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Carlos Munoz:
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Today we are studying lesson
number 11, and it's titled the
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"New Covenant Sanctuary," and so
here's the memory text for you:
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"Therefore He is the mediator
of a New Covenant, so that those
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who are called may receive the
promised eternal inheritance--"
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this is in Hebrews
chapter 9, verse 15.
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So, before we get started,
let's have a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank
you for this opportunity to come
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together and spend
time studying Your Word.
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So we just ask, Father, that
Your Spirit guide us so that we
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can have a deeper understanding,
a deeper awareness of the
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message that You have for us
through the sanctuary and, more
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importantly, Father, that
we may apply these principles
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in our daily lives.
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We thank You, Father, for
this opportunity, and we ask
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and beg these things
in Jesus's name, amen.
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And so the "New Covenant
Sanctuary," lesson number 11,
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is one of my
favorite topics, right?
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I have a number of favorite
words in the Bible, "Gospel,"
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"covenant," and
"sanctuary" is one of them.
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So, actually, in this lesson,
we're combining two of my
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favorite words: The
"New Covenant Sanctuary."
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Now, before we get into and
talk about the "New Covenant
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Sanctuary," we want to then talk
a little bit about the aspect or
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the sanctuary experience.
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I think it will be a good
introduction that will help us
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and lead us into understanding
exactly how the lesson is being
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developed and what the lesson
is trying to take us to do.
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And so when you ask yourselves,
"When was the first sanctuary
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of God with humanity?"
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"When was the first sanctuary
of God with humanity?"--
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and we find that first sanctuary
in the Garden of Eden, right?
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"Sanctuary," "most holy place,"
what it meant is represented
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is that we are in
the presence of God.
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And so we see in the Garden
of Eden, Adam and Eve dwelled
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in the presence of God.
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Adam and Eve had face-to-face
companionship with God.
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They dwelt in that
sanctuary experience with God.
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And so the question is why?
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How were they able to dwell in
that sanctuary experience with
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God, and how come
we are not, right?
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That's a great question.
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Why can't we have
that same experience?
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Well, it's very simple because,
in Genesis, it says in chapter
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number 1, it says that, when God
created Adam and Eve, He created
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them in His image, according
to His likeness, right?
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Now, what does it mean
that Adam and Eve were created
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in the image of God?
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What does that represent, and
how will that help us understand
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why we are not able to
dwell in the presence of God
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in this current moment?
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Well, when we read here in
the book "Great Controversy,"
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page 466-- 68, I'm sorry--it
says, "In the beginning,
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man was created
in the image of God.
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He was in perfect harmony with
the nature and the law of God.
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The principles of righteousness
were written upon the heart."
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So it says very clearly here
that, when Adam and Eve were
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created in the image of God,
what it meant was--is that they
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had the law of God
written in their hearts.
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In other words, they had
the righteousness of God, right?
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They had the character of God.
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They had the image or the
reflection of the character of
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God and how God thought, His
feelings, His desires, and they
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were able to develop that
character in perfect harmony
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with God's will or
with God's holy law.
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They already had
those principles written
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in their heart, right?
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But something happened.
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Something broke that
relationship, or something
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impeded that humanity
may continue to dwell in the
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presence of God
again, and what was that?
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Well, the same
quote continues to say,
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"But sin alienated
him from his maker.
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He no longer
reflected the divine image."
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And now why was that?
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Because "His heart was
at war with the--" what?
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"With the principles of
God," and the principles of God
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are--what?
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His righteousness that are
manifested through His law.
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And so those
principles of righteousness,
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the image, the character of God
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that were written in
the hearts and the minds
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of Adam and Eve, because of
the transgression, because of
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their disobedience, because of
sin, now they were no longer had
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a righteous nature, but now they
had an unrighteous nature as
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they had now fallen
nature in that context.
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And so we see then, that,
because of this, because they
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could not be in harmony any
longer with the principles of
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God's kingdom in harmony with
the Word of God, with God's law,
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then they could not be
in the presence of God.
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Now, why is that?
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It's very simple: Because God's
holiness would consume anything
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that is unholy or unrighteous.
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So there cannot be anything
unrighteous in the pure sublime
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presence of God.
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And so God, out of
love--right?--God then takes
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them out of the most-holy-place
experience, sanctuary
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experience, in the
Garden of Eden, for what reason?
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Well, to protect them so that He
doesn't destroy them, but also
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because they had chosen--they
had made the decision to say,
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"No, you know, we
got this, God," right?
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They had the principles of the
righteousness of God in their
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heart, but now, all of a
sudden, when they disobey God,
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now they're thinking
about themselves, right?
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And that's what led to sin.
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That's what led to rebellion,
and they're saying, "No, God,
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we don't need You to
tell us what's right or wrong.
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We can determine
this on our own."
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And so that's how then the human
experience becomes contaminated
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with selfishness, with what
we know as sin, but despite God
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ejecting them from the
Garden of Eden, God did not
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leave it there, right?
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We see that God had from that
moment in Genesis chapter 3,
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as soon as Adam and Eve fell,
God presented the everlasting
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Gospel, the everlasting Gospel,
the good, great news of--what?
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Of the plan of salvation, that
God was going to save humanity.
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Now, what is the
foundation? What is the pillar?
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What is the basis of
that everlasting Gospel?
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Well, we sometimes think that
the three angels' message is the
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everlasting Gospel, and while
they're definitely connected,
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the three angels' message did
not begin to be preached until
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the year around the 1840s, 1844.
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So what we see was, then,
that the everlasting Gospel was
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from all eternity.
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From even before the Creation,
God had already established His
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plan, His Gospel, His covenant,
with the Son, as it says in
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Galatians chapter 3.
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And so the question then is
"What is this plan of salvation?
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What is this Gospel that
God is trying to reach the world
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that He was
presenting to Adam and Eve?"
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And so we find it in Romans
chapter 1, verse 16 and 17.
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It says, "For I am not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,
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for it is the
power of God to--" what?
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"To salvation for
everyone who believes."
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Now, "The Gospel of Christ is
the power of God to do--" what?
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"To save us."
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To save us from--what?
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To save us from sin, right?
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But, of course,
what does that condition?
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You have to believe.
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You have to accept it, right?
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And so, when we accept
God's plan of salvation, when we
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accept His Gospel, His covenant,
then what happens is we are
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inserted into the covenant
through faith in Jesus Christ.
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And so that power, then, that
Gospel saves us, but notice now,
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what does that power represent?
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What does this Gospel power--is?
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Where is the essence
of this Gospel power?
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And so in a fascinating Hebrew
parallelism, Paul says in verse
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number 17, "For in it--" that
means "in the Gospel," notice
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this, "the righteousness of God
is revealed from faith to faith,
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as it is written, 'The
just shall live by faith.'"
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So here, again, the
principles of righteousness.
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Notice that humanity has sinned.
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Humanity has rebelled against
God, and so God now, through
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Christ, the Gospel of Christ,
He reveals His power to save
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everyone who accepts it,
everyone who believes, and that
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power is found--where?
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Where is the
essence of that power?
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It is found in the
righteousness of God.
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Notice, the righteousness of
God, which humanity had, which
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we lost because of disobedience,
because of sin, God, through the
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Gospel, is offering us to
restore that righteousness
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again, to give us
back His righteousness.
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And it says that, that power,
that Gospel, that righteousness
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of God is revealed from faith to
faith, and so that was perfectly
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manifested through Jesus Christ.
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It doesn't mean that throughout
the rest of the Bible,
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especially in what is known as
the Hebrew writings or the Old
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Testament, God revealed
his righteousness, right?
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His goodness. His character.
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Adam and Eve fall.
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Right there, God presents the
plan of salvation, and we see
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throughout all the
Scriptures the righteousness
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of God manifested.
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The Gospel, the good
news--right?--the covenant that
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God the Father made with
the Son to save humanity.
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But then we see that, in
Jesus Christ, that covenant,
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that Gospel, that righteousness,
is perfectly manifested,
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perfectly represented
in Jesus Christ, right?
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So that means that the
perfect righteousness of God
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was manifested in the Son.
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But when you read Romans
chapter 1, verse 16 and 17,
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not only does it say that, that
righteousness was going to be
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revealed in the Son, but it
says, in the last part of verse
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17, "The just shall live
by faith," or in other words,
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"The righteous
shall live by faith."
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So what it's saying here is that
the Gospel, or the power of God
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to save everyone, the
righteousness of God is
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manifested in faith.
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The faith in Jesus Christ
will also be manifested in us.
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In other words, the Gospel
is proclaiming that, through the
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everlasting covenant, God is
wanting to restore us back into
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His presence, to bring us
back into harmony with His Word,
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with His law--how?
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By writing the principles
of righteousness, again,
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in our hearts and in
our mind, and this is
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the everlasting
covenant experience.
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This is what the plan
of salvation is about.
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Look at how it talks about
it in Job chapter 33, verse 26,
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"For he shall pray to God,
and He will delight in him.
