Well hello, everybody.
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Welcome to session
number six of our series
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titled, The Great
Cosmic Controversy.
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And the subtitle is,
How God Clears His Name
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of All False Charges.
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Our subject for
today is part one of,
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The Most Holy Place Message.
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We're going to review,
however, what we studied before.
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But let's have a word
of prayer, first of all,
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to ask for the Lord's
blessing as we open His Word.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven, thank
You once again for the awesome
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privilege of being here gathered
together to open Your holy Word,
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to hear Your voice
speaking to us through that Word
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that You inspired long ago.
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We ask that the same
Spirit that inspired the Word
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will come and
explain it to us in the next
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few minutes together.
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We thank You for hearing
our prayer, for we ask it in the
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precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Let's review, first of all,
the work that Jesus performed
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in the camp and in the
court of the Sanctuary.
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You'll remember that
in the camp Jesus lived
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His perfect life for
every single person who has
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ever lived in the
history of planet earth.
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Then Jesus went to
the altar of sacrifice
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and He died on the cross,
bearing the sins that have
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ever been committed in
the history of the world.
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Everyone's sins
Jesus bore on the cross.
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And then we noticed that
at the laver the Lord Jesus
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resurrected from the dead.
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Now we need to understand
that these functions of Jesus
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in the camp and in the
court really have nothing to do
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with the response of man.
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We covered this in
our last study together.
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In other words, Jesus
did not come to our camp,
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He did not die on the
cross, because we requested it.
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It was not by our choice.
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It was because of God's
grace that He decided to do it.
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He took the
initiative, in other words.
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It had nothing to do
with the response of man.
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However, we were
studying in our last topic
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the work of Jesus in the
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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And there we noticed that it has
to do with the response of man
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to the work that Jesus performed
in the camp and in the court.
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And basically, in the Holy Place
Jesus pours out the benefits
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of His earthly work
upon individuals who respond
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by repenting and
trusting in Jesus.
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In other words, summarizing,
when a person repents,
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that person places
his sins upon Jesus.
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Remembering the service of the
Sanctuary in the Old Testament,
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the sinner would come repentant.
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He would place the sin
on the head of the victim.
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He would confess that sin
on the head of the victim.
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And then he would slay
that animal, and the sinner
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was forgiven or he was cleansed.
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But then the priest
would take the blood
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into the Sanctuary, the blood
bore the record of the sin,
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and the blood deposited
the sin in the Sanctuary.
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So in other words,
the Sanctuary was defiled.
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And because the
Sanctuary had the stain of sin,
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it was necessary at the end
of the year for the Sanctuary
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to be cleansed.
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And so we noticed
in our study last night
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that our sins were
placed upon Jesus when we
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repented and we
confessed our sins.
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Jesus takes our sins and He
forgives us, and takes the sins
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into the Sanctuary
covered by His blood.
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And in this way, the heavenly
Sanctuary is defiled with
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the record of sin.
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And therefore, just as in the
earthly, the heavenly Sanctuary
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must be cleansed from the record
of sin that is introduced there.
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So what I want to emphasize
is that in the daily service,
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it is the sinner who
is forgiven and cleansed.
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In the yearly service
in the Most Holy Place,
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it is the Sanctuary that
is cleansed from the cumulus
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of the sins of the people.
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Let's read 1 John 1:7
and 9 to see what happened
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in the daily service.
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It says there in verse 7...
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So in the daily service,
who is cleansed from sin?
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Who is forgiven from sin?
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It is the sinner.
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Not the Sanctuary.
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We're going to notice
that the priest takes the sin
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into the
Sanctuary through the blood,
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and it's
deposited in the Sanctuary.
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But clearly here it says that,
"...the blood of Jesus Christ
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His Son cleanses
us from all sin."
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And then verse 9 says...
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So in the daily service, it
is the sinner who is forgiven.
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It is the
sinner who is cleansed.
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But now when the
blood of Jesus takes the sin
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into the Sanctuary,
the Sanctuary is what?
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The Sanctuary is defiled.
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So summarizing, when a person
repents, confesses his sin,
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trusts in
Jesus, and is baptized,
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his sins are forgiven.
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And his or her name is
written in the Book of Life.
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Now there's a very
important point here.
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And that is, that the sincerity
of the person's repentance
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and confession is not
evaluated in the daily service.
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In other words, Jesus
takes the sinner's word
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that he's repentant
and he's confessed his sin.
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The sincerity of his
confession and his repentance
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is evaluated on the Day
of Atonement in the judgment.
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There it's going to be
determined whether the person's
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repentance and confession
and faith in Jesus were genuine
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or they were not.
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Now let me read you a
statement from the book,
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Great Controversy, page 421,
where we find an explanation
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of the daily service.
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We read this statement
last night, but it would be a
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good idea to read it again.
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Are you understanding that?
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It's so clear.
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So in the daily service
the sins were transferred
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into the Holy Place
through the blood of the victim.
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As in the Old Testament, we
find this same thing happening
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in the Sanctuary in
figure or in illustrative form.
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Now I mentioned last night
that Leviticus 1 through 15
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uses words for,
"sin," in the singular.
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For example, some of
the words that are used are:
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sin, transgression, uncleanness.
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In Leviticus 1 through 15, these
words are used in the singular.
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Because what is in view
is the individual sinner
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who's introducing his
sins into the Sanctuary.
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Whereas on the Day of
Atonement in Leviticus 16,
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which is the judgment day,
these words are in the plural.
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In other words, it is:
sins, and transgressions,
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and uncleanness in the
plural sense of the word.
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And it's because on the Day of
Atonement, the day of judgment,
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all of the sins that
have gathered in the Sanctuary
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are now going to be
cleansed from the Sanctuary.
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Now I want to read
the rest of the quotation
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that we began to read
just a few moments ago from,
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Great Controversy, page 421.
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We're going to
complete that statement now.
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You remember that the
first part of the statement says
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that in the Old Testament
system the sinner placed the sin
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on the head of the victim,
and then the blood of the victim
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was taken into the Sanctuary.
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So that represents that
our sins are placed upon Jesus
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when we repent.
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And Jesus, through
His blood, introduces them
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into the Sanctuary, into
the Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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Now let me complete
the statement to explain
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what happened on
the Day of Atonement.
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This is how it reads...
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So in other words, the sins that
entered in the Old Testament
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had to be cleansed
from the Sanctuary.
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In reality in heaven, the
sins that enter through the
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blood of Jesus must be what?
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Must be cleansed
from the Sanctuary.
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She continues explaining in
this statement the following,
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"But before this
can be accomplished..."
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Before the
Sanctuary can be cleansed.
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In other words, there has
to be an examination to see
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if individuals really
are entitled to the benefits
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of Christ's atonement.
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Now she continues saying, "The
cleansing of the Sanctuary..."
