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Jëan Ross: Hello, friends,
we'd like to welcome all of
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you to Sabbath School Study
Hour here at the Granite Bay
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
in Sacramento, California.
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We would like to welcome
our online members, our Sabbath
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School members across the
country and around the world, as
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well as those of you who
are joining us on the various
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television
networks or on the Internet.
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Very warm welcome to you.
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We'd also like to welcome those
who are here in person, our
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regular Sabbath School members.
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It's always a joy to be able to
see you, Sabbath after Sabbath,
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ready to study the Word.
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Now, today we have
an important lesson.
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It's lesson number two in our
new lesson quarterly, talking
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about the covenant, and
today is "Covenant Primer."
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That's lesson number two
if you follow along with us.
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We'd like to let our
friends know about our
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free offer for
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The book is entitled "The Savior
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We also have a digital version
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We'll be able to
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Well, before we get to our study
this morning, we have a special
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musical item that will be
brought to you at this time.
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¤ I come to the garden alone ¤
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¤ while the dew is
still on the roses, ¤
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¤ and the voice I
hear falling on my ear, ¤
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¤ the Son of God discloses. ¤
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¤ And He walks with
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¤ and He tells
me I am His own; ¤
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¤ and the joy we
share as we tarry there, ¤
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¤ none other has ever known. ¤
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¤ He speaks, and the sound ¤
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¤ of His voice is so sweet, ¤
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¤ the birds
hush their singing, ¤
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¤ and the melody
that He gave to me ¤
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¤ within my heart is ringing. ¤
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¤ And He walks with
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¤ and He tells
me I am His own; ¤
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¤ and the joy we
share as we tarry there, ¤
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¤ none other has ever known. ¤
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¤ I stay in the
garden with Him, ¤
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¤ though the night
around me be falling. ¤
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¤ But He bids me go;
through the voice of woe ¤
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¤ His voice to me is calling. ¤
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¤ And He walks with
me, and He talks with me, ¤
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¤ and He tells
me I am His own; ¤
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¤ and the joy we
share as we tarry there, ¤
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¤ none other ¤
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¤ has ever known. ¤
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Jëan: Well, before we get to
our lesson, as we always do, we
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need to ask God's
blessing on our time together.
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You know, the Bible is His book
and if we're going to rightfully
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understand it, we need
the Holy Spirit, right?
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So let's just bow
our heads for prayer.
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Dear Father, indeed, we
are so grateful that we're able
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to open up Your Word, thank
You for giving us Your Word.
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It's quick, it's powerful,
it gives us hope and instruction
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and guidance, and so
today we invite Your presence.
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Come speak through us and help
us to understand this passage--
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these passages of Scripture
that we'll be looking at.
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We commit this time in Your
keeping, in Jesus's name, amen.
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I'd like to invite Pastor Doug
to come forward and we're going
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to be doing a little bit of a
tag team preaching, or teaching
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I should say, this
morning, together, and--
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Doug Batchelor: Here we go.
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Jëan: Yeah, here we go.
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But just before we do that,
Pastor Doug, we just want to
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remind our friends about
something very exciting that's
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going to be coming up on,
actually, the 2nd of April,
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that is a Friday.
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We're going to start a
special weekend focusing
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on the Sanctuary.
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It's actually going to be
an intensive seminar, starting
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Friday evening at 6:30
right here and it's going to be
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all-day Sabbath.
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So we do have some flyers, they
look like this, and you'll be
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able to receive one in the back
on your way out this morning.
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For our friends who are joining
us online, we're happy to let
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you know that this is also going
to be livestreamed and broadcast
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on Amazing Facts TV, so
you can go to the Amazing Facts
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website, there's a big
banner you can click on
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that'll give
you all the details.
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We have a number of great
speakers, Pastor Doug, that's
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going to be joining
our Amazing Facts team in
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looking at these various
themes found in the Sanctuary,
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so you don't want to miss that.
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And that's going to start
April 2, 6:30 right here at the
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Granite Bay Church.
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Doug: All right, I
didn't hear if Pastor Ross said
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anything just before
his prayer, but we're going
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to make a confession here.
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I prepare for the lesson in
advance and I start preparing
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for the next
week's lesson on Sunday.
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But when you begin a new
quarter, you can't download
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the new lesson yet.
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I can't, because we study the
lesson three weeks in advance.
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So the church does not
put out the new lesson until
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the old one's done.
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But I have kind of a
special relationship with the
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translators and they've given me
a website where I can download
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the new lesson and I have a
digital copy and I study it.
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Well, I don't know
what happened, because this
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just came to my attention.
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All week long I've
studied the wrong lesson.
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I've got a really good lesson
to share that has nothing to do
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with the lesson in your
quarterly because I was reading
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it on my computer and a few
minutes ago I was opening up the
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hard copy in here and I said,
"This doesn't look anything like
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what I studied this week."
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And my little heart went,
"Pitter-patter," and I said,
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"We got a problem, Houston."
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So I told Pastor
Ross and he said,
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"Well, you want me to help you?"
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I said, "Yes."
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So this is going to
be what you call "fresh."
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It's going to be a little
extemporaneous and spontaneous
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and cold-turkey, whatever you
want to call it, but we're going
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to be teaching the
lesson as we read it with you.
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So it is a good lesson.
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I was telling him as I
looked and I said, "Boy,
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it's a good lesson, I
wish we had more time."
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And we're going to be
talking about the covenant.
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It's called "Covenant Primer."
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And I had studied
Genesis 3 on the Fall.
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It was the wrong lesson.
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It's called "Covenant Primer,"
and it's based on the various
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covenants that you find
spread through the Bible.
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And the lesson today is sort
of an overview, giving the high
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points of a number of
the covenants, such as the
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covenants with Abraham,
with Moses, with Noah, the new
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covenant, and so forth.
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And we have a memory verse.
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And the memory verse is Exodus
19, verse 5, where we read: "Now
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therefore, if you will
obey My voice indeed and keep My
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covenant, then you will be a
peculiar treasure unto Me of all
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the people of the--for
all the earth is Mine."
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And so this is a promise just
before the Lord delivers the Ten
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Commandments in Exodus chapter
20, and it does tell us, if you
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read in Deuteronomy chapter
4, it says: "God delivered unto
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them His covenant which
He commanded them to perform
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even Ten Commandments."
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So the Ten Commandments are a
summary of the will of God and
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all the covenants of
God are connected with that.
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Jëan: Now, if you get to
Sunday's lesson, it's entitled,
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"Covenant Basics," and
Sunday kind of deals with
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the concept of a covenant.
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Where does the idea come from?
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What's involved with that?
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There's different words that you
can find in the Bible that have
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a reference to the covenant.
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Some that you might be familiar
with and not quite know that the
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original root is the same
word used for "covenant" and
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that is "testament."
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We have the Old Testament,
we have the New Testament, but
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the root word for
testament is the same word
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that's used for covenant.
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So when you talk about a
covenant, you're talking about
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an agreement that
two individuals make.
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And like any covenant, there
are certain commitments, the
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covenant that God has
with us, the covenant that we
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make with other people.
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We have some
examples of covenant.
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Even way back at the very
beginning of the Bible, we have
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the covenant of marriage.
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Marriage is a covenant
two individuals enter into.
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There are agreements, there are
commitments they share together.
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There are
benefits and blessings.
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And so it is with the
covenant that God wants
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to have with His people.
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There are certain
conditions to the covenant.
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And we probably will get
into some of those when we
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look at Noah and
Abraham and some of the others.
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What are some of the covenant
conditions that God has for us?
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What are the benefits
that we, as God's people,
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receive through the covenant?
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Of course, the greatest
benefit of all is salvation.
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And the first reference that we
have of the covenant, sometimes
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called the everlasting covenant,
was right after Adam and Eve
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sinned and they were
driven from the garden.
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God made a covenant with them,
symbolized by those coats of
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skin that God made.
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Those robes of skin, the
covenant in essence, was that a
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Messiah or a Savior would
come who would pay for the
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penalty--pay the penalty for
their sins, and thus give them
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hope of everlasting life.
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But there were certain
conditions, one of which was
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faith in God and
obedience to His Word.
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Doug: When you say
"covenant," some people think
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it's a mystical, biblical word,
but we are involved in covenants
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all the time.
