made
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is the fact that He rains
fire to consume the sacrifice.
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And we're going to
notice this recurring pattern
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in the Old Testament.
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Time and again you find
the idea of sacrifice and fire,
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sacrifice and fire.
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Now I want to begin
with the first sacrifice
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that the Scripture mentions;
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the sacrifice that
was offered by Abel.
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Now the Bible, of course,
tells us that Abel offered
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a better sacrifice than Cain.
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We know that.
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But the question is, how
did God show that He approved
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of Abel's sacrifice
but He did not approve
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of the offering
that was brought by Cain?
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You know, sometimes I
snicker at the speculations
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that scholars offer.
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You know, I read some books
where the scholars say that
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the way in which Abel knew
that God accepted His sacrifice
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is that the smoke went up,
where as the way Cain knew that
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his wasn't accepted was
that the smoke blew down.
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Now that's an interesting
speculation, but it's not
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in harmony with this pattern
that we find in Scripture.
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Now I must mention that
Genesis does not tell us
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exactly how God showed
visibly that He accepted
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Abel's sacrifice
and He rejected Cain's.
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But as we look at
the pattern in the Bible,
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we know the way in
which God showed it.
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Now Ellen White does tell
us explicitly how God revealed
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that He accepted
the sacrifice of Abel.
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The Bible doesn't
explicitly mention it,
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but Ellen White does.
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And we're going to find that
all of the other cases show that
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Ellen White was right.
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Now I want to read
from, Signs Of The Times,
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February 6, 1879, where
Ellen White is describing
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the sacrifice that was offered
by Abel and how God showed
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His acceptance.
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It says there...
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That is, the sacrifice of Abel.
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So how did God show that He
accepted the sacrifice of Abel?
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By raining fire to
consume the sacrifice.
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So the first example
that we find in Scripture is
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of Abel offering his sacrifice
and God showing His approval
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by consuming the
sacrifice with fire.
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Now the next example that I
would like us to take a look at
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is when the tabernacle in
the wilderness was inaugurated;
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when the services in
the tabernacle were begun.
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The record is found
in Leviticus 9:22-24.
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Leviticus 9:22-24
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I want you to notice
here once again the connection
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between sacrifice and fire.
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It says...
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So notice, there are
three types of offerings
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that are sacrificed.
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And then it says in verse 23...
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So do you see the pattern here?
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These three types of sacrifices
are placed on the altar.
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And then we're told that fire
came out from before the Lord
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and consumed these sacrifices
that were placed on the altar.
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So once again, we have the
idea of offering the sacrifices,
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and then God consuming
them with fire as a signal
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that He accepted the sacrifices.
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Now the next example that
I want to give you from the
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Old Testament is from the
period of the Hebrew monarchy.
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The period of the Hebrew kings.
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Now you remember that
the ark of the covenant was
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taken captive
by the Philistines.
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And you know, as the
ark was there in the cities
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of the Philistines,
the ark started pouring out
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plagues upon the Philistines.
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And so they sent
a message to David,
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"David, we don't
want the ark anymore.
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Come and get the ark."
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And so eventually David
goes and he takes the ark
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and he's bringing
it back to Jerusalem.
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And it's going up a hill
and it looks like the ark
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is going to fall off.
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And so Uzzah extends
his hand to hold the ark.
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And immediately when he
touches the ark, he drops dead.
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And so David didn't feel
like he could take the ark
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all the way to
Jerusalem, and so he put it on
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Ornan's threshing floor.
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And I want you to notice
that after he placed the ark
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on Ornan's threshing
floor, David built an altar
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and he sacrificed a victim.
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And then I want you
to notice what happened.
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It's found in 1
Chronicles 21:26.
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1 Chronicles 21:26
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Do you see the
same pattern once again?
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God answers the call
of David by raining fire
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to consume the sacrifice.
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So you have the
sacrifice and the fire.
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Now it's interesting, I
mentioned at the beginning
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that there's a
connection between the cross,
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which is the sacrifice, and the
fire on the day of Pentecost.
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That's the line that I
want us to begin thinking of.
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Now the next example that I
want to give is from the time
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when the temple that was
built by Solomon was dedicated.
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By the way, we should
never call it, Solomon's temple.
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Because it was not his temple.
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It was the temple built
for the Lord by Solomon.
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You know, we say, Noah's ark.
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It was not Noah's
ark, it was the Lord's ark
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built by Noah.
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And so we need to be very
careful about our terminology
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lest we glorify the builder
instead of glorifying the Lord
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who used the builder.
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But anyway, when
Solomon built the temple,
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he offered a prayer
to the Lord in dedication
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and he had placed
sacrifices upon the altar.
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And I want you to
notice what happened.
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2 Chronicles
7:1. 2 Chronicles 7:1.
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Do you see the
pattern once again?
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Sacrifices and then fire.
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God showing His approval of
the sacrifices by raining fire.
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Now let's notice one
more example of this recurring
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pattern in the Old Testament.
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This is from 1 Kings 18:38.
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You remember the days of Elijah?
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How did God show that
He did not approve of the
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sacrifices that were
offered by the prophets of Baal?
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There was no fire from heaven.
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That showed God's disapproval.
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But how did God show that
He accepted the sacrifices
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that were placed by
Elijah upon the altar?
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Let's read about it.
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1 Kings 18:38
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So we have this recurring
pattern in the Old Testament.
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You have a sacrifice or
sacrifices that are offered,
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and then God shows
that He approves and accepts
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the sacrifice by
raining fire from heaven
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to consume the sacrifice.
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Now, I want us to study this
from a different perspective.
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Instead of talking
about sacrifice and fire
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as a sign of
acceptance of the sacrifice,
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I want us to study other symbols
that teach the same lesson.
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In other words,
it's the same lesson,
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but it's different symbolism.
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I'm referring specifically to
two rock episodes that we find
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in the Old Testament.
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We find two different rock
episodes in the Old Testament.
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Now let's go to
our first rock episode.
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It's found in Exodus 17:1-6.
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Exodus 17:1-6
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And I want you to notice,
there are several details
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that we're going to take
a look at in this passage.
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The children of Israel
were in the wilderness.
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They were in the desert.
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And of course,
they needed water.
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And they had no water.
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And so they're going to start
murmuring against the Lord.
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Let's read about it
beginning with verse 1.
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Very
appropriately named, by the way.
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It's coincidental that
it's called, Wilderness of Sin.
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That's the name of it in Hebrew.
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But it says...
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So notice, in
murmuring who are they tempting?
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Only Moses?
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No, they're tempting the Lord.
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By the way, are they
sinning against the Lord?
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Yes, they're
showing a lack of faith.