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Are you understanding what
Ellen White is saying here?
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She's saying that in the
yearly service the sins were
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cleansed from the Sanctuary.
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But before that, there had
to be an examination to see
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which sins really could be
cleansed from the Sanctuary
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based on whether the
person had truly repented
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and confessed his
sins, and had trusted in
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Jesus Christ as his Savior.
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So in other words,
it's investigated to see
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if each individual is
entitled to the benefits
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of Christ's atonement.
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On page 428 of the
book, Great Controversy,
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we find
something very important.
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You know, Jesus began a
new phase of His work in 1844.
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We're going to talk
about 1844 in a few moments.
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He began a work of judgment.
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But that doesn't
mean that Jesus suspended
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His work of intercession.
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He continued the
work of the Holy Place
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in the Most Holy Place.
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He continued interceding.
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Because, of course, if
He didn't intercede anymore
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after 1844,
everybody would be lost.
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So notice what Ellen
White has to say about this in,
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Great Controversy, 428.
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That's the Old
Testament service.
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So Jesus simply assumes an
additional function in 1844.
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He does not cease interceding.
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Does His life sill have lasting
significance for us today?
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Yes. Does His death still have
lasting significance for us?
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Does His resurrection have
lasting significance for us?
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Does His work in the Holy Place
continue in the Most Holy Place?
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Yes.
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And when the work in the
Most Holy Place is finished,
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then it is all finished,
as we are going to study
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as we go along.
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Now some people say, "Pastor
Bohr, how can you say that
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in heaven there is a record of
sin that defiles the Sanctuary?
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A place that is most holy.
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How can a place that
is most holy have also
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a record of sin in it?
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How can these
two things co-exist?"
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And my answer is very simple.
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The sin that is placed
in the Sanctuary does not
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belong to the Sanctuary.
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It is imputed to the Sanctuary.
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It is accounted
to the Sanctuary.
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But it does not
belong to the Sanctuary.
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Now let me give you an
example so you can understand
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how a place that is
most holy can also have
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something as vile
as sin recorded there.
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Was Jesus
absolutely sinless and holy?
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Was He?
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Of course He was.
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The Bible says
in 2 Corinthians 5
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that He knew no what?
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He knew no sin.
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So He was absolutely holy.
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But let me ask you, was
sin imputed to the one who was
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absolutely holy?
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Absolutely.
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Because it continues
saying, "He who knew no sin
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was made to be sin for us."
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The sins were
given to His account.
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The sins were imputed to Him,
but they did not belong to Him.
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And in the same way, the
sins that go into the Sanctuary,
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they are imputed
in the Sanctuary until
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the real culprit gets
the final blame for it
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They are placed in
the Sanctuary, but they
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do not belong to the Sanctuary.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Now, let's notice
something else very interesting.
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And that is, that in
John 3 Jesus uses the example
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of the serpent
in the wilderness.
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What does a serpent
represent in Scripture?
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Well a serpent represents Satan.
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It represents
evil, it represents sin.
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Is Jesus represented
as a serpent in the Bible?
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Yes.
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He's the serpent that
was raised in the wilderness.
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It's a symbol of Christ.
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So you say, "How can the serpent
representing sin and evil
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be a symbol of Christ?"
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It's very simple.
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Because Jesus assumed
the sin of human beings.
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He was made to
be sin in our place.
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Are you with me?
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Even though He was most
holy, the sins of the world
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were imputed to Jesus.
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Now somebody might
say, "Well, Pastor Bohr,
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where in the Bible does
it say that the Sanctuary
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has to be cleansed?"
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Well, I want to read
two verses in the Bible.
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One is in the Old Testament
and the other one is in the New.
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The first one, of
course, is Daniel 8:14.
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What Adventist
doesn't know Daniel 8:14?
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It says there,
"And he said to me..."
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And we're going to
take a closer look at the
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chronology here in a moment.
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Which Sanctuary?
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When the 2300 days end, is
there any Sanctuary on earth?
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No. At that time the
Jewish temple is destroyed.
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It was destroyed in the year 70.
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So there was no
earthly Sanctuary to cleanse
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at the end of the 2300 days.
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So what must be the
Sanctuary that must be cleansed
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at the end of the 2300 days?
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It must be the what?
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The heavenly Sanctuary.
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So very clearly, the heavenly
Sanctuary needs to be what?
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It needs to be cleansed.
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Notice also Hebrews 9:23.
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Hebrews 9:23
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First of all, it's speaks
about the earthly Sanctuary.
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They're called,
the copies of the true,
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the copies of the heavenly.
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It says there, speaking
about the earthly Sanctuary...
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That's the earthly Sanctuary.
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So did the copies
have to be purified?
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Yes. But now notice
the last half of the verse.
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What are the better
sacrifices that cleanse
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the heavenly Sanctuary?
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It is the blood of whom?
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Of Jesus Christ.
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Are you seeing the parallel?
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So does the Bible teach
us that there is defilement
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in the heavenly Sanctuary
that needs to be cleansed?
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Absolutely, the
Bible makes it very clear.
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It's the sins that have entered
there when the sinner repents,
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confesses his or her sin, trusts
in Jesus, and is baptized.
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And if a person sins after
baptism, they can still repent,
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and confess their
sins, and trust in Jesus.
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The sins go into the
Sanctuary through the blood.
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The sinner is now forgiven.
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You can have a good night sleep
because your sins are forgiven.
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You can jump for joy.
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But now the problem is where?
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The problem is in the Sanctuary.
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And God has to take measures
to cleanse the Sanctuary
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at some point.
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Now somebody might
say, "But, Pastor Bohr,
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why does God even
need to examine the sins
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that have gone
into the Sanctuary?
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Why must the life of
the individual who has
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trusted in Jesus,
confessed sin, repented of sin,
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and sent the sins into
the Sanctuary, why does there
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need to be a work of
judgment and examination
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to decide which sins are going
to be eradicated or cleansed
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from the Sanctuary?"
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Let me ask you,
does God know everything?
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Does God know every
sin that every person
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on planet earth
has ever committed?
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Of course He does.
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The Bible says
that God is omniscient.
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In other words,
God is all knowing.
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So the question is, why would
God have to open up the records
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to determine who truly
repented, who truly confessed,
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who truly had faith in
Jesus, if God already knows
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who did and who didn't?
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The bottom line, folks, is that
the judgment is not for God.
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The judgment before the
second coming of Christ...
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Which is what
we're talking about now.
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The Day of Atonement
is before Jesus comes.
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The judgment before
the second coming of Christ
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has a specific purpose.
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And that is to
convince the heavenly universe
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that God acted
correctly in every single case
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that is judged in that judgment.
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Jesus is going to show that
those people that He is going to
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take to heaven when He
comes again, He has a right
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to take each one of
those individuals to heaven.
