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00:01 The Bible tells us,
00:02 "In the beginning was the Word, 00:04 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 00:07 It says to, "Receive with meekness 00:10 the implanted Word, 00:11 which is able to save your souls 00:13 and to be diligent to present yourself 00:16 approved to God, 00:17 rightly dividing the Word of truth." 00:20 Join us now for the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:25 Our study today is Preparation 00:28 for the End Time. 00:31 Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn, and we welcome you 00:33 to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:36 It is so exciting for each of us 00:39 on this panel to have the time to take 00:41 just a single day and kind of, 00:43 you know, if you just read 00:46 this through your Sabbath school lesson 00:48 for the week, you kind of get your toes wet, 00:51 but we kind of try to study and go all the way, 00:54 we're at waist-deep, and then we try to back it out, 00:56 don't we, CA. 00:58 Try to back it out 00:59 so that we're at least knee deep 01:00 when we each give our study for the day. 01:04 And we're learning from one another, 01:05 and we hope 01:07 that you are enjoying this as well. 01:10 We are talking today about Christ 01:13 in the heavenly sanctuary. 01:15 This is coming from our second quarterly, 01:18 which is Preparation for the End Time. 01:22 If you don't have a quarterly, 01:24 you can go 01:26 to ABSG.Adventist.org 01:31 and download a quarterly or better yet, 01:36 go to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church. 01:38 They'll be happy 01:40 not only to give you a quarterly 01:41 but to invite you to study with them. 01:45 I mean, this is wonderful. 01:47 I am excited about this lesson, 01:50 Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. 01:52 But before we begin, I want to introduce our panel, 01:56 next to me, my dear, 01:58 precious friend Mollie Sue Steenson. 02:00 And, Mollie, we're very thankful 02:01 to have you here. 02:04 You used to be the general manager, 02:06 almost said it again, 02:07 but you're still a vice-president of 3ABN, 02:09 and then we have Greg Morikone, 02:10 who is vice president and production manager. 02:14 Good to be here. 02:15 Wonderful to have you, Greg, and next to him, 02:17 his lovely wife, Jill Morikone, who is our new general manager, 02:22 very thankful. 02:23 And then we have 02:24 the illustrious and articulate CA Murray with us, 02:29 Pastor CA Murray, 02:31 who is the general manager of the Proclaim channel. 02:35 I'm going to ask Greg, yeah, 02:37 we don't get to have you on here very often, 02:39 but would you please open with prayer. 02:41 Sure, yeah, let's pray. 02:42 Father in heaven, Lord, 02:44 we again thank You for the opportunity 02:46 of opening Your Word. 02:47 And, Lord, as we study the Sabbath school lesson 02:50 for this week, we just pray for Your Holy Spirit 02:52 to impress upon our minds the things 02:55 that we need to take to heart. 02:57 And, Lord, we thank You that You never leave us 03:01 nor forsake us, and, Lord, 03:03 that Your Word is powerful and quick, 03:05 and, Lord, that it'll do something in our lives 03:07 if we allow the Holy Spirit to dwell there. 03:10 So, Lord, we just thank You again 03:11 for the opportunity we have here as this panel 03:13 but those at home 03:15 have opened your holy scriptures, 03:16 and in Jesus' name, we pray. 03:18 Amen. Amen. 03:19 Amen and amen. Thank you, Greg. 03:20 But we hope that you at home have your Bible with you 03:24 and something to take notes on. 03:27 What we're going to be talking about is, 03:30 I said, this is lesson five, 03:32 Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. 03:35 And we're going to explore 03:37 what is Christ doing in the heavenly sanctuary? 03:40 Why is it so important that we understand 03:44 what He's doing in these last days 03:46 because after Christ completed His work here on earth, 03:52 as our sacrifice He went to the heavenly sanctuary 03:57 to minister as our high priest. 04:00 I want to read two scriptures that are on Sabbath's lesson, 04:04 Hebrews 10:12, it says, "This man," 04:07 speaking of Christ, Jesus, 04:09 "after he'd offered 04:11 one sacrifice for sins forever." 04:14 Once for all, no more sacrifices. 04:16 That's right. 04:17 "He sat down at the right hand of God." 04:19 In Hebrews 6:20, it says, 04:21 "Where the forerunner has entered for us 04:25 even Jesus having become 04:29 our high priest forever 04:31 according to the order of Melchizedek." 04:34 So His intercessory work in the heavenly sanctuary 04:39 is crucial for us in preparation 04:43 for the end time. 04:44 Let's read our memory text together. 04:47 This is Philippians 2:9-10, 04:51 coming from the NIV version, 04:55 and it reads, 04:57 "God exalted Him to the highest place 05:00 and gave Him the name that is above every name, 05:04 that at the name of Jesus 05:07 every knee should bow in heaven and on earth 05:11 and under the earth." 05:13 I want to read something from the Great Controversy. 05:16 A wonderful book, if you haven't read that book, 05:19 I highly encourage you to get a copy 05:21 of the Great Controversy by E.G. White. 05:24 I know so many people 05:26 who have become Christians and Adventist Christians 05:31 because of reading that book. 05:32 But I'm gonna read 05:34 from page 488, and it says this, 05:39 "The subject of the sanctuary in the investigative judgment 05:42 should be clearly understood by the people of God. 05:45 All need a knowledge for themselves of the position 05:48 and work of their great High Priest. 05:50 Otherwise it will be impossible for them to exercise the faith 05:54 which is essential at this time or to occupy the position 05:58 which God designs them to fill." 06:01 So Sunday's lesson, 06:03 we are studying the supreme sacrifice of Jesus, 06:07 and the lesson asks the question, 06:09 "Why did God send His Son into the world?" 06:11 Well, I started thinking about that, 06:13 and I'm going to give you a number of things 06:14 that I thought of that... 06:16 I won't give you all the scripture references, 06:19 but we know that God sent His son 06:21 into the world 06:23 while we were still sinners as a demonstration of His love. 06:26 Jesus came into the world to be a light in darkness, 06:31 to give us the truth, 06:33 to reveal the true nature of God, 06:36 to be a light to the world, preach the kingdom of God, 06:41 the good news of salvation by grace, 06:44 to call sinners to repentance, and to destroy evil, 06:48 the Bible says. He came to seek and save 06:51 the lost sinners by giving His life as a ransom, 06:55 and He came to give us abundant life right now 06:59 and the promise of eternal life forever. 