Let's bow our heads.
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Thank You, Father,
for this wonderful day.
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Thank You for the privilege of
coming once again here to this
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place in full freedom to open
Your Holy Word, and hear Your
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voice speaking to us.
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We ask that You will be present
here through the ministration
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of Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us clarity of thought,
and give us willing hearts
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to receive Your Word.
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And we thank You for hearing
our prayer, for we ask it
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in the precious
name of Jesus, Amen.
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The lecture today,
and the next lecture
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are very closely linked.
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In fact the lecture
today, The Remnant of Her Seed,
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is absolutely indispensible
to understand the next lecture,
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which is on the 144,000.
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So what we're going
to study today is basic
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to understand our next lecture.
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And I'd like to begin by going
to Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:15.
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At this point Adam and Eve had
sinned, and they were shaking
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in the garden because they felt
that God was going to implement
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His Word, and they
were going to be destroyed.
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Because God had said, The
day that you eat from the tree,
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that very day
you will surely die.
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But when they were filled with
fear, thinking that the sentence
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was going to fall on them,
God came down to the garden
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and He spoke to the serpent.
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And I want you to notice
four key elements in this verse.
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Genesis 3:15. God is speaking
to the serpent, to the Devil.
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That's the first element.
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That is between the serpent.
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That's the second element.
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There's the third element.
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So you'll notice that
there's four elements here.
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We have, first of all, enmity.
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Then we have a serpent.
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Then we have a woman.
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And then the serpent has
seed, and the woman has Seed.
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And you'll notice that the
enmity runs between the serpent
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and the woman, and the serpent's
seed, and the woman's Seed.
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But the real enmity is
not serpent versus woman,
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or seed versus seed.
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The true enmity is reflected
in the last part of the verse.
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Once again it says, And I
will put enmity between you
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and the woman, and
between your seed and her Seed;
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He, that is the Seed of the
woman, shall bruise your head,..
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That is the serpent's head.
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...and you
shall bruise his heel.
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So the great enmity that we
find in Genesis 3:15, is between
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the woman's
Seed, and the serpent.
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And the prophecy says that the
Seed of the woman would crush
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the serpent's head, and
the serpent would be successful
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in wounding his heel.
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Now Revelation 12:17 picks up
on this verse, on Genesis 3:15.
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Go with me to Revelation
12:17, which we've read before.
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It says there:
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Let's see if we have
the same four elements.
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By the way, the dragon
in verse 9 of Revelation 12,
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is called the ancient serpent.
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So the dragon is
the serpent. So it says:
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Or the serpent.
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See, there you have the enmity.
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There's the third element.
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So you have a
dragon, or a serpent.
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You have enmity, or
rage, and you have a woman.
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And then it says:
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That is the serpent.
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There you have the enmity again.
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I prefer the King James,
with the remnant of her Seed.
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So do we have seed in
this verse also? Absolutely.
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We find the same
elements in this verse as we
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found in Genesis 3:15.
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We find a woman, we find
a serpent, we find enmity,
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and we find the
Seed of the woman.
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But you'll notice here in
Revelation 12:17 that it's not
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the Seed that is being spoken
of, the Seed of the woman,
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but the Seed's seed.
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Notice the last
part of the verse.
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It says once again, He
went to make war with the
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remnant of her Seed.
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Now the question is, Who
is the Seed of the woman?
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Because this is the remnant
of the Seed of the woman,
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the remnant of her seed.
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Now the Seed of the woman,
we're going to notice, is Jesus.
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But this is the remnant's seed.
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So, in other words,
this is the Seed's seed.
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Now let's notice John
12:23, 24, John 12:23, 24.
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Here Jesus is
speaking about His death.
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And notice what He says:
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By the way, that's Him.
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It represents Jesus.
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What happens? it sprouts
again; and it produces what?
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So you have one Seed,
which is a grain of wheat;
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falls into the ground, dies,
and as a result of its death
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it sprouts forth, and
it brings forth many seeds.
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Are you understanding?
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In other words, these
are the seeds of the Seed,
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of the original seed
that died and sprouted up.
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Now the question is, who is this
solitary Seed who brings many
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seeds into the world?
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Let's go to Galatians 3:16.
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Galatians 3:16
identifies this solitary Seed,
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this grain of wheat that
Jesus spoke about. It says:
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So the question is,
Who is that solitary Seed,
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that grain of wheat
that Jesus spoke about?
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He's talking about Himself.
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But let me ask you, When Jesus
died, and sprouted forth to new
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life, or resurrected, Did
He provide the means where He
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could have many
other seeds? Absolutely.
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Notice Galatians 3:29. It says:
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In other words, we
become the Seed's seed.
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Are you following me or
are you not following me?
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So in other words, Revelation
12:17 is saying that the
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serpent, or the dragon, was
going to be enraged with the
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remnant of her Seed.
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Her Seed is Jesus, so the
remnant of her seed would be
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those who were born from Jesus,
the Seed's seed, if you please.
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Now you say, Why do
you bring this to view?
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There's a very important reason.
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You see, in the book of
Revelation, Babylon is not
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a literal city
geographically defined.
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Babylon, according to what we've
studied, is a worldwide system
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that is at enmity
with the people of God.
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The woman, who is called
Babylon the harlot, is symbolic.
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The wine that
she gets is symbolic.
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Her fornication is symbolic.
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The river that she
sits on is symbolic.
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It represents multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
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In other words,
Babylon is not literal Babylon
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over in the middle east.
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Babylon is a worldwide,
global, spiritual system.
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Now who is the great
enemy of Babylon in Scripture?
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Folks, the great enemy of
Babylon in Scripture is Israel.
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Now let me ask you, If
Babylon is global, or worldwide,
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and spiritual, that must
mean that Israel must also be
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global and spiritual.
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Are you
understanding what I am saying?
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The citizens of Babylon in
Revelation are not citizens
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of the old city
in the middle east.
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They're citizens of a
worldwide apostate system.
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And so Israel, the
enemy of Babylon, must also be
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a worldwide spiritual system.
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And you say, Why do
you bring this to view?
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You see, most churches
today, most Protestant churches,
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at least of the conservative
brand have a very interesting
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idea about Bible prophecy.
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They teach that God has
two mutually exclusive peoples.
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The first people of
God are the literal Jews,
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in other words literal Israel.
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The second group that belongs to
God, or the second people that
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God has, is the
Christian church.
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And they believe that God
has two totally different plans
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for literal Israel
and for the church.
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They actually believe that the
church is going to be Raptured
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to heaven seven years before
the glorious coming of Jesus.
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And then after the spiritual
people of God are Raptured
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to heaven, then God
will begin His plan again
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for the literal Jews.
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And some even teach that
throughout eternity God is
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going to have a heavenly
people, and He's going to
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have an earthly people.
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He's going to have two
peoples: literal Israel,
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and the Christian church.
