Good evening once again,
and welcome to "The Presence"
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with Pastor Shawn
Boonstra of "It is Written" TV.
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Tonight is our third session,
and you're going to hear him
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talk about "It's
Closer than you think".
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Have you ever been
driving down the road
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and you're looking over
into your rear view mirror
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on the right had side of
your car and if you look in
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that rear view mirror,
there's a little statement
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right there along the
bottom, and what does it say?
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It says: "Objects in the mirror
are closer than you think."
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Tonight as Pastor
Boonstra is going to be talking
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about the presence, he's
going to remind us and show us
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that the presence of
God is closer than we think.
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Please welcome
tonight Pastor Shawn Boonstra.
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[Audience claps]
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Good evening.
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Thank you so much
for being here tonight.
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I'm just glad you've come back
for night Nr.3 of "The Presence"
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Tonight's subject:
"Closer than you think."
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Tonight's subject is
doing to build on the subjects
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that we have already studied
for the past couple of meetings
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together. On the
1st night we looked
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at the Ark of the
Covenant, which we discovered
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was a scale down model of what?
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It was a scaled down
model of God's throne.
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Then on the 2nd night we
studied that the sanctuary
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where they kept the Ark
of the Covenant showed us
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God's plan to
restore us to His presence,
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bit by bit, starting with the
altar outside, and the courtyard
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which represented the cross of
Christ, where He gave His life
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for us, all the way through
the sanctuary, we discovered
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it revealed God's plan
to bring sinful human beings
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back into His
presence. So we've looked
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at God's presence, we've looked
at God's plan to restore us
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to His presence, and tonight
we're going to look at when
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God plans to
restore us to His presence,
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but before I begin that subject,
because it will be based
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on the Bible, which I believe to
be the word of our Creator God,
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I'd ask for you to just bow your
heads for a brief word of prayer
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Father in heaven, this
evening as we open the pages
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of the Bible, we know
in our hearts that You long
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to be with us. You
long to speak to us,
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and we know that You
inspired people in ancient times
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to write these words,
so as we read them we know
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we are hearing Your voice.
Our desire tonight is to hear
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the voice of Jesus,
to understand Him better,
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to see His face, so I ask
that tonight You would speak
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to our hearts, for I
ask it in Jesus' name, amen.
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Every human being
loves a good timeline.
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We like to known where we
are in the progress of events,
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we like to mark time and
put "X"s on our calendar.
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One of the strongest
pieces of evidence I have
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that human beings
love to keep track of time
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comes from my own 2
children, 6 and 4, who ride
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in the back seat as my
wife and I drive from point
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to point. A little while back
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we were driving, it was a trip
of about 1 hour and 15 minutes,
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and about 15 minutes into
that trip, from the back seat
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came a little voice saying:
"Daddy, how much further?"
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I said: "Honey, it is 60
minutes to our destination."
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"Daddy, how much is 60 minutes?"
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"It's an hour."
"That's a long time daddy."
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I said: "We'll get there soon."
A couple of minutes went by,
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literally 2 more
minutes, and a voice pipes up
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in the back seat and says:
"How much further now daddy?"
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I said: "Well, 2
minutes ago it was 60 minutes,"
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"so now it is 58." "Oh..."
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2 more minutes went by,
and another voice pops up
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in the back seat:
"Daddy, how much longer now?"
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I said: "56 minutes."
Another 2 minutes went by
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and another voice pops up:
"Daddy, how much further now?"
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I said: "8 and a half
hours." [Audience laughs]
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I figure that way
she'll be pleasantly surprised
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when we're there
in a few minutes.
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We love to keep track of
time because in our hearts
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we have this sense that history
is actually headed somewhere,
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it means something,
we're all driving it some point
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and the human race
is on its way somewhere.
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That's why in the Bible
a number of times you find
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God laying out the
entire history of the human race
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in advance. There
are at least 8 passages
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in the Bible where God gives
the history of the human race
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and our civilizations in
advance, and it lays it out
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all the way from ancient
civilizations, down through
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the course of time,
right up to the second coming
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of Jesus Christ.
Now, we don't have time
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tonight to look at all of
those prophecies in detail,
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but let me give you a
quick survey of one of them
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found in the book of Daniel 7.
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In Daniel 7, Daniel has a
dream and a number of animals
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start crawling up out
of the waters of the ocean:
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a lion, a bear, a
leopard, a fearsome beast
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with a bunch of horns on
its head, and as you study
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Daniel 7 you discover that
it was laying out the history
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of the world in advance.
Daniel discovers that the lion
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represented the kingdom of
Babylon, the bear represents
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the kingdom of Medo-Persia,
which succeeded Babylon,
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the leopard represented
Greece, and Alexander the Great,
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which succeeded
the Medo-Persians.
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This terrible beast with horns
on its head represented Rome,
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both in its united faze,
and also in its divided faze
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as it becomes the
nations of western Europe.
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I'd love to spend
some time with you tonight,
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and get into the details of
that, and show you how we know
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that, but we don't
have that kind of time.
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That doesn't mean
you can't study it,
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wherever you are
tonight watching, by satellite,
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ask those at your hall, speak
to those who are moderating
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your meeting and they'd
be delighted to show you
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how you can keep studying
even after these meetings
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are over, and figure out
how we know that Daniel 7
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is speaking about
all these kingdoms.
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In Daniel 7 it lays out
all these kingdoms from Babylon
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down to the
divided Roman Empire.
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That's the age we live
in today because the nations
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of Western Europe are
a result of Rome breaking
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into pieces. The
next even in Daniel 7
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described 3 times, is
the heavenly judgment scene
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where the books of judgment
are opened, the angels gather
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around the throne
of God, Jesus shows up
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and at the end of the
judgment He is given a kingdom
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so that the second
coming can take place.
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It is one of those timelines
in the Bible with stunning
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accuracy laying out all
of the kingdoms of the earth
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in a timeline from the
days of ancient kingdoms
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right down to the
second coming of Christ.
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It happens 8 times in bold
detail, but there is 1 timeline
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in the Bible that a lot of
people really haven't noticed.
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That timeline is buried in
the rituals that take place
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in the ancient
sanctuary of the Old Testament.
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It lays out a
timeline from the days of Jesus
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all the way down to the
second coming of Christ.
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Would you like to see a
timeline like that tonight.
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- [Audience] Yes. -
Only 3 of you wanted
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to see a timeline like that
tonight...would you like to see
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- something like that tonight?
