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Good to see everyone. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.000 Let me pray to start and we'll jump straight in. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:12.000 Lord God, we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, our prophet, priest and king. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.000 Thank you for his glorious saving work for us. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:22.000 And we pray that as we consider your word today, that you would help us to better know 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:28.000 and appreciate and appreciate and love what Christ has done and is doing for us right now in heaven. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.000 Help us to understand these wonderful things. 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:34.000 And we ask that your spirit would be with us in Jesus name. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:35.000 Amen. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:40.000 So this series we're in, in adult Sunday school, is all about the work of Christ. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:50.000 And we've seen over the past few weeks that God saves through offices, through prophets, priests and kings. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.000 So God doesn't just zap this thing called salvation down. 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:04.000 No, he saves by providing three types of men, three offices, three people with duties, which are given. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.000 These three offices are given to solve our three problems of sin. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:15.000 So if you remember, prophets cure ignorance, priests cure guilt and kings free the enslaved. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:20.000 And last week we saw that priests bring us to God. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.000 So we can't come to God in any old way. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:33.000 Because of our sin, there's this huge burden that hangs over us that separates from, separates us from God. 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:38.000 His wrath and his justice is stopping us from approaching him. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:50.000 And so we need a, we need a priest to help us approach God, to propitiate that wrath, to end it, to divert it, to subdue it. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.000 And so priests in the Old Testament would sacrifice an animal. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.000 And so that animal would die instead of the human, instead of the Israelites. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:04.000 And so God's wrath would be propitiated because it had gone on to the animal. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.000 And so there would now be atonement between man and God. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:14.000 And then the priest would represent the people and bring the people with him into God's presence. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:22.000 And so we can only have eternal life and know God and be with God. 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:23.000 That's what we need for eternal life. 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.000 We can only do that through a priest. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:32.000 And all that is fulfilled and achieved in Christ. 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.000 So in the Old Testament we have three different offices. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.000 And one of which was a priest. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.000 So priest and sacrifice were wrapped up together. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.000 But in the Lord Jesus Christ all these three offices kind of collapse into each other. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.000 And he is the prophet, priest and king. 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:57.000 And so on the cross Christ offered himself as the perfect sinless sacrifice. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:03.000 And so Christ was a priest offering something, offering himself. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:09.000 And so his death has now and forever ended God's wrath over his people. 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.000 It's propitiated God's wrath. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.000 We now have perfect atonement and reconciliation with God. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:26.000 But today I want us to see that Christ's priesthood didn't end on the cross. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:30.000 Because when we think of Christ's priestly work or his sacrifice. 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.000 We can think, okay, it's just the cross. 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.000 Like our minds only go there. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.000 But that's not the whole picture. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:46.000 But I want us to see today his priestly work continues to happen in heaven today. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:52.000 And right now Christ is acting as our priest on our behalf. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.000 As he is before the Father in heaven. 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:59.000 I want us to see, well, first of all, how that is the case. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.000 Like what's that all about? 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:05.000 But I want us to see why that is so important for us. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:09.000 And so first we need to see this. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.000 Christ isn't only a priest on the cross. 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.000 Christ is a priest forever. 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.000 And this is the first point today you can follow along on the handout. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.000 Christ is a priest forever. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.000 So look at the language of Hebrews. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:25.000 Hebrews is this glorious book that's all about the priesthood of Christ. 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.000 And just look at the verses I've got there for you. 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:31.000 Look at when it says Christ is a priest. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.000 When is Christ a priest? 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:41.000 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens. 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:44.000 Jesus, the son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.000 Hebrews 8.1. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:49.000 Now the point in what we're saying is this. 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.000 This is the big point of Hebrews. 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 We have such a high priest. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:59.000 One who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.000 So just look at that. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:04.000 When is Christ a priest? 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.000 Right now. 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.000 Seated in heaven. 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:15.000 We currently have a high priest doing priestly work for us for his church. 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.000 So he didn't die on the cross. 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.000 And then that kind of ended his priestly work. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.000 He stopped being a priest then. 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:22.000 No. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:26.000 There's this ongoing priestly work. 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:27.000 Because what does it say? 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.000 He is a priest right now. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.000 And so if we remember to last week. 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.000 That shouldn't be too much of a surprise. