If you visit the old
city of Jerusalem today,
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the purchase of a kilo
of rice, bananas or nuts,
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don't be surprised if you find
that they use an old fashioned
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scale and weights
to measure your order.
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This scale and these
weights are important
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as they will be the judge,
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the arbiter of whether or
not you get your full kilo.
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After all, if
you're paying for a kilo,
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you will be
wanting what you paid for.
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And speaking of scales,
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the legal system in America
is symbolized by a woman,
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a Roman goddess
actually named Themis.
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With a scale in her hand
she seeks to weigh the truth
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and so dispense
justice in a fair,
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balanced, and impartial way.
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But some 1300 years,
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before the Roman bestirred
themselves to become a nation,
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God made it clear
that judgment and justice
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were very important qualities
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in those He
chose as his friends.
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In fact, His whole kingdom,
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the very
foundation of His throne
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is built upon
judgment and justice.
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Thus saith the Lord
says the prophet Isaiah,
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"Keep ye
judgment, and do justice
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for my
salvation is near to come,
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and my
righteousness to be revealed."
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So it should be no
surprise that Emmanuel,
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"God with us" made judgment
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an important part of
His doctrines and teachings.
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His teachings fly in the face,
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of the now almost
universally reinvented Jesus,
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the Jesus who
has been emasculated,
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the Jesus who accepts everyone,
as part of His kingdom.
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No matter their choices.
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But the universalists message
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that everyone will
be saved in the end,
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does not balance
in the scale of truth
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when compared to
the teachings of Christ.
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Some 2000 years ago,
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the teachings of
Jesus regarding the judgment
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caused a great deal of
thunder in the Holy Land.
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And based on the
current social pressure
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to create and enact laws
that silenced these teachings.
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I would say they are
still causing thunder today.
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The question may be asked,
why does God need a judgment?
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Why can't He just
let everyone alone?
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After all, we're all
basically good or are we?
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Since 1922, the
worldwide statistic
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for abortions of convenience
is nearly 2,300,000 per year.
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Each year 15 million
people starve worldwide
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while there is enough
grain to supply every person
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on this planet with two
loaves of bread per day.
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In the US alone, we experience
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1,300,000 reported
violent crimes per year.
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While at the same time
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we open the door to the
"entertainment" industry
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inviting them to
saturate our minds
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and those of our
children with acts of violence.
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No, I don't think this
basically good sentiment
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would pass the
judgment bar of God,
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since He already has judged our
hearts as desperately wicked.
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In fact, Jesus' comment in
Luke 11:13 could be understood
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to be basically
good means actually evil.
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And all the while our
sins are causing more pain,
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sorrow, sadness,
heartache, sickness, and death.
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If we want all these
bad things to go away,
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then sin needs to go away.
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And to help
accomplish that goal,
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God has convened a judgment.
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in vision Jesus told
John, his last living apostle
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that there would come an hour
that the judgment would begin.
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With the
encouragement of Jesus to study
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and understand
the Book of Daniel,
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we learned in
our previous program
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that the judgment hour started
in 1844 as the final event
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of the longest time
prophecy in the Bible.
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Let's look at
that verse once again.
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Daniel 8:14,
"And he said unto me,
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Unto two thousand
and three hundred days,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed."
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But what does it mean
to cleanse the sanctuary
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and why would it need cleansing?
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If we want to really
understand the judgment,
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then we need to really
understand the sanctuary.
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So our reporters
have teamed up in Timna,
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deep in the south of Israel
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at a replica of
the ancient tabernacle.
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Hi, guys. Hey. Hello.
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Looks dry there? It
is Charles, and hot.
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Well, it's only
supposed to get up to 112 today,
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45 degrees Celsius.
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Well, let's get moving
before it gets too hot.
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Too late, we've
already passed that point.
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I'll tell you one thing though.
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Being here makes me
a lot more sympathetic
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towards the children of Israel
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who wandered in the
desert for 40 years.
