I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I'm Shelley Quinn
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and we are so excited
that you're joining us today.
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I believe you will
be excited as well.
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On the set with me
is Pastor Ryan Day,
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and we are going
to do a Bible topic.
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What is our topic today?
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We're gonna talk about
The Courtyard Experience.
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We're gonna be doing
some sanctuary talk today.
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Oh, you know, I
love Psalm 77:13 says,
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"Your way, O God,
is in the sanctuary."
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The sanctuary was
theology in physical form,
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all of its
structures and its ceremonies
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show the process,
God's process of salvation,
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and it all centered
around Jesus Christ.
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That's right.
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So we will have a
rousing Bible study today...
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Absolutely. I know.
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And the reason I know is, I
heard you this past weekend.
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And you were preaching on this.
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And I said, "That's
what we've got to do today."
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Yes.
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So we're excited
about that. Amen.
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We want to thank you
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for your love, and your prayers,
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and your
financial support of 3ABN
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and we are the
Mending Broken People Network
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because every day
we get phone calls,
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and letters, and
emails from people
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who have found the Lord,
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people who are
coming back to church
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or looking for a church.
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And it is so exciting to know
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that everything we're doing here
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has an eternal benefit.
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Now, Ryan, you're a singer.
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You've got a beautiful voice.
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I know you love
music. Absolutely.
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And I don't know if you
know our guest singer today,
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but she's one of my
favorite sisters in Christ.
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And she's from down under,
her name is Sandra Entermann.
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I love her vibrato.
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And she will be
with Christy and Elita
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and they are going to sing
"Replace It With Your Love."
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Where there's hate
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Give me love
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And where there's pride
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Make me be humble
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And where there's pain
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Don't let me feel
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Resentment deep inside
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I want You to make it right
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So replace it with
Your love in my heart
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Replace it with
Your love in my heart
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Just take out all the hatred
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And cleanse every part
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And replace it with
Your love in my heart
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When I'm tired lift me up
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And when I'm weak,
Lord, don't let me falter
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But if I fall,
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Don't let me
harbor bitterness inside
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I want You to take it out
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So replace it with
Your love in my heart
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Replace it with
Your love in my heart
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Just take out all the
hatred and cleanse every part
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And replace it with
Your love in my heart
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'Cause Lord, I'm just a girl
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Who wants to be like you
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Living in Your perfect
love in everything I do
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So now I'm yielding
I'm yielding all to you
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To take out every wrong
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I feel inside
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And replace it with Your love
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In my heart
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Replace it with
Your love in my heart
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Just take out all the
hatred and cleanse every part
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And replace it with
Your love in my heart
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In my heart
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And replace it
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With Your love
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In my heart
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Amen. Amen.
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Let that be our prayer is that
God's will remove everything
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that is not pleasing to Him.
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Amen.
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And replace it with
His love. Praise God.
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Ryan, I'm excited
about today's study.
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Oh, me too.
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And what I think we got
to do is let's just back up
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and why don't we
begin in Exodus Chapter 25?
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Absolutely.
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And let's look at Exodus 25:8-9.
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Yes. And I'll let you read that.
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But this is the
purpose of the sanctuary.
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So Exodus 25:8-9.
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Yes.
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Says, "And let them
make Me a sanctuary,
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that I may dwell among them.
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According to
all that I show you,
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that is, the
pattern of the tabernacle
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and the pattern of
all its furnishings,
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just so you shall make it.
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Amen.
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So here we've got a
covenant keeping God
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who announced in Genesis 3:15
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that there was going to be one
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who would stomp the head,
crush the head of the serpent.
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Everybody is
expecting a Messiah to come.
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But when God
wants, when it comes time,
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what has been His desire always?
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He wants to be with
us. He wants to dwell.
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He wants to
dwell among His people.
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Yeah.
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So, you know what I
love about the sanctuary?
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And this is how
God got my attention,
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by the way, this is
how He changed my life
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through a study
on the sanctuary.
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There are three compartments
of the sanctuary if you will,
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and they represent
the three different phases
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of Jesus' ministry,
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and the three different
phases of our salvation.
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You wanna tell?
Absolutely, yeah.
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So obviously, you...
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We're gonna go through this,
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but you have to
start first at the door.
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The ministry of the
sanctuary always begins
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at the door of the tabernacle,
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and so obviously,
Christ is that door.
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The Bible says that He,
Jesus said, "I am the door."
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Anyone who tries
to go in any other way
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is a thief and a robber.
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And so if we are
to enter at that door,
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we are entering,
obviously, into Christ's way
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because as you
mentioned earlier,
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Psalm 77:13 says,
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"Thy way, O God,
is in the sanctuary."
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And so once you
get into that door,
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you get into the courtyard,
you get into the courtyard,
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and like unto Christ ministry,
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Christ spent His time with
us here on earth in the court,
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you know, that would represent
the courtyard experience.
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We also must go through
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and have a courtyard experience.
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And, of course, those
two articles of furniture
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that we find in the courtyard
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is the altar of burnt offerings,
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and, of course, the laver
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which again points
to Christ's ministry,
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as well as the experience
that a Christian should have.
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And then you get into the...
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That's the experience
of just that's the case.
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Absolutely, absolutely. Okay.
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And so, then we go
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into the holy
place, which, of course,
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has three articles of furniture.
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We have on the far
right side if you were to go
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through the door
of the holy place,
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on the far right side
is the table of showbread,
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which again points to Christ
is the living Word of God.
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He said, that you
shall have, excuse me,
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"Man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
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And, of course,
Christ is the bread of life.
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So that points to
Christ's ministry,
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and we also should
eat of that bread daily.
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So that's an experience
that we should experience.
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We'll go into
detail probably about that
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in just a few moments.
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But then right across
from the table of showbread,
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obviously is the
seven-branched candlestick
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which points to Christ
as the light in the world,
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it also represents the
work of the Holy Spirit
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in our life each and every day
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as that oil had to be
present for their light to burn.
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We must also have that oil
of the Holy Spirit in our life
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on a daily basis
that Christ light
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and His
righteousness can shine from us.
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Then we move closer
to the dividing veil
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of the tabernacle.
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And, of course,
right before that veil
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is the altar of
incense, and, of course,
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that would represent our prayers
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ascending to Christ
as He is our intercessor
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in the heavenly
throne room above
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that as we pray and
we open our conversation
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in our lives to Him in prayer,
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He receives that prayer.
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Christ as the Book of Hebrews
says, "Is the High Priest.
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He is the great intercessor."
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He was an intercessory figure
while He was here on earth,
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and He is still
that intercessory
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figure as High Priest,
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now in the
heavenly courts above.
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Amen.
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But if you go
through that veil, obviously,
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you get into what's
called the Most Holy Place,
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one article of furniture,
the Ark of the Covenant.
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And, of course, inside
that Ark of the Covenant
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was God's holy covenant laws,
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The Ten Commandments
on those tablets of stone,
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which represents
God's holy character,
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and that is the ultimate goal.
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We wanna have that most
holy place experience, Shelley,
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in which God's character
is replicated inside us
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that when we walk
inside that most holy place,
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as we're having that
most holy place experience
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we were brought into
the very presence of God
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because God's glory
resided above the mercy seat
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where that Ark
of the Covenant was.
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You know, what amazes me
is that many people feel like,
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"Well, the
sanctuary is Old Testament.
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We don't need to know it."
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But this is, you know,
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when God told them
make Me a sanctuary,
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according to the
pattern that I will show you.
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He's referring, of
course, Hebrews 8:5 says
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that it was just
a copy and a shadow
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of what's in
the heavenly places.
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But in my estimation,
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here's how I figure it is that
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when God delivered the
Hebrew children from Egypt
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out of the slavery, you
know, the bondage of slavery,
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a lot of them could not read.
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So what God did
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is He gave this
pattern of this sanctuary.
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Right.
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Because every
element of the sanctuary,
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the courtyard was 150x75 feet
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covered with linen hangings.
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And did you know that
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what those linen
hanging, the curtains did?