07:02 So let's look at Romans 8:3, 07:05 we're talking again about Christ 07:07 as our supreme sacrifice. 07:10 In Romans 8:3, this is what Paul writes, 07:13 "For what the law could not do in that 07:16 it was weak through the flesh, 07:18 God did by sending His own Son 07:22 in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin. 07:27 He condemned sin in the flesh." 07:31 The law was holy, the law was good, Paul said. 07:35 It revealed our transgressions, 07:38 it revealed the righteousness of God, 07:41 but our flesh is weak, and there is absolutely no way 07:45 that you or I could render perfect obedience 07:48 to the law of God. 07:50 The law did not have the power to justify... 07:53 In fact, the law called for animal sacrifices 07:56 and when you think about this, you know, it showed us 08:00 that it was going to take a substitutionary sacrifice 08:03 to pay for our sins, 08:05 but the Bible says in Hebrews 10:4, 08:08 "That the animal blood could not remove sin." 08:12 The sacrifice merely pointed to Jesus Christ 08:16 who paid the penalty for all of our sins. 08:19 So God so loved the world, He sent His Son 08:22 in the likeness of sinful flesh. 08:26 When you think about it, His divinity was veiled 08:30 by His humanity at the incarnation. 08:34 He came to be a sin offering, 08:36 but He Himself was sinless. 08:40 He walked in perfect obedience 08:44 so that He could offer Himself as a sacrifice, 08:46 so let's look at 2 Corinthians 5:21. 08:52 2 Corinthians 5:21, "For He made Him 08:55 who knew no sin to be sin for us..." 09:00 because our sins were placed upon Christ, the sinless one. 09:04 And then it says why He did this, 09:08 "That we might become 09:10 the righteousness of God in Him." 09:15 There's an exchange here, this reconciliation 09:18 that Christ took our sins upon Him, 09:22 and then He credited 09:24 or imputed His righteousness to us. 09:26 Hallelujah! 09:28 And let's look at the Old Testament, 09:29 Isaiah 53:10. Isaiah 53:10. 09:34 This is such an amazing scripture, 09:37 Isaiah 53:10, 09:41 "Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him..." 09:44 This is speaking 09:47 of the suffering servant of God, the Messiah. 09:52 "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him. 09:55 He has put Him to grief. 09:57 When You," 09:59 talking about God, "make His soul," 10:03 talking about Christ, "an offering for sin, 10:06 He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, 10:10 And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand." 10:15 You know, the oath when we think about it, 10:21 the law demanded Christ's death, didn't it? 10:27 The law demanded His death. 10:29 And throughout His humiliation, both in... 10:32 And I'm talking about His humiliation 10:34 not just on the cross, 10:36 but His humiliation in giving up His glory 10:39 and just coming and taking on our flesh, 10:41 throughout His humiliation in life and in death, 10:46 Christ remained faithful, and He became our sin offering, 10:51 a perfect final substitutionary sacrifice, 10:55 and it was the final sacrifice, 10:57 bringing all other sacrifices to the end. 11:00 He condemned sin in the flesh, 11:03 He broke the power of sin at the cross. 11:07 So let's look at 1 Timothy 1:17, 11:11 why did God... 11:15 Why did Christ have to become 11:19 a human being? 11:21 Why couldn't He have just shown up and said, 11:24 "Here I am, tada"? 11:25 Listen... 11:27 'Cause, well, first of all, 11:28 we had to have a substitute that died for us. 11:30 1 Timothy 1:17 says this, 11:33 "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 11:39 to God who alone is wise, 11:41 be honor and glory forever and ever." 11:44 So we see that God is eternal, immortal, and invisible, 11:48 but now let's turn over to 1 Timothy 6:16, 11:53 this explains 11:55 why Christ had to be incarnated. 11:58 He came to walk in our own shoes, 12:02 yes, to be an example to us, 12:04 yes, to experience everything that we'd been through 12:07 so that He could be a faithful high priest, 12:10 but 1 Timothy 6:16, speaking of God says, 12:14 "who alone has immortality," 12:19 only God is immortal at this time, 12:22 "dwelling in unapproachable light, 12:26 whom no man has seen or can see, 12:30 to him be honor and everlasting power." 12:35 Now before I make my points, 12:36 I want to read one more scripture, 12:37 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, 12:41 it says, "Behold, I tell you a mystery, 12:43 we shall not all sleep, 12:44 but we shall all be changed in a moment, 12:46 in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 12:49 For the trumpet will sound, 12:51 and the dead will be raised incorruptible, 12:54 and we shall be changed..." 12:56 When? 12:58 At the trumpet, the last trumpet, 13:00 so this is when Christ returns. 13:03 "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 13:05 and this mortal must put on immortality." 13:11 See, only God can grant immortality to us, 13:16 but as God, 13:19 if Christ had not taken on the flesh, 13:21 He couldn't have died. 13:23 He couldn't have died for us, so He had to come as a mortal, 13:29 become a mortal being, taking on our flesh, 13:33 taking on our immortality, 13:35 so that he could die as our substitute. 13:38 And our quarterly says this, 13:40 "Though divine in though in nature God, 13:43 Jesus took on human likeness, humbled Himself 13:46 by becoming obedient to death on the cross 13:50 and in a way known only to God." 13:53 It says, "The divinity of Christ 13:54 did not die when Jesus died on the cross, 13:57 but in some way, beyond human comprehension, 14:00 the divinity of Jesus was quiescent 14:03 during the nine months in the womb 14:05 and in the days of the tomb 14:07 and Jesus never used it to aid His humanity 14:10 during His life in ministry here." 14:12 The point is this, Jesus was born to die. 14:17 He was born to die for me, He was born to die for you, 14:21 and if you will accept His supreme sacrifice, 14:25 you will be saved. 14:27 Amen. Wow. 14:28 Beautiful, Shelley. Praise the Lord. 14:30 Thank you so much, you know, 14:31 in looking at Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, 14:37 and today, I've got Monday, and I look at the Lamb of God, 14:40 and you're talking about the supreme sacrifice. 14:44 Now, when you look at... 14:46 When you hear the Lamb of God, 14:50 that is sanctuary talk, is it not? 14:52 Oh, yes, He sure is. Yes, it is. 14:55 And I'm looking at... 14:57 We're looking at the heavenly sanctuary, 15:00 now was there a earthly sanctuary? 