- [Audience louder] Yes.
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Alright, now I'll show you.
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In addition to all of
the offerings and sacrifices
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and rituals that they held in
the sanctuary every single day,
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we looked at these last night,
the offerings: they would take
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a little lamb and they
would offer them for sin,
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and you remember the
sinner would put his hands
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on the head of the
lamb and confess his sins
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and the sins would symbolically
be transferred to the lamb,
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then they would take
the life of that little lamb
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and bring its
blood inside the temple.
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That little lamb
represented Jesus Christ,
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and it pointed to the
fact that everyday of your life
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you can pray to Christ
and He covers your sins
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with His blood.
Those rituals took place
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every single day, but in
addition to those daily rituals
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that took place in
the Old Tabernacle,
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there were also a
number of annual celebrations,
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or feasts, that took
place on an annual basis,
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kind of like Christmas,
or Easter, or your birthday,
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they happened once a
year on a specific day.
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You read about
them in Leviticus 23,
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one of those feasts,
the first on you mentioned
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is The Feast of The
Passover, and with The Feast
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of the Passover they
had something known as
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a Feast of Unleavened Bread,
and after that was The Feast
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of Firstfruits, and
then The Feast of Pentecost,
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and then The Feast of
Trumpets, and after that The Day
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of Atonement, known
today as "Yom Kippur",
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and lastly The
Feast of Tabernacles.
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Now, these were annual
celebrations, and they weren't
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just parties, they
weren't like the 4th of July,
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or just a national holiday,
these were festivals that God
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told the Israelites to
keep. God had something specific
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to teach them, He wanted
them to observe these holidays
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in a very special way, so
that they could learn something
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about the God who was on
the other side of the veil
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inside the Tabernacle, and
not only was God trying to teach
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them something about Himself
with these annual festivals,
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it also gives us a very
detailed prophecy, taking us
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from the days of Christ all the
way down to the second coming,
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when He returns in glory
and we are finally ushered again
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into the presence of
God. So tonight I thought
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we would look at the
feasts or festivals of Israel
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in their order, to see what
kind of a picture God paints
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with them. The
first one you read about
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in Leviticus 23 is
The Feast of The Passover.
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This feast dates back prior
to the time that the children
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of Israel were in the
desert, in fact it dates back
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to the time that they were
slaves in the land of Egypt,
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about to leave for
the land of Canaan.
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If you remember the
stories you learnt as a kid,
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the pharaoh of Egypt
was very reticent to let
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the Israelites go.
Moses would appear before
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the Pharaoh's throne
and say: "Let my people go!"
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And the pharaoh
would say: "No way!"
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God would send a
plague, say a plague of lice,
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and as the pharaoh
was scratching himself,
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and picking the lice
out of his hair he'd say:
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"Well, maybe
Moses, I will let you go."
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And the lice would disappear
and the pharaoh would change
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his mind, just like most
people today in hard times,
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have an easy time praying to
God, and asking Him for things
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and falling into line
with His will, but the moment
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the hardship
disappears, we go right back
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to the way things were.
As soon as the plagues would
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disappear, a plague of
lice, a plague of frogs,
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a plague of blood, the
pharaoh would change his mind
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and say: "Moses, I'm
not letting your people go,"
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"you're staying here as slaves."
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Then the last plague comes and
this one is a plague of death.
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The Bible tells us an
angel walks through the land
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of Egypt, and the
first born in every house
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drops dead that
night. In the morning
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when the Egyptians wake
up, they go and discover
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their eldest sons
dead, not just their sons,
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but the oldest of their
livestock, all across the land,
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every first born child in
the land of Egypt is dead.
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The angel of death
hits absolutely every home
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with 1 exception. It
doesn't touch a single
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Israelite home. Why?
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Because of a strange
ritual the Israelites observed
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as the Passover
was about to happen.
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Exodus 12:3, the
Bible says: Which day?
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- [Audience]
Tenth. - The 10th day,
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that's very important,
tuck that day behind 1 ear,
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you're going to
need it in a minute.
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[text on screen]
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What does a lamb
point to? Jesus Christ.
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[continues reading]
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Every house had
to have its own lamb.
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[continues reading]
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Every family was
to take its own lamb
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and on the 10th day of the month
they were to tie it to a post
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so that everybody would
examine each family's lamb
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to make sure that it really
was a lamb without blemish.
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On the 14th day they
would kill that little lamb
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and offer it as a
sacrifice. We already know
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that a lamb represents
Jesus Christ, and when did Jesus
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shed His blood for us?
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He did it at the
cross of Calvary.
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This Feast of The
Passover points us to the death
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of Christ and it shows
us that those who accept
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the death of Christ, those who,
symbolically, take the blood
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of Jesus Christ, and place it
on the door posts of their heart
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will avoid the plague of
death. We know that the wages
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of sin is death.
Jesus dies in our place
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and we are spared the wages
of sin because the Lamb of God
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takes our place. The
Passover ritual points us
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specifically to the crucifixion,
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the death of
Christ at the cross,
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and the apostle Paul makes
this absolutely crystal clear
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in something he says in 1
Corinthians 5:7, Paul writes:
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[text on screen]
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Paul said Jesus is our Passover.
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The whole reason that they took
the life of that little lamb
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and wiped the
blood on the door posts
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was to point forward to
the day that Jesus Christ
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would die for our sins
at the cross of Calvary,
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sparing us the wages
of sin, which is death.
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Thereby, the angel of death
passes over the Christian's home
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Just in case
there's any lingering doubt
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that the Passover points to
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
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Jesus makes is crystal
clear one night as He shares
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the Passover
dinner with His disciples.
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We read about
this in Mark 14:22,
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listen to what the
Bible says: [text on screen]
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The bread of the Passover
Feast points to Jesus' body,
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not only is He the sacrificial
lamb of the Passover meal,
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He is also the bread of that
meal, and we saw the other night
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how Jesus said: "I
am the bread of life."
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Here's a question, and
it's one that I'm sure you know
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the answer to:
what kind of bread
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did the Israelites
eat at the Passover Feast,
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what kind of bread was
it? It was unleavened bread,
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it was flat bread, no
yeast, no baking soda,
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it was like pita, or
tortillas. It was a flat bread.
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Why did it have no
yeast in it, no rising agent,
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why is that?
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It's because in the
Bible leaven, or yeast,
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is used as a symbol of sin,
and Jesus, our Passover Lamb,
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had absolutely no sin.