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When you go to the market,
you're involved in a covenant.
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Someone is offering you some
goods and you agree to exchange
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currency for the
value of the goods.
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A covenant is an agreement.
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If you're going to buy a house,
usually you'll make an offer.
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The other person will make,
usually, a counteroffer and you
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say, "Okay, I accept this."
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Then once you get a
verbal agreement, then you write
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down the contract,
you've gone into covenant.
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You're going to buy this house
for this amount and perhaps over
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this much time.
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And so that's called a covenant.
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And all law, all
contractual law, is based
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upon understanding covenants.
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There are usually witnesses
involved so you can't say,
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"Well, he said this, and
there's no witnesses, and
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I said that," so
there's witnesses involved.
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Marriage is a covenant.
There's always witnesses there.
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And there it's an agreement.
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In the new
covenant, man's got a problem.
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We are doomed because of sin.
The penalty for sin is death.
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God said, "Look, I love
you and I will save you, but
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there are terms.
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Whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish but have
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everlasting life," so one of the
terms is, will you have faith?
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And what does
it mean to believe?
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Jesus says, "Don't say just,
'Lord, Lord,' but he that does
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the will of My Father in
heaven," believing in His
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sacrifice, a willingness
to do His will, and accept
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that in your heart, so
all covenants have these
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basics involved in them.
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Jëan: Now, we'll probably be
looking at more the specifics of
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some of the covenants that we
have in the Old Testament but I
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want to begin with one covenant
that I think we're all familiar
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with that we don't always think
of as a covenant, and that is
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the Ten Commandments.
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You find it in
Exodus chapter 20.
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It's interesting that there is
an introductory statement prior
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to God actually declaring
the Ten Commandments from Mount
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Sinai and, as Pastor
Doug mentioned, there were
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witnesses there.
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You had the children of Israel,
you had the angels present, God
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was speaking His law, and
the law is sometimes referred to
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as God's covenant.
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And notice, in verse 1, it says:
"And God spoke all of these
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words, saying, 'I am the Lord
your God who brought you out of
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the land of Egypt, out
of the house of bondage.
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You shall have no other
gods before you--or before Me.'"
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So here before God even gets
into the specifics of the Ten
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Commandments, He tells them
first what He has done for them.
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When it comes to the covenant
relationship between God and His
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people, God is the one
that makes the first move.
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In the case of Adam and Eve,
after they sinned, it wasn't
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Adam and Eve looking for
God, but God came looking
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for them in the garden.
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And God made the covenant first.
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He said, "I will
provide a means of salvation."
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Their response was to exercise
faith and obedience in God.
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So when God came to the children
of Israel and He gave them the
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Ten Commandment law,
before He spoke about their
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responsibilities, meaning
obedience, keeping the Ten
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Commandments, God reminded them
that He's the one that brought
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them out of slavery.
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He brought them out of bondage.
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It's always God that
makes the first move.
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Every covenant relationship,
we're responding to something
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that God is doing for us.
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Doug: Amen, so there are
several covenants in the Bible.
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The lesson isn't
covering all of them.
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You have a covenant that
God makes with man before
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there was even sin.
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It's called the Edenic Covenant.
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In the garden of Eden, God
said, "Eat from this tree, live;
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eat from the wrong tree,
die; and here's the agreement,
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you live," and so
there's an agreement
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there about what
would perpetuate life.
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And then even after the
Fall, God makes in Genesis 3 the
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Adamic Covenant, a covenant with
Adam, saying that, you know,
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when He covered their sins
because of their nakedness, He
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establishes the
sacrificial system.
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He said there was going to be
a certain curse, but there's a
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promise in Genesis chapter 3:15
that the seed of the woman would
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crush the serpent's head.
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That's a covenant
that's being made right there.
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And then what happens, as long
as they maintained a difference
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between those who worship
God and those who did not.
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We know Cain separated.
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He slew his brother, and
the children of Cain began to
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multiply and he built a city
quite a ways from Eden, and Adam
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and Seth and their posterity
continued to worship God.
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As long as they
were separate, then they
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maintained the true worship.
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But you read in Genesis chapter
6: "It came to pass that when
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men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters
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were born to them," the word
"men" there means Enos, carnal
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men, the children of Cain.
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"Daughters were born to
them, that the sons of God,"
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the descendants of
Adam and Eve and Seth that
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were still worshiping God.
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How do we know that
these sons of God are humans?
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You read in 1 John chapter 3,
verse 1: "Behold, what manner of
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love the Father has bestowed
upon us, that we should be
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called sons of God."
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Believers are sons of God.
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"When the children of Seth saw
the daughters of Cain, that they
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were fair; and they took them
wives of all they chose," should
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believers marry
with unbelievers?
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When that happens, then
wickedness filled the earth
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and then God told
Noah, "I am going to destroy
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everything on the earth."
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Now here's the first covenant
with Noah, Genesis 6, verse 18.
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Well, I can read verse 17: "I,
myself, am bringing floodwaters
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on the earth, to destroy from
under heaven all flesh," why?
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Because it says: "The
thoughts of men's hearts
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were only evil continually.
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Violence filled the
earth because the believers had
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intermarried with the
unbelievers and they lost
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their distinct identity.
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But, verse 18, "I will establish
my covenant with you; and you
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shall go in the ark, you, and
your sons, and your wives, and
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your sons' wives, and every
living thing of all flesh, you
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shall bring two of every sort
into the ark, to keep them alive
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with you; they
shall be male and female."
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Then it goes on,
he elaborates on this.
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"Thus Noah did."
Noah accepted the terms.
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"Noah found grace in
the eyes of the Lord."
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He obeyed and
began to build an ark.
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Jëan: Now again, you see
the two parts of the covenant
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illustrated here.
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First you see God
making the first move.
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There in verse 18, God says,
"But with thee I will establish
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My covenant."
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So God is saying, "I'm going to
make a covenant with you," but
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then there's a condition
that Noah and his family
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have to fulfill, and
what was that condition?
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Well, they had
to go into the ark.
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Now, the principle that
we find in this very first
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covenant here, the one
God makes with Noah, we
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find an important principle.
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God will deliver those
who enter into the ark.
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Now, of course, in this case, it
was an ark of gopher wood, but
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there is an ark of safety that
God has prepared for those who
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believe in Him
and that ark is Jesus.
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We enter into
Christ, we have hope, we have
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forgiveness, we have safety.
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There is a judgment coming upon
the world, a judgment that's
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going to be as
detrimental as was the flood.
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And not a flood of
water, but a flood of fire.
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Those who lay hold of God's
covenant, entering into Christ,
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our safety, our
ark, will be preserved.
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So the principle of this
covenant is found right at the
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very beginning, even
before the flood came.
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Doug: Amen, and in the same
way that there was an opening
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made in the side of Christ from
which came the blood and the
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water, there was
an opening in the ark.
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How many doors to the ark?
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One door. How
many ways of salvation?
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Who does the
Bible say the door is?
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Christ said, "I am the door,
I am the way, all others are
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thieves and robbers," so
the ark is a type of Christ.
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So after Adam and his family,
they survive the flood, and
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the animals survive with
them, you read about another
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covenant God makes.
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If you go to Genesis 9, verse
15, remember after the flood,
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I'm sure there was a lot
of mist that was evaporating
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from the earth as the
clouds were constituting
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the whole new atmosphere.
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And there was a
majestic rainbow.
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They had never seen this before.
It had never rained before.
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And God said, "This is a sign of
the covenant that I make between
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Me and you," starting with
verse 12, "and with every living
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creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations: I set my
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rainbow in the cloud, and
it shall be for a sign of the
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covenant between
Me and the earth."
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Not just with Noah,
but with all the creatures.
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"And it will be when I bring
a cloud over the earth, that the
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rainbow will be seen in the
cloud: and I will remember My
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covenant, which is between
Me and you and every living
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creature of all flesh; the
waters shall never again become
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a flood to destroy all flesh."
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Now have there been big floods?
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Yeah, but He says there'll
never be a global flood to
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destroy all flesh.
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All the other floods since the
days of Noah have been local.
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You can look and
see the rainbow and say,
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"Ah, it won't last forever."
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Karen and I went
on vacation one time.
