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Program Code: TDYFW190031A
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00:02 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome once again 3ABN Family Worship. 01:12 What a privilege it is to come into your home, 01:15 spend this time together study of God's Word 01:17 and we pray it's just not this time 01:19 that we come together 01:21 but you have made it a habit in your heart and in your life 01:24 that you're gonna take your family, 01:26 morning and evening. 01:27 And you're gonna sit down 01:28 and you're gonna open the Word of God, 01:30 you're gonna be reading the Word of God, 01:31 you're gonna be praying, you're gonna be singing. 01:33 And after you talk about it a day that goes well 01:35 started out that way, end it that way. 01:37 So anyway, we're so glad to spend this time. 01:39 We thank you for taking time out. 01:41 And I think it's worthwhile, 01:43 we're on part number four of restoration of all things. 01:47 What does that really mean? 01:48 We're talking about the sanctuary, aren't we? 01:50 That's right. 01:52 And we start out with one part we thought 01:54 and it is now the fourth and who knows 01:56 how far it's gonna go because the sanctuary 01:58 Brother Ryan mentioned so often and so deep, 02:01 you could just talk and talk about it. 02:02 That's right. 02:03 Because all things represent who? 02:05 Jesus Christ. That's right. 02:07 You know, how wonderful subject 02:08 and we pray that you've been blessed so far. 02:10 Again, we're gonna be on part four. 02:12 We're gonna be looking at two things, 02:13 gonna be if time allows, 02:15 we will be looking at the candlestick, 02:16 and we're gonna be looking at The Ten Commandments, 02:20 you know, the most holy place. 02:22 And I think that's just gonna be a fascinating time. 02:25 And I'm not sure we can get through everything 02:28 because everybody has such good ideas about, 02:30 you know, about the sanctuary, 02:32 and how it pertains to us and to Jesus Christ. 02:35 Wanna introduce those who are with us today. 02:38 We don't need introduction, 02:39 but we need to do it anyway because I believe this. 02:41 I believe there's new people all the time, 02:43 won't you that are tuning in. 02:45 And that's why sometimes 02:46 that we go over the same material 02:48 because this may be your very first time 02:50 and you've missed all the other three. 02:52 So this is a fourth one on my right Brother JD Quinn. 02:55 Glad you're here. Thank you. 02:56 We appreciate it. 02:58 Well, I appreciate being here, I certainly do. 03:00 And, you know, talking about 03:01 hearing things over and over again. 03:03 I know that I certainly did too. 03:04 Me too. 03:06 And there's just a little bit of nugget here 03:07 and little nugget there and one of those, 03:09 wow, what this is a gold mine. 03:11 Yes. All right. 03:13 Absolutely. Absolutely. Praise God. 03:14 Okay, to my left my precious wife, Christine. 03:17 Oh, I'm happy. 03:18 Christine Elizabeth. 03:20 Oh, boy. I didn't trouble. 03:21 Well, not really, not yet. 03:24 It was always Christie at home. 03:25 And it was Christine, if I was in trouble. 03:28 People already know you're the balancer. 03:30 To keep me balance in the Lord. 03:32 So praise God for that. 03:34 And then we have on our left Brother Ryan Day. 03:35 Yes. 03:37 You know, what a blessing, 03:38 you know, get to know you more all the time 03:40 programs that we do together. 03:41 Yes. 03:43 You know, in that setting, but also in other settings. 03:46 You're the man that loves Jesus, 03:47 and loves the gospel, and loves the truth. 03:49 That's nothing to do with the head 03:50 that has to do with your heart. 03:52 Amen. I love the Word of God. 03:53 Amen. 03:54 We're glad you did and you always, 03:56 always willing to help. 03:57 Amen. It's such a blessing. 03:59 People who invites are always willing. 04:00 So praise God for that. Yes. 04:02 We know we probably should have prayer 04:04 and then we wanna sing 04:05 because I can hardly wait to sing the song that we have 04:07 but I think we need some good prayer first, 04:09 isn't that right? 04:11 Absolutely. 04:12 Honey, would you pray for us? 04:13 Okay. Okay. 04:15 Most gracious Heavenly Father, 04:16 again, we thank You for this opportunity 04:18 to lift Your Word up, to be a light to the world. 04:21 Father, I pray that You will speak to every heart 04:24 that is tuning in to every heart 04:26 and mind that is here around this table as well. 04:29 May we lift up the name of Jesus 04:31 and we truly know 04:32 that we have been in Your presence, Father. 04:35 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 04:37 Amen. Praise the Lord. 04:38 Okay, Brother Ryan, we're going to turn it over to you 04:40 because, you know, we are followers 04:42 when you're gonna be singing we're gonna be following, 04:44 humming along, doing whatever we can but... 04:46 Yeah. 04:47 Well, this song is gonna be extra special 04:49 because Tim's playing it for us. 04:50 I'm glad. He's over there on the piano. 04:52 We're gonna bring his fingers to work here. 04:54 We're gonna sing it. 04:55 We're talking about seven branch candlestick today, 04:57 what better song to sing than "This Little Light of Mine." 04:59 That's right. I'm gonna let it shine. 05:01 We can get happy, right? That's right. 05:03 Absolutely. We can get happy on this song. 05:04 That's right. 05:10 This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine 05:15 This little light of mine 05:18 I'm gonna let it shine 05:21 This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine 05:26 Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine 05:32 All around the neighborhood I'm gonna let it shine 05:37 All around the neighborhood 05:40 I'm gonna let it shine 05:43 All around the neighborhood I'm gonna let it shine 05:48 Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine 05:54 Hide it under a bushel? 05:56 No! 05:57 I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? 06:01 No! 06:02 I'm gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? 06:07 No! 06:08 I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine Let it shine 06:13 Let it shine I like this one. 06:16 Don't let Satan blow it out I'm gonna let it shine 06:22 Don't let Satan blow it out 06:25 I'm gonna let it shine 06:27 Don't let Satan blow it out I'm gonna let it shine 06:32 Let it shine Let it shine Let it shine 06:38 Wow! Amen. 06:40 Oh, that is not a kid's song. 06:41 But lot of people see that as a kid's song, 06:43 but that's a powerful, simple but powerful message. 06:45 Oh, yes, it is. It is. 06:48 Good 'cause I love it. 06:49 Good. Amen. 06:50 We pray that came forth 06:52 and you were singing along with us. 06:54 You know, that's a catchy song, praise God for that. 06:57 Again, restitution of all things 06:58 part number four, we're going to, 07:00 maybe do things little differently, 07:01 but it's okay, we can kind of doing 07:03 as the Holy Spirit directs us to do, 07:04 we're gonna look up several passages of scripture, 07:06 we're gonna read them to begin with why? 07:09 Because many maybe have missed what's been discussed before. 07:13 And it's very, very important that we get together 07:15 because we're looking at restitution of, 07:18 you know, Bible truths in relation to the sanctuary. 07:21 Right. Amen. 07:23 And the sanctuary is one of the most important, 07:25 if not the most important doctrine 07:27 as it were that we need to know. 07:28 That's right. 07:29 And again, people will say, well, we disagree. 07:31 It's so important that we need to be studying in 07:33 and praying and learning every day from that. 07:36 That's right. 07:37 I'm going to just quote one scripture from Psalm 77:13, 07:41 which you're very familiar with because a lot of people say, 07:43 "I realized there was an earthly sanctuary." 07:47 Of course, many do not, 07:49 I've visited some folks 07:50 in different churches different times, 07:52 and we start talking about the sanctuary. 07:53 And they'll say, "I haven't, we've never heard that before. 07:56 It's never been taught to us, 07:58 and what a blessing we are missing." 08:00 But the Bible says Psalm 77:13, "Thy way, O God, is in," where? 08:05 Sanctuary. The sanctuary. 08:07 Thy way, O God simply put it's in the sanctuary. 