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Was veiled the presence of God.
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And, you know, think about this
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Christ's flesh
veiled His divinity.
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That's right.
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So when they came in,
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there was no way to shortcut
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going through the
courtyard experience.
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That's right. Absolutely.
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And when we talk about
the altar of burnt offering,
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here's the thought
that really grabbed me.
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When you see the blood
stained exterior of that altar,
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it shows us the
seriousness of sin,
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and that our sins
deserve the wrath of God,
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but on that altar
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is where they gave a substitute.
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And this is all
part of God's plan.
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It's, you know,
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salvation by grace through faith
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that He was pointing the
lamb that they offered there
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pointed to the Lamb of God,
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who was slain from the
foundation of the earth
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is what Revelation 13:8 says.
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Absolutely.
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But think about this.
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So as they see that,
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now they see
the smoke ascending,
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which was a manifestation
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of God's grace
and mercy knowing,
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and they knew a
Messiah was coming.
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So they knew
what this pointed to.
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And when you think about
the seriousness of sin that,
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you know, explain what happened
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when they
brought a little lamb in?
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Absolutely.
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So and I just
wanna just for a moment,
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before we get
right into those details,
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I just wanna emphasize the fact
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that the sanctuary is obviously,
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it's a progressive experience...
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Absolutely.
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Into kind of illustrate
that or compare it to something.
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It's kind of like the
three angels' messages.
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There's a first, second,
and the third angel's message.
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And if you try to
take those out of order
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or you try to teach them,
comprehend them out of order,
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you're doing
yourself a disservice
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because there's a progression
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to the first, second,
and third angel's message.
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First, the
first angel's message,
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then comes the
second angel's message,
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which is the response
from the first angel's message,
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and as well as
the third as well.
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And you're talking about
from Revelation Chapter 14.
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I'm talking about
from Revelation Chapter 14
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where we find the first, second,
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and third angel's message
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which are delivered
to the entire world.
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I'm using that as an
example because again,
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the Book of
Revelation, Genesis, Exodus
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all the way through the Bible,
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we find this sanctuary language,
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we find that there's this theme
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of the sanctuary
constantly reappearing
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and is shown to us
all throughout Scripture.
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God is showing us the sanctuary
as a blueprint of His way.
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Amen.
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He said thy, again, Psalm 77:13,
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"Thy way, O Lord,
is in the sanctuary."
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Christ said, "I am the
way, the truth, and the life."
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So Christ is in the sanctuary.
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And, of course, we
know the Book of Isaiah 53,
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I think verse 6 tells us that,
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"All we like
sheep have gone astray,
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every man has went his own way."
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And so when we get
lost in our own way,
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we kind of need a
blueprint, or a GPS, or a map
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to point us back
into the way of Christ.
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And so here we are,
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we know we're
lost, we need Jesus.
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But Christ has a
specific pattern.
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He has a specific way
of progressive experience
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that He wants to almost
like a parent taking their child
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by the hand and saying,
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"Follow me, let me
take you through my way."
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And so a sinner
who wants forgiveness,
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a sinner who
sees their need of God
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who has hit rock
bottom and they say,
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"You know what,
I need a savior."
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How it would work
in the Old Testament
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before Christ became
that ultimate antitype?
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How it be in the Old Testament
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if you wanted
forgiveness, Shelley?
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The closest
tent to the sanctuary
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was about a half a mile.
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And they would have
to take a lamb, or goat,
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or a dove or of some sort,
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it had to be
without spot or blemish.
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They would have to
take that live animal
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and they would
walk it, that I call it,
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it's not in the
Bible, but I call it that,
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it had to been that
half mile walk of shame
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'cause you feel shameful.
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Because you're having
everyone you can imagine,
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everyone looking and seeing
you walk into the sanctuary,
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then people knew all of it,
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there's a sinner,
sinner walking, you know.
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And so, you walk
and you find yourself
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at the door of the tabernacle.
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We might have a graphic for this
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where you can kind of
see, there it is, beautiful.
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Right there you see the
door and it's in, of course,
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that point right
there at the door.
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The priest would meet the sinner
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at the door of the sanctuary.
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And then you would commence
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to take the life of that animal,
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but before you would
take the life of that animal,
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you would pray
and confess your sins
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into that animal,
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signifying that
now the record of sin
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has went from the
sinner to the animal
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and into the animal's blood
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because the Bible says
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that the life of that
animal is in the blood.
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So now they would probably
take a knife of some sort,
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and he would cut the
throat of that animal,
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the blood would spew.
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And then the priestly
figure would catch that blood
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and then some type of sins
or blood or bold of some sort.
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And then, of course,
that blood would be taken
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into the sanctuary.
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But how does this
picture God's plan of salvation?
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Absolutely.
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Explain how that is?
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Obviously, that lamb,
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we're just gonna use
the lamb for example,
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that lamb would represent
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obviously the Lamb of God
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who takes away the
sin of the world, right?
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I think of John
1:29. You know, "Behold!
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The Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!"
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We know that God
makes it very clear that
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from the
foundation of the world,
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Christ was that lamb.
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Christ became
that sacrificial figure
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that would take upon the
sins of the world upon Himself
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that we might be saved.
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And so when that person
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was taking the
life of that animal
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that was a type of Christ.
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It was to point forward
to the ultimate sacrifice
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that Christ would
give for all of humanity.
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And by doing that, by
going through that act,
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you are humbling
yourself to recognize
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that you need a savior.
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So basically, when
they came to the...
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to give and let the
lamb become their substitute.
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Absolutely.
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Did the altar of burnt offering
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was synonymous
with the New Testament,
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the cross of Jesus Christ?
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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So they were at
the foot of the cross.
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And we use this
word justification,
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but maybe you don't
know what that means at home.
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What does justification mean?
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So justification is basically
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God's divine
providence upon you,
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it's basically
God's favor Him saying,
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"You are declared justified,
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you are pardoned for your sins."
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See and that's,
it's a forensic term.
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Oh, absolutely.
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You know, so what happened was,
the blood covers your sinning
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and when God
looks at your record
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you have accepted
Christ as your Savior.
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If you've confessed your sin,
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He looks at your
record and there's nothing,
00:20:23.22\00:20:25.35
it's blotted out so
He, it is a legal term
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that He declares you pardoned,
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you're acquitted,
you are no longer...
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Absolutely.
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Worthy of death. So, okay.
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So in light of the
sanctuary, it's interesting
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because once the sinner
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had now confessed
their sins into that animal
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and taken that animal's
life, they walk away forgiven,
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they walk away
their part is finished.
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Now the intercessory figure,
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the priesthood would
now carry out the work
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that would need to be done
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in order to deal with
the record of that sin,
00:21:04.23\00:21:05.83
and we know Christ is
our great intercessor,
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Christ does a work in us.
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Amen.
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And again, as we go
through this sanctuary,
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we see that
obviously the work in our life
00:21:12.27\00:21:15.07
does not cease at the door,
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although there's a lot
of people that believe that
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and I wanna
emphasize that strongly.
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A lot of people believe that
just by simply saying a prayer
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and saying, oh, Lord, you
know, forgive me of my sins,
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I accept, you know,
they're at the burnt offering,
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the altar of burnt offering,
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which would
signify or represent,
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you know, the cross
Christ on the cross,
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as they would place that
lamb upon the burnt offering,
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and they would
offer it as a sacrifice
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that would serve
to represent Christ
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on the cross lifted
up high, as He said,
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"If I will draw all men
into myself if I be lifted up."
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So Christ is that sacrifice
but many people's experience,
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Shelley, stop right there.
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They walk away
as the sinner would,
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but the work that God wants
to do in you does not start,
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begin and end at
the foot of the cross
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or at that
particular altar of sacrifice.
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There is a continual,
wonderful sanctifying work
00:22:01.58\00:22:04.59
that God wants to
continue in our life,
00:22:04.62\00:22:06.59
which is represented
by the progressiveness
00:22:06.62\00:22:09.52
of the sanctuary
as you continue to go
00:22:09.56\00:22:11.66
all the way through.
