WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus chapter 27. 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:05.820 It's good to be with you this morning. 00:00:07.580 --> 00:00:13.200 I'm going to preach from several passages all dealing with the same subject matter, 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:20.800 27.1-21, 31-21, and 34-38, 37.25-29, and 38.1-20. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:25.580 But because the second half of it is the implementation, 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:28.560 the actual carrying out of the instructions in the first half, 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:30.259 and it's almost identical word for word. 00:00:30.579 --> 00:00:32.539 I'm not going to read it out loud right now. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.479 I will incorporate it into my sermon, throughout the course of the sermon. 00:00:37.219 --> 00:00:41.079 But I will read 27.1-21 and 31-21. 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:44.519 So let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word. 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.960 Father, we have gathered in your Son's name, 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:58.379 and we humble ourselves before you. 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:02.160 waiting to hear from you. 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:09.379 As you always do, speak to us in and from your word 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:16.000 to exalt your Son, Jesus, 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:24.000 and to cheer our souls with the consolations that we have in him. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:32.560 Meet with us now in Jesus' name, we ask. 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:33.159 Amen. 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:36.420 If you would please stand, if you are able, 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:41.200 for the reading of God's word from Exodus 27, 1-21, 00:01:41.379 --> 00:01:43.659 and Exodus 30, 1-21. 00:01:43.659 --> 00:01:43.819 Amen. 00:01:43.819 --> 00:01:53.599 You shall make the altar of acacia wood, 00:01:53.919 --> 00:01:56.439 five cubits long and five cubits broad. 00:01:56.639 --> 00:02:00.239 The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits, 00:02:00.459 --> 00:02:03.319 and you shall make horns for it on its four corners. 00:02:04.019 --> 00:02:06.479 Its horns shall be of one piece with it, 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:08.180 and you shall overlay it with bronze. 00:02:09.140 --> 00:02:12.039 You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:15.340 and shovels and basins and forks and firepans. 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:18.280 You shall make all its utensils of bronze. 00:02:18.980 --> 00:02:20.960 You shall also make for it a grating, 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:22.080 a network of bronze, 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.699 and on the net you shall make four bronze rings 00:02:24.699 --> 00:02:25.780 at its four corners. 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.520 And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.000 so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.520 And you shall make poles for the altar, 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:34.840 poles of acacia wood, 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:36.319 and overlay them with bronze. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.120 And the poles shall be put through the rings 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.199 so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:42.039 when it is carried. 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:44.500 You shall make it hollow with boards, 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.080 as it has been shown you on the mountain, 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:48.699 so shall it be made. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.900 You shall make the court of the tabernacle. 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.159 On the south side of the court 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.300 shall have hangings of fine twine linen 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:58.219 a hundred cubits long for one side. 00:02:58.400 --> 00:02:59.639 Its twenty pillars, 00:02:59.639 --> 00:03:01.679 and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:03.359 but the hooks of the pillars 00:03:03.359 --> 00:03:05.319 and their fillets shall be of silver. 00:03:06.059 --> 00:03:06.579 And likewise, 00:03:06.839 --> 00:03:08.439 for its length on the north side 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.699 there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, 00:03:10.799 --> 00:03:11.899 its pillars twenty, 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:13.219 and their bases twenty, 00:03:13.519 --> 00:03:14.259 of bronze. 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.079 But the hooks of the pillars 00:03:16.079 --> 00:03:17.879 and their fillets shall be of silver. 00:03:18.419 --> 00:03:19.939 And for the breadth of the court 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:20.859 on the west side 00:03:20.859 --> 00:03:22.719 there shall be hangings for fifty cubits 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:24.379 with ten pillars and ten bases. 00:03:24.819 --> 00:03:26.119 The breadth of the court 00:03:26.119 --> 00:03:27.199 on the front to the east 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:28.339 shall be fifty cubits. 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:33.259 the hangings for the one side of the gate shall be 15 cubits with their three pillars and three 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:38.599 bases on the other side the hanging shall be 15 cubits with their three pillars and three bases 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:45.539 for the gate of the court there shall be a screen 20 cubits long of blue and purple and scarlet 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:50.960 yarns and fine twine linen embroidered with needlework he shall have four pillars and with 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:56.580 them four bases all the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver their hooks shall 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:05.259 bronze the length of the court shall be 100 cubits the breadth 50 and the height five cubits with 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:11.300 hangings of fine twine linen and bases of bronze all the utensils of the tabernacle for every use 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:17.500 and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court shall be of bronze you shall command the people of israel 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:22.379 that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:28.300 in the tent of meeting outside the veil that is before the testimony aaron and his son shall 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:33.460 tend it from evening to morning before the lord it shall be a statute forever to be observed 00:04:33.460 --> 00:04:39.060 throughout their generations by the people of israel now turn a couple pages to chapter 30 00:04:39.060 --> 00:04:47.680 with me and i'm going to read verses 1 to 21 you shall make an altar on which to burn incense you 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:53.480 shall make it of acacia wood a cubit shall be its length and a cubit its breadth it shall be square 00:04:53.480 --> 00:05:00.060 and two cubits shall be its height its horns shall be of one piece with it you shall overlay it with 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:05.379 pure gold its top and around its size and its horns and you shall make a molding of gold around it and 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:10.780 you shall make two golden rings for it under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make 00:05:10.780 --> 00:05:16.840 them and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it you shall make the poles of acacia wood 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:22.239 and overlay them with gold and you shall put in it put in put it in front of the veil that is above 00:05:22.239 --> 00:05:28.219 the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony where i will meet with 00:05:28.219 --> 00:05:35.179 you and aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it 00:05:35.179 --> 00:05:40.879 and when aaron sets up the lamps at twilight he shall burn it a regular incense offering before the lord 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:46.359 throughout the generations you shall not offer unauthorized incense on it or a burnt offering or a grain 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.680 offering and you shall not pour a drink offering on it aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.780 year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year 00:05:57.780 --> 00:06:04.520 throughout your generations it is most holy to the lord the lord said to moses when you take the 00:06:04.520 --> 00:06:10.480 census of the people of israel then each shall give a ransom for the life to the lord for his life to 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:16.120 the lord when you number them and there be we that there be no plague among them with when you number 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:22.040 them each one who is numbered in the census shall give this half a shekel according to the shekel of 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:28.840 the sanctuary the shekel is 20 gareth half a shekel as an offering to the lord everyone who is numbered 00:06:28.840 --> 00:06:34.660 in the census from 20 years old and upward shall give the lord's offering the rich shall not give more 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:40.040 and the poor shall not give less than the half shekel when you give the lord's offering to make 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:45.740 atonement for your lives you shall take the atonement money from the people of israel and shall give it 00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:51.800 for the service of the tent of meeting that it may bring the people of israel to remembrance before the 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:59.020 lord so as to make atonement for your lives the lord said to moses you shall also make a basin of bronze 00:06:59.020 --> 00:07:04.480 with its stand of bronze for washing you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:09.700 and you shall put water in it with which aaron and his son shall wash their hands and their feet 00:07:09.700 --> 00:07:14.939 when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister to burn a food 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:20.300 offering to the lord they shall wash with water so that they may not die they shall wash their hands 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:26.319 and their feet so that they may not die it shall be a statute forever to them even to him and to his 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:32.240 offspring throughout their generations this is god's holy and authoritative word please be seated 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:46.220 we live in a in an egalitarian society where people enjoy historically unprecedented levels of 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:53.280 equality of course there's some kind of hierarchy and leadership in every society but generally speaking 00:07:53.280 --> 00:08:02.000 we can speak to whomever we want and expect to be treated as well as everyone else so this idea of 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:09.620 being unworthy of being unworthy of someone or being unworthy to be at some place is something that's 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:16.879 foreign to most of our day-to-day experience so let's do a thought experiment for a moment imagine that you 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:26.959 are attending a red carpet event and you are in sweaty pajamas in in in a flip-flops that are kicked with dirt 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:33.899 and dust and dust and you didn't have a chance to shower so you stink and you have a bedhead 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:42.240 okay and now imagine how you would feel in that place you'd feel completely out of place you would 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:50.779 feel unworthy to be there you would be desperate for a shower you'd feel desperate for designer dress 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:56.699 designer suit maybe some fame and celebrity go with this way you can feel like you can actually be there 00:08:56.699 --> 00:09:03.179 and you would maybe even also want thick layers of makeup to cover up your blemishes 00:09:03.179 --> 00:09:13.199 so if you feel so exposed and so helpless and unworthy in the presence of celebrities 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:21.980 who are merely human if you feel so exposed and insecure in front of the rolling cameras 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:31.440 and bright lights of a red carpet event how much more unworthy are we to be in the presence of god 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:39.440 himself the infinite creator of heaven and the earth who with his all-seeing eyes dwells in 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:47.640 unapproachable light god who is a consuming fire himself how do we meet with him how do we dwell in his presence 00:09:47.640 --> 00:09:54.560 that's the problem that this passage addresses starting in chapter 25 where the lord's instructions 00:09:54.560 --> 00:09:59.840 to moses and the israelites for the construction of the tabernacle began the tabernacle has been referred 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:07.600 to exclusively as the dwelling the english word tabernacle just means tent but it's translating a hebrew word 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:15.659 that means dwelling place the dwelling place of god god's residence but notice in chapter 27 20 to 21 00:10:15.659 --> 00:10:20.340 which we read that the tabernacle starts to be called something else for the first time 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:25.920 it says you shall command the people of israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:33.920 that lamp may be regularly be set to burn in the tent of meeting outside the veil that is before the testimony 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:38.339 aaron and his son shall tend to it from evening to morning this is the first time that the expression 00:10:38.339 --> 00:10:46.879 tent of meeting is used in the book of exodus to refer to the tabernacle so from exodus 25 to 27 19 the 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:53.759 tabernacle has exclusively been called the dwelling 19 times but starting here in 27 20 until 30 38 00:10:53.759 --> 00:11:01.759 it is exclusively called the tent of meeting a total of 14 times so when describing the most holy place 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:07.679 and the holy place within the tabernacle proper its golden fire furnishings the ark of the testimony the 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:13.080 atonement cover the golden lamp stand and the table of the presence and the covering and the veils the 