08:09 So if you wanna find God, and find the way around Christ. 08:11 Amen. 08:13 You know, His sacrifice everything that was done 08:14 in the behalf of mankind, 08:16 that was stolen by the enemy over the years 08:20 and buried until the time of the reformation. 08:23 So this part of reformation period of time. 08:25 Sure. 08:26 So we know there was an earthly 08:28 and now many people disagree that there's a heavenly, 08:30 I thought it'd be pretty sweet 08:32 if we could just read a few passages of scripture 08:35 confirming as it were, 08:36 oh, there's lot of things we go into about the sanctuary, 08:39 Brother Ryan, you have our first passage. 08:41 Sure, yeah. 08:42 And you tell us where it's found. 08:44 So we're gonna be going to Hebrews Chapter 8. 08:45 And we're gonna be specifically reading verses 1, 2, and 5. 08:48 Yes. I love this text. 08:50 It says, "Now this is the main point 08:53 of the things we are saying. 08:56 We have such a High Priest, 08:58 who is seated at the right hand 08:59 of the throne of Majesty in the heavens." 09:03 Verse 2 says, "A Minister of the sanctuary 09:06 and the true tabernacle 09:07 which the Lord erected, and not man." 09:10 Come on. 09:11 And then notice verse 5, "Who serve the copy and shadow 09:15 of the heavenly things, 09:16 as Moses was divinely instructed 09:18 when he was about to make the tabernacle. 09:21 For He said, 'See that you make all things 09:23 according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.'" 09:26 Amen. 09:27 Just made a quick word or two. Yeah. 09:29 What do you gather from those verses right quick? 09:31 Oh, absolutely. So... 09:32 The heavenly, earthly, what... Absolutely. 09:33 So obviously there's the Bible makes it very clear 09:36 that there was, there's a heavenly throne room, 09:37 there's a heavenly sanctuary. 09:39 And so we read about that here in verses 1-2. 09:42 This is a sanctuary not made with hands, God dwells there. 09:44 Come on. 09:46 He is our heavenly High Priest, 09:47 and verse 5 witnesses to the fact that 09:50 God minister to Moses 09:51 as He brought him at top of Mount Sinai, 09:53 Moses was in... I'm a little jealous here, 09:55 Moses was able to get a glimpse, 09:57 he was able to look into and see the heavenly, 10:01 the actual model. 10:02 He was actually able to see the heaven, the real deal. 10:04 Yes. 10:05 And then God instructed him, 10:07 He said, just as the things you saw, 10:08 in the vision given you. 10:10 Now you are to make a model, 10:11 a copy of everything you saw in an earthly form, 10:14 and that's where we get the wilderness tabernacle. 10:17 Amen. 10:18 Oh, that's beautiful. Amen. 10:20 And then, Brother JD, 10:21 you have passage too in Hebrews Chapter 9. 10:24 And I'm gonna read this out of the Amplified. 10:27 Okay. 10:29 "Now even the first covenant had regulations 10:31 for divine worship, and for the earthly sanctuary. 10:34 A tabernacle, a sacred tent was put up, 10:38 the outer one or the first section, 10:40 in which were the lampstand 10:42 and the table with its loaves of sacred showbread. 10:45 This is called the Holy place." 10:47 Yes. 10:48 "Behind the second veil there was another tabernacle, 10:51 the inner one or second section known as the Holy of Holies, 10:55 having the golden altar of incense 10:58 and the Ark of the Covenant covered entirely with gold. 11:01 This contained a golden jar which held the manna, 11:05 and the rod of Aaron that sprouted, 11:07 and the two stone tablets of the covenant 11:10 inscribed with the Ten Commandments, 11:12 and above the ark 11:14 were the golden cherubim of glory 11:16 overshadowing the mercy seat, 11:18 but we cannot now go into detail 11:20 about these things." 11:22 Amen. 11:23 But we talk about things 11:25 that you can spend a lot of time on here 11:27 'cause we're going to the ark for the Ten Commandments, 11:30 we're talking about the mercy seat. 11:31 And that's one of the things that we'll be talking about, 11:33 as we talked about the lampstand. 11:35 But there's heavy duty things in there 11:37 that indicate that there is a heavenly sanctuary 11:40 that we need to be aware of. 11:41 Honey, you have some passages... 11:42 I do... Would you read for us? 11:44 And, you know, I've often thought... 11:45 You're reading. 11:46 Sorry, you're reading Hebrews 9:1-5. 11:48 That's right. And then... 11:49 Okay. 11:50 During these programs 11:52 that we should have had a picture 11:53 and as you were reading that 11:55 it would have been so nice to have a visual, 11:56 but I encourage you at home if you, 11:58 you know, since we're not showing a visual, 12:00 look it up on the internet, 12:01 I'm sure that there's one there that you can find. 12:04 Okay, I'm reading Hebrews 9:10-12 and then 14-15. 12:08 And it reads, "Which stood only in meats and drinks, 12:11 and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, 12:14 imposed on them until the time of reformation. 12:18 But Christ being come 12:21 an high priest of good things to come, 12:23 by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, 12:26 not made with hands, 12:28 that is to say, not of this building. 12:30 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, 12:33 but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, 12:38 " hallelujah, "having obtained eternal redemption for us." 12:43 This is why we didn't go to heaven at the cross. 12:48 This is why He went back into heaven 12:51 because He had to restore all things. 12:54 And so even John got a glimpse into the heaven sanctuary. 12:57 Yes. Yes, he did. 12:58 He got a glimpse of the, 13:00 what we're about to talking about today. 13:01 Revelation 11, is it were? That's right. 13:02 Yeah. Wow. Yeah, the candlesticks. 13:04 How can he glimpse if it wasn't there, isn't that? 13:06 That's right. 13:08 Okay. 13:09 Going on in Hebrews 9:14, it says, 13:11 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, 13:14 who through the eternal spirit 13:16 offered himself without spot to God," 13:19 Christ had no spot, no wrinkle, 13:21 He was a perfect sacrifice, 13:23 "purge your conscience 13:25 from the dead works to serve the living God? 13:28 And for this cause he is the mediator, " hallelujah. 13:31 Amen. 13:32 We could stop right there and praise the Lord. 13:34 "He is our mediator of the New Testament, 13:37 that by means of death, 13:38 for the redemption of the transgressions 13:40 that were under the first testament, 13:43 they were all called might receive 13:46 the promise of eternal inheritance." 13:48 Eternal inheritance, yes. 13:49 Eternal inheritance. 13:51 We have hope past this world. 13:54 We have hope because of the blood of Christ 13:58 and that He's gone back 14:00 for the restitution of all things 14:02 to put them back the way they were supposed to be 14:04 just like the form in heaven, 14:06 just like the sanctuary in heaven, 14:08 and then prepare us to be part of that number, 14:11 eternal inheritance. 14:12 That's right. Yeah. 14:14 We're never gonna get sick. 14:15 We lost some people. 14:16 We actually were gonna have six people, 14:18 one of them are sick today. 14:20 In heaven, there's no more sickness. 14:21 No more sickness. That's right. 14:22 There's no more death, no more sorrow, 14:24 no more hurricanes, 14:26 no more earthquakes, no more tornadoes. 14:28 Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. 14:29 I am looking forward to this. 14:31 So we're bubbling over, right? 14:33 We pray that you are too because it is good news. 14:35 That's right. And so much information. 14:37 Again, I'm gonna just read one passage, 14:39 and then just real quickly, 14:41 kind of go over the one, two, three, four, five things 14:43 and then we're gonna get into. 14:44 I know the time's flying by 14:46 but I think it's very important for the beginner. 14:48 Jesus said this, was in John 3:12, 14:51 I thought it was very interesting. 14:52 Because again, we're talking about the earthly 14:54 and then we're talking about the heavenly 14:57 was taking place in the heavenly sanctuary. 14:59 Jesus said this so if you think, 15:00 well, I don't quite understand all that. 15:02 Notice in John 3:12, the Bible says. 15:05 I like that, the Bible says, 15:07 Jesus said, "If I told you of earthly things, 15:11 and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, 15:14 if I tell you of heavenly things?" 