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So when we think about that,
00:22:13.06\00:22:14.40
before we jump into and
will, don't let me forget,
00:22:14.43\00:22:17.30
we need to
explain sanctification.
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But once you,
00:22:19.73\00:22:21.64
when you walk through
the door of the sanctuary,
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.81
you see that
altar of burnt offering
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that's about halfway between.
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It's out in the courtyard,
and it's about halfway
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between the door
and then the holy place,
00:22:32.01\00:22:35.55
which the two compartments
that were going further,
00:22:35.58\00:22:39.72
but there's also this laver.
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Yes.
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And the laver
was made of bronze.
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It was from the
mirrors that the women
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had brought out of Egypt.
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I think of that as a
reflection pull somewhat,
00:22:50.70\00:22:54.60
and let me
explain what I'm saying.
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To me, the laver,
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.61
the priest went daily to
wash their hands and feet
00:22:58.64\00:23:02.71
after they'd finish
this work before they could,
00:23:02.74\00:23:06.58
you know, they've
received the sacrificial blood.
00:23:06.61\00:23:09.52
Before they would go further,
00:23:09.55\00:23:11.52
they would wash
their hands and their feet
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and make sure there
were no spots on them.
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.73
And, of course, you
think of the laver as what,
00:23:17.76\00:23:21.60
it became what was it called,
00:23:21.63\00:23:23.00
the Sea when it was
in Solomon's temple.
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The laver represents
baptism, but more than baptism,
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and let me say this,
00:23:31.01\00:23:33.04
when these
outer court experience
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isn't just a onetime thing
00:23:36.14\00:23:38.55
that you've confessed your sins.
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1 John 1:9.
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1 John 1:9 says that
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.69
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just
00:23:47.72\00:23:52.63
to forgive us
our sins and," what?
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"To cleanse us of
all unrighteousness."
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Right.
00:23:58.60\00:23:59.93
So we see that the
altar, this was Jesus the cross.
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But then when we go to the...
00:24:04.84\00:24:06.98
The laver.
00:24:07.01\00:24:08.34
The laver, it's
Jesus as our cleanser.
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That's right.
00:24:11.65\00:24:12.98
And it is a daily thing.
00:24:13.01\00:24:14.58
I think, you know, one
time I was giving a series
00:24:14.62\00:24:18.32
and I made a comment
that, "Oh, I repent daily."
00:24:18.35\00:24:21.06
And this guy came
up to me and said,
00:24:21.09\00:24:23.29
it was a
non-denominational, all right.
00:24:23.32\00:24:25.23
And he said,
00:24:25.26\00:24:26.59
"Well, you don't
understand justification."
00:24:26.63\00:24:29.36
And I said, "Yeah, I do.
00:24:29.40\00:24:30.77
But I also know that
I'm not without sin."
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That's right.
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.17
So this was and
is the first phase
00:24:34.24\00:24:38.87
before you go
forward into the holy place,
00:24:38.91\00:24:43.21
which is we'll talk
about that sanctification.
00:24:43.24\00:24:47.22
Let me say this
so I don't forget.
00:24:47.25\00:24:49.85
Sure.
00:24:49.88\00:24:51.32
Sometimes, people as you said,
00:24:51.35\00:24:54.62
think that they can walk
to the altar and turn around,
00:24:54.66\00:24:57.76
go to the cross and turn
around and live like the devil.
00:24:57.79\00:25:00.60
Sure.
00:25:00.63\00:25:01.96
That's not God's plan.
00:25:02.00\00:25:03.37
First phase is justification.
00:25:03.40\00:25:05.27
The second phase was
pictured in the holy place,
00:25:05.30\00:25:09.40
and we'll talk
about those items.
00:25:09.44\00:25:11.34
But sanctification,
00:25:11.37\00:25:13.48
Jesus came not just
to cleanse us of sin,
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but to separate us from sin.
00:25:17.38\00:25:19.11
That's right.
00:25:19.15\00:25:20.52
And that's what sanctification
is to separation from sin.
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.99
And it's a lifelong
process. It takes time.
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So let's talk
about those articles,
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.79
start with the
table of showbread.
00:25:29.82\00:25:31.76
Absolutely,
well, I want to back up
00:25:31.79\00:25:33.13
just real quick with that laver.
00:25:33.16\00:25:34.50
You know, it's
interesting with the laver.
00:25:34.53\00:25:35.86
You can imagine that as
again, you know, and by the way
00:25:35.90\00:25:39.17
for scriptural
reference for those at home,
00:25:39.20\00:25:41.07
you can go read
Exodus Chapter 26,
00:25:41.10\00:25:44.47
all the way through to
about the first 11 verses
00:25:44.51\00:25:47.38
of Chapter 31 of Exodus.
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.14
And you have a very
detailed diagnostic breakdown
00:25:49.18\00:25:52.15
of God giving Moses and Aaron
00:25:52.18\00:25:54.85
the detailed
breakdown of the sanctuary.
00:25:54.88\00:25:57.29
Each article of
furniture is explained,
00:25:57.32\00:25:59.45
what they are to do with it.
00:25:59.49\00:26:00.96
And I can imagine
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.42
because that laver was
there in the courtyard,
00:26:02.46\00:26:04.76
that, you know,
they did two offerings,
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.70
the priesthood will
do two offerings a day
00:26:06.73\00:26:08.66
for Israel, and for the people
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.07
one in the morning, one
at twilight in the evening.
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.37
And so and then, of course,
00:26:12.40\00:26:13.74
not counting all
the other sacrifices
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.77
that were given
throughout the day,
00:26:15.80\00:26:17.44
of course, that's why
it's called the daily work.
00:26:17.51\00:26:20.01
This everything that was done
00:26:20.08\00:26:21.41
in the courtyard
and in the holy place
00:26:21.44\00:26:23.95
was a daily work
done by the priesthood.
00:26:23.98\00:26:26.45
And so as they've just
dealt with that the bloodiness
00:26:26.48\00:26:29.55
of that altar scene,
that burnt offering scene,
00:26:29.58\00:26:32.55
now they're
gonna go to the laver
00:26:32.59\00:26:33.96
and you can imagine
all throughout the day
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.59
them washing their
hands and their feet,
00:26:35.62\00:26:37.86
and you could
probably go to that laver
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.33
and look down into that laver
00:26:39.36\00:26:41.03
and you would see kind of a
bloody ready watery mixture.
00:26:41.06\00:26:45.50
And it reminds me
00:26:45.53\00:26:46.87
of when Christ was on the cross.
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.44
Amen.
00:26:48.47\00:26:49.80
You know, what did
they do after He died?
00:26:49.84\00:26:51.17
They stuck Him, and pierced Him,
00:26:51.21\00:26:52.54
and what came out?
00:26:52.57\00:26:53.91
Blood and water.
00:26:53.98\00:26:55.31
I think that it
signifies the cleansing work
00:26:55.34\00:26:57.78
that Christ had
done for us on the cross.
00:26:57.81\00:27:00.62
It all points to the cross.
00:27:00.65\00:27:02.48
And we're gonna get to
that in just a few moments
00:27:02.52\00:27:04.29
to emphasize that
if you do not have
00:27:04.32\00:27:07.26
that cross experience,
00:27:07.29\00:27:08.62
if you do not take time
to dwell in the courtyard,
00:27:08.66\00:27:12.39
everything else really
is not gonna make sense.
00:27:12.43\00:27:16.26
But once you've had
that courtyard experience,
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.60
and you go into the holy place,
00:27:18.63\00:27:21.24
now you're in that
sanctifying process
00:27:21.27\00:27:24.74
where God is now
taking time with you,
00:27:24.77\00:27:27.21
to teach you more about Him,
00:27:27.28\00:27:29.81
to show you more
of His character,
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.98
to open up to you
more of who He really is.
