Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, as we
open Your holy word once again,
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we ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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We realize that this book
was inspired by that Spirit,
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and only through the
Spirit's aid will we be able to
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understand what it
means for us today.
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And so I ask that as
we open Your holy book,
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that You will instruct us, and
You will give us the willingness
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to live in harmony
with what You teach us.
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And we're thankful for
Your being willing to hear our
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prayer, for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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I'd like to begin our study by
going to the fourth commandment
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of the holy law of God.
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It's found in Exodus
20:8-11, Exodus 20:8-11.
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This is the central passage that
we studied in our first part of
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Hidden Sabbath Truths.
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And, basically, when we
study this passage of scripture,
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we notice that the original
reason for the Sabbath was
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in order to
remind us of creation.
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In other words,
it's a commemoration
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of God's work of creation.
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I'm going to read the passage so
that we can grasp this clearly.
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Verse 8 says this:
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So basically God is saying,
work six, rest the seventh.
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And then He gives us
the reason in verse 11.
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That means because.
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Or made it holy.
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In other words, God is clearly
saying in the fourth commandment
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to us, work six and rest
the seventh, because at creation
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I worked six and
rested the seventh.
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In other words,
follow My example.
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In this sense, the
Sabbath is a creation ordinance.
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It comes into
existence before sin.
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It comes into existence
before the cross was needed.
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So the original
intention of the Sabbath,
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the original meaning of the
Sabbath has to do with the fact
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that it is a sign of creation.
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However, when sin came
into the world, the Sabbath now
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had an additional function.
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And we're going to notice
that actually, it has a third
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function as we reach
the end of our study today.
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But the Sabbath, as a result of
sin, now had a second meaning,
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or a second
reason for observing it.
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Go with me to Deuteronomy
5, and we're going to read
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verses 12 through
15, Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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This is a repetition
of the fourth commandment,
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but we're going to
notice that it has a different
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motivation clause.
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In other words, it
gives us a different reason
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for keeping the Sabbath.
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In Exodus 20 the reason
for keeping the Sabbath is
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a commemoration of creation.
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In Deuteronomy, chapter
5, the motivation for keeping
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the Sabbath is different.
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It's the second reason
for keeping the Sabbath;
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the post fall reason
for keeping the Sabbath.
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It says there in
Deuteronomy 5:12:
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And now notice
the motivation clause.
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Now the reason for keeping
the Sabbath in this passage
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is not creation, it is
redemption from bondage.
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And you remember that the sign
of the redemption from bondage
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was the Passover.
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And the Passover
actually pointed forward to the
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liberation that would
come through Jesus Christ.
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In other words the Sabbath,
after the fall, has a second
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reason for its observance.
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It is a post fall reason for
the observance of the Sabbath,
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and that is that
God, who created,
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is also the God who redeems.
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In other words, the Sabbath
is a sign of the Creator,
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and it is also a
sign of the Redeemer.
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Now in our subject that we're
studying now, we are going to
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take a look at the Sabbath
and its meaning in redemption.
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In our first study we
noticed the meaning of
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the Sabbath in creation.
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Go with me in your Bibles
to the gospel of John 5:45, 46,
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John 5:45, 46. Here Jesus is
speaking to the Jews of His day.
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He's speaking to the
Hebrews, to the Israelites,
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and notice what He says to them:
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Notice in these verses that
Jesus is saying to God's people
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of that day and age,
If you believe Moses,
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that is the writings of
Moses, you would believe Me,
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because Moses wrote about Me.
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In other words, the
central meaning and content
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of the writings
of Moses is Myself.
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Now in our study we want to take
a look at one of those verses
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that is found in
the writings of Moses,
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which pointed
forward to Jesus Christ.
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Go with me to Deuteronomy 8:3
and remember, as we're looking
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for this verse, that this verse,
written by Moses, points forward
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to Jesus, because we're told
here in John chapter 5 that if
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the people believed in Moses,
they would believe in Jesus,
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because Moses wrote about Jesus.
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So what I'm saying is that this
verse that we're going to look
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at now, is centered in Jesus.
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Moses was speaking about Jesus.
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Let's notice Deuteronomy 8:3.
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It's talking about the
manna which God sent to Israel.
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It says there:
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That is, Moses is
saying, God humbled you, Israel.
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And now notice the
reason why God gave the manna.
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It wasn't to provide Israel
with physical food primarily.
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It had a deeper intention, a
deeper meaning, and that meaning
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pointed forward to Jesus Christ.
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Notice the last part
says, He gave the manna...
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Why did God give manna?
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He not only gave manna to
satisfy the physical hunger
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of Israel, but He gave manna
in order to teach Israel that
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man will not live by bread
alone, that is physical bread
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like the manna, but
man will live by every word
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that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
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In other words, the manna
represented the word of God.
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God gave Israel the manna
to teach them that they were to
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survive, they were to live,
by the word of God, as they were
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living by consuming the
manna that God had provided.
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In fact in 1 Corinthians
10:3, 4, 1 Corinthians 10:3, 4
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we find that the
manna was not mainly,
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or primarily, physical food.
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Let's read there in
1 Corinthians 10:3, 4,
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speaking about Israel's
trek through the wilderness.
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All ate the same
spiritual food, and all drank
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the same spiritual drink.
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What kind of food was
this food? spiritual food.
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What kind of drink was
this drink? spiritual drink.
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For they drank of that spiritual
rock that followed them,
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and that rock was Christ.
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So, you see, the manna
had a deeper intention,
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a deeper meaning than
just being physical food.
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The manna was a spiritual food.
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The manna
represented the Word of God.
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Now the question is,
who is the Word of God
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according to scripture? Jesus.
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Go with me to
John 1:1-3, John 1:1-3.
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Here we're going to
find who is the Word,
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according to
scripture. It says there:
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Who is this Word? Jesus.
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Later on it says that
the Word was made flesh.
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It says in verse 2:
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So God gave the manna to teach
Israel that they should not live
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by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds out
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of the mouth of God.
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And the Word of God is Jesus.
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He was trying to teach Israel
that the only way that they
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could subsist spiritually was to
partake of whom? was to partake
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of Jesus, the Word of God,
who was symbolized by the manna.
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Now in John 6:48-51 we
find Jesus explicitly referring
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to the manna, and He
applies the manna to Himself,
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spiritually speaking.
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John 6:48, and we'll
read on till verse 51.
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Here Jesus is
speaking to a group of Jewish
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people and He says:
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And now notice;
this is very important:
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So what did the manna
represent, more specifically?