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When the judgment is finished,
all of the heavenly beings
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will say, "You acted
correctly in every single case,
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and You have a right to
bring all of those people home."
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So the purpose of the judgment
before the second coming
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is not to inform God.
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It is to inform
the heavenly universe,
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because they are not omniscient.
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They can't read the mind,
they can't read the heart.
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It's to inform the heavenly
universe concerning the case
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of each individual for God
to show that He has a right
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to bring all of
these individuals that pass
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the judgment to heaven.
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You see, Satan says
this, "If everyone is a sinner,
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why does God save
some and condemn others?
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On what bases does God
save David, an adulterer
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and a murderer?
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On what basis does
God save Saul of Tarsus
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who killed so many
members of the church?
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Whereas other individuals who
didn't commit such terrible sins
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they're left behind
and they're not saved
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Why?"
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God is going to open
up the records in heaven
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and He's going to show each case
so that the heavenly universe,
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when the judgment is
finished, they'll say,
00:21:08.23\00:21:10.63
"You're right in bringing these,
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and You are right in
leaving those behind."
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So the purpose of the judgment
before the second coming
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is to persuade the heavenly
beings that God has acted
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justly in every single case.
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You see, there
are true believers
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and counterfeit
believers in the church.
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Is that true?
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There are those who
truly repented from sin,
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and there are those who
only have crocodile tears.
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Let me just show you
some examples from Scripture
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that in the church there are
many who have confessed Jesus
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that are not true
children of Jesus.
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They claim to have repented.
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They claim that they
confessed their sins.
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They claim that
they trusted in Jesus.
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They were even baptized.
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But it's proven that
they are not true believers
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in the judgment.
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Now I want you
to notice Matthew 6
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and we're going to
read verses 2, 5, and 16.
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Notice what Jesus had to
say to the church of His day.
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Were there true and counterfeit
believers in the Jewish church
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in Christ's day?
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Oh, listen to this.
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Verse 2, Matthew 6.
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What is a hypocrite?
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It's a person that's two-faced.
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A person who it
appears that they're one thing
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when really they are what?
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They're another.
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Can you see on the surface
the real nature of that person?
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No.
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So notice, "Therefore, when
you do a charitable deed..."
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Notice it doesn't say,
"They shall have their reward."
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They have their
reward. What is their reward?
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To be praised by
everybody, right?
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So they have
their reward right now.
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Notice verse 5.
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Once again, the word
hypocrites; two-faced.
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So are these religious people?
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Oh yea.
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Do they claim to
be servants of God?
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Oh yea.
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Now notice what Jesus says.
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"I say to you,
they have their reward."
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What is their reward?
00:23:33.11\00:23:34.44
To be praised by men.
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Notice verse 16.
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"...hypocrites..."
There's the word again.
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So are there individuals
that are true believers
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and counterfeit believers
that claim to serve God?
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Absolutely.
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In the church, is there wheat
and also tares in the church?
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Yes.
00:24:06.81\00:24:08.14
Does the gospel net
gather good and bad fish?
00:24:08.24\00:24:11.45
Absolutely.
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.38
Does the church have
wise and foolish virgins?
00:24:13.42\00:24:16.58
Yes.
00:24:16.62\00:24:17.95
Does the bridal
chamber gather individuals who
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have the wedding
garment and those who don't?
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.76
Absolutely.
00:24:24.03\00:24:25.36
Are their individuals
who profess the name of Jesus
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and even perform
miracles and cast out demons
00:24:29.26\00:24:32.33
in the name of Jesus
that are counterfeit believers
00:24:32.37\00:24:35.97
to whom Jesus says,
"I do not know you"?
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Absolutely.
00:24:39.27\00:24:40.61
There are those
who say, "Lord, Lord,"
00:24:40.88\00:24:42.81
but Jesus refuses
to recognize them.
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Is it true that there
are even some ministers
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.55
that disguise themselves
as ministers of righteousness,
00:24:48.58\00:24:52.15
according to the apostle
Paul, but they are really
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.39
emissaries of the devil?
00:24:54.42\00:24:56.09
Absolutely.
00:24:56.12\00:24:57.46
Are there those in the church
that have a form of godliness
00:24:57.49\00:25:00.70
but do not have
the power of godliness?
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.86
Absolutely.
00:25:02.90\00:25:04.23
So where is the
separation going to be made
00:25:04.27\00:25:06.84
between true believers
and counterfeit believers?
00:25:06.97\00:25:10.81
It will be done when?
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In the judgment.
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The purpose of the judgment
before the second coming
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is to reveal who was
truly sorry and who wasn't.
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And when the judgment is
finished, all the heavenly
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.49
beings will say, "Ah,
Jesus, Your kingdom is made up.
00:25:25.52\00:25:29.19
All of these are genuine.
00:25:29.22\00:25:30.86
When You go to the earth,
00:25:31.09\00:25:32.73
You can bring all
of these people home."
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.26
And they'll say, "All of those
that You chose to leave behind,
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.53
all of those
hypocritical believers,
00:25:38.57\00:25:40.67
those are staying behind.
00:25:40.94\00:25:42.40
And we agree that You are right,
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That You are
just in what You did."
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The purpose of the
judgment is not to inform God.
00:25:46.37\00:25:49.34
The purpose of the judgment is
to inform the heavenly universe
00:25:49.38\00:25:53.55
that God acted
correctly in the cases
00:25:53.58\00:25:56.38
of every single human being.
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Now this judgment is done in
three stages, or three steps.
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First of all, you
have an investigation.
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The system of jurisprudence
that we have on planet earth,
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.70
is it very similar to
the system that God has?
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.70
When a crime is committed,
what do you have first of all?
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.40
The court
investigates it, right?
00:26:16.44\00:26:18.57
And then based on the
investigation of the evidence,
00:26:19.21\00:26:22.54
what do you have?
00:26:22.58\00:26:23.91
The sentence is
pronounced, right?
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And then the time
comes when the reward
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or the execution of the
sentence is implemented.
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And so, the judgment that takes
place before the second coming
00:26:32.85\00:26:37.16
of Jesus Christ, the
case of each individual
00:26:37.19\00:26:40.63
is going to be investigated.
00:26:40.66\00:26:42.13
Based on the evidence,
when that individual's case
00:26:42.83\00:26:47.30
is ended, has
already been evaluated,
00:26:47.34\00:26:49.87
what will be pronounced?
00:26:49.90\00:26:51.27
What will be
pronounced is the sentence.
00:26:51.47\00:26:53.44
And then when Jesus comes,
what is Jesus going to do?
00:26:53.48\00:26:56.68
He is going to give what?
00:26:56.85\00:26:58.85
The reward.
00:26:58.91\00:27:00.25
So is God's system of
justice similar to the
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.98
system of justice on earth?