00:27:32.01\00:27:35.42
And so He might take
a stop at the showbread
00:27:35.45\00:27:38.52
because the showbread
00:27:38.55\00:27:39.89
as the priest
would eat of it daily,
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.76
as we are to eat
00:27:41.79\00:27:43.32
of the Word of God, daily again,
00:27:43.36\00:27:45.29
"Man shall not
live by bread alone."
00:27:45.33\00:27:46.90
That's Matthew 4:4.
00:27:46.93\00:27:49.53
So Matthew 4:4 says that,
00:27:49.56\00:27:52.17
"Man shall not
eat by bread alone
00:27:52.20\00:27:54.04
or man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:27:54.07\00:27:55.64
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God."
00:27:55.67\00:27:58.54
The table of showbread
represents a daily work
00:27:58.57\00:28:01.64
that must be done in
us each and every day
00:28:01.68\00:28:04.35
as we dwell upon God's Word
00:28:04.38\00:28:06.72
as we spend time
with Him in His word,
00:28:06.75\00:28:08.85
as we come to know Him.
00:28:08.88\00:28:10.42
He is the bread
of life, Shelley.
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.42
Amen.
00:28:12.45\00:28:13.79
And I find every single
day that if I do not take time,
00:28:13.86\00:28:17.13
devotional time set
aside for the Word of God,
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.50
to eat of His word,
00:28:20.53\00:28:21.86
and just spend time
with Him and His Word.
00:28:21.90\00:28:23.40
I can feel it, you know,
00:28:23.47\00:28:24.80
emotionally, physically,
spiritually within me
00:28:24.83\00:28:27.47
because there is
as the Bible says,
00:28:27.54\00:28:29.60
"Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word."
00:28:29.64\00:28:31.27
Amen.
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.64
Where our faith
is built on Christ
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.88
more and more as we
dwell upon His Word.
00:28:34.91\00:28:36.95
And so, just as that priesthood
would eat of the table
00:28:36.98\00:28:40.02
or eat of the showbread
that was on that table daily,
00:28:40.05\00:28:42.62
we must also eat
of the Word of God,
00:28:42.65\00:28:44.99
we must also take
in Christ and His Word
00:28:45.02\00:28:47.06
each and every day.
00:28:47.09\00:28:48.42
So Jesus said in John
6:35, "I am the bread of life.
00:28:48.46\00:28:51.86
Whoever eats of Me,
00:28:51.89\00:28:54.00
or takes in Me
will never hunger."
00:28:54.03\00:28:56.53
You know, when
you think about it,
00:28:56.56\00:28:58.23
God's Word is filled
with so many promises.
00:28:58.27\00:29:01.87
2 Corinthians 1:20 says that,
00:29:01.90\00:29:04.47
"All of His promises find there
Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus."
00:29:04.51\00:29:09.08
But if these words
are not in your heart,
00:29:09.11\00:29:13.42
if you're not
returning them in prayer,
00:29:13.45\00:29:16.32
these promises
are inoperative...
00:29:16.35\00:29:17.95
Oh, absolutely.
00:29:17.99\00:29:19.32
Until you put them, so
there is this personal need
00:29:19.35\00:29:23.86
of daily Bible study.
00:29:23.93\00:29:26.73
And when you look at the
seven-branched candlestick,
00:29:26.80\00:29:30.90
when Jesus said, "I am
the light of the world.
00:29:30.97\00:29:33.44
Whoever follows Me will
never walk in darkness."
00:29:33.47\00:29:37.04
Was that John
8:12? I think it is.
00:29:37.11\00:29:39.34
But he said or that
when you look at that,
00:29:39.37\00:29:45.88
those candlesticks,
00:29:45.91\00:29:48.02
this is in the form of the tree,
00:29:48.05\00:29:49.92
these seven-branched
like the Tree of Life.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.92
Right.
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.29
They're filled with oil
and the light never went out
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.66
because it represented,
00:29:55.69\00:29:58.46
this was the light
that lit up the holy place
00:29:58.49\00:30:02.03
which was your first compartment
00:30:02.06\00:30:04.17
and it
represented God's presence
00:30:04.20\00:30:06.20
because God says,
00:30:06.23\00:30:07.57
"I'll never leave
you or forsake you."
00:30:07.64\00:30:10.14
But that oil we
see in Zachariah,
00:30:10.21\00:30:13.81
the oil
represents the Holy Spirit.
00:30:13.88\00:30:17.45
So the priest would fill
the oil daily in each one
00:30:17.48\00:30:22.05
of these never
extinguishing all at once,
00:30:22.08\00:30:24.99
but would cleanse
and fill and that is us
00:30:25.02\00:30:29.62
needing to come
before the Lord day by day
00:30:29.66\00:30:32.96
and asking to be
filled with the Holy Spirit.
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.43
That's right. Absolutely.
00:30:35.46\00:30:36.80
In fact, if you go
to Exodus Chapter 30,
00:30:36.87\00:30:39.70
I believe it is.
00:30:39.73\00:30:41.07
Exodus Chapter 30,
00:30:41.10\00:30:42.44
I believe gives us an insight
00:30:42.47\00:30:44.11
on what God
expected of the priesthood
00:30:44.14\00:30:47.08
as they were working
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.44
in the holy
place on a daily basis
00:30:48.48\00:30:50.85
while the priests
were refilling the oil,
00:30:50.88\00:30:53.82
they were also, now get this,
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.78
notice how this goes
back to the courtyard.
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.92
They would go and take a shovel.
00:30:57.95\00:30:59.99
Some type of shovel
or censer of some kind,
00:31:00.06\00:31:03.16
and they would go out
00:31:03.19\00:31:04.53
and they would
scoop some of the coals
00:31:04.56\00:31:05.89
from the burnt, the
altar of burnt sacrifice.
00:31:05.93\00:31:09.23
They would take
some of those hot coals
00:31:09.26\00:31:10.87
and they would bring it
back into the holy place.
00:31:10.90\00:31:13.54
And they would place it
up on the altar of incense
00:31:13.57\00:31:16.34
and they were to
grind down to a powder,
00:31:16.37\00:31:19.01
certain special spices.
00:31:19.04\00:31:20.68
And they were to offer
that powder upon those coals,
00:31:20.71\00:31:24.45
which is on the
altar of incense,
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.38
which again was to
be done in simultaneous
00:31:26.41\00:31:29.42
with this
refilling of the oil at
00:31:29.45\00:31:33.05
the seven-branched candlestick.
00:31:33.09\00:31:35.09
Now what does that say to us?
00:31:35.12\00:31:36.73
First of all, what does that say
00:31:36.76\00:31:38.09
about the ministry of
Christ and who Christ is?
00:31:38.13\00:31:40.10
Because
remember, Christ, He says,
00:31:40.13\00:31:41.76
"I am the way and the way
is found in the sanctuary."
00:31:41.80\00:31:44.60
So obviously, Christ said,
"I am the light of the world."
00:31:44.63\00:31:47.87
So when you're looking at
that seven-branched candlestick,
00:31:47.90\00:31:50.11
it's a
representation of the light
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.31
that Christ brought to us
00:31:52.34\00:31:54.18
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.14
Back to the Holy Spirit,
00:31:56.18\00:31:57.88
God's work
through the Holy Spirit
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.71
showing us who Christ is.
00:31:59.75\00:32:01.22
You can go read John
Chapter 14 and John Chapter 16.
00:32:01.25\00:32:04.19
It tells us the
significance of the work
00:32:04.22\00:32:06.25
of the Holy Spirit in our life.
00:32:06.29\00:32:07.66
That fire, Shelley,
00:32:07.69\00:32:09.02
that light
would not have burned,
00:32:09.06\00:32:11.56
it would not have shown
if the oil wasn't there.
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.30
And I have to say this
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.66
because when you think about
the altar of burnt offering
00:32:15.70\00:32:19.10
at the courtyard,
men never lit that fire.
00:32:19.13\00:32:22.30
Right.
00:32:22.34\00:32:23.71
You know, that was,
it was divinely lit,
00:32:23.74\00:32:26.54
when they were
dedicating the temple
00:32:26.57\00:32:29.14
and fire from heaven
fell and it never went out.
