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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus chapter 28.

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 I'm preaching from Exodus 28 and Exodus 39,

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 but because 39 is almost a word-for-word fulfillment

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 and repetition of Exodus 28,

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 I'm not going to read it at the beginning of the sermon.

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 I'll just read chapter 28, verses 1 to 43.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We can bring one over to you that you can use while you're here.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Amen.

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 Heavenly Father, we don't want to lose sight of what a privilege it is

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 that we get to approach your throne of grace,

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 that we are in your presence now,

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 that we will have eternal fellowship with you

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 in the new heavens and the new earth,

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 and that that is all because of your Son, Jesus Christ,

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 our great high priest.

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 So exalt his name this morning.

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 remind us powerfully of how he serves us,

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 how he saves us.

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 Convey to your precious saints

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 how precious they are to you this morning.

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 Please, in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you would please stand, if you are able.

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 And I'm going to read Exodus chapter 28.

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 Then bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him

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 from among the people of Israel

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 to serve me as priests,

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 Aaron and Aaron's sons,

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 Nadab and Abihu, Eliezer and Ethamar.

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 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron, your brother,

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 for glory and for beauty.

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 You shall speak to all the skillful

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 whom I have filled with the spirit of skill

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 that they make Aaron's garments

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 to consecrate him for my priesthood.

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 These are the garments that they shall make,

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 a breastpiece, an ephod,

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 a robe, a coat of checkerwork,

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 a turban, and a sash.

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 They shall make holy garments for Aaron, your brother,

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 and his sons to serve me as priests.

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 They shall receive gold, blue and purple,

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 and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.

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 And they shall make the ephod of gold,

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 of blue and purple and scarlet yarns,

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 and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.

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 You shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges

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 so that it may be joined together.

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 And the skillfully woven band on it

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 shall be made like it and be of one piece with it,

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 of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns,

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 and fine twined linen.

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 You shall take two onyx stones

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 and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

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 six of their names on the one stone

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 and the names of the remaining six on the other stone

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 in the order of their birth.

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 As a jeweler engraves signet,

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 so shall you engrave the two stones

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 with the names of the sons of Israel.

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 You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree,

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 and you shall set the two stones

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 on the shoulder pieces of the ephod

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 as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel.

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 And Aaron shall bear their names

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 before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.

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 You shall make settings of gold filigree

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 and two chains of pure gold twisted like cords,

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 and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.

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 You shall make a breast piece of judgment in skilled work.

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 In the style of the ephod you shall make it,

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 of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns,

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 and fine twined linen shall you make it.

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 It shall be square and doubled,

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 a span its length and a span its breadth.

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 You shall set in it four rows of stones,

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 a row of sardius, topaz and carbuncle

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 shall be the first row,

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 and the second row an emerald,

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 a sapphire and a diamond,

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 and the third row a jacent,

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 an agate and an amethyst,

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 and the fourth row a beryl,

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 an onyx and a jasper.

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 They shall be set in gold filigree.

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 There shall be twelve stones with their names

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 according to the names of the sons of Israel.

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 They shall be like cygnets,

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 each engraved with its name for the twelve tribes.

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 You shall make for the breast piece

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 twisted chains like cords of pure gold,

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 and you shall make for the breast piece

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 two rings of gold,

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 and put the two rings on the two edges

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 of the breast piece.

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 And you shall put the two cords of gold

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 in the two rings at the edges of the breast piece.

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 The two ends of the two cords

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 you shall attach to the two settings of filigree,

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 and so attach it in front

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 to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.

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 You shall make two rings of gold

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 and put them at the two ends of the breast piece

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 on its inside edge next to the ephod.

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 And you shall make two rings of gold

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 and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod at its seam

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 above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. And they shall bind the breast piece by its rings

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 to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of

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 the ephod so that the breast piece shall not come loose from the ephod. So Aaron shall bear the names

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 of the sons of Israel in the breast piece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy

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 place to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord. And in the breast piece of judgment you

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 shall put the urim and the thumim and they shall be on Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord.

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 Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

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 You shall make the robe of the ephod all a blue. You shall have an opening for the head in the middle

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 of it with a woven binding around the opening like the opening in a garment so that it may not tear.

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 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns around its hem with bells

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 of gold between them. A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the

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 robe. And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the

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 holy place before the Lord and when he comes out so that he does not die. You shall make a plate of

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 pure gold and engrave on it like the engraving of a signet holy to the Lord. And you shall fasten it

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 on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. It shall be on Aaron's forehead

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 and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy

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 gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead that they may be accepted before the Lord.

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 You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen and you shall make a turban of fine linen and

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 you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework. For Aaron's sons you shall make coats and sashes

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 and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty. And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on

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 his sons with him and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them that they may serve me as

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 priests. You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from

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 the hips to the thighs and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting

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 or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place lest they bear guilt and die.

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 This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him. This is God's holy and

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 authoritative word. You may be seated this time. Two years ago on December 23rd, 2020,

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 when then President Donald Trump used his executive powers to pardon Charles Kushner,

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 the father of his son-in-law, Roger, and as well as Roger Stone Jr., his longtime advisor and friend

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 who was doing jail time for lying to Congress and tampering with witnesses, as well as Paul

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 Manafort, the chairman of his 2016 presidential campaign, who was doing jail time for text fraud,

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 bank fraud, and conspiracy all on the same day, I remember thinking to myself,

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 it must be nice to have a friend in high places.

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 We were all once sinners under condemnation and we too needed a friend in high places.

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 We talked last week about the inaccessibility and the unapproachability of the tabernacle,

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 how no man can draw near safely without first offering atoning sacrifice.

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 But the Israelites could not even offer an acceptable sacrifice to God on their own.

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 They could not even enter into the holy place. They needed someone who had access to God in the

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 holy place and the most holy place where they themselves did not have access. They needed a

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 mediator who would represent them and make the sacrifices they need for their sins. They needed a

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 friend in high places. And this is precisely why God appoints Aaron and his sons as priests in this

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 passage. Aaron would be a high priest, his sons, regular priests, to represent the Israelites to God.

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 God says in chapter 28, verse 1, bring near to you Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from among

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 the people of Israel to serve me as priests. This is the first explicit statement in the Bible when

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 God appoints Aaron and his sons to be priests. In order to serve as priests within the tabernacle,

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 they need to be holy, consecrated, which means to be set apart for a special purpose, just like the

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 tabernacle is salt, which is described as holy. So that's why in verses 2 to 5, God commands

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 Israelites to make holy garments for Aaron and his sons. The garments are repeatedly called holy

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 because they're supposed to wear it when they go into the holy place before the Lord.

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 In scripture, the word holy is the opposite of what is common. It refers to something that is

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 uncommon, something that is special. So you can't go to, for example, a special party like a wedding

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 with common clothes like t-shirts and blue jeans. You need special clothes that set that occasion apart.

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 Likewise, to minister in God's special place, the holy place, his sanctuary, the priests need holy

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 garments. And special garments cannot be made by anyone of ordinary skill. It has to be made by

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 skillful people. So God specifically commissions, quote, all the skillful whom God has filled with the

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 spirit of skill to make the priestly garments. So these garments are not going to be made by clumsy hands

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 in a janky way. You know, these are not going to have loose seams and uneven proportions. They are

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 going to be made with skillful hands for glory and for beauty. That phrase occurs twice in this passage

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 here in verse 2 and again in verse 40 to emphasize that the priest's garments are to be glorious

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 and beautiful. But what does glory and beauty mean? Glory refers to all of, it's really a summary of all of

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 God's divine virtues and attributes. Some people say that it's deity on display, glory. When God's deity,

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 his divine power, his attributes are displayed for people to see, we call that glory. So glory really

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 is unique to God. Nothing and no one in this world has any glory in and of themselves. They possess glory

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 only in so far as they display and point to who God is and what he is like. So when we say that the vast

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 ocean and its crashing waves are glorious, we're saying that the ocean displays God's eternal vastness

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 and his power. When we say that a mountain range is glorious, we're saying that it reflects God's

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 immovable strength and constancy, that it is unchanging. When we say that a king in his splendor,

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 his royal garb is glorious, we're saying that he in some way resembles God's royalty and his rule and

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 authority. So to glorify God then is not to give him something that he doesn't already have. It's simply

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 to acknowledge who he already is. God is not glorious because we glorify him. We glorify him

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 because he is glorious. And throughout Exodus, we have repeatedly seen this phrase, glory of the Lord.