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The Bible says that
whatever is not of faith is sin.
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They're showing
their distrust in God
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and they're sinning against God.
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And they deserve to be
punished because of their
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murmuring against God.
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So notice verse 3.
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And so now Moses, you know,
in his regular patient way...
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You know, in forty years
he never lost his patience
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except for the very end
where he struck the rock twice.
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And we're going to talk
about that in a few moments.
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You know, he was the
meekest man on earth,
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according to Numbers 12:3.
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Amazing.
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With a congregation of a
million men, not counting
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women and children.
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And it was not an
easy congregation,
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it was a very
difficult congregation.
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Now notice what it
continues saying, verse 4...
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And now the solution that
God gives is very interesting.
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Verse 5...
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That is the river Nile.
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You remember he struck
the river Nile with the rod?
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So it says...
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And now something very
interesting in verse 6.
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This is the Lord speaking.
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By the way, this is
Jesus Christ speaking.
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I want you to visualize this.
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There's this great big
literal rock, the rock of Horeb.
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But standing on the
rock is Jesus Christ.
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So you have the
two things together.
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You have the
symbol, which is the rock,
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and the reality to
which the symbol points
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standing on the rock.
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You have the symbol
and the reality together.
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Now I want you to notice
what it continues saying.
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Verse 6...
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And of course, He who is
standing on the rock as well.
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So you can visualize this.
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By the way, did the people
know the power that was found
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in the rod of Moses?
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Oh, they did.
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I can only imagine how they
felt when Moses raised his rod.
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They'd say, "Uh-ho,
we're in trouble now."
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But something very
interesting happened.
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Now, we have three
basic symbols in this passage.
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And when we interpret
each symbol and understand
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what each symbol represents,
and then put them together,
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we'll know what God wanted
to teach through this episode.
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The first symbol
that we have is the rock.
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Now what does
the rock represent?
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This is a literal rock, but
the rock symbolizes something.
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What does it symbolize?
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Let's go to Deuteronomy 32:4.
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See, Israel should have
known this in the Old Testament.
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They didn't have to wait
until the apostle Paul wrote
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that the rock was Christ.
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They could have
known in the Old Testament
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that the rock was
symbolic of a person.
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You say, "How do we know that?"
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Notice Deuteronomy 32:4.
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And by the way, nine times this
is underlined in this chapter.
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I'm only reading
one of the verses.
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It says there...
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So is the rock a
person, yes or no?
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Yes, the rock is a He.
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So the rock represents a person.
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The rock represents the Lord.
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Now the question is, which of
the three Persons of the Godhead
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is the Person that
is being described here?
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We don't have to guess.
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1 Corinthians 10:1-4 tells us
specifically who that Person was
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that stood upon the rock
and whom that rock represents.
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1 Corinthians 10:1-4
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This is what the
apostle Paul has to say.
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Was the manna real food?
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Yeah, the manna was real food.
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Did it have
vitamins and minerals
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and carbohydrates and proteins?
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Of course it
did. It was real food.
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But did God want to
teach a spiritual lesson
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through that real food?
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See, the real food was
symbolic of a spiritual reality.
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And the manna
represented Christ.
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We know that.
00:19:00.57\00:19:01.90
So the apostle Paul says...
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Was it real water
that came out of the rock?
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Was it H2O?
00:19:13.65\00:19:15.52
It was certainly H2O.
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It was real water
that people drank.
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But the water had
a deeper dimension.
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It was symbolic,
just like the rock.
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Now notice what it
continues saying here.
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Is it clear what
the rock represents?
00:19:34.30\00:19:36.37
The rock represents Christ.
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So who was standing on the rock?
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Standing on the rock
was none other than Christ.
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In other words, you have
the rock, which is the symbol,
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and you have the Person who
is represented by the symbol
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standing on it.
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You have the reality and the
symbol together in this story.
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So we know what
the rock represents.
00:19:54.19\00:19:56.02
The rock represents Christ.
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But now we need
to ask the question,
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what does the rod represent?
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Because we have a second symbol,
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which is the rod
that strikes the rock.
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Now what does the rod represent?
00:20:06.20\00:20:08.37
As we examine the rod of
Moses, we discover that his rod
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primarily represents judgment.
00:20:12.71\00:20:15.51
Because every time
that Moses raises his rod,
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a judgment falls.
00:20:18.95\00:20:20.82
So the rod
represents God's judgment.
00:20:20.85\00:20:24.92
And the rod is used to what?
00:20:25.49\00:20:28.42
The rod is used to smite.
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In other words, the
rod smiting means that
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God's judgment is falling,
God's judgment is afflicting.
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God's judgment is falling
upon someone when the rod falls
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upon that someone
or upon that something.
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For example, the Bible
says that Moses smote the waters
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and they turned into blood.
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The judgment upon the Egyptians.
00:20:54.58\00:20:56.12
He smote the dust, and from
the dust came a plague of lice.
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A judgment of God.
00:21:02.39\00:21:03.73
And then the same word
is used for God smiting
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.33
the first born in Egypt.
00:21:06.36\00:21:07.73
So smiting with the
rod represents the fact
00:21:07.76\00:21:10.93
that God's judgment is falling
upon whatever the rod strikes.
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Now what's interesting
is, that rod should have
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.94
fallen upon whom?
00:21:19.97\00:21:21.51
That rod should have
fallen upon the people.
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Because the people were
murmuring against the Lord.
00:21:25.18\00:21:28.55
They were
sinning against the Lord.
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But instead of the
rod striking the people,
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the rod struck what?
00:21:33.49\00:21:35.69
It struck the rock.
00:21:35.79\00:21:37.13
And the rock represents who?
00:21:37.16\00:21:38.83
Christ.
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Go with me to Isaiah 53:4,
00:21:40.70\00:21:43.26
this magnificent
Messianic prophecy.
00:21:43.30\00:21:45.90
Isaiah 53:4, where the identical
word, "smite," or, "strike,"
00:21:45.93\00:21:52.21
is used; the same word that
we find in Exodus chapter 17.
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Isaiah 53:4
00:21:55.68\00:21:57.91
It says here...
00:21:58.35\00:21:59.68
This is the Messiah.
00:22:00.68\00:22:02.02
That is the identical
word that is used in Exodus 17,
00:22:09.72\00:22:12.83
"You shall strike
the rock with your rod."
00:22:12.86\00:22:15.26
And so it says here...
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The word, "nakah," incidentally,
the word, "nakah," is a very
00:22:20.80\00:22:24.11
interesting word.
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It means, to strike.
00:22:25.51\00:22:26.91
It means, to beat, to
smite, to hit, to slay, to kill,
00:22:26.94\00:22:31.61
to receive a
blow, or to be wounded.
