Whoever committeth sin also
transgresseth the law for sin
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is the transgression of the law.
This is the only definition of
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sin given in the Holy Scriptures
and we should seek to understand
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that sin is, what sin is, lest
any of us be found in opposition
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to the God of heaven. We are
required to be in a position of
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obedience to all of God's
commandments. Our salvation
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cost too much from our Lord for
us to be going on in uncertainty
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when eternal interests are
involved. Therefore we should
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open our minds and search the
Scriptures so that we may know
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for ourselves how we can
stand under the banner of
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Prince Immanuel. God requires
at this moment just what He
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required of Adam in paradise
before the fall. Perfect
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obedience to His law. The
requirements that God makes in
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grace is just the requirement
He made in paradise. We want to
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understand the claims of God
upon us that we may reach the
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hearts of men and teach them
what God's Word requires of them
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in order that they may have
eternal life. We must live by
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every word that proceeds out of
the mouth of God. Our Savior was
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Our Savior has told us that in
these last days there would be
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false doctrines and false
teachers who would lead the
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people to accept fables and
customs and practices of men
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instead of the commandments of
God and that our world would be
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flooded with heresies as
we bring, as we, ah let's see
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are we bringing in heresies
to turn souls from the truth of
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of God's word? We want the truth
of God's word on every point
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and we need to practice it.
Those who follow the course of
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error and live in transgression
of the law of God will not
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follow that course alone.
There will be others who imitate
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their example. We must examine
what captain we are following
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under whose banner we are stand-
ing. That's taken from Review
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and Herald, July 15, 1890.
And that's my desire. I want for
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myself, for my family, for
my friends, for my entire church
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to fall under submission to
the authority of the Lord God of
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heaven. That's my prayer and
I wish that you pray with me now
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as we begin this message. Father
thank you so much that You've
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given us the opportunity to meet
here together to share the truth
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of Your word. Make it clear
today Lord help us to understand
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the depth of Your love, the care
that You have for Your people
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and the dedication that you
desire us to have for Your glory
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and Your honor. Bless us please
and do not trust me Your servant
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with a single word
before this Your people I pray
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in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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There's a friend of mine named
Chad. He's a dear friend of mine
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I was with him not long ago
in Southern California. We were
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preaching together a message at
the Advent Hope Church. It was
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entitled "The Almost Overmaster-
ing Delusion". That can be found
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on Audio Verse if you're
interested. And as Chad and I
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were sharing, he came up with
this story I hadn't heard before
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He says he knows of a pastor
who is brother to another pastor
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They both became Conference
Presidents at different times
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and I think it was here in
North America. They both are SDA
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and they're both identical twins
ok? I don't know if you know
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who I'm talking about. I don't
know them. I've never met them.
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So one time the pastor calls his
brother and says, hey would you
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come to my church this weekend?
I want you to preach on the
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subject of deception. And
so what happens is the brother
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comes and he shares with the
church after visiting with the
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elders, praying with them,
getting up in front and having
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opening prayer, starting to
preach as though he's the pastor
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he's preaching on deception. And
it occurs that as he's preaching
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he says to the congregation,
how many of you think that if I
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called my brother to come in and
speak for you as though he's me
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that you'd know that he's
not me, it's my brother. And all
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the congregation they raised
their hands like Yeah we'd
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totally know, we'd totally
know that it was not you,
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it's your brother. And so after
like, raise your hands high
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I wanna make sure I see every
body, he says 'I'm the brother"
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And of course everybody was
terribly shocked, Oh he's, Wow!
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We didn't know, that's amazing.
Well guess what? There's so many
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things in the Holy Scripture
that looks so much like Jesus
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no wonder the Bible says in
Revelation 13, All the world
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followed after the beast. That's
the premise for what I'm gonna
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be sharing today. There are a
lot of things that God has that
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are true, and beautiful, loving
for our purpose and there are a
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lot of things that the enemy has
has come in and said, hey guess
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what? I've got something just
like it. You're gonna love it.
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And too often we love it. So my
question is today are liturgical
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and organizational matters
important. Liturgical, what
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kinda word is that? Anything
relating to public worship. Are
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public worship matters and
organization matters important
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to God? And so the question is,
Is organization with God a moral
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issue or not. Does it really
matter if God lays up something
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for us to experience in our
Christian experience that is
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symbolic? Does it matter to God
if we change, for example, like
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I've heard some of the young,
how do you call them, youth
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pastors do, for communion.
They will serve pizza and cola
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for the bread and the wine. Is
that important, does it matter?
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I mean, hey we're different
right? You know they didn't have
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pizza back then. So now today
we're just gonna include our
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experience in what we see
in the Scripture. Is that ok
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to change up God's symbolism?
Is it ok to reorganize God's
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work without any trouble? I
mean does God say, yeah it's ok
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and it really doesn't matter?
I mean are there other paths
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that God has that we can just
follow as result of our culture
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and our changing times? We're
gonna look at Scripture today
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I want you to have your Bible.
We're gonna look at a lot of
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Scripture today. Now if you
want to you can follow along
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in Genesis 4. I'm not gonna
be reading it I'm just gonna use
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this a s a thought. Cain
offered something, right?
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It was not what God had
requested that symbolized His
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Son's atonement sacrifice.
Now wait a minute, it symbolized
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something, right? We're told in
the Spirit of Prophecy, Christ
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Triumphant, pg.35 that the Lord
gave Cain and Abel directions
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regarding the sacrifice that
they were to bring to Him, so
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God had made clear This is My
command, you're to bring a lamb
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But that lamb, it couldn't have
been just changed up because it
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actually symbolized something,
it symbolized the atoning
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sacrifice of your Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
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lamb, as it was slain,
represented the Lamb of God
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who was to be slain for the
sins of the world. Guess what.
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Cain he didn't care so
much about symbolism, he didn't
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care so much about organization,
he didn't care so much about
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God's commands and so what he
did, he changed it up a little
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bit and he thought it would be
best instead of humbling himself
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and going to his younger brother
to get one of the lambs remember
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what God has asked. And it so
happened that God came to Cain
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investigated the situation and
after the investigative judgment
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what did he put on the forehead
but the mark. Ok so we have a
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scenario where there's the
righteous worshipper and the
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unrighteous worshipper. The
unrighteous worshiper persecuted
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the righteous worshipper,
persecuted him unto death
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and after the investigative
judgment this man came, he
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ended up with the mark of the
beast at the end of time, if you
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will. We have end of time
scenario right there in the very
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first story, one of the first
stories in the book of the Bible
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So let's jump to another one.