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He shall see His face with joy,
for He restores to man--" what?
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"His righteousness."
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I say, "amen," to that.
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It says very clearly
that God wants to restore His
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righteousness in us to
manifest His righteousness
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in the same way that it
was manifested in Jesus Christ.
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That same power, that same
Gospel, that same righteousness,
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that same faith that
was revealed in the life of
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Jesus Christ, the Father wants
to reveal it in us, and that's
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how we are to be restored
back into the presence of God.
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And so, when we look at this,
then, we see that, in Genesis,
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God, as soon as Adam and Eve
fall, God presents the plan of
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salvation through that promise
that "Through that woman, a seed
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was going to come," and
that seed was going to do--what?
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That seed was going to
give humanity victory, right?
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It was going to give humanity
victory again because that seed
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would be a descendant of
the woman, a human being,
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which is Christ, as
it says in Galatians.
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And so through that seed, we
would also become victorious.
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We would also be able to
have victory over the enemy,
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over temptation, and
over sin, and the question is
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"How is that going to happen?"
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Well, in the same chapter in
Genesis chapter 3, verse 21, it
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says very clearly that--what?
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That a Lamb was slayed, right?
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There was a
sacrifice in that moment.
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The blood was shed, and
the blood of that Lamb is
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what gives us the power.
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It's what gives us back the
righteousness of God through
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faith so that we can
live a victorious life.
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Let's go--let's look at this
quickly at Hebrews chapter 19.
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I want you to see this with
me how the blood of the Lamb,
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the blood of the sacrifice
is the instrument, right?
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It is the power of
God to restore us back
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into his presence.
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So Hebrews chapter 13, verse
20, it says, "Now may the God of
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peace who brought up our Lord
Jesus from the dead, that great
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Shepherd of the sheep," notice
this, "through the blood of
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the everlasting
covenant--" what?
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"Make you and me complete," or
perfect "in every good work to
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do His will, working in you what
is well pleasing in His sight,
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through Jesus Christ," amen?
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So it is "through the blood," it
says here, "of the everlasting
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covenant of that seed
that makes us--" what?
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"That blood that makes us
perfect, complete to do--" what?
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"In every good work to
do His will, working in you
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what is pleasing in His
sight through Jesus Christ."
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So notice, again, God is
restoring us back into harmony
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with Him, back into
harmony with His law, in harmony
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with His righteousness, right?
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With His principles. How?
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Through the blood
that was sacrificed.
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And through that, my loved
ones, we see then that God is
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going to do--what?
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He is going to, once
again, restore us back
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into His presence.
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That was the promise
also in Genesis chapter 3.
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We see these three main
promises from the covenant.
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The three main promises, God was
going to forgive us of our sins,
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God was going to give us victory
over sin, and God was going to
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eradicate and
eliminate sin so that--what?
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So that we may dwell in
His presence again, right?
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We may have the new heavens
and the new earth, eternal life.
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And, implicitly it doesn't say
it, but explicitly it's talking
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about the Resurrection too.
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So all of these promises we find
in the New Covenant, and they
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were all broken down
in Genesis chapter 3.
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Now, what is that
sanctuary experience that God
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is wanting to do?
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God is wanting to dwell in
us, He wants to dwell with us,
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He wants to dwell
in us. Watch this.
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Go with me to
Ezekiel chapter 36.
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Go with me to Ezekiel chapter
36, and we will see here this
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New Covenant, this
sanctuary experience that God is
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wanting to have with
each and every one of us.
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Ezekiel chapter 36.
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Let's go to verse number 25.
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Watch this.
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It says, "Then I will
sprinkle clean water on you,
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and you shall be clean.
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And I will cleanse you
from all your filthiness
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and from all your idols."
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Notice, this is talking about
cleansing us completely from
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sin, from our unrighteousness,
from our filthiness so that we
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can live according to God's law.
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Now, how is God
going to do this?
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Look at what he says in
verse 26: "I will give you
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a new heart and put a
new spirit within you."
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So, if He needs to give us
a new heart and a new spirit,
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that means a new attitude.
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It's because our heart
and our attitude is not
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in the correct place.
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God has to renew us.
He's got to restore us.
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And notice, "I will take the
heart of stone out of your flesh
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and give you a heart of flesh."
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Why does He have to
take the heart of stone out?
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Because the heart no longer
represents the principles or the
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righteousness of God as
we saw from that quote in
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"Great Controversy," right?
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The principles of righteousness
were written in our heart
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originally, but what happened is
that, because of transgression,
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because of rebellion,
because of sin, those principles
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are not present
there anymore, right?
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They're not part of our nature.
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And so here it says God
has to give us a new heart.
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That means a new mind, a
new attitude, new thoughts,
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new feelings.
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And how is he going to do this?
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Verse number 27, "I will put My
Spirit within you and cause you
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to walk in My statutes,
and you will keep My judgments
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and do them," amen?
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Again, this is following what it
says off of Hebrews chapter 13,
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verse 20 and 21, that
it's through the blood of the
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everlasting covenant, which
is this cleansing agent here in
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verse 25, and it is through that
experience, through seeing the
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sacrifice, through seeing the
great gift that God has given us
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in His Son, Jesus
Christ, that our hearts
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are transformed, right?
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Jesus says, "When I am lifted
up, I shall draw all to Me."
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When we see that, the
human heart is brought
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into enmity, right?
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That enmity, which would
be reconciliation, if we're at
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enmity with God, then that means
we're being reconciled--I'm
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sorry--in enmity with
the enemy, then we're being
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reconciled to God.
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And how is that entity
brought in the human experience?
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It's through
looking at the cross, right?
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It's through looking at
Jesus Christ, the sacrifice.
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And what happens with that is
our heart starts to be renewed.
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God puts His Spirit in us.
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Notice, so that we
can walk in His statutes
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and judgments and do them.
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Again, the obedience to
compliance to God's law,
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to living according to
His Word, is the result of
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the covenant, amen?
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It's not the
condition--right?--as it says
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in Hebrews 13.
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Some of us--I mentioned this in
a previous lesson--obedience is
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not the condition or the
obligation of the covenant.
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Obedience is the
promise of the covenant.
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It is the gift.
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It is the blessing of
the covenant that, through
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Jesus Christ and the covenant
that the Father made, we will be
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restored into His presence,
and we will be able to live
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according to His Word, and
that is the power of the work
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of the Holy Spirit in our
hearts, changing us, writing
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His law in our hearts.
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That is the New Covenant
experience, and I say, "Amen."
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Now, many believe that
this New Covenant experience can
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only happen in the New Testament
after Jesus Christ, but that is
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not the case because God
says He wants to put His Spirit
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within us.
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Notice, we cannot dwell
face-to-face right now because
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of sin, so what God does is
He says, "I will cleanse you
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of your sins, and I
will put My Spirit in you."
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So God is already manifesting
that He wants to have this
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New Covenant experience with us.
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He wants to dwell in
us through His Spirit.
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He wants to dwell in us
and write His law in our minds
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and in our hearts.
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From the very beginning it was
manifested, nothing has changed.
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Look at Isaiah chapter 51, verse
6 and 7, "My salvation will be
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forever, and My righteousness
will not be abolished.
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Listen to Me, you who
know righteousness, you people
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in whose heart is--" what?
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Is my law."
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Notice, God is already
mentioning, from the time of
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Isaiah, that there are many that
are living according to the New
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Covenant experience, to the
everlasting covenant experience.
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It's the same thing.
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When you talk about the
New Covenant, the everlasting
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covenant, the covenant of Grace,
the covenant of redemption,
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it's talking
about the same phrase.
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It's just manifested in
different manners--right?--in
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that context, but it says
very clearly here that God
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wants--what?
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He had--His people had
His law in their hearts.
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It also says it in Psalms
chapter 37, verse 29 and 31,
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"The righteous shall inherit
the land, and dwell in forever.
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The mouth of the
righteous speaks wisdom,
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and his tongue
talks of justice."
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Notice, "The law of
his God is in his heart.
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None of his steps
shall slide," amen?
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Why is it that you shall
slide?--making a reference
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to sinning.
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Because we are living in
the New Covenant experience,
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and that is God
wants to manifest.
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He wants that sanctuary
experience, that New Covenant
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experience, where the
Spirit is dwelling inside of us.
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That was from
the very beginning.
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It never changed.
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And so we see that God did that
with Adam, He did it with Seth,
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He did it with the patriarchs.
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We see then also Abraham
showed up, and Abraham, right,
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Abraham tried to live in
the Old Covenant experience.
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He tried to do things
according to his flesh.
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He tried to fulfill the promise
of God, saying, "I'm going to
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give you a son," and
Abraham said, "Oh, God,
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you need help, right?"
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After 11 years, it wasn't
happening, and so God--Abraham
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tried to force God's hand
and say, "I'm going to help
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God fulfill His promise.
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God doesn't need help
fulfilling His promises.
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When God says something,
it's a promise, and when it's
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a promise, God is
putting all of His reputation,
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all of His power, all
of it behind that promise,
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and it will be fulfilled.
