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 This morning we come again to the Lord's table.

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 Earlier this morning we learned about the tabernacle in Alive with our kids.

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 And I wanted to just run over some of those things again this morning with us adults.

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 Because it really is amazing.

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 It really sheds a lot of light on what this table, the Lord's table, is all about.

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 First, let's remember what Jesus said at the Last Supper on the eve of his crucifixion.

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 You can probably complete the sentence from memory.

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 This cup is the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you.

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 New covenant.

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 In Alive we've been talking about the old covenant.

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 I'm going to use some of our visuals from this morning.

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 The old covenant was the covenant that God made with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai.

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 God wrote down the commands, the laws, the decrees that the people were to follow in order to be his chosen, special, holy people.

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 It says that God etched those things onto the tablets of stone with his finger and gave them to Moses.

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 And this is what God said to Moses and the people on that occasion.

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 From Exodus chapter 19 verses 5 and 6.

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 He said,

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 God instructed Moses and the people to build a spectacular ark for this covenant.

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 A wooden box that was overlaid with gold and crafted beautifully.

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 On top was a cover called the mercy seat or the atonement cover.

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 It had two cherubim on the top made of solid gold.

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 And this was a very special thing.

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 It was the place where the covenant was kept.

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 The agreement.

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 The stone tablets were put right into the ark.

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 And this was how they were carried around with the people.

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 But not only that, this ark was the very place that God chose to be present among his people.

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 It says that God caused his glory to appear, to shine above the atonement cover,

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 right in the midst of the wings of those two cherubim.

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 If we take a step back, you'll notice the rings and the poles.

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 The obvious purpose was so that the people could carry the ark around from place to place as they traveled.

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 But a closer look tells us another aspect of the story.

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 The poles themselves were overlaid with gold.

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 Even the wooden implements used to carry God's special ark were to be overlaid with gold.

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 It speaks of God's matchless worth.

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 His splendor.

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 His royalty.

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 But there was another reason for the poles.

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 It was so that the ark could be moved without any need for the people to touch it.

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 It was kind of like Mount Sinai.

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 God was present there at Mount Sinai.

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 And so the place where he was became holy.

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 It became special.

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 And the people, because they were sinful, were not permitted to come close.

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 They erected barriers.

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 They were not permitted to touch the mountain, the place where God was.

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 Otherwise, it's said that God would break out against them.

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 His perfect goodness and justice would strike out against them if they touched the mountain.

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 Giving them the punishment that they deserved for their sins.

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 The poles were kind of like that.

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 They were a way for God's holy ark.

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 The place where he was present to remain separate from the touch of sinful man.

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 And this separation, this whole idea of God being holy, special, distinct from us sinful human beings,

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 this reality that distance must be maintained between God and us,

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 it's written all over the way that the tabernacle was arranged.

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 The tabernacle had a system of curtains that would be set up around its outer border,

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 forming a courtyard inside, separating the holy from the common.

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 The place where God was from the place where the people were camped.

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 And then inside this courtyard was the tent of meeting.

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 It was covered with a number of different things to protect it from the elements.

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 It was covered completely at the sides and the rear.

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 And the entrance was curtained off.

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 Another form of separation.

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 The worshipers could come into the courtyard when they were ceremonially clean.

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 But only the priests were allowed to enter the tent of meeting.

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 And then inside the tent of meeting, there was a back room, which was also curtained off.

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 It was called the Holy of Holies, or the Most Holy Place.

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 It was the place where God's Ark of the Covenant was kept.

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 The very room in which God appeared above the mercy seat of the Ark.

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 By God's decree, only the high priest was permitted to enter into that room.

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 And only once a year, on the Day of Atonement,

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 when he did the priestly work of making atonement for the sins of the people.

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 So this was the old covenant.

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 The old terms.

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 The old agreement.

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 Animal sacrifices were to be offered regularly on the bronze altar.

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 In the courtyard.

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 And only by the priests.

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 And hands and feet were to be washed with water from the bronze basin.

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 Before doing the work of the priest.

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 The punishment for a priest failing to wash his hands before entering the tent of meeting.

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 To touch or handle the things in there.