Let's think about Judges 8 for
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for a second and Gideon, ok?
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Whoa, wait a minute. I mean
it all sounded good, right? 'cuz
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Gideon had been visited by an
angel. Gideon had actually been
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able to offer, if you will, some
thing for the Lord there if you
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read the story but notice
what it says in this quote here.
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Oh we see right here a
reorganization of God's original
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tabernacle service. And hey, it
just makes sense he was asked to
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offer up something with the
angel there. And so what he did
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he decided well you know what?
I'm going to use everybody's
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jewelery, I'm gonna put to-
gether this ephod and I'm gonna
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put it in my city and since I'm
the one God that has called to
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organize all these things,
because you know I did offer a
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sacrifice. I'm gonna go ahead
and set it in my city, and I
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just believe that this is ok.
Well it ended up being a snare
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the Bible says, to
himself and to all Israel.
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I don't think we can change
these organizational systems
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and their symbolism without
there being serious consequences
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Is it moral? Let's continue
looking. Let's go to, in our
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heads for a second, then
we're gonna turn to our Bibles
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to Jeroboam. Jeroboam, chapter.
I'm sorry 1 Kings 14. That's a
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new section in the Bible, go
to Jeroboam please. No, 1 Kings
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chapter 14, verses
15-16 Notice what it says.
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Notice what's being said here.
God is prophesying to His people
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He's gonna smite Israel,
root up Israel, scatter Israel
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and give up Israel because of
the sins of Jeroboam. Question
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What did Jeroboam do? Turn in
your Bible now, follow with me
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to 1Kings:12. And it says in
verse 25, Jeroboam built Shechem
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in Mt. Ephraim and he dwelt
therein. He went out from thence
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and built Penuel. verse26
Jeroboam he said in his heart,
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remember the Bible says
the heart is deceitful and
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desperately wicked. He said
within his heart Now shall the
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kingdom return to the House of
David. Ok, this is envious. He's
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desiring that he would be able
to be the king with more people
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than Rehoboam his neighboring
king. Remember this is just
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shortly after Israel asked for
the first king. It says in
verse27, if these people
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go to do sacrifice in the house
of the Lord at Jerusalem then
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they will say in their heart
that they should turn to their
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Lord, even unto Rehoboam King
of Judah, and they will kill me
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and go again to Rehoboam, king
of Judah. So what happens is
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he's lacking faith in the
protection of God. He's being
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envious and jealous. verse28,
where upon the king took
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counsel. He took counsel, good
thing. And he made two calves of
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gold. Wait a minute. He took
counsel and found out that he
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should make two calves of gold?
What time era is it? This is in
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the Kings right? Remember many
years before when the children
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of Israel came up out of Egypt,
they were told by somebody
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his name was Aaron, to do some
thing. What was it? Make a calf
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of gold. Hey you know, if
it worked back then, thank you
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so much my dear counselors
if it worked back then, I'm
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gonna make two of them
so it really works today.
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So what happens is he took
counsel and make two calves
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of gold and said unto them,
it is too much for you to go to
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Jerusalem, behold your gods O
Israel which brought you up out
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of the land of Egypt. Wait a
minute. He not only made twice
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as much of a problem that
occurred before but he used the
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exact same words as found in
Exodus 32. Is there a problem
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with this? Absolutely. There's
a terrible problem with this.
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He decides he's gonna do some
thing in his deceitful heart
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and it ends up affecting
the children of Israel. In fact
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remember in our previous quote
1 Kings 14, God is gonna give up
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up Israel, He's gonna scatter
them. What else? He's gonna root
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them up and He's gonna forsake
them I don't remember exactly
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what it says but you can
see it there in 1 Kings 14.
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Notice what happens. It
says there in verse28, he took
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counsel and he said, 'Your gods
which brought you up out of the
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land of Egypt. Now here's a
problem. The children of Israel
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should've known their own
history well enough to be able
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to look back and say, ho ho
ho we've been here before my
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friend, O king Jeroboam you need
to step down because that is
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wrong. Notice what happened
back there in Exodus 32, that
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happened under the really
foolish leader- ship of Aaron,
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and the children of Israel were
rebuked by God, the commandments
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were broken, showing that they
broke the covenant, on and on
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and on, you cannot do this
for us O king Jeroboam. But they
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didn't remember their history.
My people perish for lack of
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knowledge in their own
history because we've rejected
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knowledge. It says there in
verse28 again, verse29 rather,
he set one of these
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golden calves in Bethel, which
by the way is right next to
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Jerusalem. And the other he put
in Dan which is way at the North
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of Israel, verse30 and
this thing became a what? a sin,
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transgression of the law, sin.
Organizational matters changing
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up symbolism, reorganizing God's
original plan, this became a sin
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Absolutely. We're gonna go thro
a lot of Scripture about this
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part. It says this thing became
a sin, for the people went to
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worship before the one even unto
Dan. verse31. He made a house of
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his high places, he made priests
of the lowest of the people
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which were not of the sons of
Levi. See God said specifically
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them priests. But here he says,
he took the lowest of the people
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which were not of the sons of
Levi, verse32 Jeroboam ordained
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a feast in the eighth month, we
can never find a feast that God
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had ordained in the 8th month.
Then it says he set up the feast
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that was similar to the one in
Judah. He offered up on an altar
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he did it in Bethel, sacrificing
unto the calves that he had made
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he placed in Bethel the priests
of the high places which he had
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made, so he offered upon
the altar which he had made
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in Bethel the 15th day of
the 8th month, even in the month
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which he had devised of his own
heart, and ordained a feast unto
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the children of Israel. And
he offered upon the altar and he
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burned incense, just like Gideon
that sounds very similar to the
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original tabernacle service that
God had set up. A feast, priests
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incense, an altar, sacrifices
all these things are right there
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given by Jeroboam to the people.