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But Abraham, of course, learning
to live in the New Covenant
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experience, he went back to
the Old Covenant experience,
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where it's by works,
where it's human effort, right?
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"I have to do X and Y to be able
to fulfill God's requirements."
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We see that
that is not possible.
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We don't have it.
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That's why, in the New Covenant,
in the everlasting covenant, God
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is giving us, through
the power of the Holy Spirit,
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the ability, the power.
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He is restoring His
righteousness so that we can
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live according to His words.
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And so we see that as the
sanctuary experience that God is
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wanting to have,
and Abraham learned.
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Eventually he learned a lesson,
and this happened with not only
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Abraham, Noah, Isaac, Jacob,
Israel, but something happened.
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Eventually God's people--what?
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They fell into
slavery--right?--the story goes.
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And when they fall into slavery,
then we see that 400 years they
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were in Egypt then.
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Most of it was in--and this
slavery under bondage, right?
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But God heard them.
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Go with me, please, to Exodus.
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I want to show you
something fascinating.
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Exodus chapter 2. Watch this.
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Exodus chapter 2, and
let's go to verse number 23.
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While they were slaves--now, why
do you think they became slaves?
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Let's think about
this for a second.
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Why do you think
God's people became slaves?
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Did God want them to be slaves?
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Did God free us, create us to be
slaves, a bondage on their sin?
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Of course not.
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Notice what it
says in this quote in
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"Patriarchs and Prophets."
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It said, "If the descendants of
Abraham had kept the covenant,
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they would never have been
seduced into idolatry, nor would
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it have been necessary
for them to suffer a life
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of bondage in Egypt."
00:23:23.93\00:23:25.73
So why is it that they fell?
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Because they stopped living
the New Covenant experience.
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They stopped depending on God.
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They stopped depending on
and leaning on God's promises,
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on His law, right?
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They started to do things
in their own way, on their own
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costs, and, of
course, that led into bondage.
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That was probably
after Joseph died.
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And so there's the slavery,
but look at what it says in
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Exodus chapter
2, verse 23 and 25.
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This is just fascinating
what God does here, and it says,
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"Now it happened in the
process of the time that
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the king of Egypt died.
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Then the children of Israel
groaned because of the bondage,"
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or the slavery, "and they cried
out, and their cry came up to
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God because of the bondage."
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So notice this: "So He
heard their groaning, and God
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remembered His--" what?
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.46
"His covenant--" now, which
covenant do you think God is
00:24:20.49\00:24:23.66
remembering here?
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Watch this.
00:24:25.19\00:24:26.66
"God remembered His covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac,
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and with Jacob."
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.20
Now, what is that covenant?
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The covenant is that
God wants to dwell in us.
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The covenant that God
wants to put His Spirit in us.
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The covenant is that God
wants us to have that intimate
00:24:36.81\00:24:40.31
relationship with Him.
00:24:40.34\00:24:42.18
As it's mentioned, God
says, "Nobody is going to have
00:24:42.21\00:24:44.85
to teach you who I am.
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Nobody is going to have to teach
you about Me because I am going
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.95
to know you personally.
00:24:49.98\00:24:51.65
That same relationship that I
had with Adam, after the fall,
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with Seth, with all
the patriarchs, with Noah,
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with Abraham, with
Isaac, with Jacob, with Joseph."
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God is saying, "I am going to
have that covenant relationship
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with you, where My Spirit is
dwelling in me, and we know we
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have a personal
relationship," right?
00:25:07.84\00:25:10.44
But notice what it says
here: "And God looked upon the
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children of Israel, and
God acknowledged them," amen?
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So He remembered that covenant
that He had made with Abraham,
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with all of the
previous patriarchs.
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Now I have a question for
you: What covenant was that?
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Oh, it says it very
clearly in Psalms chapter 105,
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verses 8 through 10.
00:25:27.66\00:25:29.22
"He remembers His covenant
forever, the word which He
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commanded a thousand
generations--" notice this--
00:25:32.13\00:25:35.83
"the covenant which He made
with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
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and confirmed to Jacob for
a statute--" and notice this--
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"Israel--" that would
be the 12 sons of Jacob--
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"as an everlasting covenant."
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Again, God is trying to
carry out--God is trying to tell
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humans, "I want to have
this everlasting covenant,
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this New Covenant
experience," which is--what?
00:25:55.62\00:25:59.09
God dwelling in humanity,
God with us, the same covenant.
00:25:59.12\00:26:03.43
It says very clearly there that
God had always presented God
00:26:03.46\00:26:07.56
wanted to do with
Israel after He frees them.
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.10
Now, notice, God
didn't tell them anything
00:26:10.13\00:26:12.30
about this covenant.
00:26:12.33\00:26:13.67
He just goes, and He
saves them through Moses.
00:26:13.70\00:26:15.64
Says, "God, the God of
your fathers, is wanting
00:26:15.67\00:26:17.47
to save you."
00:26:17.51\00:26:18.81
And after the miraculous
liberation through--from Egypt,
00:26:18.84\00:26:22.91
with the nine plagues, with the
destroying the Egyptian army,
00:26:22.94\00:26:25.98
crossing through the Red Sea,
God takes them to the desert.
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.75
He gives them
water. He gives them manna.
00:26:28.78\00:26:30.62
He provides everything,
and then God says what to them
00:26:30.65\00:26:33.36
on Mount Sinai?
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.06
He says, "I'm the God of
your Father Abraham, Jacob,
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.69
and Isaac.
00:26:37.73\00:26:39.33
I had an
everlasting covenant with them.
00:26:39.36\00:26:42.03
I want to have
that covenant with you.
00:26:42.06\00:26:44.70
I want to dwell in you."
00:26:44.73\00:26:47.07
God is telling Israel, "I
want to be in your hearts.
00:26:47.10\00:26:50.41
I want to write My law on
your hearts and your minds,"
00:26:50.44\00:26:53.81
and what was their reaction?
00:26:53.84\00:26:55.44
"Oh, no, no, no, no."
00:26:55.48\00:26:57.35
It says, "They were terrified,"
in Exodus chapter 19,
00:26:57.38\00:27:00.62
and God reveals Himself.
00:27:00.65\00:27:03.39
Then He speaks the
Ten Commandments, right?
00:27:03.42\00:27:06.25
And what do they say
immediately after that?
00:27:06.29\00:27:08.09
"No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:27:08.12\00:27:10.29
We're too afraid.
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.03
We don't want this intimate
relationship with You, God.
00:27:12.06\00:27:15.00
Moses, you be the mediator,
Moses, and you intercede
00:27:15.03\00:27:19.53
on our behalf.
00:27:19.57\00:27:20.87
We'll stay over here
on the sidelines, Moses,
00:27:20.90\00:27:23.14
and you do that."
00:27:23.17\00:27:24.77
They were rejecting
God's New Covenant experience.
00:27:24.81\00:27:28.41
They were rejecting
the everlasting covenant,
00:27:28.44\00:27:31.01
and what happens is they
said, "We want to make our
00:27:31.05\00:27:33.35
own covenant," right?
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.05
God says, "Here's my covenant.
00:27:35.08\00:27:36.99
Here's what I want to do
with you," and they're like,
00:27:37.02\00:27:38.72
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:27:38.75\00:27:40.46
We'll make our
own covenant"-- right?
00:27:40.49\00:27:41.82
And their own
covenant was--what?
00:27:41.86\00:27:43.39
"We shall obey." That's
immediately the problem.
00:27:43.43\00:27:45.23
God never asked
them for obedience.
00:27:45.26\00:27:46.70
God said to keep, God said
to uphold His covenant, right?
00:27:46.73\00:27:50.50
In Exodus chapter
19, He says, "Cherish it.
00:27:50.53\00:27:53.17
Hold it dearly to your heart,"
but they said, "No, we shall
00:27:53.20\00:27:56.54
obey," and God
says, "You can't obey."
00:27:56.57\00:27:59.17
And so God says, "All right."
00:27:59.21\00:28:00.68
So God--how does God react?
00:28:00.71\00:28:02.41
This is so fascinating
how this all happens.
00:28:02.44\00:28:04.75
How does God react to
the covenant rejection,
00:28:04.78\00:28:08.22
to the everlasting covenant?
00:28:08.25\00:28:09.75
He says, "Okay, if
that's what you want to do,
00:28:09.78\00:28:11.49
this is what we'll do.
00:28:11.52\00:28:13.05
We'll go on your terms."
00:28:13.09\00:28:14.76
And so, instead of God
writing His law on their hearts,
00:28:14.79\00:28:16.83
what happens?
00:28:16.86\00:28:18.39
He writes it on tablets of
stone, not because He wanted to
00:28:18.43\00:28:20.30
write it on tablets of
stone, but because--what?
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.06
Because they rejected Him.
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.77
They rejected having the law
written in their hearts and in
00:28:25.80\00:28:28.10
their minds, and God said,
"Okay, you don't want to be
00:28:28.14\00:28:30.67
a sanctuary for Me?