00:22:31.71\00:22:34.35
All of those definitions
are given in the Old Testament
00:22:34.68\00:22:37.19
in translations.
00:22:37.39\00:22:38.72
And so it says...
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So who is it that
smote the rock, so to speak?
00:22:50.43\00:22:53.64
The rock was smitten by Moses,
00:22:54.97\00:22:57.27
but really Moses
was a type of whom?
00:22:57.37\00:23:00.51
He was a type of Christ.
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.14
And so the rock, Jesus
Christ, was smitten by the rod
00:23:03.45\00:23:07.98
of God's judgment.
00:23:08.02\00:23:09.48
Let me ask you, who deserved
to suffer under the rod of
00:23:10.19\00:23:13.25
God's judgment?
00:23:13.29\00:23:14.62
We did.
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.36
Do we deserve to be smitten
by the rod of God's judgment?
00:23:16.39\00:23:19.36
You better believe we do.
00:23:19.39\00:23:20.86
Because we have all sinned and
come short of the glory of God.
00:23:20.90\00:23:25.00
But the rod of God's
judgment did not fall on those
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.90
who are guilty.
00:23:28.94\00:23:30.27
The rod of God's judgment fell
upon the one who was innocent.
00:23:30.31\00:23:34.51
Upon Jesus Christ.
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.11
And so, what is being
taught here is that the rod
00:23:36.88\00:23:40.85
of God's judgment, instead
of falling upon us sinners,
00:23:40.88\00:23:44.22
it fell upon Jesus Christ.
00:23:44.25\00:23:46.19
Jesus fell under the
judgment of His Father
00:23:46.22\00:23:48.99
because He was bearing our sins.
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.19
Isaiah 53
presents that when it says,
00:23:51.23\00:23:54.30
"Surely He has borne our
griefs and carried our sorrows;
00:23:54.33\00:23:57.40
yet we esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted."
00:23:57.43\00:24:02.27
Now we have one more symbol
that we have to take a look at.
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.84
And that's the water.
00:24:06.27\00:24:07.61
You see, the rock is there;
the rock represents Christ.
00:24:08.01\00:24:11.91
The rod smiting the
rock represents the fact that
00:24:12.15\00:24:14.92
God's judgment fell
upon Christ in our place.
00:24:14.95\00:24:17.75
And when the rod hits the
rock, what does the rock do?
00:24:18.02\00:24:22.26
The rock gives its waters.
00:24:22.36\00:24:24.79
Now what could
that possibly represent?
00:24:25.46\00:24:27.40
What does the water represent?
00:24:27.43\00:24:29.53
We must go to John 7:37-39.
00:24:29.83\00:24:33.57
John 7:37-39
00:24:33.60\00:24:37.21
Jesus is in Jerusalem at
the Feast of Tabernacles.
00:24:37.47\00:24:40.71
And it's actually the
eighth day of the feast,
00:24:40.74\00:24:43.71
which is known as the
great day of the feast.
00:24:43.75\00:24:45.51
It's the
conclusion of the feast.
00:24:45.55\00:24:47.22
And Jesus is in Jerusalem and He
says something very interesting.
00:24:47.62\00:24:51.22
Notice John 7:37-39.
00:24:51.25\00:24:54.12
So who is the rock?
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.17
The rock is Christ.
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.24
Jesus is saying, "If you're
thirsty, come to Me and drink."
00:25:10.27\00:25:14.38
So the rock represents Christ,
00:25:14.41\00:25:16.14
because the
water comes from Him.
00:25:16.18\00:25:17.88
Now let's continue
reading in verse 38.
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Jesus says...
00:25:21.55\00:25:22.88
So what does it mean
to drink from the rock?
00:25:26.15\00:25:28.49
It means to what?
00:25:29.02\00:25:30.36
It means to believe or
trust, or have faith in Jesus.
00:25:30.39\00:25:33.50
That's what it means.
00:25:33.53\00:25:34.86
So whoever believes in Jesus,
out of that person's heart
00:25:43.81\00:25:47.48
rivers of living
waters will flow.
00:25:47.81\00:25:50.41
Now where did that
water come from that flows
00:25:50.95\00:25:52.88
out from the heart of that
person who believes in Jesus?
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.88
It comes from the fact that
the person drank from the rock.
00:25:56.79\00:26:00.76
In other words, you
drink from the fountain
00:26:01.66\00:26:04.06
and then you become a fountain.
00:26:04.09\00:26:06.13
That's what
Jesus is saying here.
00:26:06.23\00:26:08.00
Now what was Jesus referring
to when He says, you know,
00:26:08.46\00:26:11.20
"He who believes in Me," which
means, "He who comes and drinks
00:26:11.23\00:26:17.14
the water that I give,"
that person will then become
00:26:17.17\00:26:21.08
a fountain of water?
00:26:21.11\00:26:22.44
What was Jesus referring to
when He talked about the water
00:26:22.48\00:26:25.58
that was coming forth from Him?
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.48
We don't have to guess.
00:26:27.52\00:26:28.85
Notice verse 39.
00:26:28.88\00:26:30.62
See, those who trust in Him,
00:26:38.53\00:26:40.43
those who have faith
in Jesus, would what?
00:26:40.46\00:26:42.93
Would receive.
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.50
In other words, the
water that comes from the rock
00:26:44.53\00:26:46.70
that you drink when
you believe in Jesus
00:26:46.74\00:26:48.47
is receiving Jesus Christ.
00:26:48.50\00:26:50.67
And then it says at the
last part of the verse...
00:26:51.54\00:26:53.78
Of course, He's glorified
on the day of Pentecost.
00:26:59.28\00:27:01.45
The Holy Spirit was not yet
given because Jesus had not yet
00:27:01.48\00:27:04.79
been glorified on
the day of Pentecost.
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.49
He had not sat down
at the right hand of God.
00:27:07.52\00:27:10.63
And so I want you to
visualize what's happening here.
00:27:11.09\00:27:13.86
Basically, Jesus is the rock.
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.36
And Jesus says, "If you're
thirsty, come to Me and drink."
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.43
That means,
believing or trusting in Jesus.
00:27:19.47\00:27:22.87
He says, drink.
00:27:22.90\00:27:24.24
And then when you drink, which
is a symbol of the Holy Spirit,
00:27:24.27\00:27:27.38
when you receive the Holy
Spirit, then you will be filled
00:27:27.41\00:27:31.01
with water, and then you
will become a fountain of water
00:27:31.05\00:27:34.12
to other people.
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.48
Let me give you an illustration.