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.000 Because what was one of the problems of the Old Testament priests? 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.000 Look at Hebrews 7. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.000 The former priests were many a number. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:51.000 Because they were prevented by death from continuing in office. 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.000 But he holds his priesthood permanently. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.000 Because he continues forever. 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:02.000 So we always need a priest to come to God. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:05.000 But the problem with the Old Testament was that. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:06.000 What was it? 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.000 The priests kept dying. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.000 So they weren't really bringing us to God. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.000 It was kind of the illustration I gave was like. 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.000 You remember Wallace and Gromit in the wrong trousers. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.000 Gromit's on the little train. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.000 And he's constantly laying track in front of him. 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:21.000 Right? 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:23.000 He's kind of going nowhere. 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.000 He's just having to put one thing down. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.000 Just to get a little bit further. 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.000 But he's not really going anywhere. 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.000 And that was like the Old Testament priesthood. 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.000 You put one priest down. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.000 You try and get toward God. 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.000 But he dies. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.000 You've got to put another. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:38.000 And you're constantly laying track. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.000 Constantly laying track. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 But you're not really getting to God. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.000 But what do we have in Christ? 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.000 He holds his priesthood permanently. 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:53.000 He's still right now a priest. 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.000 Doing priestly work. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.000 Because he continues forever. 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.000 He'll never die. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.000 And so that's why the Father says to Jesus. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.000 You are a priest forever. 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.000 After the order of Melchizedek. 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:10.000 So from now on. 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.000 That's when you just think about this. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:12.000 From now on. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.000 And forever. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.000 We now have a high priest. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:18.000 That we come to God through. 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.000 And I want us to see. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.000 Why that is so important. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.000 Why it's so important. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.000 That we have a priest forever. 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:30.000 But in particular. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.000 Why we have. 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:32.000 And need a priest. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.000 Who's in heaven. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.000 Right now. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.000 So I want us to. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.000 Absolutely hold firm. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:41.000 To the importance of the cross. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:43.000 It is. 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:44.000 Incomparably. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.000 Unrepeatably important. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.000 But also. 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:49.000 I want us to see. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.000 That there is more. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.000 To his priestly work. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:52.000 Than that. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:53.000 And so the next thing. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.000 To see is this. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.000 Our second point today. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.000 We need. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.000 A priest. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.000 In God's presence. 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:02.000 Break out into groups. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:03.000 And look up. 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:04.000 And look up. 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.000 Leviticus 16. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.000 And Hebrews 9. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.000 And. 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:08.000 These passages. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.000 Are referring to the day of atonement. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.000 And. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.000 This one special day of the year. 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.000 In the Old Testament. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.000 And I want you just. 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.000 To figure out. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.000 What did the. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.000 The old. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:21.000 Old Testament priest. 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:22.000 Well in particular. 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.000 It's the high priest. 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:24.000 Need to do. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.000 With the blood of the sacrifice. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.000 And. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.000 Where did he need to go. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:29.000 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:30.000 So break out into groups. 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:31.000 And just figure out. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:32.000 Those two things. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.000 In the middle. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:54.000 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.000 In the middle. 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.000 In the middle. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:57.000 In the middle. 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.000 In the middle. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.000 In the middle. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:00.000 In the middle. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:00.500 In the middle. 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:00.500 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:28.539 There's a lot of information in these passages, but just try to focus on those two questions. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:12:22.980 Thank you. 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:52.980 Thank you. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:53.519 Okay. 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:57.899 What do we have? 