Before the break, we were
walking through the sanctuary
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and discovering that
every aspect of the sanctuary
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pointed forward to Jesus Christ.
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We said that the entire
sanctuary structure itself
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typified the
incarnation of Jesus,
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we said that Jesus was the
access point into the sanctuary
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and then, as we
walked through the sanctuary,
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we came to the
Altar of Burnt Offering
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and that is where we accept
Jesus as our personal Savior,
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we can have the
assurance of eternal life
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as soon as we walk
into the sanctuary.
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The next article of furniture
that we come to is the Laver.
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This was a wash
basin and it was a...
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a place where they had...
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the priest would wash
their hands and their feet,
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so, you come into the sanctuary,
you accept Jesus as your Savior,
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and then, Jesus
leads you to the basin.
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Jesus leads you to
a place of cleansing
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so, first He covers you
and then He cleanses you
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and He does that in that order,
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you accept Him as
Savior of your life
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and then He says, "Look,
I want you to walk with me,
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I want you to journey with me"
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and He takes you to
the cleansing Laver.
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Now, if you find a baby in
town that is naked and dirty,
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and you cannot find the parents
anywhere, you're looking...
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the first thing that
you're going to do to that baby
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that is naked and
dirty is cover the baby
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and if you still can't find
a place for that baby to go,
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and the authorities are not
around for you to take them,
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you're going to take that
baby home by the grace of God
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and then you're going
to give that baby a bath.
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This metaphor typifies the
way that God deals with us.
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We are naked and
dirty because of sin...
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the first thing that
God does is cover us...
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that's salvation...
He gives us His robe
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and then He takes us to
the Laver for cleansing.
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So, the Laver...
Jesus is our cleanser
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in 1st Corinthians
chapter 6 verse 11,
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the Bible tells us,
"But you were washed,
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you were sanctified,
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you were justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and by the Spirit of our God. "
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The Laver points to the reality
that Jesus is our cleanser.
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Jesus is the
person that makes us clean
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and also keeps us clean
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and notice what
the Bible says here
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in 1st John chapter 1 verse 9,
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. "
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Now, the next article of
furniture that you come to
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is the Table of Shewbread
and that points to the reality
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that Jesus is our sustainer.
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The Bible tells us in
John chapter 6 verse 48,
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"I am the bread of life. "
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Now, when a baby is born,
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the first thing that you do
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is you get that
baby some nutrition...
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ideally milk...
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ideally mother's milk
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and we have, so many times
in the Christian experience,
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in which we celebrate
the birth of a Christian,
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a Christian being born again
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which we should
and praise God for
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but then, afterwards, we just
leave that poor baby Christian
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and put him off to the side
and give him no more nutrition
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after the baby has been born,
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here, we come into the sanctuary
we accept Jesus as our Savior
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He cleanses us
which is symbolized
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by the baptism process
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and then He
brings us to the Table...
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to the Table of Shewbread
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and Jesus said, "I
am the bread of life. "
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In other words, in the
Courtyard we become a Christian
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and in the Holy
Place, we grow as a Christian
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after we have been born again,
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both parts are important,
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it's not only
important to be born again,
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it's also important to
grow up in Jesus Christ
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and this only comes about
with Jesus as our sustainer
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and Jesus said, "I am
the bread of life... "
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and Jesus also said,
"The words I speak unto you,
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they are
Spirit, they are life. "
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In John chapter 8
verse 12 the Bible says,
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"I am the light
of the world... "
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which brings us
to the Lampstand,
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the next article of
furniture in the sanctuary,
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you can see,
right here to my right,
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here is the menorah which
was found in the sanctuary
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it was the only source of light
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in the Holy
Place of the sanctuary
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seven lamps of fire that
were burning in that compartment
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and Jesus Himself said, "I
am the light of the world. "
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Every article of furniture
is pointing to Jesus Christ,
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then we come to
the Altar of Incense
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which signifies
Jesus as our righteousness.
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Now, in the book of Revelation,
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it indicates that
the prayers of the saints
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are ascending to heaven
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and the incense typified
the prayers of God's people.
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Now, when we pray to the Father,
we don't come in our own name,
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we come because of
the name of Jesus Christ.
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We pray in the name of Jesus,
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in other words, the only reason
we can have access to the Father
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is because of the merits
and the blood of Jesus Christ
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and as we continue through
our Christian experience,
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it's very easy for us to assume
that even God working through us
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"Hey, I'm a pretty good person,
it's okay, you know, to... to...
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sometimes think that we
have some self-righteousness
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but this is really not okay
and the prayers of God's people
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must always be in
the name of Jesus.
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In other words, it is because
of the righteousness of Christ,
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that our prayers are
even acceptable to God.
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So, the Altar of
Incense points to the reality
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that Jesus is our righteousness.
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In Revelation
chapter 5 verse 8, 8 verse 3
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and Psalm 141 verse 2
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reveal the
mingling of this incense
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with the prayers of the saints
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and when we pray, we
pray in the name of Jesus.
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What does it mean to
pray in the name of Jesus?
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It means to pray
in the spirit of Jesus
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but even more than that,
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it means to pray through
the righteousness of Jesus.