00:27:03.02\00:27:04.35
Maybe I should say
it the other way around.
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.25
Is our system of justice similar
to the system of justice of God?
00:27:06.45\00:27:10.29
God will not condemn
anyone without an investigation
00:27:10.49\00:27:14.26
to prove that He was
right and Satan was wrong.
00:27:14.30\00:27:17.73
Are you understanding
the purpose of this
00:27:17.77\00:27:19.70
particular
stage of the judgment?
00:27:19.73\00:27:21.40
Now let's answer a few
questions about the judgment.
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Who is going to be
judged in this judgment
00:27:26.14\00:27:29.71
during the Day of Atonement
00:27:30.01\00:27:31.35
before the
second coming of Christ?
00:27:31.38\00:27:34.08
Let's read a couple of verses.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
00:27:36.35\00:27:38.52
Remember that the
apostle Paul here is writing
00:27:38.69\00:27:41.72
to church members.
00:27:41.76\00:27:43.36
Okay? He's not
writing to the world.
00:27:43.69\00:27:45.56
He's writing to the Corinthians.
00:27:45.76\00:27:47.63
So notice what he has to
say in 2 Corinthians 5:10.
00:27:47.76\00:27:51.23
Is he talking about
church members? Yes.
00:27:55.80\00:27:58.17
So who are the
ones that are judged?
00:28:09.22\00:28:10.99
The ones that are judged are
those who belong to the church,
00:28:11.42\00:28:17.26
according to this.
00:28:17.43\00:28:18.76
Notice 1 Peter 4:17.
00:28:18.86\00:28:21.80
This verse has been
misinterpreted by many.
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.27
They've said that, you
know, the judgment will begin
00:28:24.53\00:28:27.27
with Seventh-day Adventists.
00:28:27.30\00:28:28.77
But actually, this
applies to everyone who claimed
00:28:28.80\00:28:30.97
the name of Jesus Christ.
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.34
Notice 1 Peter 4:17.
00:28:32.37\00:28:34.98
What is the house of God?
00:28:38.21\00:28:39.55
The apostle Paul defines
the house of God as the church.
00:28:40.02\00:28:42.78
You can read it in 1 Timothy 3.
00:28:43.75\00:28:45.65
Notice...
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.02
"...and if it
first begins at us..."
00:28:49.52\00:28:52.46
Are you catching that?
00:28:54.50\00:28:55.83
When he says, "us,"
who is he referring to?
00:28:56.56\00:28:58.80
The house of God, the church.
00:28:59.47\00:29:00.80
It begins with us.
00:29:00.84\00:29:02.17
"...what shall be the end..."
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.21
So are you noticing that there's
a judgment of the house of God,
00:29:07.04\00:29:10.08
and then there's another
judgment of those who what?
00:29:10.11\00:29:13.21
Of those who
obey not the gospel.
00:29:13.25\00:29:16.42
Only the cases of those
who claimed Jesus as Savior
00:29:17.19\00:29:21.46
are examined in the judgment
00:29:21.49\00:29:23.89
before the
second coming of Christ.
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.79
Why?
00:29:26.36\00:29:27.70
Once again, because Jesus
is going to show the heavenly
00:29:27.76\00:29:30.47
universe that He was
right in taking to heaven
00:29:30.50\00:29:35.57
those that He will
receive unto Himself
00:29:35.60\00:29:38.31
when He comes the second time.
00:29:38.34\00:29:40.44
Is there another
judgment that takes place later
00:29:41.04\00:29:44.11
for those who did
not obey the gospel?
00:29:44.68\00:29:47.12
Absolutely.
00:29:47.15\00:29:48.48
When do those stages of
the judgment take place?
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.79
During the millennium
and after the millennium.
00:29:50.95\00:29:53.76
We are going to study those two
stages later on in this series.
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The only sins that are
cleansed from the Sanctuary
00:29:58.49\00:30:01.46
are those that entered
there by the blood of Jesus,
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.73
and those of which people
truly repented, confessed,
00:30:04.97\00:30:09.37
and manifested
faith in Jesus Christ.
00:30:09.40\00:30:12.44
Ellen White explains in,
Great Controversy, page 480,
00:30:12.94\00:30:16.44
the following...
00:30:16.48\00:30:17.81
"In the typical service..."
00:30:18.08\00:30:19.78
That's in the Old Testament.
00:30:20.05\00:30:21.48
Who were the only ones who were
in view on the Day of Atonement?
00:30:37.50\00:30:39.93
Those who what?
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.30
"...with
confession and repentance,
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.30
and whose sins, through
the blood of the sin offering
00:30:43.34\00:30:46.17
were transferred
to the Sanctuary..."
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.78
Only those were included in
the Day of Atonement service.
00:30:47.81\00:30:51.25
She continues writing...
00:30:51.68\00:30:53.01
Now here's the fulfillment.
00:30:53.62\00:30:54.95
Are you following me?
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.08
So what are the only
cases that are looked at
00:31:29.12\00:31:31.99
in the judgment before
the second coming of Christ?
00:31:32.19\00:31:34.26
Only those, she says,
who, through confession
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.63
and repentance, have placed
their sins in the Sanctuary
00:31:37.66\00:31:41.76
through the blood
of the sin offering.
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.43
And who is the sin offering?
00:31:43.47\00:31:44.97
Jesus Christ.
00:31:45.07\00:31:46.40
So now we know who will
be judged in this pre-advent
00:31:46.43\00:31:50.01
investigative judgment.
00:31:50.04\00:31:51.57
Now another question
that we must answer is,
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.94
when did this judgment begin?
00:31:53.98\00:31:57.01
I can assure you that it
did not begin in the days
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.95
of the apostle Paul.
00:31:59.98\00:32:01.35
Let's read Acts 17:30-31.
00:32:01.85\00:32:04.99
Acts 17:30-31
00:32:05.02\00:32:08.29
Here, the
apostle Paul explains...
00:32:09.12\00:32:11.39
Now notice that he
says, now what does
00:32:20.90\00:32:23.51
God command people to do?
00:32:23.54\00:32:24.91
"...all men
everywhere to repent."
00:32:25.27\00:32:27.48
Why must people now repent?
00:32:29.04\00:32:31.78
That's the daily
service, we noticed.
00:32:31.81\00:32:33.52
Notice, "...because
He has appointed..."
00:32:33.55\00:32:36.79
What? "...a day..."
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.35
What is the name of that day?
00:32:38.45\00:32:39.95
The Day of Atonement. Very well.
00:32:40.42\00:32:43.32
"...He has appointed a
day on which He will judge..."
00:32:43.36\00:32:47.80
Is this future?
00:32:48.96\00:32:50.30
In other words, God
commands people now to repent
00:32:50.60\00:32:53.54
because a day is coming
when "He will judge the world
00:32:53.57\00:32:59.04
in righteousness..." By whom?