00:28:30.71\00:28:32.21
You don't want Me to dwell
in your through my Spirit?"
00:28:32.24\00:28:34.51
That's perfect.
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.18
Look at how it says it
very clearly here in the book
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.71
"Patriarchs and Prophets": "If
the descendants of Abraham had
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.82
kept the covenant, they would
have kept God's law--" where?
00:28:40.85\00:28:44.95
"In their mind."
00:28:44.99\00:28:46.29
This is the New
Covenant experience.
00:28:46.32\00:28:47.89
This is the everlasting
covenant, God writing His law on
00:28:47.92\00:28:49.69
our hearts and in our minds--
"and there would have been no
00:28:49.72\00:28:52.36
necessity for it to be
proclaimed from Sinai or
00:28:52.39\00:28:54.83
engraved upon
the tables of stone.
00:28:54.83\00:28:58.33
And had the people practiced
the principles of the Ten
00:28:58.37\00:29:00.87
Commandments, there would have
been no need of the additional
00:29:00.90\00:29:05.31
directions given to Moses."
00:29:05.34\00:29:08.21
Notice that everything that
was given, Ten Commandments on
00:29:08.24\00:29:10.88
tables of stone, and the Mosaic
Law, which had to do with the
00:29:10.91\00:29:15.98
ceremonies, the feasts, the
offerings, the sacrifices, the
00:29:16.02\00:29:20.69
Feast Days, all of those things
were not necessary if they would
00:29:20.72\00:29:25.56
have accepted that God wanted
them to be a sanctuary, that God
00:29:25.59\00:29:29.60
wanted to dwell in him, as it
said in Ezekiel chapter 36, that
00:29:29.63\00:29:33.27
He wants to put
His Spirit in us.
00:29:33.30\00:29:35.60
If they would have accepted
that, there would have been no
00:29:35.64\00:29:37.57
need for all the rest, and they
would have continued, God with
00:29:37.61\00:29:40.04
them, living among
them--inside of them--I'm sorry.
00:29:40.08\00:29:43.95
But they said, "No,
Moses, we don't want this.
00:29:43.98\00:29:46.48
We need a mediator.
00:29:46.51\00:29:48.55
We need you to do it," and
so Moses took on this step.
00:29:48.58\00:29:52.75
And so what happens, my
loved ones, is--what is it?
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.66
They wanted the Old Covenant
sanctuary experience, right?
00:29:55.69\00:30:00.16
And so God
adapts to their request.
00:30:00.20\00:30:03.10
God says, "Okay, I'm going to
show you that this is not going
00:30:03.13\00:30:05.07
to work," but the only way
sometimes you learn is when you
00:30:05.10\00:30:08.50
do it on your own, when
you realize that you're not
00:30:08.54\00:30:11.54
capable of doing it.
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.07
There's a phrase in Spanish
that says-- [speaking Spanish]
00:30:13.11\00:30:17.05
That means that nobody learns
through other people's mistakes.
00:30:17.08\00:30:21.22
We also have to
commit our own mistakes.
00:30:21.25\00:30:23.25
And so God
says, "Okay, go ahead.
00:30:23.28\00:30:24.95
This is what you want to do.
00:30:24.99\00:30:26.29
I'm going to show you how far
you're going to get with this."
00:30:26.32\00:30:28.76
And so through this, then,
them rejecting the everlasting
00:30:28.79\00:30:32.46
covenant and not wanting to be a
sanctuary, God then says--what?
00:30:32.49\00:30:36.83
"I'm going to make a covenant"--
I'm sorry-- "I'm going to make
00:30:36.87\00:30:39.87
a sanctuary," right?
00:30:39.90\00:30:41.77
"Now, if I can't reveal My
glory, if I can't reveal My
00:30:41.80\00:30:45.04
name, if I can't reveal My
character, My righteousness,
00:30:45.07\00:30:48.21
through each and every one of
us," which is what He wanted to
00:30:48.24\00:30:50.88
do, what does He say?
00:30:50.91\00:30:52.98
"Then I'll have to do
it through some structure.
00:30:53.01\00:30:55.32
I'll have to do it through
an earthly sanctuary," right.
00:30:55.35\00:30:58.92
And so that's
effectively what God does.
00:30:58.95\00:31:01.09
God makes the earthly
sanctuary as a response.
00:31:01.12\00:31:03.93
God is adapting to the
people not wanting to have that
00:31:03.96\00:31:08.23
intimate relationship.
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.90
God makes an earthly sanctuary
with the sacrifices, with the
00:31:09.93\00:31:12.70
feasts, with all of the elements
that are explained, making or
00:31:12.73\00:31:17.81
representing the
plan of salvation, right?
00:31:17.84\00:31:21.01
And this is what it says
in Exodus chapter 25, verse 8,
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.68
and 26:30, "Let them
make Me a sanctuary that I
00:31:23.71\00:31:26.31
may dwell among them."
00:31:26.35\00:31:28.22
Notice, God wanted to
dwell in them, but they said,
00:31:28.25\00:31:31.42
"No, no, no, no, no," so
God says, "All right, so let
00:31:31.45\00:31:33.86
Me dwell among you.
00:31:33.89\00:31:35.69
Let Me show you
the blessings," right?
00:31:35.72\00:31:37.96
And God says,
"Make Me a sanctuary."
00:31:37.99\00:31:40.03
And notice it says, "And
you shall rise up the tabernacle
00:31:40.06\00:31:42.16
according to its pattern which
was shown on the mountain."
00:31:42.20\00:31:44.73
So it was a manifestation
or a representation of
00:31:44.77\00:31:48.30
the sanctuary in heaven.
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.41
God was trying the body, our
temple, to be the sanctuary as
00:31:50.44\00:31:56.51
a representation of what
was happening up in heaven, but
00:31:56.54\00:31:59.45
because of the rejection, God
adapts again, as I mentioned,
00:31:59.48\00:32:02.08
and he creates
the earthly sanctuary.
00:32:02.12\00:32:05.52
Now, when we walk
through the earthly sanctuary,
00:32:05.55\00:32:08.59
we see then how every
different aspect represents
00:32:08.62\00:32:13.93
the plan of salvation, right?
00:32:13.96\00:32:16.13
Remember, the Gospel is the plan
of salvation, and the plan of
00:32:16.16\00:32:19.93
salvation is to reconcile
humanity with Divinity,
00:32:19.97\00:32:23.91
to be at one with God
again, the atonement, right?
00:32:23.94\00:32:27.94
To be able to dwell, to
have that intimate relationship.
00:32:27.98\00:32:31.48
And so it is through
the sanctuary that God
00:32:31.51\00:32:33.98
reveals that process.
00:32:34.02\00:32:36.22
He reveals and He explains or
He details the process through
00:32:36.25\00:32:39.75
which we are going to be
reconciled, and, of course,
00:32:39.79\00:32:41.69
that reconciliation has
to do with the taking away
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.59
of sins, right?
00:32:43.63\00:32:45.19
Because it is sin that caused
separation, so it must be then
00:32:45.23\00:32:48.63
through the sanctuary that it's
explained how sin is going to be
00:32:48.66\00:32:53.44
separated from
humanity, and we may dwell again
00:32:53.47\00:32:55.84
in the presence of God.
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.51
And so, in the sanctuary, we've
studied this many, many times,
00:32:57.54\00:33:01.64
but it's always good to
review in case there's somebody
00:33:01.68\00:33:03.58
new that is watching.
00:33:03.61\00:33:05.31
You have the lamb.
00:33:05.35\00:33:06.78
You would bring in a lamb that
must be blameless, that must be
00:33:06.82\00:33:09.18
a perfect lamb, right?
00:33:09.22\00:33:10.75
There can be
nothing wrong with it.
00:33:10.79\00:33:13.66
It cannot have one eye.
00:33:13.69\00:33:15.96
It cannot be a limp.
00:33:15.99\00:33:17.79
It has to be a
perfect, clean lamb.
00:33:17.83\00:33:20.10
You have then the altar of
sacrifice, where the lamb was
00:33:20.13\00:33:23.26
sacrificed and
placed upon the altar.
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.80
We have the laver, where the
priests would wash their hands
00:33:25.83\00:33:29.54
and their feet before they went
inside of the sanctuary because
00:33:29.57\00:33:32.64
inside of the sanctuary was the
presence of God, and so, again,
00:33:32.67\00:33:35.58
a representation of cleansing
before we are able to walk
00:33:35.61\00:33:40.28
in the presence of God.
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.08
We have then the holy
place, represented through
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.09
the showbread, the altar of
incense, and the candlesticks.
00:33:44.12\00:33:47.82
These are all elements that God
is representing principles of
00:33:47.86\00:33:51.99
how God is going to cleanse
us so that we can dwell again in
00:33:52.03\00:33:55.20
His presence, and this all
leads into the most holy place
00:33:55.23\00:33:59.07
experience, which is where God
was present and God manifested
00:33:59.10\00:34:03.44
Himself, and we would
dwell with Him, right?
