Welcome back...
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before the break, we
asked ourselves the question,
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"Why would a sanctuary
or the sanctuary in heaven
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need any sort of cleansing?"
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I thought heaven
was a pure place,
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I thought heaven was a place
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which did not need any sort
of cleansing from defilement
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and we discussed this idea...
looking at the daily service
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of how the
sanctuary was accumulating
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the record of forgiven sins
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in the typical service
of the earthly sanctuary.
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Leviticus
chapter 4 verses 6 and 7,
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"The priest shall dip
his finger in the blood,
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and sprinkle some of the blood
seven times before the LORD,
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in front of the
veil of the sanctuary.
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And the priest shall
put some of the blood
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on the horns of the altar of
sweet incense before the LORD,
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which is in the
tabernacle of meeting. "
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So, here's what took place...
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when the sinner
brought in the animal...
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the lamb into the sanctuary...
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the sinner would cut
the throat of that animal
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and the priest would
take some of that blood
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and the priest would take
that blood into the Holy Place,
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he would dip his
finger into that blood
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and he would sprinkle it
before the veil of the sanctuary
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and... or put it on the
horns of the Altar of Incense.
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Now, follow me,
the whole idea of sin
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and the elimination of sin
and the eradication of sin,
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is predicated on this notion
that sin can be transferred.
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Here we see a
clear transference of sin
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from the person...
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to the lamb...
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to the blood...
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to the sanctuary.
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So, follow me, in
the annual service,
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as the sins of Israel were
being transferred from Israel...
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to the lamb...
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to the blood...
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to the sanctuary...
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and you can imagine
with over a million men
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not counting
women and children...
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all of those sins
were being recorded
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in the sanctuary.
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The record of the
forgiven sins of Israel
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were
accumulating in the sanctuary.
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Now, there's an
important point in this
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that we can't miss.
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When we ask for
forgiveness right now,
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it's not as though God
gets out His big divine eraser
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and erases that sin.
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What happens
analogically... in analogy
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which would be closer
is that every time we sin,
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that that
record of sins is there
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and when we ask for forgiveness
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more applicable in
terms of the sanctuary,
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is that that forgiven sin is
covered by the blood of Jesus.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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Now, you may say that I'm
parsing just a minutia here
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but this is an
important distinction,
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some people assume that
when I ask for forgiveness,
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it's like abracadabra...
it just disappears.
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That's not what takes place.
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In actuality, the
reason why your sins
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are able to be forgiven,
is because someone died.
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The wages of sin is death.
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It's because
someone's blood was shed...
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makes your forgiveness possible.
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Sin is not just
this... this minute thing
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that didn't require
any sort of consequences,
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sin is such a big deal with God.
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It is the
transgression of the Law of God.
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I mean, think about this,
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the only way
that God could save us
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is for Him to die to
meet the claims of the Law.
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I mean, if sin
was not a big deal,
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you just change the rules,
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have you ever
played a game like that?
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You know, you're playing along,
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you're like, "Oh, infraction...
this person made a mistake,
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don't worry, we'll
just change the rules.
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Well, God couldn't do that
because the Ten Commandments
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are a transcript
of His character.
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Think about the
implications of this.
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The Ten
Commandments are so unchangeable
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that Jesus had to die!
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Think about the
implications of that.
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I mean, Jesus' death
does not do away with the Law,
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the Ten Commandments,
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it establishes it.
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The only way that
Jesus could save us
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was to die in order to
meet the claims of the Law.
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So, when we think
about forgiveness,
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forgiveness is not cheap.
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It cost the death of
Jesus Christ Himself.
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Now, coming back to this point
and the transference of sin,
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it's not as though God
gets out His divine eraser
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and eradicates the sin,
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in reality, when we
sin, the record is there
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and when we are forgiven,
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it is covered... that
forgiveness is made possible
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because of the blood of Jesus.
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That sin is covered by the blood
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indicating the
severity of what has happened
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but also the grace of God
in Jesus Christ coming to die
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to make that
forgiveness possible.
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It is covered by the blood.
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So the record of that
forgiven sin, still remains.
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Now follow me now,
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we're going to
the typical service,
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the typical service
points to a greater reality
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of how salvation works,
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the sin is being
transferred into the sanctuary
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and moving on here,
you have the Lamb of God
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Who takes away
the sins of the world
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and this is Jesus Christ...
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the Lamb of God is Jesus
and Jesus died as my substitute.
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Jesus died as our substitute.
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Jesus died in our place
and the reality of forgiveness
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in the... the
transference of sin
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is that, it is being
transferred to the sanctuary.
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So, it goes from the
sinner... to the lamb...
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to the blood...
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to the sanctuary.
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So, over the course of the year,
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the sanctuary
was becoming polluted
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with the record of the
forgiven sins of Israel.
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Imagine what the horns
of the Altar looked like
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as it was stained
with the imprint of blood
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that accumulated over
the Jewish calendar year.
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Imagine what that
curtain looked like...
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that was sprinkled with blood
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from the lamb
that had been slain
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and once a year, in
the Jewish calendar,
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they had something
called The Day of Atonement...
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Yom Kippur
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in which the sanctuary...
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the record of the sins
of Israel was cleansed.
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Here we have it on the screen,
we have the yearly service
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and you can read about
it in Leviticus chapter 16
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because this was
the Day of Atonement.