00:27:36.08\00:27:37.42
You know, you go
outside on a clear Fresno night
00:27:38.45\00:27:41.42
and you see this
beautiful full moon.
00:27:41.96\00:27:45.03
You ever seen
one of those before?
00:27:46.03\00:27:47.50
Oh, the sky is clear.
00:27:48.00\00:27:50.37
You know, it's one of
those few days where you have
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.33
clear air in Fresno.
00:27:52.37\00:27:54.14
And so you see this
beautiful, beautiful full moon.
00:27:54.50\00:27:57.87
And you look at the sky
and you say to your husband
00:27:58.07\00:28:00.58
or to your wife, "Oh,
dear, isn't that moon romantic
00:28:00.61\00:28:03.75
and beautiful tonight?"
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.21
But you know, that's not the
full truth, and the whole truth,
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.68
and nothing but the
truth, so help you God.
00:28:09.72\00:28:11.65
Because the moon has no light.
00:28:12.42\00:28:14.16
Where does the moon
get it's light from?
00:28:15.12\00:28:16.86
The moon gets the
light from the sun.
00:28:17.53\00:28:19.29
So what you need to
say, "Oh, dear, isn't the sun
00:28:19.33\00:28:22.13
beautiful tonight?"
00:28:22.16\00:28:23.50
Because the glory of the
moon is the glory of the sun.
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.97
The moon is simply
projecting the light of the
00:28:27.00\00:28:29.40
sun to the earth.
00:28:29.44\00:28:30.97
That's why Jesus said, "I
am the light of the world."
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.78
But He also said, "Ye
are the light of the world."
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.65
In other words, when
you are connected with the
00:28:37.91\00:28:40.15
source of light, then you
become a reflector of the light.
00:28:40.18\00:28:43.72
When you drink the
water, you're full of water,
00:28:44.02\00:28:46.76
and therefore now you
become a fountain of blessing
00:28:46.86\00:28:50.93
to other people.
00:28:50.96\00:28:52.29
By the way, the water
represents the Holy Spirit
00:28:52.86\00:28:55.03
that we receive
when we trust in Jesus.
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.37
And when we
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:28:57.57\00:28:59.13
we become a blessing to others.
00:28:59.17\00:29:01.10
Notice 1 Corinthians 12:13.
00:29:01.30\00:29:04.67
Here, the apostle Paul says...
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.27
So clearly, the
water represents what?
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.16
The Holy Spirit.
00:29:21.19\00:29:22.52
So I want you to visualize this.
00:29:22.56\00:29:24.09
The rock is
smitten with the rod.
00:29:25.59\00:29:28.90
And as a result,
the rock gives its water
00:29:29.66\00:29:33.40
that people can come and drink.
00:29:33.74\00:29:35.47
Now let me ask
you, who is the rock?
00:29:36.30\00:29:39.04
Jesus.
00:29:39.34\00:29:40.68
What does the act of
smiting the rock represent?
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.45
It's the judgment,
the death of Christ.
00:29:44.08\00:29:46.82
Now let me ask you, what
made it possible for Christ
00:29:47.42\00:29:50.89
to pour out the Holy Spirit?
00:29:50.92\00:29:52.65
The fact that He fell
under the judgment of God.
00:29:53.46\00:29:56.16
The fact that He
went to the cross.
00:29:56.49\00:29:58.43
Because Jesus was smitten
by the rod of God's judgment
00:29:58.59\00:30:01.63
He could pour
out the Holy Spirit.
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.60
He could give the water
from the rock, so to speak,
00:30:03.63\00:30:05.83
on the day of Pentecost.
00:30:05.87\00:30:07.20
And so even though you're
dealing with different symbols,
00:30:07.70\00:30:10.47
the lesson is the same.
00:30:10.51\00:30:11.87
You see, sacrifice and then
fire showing that God accepted
00:30:12.14\00:30:15.98
the sacrifice means the
same thing as striking the rock
00:30:16.01\00:30:19.71
and God, by sending
water from the rock, showing
00:30:19.75\00:30:22.98
that the smiting of the
rock has been accepted by Him.
00:30:23.02\00:30:25.82
Are you following me or not?
00:30:26.32\00:30:27.66
Now there's a second episode
of the striking of the rock.
00:30:28.19\00:30:31.19
And we should not forget that,
because this is very important.
00:30:31.59\00:30:34.43
Numbers 20:7-11
contains that record.
00:30:34.86\00:30:38.27
It says here...
00:30:38.73\00:30:40.07
But now there's a difference
between the first rock episode
00:30:48.21\00:30:51.25
and the second.
00:30:51.31\00:30:52.65
The first, Moses
was to strike the rock.
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.62
Here, he was suppose
to do something different.
00:30:54.65\00:30:57.45
He was suppose to ask
the rock to give its water.
00:30:57.72\00:31:01.02
Notice...
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.39
So God says, "Now you
are to speak to the rock,"
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.94
and the rock represents Christ,
00:31:17.04\00:31:18.57
"and then the rock
will give its water."
00:31:18.67\00:31:21.24
But what did Moses do?
00:31:21.94\00:31:23.41
He lost it.
00:31:23.75\00:31:25.08
After 40 years.
00:31:25.21\00:31:26.55
Do you know that Ellen
White says that if Moses
00:31:26.58\00:31:28.48
had not committed this one sin,
he would have been translated
00:31:28.62\00:31:32.89
to heaven from among the living.
00:31:32.92\00:31:34.39
But this one sin
made it necessary for him
00:31:35.92\00:31:39.09
to go through death.
00:31:39.13\00:31:40.80
And of course, he was
resurrected and went to heaven.
00:31:41.13\00:31:43.30
But, you know, he was
an extremely patient man,
00:31:43.73\00:31:46.33
but here he lost it.
00:31:46.37\00:31:47.74
And the Bible says that
instead of speaking to the rock
00:31:47.94\00:31:50.87
and saying to the rock,
"Please give me your water,"
00:31:50.91\00:31:53.07
he took his rod and
he struck the rock twice.
00:31:53.81\00:31:57.51
Now what was so
terrible about Moses' sin?
00:31:58.81\00:32:01.25
Ellen White explains
in, Patriarchs and Prophets,
00:32:01.58\00:32:03.69
page 418.
00:32:03.72\00:32:05.05
I use to wonder, you
know, when I was a kid,
00:32:05.09\00:32:07.59
"Man, God punished Moses so
drastically because of that one,
00:32:07.62\00:32:11.46
just smiting the rock
the second time, you know."
00:32:11.56\00:32:15.06
And Moses was dying to enter the
Promised Land with the people.
00:32:15.10\00:32:18.80
I mean, he had longed
for that all 40 years.
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.80
And now God says,
"You can't go in."