This is why the Passover
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Lamb had no blemish, and this
is why the bread had no yeast.
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Leaven represents
sin, and that's why Jesus
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speaks sometimes of the
leaven of the Pharisees.
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He was speaking of
their sins, He was saying:
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"Your sins are like yeast,
you put a little bit of yeast"
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"in a lump of dough, and very
quickly it spreads to the rest"
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"of the lump of dough", it
multiplies, it's a living thing.
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Jesus said your sin is like
a living thing, and the longer
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you harbor it and
nurture it and crave it,
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the bigger and bigger it grows.
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That's why Paul says
in 1 Corinthians 5:7:
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[text on screen]
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There was no leaven
because Jesus had no sin.
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Additionally, the Israelites
at the feast of the Passover
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had a ritual called
the purging of the leaven
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and they would go
through the house with a candle
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and very carefully inspect
every corner of their house
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and remove every last trace
of leaven out of the house,
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all yeast, baking
soda, whatever it might be,
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any leavening agent, why?
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Because not only did Jesus die
to pay the penalty of our sins,
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He also gives us a new
life, He gives us the ability
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to walk a new life with
Him and become a new creature,
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and He helps us clean
up the things in our life
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that are not pleasing to
God, He helps us with our
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sin problem, that's why
it is when you get to know
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who Jesus is that you kind
of start to hate the things
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you used to love and
start to love the things
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you used to hate. He
gives you a new heart,
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He helps you purge
out all the leaven.
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Jesus is the Passover
Lamb, in fact, He was actually
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crucified on the
very day of the Passover.
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That's not an accident,
that was designed by God,
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and even more interesting than
the fact the He was crucified
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on the very Passover day,
is the fact that on the 9th day
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of that month, Jesus rode
into Jerusalem on something
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that today they
call Palm Sunday.
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He rides into Jerusalem
and from the 10th to the 14th
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He teaches publicly in the
temple, everybody can hear Jesus
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for themselves, and
when Jesus is on trial,
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the authorities ask
Him: "What do You believe?"
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"What do You stand
for?" And Jesus said
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"why don't you ask the
people, they heard Me preaching"
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"in the temple and they
can tell you what I believe."
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The Passover lamb was tied
to a stake in public on the 10th
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of the month, everybody could
inspect it to see if it had
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any blemish, and on the
14th it was put to death.
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Jesus, from the 10th to
the 14th teaches publicly
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so that everybody
can see for themselves
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that He really is the spotless
Son of God, the Lamb of God
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without blemish, and on
the 14th He gives His life
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for the human race.
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The Feast of the
Passover points us
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to the cross of
Christ, and begins a prophecy
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of the sanctuary. The
Passover is the moment
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that Jesus dies on
the cross of Calvary.
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That is the first
festival in Leviticus 23.
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It's the Festival of
Passover along with the Festival
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of Unleavened Bread, or
the Purging of the Leaven.
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The next festival that
you come to is the one called
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the Feast of the Firstfruits.
This was a harvest festival.
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Before this festival
took place they would go into
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the barley fields and
they would choose a few sheaves
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of barley and set them aside.
On the Feast of First fruits,
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which happened on the
3rd day after the Passover,
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they would take a sheaf
of barley and the priest
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would wave it before the
Lord, that's why sometimes
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you hear it called the Feast
of the Wave Sheaf Offering,
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and why was he
waving it before the Lord?
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It's because it was a
symbol of a harvest that was
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going to come, they were saying:
"Lord, this sheaf is ready"
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"and that means by
faith we believe that You're"
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"going to make the rest of
the harvest ready for us too."
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Now, why did God have them
wave that Wave Sheaf Offering?
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Was it just an
Israelite thanks giving day?
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Was it just really
a harvest festival?
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Not at all, it points
to something very specific.
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The Passover happened on the
14th, the Feast of First fruits
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happened on the 3rd
day, Jesus dies on the 14th,
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what happens on the 3rd day?
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What happens? He
rises from the dead.
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That's why the Bible
calls Jesus "our firstfruits".
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1 Corinthians
15: [text on screen]
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Jesus is the
firstfruits, why is He called
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the firstfruits? It's
easy, He's first in line.
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He rises from the dead,
it's kind of like taking
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1 sheaf out of the
barley field, saying:
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"Lord, because we have
this 1 sheaf, we believe"
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"we will have the
rest of the harvest."
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Jesus rises from the dead
and it's as if God is saying:
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"Look, I raised My Son
from the dead, and you can know"
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"in faith that one day all
the graves are going to open"
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"and there will
be a great harvest."
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That's why Jesus, over
and over again in the gospels,
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and in the book of Revelation,
speaks of the second coming
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as a harvest. Jesus
rises as the firstfruits,
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everyone else comes
at His second coming,
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as a matter of fact,
that's what the Bible says
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in 1 Corinthians
15:22: [text on screen]
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Think about what this
means, the resurrection of Jesus
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was a real event, Jesus
became God in the flesh,
00:23:14.91\00:23:19.18
a real flesh and
blood human being,
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He died a real death, like
we have to die a real death,
00:23:21.60\00:23:25.04
and He actually
rises from the dead,
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it's the most documented
fact of ancient history,
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the tomb of Jesus is empty.
Now, because the tomb of Jesus
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is empty, God says: "that's
the feast of firstfruits"
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If My Son rose from the
dead, you can count on it,
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you're going to
rise from the dead too,
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and not only you, but
your family, and everybody
00:23:42.56\00:23:45.29
you've ever lost,
with faith in Jesus Christ
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there's going to be a
great harvest and the dead
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will come back to life.
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Jesus didn't come back to
life after clinical death,
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He didn't come back to life
after 5, 6, 10 or 20 minutes,
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He comes back to life on
the 3rd day, and no matter
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how long our loved
ones have been in the grave,
00:24:03.90\00:24:07.14
when Jesus returns the
feast of Firstfruits tells us
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hundreds and
thousands of years in advance,
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the dead will rise again.
Alright, that is the feast
00:24:12.51\00:24:16.83
of Firstfruits, is it
clear so far, yes or no?
00:24:16.86\00:24:19.64
- [Audience
replies] Yes. - Good.
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You can explain it to me
later. The Firstfruits points
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to the resurrection of Christ.
The next feast we read about
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in Leviticus 23 is
the Festival of Pentecost.
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Now, a lot of people think of
Pentecost in the book of Acts,
00:24:36.65\00:24:39.83
but its a much
older ritual than that.