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Maybe you've
heard of Yom Kippur.
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It took place in the fall of
the annual Jewish calendar year,
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and it was a time annually...
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it was a time of
self-reflection and judgment.
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It was a time in
which the record of sins
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were removed from the sanctuary.
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Remember the
sanctuary was accumulating
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all the sins of Israel...
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the forgiven sins...
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the record of those sins
remained in the sanctuary,
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and once a year, they
would have what they called,
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"The Day of Atonement... "
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the cleansing of the
sanctuary.. Yom Kippur...
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in which the record of
the forgiven sins of Israel
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was removed from the sanctuary
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and look at it in Leviticus
chapter 16, what the Bible says,
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Leviticus chapter 16 verse 19,
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"Then he shall
sprinkle some of the blood on it
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with his finger seven times,
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and cleanse it and consecrate it
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from the uncleanness of
the children of Israel. "
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So here there was the cleansing
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of the
tabernacle of the sanctuary.
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They went through this
ceremony on the Day of Atonement
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in which they cleansed
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the record of
forgiven sins of Israel.
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They would have two goats...
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they would cast lots...
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one goat for the Lord...
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that goat would die
representing Jesus Christ,
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and the other
goat represented Satan
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and he was led
out to the wilderness
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and he was not slain.
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There's a
distinction between the two.
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The sins were
transferred from the sanctuary
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and one goat died... indicating
Jesus Christ our substitute
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and the other goat was
led out to the wilderness
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on the Day of Atonement.
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On the Day of Atonement,
the sanctuary was cleansed
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of all of the record
of the sins of Israel
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and on this day...
this day of judgment...
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it was a time in
which the people of Israel
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would search their hearts.
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It was a time of self-awareness
and self-reflection
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because here was
the important point.
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You wanted to make
sure that all of your sins
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made it into the sanctuary.
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The provision was there...
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the lamb was there...
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the priest was there...
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and it was a time in which you
would look in your own heart...
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in your own soul and say,
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"Lord, is there
anything that I need to confess?
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Is there anything
that I need to make right?
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Is there anything
that I need to make sure
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made its way
into the sanctuary?"
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Because after the
cleansing of the sanctuary,
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after Yom Kippur
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meant that there was no
more opportunity after that.
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Now, of course in the
Jewish calendar, it rolled over
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but if they did not
make sure that all their sins
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made it into the tabernacle
as the children of Israel...
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they were cut off.
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In other words,
probation had closed.
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Now when we look at
this on the macro level
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because all of these
things pointed forward
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to a different reality,
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we can see that even as Jesus
came and died on the cross...
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even as Jesus went up
to heaven in the Holy Place
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and was a minister in the
Holy Place as our High Priest,
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that Jesus transitioned
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according to
Daniel chapter 8 verse 14,
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at the culmination of
the 2,300-Day Prophecy,
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He began the final
phase of what we would call,
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the Anti-typical Day
of Atonement in heaven
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on our behalf.
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In Daniel chapter 7, when you
follow it... the progression...
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you have the lion,
the bear, the leopard...
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terrible beast... the ten horns
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and then you have
the Little Horn Power...
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after the Little Horn Power
which went from 538 to 1798,
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sometime after
the Little Horn Power,
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in Daniel chapter
7 verses 9 and 10,
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you have a scene in heaven
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in which God sits
down for judgment.
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Now, notice the
nature of the judgment,
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when you read about it in Daniel
chapter 7 verses 9 and 10,
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is that God is
sitting down in judgment
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and the Bible indicates that
this is not a private judgment.
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This is not God in
His back room somewhere,
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God is having an open judgment.
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The Bible indicates
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that all of the
intelligent universe is there
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to look at the books.
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The Bible says the
judgment was seated
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and the books were opened.
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When you study
the book of Daniel...
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in Daniel chapter
7 verses 9 and 10...
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Daniel chapter 8 verse 14...
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it indicates that we are
living in the Day of Judgment...
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that Jesus has transitioned
His work into the final phase
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of the
anti-typical Day of Atonement
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on our behalf.
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Now, if you're like me and
you hear the word "Judgment"
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there is anxiety.
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I think to myself, "Oh,
wow, that's just overwhelming. "
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Well, the good
news of the gospel
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is that Jesus is
our Representative.
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In other words, Jesus
is our Defense Attorney
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and even though Satan
is there as the Prosecutor
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to... to rail his accusations
of unworthiness before us,
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Jesus is our Defense Attorney,
He is our Representative
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and we don't stand
there in our own merits.
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We stand there in the
merits of Jesus Christ
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so we have nothing
to fear in the judgment.
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The good news also is not only
is Jesus our Defense Attorney,
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but God is also our judge
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and according to Daniel, He
rules in favor of the saints.
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Friends, as we
look at the judgment,
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which is taking place right
now in the sanctuary above,
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we can claim Jesus
and His righteousness.
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We can rest in the assurance
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that Jesus
covers us with His robe.
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We can in the assurance
that it is His righteousness
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now our own and we
have nothing to fear
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in the judgment.
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Well, Friends, we've
come to the last installment
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in this Series,
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but I pray that your
journey will continue.
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May you continue to
study the sanctuary...
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our Savior and salvation.
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May you continue to walk
with our Lord Jesus Christ.
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May God help us and restore us.
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