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The manna
represented the flesh of Jesus.
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Did you catch that?
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I'm going to read it
once again, the last part,
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actually verse 51.
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I am the living bread
that came down from heaven.
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If anyone eats of this
bread, that is of me because
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He's the one who
came down heaven.
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He will live forever, and
the bread that I shall give is
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my flesh, which I shall
give for the life of the world.
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So we found that the manna
represents the Word of God.
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The Word of God is Jesus,
and Jesus says that the manna
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represents,
primarily His what? His flesh.
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That's what the
manna represents.
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Now why is this important?
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Go with me to Exodus 16
and lets read verses 19 and 20,
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Exodus 16:19, 20. We're
going to remember, or recall
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the experience of the manna
that fell in the wilderness.
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What happened if the
manna was picked up on Tuesday
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and it was saved for Wednesday?
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It had two characteristics.
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We're going to
read that in a moment.
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1. It bred worms, and it stank.
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Two characteristics,
bred worms, and stank.
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I want you to remember that.
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If it was picked up
on Monday for Tuesday,
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Tuesday for Wednesday,
Wednesday for Thursday,
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Thursday for
Friday, Sunday for Monday,
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invariably it bred
worms, and stank if you
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saved it for the next day.
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But what happened when the
manna was picked up on Friday
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and the people took
it out on the Sabbath?
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The Bible says that the manna
did not breed worms, or stink.
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In fact it was as fresh as ever.
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Let's read Exodus 16:19, 20.
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He's speaking to Israel.
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So notice when they picked
it up for one day for the next
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other than on the Sabbath,
the manna bred worms and stank.
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But what about when it was
picked up on Friday for Sabbath?
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Notice Exodus 16:23, 24.
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This is Moses
speaking to the congregation.
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So when the manna was picked
up on Friday and saved for the
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Sabbath, the manna was
as fresh on the Sabbath
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as it had been on Friday.
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Now what did God want
to teach by this miracle
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that He performed?
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Well, we need to remember
that the manna represents whom?
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The manna represents Jesus.
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What particular aspect of Jesus?
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His flesh, which He was
going to give for the world.
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Jesus Himself said so.
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So the manna
represented the flesh of Jesus.
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Now lets take a look at
what happened a little less than
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1,500 years later down
in history when Jesus comes.
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It is the sixth day
of the week: Friday.
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In fact the gospels
call it the preparation,
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and it's late on Friday.
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It's late on the
sixth day of the week,
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and Jesus is hanging
on the cross of Calvary,
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and He's about to
finish His works of redemption.
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He's about to finish
providing the means by which men
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and women can be
delivered from slavery to sin,
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as Israel had been
delivered from slavery,
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literal slavery
to the Egyptians.
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Do you notice that what happened
in the Old Testament is literal,
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and when the fulfillment
takes place it is spiritual?
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In the Old Testament it was
literal manna, a literal rock,
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literal water, literal task
masters, literal deliverance,
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literal passing
through the Red Sea, etc.
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But all of these
things represent spiritual
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realities in the future.
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In other words, the
manna is a symbol of Jesus,
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and Jesus the sixth day, which
is the day in which the manna
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fell, where they were supposed
to pick it up for the Sabbath,
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and it was not going
to spoil, breed worms,
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or stink on the
Sabbath, Jesus says those famous
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words, It is finished!
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Does Genesis say that after
creation He finished His works?
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That very word is used.
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Now on the sixth day
Jesus says, It is finished!
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And, by the way, it
is late on the sixth day.
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The sun is about to
set on the sixth day.
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The sixth day is about to end.
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Notice John 19:30, the words
that Jesus spoke on the cross.
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He's going to say, I
have finished now the works of
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redemption, and He
finishes late on the sixth day.
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It says there in John 19:30:
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Now I want you to
notice the sequence of days
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that we have here.
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Go with me to Luke 23 and we're
going to read verses 54 to 56.
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I want the sequence of
days to be clear your mind,
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because some people say, well,
how do you know that Sunday is
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not the seventh day?
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Do you know that it's common
today for people to say that
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Sunday is the seventh day.
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Well, the fact is
that that's impossible.
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Sunday is not the seventh day.
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The Bible says that
Sunday is the first day.
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It's the day in
which Jesus resurrected.
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So much for the
calendars in Europe.
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I have nothing against the
Europeans, but in many countries
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the calendar begins on Monday,
which means that which day
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would be the seventh day?
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Sunday would be the seventh
day, but that does not square
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with holy Scripture.
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Notice Luke 23 and beginning
with verse 54; it says here:
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Joseph of Arimathea.
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The day when He
said, It is finished.
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What was about to begin?
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The Sabbath was about to begin.
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...Sunday...
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Thank you. I knew
that you would protest.
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I just wanted to make sure
that you were awake out there.
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It says that they rested
which day? on the Sabbath,
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according to the commandment.
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Let me ask you then,
which day did Jesus die?
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He died on Friday.
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What time on Friday?
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Very late; almost when the
day is ending, when the Sabbath
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is going to start.
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What is the day
after the death of Jesus?
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It's the Sabbath, which is what
number of the days of the week?
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It's number seven, because in
the very next verse, Luke 24:1
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it says that Jesus resurrected
early on the first day
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of the week, which
means that on the seventh day
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Jesus rested where?
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He rested in the grave.
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In fact, lets read again John 6:
51, because it's very important
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that we understand this specific
verse when it comes to what
00:24:17.12\00:24:21.24
happened to Jesus while He
lay in the grave. He says there:
00:24:21.27\00:24:25.42
So the manna
represented the flesh of Jesus.
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When the manna was
picked up on Friday no worms,
00:24:45.94\00:24:49.85
and it didn't
stink on the Sabbath.
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Let me ask you, when
Jesus rested in the tomb
00:24:51.59\00:24:56.36
on the Sabbath
day, did His flesh begin
00:24:56.39\00:25:01.81
the process of decomposing?
00:25:01.84\00:25:04.36
No, it didn't. His body
was as fresh on the Sabbath
00:25:04.39\00:25:10.45
as it had been on
Friday when He died.
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Notice the prophecy, the
Messianic prophecy that we find
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in Psalm 16:8-10, and I'm
reading from the NIV because
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the translation
is more accurate.
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Psalm 16:8-10, this is a
prophecy about the Messiah.
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It says there:
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By the way, do you know that
that word that is translated
00:25:51.83\00:25:54.73
body in the New International
Version, that is not the best
00:25:54.76\00:25:58.57
translation. The King
James translates that word
00:25:58.60\00:26:02.87
in a more proper fashion.