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:19.360 tabernacle is called the dwelling to emphasize its function as god's residing place his dwelling place 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:27.059 but when describing the priests who facilitate the sacrifices and the bronze altar for atonement sacrifices 00:11:27.059 --> 00:11:31.859 and for and the bronze base and for the washing inside the courtyard the tabernacle is called the 00:11:31.859 --> 00:11:40.479 tent of meeting to emphasize its function as the mediating place there and the meeting place between god and his people 00:11:40.479 --> 00:11:46.899 so in describing this function of the tabernacle this passage teaches us this important main point that we can 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:54.259 meet with god because we have been atoned by the blood of christ and washed by the water of the spirit 00:11:54.259 --> 00:12:00.679 we're going to look at four different points we're going to start with god's holiness and the tent of 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:06.799 meeting first by looking at the descriptions of the enclosure of the outer courtyard in 27 9 to 21 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:14.639 in 38 9 to 20 so the tabernacle proper the dwelling place of god was further enclosed by a series of 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:21.200 interconnected curtains made with fine twine linen these curtains were connected to the pillars made of 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:27.620 acacia wood or overlaid with bronze and then but their capitals at the top and the hooks and the fillets 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:34.259 fillets or fillet we think of fillet of meat but it's just a strip of metal that's decorating the top of 00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:40.200 the column the capital the fillet and those the top part is silver that's on the outside these pillars 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:48.259 and the enclosure forms a large rectangle around the tabernacle the longer side is north and south 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:55.460 it's a hundred cubits which is about 150 feet long and then the two shorter sides are uh 50 cubits 00:12:55.460 --> 00:13:03.100 west and east and they're about 75 feet long and so if you want to imagine a tennis court the larger 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:09.480 enclosure is about almost exactly twice as large as the tennis court both in its length and its breadth 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:16.700 so that's the the outer enclosure of the courtyard and on the east side there is a 30 feet long screen 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:21.900 at the center that's where the entrance is at the gate of the enclosure is and we have highlighted this 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:26.780 a number of times over the last few weeks that entrance to the east is significant because the 00:13:26.780 --> 00:13:32.180 entrance to the garden of east was garden of eden was on the east and the entrance to the later temple 00:13:32.180 --> 00:13:39.060 will also be in the east the entrance to god's dwelling place always is faces an easterly direction where 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:46.699 the sun rises like christ was raised from the dead but not only that it reminds us also of the fact 00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:53.439 that the israelites and all of us by extension are sinful people who live east of eden as john steinbeck 00:13:53.439 --> 00:14:01.059 put it in exile from the presence of god from the garden of eden and and so the material that the gate 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:08.319 the screen is made of also reinforces the sense of distance uh 27 16 and 38 18 both tell us that the 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:13.440 screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:20.379 in fine twine linnet uh it's made of the same material uh of as the veil that separates the most 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:24.780 holy place from the holy place the only thing that's different is that it doesn't have the cherubim 00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:29.480 worked into it so it's not god it doesn't represent god's heavenly dwelling place it in the holy of 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:37.900 holies but it still has the all the royal markings of these colored yarns i mentioned to you a few weeks 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:43.860 ago that the colored yarns were very expensive in those days because they didn't have synthetic dyes 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:50.299 so the dyes had to be extracted manually from the glands of sea mollusks and plant barks and leaves and 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:57.120 berries and precious metals and minerals so you'd have to scar the land to find the right plants and or 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:02.519 wade through the sea to collect the right clams and snails that can be pressed and used to produce 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:09.240 the dyes for these yarns and so these were very uncommon artifacts the scarlet yarn blue and purple 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:15.879 yarns were uncommon materials of royalty and luxury so you would not see these kinds of materials in the 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:21.939 common people's houses the same is true for the fine twined linen which the all the rest of the curtain 00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:27.779 of the outer enclosure is made up of it's not made of typical linen made from the fiber of beaten 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:34.220 flax which which was coarse uh it's it's it's made of the same material but this is very fine it has 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:41.639 fine twine linen of the silkiest variety in genesis 41 42 when pharaoh appoints joseph as second in 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:48.759 command in all of egypt guess what he puts on joseph he puts on him a linen fine linen garments of fine 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:55.699 linen like the curtain that's around the enclosure so again this is royalty material so then the entire 00:15:55.700 --> 00:16:03.160 450 foot perimeter is made up of rich materials like this and if we're in the israelite shoes 00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:09.280 we wouldn't marvel at it it's if you were children you'd probably want to go up and touch it wow look 00:16:09.280 --> 00:16:16.740 at how smooth that is look at how fine that material is and on top of that it's pretty imposing the 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:25.000 curtains are 7.5 feet tall five cubits that means even some of the tallest current and former nba players 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:33.080 like yaoming or taco fall who are 7.6 feet tall are not tall enough to look over it on flat foot 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:40.539 which means none of us have any chance of looking over it and so only the top most part of the 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:46.360 tabernacle would be visible from the outside so if you consider these details we can see that the 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:54.879 tabernacle is not exactly a picture of approachability or accessibility the tabernacle was not meant to be 00:16:54.879 --> 00:17:00.799 a common ordinary place that anyone can casually walk into and stroll around like a public park 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:07.960 this distance between us and god is also communicated through the gradation of holiness we see in the 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:13.460 design of the tabernacle i've mentioned this to you before that that all the furnishings in the 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:18.819 courtyard are made of bronze there the pillars on the outside are made of bronze but the top of the 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:24.240 pillar the capitals are made of silver but then when you get to the tabernacle the tent inside proper 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:31.519 the the pillars are made of silver but the not the the whole pillar the bottom of the pillars are made 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:37.939 of silver but the top is made of gold the rest of the pillars made of gold so it's like the tabernacle 00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:44.639 has three levels or almost layers like three stories even though it's flattened on level ground it's like 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:51.360 their stories the the the top of the outer enclosure fits to the the outside of the tent the bottom of 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:57.180 that and then once you go furthest in inside the most holy place everything is gold you don't you see 00:17:57.180 --> 00:18:03.360 nothing but gold and so there's this gold level silver level bronze level it's kind of like how i feel 00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:11.480 when i when i uh ever travel on flights it's like the you you're waiting to board and there's this the gold 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:15.940 level people who get to board before everybody else and they get to sit in the best seats and they get 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:21.839 to eat the best food and get the best drink and and they have their own bathrooms and uh you know and 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.200 then there's the silver level people i don't know what they get and then there's the bronze level people 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:31.220 and then there are people like me right and so there's this distance between you and those people 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:37.940 and and that's exactly what this tabernacle is supposed to convey there's the gold there's the silver 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:47.460 there's the bronze and then there's you right i i want us to feel this gap between god and us you 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:53.600 know not just in a theoretical way but in a visceral way at an emotional level before we move on to the 00:18:53.600 --> 00:19:01.500 next point because we can't appreciate what god does to bridge that gap unless we first feel that that 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:13.539 chasm that we can't ever cross on our own in esther 4 11 when mordecai asks esther for help saying we 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:19.160 are about to be exterminated as jews say state sanctioned pogrom they're about to kill us all 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:23.579 and he asks esther pleased with her to go and talk to the king because she's the queen 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:30.240 and then esther tells mordecai i can't just go into the king i have to be summoned if i go without 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:37.859 being summoned the only sentence is death unless the king graciously extends the scepter to show mercy 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:48.039 that's the kind of that's the kind of respect and honor that an earthly king gets how much more 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:50.000 the divine king 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:58.200 you can't go to a king whenever you want you have to be summoned you have to be worthy 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:08.779 and so we are no members of the royal family we're no queen we're common folk dirty sinful 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:19.440 how are we supposed to enter the tent of meeting to meet with god you and i are not worthy it doesn't 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:25.120 matter how many followers you have on social media it doesn't matter that you're the ceo of a fortune 500 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:32.539 company it doesn't matter that you have a phd and a postdoc and a post postdoc from harvard and mit 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:38.579 it doesn't matter that your iq is off the charts or that your eq is off the charts it doesn't matter 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:45.079 that you're a pretty good person who's never had a scandalous sin in your life you and i are not worthy 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:57.019 and that's the reality between yahweh the lord god the holy one and us there is a gaping chasm 00:20:57.019 --> 00:21:03.240 that's impossible this is where the furnishings of the courtyard come into the picture 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.539 and we're on to the second point our sinfulness and the altar of atonement 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:13.700 the word atonement is seldom used outside of church nowadays but it means something similar 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:20.460 to the word reparations which i'm sure you've heard more frequently it refers to the making of amends 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:28.680 for some kind of injury or wrong done to another and atonement it covers over sin and offense 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:37.920 it's a payment that satisfies divine justice chapter 30 verses 11 to 16 speak of this please turn there 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:44.600 with me chapter 30 verses 11 to 16 when moses conducts the census of the people of israel 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:51.060 everyone 20 years old and above is required to pay half a shekel as an offering to the lord 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:58.240 and later in exodus 38 25 to 26 there is an actual accounting of all the silver that was collected 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:06.120 through this census tax and we are told that all the men over 20 years old were 603 550 there was 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:12.980 that many of them and each of them paid a half a shekel resulting in a hundred talents and 1775 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:22.140 shekels of silver it's about 7601 pounds of silver in our in our rendering reckoning another passage in 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:29.980 numbers one also mentions a census and it it has the same number of males 603 550 so it's probably 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:36.980 referring back to the same census that exodus 30 speaks of and that's illuminating because in numbers 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:43.540 it specifically mentions that this census was intended to count those from 20 years old and upward 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:53.659 every man able to go to war in israel so census here it serves a military purpose in part to count the 00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:58.779 possible number of conscripts into the army which is the reason why the women and children are not 00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:06.039 counted this is the israelite equivalent of the selective service system have you guys gotten letters 