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 Let me open us up in a word of prayer.

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 Lord, we pray as we look to your word together,

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 that by your spirit, you would build us each like living stones into a spiritual house,

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 that you would receive all the honor, praise, and glory in this time together.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 Well, good morning. We are going to take a break from the mental health class,

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 and today we're going to be talking about the temple.

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 But perhaps if we understand this idea of temple, it might help our mental health a little bit.

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 So have you ever noticed that temples are everywhere?

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 We in our fallen nature are prone to setting up temples.

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 Almost every man-made religion has a temple,

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 from temple shrines worshiping pagan gods in meadows to the Mormon temple in Salt Lake City.

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 During the French Revolution, atheists built places called Temples of Reason.

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 Temples are everywhere.

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 You know, the God of the Bible commanded his people to build him a temple too.

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 And you know, this temple resembled some of the pagan temples found in the ancient Near East.

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 Was this resemblance a coincidence?

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 Is Israel taking their cue from the cult of the surrounding nations?

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 No, I don't think so. I think it's the other way around.

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 I think the surrounding nations were copying the true temple that God had established,

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 which continued in Israel.

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 And we'll see actually that pagan temples are copying the true temple that God established in the very beginning.

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 And these pagan temples are marred, sin-distorted versions of something that was lost,

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 that humans longed to return to.

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 A true temple that existed at the beginning of time.

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 A place where God dwelled with his people.

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 And a place that every human longs to return to.

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 Human beings are creatures of longing, aren't we?

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 Augustine once said,

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 Our hearts are restless until they find rest in you, O Lord.

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 And human beings were created to worship in the true temple that God had created.

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 So today we'll touch on this temple, beginning in Eden,

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 to the temple at the end of history in Revelation.

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 So this picture is from the ESV Study Bible.

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 It might look familiar to you.

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 So to begin, let's consider Jesus' words on the subject of temples.

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 Throughout his ministry, Jesus made some pretty audacious claims.

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 His statement about the temple was one of them.

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 You recall after he cleansed the temple in John 2, picking up in verse 19,

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 Jesus answered the Pharisees,

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 Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

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 The Jews then said,

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 It has taken 46 years to build this temple,

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 and will you raise it up in three days?

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 But he was speaking by the temple of his body, as John said.

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 Jesus declared that he is the temple.

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 But no one understood what he meant.

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 The Jews didn't understand.

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 His disciples didn't understand what he meant.

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 What did he mean?

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 That Jesus is the temple.

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 So to understand this,

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 we'll need to consider a biblical theology of the temple in the Bible.

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 So before jumping in, let's do a brief refresher.

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 What is biblical theology?

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 Is it all theology that's biblical?

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 No, not quite.

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 To put it simply,

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 biblical theology studies the scripture's overall storyline

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 and traces the development of themes from the beginning to the end.

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 So as you read the Bible,

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 you'll notice that various themes often begin dimly in Genesis,

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 almost mysterious in the beginning.

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 But as the story unfolds, the light gets brighter

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 until it gives way to the true form of the reality.

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 So it's like sketching something on paper.

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 As time goes on, more and more lines are added

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 through each book of the Bible,

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 and the picture starts to come into view.

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 And biblical theology sees the scripture

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 as progressively, gradually painting one portrait.

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 And this portrait is of Christ

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 and what he would come to accomplish.

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 So this begins dimly, right, in the beginning,

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 and then gets brighter.

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 The Jews didn't understand this.

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 So remember, Jesus chided them in John 5, 39.

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 Jesus says, you search the scriptures

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 because you think that in them you have life,

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 have eternal life,

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 but it is they that bear witness about me.

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 So the scriptures bear witness about Jesus

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 from the beginning to the end.

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 And the definition we gave last year

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 when we did a series on biblical theology

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 is it's a discipline of understanding

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 how the diverse parts of the Bible,

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 66 books in total,

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 fit together into one grand story centered on Christ.

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 So today we'll consider the thread line of the temple,

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 which will ultimately point us to Christ.

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 So we'll have six points today,

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 six points.

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 The symbol,

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 the garden,

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 the temple completed,

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 the temple expansion,

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 the temple fulfiller,

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 and then finally,

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 the world encompassing temple

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 in Revelation.

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 The symbol,

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 the garden,

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 the temple completed,

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 the temple expansion,

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 the temple fulfiller,

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 and then the world encompassing temple.

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 So to understand the temple,

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 we must begin

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 with the tabernacle,

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 the predecessor to the temple.

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 The tabernacle was that mobile tent in Exodus.

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 You recall,

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 a portable house for the king.

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 God rescued the people out of slavery

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 in the drama of the 10 plagues

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 and then the dramatic crossing of the Red Sea.

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 And God powerfully delivered the people out of slavery

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 with this mighty outstretched arm.

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 And God crashed the waves of judgment

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 onto Pharaoh and his army's heads.

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 And with God's help,

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 the people reached the other side,

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 dry ground.

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 God saved his people.

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 And after this great work of salvation,

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 it's then in Exodus

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 that God begins to give specific directions

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 on the tabernacle's design.

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 The place where God would begin to dwell

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 with the people in the promised land.

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 So salvation leads to God dwelling

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 with his people in Exodus.

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 One amazing thing that God desires

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 to dwell with his people, right?

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 And the proportions of the king's house

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 had to be exact.

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 Strangely, in Exodus,

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 God would give Moses precise instructions

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 on how to design this tabernacle.

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 In Exodus 39, verse 25,

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 God even tells Moses

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 how to build the utensils

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 which the priests were responsible for.

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 Verse 40 says,

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 See that you make them

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 according to the pattern

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 shown you on the mountain.

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 The smallest detail had to be followed.

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 And God is emphatic about this.

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 He says it over and over again.

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 Look how much he repeats it.

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 Exodus 26, 30,

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 Then you shall erect the tabernacle

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 according to the plan

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 for that you were shown on the mountain.

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 Exodus 27, verse 8,

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 You shall make it hollow,

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 the altar, with boards.

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 As it has been shown you on the mountain,

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 so shall it be made.

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 Exodus 36, verse 1,

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 Every craftsman whom the Lord

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 has put skill and intelligence

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 shall work in accordance

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 with all the Lord has commanded.

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 See a pattern.

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 And finally, Exodus 39, verse 1,

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 From the blue and purple

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 and scarlet yarns

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 they made finely woven garments

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 for ministering in the holy place.

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 They made the holy garments for Aaron

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 as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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 The Lord commands Moses

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 to build the tabernacle

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 and the priest's garments

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 with exact specifications.

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 And he repeats this over and over again.

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 And the writer of Hebrews

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 says this fact

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 means the tabernacle

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 symbolized something greater

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 beyond itself.

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 Listen to Hebrews 8, verse 5.

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 The place, that is the tabernacle,

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 where they serve,

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 is a copy and shadow

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 of what is in heaven.

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 This is why Moses was warned

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 when he was about to build

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 the tabernacle.

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 See to it that you make everything

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 according to the pattern

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 shown you on the mountain.

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 So the tabernacle was a symbol,

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 a shadow,

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 imaging a reality

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 that existed in heaven.

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 There was a copy

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 and a shadow on earth

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 and the true form of these realities

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 existed in heaven,

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 as the author of Hebrews says.

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 So what was it a symbol of?

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 Let's continue to look

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 to find out

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 what this tabernacle symbolized.

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 The tabernacle

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 will have two areas.

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 The first section

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 was called the holy place,

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 which contained various items,

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 the lampstand,

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 the table,

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 and the bread of presence.

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 And in the innermost section

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 was the holy of holies.

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 The holy of holies

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 was the throne room of the king.

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 It was shaped like a perfect cube.

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 20 by 20 by 20 cubits,

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 which is an important detail

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 we'll come back to.

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 It was shaped as a perfect cube.

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 And everything inside

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 was inlaid with gold.

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 It was unspeakably glorious.

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 And even the cherubim,

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 these heavenly creatures

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 without sin,

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 could not look directly

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 upon the king

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 in his all-consuming,

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 incomprehensible holiness.

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 At the center of holies

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 was the ark

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 containing the Ten Commandments.

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 God's law.

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 God's law uniquely reflected

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 God's holy character.

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 And above the ark

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 is the mercy seat,

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 flanked by the cherubim.

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 And as the author of Hebrews says,

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 the cherubim of glory

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 overshadowed the mercy seats.

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 So God declares in Exodus 25,

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 verse 22,

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 there at the holy of holies

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 I will meet with you.

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 And from above the mercy seat,

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 from between the two cherubim

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 that are on the ark

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 of the testimony,

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 I will speak with you

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 about all that I will give you

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 in commandment

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 for the people of Israel.

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 God speaks to his people

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 above the mercy seat

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 in the holy of holies.

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 He put his name there,

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 Yahweh,

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 the God of the Bible.

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 This God who demands

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 that there be no other gods

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 in front of him,

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 no rivals.

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 This God who raises up

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 and condemns,

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 the God who is personal,

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 who hears his people's prayers,

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 who can see,

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 who knows,

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 who speaks to his people,

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 the one and only true God

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 will be approached

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 at the holy of holies.

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 Deuteronomy 12,

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 Moses speaking to the people,

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 says,

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 God has put his name there,

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 but you shall seek the place

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 the Lord your God will choose

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 out of all your tribes

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 as his habitation

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 to put his name there.

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 You shall go there.

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 So it's above the mercy seat

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 where God will be approached.

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 He tells his people

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 how he is going to be approached

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 and the king of the universe

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 has set his throne

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 inside this small tabernacle.

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 What a humble king this God is.

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 The king worshipped in heaven

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 shows his humility

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 by dwelling in a small tent

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 in the wilderness

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 to be with his people.

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 God is a humble king.

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 Not only is he humble,

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 but he is holy as well.

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 Because you cannot just casually

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 stroll right in there,

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 right into the holy of holies.

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 There was a big

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 do not enter sign.

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 If you want to continue to live,

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 stay out.

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 No trespassing.

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 Do not pass go.

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 Because before the holy of holies

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 stood this veil

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 with pictures of cherubim.

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 And here we begin to see

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 what the tabernacle

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 meant to symbolize.

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 The veil retold a cosmic story.

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 So here's a picture

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 of the veil right here

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 from the ESV Study Bible.

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 It retold a cosmic story.

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 It retold the story

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 of the world

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 and what its purpose was

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 and what had gone terribly wrong.

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 This veil of cherubim

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 sewn on it

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 echoed that tragic chapter

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 of history

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 when God exiled Adam and Eve

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 from the Garden of Eden.

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 He placed cherubim

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 and a flaming sword

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 to keep sinful humanity

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 away from the tree of life.

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 So after Adam and Eve

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 plunged the world

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 into darkness

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 through their disobedience,

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 people from then on

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 were exiled

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 from God's presence.

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 The temple is telling

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 the people a story

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 of how God initially

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 dwelled with his people

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 and the effect of sin

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 separating the creature

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 from its creator.

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 So we were cut off

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 from the God

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 we were designed to worship.

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 And the people of Israel

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 were to understand

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 their lives

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 in light of this overall

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 cosmic story

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 symbolized by the tabernacle.

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 The people could not

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 enter the Holy of Holies

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 because of sin.

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 And God is holy.

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 But once a year

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 as you probably know

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 one man could enter

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 into God's presence.

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 The Day of Atonement

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 that is Yom Kippur

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 in Leviticus.

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 The people needed

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 a mediator

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 someone to stand

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 in the gap

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 between a perfectly

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 holy God

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 and sinful humanity.

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 And this high priest

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 could enter once a year

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 sacrificing an animal

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 as a substitute

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 in the people's stead

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 and sprinkling blood

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 on the mercy seat.

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 And the priests

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 were butchers

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 constantly killing

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 goats and bulls

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 to deal with the sin

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 of the entire nation.

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 The priest would slaughter

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 one goat

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 and the blood

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 sprinkled on the mercy seat

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 on the Day of Atonement.

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 So this resulted

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 in what the Bible

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 calls propitiation.

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 Propitiation

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 is one of those

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 long theological words.

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 Propitiation.

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 To propitiate something

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 means to assuage

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 or satisfy

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 God's divine anger

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 or wrath

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 against sinful man.

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 God put the animals

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 to death

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 in the people's place

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 so the high priest

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 as mediator

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 could approach God

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 on the people's behalf.

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 So on that

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 solemn Day of Atonement

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 another goat

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 would be sent

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 to the wilderness

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 the scapegoat

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 symbolizing the people's

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 sins were forgotten.

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 The sins of the people

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 were dealt

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 by the blood sacrifices.

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 But in the tabernacle

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 there was one

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 really conspicuous

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 piece of furniture

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 that was missing.

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 So any idea

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 what furniture

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 was missing

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 in the tabernacle?

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 One piece of furniture.

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 Take a guess.

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 Yes.

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 There's a table

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 but there's no chair

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 for Aaron

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 and any of the priests

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 to sit on

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 because their work

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 was never finished

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 needing constant repetition

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 indicating that

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 the one sufficient sacrifice

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 which provides

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 true rest

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 had not yet come.

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 So Hebrews 10

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 verse 11 and 12

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 captures the idea.

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 And every priest

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 stands daily

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 at his service

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 offering repeatedly

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 the same sacrifices

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 which can never

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 take away sins.

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 But when Christ

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 had offered

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 for all time

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 a single sacrifice

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 for sins

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 he sat down

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 at the right hand

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 of God.

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 So there was no chair

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 because the priest's work

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 was never done.

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 But there was one seat

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 in here

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 the mercy seat.

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 But that was reserved

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 for God himself

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 who sat there

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 between the chair of him.

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 The king

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 sat on the mercy seat

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 only to be approached

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 by the high priest

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 on the day of atonement.

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 So do you see the picture

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 that the tabernacle

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 is starting

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 to develop here?

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 The wonder of wonders.

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 The king

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 stepped down

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 from the mercy seat

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 and became

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 our great high priest

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 fully God

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 and fully man

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 and offered

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 his own blood

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 as the perfect sacrifice

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 at the mercy seat

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 sprinkling his own blood.

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 And when he rose

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 from the dead

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 he sat down

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 on the throne

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 reserved for God alone.

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 So the throne of grace

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 is a throne of grace

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 because it's a blood

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 sprinkled one.

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 Christ is our scapegoat

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 who was put to death

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 outside the camp

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 so that we

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 could approach God

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 in the Holy of Holies.

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 So I love that hymn

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 Arise My Soul Arise

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 the first verse

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 goes like this

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 Arise my soul

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 arise

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 shake off

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 the guilty fears

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 the bleeding sacrifice

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 in my behalf

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 appears

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 before the throne

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 my surety stands

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 before the throne

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 my surety stands

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 my name is written

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 on his hands.

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 So a surety

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 is one who stands

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 as a guarantee

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 for the performance

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 of another.

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 So our surety

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 the Lord Jesus

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 stands before the throne

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 as the bleeding sacrifice

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 on our behalf

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 right now

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 and we can shake off

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 the guilty fears

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 approach the throne

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 of grace

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 because Jesus

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 guarantees

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 that we will be accepted.

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 And so this entire system

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 is just foreshadowing

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 this greater reality

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 that's going to come

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 and this system

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 is designed

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 to answer the question

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 of how it's possible

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 for the thrice holy God

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 to dwell in the midst

00:16:04.760 --> 00:16:05.540
 of a sinful people

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 and the answer is this

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 at the temple

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 on the ground

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 of the accepted sacrifice

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 his throne

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 the mercy seat

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 again is a blood sprinkled one.

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 So realize

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 if you're an Israelite

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 there's really no room

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.080
 for religious pretension

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 when we draw on you

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 to the throne of grace

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 on the basis

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 of the blood

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 of the sacrifice

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 as one saying puts it

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 at the foot of the cross

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.740
 is level ground.