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 Was death.

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 And we might think at first,

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 Wow.

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 Isn't that harsh?

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 Why would God kill someone for forgetting to wash their hands?

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 But the lesson here is not that God is harsh.

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 It's that God is holy.

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 It's that God is worthy.

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 God is holy.

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 Also inside the tent of meeting.

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 There was a lampstand.

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 That needed to be kept lit.

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 There was a table that was to have fresh bread kept on it.

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 Changed weekly.

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 One loaf for each tribe of Israel.

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 There was an incense altar.

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 That was to be stoked with a fresh batch of incense in the morning.

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 and at sundown.

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 Even the wick trimmers for the lamp,

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 God said they were to be made of gold.

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 It's like, don't even think of using

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 just an iron pair of wick trimmers

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 on my lampstand.

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 I, the Lord Almighty,

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 I'm in the next room just beyond the curtain

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 above the mercy seat of the ark

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 and you must show me the reverence

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 and honor that I am due

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 or else be guilty of profaning my holy name

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 and bear the only fitting consequences.

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 Through all of this,

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 God was helping us understand the truth

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 of who he is in relation to us.

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 He is the glorious, exalted,

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 perfectly good and just creator.

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 Choosing to live among a bent,

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 stubborn and sinful people.

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 This tabernacle was the way for God

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 to be among his people

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 and for his people to be near him.

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 There had to be separation

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 between the common and the holy,

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 the clean and the unclean,

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 the righteous and the guilty.

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 We talked about the high priest's outfit this morning.

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 It was to have little golden bells

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 around the bottom hem.

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 You can barely see them in this picture.

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 And they would tie a rope around his ankle

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 before he went into the most holy place

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 on the day of atonement

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 into the very presence of God.

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 The bells served to help the regular priests

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 know that the high priest was still alive

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 while he was in there.

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 And the rope around his ankle

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 was to pull him out

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 in case he did something

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 and the Lord struck him dead.

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 Can you imagine the fear

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 and trembling of the high priest

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 on that one day a year

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 when it came time

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 to enter into the very presence

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 of Yahweh, the creator?

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 The one who knew every sinful thought,

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 desire, word spoken,

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 deed he had ever done.

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 This whole idea of God's holiness

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 is difficult to understand.

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 But that's why the tabernacle

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 was the way that it was.

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 It was to help people,

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 to help us see the invisible reality

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 of how things are between God and us,

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 creator and creature,

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 the righteous one and sinners.

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 I find what Paul said

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 in his letter to Timothy

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 quite helpful

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 in reflecting on this.

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 2 Timothy 2, verse 20.

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 Paul says there,

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 In a large house there are articles

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 not only of gold and silver,

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 but also of wood and clay.

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 Some are for special purposes

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 and some for common use.

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 Those who cleanse themselves

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 from the latter

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 will be instruments

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 for special purposes,

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 made holy.

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 Useful to the master

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 and prepared

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 to do any good work.

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 Now Paul has his main point here

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 and I'm not going to get into that.

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 It's a whole separate discussion.

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 But his illustration is helpful,

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 at least to me.

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 He points out how we all understand

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 the way that it works in a house.

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 There are both articles

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 for special purposes

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 and there are those

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 that are for common purposes

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 or we might say lower purposes.

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 And there's something right

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 about maintaining that separation,

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 that distinction.

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 We save the best dishes,

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 the china,

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 the silverware,

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 the best towels

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 for those special occasions

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 and to honor those special guests.

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 That's what holiness is all about.

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 It's about that separation.

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 Some occasions are set apart

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 and special

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 and so we honor that guest

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 or that life event

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 or that milestone

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 by bringing out the best articles

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 of the house,

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 putting on the best meal

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 that we can.

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 It would be wrong

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 in those special moments

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 to use the chamber pot

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 or the toilet brush

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 or a dirty old rag

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 to give that honored guest

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 the towel

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 that's half ripped apart,

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 shredded and stained

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 to wash their face.

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 Who of us doesn't at least

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 understand that natural impulse

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 to tidy and clean

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 before company comes over?

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 Not to impress others

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 or to put on airs

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 but simply to bless and honor

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 and show love

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 to our guests.