00:26:02.90\00:26:04.67
You see, in the Greek language
the word for body is soma.
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That's not the word
that is used here, soma.
00:26:08.60\00:26:12.84
The word for flesh is sarx.
00:26:12.87\00:26:16.36
The word that is
used here is sarx.
00:26:16.39\00:26:19.69
In other words, flesh.
00:26:19.72\00:26:21.61
It's the very word that is used
in John 6:51, which connects
00:26:21.64\00:26:26.74
John 6:51, the manna is the
flesh, My flesh that I will give
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for the world, is the same word
that is translated body here
00:26:32.20\00:26:36.08
in the New
International Version.
00:26:36.11\00:26:37.56
And so really what it says
is, Therefore my heart is glad
00:26:37.59\00:26:41.44
and my tongue rejoices.
00:26:41.47\00:26:42.99
My flesh also will rest secure,
or as the King James says,
00:26:43.02\00:26:49.09
my flesh will rest in hope.
00:26:49.12\00:26:51.71
What does the flesh of Jesus do?
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.15
It what? It rests in hope.
00:26:53.18\00:26:55.71
Why? Because His body
is in the tomb which day?
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His body is in the tomb on the
seventh day Sabbath. Verse 10:
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Are you catching
what this is saying?
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The body, or the flesh, of
the Messiah was going to rest
00:27:17.19\00:27:22.14
in the grave in
hope, and His body was not
00:27:22.17\00:27:26.35
going to see corruption.
00:27:26.38\00:27:27.69
His body was not going to decay.
00:27:27.72\00:27:30.11
And the question is,
why is it that His body was
00:27:30.14\00:27:33.16
not going to decay?
00:27:33.19\00:27:34.36
Because Jesus was the living
what? He was the living manna.
00:27:34.39\00:27:41.47
And when the manna was picked
up on Friday for the Sabbath,
00:27:41.50\00:27:44.74
it was as fresh on the
Sabbath as it was on Friday,
00:27:44.77\00:27:47.98
so Jesus died on Friday,
and His body was as fresh on the
00:27:48.01\00:27:52.20
Sabbath as it
had been on Friday.
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.26
His body did not
begin to decompose.
00:27:54.29\00:27:57.41
Someone might say,
Pastor is this really
00:27:57.44\00:28:00.19
a Messianic prophecy?
00:28:00.22\00:28:01.55
Well, lets go to the
sermon of the apostle Peter
00:28:01.58\00:28:05.37
on the day of Pentecost.
00:28:05.40\00:28:06.46
Acts 2:25-27, Acts 2:25-27.
00:28:06.49\00:28:12.84
And once again, I'm reading
in the New International Version
00:28:12.87\00:28:15.62
with the exception of the word
body, which really should be
00:28:15.65\00:28:20.37
translated flesh,
it's a good translation.
00:28:20.40\00:28:23.42
Notice Peter preaching
on the day of Pentecost.
00:28:23.45\00:28:28.75
Once again it's
the word sarx in Greek.
00:28:46.30\00:28:50.29
By the way, the word that is
used in the Greek Septuagint,
00:28:55.25\00:28:58.18
the Greek translation of
the Old Testament is sarx.
00:28:58.21\00:29:01.94
So we know that it should
not be soma, it should be sarx.
00:29:01.97\00:29:06.06
Verse 27.
00:29:06.09\00:29:07.39
Because you will not
abandon me to the grave...
00:29:07.42\00:29:11.03
The King James Version
says, You will not leave, what?
00:29:11.06\00:29:16.68
My soul in hell. The New
International Version says,
00:29:16.71\00:29:20.20
You will not allow me
to remain in the grave.
00:29:20.23\00:29:23.28
So the soul is me,
and hell is the grave.
00:29:23.31\00:29:27.51
Are you catching the point?
00:29:27.54\00:29:29.05
And so it says in verse 27,
Because you will not abandon me
00:29:29.08\00:29:33.01
to the grave, nor will you
let your Holy One see decay.
00:29:33.04\00:29:38.99
You have made known to me the
paths of life; you will fill me
00:29:39.02\00:29:44.06
with joy in your presence.
00:29:44.09\00:29:46.19
And then lets go down
to verse 31, Acts 2:31.
00:29:46.22\00:29:51.43
Now Peter is going to interpret
the meaning of this passage.
00:29:51.46\00:29:54.61
He says:
00:29:54.64\00:29:55.67
Once again, it should be flesh.
00:30:05.64\00:30:06.91
Have you ever heard of
those people who teach that
00:30:11.52\00:30:15.11
the crucifixion
took place on Wednesday,
00:30:15.20\00:30:17.67
and Jesus
resurrected on Sabbath?
00:30:17.70\00:30:20.17
This prophecy
makes that impossible.
00:30:20.20\00:30:23.67
Jesus could not have
been crucified on a Wednesday,
00:30:23.70\00:30:29.64
and resurrect on a Sabbath
to fulfill this prophecy.
00:30:29.67\00:30:32.96
Because the only day in
which the manna fell when it was
00:30:32.99\00:30:37.18
as fresh the next day as
the day it fell was when it was
00:30:37.21\00:30:41.29
picked up on
Friday for the Sabbath,
00:30:41.32\00:30:43.23
not Wednesday for the Sabbath,
not Thursday for the Sabbath,
00:30:43.26\00:30:47.16
Friday for the Sabbath.
00:30:47.19\00:30:48.62
So this shows that really
the Messiah was going to die
00:30:48.65\00:30:53.27
on which day? on Friday,
and His body was going to rest
00:30:53.30\00:30:57.67
in hope, and His body
was not going to see decay.
00:30:57.70\00:31:00.55
It was not, in other
words, going to breed worms,
00:31:00.58\00:31:04.27
or to stink. Now somebody might
say, Pastor Bohr, are you saying
00:31:04.30\00:31:08.90
then that eating the
manna means that we eat
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.15
the physical flesh of Jesus? No.
00:31:11.18\00:31:14.71
We need to understand the
way in which Jesus says that we
00:31:14.74\00:31:18.76
assimilate Him as the manna.
00:31:18.79\00:31:20.77
We assimilate His flesh.
00:31:20.80\00:31:22.20
It's not by eating His
physical flesh, it's actually by
00:31:22.23\00:31:26.92
consuming His word.
00:31:26.95\00:31:29.35
Notice John 6:63, because
when Jesus said these words,
00:31:29.38\00:31:35.17
the people said, Oh, this man
is teaching us to be cannibals.
