Before the break, we referenced
Exodus chapter 25 verse 8
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where the Bible says that
Moses was given a blueprint
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of the sanctuary and
it was to be a pattern
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implied that
there was an original
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that preexisted
the time of Moses.
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Now, let's come
over to this screen
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and take a look at the sanctuary
from a bird's eye view,
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this is the pattern that Moses
was given on Mount Sinai...
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there are three
different compartments,
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you have the Courtyard
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and then you have the Holy Place
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and then you have
the Most Holy Place.
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In the Courtyard, you
have two articles of furniture,
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you have the
Altar of Burnt Offering
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and the Laver.
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In the Holy Place,
you have the Lampstand
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which is illustrated by
this LED to my right here,
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this is the
Menorah... the candlesticks...
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seven lamps of fire were
seen in the Book of Revelation
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that were
burning before the throne
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and here we see
a replica of that.
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In the bird's eye
view of the sanctuary,
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you have the Altar of Incense
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which was also seen in
the book of Revelation,
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and then the Table
of Shewbread as well.
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Last but not least, you
have the Most Holy Place
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where the
Shekinah Glory of God was
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and on the screen behind me
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is a LED of the
Shekinah Glory of God
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you see two wings
on either side of this
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and this
represented the cherubims
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which were hovering
over the Throne Room of God.
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So, you have the Courtyard,
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you have the Holy Place,
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and then you have
the Most Holy Place
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with the Ark of the Covenant.
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Now, one of the
questions that people have asked
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is, "Did God's
sanctuary exist before sin?"
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In Ezekiel chapter 28
verse 14, the Bible says,
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"You were the
anointed cherub who covers;
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I established you;
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you were on the
holy mountain of God. "
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Now, this passage
is referring to Lucifer
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and Lucifer later
became the devil and Satan
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but prior to sin
arising in the heart of Lucifer,
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the Bible says in
the book of Ezekiel
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that Lucifer's role
was a covering cherub.
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Now, the other place where
the covering cherub is mentioned
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is in reference to
the Throne Room of God
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and the Ark of the
Covenant which is a replica
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of the Throne Room of God
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and there are two cherubim's
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that are covering
the Shekinah Glory of God
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as depicted in the
Ark of the Covenant.
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Now, what Ezekiel is
referring to here and implies
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is that this... a model
of the Ark of the Testament
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and the Throne Room of God
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and by implication
the sanctuary preexisted
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the... the inception of sin,
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in other words,
Lucifer was there
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as one of the covering cherubs
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that stood closest to
the Shekinah Glory of God.
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This implies that the sanctuary
and the Throne Room of God
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was there even before sin.
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Let's go on, in
Isaiah chapter 14 verse 13,
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the Bible here
refers to Lucifer again
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but here it says,
"I will sit enthroned
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on the Mount of the Assembly. "
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Lucifer not only
wanted to be like God,
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he wanted to be God
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and he says, "Look, I
want to sit on the Mount
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of the Assembly.
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Now, this concept of
the Mount of the Assembly
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implies that the Throne Room
of God... the House of God...
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the Sanctuary of God...
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was a place of what we would
call, "Adoration and Praise"
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otherwise known as Doxology,
it was a place of worship
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where all the intelligent
beings of the universe...
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created beings...
angels... would gather together
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to worship and adore
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and give
doxology... which is praise
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to the Creator of the universe.
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So, theologians believe that
the function of the sanctuary
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prior to sin was of doxology.
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It was a place of worship.
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It was a place where
all the intelligent beings
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in the universe
would gather together
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to worship
before the King of kings
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and the Lord of lords.
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There are other
clues in the Bible,
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here in Ezekiel
chapter 28 verse 13,
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the Bible says, "The workmanship
of your timbrels and pipes... "
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and interestingly
enough timbrels and pipes
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were sanctuary instruments.
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So, there are clues
in Scripture indicating
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that God's house, prior to sin,
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took on the role of
doxology and worship
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and after sin, the house of God
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took on
additional responsibilities
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in the plan of salvation.
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Now, this tells
you how important
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saving you and me really is.
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It is so
important that God brought
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the activities of the plan
of salvation into His home...
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the Command Center
of the entire universe.
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Going back to
our first reference,
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in Psalm 27... what did God
call David to do in His temple?
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In Psalm 27 verse 8
which is at the high point
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of the structure of Psalm 27,
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He says, "When You
said, 'seek my face,'
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my heart said to You,
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"Your face,
Lord, I will seek. "'"
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Remember what
David said in Psalm 27?
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He says, "If I have one desire,
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I want to dwell in the
house of the Lord forever. "
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He says, "I want to
inquire in Your temple,
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I want to see Your beauty. "
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But here, he says that
God's call to us... in His house
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is to seek God's face.
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Now, remember,
Adam and Eve before sin
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were able to have a face-to-face
encounter with God...
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a conversation...
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a face-to-face encounter
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in which they could
look into the eyes of God
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and have a communion...
a conversation with God
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that... that we
can't even imagine today
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because of sin.
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Now, the sanctuary shows
us the telos or the end-goal
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of what God is intending to
do in the plan of salvation.
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He wants to bring
us all the way back
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to that
face-to-face encounter with Him.
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Now, this is what we referenced
in regards to Eden before sin...