15:02 Yes. 15:03 What happened every year down at Shiloh, 15:07 that was the sanctuary on the earth at Shiloh, 15:12 every year at the same time, they took a lamb. 15:17 What was applied to that lamb? 15:20 Well, that lamb took on figuratively 15:25 all the sins of the nation, did it not? 15:28 Yes. And they took that lamb. 15:32 It was a spotless lamb, 15:34 a lamb without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. 15:37 Shelley, just as you described our divine, 15:40 our supreme sacrifice. 15:42 They put that lamb on the altar, 15:45 and they took a dagger and they plunged that dagger 15:49 through his heart. 15:50 Now that was in the natural... 15:53 That was in the natural sanctuary, 15:55 here on this earth, down at Shiloh, 15:59 and all again, what was the purpose of that lamb? 16:03 All of the sins of the nation were applied to that lamb 16:06 once a year, 16:08 but what had to happen the next year? 16:11 Had to do the same thing over again. 16:14 Well, and on Monday, we look at the Lamb of God. 16:20 Now remember, and it's John 1:29, 16:25 John the Baptist addresses Jesus 16:29 as Jesus was approaching him 16:32 in the wilderness at Bethabara, 16:35 did I say that word correctly, Bethabara? 16:37 Sounds good to me. 16:39 That was beyond the Jordan, what was John doing there? 16:42 He was baptizing, and so here comes Jesus. 16:47 Now Jesus was John's cousin, 16:50 but I believe that John received 16:53 this by divine revelation 16:55 because I doubt 16:57 that at the last family reunion, 17:00 John and Jesus got together and said, 17:02 "Do you know what? 17:04 I think I'm the Lamb of God," and John said, 17:06 "Do you know what, I think you're the..." 17:07 No, I think this was by divine revelation. 17:09 Yes. Yes. 17:11 But here what John says, John 1:29, 17:14 "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, 17:19 and said, " what? 17:21 "Behold! 17:22 The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" 17:27 Now when John called Jesus, the Lamb of God, 17:32 he was making reference to sanctuary, 17:37 he was making reference to Jesus, 17:42 purpose for being here on the earth as you said, 17:45 Jesus born to die, born of a woman to die, 17:49 resurrected from the dead to live forever 17:53 as the King of kings and Lord of lords, 17:55 just to take that thought further. 17:57 Even more directly, 17:58 He was making reference to Christ's death for sin, 18:03 the ultimate culmination of all the sacrificial animals. 18:07 How long had they been sacrificing an animal? 18:11 Ever since God instituted 18:15 the feast of Passover 18:18 had they been sacrificing. 18:21 Even before. 18:22 That was the beginning of that sacrificial system. 18:27 The ultimate common culmination of all of those sacrifices 18:31 of that had ever been slain or sacrificed sin throughout 18:36 Hebrew sanctuary ritual history. 18:39 Okay, did you have a thought that you had on that? 18:41 Well, just... 18:43 I was just going to add that actually that's when 18:45 the sanctuary sacrificial system came, 18:48 but we know that from the very beginning, 18:52 when Adam and Eve lost their Shekinah glory, 18:55 God had to sacrifice, 18:57 and He instituted the sacrificial system 18:59 then we see with Cain and Abel, 19:01 so I know what you were talking about, 19:03 just wanted to clarify. 19:04 With the sanctuary... 19:06 The sanctuary, just wanted to clarify. 19:08 Okay, and that was good clarification. 19:10 Okay all four of the gospels, 19:13 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John do the same thing. 19:16 They tell the story of what Jesus did 19:19 in His role as the Lamb of God 19:21 who takes away the sin of the world. 19:23 Now, here's a point that I think is worth making. 19:28 We aren't... 19:29 Have you ever heard this, 19:31 "I'm just a sinner saved by grace"? 19:33 Now is there truth in that, 19:36 but we aren't just sinners saved by grace. 19:40 We are now saints who are saved by faith. 19:44 That's good. Yeah, that's excellent. 19:46 Jesus takes away the sin of the world, 19:49 he who die to sin 19:52 consider ourselves dead to sin, 19:55 have we died to sin? 19:56 Then we consider ourselves dead to sin. 19:59 We were made free from sin. And, Jill, I'll do it. 20:04 I just have to put it in here. 20:05 If we confess our sins, 20:07 He's faithful and just to forgive us 20:09 and to cleanse us 20:11 from all unrighteousness, His sacrifice, 20:15 and that sacrifice was at Calvary, 20:18 He is the Lamb of God. 20:20 That sacrifice made a way for us 20:25 because He who knew no sin became sin. 20:28 Remember, what that... 20:30 In the natural sanctuary at Shiloh, 20:35 the sins were applied to that animal for the nation 20:39 for that year, and then He was sacrificed. 20:42 Well, He who knew no sin became sin for who? 20:47 For us. 20:48 He took our sins upon Himself as the Lamb of God 20:53 and, oh, is that double imputation, 20:57 I love that word. 20:58 Jill Morikone, to my knowledge, is the one that coined that. 21:01 He became sin for us, He took our sins, 21:05 but then you know what else He did? 21:08 He Imputed righteousness to us. 21:12 He took our sins, and we became righteous. 21:15 Hey, what kind of deal is that? 21:17 Amen. Okay. 21:20 Let me just... 21:21 Let's just look at a few scriptures 21:23 concerning Christ as the Lamb of God. 21:26 Go to Revelation, 21:27 we're going to look at a few there, 21:29 and then we'll probably jump back to Hebrews, 21:32 but Revelation 5:12, 21:37 the scripture says, 21:39 "Worthy is the Lamb 21:40 who was slain to receive power, 21:44 and riches, and wisdom, 21:46 and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessings!" 21:51 Worthy is that Lamb. 21:53 Now in Revelation 13:8, 21:58 we're talking about those that worship the beast. 22:03 Shelley, I know you shared the scripture earlier, 22:06 maybe not in today's lesson, 22:08 but I know this scripture has been mentioned 22:11 a few times, Revelation 13:8, 22:16 "All who dwell on the earth will worship him," 22:19 and that's talking about the beast, 22:21 whose names have 22:23 not been written in the Book of Life 22:26 of the Lamb slain 22:28 from the foundation of the world." 22:29 Oh! 22:31 Do we want our name written in the Book of Life? 22:34 Okay, and I now I want 22:35 to just touch on this, Hebrews 1:3, 22:38 jump to Hebrews just for a minute. 22:40 Hebrews 1:3, 22:42 we're told that Jesus did this after His ascension 22:47 because He is the Lamb that was slain, 22:50 but you know that... 22:52 And we understand His death burial, 22:55 but let's look at the resurrection, 22:57 "Who being the brightness of His glory 23:00 and the express image of His person, 23:03 and upholding all things by the word of His power, 23:07 when He had by Himself purged our sins." 23:10 Done what? Purged our sins. 23:12 Here's what happened. 