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 The Israelites witnessed the glory of the Lord in the wilderness in Exodus 16. And later when the

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 tabernacle is completed in Exodus 40, it says that the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory

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 of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the

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 cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. You may have heard the phrase

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 Shekinah glory before. You guys heard that phrase before? So that's Shekinah comes from the Hebrew word

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 shakhan, which means to dwell. That's the word from which we get the word tabernacle, which literally

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 means the dwelling place. So God's glory, the glory of the Lord is what you see. It's the visible

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 manifestation of God in the place where God dwells. It's the glory that's connected to God's dwelling

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 place. So then the fact that the priest's garment is specifically crafted for glory shows that they are

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 to be associated with Yahweh's glory to minister in his dwelling place. The priest's garment is also designed

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 for beauty. The Hebrew word translated beauty in this verse is also almost synonymous with the word glory,

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 which sometimes is translated glory or honor. But more specifically, it's a word that is used to describe

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 beautiful ornaments in Isaiah 3.18. And it's used to refer to beautiful jewels in Ezekiel 16 and Ezekiel 23 as well.

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 Beauty is an attribute of something that is splendid and radiant and dazzling and glorious. Beauty awes people.

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 It turns onlookers into admirers, maybe even worshipers. So it is fitting that this is linked to glory,

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 that these holy garments are made for glory and beauty. Do you think of God as beautiful?

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 I think we more often think of him as glorious, but maybe we don't often think of him as beautiful.

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 But scripture teaches us that God is beautiful. Psalm 96.46 uses the exact same Hebrew word to

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 describe God in his dwelling place. His four great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. Splendor and

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 majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Psalm 27 uses the

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 slightly different word, slightly different word, but gets the same idea. One thing have I asked of the

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 Lord that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life

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 to do what? To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. The Lord our God is the

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 beautiful one. Whenever you see something beautiful in nature, whenever you draw or create or build something

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 that is beautiful, you are in a way pointing to our God who is beautiful,

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 who is lovely, radiant, splendid. And this is why the holy garments of the priests who represent

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 the people to God must be made for glory and beauty because they're associated with God himself.

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 The connection between the priests and the Lord is further reinforced by the material that the skilled

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 craftsmen use to make the holy garments. Verse five says that they are to be made of gold,

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 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. Does that sound familiar to you? Right? You

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 guys have seen these materials before. It's the exact same materials that are used to make the

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 tabernacle, God's dwelling place. So they're kind of a set, the high priest and the tabernacle, right?

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 When you see, people wouldn't have normally seen the high priest walking around in his priestly

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 garment because they only put it on when they go into the holy place to minister. But imagine you saw

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 him walking around. Nobody's going to look at the priest and think, oh, I wonder what he does for work.

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 It's very obvious. You take one look at him and one look at the tabernacle, like, oh, I know exactly

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 what he does for work. That's, they're a set, they're associated with the dwelling place of God.

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 God, we wouldn't have been able to go into the most holy place. Only the high priest could. We

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 wouldn't have been able to go in even to the holy place. Only the priests could. So they had to go.

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 They were the friends of the Israelites in high places, the high priest who would go where they

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 cannot go to represent them before God. They can offer the sacrifices. They can mediate. They can

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 represent us. And we're going to learn today about how that entire office of the priesthood

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 ultimately points to Jesus as our great high priest and that God set apart Jesus as our great high

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 priest so that he might serve as the mediator of his precious people, bearing our name, bearing our

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 judgment, and bearing our guilt. Those are going to be my three points as we go through this. Let's first

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 talk about how the high priest bears the names of God's people. We find the instructions for the

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 ephod, first in chapter 20, verse 6. Ephod is just a Hebrew loan word. It's just a, and it's like an,

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 it's an apron, apron-like garment you'd wear on the front and the back and over the linen undergarments

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 that he mentions later. It covered the front and back and were joined together by the shoulder straps

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 and the shoulder pieces, as it's called in verse 12. And it was made of gold and of blue and purple

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 scarlet yarns and fine twine linen. And the most significant detail for the ephod is found in verses 9 to 12.

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 The two shoulder pieces of the ephod are decorated with these gold laces, gold settings. And then in that

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 gold setting, you, they were to place two onyx stones, one on each shoulder piece. And this onyx stone,

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 it's not exactly, we're not exactly sure what kind of stone it was, but if it's really an onyx, it would be this

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 precious crystal of jet black color with these milky white bands surrounding, kind of alternating

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 around. It's a beautiful stone. And you put those stones on the shoulder pieces. And on those stones,

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 they are to engrave the names of the 12 sons of Jacob, representing the 12 tribes of Israel,

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 meaning the entire people of God, six on each stone. So quite literally, the high priest is bearing

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 their names when he goes into the presence of God. He's bearing their names as his burden on his

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 shoulders as he goes into the presence of God. That's his function. And from the ephod hangs the

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 breast piece connected by two chains of pure gold. And the breast piece, which sits on top, I think I have

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 pictures, a picture to show you guys. So there's a turban on the top and then the golden medallion

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 attached to it. And then you see the blue robe. And on top of that, the ephod. And on top of that,

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 the breast piece with the precious jewels, the 12 jewels on it. It says there's three rows of jewels

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 on each, verse 17 to 19. It gives the list of jewels that I read earlier. And just as the two onyx

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 stones on the shoulder had six names of the tribes of Israel on each, each of those precious stones on

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 the breast piece has the name of the tribe of Israel, of a son of Jacob. Before we talk about

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 why the names are engraved on these stones, let's first talk about what the precious stones reveal

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 about how God sees his people. God does not command the Israelites, Moses, to engrave the names of the

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 tribes of Israel on ordinary rocks that they picked up off the street.

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 He commands them to engrave the names on precious stones, rare, costly jewels. The Israelites, of course,

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 we see throughout the Old Testament were not perfect. Each tribe had its failings throughout their history.

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 And yet, as the redeemed people of God, as God's chosen, special, set-apart people, they were precious to him.

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 The precious stones are, therefore, a visible representation of what God said to the Israelites

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 earlier in Exodus 19, verse 5. He said,

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 You shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, among all the nations, among all the peoples

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 in the world. I chose you as my special, my treasured possession. That's what these jewels represent.

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 And that's the case not only for the Old Testament saints, but also for us, the New Testament church.

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 Revelation 21, 9 to 21,

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 there John describes a vision,

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 a prophetic vision that an angel shows him.

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 And he says this, that he saw the holy city,

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 New Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God,

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 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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 So this is referring to the church,

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 which is the bride of Christ,

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 that's described as the bride of Christ in many places.

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 Jesus describes the Lamb of God and the bride,

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 the bridegroom in many places.

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 And then he continues, he says,

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 He showed me the holy city,

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 Jerusalem,

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 coming down out of heaven from God,

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 having the glory of God,

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 its radiance like a most rare jewel,

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 like a jasper,

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 clear as crystal.

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 It had a great high wall with 12 gates,

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 and at the gates, 12 angels.

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 And on the gates,

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 the names of the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed.

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 And the wall of the city had 12 foundations,

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 and on them were the 12 names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.

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 So not only the names of the 12 tribes of Israel,

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 but also names of the 12 apostles,

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 meaning representing the New Testament church,

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 the people of God.

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 So John continues,

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 The wall was built of jasper,

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 while the city was pure gold,

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 like clear glass.

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 The foundations of the wall of the city

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 were adorned with every kind of jewel.

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 The first was jasper,

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 the second, sapphire,

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 the third, agate,

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 the fourth, emerald,

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 the fifth, onyx,

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 the sixth, carnelian,

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 the seventh, crystallite,

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 the eighth, beryl,

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 the ninth, topaz,

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 the tenth, chrysoprase,

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 the eleventh, jacent,

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 the twelfth, amethyst.

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 Do you see the parallels?

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 The list of jewels is almost identical

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 to the list of jewels

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 on the breastpiece of judgment.

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 If you account for translation issues,

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 the Old Testament was written in Hebrew,

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 the New Testament was written in Greek,

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 it may actually be the exact same list.

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 He may even be referring back

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 to the breastpiece of judgment

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 and the 12 jewels that are there.

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 So like the breastpiece,

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 the heavenly city of Jerusalem,

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 upon which the 12 names

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 of the apostles representing us,

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 the people of God,

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 are written,

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 they're engraved

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 on their bedecked

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 with jewels.

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 Dear saints,

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 God's people,

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 do you know that you are precious to God?

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 You're not a common possession,

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 neglected,

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 forgotten.