00:32:22.30\00:32:23.97
Just because he struck the rock.
00:32:24.47\00:32:26.04
What was so serious about that?
00:32:26.54\00:32:28.18
Something very serious.
00:32:28.44\00:32:29.94
Notice,
Patriarchs and Prophets, 418.
00:32:29.98\00:32:32.38
Moses destroyed the symbolism
that pointed to Jesus Christ.
00:33:01.08\00:33:04.85
That was the reason why
his sin was so terrible.
00:33:05.38\00:33:08.88
He disfigured the
symbol about Christ.
00:33:08.92\00:33:12.19
If we want the Holy Spirit
today, Jesus doesn't have to
00:33:13.32\00:33:15.62
fall under the
judgment of the Father again.
00:33:15.66\00:33:17.53
He doesn't have to die again.
00:33:17.56\00:33:18.89
Do you know there's
a church in the world,
00:33:18.93\00:33:20.26
the Roman Catholic
Church, that teaches that Jesus
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.46
dies anew in every single mass?
00:33:22.50\00:33:24.83
If there's a million
masses being celebrated all over
00:33:26.43\00:33:28.97
the world, Jesus is being
sacrificed a million times.
00:33:29.00\00:33:32.17
Time after time, after time,
after time sacrificed anew.
00:33:32.47\00:33:36.85
If God excluded Moses
from the Promised Land,
00:33:37.45\00:33:39.85
how does God look upon that?
00:33:39.88\00:33:41.65
Are you following me or not?
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.49
The book of Hebrews says
that Jesus was sacrificed
00:33:45.75\00:33:48.12
once for all.
00:33:48.16\00:33:49.49
It says in the book of Hebrews,
He needs to die no more.
00:33:49.52\00:33:52.33
Because He already died.
00:33:52.53\00:33:54.00
Once for all for
the sins of the world.
00:33:54.30\00:33:57.33
Ellen White says in the book,
In Heavenly Places, page 113...
00:33:58.57\00:34:02.24
So now what we want to
take a look at is the geography
00:34:17.79\00:34:21.72
of the Sanctuary.
00:34:21.96\00:34:23.32
And I want you to notice
that there are four key places
00:34:24.29\00:34:28.26
in the Sanctuary that we
want to take a look at now.
00:34:28.30\00:34:30.43
We're not going to
look at the Most Holy Place.
00:34:30.47\00:34:32.00
We're going to look
at the first four places
00:34:32.27\00:34:34.34
of the Hebrew Sanctuary.
00:34:34.37\00:34:35.70
The first place is the camp.
00:34:36.20\00:34:38.04
We usually don't begin
the Sanctuary at the camp,
00:34:38.44\00:34:40.31
but that's where we really
need to begin, is at the camp.
00:34:40.34\00:34:42.88
Because that's
where sinners lived.
00:34:43.08\00:34:44.51
And before Jesus
went to the cross,
00:34:44.55\00:34:46.25
Jesus came to live in our midst.
00:34:46.35\00:34:48.25
See, before He died, He
had to live a perfect life
00:34:48.58\00:34:50.85
in our midst.
00:34:50.89\00:34:52.22
And He did that in the
camp where the people lived.
00:34:52.25\00:34:55.12
"The Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us."
00:34:55.69\00:34:58.76
See, that's where
the Sanctuary begins;
00:34:58.79\00:35:00.80
with Jesus living in our midst.
00:35:00.90\00:35:02.43
And He had to live
a life without sin,
00:35:02.53\00:35:05.77
because He had to offer the law
that perfect life in our place.
00:35:05.80\00:35:09.17
Then after He lived His
perfect life in the camp,
00:35:09.77\00:35:12.57
then Jesus went into the court.
00:35:12.77\00:35:14.74
And there you have
the altar of sacrifice.
00:35:15.01\00:35:17.05
There's where
animals were sacrificed
00:35:17.25\00:35:18.81
and placed on the altar.
00:35:18.85\00:35:20.18
After Jesus lived His perfect
life, He was a blameless Lamb,
00:35:20.22\00:35:23.62
a perfect Lamb because
He lived a perfect life,
00:35:23.65\00:35:25.85
now He goes to the
cross and He is sacrificed
00:35:26.12\00:35:28.99
because He's bearing
the sins of the world.
00:35:29.02\00:35:31.26
And so He's taking the
next step in the Sanctuary.
00:35:31.93\00:35:34.23
From the camp where He
lived His perfect life,
00:35:34.26\00:35:36.36
now He goes to the
court where He dies
00:35:36.46\00:35:38.80
for the sins of the world.
00:35:38.83\00:35:40.24
And then the next piece
of furniture that you have
00:35:40.50\00:35:42.50
in the court is the laver.
00:35:42.54\00:35:44.11
And the laver represents the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
00:35:44.64\00:35:48.51
It's called in Titus
3:5, the laver or the fountain
00:35:48.68\00:35:54.08
of regeneration.
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.55
To regenerate means,
to give life to something
00:35:55.58\00:35:58.15
that has lost its life.
00:35:58.19\00:35:59.75
In other words, the laver
is the place where the priest,
00:35:59.79\00:36:02.79
after he made the
sacrifice he was full of blood
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.43
and full of the signs of
death, he washes off all of the
00:36:05.46\00:36:08.76
vestiges of death before
He goes into the Holy Place.
00:36:08.80\00:36:12.03
And so Jesus
dies, He's in the tomb,
00:36:12.23\00:36:14.90
but He resurrects from the
dead and He cleanses Himself
00:36:15.00\00:36:18.01
totally and
completely from death when He
00:36:18.04\00:36:20.54
resurrects from the dead.
00:36:20.58\00:36:21.91
So we have the steps
of Jesus in the Sanctuary.
00:36:22.11\00:36:25.21
We have His
perfect life in the camp,
00:36:25.25\00:36:27.65
then we have His death
at the altar of sacrifice,
00:36:27.75\00:36:30.52
we have His
resurrection at the laver.
00:36:30.55\00:36:32.32
And now let me ask you, where is
the next place in the Sanctuary
00:36:32.42\00:36:36.62
after the laver?
00:36:36.66\00:36:37.99
The next place after
the laver is the Holy Place
00:36:38.49\00:36:41.73
of the Sanctuary.
00:36:41.76\00:36:43.10
You have the entrance, and
then you have the Holy Place.
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.67
Do you know that many
are teaching today that Jesus
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.34
went directly into the
Most Holy Place when He
00:36:48.37\00:36:50.17
ascended to heaven?
00:36:50.21\00:36:51.54
And I say, "Well,
what about the Holy Place?
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.08
Did He jump
over the Holy Place?"