23:14 "He sat down at the right hand of Majesty on high." 23:19 So where is Jesus right now? 23:20 Seated at the right hand of the Father. 23:22 What is He doing for us? 23:24 He is forever making intercession for us. 23:27 His work at His crucifixion, at His death, 23:32 it didn't end there as the Lamb of God 23:36 after His work as the sacrificial lamb, 23:40 Christ became something, Shelley, you hit on it. 23:43 He is now our great high priest. 23:47 And what does a high priest do? What is an intercessor? 23:51 He's forever making intercession for us. 23:53 He is our great high priest. 23:55 And you know what an intercessor does? 23:58 An intercessor stands in the gap 24:00 and makes up the hedge, 24:02 the Lord Jesus Christ, Greg, he takes hold of your hand, 24:06 then he takes hand, hold of the hand of God, 24:10 and He brings us together that is what He's doing for us. 24:14 He's as our great high priest. 24:16 He's forever making intercession for us. 24:21 Let's go to Hebrews 4, 24:22 I think I've got you in Hebrews 1 now. 24:24 Let's go to Hebrews 4 and look at 14-16, it says, 24:29 "Seeing then that we have a great high priest 24:31 who is passed from the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, 24:35 let us hold fast our confession, 24:37 for we do not have a high priest 24:39 who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, 24:42 but was in all points tempted as we are, 24:44 yet without sin. 24:45 Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace 24:49 that we may obtain mercy and grace to help 24:52 in time of need." 24:53 As the Lamb of God, 24:55 our sins were transferred to Him, 24:57 as our great high priest, 24:59 He's standing in the gap making up the hedge for us. 25:02 Hooray! Amen. 25:04 Yeah, that's great. Wow! 25:06 This is just a great study, 25:07 Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, 25:09 and I have Tuesday, and it's our high priest, 25:13 and Mollie in this last passage that she was reading, 25:15 here actually mentions 25:17 that Christ being the high priest, 25:19 what I want to do is actually go to Hebrews 7, 25:22 so just a couple of chapters 25:25 further in the Book of Hebrews. 25:27 Hebrews 7, 25:28 and we're going to be looking at verses 22-24. 25:33 And the question that I have here 25:35 is what qualifications does Christ have 25:39 as our high priest 25:41 that no other priest could ever have? 25:45 So let's look at Hebrews 7:22-24, 25:51 and I have it... 25:53 Again, my wife has typed some of this out for me, 25:54 so I'm going to read it here from my paper. 25:56 It says, I have three points, and point number one is, 25:59 "He has a permanent priesthood." 26:02 Point number one. He has a permanent priesthood. 26:04 It says, "By so much more," 26:06 and that's referring to Melchizedek, 26:08 "Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant." 26:12 Amen. 26:13 "Also there were many priests 26:16 because they were prevented by death 26:18 from continuing but He, Jesus Christ, 26:22 because He continues forever 26:25 has an unchangeable priesthood." 26:27 So there we have it, He, meaning Jesus, 26:29 continues forever. 26:31 So point number one, 26:32 "He has a permanent priesthood." 26:33 Point number two, 26:35 "He is able to save completely." 26:38 Let's confer that. Hebrews 7:25, let's turn there. 26:41 Hebrews... 26:43 Well, a couple verses down actually. 26:44 Hebrews 7:25, and it says," 26:47 Wherefore, He is able also to save them 26:50 to the uttermost 26:52 that come unto God by him seeing 26:56 He ever liveth to make intercession for them." 27:00 So we have here, He is able to save completely, 27:03 and that is where it says save to the uttermost. 27:06 I'd say that's powerful. Amen. 27:09 Point number three, "He is God, and He is holy, 27:15 and He has authority to forgive our sins, my sins." 27:19 Wow! Praise the Lord. 27:20 Hebrews 7:26 and 27, and it says, 27:25 "For such a high priest became us, 27:29 who is holy, harmless, 27:32 undefiled, separate from sinners, 27:35 and has become higher than the heavens 27:38 who does not need daily, 27:40 as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, 27:44 first, for His own sins, and then for the people's, 27:48 for He did this once for all 27:50 when He offered up Himself." 27:53 So Christ offered up Himself as the ultimate sacrifice 27:57 for my sins. 27:59 He knew no sin, I think that's an important part too, 28:01 He knew no sin. 28:02 I think, Shelley, you touched on that earlier 28:03 but He died for me, took what I deserved. 28:06 "Christ also came as a man to live this life," 28:09 verse 26 says, "He became us..." 28:12 Became "us". 28:13 It's something that I have a hard time... 28:15 I don't think I'll ever understand, 28:16 Pastor CA, 28:18 how God could be 100% divine and 100% human. 28:22 You know, that's just amazing 28:23 but God has that all figured out, 28:25 and I appreciate so much His sacrifice for me. 28:28 "Christ's sacrifice was complete. 28:30 It was once and for all. 28:32 It needed to happen only one time." 28:33 And I think, Mollie, you were mentioning that. 28:36 "It only needed to happen one time, 28:37 and it was sufficient to bring salvation 28:39 to every human being." 28:41 And I just have a little side note here 28:43 in my notes, another side note in my notes. 28:46 "Sufficient to bring salvation," 28:48 and I just have here what a gift... 28:49 What a gift from Jesus Christ. 28:51 It always touches my heart, and I think, 28:53 many times we need 28:54 to just contemplate that sacrifice, 28:56 and Ellen White mentions that too, 28:57 what Jesus has done for us, it's truly amazing. 29:00 So the three points... 29:01 Again, the question was what qualifications 29:05 does Christ have as our high priest 29:07 that no other priest could ever have? 29:08 Point one, He has a permanent Priesthood, 29:11 He is able to save completely, and then point three, 29:13 He is God, He is holy, 29:15 and He has authority to forgive sins. 29:19 I want to look at Hebrews 8:6. 29:22 Hebrews 8:6, 29:24 and this is talking about Christ as our mediator. 29:28 And again, you were talking about Christ 29:29 as our intercessor, Mollie. 29:31 Hebrews 8:6 says, 29:34 "But now, He has obtained a more excellent ministry 29:40 inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, 29:44 which was established on better promises." 29:48 So we have a more excellent ministry, 29:50 here Paul begins the discussion of Christ 29:53 as the mediator of a better covenant, 29:56 and Mollie again mentioned this, 29:58 but mediator is one 29:59 who mediates between two parties 30:02 to remove a disagreement or to reach a common goal. 30:06 And, Mollie, I liked what you did, 30:08 you know, you grasped my hand, 30:09 and your illustration was just powerful. 