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 You are His treasured possession.

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 Do you know that in Ephesians 1.18,

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 God describes us,

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 His people,

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 as the riches of His glorious inheritance.

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 We are God's inheritance,

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 His riches.

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 When you tour the Tower of London,

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 which is a historic castle

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 and palace of the British monarch

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 in central London,

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 they'll show you many things

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 that are, you know,

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 dazzling and splendid,

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 connected to the British royalty,

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 but they save the very best for last.

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 They take you into this room

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 and at the end of the tour,

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 they take you to see

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 the crown jewels

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 of the United Kingdom,

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 which is a collection

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 of royal ceremonial objects

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 kept in the Tower of London,

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 including the coronation regalia,

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 the most impressive of which

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 is Saint Edward's crown,

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 made of gold

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 and bedecked with numerous

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 precious stones.

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 Dear brothers and sisters,

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 that's what you are to God.

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 The church of Christ

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 might not look very impressive

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 today.

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 Mocking the church

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 and denigrating it

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 seems to be fashionable nowadays

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 in our society and culture,

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 but whatever men might say about it,

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 God sees the church of Christ

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 as the crown jewel

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 of all his possessions.

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 the Lord says to you,

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 the redeemed people of God

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 in Isaiah 43,

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 fear not,

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 for I have redeemed you.

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 I have called you by name.

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 You are mine

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 because you are precious

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 in my eyes

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 and honored

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 and I love you.

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 I give men in return for you,

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 peoples in exchange

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 for your life.

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 Whatever your life situations

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 might be

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 that might lead you

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 to question

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 how God sees you,

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 learn from his word,

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 listen to what he says

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 to you here in this passage

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 that you are precious to him,

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 that you're his treasured possession.

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 So the precious stones

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 on the high priest's garment

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 is associated

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 with the people of God,

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 but what is the purpose

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 of engraving the names

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 of the sons of Israel

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 on the breastpiece?

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 He says in verse 29,

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 So Aaron shall bear the names

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 of the sons of Israel

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 in the breastpiece of judgment

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 on his heart

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 when he goes into the holy place

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 to bring them to regular remembrance

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 before the Lord.

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 So the ephod and the breastpiece

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 share a same purpose.

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 They both enable the high priest

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 to bear the names

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 of the sons of Israel.

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 With the shoulder pieces,

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 the priest is quite literally

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 bearing their names

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 on his shoulders

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 and with the breastpiece

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 of judgment,

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 the high priest bears

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 their names on his heart.

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 The goal of both

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 is to bring the people of God

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 to remembrance

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 before the Lord.

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 Now that's not saying

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 that God is forgetful

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 and needs reminders

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 to remind,

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 hey, these are your people,

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 remember?

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 No, it's saying that

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 one of the high priest's

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 main function

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 is to represent

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 the people of God

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 before the Lord.

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 Like a lobbyist

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 who constantly comes

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 before the congressman

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 and is in their ears

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 all the time

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 about the interests

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 of the groups

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 that they represent,

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 the high priest represents

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 the interests

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 of the people of God

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 and intercedes

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 on their behalf.

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 He is their advocate,

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 their mediator,

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 and he quite literally

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 bears their names

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 on his shoulders

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 and on his heart

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 because the Israelites

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 themselves could not

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 enter the tent of meeting,

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 but the high priest,

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 he was their friend

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 in high place

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 and he would go meet

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 with God,

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 talk to God,

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 represent them

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 before God.

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 And this role

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 is ultimately

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 fulfilled by Jesus.

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 It's pointing to Jesus.

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 It's telling us

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 about Jesus.

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 As we read in our call

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 to worship this morning

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 from Hebrews 4,

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 Jesus is our great

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 high priest

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 who has passed

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 through the heavens

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 and he is not unable

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 to sympathize

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 with our weaknesses

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 so that we can approach

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 the throne of grace

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 with confidence

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 because we have Jesus

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 as our great high priest.

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 Jesus knows our infirmities

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 and weaknesses.

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 He knows every single one

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 of your failings

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 and weaknesses.

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 He knows intimately

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 all our thoughts,

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 all of our hearts

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 are laid bare before him.

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 He's seen all

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 that we have done.

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 Jesus empathizes

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 with us,

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 sympathizes with us

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 and Jesus went

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 where we could not

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 ourselves go.

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 Jesus passed

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.940
 through the heavens

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 to the right hand of God

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 and he is right now

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 making intercession

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 for us.

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 We speak often

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 of Jesus' death

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 and resurrection

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 but maybe not as often

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 of Jesus' ascension

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 and session

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 which is referring

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 to how Jesus

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 is now seated

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 at the right hand

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 of the Father.

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 It is there

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 right now

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 that Jesus

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 is presently

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 interceding for us.

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 It says in Romans 8,

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 33 to 34,

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 who shall bring

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 any charge

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 against God's elect?

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 It is God

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 who justifies

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 who is to condemn.

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 Christ Jesus

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 is the one

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 who died.

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 more than that

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 who was raised,

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 who is at the right

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 hand of God,

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 who indeed

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.500
 is interceding

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.460
 for us.

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.379
 Jesus

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.420
 accomplished

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.220
 our atonement

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.879
 by his death

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.420
 and resurrection

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:39.319
 and he applies

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.619
 that finished

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.579
 atoning work

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.140
 to us

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.900
 presently,

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.740
 constantly,

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.579
 daily

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:46.319
 through his

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.119
 intercession.

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:51.399
 he is bringing

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.179
 right now,

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.539
 bringing our names,

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.719
 your name

00:30:54.719 --> 00:30:56.719
 to remembrance

00:30:56.719 --> 00:30:58.059
 before God,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.219
 advocating for us,

00:31:00.719 --> 00:31:01.639
 reminding God

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.379
 that we belong

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.879
 to him.

00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:04.079
 I paid

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.919
 for his sin.

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.879
 She belongs

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.459
 to me,

00:31:09.459 --> 00:31:11.459
 purchased

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.459
 by my blood,

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.339
 forgiven

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.439
 of their sins.

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.120
 that's why

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.799
 we are heirs

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.600
 of every

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.340
 spiritual blessing

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.740
 in the heavenly

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.180
 place.

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.220
 Just as the

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.620
 high priest

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.279
 bore the names

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.640
 of Israelites

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.360
 on his shoulders

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.960
 and on his heart,

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.420
 Jesus,

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.360
 our great

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.759
 high priest,

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.600
 always is

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.580
 bearing our names

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.380
 on his shoulders

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:30.059
 and on his heart.

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.320
 That means

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.039
 you can be assured

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.539
 that you

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.559
 will always

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.220
 be known,

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.500
 you will always

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.180
 be remembered.

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:43.920
 there's some,

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.779
 sometimes,

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.120
 right,

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.420
 I mean,

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.240
 we have to admit,

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.759
 you know,

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.480
 people share

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.799
 a need

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.779
 that's in their life

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.160
 and you say,

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.019
 I'll pray for you.

00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:52.640
 Sometimes you write it down

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.000
 and you go home

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.259
 and pray.

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.460
 Sometimes you forget.

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.779
 Jesus never

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.860
 forgets.

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.180
 Your name

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.380
 is on his heart

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.220
 and he's at the

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.799
 right hand of the

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.700
 Father interceding

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.240
 for you.

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.820
 This is way

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.660
 better than having

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.220
 your name

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.259
 engraved on the,

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.519
 on a star

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.220
 on the Hollywood

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.980
 Walk of Fame.

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.460
 Who will remember

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.019
 those people?

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.880
 Jesus remembers you

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.120
 in the heavenly court.

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.600
 As we were singing earlier,

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.680
 before the throne

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.700
 of God above,

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.480
 I have

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.620
 a strong

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.759
 and perfect

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.539
 plea.

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.940
 A great

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.660
 high priest

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.259
 whose name

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.920
 is love.

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.779
 Whoever

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.740
 lives

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.620
 and pleads

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.740
 for me

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:39.359
 my name

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.019
 is graven

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.940
 on his hands.

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.059
 My name

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.620
 is written

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.620
 on his heart.

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.099
 I know

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.880
 that while

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.440
 in heaven

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.299
 he stands,

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.700
 no tongue

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.620
 can bid me

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.120
 thence

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.759
 depart.

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.819
 No tongue

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:54.039
 can bid me

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.539
 thence

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.460
 depart.

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.680
 Depart.