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As we go through the
Christian experience,
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this idea that the
incense arising to God
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signifies the
righteousness of Christ,
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is a reminder to us
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that it doesn't matter how
long we've been a Christian,
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we could have been a
Christian for 50 years
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70 years... our whole lives
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but it doesn't matter,
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you still need to have the
righteousness of Jesus Christ
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and the Altar of
Incense, signified this reality
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that our prayers need
the righteousness of Christ.
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This is Review and
Herald, June 18, 1896,
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"It is our
privilege and our duty
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to bring the
efficacy of the name of Christ
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into our petitions
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and use the very arguments
that Christ used in our behalf.
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Our prayers will be complete...
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in complete harmony
with the will of God.
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Then it is that Christ
clothes the contrite suppliant
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with His own priestly vestments.
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And the human
petitioner approaches the altar
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holding the holy censer
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from which ascends the incense
of the fragrance of the merits
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of Christ's righteousness. "
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See, the Sanctuary
Motif is not about legalism...
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quite the contrary...
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it is all about
righteousness by faith
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and this Altar
of Incense signifies
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that as we come to Jesus
just the way that we are,
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He cleanses us and
we grow up in Christ
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that it doesn't matter
how much we may have grown
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and how far we may have come,
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still, our own righteousness
is not meritorious,
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it is only
because of the efficacy
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of the righteousness of Christ
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that our prayers
are acceptable to God.
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Going back to our
screen here, we can see
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that the sanctuary reveals
the roles of Jesus Christ.
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There are two important
entities in the sanctuary,
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one of them is the Lamb
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and the other one
is the High Priest,
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these two entities are important
for the sacrificial services
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and the annual
feasts and festivals
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of the sanctuary annual calendar
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to... to be made possible.
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The Lamb... if it is not slain
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the rest of the sanctuary
service does not take place
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but also, it was
not the sinner himself
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that brought in the
blood into the sanctuary.
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He was dependent on another
individual... his representative
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the Priest to
bring in the blood...
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provision that the
Lamb had made on his behalf
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into the sanctuary to
apply it to his account.
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We can see this in Scripture.
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In John chapter 1
verse 29, the Bible tells us,
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"Behold the Lamb of God
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who takes away the
sins of the world. "
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This is John the Baptist... in
his introduction of Jesus Christ
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he looked at Jesus...
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and this was the introduction
of Jesus to the world
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the purpose for
which John the Baptist came
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and he looked at Jesus and
said, "There is the Lamb of God
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who takes away the
sins of the world. "
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In other words, Jesus had
come not as the typical lamb
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but as the anti-typical lamb.
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In other words, all of
the sacrificial services
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that had been pointing
forward to Jesus to that point
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had been fulfilled in the
embodiment of Jesus Christ
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when He came to this
earth and died on the cross.
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If the Jews had understood this,
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they would not
have missed the Messiah.
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So, you can see that not only is
the structure of the sanctuary
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pointing to Jesus,
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but the entities that
were involved in the sanctuary
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also point to
Jesus Christ as well.
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"Behold, the Lamb of God
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who takes away the
sins of the world. "
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You see, the sanctuary
is all about Jesus Christ.
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Now we come to the other
entity in the sanctuary...
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Jesus as our High Priest
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in Hebrews
chapter 8 verse 1 and 2,
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"Now, this is the main point
of what we are saying is this:
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we do have such a high priest,
who sat down at the right hand
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of the throne of
the majesty in heaven;
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who serves in the sanctuary,
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and the true
tabernacle, set up by the Lord,
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and not by a mere human being. "
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So, here's the other entity that
points forward to Jesus Christ.
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It's not only the Lamb...
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but also, Jesus is
our High Priest in heaven.
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So, Jesus fulfills
the function of the Lamb
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but not only that,
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Jesus also fulfills the
function of the High Priest
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and the Bible tells us
that Jesus is our High Priest
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in the heavenly sanctuary
which man did not construct
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but God constructed.
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So, in review, we can see that
every element of the sanctuary
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points to Jesus Christ.
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The structure itself is
the embodiment of Jesus Christ.
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Heaven came all the way down
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so that they could
dwell with humanity
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through Jesus Christ...
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Jesus Christ is the
representative of the Godhead
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that connects heaven and earth.
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We can see that
every article of furniture
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is pointing forward
to Jesus Christ as well.
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Every Entity in the sanctuary...
the Lamb and the High Priest
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point to Jesus Christ
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and when we look
at the sanctuary,
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it's important
for us to remember
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that it's not
Jesus or the Sanctuary
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but the sanctuary
is all about Jesus.
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Sometimes we get into this idea
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that the sanctuary is
an Old Testament relic
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that passed away when
Jesus died on the cross
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but we can see
in Scripture it...
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according to Paul in
Hebrews chapter 8 verse 1 and 2,
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that the
sanctuary is very relevant
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for understanding
the work of Christ,
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past... present... and future.
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The sanctuary
helps us to understand
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the work of Jesus
Christ and what He has done...
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is doing... and will do.
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Won't you behold the Lamb today?
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Won't you accept
Him into your heart?
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You can have the
assurance of salvation today...
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right now...
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you can accept Him
as Savior of your life.
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Continue to journey with
us as we study the sanctuary,
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salvation and our Savior.
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Music...
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