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 The strong in the faith

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 and the weak

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 must both approach

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 the throne

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 on the same basis.

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 All must approach

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 the throne

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 on the basis

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 of the sacrifice.

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 It's true now

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 it's also true then

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 there's no room

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 for religious pretension.

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 And if you're not

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 a Christian

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 perhaps if you're listening

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 to this and you're not

00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.660
 a Christian

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 when God summons you

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 to stand before his throne

00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.179
 on that great

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.879
 and terrible day

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 you will find trusting

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 in your own righteousness

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.740
 will be like building

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 a house on sand

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 and when the storm

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 of God judgment

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 comes

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 great will be the collapse

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 because you built

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 a house on the sand.

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 Instead

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 build your life

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.220
 upon the sure

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 and steady rock

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 of Christ.

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 All of the ground

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 is sinking sand

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 and you know

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.639
 we all have our secret sins.

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 Are we going to plead

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 our own righteousness

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 on that day of judgment

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 before a holy God

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 who knows and sees all

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 who knows us better

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 than we know ourselves

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 or will our confidence

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 be in this substitute

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 who has died in our stead?

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 So let's flee to Christ

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 all of us

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 and take him

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 hold of him

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 by faith.

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 Here's this interesting

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.640
 side note

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 that the Bible translators

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 of the Christian Standard Bible

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 a translation published

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 in 2017

00:17:40.320 --> 00:17:41.380
 led by Tom Schreiner

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 made

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 in Romans 3

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 they chose the word

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 mercy seat

00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:48.559
 instead of propitiation.

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 Do you see why

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 they would do that?

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 The mercy seat

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 is the place

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:57.460
 where propitiation happens.

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.400
 So whom God

00:17:59.400 --> 00:17:59.960
 put forward

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.759
 as a propitiation

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.299
 by his blood

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.500
 again

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 assuaging God's

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.359
 divine anger

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 God presented him

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 as the mercy seat

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 by his blood.

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 So as I understand

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 their translational decision

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 the Greek

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 a little out of my depth here

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 but the Greek word

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 for propitiation

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 is identical

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 to the word

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 for mercy seat.

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 So when the Old Testament

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 was translated

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 into Latin

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 this word

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 mercy seat

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 was translated

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 as

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 propitiatorium

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 which means

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 the place

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 of propitiation.

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 So Romans 3

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 in context

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 is arguing

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 sin provokes

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 God's wrath

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 and anger

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 and argues

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 God put forward

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 Christ

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 at the mercy seat.

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 So this isn't new

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 William Tyndale

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 and Martin Luther

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 both translated

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 this similarly.

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 It's an interesting

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 translational decision

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 they made

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 but it's really

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 just for the continuity

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 of imagery.

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 They want you

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 to see how

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 Romans 3

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 is echoing

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 the day of atonement

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 in Yom Kippur.

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 So let's connect

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 the dots so far.

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 God desires

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 to meet

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 with his people

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 and the blood

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 of the sacrifices

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 in the tabernacle

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 are the only means

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 by which that meaning

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 is possible.

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 So the story

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 continues to unfold

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 after the tabernacle

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 is constructed.

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 After the tabernacle

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 is completed

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 that pillar of cloud

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 that Shekinah glory

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 descends on it

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 and the cloud

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 is where God

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 appeared in glory

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 to Moses.

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 A glory so intense

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 that Moses

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 that it made

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 Moses' face shine

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 and the descent

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 of the cloud

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 on the tabernacle

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 signifies that God

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 is now dwelling

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 with his people.

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 It was during

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 this period

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 where the people

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 rebelled by making

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 a golden calf

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 and Moses intercedes

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 when the people

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 are forgiven

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 and Moses

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 in his anguish

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 asks God

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 to show me

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 your glory

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 and the Lord

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 replies to that

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 request.

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 I will cause

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 all my goodness

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 to pass in front

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 of you

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 and I will

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 proclaim my name

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 the Lord

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 in your presence.

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I will

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 have mercy

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 and I will have

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 compassion

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 on whom I will

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 have compassion.

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 But he said

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 but you cannot

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 see my face

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 for no one

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 may see me

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 and live.

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 So God

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 is present

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 on earth

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 in that cloud

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 of glory

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 and the glory

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 is so intense

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 that Moses

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 cannot see the face

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 and live.

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 But during

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 this period

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 of history

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 something remarkable

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 happens actually

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 in Exodus.

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 The Lord

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 invites the elders

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 of Israel

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 and Moses

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 to an extraordinary

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 covenant meal.

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 The elders

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 of Israel

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 are invited

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 up on the mountain

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 with Moses

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 sitting at God's feet

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 and the elders

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 ate in the presence

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 of the Lord

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 though the people

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 could not see

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.900
 God face to face

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 and live.

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 So isn't it amazing

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 God desires

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 to share a meal

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 with the people

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 of Israel.

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 I think about Jesus

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 at the Lord's Supper

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 he says

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 I have greatly

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 desired to have

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.600
 this meal with you.

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 So God desires

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 to fellowship

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 with his people

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 and you see that

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 right in the beginning

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 of Exodus

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 and even though

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 the people

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 could not see

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.640
 God's face

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.140
 and live

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 God still makes

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 peace with his people

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 before he calls

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 them into his presence.

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 They need not fear

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 destruction.

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 So isn't that amazing

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 God from the beginning

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 is desiring

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 to fellowship

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 with his people

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 to eat a meal

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 with us.

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 And to recap

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 the meeting place

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 between God

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 and his people

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 was mediated

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 by one

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 appointed by God

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 representing them

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 before God's presence

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 on the basis

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 of the sacrifice.

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 So the second part

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 is the temple garden.

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.240
 The temple garden.

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 So question

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.700
 in what ways

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.440
 do we see

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.599
 a similarity

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:39.079
 between the temple

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.900
 and the tabernacle

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 and the garden of Eden?

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 Just going to throw

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.680
 that out there.

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 Any similarities

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.059
 that we see?

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 Tom?

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 Is there

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.880
 cherubim

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.460
 a cherubim

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.540
 or present?

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:51.980
 Yes.

00:21:52.540 --> 00:21:53.260
 The cherubim

00:21:53.260 --> 00:21:55.420
 reappear in the tabernacle

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:57.920
 guarding the Holy of Holies

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.300
 just like the cherubim

00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:00.280
 were guarding Eden

00:22:00.280 --> 00:22:01.020
 and the Tree of Life.

00:22:02.020 --> 00:22:02.420
 So please

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:04.800
 walk up in the garden

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:06.019
 and that

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.019
 this idea

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.740
 of walking

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.500
 is really

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.440
 really precious

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.980
 and important.

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:12.180
 God is walking

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.660
 in the garden

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:14.019
 like you said Michelle

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.220
 and this is echoed

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.000
 throughout the Old Testament.

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.060
 I have a few verses here.

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.000
 Leviticus 26

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.920
 the Lord promises

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.740
 that he will walk

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.340
 with his people

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.100
 and be their God.

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.660
 Verse 11 to 12

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:29.120
 I will make my dwelling

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.660
 among you

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.360
 and my soul

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.720
 shall not abhor you

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.660
 and I will walk

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.040
 among you

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:34.540
 and will be your God

00:22:34.540 --> 00:22:35.759
 and you shall be my people.

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.600
 Or Deuteronomy 23

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.820
 God commands Israel

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.900
 to keep their camp holy

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.700
 because he walks

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.259
 in their midst.

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.600
 Verse 14

00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.420
 Because the Lord

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:44.820
 your God

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:46.220
 walks in the midst

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.779
 of your camp

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.640
 to deliver you

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.160
 and to give you up

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.060
 your enemies before you

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:50.259
 therefore your camp

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.980
 must be holy

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.259
 so that he may not

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.279
 see anything indecent

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.660
 among you

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.600
 and turn away from you.

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.660
 2 Samuel

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.580
 when David

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:59.200
 plans to build a temple

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.259
 the Lord reminds him

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.920
 that I have been

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.700
 walking about

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.300
 in a tent

00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:03.779
 for my dwelling

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.180
 that's a tabernacle

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.460
 again the humility

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.920
 of God

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.660
 to walk among

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:09.420
 people in a small tent.

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.540
 I think the most

00:23:11.540 --> 00:23:12.500
 explicit area

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.700
 where Eden

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.220
 is described

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.779
 as a temple

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.920
 is in Ezekiel 28.

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.800
 God calls Eden

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:18.700
 a sanctuary

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.220
 placed upon a mountain

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.920
 which Bible

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:23.019
 scholars point out

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.019
 that's how Israel's

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.680
 temple is often

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.440
 described elsewhere.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.859
 So walking

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.539
 is very important

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.619
 there's cherubim

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:30.859
 anything else?

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.160
 You could think

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.740
 of similarities

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.539
 between Eden

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:36.779
 and the tabernacle.

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:39.559
 what was that

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:42.180
 Ezekiel 28?

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.480
 Just the whole chapter?

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.420
 Yes.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:46.480
 And where Israel's

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.200
 temple is described

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.680
 elsewhere as

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.460
 Exodus 15

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.420
 Israel's temple

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.920
 is described

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.740
 as a mountain

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:54.039
 just like

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.259
 God calls Eden

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.759
 a sanctuary

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.240
 and a mountain.

00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:00.880
 there's two more

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.799
 that I thought of

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.839
 that I read about.

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.220
 The second similarity

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.880
 between the tabernacle

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.339
 and Eden

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.460
 is the parallel

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:13.160
 between Adam's role

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.940
 and the role

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.480
 of the priest

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.940
 of the temple.

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:18.779
 So God placed Adam

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.380
 in Eden

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.019
 to work

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.980
 and keep it.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.880
 So Adam's work

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.599
 is not just

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.720
 working the soil

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.940
 but it's serving God

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.900
 and guarding

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:28.059
 the garden

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.880
 from intruders.

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:31.039
 So he is a gardener

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.940
 and a guardian.

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.180
 And the two Hebrew words

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.000
 for work and keep

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.259
 when they occur

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.360
 later in the Old Testament

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.880
 without exceptions

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:40.100
 have the meaning

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:41.180
 most often

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.880
 of priests

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:43.059
 serving God

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.519
 in the temple

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.660
 and guarding

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.360
 the temple

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.819
 from unclean things

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.400
 entering it.

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.440
 So I put

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.039
 number three

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.700
 as an example.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.600
 It's using

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.380
 the same word

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.440
 that God

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.160
 charged Adam

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.500
 with

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:57.080
 when God

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.460
 is charging

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.019
 the priests.

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.420
 It says,

00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.120
 they the priests

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.820
 shall keep

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:02.100
 guard over him

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.779
 and over the whole

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.340
 congregation

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:04.019
 before the tent

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.420
 of meeting

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.759
 as they minister

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.539
 as they work

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.299
 at the tabernacle.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:09.340
 They shall guard

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.620
 keep all the furnishings

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:10.980
 of the tent

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.360
 of meeting

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.160
 and keep guard

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.920
 over the people

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.299
 of Israel

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.000
 as they minister

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.920
 at the tabernacle.

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.440
 So those are the same.

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.240
 It's echoing

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.420
 the charge

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.080
 that God gave

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.519
 to Adam.

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.299
 So Adam,

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.960
 like the priest,

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.900
 took care

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.400
 of the temple,

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.519
 the dwelling place

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.900
 of God

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.480
 by keeping

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.960
 unclean things

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.819
 out,

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.900
 intruders out.

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.059
 And you start

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.700
 to see Adam's

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.299
 responsibility

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.220
 in the garden

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.839
 and how he failed

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.059
 to protect Eve

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.720
 from the serpent.

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.900
 So before this serpent

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:39.440
 ever even

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.579
 tempted Eve,

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.339
 Adam has failed

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.900
 in his duty

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:43.059
 to protect the garden.

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.319
 I think that's why

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.019
 in Romans 5,

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.500
 verse 12,

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.240
 Paul will say

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.019
 Adam bears

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.379
 particular responsibility.

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.599
 Romans 5,

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.259
 verse 12 says,

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.259
 sin came into

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.559
 the world

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.079
 because of

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.799
 what one man

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.420
 did and with

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.299
 sin came death.

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.779
 Adam failed

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.539
 to keep the intruder

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.920
 out.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.339
 He didn't intervene

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.000
 to protect Eve

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.500
 from the serpent.

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.619
 So Adam

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.440
 bore responsibility

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.700
 for the fall

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.640
 even before

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.940
 Eve was tempted.

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.180
 And we see

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.740
 that picked up

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.359
 in the temple

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:10.519
 where the priests

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.359
 were meant

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.019
 to guard

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.059
 from unclean

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.799
 things,

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.599
 mostly Gentiles,

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.039
 from coming

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.640
 into the

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.520
 into the

00:26:17.520 --> 00:26:18.540
 inner sanctum.

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.420
 So we see

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:22.020
 the first was

00:26:22.020 --> 00:26:22.840
 walking,

00:26:23.280 --> 00:26:24.540
 Adam's priestly status.

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.900
 There's the cherubim,

00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:27.120
 which we touched upon.

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.820
 And then finally,

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.900
 some Bible scholars

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.500
 have pointed out

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.240
 the lampstand

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.300
 directly outside

00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:36.480
 the Holy of Holies

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.440
 is possibly designed

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.860
 to appear

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.940
 as a tree

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.740
 with seven branches

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.240
 coming off

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.880
 a single trunk.

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.160
 It's possible

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.660
 the lampstand

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.040
 was designed

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:44.640
 to point back

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.680
 to the tree of life.

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.340
 And if you read

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.400
 Exodus 25,

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.560
 there are these cups,

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.240
 four cups

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.060
 next to the lampstand

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.799
 and they're described

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.740
 with flowers

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:56.299
 and almond blossoms.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.920
 So kind of a

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:59.120
 garden imagery,

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.799
 tree imagery.

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.320
 I don't know.

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.240
 Could be.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.080
 Doesn't Zechariah

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:08.299
 talk about the memoir

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.500
 with trees

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.700
 feeding into it?

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.360
 That sounds right.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.400
 Yeah.

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.200
 I,

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.420
 kind of looks like a tree.

00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:25.060
 It's got branches.

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.420
 Yeah.

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.320
 It's drunk.

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:30.580
 Use your imagination.

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.840
 But it could be,

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:35.799
 it could be

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.340
 symbolizing the tree

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.160
 that was in the garden.

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:42.300
 So the first part

00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:43.700
 was the temple symbol.

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.560
 The second

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.320
 was the temple

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.920
 in the garden.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.519
 And now

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.360
 the third part

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.860
 in the play

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.500
 is the temple

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.100
 completed.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.640
 The temple

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.840
 is finally completed.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.420
 And you could

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:55.160
 see how the temple

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.259
 mirrors

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.120
 the Garden of Eden.

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.259
 The innermost part

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.019
 of the Holy of Holies,

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.700
 the holy place

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.259
 and the outer court.

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:02.599
 So the cloud

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.140
 that came upon

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.980
 the tabernacle

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.379
 isn't mentioned again

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.700
 until Solomon's day.

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.960
 So Solomon,

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.680
 as you probably know,

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.660
 is in the line of David,

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.059
 who God promised

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.559
 the Messiah

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.460
 would one day come

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.279
 and rule,

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.039
 bring an international

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.279
 blessing to the whole world

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.619
 as God had promised Abraham

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.900
 back in Genesis 12.

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.220
 that offspring

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.880
 will come

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.660
 in the line of David.

00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:23.000
 The Messiah

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.780
 would be from

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:24.400
 the line of David.

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.600
 And that great day

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:29.400
 had finally come

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.280
 under Solomon's reign.

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.080
 It had taken

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.900
 seven years

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.360
 to build,

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.200
 but now

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.400
 it was finally complete.