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.78
"...by the Man..." Who is that?
00:33:01.94\00:33:04.01
Jesus. "...whom
He has ordained..."
00:33:04.28\00:33:06.58
Was the judgment still future
in the days of the apostle Paul?
00:33:10.82\00:33:14.62
Were people to repent
at that time, and place
00:33:15.56\00:33:17.69
their sins in the Sanctuary?
00:33:17.73\00:33:19.19
Sure.
00:33:19.23\00:33:20.56
But had the
judgment taken place?
00:33:20.60\00:33:22.06
No. God has appointed a future
day, the Day of Atonement,
00:33:22.10\00:33:25.63
when He would judge.
00:33:25.67\00:33:27.94
Now there are other verses
that tell us when this judgment
00:33:28.50\00:33:31.34
was going to begin.
00:33:31.37\00:33:32.71
Daniel 7
00:33:33.14\00:33:34.48
And we're going to have
to go through this quickly
00:33:34.51\00:33:35.98
because time is going very fast.
00:33:36.01\00:33:38.21
Daniel 7, we have
a sequence of beasts.
00:33:38.38\00:33:41.78
We have a lion; what
kingdom does that represent?
00:33:41.82\00:33:44.45
Babylon. We have a bear.
00:33:44.52\00:33:46.35
That is what? The
Medes and Persians.
00:33:46.39\00:33:48.39
Then we have the
leopard beast. That's Greece.
00:33:48.52\00:33:51.23
Then we have a dragon beast.
That represents what nation?
00:33:51.26\00:33:54.30
Rome.
00:33:54.33\00:33:55.66
And then the dragon
beast sprouts ten horns.
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.83
What happened with Rome?
00:33:57.87\00:33:59.20
Rome was divided
into ten kingdoms.
00:33:59.27\00:34:01.70
We're at the year 476.
00:34:01.74\00:34:03.51
And then among the ten
horns rises a little horn.
00:34:03.64\00:34:06.24
And how long does
that little horn rule?
00:34:06.27\00:34:08.41
1260 years.
00:34:08.64\00:34:10.75
And those 1260
years end at which date?
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.92
In 1798.
00:34:14.22\00:34:16.12
Now I want you to
notice that in 1798
00:34:16.15\00:34:18.79
something happens in 1798.
00:34:18.82\00:34:22.06
Notice Daniel 7:9-10.
00:34:22.42\00:34:27.70
Now this doesn't
happen immediately at 1798,
00:34:27.73\00:34:31.07
but it must happen
after 1798 at some point.
00:34:31.10\00:34:34.30
Notice Daniel 7:9-10.
00:34:34.34\00:34:38.64
This is immediately after the
little horn rules 1260 years.
00:34:38.94\00:34:42.81
Where does the
Ancient of Days live?
00:34:48.55\00:34:50.42
He lives in heaven.
00:34:50.95\00:34:52.29
"Our Father,
which art..." Where?
00:34:52.32\00:34:53.72
"...in heaven..."
00:34:53.76\00:34:55.09
So this is happening in heaven.
00:34:55.12\00:34:56.52
Who are these
thousands of thousands,
00:35:14.48\00:35:16.44
and ten thousand
times ten thousand?
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.58
They're the angels.
Where do the angels live?
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.42
In the presence of
the Father. In heaven.
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.88
So this is
taking place in heaven
00:35:22.92\00:35:25.15
immediately
after the 1260 years.
00:35:25.19\00:35:27.79
At some point after 1798.
00:35:27.82\00:35:30.13
And then I want you to
notice what we find in verse 13.
00:35:30.56\00:35:35.20
And where does He go?
00:35:43.77\00:35:45.11
Not to earth.
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.81
It says, "He came to
the Ancient of Days..."
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.94
He's moving to where
the Ancient of Days moved
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.98
to begin the judgment.
00:35:52.01\00:35:53.35
So notice it says...
00:35:53.48\00:35:54.82
So you have
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
00:36:12.63\00:36:15.80
Rome, Rome is
divided into ten kingdoms,
00:36:15.84\00:36:18.17
then you have the
papacy ruling 1260 years.
00:36:18.21\00:36:20.74
You're at the year 1798.
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.44
At some point after that,
it says that the judgment sits
00:36:22.58\00:36:27.68
and the books are opened.
00:36:27.95\00:36:29.78
And then shortly after
that, you have the Son of Man
00:36:30.19\00:36:32.75
coming on the clouds to whom?
00:36:32.85\00:36:34.92
He's coming on the
clouds to the Ancient of Days.
00:36:35.02\00:36:38.86
And why is He going there?
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.53
It says He's going
there to receive His what?
00:36:40.56\00:36:44.17
His kingdom.
00:36:44.40\00:36:45.73
Now what does that mean,
that Jesus is going there
00:36:46.07\00:36:48.64
to receive His kingdom?
00:36:48.67\00:36:50.07
What is Christ's kingdom?
00:36:50.41\00:36:52.07
You know, we usually think
of His kingdom as a territory.
00:36:52.47\00:36:56.08
The planet earth.
00:36:56.28\00:36:57.61
But really, the
kingdom are the subjects
00:36:57.78\00:37:01.05
that belong to His kingdom.
00:37:01.08\00:37:02.55
How does He determine who is
a true subject of His kingdom?
00:37:03.02\00:37:06.45
He does it in the what?
00:37:06.62\00:37:08.02
In the judgment.
00:37:08.32\00:37:09.66
So in other words, the
Father moves, the judgment sits,
00:37:09.69\00:37:13.53
the books are opened.
00:37:13.56\00:37:14.90
Because now it's
going to be shown who is a
00:37:14.93\00:37:17.20
subject of Christ's kingdom.
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.80
And when the judgment is
over, the kingdom of Jesus
00:37:18.90\00:37:22.74
is made up because
it has been revealed
00:37:22.77\00:37:25.04
who is a subject of His kingdom.
00:37:25.07\00:37:27.48
Are you with me or not?
00:37:27.51\00:37:28.84
Now, Revelation 13
adds its testimony.
00:37:29.08\00:37:33.15
Revelation 13:1-2 has
the same beasts as Daniel 7.
00:37:33.92\00:37:39.65
By the way, the
dragon has ten horns,
00:37:58.54\00:37:59.91
if you look at Revelation
12, the previous chapter.
00:37:59.94\00:38:02.21
Does that have any
relationship with Daniel 7?
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.89
Of course it does.
00:38:12.22\00:38:13.56
Do you have the
same sequence of powers?
00:38:13.59\00:38:14.99
Absolutely.
00:38:15.02\00:38:16.36
Notice, you have
lion, bear, leopard, dragon,
00:38:16.39\00:38:19.89
ten horns, little horn.