00:34:03.47\00:34:06.84
But, of course, since Israel
had rejected that New Covenant
00:34:06.88\00:34:11.85
experience, God then created
the priesthood, the priesthood,
00:34:11.88\00:34:16.72
beginning with Moses as
the intercessor but then we saw
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.95
through Aaron, right?
00:34:19.99\00:34:21.49
And so only the priest,
especially the high priest,
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.83
would be the only one that would
be able to be in the presence of
00:34:23.86\00:34:26.63
God as a representative
of humanity in the face
00:34:26.66\00:34:30.53
of God, right?
00:34:30.57\00:34:32.27
And all of this, of course,
is a representation of beautiful
00:34:32.30\00:34:35.27
principles that is being carried
out in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:34:35.30\00:34:37.91
and there's the
priesthood--right?--the
00:34:37.94\00:34:40.24
priesthood represented by Aaron
in this context, but we also see
00:34:40.28\00:34:46.01
that that is the Old Covenant.
00:34:46.05\00:34:48.65
Now, again, this is not what God
planned, but this is what the
00:34:48.68\00:34:51.45
people wanted,
and so God adapted.
00:34:51.49\00:34:53.89
And despite when you go through
the history of the Bible, after
00:34:53.92\00:34:57.03
Mount Sinai, when they
established their own covenant,
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.70
which would be the Old Covenant,
which would be the covenant
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.30
where it's human works, where
it's our understanding, it's our
00:35:03.33\00:35:08.00
works--right?--it's we are
carrying out God's covenant.
00:35:08.04\00:35:11.41
God says, "Okay,
go ahead and try it.
00:35:11.44\00:35:13.58
That's not the covenant that
I established," as we read in
00:35:13.61\00:35:15.74
Hebrews 13 and
Ezekiel chapter 36.
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.01
God clearly says that "I am
the one that produces in you the
00:35:18.05\00:35:22.28
good works and the
desire to do them," right?
00:35:22.32\00:35:25.02
God is the one.
00:35:25.05\00:35:27.59
Remember, don't forget
this, that the obedience, the
00:35:27.62\00:35:29.76
compliance to God's Word, God's
law, is the gift of the covenant
00:35:29.79\00:35:34.83
through Jesus Christ, right?
00:35:34.86\00:35:36.63
And when we accept, when we
receive it, when we believe it,
00:35:36.67\00:35:40.24
we are inserted
into the covenant through
00:35:40.27\00:35:43.54
Jesus Christ and God.
00:35:43.57\00:35:45.17
Through that acceptance through
that faith, gives us the power
00:35:45.21\00:35:48.21
of the Holy Spirit, and through
the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:35:48.24\00:35:51.18
we are then able to obey
in context of compliance with
00:35:51.21\00:35:58.82
God's Word, with His principles.
00:35:58.85\00:36:01.52
In this case, it would be
His law because the Spirit is
00:36:01.56\00:36:04.19
writing His law in our
hearts and in our minds.
00:36:04.23\00:36:08.70
And so this, then leads us to
the aspect of the representation
00:36:08.73\00:36:13.17
or the manifestation of--what?
00:36:13.20\00:36:15.47
Of these principles, of this New
Covenant principles, explained
00:36:15.50\00:36:20.54
in the Old Covenant, explained
in the earthly sanctuary through
00:36:20.58\00:36:24.68
the services, through
the sacrifices, through the
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.92
offerings, through the priests,
through the feast, and through
00:36:26.95\00:36:30.45
every aspect and
everything that was going on.
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.25
But then,
Christ comes up, right?
00:36:33.29\00:36:35.69
And when Christ
shows up, something very
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.63
interesting happens.
00:36:37.66\00:36:39.03
Now we're starting to see God
going to say, "Through My Son,
00:36:39.06\00:36:43.00
I am going to show you what I
wanted to do with you from the
00:36:43.03\00:36:47.27
very beginning--" right?-- "what
I wanted to do with you, what I
00:36:47.30\00:36:50.51
was doing with Adam, what I
was doing with Seth, what I was
00:36:50.54\00:36:53.78
doing with the patriarchs, what
I was doing with Abraham, what I
00:36:53.81\00:36:56.44
was doing with Noah, what I was
doing with every single one of
00:36:56.48\00:36:58.95
them that accepted, and there
were many also that did live
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.18
the New Covenant experience.
00:37:02.22\00:37:04.09
Even after Sinai, we
have Jacob and Joshua, right?
00:37:04.12\00:37:08.09
We have many, David, despite the
many flaws of all his children,
00:37:08.12\00:37:12.29
they all had that personal
relationship with God, that
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.26
one-in-one connection with God,
but the majority of people were
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.67
content with the
Old Covenant experience.
00:37:19.70\00:37:23.14
They were content with
"No, no, no, no, no, God,
00:37:23.17\00:37:25.44
you stay over there.
00:37:25.47\00:37:26.94
We'll stay over here. We
still want the blessings.
00:37:26.98\00:37:29.01
We still want the protections.
00:37:29.04\00:37:30.98
We still want the benefits from
being Your people, but we don't
00:37:31.01\00:37:35.12
want You to have that
Your law written in our hearts.
00:37:35.15\00:37:39.45
We just want them in
tablets of stone," right?
00:37:39.49\00:37:41.82
"We want that old covenant
experience," which was more
00:37:41.86\00:37:44.46
comfortable than having
to do all of the sacrifices,
00:37:44.49\00:37:48.60
all of the surrendering,
the constant surrendering.
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.03
They wanted to follow
and live in their own ways.
00:37:51.07\00:37:53.20
And, again, God adapts to that,
but when Christ comes along,
00:37:53.23\00:37:55.40
now, the Father says, "Now
I want to show you something.
00:37:55.44\00:37:57.91
Now I want to show you
what it is I wanted to do in you
00:37:57.94\00:38:01.21
and through you, and I'm
going to manifest and show
00:38:01.24\00:38:03.85
this through--" who?
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.45
"Through My Son, Jesus Christ."
00:38:05.48\00:38:06.85
And so, as Jesus Christ comes
on, the first thing that we see,
00:38:06.88\00:38:10.62
as Jesus Christ
appears, is the Lamb, right?
00:38:10.65\00:38:14.29
That's what it says in
John chapter 1, verse 29.
00:38:14.32\00:38:16.76
It says, "The next day John
saw Jesus coming toward him, and
00:38:16.79\00:38:20.53
said, 'Behold, the Lamb of
God who takes away--" what?
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.20
"The sins of the world."
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.53
So the first thing that
John says when he sees Jesus is
00:38:24.57\00:38:28.74
"This is the Lamb of God."
00:38:28.77\00:38:30.34
Again, that's
sanctuary language, right?
00:38:30.37\00:38:32.87
That's sanctuary
language, and effectively,
00:38:32.91\00:38:35.08
Jesus Christ did--what?
00:38:35.11\00:38:36.48
He died on the cross as the
Lamb, but notice that, after
00:38:36.51\00:38:40.78
Jesus was called the Lamb
of God, what is the next thing
00:38:40.82\00:38:43.52
Jesus does?
00:38:43.55\00:38:45.15
The next thing He does
is He gets baptized, right?
00:38:45.19\00:38:47.89
That's a
representation of--what?
00:38:47.92\00:38:49.82
Of the laver in
this context, right?
00:38:49.86\00:38:51.96
Jesus goes to the
laver, which also represents
00:38:51.99\00:38:53.76
the Resurrection.
00:38:53.80\00:38:55.10
Laver represents the
water cleansing, and Jesus goes
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.73
through the laver.
00:38:56.77\00:38:58.27
Now, here's where it
gets very interesting.
00:38:58.30\00:39:00.10
Because he's called the "Lamb
of God," He gets baptized, and
00:39:00.14\00:39:04.01
then, when you follow in John
chapter 1 and chapter 2, He goes
00:39:04.04\00:39:07.48
through the ceremony, the
wedding ceremony, which is a
00:39:07.51\00:39:10.81
representation of Jesus saying,
"I am making--I am here to
00:39:10.85\00:39:14.92
restore the New Covenant,
the everlasting covenant with my
00:39:14.95\00:39:18.55
people, which is this
marriage ceremony through--what?
00:39:18.59\00:39:22.19
Through the blood of the
Lamb, represented by the wine.
00:39:22.22\00:39:25.19
Jesus is saying, "I am here
to restore the New Covenant, the
00:39:25.23\00:39:29.06
everlasting
covenant, with My people."
00:39:29.10\00:39:31.07
And it's--but right
after that, Jesus does--what?
00:39:31.10\00:39:34.04
Jesus goes into the
sanctuary, and what does He do
00:39:34.07\00:39:36.84
in the sanctuary?
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.41
In the sanctuary, He does--what?
00:39:38.44\00:39:40.98
He takes the
works of the priest.
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.55
Why?
00:39:43.58\00:39:45.18
Well, because if you go through
the Lamb of God, He goes through
00:39:45.21\00:39:46.95
the baptism.