00:32:29.18\00:32:33.15
They carried that fire
00:32:33.18\00:32:35.52
'cause this was the
portable tabernacle.
00:32:35.55\00:32:37.75
So they carried
that fire in a fire pot
00:32:37.79\00:32:40.46
because this is showing
only God can forgive sins,
00:32:40.49\00:32:44.73
man cannot forgive sins.
00:32:44.76\00:32:46.56
So this was a divine flame.
00:32:46.59\00:32:49.23
That's exciting to me.
00:32:49.26\00:32:50.60
Amen. Absolutely.
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.00
And so, you know, I
could just imagine that,
00:32:52.03\00:32:54.17
you know, the
tabernacle was a busy place.
00:32:54.24\00:32:57.11
Then those priests
were abuzz all the time
00:32:57.14\00:32:59.84
doing the work of God as
it was their time to serve.
00:32:59.87\00:33:03.08
And, you know, you
go into that holy place
00:33:03.11\00:33:05.28
and you see this fire burning
00:33:05.31\00:33:06.72
and you recognize that
the oil is present there
00:33:06.75\00:33:09.48
and the fire is burning,
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.89
the work of the
Holy Spirit in our life.
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.29
Jesus even said right
here in John, excuse me,
00:33:12.32\00:33:14.19
Matthew Chapter 5
beginning with verse 14 here,
00:33:14.26\00:33:19.59
so Matthew 5:14, of course,
00:33:19.63\00:33:22.20
this is Jesus'
famous Sermon on the Mount.
00:33:22.23\00:33:24.80
And, of course, He
has already said that,
00:33:24.83\00:33:27.74
you know, "We are
the salt of the earth."
00:33:27.77\00:33:29.27
But notice what
He says in verse 14,
00:33:29.30\00:33:31.04
"You are the light of the world.
00:33:31.07\00:33:32.74
A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden.
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.94
Nor do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
00:33:34.98\00:33:37.55
but on," notice, "a
lampstand, and it gives a light
00:33:37.58\00:33:40.32
to all who are in the house."
00:33:40.35\00:33:42.02
So again, the
ministry of the Holy Spirit,
00:33:42.05\00:33:45.65
and the light and the
righteousness of Christ
00:33:45.69\00:33:47.82
should be reflected within us.
00:33:47.86\00:33:49.36
Amen.
00:33:49.39\00:33:50.73
So as we are eating of
that of God's Word daily,
00:33:50.76\00:33:53.83
as we are
communicating with the Lord
00:33:53.90\00:33:55.93
and the incense of our prayers
00:33:55.96\00:33:57.80
are going to the
Lord each and every day.
00:33:57.83\00:33:59.63
There's a third stool,
00:33:59.67\00:34:01.00
there's a third
leg to that stool
00:34:01.04\00:34:03.24
that we should add
to our daily experience.
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.27
And that is
letting our light shine,
00:34:05.31\00:34:07.08
being a witness for God.
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.01
In fact, another text
that comes to my mind,
00:34:09.04\00:34:11.58
dealing with this
same aspect is Acts 1:8,
00:34:11.61\00:34:15.25
where Jesus says that,
00:34:15.28\00:34:18.75
"When the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.96
you shall be a witness
unto Me unto all the earth."
00:34:20.99\00:34:25.13
And so, when we look
inside that holy place,
00:34:25.16\00:34:28.80
if you are having a holy
place experience in your life,
00:34:28.83\00:34:33.00
God is taking you through
this sanctifying process,
00:34:33.03\00:34:36.10
where He's
showing you who you are,
00:34:36.14\00:34:38.81
at the same time
showing you who He is.
00:34:38.84\00:34:41.04
And, you know what?
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.41
We all might have a
conversion experience
00:34:42.44\00:34:43.88
if we spent more time
with God and His Word.
00:34:43.95\00:34:45.95
If we spent more time in prayer,
00:34:45.98\00:34:47.68
if we spent more time
sharing the goodness of God
00:34:47.72\00:34:50.49
and allowing the work
00:34:50.52\00:34:51.85
of the Holy Spirit to change us.
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.22
We might actually have
a conversion experience
00:34:53.25\00:34:54.82
much like unto Isaiah,
00:34:54.86\00:34:56.29
where he saw God
beholding the stone,
00:34:56.32\00:34:58.66
he saw God's righteousness.
00:34:58.69\00:35:00.10
He saw his own unrighteousness.
00:35:00.13\00:35:02.30
And then he again,
that sanctifying process,
00:35:02.33\00:35:04.87
he began to
confess, he began to repent.
00:35:04.90\00:35:06.87
And again, the
coal that angel brought
00:35:06.94\00:35:09.90
and put upon his lips,
00:35:09.94\00:35:11.41
he was cleansed through
that sanctifying process
00:35:11.44\00:35:14.71
that we find
there in the holy place.
00:35:14.74\00:35:16.18
Okay, so we're
gonna hit the pause button
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.18
'cause we wanna get to
the altar of incense as well
00:35:18.21\00:35:21.38
that's in the holy place.
00:35:21.42\00:35:22.75
Right.
00:35:22.78\00:35:24.12
The thing I don't wanna
forget to say, of course,
00:35:24.19\00:35:27.19
Luke 11:9-13.
00:35:27.26\00:35:29.39
Luke 11:9-13, is
where Jesus said,
00:35:29.42\00:35:34.30
"Ask and it will be
given, seek and you will find,
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.70
knock and the
door will be open."
00:35:36.77\00:35:38.80
And it is in the Greek.
00:35:38.83\00:35:43.84
It's in a linear verb,
that's in a continuing process.
00:35:43.91\00:35:48.88
So Jesus was
saying, keep on asking,
00:35:48.91\00:35:52.58
keep on seeking,
keep on knocking.
00:35:52.61\00:35:54.32
Absolutely.
00:35:54.35\00:35:55.68
But then in verse 13,
00:35:55.72\00:35:57.09
He lets us know
what we're asking for.
00:35:57.12\00:35:59.42
He says, "If you being
evil know how to give good gifts
00:35:59.45\00:36:02.79
to your children,
00:36:02.82\00:36:04.23
how much more will
the Heavenly Father
00:36:04.26\00:36:07.40
give the Holy Spirit
00:36:07.43\00:36:08.93
to those who ask
and keep on asking?"
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.77
So it's a daily experience.
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.37
But here's what I wanna
say 'cause our time just,
00:36:13.44\00:36:16.50
and we wanna get to prayer,
00:36:16.54\00:36:18.64
but was anyone able
00:36:18.67\00:36:23.65
to go from the door
00:36:23.68\00:36:27.42
and jump right
into the holy place?
00:36:27.45\00:36:29.75
Oh, absolutely not.
00:36:29.78\00:36:31.25
See, and the thing
that I wanna say is,
00:36:31.29\00:36:34.96
sometimes I will
watch a documentary.
00:36:34.99\00:36:38.73
And I actually had a lady
00:36:38.76\00:36:40.10
who was coming to a series
of meetings that I was doing,
00:36:40.13\00:36:43.87
who had a Th.D., a
doctorate in theology.
00:36:43.90\00:36:48.94
And this woman had never
had a courtyard experience.
00:36:48.97\00:36:54.31
She'd spent all of
these years in school.
00:36:54.34\00:36:57.65
She felt like she was...
00:36:57.68\00:36:59.68
and she was eating of the word.
00:36:59.71\00:37:02.45
And I know she prayed,
00:37:02.48\00:37:05.42
you know, at the
altar of incense.
00:37:05.45\00:37:07.06
I know she was a
woman who prayed.
00:37:07.09\00:37:12.46
She was mean spirited,
00:37:12.49\00:37:15.06
and never had given
her heart to the Lord.
00:37:15.10\00:37:18.77
So when we titled this program,
00:37:18.80\00:37:23.61
The Courtyard Experience,
00:37:23.64\00:37:26.37
what we're saying is,
that's the beginning of it all.
00:37:26.41\00:37:29.98
That's right.