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:12.619 from the selective service system i guess well maybe i'm too old to get that now but um when you it's 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:17.359 the it's the agency in the u.s government that keeps track of all eligible u.s citizens who are to 00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:24.399 who can be conscripted to serve in the army in a military draft the lord says to moses in chapter 30 00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:31.659 verse 12 read with me when you take the census of the people of israel then each shall give a ransom 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:38.200 for his life to the lord when you number them that there be no plague among them when you number them 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:44.080 and then he continues in verses 15 to 16 the rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:50.259 less than the half shekel when you give the lord's offering to make atonement for your lives you shall 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:55.360 take the atonement money from the people of israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of 00:23:55.360 --> 00:24:00.840 meeting that it may bring the people of israel to remembrance before the lord so as to make 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:11.599 atonement for your lives this is a very fascinating passage why does every israelite man of military age 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:19.199 need to make an atonement for his life and then give a ransom for his life to the lord when being 00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:26.419 counted in the census why is there a threat of a plague breaking out among them when a census is 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:33.519 conducted the words ransom and atonement which is repeated throughout this passage give us clues about 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:39.900 the nature of this payment what it does what its purpose is these men have been numbered to go to war 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:48.500 later on in the conquest of the promised land their lives are essentially forfeit which is why they need a 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:55.620 ransom payment this is their way of acknowledging that their lives are ultimately in the lord's hands 00:24:55.619 --> 00:25:04.259 the census tax is simultaneously a tribute and petition it's a tribute to the king acknowledging 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:10.579 their subjection to his authority we're in your hands we're at your disposal it's also a petition 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:17.979 asking the king to remember them with favor and protect and spare them so the silver collected through 00:25:17.979 --> 00:25:24.000 the census tax will be used for the construction of the tent of meeting so that it may bring it says if 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:30.759 bring the people of israel to remembrance before the lord so as to make atonement for their lives 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:36.220 since the rich man's life is not more valuable than the poor man's life 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:45.519 and vice versa all pay the same half shekel no more and no less but there's still more meaning to this 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:51.599 census tax there's this threat of a plague breaking out when the israelite men are being numbered 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:57.980 there are a number of censuses taken throughout the old testament and here in exodus the census is 00:25:57.980 --> 00:26:03.399 taken before the construction of the tabernacle and then later similarly in second chronicles 2 00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:09.779 a census is taken before the construction of the temple before solomon builds the temple in numbers 1 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:18.039 and 26 a census is taken to number the soldiers before the conquest of canaan and in numbers 4 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:23.440 the levites were specifically omitted from the census are counted for the service within the tabernacle 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:30.440 because they don't serve in the military there's only one census in all of the old testament that 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:37.379 does not serve a specific divinely sanctioned purpose and that's recorded in second samuel 24 and 00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:44.659 first chronicles 21 when king david orders a census of israel's men eligible for military service 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:52.800 without god's express approval or command and guess what happens god punishes israel with a plague 00:26:52.800 --> 00:27:00.720 so that 70 000 men of israel die this account appears to be connected related to this passage in exodus 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:09.779 30 why is god so upset with david taking a census he's the king after all we can infer the reason from 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:15.839 what his military commander joab who is charged with taking this actual census says to david in objection 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:22.819 he says this may the lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are are they not my lord the 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:29.160 king all of them my lord's servants why then should my lord require this why should it be a cause of guilt 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:35.839 for israel for kings and nations taking a census is a way of estimating their power 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:40.980 it's their way of sticking out their chest and flexing their muscles 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:51.159 it's this is why it's their way of saying look at what vast army i have and my command don't mess with me 00:27:51.159 --> 00:28:01.759 and this is why taking a census is inherently offensive to god it's an act of hubris it's an act of 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:08.460 independence and rebellion rather than humble submission to god in duranami 7 god specifically 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:13.980 said that to hit to the israelites that he that he chose them as his treasure treasure of possession 00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:20.119 and set his love upon them out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth quote not because 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:25.279 they were more in number than other people for they were the fewest of all the peoples 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:31.599 god chose them because he said his love on them because he's keeping the promises he had made to 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:36.599 their forefathers he did not choose them because they were a powerful numerous people because they 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:43.539 deserved his affection so by counting the men eligible for military service david showed that his 00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:50.619 heart had strayed away from god that he believed in strength in numbers more than strength in the lord 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:56.859 he trusted in his own hosts rather than in the lord of hosts 00:28:56.859 --> 00:29:02.759 this is another reason why exodus 30 requires the payment of atonement money 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:07.319 when a census is being taken that there will be no plague among them when you number them 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:15.259 what are some ways that you have taken a census in your own life 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:25.519 do you look at your bank statements and investments with satisfaction and put your trust in them 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.039 rather than in the lord 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:35.660 do you look at your list of friends or look around at your family and put your trust in them 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:42.259 rather than in the lord do you count your genealogy or your academic pedigree 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:48.879 do you take stock of your talents how much smarter you are than others how much prettier you are than 00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:53.619 others how much stronger and more athletic you are than others how much cooler or funnier you are than 00:29:53.619 --> 00:30:01.119 others how much more liked you are than others stop counting those trivial numbers 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:13.079 what truly matters is do you have god is god on your side rather are you on god's side 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:20.359 for the foolishness of god is wiser than men and the weakness of god is stronger than men 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:25.559 christ jesus is for us wisdom from god righteousness and sanctification and redemption 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:30.259 let the one who boasts boast in the lord 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:33.359 not in our own senses 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:40.519 at the bottom of sin bottom of it sin is simply this it's displacing god with something or someone 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:46.259 else in our lives and all of us have done that by taking various censuses in our lives 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:49.079 and for that reason all of us need atonement 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:55.279 but the payment of this atonement money only applied to men eligible for military service 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:59.879 so the half shekel census text was a one-time only prescription 00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:03.599 to collect silver in part for the construction of the tabernacle 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:09.240 so the more general atonement is needed and that's where the bronze altar in the courtyard comes in 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:13.000 the fact that god commanded moses and israelites to build 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:16.039 a bronze altar might be surprising to some of you 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:21.779 if you remember god's specific instructions regarding altars in the book of the covenant in exodus 20 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:28.159 there god said this you have seen for yourselves that i have talked with you from heaven 00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:34.019 you shall not make gods of silver to be with me nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:39.119 an altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burned offerings and your peace offerings 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:44.220 your sheep and oxen if you make an altar of stone you shall not build it of hewn stones 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.819 for if you wield your tool on it you profane it 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:50.259 so note there's an interesting phrase in verse 20 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:52.240 you have seen for yourselves 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:55.339 that i have talked with you from heaven 00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:57.180 it's very interesting 00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.779 what have they seen 00:31:58.779 --> 00:32:00.700 not god's face 00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:02.460 but god's voice 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:04.700 that god speaks 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:08.059 so this is why there is a prohibition 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:11.120 in the bible of making carved images or idols for worship 00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:14.000 because god does not rule through images 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:16.059 the pagans thought that gods 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:18.000 their gods dwelled these images and idols 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:20.319 and that they bowed down before them and worshiped them 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:23.519 but god rules always our god through his word 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.919 by speaking to us 00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:27.359 that's why they're not supposed to make images 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:30.159 and that's why they're also not supposed to make altars 00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:32.939 that are meant to displace god 00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:34.819 and to represent god in a sense 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:38.119 and so that's why when they're building an altar for sacrifice 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:40.259 they must only build it out of earth 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.979 out of dirt 00:32:40.979 --> 00:32:43.139 and if they are to use stones 00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:44.179 they are to use hewn 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:46.079 they're not to use hewn stones 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:48.779 only stones as they naturally exist in nature 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:50.819 so that they are not 00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:53.299 they don't wield human tools on it 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:55.379 put artistic representations on it 00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:57.119 it's just a common ordinary altar 00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.939 because you're not supposed to relate to god 00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.719 through the images 00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:01.199 but through his word 00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:03.379 by offering sacrifices to him 00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:05.359 in obedience to his word 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:10.419 and so then this bronze altar 00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.879 in the courtyard of the tabernacle 00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:14.119 is an exception to that 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:17.519 because this is where the priests of god themselves 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.859 will regulate the worship 00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:21.500 they will be there to prevent idolatry 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:23.179 and they will offer sacrifices 00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:24.679 according to the biblical prescriptions 00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:28.159 and so this is the one exception to that 