00:24:39.86\00:24:42.48
This is a ritual that
points way back in history,
00:24:42.52\00:24:46.02
it's also known as
the Feast of Weeks.
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Why? Because 7
weeks after Israel
00:24:49.14\00:24:52.06
leaves Egypt, they
arrive at Mount Sinai,
00:24:52.10\00:24:55.47
and as the come to Mount
Sinai, God meets them there
00:24:55.51\00:24:59.11
and gives them the
10 commandment law,
00:24:59.14\00:25:01.97
which was later put
into the Ark of the Covenant.
00:25:02.01\00:25:04.85
This happened on the
day that came to be known
00:25:04.89\00:25:08.18
as the Feast of Pentecost.
They celebrated Israel
00:25:08.22\00:25:11.48
at Mount Sinai. Just
because God gave them
00:25:11.51\00:25:15.25
the 10 commandments at Sinai
doesn't mean that those laws
00:25:15.29\00:25:18.20
weren't there before.
God gave them to them,
00:25:18.23\00:25:21.37
but they were already in
existence and we know that
00:25:21.41\00:25:23.89
because Lucifer was kicked
out of heaven for breaking
00:25:23.93\00:25:26.38
those laws. He
lied to the angels,
00:25:26.41\00:25:28.48
he coveted the throne
of God. Cain got in trouble
00:25:28.52\00:25:31.10
for breaking that law
because he murdered his brother
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.68
and God's law says:
"You shall not kill."
00:25:33.71\00:25:36.13
God's moral laws
have always been there,
00:25:36.17\00:25:38.52
always will be there, but
on that day at Mount Sinai
00:25:38.56\00:25:42.19
He gives them a copy
of those laws in 2 tables
00:25:42.22\00:25:45.25
of stone. Let's
look at what the Bible
00:25:45.28\00:25:47.50
says actually happened
that day as Israel is gathered
00:25:47.54\00:25:50.44
around the mountain.
Exodus 19: [text on screen]
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Think about what
happens on the day of Pentecost,
00:26:28.33\00:26:31.65
the original one at Mount
Sinai, all of God's people
00:26:31.68\00:26:35.30
are gathered together
in 1 place at Mount Sinai.
00:26:35.34\00:26:38.71
There is a loud
noise, the sound of trumpets,
00:26:38.75\00:26:42.05
and then there is fire
that falls on the mountain.
00:26:42.09\00:26:45.71
If any of that rings a
bell it's because it's exactly
00:26:45.74\00:26:49.06
what happens in the New
Testament Day of Pentecost.
00:26:49.09\00:26:52.42
Pay attention to this now
in Acts 2: [text on screen]
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It happens exactly the same
way all those hundreds of years
00:27:18.27\00:27:21.63
later. All of God's people
00:27:21.66\00:27:23.55
are gathered in 1
place, they're in 1 accord,
00:27:23.59\00:27:26.63
there is a loud noise, this time
it's like a mighty, rushing wind
00:27:26.67\00:27:29.91
instead of trumpets,
but still, it's a loud noise
00:27:29.94\00:27:32.90
and now again, there is fire,
it doesn't fall on a mountain,
00:27:32.94\00:27:36.54
it falls on the head of
each disciple in the room.
00:27:36.57\00:27:40.81
What just happened?
00:27:40.84\00:27:44.43
This is the
anointing of God's church.
00:27:45.08\00:27:48.93
I want to show you something
interesting that a lot of people
00:27:48.97\00:27:51.86
have missed as they
study the day of Pentecost.
00:27:51.89\00:27:54.45
Peter says something
remarkably interesting
00:27:54.49\00:27:56.98
a little later in the chapter
as he explains to the audience
00:27:57.02\00:28:00.29
what has just happened,
what they've just witnessed.
00:28:00.32\00:28:03.00
Listen carefully, he's speaking
of Jesus: [text on screen]
00:28:03.04\00:28:07.41
Who just received the
Holy Spirit according to Peter?
00:28:16.62\00:28:19.51
Jesus did, very
interesting. [text on screen]
00:28:19.54\00:28:22.44
What's Peter saying?
He said: "What's really"
00:28:25.56\00:28:28.20
"going on here today is
that Jesus just received"
00:28:28.24\00:28:31.45
"the Holy Spirit, and
He poured it out on us,"
00:28:31.48\00:28:34.62
"and that explains what you've
just seen: the tongues of fire,"
00:28:34.66\00:28:37.71
"and the mighty rushing wind."
00:28:37.74\00:28:40.42
Peter is saying Jesus,
heaven's great High Priest,
00:28:40.46\00:28:43.81
has just been anointed
with the Holy Spirit in heaven.
00:28:43.84\00:28:47.16
It is poured over
Jesus and it has fallen
00:28:47.19\00:28:49.04
on the church beneath.
Listen carefully to what
00:28:49.08\00:28:53.10
the Bible says in
Exodus 29. When the High Priest
00:28:53.14\00:28:56.84
in the Old Testament
began to work in the sanctuary,
00:28:56.87\00:29:00.54
he had to
undergo a special ritual.
00:29:00.57\00:29:02.64
It's said of Aaron the
High Priest: [text on screen]
00:29:02.68\00:29:05.53
What is oil a
symbol of in the Bible?
00:29:10.40\00:29:12.62
It's a symbol
of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:12.66\00:29:14.81
Before Aaron could work inside
the sanctuary, he had to be
00:29:14.85\00:29:17.82
anointed with oil. Jesus
is the great High Priest,
00:29:17.85\00:29:21.03
He goes to heaven, He's
anointed with the Holy Spirit.
00:29:21.06\00:29:24.03
There's a description of
this in the book of Psalms,
00:29:24.07\00:29:27.01
Psalm 133: [text on screen]
00:29:27.04\00:29:29.58
Just like on the day of
Pentecost, [continues reading]
00:29:34.32\00:29:37.21
"Aaron" - that was the High
Priest in the Old Testament.
00:29:41.70\00:29:44.39
[continues reading]
00:29:44.42\00:29:46.73
It described the anointing
of Aaron in the Old Testament
00:29:46.77\00:29:49.56
as oil being poured on his
head, it runs down his beard
00:29:49.59\00:29:52.35
and down his
garments onto the ground.
00:29:52.38\00:29:54.81
Jesus, our great High
Priest after His resurrection
00:29:54.85\00:29:57.54
goes to heaven and He's
anointed with the Holy Spirit
00:29:57.58\00:30:00.24
so He can begin
working in heaven's sanctuary.