15:17 I mean, that just kind of hits it right now. 15:19 He's trying to say so, 15:20 you know, we've got to be in tune with the Holy Spirit. 15:22 That's right. Yes. 15:24 We've got to be praying like we prayed here. 15:25 And if you've not been praying, 15:26 be praying the Holy Spirit will enlighten to these things 15:29 that we've been talking about here. 15:30 Because again, these truths that have been, 15:33 you know, covered up 15:34 through the long, hundreds of years. 15:36 That's right. 15:38 God said in these last days, they're gonna be uncovered, 15:40 and there's gonna be people that's going to uncover them. 15:41 That's right. 15:43 He's gonna use us to do a work, 15:44 whoever wants to be used to uncover these truth, 15:47 and certainly that started in the Reformation, praise God. 15:49 So what we studied quickly in the 1300s restored. 15:53 So what was taken, remember the table of showbread 15:55 was restored in the 1300s there. 15:58 That meant when the Bible 15:59 was translated into the languages, 16:01 the common language, so it's restored. 16:03 14-1500s restored the altar of sacrifice. 16:07 That means righteous by faith was restored. 16:10 In the 1500 John Calvin, 16:12 remember, he's talking about here, 16:13 the altar of incense. 16:15 Right. I came to conclude. 16:16 We can go, you know, we have to go to the right, to Jesus, 16:19 we go right straight to Him, you know, He's our mediator, 16:22 He's our intercessor. That's right. 16:23 And, you know, what joy that must have brought 16:25 to their heart and mind. 16:27 Oh, absolutely. 16:28 And they have to go through all of these other things here, 16:30 they could go straight to Christ. 16:31 Amen. 16:32 Sixteen hundreds restored the laver, 16:34 baptism by immersion. 16:36 So we realized a lot of stuff went on that was very... 16:39 I was reading something the other day on that 16:41 'cause we talked about the... 16:44 Where you wash where the priests washed in. 16:46 Right. 16:47 The priests washed, 16:48 when he went in on the Day of Atonement, 16:50 he also washed when he came out. 16:53 That's right. That's right. 16:54 He had to, He came out 16:56 because we had be baptized with the baptism of Jesus. 16:58 That's right. 16:59 Jesus was baptized in 27 AD in Jordan. 17:03 He was baptized again 17:04 in the Garden of Gethsemane by blood. 17:07 Two baptisms and so we must participate in that 17:10 and so when the priest came out, 17:12 he also had to change garments. 17:13 That's right. 17:14 Took off the mediatorial garments of Christ at one 17:17 and he put on the white linen 17:18 represents the righteousness of Christ. 17:20 We come out, we're washed up ready to go, 17:22 and that laver, what do we do? 17:24 All right. Perfectly, we look into that. 17:26 And we perfectly represent Jesus and see Jesus in others. 17:30 What did John the Baptist say? 17:31 He said, "I indeed baptize you by water." 17:33 Yes. 17:35 But there was one mightier than I just gonna come back 17:36 to baptize you by the Holy Spirit with fire. 17:38 Amen. Yes. 17:39 So we have to experience both those baptisms. 17:41 Absolutely. Yes. 17:42 See, to me, that's exciting. 17:44 Oh, that's absolutely, yeah. 17:45 The priest came out after that, right? 17:47 Came out and confessed in the sins zone. 17:49 He's in the white attire, right? 17:51 That's right. 17:53 We confess our sins, He's faithful and just, 17:54 we are white attire or the robe of Christ's righteousness. 17:58 Amen. 17:59 We're gonna go to question number... 18:01 That's just a little background. 18:02 So, you know, you can kind of look things up. 18:04 But again, it's just very touching on the edges of it. 18:06 Sure. 18:07 Lot of study left to do on that question number five. 18:10 Momma, do you have that in front of you? 18:11 I do have. Can I call you mom on here? 18:14 You just did. 18:16 I did. 18:17 It's a habit. 18:19 And we might wanna mention that in the 1700s, 18:23 John Wesley was raised up 18:25 and he's the founder of the Methodist Movement. 18:27 And John Wesley had a special burden 18:30 that everyone be an evangelist. 18:31 That's right. 18:33 Evangelist, isn't that awesome? 18:34 Everyone witness, he'd be a light to the world. 18:37 He was the first one that we know 18:39 of to begin missionary societies. 18:41 And he sent missionaries around the world to evangelize. 18:46 So he was the beginning 18:48 of the restoration of the candlestick. 18:50 And as we begin to study about the candlestick, 18:53 I mean, every piece is just, 18:56 I mean, whether they were hammering the gold, 18:58 or how they carved did what it represent, 19:01 every piece had a meaning. 19:03 And it's so exciting. 19:05 The question is actually the seven-branched candlestick. 19:09 How may we be a light to the world? 19:12 And I think there's a lot to go through 19:14 before we just answer that simple, simple. 19:18 Well, somewhat complex about... 19:20 Sure. We'll get some thoughts on... 19:22 Brother Ryan, you have some thoughts on it. 19:24 And JD, and then 19:25 she's got lot of stuff here we can certainly read on here. 19:26 Absolutely. 19:28 So, you know, first of all, you have to consider, 19:30 let's consider the literalness 19:32 of the seven-branched candlestick 19:34 and then we'll go right into the spiritual application. 19:36 Okay. 19:37 So obviously, the seven-branched candlestick 19:39 was the only light source of the holy place. 19:42 And so what type of light, 19:45 obviously, they didn't have electricity. 19:47 So obviously, this was a seven-branched stand 19:51 that have these little bowls, 19:53 there was obviously little bowls at the top, 19:55 we consider bowls, I don't know what you call it, 19:56 the proper name of them is, 19:57 but they would put oil 20:00 in order for that fire to continue to burn 20:02 each and every day, all day long. 20:04 They had to make sure that oil was there, 20:08 every single day, constantly. 20:09 And so early in the morning, and later in the evening, 20:14 twice a day, 20:15 the priests were responsible for coming in and making sure 20:17 that oil was constantly replenished and replaced 20:23 so that the fire never went out. 20:25 Now that obviously spiritually does, 20:27 that should preach to us because the oil in the Bible, 20:31 if you go to the Book of Zechariah, 20:32 I think it's Zechariah Chapter 4 or 5, 20:35 I think it's Chapter 4. 20:36 And then you connect that with Revelation Chapter 5, 20:39 and it will actually communicate to you 20:41 as the Bible tells us that 20:42 oil is a representation of the Holy Spirit. 20:45 And so much like us, we need the power 20:47 of the Holy Spirit in our life, how often? 20:49 Yeah. Every day. 20:50 Daily. And we should seek God how often? 20:53 Every single day, morning and evening, 20:55 we should start our day with God, 20:56 we should end our day with the Lord 20:58 and keep Him with us at all times, 21:00 but the only way the fire is going to stay lit 21:03 is if the oil is present. 21:05 That's right. Amen. 21:06 And so if the Holy Spirit is present in our life, 21:08 and we're connected to Christ the vine and that oil is there, 21:13 then the light will indeed shine. 21:15 There's a text that comes to my mind here, our light, 21:18 which obviously in Matthew Chapter 5. 21:21 We're not gonna go there just for... 21:22 Matthew Chapter 5, 21:24 I believe it's verse 16, as you mentioned, 21:25 talking about how we are the light of the world. 21:27 Yes. 21:29 You know, a city on a hill can't be here, you know, 21:30 you can take a lamp and try to hide it. 21:32 But, you know what that light, 21:34 you can't do that and you shouldn't do that. 21:35 We should let our light shine. 21:37 But Acts 1:8 comes to my mind, 21:40 when we're thinking of this topic 21:42 of the seven-branched candlestick 21:43 the oil and the light, allowing our light to shine. 21:46 Notice what Jesus says here in Acts 1:8, He says, 21:48 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit 21:52 has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses 21:55 to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, 21:57 and to the ends of the earth." 21:59 And so in order for me to allow my light to shine, 22:02 I have to have the power of the Holy Spirit. 22:04 Absolutely. 