00:32:55.680 --> 00:33:05.560
 the breast

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:05.759
 piece

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.060
 still

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.880
 serves

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.140
 another

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.640
 purpose.

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.460
 You may

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.920
 have noticed

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.299
 that this

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.560
 passage

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.100
 repeatedly

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.660
 refers to

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.039
 the breast

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.380
 piece

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.400
 as the

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.640
 breast

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.860
 piece

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.039
 of

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.420
 judgment.

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.640
 But what

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:16.940
 does that

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.200
 mean?

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.960
 Verse 30

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.380
 tells us,

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.720
 it says,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.400
 And in

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.799
 the breast

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.059
 piece

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.620
 of judgment

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.500
 you shall

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.880
 put the

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.200
 Urim

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.600
 and the

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.960
 Thummim

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.180
 and they

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.620
 shall be

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.200
 on Aaron's

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.519
 heart

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.259
 when he

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.640
 goes in

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.120
 before the

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.339
 Lord.

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.460
 Thus Aaron

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.940
 shall bear

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.660
 the judgment

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.160
 of the

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.600
 people of

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:31.880
 Israel

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.380
 on his

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.620
 heart

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.140
 before the

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.380
 Lord

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.140
 regularly.

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.140
 This

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.460
 doesn't

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.880
 mean that

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.319
 Aaron is

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.799
 constantly

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.319
 bringing

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.980
 down God's

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.220
 judgment

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.700
 upon the

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.079
 Israelites.

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.180
 We can

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.559
 understand

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.059
 these verses

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.900
 better by

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.720
 looking at

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.579
 what the

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.200
 function of

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.539
 the Urim

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.880
 and the

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.240
 Thummim

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.500
 are.

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.180
 God never

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.099
 commands

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.680
 Moses to

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.339
 make the

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.660
 Urim

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.220
 and the

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.619
 Thummim

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.420
 and he

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.299
 simply assumes

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.359
 their existence

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.880
 and tells

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.519
 Moses to

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.039
 put it in

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.400
 the breast

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.819
 piece of

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.119
 the high

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.460
 priest.

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.539
 So that

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.220
 suggests that

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.599
 Urim and

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.839
 Thummim

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.500
 likely already

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.960
 existed

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.819
 and were

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.319
 in use.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.799
 So that's

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.099
 why we're

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.819
 never given

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.119
 in any

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.480
 place in

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.740
 the Bible

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.259
 sufficient

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.859
 information

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.579
 to know

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.440
 exactly what

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.900
 they looked

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.280
 like or

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.599
 what they

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.960
 were or

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.420
 how they

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.519
 were used.

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.420
 But we

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.619
 aren't

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.039
 completely

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.579
 clueless.

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.260
 So in

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.760
 1 Samuel

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.320
 14,

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.640
 King Saul

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:16.980
 and the

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.320
 Israelites

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.059
 consult the

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.400
 Lord to

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.800
 see if they

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.380
 should attack

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.160
 the Philistines.

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.200
 However,

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.000
 the Lord

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.660
 doesn't answer

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:22.960
 them.

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:25.039
 And so

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.700
 disturbed by

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.180
 the silence

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.440
 of the

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.660
 Lord,

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.300
 Saul consults

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.780
 the Urim

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.420
 and Thummim

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.840
 in verses

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.880
 41 to 42.

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.940
 It says

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.160
 this,

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.720
 Therefore Saul

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.059
 said,

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.720
 O Lord God

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.200
 of Israel,

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.340
 why have you

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.940
 not answered

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.420
 your servant

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.860
 this day?

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.860
 If this

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.880
 guilt is in

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.600
 me or in

00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:40.380
 Jonathan my son,

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.820
 O Lord God

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.200
 of Israel,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.840
 give Urim.

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.300
 But if this

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.900
 guilt is in

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.780
 your people Israel,

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.540
 give Thummim.

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.660
 And Jonathan

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:47.220
 and Saul

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.800
 were taken.

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.140
 But the

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.860
 people escaped.

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:50.480
 Then Paul

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.760
 said,

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.720
 Cast the

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.400
 lot between

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.880
 me and

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.360
 my son

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.840
 Jonathan.

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.980
 And Jonathan

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.600
 was taken.

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.680
 So this

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.240
 was because

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.860
 Jonathan had

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.660
 violated the

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.200
 oath that

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.900
 Saul had

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.620
 placed all

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.500
 of the

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.740
 Israelites

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.160
 under.

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.060
 So we

00:35:03.060 --> 00:35:03.519
 can see

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.140
 from this

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.760
 passage that

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.360
 Urim and

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.840
 Thummim

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.180
 can function

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:08.040
 kind of like

00:35:08.040 --> 00:35:08.780
 casting of

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:10.060
 lot to

00:35:10.060 --> 00:35:11.140
 decide a

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:12.019
 doubtful case.

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:13.519
 However,

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.980
 we also

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.440
 know that

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.860
 Urim and

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.360
 Thummim were

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.219
 not simply

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:17.119
 a lot,

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.119
 like sticks

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.639
 of different

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.239
 sizes or

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.579
 stones.

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.000
 The longer

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.400
 one means

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.699
 yes,

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.079
 the shorter

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.420
 one means

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.780
 no,

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.900
 or two

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.579
 stones of

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:23.840
 different

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.199
 colors,

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.679
 the black

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.039
 one means

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.380
 yes,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.780
 the white

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.179
 one means

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.539
 no,

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.440
 or good

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.940
 or bad

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.719
 or chosen

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.320
 or rejected.

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.579
 It was not

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.259
 something that

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.039
 just gave a

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.759
 simple binary

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.500
 answer like

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.860
 a lot.

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.139
 The reason

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.679
 why we know

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.159
 that is because

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.579
 it says in

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.340
 1 Samuel 28

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:37.760
 5,

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.519
 that when

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.440
 Saul inquired

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.700
 of the

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:39.940
 Lord,

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.320
 the Lord

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.780
 did not

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.400
 answer him

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.980
 either by

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.059
 dreams or

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.840
 by Urim

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.940
 or by

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.460
 prophets.

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.740
 Because God

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.380
 had rejected

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.320
 Saul as king

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.760
 because of

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:50.440
 his sins,

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.160
 because of

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.880
 his unfaithfulness,

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.180
 God's not

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.920
 answering him

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.220
 and he

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.880
 doesn't answer

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.280
 him even

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.740
 by the

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.039
 Urim.

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.800
 If it's

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.480
 just a lot,

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:58.980
 there would

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.480
 always be

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.980
 an answer.

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.120
 So clearly

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.620
 it's something

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.280
 that God

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.780
 uses.

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.340
 It's not

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.740
 something that

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.440
 always gives

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.100
 an answer.

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.079
 This is why

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.740
 Saul is so

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.220
 frustrated

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.599
 he's not

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.059
 hearing anything

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.859
 from God

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.539
 goes to

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.139
 the medium

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.899
 at Endor

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.879
 to seek

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:13.159
 a cultic

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.559
 medium

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.359
 out of

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.480
 his

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.959
 desperation.

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.519
 I spent

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:19.379
 probably too

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:19.939
 many hours

00:36:19.939 --> 00:36:20.279
 trying to

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.819
 think and

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.500
 figure out

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.779
 what the

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.099
 Urim and

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.359
 Thummim

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:22.579
 are.

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.219
 I couldn't

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.980
 come to

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.419
 a decision.

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.939
 I was

00:36:26.939 --> 00:36:27.439
 wishing that

00:36:27.439 --> 00:36:27.799
 I had

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.159
 the Urim

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.579
 and Thummim

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.179
 to consult.

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.239
 But that

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.659
 brought me

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.159
 to the

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.679
 realization

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.719
 that I'm

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.239
 actually quite

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.719
 glad

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.819
 that nobody

00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.500
 knows,

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.119
 has a

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.340
 clue

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.559
 about

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.900
 what the

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.139
 Urim

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.579
 and Thummim

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.900
 actually

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.559
 looked like.

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.219
 Can you

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.579
 imagine

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.920
 how obsessed

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.739
 people would

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:45.820
 be if they

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.820
 could reproduce

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.239
 the Urim

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.519
 and the

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.840
 Thummim?

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.139
 I don't

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.420
 even want to

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.920
 think about it.

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.719
 How much

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.519
 access there

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.940
 would be?

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.860
 How dependent

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.460
 people would be

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.679
 on them?

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.059
 People would

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.619
 abuse them

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.619
 like a crystal

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.059
 ball.

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.099
 Saul.