00:30:00.27\00:30:02.79
It pours over Him, down over
Him onto the church beneath.
00:30:02.83\00:30:06.91
Jesus has been anointed
as the great High Priest
00:30:06.94\00:30:09.30
in heaven's sanctuary, and
at the same time the church
00:30:09.34\00:30:12.67
has also been
anointed. Jesus begins His work
00:30:12.70\00:30:15.46
in heaven's
sanctuary on behalf of sinners,
00:30:15.50\00:30:18.01
pleading his blood for
those who repent and ask
00:30:18.05\00:30:20.53
for forgiveness,
and at the same time,
00:30:20.56\00:30:22.52
the church has been
told: "You now have the gift"
00:30:22.56\00:30:25.12
"of the Holy Spirit, go
to the world and tell them"
00:30:25.16\00:30:27.69
"what Jesus is doing
in heaven's sanctuary."
00:30:27.72\00:30:30.67
That's why Jesus
said: "don't go anywhere,"
00:30:30.70\00:30:33.58
"wait in Jerusalem until
you've received the gift:
00:30:33.62\00:30:36.98
"of the Holy
Spirit." The Day of Pentecost
00:30:37.01\00:30:39.68
is the great anointing,
both of heaven's High Priest,
00:30:39.72\00:30:43.19
and of the church here on
earth, and it's the beginning
00:30:43.23\00:30:46.67
of the church age.
00:30:46.70\00:30:48.99
All these feasts happen
in the spring of the year.
00:30:49.03\00:30:52.53
We have a summer time, and
then some more fall feasts.
00:30:52.57\00:30:55.77
This summer time is the Church
Age, the church is now sent
00:30:55.81\00:30:58.98
loose out to go and share
the gospel of Jesus Christ
00:30:59.01\00:31:02.37
across the face of the planet.
Then we come to the fall feasts,
00:31:02.41\00:31:07.56
and the first one we
read about in Leviticus 23
00:31:07.59\00:31:11.77
is the Feast of
Trumpets. This is the first
00:31:11.81\00:31:15.92
of the fall feasts, and we read
about it in Leviticus 23:23:
00:31:15.96\00:31:20.15
[text on screen]
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.25
Now, what was God trying
to warn the Israelites about?
00:31:28.14\00:31:32.88
In 10 short days the
most solemn day of the year
00:31:32.91\00:31:37.02
was going to come, it
was a day of judgment,
00:31:37.05\00:31:40.62
and on that day all
the Israelites had to make
00:31:40.66\00:31:44.16
everything right with their God.
They had to make sure they had
00:31:44.20\00:31:47.03
confessed all their sins,
made everything right with God,
00:31:47.06\00:31:50.20
or they would be driven
on of the camp of Israel,
00:31:50.23\00:31:52.47
cast out for ever, never more to
be a part of the people of God.
00:31:52.51\00:31:56.36
As they drew to the end of the
year there was a finality to it.
00:31:56.40\00:32:00.22
There came a moment when
they had to be right with God
00:32:00.25\00:32:04.38
or they were out of luck.
Now, what does this point us to?
00:32:04.41\00:32:08.51
God is telling us that
as we that as we move down
00:32:08.54\00:32:10.76
through history
towards the end of the world,
00:32:10.80\00:32:12.95
before the judgment begins,
the whole world will be warned.
00:32:12.99\00:32:19.33
Here's what's really
interesting: as you come
00:32:19.36\00:32:21.67
through the church age,
down through the centuries
00:32:21.71\00:32:24.31
and you come down to the
late 1700's and the early 1800's
00:32:24.35\00:32:28.17
something interesting begins
to happen all over the face
00:32:28.21\00:32:32.00
of the planet. A
little girl in Wales
00:32:32.03\00:32:34.78
inspires men to start the Bible
society for starters, 1802,
00:32:34.82\00:32:39.41
and the Bible which
had been available in 1802
00:32:39.44\00:32:41.78
in only 67 languages suddenly is
translated into 2233 languages,
00:32:41.82\00:32:47.41
and they print 100
million copies just like that.
00:32:47.44\00:32:50.41
At the same time, a sure
cobbler in the British Isles
00:32:50.45\00:32:53.07
by the name of William
Carrey launches the modern
00:32:53.11\00:32:55.66
missionary movement, and all
those new Bibles are carried on
00:32:55.70\00:32:58.20
foot all across
the face of the planet.
00:32:58.23\00:33:00.67
At the same time, all
over the world, independent
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.71
of each other, people
begin to open those Bibles
00:33:03.74\00:33:06.67
and study the prophecies of the
book of Daniel and Revelation.
00:33:06.71\00:33:10.48
As they begin to study the
books of Daniel and Revelation,
00:33:10.51\00:33:14.25
what do they begin to preach?
00:33:14.28\00:33:16.30
For the first time in centuries,
studied Christian history,
00:33:16.34\00:33:19.75
for the first time in centuries
Christians around the world
00:33:19.79\00:33:23.17
begin to talk again about
the second coming of Christ.
00:33:23.20\00:33:26.32
Even in countries where it
was outlawed, in particular,
00:33:26.35\00:33:29.44
believe it or not,
there were countries
00:33:29.47\00:33:30.75
in Northern Scandinavia
where it was illegal to preach
00:33:30.79\00:33:33.59
the second coming of
Christ. When the adults weren't
00:33:33.63\00:33:36.36
allowed to do it, miraculously,
5 and 6 year old children
00:33:36.40\00:33:39.78
began to stand up and preach
the second coming of Christ
00:33:39.82\00:33:43.17
all around the earth.
Then, as the second coming
00:33:43.20\00:33:45.74
of Christ is being studied,
and the prophecies of the Bible
00:33:45.78\00:33:48.98
are being studied, all of a
sudden, 1755, there's a great
00:33:49.01\00:33:52.26
earthquake in Lisbon that
shakes the world, and in 1780
00:33:52.30\00:33:55.52
there's a dark day in
the new world that leaves
00:33:55.55\00:33:57.24
everybody scared, and in
1833 there's the Great Leonid
00:33:57.28\00:34:01.33
meteor shower, 250,000
falling stars every single hour.
00:34:01.37\00:34:05.39
There is a dark
day, an earthquake,
00:34:05.42\00:34:07.39
and the falling of the
stars, just like is described
00:34:07.43\00:34:10.51
in the book of Revelation 6,
just prior to the second coming
00:34:10.55\00:34:14.86
of Christ. The message goes out,
00:34:14.89\00:34:17.49
the warning to the
world, Jesus is coming,
00:34:17.53\00:34:21.61
the trumpets are
blown all over the world,
00:34:21.65\00:34:25.66
and Daniel predicted it.