30:11 Yeah, because it's really bringing sinful man 30:14 and God together. 30:15 So I tell you, praise the Lord for that. 30:17 Interesting little side note here, 30:18 it says the word mediator occurs six times 30:22 in the New Testament, 30:24 and four times it's with reference to Christ. 30:27 Christ is the mediator between God and man 30:30 and can lay His hands on both us 30:33 as sinful human beings and His connection with God. 30:36 As God, He understands God and can speak for Him, 30:41 as man He understands man 30:44 and can sympathetically minister for Him 30:47 before the Father in heaven. 30:49 It's just like wow, praise the Lord. 30:50 If we could stand up here on this Sabbath school set, 30:52 I think I would. 30:53 Praise the Lord for that. 30:55 I tell you, it's just, wow, it's just unbelievable. 30:58 And I have here, this is from the lesson, 30:59 so if you're following along in your Sabbath school lesson, 31:01 it's, the question is what has Christ obtained 31:05 for us through His death and now His ministry in heaven? 31:10 So let's look next chapter 31:11 over Hebrews 9:11-15. 31:17 And we'll just go verse 11 and 12, it says, 31:21 "But when Christ appears 31:23 as a high priest of the good things to come, 31:26 He entered through the greater 31:28 and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, 31:31 that is to say not of this creation." 31:34 Verse 12, 31:35 "And not through the blood of goats and calves, 31:38 but through His own blood, 31:40 He entered the Holy Place once and for all," 31:43 which you were mentioning, Mollie, 31:45 having obtained eternal redemption." 31:48 So Christ has obtained eternal redemption 31:50 and He turned to life to those who believe in Him. 31:54 And redemption to me, and actually it's not to me, 31:57 but this is the Greek translation, 31:59 that also means to ransom or releasing or deliverance. 32:04 So if you read the last part of verse 12, 32:06 it says having obtained eternal deliverance. 32:10 Praise God for that. 32:11 Verse 13 says, 32:13 "For if the blood of goats and bulls 32:14 and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling 32:17 those who have been defiled sanctified 32:20 for the cleansing of the flesh." 32:22 So here we have the type 32:24 which would be the heifer, the goat, 32:26 it's, obviously, symbolic of Christ's sacrifice 32:29 for each one of us. 32:31 Verse 14, here is the anti-type. 32:34 Verse 14 says, 32:35 "How much more will the blood of Christ..." 32:38 He's the anti-type, 32:40 "Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself 32:44 without blemish to God, 32:46 cleanse your conscience from dead works 32:48 to serve the Living God." 32:51 And I took from the... 32:53 I like, you know, to do some different studies. 32:54 And from the SDA Commentary, 32:56 I like what it says here for the word serve 32:58 at the end of verse 14, 32:59 it says, "Serve the Living God." 33:00 It says, 33:02 "Cleansing, or we are redeemed for service?" 33:04 Cleansing is not an end in itself, 33:07 it prepares men to render acceptable service to God. 33:12 I know I'm running out of time, but I wanted to just read this. 33:14 This is from Sanctified Life, page 87 and it says, Paul, 33:19 in reference to Colossians 3:12, 33:21 "But Paul seeks to impress upon the minds 33:24 the fact that the foundation of all acceptable service..." 33:28 We're talking about service to God, 33:30 "As well as the very 33:31 of the Christian grace is love." 33:34 Because sometimes okay, what is my service to God, 33:35 and that's what I was looking up 33:37 because how do I serve God acceptably? 33:39 And it says, "With love, and that only in the soul 33:42 where love reigns will the peace of God abide." 33:46 And then you can look up actually Colossians 3:12-17 33:50 because that scripturally answers 33:51 that as well. 33:53 It's just a powerful passage, 33:54 "Well, let's move on to verse 15, 33:56 we're again into Hebrews 9:15, 33:59 it says, "For this reason, 34:01 He is the mediator of the new covenant. 34:05 So that since the death has taken place 34:07 for the redemption of the transgressions 34:10 that were committed under the first covenant, 34:12 those who have been called 34:13 may receive the promise of eternal inheritance." 34:18 So the mediator of the new covenant... 34:20 What is the new covenant? 34:21 Let's look at Hebrews 8:10, 34:24 so let's just flip back to chapter Hebrews 8:10 says, 34:28 "For this is the covenant 34:30 that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," 34:33 says the Lord." 34:34 What does He say? 34:36 I will put My laws in their mind 34:39 and write them on their hearts, 34:41 and I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34:46 So Christ is our Sacrifice, He is our High Priest, 34:49 He is our Redeemer and our Mediator, 34:52 and I want to read this in closing. 34:54 This comes from Desire of Ages, 34:55 "Christ was treated as we deserve 34:58 that we might be treated as He deserves. 35:01 He was condemned for our sins in which He had no share 35:05 that we might be justified by His righteousness 35:09 in which we had no share. 35:11 He suffered the death which was ours 35:13 that we might receive the life which was His, 35:16 with His stripes, we are healed." 35:18 That's from Desire of Ages, page 25. 35:21 Amen, thank you so much, 35:23 I loved that passage from Desire of Ages, 35:26 how Christ was treated as we deserved, 35:28 that's that double imputation we were talking about before. 35:30 That's true. 35:31 He took our sin, 35:33 and then imputed to us His righteous. 35:36 What an incredible gift. 35:38 We've been talking today about Christ as our substitute, 35:42 Christ as our sacrifice, Christ as our high priest. 35:48 In my portion, 35:49 some of the scriptures you all read, 35:51 I'm going to touch on again, 35:52 but my portion has to do with Christ as our intercessor, 35:57 still dealing with a high priestly ministry 35:59 of the Lord Jesus, but Him as intercessor, 36:03 we all have a need for an intercessor, 36:07 would you say that's accurate? 36:08 You think about in the Garden of Eden... 36:11 When Adam and Eve first sinned, sin brought fear, 36:16 sin brought guilt, 36:18 sin brought separation from the Father. 36:21 Remember, when God came to talk with them 36:24 in the cool of the day, and they ran and they hid. 36:28 Sin brought that separation. 