And it became a sin. God is
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going to reject the children,
root them up, scatter them,
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Why? because of the sins of
Jeroboam. Now, you're gonna have
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to listen for a second because
I'm gonna race through Scripture
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His father was Jeroboam. King
No. 2. It was Baasha. 24 years
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he served, He did evil in
the sight of the Lord and walked
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in the way of Jeroboam in his
sin wherewith he made Israel to
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sin. King No.3 Zimri. It
says he was killed by a fire
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unfortunately because his sons
who had sinned in doing evil
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in the sight of the Lord in
walking in the way of Jeroboam
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and in his sin which he did
to make Israel to sin. King No.4
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With their what? With their
vanities. In vain they worship
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me Jesus said, Matthew 15.
Teaching for doctrine, what?
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say with me, the commandments
of men. These are not
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scripturally based. Well sure
they're very similar, they look
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just like what God did. Jeroboam
set up an amazing system where
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we don't have to go to Jerusalem
any more, it's so much closer to
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go to Dan. Think of
all the time we can save.
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Nonsense, these vanities.
Ok, King No.5 Ahab. He did evil
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the sight of the Lord
above all that were before him.
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King No.6 Ahaziah. He
served only two years.
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He did evil in
the sight of the Lord.
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King No.7 Jeroboam the son
of Ahab, not the son of Nebat
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Jehoram, sorry yeah there's
another one the next is Jeroboam
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What were these sins, what was
going on? The next one Jeroboam
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the son of Nebat
caused Jehu King No. 8 now
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We have just spoken of years
and years and years of leading
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people away from God because
of something that was not
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organizationally God's design.
That is sinful, it is wrong.
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Jeroboam is going to pay the
price. I'm telling you what he
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did and how he lead the
children of Israel into sin
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was straight up wrong. But it
looked so similar. It looked so
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close. It was almost
there. I mean there were priests
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and there was incense and there
was sacrifice and there was
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an altar and there were places
for worship even. And there was
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even a feast. Wrong, it
was wrong and what happened?
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Generation after generation
after generation was led into
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sin as a result. I say church
No, let's not do it again.
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He set up of the lowest of the
people, not saying that women
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are low, I understand, no don't
get me wrong. Women are high
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I'm married to one, I love women
specially my wife. I love the
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way they minister, I love
all the, I better clarify that
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I wanna be careful. But listen
I truly respect the ministry of
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women. My wife is going to
be preaching tomorrow morning
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and I tell you she's a powerful
preacher. She believes what she
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teaches, she walks in the ways
of the Lord and she raises up
00:24:09.38\00:24:12.91
my children 12 and 9 in the
way of the Lord and I praise God
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for her and what she's doing.
Listen, I believe that this here
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is talkin about the lowest
of the people. I'm not saying
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we're trying to ordain
the lowest of the people and
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ordaining women but it was not
of the sons of Levi, that's my
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point. They were not of the sons
of Levi. They were different
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than the sons of Levi. Today we
are trying to bring in somebody
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into the ordination umbrella
to be pastors and elders
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who are not of the sons of Levi,
if you will. They are female
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they cannot be you understand?
It was very specific, gender
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specific. So now I wanna read
something in 2 Kings 17:19-23
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I'll be skipping thro quickly.
Notice what it says. This is not
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a king after the 15th king.
This is a nation ok? Israel was
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run by Jeroboam who set up a
false system so similar to God's
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I mean you wouldn't have known
if Jeroboam stood up to preach
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at one of those meetings. You
would've thought wow that looks
00:25:23.95\00:25:26.86
just like his
brother. Now it says:
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Wait a minute. Judah is followin
Israel and Israel got to where
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they were because of Jeroboam.
It says that in Kings there
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And it says for,
here's another reason,
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Wow. So wait a minute this
history, let's make this clear
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Israel was carried into Assyria
right? Where was Judah carried?
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Babylon. Now let's understand
what's happening. Jeroboam sets
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up this false system. It was
contrary to God's organizational
00:27:06.15\00:27:08.99
design. Contrary to
God's symbolism in His church.
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You know the husband, the
wife scenario? So what happens
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is Jeroboam leads generation
after generation into sin
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which led Israel into Assyria.
Judah follows the example of
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Israel and Judah ends up in
Babylon. Let's read right before
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Judah goes into Babylon.
Jeremiah chapter 44. Please turn
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into your Bibles I want you
to see this one. Jeremiah 44.
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The Bible says in verse11. I'll
tell you quickly what happens
00:27:38.32\00:27:44.69
Jeremiah speaks to Judah and
Judah responds. Ok that's what's
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happening in this section.