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.280
 Solomon's temple

00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:37.240
 was at last

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.480
 a magnificent reality.

00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:40.220
 So to fit the occasion,

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.660
 Solomon dedicated

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.240
 this building

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.820
 to the Lord,

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.580
 asking that God's name

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.360
 would dwell there.

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.580
 And 1 Kings 8

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.560
 records a celebration.

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:49.720
 God let it be known

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.559
 that he was present.

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.919
 In verse 10 to 11

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.700
 in 1 Kings 8,

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.700
 it says,

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.359
 And when the priest

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.799
 came out of the holy place,

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.159
 a cloud filled

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.220
 the house of the Lord

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.619
 so that the priest

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.440
 could not stand

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.879
 to minister

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.919
 because of the Lord.

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.519
 For the glory of the Lord

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.879
 filled the house

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.399
 of the Lord.

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.339
 So God is now

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.159
 dwelling with his people

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.720
 in the temple.

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.980
 In many ways,

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.059
 this is the climax.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.960
 This is the apex

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.779
 of the reigns

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.579
 of David and Solomon.

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:15.220
 This would be the place

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.899
 that replaced the tabernacle

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.539
 in the wilderness.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.200
 So this would be

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.179
 the place that symbolized

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.720
 the presence

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.539
 of the living God

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.299
 in the midst

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.220
 of his people Israel.

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.319
 The place where they

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.319
 could come before him

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.319
 and worship in prayer

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.899
 and for the cleansing work

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.700
 of the sacrifices

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.039
 to happen amongst the priests.

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.059
 The temple

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.159
 would be the heartbeat

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.259
 of Israel's faith

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.539
 in Yahweh their God.

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.759
 So if you turn

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.440
 to Psalm 24,

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.960
 the psalmist

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.919
 writes a familiar verse

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:42.319
 in Psalm 27,

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.139
 sorry,

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.240
 Psalm 27 verse 4.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.900
 One thing

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.859
 have I asked

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.299
 of the Lord

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.859
 that I will seek after

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.240
 that I may dwell

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.779
 in the house

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.200
 of the Lord

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.059
 all the days

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.700
 of my life

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.859
 to gaze upon

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.339
 the beauty

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.859
 of the Lord

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:56.120
 and to inquire

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.740
 in his temple.

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.380
 And this glorious

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.579
 passage is echoed

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.339
 in Psalm 84

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:02.039
 verses 10 to 11.

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.960
 The psalmist declares

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.639
 my soul long,

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.240
 yes,

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.059
 faints

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.099
 for the courts

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.519
 of the Lord.

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.240
 My heart and flesh

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.539
 sing for joy

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.639
 to the living God.

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.859
 Then in verse 10,

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.139
 better is one day

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.740
 in your courts

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.139
 than a thousand elsewhere.

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.639
 I would rather

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.500
 be a doorkeeper

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.019
 in the house

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.639
 of my God

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.039
 than dwell

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.539
 in the tents

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.000
 of the wicked.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.639
 The psalmist

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.399
 yearned

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.240
 to be in the temple.

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.220
 The psalmist

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.460
 is saying

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.740
 I long so much

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.659
 I just want to

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.379
 collapse to the ground

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.879
 thinking about

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.460
 being at the temple.

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:32.039
 That's how much

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.579
 I love it.

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.440
 Maybe he really

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.059
 appreciated the

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.900
 architecture of the temple.

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.640
 You know,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.100
 it's a beautiful

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:39.000
 aesthetic design,

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.019
 beautiful columns.

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.799
 No, of course not.

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.319
 That's not right.

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.279
 Clearly the temple

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.980
 was important

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.120
 because the temple

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:46.079
 is where God dwelt.

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.360
 The temple

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.240
 was the meeting place

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.880
 between God

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.500
 and his people

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.360
 and the temple

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.079
 represented the

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.860
 glorious presence

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.420
 of God

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.759
 revealed most fully

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.600
 in the Holy of Holies,

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.360
 the inner chamber

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.880
 of the temple.

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.380
 More than anywhere

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.559
 else on the earth,

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.220
 more than anywhere

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.519
 else,

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.559
 God's presence

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.420
 was manifested

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.980
 in the Holy of Holies

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.380
 in the temple.

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.039
 He put his name there.

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.839
 In Psalm 84,

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.960
 the whole thing,

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:12.240
 the temple

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.920
 actually is an oasis

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.240
 in the desert

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.220
 for a weary pilgrim

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.519
 because the psalmist

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.079
 talks about being

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.180
 attacked and persecuted

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.839
 in the Valley of Tears

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.140
 and the temple

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.200
 becomes a Garden

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.039
 of Eden for him

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.960
 where he experiences

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.960
 true happiness

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.559
 because of the temple

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.140
 is where he would

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.920
 commune with his God.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.019
 So the temple

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.759
 is a place

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.079
 where God

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.380
 would dwell

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.900
 with his people.

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.000
 Again,

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.660
 isn't that amazing?

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.299
 God desires

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.660
 to dwell

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.220
 with his people

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.640
 and the entire Bible

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.600
 is asking the question,

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:42.519
 how can God

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.079
 dwell with

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.860
 the sinful people?

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:44.819
 You know,

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.140
 the Bible

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:46.100
 is asking the question,

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.079
 how can a good God

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.759
 send us to hell?

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.400
 That's not the question

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.759
 at all.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.539
 The Bible

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.299
 is asking the question,

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.220
 how can a good God

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.559
 not send us to hell?

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.200
 And God desires

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.639
 to dwell

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.240
 with his people,

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:56.859
 but again,

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.679
 how can he

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.460
 because he is holy?

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.799
 And so there's a tension

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.720
 right in the temple.

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.039
 But right at the outset,

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.599
 something is fundamentally

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.839
 flawed about the temple.

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.599
 The temple was great,

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.240
 right?

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.980
 Solomon hints,

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:11.019
 even during the celebration,

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.579
 that it's actually inadequate.

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:15.000
 1 Kings 8, 13,

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.599
 Solomon celebrates,

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.899
 I have indeed built you

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.719
 an exalted house,

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.439
 a place for you

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:20.839
 to dwell in forever.

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.579
 But then in verse 27,

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.959
 But will God indeed

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:24.759
 dwell on the earth?

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:25.719
 Behold,

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.379
 heaven and the highest heavens

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.279
 cannot contain you.

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.500
 How much less this house

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.079
 that I have built.

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.579
 Solomon understood something.

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.559
 He understood that

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.619
 God created everything.

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.919
 The one who created

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.919
 everything out of nothing

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:38.039
 could not possibly

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.079
 be limited by a temple,

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:40.039
 especially one made

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.779
 from human hands.

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:42.319
 So here's the first problem

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.079
 with a temple.

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.419
 A handmade structure

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:45.339
 is not fitting

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.159
 for the God

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.600
 of the universe

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.180
 to dwell in.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.680
 A handmade structure

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.720
 is not fitting

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.600
 for the God

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.120
 of the universe

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.779
 to dwell in.

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.380
 Acts 7,

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:55.340
 verses 48 to 49,

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:57.460
 Stephen quotes Isaiah 66

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.100
 when he said,

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.300
 Yet the Most High

00:32:59.300 --> 00:33:00.400
 does not dwell in houses

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.340
 made by hands.

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.620
 As the prophet says,

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.820
 Heaven is my throne

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:05.100
 and the earth

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.860
 is my footstool.

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.800
 What kind of house

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.960
 will you build for me,

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.500
 says the Lord,

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.440
 and what is the place

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.100
 of my rest?

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.420
 The whole earth

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.720
 cannot contain God's presence.

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.720
 How much less a building

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.820
 made by human hands.

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.640
 So we see that

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.600
 while the tabernacle

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.519
 and eventually the temple

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.580
 serve at the center

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:21.500
 of Israelite worship,

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:23.000
 even from the beginning,

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.000
 it's defective.

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.680
 It's deficient.

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.759
 But there's also

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.540
 a second problem,

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.700
 worse than the first one.

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.060
 The second problem

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:31.500
 is this.

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:32.840
 Israel's sin

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:34.460
 repeatedly compromised

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.259
 the temple.

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.660
 Israel's sin

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.900
 repeatedly compromised

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.700
 the temple.

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:40.200
 As Jesus said,

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.240
 His Father's house

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.720
 of worship

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.940
 was made into

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.620
 a den of thieves.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.759
 Just like the heart

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.500
 of a fallen sinner,

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.539
 God made us

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.380
 to be places of worship

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.299
 but sin corrupts

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.759
 and our hearts

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.720
 become dens of thieves.

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.580
 Instead of worshiping

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.120
 God at the temple,

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.259
 Israel quickly devolved

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.380
 into what I call

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.360
 rabbit hat religion.

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.620
 Rabbit hat religion.

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.759
 That's where God

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.519
 is a means to an end.

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.740
 God will do

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.420
 whatever you ask Him

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.779
 to do.

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.620
 Pull a rabbit

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.220
 out of your hat

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.039
 if you just have

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.640
 a lucky token

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.380
 of the Ark of the Covenant

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.360
 or if you just go

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.260
 and make some sacrifices

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.740
 at the temple.

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.260
 But God is not

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.940
 a means to an end.

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.240
 He will not be mocked.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.980
 Eventually the temple

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.400
 had sunk so low

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.679
 that pagan sacrifices

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.659
 were made inside it.

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:20.119
 Is the God

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.599
 who is holy

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.199
 going to dwell

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.820
 in a house

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.059
 filled with idolatry?

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.220
 Is the king

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.860
 going to build

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.679
 his house in a dump?

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.619
 Would you live

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.980
 in a dump?

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.820
 Of course not.

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.179
 How much more

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.679
 is the God

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.199
 who is holy

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.420
 not going to dwell

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.920
 in a house

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.340
 filled with idolatry?

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.460
 And at one point

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.699
 the book of God's law

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.480
 had to be found

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.519
 in a pile of garbage.

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.659
 It sunk so low

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.220
 that God

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:41.039
 told the people

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.679
 that they would

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.559
 go into captivity,

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.260
 exiled into the foreign

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.579
 nations,

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.579
 and God's going

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.480
 to utterly destroy

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.940
 Jerusalem.

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.039
 But right before

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.599
 that happens,

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.220
 right before that horror,

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.579
 the most dreadful thing

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.420
 happens.

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:55.280
 God leaves

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.119
 the people.

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.380
 The glory of God

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.139
 departs from the temple.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.139
 God declares

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.800
 His intentions

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.579
 in Ezekiel 10.

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.340
 And He said to me,

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.860
 Son of Man,

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.019
 do you see

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.700
 what they are doing?

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.500
 The great abominations

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.940
 that the house of Israel

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.620
 are committing here

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.660
 to drive me far

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:12.360
 from my sanctuary.

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.860
 But you will see

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:15.260
 still greater abominations.

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.160
 And He brought me

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.620
 to the entrance

00:35:16.620 --> 00:35:17.180
 of the courts.

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.180
 And when I looked,

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.620
 behold,

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.460
 there is a hole

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.880
 in the wall.

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.780
 And He said to me,

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.340
 Son of Man,

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.480
 dig in the wall.

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.680
 So I dug in the wall

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.059
 and behold,

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.700
 there was an entrance.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.400
 And He said to me,

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.519
 go in and see

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.860
 the vile abominations

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.700
 that they are committing here.

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.200
 So I went in and saw

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.579
 and there engraved

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.960
 on the wall

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.639
 all around

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.699
 was every form

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.460
 of creeping thing

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.260
 and loathsome beasts

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.460
 and all the idols

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.300
 of the house of Israel.

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.699
 And before them

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.460
 stood 70 men

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.900
 of the elders

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.720
 of the house of Israel

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.480
 with Jezaniah,

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.280
 the son of Staphon,

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.240
 standing among them.

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.559
 Each had a censer

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.099
 in his hand

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.579
 and the smoke

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.099
 of the cloud

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.960
 of incense went up.

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.800
 And He said to me,

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.280
 Son of Man,

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.480
 have you seen

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.000
 what the elders

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.700
 of the house of Israel

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.440
 are doing in the dark,

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.500
 each in his own room

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.039
 for pictures?

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.380
 For they say,

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.380
 the Lord does not see us.

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.200
 The Lord has forsaken

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.640
 the land.

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.420
 He said also to me,

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.539
 you will see

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:01.460
 still greater abominations

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.539
 that they commit.

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:04.940
 Shocking,

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.580
 is it not?

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:07.160
 The leaders of the people

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.680
 are committing

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.960
 flagrant idolatry

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.320
 in the king's own house.

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.740
 The glory of God

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.320
 leaves the temple

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.260
 and the people

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:14.300
 no longer enjoy

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.940
 God's presence.

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.160
 You know,

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:17.080
 God in fact prophesied

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.019
 the departure of His glory

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.779
 well in advance.

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.880
 Back in Deuteronomy,

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:21.340
 Moses warned the people,

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.920
 then my anger

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.619
 shall be aroused

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:26.420
 against them in that day

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.360
 and I will forsake them

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.480
 and I will hide my face

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.819
 from them

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.960
 and they shall be devoured

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.000
 and many evils

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.400
 and troubles

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.199
 shall befall them

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:34.039
 so that they will say

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.519
 in that day,

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.900
 have not these evils

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:37.119
 come upon us

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.840
 because our God

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.619
 is not among us.

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.099
 Hosea 9 verse 12,

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.579
 God proclaimed,

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.440
 woe to them

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.460
 when I depart from them.

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.960
 No illustration

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.739
 can adequately

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:48.279
 capture this national tragedy.

00:36:48.899 --> 00:36:49.679
 9-11 may be

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.299
 the most striking

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:51.000
 in recent memory

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.679
 of a national tragedy

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.279
 when the towers

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.219
 came crashing down

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.219
 but this was worse

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:56.459
 because this building

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:57.259
 would be like a church,

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.159
 a trade center

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:59.059
 in the White House

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:00.719
 all wrapped into one.

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.739
 But even then,

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.259
 as Christians,

00:37:02.479 --> 00:37:02.979
 our worship

00:37:02.979 --> 00:37:03.579
 is not connected

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.159
 to a place

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.259
 so the words

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.759
 don't adequately

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.719
 capture the pain

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.139
 of the temple

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.779
 being destroyed.

00:37:09.879 --> 00:37:10.619
 Imagine everything

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.239
 being taken away

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.579
 from you.

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.039
 First,

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.719
 your church family

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.219
 and then your

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.159
 physical family

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.719
 is carried away

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.439
 and your house,

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.239
 every possession

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.359
 and finally

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:19.099
 your own identity

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.579
 is ripped away

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:19.919
 from you.

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.500
 God departs from you

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.299
 and you are utterly

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.599
 worthless

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.279
 because God

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:24.119
 has forsaken you.

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.500
 The pain of it,

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:28.000
 the writer of Lamentations

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.959
 expressed this pain.

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.779
 Lamentations 2,

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.739
 he has bent his bow

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.239
 like an enemy

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.559
 with his right hand

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.459
 set like a foe.

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.319
 He has killed

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.299
 all who are delightful

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.000
 in our eyes.

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.839
 In the tent

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.699
 of the daughter of Zion

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.339
 he has poured out

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.300
 his fury like fire.

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.559
 He has laid waste

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.480
 his booth like a garden,

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.559
 laid in ruins

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.620
 his meeting place.

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:47.000
 The Lord has made Zion

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.880
 to forget festival

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.380
 and Sabbath

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:50.320
 and in his fierce indignation

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:51.480
 has spurned king and priest.

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:53.000
 The Lord has scorned

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.460
 his altar,

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.420
 disowned his sanctuary.

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.780
 He has delivered

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.960
 into the hand of the enemy,

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:58.140
 the walls of her palaces.

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.500
 They raise the clamor

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.220
 in the house of the Lord

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:01.360
 as on the day of festival.