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Now the reason we're here is
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because of two
passages of scripture.
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The first is the
teachings of Jesus.
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He said in John 5:39
"Search the scriptures,
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for in them ye think
ye have eternal life,
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and they are they
which testify of me."
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It is the doctrine of Jesus
that the Bible points to Him
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as our Savior and Messiah.
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Today, I believe you
see that in a profound way.
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The second verse is
found in Psalm 77:13
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"Thy way, O God,
is in the sanctuary,
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and who is so
great a God as our God?"
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The tabernacle made by
Moses and the children of Israel
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during there desert wanderings
explains the way of God.
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If you want to know who
He is and what He's doing?
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Look to the sanctuary.
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Some might say that for
the New Testament believer
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the Old
Tabernacle is not important.
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But if you read
Paul's letter to the Hebrews,
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you will find that he mentions
the word 'tabernacle' nine times
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and it's used 15
times in the New Testament.
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Four times Paul uses
the word 'sanctuary,'
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another name for
this ancient church.
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So if we're going to learn about
Jesus and the Day of Judgment,
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this is the place
to be. So let's go.
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No theme in the Bible is greater
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or more
important than salvation.
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This theme will be the study
and science of the redeemed
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throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity,
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like a giant fractal.
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The love of God
will continue to expand,
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leaving infinite room for
exploration and contemplation.
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So God created in
this sandbox illustration,
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a portal that would
direct the minds of His people
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to Himself, His love,
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His plan for their
redemption and the judgment.
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Here you will see
His plan and purpose
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to finally rid our
hearts of sin and its curse.
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Okay, remember team
it's all about Jesus,
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so check it out and
tell us what you find.
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The first thing we see
is the simple tent structure
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surrounded by a courtyard.
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It could be the home of
anyone, but this was to be tent,
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the dwelling place of Jehovah,
the God of all creation.
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God said, "Let
them make me a sanctuary
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that I may dwell among them."
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So the primary
purpose of this tent
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was that man and
God could be together,
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interacting and
having fellowship.
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And that way that
truly does testify of Jesus.
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For Isaiah said, "The Lord
himself shall give you a sign.
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Behold, a virgin shall
conceive and bear a son,
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and shall call
his name Immanuel."
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Immanuel is the name
that means "with us is God."
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The tabernacle was placed
in the center of the camp,
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so that God could be with them.
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And when Jesus came to earth
it was for the same reason.
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God wants to be
with us, you and me.
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I don't think
where you can fully grasp
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how intimate
this illustration is.
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But Paul writing to the folks
in Corinth put it this way,
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"You are the
temple of the living God,
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as God hath said,
I will dwell in them,
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and walk in them,
and I will be their God,
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and they shall be my people."
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Much more than just living in
a tabernacle amongst the people,
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He wants us to be the sanctuary.
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He wants to dwell in us.
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As you enter the
courtyard of the sanctuary,
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the first thing you would see
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is the 'Altar
of Burnt Offerings'
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where animals were sacrificed.
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If anyone sinned, he or she
would come to the tabernacle
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and bring a spotless
lamb with no defects.
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Then they would
place their hands
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upon the head of the
lamb and confess their sins,
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the lies, the
adultery, the bitterness,
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the pride, the envy,
the theft everything,
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anything that would stop one
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from being
intimately connected to God.
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This is how we come
to God, to His house,
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just as we are,
sin-stained and damaged.
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But we don't come alone.
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We come with a lamb that
is going to take our sins,
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with the lamb that would become
our sin and die in our place.
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It is our sin-stained
hands that must take the knife
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and slay the innocent
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who is punished on
behalf of the guilty.
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Now I'm going to share with
you something that is important.
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This will become significant
in the need for the sanctuary
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to be cleansed and the judgment.