00:37:30.05\00:37:31.38
And it's not a onetime thing.
00:37:31.41\00:37:32.75
It's a daily as
we approach the Lord.
00:37:32.78\00:37:35.78
We begin with asking Him
for the gift of repentance.
00:37:35.82\00:37:40.29
Acts 5:30, that we're asking Him
00:37:40.36\00:37:43.63
for the gift of repentance.
00:37:43.66\00:37:45.43
That's right.
Absolutely. Go ahead.
00:37:45.46\00:37:47.30
You know, I think of, you know,
00:37:47.33\00:37:49.16
many people may be listening
to this message right now
00:37:49.20\00:37:51.30
and saying, you know,
00:37:51.33\00:37:53.07
courtyard experience is great,
00:37:53.10\00:37:54.67
but Ryan, our ultimate
goal is to have a holy place
00:37:54.70\00:37:57.64
where our most
holy place experience
00:37:57.67\00:37:59.61
and we certainly are,
00:37:59.64\00:38:00.98
if we're talking
about present truth,
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.34
we know that right now
present truth would be talking
00:38:02.38\00:38:05.41
about what is Christ
doing right now for us
00:38:05.45\00:38:07.65
in the Most Holy Place?
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.02
He is doing an
intercessory work.
00:38:09.05\00:38:10.59
And we certainly don't
want to diminish the message
00:38:10.62\00:38:13.25
of the Most Holy Place
00:38:13.29\00:38:14.62
or the message
of the holy place.
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.19
But, you know, I
think the emphasis
00:38:16.22\00:38:18.03
that we're trying to make here,
00:38:18.06\00:38:19.39
at least for myself
here, I wanna be very clear,
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.36
is that you must,
00:38:21.40\00:38:22.73
you have to go
through the courtyard
00:38:22.76\00:38:25.23
before you get to the holy place
00:38:25.27\00:38:26.94
before you get into them.
00:38:26.97\00:38:28.30
That having a holy,
as you just mentioned,
00:38:28.34\00:38:30.34
having a holy place experience
00:38:30.41\00:38:32.04
or trying to leap from the door
00:38:32.07\00:38:33.98
into the Most Holy Place
00:38:34.01\00:38:35.54
without having
stopped in the courtyard
00:38:35.58\00:38:37.58
to have that
experience to, again,
00:38:37.65\00:38:39.58
set at the foot of
the cross and behold,
00:38:39.61\00:38:41.75
what transpired at
Calvary, my friends,
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.92
you're doing
yourself a major disservice
00:38:43.99\00:38:45.75
because everything that you see
happening in the sanctuary work
00:38:45.79\00:38:50.13
from the courtyard
into the holy place
00:38:50.16\00:38:52.16
into the Most Holy Place,
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.60
all is somehow interconnected
to what is happening
00:38:53.63\00:38:57.57
at that altar
of burnt sacrifice.
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.87
What is happening on that altar
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.97
as the Lamb of God
is being offered up?
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.44
And so, you know, I
think somebody may be saying,
00:39:04.47\00:39:06.71
"Yeah, but that's milk,
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.34
of course, we want
the steak and potatoes,
00:39:08.38\00:39:10.95
you know, that's milk,
that's the milk of the gospel."
00:39:10.98\00:39:12.98
But yet even Paul
says in 1 Corinthians 1:18.
00:39:13.01\00:39:16.99
So again, 1 Corinthians 1:18.
00:39:17.02\00:39:19.95
I love this scripture
'cause it's so true, Paul says,
00:39:19.99\00:39:22.82
"For the message of
the cross is foolishness
00:39:22.86\00:39:25.09
to those who are perishing,
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.40
but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God."
00:39:27.43\00:39:32.03
And it is interesting
because when you think
00:39:32.07\00:39:35.27
of a Most Holy
Place experience, Shelley.
00:39:35.30\00:39:38.17
Most people think
of the Day of Atonement
00:39:38.21\00:39:40.71
where they think of,
00:39:40.78\00:39:42.11
you know, this
great judgment work
00:39:42.14\00:39:44.05
that has been
done the holiest day
00:39:44.08\00:39:45.85
on the Hebrew calendar,
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.45
Yom Kippur, where...
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.15
Where the high priest
entered into the Most Holy Place
00:39:49.18\00:39:51.72
only once a
year, it wasn't daily.
00:39:51.75\00:39:53.96
Absolutely, but it
was most definitely
00:39:53.99\00:39:56.22
the holiest day on the calendar
00:39:56.26\00:39:58.56
where all of Israel sins,
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.60
any sins that had been taken
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.50
into the sanctuary
throughout the year,
00:40:02.53\00:40:04.53
the record was wiped clean.
00:40:04.57\00:40:06.20
God dealt with
that record of sin.
00:40:06.23\00:40:08.57
It was a
powerful Day of Judgment.
00:40:08.60\00:40:11.41
And so we don't want to diminish
00:40:11.44\00:40:13.04
the fact that it is,
00:40:13.07\00:40:14.41
it was most
definitely a powerful work.
00:40:14.44\00:40:16.34
And it was, and still
is a most powerful message
00:40:16.38\00:40:19.48
within that Day of Atonement.
00:40:19.51\00:40:21.02
But it's
interesting that the high priest
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.59
could not
approach God's presence
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.76
in the Most Holy Place,
00:40:26.79\00:40:28.39
unless there was a work
done at the altar first.
00:40:28.42\00:40:31.16
In fact, you can go to
the Leviticus Chapter 16.
00:40:31.19\00:40:33.40
Let's go there real
quick. Leviticus Chapter 16.
00:40:33.43\00:40:35.80
I wanna emphasize
this, this is powerful.
00:40:35.83\00:40:38.60
So most people think, you know,
00:40:38.63\00:40:39.97
I'll just go into
the Most Holy Place
00:40:40.04\00:40:42.20
where the God's presence is,
00:40:42.24\00:40:43.61
where the Ark
of the Covenant is.
00:40:43.64\00:40:44.97
I'll focus on God's holy law.
00:40:45.01\00:40:46.51
I'll preach the commandments,
live the commandments,
00:40:46.54\00:40:48.51
breathe the commandments,
teach the commandments,
00:40:48.54\00:40:50.45
and all of that stuff is great,
00:40:50.48\00:40:51.88
but if you have not
had a cross experience,
00:40:51.91\00:40:55.55
all of that's in vain.
00:40:55.58\00:40:57.09
Notice this,
Leviticus Chapter 16.
00:40:57.12\00:40:58.82
So this is
obviously going to be entitled
00:40:58.85\00:41:00.96
The Day of Atonement.
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.32
This is where God gives all
of the great details pertaining
00:41:02.36\00:41:04.53
to what Moses and
Aaron or the high priests
00:41:04.56\00:41:07.10
where this was
pertaining to Aaron's work,
00:41:07.13\00:41:08.86
what he had to do to
prepare to enter God's presence
00:41:08.90\00:41:12.37
in the Most Holy Place.
00:41:12.40\00:41:13.74
Notice I'm
gonna, so in verses 1-2,
00:41:13.77\00:41:15.94
he's basically telling...
00:41:15.97\00:41:17.31
Leviticus 16:1-2?
00:41:17.34\00:41:18.67
Leviticus 16:1-2,
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.68
you'll see there
that he's telling Aaron,
00:41:20.71\00:41:22.91
basically, that
they're not just to come in
00:41:22.94\00:41:24.45
just any old time that
this had to be very done
00:41:24.48\00:41:27.65
in a very specific way.
00:41:27.68\00:41:29.28
But notice,
starting with verse 3,
00:41:29.32\00:41:30.69
so this is Leviticus 16:3,
00:41:30.72\00:41:33.09
and we're gonna read through
these opening verses here,
00:41:33.12\00:41:34.62
powerful.
00:41:34.66\00:41:35.99
Notice the author's work here
00:41:36.02\00:41:37.99
that the presence of
the altar in this work
00:41:38.03\00:41:40.73
from the burnt
offering in the courtyard.