00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:29.199 but outside of that 00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:30.319 any altar that they build 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.099 for example later 00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:34.059 in Deuteronomy 27.4 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.480 Moses commands Israelites 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.319 to build an altar 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.720 when they cross over the Jordan 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.839 and there they are told 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.399 specifically to obey that command 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:43.039 to build either an earthen altar 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:45.039 or an altar with stones 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.899 that are not hewn 00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.919 that are uncut stones 00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:50.119 so that command still applies 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.919 in other places 00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:53.440 it's on this bronze altar 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:56.279 that many sacrifices and offerings 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.940 would be offered to god 00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:00.000 Leviticus 1-7 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:02.000 tells us about five different kinds 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.099 of sacrifices and offerings 00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.740 that would be offered 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.939 on this bronze altar 00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:06.740 first is the burnt offering 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:09.139 which is the most costly kind of offering 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:12.819 because it entailed the burning whole 00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:14.659 of the entire animal sacrifice 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:16.360 with nothing left remaining 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.319 as a pleasing aroma to the lord 00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.940 the second kind of offering 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.739 is the grain offering 00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:22.279 which is an offering of the first fruits 00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:23.699 thanking god for the harvest 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.500 third is the peace offering 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.739 featuring an animal sacrifice 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.319 that was actually consumed 00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:30.019 by the worshippers and the priests 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.480 in the presence of god 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.079 enjoying fellowship with god 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.880 so sometimes it's called 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.920 the fellowship offering 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.980 the fourth is the sin offering 00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.480 which served to purify people 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.059 from the defiling effects 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.960 of unintentional sins 00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:44.599 and then fifth is the guilt offering 00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:46.300 which was an atoning sacrifice 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:49.420 for guilt incurred by causing damage 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.719 or loss to god or to your neighbor 00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:54.099 for sins that require restitution 00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.000 making restitution 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.760 so all these offerings and sacrifices 00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.659 are ultimately fulfilled in jesus 00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:02.119 because we know from hebrews 10 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.400 that these sacrifices 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.639 were merely a shadow 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.139 of the good things to come 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.900 instead of the true form 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.280 of those realities 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:11.280 these sacrifices 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.380 that the israelites offered 00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.260 could not 00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.659 as the bible says 00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.619 atone for sin 00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:17.360 in an ultimate sense 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.920 they only pointed 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:21.239 to the once for all sacrifice 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.500 that jesus would make 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.179 on the cross 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.340 by dying for our sins 00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:26.000 and all five 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.059 of these sacrifices 00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.600 point to that 00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.280 four of them 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.700 feature a ram 00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:32.019 an unblemished ram 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.579 which points to jesus 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.900 who is the passover lamb 00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.800 unblemished lamb 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.840 sacrifice for us 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.980 and then the fifth 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.200 the grain offering 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:40.600 or the peace offering rather 00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:42.079 is 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.059 the grain offering 00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.000 also represents us 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.120 jesus bringing us 00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:47.019 the first fruits of god 00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.260 sorry 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.420 and 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.900 there's still other ways 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.640 that the bronze altar 00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.460 point to jesus 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.960 and this is 00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:54.400 it term 00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.119 in terms of its 00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.079 physical appearance 00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.039 it's square 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:59.179 7.5 foot square 00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.480 and it stands 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.720 4.5 feet tall 00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.740 and it's placed 00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.800 right inside 00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.820 the courtyard enclosure 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.659 so it's the first thing 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.519 you see as you enter 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.960 the courtyard 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.780 and it would dominate 00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.539 your view 00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.340 as you enter it 00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:11.179 it's an unmistakable 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.980 message 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:13.920 no human being 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.119 may approach god 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.980 safely 00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:17.599 unless there's sacrifice 00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.039 unless there is 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.840 atonement 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.960 it's made of wood 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.780 which might seem 00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.340 counterintuitive 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.960 for an altar 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:25.320 because it'll burn 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.880 but it's 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.440 remember it's 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.559 overlaid with bronze 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.620 to protect it 00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:30.000 and the 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.100 one very significant 00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.680 feature of it 00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:32.600 is that this altar 00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:33.539 has horns 00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.720 on its four corners 00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:36.019 that's one piece 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.000 with the altar itself 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.280 and 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.300 there's a practical 00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.100 purpose for this 00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:40.920 psalm 118 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.340 27 00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.079 tells us that 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.760 the sacrifices 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.460 were tied 00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.680 using the horns 00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.900 on the four corners 00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.539 maybe to stabilize it 00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.400 or maybe it makes it 00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.179 easier to lift it 00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.679 in and out 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.579 of the hollow 00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.539 altar 00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:53.820 but there's 00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.460 an even more 00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.900 important 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:56.000 way more important 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.219 symbolic meaning 00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.659 to this 00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:58.559 because animals 00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.659 often use their 00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.699 horns to demonstrate 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.519 their strength 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.259 and to establish 00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.900 dominance 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.539 in the ancient world 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.960 horns came to 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.139 symbolize strength 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.259 and power 00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.500 and victory 00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.579 so 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.920 in Daniel 7 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.679 he sees in his 00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.920 vision a picture 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.860 of a beast 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.659 with ten horns 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.960 and we are told 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.679 that that represents 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.840 ten kings 00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.820 so 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:21.039 horns can represent 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.179 powerful kings 00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:23.880 psalms frequently 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:25.019 feature prayers 00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.539 to God 00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.260 asking God 00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:27.139 to cut off 00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.679 the horns 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.360 of the wicked 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.960 but to exalt 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.760 or lift up 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.260 the horns 00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.940 of the righteous 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:33.079 but 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.480 even more 00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.079 the horn 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.240 is often associated 00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.639 in scripture 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.380 with the Lord 00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.139 God himself 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:39.619 or with his 00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.720 anointed one 00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:42.139 with his Messiah 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.820 the king 00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:44.460 so Psalm 18 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.199 2 cries out 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.659 the Lord 00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.460 is my rock 00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.260 