22:05 And so when you look inside that holy place 22:06 that only light source, 22:08 that seven-branched candlestick, 22:10 we see the oil, we see the light. 22:12 And that is a testament to us that each and every single day, 22:17 I have to be humble enough to give myself to God, 22:21 sacrifice my time, sacrifice myself, 22:25 to give my time and myself to the Lord. 22:27 So that he can fill me 22:28 with the oil of the Holy Spirit, 22:30 that my light can shine that I can be a beacon of light 22:32 to the rest of this world. 22:34 Yeah. And so that's... 22:35 Absolutely. Isn't that exciting? 22:36 Yeah. Yeah. 22:38 Let me bring this into segue into this 22:39 because that was absolutely perfect 22:40 in John 8:12. 22:42 Okay. John 8:12. 22:44 "Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, 22:47 'I am the light of the world." Yes. 22:49 "And He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, 22:54 but have the light of life.'" 22:57 So that is a gift to us if we choose to accept. 23:02 That's right. 23:03 Then I was going down here, 23:04 and I was looking in the commentary 23:06 'cause I have to go, I have to... 23:09 I have to dumb it down sometimes. 23:11 That's okay. Me too. 23:12 And the commentary I don't know that's dumping down 23:15 or that's raising up, anyway I love commentary. 23:17 Let's check it out. That's all right. 23:19 But it's talking about in my mind, 23:23 first let me backup one thing 23:24 because I see a bowl and I see the oil. 23:27 And normally then I would say awake. 23:30 Come on. 23:31 Now, so the priest sees in there, 23:33 putting the oil in there, 23:34 then it's also gonna keep the wicks in there. 23:35 That's right. That's right. 23:37 Wicks are gonna be burning down. 23:39 And so it's sitting here, 23:44 "The churches, they," 23:47 the bowls was called what, "they're the what holds the oil 23:50 and thus the fire to dispense the light." 23:53 That make sense, I can see that. Okay. 23:56 So now that we can see, 23:58 now we just got this saying here 24:00 that we have the opportunity to be that light. 24:03 Amen. Amen. 24:04 That's right. Oh, yeah. 24:05 So now we have to be involved. 24:07 So that means that our wick is got to be freshened also. 24:08 There you go. Amen. 24:10 And also, it says many places 24:13 that we start our day off with prayer, 24:15 we end our day with prayer. 24:17 But also we have that opportunity 24:19 all through the day. 24:20 That's right. Amen. 24:22 Then it says here that, 24:23 "We must being part of the church, 24:28 we must receive that oil and fire 24:30 before it can dispense light." 24:32 So we must... Amen. 24:34 Okay, so that's gonna be important, 24:35 which is the Holy Spirit. 24:37 Thus the church itself, 24:40 it doesn't have either grace or glory. 24:43 That's right. 24:44 Okay, it must receive it all from Christ... 24:47 Amen. 24:48 Which is the head, which is the oil, okay, 24:53 else, it can dispense neither light nor life. 24:57 Amen. Now how do I fit into this? 24:59 Right. Right. What is my responsibility. 25:03 It doesn't say here, 25:04 that Ryan said that I am the light of the world, 25:11 Kenny doesn't say that I'm the light of the world. 25:14 But it says Jesus spoke, this is in red ink, 25:18 "He who follows Me shall not, but he shall have the light." 25:21 So get on your knees in the morning, 25:24 ask the Holy Spirit to come in, fill me with, 25:28 give me the oil so that I may be able to have 25:31 a level path before me 25:33 so that I will be able to make a difference 25:36 in people's lives. 25:38 So that they will be able to see. 25:39 Right. 25:40 So that's how I kind of tie this all in there. 25:43 You know, is this indeed mysterious 25:47 or is it just plain English? 25:49 Yeah. 25:50 Well, everything is mysterious 25:51 because without the first light, 25:54 you know, we don't know anything... 25:55 That's right. 25:57 You know, that candlestick 25:58 and you can respond to some of these things 25:59 here but we're talking about 26:01 because the candlestick was the Bible gives what 26:04 Exodus 30 somewhere. 26:05 It's around 5 feet high about 3.5 feet wide. 26:09 It had buds on it. 26:13 It had, what was it, blossoms on it, 26:14 it had almonds on it. 26:16 When you count all of those up that was on it. 26:19 There was interesting is, you know, there were 70. 26:23 Remember, we are the light of what? 26:25 The light of the world, you know, Jesus. 26:28 Okay, do you have the main shaft 26:29 of that candlestick? 26:31 All right. Jesus said in John 15. 26:32 "I am the vine, ye are the branches. 26:38 And with we talk about buds and blooms and almonds. 26:43 He expects us to bear fruit. That's right. 26:46 And then when you put it together with that, 26:48 you remember what happened? 26:50 You can read it somewhere I think it is in Numbers 26:53 something Numbers, what would I have? 26:54 Numbers 11:16 and on. 26:57 And there it talks about there was 70 that was pointed. 26:59 Remember, who they're gonna help, 27:01 was it Moses? 27:02 Remembered? Yep. 27:04 We say, "Well, he went ahead and got." 27:05 The Lord says start out the Lord said to Moses 27:08 to 70 man. 27:10 And bring them together to help you 27:12 and I'm gonna put the spirit you have 27:13 and the same spirit on them. 27:15 That's right. Oh, that's interesting. 27:16 You say, "Well, that's Old Testament." 27:18 In the New Testament, we find out in Luke 10:1, 17. 27:24 The 70 was appointed right there 27:26 so wasn't just an accident. 27:28 This was made like this exactly the way God said. 27:30 This is what he intended for us to do. 27:34 We are the light as it were the world, 27:36 we reflect what? Jesus Christ. 27:38 And you want to give lightness, give light to those 27:42 who are in what? 27:43 In darkness. 27:44 Chapter 1:79, to give light to those 27:46 as what everybody's been saying here. 27:48 That's right. 27:50 So as we see this, then it becomes even more 27:52 almost like complex, but yet it's simple too 27:54 because it begins to explains 27:56 there's a reason why we are here. 27:58 Amen. 27:59 Can you help us along with that, honey? 28:01 I let you, I'm getting excited. 28:02 I'm gonna get on the box right now. 28:04 Yeah, let me say something 28:05 before you jump in on the box, okay? 28:07 There had to be an intelligent design. 28:12 I mean, just say when we were talking about 1700 here 28:14 when John Wesley when we're talking about the 70 28:18 and how this all connect. 28:19 Right, right. 28:21 I mean, wow, this just didn't happen by accident. 28:22 It backs up because Exodus Chapter 25. 28:25 Amen. 28:26 He said, "It make a, I want you to make the earth 28:29 after a pattern that I show you in the heavenly." 28:32 That's right. 28:33 So I mean, that's a beautiful thing. 28:35 So we're working off of a pattern, 28:36 in order to have a pattern there must have been what? 28:38 Shadow. That's right. 28:40 Must be an original somewhere to cast a shadow. 28:42 That's okay, I'm sorry. 28:43 Well, I'm gonna quote actually from a book that's entitled 28:46 "The Cross and Its Shadow." 28:47 And you said, what are we doing here? 28:49 Well, when we look at the answer 28:52 that Christ gave to John, 28:53 when John saw the seven-branched candlestick, 28:56 Christ was explaining to John 28:58 the meaning of what he had seen. 29:00 And he says, "The seven candlesticks 29:02 which thou sawest are seven churches." 29:05 And we can go back to the seven dispensations 29:09 of all the churches, 29:10 interesting we are in the last church. 29:13 That's right. We are in the Laodicean Church. 29:17 So that kind of tells us what our job is here. 29:21 And what are the last piece of furniture 29:23 that needs to be restituted or... 29:27 Restore. Restore. Thank you. 29:29 You said Laodicean, the lukewarm, and judgment. 29:33 That's right. Ain't that right? 29:35 That what it means by Laodicean. 29:36 So we're in that hour. 29:37 So, yeah, that this is critical hour that we're in. 29:39 And I wanna jump to something 29:41 that both of these two men were addressing, 29:44 and that is the 29:47 da-da-da-da-da, what was that? 29:49 Oh, the morning and the evening. 29:51 What was it talking about that. 29:52 Here it says, "In the morning, we need his spirit 29:55 which is what you talked about, 29:57 we need the Spirit of God if we're gonna shine 30:00 to direct us during the day." 30:02 I mean, there are so many Christians today, 30:05 you know this, there are only some Christians 30:07 are only Christians during holidays. 