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The sacrificial blood was
then carried by the priests
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into the sanctuary and sprinkled
before the veil or the curtain
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separating the Holy
Place from the most Holy Place.
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The priest would
also put some of the blood
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on the horns of
the altar of incense.
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Everything burned on this altar
was a representation of sin.
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Jesus was made to be sin for us
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and was offered
for all our sins.
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This altar was for
the express purpose
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of connecting us to Jesus,
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the Lamb of God,
the ultimate sacrifice.
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Paul tells us God
is a consuming fire.
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Like the Israelites of old,
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we can come now
confessing our sins
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and accepting the
merits of Christ in our behalf.
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We can let His
consuming presence cause us
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to hate the sin that hurts
and kills our precious Savior.
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Burning up our
desire to sin any longer
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or we can hold on to those sins
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and let that same fire
consume them and us in the end.
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The choice is ours.
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The next item, God used
to speak about His ways,
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His plans was a brass
laver with water in it.
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You can well imagine
that slaughtering an animal
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and then burning it
was not a clean process.
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So after
sacrificing the animals,
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the priest would use this water
to wash their hands and feet
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before entering the sanctuary.
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This was not simply an
optional part of the service
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because if the
priest would have entere
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into the presence of God
without washing, he would die.
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We can come to God as we are,
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but we must not
plan to stay that way.
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We must be washed and cleaned.
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This water represents baptism.
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True baptism is a
complete death to self.
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You know, I've never met a dead
person who has a drug problem.
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Dead people don't smoke either.
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I've never seen a dead
lady cheat on her husband.
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Baptism is literal
when we die to self.
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When choose a life of
Christ and then live new life
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different from the
old, that's a miracle,
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and that miracle
is a gift from God.
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But we still must
cooperate with this miracle.
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The priest had to
cooperate by bringing
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his hands and feet in
contact with the water.
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But it was the
water that made him clean.
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The same is true for us.
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For this water is
none other than Jesus
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who works that miracle of grace
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in those who humbly come
and receive life from Him.
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Now once the
confessions were made,
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once the sacrifice was offered,
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once the washing was finished,
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the priest
continued the service,
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inside the sanctuary.
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Just inside the sanctuary
and to the left in south
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is the seven branched lampstand.
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It was made from a
whole talent of gold.
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A talent of gold is
approximately 75 pounds.
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This lamp stand used
the pressed oil of olives
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and was kept
burning night and day.
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Moses recorded
that the whole lampstand
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"shall be one
beaten work of pure gold."
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And of course, this
piece of sacred furniture
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once again is a symbol of Jesus.
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For He said, "I am
the light of the world."
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According to Paul,
this light is an apt symbol
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for the knowledge of God.
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"For God, who
commanded the light
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to shine out of the darkness,
hath shined in our hearts,
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to give the
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ."
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If you want to know the truth,
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then you have to
have the knowledge of God.
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Jesus brought us all the truth
we need about a loving Father
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who longs to redeem us
from sin and from death.
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And before we move on,
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let's look at one more
prophesy concerning Christ.
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Isaiah 53:5, "He was
wounded for our transgressions,
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he was bruised
for our iniquities,
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and the chastisement
of our peace was upon him,
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and with his
stripes we are healed."
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God foresaw that His own son
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would also be beaten
and so give us light.
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It is as we see Him
suffering for our sins
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and for those
of the entire world
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that we can experience
His great and wonderful love.
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Directly across
from the candlestick
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and to the north is
the table of showbread.
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I like the way the
Revised Standard Version
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translates Exodus 25:30.
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"And you shall set
the bread of the Presence
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on the table before me always."
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Once again we see
God wanting to be with us
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to have His presence
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always nourishing us
and strengthening us.
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And, yes, this
also represents Christ.
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"I am the living bread
which came down from heaven."
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Jesus said in John 6:51,
"If any man eat of this bread,
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he shall live for ever,
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and the bread that I
will give is my flesh,
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which I will give for
the life of the world."