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Now this has very strong
implications for what we're
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going to study
in our next lecture.
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Because we're going to notice
that, according to Scripture,
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there is only one
Seed, who is Jesus Christ.
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And there is only one
Seed's seed, which are His
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people from all ages.
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And I want you to notice, in ten
specific points, how the Bible
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teaches that God has only
one Israel, one true people,
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that are not geographically
defined, but they're defined
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by their
relationship to Jesus Christ.
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So we're going
to study ten points.
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The first point is
that God has only one fold.
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Jesus has only one fold.
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Notice John 10:16,
John 10:16. Jesus says:
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Who are those other
sheep that are not of His fold?
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This fold is Israel.
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Jesus says, I was not
sent but to the lost sheep
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of the house of Israel, He says
several times in the gospels.
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So it says, He says,
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...two flocks and one shepherd.
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That's not what it says.
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He's going to bring the
Gentiles and there will be what?
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one flock, and one shepherd.
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One people of God
represented by sheep.
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Let's go to John 11:51, 52.
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We're still showing that
Jesus has only one fold not two.
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He doesn't have literal
Israel and the Christian church.
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He has one people, one
fold, and there's one shepherd.
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John 11:51, 52. You
remember that Caiaphas says it's
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necessary for one
man to die, and not that
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the nation
disappear? Well notice:
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Caiaphas did not say...
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Which nation is
that? for literal Israel.
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But now notice:
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How many folds, and how
many shepherds? one fold,
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and one shepherd.
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And the fold is
composed of Jews and Gentiles,
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literal Israelites who accepted
Jesus, and spiritual Israelites.
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Now the second point that I
would like us to notice is that
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God has only one
Israel, and that Israel is not
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defined geographically.
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It's not defined ethnically.
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It's not defined genetically.
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It's defined relationally.
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In other words, for you to
be Israel, you have to have
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a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
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You must become the Seed's
seed in order to be true Israel.
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Let's go once
again to Galatians 3:16.
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Now to Abraham and his
Seed were the promises made.
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He does not say, and to seeds,
as of many, but as of one;
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and to your Seed, who is Christ.
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Who is the only true Seed,
according to the apostle Paul?
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Jesus Christ. Now do
we become seed also? Yes.
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We become the Seed's seed.
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How is it that we
become the Seed's seed?
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Notice what we find in verse 26.
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For you are all
sons of God through how?
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faith in Christ Jesus.
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For as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
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have put on Christ.
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How do we
become the Seed's seed?
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By being what? By being baptized
into His church. Verse 28:
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And now notice:
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What makes us children of
Abraham, or seed of Abraham?
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The fact that we are related
to whom? to Jesus Christ.
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In other words, those who
have not received Jesus Christ
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are not really
children of Abraham.
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They are not really Israel.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Notice Romans 2:28,
29, Romans 2:28, 29.
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Do you know that there are
Jews that aren't really Jews?
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Do you know what a real Jew is?
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According to the New Testament
definition, it is one who has
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accepted Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord, be he Jew, literally
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speaking, or be he
Gentile. Romans 2:28, 29.
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Let me ask you, Must you
have a circumcised and converted
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heart to Jesus Christ?
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Must you have received the Holy
Spirit in order to be a true Jew
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according to the New Testament
definition? Absolutely!
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Notice Romans
9:6-8, Romans 9:6-8.
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Here the apostle Paul says,
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That's interesting.
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Paul is saying that not
all Israelites are Israelites.
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Now who is an Israelite then?
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Notice what he
continues saying, verse 7.
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Let me ask you, Is it possible
to be the seed of Abraham
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literally, and not be a child,
or a son or a daughter of God?
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Absolutely. So he says:
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Let me ask you, Who was
it that came from Isaac?
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Jesus Christ,
the Messiah. Verse 8.
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That means literal Jews.
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That is of the
promise of the Messiah.
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Do you remember the encounter
that Jesus had with Nathaniel,
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who became one of His disciples;
one of the twelve apostles?
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I want you to notice how the
story is told in John 1:47-49.
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It says here:
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Question: If there are
Israelites indeed, must there be
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Israelites not
indeed? Absolutely!
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Now what made
Nathaniel an Israelite indeed?
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Was it because he had
blood of Abraham flowing
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through his veins?
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Was it because he
lived in the land of Israel?
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Was that defined genetically, or
geographically? Absolutely not.
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Let's continue reading.
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By the way, the word
indeed there is a Greek word
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that means genuine.
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In other words this is a genuine
Israelite in whom is no deceit;
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the same word that's used about
the 144,000: In their mouth
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was found no deceit.
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And then verse 48.
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What made him a Jew indeed?
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Interesting that he was under
the fig tree, because the fig
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tree represented Israel.
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So you have an Israelite
indeed under the symbol
00:19:08.51\00:19:11.11
that represents Israel.
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And then verse 49 shows
what made him a true Jew.
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What made Nathaniel a Jew
indeed, or an Israelite indeed?
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the fact that he confessed
that Jesus was the Son of God;
00:19:30.77\00:19:34.14
that Jesus was
the King of Israel.
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The next point that I
want us to notice is that
00:19:37.24\00:19:40.38
God has only one body.
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There's only one body of Christ,
composed of Jews and Gentiles.
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You see, God
doesn't have two bodies.
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God only has one body.
00:19:50.12\00:19:51.45
Christ only has one body.
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Notice Ephesians
2:13-18, Ephesians 2:13-18.
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Here the apostle Paul says:
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Who were those who
were far off? the Gentiles.
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You're going to
notice it in a minute.
00:20:16.28\00:20:17.61
That is Jesus is our peace.
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In other words, Jew and
Gentile He has made one.
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How many new men?
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That's the Gentiles, by the way.
00:20:58.99\00:21:00.56
That's the Jews.
00:21:02.09\00:21:03.43
How many bodies does Jesus have?
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One body is a Jewish
body, and the other body
00:21:10.77\00:21:14.54
is a Gentile body.
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No, Jesus has one body
composed of Jews and Gentiles:
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one people, one
Israel, one fold.
00:21:20.78\00:21:25.45
Notice 1 Corinthians
12:13, 1 Corinthians 12:13,
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on this same point that
Jesus Christ has only one body.
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It says there:
00:21:34.99\00:21:36.32
See, Jews and Gentiles.
00:21:45.77\00:21:47.10
By the way, what
is the body of Christ?
00:21:55.34\00:21:58.51
The body of
Christ is the church.
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I want you to notice that.
00:22:01.45\00:22:03.39
Ephesians 3:6. It
says there in Ephesians 3:6
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Listen to this.
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How many heirs does God have?
00:22:12.73\00:22:14.20
He has Gentile heirs
and He has Jewish heirs,
00:22:14.30\00:22:17.57
separated one from the other.
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No, it says here:
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.74
a different body. No.