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.519
 The Lord determined

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.780
 to lay in ruins

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.500
 the wall

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.800
 of the daughter of Zion.

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.120
 This is like a person

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:09.720
 looking at the ruins

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:11.439
 of the raising of Warsaw

00:38:11.439 --> 00:38:12.279
 after the Holocaust.

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:14.459
 Complete devastation.

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.339
 But it was caused

00:38:16.339 --> 00:38:17.399
 by God's judgment.

00:38:18.459 --> 00:38:19.599
 The people were in darkness

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.599
 because of their idolatry

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:22.879
 and God had caused that.

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.659
 Jerusalem is shattered.

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.179
 The king from David's line

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.659
 is removed.

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.980
 Homes, including the palace,

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.500
 are destroyed.

00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:29.399
 And the temple

00:38:29.399 --> 00:38:30.359
 is now a trash heap

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.379
 laid in ruins.

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.259
 Israel experiences

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:34.719
 national death.

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.179
 And during this downfall,

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:38.339
 the long-for deliverer

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.019
 from David's house

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.720
 does not arise.

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.640
 Where is this one

00:38:41.640 --> 00:38:42.400
 from David's line

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.860
 who will come?

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.380
 When will he come

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.140
 to save Israel?

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:47.220
 The people dwelled

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:49.200
 in a deep darkness

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:50.420
 in the exile.

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.340
 But the fourth part

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.620
 after the exile

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:55.260
 is the temple expansion.

00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:56.440
 The temple expansion.

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.640
 The prophets talk

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:01.820
 about a future time

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:03.280
 when the temple

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:04.660
 not only returns,

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.700
 but expands.

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.019
 And the blessing

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.219
 of God's presence

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:10.039
 will expand over Jerusalem.

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:12.419
 Over the whole site

00:39:12.419 --> 00:39:12.919
 of Jerusalem,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.719
 the temple is going

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:14.359
 to expand.

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.679
 Listen to some verses

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.839
 in the prophets.

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:19.199
 Isaiah 4, verse 5.

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.559
 Then the Lord

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.480
 will create over

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.199
 the whole site

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.159
 of Mount Zion

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:24.299
 and over her assemblies

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:26.199
 a cloud by day

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:28.000
 and Moses in the shining

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.899
 of a flaming fire

00:39:28.899 --> 00:39:29.439
 by night

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:30.639
 and smoke in the shining

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.379
 of a flaming fire

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:31.779
 by night.

00:39:31.919 --> 00:39:33.439
 For over all the glory

00:39:33.439 --> 00:39:34.299
 there will be a canopy.

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.840
 So God is going

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.539
 to dwell over

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.340
 the assemblies

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.920
 gathered at Israel

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.539
 a cloud by day.

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:42.920
 Or Ezekiel 37.

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.100
 God says,

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.519
 I will make a covenant

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.280
 of peace with them.

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.360
 Actually,

00:39:50.560 --> 00:39:52.260
 Jeremiah 3.

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.900
 And when you have

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.620
 multiplied and been

00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:55.460
 fruitful in the land

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.080
 in those days,

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.760
 declares the Lord,

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.080
 they shall no more say

00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:58.920
 the ark of the covenant

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.360
 of the Lord.

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.320
 It shall not come to mind

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.960
 or be remembered

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.400
 or missed.

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.340
 It shall not be made again.

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.760
 At that time,

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.820
 Jerusalem shall be called

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:06.059
 the throne of the Lord

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:07.200
 and all nations

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:08.220
 shall gather to it

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:09.180
 to the presence

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:10.260
 of the Lord in Jerusalem

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.700
 and they shall no more

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.400
 stubbornly follow

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.579
 their own evil hearts.

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.700
 So you see the picture.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.740
 All the nations

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.380
 will gather

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.360
 at this temple

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.079
 and the Lord

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.840
 will cleanse the hearts

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.519
 of a stubborn people.

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.500
 The temple is expanding

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.500
 because there's no more

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.280
 of the ark of the covenant.

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:26.100
 Then we get into Ezekiel.

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.480
 I will make a covenant

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.260
 of peace with them.

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.019
 It shall be

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.440
 an everlasting covenant

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.059
 with them

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.320
 and I will set them

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.240
 in their land

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:35.059
 and multiply them

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.440
 and will set my sanctuary

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.700
 in their midst forever.

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:39.320
 My dwelling place

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:40.079
 shall be with them

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:41.119
 and I will be their God

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:43.119
 and they shall be my people.

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.559
 Then the nations

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:45.700
 will know that I am the Lord

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.840
 who sanctifies Israel

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.880
 when my sanctuary

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:49.420
 is in their midst

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.320
 forevermore.

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.800
 So God is going to dwell

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.559
 with his people forever.

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.420
 But one of the most

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.800
 stunning pictures

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.880
 I think comes

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.940
 at the end of Ezekiel.

00:40:57.940 --> 00:41:02.059
 Ezekiel 40

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.559
 envisions God

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.119
 brought Ezekiel

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.840
 to the land of Israel

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.720
 and set him down

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.720
 on a very high mountain

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:08.340
 on which was a structure

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:09.440
 and behold

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.099
 there was a man

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.659
 whose appearance

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.440
 was like bronze

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.559
 with a linen cord

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.320
 and measuring reed

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:13.880
 in his hands

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.960
 and he was standing

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.519
 in the gateway.

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.480
 And then

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:18.980
 that's picked up

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.460
 in Revelation

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.460
 to describe Jesus.

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.860
 But Ezekiel

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.880
 begins to describe

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.980
 to the people

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.599
 in exile

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.519
 the new Jerusalem.

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.159
 And the new Jerusalem

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.880
 itself

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:29.340
 is depicted

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:30.380
 symbolically

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.380
 as what?

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:33.179
 A perfect cube.

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.039
 And where else

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.820
 have we seen a cube

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.559
 so far?

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:39.539
 The Holy of Holies.

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.400
 The new Jerusalem

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.340
 is described

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:43.800
 as the Holy of Holies

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.820
 and there's only one

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:46.000
 cube in the Old Testament.

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:48.239
 The Holy of Holies.

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.000
 So you can't have

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.679
 a temple, right,

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:51.000
 in the Holy of Holies.

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.880
 So what is he saying?

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:53.699
 All the people of God

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:55.460
 are in the Holy of Holies.

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:56.980
 They are in the temple.

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.420
 They are in the presence

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.199
 of the living God.

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.139
 So in the midst

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.659
 of darkness

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.539
 and discouragement,

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.039
 Ezekiel is prophesying

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:04.259
 about God restoring

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:05.320
 the Garden of Eden

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.139
 only much better.

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.219
 God is going to start

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.000
 dwelling with his people.

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.679
 Meanwhile,

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:10.460
 in Ezekiel 11,

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.500
 God tells the exiles

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.559
 that he himself

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.840
 will be their sanctuary

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.759
 in the exile.

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.579
 So in other words,

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:18.019
 God is teaching

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.519
 his people

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:20.259
 that the temple,

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.039
 the true temple,

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.000
 is where God is.

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:22.860
 It's not where

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.420
 the stonework

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.199
 and masonry are.

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:25.539
 And when the exiles

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.019
 return,

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.399
 of course,

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.839
 they are encouraged

00:42:26.839 --> 00:42:27.679
 to rebuild the temple

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:28.939
 as they are still

00:42:28.939 --> 00:42:29.719
 under the old covenant

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.539
 and requires it.

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.119
 But God is teaching

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.539
 his people

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.819
 that where I am,

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.319
 that's where

00:42:34.319 --> 00:42:35.159
 the true temple is.

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:36.519
 And now,

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.279
 just as an aside,

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.859
 Ezekiel's language

00:42:38.859 --> 00:42:39.859
 is apocalyptic.

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:43.000
 And some will say

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.019
 that physical temple

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.819
 will be restored

00:42:44.819 --> 00:42:45.579
 in Israel

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.559
 at some future date.

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:48.500
 I would just

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.420
 respectfully disagree

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.960
 with that interpretation

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:51.679
 because one of the

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.099
 challenges,

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.579
 I think,

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:54.320
 of seeing that

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.199
 the actual physical

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:56.219
 temple being restored

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.860
 in Israel

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:58.279
 is that the temple

00:42:58.279 --> 00:42:59.099
 is always connected

00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:00.299
 with the sacrificial system.

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.880
 So how can the temple

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.579
 be restored

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.960
 without also restoring

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:05.059
 the ritual sacrifices?

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:07.019
 So I think in this stage

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.019
 of redemptive history,

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:08.779
 right,

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.619
 under the new covenant,

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:11.119
 that sacrificial system

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.699
 is obsolete

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.799
 because the perfect

00:43:12.799 --> 00:43:13.739
 sacrifice has come.

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:14.719
 So instead,

00:43:14.939 --> 00:43:15.979
 I think the temple

00:43:15.979 --> 00:43:17.419
 dimension seems symbolic.

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.739
 Ezekiel is speaking

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:19.939
 about God's good intention

00:43:19.939 --> 00:43:20.639
 for his people

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:22.500
 and is speaking to exiles

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.119
 in a language

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.759
 they understood.

00:43:23.939 --> 00:43:25.519
 The temple will be restored.

00:43:26.419 --> 00:43:27.459
 And so the people

00:43:27.459 --> 00:43:29.379
 waited for that great day

00:43:29.379 --> 00:43:29.979
 to unfold

00:43:29.979 --> 00:43:30.479
 when the temple

00:43:30.479 --> 00:43:31.179
 will be restored

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:32.259
 to its former glory,

00:43:32.359 --> 00:43:33.039
 but even better.

00:43:33.859 --> 00:43:34.899
 But even after the people

00:43:34.899 --> 00:43:35.779
 returned from exile

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.619
 in Ezra and Nehemiah,

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.619
 they built a modest temple

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:39.500
 and the glory of God

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.159
 did not return

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.739
 on the temple.

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:43.679
 So part five,

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.159
 part five,

00:43:45.479 --> 00:43:47.899
 enter the temple fulfiller.

00:43:48.379 --> 00:43:49.219
 The temple fulfiller.

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.679
 The centuries unfolded

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.459
 and still the glory

00:43:51.459 --> 00:43:51.879
 was hidden.

00:43:52.439 --> 00:43:53.500
 But in the fullness of time,

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.539
 Christ emerges

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:55.279
 as the new temple.

00:43:55.959 --> 00:43:57.139
 God sent a man

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:58.259
 who fulfilled the temple.

00:43:58.899 --> 00:44:00.000
 John 1, verse 1,

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.199
 casually,

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:03.119
 John says,

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:04.339
 and the word became flesh

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:05.679
 and dwelt among us.

00:44:05.959 --> 00:44:06.839
 So that word dwelt,

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.299
 right,

00:44:07.359 --> 00:44:08.419
 literally means tabernacled.

00:44:08.839 --> 00:44:10.739
 God is now tabernacling

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:11.399
 with his people

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.400
 when the second person

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.480
 of the Trinity,

00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:14.000
 Christ,

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.860
 became a human.

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:17.119
 And Jesus underscores this

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:18.300
 in Matthew 12, verse 6,

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.579
 where he says about himself,

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:21.079
 something greater

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.760
 than the temple

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.920
 is here in front of you.

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:24.480
 In the incarnation,

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.660
 Jesus is the place

00:44:25.660 --> 00:44:26.920
 where God became a man.

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.820
 That is what Christians

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:29.700
 have always believed.

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.480
 Listen to how

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.260
 the Heinrich Neisting Cree

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:31.680
 puts it.

00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:33.200
 We believe in one Lord,

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.160
 Jesus Christ,

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:35.280
 the only Son of God,

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.220
 eternally begotten

00:44:36.220 --> 00:44:36.700
 of the Father,

00:44:37.060 --> 00:44:37.860
 God from God,

00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:39.300
 light from true light,

00:44:39.520 --> 00:44:40.640
 true God from true God,

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.780
 begotten, not made,

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:43.360
 one and being with the Father.

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.500
 Through him,

00:44:44.560 --> 00:44:45.000
 that is Jesus,

00:44:45.140 --> 00:44:46.080
 all things were made.

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.860
 So Jesus is with us.

00:44:48.040 --> 00:44:48.680
 God himself

00:44:48.680 --> 00:44:49.900
 is dwelling with us.

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.700
 True God from true God,

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.940
 one and being with the Father.

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:54.240
 And the glory

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.860
 that had departed

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.400
 from the temple

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.880
 in Jerusalem

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.900
 appears once again.

00:44:57.540 --> 00:44:58.480
 But this time,

00:44:58.580 --> 00:44:59.540
 it wasn't on a temple,

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:00.680
 but on a man.

00:45:01.860 --> 00:45:02.680
 That Shekinah glory

00:45:02.680 --> 00:45:04.360
 appears on Jesus

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:05.440
 at the scene

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:06.420
 of transfiguration.

00:45:07.180 --> 00:45:07.460
 Recall,

00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:08.160
 as he was praying,

00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:08.700
 the appearance

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:10.460
 of his faiths changed

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:11.420
 and his clothes

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.260
 became as bright

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:13.320
 as a flash of lightning

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.600
 and his face

00:45:14.600 --> 00:45:15.840
 shone like the sun.

00:45:16.540 --> 00:45:16.660
 See,

00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:17.500
 an amazing act

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.100
 rich in meaning.

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.120
 In Jesus,

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.480
 all the fullness of God

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.300
 was pleased to dwell.

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.740
 That glory

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:23.920
 is now resting

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.820
 upon Jesus.

00:45:26.020 --> 00:45:26.720
 And Jesus began

00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:27.120
 to teach

00:45:27.120 --> 00:45:27.820
 to the woman

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:28.220
 at the well

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:28.780
 that the time

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.480
 was dawning now

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.640
 where true worshipers

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.500
 would no longer

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.400
 worship at the temple

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.159
 in Jerusalem,

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:34.420
 but would be directed

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:35.039
 to the Father

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.960
 through the Son.

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.739
 Jesus fulfills

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.619
 and now is replacing

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:39.359
 the earthly temple

00:45:39.359 --> 00:45:39.900
 at Jerusalem.

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.579
 He is now the place

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:43.059
 where true worshipers

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:44.420
 worship God.

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:44.980
 So if you want

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.559
 to worship God,

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.539
 we don't go to the temple.

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.460
 You go to the Son.

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:50.179
 Jesus is the temple fulfiller.

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:51.799
 We access the Father

00:45:51.799 --> 00:45:53.000
 through the Son.

00:45:53.980 --> 00:45:54.699
 Jesus is the way,

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:55.119
 the truth,

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.599
 and the life.

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:56.880
 No one goes

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.319
 to the Father

00:45:57.319 --> 00:45:58.360
 except through Him.

00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:00.400
 So our faith

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:01.539
 is not bound up

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:02.179
 with a location,

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:03.659
 animal sacrifices,

00:46:03.819 --> 00:46:04.299
 or rituals.

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.299
 Actually,

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:05.759
 when Christianity

00:46:05.759 --> 00:46:06.900
 enters into a culture,

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:08.420
 people stop killing animals.

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:10.259
 It is bound up.

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.259
 Our faith is bound up

00:46:11.259 --> 00:46:12.159
 in the work of Christ

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:13.259
 and His work on our behalf.

00:46:13.839 --> 00:46:14.299
 And eventually,

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:14.920
 the Romans

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:16.920
 came and destroyed

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:17.339
 the temple,

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.480
 razed it to the ground

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:20.480
 in 70 AD.

00:46:21.339 --> 00:46:22.079
 So God has said

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.659
 He is done

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.380
 with the physical temple.

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.019
 It's over.

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:25.279
 It's obsolete.

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:27.980
 And while Jesus

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:29.380
 identifies Himself

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:30.079
 with the temple,

00:46:30.279 --> 00:46:31.179
 He goes on to say

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:31.799
 this new temple

00:46:31.799 --> 00:46:32.519
 is still actually

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.179
 under construction.