and my fortress 00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.340 and my deliverer 00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:49.159 my God 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.659 my rock 00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:49.960 in whom 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.780 I take refuge 00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.480 my shield 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.740 and the horn 00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:54.179 of my salvation 00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.400 my stronghold 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.480 in 1 Samuel 2 00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.380 Hannah prays 00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.760 for the day 00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.220 when the Lord 00:37:59.220 --> 00:37:59.860 will break 00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.619 his adversary 00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.280 to pieces 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.579 and give strength 00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.119 to his king 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.760 and exalt 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:04.340 the horn 00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.699 of his anointed 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.679 Psalm 130 00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.340 to 17 00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.039 prophesies 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.400 of a day 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.860 when the Lord 00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.300 will make 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.099 a horn 00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.579 to sprout 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.099 for David 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.239 and finally 00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.759 in Luke 00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.460 1 68 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.099 to 69 00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.920 shortly before 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.779 Jesus' birth 00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.839 Zachariah 00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.619 prophesies 00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.960 of his birth 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.679 blessed be 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.099 the Lord 00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.739 God of Israel 00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.199 for he has 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.519 visited 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.099 and redeemed 00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.619 his people 00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.380 and has 00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.880 raised up 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.420 a horn 00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.219 of salvation 00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:27.339 for us 00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:28.000 in the house 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.839 of his servant 00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.539 David 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:31.199 so Jesus 00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.440 is 00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.579 the horn 00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.460 of salvation 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.880 who shatters 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.539 the enemies 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.039 of God 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.819 to save 00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.860 God's people 00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.180 Jesus' 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.920 very name 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.740 means the Lord 00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.680 is salvation 00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:44.320 it's no wonder 00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.000 then that in 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.039 Exodus 29 12 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.220 and Leviticus 4 7 00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:48.260 God commands 00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.780 that after you 00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:50.000 make a sacrifice 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.640 a sin offering 00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:51.220 you are supposed 00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.840 to daub 00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.380 its blood 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.200 on the four 00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.760 horns 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.940 of the altar 00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.099 representing 00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.599 the blood 00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.099 that Jesus 00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.660 sheds 00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.340 for us 00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.200 to save us 00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:00.599 and it is 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.440 because of this 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.180 what the horn 00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.680 represents 00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.059 the horn 00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.579 of salvation 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:05.059 that there 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.820 is a practice 00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.120 that is 00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.480 attested 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.380 throughout 00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.960 the Old Testament 00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.380 that when 00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.420 people sin 00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.160 and the evildoers 00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.760 are about to be 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.760 punished for their sin 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:13.619 if they are repentant 00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.940 and they acknowledge 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.760 their guilt 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.000 they can go into 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.700 the tabernacle 00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.180 the courtyard 00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:19.619 and they can grab 00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:21.160 hold of the horns 00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:21.860 of the altar 00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:23.059 as a way of 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:24.500 pleading for amnesty 00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:26.519 asking for mercy 00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.960 from the king 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.360 who is about 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.079 to punish them 00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.360 so this is what 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.320 Adonijah does 00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.940 in 1st King 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.800 150 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:34.340 he is guilty 00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.000 of sedition 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.920 he was trying 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.700 to usurp 00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.140 the kingdom 00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:37.960 from right 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.619 under the noses 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.400 of King Solomon 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.500 but he is caught 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.440 and his party 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.860 is dispersed 00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.800 and he knows 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.340 he is about 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.079 to be cut down 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.519 to death 00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.340 so he runs 00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.119 into the tabernacle 00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.099 he grabs hold 00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.539 of the horns 00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:50.039 of the bronze altar 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.800 and Solomon 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.639 because of that 00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.380 spares him 00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.539 at least for that time 00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:55.720 and so 00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:57.980 that is what 00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.900 Jesus represents 00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.400 for us 00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.039 remember that 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.659 Jesus is the horn 00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:03.059 that sinners 00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:04.059 can run to 00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.440 to grab hold of 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.880 and cling to 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.380 death 00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.760 is hounding 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.500 you 00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:14.039 perhaps even 00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.900 this very day 00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:16.700 because you are 00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.179 a sinner 00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:18.280 you are guilty 00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:19.019 of sedition 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.260 you have rebelled 00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.119 against God 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:22.000 our rightful king 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:23.119 by serving other gods 00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.059 and living for yourself 00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:25.940 you will surely 00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.840 be cut down 00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:28.380 you will surely 00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.860 die 00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:30.220 you will surely 00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.820 be condemned 00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.300 to hell 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:33.220 but there is a refuge 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.439 you can run to 00:40:34.439 --> 00:40:36.059 you can run 00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.879 into the quarry 00:40:36.879 --> 00:40:37.919 you can grab hold 00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.579 of the horns 00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.199 of the altar 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:40.159 you can cling 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.859 to Jesus 00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:42.159 whose blood 00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:43.019 was poured out 00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.659 for us 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:45.199 as an atoning sacrifice 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:46.079 so that we might 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.599 be forgiven 00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:48.179 and reconciled 00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.559 to God 00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:51.500 maybe you feel 00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.239 like running away 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:53.039 maybe you feel 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.039 that guilt 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:55.379 and shame 00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:57.079 that's not reason 00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.779 to run away 00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:58.379 from God 00:40:58.379 --> 00:40:59.699 that's reason 00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.759 to run to him 00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.799 to run to Jesus 00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:04.060 say I have no salvation 00:41:04.060 --> 00:41:04.920 apart from you 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.500 Lord Jesus 00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:07.000 I cling to your 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:08.680 horn of salvation 00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:11.320 it's then 00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:12.440 and only then 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.100 that you will find 00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.519 mercy 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:16.820 let's now look 00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.260 at the other 00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.920 furnishing within 00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.420 the courtyard 00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.420 the bronze basin 00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.360 for washing 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.920 Exodus 30 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.740 17 to 21 00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.340 tells