36:30 And I know each one of you 36:31 have been touching on that a bit. 36:33 Romans 3, turn with me to Romans 3, 36:36 and we know we can quote this scripture, 36:38 we know that all have sinned 36:40 and fallen short of the glory of God. 36:44 We all have sinned, 36:45 but yet we all have the opportunity 36:49 to be justified by His blood 36:51 'cause this scripture does not stop there 36:54 and praise the Lord, it doesn't. 36:55 It could just stop with " 36:57 all have sinned and fallen short," 36:58 and we would be without hope, but yet the next verse, 37:02 it says, "Being justified freely 37:04 by His grace..." 37:05 We all have the opportunity, 37:07 the privilege of being justified, 37:09 "By His grace through the redemption 37:11 that is in Christ, Jesus." 37:13 He bought us back, 37:15 He redeemed us out of the kingdom of darkness 37:17 and brought us 37:19 into the kingdom of God's dear Son. 37:20 Yes, amen. Hallelujah! 37:21 Amen. We are justified through that. 37:23 And verse 25, 37:25 "Whom God set forth as a propitiation..." 37:27 On our previous lesson, we talked about that 37:29 in this symbolism of the mercy seat, 37:33 "And through His blood, 37:35 through faith to demonstrate His forbearance, 37:38 His righteousness..." 37:39 I'm sorry, let me read that again, 37:41 "Whom God set forth as a propitiation 37:45 by His blood through faith 37:47 to demonstrate His righteousness 37:50 because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins 37:53 that were previously committed 37:55 to demonstrate at the present time 37:56 His righteousness 37:58 that He might be just and the justifier, 38:00 the one who has faith in Christ." 38:03 Praise the Lord that because of Jesus 38:06 we know we all have sinned but because of Jesus 38:08 we all have the opportunity to be justified, 38:11 and we all could be reconciled again back to the Father. 38:16 Ephesians 2:18, "Through Him, 38:20 we both have access by one spirit to the Father." 38:24 Because of the substitutionary death 38:26 of Jesus Christ, we have access again to God. 38:30 We can be connected back again, that mediatorial work. 38:36 We all also are condemned and accused by Satan. 38:41 Let's look at Zechariah 3. 38:43 Zechariah 3 has an interesting vision 38:47 that is given to Zechariah. 38:49 Zechariah is kind of a hard book to find, 38:52 were almost the last book 38:54 in the Old Testament Zechariah, Malachi. 38:57 Zechariah 3, 38:58 we'll start with verse 1, "Then He showed me..." 39:01 This is the vision Zechariah had, 39:04 "Then he showed me Joshua, the high priest, 39:06 standing before the angel of the Lord 39:08 and Satan standing 39:10 at his right hand to oppose him." 39:12 Now we know that Joshua was literally 39:16 the high priest at that time. 39:19 During the time of Zechariah, Joshua was the high priest. 39:22 And the angel of the Lord being Jesus Christ, 39:26 and we know that Satan was standing at His right hand 39:30 to oppose Him. 39:32 We know Satan is always the accuser of the brethren. 39:37 Revelation 12:10, 39:38 "I heard a loud voice in heaven saying now 39:40 the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God 39:43 and the authority of His Christ have come, 39:46 for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, 39:51 he who accuses them before our God day and night." 39:53 So what's taking place here is Satan is accusing Joshua, 39:58 the high priest. 39:59 Now the name for Joshua is Yeshua in Hebrew, 40:03 and we also can see that analogy 40:06 that Christ took our sins, 40:10 and we can see that as well, and the Lord said, 40:13 we're in verse 2, Zechariah 3:2, 40:15 "And the Lord said to Satan, the Lord rebuke you Satan, 40:19 the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you, 40:21 it's not a brand plucked from the fire. 40:23 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments 40:26 and was standing before the angel." 40:28 If we look at Joshua being the literal high priest, 40:31 it's symbolic of the sins of Israel. 40:33 He's standing there, 40:35 you know, symbolizing clothed in these filthy garments. 40:37 Now we know Jesus also took our sin upon Himself. 40:43 Verse 4, "Then He answered and spoke to those 40:45 who stood before Him, saying, 40:47 "Take away the filthy garments from him. 40:50 Take the filthy garments off of Joshua." 40:52 And to him, he said, 40:54 "See, I have removed your iniquity from you. 40:56 I will clothe you with rich robes." 40:58 And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." 41:01 So they put a clean turban on his head, 41:03 and they put the clothes on him. 41:04 And the angel of the Lord stood by, 41:06 Joshua's filthy garments were taken away. 41:09 The filthy garments were taken away, 41:12 and he was clothed and covered with Christ's righteousness." 41:18 We know that Christ does not condemn us, 41:24 instead He stands before the Father interceding 41:28 on our behalf. 41:30 We know that at the point of justification, 41:33 each one of us, 41:35 when we come to Christ, at that moment, 41:38 we stand before the Father as if we have never sinned. 41:42 It's amazing. 41:43 At the same time, after we experience conversion, 41:46 there are going to be times when we make a mistake, 41:49 when we slip up, and I think those are the times 41:52 when Satan comes before the Father 41:54 and says, "Okay did you see Jill?" 41:56 I thought she was a Christian and look at this sin, 41:59 and that's, praise the Lord, 42:00 where we have the intercessory work of Christ 42:04 in the most holy place. 42:06 And we see that in 1 John, 42:08 turn with me quickly to 1 John 2:1, 42:12 it says, "My, little children, these things I write to you 42:15 so that you may not sin and if anyone sins, 42:18 we have an advocate with the Father, 42:21 Jesus Christ the righteous, 42:23 He Himself is the propitiation for our sins 42:27 and not for ours only, but also for the whole world." 42:31 Romans 8:34, "Who is he who condemns?" 42:35 We know Satan is the accuser of the brethren, not Christ. 42:37 "Who is he who condemns?" 42:38 It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen 42:43 and is at the right hand of God, 42:45 who makes intercession for us." 42:48 So I just imagined in my simple mind 42:51 that Christ is there in the heavenly sanctuary 42:55 and Satan is saying, "Well, you know what they did? 42:57 And you know that's sin? 42:59 And Jesus is pleading His blood 43:02 interceding on our behalf before the Father, 43:06 He's saying, "Yes, Jill made a mistake. 43:08 Yes, Jill sinned, but that has been covered, 43:11 that has been confessed, that is forgiven. 43:15 She can stand before the Father in that righteous white robe." 43:19 We can stand before Him pure and holy 43:22 as if we have never sinned. 43:24 Let's look at a few verses in Hebrews. 43:26 If you're looking at Christ as our high priest, 43:29 there is no better book in the whole Bible 43:30 to look at than the Book of Hebrews 43:32 'cause it has so many references 43:34 to Christ as our high priest. 