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:04.740 Fernando, what did the Old Testament priest, what did the high priest need to do with the blood of the sacrifice? 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:04.840 Yes. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:13.299 On the mercy seat, right? 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:13.720 Yeah, yeah. 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.600 It's talking about the Ark of the Covenant. 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.580 So the lid on top of the Ark of the Covenant, that's the mercy seat. 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:21.180 And so where did he need to go to do that? 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:23.980 Where is the mercy seat? 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:29.180 In the Holy of Holies. 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:38.000 So this is in the temple, but in the back of the temple of the tabernacle into the Holy of Holies where God most intensely dwelt. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:48.399 So the high priest, once a year, had to bring the blood of the sacrifice into the most holy place, the Holy of Holies. 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:54.459 And that's where God's presence was kind of most directly present. 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:57.500 And what did he have to do? 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:02.240 He had to sprinkle the blood on the Ark of the Covenant, on the mercy seat on top of it. 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:07.460 And in the middle of the mercy seat, that's where God was meant to dwell most intensely. 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:11.740 And so what was he doing there? 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.519 He had to present the sacrifice to God. 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:20.259 So let's try and picture this. 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:21.240 It's always better to do that. 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.899 All right. 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:25.120 Just look at this left side for now, right? 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.060 It's not quite. 00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:31.039 I don't think they're basketball courts in the Old Testament. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.860 We don't know. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.840 Okay. 00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:37.639 So what you had, just look at this side for now. 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.820 So what you had is, so this is the tabernacle here. 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:45.519 So you had the most holy place, which was a square. 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:48.680 And in there, you had the Ark of the Covenant. 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:52.000 And on top of that, the living was called the mercy seat, right? 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:57.440 And right in the middle, that's where God was meant to dwell most intensely, right? 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.320 Okay. 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.100 You had a veil there, a big curtain. 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:03.060 Then you had the holy place. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.720 There were other things that were in here, but just, we don't need to keep that up now. 00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:08.139 Then you had the holy place. 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.279 You had the entrance into that. 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:14.279 So this is the tabernacle or the temple, right? 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.440 So it's just there. 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:19.880 And then, around it, you had here, the courtyard. 00:15:20.880 --> 00:15:26.880 So for the tabernacle, it was like just a big curtain wall around it, okay? 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:27.900 You had the courtyard. 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:33.779 And just in front of the entrance of the tabernacle, you had the altar. 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:35.699 A big barbecue, right? 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:42.759 And then, just, and then here you had the entrance into the courtyard. 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:46.220 This is where all the preaching work would happen, all in this courtyard. 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:54.580 And outside of it, all around here, all around, you would have Israel's tents and dwelling places. 00:15:54.680 --> 00:15:56.740 All the different tribes would be dotted around, okay? 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.080 Okay. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:02.139 So, what would happen in the sacrificial system? 00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:07.220 So, you would bring an animal into the courtyard. 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:12.639 It would be killed here, from the bloodshed there. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:18.700 The priest would bring it onto the altar, burn it on the altar. 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:23.420 Then, that's not the end of the sacrificial process. 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:31.899 He would then, the priest, and if we just think about the day of atonement, the high priest, would take the blood of that sacrifice, 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.919 enter into the tabernacle, and not only into the holy place, 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:46.240 he would go through the veil, the curtain, into the most holy place, right into God's presence, 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:49.679 right to the Ark of the Covenant, on into the mercy seat, 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:54.059 and sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice onto the mercy seat. 00:16:54.819 --> 00:17:02.039 So, kind of, over the years, blood would be, kind of, building up, caked onto that mercy seat, right? 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.740 So, that's the process. 00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:18.319 So, coming through here, kill, burn, enter, through the veil, onto the mercy seat, with the blood. 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:27.620 And that, that whole process, that completed the process of atonement. 00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:35.140 So, all of this, all of this, not just the blood and the burning and the killing, 00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:39.360 all of this was involved in the process of atonement. 00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:43.920 You need to do all of that for forgiveness to be achieved, okay? 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:51.340 And this is an important thing, but we don't often realise about what priests needed to do to make atonement. 00:17:52.360 --> 00:18:00.000 So, there was two stages, if we simplify it, there were two stages for atonement and forgiveness to really be achieved. 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:08.039 First, the priest had to sacrifice, so remember last week, laying on of hands, kill the animal, burn the animal, okay? 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.539 That's the sacrifice part. 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:16.099 That's when all, kind of, the judgment and the demands would fall on the animal instead of the sinner. 00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.519 That's propitiation. 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.159 We looked at that last week. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:22.579 But then, that wasn't the end. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:28.599 Then, the blood of that sacrifice needed to be brought to God. 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:33.619 And offered before God into his presence. 00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:38.059 So, I just want to see here, just that, okay? 00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:40.459 But both of these things are needed. 