Jeremiah 44 startin in verse11
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Therefore thus saith the Lord of
Hosts, the God of Israel, behold
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I will set my face against
you for evil and to cut off all
00:27:59.54\00:28:05.18
Judah and I will take the
remnant of Judah that have set
00:28:05.21\00:28:09.62
their faces to go into the
land of Egypt to sojourn there
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and they shall all be consumed
and fall in the land of Egypt
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They shall even be consumed
by the sword and by the famine
00:28:19.26\00:28:22.53
they shall die even from
the least even unto the greatest
00:28:22.56\00:28:25.83
by the sword and by the famine
and they shall be an execration
00:28:25.87\00:28:31.51
and an astonishment and a curse
and a reproach for I will punish
00:28:31.54\00:28:35.71
them that dwell in the
land of Egypt as I have punished
00:28:35.74\00:28:39.08
Jerusalem by the sword, by
the famine, by the pestilence
00:28:39.11\00:28:42.42
so that none of the remnant
of Judah which are gone into the
00:28:42.45\00:28:45.25
land of Egypt to sojourn there
shall escape or remain. They
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that should return into the
land of Judah to which they have
00:28:49.19\00:28:55.40
desired to return to dwell there
For none shall return but such
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as shall escape". Then
notice, here's the response
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Then all the men which knew that
their wives had burned incense
00:29:04.97\00:29:14.42
unto other gods - the wives
in Judah were the ones offering
00:29:14.45\00:29:20.46
the incense, meaning their wives
were priestess, if you will
00:29:20.49\00:29:26.26
they are ripe ready to go into
Babylon. Jeremiah is speaking to
00:29:26.29\00:29:32.00
them, listen you're gonna be
destroyed and the men which knew
00:29:32.03\00:29:35.57
their wives had burned incense
unto the other gods and all the
00:29:35.60\00:29:38.61
women that stood by, a great
multitude, even all the people
00:29:38.64\00:29:41.54
that dwelt in the land of Egypt
in Pathros answered Jeremiah
00:29:41.58\00:29:44.81
saying, 'As for the word
that thou hast spoken unto us
00:29:44.85\00:29:51.25
in the name of the Lord, we will
not hearken unto you. But we
00:29:51.29\00:29:55.82
will certainly do whatsoever
thing goes forth out of our own
00:29:55.86\00:29:59.53
mouth to burn incense unto the
queen of heaven and to pour out
00:29:59.56\00:30:05.20
drink offerings unto her as we
have done, we, and our fathers
00:30:05.23\00:30:08.87
our kings and our princes in the
cities of Judah and the streets
00:30:08.90\00:30:12.51
of Jerusalem for then we had
plenty of victuals and we were
00:30:12.54\00:30:16.78
well and saw no evil but since
we left off burning incense to
00:30:16.81\00:30:20.28
the queen of heaven and poured
out our drink offerings unto her
00:30:20.32\00:30:23.22
we have wanted all things and
have been consumed by the sword
00:30:23.25\00:30:26.96
and by famine. And when we
burned incense to the queen of
00:30:26.99\00:30:31.19
heaven and poured out drink
offerings unto her, did we make
00:30:31.23\00:30:34.10
her cakes to worship her and
pour out drink offerings unto
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her without our men? In other
words they knew what was goin on
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I wanna say here friends, listen
We today as we understand the
00:30:42.24\00:30:46.94
Book of Revelation are going
into Babylon. God is saying come
00:30:46.98\00:30:52.38
out of her my people. There's
gonna be company after company
00:30:52.41\00:30:56.92
that leaves the SDA church and
tribe after tribe that come in
00:30:56.95\00:31:00.46
to replace them. Don't go
into Babylon. My church, NO.
00:31:00.49\00:31:06.26
There are so many people in this
church that unfortunately will
00:31:06.29\00:31:10.93
not heed the word of the Lord
and will end up on the wrong
00:31:10.97\00:31:13.80
side. And guess what, the
children of Judah they wouldn't
00:31:13.84\00:31:18.54
listen to the voice of the
Lord. And they said no, no, no
00:31:18.57\00:31:21.18
we like our women as priests.
00:31:21.21\00:31:22.61
Right before they went into
Babylon. I think that's profound
00:31:25.55\00:31:31.59
There are 3 chapters in an
amazing book if you've never
00:31:34.39\00:31:38.43
read it. It's called Patriarchs
and Prophets. These 3 chapters
00:31:38.46\00:31:43.93
notice the titles. The Rending
of the Kingdom. Jeroboam.
00:31:43.97\00:31:50.01
Did I say Patriarchs and
Prophets? Ok, it's Prophets
00:31:51.51\00:31:55.91
and Kings. I get that confused
all the time. Thank you.
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.31
Prophets and Kings, an amazing
book. It's called the Rending
00:31:58.35\00:32:01.35
of the Kingdom.
Jeroboam and National Apostasy.
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After Jeroboam set up his system
national apostasy which led them
00:32:06.79\00:32:13.56
into Assyria and into Babylon. I
don't want my church to go into
00:32:13.60\00:32:20.10
Babylon. I want my church to
come up out of Babylon so that
00:32:20.14\00:32:23.51
Babylon can also
come up out of her. Amen!
00:32:23.54\00:32:29.34
Let's understand in Numbers 16
something that was mentioned in
00:32:29.38\00:32:32.38
the last part. Korah, Dathan
and Abiram. I'm gonna point out
00:32:32.41\00:32:34.98
a couple of things that
were not mentioned. Numbers 16
00:32:35.02\00:32:38.55
Korah, Dathan and Abiram. The
Bible says Korah, Dathan Abiram
00:32:38.59\00:32:43.19
and on, the sons of Pelath. Now
why Korah? Why is he first? Well
00:32:43.22\00:32:47.70
guess what? Korah was one of the
sons of Kohath. The Kohathites
00:32:47.73\00:32:52.90
they were the ones you're gonna
read these Numbers for, they
00:32:52.93\00:32:55.67
were the ones that were supposed
to carry the most sacred portion
00:32:55.70\00:33:01.58
of the Temple. They were
to carry the golden vessels
00:33:01.61\00:33:07.05
including the Ark of the
Covenant. They were called to a
00:33:07.08\00:33:12.09
a very high purpose. They
were carrying the throne of God.
00:33:12.12\00:33:18.39
This was serious business that
was given to the sons of Kohath.
00:33:21.10\00:33:25.17
The Kohathites of which Korah
was one. Ok, so Korah he's kinda
00:33:25.20\00:33:29.37
risin up and it says in verse2,
he rose up before Moses with
00:33:29.40\00:33:32.97
certain of the children
of Israel, 250 princes. Don't
00:33:33.01\00:33:38.88
forget that word, Princes of
Israel or the assembly, famous
00:33:38.91\00:33:44.55
in the congregation, men of
renown. These are no small fries
00:33:44.59\00:33:48.99
These people are respected. They
have a strong voice, they are
00:33:49.02\00:33:53.80
great preachers, well renown.
verse3, they gathered themselves
00:33:53.83\00:34:00.47
together against Moses and
against Aaron and said to them
00:34:00.50\00:34:04.64
Hey, you take too much upon you
seeing all the congregation are
00:34:04.67\00:34:07.88
holy. I mean look at us, the
Kohathites. We're carrying the
00:34:07.91\00:34:11.41
most sacred things in the planet
everyone of them, and the Lord's
00:34:11.45\00:34:16.92
among them all. Wherefore then
do you lift yourselves up above
00:34:16.95\00:34:19.89
the congregation of the Lord.
When Moses heard it, it says
00:34:19.92\00:34:23.06
he fell upon his face. The
response of the leadership was
00:34:23.09\00:34:26.73
prayer. Please God have mercy.