43:36 Now, Mollie, you referenced this one, 43:38 we're going to look at it again, Hebrews 4:14, 43:41 we're going to look at a couple of scriptures in Hebrews. 43:44 "Seeing then we have a great high priest 43:46 who is passed through the heavens, 43:48 Jesus, the Son of God, 43:49 let us hold fast our confession, 43:51 for we do not have a high priest 43:53 who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, 43:55 but was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin. 43:58 Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace 44:01 that we may obtain mercy 44:02 and find grace to help in our time of need." 44:05 Now we could not come boldly before the Father 44:07 if we did not have the high priest. 44:09 If we did not have this perfect substitute, 44:12 if we did not have Jesus, 44:14 there would be no way that we could come boldly. 44:16 Remember, we're all under the condemnation of sin. 44:19 Adam and Eve hid from God, but because of Jesus, 44:22 we are reconciled back to the Father, 44:25 and we can come boldly before the presence of God. 44:29 I think we just have time for one more. 44:31 Let's look at Hebrews 7, 44:33 and you talk about this one, sweetheart. 44:34 Hebrews 7:25, 44:37 "Therefore, He is also Jesus, our high priest, 44:41 He is also able to save to the uttermost." 44:44 Amen. 44:46 In Greek, it means completely, forever, entirely, perfectly, 44:52 through all time. 44:54 Jesus is able to save completely. 44:57 He can save forever, He can save entirely, 45:00 He can save perfectly, He saves through all time. 45:05 Those who come to God through Him 45:08 since He ever lives to make intercession for us, 45:12 so praise the Lord that we have a high priest 45:16 and that He is interceding for us 45:19 right now before the Father. 45:21 Amen Amen. 45:22 Well done and a beautiful picture of that process. 45:26 On Thursday, we looked at the Day of Atonement, 45:31 and I would ask you to spend some time 45:34 looking at Leviticus 16 45:36 where we have the Day of Atonement 45:38 as practiced by the children of Israel. 45:41 We don't have time to read through all of that, 45:44 but perhaps we do well to look at the Day of Atonement 45:48 through the lens of the Book of Hebrews 45:52 as you have well said, Jill. 45:56 So I want to go to Hebrews 9, 45:58 and I'm gonna start with verse 20 46:00 and just read a few verses 46:01 to sort of set the stage for our discussion. 46:05 I'm in Hebrews 9, beginning of verse 20, 46:08 and this is the New King James, beginning of verse 20, 46:12 "This is the blood of the covenant 46:14 which God has commanded you." 46:16 21, "Then likewise, He sprinkled with blood, 46:19 both the tabernacle 46:21 and all the vessels of the ministry, 46:23 and according to the law, 46:26 almost all things are purified with blood, 46:29 and without shedding of blood, 46:33 there is no remission." 46:37 Shelley, I really appreciated that list of reasons, 46:40 the rationale for Christ's coming, 46:43 His death, His resurrection, and His ministry even now. 46:48 I want to add one more that may be sort of 46:50 an overarching principle to all of those, 46:53 and that is simply because there was no other way. 46:57 There was no other way for our sins to be dealt with 47:02 because blood had to be shed. 47:05 Now, as was read before earlier in the same chapter, Hebrews 9, 47:10 we know that the shedding of blood by goats and bulls 47:16 could never really deal with sin. 47:19 Those acts were done in faith and were accepted as such, 47:23 but we needed the shedding of blood of Jesus 47:28 to really make this, can I say to make this work? 47:34 Psalms 77:13, God's way is in the sanctuary. 47:38 So we always need to study the sanctuary 47:40 for a number of things. 47:41 One, so we can see 47:43 what's going on in heaven right now. 47:45 We can see where we are in the stream of time. 47:48 We can see what is being done for us. 47:52 We can have assurance 47:53 that we're gonna make it through, 47:55 and that Christ is coming back to get us. 47:57 And all of that is wrapped up in this package 47:59 called the sanctuary. 48:04 The work to be done, the cleansing, the atonement, 48:09 the judgment, all within the sanctuary. 48:12 The heavenly sanctuary needed to be cleansed, 48:15 and we see that from Daniel 8:14. 48:17 What we've got to remember about the sanctuary 48:19 is that we are dealing with the people 48:22 who for the most part were illiterate. 48:24 So when they went to church, they were also going to school. 48:28 Absolutely. 48:29 And God through signs, and symbols, and textures, 48:32 and cloths, and colors 48:35 was teaching them about who He was, 48:39 who they were in Him, their responsibilities to Him, 48:44 and their duties as children of the Lord. 48:49 So the sanctuary is crucial, and as we study the sanctuary, 48:54 one of the things that it does, and you've all touched on it, 48:56 it gives us assurance. 48:58 It gives us assurance that God is working it out 49:00 in our behalf... 49:02 Praise God. 49:03 That Christ's act on the cross was not a static event. 49:07 It's a dynamic event, it ushered in a series of moves 49:12 and things that are going on in heaven now 49:14 that are for our benefit, and that gives us assurance. 49:19 A necessary, intimate, 49:22 inseparable part of the atonement 49:25 is this idea of judgment. 49:28 Sin has been committed, wrongs have been done. 49:32 We got to deal with this, 49:33 we got to get this out of the way 49:35 because God's controversy 49:36 is really not so much with His creation, 49:40 it's with sin. 49:42 And if you love sin, and if you value sin, 49:47 then when sin is dealt with, 49:49 default setting is you're going to get dealt with too. 49:52 You know, you've got... you're the in sin or out. 49:54 I remember... 49:55 I think, it was last week or perhaps a week before, 49:57 this wonderful book, it's no longer in print, 50:00 but you can still get it, 50:01 called Living God's Love by Douglas Cooper. 50:04 Who says basically, sin is a love issue. 50:08 You know, it's who do you love and who do you love more. 50:11 And once you put God first in the love continuum, 50:16 then those decisions will become kind of easy. 50:21 I see a $100 lying on the ground, 50:23 should I take that and put it in my pocket 50:25 and go off and praise the Lord? 50:26 Well, if you if you love God, 50:28 that answer becomes a lot easier. 50:32 You know, stealing, 50:35 the breaking of the commandments. 