00:36:54.11\00:36:55.88
Of course not.
00:36:57.31\00:36:58.65
Because the next place in
the Sanctuary after the camp,
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.98
after the altar, after
the laver, was the Holy Place.
00:37:02.25\00:37:05.52
Not the Most Holy Place.
00:37:05.55\00:37:07.32
So in the temple geography,
the next place after Jesus
00:37:07.36\00:37:11.59
died and resurrected would
be His function or His service
00:37:11.63\00:37:16.97
in the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
00:37:17.00\00:37:19.23
And that's where Jesus
went when He ascended to heaven.
00:37:19.27\00:37:22.30
He went to the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
00:37:22.50\00:37:25.47
Now I want us to
notice Revelation 4:5.
00:37:26.44\00:37:29.88
This is very interesting.
00:37:29.91\00:37:31.28
We already took a look at this
in our first study together,
00:37:31.65\00:37:35.25
but now we want to
review that in the context of
00:37:35.28\00:37:37.69
what we're studying today.
00:37:37.72\00:37:39.05
Revelation 4:5
00:37:39.29\00:37:41.12
You remember that Revelation
chapter 4 is describing the
00:37:41.22\00:37:45.16
preparation of the
heavenly throne room
00:37:45.19\00:37:47.26
for the return
of Jesus to heaven.
00:37:47.30\00:37:49.43
And the throne room, of
course, is the Holy Place
00:37:49.66\00:37:51.77
of the Sanctuary.
00:37:51.80\00:37:53.13
Because there
is the candlestick,
00:37:53.17\00:37:55.34
the seven lamps
of the candlestick,
00:37:55.44\00:37:57.11
and there is also
the altar of incense,
00:37:57.14\00:37:59.67
according to what we've studied.
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.14
And so the place is being
prepared, in Revelation 4,
00:38:01.21\00:38:04.71
for the return of the
war Hero to the Holy Place
00:38:04.75\00:38:07.48
of the Sanctuary.
00:38:07.52\00:38:08.85
And of course, the
Father is waiting for Him,
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.85
the cherubim and
seraphim are waiting for Him,
00:38:10.89\00:38:13.19
the representatives of the
worlds are waiting for Him.
00:38:13.22\00:38:15.82
And we're going to
notice that the Holy Spirit
00:38:16.02\00:38:17.53
is waiting for Him as well.
00:38:17.56\00:38:18.89
Notice Revelation 4:5.
00:38:18.93\00:38:20.83
It says...
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.26
And what was there?
00:38:29.94\00:38:31.27
So what was present there?
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.82
Seven lamps, which
represent the seven Spirits.
00:38:42.35\00:38:46.15
We're not dealing
with seven Holy Spirits.
00:38:46.19\00:38:48.29
The number seven means,
fullness or completeness.
00:38:48.32\00:38:51.09
So let me ask you, in Revelation
chapter 4 is the Holy Spirit
00:38:51.13\00:38:54.03
present there in a symbolic way,
expressed in a symbolic way?
00:38:54.06\00:38:57.33
Absolutely.
00:38:57.37\00:38:58.70
It simply says there
that, "The seven lamps of fire
00:38:58.73\00:39:02.00
were burning before the throne,
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.37
which are the
seven Spirit of God."
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.74
So in Revelation chapter 4 the
seven Spirits are simply there
00:39:04.77\00:39:08.24
in the Holy Place.
00:39:08.28\00:39:09.61
But then we're going to
notice that the Lamb arrives,
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.88
in chapter 5.
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.25
We've studied this.
00:39:14.28\00:39:15.62
And then something
happens with the seven Spirits
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.89
when the Lamb arrives.
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.25
Notice Revelation 5:6.
00:39:19.59\00:39:21.99
The very next chapter
is where Jesus arrives
00:39:22.02\00:39:24.43
upon His ascension.
00:39:24.76\00:39:26.09
It says there in
Revelation 5:6...
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.53
So at this point
has Jesus died already?
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.21
Of course.
00:39:42.54\00:39:43.88
But is He alive? Of course.
00:39:43.91\00:39:45.98
He's presenting Himself alive,
but He still has the wounds
00:39:46.01\00:39:49.62
fresh on His body.
00:39:49.85\00:39:51.19
Are you with me or not?
00:39:51.22\00:39:52.55
And so it says...
00:39:52.59\00:39:53.92
Now notice a very
interesting detail.
00:40:04.07\00:40:06.07
And now what happens
to the seven Spirits?
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.07
They were there in chapter 4,
00:40:10.11\00:40:11.54
but now something
is going to happen.
00:40:11.57\00:40:12.94
It says...
00:40:13.11\00:40:14.44
What historical occasion
are we talking about here
00:40:21.82\00:40:24.15
when the seven Spirits
were sent out to the earth?
00:40:24.19\00:40:27.72
It is the day of Pentecost.
00:40:28.16\00:40:29.92
And so what is being
described in Revelation 4 and 5
00:40:30.33\00:40:33.56
is what happened on
the day of Pentecost.
00:40:33.66\00:40:35.70
Jesus appears before
His Father as the Lamb.
00:40:35.90\00:40:38.93
You see, He's been
stricken, smitten by the
00:40:39.67\00:40:41.80
rod of God's judgment.
00:40:41.84\00:40:43.24
And He's been resurrected.
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.11
Because He has the wounds,
but He's presenting Himself
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.38
there alive.
00:40:47.41\00:40:48.74
And so He comes before
His Father and He shows,
00:40:48.78\00:40:51.21
we've read this before, He
shows His Father the wounds.
00:40:51.25\00:40:54.58
And He says, "Father,
is My sacrifice sufficient
00:40:54.75\00:40:57.79
to save My people?"
00:40:57.82\00:40:59.15
The Father says,
"Yes, it is sufficient."
00:40:59.19\00:41:00.79
And then, what is
poured out on earth as a result
00:41:00.89\00:41:05.19
of the sacrifice of Christ and
the acceptance of His sacrifice?
00:41:05.23\00:41:08.56
The Holy Spirit is poured out.
00:41:08.66\00:41:10.43
And you know what?
00:41:10.47\00:41:11.80
The outpouring of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost
00:41:11.83\00:41:14.17
was simply the signal
that the sacrifice of Christ
00:41:14.37\00:41:17.21
had been accepted by
His Father in heaven.
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.24
Just like were there tongues
of fire on the day of Pentecost?
00:41:19.97\00:41:23.41
Yes. What was the
purpose of the tongues of fire?
00:41:23.51\00:41:26.05
The purpose was, God was
saying, "Listen, the Lamb
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.12
has presented Himself, the Lamb
as though it had been slain,
00:41:29.15\00:41:32.02
has presented
Himself to the Father.