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.440
 In the

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.779
 same way

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.199
 that Saul

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.480
 who had

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.840
 turned away

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.320
 from God

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.880
 turned to

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.400
 the medium

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.860
 at Endor.

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.259
 In this

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.940
 new covenant

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.460
 age,

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.259
 God has

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.679
 given us

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.279
 his word

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.360
 and he

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.639
 has indwelled

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.400
 his church

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.840
 with his

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.259
 spirit

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.340
 to guide

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.739
 us.

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.320
 And seeking

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.880
 the will

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.360
 of God

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.159
 through means

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.059
 other than

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.599
 that which

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.239
 God himself

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.880
 has appointed

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:22.179
 is an act

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.759
 of rebellion.

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.159
 It's no

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.719
 different from

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.219
 what Saul

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.860
 did by going

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.579
 to that medium.

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.400
 It's like

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.779
 saying,

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.680
 I want

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.180
 to know

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.620
 what I

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.300
 should do

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.920
 without

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.720
 hearing

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.540
 from your

00:37:31.540 --> 00:37:31.820
 word,

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.780
 without

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.560
 talking

00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:34.100
 to you

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:34.720
 in prayer,

00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:35.360
 without

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.260
 having a

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.800
 relationship

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.660
 with you,

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.080
 without

00:37:38.080 --> 00:37:38.900
 keeping in

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.540
 step with

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:40.040
 your spirit.

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.440
 I don't

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.760
 have the

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.260
 time to

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.900
 bother

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.320
 with that

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.620
 stuff.

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:42.860
 Just

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.220
 give me

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.380
 the

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.660
 Urim

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:44.000
 and the

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.420
 Thummim

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.860
 so I

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.280
 can know

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.800
 what to

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.060
 do.

00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:50.760
 So I'm

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.100
 glad that

00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:51.380
 no one

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.920
 actually has

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.380
 any idea

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.740
 what the

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:52.880
 Urim

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.200
 and Thummim

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.780
 look like.

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.960
 So the

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.180
 Urim

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.540
 and Thummim

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.079
 were used

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.279
 in the

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.420
 Old

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:57.659
 Testament

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:57.940
 times

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.380
 to render

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.900
 God's

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.279
 judgment

00:37:59.279 --> 00:38:00.380
 and this

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.840
 helps us

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.219
 with making

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.759
 sense of

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.400
 verse 30.

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.279
 The breast

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:04.199
 piece contains

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.880
 the means

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.559
 of rendering

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.179
 God's

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.659
 judgment.

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.019
 That's why

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.420
 it's called

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.860
 the breast

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.460
 piece of

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.960
 judgment.

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.199
 And the

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.679
 high priest

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.279
 bore the

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.820
 means of

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.219
 God's

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.519
 judgment

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:14.139
 of the

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.500
 people of

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.739
 Israel

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.159
 on his

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.500
 heart,

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.779
 representing

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.340
 God's

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.920
 rule over

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.079
 them,

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.759
 his authority

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.239
 over them.

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.320
 So in

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.759
 this way,

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.279
 the breast

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:21.639
 piece of

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.940
 judgment

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.900
 also points

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.659
 to Jesus.

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.380
 John 5,

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.800
 22,

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.239
 24,

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.599
 says that

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.959
 God the

00:38:27.959 --> 00:38:28.279
 Father

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.379
 has given

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:30.599
 all judgment

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.299
 to the

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.699
 Son,

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:33.059
 that all

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.579
 may honor

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.219
 the Son

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.119
 just as

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.439
 they honor

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:36.000
 the Father.

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:39.699
 whoever hears

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.219
 my word

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.719
 and believes

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.159
 in him

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.599
 who sent

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.920
 me has

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.199
 eternal

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.500
 life,

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.059
 Jesus says.

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.400
 He does

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.739
 not come

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.400
 into judgment

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.800
 but has

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.460
 passed from

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.900
 death to

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.199
 life.

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.219
 Jesus

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.039
 now is

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.500
 the one

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.079
 by whom

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.500
 the Father

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.119
 judges the

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.440
 world.

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.539
 Jesus

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.280
 is the

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.800
 one who

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.360
 divides

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.980
 humanity

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.880
 with God

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.659
 or without

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:56.960
 him.

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.599
 He is

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.800
 the fulfillment

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.260
 of the

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.679
 Urim and

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.099
 Nethumim.

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:01.619
 John 3,

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.280
 18-19

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.579
 says,

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.420
 whoever believes

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.940
 in Jesus

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.380
 is not

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.819
 condemned,

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.619
 but whoever

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.239
 does not

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.960
 believe is

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.239
 condemned

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:08.079
 already because

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.480
 he has not

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.920
 believed the

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.500
 name of the

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.239
 only Son

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.719
 of God.

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.819
 And this

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.440
 is the

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.840
 judgment.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.960
 The light

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.460
 has come

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.900
 into the

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.679
 world and

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.219
 people love

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.779
 the darkness

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.319
 rather than

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:17.759
 the light

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.719
 because their

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.179
 works were

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.500
 evil.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:22.420
 will face

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.139
 many judgments

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.539
 in this

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.900
 life.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:24.920
 You could

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.300
 face the

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.239
 judgment of

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.739
 the courts.

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.199
 You could

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.780
 face judgment

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.239
 at your

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.760
 school.

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.940
 But the

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.760
 most important,

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.659
 most pressing

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.320
 judgment that

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.420
 you face is

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.960
 the judgment

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.900
 before God

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:37.239
 and God

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:38.699
 appointed Jesus

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.000
 to be that

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.500
 judgment.

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.659
 Jesus is the

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.300
 line that

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.860
 divides the

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.219
 light from

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.699
 the darkness.

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.260
 So what do

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.780
 you say about

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.119
 Jesus?

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:50.900
 that has

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:52.019
 every implication.

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.639
 That has

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.199
 eternal

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.859
 consequences.

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.059
 How you

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.460
 answer that

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.799
 question.

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.639
 Who do you

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.420
 say that

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.219
 Jesus is?

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.299
 So the

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.799
 high priest

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.599
 bears our

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.359
 names and

00:40:03.359 --> 00:40:03.940
 he bears our

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.339
 judgment.

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.219
 And there's a

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.639
 third thing

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.199
 that this

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.759
 passage tells

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.119
 us that he

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.659
 does and

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.940
 that's to

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.279
 bear our

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.779
 guilt.

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.139
 Throughout

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:11.099
 verses 31

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:12.019
 to 43 we

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.659
 see this

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:14.079
 there's a

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.199
 mortal threat

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.400
 that is in

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.960
 the backdrop

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.599
 of many of

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.240
 these instructions

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.840
 regarding the

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.500
 priestly garments.

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.900
 For example

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.380
 in the

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.940
 instructions for

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.260
 the blue

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:23.119
 robe which

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.880
 accompanied the

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.860
 ephod and

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.199
 was worn

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.860
 underneath it

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.780
 he says in

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.460
 verses 33

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.599
 35 on

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.320
 its hem you

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.940
 shall make

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.900
 pomegranates of

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.500
 blue and purple

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.980
 and scarlet

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.519
 yarns and

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.019
 around its

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.800
 hem with

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:34.440
 bells of

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.280
 gold between

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.920
 them a

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.519
 golden bell

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.740
 and a

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.420
 pomegranate a

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.940
 golden bell

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.559
 and pomegranate

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.119
 around the

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.559
 hem of the

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.420
 robe and

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.840
 he shall be

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.199
 on Aaron

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.500
 when he

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.079
 ministers and

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.519
 his sound

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.860
 shall be

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.240
 heard when

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.599
 he goes

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.139
 into the

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.559
 holy place

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:44.920
 before the

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.400
 Lord and

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.699
 when he

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.379
 comes out

00:40:46.379 --> 00:40:47.460
 so that

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.919
 he does

00:40:47.919 --> 00:40:48.839
 not die.

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.779
 It's

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.359
 fascinating.

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.779
 The bottom

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:53.359
 of the robe

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:54.059
 alternating

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.819
 decoration of

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:55.439
 pomegranates

00:40:55.439 --> 00:40:56.179
 which is a

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.839
 symbol of

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.659
 the fertility

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.359
 of God's

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:59.019
 promised land

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.399
 as given

00:40:59.399 --> 00:40:59.839
 in Numbers

00:40:59.839 --> 00:41:00.519
 13 23

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.639
 and the

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.379
 golden bell.

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.980
 What's the

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.579
 bell for?