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Of course, He later explains
that His flesh is in fact,
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the living and
powerful words of life.
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All of His knowledge,
His words, His testimonies
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which are the Spirit of
Prophecy will nourish us,
00:16:10.88\00:16:14.67
giving us life and strength
to live for Him and with Him.
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So many people have
absorbed bad attitudes,
00:16:19.83\00:16:23.11
feelings and even habits
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from their fathers and
mothers, even while in utero.
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But through the assimilation
of this bread, this living word,
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we can overcome every inherited
and cultivated tendency to evil.
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A great
principal of life declares,
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"By beholding
we become changed."
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By eating and
digesting this bread daily,
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often, we too become like Christ
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experiencing His very presence,
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peace, directions,
purposes, and love.
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The final article of
furniture in this room,
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the Holy Place is
the Altar of Incense.
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Each day the priest would come
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and place incense upon the coals
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causing a sweet
fragrance to loft upward.
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This incense gives us a
picture of how God feels
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about prayers of His people,
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when they come to
Him in daily humility
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is outlined in
these sanctuary services.
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Our prayers are a
sweet savor in His nostrils.
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In the heavenly sanctuary
of which, this is a type.
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Incense is mixed with
the prayers of God's people.
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Revelation 8:3
let's us peek into
00:17:28.71\00:17:30.61
the very throne room of God.
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"And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
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having a golden censer,
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and there was given
unto him much incense,
00:17:36.75\00:17:39.26
that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
00:17:39.29\00:17:41.72
upon the golden altar
which was before the throne."
00:17:41.75\00:17:44.56
Just a side
point, it is this censer
00:17:46.01\00:17:48.38
filled with the intercessory
prayers of His people
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that starts the
prayers in Revelation 8.
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And I'm convinced that not
until we commence to praying
00:17:52.81\00:17:55.61
for God's kingdom to
come and His will to be done,
00:17:55.64\00:17:58.47
will He start the final
and rapid end time movements
00:17:58.50\00:18:01.27
that will close the sin
chapter of earth's history.
00:18:01.30\00:18:04.03
And, yes, once again
this is a type of Christ
00:18:04.06\00:18:08.52
and His ministry on our behalf.
00:18:08.55\00:18:10.49
First, He is our priest
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who is standing
before the throne of God.
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And why is He there?
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He would stand before the
throne offering His blood,
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as the great
sacrifice for all our sins.
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And second, He is
the incense Himself
00:18:21.47\00:18:24.83
mingling our small
and impotent prayers
00:18:24.86\00:18:27.07
with His own
omnipotent, powerful prayers
00:18:27.10\00:18:29.66
claiming gifts in our behalf.
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"Wherefore he is able also
to save them to the uttermost
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that come unto God by him,
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seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them."
00:18:38.13\00:18:41.39
So you've now
seen all three pieces
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of furniture in the Holy Place.
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There is just one more
item behind this curtain.
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This is the Ark of the Covenant
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and it stands in
the most Holy Place
00:18:51.40\00:18:53.85
of the earthly tabernacle.
00:18:53.88\00:18:56.04
This is a representation of
the very throne room of God.
00:18:56.07\00:19:00.57
The first thing, you
notice are these two angels,
00:19:00.60\00:19:03.15
the covering
cherubs who attend Him.
00:19:03.18\00:19:06.39
They are the highest angels
of whom Gabriel is now one.
00:19:06.42\00:19:10.72
Lucifer used to have
one of these physicians
00:19:10.75\00:19:13.35
before he coveted
God's throne for himself
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and rebelled
against his creator.
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Of course, if it was a
real throne of an earthly king,
00:19:18.48\00:19:22.44
this would be an
uncomfortable seat.
00:19:22.47\00:19:25.11
But God is a Spirit
00:19:25.14\00:19:27.13
and the presence of the Almighty
00:19:27.16\00:19:28.97
hovered over this
throne with Shekinah glory.