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:45.419 Both the sacrifice and both the offering, the presentation to God. 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:49.139 You need the death and you need the presentation. 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:52.099 Both are needed for forgiveness, atonement. 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.019 Okay? 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:54.139 Are we all on board there? 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:59.620 But let's ask, why this second part? 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:07.560 Well, because any sacrifice is made to God. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.080 Right? 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.920 It's for him. 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:14.060 It's to be received by him. 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:18.020 If there was to be a right relationship between man and God, 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:23.740 and our sin is before God and it needs to be covered and forgiven, 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:30.520 then that sacrifice needs to go to God and be before God. 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:35.480 So, in one sense, if the animal was killed on the altar, 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:37.000 killed and burnt on the altar, 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:42.460 but it just stayed there, that was it. 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:47.340 In one sense, it wouldn't be any use. 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:53.019 It wouldn't make atonement because God never received it. 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:56.879 So to speak, he's never seen it, right? 00:19:58.699 --> 00:20:02.419 So, our sin and guilt is before God in heaven. 00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.819 It's in front of him. 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:06.879 His wrath is in heaven with him. 00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:11.780 And so the sacrifice needs to be in heaven to cover that. 00:20:13.260 --> 00:20:16.420 It needs to be kind of in front of him to propitiate that wrath. 00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:20.000 So, or you can think of it this way. 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:25.860 The tabernacle or the temple, it was like a path to God. 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:29.559 So, a pathway for the sinner to come to God. 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:31.479 And you can kind of even see it, can't you? 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.039 Right? 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:36.139 You kind of come from the outside, from the wilderness. 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:42.619 And each stage, you're kind of approaching toward God more and more. 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:42.979 Right? 00:20:43.219 --> 00:20:47.279 It's this direct line going to God's presence. 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:50.599 And so, with every stage closer toward God. 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:55.740 And the sacrifice, you kind of think it paves the way to get to God. 00:20:56.859 --> 00:21:00.119 Kind of, it makes it safe for the sinner to get there. 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.379 So, it's killed in the courtyard. 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:05.799 Paves a safe path all the way into God's presence. 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:09.119 And so, where does it need to end up? 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:12.059 It needs to end up in God's presence. 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:17.480 Otherwise, the path isn't paved all the way there. 00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:22.639 It needs to go into God's presence so that we can stand in God's presence. 00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:29.139 So, if the sacrifice wasn't brought there, we couldn't stand there. 00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:33.079 But there's a problem with the Old Testament system. 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.359 Look at Hebrews 9. 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:39.960 Into the second, the second section, the most holy place. 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.819 Into the second, only the high priest goes. 00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:45.360 And he but once a year. 00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:47.940 And not without taking blood. 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:51.640 Which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. 00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:58.559 According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifice are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshipper. 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.059 So, there's a lot going on here. 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.220 But just see this. 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:09.460 The high priest would only go to God once a year. 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:09.840 Right? 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:13.360 And he would sprinkle the blood of an animal. 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.279 And then, what would he have to do? 00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:16.259 He'd have to go out again. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:19.519 And then, he would need to come back the next year. 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.500 Bring more blood. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.500 And then, go out again. 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.980 And then, wait another year. 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.799 Then, he would go back. 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.980 Okay, I've got to offer more blood. 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.960 Okay, but I need to leave now. 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.720 Okay, I'll leave. 00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.700 And then, I'll come back again next year. 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:36.900 And so, if that priest was meant to bring us into God's presence. 00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.519 To pave that way. 00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:41.519 Could he really do that? 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.420 No. 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.500 No. 00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:48.920 Because, well, firstly, we saw this last week. 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:54.559 He would only bring the blood of an animal, which wasn't good enough to offer to God anyway, to take away sin. 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:59.119 But, on top of that, he also had his own sins. 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:02.220 Which definitely means that his offering wasn't good enough. 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.819 He was offering it with dirty hands. 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:10.779 But, on top of that, the priest wouldn't even stay in God's presence. 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.960 He would come to God for a little bit. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:18.059 And then, bring the people in for a day, so to speak. 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.559 But then, he'd have to leave. 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.519 So, he wasn't really paving the way to God. 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.839 It's like he would have a path for a day. 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:30.200 But, then, even then, it's not really working. 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:32.859 And, even then, it would disappear. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.700 He'd have to leave. 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.759 And, come back next year. 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:41.019 This whole system was showing this isn't good enough. 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.439 It was showing we need something else. 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:46.059 What do you think we need? 