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You know, usually when we go
on vacation, we kind of mix a
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little ministry
with our vacation.
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We just came back from Mexico
and we did some preaching there
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and we also had some vacation.
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Finally, we said, "We're going
to take a vacation and not have
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any other responsibilities,
just take a vacation."
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And we went to Hawaii.
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And it rained for
40 days and 40 nights.
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It really did. It rained.
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Now, we weren't there
40 days and 40 nights.
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We were there for a week
of that 40 days and 40 nights,
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but it rained every
single day we were there.
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And they did have a flood.
They had a dam that broke.
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Some of you may
remember that time.
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But I knew--I saw a few
rainbows and I said, "No,
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it won't last forever."
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It got sunny after we came home.
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Jëan: Now, if you read
on a little bit, you've
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got the story of Noah.
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Of course, God
delivers Noah and his family.
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His descendants begin to
multiply upon the earth, and
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then we find God making another
covenant with a very important
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Bible figure
and that is Abraham.
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And you actually find
that in chapter 12 of Genesis.
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Genesis chapter 12 and beginning
in verse 1, you read about God
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calling Abraham to come
to-- or come out of his country
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to the Promised Land.
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Verse 1 says: "Now the Lord had
said to Abram, Get out of your
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country, from your family, and
from your father's house, to the
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land that I will show you: and I
will make of you a great nation,
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I will bless you, and I'll make
your name great; and you shall
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be a blessing."
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Verse 3: "And I will bless those
who bless you, and I will curse
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those who curse you," and here's
the key part of the promise:
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"And in you all the families
of the earth shall be blessed."
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So there are several
parts to this covenant,
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this promise that God makes.
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First of all, notice
who makes the first move.
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Once again, it's God,
it's God speaking to Abraham,
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and God says, "I will
do these things," but there
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was a condition
that Abraham had to meet.
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Could God bless Abraham and
multiply his seed exceedingly,
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and through Abraham have
the Messiah come if Abraham
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stubbornly refused to
move and leave Ur the Chaldees,
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wanted to stay behind?
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No, in obedience to God's
promise, Abraham had to leave,
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which, of
course, you know he did.
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And the key promise here,
not only would Abraham have many
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descendants as the sand of
the seas and the stars of the
00:23:03.18\00:23:05.55
heavens, but
through his descendants, the
00:23:05.58\00:23:08.22
Messiah would come.
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Now, the Messiah part, or the
covenant made with Abraham, is a
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reflection back to the covenant
promise made to Adam and Eve,
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right after the garden of Eden,
after they sinned, where it
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talks about the seed
of the woman crushing the
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serpent's head.
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Now, here that promise is being
amplified in the experience of
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Abraham and his descendants.
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Doug: Amen, and a little
later, if you go to Genesis 15,
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God reaffirms the covenant
that He makes with Abraham.
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If you've got your
Bibles you can start with--
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oh, let's see
here, go to Genesis 15
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and it says, verse
4: "Behold, the Word of
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the Lord came to him,
saying, This one shall
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not be your heir;
but the one who will come
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from your own body
shall be your heir.
00:23:48.52\00:23:50.63
And He brought him outside,
and said, Look now towards the
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.79
heaven, and count the stars, if
you're able to number them: and
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He said to him, So
shall your descendants be.
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And he believed the
Lord; and He counted it
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to him for righteousness."
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Now, this is a very important
verse in the Bible because
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Abraham was declared
righteous because he believed.
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That's called what?
00:24:09.31\00:24:11.05
Righteousness by faith.
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He was declared
righteous because he believed.
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And so when he accepted the
promise of God, you go on to
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read the rest of the
chapter, he makes a sacrifice.
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Covenants were often
sealed, these kind of biblical
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covenants, with a sacrifice.
00:24:27.13\00:24:28.86
Hopefully, if you're buying
a house, you don't have to
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sacrifice an animal, but
I talked about that earlier,
00:24:30.83\00:24:34.24
with a contract.
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But--so this is a
biblical sacrifice that
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is sealed with blood.
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And we are cleansed because
of a sacrifice that is made.
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We are saved by faith.
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Then at the end of
chapter 15, something
00:24:45.45\00:24:47.32
interesting happens here.
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He gives him a prophecy.
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That night after the sacrifice
is made, verse 17, "it came to
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pass, that, when the sun came
down," Genesis 15:17, "and it
00:24:55.22\00:24:59.49
was dark, behold there appeared
a smoking oven, and a burning
00:24:59.53\00:25:04.00
torch that passed between
the pieces of the sacrifice.
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On the same day the Lord made
a covenant with Abraham, saying,
00:25:08.20\00:25:11.87
To your descendants I have
given the land, from the River
00:25:11.91\00:25:15.18
Euphrates to the great river: to
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the
00:25:15.21\00:25:19.15
Kadmonites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Rephaims, the
00:25:19.18\00:25:21.98
Amorites, the Canaanites, the
Girgashites, and the Jebusites,"
00:25:22.02\00:25:25.15
and I always want to
say, "and the termites."
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But--so, but there's
something else I want
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.76
to insert here:
he makes a prophecy.
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So here's a covenant
that He makes and He seals it.
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Notice there's a burning pillar
of fire that goes between it.
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And go to verse 12.
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"Now when the sun was going
down," this is Genesis 15:12, "a
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deep sleep fell upon Abraham;
behold, a horror of great
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.14
darkness fell upon him.
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.08
Then He," God, "said to
Abraham, Know certainly,"
00:25:50.11\00:25:53.11
it's like a dream
now, "that your descendants
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.68
will be strangers in a
land that is not theirs."
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.92
Where was that? Egypt.
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He said, "I'm going to
keep My covenant, I'm going
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.86
to give you this land,
but they're going to be
00:26:02.89\00:26:04.19
in another land for a while."
00:26:04.23\00:26:06.03
"They'll be strangers in
a land that is not theirs.
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.20
They will serve them; and they
will afflict them 400 years,"
00:26:08.23\00:26:11.33
meaning from
the time of Abraham.
00:26:11.37\00:26:13.84
"And also that nation, whom they
serve, I will judge afterwards
00:26:13.87\00:26:17.54
and they will come out
with great possessions."
00:26:17.57\00:26:19.31
It says they spoiled the
Egyptians when they came out.
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And did the children of
Israel go through a fiery
00:26:22.41\00:26:24.88
trial as slaves in Egypt?
00:26:24.91\00:26:27.12
So this is--God says,
"I'm making a covenant.
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Because I make a
covenant doesn't mean
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there won't be trials."
00:26:30.52\00:26:32.29
That's an
important point to remember.
00:26:32.32\00:26:33.92
Jëan: Likewise, do we go through
trials, the believers in Christ,
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.36
do we go through trials
before our deliverance comes?
00:26:36.39\00:26:39.49
Before the children of Israel
were to go up out of Egypt, we
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.53
had plagues,
they came upon Egypt.
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Of course, there were ten
plagues, but it is interesting
00:26:44.37\00:26:46.67
to note that only three of the
plagues, the first three of the
00:26:46.70\00:26:50.11
plagues, tested the
faith of the Israelites.
00:26:50.14\00:26:53.58
In other words, they experienced
those first three, but the last
00:26:53.61\00:26:56.85
seven plagues only
fell on the Egyptians.
00:26:56.88\00:26:59.65
Their faith was
tested, the judgments came, the
00:26:59.68\00:27:02.05
last seven
plagues, but then after the
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.99
plagues came,
then came deliverance.
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Well, if you parallel that
with the experience of spiritual
00:27:06.65\00:27:09.92
Israel, or the Israel of God
in the last days, according to
00:27:09.96\00:27:13.60
Revelation, we know that before
our deliverance comes, Jesus
00:27:13.63\00:27:17.27
comes to take us to
our heavenly Canaan.
00:27:17.30\00:27:20.64
There is also going to be a time
where our faith will be tested
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.57
and tried, as was the
faith of the children of Israel.
00:27:23.61\00:27:26.94
There will be judgment
that will come upon the wicked.
00:27:26.98\00:27:29.54
Revelation talks about
the seven last plagues.
00:27:29.58\00:27:31.98
God did not deliver Israel from
the plagues; He delivered them
00:27:32.01\00:27:35.82
through the plagues.