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:35.819
 Jesus is the cornerstone

00:46:35.819 --> 00:46:36.500
 of a new temple,

00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:38.339
 of the new creation

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:39.519
 that God is building.

00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:41.380
 So you recall

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:42.019
 Jesus said to them,

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.699
 Have you never read

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.119
 in the Scriptures

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:44.119
 that the stone

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:45.500
 that the builders rejected

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:46.579
 has become the cornerstone?

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:48.179
 This was the Lord's doing

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:49.139
 and it is marvelous

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.779
 in our eyes.

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:50.900
 So if you were going

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.900
 to build a great building

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.659
 in the ancient world,

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:53.819
 the cornerstone

00:46:53.819 --> 00:46:54.460
 had to be

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:55.539
 absolutely perfect.

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:57.239
 Only one stone

00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:57.779
 in the building

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:59.099
 is perfect,

00:46:59.219 --> 00:46:59.860
 had to be perfect

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.960
 and that's the cornerstone.

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:02.400
 Had to be perfect

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:03.360
 in each direction

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:05.500
 because if it wasn't flat

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.199
 then the building

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:06.880
 would be stilted.

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:08.300
 The builders

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.860
 had to get

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.079
 the perfect cornerstone.

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:11.300
 And Jesus says,

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:12.460
 I am the perfect Savior

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:13.679
 to make a broken people

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.980
 into the perfect building.

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.219
 God declares

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:17.039
 in Isaiah 28,

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.779
 Behold,

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:19.179
 I lay in Zion

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:19.759
 a stone

00:47:19.759 --> 00:47:20.579
 for a foundation,

00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:21.480
 a tried stone,

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.440
 a precious stone,

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:23.539
 a sure foundation.

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:25.199
 So another temple

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.880
 is under construction

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.480
 and Jesus

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:27.500
 is the cornerstone.

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.019
 Now,

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:29.940
 we come back

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.480
 to John 2.

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:32.800
 Jesus' words,

00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:33.779
 Destroy this temple,

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.679
 in three days

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:36.320
 I will raise it up.

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:38.360
 The temple

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:40.279
 always symbolized

00:47:40.279 --> 00:47:41.079
 God's intention

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.980
 to be with his people

00:47:41.980 --> 00:47:43.259
 and now Jesus

00:47:43.259 --> 00:47:44.300
 is the temple fulfiller.

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.539
 I am the temple.

00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:47.460
 Neither his opponents

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:48.000
 nor his disciples

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:49.000
 understood what he meant.

00:47:49.279 --> 00:47:49.980
 John admits that.

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:51.880
 But look into these words.

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:53.219
 Don't miss them.

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:55.599
 Destroy this temple.

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:57.240
 Referring to himself.

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:59.139
 So let those words

00:47:59.139 --> 00:47:59.900
 sink in for a minute.

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:01.360
 Don't forget them.

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.460
 The temple,

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.240
 Jesus,

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:04.920
 was destroyed.

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:06.420
 And who destroyed

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:06.780
 the temple?

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:08.760
 Well, I mean,

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:09.579
 on one hand,

00:48:09.699 --> 00:48:10.360
 the people destroyed

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.699
 the temple.

00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:11.760
 Right?

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:13.400
 But on the other hand,

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:13.840
 ultimately,

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:15.240
 the Father

00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:16.940
 put his own son

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:17.360
 to death

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:18.800
 because of love

00:48:18.800 --> 00:48:19.340
 for his people.

00:48:20.340 --> 00:48:21.440
 There's a deep mystery

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:22.300
 here at the cross.

00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:23.700
 Jesus truly was

00:48:23.700 --> 00:48:24.240
 our substitute,

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:25.320
 made to be sin

00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:26.360
 and a curse for us,

00:48:26.660 --> 00:48:27.380
 endured God's

00:48:27.380 --> 00:48:28.019
 righteous anger

00:48:28.019 --> 00:48:28.660
 for all who had

00:48:28.660 --> 00:48:29.420
 returned from their sin

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.320
 and put their trust in him.

00:48:31.100 --> 00:48:32.360
 J.C. Ryle once said,

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:34.200
 That death discharged

00:48:34.200 --> 00:48:35.320
 in full of the mighty debt

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:36.360
 which sinners owe to God

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:37.380
 and threw open

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:38.019
 the door of life

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.700
 to every believer.

00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:40.000
 That death satisfied

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.860
 the righteous claims

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.700
 of God's holy law

00:48:41.700 --> 00:48:43.059
 and enabled God

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:43.620
 to be just

00:48:43.620 --> 00:48:44.680
 and yet the justifier

00:48:44.680 --> 00:48:45.380
 of the ungodly.

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.340
 That death

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.920
 was no mere example

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.340
 of self-sacrifice,

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:49.920
 but a complete

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.559
 atonement

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.700
 and propitiation

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.480
 for man's sin.

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.340
 And that death

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:54.620
 solved the hard problem

00:48:54.620 --> 00:48:55.200
 of how God

00:48:55.200 --> 00:48:56.320
 could be perfectly holy

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:57.840
 and yet perfectly merciful.

00:48:58.240 --> 00:48:58.980
 It opened the world

00:48:58.980 --> 00:49:00.260
 to a fountain

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:01.420
 for all sin

00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:02.700
 and uncleanness.

00:49:04.100 --> 00:49:05.260
 So at Jesus' crucifixion,

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:06.400
 the mockers declare,

00:49:06.740 --> 00:49:07.760
 You who destroy the temple

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.880
 and rebuild it

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:09.340
 in three days,

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:10.100
 save yourself.

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:11.160
 If you are the Son of God,

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:12.200
 come down from the cross.

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:13.980
 Jesus then dies

00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:15.440
 and the temple veil

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:16.180
 is torn.

00:49:16.179 --> 00:49:17.440
 So what does

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:17.879
 the tearing

00:49:17.879 --> 00:49:18.440
 of the curtain

00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:19.159
 symbolize?

00:49:20.399 --> 00:49:21.039
 What is the tearing

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.599
 of that curtain

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:22.460
 when Jesus died?

00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:23.059
 Miraculously,

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:24.719
 that veil is gone.

00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:26.659
 What does that symbolize?

00:49:26.839 --> 00:49:27.059
 Olivia?

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:28.159
 Taking down

00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:28.639
 the barrier

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:29.599
 reaching us and God.

00:49:30.339 --> 00:49:30.719
 Amen.

00:49:31.399 --> 00:49:31.799
 Hallelujah.

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:32.639
 Yeah,

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.579
 that veil of the cherubim

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:34.819
 was a constant reminder

00:49:34.819 --> 00:49:35.319
 to the people

00:49:35.319 --> 00:49:36.599
 that sin separated them

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:37.319
 from a holy God.

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:38.899
 Now through his death,

00:49:39.299 --> 00:49:39.919
 he has removed

00:49:39.919 --> 00:49:40.419
 that barrier

00:49:40.419 --> 00:49:41.419
 of sin

00:49:41.419 --> 00:49:42.099
 that separates us

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:42.399
 from God

00:49:42.399 --> 00:49:42.940
 and we may now

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:43.559
 approach him

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:44.159
 with confidence

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:44.839
 and boldness.

00:49:45.359 --> 00:49:45.779
 So friend,

00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:46.980
 if you are trusting

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:47.539
 in Christ,

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.879
 repenting of your sin,

00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:50.039
 know that God

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:50.799
 is happy with you.

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:52.480
 You can go to him

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:52.980
 confidently

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:53.599
 through the blood

00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:54.159
 of the mediator

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:54.839
 and he will not

00:49:54.839 --> 00:49:55.679
 turn you away.

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:56.839
 Right?

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:57.739
 He is happy with you

00:49:57.739 --> 00:49:58.239
 if you're trusting

00:49:58.239 --> 00:49:58.599
 in Christ

00:49:58.599 --> 00:49:59.460
 and turning from your sin.

00:50:00.739 --> 00:50:01.619
 What an amazing thing

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:02.519
 that Christ was made

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:03.279
 an offering for sin

00:50:03.279 --> 00:50:03.759
 as we read

00:50:03.759 --> 00:50:04.839
 in 1 Peter 2.

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:06.339
 For Christ also

00:50:06.339 --> 00:50:07.359
 suffered once for sins,

00:50:07.420 --> 00:50:07.799
 the righteous

00:50:07.799 --> 00:50:08.659
 for the unrighteous.

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:10.079
 When Jesus said

00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:10.579
 in John 2

00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:11.179
 he was at the temple,

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:12.819
 again,

00:50:12.899 --> 00:50:13.759
 they didn't understand

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:14.340
 what he meant,

00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:15.480
 but after his resurrection

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:16.480
 John tells us

00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:17.160
 that they remembered

00:50:17.160 --> 00:50:17.740
 his utterance

00:50:17.740 --> 00:50:18.200
 and understood

00:50:18.200 --> 00:50:18.680
 the scriptures.

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:20.280
 Jesus is that

00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:21.040
 great meeting place

00:50:21.040 --> 00:50:21.920
 between God and man.

00:50:22.660 --> 00:50:23.200
 And of course

00:50:23.200 --> 00:50:24.140
 Jesus is the temple,

00:50:24.580 --> 00:50:26.240
 but the church,

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:27.020
 those who have been

00:50:27.020 --> 00:50:28.680
 turned from our sin

00:50:28.680 --> 00:50:29.460
 and been united

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:31.600
 to Christ by faith,

00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:33.280
 is a temple

00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:33.820
 that's currently

00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:34.640
 under construction.

00:50:35.220 --> 00:50:35.280
 Right?

00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:36.260
 1 Peter 2.5

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:37.300
 You yourselves,

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:38.180
 like living stones,

00:50:38.260 --> 00:50:38.920
 are being built up

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.780
 as a spiritual house

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:41.140
 to be a holy priesthood,

00:50:41.240 --> 00:50:42.860
 to offer spiritual sacrifices

00:50:42.860 --> 00:50:43.860
 acceptable to God

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:44.800
 through Jesus Christ.

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:45.760
 And that's what

00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:46.400
 Ephesians 2,

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:48.079
 verses 20-22 assert.

00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:49.280
 The church has been built

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:50.200
 on the foundation

00:50:50.200 --> 00:50:51.880
 of the apostles and prophets,

00:50:52.220 --> 00:50:53.180
 Christ Jesus himself

00:50:53.180 --> 00:50:54.039
 being the cornerstone,

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:55.599
 in whom the whole structure

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:56.880
 being joined together

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:59.059
 grows into a holy temple

00:50:59.059 --> 00:50:59.599
 in the Lord.

00:51:00.140 --> 00:51:00.960
 In him you also

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.840
 are being built together

00:51:01.840 --> 00:51:02.740
 into a dwelling place

00:51:02.740 --> 00:51:03.780
 for God by the Spirit.

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:05.400
 So corporately

00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:06.240
 we are a temple.

00:51:06.980 --> 00:51:07.059
 Right?

00:51:07.120 --> 00:51:07.640
 But Christian,

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:08.720
 your body

00:51:08.720 --> 00:51:09.820
 is a mini-temple

00:51:09.820 --> 00:51:10.400
 of God.

00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:11.539
 Paul says,

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.059
 do you not know

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:13.099
 that you are God's temple

00:51:13.099 --> 00:51:14.000
 and that God's Spirit

00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:14.639
 dwells in you?

00:51:15.179 --> 00:51:15.840
 So that's a call

00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:16.699
 for personal holiness

00:51:16.699 --> 00:51:17.300
 and godliness.

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:18.860
 A great deal

00:51:18.860 --> 00:51:20.960
 of language

00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:23.000
 tied to a sacrifice

00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:23.900
 in the New Testament

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:24.400
 in worship

00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:26.039
 is tied to our living

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:26.840
 in Christ.

00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:28.159
 So it is wrong

00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:28.619
 to think

00:51:28.619 --> 00:51:29.500
 that our worship

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:30.340
 is restricted

00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:31.320
 to a worship service

00:51:31.320 --> 00:51:32.340
 at 9 or 11 o'clock

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:33.199
 in the morning.

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.679
 Our whole lives

00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:35.500
 are to be a pleasing

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:36.559
 aroma to Christ.

00:51:38.779 --> 00:51:39.500
 And so that temple

00:51:39.500 --> 00:51:40.719
 helps us understand

00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:41.619
 what our mission

00:51:41.619 --> 00:51:42.579
 as a church is.

00:51:43.359 --> 00:51:45.179
 So God's original purpose

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:45.759
 for the temple

00:51:45.759 --> 00:51:46.179
 in Eden

00:51:46.179 --> 00:51:47.559
 that God's image bears

00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:48.399
 would expand

00:51:48.399 --> 00:51:49.439
 to fill the whole earth

00:51:49.439 --> 00:51:51.139
 begins to be fulfilled

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:51.579
 in Jesus,

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:52.179
 the new temple

00:51:52.179 --> 00:51:53.019
 and in the church.

00:51:53.739 --> 00:51:54.079
 So you see

00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:56.079
 in this stage

00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:56.879
 of redemptive history

00:51:56.879 --> 00:51:57.519
 the temple

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:58.599
 and the Holy of Holies

00:51:58.599 --> 00:51:59.099
 is reversed.

00:52:00.179 --> 00:52:01.439
 Whereas in the Old Testament

00:52:01.439 --> 00:52:02.259
 the Gentiles

00:52:02.259 --> 00:52:02.859
 were separated

00:52:02.859 --> 00:52:03.939
 from the innermost chamber

00:52:03.939 --> 00:52:05.239
 of the Holy of Holies

00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:05.799
 by the veil.

00:52:05.919 --> 00:52:07.019
 But now in the Great Commission

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:08.739
 the temple is going out

00:52:08.739 --> 00:52:09.579
 to the ends of the earth

00:52:09.579 --> 00:52:10.940
 and through the church

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:12.019
 proclaiming the good news

00:52:12.019 --> 00:52:12.960
 that life can be found

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:13.719
 in the name of Christ.

00:52:14.219 --> 00:52:15.099
 So God is present

00:52:15.099 --> 00:52:15.860
 through the church

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:17.719
 expanding until it reaches

00:52:17.719 --> 00:52:18.420
 the furthest ends

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:18.860
 of the earth.

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.340
 So the Holy of Holies

00:52:20.340 --> 00:52:21.219
 is extending

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:22.099
 that temple

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.659
 is extending

00:52:22.659 --> 00:52:23.940
 to the ends of the earth.

00:52:24.799 --> 00:52:25.599
 G.K. Beal says

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:26.279
 our task

00:52:26.279 --> 00:52:27.480
 as the covenant community

00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:28.840
 the church

00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:30.059
 is to be God's temple

00:52:30.059 --> 00:52:31.179
 so filled

00:52:31.179 --> 00:52:32.119
 with His glorious presence

00:52:32.119 --> 00:52:32.880
 that we expand

00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:33.599
 and fill the earth

00:52:33.599 --> 00:52:34.819
 with that presence

00:52:34.819 --> 00:52:35.719
 until God

00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:36.619
 finally accomplish

00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:37.039
 the goal

00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:37.840
 completely at the end

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:38.240
 of the time.

00:52:38.900 --> 00:52:39.760
 So that's our common mission.

00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:40.920
 That's why we support missionaries.

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:42.039
 That's why we do evangelism.

00:52:42.200 --> 00:52:42.980
 Because the temple

00:52:42.980 --> 00:52:43.920
 is going out

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:44.700
 to the ends of the earth.

00:52:45.160 --> 00:52:46.160
 It's a dynamic temple.

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:47.960
 But yet

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:49.300
 the account

00:52:49.300 --> 00:52:50.220
 goes further still.