00:22:24.37\00:22:26.47
How do they obtain the promises?
00:22:32.45\00:22:34.12
How do they become
members of one body?
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It says: partakers of
His promises, in Christ,
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through the gospel.
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By the way, you say,
Well, does the New Testament say
00:22:41.19\00:22:43.73
that the body is the church?
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Are you saying then
that God only has one body?
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literal Jews and Gentiles
in one church? Absolutely.
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Ephesians 1:18 and
then we'll read verse 24.
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It says in verse 18, And he...
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That is Jesus.
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...is the head of the body...
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And what is the
body? the church.
00:22:59.81\00:23:02.18
...who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
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that in all things he
may have the pre-eminence.
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Verse 24: I now rejoice
in my sufferings for you,
00:23:08.08\00:23:11.65
and fill up in my flesh what
is lacking in the afflictions of
00:23:11.69\00:23:14.62
Christ for the sake of
His body, which is what?
00:23:14.66\00:23:18.36
which is the church.
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.33
How many bodies does Jesus have?
00:23:20.40\00:23:22.56
He has two bodies.
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If He had two bodies
He would be a monster.
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One head with two bodies? No.
00:23:27.80\00:23:30.87
He's one head, with one body,
composed of all of the people
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.94
of God: Jews and Gentiles.
00:23:34.98\00:23:37.71
The next point that I
want to make is that God has
00:23:37.75\00:23:41.25
only one chosen city.
00:23:41.28\00:23:42.68
He doesn't have the earthly
Jerusalem for the Old Testament
00:23:42.72\00:23:47.22
Jewish saints, and the New
Jerusalem for the New Testament
00:23:47.26\00:23:50.59
spiritual Israel saints.
00:23:50.63\00:23:53.16
Absolutely not! There's only
one city for both Old and New
00:23:53.19\00:23:57.40
Testament people of God.
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.13
Notice Revelation
21:2, Revelation 21:2.
00:23:59.17\00:24:04.37
Which city is this?
It's the New Jerusalem.
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One city, right? Now is that
city composed of all of God's
00:24:19.75\00:24:23.93
people from the Old and
New Testament? Absolutely.
00:24:23.96\00:24:27.03
Notice Revelation
21:12, Revelation 21:12.
00:24:27.10\00:24:32.07
It's speaking here about
the twelve gates of the city.
00:24:32.10\00:24:35.60
It says:
00:24:35.64\00:24:36.97
What is it that is
written over the gates?
00:24:48.95\00:24:50.85
the names of the
what? of the sons of Jacob,
00:24:50.89\00:24:54.69
of the twelve tribes of Israel.
00:24:54.72\00:24:56.19
Which testament would that be?
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.93
That would be the
Old Testament, right?
00:24:57.96\00:25:00.93
But I want you to
notice that that same city
00:25:00.96\00:25:03.47
has something else.
00:25:03.50\00:25:04.83
Notice Revelation
21:14, Revelation 21:14.
00:25:04.87\00:25:10.51
Speaking about the
same city, it says:
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.44
In other words one city.
00:25:20.55\00:25:21.88
The gates have the names of
the tribes, and the foundations
00:25:21.92\00:25:25.75
have the names of the apostles.
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.36
In other words, the city
is composed of Old Testament
00:25:27.39\00:25:30.26
Christians and New
Testament Christians,
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.66
Old Testament Israel and New
Testament Israel in one city.
00:25:32.69\00:25:36.93
By the way, go with me to
Hebrews 11, and lets pursue this
00:25:36.97\00:25:41.07
a little bit further.
00:25:41.10\00:25:42.44
Hebrews 11:9, 10 and then we'll
jump down to verses 13 to 16.
00:25:42.47\00:25:47.04
Let me ask you, which
city did the Old Testament
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.41
heroes look forward to?
00:25:49.44\00:25:50.81
Did Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
look forward to that little city
00:25:50.85\00:25:54.45
over there in the
Middle East, where there's so
00:25:54.48\00:25:56.65
much conflict today?
00:25:56.69\00:25:58.02
None of the great heroes of
the Old Testament looked forward
00:25:58.05\00:26:02.49
to the earthly Jerusalem.
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.63
They looked forward to
the heavenly Jerusalem,
00:26:04.66\00:26:07.23
just like we look forward
to the heavenly Jerusalem.
00:26:07.23\00:26:09.76
Notice Hebrews 11:9.
00:26:09.80\00:26:11.83
Speaking about Abraham.
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.27
Notice, he was in
the promised land,
00:26:17.77\00:26:19.34
but it was a foreign country.
00:26:19.37\00:26:20.71
This is Abraham.
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.19
Which city did Abraham look
forward to? to that little city?
00:26:35.06\00:26:38.39
Is that what God promised
Abraham? that little city
00:26:38.43\00:26:41.00
over in the middle
east? Of course not!
00:26:41.03\00:26:42.90
He looked forward to
the heavenly Jerusalem,
00:26:42.93\00:26:45.10
just like we do today.
00:26:45.13\00:26:46.47
Notice verses 13 through 16.
00:26:46.50\00:26:49.10
Once again this
idea is amplified.
00:26:49.14\00:26:51.01
It says, These...
speaking about all these heroes
00:26:51.04\00:26:53.58
of the Old Testament.
00:26:53.64\00:26:54.98
See, they knew that
this earth wasn't their home.
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.12
They knew that that little strip
of land over in the middle east
00:27:09.16\00:27:12.29
wasn't their real
home. Notice verse 14:
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.66
Were these people seeking a
homeland, yes or no? Absolutely.
00:27:19.40\00:27:22.34
Verse 15. Which
was that homeland?
00:27:22.37\00:27:24.74
Interesting! So how
many cities does God have?
00:27:45.66\00:27:50.77
One city
composed only of Gentiles,
00:27:50.83\00:27:55.84
if it's the New
Jerusalem in heaven.
00:27:55.87\00:27:58.27
Is that what the Bible teaches?
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.44
The Bible teaches that
there's one city composed of
00:28:00.51\00:28:04.81
the apostles, and
the twelve tribes;
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.62
all of God's people in one city.
00:28:08.65\00:28:11.82
Now there's another
point that I want to make,
00:28:11.85\00:28:14.32
and this will be point number 5.
00:28:14.36\00:28:15.79
God's people in the Bible are
represented by only one woman.
00:28:15.82\00:28:23.30
Listen, if God has two separable
peoples, then He has two wives.
00:28:23.37\00:28:29.27
He has two women, and God
would be a spiritual bigamist.
00:28:29.30\00:28:33.58
Excuse me for
saying that, but it's true.
00:28:33.61\00:28:36.61
Now notice Revelation 12:1, 2.
00:28:36.64\00:28:40.25
This is speaking about the
church of the Old Testament;
00:28:40.32\00:28:44.19
the woman of the Old
Testament. Notice verse 1:
00:28:44.22\00:28:47.26
This woman represents
the Old Testament church.