00:38:19.93\00:38:21.26
In Revelation 13 you have
lion, bear, leopard, dragon,
00:38:21.73\00:38:25.90
ten horns, beast.
00:38:25.93\00:38:27.60
So the little horn is
the same as the beast.
00:38:27.64\00:38:31.07
Now what was the next
event after the little horn
00:38:31.34\00:38:33.91
rules 1260 years, after
the beast rules 42 months?
00:38:33.94\00:38:37.81
What is the next event?
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
Let's go to Revelation 14:6-7.
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.42
Revelation 14:6-7
00:38:42.45\00:38:44.89
It says there...
00:38:45.09\00:38:46.42
Let's stop there for a minute.
00:38:55.70\00:38:57.10
Can people still be saved while
the gospel is being preached?
00:38:58.03\00:39:00.54
Well that's kind of
a ridiculous question.
00:39:01.24\00:39:02.97
If people can't be saved,
why would you preach the gospel?
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.74
So when the first angel
is proclaiming his message,
00:39:06.27\00:39:10.21
people can listen to
the message, accept it,
00:39:10.71\00:39:13.01
and be saved, right?
00:39:13.05\00:39:14.42
Now notice verse 7.
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.02
I want to show you that
the judgment takes place
00:39:16.42\00:39:18.49
while probation is still open.
00:39:18.52\00:39:20.56
While people are
still living here on earth,
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.26
before the door
of probation closes,
00:39:23.99\00:39:25.99
before Jesus comes, that's
when the judgment takes place.
00:39:26.03\00:39:28.83
Notice verse 7.
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.20
It says in verse 7...
00:39:30.23\00:39:31.57
"...for the hour of
His judgment will come..."
00:39:37.01\00:39:39.61
That's not what it says.
00:39:40.68\00:39:42.11
It doesn't say, "will come."
00:39:42.14\00:39:43.85
The first angel says, while
the gospel is being preached,
00:39:44.11\00:39:47.05
"...the hour of
His judgment has come."
00:39:47.08\00:39:49.78
So does the judgment begin while
the gospel is being preached?
00:39:49.98\00:39:53.56
Before the
second coming of Jesus.
00:39:53.79\00:39:55.66
Absolutely.
00:39:55.72\00:39:57.06
Just like we saw in Daniel 7.
00:39:57.09\00:39:59.66
Now can we specify
a little more exactly
00:40:00.20\00:40:04.30
when this judgment begins?
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.07
We know it begins after 1798.
00:40:06.10\00:40:09.20
But can we know the specific
date when it was to begin?
00:40:09.80\00:40:13.31
I'm going to go quickly on
this because we don't have time
00:40:13.74\00:40:17.65
really to get into
all of the chronology.
00:40:17.68\00:40:19.51
I've done this in other
lectures that you can acquire
00:40:19.55\00:40:22.12
from Secrets Unsealed.
00:40:22.15\00:40:23.52
But the Bible tells
us which month and day
00:40:23.79\00:40:27.99
the Day of
Atonement was to begin.
00:40:28.02\00:40:29.69
Notice Leviticus 23:27.
00:40:29.99\00:40:33.19
Leviticus 23:27 gives
us the month and the day
00:40:33.23\00:40:37.27
when the judgment or
the Day of Atonement began
00:40:37.30\00:40:39.83
in the Old Testament.
00:40:39.87\00:40:41.20
So do we have the day and the
month when the Day of Atonement
00:40:56.25\00:40:59.72
was going to begin?
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.09
Absolutely.
00:41:01.12\00:41:02.46
It is the tenth day of what?
00:41:02.49\00:41:04.16
Of the seventh month.
00:41:04.36\00:41:05.69
Now the question is, can we
know which year the judgment
00:41:05.73\00:41:09.43
was going to begin?
00:41:09.46\00:41:10.80
Absolutely.
00:41:10.83\00:41:12.17
Daniel 8:14 tells us...
00:41:12.20\00:41:15.70
Now we don't have time to
get into all of the chronology,
00:41:23.18\00:41:25.61
but let me just
explain that the 2300 days
00:41:25.65\00:41:28.45
began in the year 457 BC.
00:41:28.75\00:41:31.95
The first part of the
2300 days are the 70 weeks.
00:41:32.72\00:41:36.93
Which all scholars agree,
practically, that the 70 weeks
00:41:36.96\00:41:42.06
are really 490 years.
00:41:42.16\00:41:44.27
They are weeks that are years.
00:41:44.30\00:41:46.60
And so you go from
457 BC, you go 70 weeks.
00:41:46.74\00:41:50.81
That's 490 years.
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.57
And then beyond that you go 1810
years to complete the 2300 days.
00:41:52.77\00:41:59.78
And it leads you
to the year 1844.
00:41:59.81\00:42:03.89
So basically, from 457
BC all the way to 1844,
00:42:04.45\00:42:09.79
that is the period
that covers the 2300 days
00:42:09.82\00:42:13.90
that are
mentioned in Daniel 8:14.
00:42:13.93\00:42:17.83
So we know then that
the year of the judgment
00:42:18.10\00:42:21.00
was going to be when?
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.37
It was going to be in 1844.
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.57
So we would have to look
for the day and the month
00:42:24.87\00:42:28.68
in 1844 when this
was going to begin.
00:42:28.71\00:42:31.95
And it just so
happens that in 1844,
00:42:32.35\00:42:35.32
the tenth day of the
seventh month was October 22.
00:42:35.52\00:42:39.89
So we know that the
judgment was going to begin
00:42:40.19\00:42:42.92
on October 22, the year 1844.
00:42:43.12\00:42:47.23
Is that after 1798?
00:42:47.26\00:42:49.93
It most certainly is.
00:42:49.96\00:42:51.30
It follows the chronology.
00:42:51.33\00:42:53.30
Now there's another way
in which we can approach
00:42:53.77\00:42:56.64
this matter of when
the judgment takes place.
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.81
You remember the
seven churches of the book
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.01
of Revelation, right?
00:43:04.05\00:43:05.38
Most scholars agree,
conservative scholars agree,
00:43:05.68\00:43:08.95
that the seven churches
represent seven periods in the
00:43:09.05\00:43:12.35
history of the Christian church.
00:43:12.39\00:43:13.86
Seventh-day Adventists
believe that the first church
00:43:14.16\00:43:16.02
is the apostolic church.
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.46
The second church is the
church that was persecuted
00:43:17.49\00:43:19.63
by the Roman emperors.
00:43:19.66\00:43:21.00
The third church is Pergamum
where apostasy comes into the
00:43:21.03\00:43:24.23
church in the
days of Constantine.
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.00
The fourth church, the
church that is governed over
00:43:26.23\00:43:29.07
by that woman, Jezebel,
represents the period of the
00:43:29.10\00:43:31.74
Roman Catholic papacy.