00:41:40.80\00:41:42.76
So it says here,
00:41:42.80\00:41:44.17
"Thus Aaron shall come
into the Holy place," notice,
00:41:44.20\00:41:46.74
"with the blood of a
young bull as a sin offering,
00:41:46.77\00:41:50.31
and of a ram as a,"
notice, "burnt offering."
00:41:50.34\00:41:53.41
So before he was to
enter into the Most Holy Place,
00:41:53.48\00:41:56.44
there had to been
some type of sin offering,
00:41:56.48\00:41:58.91
some type of burnt offering.
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.72
He continues on to describe
it in verse 4-5 and onward.
00:42:00.75\00:42:03.99
He says, "He shall
put the holy linen tunic
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.66
and the linen
trousers on his body,
00:42:07.69\00:42:10.03
he shall be
girded with a linen sash,
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.03
and with the linen
turban he shall be attired."
00:42:12.06\00:42:14.90
But notice this last part,
"These are the holy garments.
00:42:14.93\00:42:17.57
Therefore," notice,
00:42:17.60\00:42:18.93
"he shall wash
his body in water,
00:42:18.97\00:42:21.60
and put them on."
00:42:21.64\00:42:22.97
There's the laver. Yeah.
00:42:23.00\00:42:24.34
So before coming
into the tabernacle itself
00:42:24.37\00:42:26.71
and before going past that
veil into the Most Holy Place,
00:42:26.78\00:42:30.18
did Aaron the high priest
00:42:30.25\00:42:31.58
have to have a
courtyard experience?
00:42:31.61\00:42:32.98
Absolutely.
00:42:33.01\00:42:34.35
He had to have
that burnt offering,
00:42:34.38\00:42:35.72
that sin
offering already prepared,
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.85
and he also had
to cleanse himself,
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.49
wash himself at the
laver before entering in.
00:42:39.52\00:42:42.52
And again, this is all
on the Day of Atonement.
00:42:42.56\00:42:44.63
Notice verse 5,
00:42:44.66\00:42:45.99
"And he shall take
from the congregation
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.40
of the children of
Israel two kids of the goats
00:42:47.43\00:42:50.20
as a sin offering,
00:42:50.27\00:42:51.60
and one ram as
a burnt offering."
00:42:51.63\00:42:53.23
So notice how we keep going back
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.00
to that altar of burnt offering.
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.31
Verse 6, "Aaron shall offer
the bull as a sin offering,
00:42:57.34\00:42:59.81
which is for himself,
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.24
and make atonement for
himself and for his house.
00:43:01.28\00:43:04.05
He shall take the two goats
00:43:04.08\00:43:05.41
and present them before the Lord
00:43:05.45\00:43:06.82
at the door of the
tabernacle of the meeting."
00:43:06.85\00:43:10.09
Notice verse 9.
00:43:10.12\00:43:11.45
"And Aaron shall bring the goat
on which the Lord's lot fell,"
00:43:11.49\00:43:14.79
so these two goats,
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.36
"and offer it
as a sin offering."
00:43:16.39\00:43:18.19
Where he's gonna
offer it as a sin offering?
00:43:18.23\00:43:19.66
Yeah.
00:43:19.69\00:43:21.03
Right back at that altar,
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.40
so notice how
significant and powerful
00:43:22.43\00:43:25.07
the message of that
altar of burnt offering is,
00:43:25.10\00:43:28.90
and how important it
was for the judgment work
00:43:28.94\00:43:31.24
that was to be done
on the Day of Atonement.
00:43:31.27\00:43:33.68
Aaron could not even approach
and this was the high priest,
00:43:33.71\00:43:37.81
you know, this is
someone whom someone would say,
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.22
"oh, Aaron's he's
God's chosen high priest."
00:43:40.25\00:43:42.52
He's already had a
courtyard experience.
00:43:42.55\00:43:45.65
He's already had his holy place,
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.56
sanctifying experience.
00:43:47.59\00:43:48.92
So he's now rep ready
and prepared and prepped
00:43:48.96\00:43:51.29
to go into the
very presence of God.
00:43:51.33\00:43:53.53
He doesn't need to
revisit the courtyard,
00:43:53.60\00:43:56.06
but that's exactly
what God was telling him,
00:43:56.10\00:43:58.00
before you come
into My presence,
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.83
I need you to go
back to the cross.
00:43:59.87\00:44:02.07
I need you to sacrifice self.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.61
Absolutely.
00:44:03.64\00:44:05.47
And I'm thinking our time
is just quickly slipping away.
00:44:05.51\00:44:09.21
Yeah.
00:44:09.24\00:44:10.58
And I wanted to
point something out.
00:44:10.65\00:44:12.58
When we're talking about
Jesus as the Lamb of God,
00:44:12.61\00:44:16.08
Revelation 13:8 says,
00:44:16.12\00:44:19.12
that's Revelation 13:8
00:44:19.15\00:44:21.39
that Jesus was the
Lamb of God who was slain
00:44:21.42\00:44:26.06
from the
foundations of the earth.
00:44:26.09\00:44:27.96
That is the everlasting gospel.
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.00
That's right.
00:44:30.07\00:44:31.40
That's the everlasting
gospel of the Revelation 14,
00:44:31.43\00:44:34.67
the three angels' messages.
00:44:34.70\00:44:36.74
So the lamb being
slain is present truth.
00:44:36.81\00:44:41.34
Absolutely.
00:44:41.38\00:44:42.71
And when you look at
Revelation Chapter 5,
00:44:42.74\00:44:45.28
when it's
talking about the lamb,
00:44:45.31\00:44:47.62
taking the scroll,
00:44:47.65\00:44:48.98
I'm gonna begin
with verse 5, John,
00:44:49.02\00:44:51.79
there's a scroll
that's got seven seals on it,
00:44:51.82\00:44:54.82
and they can't find
anybody worthy of opening it.
00:44:54.86\00:44:57.46
And he says,
00:44:57.53\00:44:58.86
but one of the
elders said to me,
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.23
this is
Revelation 5:5, "Do not weep.
00:45:00.26\00:45:02.93
Behold, the lion
of the tribe of Judah,
00:45:02.96\00:45:06.53
the Root of David,
00:45:06.57\00:45:07.90
has prevailed to open the scroll
00:45:07.94\00:45:10.31
and to loose its seven seals."
00:45:10.34\00:45:12.77
So here he is
calling him the lion.
00:45:12.81\00:45:17.28
But then verse 6, he says,
00:45:17.35\00:45:18.68
"I looked, and behold,
in the midst of the throne
00:45:18.71\00:45:23.12
and of the four
living creatures,
00:45:23.15\00:45:25.55
in the midst of the
elders, stood," what?
00:45:25.59\00:45:28.29
A Lamb.
00:45:28.32\00:45:29.66
"A Lamb as though
it had been slain,
00:45:29.69\00:45:33.40
having seven horns,"
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.33
seven is the
number of perfection,
00:45:35.36\00:45:36.87
horn was authority,
00:45:36.90\00:45:38.23
so this is perfect authority,
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.24
"having seven
eyes being all seen,
00:45:40.27\00:45:42.90
and the seven Spirits of God
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.87
the seven fold
ministry of the Holy Spirit
00:45:44.91\00:45:48.44
sent out into all the earth."
00:45:48.48\00:45:49.81
Now what I wanna point
out, all through Scripture,
00:45:49.84\00:45:53.52
the word used, I
mean, in John said,
00:45:53.55\00:45:57.09
"Behold, the Lamb of God
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.52
who takes away the
sins of the earth."
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.86
Yes.
00:46:00.89\00:46:02.22
The word used
for lamb in the Greek
00:46:02.26\00:46:05.16
is completely different
than what is used the word lamb
00:46:05.19\00:46:11.10
in Revelation 29 times the word
00:46:11.13\00:46:16.71
is a lambkin L-I-M-B-K-I-N
00:46:16.74\00:46:20.21
a little baby pet.
00:46:20.28\00:46:23.58
That's right.