00:29:02.77\00:29:06.64
And you say,
How do we know that?
00:29:06.71\00:29:08.04
It's very simple, because
she's pregnant with a child.
00:29:08.08\00:29:11.55
Who is the child?
The child is Jesus.
00:29:11.58\00:29:13.95
It has to be the Old Testament
church because the child
00:29:13.98\00:29:16.18
hasn't been born
yet in verses 1 and 2.
00:29:16.22\00:29:18.29
So this woman represents
the Old Testament church.
00:29:18.32\00:29:22.59
And, by the way, did Jesus come
from the Old Testament church?
00:29:22.62\00:29:25.96
Was Jesus a
descendent of Abraham?
00:29:25.99\00:29:29.36
Was Jesus a descendent of David?
00:29:29.40\00:29:32.60
He most certainly was.
00:29:32.63\00:29:33.97
Jesus was born from
the Old Testament church.
00:29:34.04\00:29:37.04
But now I want you to
notice that after the child is
00:29:37.11\00:29:40.68
caught up to God into
His throne, notice verse 5:
00:29:40.71\00:29:42.71
In other words, after
Jesus ascends to heaven,
00:29:50.32\00:29:53.29
then the dragon goes after whom?
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.79
He goes after the woman.
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.66
Is it a different
woman, or is it the same woman?
00:29:57.69\00:30:00.33
It's the same woman.
00:30:00.40\00:30:01.70
Notice verse 6. It says:
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.93
Does the same woman flee into
the wilderness as the one who
00:30:15.14\00:30:20.08
brought forth
the male child? Yes.
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.28
The woman that brought
forth the male child represents
00:30:22.32\00:30:25.22
the Old Testament church
from where Jesus was born.
00:30:25.25\00:30:28.02
But then afterwards
that same woman now flees
00:30:28.06\00:30:31.16
into the wilderness.
00:30:31.19\00:30:32.53
So much for the idea that
God had an Old Testament woman,
00:30:32.56\00:30:36.80
which would be literal Israel,
and then He has a separable
00:30:36.83\00:30:40.97
people which are the Gentiles
in the New Testament period.
00:30:41.00\00:30:44.24
The Bible says that
God only has one woman.
00:30:44.27\00:30:48.14
Jesus Christ has only one wife.
00:30:48.18\00:30:51.08
He does not have two
wives: literal Israel
00:30:51.11\00:30:53.75
and spiritual Israel.
00:30:53.78\00:30:55.58
And, by the way, by
choosing twelve apostles,
00:30:55.62\00:30:59.59
Jesus Christ was trying to teach
that He was continuing Israel.
00:30:59.62\00:31:04.86
Don't you think that Jesus chose
twelve apostles just because
00:31:04.89\00:31:08.23
He liked the number.
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.60
He says, Oh, twelve,
that's a nice number, isn't it?
00:31:09.63\00:31:11.17
There were twelve tribes,
so let's just choose twelve
00:31:11.20\00:31:13.17
twelve apostles, No.
00:31:13.20\00:31:14.54
Jesus chose twelve
apostles intentionally.
00:31:14.57\00:31:17.37
How do we know that?
00:31:17.41\00:31:19.11
We know that because
before the day of Pentecost,
00:31:19.14\00:31:22.74
in Acts 1, before God
could pour out His Holy Spirit,
00:31:22.78\00:31:26.58
it was necessary to
elect apostle number twelve
00:31:26.61\00:31:29.92
in place of Judas,
because Judas had apostatized.
00:31:29.95\00:31:34.06
There needed to
be how many? twelve.
00:31:34.12\00:31:36.02
And let me explain very briefly
why there had to be twelve.
00:31:36.06\00:31:38.56
You see, the high priest, in
the sanctuary, had twelve stones
00:31:38.59\00:31:44.23
on his breastplate,
which represented God's people,
00:31:44.27\00:31:47.70
the twelve tribes of Israel.
00:31:47.74\00:31:49.20
Now Jesus was going to
begin His high priestly ministry
00:31:49.24\00:31:52.67
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.04
He couldn't begin it
with only eleven stones
00:31:54.11\00:31:57.38
on His breastplate.
00:31:57.41\00:31:58.75
He had to have all
twelve representing
00:31:58.78\00:32:01.28
all of God's people; the nucleus
of His New Testament church.
00:32:01.32\00:32:04.65
In other words, the number
twelve represents God's people
00:32:04.69\00:32:08.26
from all ages, Old
Testament and New Testament.
00:32:08.29\00:32:12.73
The next point that
I would like to make,
00:32:12.76\00:32:15.10
and I believe it's number
six, is that Christ's kingdom
00:32:15.13\00:32:18.33
is illustrated by
only one olive tree.
00:32:18.37\00:32:22.17
Now I'm going to tell you a few
things about that olive tree.
00:32:22.20\00:32:25.97
It's found in Romans 11, and
in a moment we're going to go to
00:32:26.01\00:32:29.31
the verses, but I want
you to have something clear
00:32:29.34\00:32:31.98
before we read the verses.
00:32:32.01\00:32:33.52
This olive tree has natural
branches, and those natural
00:32:33.58\00:32:39.39
branches are
retained in the tree.
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.46
In other words, those natural
branches are never cut off.
00:32:41.49\00:32:43.79
They are retained
in the olive tree.
00:32:43.83\00:32:46.86
These represent the Jews who
believed in, and accepted Jesus
00:32:46.90\00:32:51.80
Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.17
The literal Jews are the
natural branches that were never
00:32:53.20\00:32:57.07
cut off, because
they received the Messiah.
00:32:57.14\00:32:58.97
Then you have natural
branches who were cut off.
00:32:59.01\00:33:02.24
They represent the literal
Jews who rejected Jesus Christ,
00:33:02.28\00:33:06.92
because the tree
trunk represents Jesus.
00:33:06.95\00:33:09.45
Then there were natural
branches who were cut off,
00:33:09.48\00:33:12.32
but then they were
grafted into the tree again.
00:33:12.35\00:33:14.89
That represents the Jews
that initially rejected Jesus,
00:33:14.92\00:33:17.96
but then they
accepted Him afterwards.
00:33:17.99\00:33:20.90
You see, what is it
that determines whether you
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.63
belong to the tree or not?
00:33:23.67\00:33:25.00
What determines it is
your relationship to whom?
00:33:25.03\00:33:27.74
to Jesus Christ. But then the
olive tree also has some wild
00:33:27.77\00:33:33.34
olive branches grafted into it.
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.91
Now who would the
wild olive branches grafted
00:33:35.94\00:33:40.18
into the tree represent?
00:33:40.22\00:33:41.55
They represent the Gentiles.
00:33:41.58\00:33:43.49
But notice that they
belong to the same tree.