Daniel 12:4: [text on screen]
00:34:25.70\00:34:29.12
As Daniel writes His
book, the angel says:
00:34:36.13\00:34:39.03
"Now seal that book,
nobody's going to understand it"
00:34:39.07\00:34:41.87
"for a very long time,
not until the time of the end"
00:34:41.90\00:34:44.63
"when many will run to an fro,
and knowledge will increase."
00:34:44.67\00:34:48.30
Now, some people think
that knowledge increasing,
00:34:48.33\00:34:51.32
and running to and fro is
a reference to technology.
00:34:51.36\00:34:54.32
I don't believe that
it is, not in its context.
00:34:54.35\00:34:57.53
Daniel is told to close up his
book until the time of the end,
00:34:57.57\00:35:01.14
and when you look at
the original language,
00:35:01.17\00:35:02.98
"many shall run to and
fro" in the original language,
00:35:03.02\00:35:05.80
it says: "many will
leaf back and forth",
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.54
as if they're reading a
book. All of a sudden at the end
00:35:07.58\00:35:10.17
of time people will begin
to study the Scriptures again,
00:35:10.20\00:35:12.76
and the book of Daniel,
and they'll understand it,
00:35:12.79\00:35:15.33
and the warning will go to
the world: "Jesus is coming",
00:35:15.37\00:35:18.34
it's prophetic knowledge
that all of sudden increases
00:35:18.37\00:35:21.31
all around the
world at the same time.
00:35:21.34\00:35:23.76
The trumpets are blown.
00:35:23.79\00:35:25.71
Here's the timeline now,
the crucifixion of Christ,
00:35:25.75\00:35:28.36
the resurrection of
Christ, the entire Church Age,
00:35:28.39\00:35:30.97
and the last day
great awakening, a warning
00:35:31.00\00:35:33.69
to the world that
Jesus is coming again.
00:35:33.73\00:35:36.35
The next feast that they
celebrated, Leviticus 23,
00:35:36.39\00:35:40.24
is the great day of atonement,
we've already mentioned this.
00:35:40.28\00:35:44.46
This is the great day of
judgment, the most solemn
00:35:44.49\00:35:46.90
day in the
entire year for Israel.
00:35:46.93\00:35:50.33
This is the day you
had to be right with God,
00:35:50.37\00:35:52.65
and if you weren't, you
were removed from the camp
00:35:52.69\00:35:55.09
of the
Israelites. The Bible says,
00:35:55.12\00:35:57.40
Leviticus
23:27: [text on screen]
00:35:57.44\00:35:59.69
It's the annual day of judgment,
all year they sacrifice lambs
00:36:07.00\00:36:10.32
and they carried the
blood inside the sanctuary,
00:36:10.35\00:36:13.23
but as they did that,
symbolically they were
00:36:13.27\00:36:16.09
defiling the place
where God's presence was,
00:36:16.13\00:36:18.76
so once a year the
high Priest would go into
00:36:18.80\00:36:21.39
the Most Holy Place,
and he would sprinkle blood
00:36:21.42\00:36:24.43
on the mercy seat, just
1 day a year, and cleanse
00:36:24.47\00:36:27.41
the entire sanctuary of all
the sins of the people of Israel
00:36:27.45\00:36:31.50
that had been symbolically
transferred in there.
00:36:31.53\00:36:33.94
It was the day of judgment,
you had to be right with God
00:36:33.98\00:36:36.88
and it was a day that
they annually cleansed
00:36:36.91\00:36:39.11
the entire temple. It was
the only day the high priest
00:36:39.15\00:36:42.85
ever went into the Most
Holy Place, it was solemn,
00:36:42.89\00:36:46.56
sacred, known as
a day of judgment.
00:36:46.59\00:36:48.97
As a matter of fact, the
Israelite people were known
00:36:49.01\00:36:51.07
to greet each other on that
day by saying: "May your name"
00:36:51.11\00:36:56.06
"be inscribed in
the book of life."
00:36:56.09\00:36:58.53
It was the end of the
year, the great day of judgment.
00:36:58.57\00:37:01.91
Now let's review
what we've talked about.
00:37:01.94\00:37:04.50
Daniel 7 showed us
all the kingdoms ending
00:37:04.53\00:37:06.90
with the judgment. In
Daniel 8 we have another
00:37:06.94\00:37:09.24
prophecy with all the world
kingdoms, this time beginning
00:37:09.28\00:37:12.32
with Medo-Persia.
You've got to study this,
00:37:12.35\00:37:14.57
wherever you are, ask if
you can study this chapter
00:37:14.61\00:37:16.86
in more detail.
Medo-Persia, Greece,
00:37:16.89\00:37:18.99
Rome in all of its fazes,
and at the end of Daniel 8
00:37:19.03\00:37:22.19
there's a
prophecy about 2300 days.
00:37:22.22\00:37:27.66
We read about it in
Daniel 8:14 [text on screen]
00:37:27.70\00:37:30.73
We already know when that
happened on the day of Atonement
00:37:38.16\00:37:41.90
when they purged the entire
sanctuary of the sins of Israel.
00:37:41.94\00:37:45.65
Is this a
prophecy of the judgment?
00:37:45.68\00:37:48.22
There's no question about it,
Daniel 8 gives us more evidence
00:37:48.26\00:37:52.33
to let us know beyond a
shadow of a doubt that it is.
00:37:52.36\00:37:54.87
Daniel 8:17: [text on screen]
00:37:54.90\00:37:57.94
It's a last day prophecy.
There's a little more evidence,
00:38:01.48\00:38:04.38
Verse 19, Gabriel says
to Daniel [text on screen]
00:38:04.41\00:38:07.67
There's 1 time in the
Bible that's spoken of
00:38:16.07\00:38:18.04
as an appointed
time. Acts 17:31.
00:38:18.07\00:38:21.09
Speaking of God it
says: [text on screen]
00:38:21.13\00:38:23.90
God said there's a day
appointed for judgment.
00:38:30.68\00:38:33.74
The Bible says that there's
a feast pointing to the day
00:38:33.78\00:38:36.33
the sanctuary was cleansed, it
was the great Day of Judgment.