us that 00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.140 this bronze basin 00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:25.420 stood between 00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.300 the tent of meeting 00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:27.260 and the bronze altar 00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:28.640 and this is where 00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:29.680 Aaron and his sons 00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:30.160 the priests 00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.780 were to wash 00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.460 their hands 00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.340 and feet 00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.240 before ministering 00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:33.660 at the altar 00:41:33.660 --> 00:41:34.700 so that they don't die 00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:37.960 later in 38-8 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.100 when this bronze 00:41:39.100 --> 00:41:40.140 altar basin 00:41:40.140 --> 00:41:41.140 is actually built 00:41:41.140 --> 00:41:41.740 it gives us 00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.760 one additional 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.019 tidbit of detail 00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.980 that's fascinating 00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.440 it says that 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.540 the bronze basins 00:41:46.540 --> 00:41:47.580 was made 00:41:47.580 --> 00:41:47.960 quote 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.840 from the mirror 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:50.220 of the ministering 00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:51.320 woman who ministered 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.860 in the entrance 00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.980 of the tent of meeting 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:55.180 so even though 00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:55.820 only Aaron 00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.440 and his sons 00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.260 served as priests 00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:58.600 within the tabernacle 00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:00.159 there were women 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.259 who served 00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:02.219 in the courtyard 00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:03.339 of the tabernacle 00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:04.679 isn't that amazing 00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.860 I think that's 00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:08.199 even at this stage 00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.000 of redemptive history 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.400 we see a clear example 00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.199 that women 00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:12.000 were intimately 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.940 and indispensably 00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:15.420 involved in the ministry 00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.920 of God's dwelling place 00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:18.460 men and women 00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.360 had distinct roles 00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:20.279 but they both had 00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:22.360 indispensable roles 00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.920 and it's the same 00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.719 in the church today 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:25.380 which is the new 00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.039 covenant temple 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.460 of God 00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.659 though only certain 00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.340 men serve 00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.059 as elders 00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.119 of the church 00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:30.840 there are many 00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.679 women who are 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.860 vitally involved 00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.980 in the ministry 00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:35.340 of God's house 00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:38.960 and it's also special 00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:40.159 that it's there 00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:41.019 these ministering 00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.920 women's contribution 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:43.380 of their bronze mirrors 00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.440 that is used 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.900 to build this bronze basin 00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.000 at that time 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.440 in those days 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.099 they didn't use 00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.559 clear reflective glass 00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.960 as mirrors 00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.820 they used bronze 00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:52.900 and so they offer up 00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.980 their bronze mirrors 00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.579 which makes 00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:56.259 this bronze basin 00:42:56.259 --> 00:42:58.179 instead of using 00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:59.119 their mirrors 00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:00.539 to beautify themselves 00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.900 they offer up 00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:03.880 their bronze mirrors 00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.840 so that God's people 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.299 the priests 00:43:06.299 --> 00:43:07.219 can be purified 00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:09.139 it's a very special way 00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:10.539 to give of yourself 00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:11.000 to God 00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.779 and so when you enter 00:43:12.779 --> 00:43:13.559 through the enclosure 00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.380 into the courtyard 00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.179 of the tabernacle 00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:16.319 so you'd first see 00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:17.259 the bronze altar 00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:18.319 it's imposing 00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:20.039 fixture there 00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:21.420 and then you go past 00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.159 that and you'll see 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:24.599 the basin 00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.319 the bronze basin 00:43:25.319 --> 00:43:25.779 which is like 00:43:25.779 --> 00:43:26.699 a sea of water 00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:28.739 the basin's 00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.500 later equivalent 00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.099 when Solomon 00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.940 builds his temple 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.519 is actually called 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.079 the sea 00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.819 it's called 00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.719 the bronze sea 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:36.359 and so once you 00:43:36.359 --> 00:43:37.379 pass through that water 00:43:37.379 --> 00:43:38.379 you go into 00:43:38.379 --> 00:43:39.440 the tabernacle proper 00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.379 which is the 00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:41.420 dwelling place of God 00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.359 so imagine 00:43:42.359 --> 00:43:43.099 for a moment 00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:44.159 in the bird's eye view 00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:45.619 what this progression 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.179 looks like 00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.819 going further 00:43:46.819 --> 00:43:47.619 and further in 00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.799 to the tabernacle 00:43:48.799 --> 00:43:49.759 does that remind you 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.180 of anything 00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:51.000 you've seen 00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:52.140 so far in Exodus 00:43:52.140 --> 00:43:55.040 when the Israelites 00:43:55.040 --> 00:43:56.200 were slaves in Egypt 00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:57.740 they had to sacrifice 00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:59.040 the Passover lamb 00:43:59.040 --> 00:44:00.740 an unblemished lamb 00:44:00.740 --> 00:44:02.760 then they had to pass 00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.040 through the Red Sea 00:44:04.040 --> 00:44:04.740 right 00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.920 and then 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.820 in the wilderness 00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:07.720 they were guided 00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:08.400 by the pillars 00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.300 of fire and smoke 00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:10.320 and fed with manna 00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:11.300 the bread from heaven 00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:13.220 and inside the holy place 00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.880 what do you find 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.820 the lamp stand 00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.900 and the bread 00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.640 of the presence 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:18.639 now and then 00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.559 you go further in 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.239 and then you find 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:21.179 the most holy place 00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:22.420 the very footstool of God 00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.420 where God dwells 00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:24.319 with his people 00:44:24.319 --> 00:44:25.339 and that's exactly 00:44:25.339 --> 00:44:26.139 what God promised 00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:26.599 what happened 00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:27.199 when the Israelites 00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:28.599 entered the promised land 00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:30.480 where God will dwell 00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.239 with them 00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:33.219 so the tabernacle 00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:35.480 you go with the sacrifice 00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:37.099 cross the water 00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:38.239 into the wilderness 00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:39.059 where you are fed 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:40.059 and guided by the light 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.879 and fire and smoke 00:44:40.879 --> 00:44:41.239 pillar 00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:42.359 and you go into 00:44:42.359 --> 00:44:43.199 the promised land 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:44.579 where God dwells with you 00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.619 the tabernacle 00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:47.139 is a reenactment 00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:49.840 of Israel's salvation history 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:51.539 and that too 00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.739 is ultimately fulfilled 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.739 by Jesus 00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:55.460 because Jesus 00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.960 makes his once for all 00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.880 atoning sacrifice 00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.460 on the cross 00:44:58.460 --> 00:45:00.159 and dies for us 00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:02.059 and when Jesus died 00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:03.659 it says in John 1934 00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.679 that a Roman soldier 00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.900 just pierced his side 00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.420 with the spear 00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:07.139 just to make sure 00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:08.019 that he is dead 00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:09.360 and then at once 00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.980 there came out 00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:11.679 blood and water 00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.699 from his side 00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:14.179 and John's there 00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:15.159 making an intentional 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.219 theological point 00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:18.319 in John 7 38-39 00:45:18.319 --> 00:45:18.919 Jesus said 00:45:18.919 --> 00:45:20.239 whoever believes in me 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:21.759 out of his heart 00:45:21.759 --> 00:45:22.719 will flow rivers 00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:24.059 of living water 00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:26.000 and now this 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:27.539 he said about the spirit 00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:28.480 John tells us 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:30.219 the image of water 00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:31.480 is frequently used 00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.099 throughout the Bible 00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:33.399 to refer to the rinsing 00:45:33.399 --> 00:45:34.199 the reviving 