00:46:23.65\00:46:26.25
When, let's look
at Exodus Chapter 12.
00:46:26.28\00:46:29.95
And I'm gonna let
you elucidate on this.
00:46:29.98\00:46:31.85
Yeah.
00:46:31.89\00:46:33.22
But Exodus Chapter 12.
00:46:33.25\00:46:37.23
When the Passover lamb was,
00:46:37.26\00:46:40.63
each family had to
give up the Passover lamb
00:46:40.70\00:46:44.07
or slay the Passover lamb.
00:46:44.10\00:46:49.17
This wasn't just,
00:46:49.20\00:46:50.54
"Oh, honey, go
pick up a spotless lamb
00:46:50.61\00:46:52.81
out of the herd and go
ahead and take him down."
00:46:52.84\00:46:57.48
God made them
bring that little lamb
00:46:57.55\00:47:01.02
into their house.
00:47:01.05\00:47:02.55
Read Exodus 12.
00:47:02.58\00:47:03.92
Yeah, Exodus Chapter 12,
let's begin with verse 3.
00:47:03.99\00:47:06.55
Of course, this
is the initiation
00:47:06.59\00:47:09.06
of the Passover.
00:47:09.09\00:47:11.06
And so we see here it says,
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.59
again, Exodus 12:3
00:47:12.63\00:47:15.23
and we're gonna read
through verse 6 here.
00:47:15.26\00:47:17.07
It says, "Speak to all
the congregation of Israel,
00:47:17.10\00:47:19.27
saying, 'On the
tenth of this month
00:47:19.30\00:47:21.57
every man shall
take for himself a lamb,
00:47:21.60\00:47:24.04
according to the
house of his father,
00:47:24.11\00:47:26.71
a lamb for a household."
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.98
And verse 4 says,
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.35
"And if the household
is too small for the lamb,
00:47:30.38\00:47:32.48
let him and his
neighbor next to his house
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.45
take it according to
the number of the persons
00:47:34.48\00:47:36.45
according to each man's need
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.09
and shall make your
account for the lamb."
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.26
So there's one lamb
for the entire household,
00:47:40.29\00:47:42.32
but you notice verses 5 and 6,
00:47:42.36\00:47:44.13
"Your lamb shall
be without blemish,
00:47:44.16\00:47:45.96
a male of the first year."
00:47:45.99\00:47:47.33
So there's that lambkin
aspect, it was a baby lamb.
00:47:47.40\00:47:51.07
"You shall take
it from the sheep
00:47:51.10\00:47:52.57
and from the goats."
00:47:52.60\00:47:54.14
Now notice verse 6,
00:47:54.17\00:47:55.50
this is where it really
starts to come alive here.
00:47:55.54\00:47:57.67
"Now you shall keep it
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.04
until the fourteenth
day of the same month.
00:47:59.07\00:48:02.64
Then the whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel
00:48:02.68\00:48:05.55
shall kill it at twilight."
00:48:05.58\00:48:07.32
And so if you read
these verses carefully,
00:48:07.35\00:48:09.52
he says, you're gonna go out
on the tenth day of the month.
00:48:09.55\00:48:12.79
Get the lamp. And
you're gonna get that lamb.
00:48:12.82\00:48:14.42
The baby lamb.
00:48:14.46\00:48:15.79
But you don't kill it
00:48:15.82\00:48:17.43
until twilight on
the fourteenth day.
00:48:17.46\00:48:19.89
Now if you do
your math correctly,
00:48:19.93\00:48:21.30
that's about
three and a half days.
00:48:21.33\00:48:24.67
Which is exactly
the same amount of time,
00:48:24.70\00:48:27.67
you know, in
comparison to Christ ministry,
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.77
Christ was the Lamb of God
00:48:29.80\00:48:31.27
and His ministry was
three and a half years.
00:48:31.31\00:48:34.34
But the thing that you
have to think about is here
00:48:34.38\00:48:38.18
is when Jesus is personal to us.
00:48:38.21\00:48:41.12
That's right.
00:48:41.15\00:48:42.48
You know, the first time you go
00:48:42.52\00:48:43.89
through the
courtyard experience,
00:48:43.92\00:48:45.25
He's your Passover
lamb. That's right.
00:48:45.29\00:48:46.62
I mean, that's
that justification.
00:48:46.65\00:48:48.52
And then we go
beyond that on a daily basis
00:48:48.56\00:48:51.89
that we were
confessing and repenting,
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.43
but when they brought
that cute little baby lamb
00:48:54.46\00:48:58.50
in their house for
three and half days.
00:48:58.53\00:49:00.34
Oh, I could imagine.
00:49:00.37\00:49:01.70
Oh, don't you
know they just loved.
00:49:01.74\00:49:03.20
I love little lambs.
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The kids you can imagine,
the kids were playing with it.
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They would feed it,
they would water it,
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they would pet it
for three and half days.
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Their parents would
say don't give it a name.
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But because they,
but it's inevitable.
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Yeah.
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Fourteenth day at
twilight, they're gonna,
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the father of the household,
the men of the household
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would take that walk of shame
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with that little baby pet lamb.
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And he would confess the sins
of himself and his household
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into that little baby
lamb lifeless there just,
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again, not even fighting.
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And then he would
take the life of that lamb,
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you know,
Christ, He is the lamb.
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He is the perfect
little baby, pet lamb.
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And there's no doubt in my mind,
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the reason why God starts
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at the altar of burnt sacrifice,
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is he wants us
to have a personal,
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heartfelt experience
at the foot of the cross.
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And if you look
back at that graphic,
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there's a graphic we
had of an aerial view.
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If you trace
around all those articles
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of furniture in...
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There it is.
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It makes a cross, Shelley. Yeah.
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And what is at the
foot of that cross?
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It's the altar
of burnt offering.
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There's no doubt
that God wanted us
00:50:12.67\00:50:14.18
to start there
with the sanctuary
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so we could have a
heartfelt experience,
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looking and beholding
at the foot of the cross.
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So let's leave that
up for just a second.
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Let me put how
I'm gonna ask control.
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Okay, so that outer
courtyard where the altar is,
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the laver is, this is
the justification process.
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But day by day we sin,
so day by day we need to go
00:50:36.03\00:50:38.80
through that repentance
and be cleansed of sin.
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And then the progression
is into sanctification,
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our separation from sin,
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and that's by
reading the Word of God
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by having the light of Jesus,
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light our path
and having the oil
00:50:52.81\00:50:55.12
of the Holy Spirit in us.
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And then those prayers
00:50:56.79\00:50:58.32
that are sending
from the altar of incense
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that's sanctification
separation from sin.
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But that third process,
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that third step
into the Holy of Holies
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when the veil, when
Jesus was crucified,
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the veil was ripped
from the top to the bottom.
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To the bottom.
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And He is the new in living
way into the Holy of Holies.
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That's right.
00:51:25.41\00:51:26.75
We have access
to God through Him.
00:51:26.82\00:51:28.32
That's right.
00:51:28.35\00:51:29.68
In Hebrews 7:25,
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"He is able to
save to the uttermost
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because He lives
to intercede for us."
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But the whole point
that we are trying to make
00:51:36.96\00:51:42.50
is that you can't jump
into a sanctification process.
00:51:42.53\00:51:46.77
You can know the
2300 day prophecy,
00:51:46.84\00:51:50.31
you can know all of
this and be out preaching it.
00:51:50.34\00:51:54.18
But if you haven't had
a courtyard experience,
00:51:54.21\00:51:58.08
you are not saved,
00:51:58.11\00:51:59.58
you are just like
a clanging cymbal.
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That's right.
00:52:03.79\00:52:05.12
So God knows
there was a process.
00:52:05.15\00:52:07.29
He drew this out in
the shape of the cross.
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And thy way is in
the sanctuary, O God.
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That's right. Praise God.
00:52:15.80\00:52:17.47
Amen.
00:52:17.50\00:52:18.83
Our time's just nearly gone.
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We're going to
take a quick break,
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go to a news break
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and we'll come back
for a closing thought.
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