00:33:43.55\00:33:45.92
It's not a different tree.
00:33:45.95\00:33:47.62
It's the same tree.
00:33:47.66\00:33:48.99
And, by the way, the apostle
Paul says, If you don't believe
00:33:49.02\00:33:53.76
in Jesus, then
you'll be cut off, too.
00:33:53.80\00:33:56.73
And so you have this idea of
one tree with natural branches,
00:33:56.80\00:34:02.17
wild olive branches, and what
determines whether you belong
00:34:02.20\00:34:05.74
to the tree or
not is your attitude,
00:34:05.77\00:34:09.01
and your
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:34:09.04\00:34:11.51
Let's read Romans 11
beginning with verse 17.
00:34:11.55\00:34:14.65
And it's a rather long
passage, but lets go through it.
00:34:14.68\00:34:16.92
The apostle Paul says,
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.92
And if some of the branches
were broken off, and you,
00:34:18.95\00:34:22.79
being a wild olive tree,...
00:34:22.82\00:34:24.36
This is now
speaking about the Gentiles.
00:34:24.39\00:34:27.13
...He says to the Gentiles.
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.01
Don't think that you're so great
because you were grafted in.
00:34:38.04\00:34:40.18
Of course the root
represents whom? Jesus.
00:34:46.25\00:34:49.12
...says the apostle Paul.
00:34:55.52\00:34:56.93
Unbelief in whom?
00:34:59.36\00:35:01.20
The natural branches
were broken off because of
00:35:01.23\00:35:04.10
unbelief in Jesus.
00:35:04.17\00:35:05.50
How? You say the
reason you're grafted in
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.74
is because you have what? faith.
00:35:09.77\00:35:11.77
Faith in whom? in Jesus.
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.98
See, they'll be
grafted into their own tree.
00:35:39.67\00:35:41.57
He's speaking
about literal Israel.
00:36:07.50\00:36:09.16
And so some say, See, it says
there that all Israel someday
00:36:16.10\00:36:20.08
is going to be saved.
00:36:20.11\00:36:21.44
But they don't take into account
what comes immediately before.
00:36:21.48\00:36:24.05
You see, what is all
Israel, according to the
00:36:24.08\00:36:26.75
preceding context?
00:36:26.82\00:36:28.15
According to the preceding
context, all Israel will be
00:36:28.18\00:36:31.62
saved, means all
faithful Israel that has been
00:36:31.65\00:36:34.79
grafted into the tree.
00:36:34.82\00:36:36.16
Natural branches
that have remained,
00:36:36.19\00:36:39.39
natural branches that were
cut off and grafted in again,
00:36:39.43\00:36:42.60
and wild olive branches that
were taken off of a wild olive
00:36:42.63\00:36:46.94
tree and grafted into
the natural olive tree.
00:36:47.00\00:36:50.57
In other words, the context
indicates that when the apostle
00:36:50.61\00:36:54.44
Paul says, All Israel will
be saved, he means all faithful
00:36:54.48\00:36:58.18
Israel, who have been
grafted into the tree,
00:36:58.21\00:37:00.55
into the root, Jesus Christ.
00:37:00.58\00:37:02.72
And so it says, And so
all Israel will be saved,
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.19
as it is written:
00:37:05.22\00:37:06.62
So how many trees
illustrate the people of God?
00:37:17.57\00:37:20.77
Does God have
two separable trees?
00:37:20.84\00:37:23.14
Does He have
two separable wives?
00:37:23.17\00:37:25.64
Does He have two
separable bodies?
00:37:25.67\00:37:27.61
Does He have
two separable folds?
00:37:27.64\00:37:29.61
Does He have two
separable Israel's?
00:37:29.64\00:37:31.98
Not according to Scripture.
00:37:32.01\00:37:33.75
He has one people; one faithful
people who are determined
00:37:33.82\00:37:38.25
by their
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:37:38.29\00:37:40.69
Now our next point is that there
is only going to be one banquet
00:37:40.76\00:37:44.96
table in the kingdom
for Jews and Gentiles.
00:37:44.99\00:37:47.93
You know, Jesus had just healed
the servant of a Centurion.
00:37:47.96\00:37:53.70
You know what a
Centurion was, right?
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.90
He was the head of eleven
soldiers in the Roman army,
00:37:55.94\00:37:59.54
in the Roman legions, is
the way that they were called.
00:37:59.57\00:38:02.98
And Jesus had just
healed his servant.
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.55
And I want you to notice what
Jesus said to those who were
00:38:05.58\00:38:09.95
watching there and
listening to what He had done
00:38:09.98\00:38:14.52
for this Centurion.
00:38:14.56\00:38:16.62
Notice Matthew
8:11, 12. Jesus says:
00:38:16.66\00:38:21.13
And I say to you, that many
will come from east and west,...
00:38:21.16\00:38:25.53
Do you know who
those are? the Gentiles.
00:38:25.57\00:38:28.77
...many will come from east and
west, and sit down with Abraham,
00:38:28.80\00:38:34.01
Isaac, and Jacob in
the kingdom of heaven.
00:38:34.08\00:38:37.45
Were Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob faithful?
00:38:37.48\00:38:41.15
Were they faithful Israelites?
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.59
Did they look
forward to the Messiah?
00:38:43.62\00:38:45.25
Jesus said, Abraham saw My day
and what? rejoiced. John 8:56.
00:38:45.29\00:38:50.43
These all saw the
Messiah coming in the future.
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.60
They accepted
Jesus Christ in promise.
00:38:53.63\00:38:56.20
So it says once again, And I say
to you that many will come from
00:38:56.23\00:38:59.67
east and west, and sit down
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
00:38:59.70\00:39:03.84
in the kingdom of heaven:
But the sons of the kingdom...
00:39:03.87\00:39:07.11
Who are those? the sons of
the kingdom? the literal Jews.
00:39:07.14\00:39:11.01
...the sons of the kingdom...
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.38
That reject Jesus, incidentally.
00:39:12.41\00:39:14.35
...will be cast out into outer
darkness: there will be weeping
00:39:14.38\00:39:18.92
and gnashing of teeth.
00:39:18.95\00:39:20.69
How many tables are there
going to be in the kingdom?
00:39:20.72\00:39:23.39
How many banquet tables?
00:39:23.46\00:39:24.86
One for the Jews, and the
other one on the other side of
00:39:24.89\00:39:28.03
town for the
Gentiles? Absolutely not!
00:39:28.06\00:39:30.97
One table, composed
of Jews and Gentiles.
00:39:31.00\00:39:34.94
Next point: Jesus Christ
has only one spiritual temple.
00:39:34.97\00:39:40.01
Notice what we find in Ephesians
2:19-22, Ephesians 2:19-22.