30:10 They go to church. 30:11 And yet, they feel like they're saved. 30:14 You know, other Christians, it's just once a week, 30:16 or maybe twice a week, 30:18 three times a week in some cases, 30:20 but they never open the Bible. 30:22 You know, the rest of the time 30:23 what are we filling our minds up with, 30:25 we got these big boxes. 30:26 Now they're flat boxes 30:27 that hang on our walls many times, 30:29 and we spend hour after hour after hour, 30:33 watching these programs, we become what we put in. 30:36 And so that candlestick and Jesus or the high priest 30:41 going every morning and putting in that oil 30:43 and getting that fire going, 30:45 and the same thing in the evening 30:47 represents to us what we need to be doing, 30:51 it's not turning on the TV, it's not turning on the radio. 30:54 It's putting Him first. 30:56 All right. That's right. 30:57 It says, and that evening, 30:59 we need to enlighten in our minds 31:00 to review the work... 31:02 This is so interesting of the day 31:05 that we may detect, excuse me, the flaws 31:09 and the dropped threads of warp in our lives. 31:11 Yeah. 31:12 In other words, you know, we stumble. 31:14 That's right. 31:16 And we make mistakes, and a lot of times 31:18 it's still fresh in our mind at night. 31:21 And we need to make those right with God. 31:24 And that is a perfect time. 31:26 The trimming of the lighting of the lamps 31:27 was a beautiful type of the daily lesson for us 31:31 at this present time. 31:33 And then she goes on to talk about that. 31:35 At the same time the burnt offering 31:37 was going on in the courtyard, 31:39 the incense and the burning of the lamps 31:42 and it says what a wonderful type 31:45 that will never lose its beauty. 31:46 And when I read that wonderful type, 31:49 what is wonderful about an animal 31:52 burning to death out there. 31:54 I mean, that's how I felt, 31:55 I love animals maybe that's why, 31:57 you know, but then I read this, the antitypical type. 32:01 All right. I wanna share with you. 32:03 Whenever Ryan, Sister Chris, 32:07 Pastor Kenny, Brother JD, 32:10 whenever an individual you at home, 32:13 will fulfill in his very soul, 32:16 the antitype of the typical whole burnt offering, 32:20 here it is, 32:22 that is wholly surrender himself to God. 32:26 Remember, the Bible says we have to die. 32:28 We have to die daily. That's right. 32:29 That's right. Amen. 32:31 That's what it was teaching us place himself 32:33 in all that he has upon the altar, 32:36 all that he has in the time that we're living in. 32:39 This is present truth. 32:41 This is present truth, to be consumed in God's service 32:45 as He directs. 32:47 That individual, whether he be rich or poor, 32:49 learned or ignorant 32:51 will be covered with the fragrant incense. 32:54 Oh, how beautiful. Yeah, oh, mine. 32:56 The incense was going at that time, 32:58 it will be covered with His fragrant incense 33:01 of Christ's righteousness. 33:03 That's right. It's beautiful. 33:06 And his name will be enrolled 33:07 in the church of the firstborn in heaven. 33:10 And here in the sin cursed earth. 33:13 As he goes to and fro, he will be a part 33:16 of the great candlestick 33:18 and from his life will shine out the bright rays 33:22 of the Spirit of God. 33:25 Brothers and sisters, we cannot fully reflect 33:31 Christ character. 33:32 We cannot unless we're filled with the Spirit of God 33:35 and we cannot get it 33:37 unless we're taking that morning 33:39 and that evening. 33:40 And we are submitting and committing ourselves 33:43 as a sacrifice. 33:45 Absolutely, you know, 33:46 I just wanted as you reading that... 33:48 Thoughts are coming. 33:50 I was saying here my wheels are turning. 33:51 Praise God. What's amazing? 33:53 And I just wanna state this for the record 33:55 for those who are watching at home. 33:58 You know, there's a lot of people, Brother Kenny, 34:00 they're trying to take a giant leap 34:05 directly into the most holy place 34:08 without first having been through the holy place. 34:10 Oh, yes. Oh, yes. 34:12 There are so many people that are trying to, you know, 34:15 where we're living in this antitypical Day of Atonement. 34:18 We all wanna have a most holy place experience 34:20 and we should, that's the goal. 34:22 This whole sanctuary experience is leading us 34:25 to the ultimate experience 34:26 of being able to walk past that veil 34:29 right into the direct presence of God 34:31 and not perish, you know, 34:33 because we want those sins blotted out, 34:35 we want them purged out of our life. 34:37 But there's a lot of people that again, 34:38 are trying to have 34:39 a most holy place experience in their life. 34:41 And they haven't even had a holy place experience. 34:43 There you go. 34:44 But then I wanna take it back a little further. 34:46 There's a lot of people that are trying to 34:47 as Christ would say, he said, 34:49 you know, there's people trying to climb up another way. 34:52 Oh, yeah. 34:54 But he's considered them a thief or a robber. 34:55 There's a lot of people 34:57 that they haven't entered the door. 34:58 They haven't entered through Christ first 35:00 and therefore they've went to the, 35:02 perhaps the side of or the back of the sanctuary 35:04 and they're trying to take a direct leap 35:07 right into the holy place and start through experience, 35:10 you want Bible study each day and trying to, you know, 35:13 white-knuckle their ways 35:14 through having a Holy Spirit experience. 35:17 But they have not spent time at the door 35:20 and in the courtyard. 35:21 That's right. 35:22 Don't think you're trying to thought, 35:24 but that reminds me of the man that wanted to buy. 35:25 Right. Oh. 35:27 Yeah. Yeah. 35:28 But what the disciples were doing. 35:29 But you have them to buy. 35:31 He says I want to buy what you have those miracles, 35:32 same thing. 35:33 Yes. Absolutely. 35:35 And so, I just want to for the sake of this 35:36 whole study that we're doing. 35:38 It's amazing how, if you really consider like, 35:41 I believe all the articles of furniture 35:42 are vitally important, equally in their own way. 35:45 Yes. 35:47 But if you had to place probably an importance on one 35:49 more than the other, 35:50 you will find through the entire sanctuary experience 35:53 on a daily basis, 35:54 and especially on the Day of Atonement, 35:56 that yearly experience. 35:58 Everything was ministered to and from, 36:01 from the perspective of the altar of sacrifice. 36:06 Yes. 36:07 You could not, the men 36:09 that the specific instructions that God gave the priesthood, 36:13 when they were to minister in the holy place, 36:15 they could not access or go into a holy place 36:17 without first ministering at the altar. 36:19 That's right. 36:20 And so we know that altar of burnt sacrifice 36:22 points to Christ sacrifice, 36:24 I believe we should always remind ourselves that, 36:27 you know what, you can read your Bibles all day long. 36:29 That's right. 36:30 And that's great and all, but, you know, 36:32 if you have not had 36:33 a personal experience with Christ 36:34 at the foot of the cross. 36:36 That's right. That's right. 36:37 Then you've missed the whole point. 36:39 Because if you're trying to keep the commandments of God, 36:40 or you're trying to become a Bible scholar, 36:41 or you're trying to allow your, you're trying to become 36:43 the best evangelist in the world, 36:45 and you're trying to go out there 36:46 and let your light shine as bright as it can be, 36:48 but, you know what, 36:49 it's not gonna be as bright as it can be 36:50 if you're not looking at it from the perspective 36:52 at the foot of the cross. 36:53 And so, you know, you go through this 36:55 whole sanctuary experience, even on the Day of Atonement, 36:57 we're about to get into the most holy place. 37:01 Aaron, as the high priest could not access the holy place 37:04 if he had not first stopped and made a sacrifice 37:07 at the altar of burnt offerings. 37:08 Yes. 37:09 So in other words, it was almost like 37:11 the father was saying, hold on, Aaron, 37:12 you got to come in My presence. 