Don't let this happen again,
00:34:26.76\00:34:30.67
it has happened so many times in
the past. And frankly, Moses was
00:34:30.70\00:34:33.90
getting tired of it. Don't
you think? It says in verse5, He
00:34:33.94\00:34:40.88
spake saying, listen tomorrow
the Lord is going to show who
00:34:40.91\00:34:43.08
are His and who are holy.
verse6,7 take censers put fire
00:34:43.11\00:34:47.38
in them, fire in the incense
before the Lord and tomorrow
00:34:47.42\00:34:50.45
you're gonna see that you're
taking too much upon yourselves.
00:34:50.49\00:34:54.66
So what happens is in verse3
they said to Moses, you take too
00:34:54.69\00:34:59.29
much upon you. Well Moses takes
those words and puts them right
00:34:59.33\00:35:01.76
back at them. verse7 you take
too much upon you. Then it says
in verse8, Moses said
00:35:01.80\00:35:07.90
to Korah, hear I pray you, you
sons of Levi. Does it seem but
00:35:07.94\00:35:13.04
a small thing unto you that the
God of heaven, the God of Israel
00:35:13.07\00:35:17.21
has separated you from the
congregation of Israel to bring
00:35:17.25\00:35:20.18
you near to Himself to do
the service of the Tabernacle
00:35:20.22\00:35:23.59
of the Lord to stand before
the congregation and to minister
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.85
unto them? I mean listen, you
are the sons of Kohath. You are
00:35:25.89\00:35:30.26
carrying the most sacred thing
on the planet, isn't that enough
00:35:30.29\00:35:33.53
That's what he's saying.
He's pleading with them. verse10
00:35:33.56\00:35:37.90
It says, He hath brought
them near to Him. And all your
00:35:38.93\00:35:43.94
brethren, the sons of Levi with
you. Are you seeking leadership
00:35:43.97\00:35:47.61
also? You're seeking the priest
hood? And then notice, he calls
00:35:47.64\00:35:53.35
for a gathering and says, Dathan
and Abiram would you come up?
00:35:53.38\00:35:56.69
And in verse12 they say, We
will not come up. They literally
00:35:56.72\00:36:00.12
disregarded the leadership of
God in this rebellion. It does.
00:36:00.16\00:36:05.89
And so what happens is,
right there in verse13 they use
00:36:05.93\00:36:09.73
the same words that Moses used
to them. Is it a small thing
00:36:09.76\00:36:13.13
you can see than in verse9, that
you have brought us up out of
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.50
the land that flows with milk
and honey, and so it goes on.
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.71
You have made yourself a prince
over us, it says in verse13
00:36:19.74\00:36:23.24
This is wrong. We're all holy.
I mean don't you realize we're
00:36:23.28\00:36:26.61
carrying God's throne through
the lands here, I mean have you
00:36:26.65\00:36:29.42
forgotten who we are? This was
the kind of attitude they had.
00:36:29.45\00:36:32.92
And it says in verse14, moreover
thou hast not brought us up into
00:36:32.95\00:36:37.89
the land that flows with milk
and honey. verse15, Moses was
00:36:37.93\00:36:42.06
very wroth. Jump down to
verse21. He says go ahead,
00:36:42.10\00:36:46.23
separate yourselves, or rather
God said separate yourselves
00:36:46.27\00:36:50.47
from among this congregation
that I'm gonna consume them in a
00:36:50.51\00:36:53.94
moment See even God was upset
with what was happening. But
00:36:53.98\00:36:58.01
Moses, he just as he had done
before, and had he learned from
00:36:58.05\00:37:01.02
Abraham? in Genesis 18. He says
in verse22 O God, the God of all
00:37:01.05\00:37:05.55
spirits of flesh, shall one man
sin and will you be wroth with
00:37:05.59\00:37:09.22
all the congregation? the Lord
said OK. Get you up from around
00:37:09.26\00:37:14.66
the tabernacle, just Korah,
Dathan and Abiram. Well Moses
00:37:14.70\00:37:18.03
rose up He went to Dathan and
Abiram and the elders followed
00:37:18.07\00:37:21.27
him he said, hey listen guys,
depart I pray you from the tents
00:37:21.30\00:37:24.57
of these wicked men and touch
nothing that's theirs lest you
00:37:24.61\00:37:26.71
be consumed in all their sins.
Get out of Babylon, lest you be
00:37:26.74\00:37:30.28
partakers of their sins and you
are consumed by their plagues.
00:37:30.31\00:37:33.62
It's the same exact
call in different wording.
00:37:33.65\00:37:37.95
Don't be partakers of this
kind of attitude, this kind of
00:37:37.99\00:37:42.62
rejection of authority,
this kind of change in God's
00:37:42.66\00:37:45.83
organization. It's wrong.
All unrighteousness is sin.
00:37:45.86\00:37:52.43
It says there in verse28, Moses
said, hey listen this is how
00:37:52.47\00:37:58.17
you're gonna know. verse29,
if these men die a common death
00:37:58.21\00:38:02.01
then this death is not from me.
It's sent by the Lord. verse30,
00:38:02.04\00:38:06.88
but as this new thing happens
and the earth opens its mouth
00:38:06.92\00:38:11.15
and swallows them up then you're
gonna know that the Lord was
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.96
provoked to anger. verse31, the
ground clave open, verse32, the
00:38:13.99\00:38:19.13
earth opened, verse33, they
perished. verse34, all Israel
00:38:19.16\00:38:23.90
around them fled and cried out.
verse35, there came out a fire
00:38:23.93\00:38:28.30
from the Lord and consumed even
the 250 men that offered incense
00:38:28.34\00:38:32.77
Well Moses, what does he do
in Vs. 37 and 38, he says Please
00:38:32.81\00:38:36.18
Aaron take up the censer and run
out there and try to stop this
00:38:36.21\00:38:39.71
plague. Intercede for these
folk And so he's standing there
00:38:39.75\00:38:43.22
between the dead and the living
the Bible says. In verse39,
00:38:43.25\00:38:48.42
Eleazer took the brazen censers
that they had used, because they
00:38:48.46\00:38:51.76
were offered to the Lord and
he made broad plates out of them
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.60
for a covering for the altar
which was a command by Moses.
00:38:54.63\00:38:59.20
And then notice verse40. Please
hear verse40. That broad plate
00:38:59.23\00:39:06.34
that was made as a covering of
the altar was to be a memorial
00:39:06.37\00:39:11.41
unto the children of Israel that
no stranger which is not of the
00:39:11.45\00:39:16.52
seed of Aaron, these are
men we're talking about here.