00:43:31.77\00:43:33.11
The fifth church
represents the period of the
00:43:33.41\00:43:36.64
Protestant Reformation
when the church is coming
00:43:36.68\00:43:38.81
out of apostasy.
00:43:38.85\00:43:40.18
And the sixth church
we believe to represent
00:43:40.45\00:43:43.85
the Millerite movement.
00:43:43.89\00:43:45.35
The church of Philadelphia.
00:43:45.39\00:43:46.86
Now I want you to notice
what the Bible has to say about
00:43:47.36\00:43:50.56
the church of Philadelphia.
00:43:50.59\00:43:51.93
Which is the sixth church,
00:43:51.96\00:43:53.33
the church right before the last
church; the church of Laodicea.
00:43:53.70\00:43:57.27
Revelation 3:7-8
00:43:57.47\00:43:59.80
Something happens during
the period of this church.
00:43:59.83\00:44:02.34
What do you use a key for?
00:44:13.85\00:44:15.22
To open or to
close a door, right?
00:44:15.78\00:44:17.79
So it says...
00:44:17.82\00:44:19.19
So is this key
going to shut a door
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.03
during the period
of the sixth church?
00:44:29.80\00:44:31.57
Yes. Is it going
to open another door?
00:44:31.60\00:44:33.37
It most certainly is.
00:44:33.40\00:44:34.74
You say, "Are you
sure it's a door?"
00:44:34.80\00:44:36.14
Absolutely. Notice
the next verse, verse 8.
00:44:36.17\00:44:38.21
What is it that opened the door?
00:44:43.48\00:44:45.05
The key.
00:44:45.51\00:44:46.85
So under which
church is the door opened?
00:44:57.36\00:44:59.73
It is under church number six.
00:45:00.00\00:45:02.66
Which is after the
period of the papacy
00:45:02.86\00:45:05.00
and after the period of
the Protestant Reformation.
00:45:05.03\00:45:07.60
Are you following me or not?
00:45:07.64\00:45:08.97
During the period
of the sixth church
00:45:09.00\00:45:11.34
is where you have the open door.
00:45:11.37\00:45:12.71
Now the question is, where
does that open door lead to?
00:45:12.74\00:45:15.34
Well the
Sanctuary had three doors.
00:45:15.74\00:45:17.78
The first door was
between the camp and the court.
00:45:18.35\00:45:22.05
Could that have been
the door that was opened
00:45:22.25\00:45:24.05
during the period
of the sixth church
00:45:24.15\00:45:25.59
towards the end
of Christian history?
00:45:25.62\00:45:27.19
No. When was that door opened?
00:45:27.59\00:45:30.29
That door was
opened when Jesus went in
00:45:31.03\00:45:33.33
to die on the cross, right?
00:45:33.36\00:45:34.70
And to resurrect from the dead.
00:45:34.76\00:45:36.20
That's when He
entered the court.
00:45:36.23\00:45:37.63
There was a second door,
the door that divided the
00:45:38.10\00:45:40.27
court from the Holy Place.
00:45:40.30\00:45:41.64
Can that be the door
that was opened in 1844?
00:45:41.94\00:45:44.67
No. Why not?
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.17
Because Jesus entered
that door into the Holy Place
00:45:46.21\00:45:48.88
when He ascended to heaven.
00:45:49.11\00:45:50.51
So let me ask you,
how many doors are left?
00:45:51.01\00:45:53.18
There's only one door left.
00:45:53.42\00:45:55.02
The door that divides the
Holy from the Most Holy Place.
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.39
So under the sixth
church, it must be the door that
00:45:58.49\00:46:01.29
leads to the Most
Holy Place that is opened.
00:46:01.32\00:46:03.96
And which door is closed?
00:46:03.99\00:46:05.59
The door that is closed
is the door to the Holy Place
00:46:05.83\00:46:10.10
of the Sanctuary.
00:46:10.13\00:46:11.47
Now here's
something very interesting.
00:46:11.67\00:46:13.47
If you study Revelation
11, you're going to discover...
00:46:14.10\00:46:18.14
Actually it
begins with chapter 8
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.68
all the way through chapter 11.
00:46:20.71\00:46:22.04
You have seven trumpets.
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The seven trumpets
cover the same time period
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as the churches, but it
emphasizes different events
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during that large time period
between the apostolic church
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and the end of time.
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At the moment of the sixth
trumpet, listen carefully now,
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we're going to
see what was opened.
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Sixth church, opened door.
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Sixth trumpet, we're
going to see where the
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open door leads to.
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Revelation
11:19. Revelation 11:19.
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It says, "Then the
temple of God was..." What?
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So if it was opened,
what condition was it in
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before it was opened?
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It was closed.
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So it says...
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And what was seen in the
temple when the door was opened?
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Where was the
ark of the covenant?
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In which
apartment of the Sanctuary?
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In the Most Holy Place.
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So which door is opened
in 1844 during the period of
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the sixth trumpet
and the sixth church?
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It is the door
that leads to where?
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That leads to
the Most Holy Place.
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Is there biblical
evidence as to when the judgment
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was going to begin?
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Absolutely.
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Now the question is, where
does the judgment take place?
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We already answered
this question, but let's just
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read a couple of text.
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Daniel 7:13-14
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We already read it. It says...
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Now He's not coming
at His second coming.
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It says here that He came where?
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To the Ancient of Days.
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So the question is, where
does the judgment take place?
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In heaven where
the Ancient of Days is.
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Where the ten thousand
times ten thousand are.
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That's where the judgment
sits and the books are opened.
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The judgment does
not take place on earth.
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The judgment takes
place where? In heaven.
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Do you remember the
parable of Matthew 22
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where this man
sneaked into the wedding hall
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without the garment?
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Do you think that's describing
the second coming of Jesus?
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You know, Jesus comes and
He takes His people to heaven.
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And then He starts
examining the garments
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and He says, "How
did you sneak in here?"
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Of course not.
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Jesus isn't going to
take to heaven anyone
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who doesn't have the garment.
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This is
describing the examination
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of the garments of
people, the spiritual garments
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of people, before
Jesus comes again.
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You see, He's going to determine
if you're covered with the robe
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of Christ's righteousness
by examining your case
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before He takes you to heaven.
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Are you following me or not?
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And so the
judgment takes place where?
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It doesn't take place on earth.
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It takes place in heaven.
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Now here's another question.
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What evidence is
examined in the judgment?
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It is not the faith
of individuals that is
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examined in the judgment.
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It is rather the works of people
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that are
examined in the judgment.
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You see, we are saved
by grace through faith,
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but the Bible says that we
will be judged by our works.
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You say, "Is this really a
contradiction, Pastor Bohr?"
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No.
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You see, faith is the
invisible side of works.
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And works are the
visible side of faith.
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Some Adventist
scholars are dualists.