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 So now we take that

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 and we apply it to God.

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 What should we do for Him?

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 What is fitting?

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 What is right

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 if He was to come live with us,

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 among us,

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 in the camp where we are?

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 He is absolutely worthy

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 of the very best,

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 the gold wick trimmers,

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 the washing of our hands

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 before handling His stuff

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 in the place of meeting.

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 I wonder,

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 could it be

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 that we've lost a sense

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 of the holiness of God?

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 Or could it be

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 that we are so bent by sin

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 that we have never appreciated it

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 as fully as we should?

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 And yet,

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 even though there is

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 much here to make us tremble

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 and wonder

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 at God's holiness,

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 do you see the other reality here?

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 also.

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 God could have destroyed them all

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 at Mount Sinai

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 if He wanted to.

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 In fact,

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 it's a wonder that He didn't

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 after they made the golden calf

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 blatantly disobeying His command

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 only weeks after He gave it to them.

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 God could have simply

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 just cleansed the earth

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 of their presence,

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 but He didn't.

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 He gave all these instructions

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 to Moses

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 about the tabernacle

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 and the ark.

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 Why?

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 Because He loved

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 these people.

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 Bent and sinful

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 though they were,

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 He desired to live

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 among them

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 and to be with them.

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 He wanted a loaf of bread

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 representing each one

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 of the tribes

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 of Israel

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 in His presence

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 at all times.

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 Bread is food

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 and it speaks

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 of fellowship.

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 He wanted that reminder

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 in His presence

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 of each one

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 of the sons of Jacob

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 and their children.

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 And then there was

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 the high priest's uniform.

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 God wanted it crafted

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 in a certain way

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 and a part of the design

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 was to have this

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 breastplate

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 over the chest

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 with precious gemstones

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 in it.

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 a unique gemstone,

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 one for each

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 of the twelve tribes

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 of Israel.

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 Was it only a reminder

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 to the high priest

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 that He served

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 on behalf of all

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 the tribes of Israel?

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 Or was it also

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 a kind of memorial

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 before God

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 that each son of Jacob

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 was uniquely precious

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 to Him

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 and all their children

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 after them?

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 So yes,

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 there is holiness,

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 fear,

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 trembling,

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 reverence,

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 and awe.

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 But there is also

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 deep mercy,

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 kindness,

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 patience,

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 love,

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 the desire for relationship.

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 God knew that the people

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 would continue to sin,

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 to continue to give in

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 to that inward

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 sinful nature.

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 And for that,

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 there was mercy.

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 There was a way

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 to make atonement

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 with sacrifices

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 to turn away

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 God's punishment.

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 And for the time,

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 God was willing

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 to take the life

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 of an animal

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 belonging to

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 the guilty person

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 in the stead

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 of the life

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 of the guilty person.

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 This was the old covenant,

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 the old terms,

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 the old agreement.

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 But now let's turn

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 our gaze again

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 to Jesus.

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 What did He say?

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 This cup

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 is the new covenant

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 in my blood

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 which is poured out

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 for you.

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 Do you hear this?

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 Jesus says

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 there's going to be

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 a new arrangement

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 between God

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 and you.

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 A new deal

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 with new terms.

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 And I will be

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 the sacrifice

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 that establishes

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 this new covenant,

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 says Jesus.

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 My blood

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 will be poured out

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 for you.

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 That's what the cross

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 is all about.

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 A new covenant

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 with God.

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 I'm going to read now

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 three chapters

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 from Hebrews.

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 And I want you

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 to let these words

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 soak in

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 just how wonderful

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 this new covenant

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 that Christ brought

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 really is

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 compared

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 to the old one.

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 The first bit

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 is from chapter 4

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 and then we'll skip

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 to chapter 7.

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 chapter 5.

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 Verse 6.

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 Therefore,

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 since we have

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 a great high priest

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 who has ascended

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 into heaven,

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 Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 let us hold firmly

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 to the faith

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 we profess.

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 For we do not

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 have a high priest

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 who is unable

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 to empathize

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 with our weaknesses,

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 but we have one

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 who has been tempted

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 in every way

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 just as we are,

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 yet he did not sin.