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Do you know what
He calls this seat?
00:19:32.97\00:19:35.40
God calls His
throne, "The Mercy Seat."
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What a wonderful God?
00:19:40.47\00:19:42.57
And while He does have mercy,
00:19:42.60\00:19:44.73
His government's foundation
is set upon immutable laws
00:19:44.76\00:19:49.31
based on the principle of love.
00:19:49.34\00:19:52.29
They are the Ten Commandments.
00:19:52.32\00:19:54.51
These unassailable
principles were written in stone
00:19:54.54\00:19:57.98
with the finger of God
00:19:58.01\00:19:59.77
and are as unchangeable
as the eternal God Himself.
00:19:59.80\00:20:04.86
If they could
have been abrogated,
00:20:04.89\00:20:06.91
if they could
have been eliminated,
00:20:06.94\00:20:08.98
then Jesus never would
have had to go to the cross.
00:20:09.01\00:20:12.93
Jesus believed in this laws
00:20:12.96\00:20:15.34
stored here in the
Ark of the Covenant.
00:20:15.37\00:20:17.64
He said, "He did
not come to destroy it."
00:20:17.67\00:20:20.44
On the contrary, His
chosen people had abused it.
00:20:20.47\00:20:24.22
Actually making an idol of it
00:20:24.25\00:20:26.56
and He had come to put
it back in its right place.
00:20:26.59\00:20:30.48
Now once a year
and only once a year
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the high priest
alone would enter this room
00:20:33.39\00:20:36.34
to perform a
most solemn service.
00:20:36.37\00:20:39.29
It was called the
"Day of Atonement."
00:20:39.32\00:20:41.70
And it was a type of
the antitypical cleansing
00:20:41.73\00:20:44.76
of the heavenly sanctuary
mentioned in Daniel 8:14.
00:20:44.79\00:20:49.01
"And he said unto me,
00:20:49.04\00:20:50.69
Unto two thousand
and three hundred days,
00:20:50.72\00:20:53.04
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed."
00:20:53.07\00:20:56.65
So what was the Day
of Atonement all about?
00:20:56.68\00:20:59.97
Well, day by day, all year
long sacrifices had been made.
00:21:00.00\00:21:05.44
The priest over an
over carried the blood
00:21:05.47\00:21:07.88
from the sacrifices
into the Holy Place,
00:21:07.91\00:21:11.02
placing it upon the
horns of the Altar of Incense
00:21:11.05\00:21:14.14
and sprinkling
it before the veil.
00:21:14.17\00:21:17.11
This daily
action carried the sins
00:21:17.14\00:21:19.67
from the people
into the sanctuary.
00:21:19.70\00:21:22.78
And so, "An
atonement for the Holy Place,
00:21:22.81\00:21:25.96
because of the uncleanness
of the children of Israel,
00:21:25.99\00:21:28.99
and because of
their transgressions
00:21:29.02\00:21:30.70
in all their sins
needed to be made."
00:21:30.73\00:21:34.65
So once a year, on
the last day of the year,
00:21:34.68\00:21:37.47
atonement was made for
the sanctuary and the people.
00:21:37.50\00:21:41.42
This day was set aside
00:21:41.45\00:21:42.89
for the people to
afflict their soul.
00:21:42.92\00:21:45.78
It was a day of sincere
introspection before God
00:21:45.81\00:21:48.68
with prayer, fasting, and
deep searching of the heart.
00:21:48.71\00:21:52.37
They were to make
sure that there were
00:21:52.40\00:21:54.04
no unconfessed
sins in their life.
00:21:54.07\00:21:57.42
Everything was to be made right.
00:21:57.45\00:22:00.40
Then two goats
were chosen by lot.
00:22:00.43\00:22:03.14
One was to be the
Lord's goat representing Jesus,
00:22:03.17\00:22:06.34
the other, the scapegoat
which represented Satan
00:22:06.37\00:22:09.88
the enemy of God
and his followers.