00:31:35.20\00:31:38.59
He's saying we
should eat His flesh.
00:31:38.62\00:31:40.63
That's gross! That's
forbidden in the law of Moses.
00:31:40.66\00:31:43.41
You see, Jesus wasn't
saying, eat My physical flesh.
00:31:43.44\00:31:47.70
His physical flesh is
assimilated by studying
00:31:47.73\00:31:52.10
the word, because Jesus
physically is composed of flesh,
00:31:52.13\00:31:56.42
but His word is
Jesus in written form.
00:31:56.45\00:32:00.04
Now notice John 6:63.
00:32:00.07\00:32:02.95
Jesus says to these people:
00:32:02.98\00:32:05.14
In other words, it doesn't do
you any good to eat My physical
00:32:10.00\00:32:13.05
flesh. Then He says this:
00:32:13.08\00:32:15.13
In other words, we assimilate
the flesh of Jesus through
00:32:20.54\00:32:23.91
partaking of His word,
because the manna represented
00:32:23.94\00:32:27.02
the physical flesh of Jesus,
and the physical flesh of Jesus
00:32:27.05\00:32:31.05
represented His written word.
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.13
By the way, 1 Peter 1:23
speaks of the word of God
00:32:34.16\00:32:40.67
being incorruptible,
just like His body was.
00:32:40.70\00:32:42.97
Notice what it says
there in 1 Peter 1:23.
00:32:43.00\00:32:49.03
It says, having been born
again, not of corruptible seed,
00:32:49.06\00:32:54.78
but of what?
Incorruptible through what?
00:32:54.81\00:33:00.85
Through the word of God,
which lives and abides forever.
00:33:00.88\00:33:07.51
And so, interestingly enough,
the Sabbath not only points
00:33:07.54\00:33:12.67
backwards to
creation, but the Sabbath also,
00:33:12.70\00:33:16.35
in the Old Testament, pointed
forward to what Jesus was going
00:33:16.38\00:33:20.23
to do when He died on the cross.
00:33:20.26\00:33:21.76
The sixth day, towards the end
of the day, He was going to say,
00:33:21.79\00:33:24.96
It is finished. His body was
going to be placed in the tomb.
00:33:24.99\00:33:28.90
On Sabbath it was
going to rest in hope.
00:33:28.93\00:33:31.81
His flesh was not
going to see decay.
00:33:31.84\00:33:35.31
It was not going
to see corruption,
00:33:35.34\00:33:37.50
because He was the living manna.
00:33:37.53\00:33:40.30
In other words, we have a
beautiful Messianic prophecy
00:33:40.33\00:33:44.74
here in John 6, as we
compare it with Exodus 16.
00:33:44.77\00:33:53.09
But do you know that the
Sabbath has another dimension?
00:33:53.12\00:33:56.85
The Sabbath also has
a future significance,
00:33:56.88\00:34:00.85
and this future significance
would have never come up
00:34:00.88\00:34:04.78
unless man had sinned.
00:34:04.81\00:34:07.27
Are you understanding
that the Sabbath has a primary
00:34:07.30\00:34:11.05
significance, and it
has secondary applications
00:34:11.08\00:34:14.54
as well after sin?
00:34:14.57\00:34:15.89
Before sin the
purpose of the Sabbath is
00:34:15.92\00:34:20.29
to commemorate creation.
00:34:20.32\00:34:21.65
After sin it still commemorates
creation, but now it also points
00:34:21.68\00:34:27.80
forward to redemption, where
the Creator is going to finish
00:34:27.83\00:34:32.17
His works the sixth day.
00:34:32.20\00:34:33.39
He is going to rest in
the tomb on the seventh day
00:34:33.42\00:34:35.80
like He did at the beginning,
from is works of creation.
00:34:35.83\00:34:39.34
And the Sabbath also points
forward to the end of time
00:34:39.37\00:34:44.01
when God will create a
new heavens, and a new earth,
00:34:44.04\00:34:47.47
which is
necessary because of sin.
00:34:47.50\00:34:49.83
In fact, lets go to Isaiah
66 and read verses 22 and 23.
00:34:49.86\00:34:57.20
Isaiah 66:22, 23. It says there:
00:34:57.23\00:35:03.19
Is this verse talking about
a new heavens and a new earth?
00:35:16.49\00:35:20.26
God making a new heavens and a
new earth? Absolutely! Verse 23:
00:35:20.29\00:35:24.62
In this new
heavens and new earth.
00:35:26.85\00:35:30.23
By the way, New Moon could
be translated from one month
00:35:33.70\00:35:37.40
to another, because the
New Moon marked the beginning
00:35:37.43\00:35:41.68
of the months among the Hebrews.
00:35:41.71\00:35:44.73
You know that the
months are lunar months.
00:35:44.76\00:35:47.54
Am I correct? Even today the
months are reckoned by the moon,
00:35:47.57\00:35:51.71
and the days are
reckoned by the sun.
00:35:51.74\00:35:54.21
So, in other words, it could be
translated, from month to month.
00:35:54.24\00:35:59.87
And then it says, And
from one Sunday to another...
00:35:59.90\00:36:04.94
Ah, you're still
out there, and awake.
00:36:04.97\00:36:09.52
It says, And from one Sabbath
to another, all the Jews shall
00:36:09.55\00:36:16.32
come to worship
before Me, says the Lord.
00:36:16.35\00:36:19.99
It doesn't say, All the Jews.
00:36:20.02\00:36:23.56
So the New heavens, and the
New earth is just for the Jews?
00:36:23.59\00:36:26.97
Of course not! It says here,
From one Sabbath to another
00:36:27.00\00:36:31.72
all flesh shall come to worship
before Me, says the Lord.
00:36:31.75\00:36:37.89
Now the question is, why are
we going to go there to worship
00:36:37.92\00:36:42.78
before the Lord
from month to month?
00:36:42.81\00:36:44.73
Obviously, we're going to go
and worship before His throne,
00:36:44.76\00:36:49.17
because that's where, according
to Revelation, people are going
00:36:49.20\00:36:52.88
to bow before God on the
sea of glass, before His throne.
00:36:52.91\00:36:57.50
So why are we
going to go every month?
00:36:57.53\00:37:00.31
Well, Revelation
22:1, 2 has the explanation.
00:37:00.34\00:37:04.50
See, Revelation
explains the Old Testament.
00:37:04.53\00:37:08.08
You can't understand
Revelation without going back
00:37:08.11\00:37:10.78
to the Old Testament.