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 Let us then approach

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 God's throne of grace

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 with confidence

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 so that we may

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 receive mercy

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 and find grace

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 to help us

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 in our time of need.

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 Over to chapter 7

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 verse 11.

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 If perfection

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 could have been attained

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 through the Levitical priesthood

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 and indeed the law

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 given to the people

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 established that priesthood,

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 why was there still need

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 for another priest

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 to come?

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 One in the order

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 of Melchizedek,

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 not in the order

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 of Aaron.

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 For when the priesthood

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 is changed,

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 the law must be changed

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 also.

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 He of whom

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 these things are said

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 belonged to a different tribe

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 and no one

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 from that tribe

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 has ever served

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 at the altar

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 for it is clear

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 that our Lord

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 descended from Judah.

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 In regard to that tribe,

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 Moses said nothing

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 about priests.

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 And what we have said

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 is even more clear

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 if another priest

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 like Melchizedek

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 appears,

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 one who has become

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 a priest

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 not on the basis

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 of a regulation

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 as to his ancestry,

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 but on the basis

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 of the power

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 of an indestructible life.

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 For it is declared,

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 you are a priest

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 forever

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 in the order

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.700
 of Melchizedek.

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 The former regulation

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 is set aside

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 because it was weak

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 and useless

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 for the law

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 made nothing perfect.

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 and a better hope

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 is introduced

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 by which we draw

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 near to God.

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 And it was not

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 without an oath.

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 Others became priests

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 without any oath,

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 but he became a priest

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 with an oath

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 when God said to him,

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 the Lord has sworn

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 and will not change

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 his mind.

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 You are a priest

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 forever.

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.320
 Because of this oath,

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 Jesus has become

00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.860
 the guarantor

00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.960
 of a better covenant.

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 Now there have been

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:54.180
 many of those priests

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 since death prevented them

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 from continuing in office.

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 But because Jesus

00:19:59.360 --> 00:20:00.480
 lives forever,

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:02.380
 he has a permanent priesthood.

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.740
 Therefore,

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.960
 he is able to save

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.640
 completely

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:07.680
 those who come to God

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.380
 through him

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:10.880
 because he always lives

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.920
 to intercede

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.480
 for them.

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.620
 Such a high priest

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:16.440
 truly meets our need,

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:18.000
 one who is holy,

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.519
 blameless,

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.879
 pure,

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:23.139
 set apart from sinners,

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.500
 exalted above the heavens.

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.559
 Unlike the other

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.339
 high priests,

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.759
 he does not need

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.879
 to offer sacrifices

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:32.259
 day after day,

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.680
 first for his own sins

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.119
 and then for the sins

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.700
 of the people.

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.259
 He sacrificed

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.259
 for their sins

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.379
 once for all

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:41.000
 when he offered himself.

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.000
 For the law

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.900
 appoints as high priests

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:47.160
 men in all their weakness,

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.540
 but the oath

00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:49.720
 which came after the law

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.860
 appointed the Son

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:52.960
 who has been made perfect

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.740
 forever.

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.779
 Now the main point

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.440
 of what we're saying

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.860
 is this.

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.420
 We do have

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.759
 such a high priest

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:01.320
 who sat down

00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.200
 at the right hand

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.320
 of the throne

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.640
 of the majesty

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.560
 in heaven

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:07.160
 and who serves

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:08.120
 in the sanctuary,

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.779
 the true tabernacle

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.960
 set up by the Lord,

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:13.900
 not by a mere human being.

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.900
 Every high priest

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.440
 is appointed

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.540
 to offer both gifts

00:21:18.540 --> 00:21:19.519
 and sacrifices

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:21.980
 and so it was necessary

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.019
 for this one also

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.800
 to have something

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.519
 to offer.

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:27.080
 If he were on earth,

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.920
 he would not be a priest

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.259
 for there are already

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.100
 priests who offer

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.060
 the gifts prescribed

00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.840
 by the law.

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:35.220
 They serve at a sanctuary

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.320
 that is a copy

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:37.620
 and shadow

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:39.140
 of what is in heaven.