00:38:36.37\00:38:39.89
Is God trying to
tell us something about
00:38:39.92\00:38:42.36
the judgment hour?
You better believe it.
00:38:42.39\00:38:45.47
Most mind bogglingly
of all, Revelation 14:6,
00:38:45.50\00:38:48.19
shows us a message
that goes to the whole world
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.88
just before Jesus
comes. [text on screen]
00:38:50.91\00:38:54.04
Not is coming, not will
come, but has already begun.
00:39:08.78\00:39:14.92
What does it mean?
At some point the world
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.27
will know the
judgment has already begun,
00:39:17.31\00:39:19.56
and at the end of that
judgment, Jesus returns.
00:39:19.60\00:39:23.01
Has the judgment been scheduled?
If so, when should be expect it?
00:39:23.05\00:39:28.18
You'll find out tomorrow night.
00:39:28.21\00:39:31.47
Those of you who are
joining us by satellite
00:40:03.24\00:40:06.38
in the satellite audience,
please take out your lessons,
00:40:06.42\00:40:08.46
The Presence Nr.3:
"Closer Than You Think."
00:40:08.49\00:40:14.13
Pastor Boonstra
tonight began by talking about
00:40:14.69\00:40:18.09
a series of mysterious plagues
that took place in the land
00:40:18.13\00:40:21.36
of ancient
Egypt. [text on screen]
00:40:21.39\00:40:24.52
I'd like to have you
look at Exodus 12:21-23,
00:40:38.80\00:40:43.90
we're going to read this
together, [text on screen]
00:40:43.94\00:40:46.70
The lintel is a word for the
post that goes across the top
00:41:08.52\00:41:12.43
of the door, and
then the 2 door posts.
00:41:12.46\00:41:15.21
So basically what he's
telling them to do is to dip
00:41:15.25\00:41:18.54
the hyssop into the blood
and mark the door of their home
00:41:18.58\00:41:22.35
over the top and over
both sides with that blood.
00:41:22.38\00:41:25.20
[continues to read]
00:41:25.23\00:41:27.26
I just wonder tonight how
many of you have taken the blood
00:41:54.67\00:41:59.43
of Jesus Christ and symbolically
painted the door posts
00:41:59.47\00:42:03.49
of your home with that blood,
just like what the Israelites
00:42:03.52\00:42:07.51
had done so many years
ago. What was different about
00:42:07.54\00:42:10.19
their home? They
had sprinkled the blood.
00:42:10.22\00:42:13.35
[text on screen]
00:42:13.38\00:42:15.36
We're going to
look at Revelation 5:6:
00:42:18.11\00:42:21.67
[text on screen]
00:42:21.70\00:42:23.70
We also want to look
at 1 Corinthians 5:7:
00:42:32.82\00:42:35.95
[text on screen]
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.99
So what did the
Passover lamb represent?
00:42:51.26\00:42:53.55
[text on screen]
00:42:53.58\00:42:55.56
Question 3: [text on screen]
00:43:06.98\00:43:09.73
What did Pastor Shawn
tonight, and what does the Bible
00:43:18.44\00:43:21.38
tell us the leaven represents?
[Audience replies] Sin.
00:43:21.41\00:43:24.56
We want to look at the
Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 5:6-8
00:43:24.59\00:43:27.71
to begin with: [text on screen]
00:43:27.74\00:43:30.35
Ladies, whenever you
bake bread, how much yeast
00:43:35.19\00:43:38.70
does it take to
make that bread rise?
00:43:38.73\00:43:41.85
Just a tiny little bit,
a little tiny bit of yeast,
00:43:41.89\00:43:45.68
or leaven, will leaven the
whole batch, the whole lump.
00:43:45.71\00:43:49.47
[continues to read]
00:43:49.50\00:43:51.57
Now 1 Peter
1:18-19: [text on screen]
00:44:12.09\00:44:15.23
1 more text, 1 John
1:9: [text on screen]
00:44:26.65\00:44:29.99
What is the answer
here? [text on screen]
00:44:38.09\00:44:41.33
So symbolically the
leaven comes out of the home
00:44:48.26\00:44:51.77
because that represents sin,
the good news is that you can't
00:44:51.81\00:44:56.00
get rid of it by
yourself, but by the blood
00:44:56.03\00:44:58.70
of Jesus Christ, it
can be gone from your home
00:44:58.73\00:45:01.37
and from your heart.
00:45:01.40\00:45:03.47
Question 4: [text on screen]
00:45:03.51\00:45:06.37
You saw Pastor
Shawn do the wave up here,
00:45:10.03\00:45:13.14
a different kind of a
way than what you're used to,
00:45:13.18\00:45:15.41
[continues to read]
00:45:15.44\00:45:17.46
We're going to look
at Leviticus 23:9-11:
00:45:22.46\00:45:26.24
[text on screen]
00:45:26.27\00:45:28.24
Notice that was the
establishment of the wave,
00:45:49.39\00:45:51.94
now we want to go
to the question again:
00:45:51.97\00:45:55.08
[text on screen]
00:45:55.11\00:45:57.12
The 3rd day of the
Passover... now remember,
00:46:00.35\00:46:02.24
it's not a trick questions,
on the day of Passover
00:46:02.28\00:46:06.36
what took place
the year Christ died?
00:46:06.39\00:46:09.51
The crucifixion.
Christ as the Passover lamb,
00:46:09.55\00:46:13.72
was sacrificed on Calvary's
cross on the Passover day,
00:46:13.76\00:46:17.80
the 1st day of Passover.
On the 3rd day of Passover,
00:46:17.83\00:46:21.84
what was it that
happened? The resurrection.
00:46:21.87\00:46:25.07
We're going to look in
Luke 24: [text on screen]
00:46:25.11\00:46:28.26
On the 3rd day exactly
according to the feasts
00:46:51.37\00:46:54.76
that Pastor Boonstra
was showing us tonight,
00:46:54.80\00:46:58.64
on the 3rd day Jesus
Christ was resurrected.
00:46:58.67\00:47:02.48
Okay, next
question: [text on screen]
00:47:02.51\00:47:05.41
1 Corinthians
15: [text on screen]
00:47:10.47\00:47:12.79
And on in 1 Corinthians
15:51: [text on screen]
00:47:32.13\00:47:35.50
Isn't that a wonderful promise?
00:47:48.65\00:47:51.22
So the answer to this
question: [text on screen]
00:47:51.75\00:47:54.75
I don't know about you,
but I have seen some people
00:48:07.56\00:48:13.73
that have passed away
into death in this life,
00:48:13.76\00:48:17.11
some people that
were close to me.