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.919
 It's kind of

00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:06.679
 similar to how

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:07.779
 some of you

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.359
 guys' dogs

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:08.960
 have bells

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:10.219
 so you know

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.559
 when the

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:11.159
 dog's coming

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.679
 going?

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:14.059
 It's not

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.599
 because God

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.299
 needs a

00:41:16.299 --> 00:41:17.000
 heads up.

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.399
 I mean he

00:41:17.399 --> 00:41:18.199
 knows everything.

00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:18.739
 He sees

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.219
 everything.

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.359
 Rather it's

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:20.779
 the high

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.699
 priest's way

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.559
 of asking

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.019
 God's

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.420
 permission

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.639
 to enter

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.500
 and asking

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.679
 leave of

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:26.920
 him.

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.199
 Much like

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.539
 the way you

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.139
 knock on

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.579
 someone's

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.279
 door as

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:30.960
 a courtesy

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:32.480
 before entering.

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.739
 It's a

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.460
 manner of

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.259
 courtesy and

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:36.279
 respect toward

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.699
 God.

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:36.779
 God

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:39.079
 because you

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.919
 cannot just

00:41:39.919 --> 00:41:40.659
 barge in

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:42.000
 there even

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.480
 if you're the

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.000
 high priest

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.960
 like it's

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.359
 your own

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.919
 living room

00:41:44.919 --> 00:41:45.779
 or bedroom.

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:47.960
 No one

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.719
 not even

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.059
 the high

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.899
 priest may

00:41:50.899 --> 00:41:51.359
 enter into

00:41:51.359 --> 00:41:51.679
 God's

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:51.980
 presence

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.799
 unannounced

00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:54.879
 and if he

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.419
 did not show

00:41:55.419 --> 00:41:56.139
 proper deference

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.819
 to God

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.239
 then he

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.500
 would be

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.079
 struck dead.

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:03.519
 I guess

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.960
 the people

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.339
 would know

00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:04.719
 that he's

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:05.359
 dead because

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:05.819
 the bells

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:06.219
 wouldn't be

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.439
 ringing

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.780
 anymore.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.159
 The same

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.519
 thread is

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:09.760
 mentioned

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.159
 again in

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.659
 verses 40

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.119
 to 43

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.659
 where God

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.300
 gives instructions

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.740
 for the

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.019
 simpler

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.679
 priestly garments

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:14.260
 of Aaron's

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:14.539
 sons.

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:14.940
 The high

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.320
 priest had

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.599
 the more

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.000
 ornate

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:16.380
 garment

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.659
 that I

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:16.980
 showed you

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.260
 earlier.

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.420
 The sons

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.840
 had simpler

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.280
 garments,

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.159
 the linen

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.820
 undergarments.

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.599
 They were

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.340
 all to wear

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.360
 these undergarments

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.119
 made of fine

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:24.619
 linen that

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.179
 reached from

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.720
 hips to

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.119
 the thigh

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:27.099
 to cover

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.599
 their naked

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.079
 flesh so

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.500
 that when

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.039
 they go into

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.460
 the tent of

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:30.820
 meeting or

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.039
 when they

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.619
 come near the

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.039
 altar to

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.700
 minister in

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:32.940
 the holy

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.380
 place,

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.539
 lest they

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.300
 bear guilt

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:36.260
 and die.

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.220
 Again,

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.920
 a mortal

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.360
 threat.

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.900
 Not wearing

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.400
 the proper

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:40.960
 undergarments

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.579
 could lead to

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.880
 indecent exposure

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.880
 within the

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.200
 tent of

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.800
 meeting which

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.380
 would be an

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.780
 act of

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.340
 gross

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.260
 disrespect

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.420
 toward the

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.740
 king,

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.780
 toward the

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.500
 divine king.

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.700
 So once

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:51.900
 again,

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.200
 there's a

00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:53.200
 thread of

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:53.500
 death.

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.360
 All these

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:54.820
 threats of

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.159
 death are

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.820
 reminders to

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.220
 us that

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:56.599
 God is

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.059
 holy,

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.480
 he is not

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.000
 someone to

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.340
 be treated

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.740
 lightly,

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.599
 and he

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.119
 takes

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:03.479
 offenses against

00:43:03.479 --> 00:43:04.339
 his glory

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.839
 and holiness

00:43:04.839 --> 00:43:06.359
 very seriously.

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.279
 There's still

00:43:07.279 --> 00:43:07.839
 yet another

00:43:07.839 --> 00:43:08.419
 reminder of

00:43:08.419 --> 00:43:08.899
 this fact

00:43:08.899 --> 00:43:09.479
 in a detail

00:43:09.479 --> 00:43:09.859
 that is

00:43:09.859 --> 00:43:10.699
 conspicuously

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:11.219
 omitted

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:12.439
 from this

00:43:12.439 --> 00:43:12.859
 passage.

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:14.639
 The priest's

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.019
 footwear.

00:43:16.479 --> 00:43:17.219
 There are no

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:18.939
 instructions for

00:43:18.939 --> 00:43:19.939
 manufacturing priestly

00:43:19.939 --> 00:43:20.500
 shoes.

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.779
 And this is not

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.459
 an oversight.

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.519
 God told Moses in

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:26.699
 Exodus 3, 5,

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.839
 Do not come

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.239
 near.

00:43:28.779 --> 00:43:29.399
 Take your

00:43:29.399 --> 00:43:31.259
 sandals off

00:43:31.259 --> 00:43:32.319
 your feet,

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:33.439
 for the place

00:43:33.439 --> 00:43:34.039
 on which you

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.599
 are standing

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:35.539
 is holy

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.379
 ground.

00:43:37.439 --> 00:43:38.139
 When you

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.739
 draw near to

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.759
 God, when

00:43:39.759 --> 00:43:40.839
 you want to

00:43:40.839 --> 00:43:41.219
 stand on

00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:41.960
 holy ground,

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.399
 you must

00:43:42.399 --> 00:43:43.879
 remove the

00:43:43.879 --> 00:43:44.460
 sandals off

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.000
 your feet as

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.579
 a gesture of

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.460
 respect and

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.919
 worship.

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:48.299
 Not only that,

00:43:48.359 --> 00:43:49.139
 after removing

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.839
 their sandals,

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.539
 Aaron and his

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.960
 sons were

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.759
 required to

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.399
 wash their

00:43:52.399 --> 00:43:53.239
 hands and

00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:53.719
 their feet

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:54.519
 with water

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:54.899
 at the

00:43:54.899 --> 00:43:55.699
 bronze basin

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:56.439
 in the

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.740
 courtyard,

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.059
 before they

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.320
 go into

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:58.599
 the tent

00:43:58.599 --> 00:43:59.000
 of meeting,

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.000
 so that,

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.800
 it says in

00:44:00.800 --> 00:44:01.340
 Exodus 30,

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.700
 that they

00:44:02.700 --> 00:44:03.340
 may not

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:03.840
 die.

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.059
 Another

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:05.800
 mortal threat.

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.380
 All of

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.960
 these details

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.659
 show just

00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:10.780
 what special

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:12.000
 care that

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.740
 the priest

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.079
 and the

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.579
 high priest

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:13.880
 had to

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.320
 take when

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:15.099
 ministering in

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.780
 the tabernacle.

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.240
 And that

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:17.059
 begs the

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.519
 question,

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.380
 if even

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:18.840
 the high

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.360
 priest,

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:19.840
 with his

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.599
 holy garment,

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:23.059
 he could not

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.420
 enter the

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:23.820
 presence of

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.220
 God without

00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:24.980
 his holy

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.400
 garment,

00:44:25.619 --> 00:44:26.000
 made for

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.360
 glory,

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.800
 and beauty,

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:28.519
 if even

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.900
 the high

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.340
 priest could

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.940
 not meet

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.420
 with God

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.280
 without golden

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:32.019
 bells to

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.860
 announce his

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.280
 coming,

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.940
 or without

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.360
 the linen

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.179
 undergarments

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:36.880
 that covered

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.539
 all of his

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.139
 nakedness,

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.139
 or without

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:39.940
 removing his

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.420
 shoes and

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:40.980
 washing his

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.420
 hands and

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.820
 feet,

00:44:42.220 --> 00:44:43.480
 lest he die,

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.280
 then how

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.159
 could ordinary

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:45.800
 Israelites

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:47.139
 ever hope

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:47.519
 to meet

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:48.119
 with God

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:51.740
 with all

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:52.480
 their sin,

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:54.840
 with all

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.059
 their

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.840
 commonness.