50:36 If you put God first, 50:38 then those questions resolve themselves 50:41 because I'm putting God first, 50:42 you know, my secretary is flirting with me, 50:46 should I respond 50:47 or should I act like a good Christian husband 50:49 and go home to my wife? 50:50 Well, if I love God first, 50:53 how can I sin and do this great wickedness. 50:54 You know those questions become a lot easier 50:57 when you put God first, 50:58 so you're living God's love, so a necessary, intimate, 51:02 inseparable part of the atonement 51:04 is this idea of judgment 51:07 or the adjudication the settling of accounts 51:10 and dealing with sins, 51:12 so we're living now in this anti-typical 51:15 or cosmic day of atonement, 51:17 and we understand that 51:20 by our understanding of the sanctuary. 51:23 It took place on the 10th day of the 7th month, 51:27 which was October 7th called Tishrei. 51:29 And, you know, it's funny. 51:31 When I was in New York, 51:32 and you have such a large Jewish community in New York, 51:34 on Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, 51:37 New York City shuts down, 51:39 schools are closed, banks are... 51:41 It's like a bank holiday. 51:43 Things shut down 51:44 because the Jewish community is so large 51:47 that they influence the workings of the city, 51:50 it is called a High Holy Day. 51:53 In fact, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, 51:57 so the work of the high priest typified in the work of Christ 52:02 in the heavenly sanctuary. 52:04 The high priest becomes the main actor on this day. 52:08 During the daily sacrifice, a head of a family comes in, 52:13 he brings a lamb, he confesses the sins of that lamb, 52:18 the jugular slit, the blood is drained. 52:22 Those sins are now transferred symbolically from that person, 52:25 from that family warehoused in the sanctuary. 52:29 And so, spiritually, once a year, 52:31 that sanctuary has got to be cleansed, 52:33 those sins have to be dealt with. 52:35 And so now the main actor is the high priest. 52:39 He goes into the holy place one time 52:42 to deal with those sins. 52:44 Well, they're parallel that we have just seen 52:46 that you've all explained so beautifully 52:48 is what Christ is doing even now. 52:50 We are in that Day of Atonement, 52:52 so we know, among other things, 52:55 we're almost at the end, 52:56 ladies and gentlemen, we're almost at the end 52:57 because when Christ comes out of that sanctuary, 53:00 off come the priestly garments, on go the kingly garments. 53:04 And when He comes back, 53:05 He's coming as King of kings and Lord of lords. 53:08 But right now, He's dealing with those sins. 53:11 He is cleansing the sanctuary. 53:13 And some decision has to be made 53:16 as to who is going to make it when Christ comes. 53:20 He says, "When I come, My reward is with Me." 53:24 So a decision has to be made 53:25 as to who gets that reward and who doesn't. 53:29 So when He comes back, the reward is handed out, 53:32 and of course, that is eternal life. 53:33 So those decisions are being made now. 53:36 And that ought to, as Seventh-day Adventists, 53:38 that ought to inform everything we do. 53:41 We are people of the eschaton. 53:43 In other words, we look at the second coming 53:45 and work our way back. 53:46 We are so close to it, there's no time for playing, 53:49 there's no time for laughing, there's no time for jesting, 53:52 there's no time for not being serious with God 53:56 because we are right, 53:58 as you intimated a couple weeks ago, Shelley, 54:00 in the toes of the image, as it were, 54:03 but Christ is getting ready to come out of that sanctuary 54:05 and bring His reward. 54:06 And we, as the people of God, 54:08 must be ready for that grand and glorious day. 54:13 I had a professor once say, 54:15 "Really, this salvation thing is awfully simple 54:17 when you study it, 54:19 simply awful if you don't get it." 54:20 You know what I mean? 54:23 And that's really the way it is. 54:25 This sanctuary shows us where we are, 54:28 shows us what Christ is doing. 54:30 His death on the cross opened up, 54:32 as you so well in telling, Jill, 54:34 a ministry of intercession for us 54:37 which will go on till the day we see Christ face to face. 54:41 And thank God Christ is working it out 54:43 in our behalf in the kingdom, in the sanctuary 54:47 even as we speak, before He comes, 54:50 "He that is just will be just still, 54:52 he that is holy will be holy still. 54:54 He that is unholy will be unholy still." 54:58 It is my prayer and I notice 55:00 the prayer of everyone here on this panel 55:02 and hopefully the prayer of everyone who is watching, 55:04 listening, that you will make your, 55:07 we say, calling and election sure, 55:10 make your life right with Christ, 55:14 surrender to Christ so that when He comes back, 55:17 you'll be a part of that kingdom 55:18 and in that number. 55:19 Wow. Amen. 55:21 You know, I just have to say this, 55:22 it was when the Lord took me to a study of the sanctuary, 55:29 this is when I understood, for the first time in my life, 55:33 salvation by grace through faith. 55:35 We have only touched on this. 55:38 We've talked about Jesus Christ as the supreme sacrifice, 55:43 as the Lamb of God 55:46 which is the sanctuary language. 55:48 We've talked about Him as our high priest. 55:51 And the high priest had to be the one to apply the blood 55:55 in the holy place to do this cleansing. 55:58 We've talked about Him as our intercessor, 56:02 as the one who is, as the Bible says, 56:06 the only mediator between us and God 56:10 and then the Day of Atonement. 56:12 I want to encourage you at home, if you have... 56:16 Perhaps, if you're a Seventh-day Adventist, 56:19 you may be somewhat familiar with this, 56:22 the whole sanctuary system. 56:23 I want you to look at it again through the eyes of grace, 56:28 through the lens of grace, study the sanctuary. 56:31 If you are not a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 56:34 perhaps you're a Christian from another denomination, 56:37 or perhaps you're yet to be a Christian, 56:41 if you will look at the sanctuary system, 56:44 look for Christ, 56:46 He was the central theme of the sanctuary system, 56:50 and this how we understand not only 56:54 how He was our substitute 56:57 but how He is our surety, 57:00 the one who is able to save to the uttermost. 57:04 Well, I just want to thank Mollie, Greg, Jill, and CA, 57:09 and we want to thank you, please join us again next time. 57:12 This is such an exciting... 57:14 As we study Preparation for the End Time, 57:18 our prayer for you is that 57:19 the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 57:21 the love of the Father, 57:23 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 57:24 will be with you always. 57:26 Thanks for joining us. |
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