37:13 When you come in my presence, 37:15 I'm gonna take you back here to the foot of the cross. 37:17 You need to spend some time with Jesus. 37:18 Or some people say, 37:19 look Jesus is making the sacrifice for the people. 37:21 Right. 37:22 But he had to make a sacrifice for Himself. 37:23 First. Yes. 37:25 You think "Well, he's a priest. He shouldn't have any problem." 37:26 Right. No. 37:28 And again, I just wanna make this point 37:29 'cause as you're talking, it's like the Holy Spirit 37:31 is impressing upon my mind 'cause you were saying, 37:34 you were lifting up that altar of sacrifice, 37:36 the thief on the cross. 37:38 That's right. 37:39 That's where he surrendered himself. 37:41 That's right. And so right then and there... 37:43 He was a condemned sinner 37:45 until he had climbed at the cross. 37:47 Yes. 37:48 And so it's just normally important 37:49 before we continue on. 37:51 I was speaking to you guys about this 37:52 as we were preparing for this. 37:54 It's so ironic, that during this time, 37:56 God would raise up this man John Wesley. 37:58 Now John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley 38:00 were powerful men of God, powerful evangelists. 38:03 They believed in evangelism. 38:04 They believe in preaching, 38:06 and they believed in that commission, 38:07 they lived and breathed that divine commission 38:09 that Christ had given in Matthew 28, 38:11 "Go ye therefore, into all the nations." 38:14 And so they believed in that, 38:16 but it's interesting that during the lifespan of Charles 38:19 and John Wesley, 38:21 as well as all of the other people 38:23 who embraced this concept of evangelism, 38:26 you know, the devil hates the sanctuary. 38:28 He hates this message, 38:29 as we know that he was trying to, 38:31 obviously he tried to take away as Daniel Chapter 8 says, 38:34 "Cast down and pervert and try to skew 38:37 and misrepresent the message of the sanctuary. 38:40 We see him also trying to double attack 38:43 this message of the candlestick. 38:45 And it's interesting. 38:47 It's ironic that during the time of John Wesley 38:48 in the 1700s time period, if you study your history, 38:51 this is what in history is called, get it, 38:54 the Enlightenment period, the era of enlightenment, 38:58 this is when the devil decided, oh, oh, 39:00 this what the Lord is gonna try to replace that bright light. 39:03 Well, I'm gonna try to blow that light out, 39:05 by trying to get people away from the scripture. 39:07 That's right. 39:08 Come up with man-made theories and ideas and philosophy. 39:11 It was the age of personal philosophies, 39:13 the age of personal ideology, where people begin to create 39:17 this ultra liberal perspective to life 39:20 and overthink everything 39:21 and think that the power of the human mind 39:23 was so far beyond 39:25 what the Word of God had to offer, 39:27 that the devil was trying his best 39:30 to blow that candlestick out 39:32 that John Wesley and his brothers 39:34 and all the other church was trying to reignite 39:37 and relied, 39:38 but they were not able to prevail. 39:39 No. 39:41 Because the Lord, He put a stop to that real quick, 39:44 and the Word of God was able to be amplified out of this 39:48 through the production, 39:49 in the mass production of the Bible. 39:51 And, you know, the Bible, a lamp unto my feet 39:53 and a light into my path. 39:55 Amen. It wasn't enlightenment period. 39:57 Even to the simplicity of the song that we just sang. 39:59 Yes. Yes. 40:01 That Satan is trying to blow the lights 40:03 and we're all setting here. 40:04 No. That's right. No. 40:05 I'm gonna saying no. 40:07 But just think of that oil, the Holy Spirit. 40:09 It didn't just manifest itself as a tree. 40:13 And you just bring in a jug of oil 40:15 and pour it in there. 40:16 It had to start from infancy also. 40:18 That's right. 40:19 So each one of us, you don't, I think that I'm a baby. 40:23 I think I wanna be a brain surgeon 40:26 without going to the first grade, 40:28 junior high, high school, 40:31 so I mean, life itself is progression. 40:35 It says we're seeing right here, you know, 40:37 so the big scheme of life 40:39 is that God does have a plan for us. 40:41 Yes, He does. 40:42 Many times we try this, 40:44 we wanna ride a motorcycle before we ride the bicycle. 40:46 That's right. Yes. 40:48 Or the scooter, you know, so mean, 40:51 it's very, very practical 40:52 if you can just bring this, you know... 40:53 That's right Absolutely. 40:55 If you'll get off your high horse, 40:57 you just say 40:58 and start with Bible study one on one. 41:04 That's right. Amen. 41:06 And speaking of high horse, 41:07 it goes back to that altar of sacrifice 41:10 'cause as you were talking 41:11 and explaining all these things, 41:13 and philosophies and the mind and da-da da-da, 41:15 I thought, you know, 41:16 it goes back to what we just read. 41:19 If we submit and commit our lives 41:21 and our hearts to the Holy Spirit, 41:23 we die in that altar of sacrifice, self is gone. 41:27 And that's what God is looking for. 41:29 He's looking for vessels of honor in which He can use. 41:32 That's right. Amen. 41:34 You know, we're not all puffed up 41:35 by what we say or how we sing 41:38 or what we look like because self is now dead. 41:41 And it's Christ that's living in 41:43 and through each and every one of us. 41:45 You know, one thing I thought it was interesting 41:46 'cause I think you mentioned might be pride or puffed up, 41:49 you mentioned puffed up, I think you might. 41:51 And I remember one time I had a dream. 41:54 I have to share that dream. 41:56 And, you know, when you're speaking 41:58 or you're having Sabbath service, 41:59 whatever it is, Pastor, we should pray, 42:02 well not only what the flock needs 42:03 but what we need. 42:05 I always pray Lord, what do Your children need? 42:07 What do I need? 42:08 And so I prayed that one night I said, Lord, 42:10 what is it that the church people need? 42:13 You know, where I'm gonna be and what is it that I need? 42:16 And so all of a sudden I went to dream, 42:19 all of a sudden I will stand up in the pulpit, 42:21 you know, you have a preaching, 42:23 you know, preaching away, that's pretty. 42:25 And I looked around I thought, 42:27 "Well, where did everybody go?" 42:30 There's no one here. 42:31 I had a whole church for now they're all gone. 42:33 I thought I'd better go out and see what's happened here. 42:35 Maybe, you know, so I don't know what. 42:37 So like, I'm in the pulpit and I start going down 42:41 each of the pews. 42:43 All I see is a bunch of babies with pacifiers. 42:47 Everyone in that pew I thought, "What is this?" 42:50 So I went to the next one and I thought, "What is this?" 42:53 Lord, I was praying, what did the people need? 42:56 'Cause we're talking about not getting to, 42:57 you know, we got to go through Christ first 43:00 to things together, get on the milk. 43:01 Absolutely. 43:02 And so I went down to all the end of the church 43:04 and I looked at what in this world 43:06 has happened? 43:08 Everyone is babies with pacifiers. 43:10 That's right. 43:12 And I looked down at myself. And you were a baby. 43:15 I was on my knees and I had another pacifier 43:17 around my neck and my little diaper on. 43:19 Oh, wow. 43:21 Oh, wow. Right here. 43:22 Well, what a lesson. That's right. 43:24 You know, it was, I'm looking at everybody else. 43:26 And just like they are I needed extra help. 43:30 And the Lord is saying 43:32 this is where you need to start. 43:33 So were you guys talking about, you've been talking about. 43:36 You start with Christ, you start at the door, 43:39 you start at the altar of sacrifice. 43:40 Right, right. Absolutely. 43:42 You know, and then everything else just explodes. 43:45 You know, from that point on, 43:46 once you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, 43:48 then all these other things just say, 43:50 I've talked to people well, I accepted Jesus, 43:53 you know, I'm gonna, but all the other things 43:55 are opened up to us then. 43:57 We're accepting there and then 43:58 all these other things from Bible study. 44:00 And I've often said this, three things. 44:02 If you do three things, you will never backslide. 44:04 Come on. 44:05 You will never backslide, 44:07 you will never leave the presence of God, 44:09 if we do simple three things. 