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.480
 That's

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.980
 precisely

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.980
 why God

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.360
 appointed

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.760
 the high

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.059
 priest,

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:00.920
 that he

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.380
 might serve

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.740
 as the

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.380
 mediator of

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.940
 his precious

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.400
 people,

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:04.179
 bearing our

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:04.579
 names,

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.679
 our judgment,

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.840
 and our

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.159
 guilt.

00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.679
 Look with

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:09.099
 me at

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:10.260
 verses 36

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:10.800
 to 38

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.159
 of chapter

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.619
 28.

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:40.659
 Aaron is

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:41.119
 to fasten

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.579
 the gold

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:42.239
 medallion,

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.420
 the plate,

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.980
 to his

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.380
 turban,

00:45:44.819 --> 00:45:45.139
 so that it

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.539
 sits on

00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:46.119
 his forehead.

00:45:46.799 --> 00:45:47.159
 The Hebrew

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.500
 word that

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:47.900
 is translated

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.779
 plate literally

00:45:48.779 --> 00:45:49.619
 means flower

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.679
 or rosette,

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.219
 so it's

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.659
 possibly

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:52.400
 tasseled at

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.739
 the golden

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:53.139
 plate had

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.659
 the shape

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:54.539
 of a

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.920
 rose or

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:55.340
 flower.

00:45:56.460 --> 00:45:57.259
 And this

00:45:57.259 --> 00:45:57.819
 plate had

00:45:57.819 --> 00:45:58.559
 an engraving

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.079
 on it which

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.380
 said,

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:00.299
 holy to

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.719
 the Lord.

00:46:01.759 --> 00:46:02.819
 It's only

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.659
 when Aaron

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.460
 is properly

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.199
 dressed,

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:05.860
 wearing his

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.559
 golden plate

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.179
 on his

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.900
 forehead as

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.279
 he ministers

00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:08.659
 in the

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:09.019
 temple,

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.360
 that they,

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.860
 it says,

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.460
 the people of

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:12.420
 Israel and

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:13.199
 their holy

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.079
 gifts may

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.860
 be accepted

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.619
 before the

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:15.900
 Lord.

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.599
 The plural,

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:18.079
 the reference

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:18.820
 to them,

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.260
 Israelites,

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:19.840
 and their

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.659
 gifts suggests

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:21.420
 that the

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:22.460
 inscription holy

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:22.880
 to the

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.760
 Lord doesn't

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.480
 merely refer

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:25.380
 to Aaron,

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:25.740
 the high

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.019
 priest,

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:26.679
 but actually

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:27.280
 to the

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:27.760
 people of

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.079
 God.

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.440
 God had

00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:29.840
 promised,

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.559
 next verse 19,

00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:30.880
 6,

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.679
 to make Israel

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.579
 a kingdom of

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:33.320
 priests and a

00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:34.599
 holy nation.

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.019
 So they are

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.699
 holy to the

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:35.920
 Lord,

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.679
 and this

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.460
 serves as a

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:38.199
 reminder to

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.960
 God of the

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:40.119
 covenant promises

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.599
 that he had

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:41.239
 made to the

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:41.639
 Israelites.

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:43.119
 So when Aaron

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:44.259
 offers the

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.819
 gifts and

00:46:44.819 --> 00:46:45.599
 offerings that

00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:46.199
 the Israelites

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:47.019
 are bringing

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:47.699
 to God

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:48.079
 within the

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.619
 tabernacle,

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:50.539
 he bears any

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:51.500
 guilt that

00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:51.980
 comes from

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.319
 that,

00:46:52.859 --> 00:46:53.579
 himself.

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.359
 And because

00:46:56.359 --> 00:46:56.940
 of Aaron,

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:59.159
 God forbears

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.259
 with them and

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:01.259
 accepts the

00:47:01.259 --> 00:47:02.699
 Israelites in

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:03.179
 spite of the

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:03.659
 fact that their

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.219
 offerings are

00:47:04.219 --> 00:47:04.960
 inadequate and

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.339
 imperfect.

00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:08.519
 it's notable

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:09.260
 that even

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:10.600
 the holy

00:47:10.600 --> 00:47:11.380
 things that

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:12.120
 the Israelites

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:13.559
 consecrate as

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:13.920
 their holy

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.500
 gifts to

00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:16.000
 God incur

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.740
 guilt.

00:47:17.620 --> 00:47:18.240
 Isn't that

00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:18.579
 amazing?

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:20.180
 This is the

00:47:20.180 --> 00:47:20.900
 sacrifice that

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:21.340
 they're making

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:21.920
 because of

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.380
 their sin,

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.220
 and that

00:47:23.220 --> 00:47:24.380
 very sacrifice

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:26.019
 incurs guilt

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:27.500
 because of

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.420
 how sinful

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:28.840
 they are,

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.360
 even in the

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.860
 manner that

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.320
 they bring

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:30.559
 it.

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.500
 Isn't that

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.059
 so true of

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.400
 us?

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:35.000
 As we

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.559
 read in our

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.160
 confession of

00:47:36.160 --> 00:47:36.740
 sin today,

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:37.820
 though Christ

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.599
 has imputed

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.260
 his righteousness

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:40.420
 on us and

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.119
 has clothed

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.800
 us with a

00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:42.380
 bridegroom's

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:42.880
 robe and

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.380
 decked us

00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:44.099
 with jewels

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:44.740
 of holiness,

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.639
 he said our

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:47.579
 best prayers

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:48.180
 are stained

00:47:48.180 --> 00:47:48.680
 with sin.

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:49.639
 We need to

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:50.340
 repent of

00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:50.920
 our repentance.

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.860
 We need our

00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:52.780
 tears to be

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:53.200
 washed.

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:54.039
 We have no

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.680
 robes to

00:47:54.680 --> 00:47:55.099
 bring to

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:55.639
 cover our

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:55.940
 sins,

00:47:55.940 --> 00:47:57.059
 no loom to

00:47:57.059 --> 00:47:57.500
 weave our

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:58.260
 own righteousness.

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.340
 We're always

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:00.079
 standing clothed

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:00.599
 in filthy

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:01.059
 garments,

00:48:01.220 --> 00:48:02.019
 and by grace

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:02.820
 are always

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:03.260
 you are

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:04.360
 receiving

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.080
 change of

00:48:05.080 --> 00:48:05.400
 raiment,

00:48:05.620 --> 00:48:06.140
 for you

00:48:06.140 --> 00:48:06.800
 do always

00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:07.760
 justify the

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:08.540
 ungodly.

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:10.660
 Even our

00:48:10.660 --> 00:48:12.300
 obedience is

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:13.100
 tinged with

00:48:13.100 --> 00:48:14.380
 pride and

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:15.000
 pretensions.

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:17.280
 Even our

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:18.900
 prayers are

00:48:18.900 --> 00:48:19.880
 stained with

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:21.680
 selfishness and

00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:22.720
 self-righteousness.

00:48:24.100 --> 00:48:25.140
 Even our

00:48:25.140 --> 00:48:26.440
 service is

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.720
 tainted with

00:48:27.720 --> 00:48:28.720
 self-promotion.

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.560
 Isaiah 64,

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:32.280
 6 says,

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:33.540
 all our

00:48:33.540 --> 00:48:34.800
 righteous deeds

00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:35.860
 are like

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:37.000
 a polluted

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.960
 garment.

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:40.980
 This is why

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:41.480
 there is

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.620
 no way

00:48:42.620 --> 00:48:43.600
 in heaven

00:48:43.600 --> 00:48:44.040
 and on

00:48:44.040 --> 00:48:44.360
 earth

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:45.840
 that any

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.519
 of us

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.640
 can save

00:48:47.640 --> 00:48:48.160
 ourselves.

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:49.620
 What are

00:48:49.620 --> 00:48:50.000
 you going to

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.600
 do to save

00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:51.160
 yourself when

00:48:51.160 --> 00:48:51.780
 that very

00:48:51.780 --> 00:48:52.300
 act of

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:52.740
 trying to

00:48:52.740 --> 00:48:53.220
 save yourself

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:54.320
 itself is

00:48:54.320 --> 00:48:55.320
 unworthy of

00:48:55.320 --> 00:48:55.740
 God?

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:57.940
 When your

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.580
 righteousness

00:48:58.580 --> 00:48:59.340
 itself is

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:00.280
 filthy rags,

00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:00.980
 how are

00:49:00.980 --> 00:49:01.280
 you going

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:02.040
 to save

00:49:02.040 --> 00:49:02.960
 yourself?