00:39:40.08\00:39:48.22
Here the apostle Paul says,
Now therefore you are no longer
00:39:48.25\00:39:51.99
strangers and foreigners,...
00:39:52.02\00:39:54.06
Speaking about the
Gentiles, very clearly.
00:39:54.09\00:39:57.13
Now therefore you are no
longer strangers and foreigners,
00:39:57.16\00:40:00.10
but fellow citizens with
the saints, and members of
00:40:00.13\00:40:06.40
the household of God.
00:40:06.43\00:40:07.80
Does that sound like
they're a separable people?
00:40:07.84\00:40:10.31
Absolutely not! So he says,
00:40:10.37\00:40:13.07
Now therefore you are no
longer strangers and foreigners,
00:40:13.11\00:40:15.54
but fellow citizens with
the saints, and members of
00:40:15.58\00:40:18.65
the household of God; having
been built on the foundation
00:40:18.68\00:40:23.15
of the apostles and prophets,...
00:40:23.18\00:40:25.29
Is that Old and New Testament?
apostles and prophets? Yes.
00:40:25.32\00:40:28.76
...upon the foundation of
the apostles and prophets,
00:40:28.79\00:40:31.46
Jesus Christ Himself
being the chief corner stone;...
00:40:31.49\00:40:36.60
What determines whether
you belong to the temple?
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.17
to the one temple or not?
00:40:39.20\00:40:40.57
Whether you're built on
the foundation of the apostles
00:40:40.60\00:40:42.50
and prophets; Old/New Testament.
00:40:42.54\00:40:43.94
But the chief cornerstone
that you build on is whom?
00:40:43.97\00:40:47.11
Jesus Christ. Now notice
what it continues saying.
00:40:47.14\00:40:50.08
In whom the whole building...
00:40:50.11\00:40:52.45
That is the temple.
00:40:52.48\00:40:53.85
...being joined together grows
into a holy temple in the Lord:
00:40:53.88\00:41:00.19
In whom you also...
00:41:00.26\00:41:02.72
He's speaking to the Gentiles.
00:41:02.76\00:41:04.13
In whom you also are being built
together for a dwelling place
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.00
of God in the Spirit.
00:41:08.03\00:41:10.53
How many
temples does Jesus have?
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.90
He has one temple
with foundations from Old
00:41:12.93\00:41:16.57
and the New Testament,
apostles and prophets.
00:41:16.60\00:41:18.94
Jesus Christ is the chief
corner stone of the one temple,
00:41:18.97\00:41:22.58
and the temple is
composed of Jews and Gentiles.
00:41:22.61\00:41:27.32
So, by the way, when prophecy
says that the antichrist
00:41:27.38\00:41:31.52
is going to sit in the temple of
God, showing himself to be God,
00:41:31.55\00:41:36.46
what temple is
that talking about?
00:41:36.49\00:41:38.66
Is that talking about
the literal Jewish temple
00:41:38.69\00:41:41.76
over in the Middle East where a
nasty individual is going to sit
00:41:41.80\00:41:45.23
after the rapture of the church?
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.20
Never does the apostle Paul use
the word temple in that sense.
00:41:47.27\00:41:51.34
You see, this is
a spiritual temple,
00:41:51.37\00:41:54.48
with spiritual foundations,
a spiritual chief cornerstone,
00:41:54.51\00:41:59.28
and spiritual stones
built up upon the foundation,
00:41:59.31\00:42:03.59
as 1 Peter 2 says.
00:42:03.62\00:42:06.39
The next point that I
would like to make is that the
00:42:06.42\00:42:10.43
redeemed from every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.80
will sing only one song.
00:42:13.83\00:42:17.53
You say, What's that?
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.90
You mean to say that the
Jews aren't going to sing
00:42:18.93\00:42:21.50
The song of Moses? and
the redeemed at the end
00:42:21.54\00:42:24.27
are going to sing
the song of the Lamb?
00:42:24.31\00:42:25.77
Go with me to Revelation
15: 3, 4, Revelation 15:3, 4.
00:42:25.81\00:42:33.38
It's speaking about
the redeemed. It says:
00:42:33.42\00:42:35.18
Is that Old and New
Testament, by the way?
00:42:41.59\00:42:45.16
Was Moses in the
Old Testament? Yes.
00:42:45.19\00:42:47.93
The Lamb, the New Testament.
00:42:47.96\00:42:50.90
And so it says: They sing
the song of Moses, the servant
00:42:50.93\00:42:54.30
of God and the song of the Lamb
saying, Great and marvelous are
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.91
Your works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true are Your ways,
00:42:57.94\00:43:01.61
O King of the saints.
00:43:01.64\00:43:02.98
So the redeemed will sing only
one song, and it is the song of
00:43:14.26\00:43:18.29
Moses and the Lamb.
00:43:18.33\00:43:19.93
One song that
includes Old Testament
00:43:20.00\00:43:22.53
and New Testament Christians.
00:43:22.56\00:43:26.13
Another point that I would
like to make, and I believe that
00:43:26.17\00:43:29.14
this is number 10, is
that the redeemed will
00:43:29.17\00:43:31.87
have only one father.
00:43:31.91\00:43:33.24
And that one
father is defined by your
00:43:33.27\00:43:36.95
relationship to Jesus Christ.
00:43:37.01\00:43:38.58
Only those who have received
Jesus are technically sons
00:43:38.61\00:43:43.02
and daughters of God.
00:43:43.05\00:43:44.39
It doesn't matter
if you're a literal Jew
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.65
or if you're a Gentile.
00:43:46.72\00:43:48.12
If you receive Jesus
as your Savior and Lord,
00:43:48.16\00:43:50.93
you are a brother or sister
of Jesus, and therefore a son
00:43:50.96\00:43:55.06
or a daughter of God.
00:43:55.10\00:43:57.00
Notice Galatians
3:26, Galatians 3:26.
00:43:57.03\00:44:03.20
How is it that we become
sons and daughters of God?
00:44:13.08\00:44:15.58
through faith in Christ Jesus.
00:44:15.62\00:44:18.02
So let me ask you,
What if we don't have
00:44:18.05\00:44:19.79
faith in Christ Jesus,
like most of those who are over
00:44:19.82\00:44:23.83
They don't have
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:44:24.26\00:44:25.89
Are they sons and daughters
of God in the spiritual
00:44:25.93\00:44:28.86
sense of the word?
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.23
By creation, yes,
but not by redemption.
00:44:30.27\00:44:33.30
Notice John 1:12,
13, John 1: 12, 13.
00:44:33.34\00:44:39.21
Notice this, very clear.
00:44:39.24\00:44:41.18
But as many as received Him,...
00:44:41.21\00:44:43.31
That is received Jesus.
00:44:43.35\00:44:44.85
...to them He gave the
right to become children of God.
00:44:44.88\00:44:49.02
How do we become
children of God? those who what?