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:41.060
 This is why Moses

00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.580
 was warned

00:21:41.580 --> 00:21:42.220
 when he was about

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.320
 to build the tabernacle

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.659
 see to it

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.759
 that you make everything

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:47.159
 according to the pattern

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.819
 shown you

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.519
 on the mountain.

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.299
 But in fact,

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.439
 the ministry

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.899
 Jesus has received

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:55.019
 is as superior

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.659
 to theirs

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.679
 as the covenant

00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.839
 of which

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:59.339
 he is mediator

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.059
 is superior

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:01.500
 to the old one

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:03.519
 since the new covenant

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.919
 is established

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:06.539
 on better promises.

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.500
 If there had been

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.139
 nothing wrong

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.200
 with that first covenant,

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.960
 no place

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.419
 would have been

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.220
 sought for another.

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.960
 but God

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.720
 found fault

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.500
 with the people

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.119
 and said,

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:20.200
 the days are coming,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.119
 declares the Lord,

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.379
 when I will make

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.159
 a new covenant

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.059
 with the people

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.700
 of Israel

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.519
 and with the people

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.039
 of Judah.

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.799
 It will not be

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.500
 like the covenant

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.779
 I made with their ancestors

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.519
 when I took them

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.139
 by the hand

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.980
 to lead them

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.619
 out of Egypt

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:34.319
 because they did not

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.980
 remain faithful

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.700
 to my covenant

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.259
 and I turned away

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.720
 from them,

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.819
 declares the Lord.

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:41.079
 this is the covenant

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.279
 I will establish

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.079
 with the people

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.779
 of Israel

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:45.139
 after that time,

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.019
 declares the Lord.

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:47.659
 I will put my laws

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:49.319
 in their minds

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.960
 and write them

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.859
 on their hearts.

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:54.119
 I will be their God

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:55.740
 and they will be

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.299
 my people.

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.639
 No longer will they

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.899
 teach their neighbor

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:01.339
 or say to one another,

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.519
 know the Lord

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.059
 because they will

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.699
 all know me

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:06.519
 from the least of them

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.679
 to the greatest

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:09.580
 for I will forgive

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.560
 their wickedness

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:12.360
 and remember

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:13.340
 their sins

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.220
 no more.

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.580
 By calling this covenant

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.200
 new,

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.500
 he has made

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.259
 the first one

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.799
 obsolete

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:22.320
 and what is obsolete

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:23.460
 and outdated

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:25.279
 will soon disappear.

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.900
 Now the first covenant

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.759
 had regulations

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.400
 for worship

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.400
 and also

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.600
 an earthly sanctuary.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.840
 A tabernacle

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.500
 was set up

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.940
 in its first room

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.740
 where the lampstand

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.360
 and the table

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.660
 with its consecrated bread

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.920
 this is called

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.740
 the holy place.

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.360
 Behind the second curtain

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.880
 was a room

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.080
 called the most holy place

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.820
 which had the golden

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.900
 altar of incense

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.800
 and the gold-covered

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.519
 ark of the covenant.

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.220
 This ark contained

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.460
 the gold jar of manna,

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.400
 Aaron's staff

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.980
 that had budded

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.240
 and the stone tablets

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.860
 of the covenant.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.680
 Above the ark

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.400
 were the cherubim

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.000
 of the glory

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.019
 overshadowing

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.000
 the atonement cover

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.660
 but we cannot discuss

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.279
 these things

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.620
 in detail now.

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.640
 When everything

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.400
 had been arranged

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.000
 like this

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.100
 the priests

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.180
 entered regularly

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.200
 into the outer room

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.840
 to carry on

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.400
 their ministry

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:11.740
 but only the high priest

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.940
 entered the inner room

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.160
 and that

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.840
 only once a year

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:17.560
 and never

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.820
 without blood

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:20.380
 which he offered

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.060
 for himself

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:22.480
 and for the sins

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.660
 the people had committed

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:25.060
 in ignorance.

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:27.200
 The Holy Spirit

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.299
 was showing by this

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.080
 that the way

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:30.500
 into the most holy place

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.660
 had not yet been

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.680
 disclosed

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:34.960
 as long as the first

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.960
 tabernacle was still

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.440
 functioning.