00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:35.159 and the renewing 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:36.639 and regenerating activity 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:38.019 of the Holy Spirit 00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:39.639 so when Jesus 00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:40.759 dies on the cross 00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:42.119 and makes satisfaction 00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:43.679 atonement for our sins 00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:45.239 the spirit of God 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:46.019 is symbolically 00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:46.679 poured out 00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:47.199 in the water 00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:47.899 that pours out 00:45:47.899 --> 00:45:49.139 from his heart 00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:51.079 out of his heart 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.919 flows rivers 00:45:51.919 --> 00:45:53.799 of living water 00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:54.639 which is a fulfillment 00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:56.019 of the prophecies 00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:57.940 in Zechariah 12 and 13 00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:59.159 that the one 00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:00.599 whom that they have pierced 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:01.579 will save them 00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:03.000 and that he will become 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.659 for them 00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.059 quote 00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:05.159 a fountain 00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:07.719 that cleanses them 00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:08.379 from sin 00:46:08.379 --> 00:46:09.699 and uncleanness 00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:10.679 so Jesus 00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:11.379 is the one 00:46:11.379 --> 00:46:12.299 who was pierced 00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:13.319 and who became 00:46:13.319 --> 00:46:14.019 the fountain 00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:15.019 from whom the spirit 00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.379 of God 00:46:15.379 --> 00:46:16.359 comes gushing out 00:46:16.359 --> 00:46:17.519 to cleanse us 00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.480 from all sin 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:21.099 there's a 00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.739 I don't know 00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.099 if you guys 00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:23.339 have dreams often 00:46:23.339 --> 00:46:24.339 but there's a widely 00:46:24.339 --> 00:46:25.859 observed 00:46:25.859 --> 00:46:27.159 attested dream 00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.879 throughout the world 00:46:27.879 --> 00:46:29.099 and it's one 00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:30.039 of people feeling 00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.519 dirty 00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:31.559 and then washing 00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:32.079 themselves 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.899 again and again 00:46:32.899 --> 00:46:33.579 in the dream 00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:35.579 this kind of dream 00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.419 sometimes occurs 00:46:36.419 --> 00:46:37.659 when people feel 00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.179 like they are 00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.859 in a morally 00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:40.119 compromising situation 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:41.339 when they feel 00:46:41.339 --> 00:46:41.980 they lack 00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:42.539 integrity 00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:43.460 or honesty 00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:45.199 and this is 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:46.539 the spiritual reality 00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:48.259 for all of us 00:46:48.259 --> 00:46:50.559 we are morally 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.819 spiritually 00:46:51.819 --> 00:46:53.079 grubby people 00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:54.759 and we need 00:46:54.759 --> 00:46:55.420 the water 00:46:55.420 --> 00:46:56.359 of the Holy Spirit 00:46:56.359 --> 00:46:57.679 to cleanse us 00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:57.960 to be 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.019 have you ever 00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.739 tried washing 00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.199 yourselves 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:02.179 without water 00:47:02.179 --> 00:47:04.379 you could use 00:47:04.379 --> 00:47:05.599 soap all you want 00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:06.719 I mean you could use 00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:08.299 put hand sanitizer 00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:09.799 all over your body 00:47:09.799 --> 00:47:10.500 if you want to 00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.739 you're not going to 00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.859 feel clean at all 00:47:12.859 --> 00:47:14.019 you're going to feel 00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.599 more achy 00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:16.319 if you want 00:47:16.319 --> 00:47:17.139 a real wash 00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:18.039 you need 00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.759 water 00:47:18.759 --> 00:47:22.279 no matter 00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:23.039 what you do 00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:23.759 to try to 00:47:23.759 --> 00:47:24.599 wash yourself 00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.259 with your own 00:47:25.259 --> 00:47:25.799 good works 00:47:25.799 --> 00:47:26.359 you cannot 00:47:26.359 --> 00:47:27.199 make yourself 00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.559 clean 00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:28.139 you need 00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:28.919 the water 00:47:28.919 --> 00:47:29.859 of the Holy Spirit 00:47:29.859 --> 00:47:31.179 to rain on you 00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:32.839 to pour out on you 00:47:32.839 --> 00:47:33.959 to cleanse you 00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:35.760 and that's what's 00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:36.599 represented in the 00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.579 washing of baptism 00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:41.079 and receive the Holy Spirit 00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:42.440 if you repent of your sins 00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:43.159 and believe in Jesus 00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.960 and make a public 00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:44.820 profession of your faith 00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:45.480 and get baptized 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:47.119 you will receive 00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:48.679 the Holy Spirit 00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:50.800 and that brings me 00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:51.860 to my short 00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:52.539 final point 00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.539 our holiness 00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.619 and the living sacrifice 00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:56.539 I mentioned to you 00:47:56.539 --> 00:47:57.240 earlier that 00:47:57.240 --> 00:47:58.179 all five types 00:47:58.179 --> 00:47:58.800 of offerings 00:47:58.800 --> 00:47:59.280 were offered 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:00.199 on this bronze altar 00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:00.760 in the courtyard 00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:02.380 but there is one 00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:03.500 particular offering 00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:04.640 that is specifically 00:48:04.640 --> 00:48:06.260 especially associated 00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:07.540 with this bronze altar 00:48:07.540 --> 00:48:08.600 and that is 00:48:08.600 --> 00:48:09.800 the burnt offering 00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:11.300 throughout the book 00:48:11.300 --> 00:48:11.700 of Exodus 00:48:11.700 --> 00:48:12.700 the bronze altar 00:48:12.700 --> 00:48:13.580 is repeatedly called 00:48:13.580 --> 00:48:15.140 the altar of burnt 00:48:15.140 --> 00:48:15.840 offering 00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:18.520 Leviticus 1 9 00:48:18.520 --> 00:48:19.640 specifies 00:48:19.640 --> 00:48:20.580 the burnt offering 00:48:20.580 --> 00:48:21.840 was the most costly 00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:22.440 kind of offering 00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:23.300 because you burn up 00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:24.300 the entire animal 00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:25.580 and leave nothing behind 00:48:25.580 --> 00:48:26.640 and it's 00:48:26.640 --> 00:48:28.440 as a pleasing aroma 00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.160 to the Lord 00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:30.400 and in this way 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:31.300 burnt offerings 00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:32.420 signify that 00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:33.420 God's people 00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:34.019 are to be 00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:34.820 completely 00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:36.619 consecrated to him 00:48:36.619 --> 00:48:38.400 totally devoted 00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.880 to him 00:48:38.880 --> 00:48:42.119 and that idea 00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.860 is connected 00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.860 to the altar 00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:44.619 of incense 00:48:44.619 --> 00:48:46.480 which is a furnishing 00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.619 inside the holy place 00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.599 the golden incense 00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.440 immediately before 00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:49.940 the veil 00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:50.480 that separates 00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:51.280 the most holy place 00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:52.200 from the holy place 00:48:52.200 --> 00:48:53.320 we intentionally 00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:54.579 didn't talk about that 00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:55.599 when we were talking 00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.460 about furnishings 00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.380 inside the holy place 00:48:57.380 --> 00:48:58.579 because the Bible 00:48:58.579 --> 00:48:59.660 intentionally 00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:00.920 puts it together 00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:02.759 with the bronze altar 00:49:02.759 --> 00:49:04.319 and associates 00:49:04.319 --> 00:49:05.059 those two things 00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:05.639 theologically 00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:07.559 just like the 00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:08.719 bronze altar 00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:10.239 just like the bronze altar 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:11.019 the golden altar 00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.559 of incense 00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:12.299 in the holy place 00:49:12.299 --> 00:49:12.980 is square 00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:14.359 it too 00:49:14.359 --> 00:49:15.619 has four horns 00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.559 on its corners 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:17.679 and it too 00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:18.539 is supposed to be 00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:18.980 the horns 00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.539 are supposed to be 00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:20.639 daubed with the blood 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:22.039 of the sin offering 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:24.739 and in the same 00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:25.739 it's just the same 00:49:25.739 --> 00:49:26.679 as the bronze altar 00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:28.139 it says in the 00:49:28.139 --> 00:49:29.000 bronze altar 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.440 you were supposed 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:30.039 to offer 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:31.739 a burnt offering 00:49:31.739 --> 00:49:32.659 twice a day 00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:33.559 once in the morning 00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:34.699 once at twilight 00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:36.059 in the same way 00:49:36.059 --> 00:49:36.739 there's supposed 00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:37.440 to be incense 00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.299 offered on this 00:49:38.299 --> 00:49:38.879 golden altar 00:49:38.879 --> 00:49:39.579 in the holy place 00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.359 twice a day 00:49:40.359 --> 00:49:41.359 once in the morning 00:49:41.359 --> 00:49:43.139 and once at twilight 00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:45.039 at exactly the same time 00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:46.960 so whenever the priests 00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:48.619 offer the burnt offering 00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:49.419 at the bronze altar 00:49:49.419 --> 00:49:50.259 an incense 00:49:50.259 --> 00:49:51.419 is being offered 00:49:51.419 --> 00:49:52.539 on the altar 00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:53.079 golden altar 00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:53.539 of incense 00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:54.279 so do you see 00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:55.480 the connection there 00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.540 it's the burnt offering 00:49:56.540 --> 00:49:57.260 is entirely 