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here it is in
Genesis chapter 3 verse 8,
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God was walking in the
garden in the cool of the day.
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God had a
face-to-face communion...
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conversation with Adam and Eve.
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The Bible is implying that
every day God would come down
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and walk in the
Garden in the evening
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to have this
conversation with Adam and Eve.
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I wonder what that
would have been like
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to have a conversation
with God every single day
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and God says...
the sanctuary motif...
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the sanctuary goal is
for God to bring us back.
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We lost that
relationship with God
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and He wants to bring us back.
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Now, you can see
immediately after the fall
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that this
face-to-face encounter with God
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was no longer possible
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because we see in
Exodus chapter 33 verse 20,
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when Moses went up
to see God, he says,
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"Look, I want
to see Your face...
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I want to see the face of God"
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but God said in
Exodus chapter 33 verse 20,
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"But He said,
'You cannot see my face
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for no one may see
My face and live. '"
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Now, notice the change,
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now the Bible indicates
that Moses was a righteous man
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but immediately after sin,
this face-to-face encounter
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was no longer possible
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not because God
had restricted it
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because He no longer wants
to have a relationship with us,
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but the Bible indicates
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that sin changed our
relationship with God
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so that we could not longer
have this face-to-face encounter
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with Him anymore.
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We can see another instance
in 1st Samuel chapter 6 verse 20
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and the people of
Bethshemesh asked,
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'Who can stand in
the presence of the Lord?
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This holy God to whom will
the ark go up from here. '"
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You remember the
story? The Ark of the Covenant
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went into a town and the people
of Israel uncovered the Ark
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and many people died
and notice what they said,
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they said, "Who can stand
in the presence of a holy God?"
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Because of our sin, we are
unable to have a relationship...
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a face-to-face
relationship with God anymore
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and here is the condition
for seeing God face to face
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found in Hebrews
chapter 12 and verse 14.
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"Without holiness, no
one will see the Lord. "
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God wants to have a
face-to-face encounter with us.
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He wants to have that
intimate conversation with us
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and we're told that
conversation is relationship
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but the
criteria... the condition
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for having this
face-to-face encounter with God
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is holiness.
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Now, I don't know about
you but when I hear this
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it's
overwhelming... there's anxiety
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because I see myself
and I'm anything but holy
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but when we look
at the sanctuary,
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we see the beauty
of what God wants to do
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in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 14,
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He says, "I am the
Lord who makes you holy. "
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In other words, we don't
have to make ourselves holy,
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the beauty of the
sanctuary experience
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is that really... it
is God Who makes us holy
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and we can rest
in that assurance.
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Here we see the bird's eye
view of the heavenly sanctuary
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this is a model of
the heavenly sanctuary...
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the model that Moses
was given on Mount Sinai
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and we can see that Adam and
Eve back in Edenic perfection
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had a
Most-Holy-Place experience.
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They were to have that
face-to-face communion with God
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but because of sin
the entire human race
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was placed outside of the gate
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and what God wants to
do in the sanctuary model
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is to bring us
into the courtyard...
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into the Holy Place
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and finally, into the
Most-Holy-Place experience
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to that
face-to-face encounter with God.
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The problem is sin
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and the sanctuary shows
us how God takes care of sin
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and how God makes us holy...
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the sanctuary is
the model of salvation
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how God will bring us back
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and here in the
book of Revelation...
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Revelation chapter
22 verse 5, you can see
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that God has
restored Edenic perfection
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not only in the
place but in the person.
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Revelation chapter 22
verse 4, the Bible says,
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"And they will see... "
and notice the language here,
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"And they will see His
face" just like Adam and Eve
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were able to
see the face of God.
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We will be able to
see the face of God
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when the heavens
and earth are created
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"They will see His face,
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and His name shall
be on their foreheads. "
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What is on the forehead?
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This is not a literal
name like Yaweh or Jehovah
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that is placed on the foreheads
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of God's redeemed
and restored people.
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On the forehead,
the pre-frontal cortex
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is our conscience
and our character.
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In other words, God will
recreate the image of God in man
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in other words,
He will make us holy
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and because He
has done this work,
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we will be able to
see the face of God.
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We come to our last text,
Revelation chapter 21 verse 3,
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"Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with man
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and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people.
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And God Himself will be
with them and be their God. "
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Here we see that David's request
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to live in the
house of the Lord forever
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will come to actualization...
it will be a reality
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because the Bible tells
us that the temple of God...
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the New Jerusalem
will come down to earth
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and we will live in
the house of God forever.
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Some people have said,
"Didn't John see no temple?"
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Well, when you
look at the dimensions
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of the Most Holy
Place, it is a perfect square.
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The New Jerusalem is
also a perfect square.
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In other words,
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the reason why John was
not able to see a temple
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is because the New
Jerusalem is the temple.
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God has completed
the plan of salvation
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in bringing man
all the way back...
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Eden lost... Eden restored...
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and my appeal to you today
is to allow God to do His work
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to bring you
into the Courtyard...
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into the Holy Place
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and into the Most Holy Place
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so that we could have again
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that face-to-face
encounter with God.
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I want to encourage you
to walk with Jesus Christ.
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Stay tuned for our next
installment of this Study
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as we study the sanctuary,
salvation and our Savior.
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May God bless you
and keep you to that end.
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Music...
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