00:27:35.85\00:27:37.75
So even though the world might
experience plagues, those who
00:27:37.79\00:27:41.19
have faith in God,
God'll take care of them.
00:27:41.22\00:27:43.43
God will protect them.
00:27:43.46\00:27:44.76
That doesn't mean they
won't be free from suffering.
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They will experience at least
some of the heat, because it
00:27:47.50\00:27:50.03
talks about in Revelation,
one of the plagues is
00:27:50.07\00:27:51.83
an intense heat.
00:27:51.87\00:27:53.74
Revelation speaks about in
Revelation 7, says that "they
00:27:53.77\00:27:56.97
don't hunger anymore, neither
thirst, neither shall the sun
00:27:57.01\00:28:00.11
light upon them nor any heat."
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.64
So to some degree,
God's people experience heat.
00:28:02.68\00:28:05.18
Nevertheless,
God deals with them.
00:28:05.21\00:28:07.92
He provides for
them. He sees them through.
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.52
We have nothing to fear
for the future, all right?
00:28:10.55\00:28:12.99
Unless we forget how God has
led not only us but His people
00:28:13.02\00:28:16.83
throughout all of
the Bible history.
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Doug: Yes.
00:28:20.03\00:28:21.30
Jëan: Oh, Pastor,
one more thing before
00:28:21.33\00:28:22.66
we move to the next topic.
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You know, you mentioned here,
reading about this covenant that
00:28:24.30\00:28:25.77
God made with Abraham, that God
said to him, this is chapter 15,
00:28:25.80\00:28:30.84
that he was to take some animals
and he was to cut these animals
00:28:30.87\00:28:34.11
into pieces and set
them on either side.
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It was part of the sacrifice.
00:28:36.85\00:28:38.61
And probably the blood of the
animals ran down into some sort
00:28:38.65\00:28:41.45
of a little trench in the
middle but all day long it says,
00:28:41.48\00:28:46.25
Abraham was there flapping his
arms, scaring off the birds of
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.76
prey until nighttime came and
then there was this deep sleep
00:28:49.79\00:28:54.20
that came upon Abraham and then
he say this fiery pillar come
00:28:54.23\00:28:58.83
and pass through the
very midst of the animals.
00:28:58.87\00:29:03.30
And of course, that
fiery pillar represents Christ.
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And the interesting thing about
that is I did some research on
00:29:07.74\00:29:10.11
the significance of that
covenant and, if you made a
00:29:10.15\00:29:13.01
covenant back in Bible times,
with somebody, and you split the
00:29:13.05\00:29:16.82
animal, you would pass through
the midst of that animal,
00:29:16.85\00:29:20.69
signifying that if you broke
your side of the covenant, you
00:29:20.72\00:29:24.43
could be treated
as those animals.
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And it's interesting to note
that God enters in through the
00:29:27.56\00:29:30.07
midst of those sacrifices
saying, "If I am not faithful,
00:29:30.10\00:29:35.30
you can treat Me like
one of these animals."
00:29:35.34\00:29:38.04
But amazingly enough, in order
for us to receive salvation, He
00:29:38.07\00:29:41.31
had to be the Lamb that takes
away the sins of the world.
00:29:41.34\00:29:45.38
Wonderful imagery that we find
in this first covenant promise
00:29:45.41\00:29:48.78
that God makes with Abraham.
00:29:48.82\00:29:50.52
Doug: Yes, and when the
children of Israel went through
00:29:50.55\00:29:53.19
their fiery
trials, God went with them.
00:29:53.22\00:29:55.49
That's the promise.
00:29:55.52\00:29:56.99
A pillar of fire was with
them through the wilderness.
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You know, now we're going to
look at the covenant of Moses.
00:29:59.59\00:30:03.37
Now, Jesus did not come
through the line of Moses.
00:30:03.40\00:30:06.20
Jesus does descend from Adam.
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.10
Jesus descends from Noah.
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.84
Jesus descends from
Abraham, from Isaac, from Jacob.
00:30:09.87\00:30:13.07
But when you get to Moses,
Moses is from the tribe of Levi.
00:30:13.11\00:30:16.31
He is sort of a spur on the
family tree of Jesus, but Jesus
00:30:16.34\00:30:19.51
is not directly descended
from Moses or from Levi.
00:30:19.55\00:30:23.18
But He makes a covenant with
Moses that "through you, I am
00:30:23.22\00:30:27.56
going to lead the
people out of Egypt."
00:30:27.59\00:30:29.42
You read in Exodus chapter 6, it
says: "The Lord said to Moses,
00:30:29.46\00:30:34.76
Now you will see what I will
do to Pharaoh: for with a strong
00:30:34.83\00:30:37.90
hand he will let them go, and
with a strong hand he will drive
00:30:37.93\00:30:41.94
them out of his land.
00:30:41.97\00:30:43.77
And God spoke to Moses, and
said to him, I am the Lord: I
00:30:43.81\00:30:47.54
appeared to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, as God Almighty,
00:30:47.58\00:30:51.48
by my name the Lord I was not
known to them," meaning Jehovah.
00:30:51.51\00:30:56.72
"I have also established My
covenant with them, to give them
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.59
the land of Canaan, the land of
their pilgrimage, in which they
00:30:59.62\00:31:02.72
were strangers.
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.13
And I have also heard the
groaning of the children of
00:31:04.16\00:31:06.33
Israel, whom the Egyptians
keep in bondage; I have
00:31:06.36\00:31:09.70
remembered My covenant.
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.50
Therefore say to the children
of Israel, I am the Lord, I will
00:31:11.53\00:31:14.87
bring you out from under the
burdens of Egypt, I will rescue
00:31:14.90\00:31:18.11
you from their bondage,
and I will redeem you with an
00:31:18.14\00:31:21.24
outstretched arm, and with great
judgments: I will take you as My
00:31:21.28\00:31:25.45
people, and I will be your God:
then you'll know that I am the
00:31:25.48\00:31:28.88
Lord your God, who
brings you up from under the
00:31:28.92\00:31:31.05
burdens of the Egyptians.
00:31:31.09\00:31:32.62
And I'll bring you into
the land, which I swore to give
00:31:32.65\00:31:34.82
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob; and I
will give it you as a heritage:
00:31:34.86\00:31:39.16
I am the Lord."
00:31:39.19\00:31:40.53
So what God is doing here, He's
saying even though time may go
00:31:40.56\00:31:44.17
by, and you think that God's
forgot His promise, it's like
00:31:44.20\00:31:48.24
Jesus said, "Heaven and
earth will pass away, but
00:31:48.27\00:31:50.07
My word will not pass away."
00:31:50.11\00:31:51.74
When God makes a
promise, He's going to keep it.
00:31:51.77\00:31:54.01
He said, "I
remember what I promised to
00:31:54.04\00:31:55.91
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
00:31:55.94\00:31:57.51
The children of Israel
may think I've forgotten.
00:31:57.55\00:31:59.35
I remember and now I'm going to
act on that promise and they're
00:31:59.38\00:32:03.08
going to see that I
will bring them out of the
00:32:03.12\00:32:05.09
land of their captivity."
00:32:05.12\00:32:06.86
So He has Moses, of
course, as the vehicle for this.
00:32:06.89\00:32:10.49
Moses is a type of Christ.
00:32:10.53\00:32:12.33
He goes to the Pharaoh,
says, "Let my people go."
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.60
The Pharaoh's a
type of the devil.
00:32:15.63\00:32:17.47
The Pharaoh does not want to let
go and, through Moses, who is
00:32:17.50\00:32:21.24
born from slaves
but he is not a slave.
00:32:21.27\00:32:25.67
Jesus was born as a
human but He never sinned.
00:32:25.71\00:32:29.31
He's never a slave to the devil.
00:32:29.34\00:32:30.98
And through Moses,
this deliverance comes.
00:32:31.01\00:32:33.25
Jëan: The deliverance that
God had in mind for Israel was
00:32:33.28\00:32:35.45
quite different than the
deliverance that Moses had, at
00:32:35.48\00:32:38.79
least in the first 40
years of his life when in Egypt.
00:32:38.82\00:32:42.72
I think he believed at an
early age, probably through the
00:32:42.76\00:32:45.19
instruction from his mother,
that he was going to play a role
00:32:45.23\00:32:48.96
in God delivering
Israel from Egypt.