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.560
 This is an illustration

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:40.060
 for the present time

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:41.019
 indicating

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.259
 that the gifts

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.220
 and sacrifices

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.100
 being offered

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.340
 were not able

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:46.980
 to clear the conscience

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.380
 of the worshiper.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.580
 They are only a matter

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.100
 of food

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.900
 and drink

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:53.060
 and various

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:54.519
 ceremonial washings

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.580
 external regulations

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:58.600
 applying until the time

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.299
 of the new order.

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:01.519
 But when Christ

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.000
 came

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.700
 as high priest

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.519
 of the good things

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.359
 that are now

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.139
 already here

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.180
 he went through

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.099
 the greater

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.299
 and more perfect

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.159
 tabernacle

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:11.159
 that is not made

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.200
 with human hands

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.659
 that is to say

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.419
 it is not part

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:15.159
 of this creation.

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.159
 He did not enter

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:18.099
 by means of the blood

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.639
 of goats

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.740
 and calves

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.419
 but he entered

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.940
 the most holy place

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.159
 once for all

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:26.119
 by his own blood

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.939
 thus obtaining

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:30.019
 eternal redemption.

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:33.059
 The blood of goats

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.339
 and bulls

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.500
 and the ashes

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.199
 of a heifer

00:25:36.199 --> 00:25:37.299
 sprinkled on those

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.299
 who are ceremonially

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.099
 unclean

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.419
 sanctify them

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.439
 so that they are

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.299
 outwardly clean.

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:44.059
 How much more

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.919
 than will the blood

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.699
 of Christ

00:25:45.699 --> 00:25:46.739
 who through

00:25:46.739 --> 00:25:47.919
 the eternal spirit

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:49.039
 offered himself

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.359
 unblemished

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.739
 to God

00:25:51.739 --> 00:25:53.319
 cleanse our

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.219
 consciences

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.700
 from acts

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.039
 that lead to death

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:59.400
 so that we may serve

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.519
 the living God.

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.400
 For this reason

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.980
 Christ is the mediator

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.180
 of a new covenant

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:07.860
 that those who are called

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:09.100
 may receive

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.900
 the promised

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.740
 eternal inheritance

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.920
 now that he has died

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.759
 as a ransom

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.420
 to set them free

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:18.140
 from the sins committed

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:19.620
 under the first covenant.

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:22.299
 In the case of a will

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.599
 it's necessary

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.319
 to prove

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.059
 the death

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.460
 of the one

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.099
 who made it

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.680
 because a will

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.500
 is in force

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.359
 only when somebody

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.980
 has died.

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.519
 It never takes effect

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.019
 while the one

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.799
 who made it

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.220
 is living.

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.700
 This is why

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.700
 even the first covenant

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.980
 was not put into effect

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.720
 without blood.

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.339
 When Moses

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.980
 had proclaimed

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.879
 every command

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.359
 of the law

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.240
 to all the people

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.220
 he took the blood

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.899
 of calves

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:45.240
 together with water

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.359
 scarlet wool

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.559
 and branches of hyssop

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.899
 and sprinkled

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.399
 the scroll

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.359
 and all the people.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.740
 He said

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.899
 this is the blood

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.599
 of the covenant

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.159
 which God

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.959
 has commanded you

00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:56.519
 to keep.

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.240
 In the same way

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.899
 he sprinkled

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.500
 with the blood

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.859
 both the tabernacle

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.500
 and everything

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.599
 used in its ceremonies.

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.099
 In fact

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.379
 the law requires

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.259
 that nearly everything

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.339
 be cleansed with blood

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:09.279
 and without the shedding

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.779
 of blood

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.679
 there is no forgiveness.

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.259
 It was necessary

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.339
 then for the copies

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.799
 of the heavenly things

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.959
 to be purified

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:19.099
 with these sacrifices.

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:21.139
 but the heavenly

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.659
 things themselves

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:25.019
 with better sacrifices

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.819
 than these.

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.779
 For Christ did not

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.839
 enter a sanctuary

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:30.219
 made with human hands

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:31.619
 that was only a copy

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.859
 of the true one.