00:39:16.55\00:39:20.82
No stranger that is of the
seed of Aaron. We're not even
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talking about females here.
We're just talking about people
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that have not been called of God
People that are not of the seed
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of Aaron. That they come
not near to offer incense before
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the Lord that he be not as Korah
and as his company says the Lord
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So what happens? You can read
the rest of the story but I want
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to get to at least that part,
God made it clear that if you
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want to go against the
leadership and authority and
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organization that He has set
up there's gonna come judgment.
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Read this chapter and please,
please read in Patriarchs and
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Prophets, I got it right
this time. The chapter called
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The Rebellion of Korah. It's
chapter 35. Please read Numbers
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chapter 16 and the rebellion of
Korah, chapter 35 of Patriarchs
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and Prophets. It is extremely
important for this time.
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Miriam, I'm just gonna read
something quickly, I don't know
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if I have time to read it all
but I'll skip it through quickly
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In an appointment of the
70 elders, Miriam and Aaron
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they were not consulted. Well
jealousy was excited because of
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Jethro's visit. And they feared
that Jethro and his influence
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would be more with Moses than
Miriam's and Aaron's. And so
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they decided, oh oh our position
and authority are being ignored
00:41:00.59\00:41:04.89
and so they came up and they
said, hey listen, we've been
00:41:04.93\00:41:08.66
chosen to aid Moses and so
it says there they "regarded
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themselves as sharing
equally with him the burden of
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leadership." So the further
assistance of Jethro they felt
00:41:17.57\00:41:23.68
was uncalled for. Aaron had been
highly honored already, come on!
00:41:23.71\00:41:28.25
The sons of Aaron are going
to be the leaders, priests, the
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rulers. Hadn't he had enough?
You know it's almost like modern
00:41:31.85\00:41:38.66
Eves. Eve was given everything
in the Garden including the man
00:41:38.69\00:41:45.43
He said you can have everything
you want, just don't touch that
00:41:47.44\00:41:50.44
that's for me. And it's like
women have, my wife has made out
00:41:50.47\00:41:54.81
a list of things that she's
gonna present tomorrow, a list
00:41:54.84\00:41:57.45
of things that women can do
in the church and are encouraged
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.02
to do. A huge list, it's
beautiful. I hope she reads
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every single one of them because
they're amazing. And they also
00:42:03.62\00:42:09.42
want the tree, above all
the things they've been given.
00:42:09.46\00:42:14.56
So here it's like, what's going
on? Aaron you've been honored
00:42:15.56\00:42:20.00
with so much but regarding them
selves are unequally favored.
00:42:20.04\00:42:23.61
They felt that they were
entitled to some position
00:42:23.64\00:42:26.84
of more authority. Jehovah came
down. He stood in the door of
00:42:26.88\00:42:30.78
Tabernacle. Called Aaron and
Miriam. Their prophetic gift was
00:42:30.81\00:42:33.75
not denied. He didn't say, hey
listen I did not call you for
00:42:33.78\00:42:35.58
nothing, He called them as
prophets, both of them. Moses
00:42:35.62\00:42:38.75
too. He says but listen I've
got organization here and if
00:42:38.79\00:42:41.39
you're trying to usurp authority
you're wrong. And what happens
00:42:41.42\00:42:45.06
well the wages of sin is
punishment or death, right?
00:42:45.09\00:42:50.63
So to Moses, it says He communed
with him in a greater way
00:42:50.67\00:42:58.24
than He had
communed with others.
00:42:58.27\00:42:59.94
Nadab and Abihu, oh they
changed things up, didn't they?
00:44:08.54\00:44:13.72
In fact what they did is
they changed something that was
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only symbolic. It was God's
command, yes, but it was only
00:44:16.65\00:44:20.26
symbolic. Fire burns stuff,
right? So they used different
00:44:20.29\00:44:24.86
fire that will still burn stuff
but it wasn't the fire that God
00:44:24.89\00:44:28.66
had chosen to be symbolic
of His own divine presence
00:44:28.70\00:44:31.13
and it was sin, ok? I mean if
even these little things end up
00:44:31.17\00:44:37.01
with death as a result of
sin we ought to be very serious
00:44:37.04\00:44:42.38
about keeping God's
organization according to His
00:44:42.41\00:44:44.85
word and His symbolism correct
as well. God had explicit
00:44:44.88\00:44:50.49
directions how every part of
His service should be conducted.
00:44:50.52\00:44:53.72
That all connected with
His sacred worship might be in
00:44:53.76\00:44:57.53
accordance with His
holy character. Any deviation
00:44:57.56\00:45:01.06
from the express directions of
God in connection with His holy
00:45:01.10\00:45:04.63
service, all of it, with
His organization was punishable
00:45:04.67\00:45:07.54
with death. Aaron's sons took
the common fire which God did
00:45:07.57\00:45:11.34
not accept and they offered
insult to the infinite God
00:45:11.37\00:45:15.21
by presenting this strange fire
before Him. The fire did the
00:45:15.24\00:45:19.48
same thing, it burned stuff.
No, no, no, no,no. Women can
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preach, yes. But it's not God's
direction, Amen. God's direction
00:45:25.25\00:45:30.86
for ordaining is for
elders and pastors that are men.
00:45:30.89\00:45:33.83
Don't change it up church.
You're gonna mess yourselves up.
00:45:33.86\00:45:37.23
So it says, God
consumed them by fire.
00:45:38.33\00:45:40.97
Symbolic. No we can't change
stuff up like ordering pizza
00:45:52.71\00:45:57.95
and cola for the Communion
Service. Even symbolic things
00:45:57.99\00:46:03.29
are important to God because
it stands for His gospel.
00:46:03.32\00:46:08.00
It represents something
greater and the salvation of men
00:46:08.03\00:46:11.10
and the deception of men
is involved. Serious things.
00:46:11.13\00:46:14.10
Saul. 1 Samuel 10:8 says
00:46:14.14\00:46:18.94
Now quickly please
turn to 1 Samuel 13.
00:46:36.66\00:46:40.96
1 Samuel 13, the Bible says in
verses 7-14, some of the Hebrews
00:46:41.00\00:46:48.80
went over Jordan to the land
of Gilead and as for Saul he was
00:46:48.84\00:46:54.84
yet in Gilgal and all the
people followed him trembling.