00:49:57.260 --> 00:49:58.140 burned up to God 00:49:58.140 --> 00:49:59.200 to be a pleasing 00:49:59.200 --> 00:50:00.220 aroma to God 00:50:00.220 --> 00:50:01.420 and then the pleasing 00:50:01.420 --> 00:50:02.760 aroma ascends 00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:03.700 to the very 00:50:03.700 --> 00:50:05.200 dwelling place of God 00:50:05.200 --> 00:50:05.780 in the form 00:50:05.780 --> 00:50:06.820 of the smoke 00:50:06.820 --> 00:50:07.560 and the incense 00:50:07.560 --> 00:50:08.760 in the golden altar 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:09.820 that's what's happening 00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:10.680 there 00:50:10.680 --> 00:50:13.519 and this aroma 00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:14.000 would have been 00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:14.840 so pleasant 00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:16.380 it says in 00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:17.420 30, 34, 35 00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:17.980 it says to take 00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:19.100 sweet spices 00:50:19.100 --> 00:50:19.900 stacti and 00:50:19.900 --> 00:50:20.700 anica and 00:50:20.700 --> 00:50:21.560 galbanum 00:50:21.560 --> 00:50:22.240 sweet spices 00:50:22.240 --> 00:50:23.640 with pure frankincense 00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.559 and make an incense 00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:25.299 blended as by 00:50:25.299 --> 00:50:26.000 the perfumer 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:27.219 seasoned with salt 00:50:27.219 --> 00:50:28.119 pure and holy 00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:29.739 this was a distinct 00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:30.639 smell that was to be 00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:31.379 associated with 00:50:31.379 --> 00:50:32.359 God's dwelling place 00:50:32.359 --> 00:50:32.699 only 00:50:32.699 --> 00:50:33.219 no one else 00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:33.779 was to use 00:50:33.779 --> 00:50:34.659 this specific 00:50:34.659 --> 00:50:35.219 combination 00:50:35.219 --> 00:50:36.099 of spices 00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:36.859 and perfumes 00:50:36.859 --> 00:50:38.559 and this represents 00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:39.519 God's lavish 00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.440 hospitality 00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:41.379 toward us 00:50:41.379 --> 00:50:43.079 imagine a family 00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:44.359 Christmas dinner 00:50:44.359 --> 00:50:45.599 with the 00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:46.279 resinous 00:50:46.279 --> 00:50:46.859 scent 00:50:46.859 --> 00:50:47.219 of 00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:48.739 pine trees 00:50:48.739 --> 00:50:50.039 just imagine that 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:51.460 and the cinnamony 00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:52.079 aroma 00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:53.319 of mulled wine 00:50:53.319 --> 00:50:54.900 and gingerbreads 00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:56.340 you smell that 00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.799 when you walk 00:50:56.799 --> 00:50:57.319 into a house 00:50:57.319 --> 00:50:58.480 you feel at home 00:50:58.480 --> 00:50:59.860 you feel loved 00:50:59.860 --> 00:51:01.119 you feel cared for 00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:03.219 that's what 00:51:03.219 --> 00:51:04.119 these smells 00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:04.799 evoke 00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:06.179 as the priests 00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:07.000 are ministering 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:08.420 in the holy place 00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:10.319 God's hospitality 00:51:10.319 --> 00:51:11.219 God's 00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:12.019 welcome 00:51:12.019 --> 00:51:13.599 God's fellowship 00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:14.900 with his people 00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.799 and where does 00:51:15.799 --> 00:51:16.360 that aroma 00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:17.199 come from 00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:18.420 it comes from 00:51:18.420 --> 00:51:19.840 the sacrifices 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:20.960 that we make 00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:23.140 it comes from 00:51:23.140 --> 00:51:24.340 the burnt offerings 00:51:24.340 --> 00:51:26.960 as people 00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:27.640 who have been 00:51:27.640 --> 00:51:28.360 sanctified 00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:29.400 by the Holy Spirit 00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.680 we ourselves 00:51:30.680 --> 00:51:31.660 get to offer 00:51:31.660 --> 00:51:32.600 up sacrifices 00:51:32.600 --> 00:51:33.039 of worship 00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.600 to God 00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:34.519 and it ascends 00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:36.140 to the very heavens 00:51:36.140 --> 00:51:37.680 where God dwells 00:51:37.680 --> 00:51:39.320 that's what Paul 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:39.860 is speaking of 00:51:39.860 --> 00:51:40.620 in Romans 12 00:51:40.620 --> 00:51:41.660 I appeal to you 00:51:41.660 --> 00:51:41.980 therefore 00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:42.780 by the mercies 00:51:42.780 --> 00:51:43.240 of God 00:51:43.240 --> 00:51:44.579 to present your bodies 00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:46.640 as a living sacrifice 00:51:46.639 --> 00:51:50.559 Revelation 5 00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.259 and 8 00:51:51.259 --> 00:51:51.940 speak of 00:51:51.940 --> 00:51:52.879 how the prayers 00:51:52.879 --> 00:51:53.639 of the saints 00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:54.420 when we pray 00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:55.739 that they come up 00:51:55.739 --> 00:51:56.099 to God 00:51:56.099 --> 00:51:56.739 as smoke 00:51:56.739 --> 00:51:57.599 of the incense 00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:58.420 from the golden 00:51:58.420 --> 00:51:59.000 censer 00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.559 and an altar 00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:01.179 as a pleasing 00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:02.039 aroma to God 00:52:02.039 --> 00:52:03.199 Hebrews 13 00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:03.539 15 00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:04.039 says that 00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:04.519 continually 00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:05.179 offer up 00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.039 sacrifice 00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:06.759 of praise 00:52:06.759 --> 00:52:07.199 to God 00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:07.579 that is 00:52:07.579 --> 00:52:08.199 the fruit 00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:08.559 of lips 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:09.379 that acknowledge 00:52:09.379 --> 00:52:10.440 his name 00:52:10.440 --> 00:52:12.299 so when we 00:52:12.299 --> 00:52:13.339 acknowledge God 00:52:13.339 --> 00:52:14.179 and praise him 00:52:14.179 --> 00:52:14.879 with our lips 00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:16.119 when we cling 00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:16.440 to him 00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:16.820 and depend 00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.160 on him 00:52:17.160 --> 00:52:17.780 in prayer 00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.760 when we live 00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:19.619 a life of faith 00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:20.140 and obedience 00:52:20.140 --> 00:52:20.980 instead of being 00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:21.740 conformed to the 00:52:21.740 --> 00:52:22.700 patterns of this world 00:52:22.700 --> 00:52:24.840 we are offering up 00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:26.300 a living sacrifice 00:52:26.300 --> 00:52:27.280 to God 00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:29.059 that's how we 00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:29.740 ought to live 00:52:29.740 --> 00:52:31.460 and remember 00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:32.260 this is a burnt 00:52:32.260 --> 00:52:32.660 offering 00:52:32.660 --> 00:52:34.320 you don't offer 00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:35.059 a part of it 00:52:35.059 --> 00:52:36.119 you offer the 00:52:36.119 --> 00:52:36.820 whole thing 00:52:36.820 --> 00:52:38.380 all of you 00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:40.099 your whole life 00:52:40.099 --> 00:52:41.200 every minute 00:52:41.200 --> 00:52:41.740 of it 00:52:41.740 --> 00:52:43.079 everything you 00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:43.519 have 00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:44.519 head to toe 00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:45.239 all that you 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:45.440 are 00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:46.019 completely 00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.480 devoted 00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.019 to him 00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:48.059 because that's 00:52:48.059 --> 00:52:48.619 what God 00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:48.960 deserves 00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.460 and that 00:52:49.460 --> 00:52:49.920 comes up 00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:50.280 to him 00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:50.840 as a 00:52:50.840 --> 00:52:51.420 pleasing 00:52:51.420 --> 00:52:52.259 aroma 00:52:52.259 --> 00:52:55.139 is there 00:52:55.139 --> 00:52:55.579 a greater 00:52:55.579 --> 00:52:56.119 privilege 00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:56.699 than that 00:52:56.699 --> 00:52:58.699 to offer 00:52:58.699 --> 00:52:59.380 yourself up 00:52:59.380 --> 00:52:59.759 wholly 00:52:59.759 --> 00:53:00.280 to God 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:00.539 and say 00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:00.960 I am 00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:01.420 yours 00:53:01.420 --> 00:53:03.759 it's when 00:53:03.759 --> 00:53:04.320 we do 00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:04.739 that 00:53:04.739 --> 00:53:05.360 that we 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:05.860 also bear 00:53:05.860 --> 00:53:06.139 witness 00:53:06.139 --> 00:53:07.019 to others 00:53:07.019 --> 00:53:08.500 as Paul 00:53:08.500 --> 00:53:08.780 says in 00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:09.460 2nd Corinthians 00:53:09.460 --> 00:53:10.300 we become 00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:11.079 the aroma 00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:11.960 of Christ 00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:12.860 to God 00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:14.079 among those 00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:14.319 who are 00:53:14.319 --> 00:53:14.539 being 00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:15.039 saved 00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:15.480 and among 00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:15.699 those 00:53:15.699 --> 00:53:15.900 who are 00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:16.380 perishing 00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:19.380 let's pray 00:53:19.380 --> 00:53:19.679 that we 00:53:19.679 --> 00:53:19.920 would be 00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:20.219 that 00:53:20.219 --> 00:53:21.039 as a 00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:21.239 church 00:53:21.239 --> 00:53:21.699 together 00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:26.179 yes 00:53:26.179 --> 00:53:26.519 father 00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:28.900 we do 00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.500 offer up 00:53:29.500 --> 00:53:29.900 our whole 00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:30.219 selves 00:53:30.219 --> 00:53:30.639 to you 00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:34.239 we want 00:53:34.239 --> 00:53:34.440 to be 00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:34.840 devoted 00:53:34.840 --> 00:53:35.400 to you 00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:36.059 we want 00:53:36.059 --> 00:53:36.259 to be 00:53:36.259 --> 00:53:36.819 a whole 00:53:36.819 --> 00:53:38.299 not partial 00:53:38.299 --> 00:53:39.039 a whole 00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:39.799 burnt offering 00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:41.000 we want 00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:41.180 to be 00:53:41.180 --> 00:53:41.780 a pleasing 00:53:41.780 --> 00:53:42.340 aroma 00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:42.860 to you 00:53:42.860 --> 00:53:43.180 father 00:53:43.180 --> 00:53:47.760 that we 00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:48.320 can be 00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:49.000 a pleasing 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:49.400 aroma 00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:49.940 in your 00:53:49.940 --> 00:53:50.600 living room 00:53:50.600 --> 00:53:53.700 that we 00:53:53.700 --> 00:53:54.440 can please 00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:54.820 you with 00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:55.360 our worship 00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:55.640 that we 00:53:55.640 --> 00:53:56.260 can please 00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:56.580 you with 00:53:56.580 --> 00:53:57.120 our prayers 00:53:57.120 --> 00:53:57.720 that we 00:53:57.720 --> 00:53:58.320 can please 00:53:58.320 --> 00:53:58.620 you with 00:53:58.620 --> 00:53:59.160 our obedience 00:53:59.160 --> 00:53:59.820 God is 00:53:59.820 --> 00:54:00.680 too much 00:54:00.680 --> 00:54:02.500 of a privilege 00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:02.880 for us 00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:03.260 to bear 00:54:03.260 --> 00:54:07.240 help us 00:54:07.240 --> 00:54:07.780 never to 00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:08.280 lose sight 00:54:08.280 --> 00:54:09.080 of it 00:54:09.080 --> 00:54:16.640 take our 00:54:16.640 --> 00:54:16.960 lives 00:54:16.960 --> 00:54:17.180 Lord 00:54:17.180 --> 00:54:17.440 and let 00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:17.760 it be 00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:18.660 consecrated 00:54:18.660 --> 00:54:20.019 all to 00:54:20.019 --> 00:54:20.160 you 00:54:20.160 --> 00:54:20.400 Lord 00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:22.800 in Jesus 00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:23.200 name we 00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:23.460 pray 00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:24.160 amen