Welcome back...
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before the break, we
noted that in Scripture
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the Bible points out
that when Adam and Eve sinned,
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they had an immediate
sense of their nakedness.
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What was their response?
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They attempted to cover
themselves in fig leaves
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this sense of nakedness
and shame was immediately there
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and they went around and
they found these fig leaves,
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I don't know how they did it...
it must have been very difficult
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and they covered themselves
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and God's response to
their nakedness was immediate,
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the Bible indicates that they
were given these coats of skin
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to cover their nakedness.
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Now, any time you
make coats of skin
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this implies that there
was an animal that had to die
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in order for the
skins to be provided.
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So, God covers their nakedness
but there's an implied sacrifice
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right there at the beginning.
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And scholars and
theologians believe
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that this is the first place
that the sacrificial service
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was instituted...
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because the very coats of skin,
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the very coverings that Adam
and Eve wore out of the garden
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were provided by
the death of an animal
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and I believe that it was a lamb
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that was providing that covering
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and that covering represented
the robe of righteousness...
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the robe of
Christ's righteousness
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that covers us
and covers our shame.
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Now, you'll notice
what the Bible says
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in Genesis chapter 3 verse
24, God placed on the east side
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of the garden of Eden
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cherubim's and a flaming
sword flashing back and forth.
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Notice that the Bible says
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that as Adam and Eve were led
outside of the Garden of Eden,
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that the Garden
of Eden... the gate
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or the entrance
to the Garden of Eden
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was on the east side.
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Now, you notice, in our bird's
eye view of the Mosaic Sanctuary
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that we've been
referencing this entire time
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that the east side is exactly
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where the entrance
to the sanctuary was,
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and here you have
the entrance to Eden
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also being on the east side
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and here you have
other sanctuary imagery
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that's coming in...
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Cherubim... and the flaming
sword flashing back and forth
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and scholars have also
noted that this flaming sword...
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this glory is typified
by the Shekinah Glory of God
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typified also in
the Ark of the Covenant
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where you have
cherubim covering and hovering
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over the glory of God,
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this is sanctuary language
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and there are on the
east side of the Garden,
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is this gate that is there,
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now, this is from the book,
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"Patriarchs and
Prophet" page 62,
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"At the cherubim-guarded
gate of Paradise
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the divine glory was revealed.
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Hither came Adam and
his sons to worship God.
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At the cherubim-guarded
gate of Paradise
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the glory of God was revealed
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and hither came
the first worshipers. "
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When you read the Bible,
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you can see that this
was the place of worship
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that is implied by Scripture.
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Even when Cain and Abel
came to offer their sacrifices,
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according to
Patriarchs and Prophets,
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this was the place that
Adam and Eve and his descendants
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would come to worship God.
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The entrance to
the Garden of Eden.
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Now, remember that
we've noted that the sanctuary
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is about how God wants
to bring us back to Eden.
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God wants to bring us all the
way back into the Courtyard...
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into the Holy Place...
into the Most Holy Place...
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and this was the place
that the first worshipers
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came to worship
back after the fall.
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Patriarchs and Prophets goes on,
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"Here their altars were reared,
and their offerings presented.
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It was here that Cain and Abel
had brought their sacrifices
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and God had condescended
to communicate with them. "
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Patriarchs and Prophets here is
using sanctuary language again
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to describe the interaction of
Adam and Eve and his descendants
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before the flood, when the
garden gate was still there.
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Here is a picture of
Cain and Abel worshipping
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and worship is going to
be a central issue again
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in the end of time
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and notice that
Cain brought a lamb...
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I should say Abel brought a lamb
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while Cain brought fruit.
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The sacrificial service
did not originate with Moses.
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It originated back in Eden...
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all of these sacrificial
services and the lamb dying
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pointed forward to Jesus Christ.
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Now, when Cain and
Abel were worshiping there,
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there was a conflict that arose,
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there was true worship and
there was also false worship.
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True worshipers brought the lamb
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and here Cain did
not bring a lamb...
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he brought his
own offering to God
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and there was a
conflict that arose
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and Cain killed Abel.
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After Cain kills
Abel, God comes down
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to have a conversation with Cain
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and notice what God says to
Cain after he has killed Abel.
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In Genesis chapter 4
verse 17, the Bible says,
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"If you do well, will not
your countenance be lifted up
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and if you do not do well,
sin is crouching at the door. "
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Now, when I
first read this text,
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I thought that
sin metaphorically
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was crouching at the door.
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Ah... I could not
understand how sin could crouch
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but I thought maybe
this was a metaphor.
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Later on, Bible
scholars have discovered
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that this term "sin"
can also be in the Hebrew
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interpreted as sin offering
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and I've come to the conclusion
as has other Bible scholars
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like Richard Davidson who
is Old Testament Professor
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at Andrews Theological Seminary,
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has come to the conclusion
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that this should
actually be "sin offering. "
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Now, let's read it again because
it makes a lot more sense,
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"If you do well, will not
your countenance be lifted up
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and if you do not do well,
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a sin offering is
crouching at the door. "
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Now, this is a
quotation from Richard Davidson,
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he says, "Recent
studies of this verse,
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provide evidence
from the original Hebrew
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that the word "Hatat"
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which can either mean
"sin" or "sin offering"
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should better be
translated as "sin offering"
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and not "sin" in this verse
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and the word
"Pethach"... door opening.