00:37:10.81\00:37:11.84
So those who say that
they're New Testament Christians
00:37:11.87\00:37:14.75
are really studying with
one hand behind their back;
00:37:14.78\00:37:18.09
tied behind their back.
00:37:18.12\00:37:19.78
Notice what it says
there in Revelation 22:1, 2.
00:37:19.81\00:37:23.80
And what is there?
00:37:33.35\00:37:35.57
So why is it that we
are going to go to worship
00:37:58.75\00:38:03.78
before the Lord every month?
00:38:03.81\00:38:05.88
Clearly, we are told
here, that we will go to partake
00:38:05.91\00:38:11.88
of the tree of life.
00:38:11.91\00:38:13.15
Did you know that we,
even in the kingdom come,
00:38:13.18\00:38:18.49
are going to be
conditionally immortal?
00:38:18.52\00:38:21.65
In other words, we will continue
to live because we will continue
00:38:21.68\00:38:25.94
to eat from God's tree.
00:38:25.97\00:38:27.63
We will not be
inherently immortal.
00:38:27.66\00:38:31.48
Our immortality will be
derived from God's tree.
00:38:31.51\00:38:35.54
We will have to go every month
to eat from the tree of life,
00:38:35.57\00:38:39.14
to continue
living forever and ever.
00:38:39.17\00:38:42.27
But then there's the
issue of going every Sabbath.
00:38:42.30\00:38:45.89
Why are we going to go
to worship before the Lord
00:38:45.92\00:38:50.19
from Sabbath to Sabbath?
00:38:50.22\00:38:51.65
Folks, Isaiah 66 makes it clear.
00:38:51.68\00:38:55.44
It says that it's because
God is going to make a new what?
00:38:55.47\00:38:59.64
God is going to make a
new heavens and a new earth.
00:38:59.67\00:39:04.45
Now the question is, why would
God have to make a new heavens,
00:39:04.48\00:39:07.56
and a new earth? The book of
Revelation makes it very clear.
00:39:07.59\00:39:13.32
You see, when Jesus
comes back to this earth,
00:39:13.35\00:39:17.22
the earth is going to
return to the condition it was
00:39:17.25\00:39:21.82
at the
beginning, before creation.
00:39:21.85\00:39:24.78
You remember that in Genesis
1: 2 it says that the earth
00:39:24.81\00:39:30.70
was without form and void?
00:39:30.73\00:39:34.71
And the planet
was what? in darkness.
00:39:34.74\00:39:38.25
Notice Jeremiah 4:23, Jeremiah
4:23, speaking about the
00:39:38.28\00:39:46.96
condition of the earth after
the second coming of Jesus.
00:39:46.99\00:39:49.51
It says there in Jeremiah
4: 23, I beheld the earth,
00:39:49.54\00:39:55.16
and indeed it was without
form, and void; and the heavens,
00:39:55.19\00:40:00.92
they had no light.
00:40:00.95\00:40:03.02
So let me ask you, Is
this planet going to return
00:40:03.05\00:40:06.83
to the chaotic condition
it was in before creation?
00:40:06.86\00:40:11.45
Absolutely! So what is
God going to have to do?
00:40:11.48\00:40:15.22
He's going to have to make
a new heavens, and a new earth
00:40:15.25\00:40:20.83
just like He made when? just
like He made at the beginning.
00:40:20.86\00:40:25.37
In other words, He is going to
suspend His rest from creation.
00:40:25.40\00:40:31.83
Are you understanding me?
00:40:31.86\00:40:34.08
In other words, God, since
creation, as we studied in our
00:40:34.11\00:40:37.64
first subject, has
ceased His work of creation.
00:40:37.67\00:40:41.15
In other words, the evening and
the morning of the seventh day
00:40:41.18\00:40:44.51
has not come for God,
because God has created no more
00:40:44.54\00:40:48.65
with regards to this earth.
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.76
But when this earth returns to
the condition it was in before
00:40:50.79\00:40:55.88
creation, God is going to break
His rest, and He's going to
00:40:55.91\00:41:02.55
start creating again.
00:41:02.58\00:41:04.65
Let me ask you, how many days
do you think God is going to use
00:41:04.68\00:41:08.47
to create again this world?
00:41:08.50\00:41:10.79
Now where did you get that idea
from that it would be six days?
00:41:10.82\00:41:15.98
You know, I used to that
when God makes the New heavens,
00:41:16.01\00:41:20.11
and the New earth, He's going
to say, Let there be the New
00:41:20.14\00:41:23.56
heavens, and the New
earth... it's all there!
00:41:23.59\00:41:27.18
But it can't be.
You say, why not?
00:41:27.21\00:41:31.69
Because in Isaiah 66 we are told
that we are going to worship
00:41:31.72\00:41:37.95
before the Lord from Sabbath
to Sabbath in commemoration
00:41:37.98\00:41:42.26
of the creation of the New
heavens, and the New earth.
00:41:42.29\00:41:44.61
Now you cannot keep the seventh
day unless you have the first
00:41:44.64\00:41:50.85
six, because the seventh is
reckoned on the basis of the
00:41:50.88\00:41:56.13
first six days. Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:41:56.16\00:41:58.75
If we're going to go
from Sabbath to Sabbath
00:41:58.78\00:42:01.77
to worship before the Lord,
it must mean that there are six
00:42:01.80\00:42:05.48
days before that Sabbath, which
means that God when He recreates
00:42:05.51\00:42:11.97
this earth, and He
remakes the heavens...
00:42:12.00\00:42:15.74
By the way, do you know why
He has to remake the heavens
00:42:15.77\00:42:18.38
and the earth? Go with me
to Matthew 24:29, Matthew 24:29
00:42:18.41\00:42:26.19
tells us what's going to happen
when Jesus comes. It says there:
00:42:26.22\00:42:30.41
Immediately after the
tribulation of those days, the
00:42:30.44\00:42:34.58
sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give its light.
00:42:34.61\00:42:39.02
The stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens
00:42:39.05\00:42:46.24
will be shaken. What's
going to happen with the sun,
00:42:46.27\00:42:48.73
the moon, and the stars?
00:42:48.76\00:42:49.81
They are going to be
thrown out of their orbits.
00:42:49.84\00:42:52.47
The powers of the
heavens shall be shaken.
00:42:52.50\00:42:56.35
By the way, who are the
powers that rule the heavens?
00:42:56.38\00:42:59.49
The sun and the moon.
00:42:59.52\00:43:01.78
Notice Genesis
1:16, Genesis 1:16.