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.41
He tarried 7 days just
as it said in Chapter 10
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.72
like he should, according
to the set time that Samuel had
00:47:00.75\00:47:03.69
appointed but Samuel came not
to Gilgal according to Saul's
00:47:03.72\00:47:08.26
timing. And the people were
scattered from him. So Saul said
00:47:08.29\00:47:12.16
in verse 9, bring hither the
burnt offering to me, and peace
00:47:12.19\00:47:15.40
offerings. And he offered
the burnt offering. And it came
00:47:15.43\00:47:21.07
to pass as soon as he had made
an end of offering the burnt
00:47:21.10\00:47:23.91
offering, behold Samuel
came. On what day? the 7th day.
00:47:23.94\00:47:30.05
Just as he had said. So
here we're seeing impatience
00:47:30.08\00:47:35.18
for God's providence. Impatience
for the prophecies to fulfill.
00:47:35.22\00:47:38.85
Impatience for God's mission
to be accomplished. Listen, the
00:47:38.89\00:47:42.42
children of Israel are
scattering. What are we gonna do
00:47:42.46\00:47:44.29
We gotta do something outside
of God's will to bring in your
00:47:44.33\00:47:47.13
or His divine blessing. But no,
it was contrary to God's will
00:47:47.16\00:47:50.30
and what happened? It says
there in verse 10. Samuel came.
00:47:50.33\00:47:54.57
verse11, What have you done? And
Saul said, hey because I saw the
00:47:54.60\00:48:00.14
people were scattered from
me and you didn't come according
00:48:00.18\00:48:02.78
to my divine understanding,
that the Philistines had
00:48:02.81\00:48:06.35
gathered themselves and I was
scared, so, verse12 at the end
00:48:06.38\00:48:09.22
I forced myself therefore
and offered a burnt offering,
00:48:09.25\00:48:13.29
verse13. Samuel said to Saul,
you have done foolishly. Not
00:48:13.32\00:48:20.90
only that you have not kept the
commandment of the Lord your God
00:48:20.93\00:48:24.20
which by the way is sin. And
it says for now would the Lord
00:48:24.23\00:48:30.07
have established your kingdom
upon Israel forever, but now
00:48:30.11\00:48:33.84
your kingdom shall not continue.
He said that to Saul because
00:48:33.88\00:48:41.45
he was not following God's
organization of the priests
00:48:41.48\00:48:46.42
offering the services, not
the king. Well wait a minute
00:48:46.45\00:48:50.53
Saul said, the kingdom holds the
Tabernacle, right? I mean I'm
00:48:50.56\00:48:56.77
leader over the whole thing
which includes the Tabernacle
00:48:56.80\00:48:59.80
why can't I step down from
my high position and why can't I
00:48:59.83\00:49:03.17
do something like what I think?
And God says, uh huh that's not
00:49:03.20\00:49:07.21
your business. Your kingdom
is being taken from you. Notice
00:49:07.24\00:49:11.25
what happens. Because Saul did
not listen to the Word of God
00:49:11.28\00:49:15.52
through His prophet here what
happened a few chapters later
00:49:15.55\00:49:20.02
go to chapter
15, and verse22, 23.
00:49:20.06\00:49:23.99
Samuel did not kill, I'm sorry
Saul did not kill as Samuel had
00:49:26.03\00:49:31.63
said. So it says in verse22,
Samuel said, Hath the Lord as
00:49:31.67\00:49:39.64
great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices as in obeying the
00:49:39.67\00:49:43.41
voice of the Lord? Behold to
obey is better than sacrifice
00:49:43.45\00:49:46.95
and to hearken is
better than the fat of rams.
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.98
For rebellion, what you've
done Saul, rebellion against my
00:49:50.02\00:49:54.09
specific commands, and God's
organization, is as the sin of
00:49:54.12\00:49:59.56
witchcraft and stubbornness
is as the iniquity of idolatry.
00:49:59.59\00:50:07.60
Guess what? Saul was saying just
like Cain, just like Jeroboam
00:50:08.87\00:50:15.48
just like Miriam and
Aaron, just like all the others
00:50:15.51\00:50:20.52
I am God before Him. That's
the commandment I think everyone
00:50:20.55\00:50:26.42
of these is breaking
above Thou shalt not covet.
00:50:26.45\00:50:29.62
Ok? God has set up His design
in the Word of the Lord, amen?
00:50:29.66\00:50:36.36
And if we're contrary to those
things we're setting ourselves
00:50:36.40\00:50:39.10
in the temple of God showing
ourselves that we are God
00:50:39.13\00:50:43.14
and putting Him down just
like it happened in Daniel 8
00:50:43.17\00:50:47.08
with the little horn, or
the exceeding great horn.
00:50:47.11\00:50:49.68
What about Uzzah? Uzzah
put forth his hand, and we know
00:50:49.71\00:50:55.35
that that didn't work out
very well. He was trying to help
00:50:55.38\00:50:59.02
God out. Well anybody would I
think. Guess what? David was the
00:50:59.05\00:51:06.09
one at fault there. You see
because the Philistines had put
00:51:06.13\00:51:09.80
the ark upon a cart, right? A
new cart and they sent it over
00:51:09.83\00:51:13.13
to, I don't remember the names
of every place, I'm not even
00:51:13.17\00:51:17.77
going to try. That's
what I thought. Bethshemesh
00:51:17.81\00:51:20.91
So they take this ark on
a new cart to Bethshemesh
00:51:20.94\00:51:23.75
Guess what? David saw the cart
that it was in, in Philistia
00:51:23.78\00:51:29.38
it ends up that he thinks, ok
guess what? I know how to move
00:51:30.69\00:51:34.12
the ark. I'll put it on a new
cart just like the Philistines
00:51:34.16\00:51:36.59
and I'll take it over
to where God wants it to be
00:51:36.62\00:51:38.83
and we're gonna offer offerings
and we're gonna send prayers
00:51:38.86\00:51:41.26
we're gonna kneel down,
we're gonna have offerings,
00:51:41.30\00:51:43.37
we're gonna have prayers,
all these wonderful things that
00:51:43.40\00:51:45.83
God must want. And what happens?