00:41:32.05\00:41:33.79
And look, just like the
fire would fall upon the altar,
00:41:33.99\00:41:36.86
here's the fire falling
down, showing that the Father
00:41:36.96\00:41:40.10
has accepted His sacrifice."
00:41:40.13\00:41:41.96
And so the purpose of the
fire on the day of Pentecost,
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.17
or the water coming out
of the rock, which represents
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.77
the Holy Spirit, is to let
the disciples know that Jesus
00:41:48.80\00:41:52.74
has presented
Himself before His Father
00:41:52.77\00:41:54.74
and His sacrifice
has been fully accepted.
00:41:54.78\00:41:58.08
Now, where do we fit in?
00:41:59.55\00:42:01.98
Let me ask you, what
good would it do for Jesus
00:42:03.28\00:42:07.46
to have begun His ministry
in the heavenly Sanctuary,
00:42:08.36\00:42:12.46
to have poured
out the Holy Spirit,
00:42:12.86\00:42:14.96
if nobody on
earth knew about it?
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.00
Would that be very useful?
00:42:19.90\00:42:21.50
It would be totally useless.
00:42:22.27\00:42:24.57
Did other people need
to know that Jesus had now
00:42:24.77\00:42:27.18
been installed as the
High Priest, as the Mediator,
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.98
as the Intercessor, and that
people could now come to Him
00:42:30.01\00:42:33.21
in faith and they
could also drink the water?
00:42:33.25\00:42:35.58
And that after drinking
the water, they could go forth
00:42:36.12\00:42:38.69
and they could share
the water with others?
00:42:38.79\00:42:41.29
And they would drink the water
and then they would be able to
00:42:41.32\00:42:43.56
share with others.
00:42:43.59\00:42:44.93
Did the disciples need to go
out now and let the water flow
00:42:45.19\00:42:48.56
from them that they had received
on the day of Pentecost?
00:42:48.60\00:42:51.53
Absolutely.
00:42:51.57\00:42:52.90
And so the mission of the
apostles was to go to the world.
00:42:53.30\00:42:56.57
They had drunk the
water because they had trusted
00:42:56.81\00:42:58.77
and believed in Jesus.
00:42:58.81\00:43:00.14
And now their role is to
go out and to let the water
00:43:00.18\00:43:03.24
flow from their
hearts to other people.
00:43:03.28\00:43:06.35
Because Jesus lived a
perfect life in our place,
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.59
and because Jesus
died on the cross,
00:43:11.55\00:43:13.79
He could now
intercede for sinners.
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.02
See, Jesus could now take His
life and He could take His death
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.63
and He could credit those
to those who believe in Him.
00:43:19.66\00:43:22.20
You see, Jesus died on the
cross, He died for everyone,
00:43:23.06\00:43:26.27
but that doesn't mean that
everyone is going to be saved?
00:43:26.30\00:43:28.87
Does that mean that
everyone is going to be saved?
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.64
Did Jesus live for
everyone on planet earth?
00:43:31.67\00:43:33.84
Yes He did.
00:43:33.88\00:43:35.21
Did He die for
everyone on planet earth?
00:43:35.24\00:43:36.75
Of course.
00:43:36.78\00:43:38.11
You say, "Well, if He lived
for all and He died for all,
00:43:38.15\00:43:40.28
then everybody is
going to be saved."
00:43:40.32\00:43:41.98
No. You see, you have to
come and you have to claim
00:43:42.08\00:43:46.29
His life and His
death as your own.
00:43:46.55\00:43:48.62
You have to trust or have
faith in Him, or believe in Him.
00:43:48.96\00:43:52.26
You have to repent
and confess your sins
00:43:52.86\00:43:54.83
and trust in Jesus.
00:43:54.86\00:43:56.40
And then Jesus will take His
life and His death and He will
00:43:56.50\00:43:59.60
place them to your account.
00:43:59.63\00:44:01.00
And God will look upon you
as if you had never sinned.
00:44:01.04\00:44:03.44
That's the work that
Jesus does in heaven,
00:44:04.27\00:44:06.17
beginning with
the day of Pentecost.
00:44:07.01\00:44:08.71
The provision has
already been made.
00:44:09.11\00:44:10.88
He's already lived the life
and He's already died the death.
00:44:10.91\00:44:13.65
He's only waiting for us to
personally come and claim them
00:44:13.68\00:44:17.05
by taking the right steps.
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.72
Are you with me or not?
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.09
Now let me read you this
statement from Ellen White.
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.42
A very interesting statement.
00:44:22.46\00:44:23.79
Story of Redemption, 386,
where Ellen White is describing
00:44:23.83\00:44:27.73
what happened on
the day of Pentecost,
00:44:28.66\00:44:31.07
how Jesus was
ministering in heaven.
00:44:31.10\00:44:34.00
She says on page 386,
Story of Redemption...
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So He won the
benefits while He was on earth,
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and He says, "Come and
claim them now as your own.
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As your personal property."
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And by the way, the
Christian world believes that
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Jesus forgave
everybody at the cross.
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You know, I go to Adventist
churches and I ask the question,
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"Did Jesus forgive
everyone's sins at the cross?"
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And everybody says, "Amen."
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And I say, "What
theological planet are you on?"
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Jesus did not forgive
people's sins at the cross.
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Jesus made provision to forgive
people's sins at the cross.
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My Bible tells me that
if we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
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He made provision by His
perfect life and His death
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to forgive sin, but I
must come to Him in repentance,
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in confession, trusting in Him
with a desire to overcome sin.
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And then Jesus will
take His life and His death
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and He will place
them to my account,
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and God will look upon
me as if I had never sinned.
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That's what the Bible teaches.
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So the mission of the
disciples was to receive
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the Spirit on the
day of Pentecost to give.
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Notice what we
find in Acts 1:7-8.
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And what I want you to see
here is that the expression,
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"you shall," is used twice.
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"You shall," is used twice.
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And I want you to notice
the connection between the two.
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Acts 1:7-8
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Here, Jesus is
about to ascend to heaven.
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This is happening ten
days, this is ten days before
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the Holy Spirit was
poured out at Pentecost.
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Okay? Ten days before.
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Jesus is saying...
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So what is the first step?
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They shall what? Receive power.
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But now notice the
second, "you shall."
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So the first, "you shall,"
is, you are going to what?
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Receive power.
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And what is the
purpose of receiving the power?
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"You shall be
witnesses to Me..."
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Where?
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What is the purpose of receiving
the power of the Holy Spirit?
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It is to be a what?
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It is to be a witness.
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You drink the
water to give the water.
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You receive the
light to impart the light.