00:32:49.00\00:32:52.67
And he thought, "Well, I'm going
to have to do it on my terms."
00:32:52.70\00:32:56.54
And you know the story, how that
he killed the Egyptian and then
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.64
he ended up having to
go into the wilderness.
00:32:58.67\00:33:00.74
You see, God's
ways are not man's ways.
00:33:00.78\00:33:03.51
The Bible says: "It's not by
might nor by power, but by My
00:33:03.55\00:33:07.52
Spirit, saith the Lord."
00:33:07.55\00:33:09.48
So, you know, you'd
think-- this great controversy
00:33:09.52\00:33:11.89
occurs, the devil
rebels against God in
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.86
heaven, he's
cast unto the earth.
00:33:13.89\00:33:15.72
You'd think God's way of dealing
with this problem is with power
00:33:15.76\00:33:19.06
and force and immediately
destroying His adversary.
00:33:19.09\00:33:22.96
But God's solution to the
sin problem is sending His Son,
00:33:23.00\00:33:27.27
Jesus coming to bear our
sins and die in our place.
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.17
It's quite different
than the worldly ambition
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.37
or the worldly mind.
00:33:32.41\00:33:33.71
And Moses had to learn that,
that God's way of deliverance
00:33:33.74\00:33:36.21
was different than at
least what he had thought
00:33:36.24\00:33:38.18
or what most people would think.
00:33:38.21\00:33:39.78
And for 40 years, he wandered
there in the wilderness until he
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.68
came to the burning bush and you
read about this in the previous
00:33:42.72\00:33:44.89
chapter where God appears to
Moses in the burning bush and
00:33:44.92\00:33:48.22
God says, "I've chosen you,
Moses, to go and bring My people
00:33:48.26\00:33:51.56
up out of Egypt," and suddenly
Moses's attitude is different.
00:33:51.59\00:33:54.66
He realizes in his own strength
he can't do it, and even though
00:33:54.73\00:33:57.90
God had promised to be
with him, he's still reluctant.
00:33:57.93\00:34:00.50
He says, "Lord, I can't
go, they're going to ask,
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.44
well, who sent me?"
00:34:02.47\00:34:04.51
And I love that response.
00:34:04.54\00:34:05.77
God says, "Tell them that the
I Am that I Am has sent you."
00:34:05.81\00:34:10.91
In God's promise, in
God's covenant, He's always
00:34:10.95\00:34:14.12
promising to be with us.
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.75
He doesn't expect
us to do it alone.
00:34:15.78\00:34:17.49
He says, "I am with you.
00:34:17.52\00:34:18.95
I am with you. Trust in Me."
00:34:18.99\00:34:20.49
And of course, you
know what happened: as God
00:34:20.52\00:34:22.39
sent Moses, great
plagues came upon Egypt.
00:34:22.42\00:34:25.53
God delivered the
children up out of Egypt.
00:34:25.56\00:34:27.96
Again, before He even gave them
His law from Mount Sinai, He
00:34:28.00\00:34:31.73
brought them
deliverance from their enemy.
00:34:31.77\00:34:34.47
In order for us to receive
deliverance from our enemy, sin
00:34:34.50\00:34:37.84
and Satan, we need to come to
Jesus just the way that we are.
00:34:37.87\00:34:41.58
We can't work
our way into heaven.
00:34:41.61\00:34:44.45
It's not based upon our
righteousness, but we come
00:34:44.48\00:34:47.28
humbly to Jesus,
confess our sins.
00:34:47.32\00:34:49.58
He will forgive us, He will
cleanse us, and then He will
00:34:49.62\00:34:52.42
empower us to do that which we
couldn't do in and of ourself.
00:34:52.45\00:34:57.39
Because God is the I Am.
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.89
He's not at the--only the
beginning of our experience but
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.53
He's with us
every step of the way.
00:35:02.56\00:35:04.67
So we can trust in God.
00:35:04.70\00:35:06.00
Doug: Hm, amen, yeah, Jesus--
if you look in the Gospel of
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.70
John, Jesus says, "I am"
more than any other Gospel,
00:35:08.74\00:35:12.71
and it's the Greek wording
of what God said to Moses.
00:35:12.74\00:35:16.48
He said, "Before
Abraham was, I Am."
00:35:16.51\00:35:20.35
And when they came to arrest
Jesus in the garden, they said,
00:35:20.38\00:35:22.82
"We're looking for
Jesus of Nazareth."
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.39
He says, "I am he,"
and they all fell down.
00:35:24.42\00:35:27.62
And over and over, Jesus said,
"I am the door, I am the way, I
00:35:27.66\00:35:30.19
am the Good Shepherd, I am."
00:35:30.23\00:35:32.06
He's introducing Himself
as the great I Am many times.
00:35:32.09\00:35:35.16
Now, the lesson goes now on to
the new covenant but, you know,
00:35:35.20\00:35:39.57
before we do that, I think we
ought to--yeah, I think if there
00:35:39.60\00:35:42.80
was time, the lesson would want
to put in the Davidic Covenant
00:35:42.84\00:35:46.21
is a very important covenant.
00:35:46.24\00:35:47.81
Turn with me in your Bibles
to 1 Chronicles chapter 17.
00:35:47.84\00:35:52.48
Just going to talk briefly about
that because Christ is always
00:35:52.51\00:35:55.08
referred to as the Son of
David, and it's based upon
00:35:55.12\00:35:57.89
this Davidic Covenant.
00:35:57.92\00:35:59.32
After David conquered all of
his enemies, he's sitting in his
00:35:59.35\00:36:03.19
house, he's brought the ark up
to Jerusalem, and, you know, he
00:36:03.22\00:36:08.10
can look out his window and see
the ark is still in a tattered
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.67
tabernacle that had been
built in the days of Moses.
00:36:10.70\00:36:13.30
It's probably
looking pretty patchy.
00:36:13.34\00:36:15.30
And he's thinking, Hiram had
just built this beautiful house
00:36:15.34\00:36:18.44
of cedar for him, Hiram the king
of Tyre, and David is saying,
00:36:18.47\00:36:22.04
"It's not right that here I am
in a house of cedar and the ark
00:36:22.08\00:36:24.58
of God is in a tent."
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.72
And he's thinking about
building a temple for the Lord.
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.98
So Nathan the prophet comes to
him and he sends him a message
00:36:30.02\00:36:33.76
from the Lord.
00:36:33.79\00:36:35.99
And you go to verse 7,
this is 1 Chronicles 17.
00:36:36.02\00:36:38.89
You can start with 7: "Now
therefore thus shall you say to
00:36:38.93\00:36:42.16
my servant David, Thus says the
Lord of hosts, I took you from
00:36:42.20\00:36:45.90
the sheepfold, from following
the sheep, to be ruler over My
00:36:45.93\00:36:49.20
people Israel: and I have been
with you wherever you have gone,
00:36:49.24\00:36:53.38
and have cut off all of your
enemies from before you, and
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.51
I've made you a name like
the great men of the earth.
00:36:56.54\00:36:59.85
Moreover I will appoint a place
for my people, and will plant
00:36:59.88\00:37:02.95
them, that they may dwell in
their place of their own, and
00:37:02.98\00:37:05.49
move no more; nor shall the
sons of wickedness oppress them
00:37:05.52\00:37:09.19
anymore, as previously."
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.66
That's obviously not talking
about in the world 'cause God's
00:37:11.69\00:37:15.13
people, the Jews and Christians
have been oppressed by the
00:37:15.16\00:37:17.20
wicked through history.
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.93
So He's looking beyond here.
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.14
He's talking about
a spiritual promise.
00:37:21.17\00:37:23.07
"Since that time I
commanded the judges to be
00:37:23.10\00:37:25.64
over My people Israel.
00:37:25.67\00:37:27.31
I will also
subdue all your enemies.
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.71
Furthermore I will
tell you that the Lord will
00:37:29.74\00:37:31.91
build you a
house," here's the promise.
00:37:31.95\00:37:34.32
"The Lord will build you a house
and it shall be that when your
00:37:34.35\00:37:37.69
days are fulfilled when you must
go to be with your fathers, that
00:37:37.72\00:37:41.32
I will set up your seed after
you, and--who will be of your
00:37:41.36\00:37:45.49
sons; and I will
establish his kingdom.