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Now, let's read
the verse again...
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before we do that, let's
go back to this quote here
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the reference to the
cherubim door gate of Paradise
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where sinful human beings
were to bring their sacrifices
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paralleling the
numerous uses of Pethach
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in the Torah over 40 times
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describing the
door of the tabernacle.
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According to Bible scholars,
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this reference...
in Genesis chapter 4,
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where it says a sin offering
is crouching at the door...
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what crouches?
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It's an animal that crouches.
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So, here God is saying
that if you do not do well,
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there is a
sacrifice that is at the door.
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In other words,
God is being redemptive
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in His approach to Cain.
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"If you do not do
well, there is a provision,
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there is a sacrifice...
there is a Savior... "
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Genesis chapter 4 verse 7,
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reading it again with
the term "sin offering"
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"If you do well, will not
your countenance be lifted up?
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and if you do not do well,
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a sin offering is
crouching at the door to Eden. "
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The provision of salvation...
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the provision of a sin offering
was being offered to Cain
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even though he
had just killed Abel.
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Now, let's go to
the sanctuary model...
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this is a bird's eye
view of Moses' tabernacle
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and you can see, as
you come to the door
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of the Altar of Burnt Offering,
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that is where a
sin offering was made.
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In other words, not
only is this a model
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of the heavenly sanctuary,
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but Bible scholars believe that
Eden and the entrance to Eden
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was the first sanctuary.
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It was the place where
they brought their offerings
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and Cain was told,
"A sin offering is there
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at the door. "
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In Isaiah chapter 61
verse 10, the Bible says,
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"I will greatly
rejoice in the Lord,
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my soul shall be
joyful in my God;
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for He hath clothed me
with the garments of salvation,
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He has covered me with
the robe of righteousness. "
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We all need a covering.
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We may not be physically
naked like Adam and Eve,
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but the Bible
tells us in Revelation,
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that all of us
are spiritually naked.
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We are in need of
covering by Jesus Christ
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and the first
thing that God does,
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is He covers us with His robe
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just like Adam and Eve
back in Edenic perfection
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they noticed their nakedness,
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they covered
themselves with fig leaves
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and God says, "No,
that is not sufficient
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and there has to be an animal
that dies typifying Jesus Christ
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in order to
provide that covering.
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Jesus covers us with
His robe of righteousness.
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Now, we are not to
cover our own sins.
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The Bible tells that
he who covers his own sins
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will not prosper... "
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but God is the
One Who only can cover
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and when we come to
Jesus, just the way that we are
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we can receive that
covering and that cleansing.
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In the Courtyard we
experience that justification.
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Now, in the book of
Matthew, there's a story
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of Jesus coming down
from the greatest sermon
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that He ever preached
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and as He comes
down from the mountain,
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the Bible tells us that a
leper came out to meet Jesus.
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Now, imagine this
in your mind's eye,
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a leper who has this contagious
disease is coming to Jesus
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and you can imagine as
this crowd is following Jesus,
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they part like the sea
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and there, according
to the gospel of Matthew,
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there in front of Jesus,
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is the leper and Jesus...
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no one else is around...
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and the man says,
according to Matthew chapter 8,
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"If you can... "
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or "If Thou wilt... "
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Thou canst make me clean. "
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He's asking for cleansing.
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What is Jesus going to do?
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And notice
according to the gospels,
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the first thing that Jesus does
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is, He reaches out
His hand and touches him.
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That touch meant
a lot to that leper.
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He probably had not
been touched by a human being
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that was clean...
who knows how long
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and Jesus reached out
His hand and touched him.
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In other words,
Jesus did not say,
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"Oh, you're clean...
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and then I will touch you. "
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Jesus said, "I
will touch you... "
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in other words,
that implied acceptance.
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That was a form of acceptance...
a symbol of acceptance
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just like Jesus covers
us and then He cleanses us,
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He doesn't cleanse
us and then cover us,
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He accepts us...
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He covers us and
then He cleanses...
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and then the Bible says
that Jesus said to the leper,
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"I will... be thou clean. "
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There's an
important lesson for us
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that Jesus loves
to have us come to Him
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just the way that we are.
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He accepts us just
the way that we are
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but He loves us too much
to leave us in that condition,
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and sometimes we assume
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that God is this
vindictive individual
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that says, "Look, I'm going to
accept you after I cleanse you"
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but here we see the way
that Jesus relates to the leper,
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is the same way that
Jesus relates to you and I.
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Won't you come to Him
today just like that leper?
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Won't you come to Him and say,
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"Lord, make me clean... "
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and Jesus will encircle
you in the arms of His love.
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Jesus will accept you...
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Jesus will cleanse you...
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won't you make Him the
Savior of your life today?
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Join us again as we study
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the sanctuary,
salvation and our Savior.
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