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:53.639 We need a sinless priest to enter God's presence with clean hands. 00:23:54.960 --> 00:24:01.000 We need him to present a sacrifice good enough to pay for the sins of the people. 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:11.039 And, we need that priest to enter God's presence with that sacrifice. 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.039 Sit down and stay there forever. 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:21.119 To permanently pave a way to God. 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:26.119 And, that is exactly what Christ has done. 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:30.500 But, he hasn't entered into the tabernacle. 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:33.680 He's entered into heaven itself. 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.680 So, look at Hebrews 9. 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.320 So, look at Hebrews 9. 00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.180 11 to 12. 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:47.360 But, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:50.979 Then, through the greater and more perfect tent. 00:24:50.979 --> 00:24:52.079 Not made with hands. 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.439 That is, not of this creation. 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.519 It's not a tabernacle. 00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:59.379 He entered once for all into the holy places. 00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:01.380 He's talking about heaven here. 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:04.740 Not by means of the blood of goats and calves. 00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:06.900 But, by means of his own blood. 00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:10.080 Thus securing an eternal redemption. 00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:13.180 And, look at Hebrews 9.24. 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:18.080 For, Christ has entered not into holy places made with hands. 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.740 Not into tents and temples. 00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:23.320 Which are copies of the true things. 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:27.179 But, he's entered into heaven itself. 00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:31.019 Now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.200 And, Hebrews 10. 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:37.599 But, when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins. 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:41.019 He sat down at the right hand of God. 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:45.259 So, look what it's highlighting here. 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:47.700 What did Christ do with his sacrifice? 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:52.619 What does every priest need to do with the sacrifice? 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:55.979 He went into God's presence. 00:25:56.979 --> 00:25:59.500 And, presented that sacrifice to God. 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.799 But, it wasn't into the temple's holy place. 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.899 Or, the tabernacle's. 00:26:06.239 --> 00:26:07.500 That was just a copy. 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.819 A picture of God's dwelling place in heaven. 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.539 Or, all the temple and the tabernacle. 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:15.859 It's just meant to be like a mini picture of heaven. 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.199 But, it's not the real thing. 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:22.119 And, so where did Christ present his sacrifice? 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:25.259 In heaven itself. 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.759 And, what was this sacrifice? 00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.639 It wasn't a goat. 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:32.279 No, something infinitely better. 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.679 Himself. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.700 40 days after his resurrection. 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:40.120 He went into heaven itself. 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.820 And, he stood before the Father and said, 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.400 Here I am, Father. 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:51.100 Here is the sacrifice that all your huge demands require. 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:53.819 And, look at these scars. 00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.980 I've paid it all. 00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:59.139 And, now the atonement is complete. 00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:03.279 Jesus entered into heaven. 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.599 And, he paved the way. 00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:07.519 Made it safe to go into God's true presence. 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:10.139 And, he brought us there with him. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.000 So, think of it like this. 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.740 Jesus. 00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:18.059 He came from among the people. 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.740 He was identified with the sinner. 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.160 He came from among the people. 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:29.740 He went to the altar of the sacrifice. 00:27:30.300 --> 00:27:32.200 And, from there, what did he do? 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:35.600 He entered into heaven. 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:40.399 And, presented that sacrifice to God. 00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:45.719 And, what is he doing in heaven? 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.899 He sat down. 00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.959 Not going anywhere. 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:57.579 He is there to present his sacrifice permanently, forever. 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:02.919 So, not only is the sacrifice, the death itself, perfect. 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:09.600 But, also, he's now presenting it before God, always. 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.200 Permanently. 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.200 So, let me just summarise this. 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:17.019 Because, this isn't a familiar topic. 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:23.380 A sacrifice to God can't just be done in the past. 00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:26.120 And, then kind of forgotten by God. 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:28.860 It's kind of a transaction done in the past. 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.700 And, then, okay, fine. 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.820 I'll forget about it now. 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.340 No. 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:37.080 For real atonement, the sacrifice needs to be made. 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:39.440 And, in Christ, it needs to be made once. 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:43.120 But, it can't be forgotten in the past. 00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:48.800 It needs to be constantly, just like in the tabernacle. 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:53.460 It needs to be constantly and continually before God. 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:58.220 It's kind of as a reminder, constantly there before God, to be effective. 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.980 To complete the process. 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:05.620 Now, this is not to say, let me clarify here. 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:09.620 This is not to say that the cross wasn't enough. 00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.480 No, absolutely not. 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.860 Never, ever think that. 