00:44:49.05\00:44:52.42
received Him, to
them He gave the right to
00:44:52.45\00:44:55.96
become children of God.
00:44:55.99\00:44:57.33
To those who
believe in His what? name.
00:44:57.39\00:45:01.86
Who were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
00:45:01.90\00:45:05.33
nor of the will
of man, but of God.
00:45:05.37\00:45:09.30
So let me
explain how this works.
00:45:09.34\00:45:12.14
It's very interesting.
00:45:12.17\00:45:14.28
See, the only individual
who really deserves to be called
00:45:14.31\00:45:18.05
the Son of God is Jesus Christ.
00:45:18.08\00:45:20.02
We are all, all the rest
of us juvenile delinquents.
00:45:20.05\00:45:23.99
In other words,
we are alienated.
00:45:24.02\00:45:28.42
We are by nature children of
wrath, according to the Bible.
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.66
In sin our mother conceived
us, the Scripture says.
00:45:31.69\00:45:35.20
So we're alienated from
the covenants of the promise.
00:45:35.23\00:45:38.27
We belong to the
family of the first Adam;
00:45:38.30\00:45:40.10
the family of the lost.
00:45:40.14\00:45:41.47
So the question is, How do
we join the family of the saved?
00:45:41.50\00:45:46.84
Well, Jesus is the only one who
deserves to be called the Son of
00:45:46.88\00:45:50.31
God; the only
faithful Son of God.
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.71
So do you know what happens?
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.55
When I receive Jesus Christ
as my Savior and as my Lord,
00:45:54.58\00:45:57.89
and I believe and
have faith in His name?
00:45:57.92\00:46:01.36
I become His brother,
or I become His sister.
00:46:01.39\00:46:08.30
And so now, because
I'm a brother of Jesus,
00:46:08.33\00:46:12.40
because I receive Him as my
Savior, now Jesus comes before
00:46:12.43\00:46:16.57
the Father and He says,
Father, I have a new brother.
00:46:16.60\00:46:19.24
Oh really, what's his name?
00:46:19.27\00:46:21.71
Well, his name is
Pastor Stephen Bohr.
00:46:21.74\00:46:24.45
The Father says, No kidding!
00:46:24.48\00:46:26.82
Stephen Bohr is your brother?
00:46:26.85\00:46:28.18
Well, if he's your
brother, He's My Son, too.
00:46:28.22\00:46:30.89
In other words, the only
way in which we can be sons and
00:46:30.92\00:46:36.09
daughters of God,
is become brothers or
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.86
sisters of Jesus Christ.
00:46:38.89\00:46:40.73
That's why we're told in
Hebrews 2 that He is not ashamed
00:46:40.80\00:46:44.50
to call us brethren.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.30
And that's what Jesus
meant when He said in John 14:6,
00:46:46.33\00:46:49.64
I am the way, the
truth, and the life.
00:46:49.67\00:46:52.27
No man comes onto
the Father except by me.
00:46:52.31\00:46:56.81
Only through Him do we become
Sons and Daughters of God.
00:46:56.85\00:47:00.65
So if we have not accepted
Jesus Christ, we do not belong
00:47:00.68\00:47:04.02
to the family of God.
00:47:04.05\00:47:05.39
And I know that that's
not a popular thing to say,
00:47:05.42\00:47:08.32
because everybody's, Oh,
we're all God's children.
00:47:08.36\00:47:11.79
We are God's
children by creation.
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.96
But we have to become
His children by redemption,
00:47:15.00\00:47:18.07
or else we will be
eternally lost children.
00:47:18.10\00:47:21.57
Now I want you to
notice John 8: 32-44.
00:47:21.60\00:47:26.01
Here Jesus is speaking
to a group of literal Jews.
00:47:26.04\00:47:29.88
He says to them, "And
you shall know the truth,
00:47:29.91\00:47:33.62
and the truth
shall make you free. "
00:47:33.65\00:47:36.28
They answered Him, We
are Abraham's descendents.
00:47:36.32\00:47:39.52
Actually in the Greek it
says, We are Abraham's seed.
00:47:39.55\00:47:42.06
It's the same word
that's used elsewhere.
00:47:42.09\00:47:44.26
We are Abraham's seed, and have
never been in bondage to anyone.
00:47:44.33\00:47:49.13
How can you say,
You will be made free?
00:47:49.16\00:47:52.07
Jesus answered them,
Most assuredly I say to you,
00:47:52.10\00:47:56.04
Whoever commits
sin is a slave of sin.
00:47:56.07\00:47:58.47
See, He's speaking spiritually.
00:47:58.51\00:47:59.84
He's not speaking literally.
00:47:59.87\00:48:01.28
And a slave does not
abide in the house forever:
00:48:01.31\00:48:04.21
but a what? a
son abides forever.
00:48:04.28\00:48:07.35
He's saying, If you
haven't received Me,
00:48:07.38\00:48:09.22
you are slaves of sin.
00:48:09.25\00:48:11.39
And if you're slaves of
sin, then you're not a son.
00:48:11.42\00:48:14.96
He says, But a
son abides forever.
00:48:14.99\00:48:18.59
Therefore if the
son makes you free,...
00:48:18.63\00:48:21.86
That is if I make you free, you
shall be free what? free indeed.
00:48:21.90\00:48:26.37
And then He says, I know
that you are Abraham's seed.
00:48:26.40\00:48:29.50
I know that you're
literally Abraham's seed,
00:48:29.54\00:48:32.57
is what Jesus is
saying, but you seek to kill Me,
00:48:32.61\00:48:35.24
because My Word
has no place in you.
00:48:35.28\00:48:37.25
I speak what I have
seen with My Father.
00:48:37.28\00:48:40.02
You do what you have
seen with your Father.
00:48:40.05\00:48:42.58
They answered and said to
Him, Abraham is our father.
00:48:42.62\00:48:46.05
Jesus said to them, If you were
Abraham's children, you would do
00:48:46.09\00:48:50.13
the works of Abraham.
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.49
Now He's going to say, You're
not Abraham's children at all.
00:48:51.53\00:48:53.50
I know that you literally are,
physically are, but you really
00:48:53.53\00:48:56.73
are not Abraham's children.
00:48:56.77\00:48:58.10
You're not Abraham's seed.
00:48:58.13\00:48:59.47
Verse 40. But now you seek to
kill Me, a man who has told you
00:48:59.50\00:49:03.54
the truth, which
I heard from God.
00:49:03.57\00:49:05.01
Abraham did not do this.
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.21
You do the deeds of your father.
00:49:07.24\00:49:10.81
Then they said to Him, We
were not born of fornication.
00:49:10.88\00:49:13.65
We have one Father, God.
00:49:13.68\00:49:16.02
Jesus said to them, If God were
your Father, you would love Me:
00:49:16.05\00:49:19.52
for I proceeded forth and came
from God; nor have I come of
00:49:19.55\00:49:23.16
Myself, but He sent Me.