00:49:05.600 --> 00:49:06.340
 This is

00:49:06.340 --> 00:49:07.080
 why again

00:49:07.080 --> 00:49:07.680
 and again

00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:09.000
 the Bible

00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:09.440
 says we

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:10.300
 need a

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:10.740
 righteousness

00:49:10.740 --> 00:49:11.160
 that is

00:49:11.160 --> 00:49:12.220
 from God.

00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:12.980
 We need a

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.420
 righteousness

00:49:13.420 --> 00:49:14.300
 that is of

00:49:14.300 --> 00:49:15.080
 Christ,

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:16.340
 that is not

00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:17.200
 our own but

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:17.960
 of another.

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:21.760
 That's why the

00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:22.180
 New Testament

00:49:22.180 --> 00:49:22.940
 repeatedly speaks

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.860
 of how we

00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:24.580
 need to put

00:49:24.580 --> 00:49:25.300
 on the Lord

00:49:25.300 --> 00:49:26.220
 Jesus Christ.

00:49:27.120 --> 00:49:27.820
 Galatians 3

00:49:27.820 --> 00:49:28.720
 27, as

00:49:28.720 --> 00:49:29.160
 many of

00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:29.820
 you as

00:49:29.820 --> 00:49:30.360
 were baptized

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:31.120
 into Christ

00:49:31.120 --> 00:49:31.840
 have put

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:33.680
 on Christ.

00:49:34.140 --> 00:49:34.880
 When we

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:35.240
 put our

00:49:35.240 --> 00:49:36.140
 faith in

00:49:36.140 --> 00:49:36.660
 Jesus, our

00:49:36.660 --> 00:49:37.019
 great high

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.840
 priest, we

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.680
 remove our

00:49:38.680 --> 00:49:39.580
 filthy garments

00:49:39.580 --> 00:49:40.300
 and we put

00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:41.220
 on Christ,

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:42.800
 become part

00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:43.440
 of him,

00:49:43.680 --> 00:49:44.500
 in him,

00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:45.539
 wear his

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:46.460
 priestly robe

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:47.060
 of righteousness

00:49:47.060 --> 00:49:48.120
 so that we

00:49:48.120 --> 00:49:49.060
 ourselves become

00:49:49.060 --> 00:49:49.740
 kingdom of

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:50.160
 priests.

00:49:51.300 --> 00:49:52.380
 It's only

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:53.620
 through Jesus'

00:49:53.860 --> 00:49:54.140
 ultimate

00:49:54.140 --> 00:49:54.880
 sacrifice,

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.599
 that we

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.099
 can offer

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:57.180
 any sacrifice

00:49:57.180 --> 00:49:57.740
 to him,

00:49:58.039 --> 00:49:58.579
 offer our

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.260
 life as a

00:49:59.260 --> 00:49:59.880
 living sacrifice

00:49:59.880 --> 00:50:00.420
 to him,

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.140
 that is

00:50:01.140 --> 00:50:01.760
 acceptable.

00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:06.099
 Only because

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:06.579
 of Jesus'

00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:07.619
 intercession at

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:08.140
 the right hand

00:50:08.140 --> 00:50:08.640
 of the Father

00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:09.820
 that our

00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:11.079
 prayers are

00:50:11.079 --> 00:50:11.780
 acceptable,

00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:12.980
 that it's a

00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:13.820
 pleasing aroma

00:50:13.820 --> 00:50:14.940
 to God.

00:50:16.780 --> 00:50:17.740
 So friends,

00:50:18.400 --> 00:50:19.760
 I think there

00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:20.180
 are some of

00:50:20.180 --> 00:50:20.780
 you here who

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:22.820
 feel the

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:24.200
 grime and

00:50:24.200 --> 00:50:24.860
 the stink

00:50:24.860 --> 00:50:26.180
 of your

00:50:26.180 --> 00:50:26.680
 polluted

00:50:26.680 --> 00:50:27.099
 garment,

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:29.140
 your guilt,

00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:30.860
 your shame.

00:50:34.079 --> 00:50:34.900
 You don't

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:35.320
 know what to

00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:35.880
 do with it.

00:50:37.700 --> 00:50:38.539
 You can

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.880
 take off

00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:40.840
 your garment

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:42.620
 and put on

00:50:42.620 --> 00:50:43.380
 the garment

00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:44.260
 of righteousness

00:50:44.260 --> 00:50:45.519
 that Jesus

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:47.180
 alone offers

00:50:47.180 --> 00:50:47.539
 you.

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:52.300
 Jesus stands in

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:53.039
 the gap between

00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:53.940
 us and God

00:50:53.940 --> 00:50:54.239
 as the

00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:54.779
 mediator.

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:56.279
 He has

00:50:56.279 --> 00:50:56.920
 gone into

00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:57.400
 the heavenly

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:58.000
 tabernacle

00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:58.960
 where we

00:50:58.960 --> 00:50:59.599
 could not

00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:00.460
 go ourselves

00:51:00.460 --> 00:51:01.460
 as our

00:51:01.460 --> 00:51:02.519
 friend in

00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:03.179
 high places,

00:51:03.179 --> 00:51:04.259
 as our

00:51:04.259 --> 00:51:04.860
 great high

00:51:04.860 --> 00:51:05.199
 priest,

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:06.019
 bearing our

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:06.539
 names on

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:06.940
 his heart,

00:51:07.259 --> 00:51:07.800
 bearing our

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:08.159
 judgment,

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:08.759
 and bearing

00:51:08.759 --> 00:51:09.539
 our guilt

00:51:09.539 --> 00:51:11.000
 so that we

00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:11.699
 too can

00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:12.300
 meet with

00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:13.440
 God and

00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:13.860
 live with

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.519
 him forever.

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:14.619
 forever.

00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:16.900
 Let's

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.159
 pray.

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:24.000
 Oh Lord

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.480
 Jesus,

00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:25.619
 we love

00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:25.900
 you.

00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:33.619
 thank you

00:51:33.619 --> 00:51:34.280
 for going

00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:35.820
 to places

00:51:35.820 --> 00:51:36.280
 we could

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:36.800
 not go.

00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:39.660
 Thank you

00:51:39.660 --> 00:51:40.340
 for going

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:40.660
 to the

00:51:40.660 --> 00:51:41.119
 cross

00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:43.400
 as the

00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:44.139
 unblemished

00:51:44.139 --> 00:51:44.619
 lamb of

00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:45.980
 God where

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.360
 we could

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:46.880
 never go

00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:47.340
 because of

00:51:47.340 --> 00:51:47.500
 our

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:47.880
 blemishes.

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:50.740
 Thanks for

00:51:50.740 --> 00:51:51.880
 being raised

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.340
 from the

00:51:52.340 --> 00:51:52.840
 dead and

00:51:52.840 --> 00:51:53.599
 ascending to

00:51:53.599 --> 00:51:53.960
 the right

00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:54.280
 hand of

00:51:54.280 --> 00:51:54.720
 the Father

00:51:54.720 --> 00:51:55.180
 where we

00:51:55.179 --> 00:51:56.019
 could never

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:59.059
 go because

00:51:59.059 --> 00:51:59.759
 of our

00:51:59.759 --> 00:52:00.219
 rebellion

00:52:00.219 --> 00:52:00.739
 and sin.

00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:03.399
 Thank you

00:52:03.399 --> 00:52:04.039
 for your

00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:04.699
 atonement,

00:52:05.399 --> 00:52:06.359
 for bearing

00:52:06.359 --> 00:52:06.940
 our guilt.

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:08.019
 Thank you

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:08.659
 for your

00:52:08.659 --> 00:52:09.639
 constant

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:11.019
 intercession

00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:11.639
 for us.

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:22.039
 You are

00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:23.039
 truly glorious

00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:24.219
 and beautiful.

00:52:25.179 --> 00:52:26.419
 we adore

00:52:26.419 --> 00:52:26.699
 you.

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:28.059
 We

00:52:28.059 --> 00:52:28.379
 worship

00:52:28.379 --> 00:52:28.679
 you.

00:52:31.419 --> 00:52:32.259
 We bow

00:52:32.259 --> 00:52:32.879
 before you.

00:52:36.759 --> 00:52:37.440
 And it's

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:37.879
 in your

00:52:37.879 --> 00:52:38.599
 precious name

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:39.139
 Jesus we

00:52:39.139 --> 00:52:39.379
 pray.

00:52:39.899 --> 00:52:40.159
 Amen.