00:37:45.53\00:37:48.96
He will build Me a
house, and I will establish
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.23
his throne forever."
00:37:52.27\00:37:55.04
Is He talking about Solomon
or is He talking about Jesus?
00:37:55.07\00:38:00.74
Yeah, I don't think
He's talking about Solomon.
00:38:00.78\00:38:02.51
This is what you call a dual
prophecy in the Bible, 'cause,
00:38:02.54\00:38:04.88
yes, He did establish
Solomon who built a temple.
00:38:04.91\00:38:07.82
That temple's been destroyed.
00:38:07.85\00:38:09.82
And the house of David after
Solomon, there was a civil war
00:38:09.85\00:38:13.05
and the kingdom was divided.
00:38:13.09\00:38:15.29
He's saying, "I will
set up your house, your son.
00:38:15.32\00:38:18.43
He will build Me a
house that will last forever."
00:38:18.46\00:38:20.23
What did Jesus say
in the Gospel of John?
00:38:20.26\00:38:23.13
"Destroy this temple that
is made with hands and in three
00:38:23.16\00:38:25.50
days I will make
one without hands."
00:38:25.53\00:38:27.14
And they thought, well,
it's taken 42 years to renovate
00:38:27.17\00:38:29.74
the temple, you're going
to raise it up in three days?
00:38:29.77\00:38:32.31
But He spoke of His body.
00:38:32.34\00:38:34.34
So in the Resurrection,
Christ established a house.
00:38:34.38\00:38:37.51
The church is
called the body of Christ.
00:38:37.55\00:38:40.95
And in the new earth, it's going
to be established or it's going
00:38:40.98\00:38:44.75
to be inhabited by the redeemed.
00:38:44.79\00:38:48.19
So when He says, "Of your sons
I will establish His kingdom, He
00:38:48.22\00:38:52.13
will build Me a house and I will
establish His throne forever.
00:38:52.16\00:38:56.26
I will not take My mercy away
from Him as I took it away from
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.07
him," King Saul,
"who is before you.
00:38:59.10\00:39:02.07
And I will establish Him in My
house and in My kingdom forever.
00:39:02.10\00:39:06.37
His throne shall be
established forever."
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.01
Now do we know who
it's talking about?
00:39:09.04\00:39:10.81
Jesus the son of David.
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.78
So this is called the Davidic
Covenant that the Messiah would
00:39:12.81\00:39:15.08
come through the house of
David and it's talking about the
00:39:15.12\00:39:17.69
Christ, the
kingdom of Christ, really.
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.62
Jëan: And--Pastor Doug,
it mentions there, talks
00:39:20.66\00:39:22.82
about establishing or He'll
build a house, Jesus, speaking
00:39:22.86\00:39:26.53
of the temple in Jerusalem,
He said, "Destroy this house or
00:39:26.56\00:39:29.50
this temple, and in three
days I'll raise it up again."
00:39:29.53\00:39:33.37
Well, He wasn't talking
about the physical building in
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.27
Jerusalem, but He was talking
about the spiritual house,
00:39:35.30\00:39:38.51
meaning the church, the
sanctuary, the spiritual
00:39:38.54\00:39:41.64
sanctuary that was referenced
way back even to David so here
00:39:41.68\00:39:46.15
we find Jesus the
builder of a new house.
00:39:46.18\00:39:49.18
Now, of course, the Bible tells
us God's way is in the sanctuary
00:39:49.22\00:39:53.25
and if we want to understand
our part of that covenant
00:39:53.29\00:39:56.19
relationship with God, we need
to look at the sanctuary and the
00:39:56.22\00:40:00.16
services that we
find presented there.
00:40:00.20\00:40:02.03
Remember, God brought the
children of Israel up out of
00:40:02.06\00:40:04.07
Egypt, He delivered them
from slavery, and then He
00:40:04.10\00:40:07.47
gave them the sanctuary.
00:40:07.50\00:40:09.37
Now, the sanctuary,
as you know, it's divided
00:40:09.40\00:40:11.21
up into three parts.
00:40:11.24\00:40:12.87
You have the courtyard that's
got two articles of furniture.
00:40:12.91\00:40:15.28
You've got the
altar of burnt sacrifice.
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.38
That represents Jesus.
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.08
Justification is the theological
term you can use for that.
00:40:19.11\00:40:23.08
When we come, repenting our
sins, we receive Jesus as our
00:40:23.12\00:40:27.06
personal Savior,
we are justified.
00:40:27.09\00:40:29.69
We are forgiven of our sins.
00:40:29.72\00:40:32.26
And then as you move closer
towards the actual tent part of
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.30
the sanctuary, you have a big
basin called the laver filled
00:40:35.33\00:40:39.33
with water and prior to
the priest entering into the
00:40:39.37\00:40:42.34
sanctuary, he'd have to
wash his hands and his feet.
00:40:42.37\00:40:45.44
Now you might be wondering,
"Well, why is the priest the
00:40:45.47\00:40:47.68
only one that washes
his hands and his feet
00:40:47.71\00:40:49.98
symbolizing baptism?
00:40:50.01\00:40:51.75
What about the
children of Israel?"
00:40:51.78\00:40:53.35
It's interesting to note that
Paul says the children of Israel
00:40:53.38\00:40:56.18
were all baptized
through the Red Sea.
00:40:56.22\00:40:59.22
So they did experience
some type of baptism, at least
00:40:59.25\00:41:01.79
in shadow or in type.
00:41:01.82\00:41:03.53
So we receive Jesus
as our personal Savior.
00:41:03.56\00:41:05.59
We make that public
profession of our faith.
00:41:05.63\00:41:07.73
We are baptized, and
then we enter into the first
00:41:07.76\00:41:10.63
compartment of that
sanctuary, and there were
00:41:10.67\00:41:13.87
three articles of furniture
in that first compartment.
00:41:13.90\00:41:16.47
And I think this is
key for us, even today.
00:41:16.50\00:41:19.17
What is it that we need to do in
order to be faithful to our part
00:41:19.21\00:41:23.48
of the covenant that
God has made with us?
00:41:23.51\00:41:26.48
Well, the table of showbread
represents the Word of God.
00:41:26.51\00:41:29.92
We need to feast
upon the Word of God.
00:41:29.95\00:41:32.99
The altar of
incense represents prayer.
00:41:33.02\00:41:36.06
If we want to be faithful to our
side of the covenant, we need to
00:41:36.09\00:41:39.43
read the Word, we need to
spend time in earnest, fervent,
00:41:39.46\00:41:43.10
prayer, and the candlestick
or the light represents
00:41:43.13\00:41:46.23
sharing our faith.
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.20
We need to be witnesses
of what God has done for us.
00:41:48.24\00:41:51.37
That's our work in this covenant
relationship: feeding the Word,
00:41:51.41\00:41:56.31
time in prayer, shining forth
the light or the gospel, and
00:41:56.34\00:41:59.95
then you enter into
the most holy place.
00:42:00.05\00:42:03.59
By the way, the
first compartment is called
00:42:03.62\00:42:05.79
sanctification, the
court's justification.
00:42:05.82\00:42:07.92
The first
compartment is sanctification.
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.89
You enter into the most holy
place and that's a reference
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.89
to glorification in the
very presence of God and,
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.20
of course, that reaches
its fullness when Jesus comes
00:42:16.23\00:42:18.83
again and the dead are
resurrected and we are called
00:42:18.87\00:42:21.54
up to meet the Lord in the air.
00:42:21.57\00:42:23.14
So, frankly speaking, what
is our part of the covenant?
00:42:23.17\00:42:26.04
Yes, we need to believe in
Jesus, we need to receive Him as
00:42:26.07\00:42:28.18
our personal Savior, but we also
need to make a commitment daily
00:42:28.21\00:42:32.68
to feast upon the living bread
and to spend time in prayer if
00:42:32.71\00:42:36.95
we want to grow and
be spiritually healthy.
00:42:36.99\00:42:40.19
Doug: Amen, well, we got
six minutes to talk about
00:42:40.22\00:42:43.19
the new covenant.
00:42:43.22\00:42:45.49
Where do you first
find the new covenant?
00:42:45.53\00:42:48.20
In the New Testament?