00:39:46.98\00:39:48.38
Then the next step, if you
follow the earthly sanctuary, is
00:39:48.42\00:39:50.55
to go into--what?
00:39:50.59\00:39:52.19
Into the
heavenly sanctuary, right?
00:39:52.22\00:39:53.92
Or into the holy place
if you're talking about
00:39:53.96\00:39:56.12
the earthly sanctuary.
00:39:56.16\00:39:57.76
So Jesus goes into the
sanctuary, and He--What?
00:39:57.79\00:40:00.16
He starts to kick out all
of the naysayers, all of the
00:40:00.20\00:40:04.17
corruption, all of the
converting God's house into a
00:40:04.20\00:40:10.24
money business, right?
00:40:10.27\00:40:13.21
He starts to cleanse the
sanctuary as He would, and He
00:40:13.24\00:40:16.08
kicks out--who?
00:40:16.11\00:40:17.41
He kicks out the Pharisees.
He kicks them all out.
00:40:17.45\00:40:19.21
What is he saying?
00:40:19.25\00:40:20.72
"This
priesthood, it does not work.
00:40:20.75\00:40:22.45
This priesthood is
not any good anymore.
00:40:22.48\00:40:24.39
I am coming to show you what the
real purpose of the priest is."
00:40:24.42\00:40:28.69
That's what He's
basically saying.
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.56
He's saying, "This priesthood,
look at what has happened.
00:40:30.59\00:40:32.79
They have corrupted the
sanctuary," or "They have
00:40:32.83\00:40:35.00
corrupted the
plan of salvation."
00:40:35.03\00:40:37.23
And Jesus says, "I'm
going to show you how.
00:40:37.27\00:40:40.04
What is the real
purpose of the priesthood?
00:40:40.07\00:40:42.57
And the real purpose of the
priesthood is to guide God's
00:40:42.60\00:40:45.74
people to sanctity, to guide
God's people in righteousness,
00:40:45.77\00:40:50.31
to guide God's people, into
victory and cleansing from sin."
00:40:50.35\00:40:55.08
That's what He's trying to
show them, and He's saying,
00:40:55.12\00:40:57.15
"This is what I'm doing."
00:40:57.19\00:40:58.62
And this is exactly
why, in the book of Hebrews,
00:40:58.65\00:41:02.16
it talks to Jesus about
this high priest, right?
00:41:02.19\00:41:05.53
Go with me, please, in the
book of Hebrews, chapter 8,
00:41:05.56\00:41:08.66
Hebrews chapter 8, and
I want to show you this.
00:41:08.70\00:41:11.70
This was in the lesson when
it talks about Jesus as our high
00:41:11.73\00:41:16.40
priest, and I think this is
very important to understand,
00:41:16.44\00:41:19.74
and we'll see exactly
how this all plays out.
00:41:19.77\00:41:22.11
Hebrews chapter 8.
00:41:22.14\00:41:24.21
Look at what it says in verse
number 1: "Now this is the main
00:41:24.25\00:41:27.35
point of the things we are
saying: We have such a High
00:41:27.38\00:41:30.62
Priest, who is seated at the
right hand of the throne of the
00:41:30.65\00:41:33.52
Majesty in the heavens,
and Minister of--" what?
00:41:33.56\00:41:36.56
"Of the sanctuary and of the
true tabernacle which the Lord
00:41:36.59\00:41:40.43
erected, and not man," right?
00:41:40.46\00:41:43.53
"For every high priest is
appointed to offer both gifts
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.30
and sacrifices."
00:41:46.33\00:41:47.64
This is earthly
sanctuary, Old Covenant.
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.57
"Therefore it is necessary for
this One," talking about Jesus,
00:41:50.61\00:41:54.28
"also having
something to offer."
00:41:54.31\00:41:56.44
What is He offering?
He's offering Himself.
00:41:56.48\00:41:59.11
He's not
offering something else.
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.55
He's not offering an animal.
00:42:00.58\00:42:01.95
He's not offering
something external to Him.
00:42:01.98\00:42:04.09
He's giving His own life
as an offering for humanity.
00:42:04.12\00:42:07.82
"For if He were on earth,
He would not be a priest, since
00:42:07.86\00:42:11.53
there are priests who offer the
gifts according to the law, who
00:42:11.56\00:42:14.56
serve the copy and shadow of the
heavenly things, as Moses was
00:42:14.60\00:42:18.80
divinely instructed when he was
about to make the tabernacle.
00:42:18.83\00:42:23.27
For He said, 'See that
you make all things according
00:42:23.30\00:42:25.91
to the pattern that
shown you--'" where?
00:42:25.94\00:42:28.28
"On the mountain."
00:42:28.31\00:42:30.65
And so Jesus Christ
is clearly saying here,
00:42:30.68\00:42:32.05
"It is the manifestation."
00:42:32.08\00:42:33.68
I love it how Paul, in the book
of Hebrews, is trying to explain
00:42:33.72\00:42:36.89
to the Hebrews, to Jews, to
Israel, he's trying to explain
00:42:36.92\00:42:41.26
to them, using the
earthly sanctuary, pointing to
00:42:41.29\00:42:44.33
Jesus Christ as the fulfillment
of that sanctuary, right?
00:42:44.36\00:42:47.56
Because they continued in
the Old Covenant experience
00:42:47.60\00:42:51.27
and the Old Covenant mind-set.
00:42:51.30\00:42:53.67
Verse 6, "But now He has
obtained a more excellent
00:42:53.70\00:42:56.04
ministry, inasmuch as He is also
Mediator of a better covenant,
00:42:56.07\00:42:59.67
which was
established on better promises."
00:42:59.71\00:43:01.94
Why?
00:43:01.98\00:43:03.31
Because this is not
based on our promises which we
00:43:03.35\00:43:05.11
cannot fulfill.
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.05
It is not based on our works.
00:43:07.08\00:43:09.02
It is based on the promises
of God that everything would be
00:43:09.05\00:43:11.62
fulfilled in
Christ and through Christ.
00:43:11.65\00:43:14.39
That is the promise that Jesus
Christ was going to be the one
00:43:14.42\00:43:17.19
that was going to bring
reconciliation between humanity
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.53
and Divinity, and all we can do
in this covenant is accept it by
00:43:20.56\00:43:24.00
faith to be
inserted inside of it.
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.63
That is the main difference
between the Old Covenant
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.50
and the New Covenant, right?
00:43:29.54\00:43:30.97
It's the New Covenant experience
of saying, "God, I have
00:43:31.01\00:43:33.81
nothing to offer to you.
00:43:33.84\00:43:35.38
I have nothing to bear.
00:43:35.41\00:43:36.75
I cannot but in faith,
holding on to your promises,
00:43:36.78\00:43:40.22
the promises of--" what?
00:43:40.25\00:43:41.98
"Of the seed of forgiveness,
of victory, of Resurrection, of
00:43:42.02\00:43:46.05
reconciliation, of atonement,
all of those promises, we accept
00:43:46.09\00:43:50.39
them through Jesus Christ,
and we know that is only through
00:43:50.43\00:43:53.36
Him," and that
is living by faith.
00:43:53.40\00:43:56.03
You accept it by faith, and
then you live in those promises.
00:43:56.06\00:43:59.43
That is the New
Covenant experience.
00:43:59.47\00:44:01.40
And sadly, today, we have many
people that believe--they look
00:44:01.44\00:44:04.11
at the covenants from a
historical perspective, which it
00:44:04.14\00:44:06.57
can be applied historically,
but I prefer to look at the
00:44:06.61\00:44:09.81
covenants in the
essence of an experience, right?
00:44:09.84\00:44:12.75
Because you can be what is
perceived to be now in the New
00:44:12.78\00:44:15.78
Covenant time where Christ
has come, but you can still be
00:44:15.82\00:44:19.69
living in the Old Covenant
because you could still be
00:44:19.72\00:44:21.49
living according to your own
ways, your own works, your own
00:44:21.52\00:44:23.93
wants, and not living by faith,
but living according to your
00:44:23.96\00:44:27.83
heart, and that's not the New
Covenant experience because it
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.77
says--God-- "I want
to circumcise your heart.
00:44:30.80\00:44:33.17
I want to write My law in
your hearts and your minds.
00:44:33.20\00:44:35.30
I want to make a
new creature of you."
00:44:35.34\00:44:37.37
So many people, in the same way
that there are many people in
00:44:37.41\00:44:40.64
what is known as the Old
Covenant dispensation which,
00:44:40.68\00:44:44.15
again, is the historical
interpretation of the covenants,
00:44:44.18\00:44:47.02
there were many that were in
that Old Covenant timeframe, but
00:44:47.05\00:44:49.62
they live in the New
Covenant promises and in the New
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.95
Covenant experience.
00:44:51.99\00:44:54.12
And vice versa, there are
many now that are believed or
00:44:54.16\00:44:57.59
perceived to be living in the
New Covenant dispensation which
00:44:57.63\00:45:00.83
are living in the Old Covenant.