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When it comes to the
state of the dead, they say,
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"Oh, you can't have the
spirit without the body.
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They have to go together."
00:50:16.64\00:50:18.05
But when it comes to
righteousness by faith,
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they say, "Oh, it's faith alone.
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And works have
nothing to do with it."
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Well, I'll tell you what.
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James begs to differ with
these anthropological dualists
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when it comes to
righteousness by faith.
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Notice James 2:14-17, and
then we'll read verses 20-26.
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The Bible is clear.
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This is in the
Bible, by the way.
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You know, we need James along
with the apostle Paul, don't we?
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Was James just
as inspired as Paul?
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Of course.
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Notice verse 14.
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So if a person doesn't
have works, they're only
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saying they have faith, right?
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"Not everyone who
says to Me, 'Lord, Lord.'"
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Then James asks,
"Can faith save him?"
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"Can that kind of faith
without works save him?"
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Now he's going to
talk about the works.
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"Thus also faith by
itself, if it does not
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have works is..." What?
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"...is dead."
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Wow, some people...
Martin Luther didn't like that.
00:51:37.59\00:51:40.00
He wanted to get rid
of the book of James.
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Because it says that
Abraham was justified by works.
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We need to
understand what he's saying.
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He's really saying that he was
justified by a faith that works.
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In the context, isn't
that what he's saying?
00:51:50.34\00:51:52.11
Can faith exist
without works? No.
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He's saying he was
justified by a faith that works.
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And notice once
again, verse 22...
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"...faith was made perfect."
Or complete, in other words.
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Notice the context once again.
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He is justified by
a faith that works.
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Because a faith that does
not work is not really faith.
00:52:27.01\00:52:29.91
Are you following me?
00:52:30.11\00:52:31.45
Now notice what
he says in verse 25.
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And now here
comes the key verse.
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So you can't say, "Oh,
you have to have the body
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and the spirit together.
00:52:56.94\00:52:58.34
They can't exist independently."
and say, "Yeah, but you can
00:52:59.07\00:53:02.18
have only faith and no works."
00:53:02.21\00:53:04.35
They have to go
together, in other words.
00:53:04.38\00:53:07.02
And those who say, "When it
comes to the state of the dead,
00:53:07.05\00:53:09.68
we put them together.
00:53:09.72\00:53:11.05
When it comes to
righteousness by faith,
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you know, we'll just
separate faith and works."
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.42
You can't do that, because faith
and works are a package deal.
00:53:14.46\00:53:18.33
So what will be
examined in the judgment?
00:53:18.73\00:53:20.90
Our works.
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Because our works show if
our faith was genuine or not.
00:53:22.33\00:53:26.67
Notice Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
00:53:26.84\00:53:30.91
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
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You see, folks, when people
repent and confess their sins,
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and trust in Jesus, the
sincerity of their experience
00:53:56.40\00:54:00.10
is not examined
when they repent.
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Jesus takes them at their word.
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He says, "I'll
take you at your word.
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I'll forgive you."
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But let me ask you something.
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Can forgiveness be revoked?
00:54:10.28\00:54:12.41
Can God forgive
someone in the daily service
00:54:13.08\00:54:16.05
and then revoke
their forgiveness?
00:54:16.08\00:54:18.45
Absolutely.
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You say, "Where is the
biblical evidence for that?"
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The biblical evidence
is found in two passages.
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I don't think we're going to
be able to get to one of them,
00:54:25.36\00:54:27.76
so I'll just
mention the reference.
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Ezekiel 33:13-16
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You'll want to
read that passage.
00:54:32.73\00:54:34.17
Ezekiel 33:13-16
00:54:34.20\00:54:36.54
But what I want to read is
the parable of the two debtors.
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Have you ever heard about
that parable of the two debtors?
00:54:39.81\00:54:41.84
We'll begin in
Matthew 18:23 and following.
00:54:42.14\00:54:46.21
The king represents God.
00:54:49.48\00:54:51.02
"...who wanted to
settle accounts..."
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That's the judgment.
00:54:53.09\00:54:54.42
Are these people
who claim to serve God?
00:54:55.72\00:54:58.29
Yeah, they're not unbelievers.
00:54:58.49\00:54:59.93
They're people who
claim to serve God.
00:54:59.96\00:55:02.06
It was a debt
that could not be paid.
00:55:08.44\00:55:10.14
It was basically unpayable.
00:55:10.17\00:55:12.27
So he said, "You're
going to receive the punishment
00:55:22.12\00:55:23.92
for not paying your debts."
00:55:24.05\00:55:25.75
What does this
individual do? Verse 26...
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And the master is
saying, "Forget it.
00:55:35.16\00:55:36.50
You can't pay this
debt. It's impossible to pay."
00:55:36.53\00:55:39.20
Verse 27...
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Was this man
forgiven, yes or no?
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He was forgiven.
00:55:51.41\00:55:52.75
Listen carefully.
00:55:52.78\00:55:54.12
Verse 28...
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A small debt that could be paid.
00:56:01.39\00:56:03.93
It was the equivalent
of a hundred days work
00:56:03.96\00:56:06.13
for the common laborer.
00:56:06.16\00:56:07.50
And so he finds this
servant, a fellow servant.
00:56:07.53\00:56:10.60
Is he doing the same thing
as this individual who had been
00:56:22.64\00:56:25.21
forgiven a large debt?
00:56:25.25\00:56:26.61
Absolutely.
00:56:26.65\00:56:27.98
Now notice this...
00:56:28.02\00:56:29.35
Interesting.
00:56:36.52\00:56:37.86
Verse 31, "So when
his fellow servants..."
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Which represents
the angels, by the way.
00:56:40.13\00:56:41.86
Can forgiveness be
revoked if it's seen that we
00:57:21.64\00:57:25.04
do not treat others
according to the mercy that
00:57:25.07\00:57:27.41
God has shown us?
00:57:27.44\00:57:28.78
Forgiveness will be
revoked if it is shown
00:57:29.18\00:57:31.65
that our works
contradict our faith.
00:57:31.68\00:57:34.15
Because our works
show if our faith is what?
00:57:35.28\00:57:38.19
Genuine.
00:57:38.22\00:57:39.55
Are there many individuals
who claim to be believers
00:57:39.79\00:57:42.56
that will be found wanting
in the investigative judgment?
00:57:42.59\00:57:45.73
Absolutely.
00:57:45.93\00:57:47.26
Because they gloried in the
forgiveness that God gave them,
00:57:47.30\00:57:51.93
but they were not
able to forgive others.
00:57:52.53\00:57:54.30
You know, this man
had just crocodile tears.
00:57:54.40\00:57:56.71
Because he was
afraid of the punishment
00:57:57.01\00:57:58.77
he was going to receive.
00:57:58.81\00:58:00.14
He was not really sorry for
the sin that he had committed.
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