00:52:50.640 --> 00:52:51.340
 It goes further still.

00:52:51.780 --> 00:52:52.519
 The last part

00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:54.039
 is

00:52:54.039 --> 00:52:55.140
 the world

00:52:55.140 --> 00:52:56.360
 encompassing temple.

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:57.460
 The world

00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:58.079
 encompassing temple.

00:52:58.780 --> 00:52:59.760
 So in the culminating

00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:00.220
 vision

00:53:00.220 --> 00:53:01.500
 of the last book

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:01.960
 of the Bible

00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:03.480
 the people of God

00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:05.000
 gather in the New Jerusalem

00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:06.940
 but there's no temple.

00:53:06.940 --> 00:53:08.539
 But why would there be?

00:53:08.700 --> 00:53:10.079
 Jesus is right there

00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:10.639
 with His people.

00:53:11.400 --> 00:53:12.159
 And John tells us

00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:13.079
 this new Jerusalem

00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:13.679
 is shaped

00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:15.500
 like a cube.

00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:16.760
 Now again

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:18.039
 there's only one cube

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.740
 in the Old Testament

00:53:18.740 --> 00:53:20.280
 and from which

00:53:20.280 --> 00:53:21.280
 this imagery is drawn.

00:53:21.820 --> 00:53:22.940
 It is the Holy of Holies.

00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:23.920
 So in other words

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:25.240
 all of God's people

00:53:25.240 --> 00:53:26.460
 are now

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:27.659
 in the Holy of Holies

00:53:27.659 --> 00:53:29.119
 in the most holy place

00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:30.519
 always in the sheer

00:53:30.519 --> 00:53:32.000
 unmediated glory of God

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:33.039
 forever with the Lord

00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:33.820
 face to face

00:53:33.820 --> 00:53:35.460
 living in the Holy of Holies.

00:53:35.460 --> 00:53:37.260
 So it's a small wonder

00:53:37.260 --> 00:53:38.380
 John says

00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:39.240
 he saw no temple

00:53:39.240 --> 00:53:39.780
 in the city

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:40.720
 for the temple

00:53:40.720 --> 00:53:42.000
 is God

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:43.420
 the Lord God

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:43.920
 the Almighty

00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:44.480
 and the Lamb.

00:53:45.659 --> 00:53:46.220
 And moreover

00:53:46.220 --> 00:53:47.440
 last thing

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.460
 is the entire creation

00:53:48.460 --> 00:53:49.000
 has become

00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:50.079
 the Holy of Holies

00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:50.579
 as evidence

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:51.639
 from Revelation 22

00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:52.159
 verse 4

00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:53.579
 where the high priest

00:53:53.579 --> 00:53:56.440
 who wore God's name

00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:56.920
 on his forehead

00:53:56.920 --> 00:53:58.300
 was the only person

00:53:58.300 --> 00:53:58.760
 in Israel

00:53:58.760 --> 00:53:59.380
 who could enter

00:53:59.380 --> 00:54:00.159
 the Holy of Holies

00:54:00.159 --> 00:54:01.260
 once a year

00:54:01.260 --> 00:54:02.920
 but in the future

00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:04.140
 all of God's people

00:54:04.140 --> 00:54:05.220
 will become high priests

00:54:05.220 --> 00:54:06.020
 with God's name

00:54:06.020 --> 00:54:06.760
 on their forehead

00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:07.840
 and standing

00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:08.820
 not one day a year

00:54:08.820 --> 00:54:09.460
 but forever

00:54:09.460 --> 00:54:10.400
 in God's presence.

00:54:11.520 --> 00:54:12.600
 And this Holy of Holies

00:54:12.600 --> 00:54:13.640
 will never be compromised

00:54:13.640 --> 00:54:15.000
 because it says

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:16.200
 it will never be defiled

00:54:16.200 --> 00:54:17.320
 by anything unclean.

00:54:17.680 --> 00:54:18.380
 The last verse

00:54:18.380 --> 00:54:19.060
 in chapter 21

00:54:19.060 --> 00:54:20.480
 but nothing unclean

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:21.580
 will ever enter it

00:54:21.580 --> 00:54:22.620
 nor anyone who does

00:54:22.620 --> 00:54:23.380
 what is detestable

00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:23.860
 or false

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:25.520
 but only those

00:54:25.520 --> 00:54:26.020
 who are written

00:54:26.020 --> 00:54:27.280
 in the Lamb's book of life.

00:54:27.740 --> 00:54:28.600
 So all things

00:54:28.600 --> 00:54:29.200
 will be made new

00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:31.199
 when we go home to glory

00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:33.000
 there we will forever be

00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:34.179
 in that great meeting place

00:54:34.179 --> 00:54:35.259
 between God and his people.

00:54:36.419 --> 00:54:37.599
 So come Lord Jesus.

00:54:39.339 --> 00:54:40.379
 That's where the temple

00:54:40.379 --> 00:54:42.179
 ends

00:54:42.179 --> 00:54:43.079
 where we're going to be

00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:44.519
 living in the Holy of Holies

00:54:44.519 --> 00:54:46.000
 in God's very presence

00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:46.819
 forever.

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:49.239
 So I have a song

00:54:49.239 --> 00:54:50.939
 that I'd love us to sing

00:54:50.939 --> 00:54:53.559
 and it's

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:54.559
 Praise to the Lord

00:54:54.559 --> 00:54:55.119
 the Almighty.

00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:56.460
 Calvin once said

00:54:56.460 --> 00:54:57.619
 all orthodoxy

00:54:57.619 --> 00:54:58.739
 must lead to doxology.

00:54:58.739 --> 00:54:59.719
 So if we're not ready

00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:00.459
 to praise God

00:55:00.459 --> 00:55:02.000
 I'm sorry we've missed the point

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:03.359
 so we need to

00:55:03.359 --> 00:55:05.019
 end with praising God

00:55:05.019 --> 00:55:06.559
 and then we will

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:07.559
 time for questions

00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:07.899
 if

00:55:07.899 --> 00:55:10.399
 anybody needs to go

00:55:10.399 --> 00:55:11.179
 then feel free.

00:55:12.099 --> 00:55:12.879
 So praise the Lord

00:55:12.879 --> 00:55:13.419
 the Almighty.

00:55:14.079 --> 00:55:16.419
 Praise to the Lord

00:55:16.419 --> 00:55:17.659
 the Almighty

00:55:17.659 --> 00:55:21.819
 the King of creation

00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:24.820
 O my soul

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:26.140
 praise Him

00:55:26.140 --> 00:55:27.700
 for He is

00:55:27.700 --> 00:55:28.880
 Thy health

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:31.640
 and salvation

00:55:31.640 --> 00:55:36.140
 All ye who hear

00:55:36.140 --> 00:55:39.080
 now to His temple

00:55:39.080 --> 00:55:40.960
 draw near

00:55:40.960 --> 00:55:42.920
 join me

00:55:42.920 --> 00:55:45.820
 in glad adoration

00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:51.760
 praise to the Lord

00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.400
 who o'er all things

00:55:53.400 --> 00:55:58.039
 so wondrously reigneth

00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:01.220
 shelters thee under

00:56:01.220 --> 00:56:02.539
 His wings

00:56:02.539 --> 00:56:06.820
 e'er so gently sustaineth

00:56:06.820 --> 00:56:11.559
 Has thou not seen

00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:13.800
 how thy desires

00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:16.680
 there have been

00:56:16.680 --> 00:56:19.600
 granted in what

00:56:19.600 --> 00:56:22.480
 He ordained

00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:23.640
 Him

00:56:23.640 --> 00:56:27.200
 Praise to the Lord

00:56:27.200 --> 00:56:28.700
 who doth prosper

00:56:28.700 --> 00:56:30.220
 thy work

00:56:30.220 --> 00:56:32.820
 and defend thee

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:36.880
 Surely His goodness

00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:38.380
 and mercy

00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:40.000
 here daily

00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:43.260
 attend thee

00:56:43.260 --> 00:56:46.559
 Ponder anew

00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:49.760
 what the Almighty

00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:51.760
 can do

00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:55.000
 if with His love

00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:58.880
 He befriend thee

00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:02.480
 Praise to the Lord

00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:04.880
 Lord all that is

00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:05.920
 in me

00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:08.659
 adore Him

00:57:08.659 --> 00:57:12.360
 All that hath life

00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:13.119
 and breath

00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:14.360
 come now

00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:15.539
 with praises

00:57:15.539 --> 00:57:18.920
 before Him

00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:21.699
 Let the Amen

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:25.900
 sound from His people

00:57:25.900 --> 00:57:27.539
 again

00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:31.059
 Gladly forever

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:35.279
 adore Him

00:57:35.279 --> 00:57:36.980
 Amen

00:57:36.980 --> 00:57:37.420
 Amen

00:57:37.420 --> 00:57:38.059
 Amen

00:57:38.059 --> 00:57:40.059
 What a wonderful privilege

00:57:40.059 --> 00:57:41.019
 to think about

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:42.380
 the future glory

00:57:42.380 --> 00:57:43.639
 that we will all

00:57:43.639 --> 00:57:44.519
 experience

00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:46.800
 when Christ returns

00:57:46.800 --> 00:57:47.679
 or calls us home

00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:50.059
 So with that

00:57:50.059 --> 00:57:50.880
 questions

00:57:50.880 --> 00:57:53.059
 I'm probably just

00:57:53.059 --> 00:57:54.059
 scratching the surface here

00:57:54.059 --> 00:57:54.619
 there's a lot more

00:57:54.619 --> 00:57:55.300
 that we could talk about

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:55.860
 Yeah Tom

00:57:55.860 --> 00:57:56.960
 Thanks Tyler

00:57:56.960 --> 00:57:57.780
 I don't have a time

00:57:57.780 --> 00:57:58.599
 especially about

00:57:58.599 --> 00:57:59.599
 I mean

00:57:59.599 --> 00:58:00.280
 we're starting

00:58:00.280 --> 00:58:01.380
 walking around

00:58:01.380 --> 00:58:01.940
 the garden

00:58:01.940 --> 00:58:02.400
 and the temple

00:58:02.400 --> 00:58:03.059
 that's so beautiful

00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:04.200
 I have a question

00:58:04.200 --> 00:58:05.320
 about dimensions

00:58:05.320 --> 00:58:06.039
 Yeah

00:58:06.039 --> 00:58:06.940
 I've always been

00:58:06.940 --> 00:58:07.559
 if you could just

00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:08.700
 quickly summarize

00:58:08.700 --> 00:58:10.660
 I feel like

00:58:10.660 --> 00:58:11.460
 there's three dimensions

00:58:11.460 --> 00:58:13.320
 Exodus has dimensions

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:13.880
 of the temple

00:58:13.880 --> 00:58:16.079
 Ezekiel has dimensions

00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:17.599
 of something

00:58:17.599 --> 00:58:19.079
 John has dimensions

00:58:19.079 --> 00:58:19.519
 of something

00:58:19.519 --> 00:58:21.280
 You did touch on all this

00:58:21.280 --> 00:58:21.840
 but could you just

00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:22.440
 quickly just

00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:23.900
 boom boom boom

00:58:23.900 --> 00:58:24.719
 Yeah sure

00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:25.199
 yeah yeah

00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:27.079
 So in Exodus

00:58:27.079 --> 00:58:28.539
 the Holy of Holies

00:58:28.539 --> 00:58:31.239
 is 20 by 20 by 20 cubits

00:58:31.239 --> 00:58:33.099
 which forms a perfect cube

00:58:33.099 --> 00:58:33.719
 Okay

00:58:33.719 --> 00:58:35.099
 And then

00:58:35.099 --> 00:58:37.179
 Ezekiel is prophesying

00:58:37.179 --> 00:58:37.920
 about

00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:38.820
 in exile

00:58:38.820 --> 00:58:39.880
 that God is going

00:58:39.880 --> 00:58:41.059
 to restore Jerusalem

00:58:41.059 --> 00:58:41.860
 and it's shaped

00:58:41.860 --> 00:58:42.900
 as a perfect cube

00:58:42.900 --> 00:58:44.400
 And that's for the city

00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:45.900
 but he's envisioning it

00:58:45.900 --> 00:58:46.480
 as a cube

00:58:46.480 --> 00:58:48.000
 He's envisioning the city

00:58:48.000 --> 00:58:48.699
 as a cube

00:58:48.699 --> 00:58:49.960
 So he's envisioning the city

00:58:49.960 --> 00:58:51.139
 actually being

00:58:51.139 --> 00:58:52.500
 the Holy of Holies

00:58:52.500 --> 00:58:53.139
 like the city

00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:55.139
 which is

00:58:55.139 --> 00:58:58.559
 fulfilled in Revelation 21

00:58:58.559 --> 00:59:00.740
 where John describes

00:59:00.740 --> 00:59:01.400
 the new Jerusalem

00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:03.039
 as a perfect cube

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:04.820
 And actually that

00:59:04.820 --> 00:59:05.980
 Ezekiel's vision

00:59:05.980 --> 00:59:07.179
 of the bronze man

00:59:07.179 --> 00:59:07.820
 is actually

00:59:07.820 --> 00:59:08.579
 Jesus

00:59:08.579 --> 00:59:09.599
 is described

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:10.699
 as that

00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:12.079
 I think Revelation 3 or 4

00:59:12.079 --> 00:59:14.019
 So it's an apocalyptic

00:59:14.019 --> 00:59:15.119
 future looking

00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:16.380
 forward looking

00:59:16.380 --> 00:59:17.400
 vision about

00:59:17.400 --> 00:59:18.720
 the fate that awaits

00:59:18.720 --> 00:59:19.400
 God's people

00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.700
 and that is picked up

00:59:20.700 --> 00:59:21.200
 in Revelation

00:59:21.200 --> 00:59:23.460
 So this idea of a cube

00:59:23.460 --> 00:59:24.180
 Okay

00:59:24.180 --> 00:59:25.320
 Now I

00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:26.280
 I could be wrong

00:59:26.280 --> 00:59:27.019
 I thought that

00:59:27.019 --> 00:59:27.619
 John says

00:59:27.619 --> 00:59:28.160
 Ezekiel's men

00:59:28.160 --> 00:59:28.820
 even though they are

00:59:28.820 --> 00:59:29.400
 both cubes

00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:29.840
 Yeah

00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:30.300
 And they're both

00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:30.700
 Jerusalem

00:59:30.700 --> 00:59:32.160
 I think they were different

00:59:32.160 --> 00:59:33.680
 I think they have

00:59:33.680 --> 00:59:34.480
 different dimensions

00:59:34.480 --> 00:59:34.900
 Okay

00:59:34.900 --> 00:59:36.559
 Yeah so

00:59:36.559 --> 00:59:37.640
 John says

00:59:37.640 --> 00:59:38.539
 Doesn't he say

00:59:38.539 --> 00:59:39.720
 there's a translation thing

00:59:39.720 --> 00:59:40.559
 where you could say

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:42.180
 like angelic measurements

00:59:42.180 --> 00:59:42.640
 It says

00:59:42.640 --> 00:59:43.220
 he says like

00:59:43.220 --> 00:59:44.480
 these are angelic measurements

00:59:44.480 --> 00:59:45.579
 I thought you had

00:59:45.579 --> 00:59:48.059
 I think a cubit

00:59:48.059 --> 00:59:48.920
 is a little different

00:59:48.920 --> 00:59:49.820
 Cubit versus

00:59:49.820 --> 00:59:51.159
 an angelic measurements

00:59:51.159 --> 00:59:51.980
 Yeah

00:59:51.980 --> 00:59:52.539
 Yeah

00:59:52.539 --> 00:59:53.199
 That's good

00:59:53.199 --> 00:59:54.500
 That's good

00:59:54.500 --> 00:59:56.500
 However

00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:59.420
 If you look in

00:59:59.420 --> 01:00:00.039
 Revelation

01:00:00.039 --> 01:00:01.119
 Go back to your cube

01:00:01.119 --> 01:00:02.159
 Yes

01:00:02.159 --> 01:00:03.039
 I can do that

01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:04.800
 So your cube's off a little