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Isn't this a marvelous thought?
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And that's what happens
on the day of Pentecost.
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On the day of Pentecost,
Jesus pours out His Holy Spirit
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upon the apostles.
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And the apostles now
are all full of water.
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And they say, "What
shall we do with this water?"
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Jesus says, "Ah,
you've got to be a fountain.
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You've got to continue giving,
and you'll continue receiving."
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Marvelous thought.
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Now there's a
biblical example of this,
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with which I
want to end our study.
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Jesus once met
with a woman in Samaria.
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She's known as
the Samaritan woman.
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The story is
found in John chapter 4.
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And this woman came
to draw water at noon.
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Which is very unusual in
the Holy Land, because people
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don't draw water at noon.
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They come early in the
morning or late in the afternoon
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when it's cool,
because it gets very hot.
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And so this woman, you
know, she had a reputation.
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She didn't want
to meet with people
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because she had
kind of a immoral life.
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She had five men in her life,
and the one she was living with
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wasn't her own husband.
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And so she didn't
want to see anybody.
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So she comes to draw water
and Jesus is sitting there.
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And He says to the
woman, "Give me water to drink."
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And the woman immediately says
to Him, "How is it that You,
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being a Jew, would ask
a Samaritan for water?"
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Now I want you to notice
that this woman grows in her
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consciousness of who Christ is.
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First, He's a Jew.
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"How is it that You, a Jew..."
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Then when Jesus reveals
the secrets of her heart,
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the men that she's
had in her life, she says,
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"Hmm, I believe
that You're a prophet."
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And then a little later
on, when Jesus gives her
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the water of life, she
says, "I believe that You're the
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Messiah and the Savior."
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She grows in her understanding.
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And so Jesus says, "You know,
this water that you draw from
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this well, oh, you
drink and a little while later
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you're thirsty again.
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But I have water
that if you drink of it,
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you'll never thirst again."
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And she says,
"Jesus, I want that water."
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Let's read about
it in John 4:13-14.
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John 4:13-14
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Because it's simply H2O.
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See, the water
flows from Jesus, right?
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Are you catching the picture?
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You drink the water,
and then what happens?
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You become what?
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You become a fountain of water.
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That's what it says.
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"But the water that
I shall give Him..."
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You drink from the fountain,
and you then become a fountain.
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You become a
tributary, in other words.
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And so this woman accepted
Jesus Christ as her Savior.
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She accepted
Christ as the Messiah,
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and she drank the water.
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And what did she do?
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She said, "Thank You, Lord,
for the benefits of salvation.
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See You later."
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No.
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She went back to
her town, to Sychar.
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And now she wasn't
afraid of meeting people.
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She wasn't embarrassed.
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She went from house to house.
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And with joy, you know,
with a spring in her step,
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and with a smile on her face.
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People say, "Wow,
she's really been changed.
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What happened with her?"
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She says, "I found the Messiah."
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"Really?"
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"Yes, you've got to
come and listen to Him.
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It's amazing."
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And so she
recruited the whole town.
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And the whole town
she brought to meet Jesus.
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While she was coming,
the disciples came back.
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Jesus had sent
them to get some food.
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And so they came to Jesus
and said, "Lord, here's the food
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that You sent us to get."
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And Jesus said, "My food and My
drink is to do My Father's will
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and to finish His work."
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And the disciples, you
know, they didn't get it.
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They say, "Well, maybe
somebody brought Him some food
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while we were gone."
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They didn't get it.
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And then it says in
John chapter 4 that Jesus
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pointed out and He said,
"You've heard that there's
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four months until the harvest."
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Jesus says, "No."
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He says, "Look at the fields.
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They're ripe
already for the harvest."
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And if you read, Desire of
Ages, Ellen White states that
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Jesus was not pointing at fields
of wheat or fields of barley.
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He was pointing at this woman
who was coming with the entire
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town of Sychar, bringing them to
hear the words of Jesus Christ.
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Those were the fields
that were ripe for the harvest.
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She had accepted
Christ as her Savior,
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and now she became a missionary.
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She drank from the fountain,
and now she became a fountain.
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She received the light
of the sun, and now she
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became the light.
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I'd like to read you a
statement from Ellen White
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about this woman.
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It's found in,
Ministry of Healing, page 102.
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Ellen White states...
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They said, "Don't
waste Your time in Samaria.
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There's no souls there."
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That's what they were saying.
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Ah, but they thought
like many Adventists think.
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See, many
Adventists say, "Well you know,
00:53:47.09\00:53:48.86
we're not progressing
and growing much today,
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but when the Holy
Spirit falls in the future,
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there's going to be a
great harvest of souls."
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The disciples thought that way.
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Ellen White continues saying...
00:53:58.73\00:54:00.14
There is an impractical faith,
which means that you believe
00:54:29.13\00:54:32.00
up here, but it doesn't impact
or affect the way that you live.
00:54:32.03\00:54:36.37
You see, when you truly
love Jesus, you want to tell
00:54:37.21\00:54:40.08
everybody about Him.
00:54:40.11\00:54:41.44
And if you don't feel that
strong urge to tell everybody
00:54:42.31\00:54:45.51
about Him, then it's because
You don't truly love Him.
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Ellen White continues
saying in, Ministry of Healing,
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page 102-103...
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And then comes
that famous statement
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that we've all read before.
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I'll repeat that again.
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"Every true disciple is
born into the kingdom of God
00:55:12.14\00:55:15.54
as a missionary..."
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Isn't that a magnificent
description of this woman?
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And so what is the greatest
sign that a person truly
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has known Christ
and truly loves Christ?
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The greatest sign, folks, is
not that you speak in tongues,
00:56:19.21\00:56:23.41
or that you perform
miracles, or that you prophesy,
00:56:23.61\00:56:26.98
or you cast out demons,
or you perform all these
00:56:27.02\00:56:29.98
magnificent supernatural
wonders like the Christian world
00:56:30.02\00:56:32.82
teaches today.
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It is the fact that you have an
uncontrollable desire to go out
00:56:34.69\00:56:41.20
and share the experience
that you have with Jesus Christ
00:56:41.23\00:56:45.30
as your Savior and as your Lord.
00:56:45.33\00:56:47.24
It is the acid test
of your relationship,
00:56:47.44\00:56:50.31
your true genuine
relationship, with Jesus Christ.
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You cannot keep Him inside.
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You must proclaim
Him from the rooftops.
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He is the wonderful Savior.
00:56:58.28\00:56:59.91
Come and meet Him and
know Him, and see for yourself
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that life is good when
we receive Jesus Christ
00:57:03.65\00:57:06.69
as our Savior and Lord.
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