00:43:01.81\00:43:07.85
When God created the sun
and the moon, notice what He
00:43:07.88\00:43:10.75
created them for.
00:43:10.78\00:43:11.81
It says: Then God made two
great lights; the greater light
00:43:11.84\00:43:18.49
to do what?... to rule the
day, and the lesser light...
00:43:18.52\00:43:23.98
,... to what?
00:43:24.01\00:43:25.70
to rule the night:
he made the stars also.
00:43:25.73\00:43:30.40
So who are the powers of the
heavens that rule the heavens?
00:43:30.43\00:43:33.20
It is the sun and the moon.
00:43:33.23\00:43:35.15
Let me ask you, when Jesus
comes, are the sun and the moon
00:43:35.18\00:43:38.72
going to be thrown out of
their orbits? Yes they are.
00:43:38.75\00:43:42.35
And that's the reason why during
the millennium we're told that
00:43:42.38\00:43:46.03
the earth is
going to be in what?
00:43:46.06\00:43:48.00
The earth is going to be
in darkness, because our whole
00:43:48.03\00:43:51.69
solar system is going
to be thrown out of whack,
00:43:51.72\00:43:54.64
so to speak. So is Jesus
going to have to reorganize
00:43:54.67\00:44:00.87
the heavens and the earth?
00:44:00.90\00:44:03.20
He most certainly is, and
He's going to do it in six days.
00:44:03.23\00:44:08.72
Now here's the marvelous thing.
00:44:08.75\00:44:10.88
At the beginning, when God
made the heavens and the earth,
00:44:10.91\00:44:15.93
and worked six days to create
the heavens and the earth,
00:44:15.96\00:44:19.37
Adam and Eve were not eye
witnesses, because God made
00:44:19.40\00:44:26.38
everything before He created
Adam and Eve, and furthermore
00:44:26.41\00:44:32.09
when He made Eve, after
Adam, but He put Adam to sleep,
00:44:32.12\00:44:36.24
and so Adam did not
see the creation of Eve.
00:44:36.27\00:44:39.26
Adam and Eve did not
see God create anything.
00:44:39.29\00:44:41.94
In other words, they had to take
Jesus, God, at His word when He
00:44:41.97\00:44:47.13
said, I was the Creator.
00:44:47.16\00:44:48.41
I made everything.
00:44:48.44\00:44:49.47
They had to believe
it because He said it.
00:44:49.50\00:44:51.74
In other words, they had
to walk by faith not by sight.
00:44:51.77\00:44:56.60
But the beautiful
thing is at the end of time
00:44:56.63\00:45:00.00
it's going to be
different, because God's people
00:45:00.03\00:45:03.31
are going to be alive.
00:45:03.34\00:45:05.13
Can you imagine what it's going
to be like when God is going to
00:45:05.16\00:45:09.74
remake this earth
again, and organize it
00:45:09.77\00:45:12.36
like He did at the beginning;
put it in order and fill it,
00:45:12.39\00:45:15.98
and He says the first
day, Let there be light,
00:45:16.01\00:45:19.23
and light appears.
00:45:19.26\00:45:20.56
And then He says, now I have
to let twenty-four hours go by.
00:45:20.59\00:45:23.32
Twenty-four hours go by then
He says, Okay, now second day.
00:45:23.35\00:45:28.43
Let there be the firmament!
00:45:28.46\00:45:29.90
And God's people are
there watching what He's doing.
00:45:29.93\00:45:33.71
Then the third day He says,
Let there be productive land.
00:45:33.74\00:45:39.24
Let there be trees,
and plants, and flowers.
00:45:39.27\00:45:42.89
And so all over the earth
you have these beautiful plants,
00:45:42.92\00:45:46.61
and flowers, and
trees sprouting out.
00:45:46.64\00:45:49.94
And then God says, Let the sun,
the moon, and the stars occupy
00:45:49.97\00:45:54.21
their places again.
00:45:54.24\00:45:55.39
And He's going to
organize the cosmos.
00:45:55.42\00:45:57.41
He's going to
organize the heavens.
00:45:57.44\00:45:59.51
He's going to place the
sun, the moon, and the stars
00:45:59.54\00:46:01.67
where they were before
they were thrown out of their
00:46:01.70\00:46:04.51
orbits when Jesus came.
00:46:04.54\00:46:06.25
And then the fifth day
He's going to say, Let the sky's
00:46:06.28\00:46:10.62
have birds in them, and let
the waters be filled with fish.
00:46:10.65\00:46:14.34
They all died as a
result of the plagues.
00:46:14.37\00:46:17.38
And then the sixth day
He's going to say, Let the Earth
00:46:17.41\00:46:21.40
produce living creatures.
00:46:21.43\00:46:22.78
And He's going to create
all of these wonderful animals
00:46:22.81\00:46:27.13
that we've come to love: cats.
00:46:27.16\00:46:31.52
I see my wife smiling.
00:46:31.55\00:46:35.63
Dogs, pet rats; You don't
like those very well, do you?
00:46:35.66\00:46:43.56
Some people do. The world
is going to be a gigantic zoo.
00:46:43.59\00:46:49.45
But everything will be perfect.
00:46:49.48\00:46:52.08
Animals will not kill animals.
00:46:52.11\00:46:54.79
And then Jesus is going to
say, I've made this whole world
00:46:54.82\00:47:00.66
in six days. Now come, I'm going
to give you the scenic tour.
00:47:00.69\00:47:06.35
And so now He's going to show
us everything that He has made.
00:47:06.38\00:47:11.53
And see, He
started working again.
00:47:11.56\00:47:13.20
He suspended His rest.
00:47:13.23\00:47:14.70
Now He's working six days after
He does the work on six days,
00:47:14.73\00:47:19.10
Man does nothing
like at the beginning.
00:47:19.13\00:47:21.03
Now God steps back and
He takes a breath, Nafas!
00:47:21.06\00:47:27.67
And God enjoys the experience
of rest in gladness and joy,
00:47:27.70\00:47:32.74
and the heavens
are singing, nuach!
00:47:32.77\00:47:36.58
He's enjoying the work of
His hands like a master artist.
00:47:36.61\00:47:41.34
He's contemplating the beautiful
things that He has created,
00:47:41.37\00:47:46.10
and so He will give
His people the scenic tour.
00:47:46.13\00:47:49.28
And then He will say to
them, now this day is holy.