The ark rocks back and forth
00:51:45.87\00:51:50.17
and Uzzah trying to help
the king and God, he puts forth
00:51:50.21\00:51:52.77
his hands, SNAP! He lost
his life. And David was to blame
00:51:52.81\00:51:59.71
why? Because he didn't under-
stand history, the way that
00:51:59.75\00:52:04.72
the Bible had laid it out.
David was to blame for that one.
00:52:04.75\00:52:08.76
Shame. Uzzah, he could've
probably understood the history
00:52:09.82\00:52:15.13
better too and the
counsel of God better.
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.67
But I think David was
at fault for that one.
00:52:18.90\00:52:20.67
What about Uzziah? Uzziah the
king was a leper until his death
00:52:23.97\00:52:29.21
Ask Uzziah what he
did. What happened Uzziah?
00:52:58.11\00:53:01.11
The Bible says pretty clearly,
2 Chronicles 26 starting in 16.
00:53:01.84\00:53:10.92
When he was strong his heart
was lifted up to destruction.
00:53:15.06\00:53:18.59
For he transgressed against the
Lord his God. And he went into
00:53:18.63\00:53:23.57
the temple of the Lord to
burn incense upon the altar of
00:53:23.60\00:53:28.07
incense. Just like Jeroboam
had done, right? Just like Saul
00:53:28.10\00:53:32.61
had done. Not offering incense
but offering an offering.
00:53:32.64\00:53:35.68
It says there, he offered
incense. Well, verse17 as Uriah
00:53:35.71\00:53:40.02
the priest went in after him
he said whoa, whoa, there were
00:53:40.05\00:53:42.85
fourscore or 80 priests with
him Valued men, the tough guys
00:53:42.88\00:53:47.36
showed up. King listen, you
are not supposed to do this.
00:53:47.39\00:53:49.82
Well the king he didn't want
to listen at all. verse18, they
00:53:49.86\00:53:52.59
withstood Uzziah the king
and said unto him 'It is not
00:53:52.63\00:53:56.20
in your position Uzziah to
burn incense to the Lord but
00:53:56.23\00:53:59.43
the priests it is reserved
for, the sons of Aaron that are
00:53:59.47\00:54:03.51
consecrated to burn incense. Go
out of the sanctuary king you're
00:54:03.54\00:54:07.71
for your honor from the Lord
your God.' verseerse 19 Uzziah
00:54:07.74\00:54:16.32
was angry. How dare these
priests speak to me like that.
00:54:16.35\00:54:20.29
He had a censer in his hand
to burn incense and while he was
00:54:20.32\00:54:24.16
wroth with the priests the
leprosy everseen rose up in his
00:54:24.19\00:54:29.50
forehead before the priests
of the house of the Lord from
00:54:29.53\00:54:33.64
besides the incense altar. As
Uriah the chief priest and all
00:54:33.67\00:54:37.41
the priests looked upon him
and behold he was leprous in his
00:54:37.44\00:54:40.54
forehead and they thrust him out
from there. Yea himself hasted
00:54:40.58\00:54:44.71
out also because the Lord
had smitten him. He was a leper
00:54:44.75\00:54:48.88
unto the day of his death.
I tell you this is serious
00:54:48.92\00:54:53.32
business. We can't just change
up God's design in His church
00:54:53.36\00:54:57.33
which still represents
His symbolic, beautiful gospel
00:54:57.36\00:55:01.63
and think we can get away
with it. It leads to Assyria
00:55:01.66\00:55:04.97
it leads to Babylon, it leads
to destruction. It leads to
00:55:05.00\00:55:08.67
scattering. It leads to the
destruction of God's people.
00:55:08.70\00:55:12.91
It leads to the diverseision of
His church. You follow the story
00:55:12.94\00:55:16.85
of Daverseid. I preached about
that not too long ago when it
00:55:16.88\00:55:18.81
leads to the destruction of
priesthood, Daverseid eating the
00:55:18.85\00:55:22.65
shewbread. You find when he did
that, that ended up being the
00:55:22.68\00:55:27.49
death of the priest, it ended
up being the death of all 80
00:55:27.52\00:55:31.73
folk that wore the linen that
day. And it was the destruction
00:55:31.76\00:55:34.90
of the entire city of
Nob including women, men
00:55:34.93\00:55:38.83
and children. I think
that was wrong moversee.
00:55:38.87\00:55:45.37
Trying to change up God's
organization, and His symbolism
00:55:45.41\00:55:49.11
His liturgical matters. It
is sin. It is wrong. And I plead
00:55:50.28\00:55:55.68
with my church, do not do this.
00:55:55.72\00:55:57.79
We talked about Cain, we talked
about Gideon, we talked about
00:56:00.69\00:56:05.86
Jeroboam, we talked about
Korah. We talked about Miriam.
00:56:05.89\00:56:11.00
We talked about Nadab and
Abihu. We talked about Saul
00:56:11.03\00:56:15.90
9 or 10 stories. I'm gonna
haversee to count it again if I
00:56:25.68\00:56:28.85
want to but I'm not going
to. 9 or 10 stories from the
00:56:28.88\00:56:32.75
Scriptures themselversees that
show that if we as God's people
00:56:32.79\00:56:37.36
take lightly His organization,
His specified desires in His
00:56:37.39\00:56:42.66
holy word, and everseen
the symbolism that represents
00:56:42.70\00:56:46.40
the Gospel, we will lead
our selversees and others into
00:56:46.43\00:56:52.04
Babylon But my Bible says in
Reverseelation 18:4, Come out of
00:56:52.07\00:56:57.95
Babylon my people that you
be not partakers of her sins.
00:56:57.98\00:57:02.02
And that you are not
consumed by her plagues.
00:57:02.05\00:57:05.95
It says from Life Sketches
of E.G. White, pg.196, 1902
00:57:05.99\00:57:14.03
May the God of Heaverseen
bless my church. I am a
00:57:26.04\00:57:30.75
Severseenth-Day Adverseentist
because they follow the Bible.
00:57:30.78\00:57:34.98
May God bless my church with
blessings from on high rather
00:57:35.02\00:57:40.52
than the plagues
coming upon Babylon.
00:57:40.56\00:57:43.22