00:22:09.91\00:22:12.71
The Lord's goat was killed
00:22:12.74\00:22:14.38
and its blood was
taken into the sanctuary.
00:22:14.41\00:22:17.36
That blood was used to
wash the sanctuary clean
00:22:17.39\00:22:20.98
of all the sins of the people
00:22:21.01\00:22:23.12
that had
collected during the year.
00:22:23.15\00:22:25.49
Those sins were
carried by the priest
00:22:25.52\00:22:28.15
back out of the sanctuary
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.02
and then the true
guilt was placed symbolically
00:22:30.05\00:22:32.60
upon the symbol of
the one truly responsible
00:22:32.63\00:22:35.88
for the sins of
mankind, Satan himself.
00:22:35.91\00:22:41.10
Then this goat was led away by
a fit man into the wilderness.
00:22:41.13\00:22:45.22
Now these were
domesticated goats
00:22:45.25\00:22:47.63
and left alone
in the wilderness,
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.53
they didn't stand a chance.
00:22:49.56\00:22:52.12
The wilderness contains
00:22:52.15\00:22:53.66
no feral herds of
domesticated goats.
00:22:53.69\00:22:57.48
Now what does all this mean?
00:22:57.51\00:22:59.95
Well, one thing is for sure,
00:23:01.87\00:23:03.72
this whole sandbox
illustration was only symbolic.
00:23:03.75\00:23:07.25
"For it is not possible that
the blood of bulls and of goats
00:23:07.28\00:23:10.01
should take away sins."
Paul tells us in Hebrews 10:4.
00:23:10.04\00:23:14.18
This blood was in
symbol of the cleansing agent
00:23:14.21\00:23:16.89
that washed the sinner clean
00:23:16.92\00:23:18.72
and also it was only
00:23:18.75\00:23:20.34
symbolically
cleansing the sanctuary.
00:23:20.37\00:23:22.47
This is not to downplay
or minimize its importance.
00:23:22.50\00:23:25.30
It has a very important
role and that role was to point
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.04
the followers of
God towards Jesus
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.25
and the day that
Jesus, the true Lamb of God
00:23:30.28\00:23:32.51
would shed His
blood in our behalf.
00:23:32.54\00:23:35.45
That's right, Stephen.
00:23:35.48\00:23:36.85
And this
dramatic Day of Atonement
00:23:36.88\00:23:38.71
and the
cleansing of the sanctuary
00:23:38.74\00:23:40.70
also point's us to Jesus.
00:23:40.73\00:23:43.06
Listen to what Jesus
taught in His doctrines.
00:23:43.09\00:23:45.95
"The Father judges no man,
00:23:45.98\00:23:47.73
but has committed all
judgment unto the Son.
00:23:47.76\00:23:50.87
And the Father has given Him
00:23:50.90\00:23:52.45
authority to
execute judgment also,
00:23:52.48\00:23:54.79
because He is the Son of man."
00:23:54.82\00:23:57.91
You see the cleansing
of the heavenly sanctuary
00:23:57.94\00:24:00.47
of which the earthly
was a type or shadow,
00:24:00.50\00:24:03.39
foreshadows the final judgment
00:24:03.42\00:24:05.45
when everyone's case will
be decided by Jesus Himself.
00:24:05.48\00:24:10.04
And why is that
important to me here and now?
00:24:10.07\00:24:13.86
Because as we
learned in our last study,
00:24:13.89\00:24:16.43
this investigative
judgment has already begun
00:24:16.46\00:24:19.68
when every case has
been decided by Jesus
00:24:19.71\00:24:23.56
and the
judgment, He will announce.
00:24:23.59\00:24:26.25
"He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still,
00:24:26.28\00:24:29.83
and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still,
00:24:29.86\00:24:33.34
and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still,
00:24:33.37\00:24:37.25
and he that is holy,
let him be holy still.