00:47:49.31\00:47:56.56
I've rested on it, therefore,
from now on you will come
00:47:56.59\00:48:03.14
into My presence from Sabbath
to Sabbath to commemorate
00:48:03.17\00:48:08.25
the glorious
work of re-creation.
00:48:08.28\00:48:11.48
In other words, the Sabbath
has a prophetic dimension.
00:48:11.51\00:48:16.68
It has a future dimension.
00:48:16.71\00:48:18.93
It points forward to the times
when God is going to create
00:48:18.96\00:48:22.25
a new heavens, and a
new earth, and God's people
00:48:22.28\00:48:25.79
will be eye witnesses.
00:48:25.82\00:48:27.37
And He will once again establish
the Sabbath after creation
00:48:27.40\00:48:31.69
as a sign that
He's the wonderful,
00:48:31.72\00:48:33.65
generous, loving Creator.
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.64
Now some people say, Pastor
Bohr, there's not going to be
00:48:35.67\00:48:40.78
any monthly and
weekly cycle in the kingdom.
00:48:40.81\00:48:44.25
Haven't you ever
read Revelation 21:23?
00:48:44.28\00:48:49.64
Well, let's go to that
verse and take a look at it:
00:48:49.67\00:48:52.44
Revelation 21:23, and
let's read it carefully.
00:48:52.47\00:48:58.14
We need to read things
carefully. It says there:
00:48:58.17\00:49:03.40
Does it say that the
city doesn't have them? No.
00:49:16.82\00:49:22.41
Does it say that there's not
going to be all over the earth?
00:49:22.44\00:49:25.75
No. It's the city, and
the city has no what? no need.
00:49:25.78\00:49:31.03
See, we've got
to read carefully.
00:49:31.06\00:49:32.20
Maybe I can illustrate it.
00:49:44.78\00:49:46.03
How many of you have seen
a person with a flashlight
00:49:46.06\00:49:52.00
trying to find their
way around at high noon?
00:49:52.03\00:49:57.15
I mean, if you shine
your flashlight on the ground
00:49:57.18\00:50:04.51
on a 110 degree day in Fresno,
when the sun is beating down,
00:50:04.54\00:50:12.01
can you even see the
ray on the sidewalk? No.
00:50:12.04\00:50:17.55
It's shining, but the light of
the sun is so bright, so bright,
00:50:17.58\00:50:22.26
that you actually, it's like you
don't even have a flashlight.
00:50:22.29\00:50:26.37
That's what's going to happen
with the sun and the moon.
00:50:26.40\00:50:30.25
The sun and the moon are
going to have to step aside,
00:50:30.28\00:50:33.04
and they're going to
allow the glory of God to shine
00:50:33.07\00:50:37.02
in the holy city.
00:50:37.05\00:50:38.12
Notice also, Isaiah
24:23, Isaiah 24:23.
00:50:38.15\00:50:47.30
This is related to what we
just read in Revelation 21:23.
00:50:47.33\00:50:53.09
It says there, speaking about
after the millennium when God
00:50:53.12\00:50:56.17
makes the new heavens
and the new earth, it says,
00:50:56.20\00:50:58.80
Then the moon will be disgraced.
00:50:58.83\00:51:03.24
It doesn't say that the
moon is going to disappear.
00:51:03.27\00:51:04.82
It says the moon will be
disgraced, and the sun ashamed.
00:51:04.85\00:51:09.88
How come? Ah, it says, for
the Lord of hosts will reign
00:51:09.91\00:51:15.79
on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem
before His elders gloriously.
00:51:15.82\00:51:21.93
Now allow me to read you a
statement, as we near the end
00:51:21.96\00:51:26.91
of our study, from
Early Writings, page 41.
00:51:26.94\00:51:29.91
This is a powerful statement.
00:51:29.94\00:51:31.32
Ellen White says this: The
powers of heaven are the sun,
00:51:31.35\00:51:37.10
moon, and stars.
They rule in the heavens.
00:51:37.13\00:51:41.82
The powers of earth are
those that rule on the earth.
00:51:41.85\00:51:46.66
The powers of heaven will
be shaken at the voice of God.
00:51:46.69\00:51:53.38
Then the sun, moon,
and stars will be moved
00:51:53.41\00:51:59.63
out of their places.
00:51:59.66\00:52:01.12
That's what I was talking
about a little while ago.
00:52:01.15\00:52:04.31
She says, they will not
pass away, but be shaken
00:52:04.34\00:52:08.94
by the voice of God.
00:52:08.97\00:52:10.78
Now let me ask you,
do you think the devil
00:52:10.81\00:52:15.22
loves the Sabbath?
00:52:15.25\00:52:16.28
The devil hates the Sabbath.
00:52:16.31\00:52:20.37
In fact, the
devil has led Christians
00:52:20.40\00:52:23.52
to despise the Sabbath; to
call it a Jewish institution;
00:52:23.55\00:52:26.91
to call it a yoke of bondage,
but the fact is the Sabbath is
00:52:26.94\00:52:31.77
not a yoke of bondage,
it's not a Jewish institution.
00:52:31.80\00:52:34.95
Did Jesus only
come to redeem the Jews?
00:52:34.98\00:52:37.24
He came to redeem
the whole human race.
00:52:37.27\00:52:39.64
The devil hates the Sabbath
because the Sabbath exalts
00:52:39.67\00:52:44.76
Jesus at creation,
because the Sabbath exalts Jesus
00:52:44.79\00:52:49.24
in redemption, and because the
Sabbath points forward to the
00:52:49.27\00:52:53.38
new heavens and the new earth
where we'll go to worship Jesus.
00:52:53.41\00:52:57.53
And the devil hates Jesus, and
therefore he's going to hate the
00:52:57.56\00:53:02.19
sign that points towards Jesus.
00:53:02.22\00:53:04.65
By the way, if you want to
know how much the devil hates
00:53:04.68\00:53:08.43
the Sabbath, all that
you have to do is look at
00:53:08.46\00:53:10.46
the history of the Sabbath.
00:53:10.49\00:53:11.52
That will tell you how much
the devil hates the Sabbath.
00:53:11.55\00:53:15.86
From the moment that God
gave the Sabbath in the fourth
00:53:15.89\00:53:19.57
commandment, we're told that
Israel trampled on the Sabbath.
00:53:19.60\00:53:22.63
They worshipped the sun,
they worshipped other gods,
00:53:22.66\00:53:26.13
they trampled on the Sabbath.
00:53:26.16\00:53:27.78
And so God says, Okay, I'm going
to send you to Babylon captivity
00:53:27.81\00:53:31.69
so that you learn
to keep my Sabbath.