00:45:00.86\00:45:03.20
And so, again, that's why I
prefer--doesn't mean that it's
00:45:03.23\00:45:06.17
wrong to look at it from
a historical dispensational
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.80
aspect, but I prefer to study it
and grab a greater understanding
00:45:08.84\00:45:12.97
of the covenants and of the plan
of salvation when I look at it
00:45:13.01\00:45:15.54
through this New
Covenant experience.
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.71
Of course, everybody starts
in the Old Covenant experience,
00:45:17.75\00:45:20.02
trying and trying and trying,
and God has to teach us, as He
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.42
did with Abraham, how to live
in the New Covenant, everlasting
00:45:23.45\00:45:27.46
covenant experience.
00:45:27.49\00:45:29.79
And so that's why it says very
clearly, for example, here in
00:45:29.82\00:45:32.36
Hebrews chapter 4, I just want
to read this one more verse with
00:45:32.39\00:45:34.93
you as we then close up.
00:45:34.96\00:45:38.20
Looking again at the sanctuary,
Hebrews chapter 4, look at what
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.54
it says here.
00:45:41.57\00:45:43.37
Hebrews chapter 4, and it
says in verse number 16--Hebrews
00:45:43.41\00:45:49.64
chapter 4:14, "Seeing that we
have a great High Priest who has
00:45:49.68\00:45:53.58
passed through the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us
00:45:53.62\00:45:55.78
hold fast our confession.
00:45:55.82\00:45:57.45
For we do not have a High Priest
who cannot sympathize with our
00:45:57.49\00:46:00.12
weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet--"
00:46:00.16\00:46:03.56
what?
00:46:03.59\00:46:05.16
"Yet without sin.
00:46:05.19\00:46:06.66
Let us therefore come boldly to
the throne of grace, that we may
00:46:06.70\00:46:09.76
obtain mercy and find
grace in time of need."
00:46:09.80\00:46:13.27
That same grace and that same
mercy and that same patience and
00:46:13.30\00:46:16.87
that same love that God had for
Adam, for Eve, for all of the
00:46:16.91\00:46:21.54
ones previously, it's that same
manifestation now through--who?
00:46:21.58\00:46:25.08
Through Jesus Christ, amen?
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.55
And He is the one.
00:46:26.58\00:46:28.08
He can understand our
weaknesses, our struggles,
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.88
our battles.
00:46:29.92\00:46:31.29
Why?
00:46:31.32\00:46:32.69
Because it says here, "He can
sympathize as us because He was
00:46:32.72\00:46:36.29
tempted in all ways as we
are," yet He never surrendered.
00:46:36.32\00:46:40.60
He never gave in to
temptation or to sin, amen?
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.83
Now, as we look at this, I think
that Jesus was also trying to
00:46:43.87\00:46:48.00
show us something else in this
when He cleanses the sanctuary.
00:46:48.04\00:46:51.54
Not also was He trying to
say--trying to point to Him as
00:46:51.57\00:46:55.14
the new Priest, the one that was
going to be interceding, the one
00:46:55.18\00:46:58.91
that was going to be
reconciling, making atonement
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.72
between God and His people,
as He's showing the traditional
00:47:02.75\00:47:05.49
priests, the Old
Covenant priesthood.
00:47:05.52\00:47:08.12
He's kicking them out, and He's
saying, "Now the real Priest
00:47:08.16\00:47:10.76
has come.
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.43
The real Savior has come."
00:47:12.46\00:47:14.00
He's pointing to it, but
He was also trying to point to
00:47:14.03\00:47:15.96
a new temple.
00:47:16.00\00:47:18.33
He was trying to point to
something different, not just a
00:47:18.37\00:47:21.34
sanctuary as a
structure--right?--but the
00:47:21.37\00:47:24.31
sanctuary as us, as the people.
00:47:24.34\00:47:27.04
Look at what it says here
in the book "Desire of Ages."
00:47:27.08\00:47:30.01
It says, "The courts of the
temple at Jerusalem, filled with
00:47:30.05\00:47:32.85
the tumult of unholy traffic,
represented all too truly the
00:47:32.88\00:47:37.82
temple of the heart, defiled by
the presence of sensual passions
00:47:37.85\00:47:41.49
and unholy thoughts.
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.09
In cleansing the temple from
the world's buyers and sellers,
00:47:43.12\00:47:46.23
Jesus announced His mission
to cleanse the heart from the
00:47:46.26\00:47:49.86
defilement of sin, from the
earthly desires, the selfish
00:47:49.90\00:47:54.77
lust, the evil habits
that corrupt the soul."
00:47:54.80\00:47:58.14
Notice that the sanctuary
is pointing to us, right?
00:47:58.17\00:48:02.68
The sanctuary is
pointing to us. Why us?
00:48:02.71\00:48:05.31
Again, that was the original
experience that God was having.
00:48:05.35\00:48:08.62
After sin came in, God
wanted to dwell in us to--what?
00:48:08.65\00:48:13.59
To cleanse us--right?--to
prepare us to be able to dwell
00:48:13.62\00:48:17.09
in his presence again.
00:48:17.13\00:48:18.66
Notice how the quote continues:
"No man can of himself cast out
00:48:18.69\00:48:22.53
the evil throng that have
taken possession of the heart.
00:48:22.56\00:48:25.40
Only Christ can
cleanse the soul temple.
00:48:25.43\00:48:27.90
His presence will cleanse and
sanctify the soul, so that it
00:48:27.94\00:48:31.77
may be a holy temple unto the
Lord--" and notice this-- "and
00:48:31.81\00:48:36.75
'an habitation of
God through the Spirit.'"
00:48:36.78\00:48:41.05
That's Ephesians
chapter 2, verse 21 and 22.
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.28
In other words, what she's
saying is God is wanting, again,
00:48:43.32\00:48:47.02
to have that everlasting
covenant experience, that New
00:48:47.06\00:48:51.13
Covenant experience of dwelling
in us through His Spirit, for
00:48:51.16\00:48:54.20
what purpose or for what reason?
00:48:54.23\00:48:56.16
To cleanse us, right?
00:48:56.20\00:48:58.77
That is what God was showing us.
00:48:58.80\00:49:00.87
And when you read in there, in
John chapter 2, Jesus says very
00:49:00.90\00:49:04.77
clearly, He says, "The
sanctuary shall be lifted up
00:49:04.81\00:49:08.58
in three days."
00:49:08.61\00:49:10.11
And they say,
"What are you--crazy?
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.18
It took us 46 years."
00:49:12.21\00:49:13.78
And Jesus says,
"No, three days," right?
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.22
And what is He pointing to?
00:49:15.25\00:49:16.58
He's pointing
to His body, right?
00:49:16.62\00:49:17.99
Yes, you have the
heavenly sanctuary where He is
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.39
ministering as our high
priest, but it's pointing to the
00:49:19.42\00:49:21.62
cleansing of this body also.
00:49:21.66\00:49:23.89
It's pointing to the cleansing
of Jesus Christ wanting to do a
00:49:23.93\00:49:27.03
renewing of His righteousness,
a renewing of His character.
00:49:27.03\00:49:30.60
Remember, at the beginning, we
looked at that we were created,
00:49:30.63\00:49:34.54
Adam and Eve, with God's law in
our heart, in our mind, right?
00:49:34.57\00:49:37.91
Those principles were there.
00:49:37.94\00:49:39.31
We were in harmony with
Him, but what happens is that,
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.51
after we fall, we are no
longer in harmony, and there's
00:49:42.54\00:49:43.95
a separation.
00:49:43.98\00:49:45.35
So, obviously, the New Covenant,
the everlasting covenant,
00:49:45.38\00:49:48.68
is about
reconciling us to God again.
00:49:48.72\00:49:51.05
How?
00:49:51.09\00:49:52.62
Because He writes His law in our
hearts and in our minds again.
00:49:52.65\00:49:55.19
And so Jesus is pointing to
not just the structure of the
00:49:55.22\00:49:57.93
sanctuary, but the person, the
mind, the character, and wanting
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to restore all that
He is, all that He has.
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So, when we look at
the sanctuary, we see these
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principles written in
our hearts and in our minds.
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We see that
through Jesus Christ.
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For example, when we look at the
altar of sacrifice, it points to
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Philippians 2:5 and 8: "Let this
mind be in you which was also in
00:50:18.08\00:50:22.38
Christ, who being in very nature
God, did not consider equality
00:50:22.42\00:50:24.92
with God something to be used
to His own advantage, but on the
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.49
contrary," it
says, what is that mind?
00:50:27.52\00:50:30.26
"He made Himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a
00:50:30.29\00:50:32.99
servant, being made
in human likeliness.
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And being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled himself by
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becoming obedient to
death, even death on the cross."
00:50:39.00\00:50:42.30
So it talks about His humility,
His service, His obedience,
00:50:42.34\00:50:47.71
His surrender
to the will of God.
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That is the
mind-set of the Son of God.
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And as we walk through the
sanctuary, we see Jesus Christ
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in every aspect, showing us
how to live in the New Covenant.