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.76
In other words, Jesus is
saying, Abraham loved Me.
00:49:24.79\00:49:28.16
My Father loves Me.
00:49:28.20\00:49:29.93
You hate Me, so how can
you say that My Father is Your
00:49:29.96\00:49:33.94
Father, and that
Abraham is your father,
00:49:33.97\00:49:36.10
because your spirit
is totally opposite?
00:49:36.14\00:49:38.94
Verse 43. Why do you
not understand My speech?
00:49:38.97\00:49:42.28
because you are not
able to listen to My Word.
00:49:42.31\00:49:44.48
Jesus did say some
politically incorrect things.
00:49:47.15\00:49:50.49
In fact, the apostle Paul in
Galatians 4 speaks about Hagar
00:50:08.24\00:50:13.94
and Sarah, and
Ishmael and Isaac.
00:50:13.98\00:50:17.75
You know, the Jews claimed
to be descendents of whom?
00:50:17.78\00:50:21.15
of Sarah and Isaac.
00:50:21.18\00:50:22.98
But do you know what
the apostle Paul says
00:50:23.02\00:50:25.22
in Galatians 4? He says,
You folks, the Jerusalem that is
00:50:25.25\00:50:29.46
now, and the Jews that
were at mount Sinai, He says,
00:50:29.49\00:50:33.29
You are sons and
daughters of Hagar and Ishmael.
00:50:33.36\00:50:36.90
In other words, He's saying,
He's to them, You are not
00:50:36.93\00:50:42.20
children of Isaac.
00:50:42.24\00:50:44.17
You are children
of the slave woman.
00:50:44.24\00:50:46.94
In other words, what determines
whether you belong to the people
00:50:47.01\00:50:51.35
of God is your relationship to
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:50:51.38\00:50:56.95
Now I want to go through this
very quickly, because we have
00:50:57.02\00:51:00.66
a very short
period of time left.
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And so I'm just going
to synthesize the last part
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of what you have on your sheets.
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In Deuteronomy 28:63, 64
God promised Israel that if they
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were unfaithful to Him, He would
scatter them among the nations.
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But then He promised in
Deuteronomy 30:3-5 that if they
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repented, and they returned to
the Lord, the Lord would gather
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them from where He
had scattered them.
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So these are the scattering
and gathering prophecies.
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Now it's important to realize
that the gathering, and the
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scattering, the important
aspect was not the land.
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In other words, what I'm saying
is God had chosen the land
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as His dwelling place.
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And so if they had a bad
relationship with Him in the
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land, they would be scattered.
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If they had a good relationship
with Him in the land,
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they would be gathered.
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In other words, the key was
not to be gathered to the land,
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the key was to be gathered to
the Lord, who was in the land.
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Now Jesus gave a profound
interpretation to the gathering
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and the scattering prophecies.
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In fact Jesus is going to say,
Do you know that it's possible
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for you to live in Jerusalem
and still be scattered?
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And it's possible for you
to live out there among the
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Gentiles and to be gathered.
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You say, Now how is that?
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Go with me to Luke 11,
Luke 11: 23. Jesus says here:
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He who is not with me...
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He who is not what? who is
not with Me, he is against Me.
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And He who does not
gather with Me scatters.
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What was the key? being gathered
to the land, or being gathered
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to the Lord? It was
being gathered to the Lord.
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And Jesus says, If you
don't gather to Me, you what?
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you scatter. Let's go once again
to the experience of Caiaphas
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when he said, It's necessary for
one man to die, and not that the
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whole nation
perish. John 11:51, 52.
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It explains what this means.
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He prophesied that Jesus
would die for the nation;
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And not for that nation only,
but also that he would what?
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that he would gather in one
the children of God who were
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what? scattered. But they were
going to be gathered to where?
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Was the key being
gathered to Jerusalem the place?
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Or was the key being
gathered to the Lord?
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It was to be gathered to
the Lord, even though they lived
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all over the Roman empire.
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By the way, when Jesus
left the Jewish temple,
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notice what He
said: Matthew 23: 37, 38.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the one who kills the prophets,
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and stones those
who are sent to her.
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How often I wanted to...
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What's the key word there?
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...I wanted to gather
you as a hen gathers her
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chicks under her wings...
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Who were they going to be
gathered to? the city, the land,
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or the Lord? the Lord.
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And then He says,
but you were not willing.
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See your house is
left to you desolate.
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And, by the way, in another
gospel He speaks about them
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being scattered among the
nations, because they refused
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to be gathered to the Lord.
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Jesus explains what it means
to be gathered in Matthew 18:20.
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He says: For where two or three
are what? gathered together
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in My name, I am
there in the midst of them.
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Let me ask you then,
Where is the holy land?
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The holy land is where Jesus is.
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And where is Jesus?
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He's in heaven, but spiritually
He's where? all over the world,
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through the
presence of the Holy Spirit.
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So where is Jesus?
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Jesus is worldwide through the
ministration of the Holy Spirit.
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And where there are two or
three gathered in His name,
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there is the holy land, because
present there is the Holy Lord.
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In other words, it wasn't
the land that was important,
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it was the Lord in the land.
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If they had a bad relationship
with the Lord in the land,
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they were scattered.
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If they repented they
were once again gathered.
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But the key was
the Lord not the land.
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Now let me as you, When
were these prophecies of the
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gathering finally fulfilled?
those who were scattered?
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When were these prophecies
fulfilled that they were
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gathered into one?
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Acts 2 has the answer, verse 1.
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When the day of
Pentecost had fully come,
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they were all with
one accord in one place.
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Had these people accepted
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord?
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They were all gathered, right?
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Were they gathered
from many different nations?
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Was the place the key part here?
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It wasn't the place.
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They were gathered there.
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They were gathered to the Lord.
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Notice verse 7. They
were people from all nations.
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Then they were all amazed and
marveled, saying to one another,
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Look, are not all
these who speak Galileans?
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And how is it that we
hear each in our own language
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in which we were born?
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Parthians, and Medes, and
Elamites, and those dwelling in
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Mesopotamia, Judea, and
Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia, in Egypt,
in the parts of Libya adjoining
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Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both
Jews and proselytes, Cretans,
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and Arabs, who hear them
speaking in our own tongues
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the wonderful works of God.
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Who were they gathered to?
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They were gathered
to Jesus Christ from
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all parts of the empire.
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So let me synthesize it.
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What makes you a true Israelite
is not that you are gathered
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to the holy land, but that you
are gathered to the Holy Lord.
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If you are in the holy land,
and have rejected the Holy Lord,
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you are scattered.
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So where is prophecy going to be
fulfilled? in the literal land
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of the Middle East, with people
who do not receive Jesus Christ?
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No! It will be worldwide Babylon
against worldwide Jerusalem.
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