00:53:31.72\00:53:35.06
And so Jeremiah 17 says, that
because they trampled on the
00:53:35.09\00:53:39.40
Sabbath, they disobeyed it,
they desecrated the Sabbath,
00:53:39.43\00:53:41.97
God led them into captivity.
00:53:42.00\00:53:43.81
But the devil, you
know, the devil is very sly.
00:53:43.84\00:53:46.32
So the devil says, I'm going
to use this to my advantage.
00:53:46.35\00:53:49.28
God wants to teach
them to keep the Sabbath.
00:53:49.31\00:53:51.43
Well, I'm going to tell
them that they need to establish
00:53:51.46\00:53:53.91
a whole bunch of laws
that will make it impossible
00:53:53.94\00:53:56.74
to break the Sabbath.
00:53:56.77\00:53:57.80
And so the Rabbi's established
this system of laws, Rabbinical
00:53:57.83\00:54:03.06
laws, supposedly to protect the
Sabbath from being desecrated,
00:54:03.09\00:54:06.50
so that they're not
taken captive again.
00:54:06.53\00:54:08.64
Among those laws is if you
had false teeth, you had to take
00:54:08.67\00:54:12.76
them out of your mouth
because that's carrying
00:54:12.79\00:54:14.16
a burden on the Sabbath.
00:54:14.19\00:54:15.22
If you have a prosthetic
leg you've got to take
00:54:15.25\00:54:18.52
the prosthetic leg
off, because that's bearing
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.87
a burden on the Sabbath.
00:54:20.90\00:54:21.93
You can't look in a mirror and
pull out a hair on the Sabbath,
00:54:21.96\00:54:25.29
because that's the sin of
plucking a hair on the Sabbath.
00:54:25.32\00:54:28.05
You couldn't jump over a river,
because you might fall in,
00:54:28.08\00:54:32.68
and then you would get
wet, and you might fall into the
00:54:32.71\00:54:35.16
sin of wringing your
robe, or your garment.
00:54:35.19\00:54:38.80
Nowhere in the Bible do you find
these rules and regulations.
00:54:38.83\00:54:42.34
They were Rabbinical
rules and regulations.
00:54:42.37\00:54:45.16
In other words, the devil
led Israel from trampling on the
00:54:45.19\00:54:49.55
Sabbath to idolizing the
Sabbath, and making the Sabbath
00:54:49.58\00:54:53.93
a means of salvation.
00:54:53.96\00:54:55.81
And the devil was
preparing the way, eventually,
00:54:55.84\00:54:59.79
for the Christians in the early
church to look at the Sabbath
00:54:59.82\00:55:03.84
and say, Look at that Sabbath.
00:55:03.87\00:55:05.54
It's a yoke of bondage.
00:55:05.57\00:55:07.51
It's a bunch of rules and
regulations, so let's not keep
00:55:07.54\00:55:11.34
the Sabbath, let's keep Sunday,
because it's a happy day.
00:55:11.37\00:55:15.82
It's a day that honors
the resurrection of Jesus.
00:55:15.85\00:55:18.39
It's not that old
Sabbath yoke of bondage,
00:55:18.42\00:55:20.97
full of rules and regulations.
00:55:21.00\00:55:23.19
Are you understanding
what the devil is doing?
00:55:23.22\00:55:24.83
What the devil
does, he leads Israel to
00:55:24.86\00:55:27.59
trample on the Sabbath.
00:55:27.62\00:55:28.77
Then he leads Israel to
establish a mass of laws to
00:55:28.80\00:55:33.87
protect the Sabbath, which makes
the Sabbath a yoke of bondage,
00:55:33.90\00:55:37.19
because eventually he wants
to lead Christians to reject
00:55:37.22\00:55:39.99
the Sabbath, thinking that
the Sabbath of the Pharisees
00:55:40.02\00:55:43.23
is the Sabbath of the Lord.
00:55:43.26\00:55:44.91
Do you know that
the Rabbinical Sabbath
00:55:44.94\00:55:47.37
is not really the Sabbath?
00:55:47.40\00:55:48.52
It is a
distortion of the Sabbath.
00:55:48.55\00:55:51.32
Jesus didn't come to break the
Sabbath, Jesus came to deliver
00:55:51.35\00:55:55.54
the Sabbath from
the mass of human laws
00:55:55.57\00:55:58.45
that had made the
Sabbath a yoke of bondage.
00:55:58.48\00:56:01.12
Jesus would not give
the Sabbath as a blessing,
00:56:01.15\00:56:03.87
bless it and make it holy,
and then curse the Sabbath,
00:56:03.90\00:56:07.55
and break the Sabbath.
00:56:07.58\00:56:08.61
In fact, Jesus came to deliver
the Sabbath from the bondage
00:56:08.64\00:56:13.15
that had been created.
00:56:13.18\00:56:14.45
And do you know that Bible
prophecy tells us that there was
00:56:14.48\00:56:18.45
a little horn during the period
of the middle ages that actually
00:56:18.49\00:56:22.85
thought that it could
change God's holy law.
00:56:22.88\00:56:25.40
It's a church in the world today
who says, We were the ones who
00:56:25.43\00:56:28.99
changed the day of
worship from Sabbath to Sunday.
00:56:29.02\00:56:31.09
Let me ask you, who would like
to see a change of the Sabbath
00:56:31.12\00:56:34.89
from Sabbath to Sunday?
God, No, it would be Satan.
00:56:34.92\00:56:41.05
Because, you see, the
change in the Sabbath points to
00:56:41.08\00:56:44.04
the person who changed it.
00:56:44.07\00:56:45.27
The original Sabbath points
to God who established it.
00:56:45.30\00:56:49.50
So the question is,
who's authority are you going
00:56:49.53\00:56:52.23
to accept? God, who established
the seventh day Sabbath,
00:56:52.26\00:56:55.19
or this power which established
Sunday as the day of rest?
00:56:55.22\00:56:59.70
The issue is not one day verses
another, the issue is whose
00:56:59.73\00:57:03.70
authority do you accept? God's
authority or man's authority?
00:57:03.73\00:57:09.68
The Sabbath is a great blessing.
00:57:09.71\00:57:12.43
I enjoy it. It reminds
me of my great Creator.
00:57:12.46\00:57:16.92
It reminds me of
my great Redeemer.
00:57:16.95\00:57:19.55
And it reminds me that
soon we will be in the kingdom;
00:57:19.58\00:57:23.41
in the new
heavens and the new earth
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wherein righteousness dwells.
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