00:50:55.38\00:50:59.59
Every aspect, He's presenting to
us how God is wanting to do the
00:50:59.62\00:51:05.19
same work that He did in
Christ, He wants to do in us.
00:51:05.23\00:51:08.63
He wants to reveal
His righteousness through
00:51:08.66\00:51:10.57
you and me.
00:51:10.60\00:51:12.07
How?
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.64
Through the New Covenant
experience, Christ ministering
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.74
in the heavenly
sanctuary to--what?
00:51:15.77\00:51:17.77
To cleanse the
earthly sanctuary.
00:51:17.81\00:51:19.91
I want to
finish with this quote.
00:51:19.94\00:51:21.91
This is a fascinating quote from
the 1888 materials, chapter 12.
00:51:21.94\00:51:26.01
Look at what it says: "The human
race is accepted in the Beloved.
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His long human arms encircled
the race, while with His divine
00:51:29.82\00:51:34.49
arm, He grasps the throne
of the Infinite, and He opens
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.83
to man all of heaven.
00:51:37.86\00:51:40.16
The gates are ajar today," amen?
00:51:40.20\00:51:42.80
"Christ is in the heavenly
sanctuary and your prayers can
00:51:42.83\00:51:46.00
go up to the Father.
00:51:46.03\00:51:48.07
Christ says, 'If I go away, I
will send you the Comforter--'"
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.11
this is the New Covenant
experience-- "and when we have
00:51:51.14\00:51:54.31
the Holy Spirit
we have everything."
00:51:54.34\00:51:57.11
And look at how it closes: "Then
we must enter by faith into the
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sanctuary with Him," amen?
00:52:01.18\00:52:03.85
"We must commence the work
in the sanctuary of our souls.
00:52:03.89\00:52:07.69
We are to cleanse
ourselves from all defilement."
00:52:07.72\00:52:11.63
Woo-hoo, what a
beautiful, beautiful promise.
00:52:11.66\00:52:14.56
Christ is ministering in the
heavenly sanctuary to do--what?
00:52:14.56\00:52:17.77
To do the cleansing in this
sanctuary in our minds and in
00:52:17.80\00:52:21.44
our thoughts to restore his
character, and that's what it
00:52:21.47\00:52:24.07
says in Job's 33:26,
"He shall pray to God,
00:52:24.11\00:52:29.38
and He will delight in Him.
00:52:29.41\00:52:31.21
He shall see His face with
joy, for he restores to man
00:52:31.25\00:52:35.72
His righteousness," amen?
00:52:35.75\00:52:38.35
My loved ones, this is
the New Covenant experience in
00:52:38.39\00:52:42.39
the New Covenant sanctuary.
00:52:42.42\00:52:44.33
It's not just
looking at the old sanctuary,
00:52:44.36\00:52:46.49
"Yes, that's done away with."
00:52:46.53\00:52:47.86
We look at the heavenly
sanctuary, and we see the
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.76
heavenly, and we see the New
Covenant Christ ministering as
00:52:49.80\00:52:53.94
he does through all Book of
Revelation, and you say, "Amen,"
00:52:53.97\00:52:56.50
but what I want you to
understand and keep the focus is
00:52:56.54\00:53:00.51
that the purpose of His
ministering in the heavenly
00:53:00.54\00:53:03.11
sanctuary is to minister and
to cleanse this sanctuary, to
00:53:03.14\00:53:06.48
cleanse us from all
defilement, all selfishness, all
00:53:06.51\00:53:09.78
unrighteousness, to write
His law in our hearts and in our
00:53:09.82\00:53:13.05
minds, to prepare us to be
a temple to show the world His
00:53:13.09\00:53:18.03
glory, to show the world His
name, to show the world who God
00:53:18.06\00:53:20.93
is, that God is a wonderful,
merciful, loving God and that He
00:53:20.96\00:53:24.33
deserves--that's what
He wants to use us for.
00:53:24.37\00:53:27.00
He wants us to be a sanctuary in
the same way that the sanctuary
00:53:27.04\00:53:30.67
was in the desert, to
show all of the pagan nations,
00:53:30.71\00:53:33.54
"Look at how God
takes care of His people.
00:53:33.58\00:53:35.54
Look at how loving, how
patient, how merciful He is."
00:53:35.58\00:53:38.35
That's what God wants you and me
to be, a witness to the world of
00:53:38.38\00:53:42.15
how loving, how patient,
how merciful, how great a God we
00:53:42.18\00:53:47.02
serve, and that can only happen
if we surrender completely to
00:53:47.06\00:53:51.39
God and recognize that we have
nothing and say, "God, I want
00:53:51.43\00:53:54.03
this New Covenant experience.
00:53:54.10\00:53:55.73
I want you to write Your law in
my heart and in my mind, and I
00:53:55.76\00:53:58.47
want You to reflect
Your glory through me.
00:53:58.50\00:54:00.80
That's why God has created you.
00:54:00.84\00:54:02.67
That's why He has created us,
not to condemn us, but to reveal
00:54:02.70\00:54:05.71
His glory to the world,
His name, His character,
00:54:05.74\00:54:09.44
His righteousness.
00:54:09.48\00:54:10.98
And I don't know about
you, but I say I want to be
00:54:11.01\00:54:13.08
a sanctuary for God.
00:54:13.11\00:54:14.48
I want to be a New Covenant
sanctuary where God's glory can
00:54:14.52\00:54:17.09
be revealed and
manifested through me.
00:54:17.12\00:54:19.22
Let's have a word of prayer.
00:54:19.25\00:54:20.66
Father, we thank You for this
opportunity to come together to
00:54:20.69\00:54:23.49
spend time in Your Word, and we
just ask You, Father, that You
00:54:23.53\00:54:27.40
help us, Father,
because sometimes we're in
00:54:27.46\00:54:29.43
this Old Covenant experience.
00:54:29.46\00:54:31.47
We're not aware of it.
00:54:31.50\00:54:32.83
We're trying and trying our best
to try to do things so that we
00:54:32.87\00:54:36.44
can please You, not knowing that
there is nothing that we can do,
00:54:36.47\00:54:39.51
that we are unrighteous.
00:54:39.54\00:54:41.04
There is nothing righteous
in us, that the only way we can
00:54:41.08\00:54:43.55
live a pleasing life and live
in Your holiness is through a
00:54:43.58\00:54:47.58
complete and total surrender to
let Your Spirit do His work in
00:54:47.62\00:54:51.29
us and through us and write Your
law in our hearts and in our
00:54:51.32\00:54:53.42
minds, those
principles of righteous.
00:54:53.46\00:54:55.59
Help us, Father, every day, to
have that consistent, constant,
00:54:55.62\00:54:58.76
total surrender so that Your
will may be manifested through
00:54:58.79\00:55:02.03
us and many others may see Your
glory through us and come and
00:55:02.06\00:55:05.30
want to know You too.
00:55:05.33\00:55:06.84
We thank You, Father for this
opportunity, and we asked this
00:55:06.87\00:55:09.04
in Jesus's name, amen.
00:55:09.07\00:55:10.61
Thank you very much. God bless.
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female: I grew up
in a family that was
00:56:03.02\00:56:04.66
very saturated with God.
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We had morning worship.
00:56:06.86\00:56:08.56
We had evening worship.
00:56:08.60\00:56:10.07
We were taught from
young children to have personal
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.13
devotions each day, but for
whatever reason, I seemed to
00:56:12.17\00:56:15.84
always find myself alone.
00:56:15.87\00:56:19.37
I never really had a big group
of friends, and it always seemed
00:56:19.41\00:56:24.21
to be like friends were
just taken away from me.
00:56:24.25\00:56:27.95
You know, I prayed for friends,
and then I'd meet someone, and
00:56:27.98\00:56:30.52
then six months later, then they
moved to Washington, you know,
00:56:30.55\00:56:32.39
across the United States.
00:56:32.42\00:56:34.82
And so, finally, I was just
like, "I'm not going to pray for
00:56:34.86\00:56:37.59
any more friends because it
hurts too much to lose them."
00:56:37.63\00:56:41.50
female: But over the
next two years, as I got
00:56:45.40\00:56:47.80
closer to God, I started to
be able to be thankful for the
00:56:47.84\00:56:50.01
alone times because I was forced
in that aloneness to seek God.
00:56:50.04\00:56:57.08
That is probably what has made
me who I am and given me the
00:56:59.25\00:57:03.49
experience with
God that I have now.
00:57:03.52\00:57:07.29
The place where I
feel most comfortable is
00:57:07.32\00:57:10.09
being alone with God.
00:57:10.13\00:57:13.80
I know a lot of
people have questions
00:57:16.06\00:57:18.23
about "Where is
God when it hurts?"
00:57:18.27\00:57:20.44
"If God is such a loving
God, why is the world so bad?"
00:57:20.47\00:57:25.67
Embrace the pain,
embrace the hard times,
00:57:28.74\00:57:35.32
and let God reveal
Himself through that because He
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