44:10 And that's simple in the holy place. 44:12 If you study the Word of God, and you pray, 44:14 and you let your light shine, if you keep those three going, 44:17 you will never backslide. 44:19 If you let one of them go, you will. 44:21 Thy way O God is through the sanctuary. 44:23 Each part is teaching us. 44:24 It is. Each part. 44:26 And there's a part that we didn't mention earlier 44:27 that I read about it says that the candlestick, 44:30 the gold had to be beaten. 44:31 Come on, now. 44:33 Because of the seven bowls and the lamps 44:34 were example of the shadow of heavenly things. 44:37 And I thought, you know, 44:39 how could that be an example to me, 44:41 and as I continued to read down here, 44:43 it is because it is only the master 44:46 workman fashioning you 44:47 to become a part of the great church 44:51 enrolled in heaven. 44:52 So, you know, sometimes we feel that heat, 44:55 we feel that beating, and it's like, how can I go on, 44:59 and we become discouraged. 45:01 And we forget that it is God that's giving us this light. 45:04 That's right. It is His spirit. 45:05 It is His power that is empowering us. 45:08 And we have to learn to lean on Him. 45:11 The Church of Christ is the candlestick 45:13 to hold up the light. 45:15 Listen to this, in the midst of moral darkness. 45:18 And I know there's been moral darkness 45:21 throughout all of history. 45:24 But I don't know it just, you know, we've heard for years 45:26 that the Spirit of God would be repressed from the earth. 45:30 We're pushing Him out. 45:31 And it just, you feel it. 45:34 That's right. Things are not the same. 45:35 You don't even have to be a Christian anymore to realize 45:38 that there is moral problems and things are different. 45:42 Something is about to happen, something is happening 45:45 and what does God want us to do. 45:47 It reads on, it says and this again is in the Cross 45:50 and Its Shadow, it says, 45:51 "The Savior says ye are the light of the world 45:54 The Spirit of the Lord is said to be the eyes. 45:57 This is another study too. 45:59 The eyes of the Lord which run to and fro 46:02 throughout the earth strongly to hold them. 46:05 He's holding us, 46:07 them whose heart is perfect toward him." 46:10 That's 2 Chronicles 16:9, if you wanna read it, 46:13 "Then the brightness of our light." 46:16 Now listen to this. 46:17 "The brightness of our light 46:20 depends upon the condition of our heart." 46:25 And our hearts will not be conditioned 46:27 if we're not studying, eating that bread. 46:30 If we're not praying that incense, 46:34 and if we're not allowing the Lord 46:36 to allow to shine His light through us. 46:38 So what is that? 46:39 Brother Ryan, you had that, 46:41 we got seven-branched candlestick, 46:44 does that not represent, is this Revelation 4:5? 46:47 The seven spirits? The seven spirits? 46:49 Seven spirits of God. 46:51 You talked about here? Yes, seven spirits of God. 46:55 When the Holy Spirit is working in your life. 46:58 And I'm talking to genuine, obviously, because, you know, 47:00 there's the Spirit of God 47:01 and then there's the spirit of the enemy. 47:03 And that's where John says, 47:04 test the spirits if they are of God. 47:05 In fact, that actually brings me to a point 47:07 that I think is vitally important 47:09 that we consider here for a moment. 47:12 Back to what I said earlier and I just wanna clarify, 47:16 while everything does need to be looked at, 47:18 studied and considered from the light of the cross. 47:22 We also have 47:23 the other opposite end of the spectrum 47:25 of those people who say, 47:26 "Well, I don't think that it's necessary 47:29 that I have a holy place experience 47:31 or I don't feel it's necessary that I actually go 47:34 into the most holy place 47:35 and have a most holy place experience." 47:37 They are gathered around the foot of the cross, 47:39 and they're steady there. 47:41 They're staying there. And they're not advancing. 47:43 And so you have these one group 47:44 who's trying to climb up another way. 47:46 They're trying to leap into the holy place, 47:48 the most holy place, and they're not... 47:50 The whole point of the matter is we need to have 47:51 a balanced approach. 47:53 And the truth of the matter is, 47:55 there's a movement today that is seems to be 47:59 in both opposite end of the spectrum. 48:01 But, you know, 48:03 talking about the other part of the segment is, 48:06 you have these people who are in the courtyard, 48:07 but they haven't advanced into the holy place. 48:09 Yeah, come on. 48:11 And that is vitally important because if you don't go 48:13 into the holy place, 48:14 you're not going to experience the true light of God. 48:17 You're not going to have that Holy Spirit's connection, 48:20 that Holy Spirit experience. 48:21 And, you know, the scripture comes to my mind is this. 48:25 Since the 1700s, that enlightenment spirit, 48:30 that liberal minded spirit has continued on 48:33 even though it did not defeat 48:35 the power of the gospel, 48:37 even though it did not stamp out 48:38 the power of Jesus and the message of the gospel, 48:41 the devil has continued to use that spirit 48:44 of what they call the enlightenment area, 48:46 you know, the man's philosophies 48:47 and theories and speculations, 48:49 the power of the human mind to advance us 48:53 and we live in a day and age 48:55 where man has come to the point 48:56 where we think that, 48:57 you know, how we perceive things, 48:59 how we interpret things is the way 49:01 that we should be led. 49:02 Well, I feel like this is the right way, 49:04 I feel like this. 49:05 Yes, yes. 49:07 And Jesus said, you know, 49:08 light and darkness cannot coexist. 49:09 You know, one's gonna have to give way to the other. 49:12 But there are Christians 49:13 and this is what breaks my heart, 49:14 brothers and sisters. 49:17 There are Christians today 49:19 that are living out the prophetic testimony 49:23 of what we find in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2, 49:26 where Paul says, 49:27 "Let no one deceive you by any means 49:28 for that day will not come 49:30 unless the falling away comes first." 49:32 That word falling away in the Greek is apostasy. 49:35 It's apostasy. 49:36 So you look at the meaning of it. 49:37 It means a defection from truth, 49:39 to divorce yourself. 49:41 But the reality is, is there's a people 49:44 that believe they have the light of God. 49:46 Yeah. 49:47 But yet they're living in darkness. 49:49 They believe they're married to Christ, 49:51 but all the while they've divorced Him. 49:53 They believe that they have the truth, 49:55 and they're living according to the truth. 49:57 But yet, they're not having a holy place experience, 50:01 they're not even headed 50:02 in the direction of a most holy place experience, 50:04 but they're deceived into believing that they are. 50:06 And we have to address the fact with humbleness, 50:09 with love, but with truthfulness 50:11 and boldness and the fact that we start at the cross, 50:15 we move forward, 50:16 everything is in light of the cross. 50:17 When we go into the holy place, we're still, you know, 50:20 it's amazing in the Bible, 50:22 before they can minister 50:23 amongst the seven-branched candlestick, 50:24 they would first go out to the altar of incense, 50:26 take a shovel of coals, bring it into the altar, 50:30 excuse me, the altar of sacrifice, 50:31 take the shovel, the clothes 50:33 from the altar of sacrifice in the courtyard, 50:34 bring it into the holy place, put it on the altar of incense, 50:37 where they would offer up the incense 50:39 which will represent 50:40 the prayerful life of a Christian, 50:41 all the while feeling and making sure 50:44 that the oil was replenished and restored. 50:47 All of it is interconnected, 50:49 you can't have one without the other. 50:50 And having them married. Absolutely. 50:52 What you're explaining is what we were told 50:54 when we get into our next study, 50:57 which would be part five. 50:58 When we get into the Ark of the Covenant, 51:00 we're moving from the holy to the most holy, 51:02 but what you're talking about 51:03 those Christians that you're referring to, 51:06 they are stuck in the holy place... 51:08 They're not advancing. The sanctuary is a progressive. 