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.059 No. 00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:17.360 The cross was the once for all payment for sin. 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.720 Never to be repeated. 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.380 Perfect. 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.160 Glorious. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.860 No more sacrifices. 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.519 Never again. 00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.300 Jesus' death was good enough, okay? 00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:30.839 But, that payment, it needs to be handed to God. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:34.940 It needs to be before him, in his presence. 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:42.860 And, when that is done, when that process is complete, then atonement is complete. 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.019 And, so, you need both, right? 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:48.740 You need the sacrifice, and you need the presentation. 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.720 And, that's what Christ has done. 00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:54.220 You need the cross, and you need the entrance into heaven. 00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:02.460 And, this isn't just some kind of abstract Bible knowledge. 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:05.720 An interesting thing in Hebrews that we're being taught. 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:10.319 No, this is so important for us every single day. 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:20.600 Because, Christ presenting himself in heaven means that there is now unbreakable atonement. 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.480 Unending forgiveness. 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:27.079 And, constant mercy. 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:57.079 Unending forgiveness. 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.079 Unending forgiveness. 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:06.319 So, how did they do, forgive us in the Old Testament, if you wanted to give someone assurance, how would you do it there? 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.819 Or, was there no assurance? 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.500 You just... 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:17.079 I think the comfort, the assurance, you could say is... 00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.480 So, okay. 00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:22.000 Well, first of all, remember, were you here last week? 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.299 No. 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.240 No, you weren't, okay. 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.700 Well, for everyone at one. 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.039 Thank you for asking. 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.619 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.899 I'll take a register next time. 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.720 So, okay, remember to last week. 00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:38.759 What was the priest wearing at all times, whenever he's doing this sacrificial process? 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:45.319 He's wearing two stones on his shoulders, and on those stones are all the names of the tribes of Israel. 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:50.740 And, he also had a breastplate with 12 stones on them, each with the name of the tribe of Israel. 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:55.620 He was carrying the people with him, presenting himself, right? 00:31:56.660 --> 00:32:00.279 Representing them in whatever he does. 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:10.519 And so, I guess you could say the assurance is that when he is entering into God's presence, first of all, he's allowed. 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:13.539 He doesn't die when he enters. 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:19.539 So, that's what we're at least seeing, as soon as he goes in and then he comes out again. 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:25.200 If you're an Israelite, let's say you're an Israelite, and sadly can't be able to peer through on the day of the atonement. 00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.180 What's going on there? 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:31.299 You see the high priest enter, and then he comes out again, and he's not dead. 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:35.639 You're thinking, wow, God's let him come in. 00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:40.680 This atonement process, this is working. 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:44.139 Of course, we know it's only working because of the cross. 00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:45.680 We saw that last week. 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.039 But God is providing atonement. 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:53.299 He is allowing humanity to come into his presence. 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:55.599 And it's not just one man. 00:32:55.819 --> 00:33:01.319 When I see him going in, I'm seeing him with his breastplates and these stones on his shoulder. 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:03.079 He's going in with me. 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.399 I'm going in there into God's presence. 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:11.779 And so, I guess the assurance is that you can see it. 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:17.319 It's kind of this picture of we really are coming into God's presence through this priest. 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.059 Does that answer your question? 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.279 Yeah. 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:27.559 Let's move on to the third point. 00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:29.700 A priest in heaven means unending forgiveness. 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:34.139 Look what John says having Christ in heaven means. 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.019 What 1 John 2. 00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:41.779 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:48.139 But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father. 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.599 Jesus Christ, the righteous. 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:54.039 He is the propitiation for our sins. 00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:58.719 What does John say Jesus is right now? 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.559 He's our advocate in heaven. 00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:07.879 Now, an advocate is just someone who argues the case for someone else. 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.159 Right? 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:10.859 So, a lawyer is an advocate. 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.859 So, someone to plead your defence. 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.920 Make your case. 00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.960 Protect you. 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.299 Right? 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.699 Well, what does John say? 00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:23.719 Jesus is that for us when we sin. 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:29.179 He defends us, argues our case for us before the Father. 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:34.639 Making sure that when we sin, our sins are always met with forgiveness. 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:39.259 But how can he make that case for us? 00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.659 Well, what case is he making? 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:47.099 Well, he has the most perfect and unfailing case to present before the Father. 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.420 It's himself. 00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:56.239 He is the evidence that our sins are forgiven. 00:34:56.239 --> 00:35:03.559 He's the proof that we have the right to be forgiven for every single sin that we commit. 