00:42:48.23\00:42:50.03
It's in the Old Testament.
00:42:50.07\00:42:51.93
If you look in Jeremiah chapter
31:31, that's easy to remember:
00:42:51.97\00:42:57.51
"Behold, the days are coming,
says the Lord," by the way, this
00:42:57.54\00:43:00.18
is quoted verbatim
in Hebrews chapter 8.
00:43:00.21\00:43:04.68
"Behold, the days are coming,
says the Lord, that I'll make a
00:43:04.71\00:43:06.68
new covenant with the house of
Israel, and the house of Judah."
00:43:06.72\00:43:09.78
I want to pause here.
00:43:09.82\00:43:11.72
When the new covenant is quoted
in the New Testament, it quotes
00:43:11.75\00:43:15.02
it here from the Old Testament,
He says, "I'll make a new
00:43:15.06\00:43:18.46
covenant with the Gentiles."
00:43:18.49\00:43:20.36
Is that what it says?
00:43:20.40\00:43:22.00
Do you find anywhere in the
Bible where it says, "I will
00:43:22.03\00:43:24.00
make a new
covenant with the Gentiles"?
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.13
There is no
covenant with the Gentiles.
00:43:26.17\00:43:29.20
I always like to remind people
that if you want to get to
00:43:29.24\00:43:31.47
heaven, you've got to be a Jew.
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.74
You become spiritual Jews.
00:43:33.78\00:43:35.98
That's right, we're grafted
into the stock of Israel.
00:43:36.01\00:43:38.48
It says, "I make a new
covenant with the house
00:43:38.51\00:43:40.25
of Israel and
the house of Judah."
00:43:40.28\00:43:41.72
Remember those two kingdoms
were divided: southern kingdom,
00:43:41.75\00:43:44.32
Judah, and
northern kingdom, Israel.
00:43:44.35\00:43:45.69
But both of them could be
saved in this new covenant.
00:43:45.72\00:43:49.29
"Not according to the covenant
I made with their fathers in the
00:43:49.32\00:43:51.59
day I took them by the
hand and led them out of Egypt."
00:43:51.63\00:43:54.83
It's not like the
covenant of Moses.
00:43:54.83\00:43:57.13
"My covenant which they broke,
though I was a husband to them,
00:43:57.17\00:44:00.37
says the Lord: but this is
the covenant that I'll make with
00:44:00.40\00:44:02.77
them and with the house
of Israel after those days.
00:44:02.80\00:44:05.91
I will put My law in
their minds, and write
00:44:05.94\00:44:08.18
them on their hearts."
00:44:08.21\00:44:09.58
Now, does the new covenant--does
it demolish or delete the law?
00:44:09.61\00:44:14.05
Or does it change the
place the law is written?
00:44:14.08\00:44:16.92
Ten Commandments
are still part of that.
00:44:16.95\00:44:18.99
"I'll put My law in their minds,
and write it on their hearts;
00:44:19.02\00:44:21.59
I'll be their God, and
they will be My people.
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.76
No more shall they--every man
teach his neighbor, and every
00:44:23.79\00:44:26.36
man his brother, saying, Know
the Lord: for they will all know
00:44:26.39\00:44:28.86
Me, from the least of them to
the greatest, for I will forgive
00:44:28.90\00:44:32.90
their iniquity, and their
sin I'll remember no more."
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.94
So believing in
that forgiveness.
00:44:35.97\00:44:37.84
Now, just real quick before we
get to the New Testament, if you
00:44:37.87\00:44:41.18
look in Jeremiah chapter 33,
verse 19: "And the Word of the
00:44:41.21\00:44:47.82
Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
Thus says the Lord; If you can
00:44:47.85\00:44:52.35
break My covenant with the day,"
day and night, "and My covenant
00:44:52.39\00:44:56.56
with the night, so that there's
no more day and night in their
00:44:56.59\00:44:59.33
season; then My covenant
may be broken with David."
00:44:59.36\00:45:02.83
And you notice He's
referring now to what covenant?
00:45:02.86\00:45:05.53
Covenant that the Messiah
would come through David.
00:45:05.57\00:45:07.70
He says, "I'm
not going to break My
00:45:07.74\00:45:09.04
covenant with
David, My servant."
00:45:09.07\00:45:10.94
"So that he shall not have
a son to reign on his throne."
00:45:10.97\00:45:13.74
See, when Jeremiah writes
there's no--the Babylonians are
00:45:13.78\00:45:17.88
getting ready to destroy them
and there's going to be no Son
00:45:17.91\00:45:20.22
of David, saying, "I've made
a promise that Son of David will
00:45:20.25\00:45:23.79
reign forever and I'm
going to keep that promise."
00:45:23.82\00:45:26.45
That's got to be Jesus, okay.
00:45:26.49\00:45:28.86
Jëan: Now, the new covenant,
of course, is God writing
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.33
His law where? In the heart.
00:45:30.36\00:45:32.69
He wrote on tables of stone and
it's interesting you read the
00:45:32.73\00:45:35.66
account in Deuteronomy where
Moses is talking to the children
00:45:35.70\00:45:38.87
of Israel,
recounting their experience.
00:45:38.90\00:45:41.14
He again talks about
the Ten Commandments and he
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.64
goes through the
Ten Commandments, then
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.01
he gives some
additional information.
00:45:45.04\00:45:46.61
He says, "After God gave the Ten
Commandments, the children of
00:45:46.64\00:45:49.41
Israel said, 'Everything
that God has said, we will do.'"
00:45:49.44\00:45:52.31
And then Moses in communicating
with God, takes the message back
00:45:52.35\00:45:55.62
and says, "Yeah, all the
children of Israel said they're
00:45:55.65\00:45:57.79
going to do everything
You've told them to do."
00:45:57.82\00:45:59.25
God responded to Moses and said,
"Oh, that there was a heart
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.42
within them that they would love
Me and keep My commands--or fear
00:46:02.46\00:46:07.30
Me and keep My commands."
00:46:07.36\00:46:09.03
So right after the children of
Israel said, "Yes, Lord, we'll
00:46:09.06\00:46:11.33
do everything You want us to
do," God recognized that there
00:46:11.37\00:46:13.94
had to be a change of heart
and that's the thing that the
00:46:13.97\00:46:16.87
children of Israel
were so reluctant to do.
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.27
They failed to
surrender their all to God.
00:46:19.31\00:46:22.08
And that's why God couldn't
bless them the way He wanted to.
00:46:22.11\00:46:25.05
Doug: Yeah, in Ezekiel, He
words it a little differently.
00:46:25.08\00:46:27.98
He said that "I'll take the
stony heart out of their flesh
00:46:28.02\00:46:31.12
and give them a heart of flesh."
00:46:31.15\00:46:33.19
And, you know, God wants to
soften our hearts where we're
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.39
motivated by love
instead of selfishness.
00:46:35.42\00:46:38.59
Now, we've probably all heard
somebody say, "Well, the old
00:46:38.63\00:46:42.50
covenant is based on the
Ten Commandments but the new
00:46:42.53\00:46:44.73
covenant is just based on the
Spirit and loving the Lord and
00:46:44.77\00:46:47.84
it's based on Jesus, and--"
00:46:47.87\00:46:50.11
Both covenants
are based on the Ten
00:46:50.14\00:46:51.84
Commandments,
meaning that one is the law.
00:46:51.87\00:46:57.01
It's kind of on the
outside based on the
00:46:57.05\00:46:58.35
promises of the people.
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.65
The people were
making a promise.
00:47:00.68\00:47:02.55
"All the Lord has
said, we will do it."
00:47:02.58\00:47:04.59
It's based on what they will do.
00:47:04.62\00:47:06.65
New covenant
said, "I will do it."
00:47:06.69\00:47:09.19
It's based on His promise,
not the promise of the people.
00:47:09.22\00:47:12.13
"I will put My
law in their hearts.
00:47:12.16\00:47:15.13
I will remember
their sins no more."
00:47:15.16\00:47:17.20
And when we have faith in what
God will do, it becomes reality
00:47:17.23\00:47:21.14
and we can
experience that new heart.
00:47:21.17\00:47:24.67
Jëan: And, of course, that is
the essence of the new covenant.
00:47:24.71\00:47:27.28
It's not doing away
with the Ten Commandments.