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.539
 He entered heaven

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.079
 itself

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:37.379
 now to appear

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.139
 for us

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.759
 in God's presence.

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.219
 Nor did he enter heaven

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:43.139
 to offer himself

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:44.619
 again and again

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.939
 the way the high priest

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:47.219
 enters the most holy place

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.900
 every year

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.380
 with blood

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.360
 that is not his own.

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.259
 Otherwise

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.200
 Christ would have had

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.319
 to suffer many times

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.220
 since the creation

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.900
 of the world.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.019
 But he has appeared

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.940
 once for all

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.839
 at the culmination

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.779
 of the ages

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.220
 to do away

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.100
 with sin

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:04.680
 by the sacrifice

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.799
 of himself.

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.039
 Just as people

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.500
 are destined

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.360
 to die once

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.759
 and after that

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.539
 to face judgment

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.240
 so Christ

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.920
 was sacrificed

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.960
 once

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.480
 to take away

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.279
 the sins

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.880
 of many.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.259
 And he will appear

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.240
 a second time

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:22.259
 not to bear sin

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:24.039
 but to bring salvation

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.200
 to those

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.180
 who are waiting

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.620
 for him.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.799
 The law

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.559
 is only

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.620
 a shadow

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:32.920
 of the good things

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.840
 that are coming

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:35.539
 not the realities

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.340
 themselves.

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.220
 For this reason

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.100
 it can never

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:40.180
 by the same

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.039
 sacrifices

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.700
 repeated

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.859
 endlessly

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:44.019
 year after year

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.099
 make perfect

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.059
 those who draw near

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.619
 to worship.

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.319
 Otherwise

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.799
 would they

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.039
 not have stopped

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.639
 being offered?

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.619
 For the worshippers

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.099
 would have been

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:54.139
 cleansed once for all

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.980
 and would no longer

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.779
 have felt guilty

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.619
 for their sins.

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.180
 But those sacrifices

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.000
 are an annual

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.639
 reminder

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.920
 of sins.

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.599
 It is impossible

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.819
 for the blood

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.500
 of bulls

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.779
 and goats

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.879
 to take away

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.359
 sins.

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:11.299
 therefore

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:13.039
 when Christ

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.019
 came into the world

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.819
 he said

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.639
 sacrifice

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:18.219
 and offering

00:29:18.219 --> 00:29:19.559
 you did not

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.000
 desire

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:21.899
 but a body

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:23.079
 you prepared

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.559
 for me.

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.519
 With burnt

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.959
 offerings

00:29:25.959 --> 00:29:26.740
 and sin offerings

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.319
 you were not

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.819
 pleased.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.159
 Then I said

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.599
 here I am

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.099
 it is written

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.799
 about me

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:35.119
 in the scroll

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.259
 I have come

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.399
 to do your will

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.519
 my God.

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.840
 First he said

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.840
 sacrifices

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.660
 and offerings

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.880
 burnt offerings

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.720
 and sin offerings

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.460
 you did not

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.880
 desire

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.480
 nor were you

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.220
 pleased with them

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.360
 though they were

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.540
 offered in

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.120
 accordance with

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.519
 the law.

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.320
 Then he said

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.519
 here I am

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 I have come

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.880
 to do your will.

00:29:57.280 --> 00:29:58.519
 He sets aside

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.160
 the first

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.980
 to establish

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.000
 the second

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.259
 and by that

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.519
 will

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.280
 we have been

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:04.259
 made holy

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.460
 through the

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.980
 sacrifice

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.079
 of the body

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.759
 of Jesus

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.339
 Christ

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.759
 once for all.

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.819
 Day after day

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.480
 every priest

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.180
 stands and

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.759
 performs his

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.519
 religious duties

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.620
 again and again

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.240
 he offers

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.799
 the same

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.480
 sacrifices

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.059
 which can

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.620
 never take

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.339
 away sins

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.160
 but when

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.779
 this priest

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.259
 had offered

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.200
 for all time

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.579
 one sacrifice

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.420
 for sins

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.740
 he sat down

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 at the right

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 hand of God

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 and since

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 that time

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 he waits

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 for his enemies

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 to be made

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 his footstool

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 for by one

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 sacrifice

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 he has made

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 perfect forever

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 those who are

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 being made

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 holy.