00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:08.619 And that evidence is now permanently and ever before the Father. 00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:12.599 And so, yes, we are forgiven on the cross. 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.659 A hundred percent. 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.579 That verdict was declared on the cross. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:21.759 So, if you want to know the verdict on you, you Christian, you can look at the cross. 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.000 That's the verdict. 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.480 It's all being paid on Christ. 00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:29.079 But in heaven, kind of think of it like this. 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:32.960 That verdict is constantly being declared for you. 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:41.400 Which is why, when we sin, that that sin is actively and constantly forgiven. 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:44.840 It's like on the cross. 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.160 Forgiveness was achieved. 00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:52.820 And now in heaven, he just applies it to every single sin that we commit. 00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:56.260 So, just think. 00:35:57.240 --> 00:36:00.660 Whenever we sin, and we do every day. 00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:05.800 Whenever we sin, Jesus is in heaven right now. 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:14.120 We're still constantly and continually and forever pleading on our behalf to the Father. 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:18.440 It's like he's saying, as our sins go up. 00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:25.420 He's saying, Father, all these sins that my people commit, all of them are forgiven. 00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.740 Look at me. 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.780 Look at my sacrifice. 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.920 Look at my hands. 00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:33.740 Look what I've brought to you. 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.839 Look at all these scars. 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:38.879 All these sins have been paid for. 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:45.239 That sin that she's just committed there, that she's just done, it's forgiven. 00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:51.919 All that sin that they're confessing in church every Sunday, that's all been atoned for. 00:36:51.979 --> 00:36:52.959 Because look at me. 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:58.199 And so Jesus being in heaven is so important. 00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:04.039 Firstly, this means God is never angry at you. 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:12.599 Because your sacrifice on your behalf, your advocate, the proof of your forgiveness, 00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:18.179 is always and forever in heaven before God. 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:24.099 It's a permanent reminder in the justice of God that you're forgiven. 00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:32.899 God isn't actually kind of, he's not actually angry with you, but kind of Jesus is there to kind of twist his arm, 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:37.759 kind of plead your case, kind of hoping for a nice response from God. 00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:45.860 No, because Jesus is in heaven, that is the guarantee that God is now never, ever angry with you. 00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:50.180 Because he always sees this. 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:52.820 Or think of it this way. 00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:59.680 God never sees your sin because now he only ever sees Christ. 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:05.799 But also, this means you can never lose forgiveness. 00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:14.739 So if our forgiveness is based on Christ being in heaven, remember that's all a part of the process, right? 00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:21.219 Then that means we can only lose forgiveness if he stops being a priest. 00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:27.219 But remember back to the beginning, how long will Christ be a priest for? 00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:28.859 Forever. 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:33.259 So how long are you forgiven for? 00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.259 Forever. 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:41.179 Our salvation is unbreakable because of this. 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:45.099 And finally, let me end on this. 00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:48.099 Christ being in heaven means Christ can save anybody. 00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:50.419 So look at Hebrews 7. 00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:57.159 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him. 00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.739 Since he always lives in heaven. 00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:00.379 Since he always lives in heaven. 00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:03.480 He always lives to make intercession for them. 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.579 Do you see the point here? 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:12.859 Because Christ always lives in heaven and he's there to make intercession, to be our advocate. 00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:17.360 He's now able to save to the uttermost. 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:19.340 To the extreme. 00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:23.400 He's able to save the worst sinner with the most severe sin. 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:30.380 Because if that sinner comes to Christ, what does he meet? 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:35.680 Unending, perpetual, unbreakable forgiveness. 00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:42.440 There is now just this unending source of mercy for sinners. 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:49.519 There is no sinner too bad to be saved by Christ. 00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:53.119 But also, this goes for us. 00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:59.300 Because when we come to Christ with our sin and our weakness and our failures. 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.239 When we commit that same sin again and again. 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:06.500 And we just can't believe we've done that again. 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:12.719 And we come to Jesus with our sin and we confess it and lay it before him. 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:15.320 What do we meet when we do that? 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:24.460 He doesn't say, oh, not that again. 00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:29.300 No, you can now never reach the limits of his forgiveness. 00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:36.880 And so this is why it is so important that Jesus is still a priest in heaven. 00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:40.220 His sacrifice on the cross is perfect. 00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:45.939 And now Jesus presents that sacrifice constantly in heaven. 00:40:46.819 --> 00:40:48.859 Ensuring our sins are always forgiven. 00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:54.839 And so through him, we can now always approach God. 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:58.519 Boldly and with confidence. 00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:02.539 Because he's now paved the way. 00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:06.519 And we now have a priest forever. 00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:12.440 I'll end there and open up to questions for a few minutes. 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.539 Yeah, General. 00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.639 Yeah, two questions. 00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.039 Yeah, yeah. 