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.54
He maybe--Pastor Doug referenced
that some Christians today say,
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.01
"Well, we don't have to
keep the Ten Commandments.
00:47:32.05\00:47:33.75
We don't have to keep
the law because that's part
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.25
of the old covenant,
it's done away with."
00:47:35.28\00:47:37.15
No, rather, Paul makes it very
clear that if we love God and we
00:47:37.19\00:47:40.72
receive the grace of God,
we will keep His commandments.
00:47:40.76\00:47:43.83
Jesus said, "If
you love Me," do what?
00:47:43.86\00:47:46.09
"Keep My commandments."
00:47:46.13\00:47:47.40
But the motivation is different.
00:47:47.46\00:47:49.60
You see, the Jews in the time of
Christ would try to keep the Ten
00:47:49.63\00:47:52.20
Commandments to earn
their way into heaven.
00:47:52.23\00:47:54.54
Those who received
Christ kept the commandments
00:47:54.57\00:47:56.47
because they loved Jesus,
they were motivated by love.
00:47:56.50\00:47:59.07
That's the kind of motivation
that God wants to see in His
00:47:59.11\00:48:02.08
people who are experiencing
this new covenant experience.
00:48:02.11\00:48:05.68
Doug: Yeah, and then you
get to the end of the Bible,
00:48:05.71\00:48:08.18
Revelation chapter 22:14:
"Blessed are those that do His
00:48:08.22\00:48:12.82
commandments that they might
have a right to enter through
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.92
the gates of the city and
eat from the tree of life."
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.26
It's pretty clear that God--what
the purpose of the covenant is,
00:48:18.29\00:48:21.40
to change our hearts
and give us hearts that are
00:48:21.43\00:48:23.43
willing to obey, amen?
00:48:23.47\00:48:27.00
Well, I think
we've got a minute left.
00:48:27.04\00:48:28.34
You got anything else to say?
00:48:28.37\00:48:29.64
Jëan: Well, we want to remind
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Doug: And one more time,
if you missed it earlier, in
00:48:58.33\00:49:01.07
just a couple of weeks we're
going to have a very special
00:49:01.10\00:49:03.04
series called "Amazing
Sanctuary," bringing in
00:49:03.07\00:49:06.01
some great guest speakers.
00:49:06.04\00:49:07.88
We're going to have Carlos
Muñoz, Daniel Hudgens, Don
00:49:07.91\00:49:10.35
Mackintosh, Steven Bohr, James
Rafferty, and yours truly, and
00:49:10.38\00:49:14.82
we're going to be talking about
how you find some of the secrets
00:49:14.85\00:49:17.49
of salvation in the ancient
sanctuary tabernacle, sometimes
00:49:17.52\00:49:22.56
called the temple.
00:49:22.59\00:49:25.03
And so we think that you'll
really be blessed by that.
00:49:25.06\00:49:28.96
Well, thank you
very much, how did we do,
00:49:29.00\00:49:30.60
considering we didn't
have a chance to study?
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.64
Oh, no, we don't want applause.
00:49:33.67\00:49:35.30
No, just an "Amen" will work.
00:49:35.34\00:49:37.04
Anyway, well, thank
you, praise the Lord,
00:49:37.07\00:49:38.67
and we just pray the
Holy Spirit would bring our
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.54
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Peggy Toolen: My
name is Peggy Toolen.
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I'm originally
from Houston, Texas.
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We lived in Midland
for about 14, 15 years.
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When my husband had a job offer
to move to Detroit, we went, you
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know, expecting things to
be easier as far as financial
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situations go, and, you know,
once we got there we realized
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the cost of living there was
actually worse than it was here.
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And so, he was working more, he
was out of town a lot because he
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was a truck driver, and
there was a time when I felt
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like I was taking care of
my girls on my own and any
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situation that would
come up, he wasn't there, you
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know, it was just me trying
to take care of everything.
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And I felt kind of
angry towards God for that.
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Felt kind of angry toward
my husband for that, you know?
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And at that point, I was already
kind of angry with God because
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He hadn't been
answering my prayers.
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'Course, my prayers
back then were really
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selfish-type prayers.
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They were more, you
know, "God, we need more money.
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We've got, you know, we
need financial help," and I just
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thought, "What's the point?
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God's not listening to me.
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I don't even want--I
don't even want to have anything
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to do with Him anymore."
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There was one night I had been
reading Revelation and I'd read
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through the whole thing and it
made no sense whatsoever to me.
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And I, after I
finished it, I said--I prayed,
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"Lord, help me to
understand what this means.
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You must want me to
understand, it's in your Word.
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I must--I need to
know what it means."
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And so I went on to bed and
couple of days later, we got a
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flyer in the mail that
said, "Amazing Facts presents
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Revelations Prophecy Seminar."
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And I was, like, "Wow,
that's answered a prayer."
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You know, I was so
excited. My husband was too.
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And so we decided we were
going to go to that seminar.
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And I just knew when I got
through the whole seminar, I
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just knew that's
where I was going to be.
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With Amazing Facts, I have
learned so much about the Bible
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and about how to study the
Bible, which was what I needed
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before because without knowing
how to study the Bible, you
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can't get to know Jesus.
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And that's the most amazing
thing to me is that I--God has
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led me to the place where I am
now, to where I can learn every
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day more and more about
His character and how much He
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really does love us.
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Looking back, I'm just
happy that He led me the way He
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did, even though I
wasn't really listening.
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God has a way to just lead you
where you need to be and take
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you down the right path but
I looked at my life now and I
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think, "Wow, if it could
have been that way before, and I
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would have had Him in my life
this way all along, you know--
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I don't know, I'm just--I'm
just happy now, you know?
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It doesn't matter what's
going on in my life, I am--
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I'm happy with God.
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announcer: "Amazing Facts"
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Changed Lives.
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female: Well, my conversion
story is when I was in the
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Philippines, I just graduated as
a nurse and afterwards I did not
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have any religion and one time
I found myself inside a small
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church, Catholic church, in
Manila, and before a big cross.
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And I was kneeling before and
I could hear Jesus telling me to
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enter the convent, save
myself and also my family.
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And I said, "Lord, I would
like to follow You all the way."
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At that point, I seemed to
be happy externally, but because
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inside the convent we don't read
the Bible, we don't study about
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the Word of God.
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We prayed the rosaries, we also
at the same time studied the
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lives of the saints and also our
founders, and the encyclicals of
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the Pope and the Virgin Mary.
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And so I do not know the
truth and I had this torture of
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conscience, the guilty feelings
that cannot be resolved.
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So I would confess to the priest
in the confessional box, saying,
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"Father, forgive me, since my
last confession was last week.
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Since then I have
committed the following
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sin," including the root cause.
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Why am I falling
and falling in that same
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sin over and over again?
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And still for 21 long
years, I struggle and I
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struggle and I struggle.
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I realized that I was
totally empty, I was totally
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helpless and hopeless.
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And so depressed and so
desperate that I would like
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already to end my life.
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I was working for five years
as dean of the University of San
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Agustin College of Nursing in
Iloilo City, one of the islands
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in the Philippines.
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After five years I received
a commission from my parents to
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help my sister who is
being a battered woman.
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This is one of the reasons why
I came over to United States.
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It is because my
sister needs my help.
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As I was working in the
hospital in New York, my boss--
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he was so gracious
enough to give me an invitation
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to the Millennium Prophecy.
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As I was listening to Pastor
Doug Batchelor's presentation,
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my heart really was beating so
fast, and my mind, I'm able to
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grasp the truth, that this is
the truth that I've been longing
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to hear all my life, that I
have been seeking for so long.
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My personal relationship
with Jesus, I can see Jesus
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as my personal Savior.
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He is not only the Savior
of the whole world but He is my
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personal Savior.
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He was the one who delivered me
mightily from the depths of sin,
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from the mighty clay.
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Pastor Doug Batchelor
has been used by the Lord
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in my conversion.
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The Amazing
Facts, I owe to them.
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The Lord really blessed this
ministry and I'm so proud I was
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able to attend this
Millennium Prophecy.
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My life has never been the same.
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It has given me the peace, the
joy, that never--I have never
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tasted in my life, and
now I am set free to be able
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to work for Him
and to follow Him.
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