00:48:17.14\00:48:19.88
I can tell you that I take
great comfort, as I'm sure you
00:48:19.92\00:48:23.59
must too, in the
fact that this firstfruits
00:48:23.62\00:48:27.11
of Christ's resurrection
is a pledge, a promise,
00:48:27.15\00:48:30.88
that one day all those who
are in Him will be resurrected
00:48:30.92\00:48:34.77
and enjoy life
again. Isn't that wonderful?
00:48:34.80\00:48:37.06
Can you say amen to
that? [Audience] Amen.
00:48:37.10\00:48:39.33
Okay, next
question: [text on screen]
00:48:39.36\00:48:41.98
The anointing of oil,
and you heard Pastor Boonstra
00:48:47.65\00:48:50.74
talking about how the
oil was poured over his head
00:48:50.77\00:48:53.83
and flowed all the
way down unto the ground,
00:48:53.86\00:48:56.61
there's the anointing
oil. They also anointed
00:48:56.65\00:48:59.33
ancient kings that same
way, when they were set apart
00:48:59.37\00:49:02.81
for a special purpose.
Exodus 29: [text on screen]
00:49:02.84\00:49:06.25
Our next
passage: [text on screen]
00:49:16.16\00:49:19.26
We're going to look at
Hebrews 8:1-2: [text on screen]
00:49:25.18\00:49:28.46
What was it that
happened down here that told us
00:49:46.13\00:49:48.13
that the anointing
had taken place in heaven?
00:49:48.16\00:49:50.70
We're going to look at
Acts 2: [text on screen]
00:49:50.74\00:49:53.25
When Christ was in
heaven and was anointed,
00:50:29.08\00:50:31.78
received the
anointing in heaven,
00:50:31.81\00:50:35.10
the evidence of that
was that He turned around
00:50:35.14\00:50:37.57
and poured back out.
So the answer to this:
00:50:37.60\00:50:40.00
[text on screen]
00:50:40.03\00:50:42.13
Next question,
Nr.7: [text on screen]
00:50:45.54\00:50:48.46
Leviticus 23: [text on screen]
00:51:03.58\00:51:06.40
I want to talk about
trumpets just a minute.
00:51:19.50\00:51:21.65
Here you have the trumpet
fanfare that is announcing
00:51:21.69\00:51:26.91
that trumpets are
being blown for a purpose.
00:51:26.94\00:51:28.87
This is a Feast of Trumpets,
and they are being blown
00:51:28.91\00:51:30.94
to announce a special event,
which we're going to go get to
00:51:30.98\00:51:33.45
in our next
question. [text on screen]
00:51:33.48\00:51:35.90
We're going to
continue on with Leviticus 23:
00:51:38.85\00:51:41.68
[text on screen]
00:51:41.71\00:51:43.52
The trumpets were sounded to
warn that the Day of Judgment
00:52:24.89\00:52:29.81
was only 10 days away.
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.82
Our next
question: [text on screen]
00:52:32.86\00:52:35.47
Revelation
14:6-7: [text on screen]
00:52:54.56\00:52:58.36
Notice it goes
everywhere throughout the world.
00:53:07.86\00:53:11.12
[continues to read]
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This message is to blanket the
entire globe before Jesus comes,
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to let everyone know that
there is a judgment in session
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because right after the
judgment we know that Jesus
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is coming back again.
So really, the judgment
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is nothing to be afraid of,
the judgment is where God brings
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everything into balance, it
is something that is good news,
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and isn't the gospel good news?
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In Revelation 14:6-7,
this message that is to go
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to the entire world is
about the gospel, it says:
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"the everlasting gospel be
preached into all the world",
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and that is very good
news. So the answer is:
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[text on screen]
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What was this great
and solemn judgment day
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on the Day of Atonement?
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Leviticus
16:16: [text on screen]
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This was a time where
God is getting rid of sin
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from the camp because
God can't coexist with sin.
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It's a time to get
rid of it, put it aside,
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and start all
over on a new leaf.
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I want to ask you a question,
we're going to get to the answer
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in just a second, but I
want to ask you a question:
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have you ever made a
New Year's resolution?
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Have you ever said: "You
know what? I want to put"
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"all that in the past, and I
want to start all over again"
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"right now, and
start doing something new,"
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"and I want to not make
all the mistakes that I made."
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We have these things
called New Year's resolutions.
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Well, God is doing
one better than that
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in the judgment. He
is actually setting up
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a time and place where
He deals with sin completely
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through the blood of His Son,
Jesus Christ, as we have been
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looking at and studying in
this series on The Presence.
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He is making it into al
that, so: [text on screen]
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This was when sin
was being dealt with.
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[text on screen]
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Acts 17:31: [text on screen]
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God already has set in motion
the fact that He has appointed
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a day on which He will
judge the world in righteousness
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by the Man He has
ordained. [text on screen]
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God has had this on His timeline
from the very beginning,
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it is right on schedule.
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Our last question
tonight: [text on screen]
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Let's look at 1 John
2:1-2: "My little children",
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I like the tone of that,
it's a gentle, it's a drawing,
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it's a compassionate entry
to this text: [text on screen]
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Aren't you glad for
Jesus? Aren't you grateful
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for what He has done and
for the blood that He has shed
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on this?
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Now, I have a question for
you as we come to the conclusion
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of this study
tonight: what do you want to do
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with Jesus Christ? This
One who has made provision
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for you to be covered by
His blood in the judgment.
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What would you
like to do with Him?
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I would pray, and I
would hope that each one of you
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here in this studio audience,
as well as those who may be
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watching in a church,
in a hall, in your home,
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wherever you may be, to
just bow your heads right now
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with me and say: "God, I
want to thank You for Jesus."
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"What am I going to do with
Him? I'm going to accept Him"
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"into my heart right now,"
if you'd just bow your heads
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with me right now
as we pray that prayer.
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Holy Father in Heaven,
we thank You for Jesus.
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We thank You for this timeline,
we thank You for the way
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in which You have revealed
Yourself through history,
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through prophecy, through
the feasts of the ancient
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Israelite system. I
thank You Lord that You're
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right on time, and that
You are bringing a judgment
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that will put everything right
and that will deal with sin
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so that You can come and bring
a conclusion to this entire
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matter and restore us to
the existence that You have
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in mind for us, and I thank
You for that in Jesus' name,
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amen.
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