00:24:37.28\00:24:41.18
And, behold, I come quickly,
and my reward is with me,
00:24:41.21\00:24:45.11
to give every man
according as his work shall be."
00:24:45.14\00:24:49.04
There is no more time
to play games with God.
00:24:49.07\00:24:51.54
We are moments away
00:24:51.57\00:24:53.48
from the Savior of
the world returning.
00:24:53.51\00:24:56.32
All cases decided.
00:24:56.35\00:24:58.28
He already has
His reward with Him.
00:24:58.31\00:25:00.80
No second chances.
There's no appeals.
00:25:00.83\00:25:04.77
And that's an important
call to each one of our hearts.
00:25:04.80\00:25:08.49
Listen to the teaching
of Jesus from Matthew 5:48.
00:25:08.52\00:25:12.21
"Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father
00:25:12.24\00:25:15.38
which is in heaven is perfect."
00:25:15.41\00:25:18.24
That seems like an
impossibly tall order,
00:25:18.27\00:25:20.65
but the question
that I have to ask myself
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.97
and perhaps you do too
00:25:23.00\00:25:25.35
is am I letting God
not only call me righteous
00:25:25.38\00:25:28.24
through the
justification of Christ,
00:25:28.27\00:25:30.59
but am I also
letting Him make me righteous
00:25:30.62\00:25:33.33
through the
sanctification of my heart?
00:25:33.36\00:25:35.96
Jesus loves us.
00:25:35.99\00:25:37.74
He doesn't want any of us
to miss out on the new heaven
00:25:37.77\00:25:40.12
and the new earth
that He's preparing for us.
00:25:40.15\00:25:42.67
We have to keep
saying, yes, to Him
00:25:42.70\00:25:45.00
with all our known
choices, if we would be saved.
00:25:45.03\00:25:48.20
When He calls you
to obedience? Say, yes.
00:25:48.23\00:25:52.00
When He calls you
to service? Say, yes.
00:25:52.03\00:25:55.41
The judgment is so permanent.
00:25:55.44\00:25:57.72
We will either end up
like Sodom and Gomorrah
00:25:57.75\00:26:00.03
or we will end up with Jesus
00:26:00.06\00:26:01.77
and the angels,
our heavenly Father
00:26:01.80\00:26:03.95
and those who we had
loved on earth forever and ever.
00:26:03.98\00:26:08.85
The choice is yours.
00:26:08.88\00:26:10.70
The entire life
and ministry of Jesus
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.32
was foreshadowed in
the sanctuary service.
00:26:15.35\00:26:18.35
He is our sacrifice, our lamb.
00:26:18.38\00:26:22.57
He is our water of life,
our living bread, our light
00:26:22.60\00:26:29.26
and He as our high priest
00:26:29.29\00:26:31.31
interceding for
us in the judgment.
00:26:31.34\00:26:35.05
Jesus was clear that
there will be a judgment
00:26:35.08\00:26:38.05
and the prophecy
of Daniel 8 and 9
00:26:38.08\00:26:40.29
clearly sets the
starting day 1844.
00:26:40.32\00:26:44.12
In 1844, the "Day of Atonement"
00:26:44.15\00:26:46.72
or "Yom Kippur"
was on October 22.
00:26:46.75\00:26:50.67
It's going on right now.
00:26:50.70\00:26:54.72
I'm convinced that that
judgment will soon be finished
00:26:54.75\00:26:58.25
and everyone will be either
saved or lost for eternity.
00:26:58.28\00:27:03.28
So what about you, friend?
00:27:03.31\00:27:05.98
Will you like
Christ be your minister
00:27:06.01\00:27:08.15
in the heavenly sanctuary
just as He was on the cross?
00:27:08.18\00:27:11.90
Will you choose to
allow His sacrifice
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.96
to win your heart
making it obedient to His love?
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