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 The Holy Spirit

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.519
 also testifies

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.220
 to us

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 about this.

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 First he says

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 this is the

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 covenant I will

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 make with them

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 after that time

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 says the Lord

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 I will put my

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 laws in their

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 hearts

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 and I will

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 write them

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 on their minds

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 then he adds

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.759
 their sins

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.960
 and lawless

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.480
 acts

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 I will

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 remember no

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 more.

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 And where

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.980
 these have

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.740
 been forgiven

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.180
 sacrifice for

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 sin is no

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.359
 longer necessary

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 therefore

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 brothers and

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.240
 sisters since

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 we have

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.359
 confidence to

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 enter the

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.119
 most holy

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.240
 place by

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.819
 the blood

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.519
 of Jesus

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:24.079
 by a new

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.700
 and living

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.599
 way opened

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.519
 for us

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.359
 through the

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.000
 curtain that

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.779
 is his

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.200
 body and

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.559
 since we

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.059
 have a great

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.720
 priest over

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.160
 the house

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.580
 of God

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:32.980
 let us

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.840
 draw near

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.480
 to God

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.680
 with the

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.580
 sincere heart

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.960
 and with the

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.620
 full assurance

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.279
 that faith

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.820
 brings

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:41.140
 having our

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:42.340
 hearts sprinkled

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.019
 to cleanse us

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.540
 from a guilty

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.140
 conscience

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.580
 and having our

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.300
 bodies washed

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.740
 with pure

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.120
 water

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:49.140
 let us hold

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.560
 unswervingly

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.740
 to the hope

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.440
 we profess

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:54.240
 for he who

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.740
 promised

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.580
 is faithful

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:59.840
 a new

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.300
 covenant

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.419
 a better

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:01.980
 covenant

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:03.419
 better

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.000
 promises

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.819
 established

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.539
 by a

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.839
 greater

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.220
 high

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.659
 priest

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.220
 who

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.519
 offered

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.759
 the

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.159
 greatest

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.440
 of

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.119
 sacrifices

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.940
 once for

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.559
 all time

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.220
 in the

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.539
 greater

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.200
 and more

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.019
 perfect

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.819
 tabernacle

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.579
 of heaven

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.000
 thus obtaining

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.759
 eternal

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.519
 redemption

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.799
 everlasting

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.700
 forgiveness

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.119
 and free

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.919
 access to

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.659
 the holiest

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.200
 place

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:25.399
 to God

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.839
 himself

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.919
 this is what

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.379
 we mark

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.879
 with bread

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.339
 and cup

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:30.159
 this morning

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:31.740
 not just

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.159
 that Jesus

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.720
 died on the

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.079
 cross

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:34.439
 but that

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.039
 Jesus has

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.740
 done all

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.199
 this

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:37.579
 for us

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:39.000
 by his

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.359
 death

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.359
 because of

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.839
 his love

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:44.139
 a new

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.699
 covenant

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:47.299
 everlasting

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.199
 forgiveness

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:49.959
 and life

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:52.059
 what an

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.620
 amazing gift

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.200
 of grace

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.920
 Jesus is

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.480
 to us

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.980
 if you

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.460
 believe in

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.840
 your heart

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.319
 that Jesus

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.900
 has done

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.559
 all this

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.160
 for you

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.620
 please

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.440
 join with

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.079
 us in

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.559
 eating and

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.779
 drinking

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.279
 from this

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.640
 table

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:09.620
 in a

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:09.940
 moment

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:11.160
 Dave will

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.519
 come up

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.140
 and pass

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.440
 out the

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.880
 elements

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:14.460
 and after

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.819
 a couple

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.259
 of minutes

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.759
 of quiet

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.200
 prayer and

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.600
 reflection

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.019
 we'll

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.940
 partake

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.319
 together

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.759
 we'll wait

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.359
 until everybody

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.779
 has been

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.079
 served

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.399
 and then

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.619
 we'll

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.179
 partake

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.799
 together