51:10 That's right. It's progressive. 51:11 But their prayers sometimes appear to be answerable. 51:13 But we're told that 51:15 it's not the Spirit of God that's answering those prayers. 51:17 That's right. It's the enemy. 51:18 So we're to, you know. Christ has left. 51:20 That's right. Yes. 51:21 And we are warned in Revelation 51:23 that there would be fire even come down to here, 51:24 many miracles will happen. 51:26 So it's confusing. 51:27 The only way we can know what truth is, is studying, 51:29 and we have to go from the holy place 51:32 and move into the most holy place. 51:34 All of God's blessings are on condition of obedience. 51:38 And what most churches do, 51:40 they're throwing out obedience, grace, love... 51:42 We need to be where Christ is at. 51:44 Isn't that right? We need be with Christ. 51:46 He always said, what? Follow Me. 51:49 In the Testimonies, 51:50 Mrs. White as she saw the vision 51:53 of the holy place, 51:55 and all these people were bowed 51:56 before the throne of God. 51:58 But the true genuine Christians kept their eyes fixed on Jesus 52:02 who was seated on the throne. 52:04 But there she saw how Jesus got up 52:06 from the throne and He walked over to a door 52:08 that the Father had open, and He entered that door, 52:11 which obviously would be into the most holy place. 52:13 Yes. 52:15 And those who kept their eyes on Christ, 52:17 they followed Him into the most holy place 52:20 and get this, that group of people 52:22 that was bowed at the throne 52:24 who did not have their eyes on Christ, 52:26 they were bowed before the throne, 52:28 they were having a holy place experience, 52:30 but they did not have their eyes on Christ. 52:32 And so she said, she saw Satan come and sit 52:35 in that throne in the holy place. 52:38 And they were offering up prayers and praises 52:40 and worship. 52:42 And a light, she said, saw go out from Lucifer 52:45 to those and they were deceived into believing 52:47 that they were worshiping Christ 52:48 when they were worshipping Satan. 52:49 Because they had a feeling, 52:51 they were working on emotions and feeling, 52:54 and the enemy would breath 52:55 and he can give feelings and emotions. 52:57 We need something based on the Word of God. 52:59 Everything in the sanctuary, 53:00 Satan has duplicated as a counterfeit. 53:03 So we're talking about the seven-branched candlestick. 53:06 The true light of Christ is what we're searching for. 53:08 But the Bible says that Lucifer is an angel of light, 53:12 and he also wants to share a light with you. 53:14 He wants to be worshipped. 53:15 But you have to test the spirits, 53:17 whether they are of God. 53:18 Two little quotes on Counsels on Stewardship, 53:19 I'm gonna read 'cause this is exactly what 53:21 everyone's been saying right here. 53:23 It says, "Satan is striving," 53:24 Counsels on Stewardship, page 10, 53:26 "Satan is striving continually to bring fanciful suppositions 53:30 regarding the sanctuary." 53:32 And then this one here that's on page 11, same book. 53:35 "In the future," it says, 53:37 "deception of every kind is to arise, 53:39 we want solid ground for our feet." 53:43 Now notice this, "Such as the doctrine 53:46 that there is no sanctuary," that's what he is going to do, 53:49 "the enemy will bring in false theories." 53:51 What? 53:52 "There's no such thing as the sanctuary." 53:54 Notice this, "This is one of the points 53:56 on which there will be a departing from the faith." 53:59 And this has been a departing from a lot of folks of faith, 54:03 of whether there's even two apartments, 54:05 you know, holy and most holy place. 54:07 You know, simple in the Word of God. 54:09 That's right. There's two places. 54:10 And it's very, you know, clear that Christ made a move. 54:14 And, you know, you have prophecies 54:15 that were that like, 54:16 say he moved from one place to the other. 54:18 And what happened? We are in the judgment hour. 54:21 We're in the time of the end. That's right. 54:23 We need to understand and we can be safe. 54:25 I believe this simple-minded as I am, I can be saved. 54:29 You can be saved, 54:30 following in the footsteps of Jesus 54:32 What He did, what He taught, how He lived? 54:35 You cannot go wrong. That's right. 54:37 Whoever has the audacity to think about 54:40 Jesus live this way while He was here. 54:42 He taught this, He walked this way, 54:43 He, and then we say, 54:45 "Yeah, but we don't have to do it now." 54:47 That's audacity. 54:48 That's what the enemy says, you don't have to do it. 54:50 That's probably so many people believe that. 54:53 They really believe with all their heart. 54:54 But you know what? 54:56 The lights went out, the wick in the oil 54:58 that you were talking about, the wick is going to go down 55:02 if we're not careful 'cause you got the oil. 55:03 That's right. But what... 55:04 There was two pieces what was it in the sanctuary, 55:06 they were pieces of this, they were the cutters, 55:10 sniffers... 55:11 So what they were called? 55:13 Sniffers and trimmers. 55:15 And what they did, they cut, when the wick started burning, 55:19 start burning low, and it couldn't get the light 55:21 that needed reflect they had the oil, 55:22 that they would cut that wick. 55:25 And then it would be replenished with oil. 55:27 And when that was lit, 55:28 it would shine brighter than it did before. 55:30 Oh, have mercy. 55:32 And that was the combination of Christ and the Holy Spirit. 55:36 But how is that coming? 55:38 When you're cut like this is through trials 55:40 and tribulations. 55:42 That's right, brother. That's right. 55:43 And when you're tried as a Christian 55:44 when things are not going your way. 55:46 The Holy Spirit wants to burn 55:47 that stubble of sin out of our life. 55:49 Yes. Exactly right. 55:50 That we can perfectly reproduce right in His character. 55:51 Those five foolish virgins, all the virgins, 55:53 they rose to trim their lamps, but the five foolish... 55:56 And they don't bribe. Yeah. 55:58 There was no oil. But they can't shine brighter. 56:00 Remember, without tests and trials and tribulations. 56:02 That's why Paul said, rejoice. 56:05 Rejoice in trials and tribulations 56:07 and that is difficult. 56:08 And nobody laughing about that and say, 56:10 oh, where they say, we know that it's difficult. 56:12 It's only by the grace of God. 56:14 That's where faith comes in, 56:15 that's how faith comes in to keep our lights. 56:18 Another thing that we did not mention 56:19 was how often that the lamps were to be burning 56:22 because you mentioned 56:23 that some of the lights went out, 56:25 you know, then the spiritual darkness 56:27 but the candle opera, the candlestick was to burn... 56:31 Continually to everyone out. 56:33 So we're to keep our connection 56:35 with the vine continually. 56:37 That's what God wants. 56:39 And that's how He is able to see us through 56:41 and to build our faith. 56:43 There's another combination, quick, 56:44 our time is running out in that combination, 56:45 we're talking about the humanity and divinity 56:48 working together because man had a certain job 56:50 he had to do. 56:52 He had to trim, he had oil, 56:53 he had to equally represented Christ 56:55 in all of his work. 56:56 Stay, we have to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. 56:57 Are you cooperating with the Holy Spirit? 56:59 We need to be cooperating with the Holy Spirit. 57:02 Well, this has been, to me just a joy study 57:05 and everybody's just kind of been feeling 57:06 and running over and hopefully we haven't taken up 57:09 too much time individually. 57:10 Hope I haven't talked too much. 57:12 But it's just so exciting that everybody, 57:14 you're bubbling over. 57:15 And so we're gonna be just excited 57:16 about the getting on the Ark of the Covenant. 57:18 So we're gonna have to do fifth part. 57:20 So hopefully each one here will join us. 57:22 We're grateful and thankful that you have joined us. 57:24 And we pray the Holy Spirit's done great and wonderful things 57:26 in your life. 57:28 You're thinking right brighter and clearer right now. 57:30 You see Jesus in a special way. 57:31 You've made a decision for Him. 57:33 Thank you for joining us on 3ABN Family Worship. 57:34 We love you. 57:36 See you next time. |
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