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:23.039 So, um, there's a voice in the intercession. 00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:27.239 In relation to the appreciation, I guess, the sacrifice has been made. 00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:27.539 Yeah. 00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:28.539 To give us that together. 00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:29.199 Yeah, yeah. 00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.259 It's a really good question. 00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:35.260 So, um, first question was, uh, 00:41:35.260 --> 00:41:35.600 what do you think about the confession of sin? 00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:40.720 Um, what is the purpose of the confession? 00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:44.160 It's not that the confession that gets us at the beginning is the sacrifice. 00:41:44.720 --> 00:41:44.900 Yeah. 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.000 Yeah. 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.220 Like, there's a very good question. 00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:49.080 Like, could all that confession of sin? 00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:50.160 Or, like, yeah, I would. 00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:51.720 But the second question. 00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:54.080 Yeah, no, no, no. 00:41:54.080 --> 00:41:54.900 That's a good question. 00:41:54.900 --> 00:42:01.079 Um, so, so, so, uh, first question was, uh, what is intercession? 00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:04.039 How does that relate to propitiation, which happened on the cross? 00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:07.220 So, so intercession, it means a few things. 00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:13.000 One is, um, uh, let's keep it kind of specific to today. 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:17.079 It is this, uh, advocacy that John's talking about, right? 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.039 It's, it's pleading on our behalf. 00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:31.840 It's, it's, uh, uh, the intercession is whenever our sin, whenever we sin, Christ is always there presenting to the father, um, his sacrifice himself. 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.179 Right? 00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:41.679 So it's kind of this, uh, it's this constant, um, this is this constant flow of forgiveness, always meeting the needs of our sin. 00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.019 Right? 00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:47.659 And so how does propitiation, the one time propitiation on the cross relate to that? 00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:51.619 You can kind of think of it, it's achieved on the cross, right? 00:42:52.619 --> 00:43:06.659 But, uh, but, but it's in real time as we're sinning, uh, uh, in our lives, it's kind of that what's achieved on the cross is now applied and covered and, and reaches every need of our sin. 00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:07.259 Okay? 00:43:07.259 --> 00:43:10.840 So kind of think of achieving it and then applying it constantly. 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.300 Right? 00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:15.880 Not to say that it isn't forgiven as we're sinning. 00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:18.519 And then he kind of, okay, now I need to forgive it again. 00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:21.860 It's, it's just, it's this constant process. 00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:27.800 It's like that there's never a, there's never a moment where it's not forgiven because it's always there and flowing. 00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.180 Right? 00:43:28.740 --> 00:43:28.940 Yeah. 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:33.760 Um, uh, second question, what, why confess our sin? 00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:42.060 Well, firstly, it's not, it's not so that it can be forgiven just for the same reason I've just said. 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.800 Right? 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:51.440 Um, it's, uh, so we, we need to understand sin and atonement is not a mathematical equation. 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.020 Right? 00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:56.500 Like we are still in covenant in relation with God. 00:43:56.500 --> 00:44:00.099 And so what does that require? 00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:04.000 Like being right with God, it means being open with God. 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:08.179 Uh, and so there are two things we can do with our sin, right? 00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.179 00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:09.579 We can either hide it. 00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:13.380 And when that happens, it crushes us. 00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.400 It weighs on us. 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.619 It eats away at us. 00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:17.300 It makes the sin worse. 00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:18.960 We'll likely fall into it again. 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:24.679 Or we can bring it to God and be open to God about it. 00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:26.260 And what do we meet? 00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:30.699 We meet assurance and forgiveness, his words of comfort. 00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:34.139 Uh, and, and that burden is taken off us. 00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:36.400 And so sin dies in the light. 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:40.960 Um, and so that's why we confess our sin. 00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.480 It's, it's about this. 00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:43.039 Yeah. 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:45.139 Being right with God every day. 00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:49.219 Not in terms of we weren't right with him because the cross wasn't good enough. 00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:51.659 It's about, it's about our conscience. 00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.639 Uh, yeah. 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:55.359 Our, our, our relation to him being in covenant with him. 00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:55.659 Yeah. 00:44:56.839 --> 00:44:57.539 Is that helpful? 00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:57.799 Yeah. 00:45:04.799 --> 00:45:05.239 Great. 00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.519 I'll, I'll close in prayer. 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:19.619 Lord God, we praise you for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:23.159 Our priest in heaven forever. 00:45:24.299 --> 00:45:28.500 Who stands before you with the perfect sacrifice of himself. 00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:31.379 Who pleads on our behalf. 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:34.579 Who meets our every need. 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:37.599 Who is the source of unending forgiveness. 00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:41.279 And so Lord, we, we praise you for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:47.160 And would we be greatly comforted knowing that when we do sin, that our sin is always met with forgiveness. 00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:52.900 That you are a merciful God, that we have a high priest who has paved the way. 00:45:54.060 --> 00:45:57.040 And that way can never be ended, can never be broken for us. 00:45:58.019 --> 00:46:00.780 Would we have great comfort and assurance of that today. 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.760 And so we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, our great high priest. 00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.580 In his name. 00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.200 Amen. 00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:41.260 Amen. 00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:42.200 Say it again. 00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.120 Oh, you've done that.