01:00:04.800 --> 01:00:06.079
 instead of 8 by 8

01:00:06.079 --> 01:00:07.119
 you should be 12 by 12

01:00:07.119 --> 01:00:08.679
 Because you've got

01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:09.920
 the 12 stones

01:00:09.920 --> 01:00:11.279
 that are the

01:00:11.279 --> 01:00:12.619
 layers of the wall

01:00:12.619 --> 01:00:13.860
 which also relate

01:00:13.860 --> 01:00:14.900
 to the 12 stones

01:00:14.900 --> 01:00:15.759
 in the breastplate

01:00:15.759 --> 01:00:16.820
 of Greece

01:00:16.820 --> 01:00:19.000
 There has been

01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:20.019
 a lot of discussion

01:00:20.019 --> 01:00:21.159
 about just exactly

01:00:21.159 --> 01:00:22.559
 what stones

01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:23.559
 those are

01:00:23.559 --> 01:00:25.079
 because the different

01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:25.639
 languages

01:00:25.639 --> 01:00:26.500
 but they're

01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:27.579
 they're close

01:00:27.579 --> 01:00:28.279
 they're similar

01:00:28.280 --> 01:00:30.180
 but yeah

01:00:30.180 --> 01:00:31.200
 so the 12

01:00:31.200 --> 01:00:31.840
 and again

01:00:31.840 --> 01:00:33.240
 the cube

01:00:33.240 --> 01:00:34.580
 is accurate

01:00:34.580 --> 01:00:36.720
 It struck me

01:00:36.720 --> 01:00:37.540
 as interesting

01:00:37.540 --> 01:00:38.140
 when that

01:00:38.140 --> 01:00:39.140
 flashed up

01:00:39.140 --> 01:00:40.180
 I immediately

01:00:40.180 --> 01:00:40.880
 thought of

01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:41.660
 of course I would

01:00:41.660 --> 01:00:42.540
 pyrite

01:00:42.540 --> 01:00:44.420
 Pyrite is a mineral

01:00:44.420 --> 01:00:44.940
 that

01:00:44.940 --> 01:00:47.380
 forms

01:00:47.380 --> 01:00:48.080
 in the cubic

01:00:48.080 --> 01:00:48.740
 system

01:00:48.740 --> 01:00:49.600
 and it looks

01:00:49.600 --> 01:00:51.360
 without the lines

01:00:51.360 --> 01:00:51.780
 in it

01:00:51.780 --> 01:00:52.300
 exactly

01:00:52.300 --> 01:00:53.720
 like that

01:00:53.720 --> 01:00:54.220
 Yes

01:00:54.219 --> 01:00:55.839
 and it

01:00:55.839 --> 01:00:56.899
 dawned on me

01:00:56.899 --> 01:00:57.319
 that it was

01:00:57.319 --> 01:00:58.119
 very interesting

01:00:58.119 --> 01:00:59.039
 that of course

01:00:59.039 --> 01:00:59.779
 God has a sense

01:00:59.779 --> 01:01:00.159
 of humor

01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:00.980
 that he would

01:01:00.980 --> 01:01:01.539
 put that

01:01:01.539 --> 01:01:02.339
 in the ground

01:01:02.339 --> 01:01:03.519
 for us to find

01:01:03.519 --> 01:01:04.159
 here it is

01:01:04.159 --> 01:01:05.039
 this perfect

01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:06.219
 golden cube

01:01:06.219 --> 01:01:08.679
 and there it is

01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:09.039
 Of course

01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:09.439
 we're not going

01:01:09.439 --> 01:01:09.719
 to be living

01:01:09.719 --> 01:01:10.559
 inside a cube

01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:11.059
 in the ditch

01:01:11.059 --> 01:01:13.199
 but no

01:01:13.199 --> 01:01:14.419
 it's meant

01:01:14.419 --> 01:01:15.019
 I think it

01:01:15.019 --> 01:01:16.279
 symbolizes

01:01:16.279 --> 01:01:18.399
 God's presence

01:01:18.399 --> 01:01:19.099
 with his people

01:01:19.099 --> 01:01:20.619
 and you see

01:01:20.619 --> 01:01:21.299
 it's interesting

01:01:21.299 --> 01:01:21.579
 because

01:01:21.579 --> 01:01:22.759
 Revelation

01:01:22.759 --> 01:01:24.139
 21-22

01:01:24.139 --> 01:01:24.699
 describes

01:01:24.699 --> 01:01:25.299
 the New

01:01:25.299 --> 01:01:25.619
 Jerusalem

01:01:25.619 --> 01:01:26.339
 as a garden

01:01:26.339 --> 01:01:26.920
 but also

01:01:26.920 --> 01:01:27.480
 as a city

01:01:27.480 --> 01:01:28.539
 a garden

01:01:28.539 --> 01:01:28.799
 city

01:01:28.799 --> 01:01:29.079
 temple

01:01:29.079 --> 01:01:30.259
 and then

01:01:30.259 --> 01:01:31.219
 it's shaped

01:01:31.219 --> 01:01:31.859
 the cubic

01:01:31.859 --> 01:01:32.259
 is like a

01:01:32.259 --> 01:01:32.460
 temple

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:32.699
 but there's

01:01:32.699 --> 01:01:33.139
 no temple

01:01:33.139 --> 01:01:34.019
 because God

01:01:34.019 --> 01:01:34.339
 is there

01:01:34.339 --> 01:01:35.279
 he's using

01:01:35.279 --> 01:01:35.759
 a lot of

01:01:35.759 --> 01:01:36.679
 symbolic language

01:01:36.679 --> 01:01:37.799
 to help

01:01:37.799 --> 01:01:38.379
 people understand

01:01:38.379 --> 01:01:38.859
 what it's

01:01:38.859 --> 01:01:39.139
 going to be

01:01:39.139 --> 01:01:39.480
 like

01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:40.659
 I'm more

01:01:40.659 --> 01:01:41.000
 interested

01:01:41.000 --> 01:01:41.579
 in the walls

01:01:41.579 --> 01:01:41.900
 which are

01:01:41.900 --> 01:01:42.119
 letters

01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:42.359
 of the

01:01:42.359 --> 01:01:42.960
 different stuff

01:01:42.960 --> 01:01:44.920
 Matt

01:01:44.920 --> 01:01:46.000
 so

01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:46.680
 in case

01:01:46.680 --> 01:01:47.059
 you're taking

01:01:47.059 --> 01:01:47.380
 notes

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:47.619
 as

01:01:47.619 --> 01:01:48.340
 Revelation

01:01:48.340 --> 01:01:49.400
 21-17

01:01:49.400 --> 01:01:50.720
 he also

01:01:50.720 --> 01:01:51.099
 measured

01:01:51.099 --> 01:01:51.639
 its walls

01:01:51.639 --> 01:01:52.940
 144 cubits

01:01:52.940 --> 01:01:53.440
 by human

01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:53.780
 measurement

01:01:53.780 --> 01:01:54.380
 which is also

01:01:54.380 --> 01:01:54.840
 an angel's

01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:55.139
 measurement

01:01:55.139 --> 01:01:58.079
 we need

01:01:58.079 --> 01:01:58.379
 somebody to

01:01:58.379 --> 01:01:58.579
 write a

01:01:58.579 --> 01:01:58.980
 paper on

01:01:58.980 --> 01:01:59.739
 this angel's

01:01:59.739 --> 01:02:00.079
 measurement

01:02:00.079 --> 01:02:01.799
 but I do

01:02:01.799 --> 01:02:02.099
 think

01:02:02.099 --> 01:02:03.480
 two things

01:02:03.480 --> 01:02:04.000
 strike me

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:04.360
 about

01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:05.239
 this picture

01:02:05.239 --> 01:02:06.759
 and this is

01:02:06.759 --> 01:02:07.019
 sort of

01:02:07.019 --> 01:02:07.579
 stepping back

01:02:07.579 --> 01:02:07.980
 to a little

01:02:07.980 --> 01:02:08.380
 bit of a

01:02:08.380 --> 01:02:08.559
 meta

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:09.920
 but

01:02:09.920 --> 01:02:10.799
 the

01:02:10.799 --> 01:02:13.279
 the biblical

01:02:13.279 --> 01:02:13.819
 theology

01:02:13.819 --> 01:02:14.159
 of the

01:02:14.159 --> 01:02:14.480
 temple

01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:15.259
 is not

01:02:15.259 --> 01:02:15.739
 linear

01:02:15.739 --> 01:02:16.420
 it's

01:02:16.420 --> 01:02:17.619
 got

01:02:17.619 --> 01:02:18.179
 multiple

01:02:18.179 --> 01:02:18.679
 streams

01:02:18.679 --> 01:02:19.039
 in it

01:02:19.039 --> 01:02:20.599
 and even

01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:21.219
 the fulfillment

01:02:21.219 --> 01:02:21.579
 of it

01:02:21.579 --> 01:02:21.980
 it's like

01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:22.519
 the temple

01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:23.219
 fulfills

01:02:23.219 --> 01:02:23.819
 it's fulfilled

01:02:23.819 --> 01:02:24.299
 in Jesus

01:02:24.299 --> 01:02:25.119
 and in the

01:02:25.119 --> 01:02:25.900
 people of God

01:02:25.900 --> 01:02:27.000
 and in the

01:02:27.000 --> 01:02:27.840
 new creation

01:02:27.840 --> 01:02:28.940
 where it's

01:02:28.940 --> 01:02:29.619
 sort of

01:02:29.619 --> 01:02:30.559
 its totality

01:02:30.559 --> 01:02:31.400
 the things

01:02:31.400 --> 01:02:31.739
 that are

01:02:31.739 --> 01:02:32.759
 that it's

01:02:32.759 --> 01:02:33.339
 pointing to

01:02:33.339 --> 01:02:34.219
 we experience

01:02:34.219 --> 01:02:35.099
 in the fullness

01:02:35.099 --> 01:02:35.639
 of it

01:02:35.639 --> 01:02:36.440
 and I think

01:02:36.440 --> 01:02:36.960
 it's helpful

01:02:36.960 --> 01:02:37.460
 for us

01:02:37.460 --> 01:02:37.900
 to just

01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:38.359
 recognize

01:02:38.359 --> 01:02:38.920
 and particularly

01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:39.779
 when we're

01:02:39.779 --> 01:02:40.099
 in the

01:02:40.099 --> 01:02:40.440
 big deal

01:02:40.440 --> 01:02:41.079
 37

01:02:41.079 --> 01:02:42.639
 and we're

01:02:42.639 --> 01:02:43.219
 clearly in

01:02:43.219 --> 01:02:43.739
 apocalyptic

01:02:43.739 --> 01:02:44.319
 literature

01:02:44.319 --> 01:02:45.239
 it's

01:02:45.239 --> 01:02:45.639
 you know

01:02:45.639 --> 01:02:46.400
 it's helpful

01:02:46.400 --> 01:02:46.900
 for us

01:02:46.900 --> 01:02:47.460
 to see

01:02:47.460 --> 01:02:48.279
 those themes

01:02:48.279 --> 01:02:48.980
 without

01:02:48.980 --> 01:02:49.699
 trying to

01:02:49.699 --> 01:02:50.599
 be overly

01:02:50.599 --> 01:02:52.759
 modernistic

01:02:52.759 --> 01:02:53.299
 about

01:02:53.299 --> 01:02:54.319
 having to

01:02:54.319 --> 01:02:55.259
 make

01:02:55.259 --> 01:02:56.299
 the typology

01:02:56.299 --> 01:02:56.960
 all be

01:02:56.960 --> 01:02:58.019
 so particularly

01:02:58.019 --> 01:02:58.739
 precise

01:02:58.739 --> 01:03:00.039
 that we

01:03:00.039 --> 01:03:00.479
 know what

01:03:00.479 --> 01:03:01.599
 this symbolizes

01:03:01.599 --> 01:03:02.039
 in this

01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:02.819
 particular way

01:03:02.819 --> 01:03:03.459
 it's wonderful

01:03:03.459 --> 01:03:04.239
 to explore

01:03:04.239 --> 01:03:04.959
 those things

01:03:04.959 --> 01:03:05.719
 but it

01:03:05.719 --> 01:03:06.199
 strikes me

01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:08.079
 that sometimes

01:03:08.079 --> 01:03:08.679
 people get

01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:09.239
 really worked

01:03:09.239 --> 01:03:09.659
 up about

01:03:09.659 --> 01:03:09.959
 that

01:03:09.959 --> 01:03:13.139
 and honestly

01:03:13.139 --> 01:03:14.399
 that God

01:03:14.399 --> 01:03:15.099
 didn't reveal

01:03:15.099 --> 01:03:15.779
 it to be

01:03:15.779 --> 01:03:18.319
 this exceedingly

01:03:18.319 --> 01:03:19.519
 specific system

01:03:19.519 --> 01:03:20.379
 but more

01:03:20.379 --> 01:03:21.099
 he's using

01:03:21.099 --> 01:03:21.559
 this language

01:03:21.559 --> 01:03:22.500
 to communicate

01:03:22.500 --> 01:03:24.839
 broad truths

01:03:24.839 --> 01:03:25.739
 or specific

01:03:25.739 --> 01:03:26.239
 truths

01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:27.079
 in a

01:03:27.079 --> 01:03:27.879
 multi-fascative

01:03:27.879 --> 01:03:28.199
 way

01:03:28.199 --> 01:03:28.719
 yeah

01:03:28.719 --> 01:03:29.679
 yeah

01:03:29.679 --> 01:03:30.139
 if you

01:03:30.139 --> 01:03:30.439
 take it

01:03:30.439 --> 01:03:30.719
 too

01:03:30.719 --> 01:03:31.319
 literally

01:03:31.319 --> 01:03:32.119
 that word

01:03:32.119 --> 01:03:32.459
 literally

01:03:32.459 --> 01:03:32.859
 is

01:03:32.859 --> 01:03:34.259
 maybe we

01:03:34.259 --> 01:03:34.359
 should

01:03:34.359 --> 01:03:34.659
 take it

01:03:34.659 --> 01:03:35.399
 literally

01:03:35.399 --> 01:03:35.919
 versus

01:03:35.919 --> 01:03:37.919
 symbolically

01:03:37.919 --> 01:03:39.879
 or apocalyptically

01:03:39.879 --> 01:03:41.000
 it depends on

01:03:41.000 --> 01:03:41.599
 how you're going

01:03:41.599 --> 01:03:42.139
 to approach

01:03:42.139 --> 01:03:42.819
 those kind

01:03:42.819 --> 01:03:43.119
 of

01:03:43.119 --> 01:03:44.219
 those passages

01:03:44.219 --> 01:03:45.459
 but yeah

01:03:45.459 --> 01:03:46.139
 there's clearly

01:03:46.139 --> 01:03:47.279
 I mean

01:03:47.279 --> 01:03:48.399
 Ezekiel 40

01:03:48.399 --> 01:03:49.139
 is hard

01:03:49.139 --> 01:03:49.519
 but I

01:03:49.519 --> 01:03:50.379
 do

01:03:50.380 --> 01:03:51.519
 I would

01:03:51.519 --> 01:03:53.579
 I'll

01:03:53.579 --> 01:03:54.660
 put down

01:03:54.660 --> 01:03:55.380
 that I think

01:03:55.380 --> 01:03:56.180
 he's talking

01:03:56.180 --> 01:03:56.680
 about

01:03:56.680 --> 01:03:57.880
 revelation

01:03:57.880 --> 01:03:58.880
 where God

01:03:58.880 --> 01:03:59.260
 is dwelling

01:03:59.260 --> 01:03:59.559
 with his

01:03:59.559 --> 01:03:59.880
 people

01:03:59.880 --> 01:04:02.640
 but I can

01:04:02.640 --> 01:04:02.900
 be wrong

01:04:02.900 --> 01:04:03.160
 on that

01:04:03.160 --> 01:04:03.760
 who knows

01:04:03.760 --> 01:04:05.200
 I think

01:04:05.200 --> 01:04:05.860
 one of the

01:04:05.860 --> 01:04:06.680
 beautiful things

01:04:06.680 --> 01:04:07.220
 of tracing

01:04:07.220 --> 01:04:07.860
 this theme

01:04:07.860 --> 01:04:08.800
 throughout

01:04:08.800 --> 01:04:09.760
 the Bible

01:04:09.760 --> 01:04:10.380
 for me

01:04:10.380 --> 01:04:10.960
 is that

01:04:10.960 --> 01:04:11.720
 in the

01:04:11.720 --> 01:04:12.099
 beginning

01:04:12.099 --> 01:04:12.619
 God

01:04:12.619 --> 01:04:13.619
 does the

01:04:13.619 --> 01:04:13.900
 work

01:04:13.900 --> 01:04:14.680
 places us

01:04:14.680 --> 01:04:15.099
 in the

01:04:15.099 --> 01:04:15.380
 garden

01:04:15.380 --> 01:04:16.019
 gives us

01:04:16.019 --> 01:04:16.380
 of the

01:04:16.380 --> 01:04:16.880
 trees

01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:17.539
 gives us

01:04:17.539 --> 01:04:18.000
 all

01:04:18.000 --> 01:04:18.760
 you know

01:04:18.760 --> 01:04:19.300
 and walks

01:04:19.300 --> 01:04:19.760
 among us

01:04:19.760 --> 01:04:20.120
 like it's

01:04:20.120 --> 01:04:20.780
 all a

01:04:20.780 --> 01:04:21.140
 banquet

01:04:21.140 --> 01:04:21.680
 that he's

01:04:21.680 --> 01:04:22.080
 laid out

01:04:22.080 --> 01:04:22.580
 for us

01:04:22.580 --> 01:04:22.820
 right

01:04:22.820 --> 01:04:23.720
 then sin

01:04:23.720 --> 01:04:24.160
 happens

01:04:24.160 --> 01:04:24.740
 the fall

01:04:24.740 --> 01:04:25.480
 fractures

01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:26.400
 our relationship

01:04:26.400 --> 01:04:26.900
 and God

01:04:26.900 --> 01:04:27.940
 says I'm

01:04:27.940 --> 01:04:28.300
 a holy

01:04:28.300 --> 01:04:28.700
 God

01:04:28.700 --> 01:04:29.220
 this is

01:04:29.220 --> 01:04:29.620
 how you

01:04:29.620 --> 01:04:30.360
 serve me

01:04:30.360 --> 01:04:31.520
 and at

01:04:31.520 --> 01:04:32.040
 times I

01:04:32.040 --> 01:04:32.360
 think in

01:04:32.360 --> 01:04:32.780
 my Christian

01:04:32.780 --> 01:04:33.140
 walk I

01:04:33.140 --> 01:04:33.640
 thought God

01:04:33.640 --> 01:04:33.960
 was just

01:04:33.960 --> 01:04:34.680
 being crotchety

01:04:34.680 --> 01:04:35.020
 and saying

01:04:35.020 --> 01:04:35.480
 okay make

01:04:35.480 --> 01:04:35.860
 that I'm

01:04:35.860 --> 01:04:36.240
 purple

01:04:36.240 --> 01:04:36.940
 and that

01:04:36.940 --> 01:04:37.120
 I'm

01:04:37.120 --> 01:04:37.420
 purple

01:04:37.420 --> 01:04:37.800
 and it

01:04:37.800 --> 01:04:38.100
 comes to

01:04:38.100 --> 01:04:38.300
 that

01:04:38.300 --> 01:04:38.620
 wrong

01:04:38.620 --> 01:04:39.640
 but no

01:04:39.640 --> 01:04:40.120
 he's not

01:04:40.120 --> 01:04:40.820
 he's saying

01:04:40.820 --> 01:04:41.360
 this is

01:04:41.360 --> 01:04:41.780
 how you

01:04:41.780 --> 01:04:42.380
 serve me

01:04:42.380 --> 01:04:42.860
 like this

01:04:42.860 --> 01:04:43.320
 is how

01:04:43.320 --> 01:04:43.800
 you come

01:04:43.800 --> 01:04:44.360
 before me

01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:44.920
 which is

01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:45.480
 grace

01:04:45.480 --> 01:04:46.580
 to actually

01:04:46.580 --> 01:04:47.620
 describe to

01:04:47.620 --> 01:04:48.100
 us in

01:04:48.100 --> 01:04:48.940
 full detail

01:04:48.940 --> 01:04:49.500
 how to

01:04:49.500 --> 01:04:50.119
 come before

01:04:50.119 --> 01:04:50.380
 him

01:04:50.380 --> 01:04:51.179
 imperfectly

01:04:51.179 --> 01:04:52.019
 is a

01:04:52.019 --> 01:04:52.539
 grace

01:04:52.539 --> 01:04:53.320
 like that

01:04:53.320 --> 01:04:53.980
 God did

01:04:53.980 --> 01:04:54.519
 spend so

01:04:54.519 --> 01:04:55.019
 much time

01:04:55.019 --> 01:04:55.960
 laying those

01:04:55.960 --> 01:04:57.079
 things out

01:04:57.079 --> 01:04:59.059
 and then

01:04:59.059 --> 01:05:00.119
 obviously

01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:01.360
 we fail

01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:01.980
 but then

01:05:01.980 --> 01:05:02.500
 you know

01:05:02.500 --> 01:05:02.920
 but God

01:05:02.920 --> 01:05:03.480
 is still

01:05:03.480 --> 01:05:04.000
 even from

01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:04.559
 the garden

01:05:04.559 --> 01:05:05.739
 the prophecy

01:05:05.739 --> 01:05:06.320
 that Christ

01:05:06.320 --> 01:05:06.900
 is coming

01:05:06.900 --> 01:05:07.860
 like it's

01:05:07.860 --> 01:05:08.440
 there right

01:05:08.440 --> 01:05:08.920
 in the garden

01:05:08.920 --> 01:05:09.500
 that Christ

01:05:09.500 --> 01:05:10.099
 is coming

01:05:10.099 --> 01:05:11.559
 and then again

01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:12.260
 he sets a

01:05:12.260 --> 01:05:12.559
 banquet

01:05:12.559 --> 01:05:13.099
 he's setting

01:05:13.099 --> 01:05:13.500
 a banquet

01:05:13.500 --> 01:05:13.980
 out before

01:05:13.980 --> 01:05:14.579
 his disciples

01:05:14.579 --> 01:05:14.940
 or he's

01:05:14.940 --> 01:05:15.539
 inviting them

01:05:15.539 --> 01:05:16.179
 to a meal

01:05:16.179 --> 01:05:17.320
 like he's

01:05:17.320 --> 01:05:17.800
 doing it

01:05:17.800 --> 01:05:18.139
 again

01:05:18.139 --> 01:05:18.679
 then the

01:05:18.679 --> 01:05:18.960
 spirit

01:05:18.960 --> 01:05:19.379
 is given

01:05:19.379 --> 01:05:19.920
 to us

01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:20.579
 like there's

01:05:20.579 --> 01:05:21.199
 just grace

01:05:21.199 --> 01:05:21.980
 upon grace

01:05:21.980 --> 01:05:22.659
 upon grace

01:05:22.659 --> 01:05:23.119
 in this

01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:23.980
 temple theme

01:05:23.980 --> 01:05:24.879
 and then at

01:05:24.879 --> 01:05:25.239
 the end

01:05:25.239 --> 01:05:25.779
 again we're

01:05:25.779 --> 01:05:26.379
 placed in

01:05:26.379 --> 01:05:26.960
 this perfect

01:05:26.960 --> 01:05:27.900
 God does

01:05:27.900 --> 01:05:28.319
 the work

01:05:28.319 --> 01:05:28.619
 right

01:05:28.619 --> 01:05:29.420
 Jesus I go

01:05:29.420 --> 01:05:29.940
 and prepare

01:05:29.940 --> 01:05:30.359
 a place

01:05:30.359 --> 01:05:30.759
 for you

01:05:30.759 --> 01:05:31.739
 he's already

01:05:31.739 --> 01:05:32.239
 working

01:05:32.239 --> 01:05:33.159
 to set

01:05:33.159 --> 01:05:33.480
 out this

01:05:33.480 --> 01:05:33.739
 banquet

01:05:33.739 --> 01:05:34.239
 for me

01:05:34.239 --> 01:05:34.500
 and that's

01:05:34.500 --> 01:05:34.859
 one of the

01:05:34.859 --> 01:05:35.460
 most beautiful

01:05:35.460 --> 01:05:36.900
 themes of

01:05:36.900 --> 01:05:38.139
 tracing the

01:05:38.139 --> 01:05:38.379
 temple

01:05:38.379 --> 01:05:39.019
 yeah

01:05:39.019 --> 01:05:40.259
 that's so

01:05:40.259 --> 01:05:40.940
 that's

01:05:40.940 --> 01:05:42.219
 so wonderful

01:05:42.219 --> 01:05:44.000
 yeah

01:05:44.000 --> 01:05:45.019
 that is so

01:05:45.019 --> 01:05:45.379
 wonderful

01:05:45.379 --> 01:05:46.619
 and the

01:05:46.619 --> 01:05:47.099
 fact that

01:05:47.099 --> 01:05:47.799
 yeah I'm

01:05:47.799 --> 01:05:48.119
 just struck

01:05:48.119 --> 01:05:48.439
 that he

01:05:48.439 --> 01:05:49.039
 initiates

01:05:49.039 --> 01:05:49.959
 God initiates

01:05:49.959 --> 01:05:50.500
 he's saying

01:05:50.500 --> 01:05:50.859
 this is how

01:05:50.859 --> 01:05:51.319
 you approach

01:05:51.319 --> 01:05:51.879
 me and he's

01:05:51.879 --> 01:05:52.179
 doing the

01:05:52.179 --> 01:05:53.119
 work to

01:05:53.119 --> 01:05:54.099
 rebuild what

01:05:54.099 --> 01:05:54.599
 was lost

01:05:54.599 --> 01:05:55.219
 but it's gonna

01:05:55.219 --> 01:05:55.599
 be better

01:05:55.599 --> 01:05:56.000
 I mean it's

01:05:56.000 --> 01:05:56.279
 gonna be better

01:05:56.279 --> 01:05:56.539
 because the

01:05:56.539 --> 01:05:56.939
 glory of

01:05:56.939 --> 01:05:57.399
 Christ will

01:05:57.399 --> 01:05:59.199
 be our

01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:00.159
 worship is

01:06:00.159 --> 01:06:01.019
 gonna be the

01:06:01.019 --> 01:06:01.639
 lamb who's on

01:06:01.639 --> 01:06:02.159
 the throne

01:06:02.159 --> 01:06:03.339
 worthy of the

01:06:03.339 --> 01:06:03.719
 lamb who was

01:06:03.719 --> 01:06:05.259
 slain so

01:06:05.259 --> 01:06:06.959
 yeah it's a

01:06:06.959 --> 01:06:08.319
 wonderful perfect

01:06:08.319 --> 01:06:08.919
 world but the

01:06:08.919 --> 01:06:09.579
 glory of Christ

01:06:09.579 --> 01:06:09.980
 will be there

01:06:09.980 --> 01:06:11.539
 which Adam

01:06:11.539 --> 01:06:11.780
 and Eve

01:06:11.780 --> 01:06:12.440
 couldn't they

01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:12.699
 couldn't have

01:06:12.699 --> 01:06:13.260
 said that I

01:06:13.260 --> 01:06:13.500
 mean they

01:06:13.500 --> 01:06:14.760
 would God

01:06:14.760 --> 01:06:15.639
 was there but

01:06:15.639 --> 01:06:16.659
 the glory of

01:06:16.659 --> 01:06:18.179
 the lamb is

01:06:18.179 --> 01:06:19.280
 wouldn't have

01:06:19.280 --> 01:06:19.960
 been apparent

01:06:19.960 --> 01:06:21.619
 to them even

01:06:21.619 --> 01:06:22.440
 though he was

01:06:22.440 --> 01:06:24.079
 always glorious

01:06:24.079 --> 01:06:27.019
 yeah

01:06:27.019 --> 01:06:31.440
 there's so much

01:06:31.440 --> 01:06:31.980
 more we could

01:06:31.980 --> 01:06:32.539
 say about the

01:06:32.539 --> 01:06:32.820
 temple

01:06:32.820 --> 01:06:36.500
 yeah

01:06:36.500 --> 01:06:39.579
 any other

01:06:39.579 --> 01:06:39.960
 questions

01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:41.940
 all right

01:06:41.940 --> 01:06:43.519
 let me just

01:06:43.519 --> 01:06:43.980
 close in a

01:06:43.980 --> 01:06:44.380
 word prayer

01:06:44.380 --> 01:06:44.659
 and then

01:06:44.659 --> 01:06:44.860
 we'll

01:06:44.860 --> 01:06:46.619
 continue

01:06:46.619 --> 01:06:47.599
 our father

01:06:47.599 --> 01:06:48.380
 thank you for

01:06:48.380 --> 01:06:49.019
 these wonderful

01:06:49.019 --> 01:06:49.980
 truths that

01:06:49.980 --> 01:06:51.119
 you are

01:06:51.119 --> 01:06:53.280
 you are

01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:53.900
 working to

01:06:53.900 --> 01:06:54.300
 dwell with

01:06:54.300 --> 01:06:54.659
 your people

01:06:54.659 --> 01:06:55.240
 once again

01:06:55.240 --> 01:06:55.800
 and you've

01:06:55.800 --> 01:06:56.300
 done that in

01:06:56.300 --> 01:06:56.860
 Christ and

01:06:56.860 --> 01:06:57.220
 now the

01:06:57.220 --> 01:06:57.840
 spirit dwelling

01:06:57.840 --> 01:06:58.300
 in us

01:06:58.300 --> 01:06:59.099
 but Lord we

01:06:59.099 --> 01:06:59.400
 do look

01:06:59.400 --> 01:06:59.820
 forward to

01:06:59.820 --> 01:07:00.179
 the day

01:07:00.179 --> 01:07:00.500
 when we

01:07:00.500 --> 01:07:00.980
 will dwell

01:07:00.980 --> 01:07:01.500
 with you

01:07:01.500 --> 01:07:02.599
 face to

01:07:02.599 --> 01:07:03.639
 face again

01:07:03.639 --> 01:07:04.320
 and Lord

01:07:04.320 --> 01:07:04.840
 come Lord

01:07:04.840 --> 01:07:05.179
 Jesus

01:07:05.179 --> 01:07:05.980
 would you

01:07:05.980 --> 01:07:06.980
 whet our

01:07:06.980 --> 01:07:07.539
 appetite for

01:07:07.539 --> 01:07:07.960
 that great

01:07:07.960 --> 01:07:08.280
 day

01:07:08.280 --> 01:07:09.199
 in Jesus

01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:09.500
 name

01:07:09.500 --> 01:07:10.820
 amen

01:07:10.820 --> 01:07:12.500
 you

01:07:12.500 --> 01:07:12.840
 you

01:07:12.840 --> 01:07:13.820
 you

01:07:13.820 --> 01:07:24.860
 you

01:07:24.860 --> 01:07:24.880
 you

01:07:24.880 --> 01:07:28.019
 you

01:07:28.019 --> 01:07:28.400
 you