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 Good morning, everyone. Handouts at the back, pens as well. I'm a bit more alive today.

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 I might still cough, so please excuse me, but I'm here. I'm well. Let me pray and we'll

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 just dive straight in. Lord God, we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, the Anointed

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 One, the Prophet, Priest and King who has come to save us, who intercedes for us in heaven

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 right now and whose cross, that glorious cross, is our salvation. And we ask that we would

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 gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of his work today, of his death, of the cross.

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 And would we not only know it in our minds, but would we love it in our hearts? And we

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 ask all this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen. So this is a series all about the work of Christ. As we've seen over the past few

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 weeks, we've seen that God saves us through offices. So through prophets, priests and

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 kings. So God doesn't just generally save. He doesn't just zap this thing called salvation

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 down to us. No, he saves by providing three types of men, three offices, which are given

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 to solve our three problems of sin. Prophets cure ignorance, priests cure guilt, and kings

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 free the enslaved. And over this series, we're seeing how each of these offices Christ fulfills,

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 and that's how he saves us. And so when Christ came to save us, he came to fulfill these three

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 offices. That's how he saves. So as we learn these offices, we then better appreciate how

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 Christ saves us. And that's the intention of this whole series. And today we've come to

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 the office of priest. And there's a lot to get through. So let's first just define what a

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 priest is and does. And this is the first point today. A priest brings us to God. So Hebrews

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 5 gives us the classic definition of a priest. For every high priest chosen from among men

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 is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

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 So just a few things to note here. We'll unpack this as we go. But just a few things to note here.

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 First, do you see a priest is a man, a human being. They're chosen among men. And that's important

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 because a priest is appointed to act on behalf of men. A priest represents the people. And representing

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 how, did you see, in relation to God. So they don't represent the people on behalf, like toward other

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 nations or towards animals or nature or whatever it might be. No, that they represent the people in

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 relation to God. A priest represents God's people up to God. So we can't come to God on our own.

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 We can't come individually or kind of in any old way. But instead, a priest represents us to God,

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 brings us to God. And what does he do for us in order to bring us to God? Do you see at the end of

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 verse one, he offers gifts and sacrifices. Sacrifices are inseparably tied to the priesthood

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 and coming to God. Priests and sacrifices go together. But if you want to just simplify all

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 that, just think, a priest brings us to God, okay? And this is in distinction to prophets who bring

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 God to us. So think of it like this, and think back to all we've learned about prophets. A prophet

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 is a mediator who brings God down to us, and the arrow goes down, right? So we need to hear from

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 God, and so a prophet does that. A prophet represents God to the people. But a priest represents the people

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 up to God. So we come to God through a priest. And we need both of these for salvation, don't we? So we need

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 to know God for eternal life, and we need to hear from him, prophets. But also, we need to be with God

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 for eternal life. Knowing him means being with him. And to understand why we need a priest to do this,

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 to be able to come to God at all, we need to understand that the effects of sin are very vast.

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 So first, just think, as we think of prophets, we've seen that sin has done something in us.

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 Hasn't it? So it's changed us. Do you remember why we need a prophet? Well, because sin has done

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 something in us, we've become ignorant, haven't we? Our minds have become darkened.

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 And in ourselves, we've become corrupt.

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 So sin has done something in us. I would just kind of like you put this, that over us and in us were not that artistic.

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 So just think, all that sin is in the people, with the people.

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 And so God sends prophets to save us from these effects of sin.

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 But sin has also done a lot more than that.

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 Sin has done something to God's attitude toward us.

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 How God relates to us has changed.

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 So just look at some of these verses to see God's disposition toward us as sinners.

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 So Ephesians 2.

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 We are children of wrath.

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 In our sin, God's attitude towards us is wrathful.

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 And what else?

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 Sin has faced God's wrath and fury, Romans 2.

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 We are God's enemies.

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 There's enmity now.

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 What else?

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 And how does God feel about his enemies?

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 Well, he says they need to die.

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 That's why the promise to Adam is, if you sin, you shall surely die.

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 And the wages of sin is death.

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 And that means both physical death and eternal death in hell.

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 So something has changed in our relationship with God.

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 Ever since the fall, God's attitude and relationship toward humanity has changed.

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 He's now wrathful and furious.

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 Now, that isn't to say that God has changed in himself.

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 As if, kind of, he was a nice God before, but now with sinners, now he's turned into an angry God.

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 No, no, we're not saying that.

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 Think back to our doctrine of God classes.

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 God doesn't change in himself.

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 That's why I've written these words, not in God, but kind of in the relationship between God and man.

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 That this is a change in relation.

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 That this change is a reaction towards sin.

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 Our sin now provokes God's holiness and the justice of God, which results in a change of relationship.

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 Wrath.

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 And so now, there is this huge and terrifying demand hanging over humanity, and it's needing to be met.

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 It's separating us from God, and it's this demand needing to be met.

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 And it's weighing down on humanity.

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 So it's going to be like this.

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 Okay, we can just sum it up with wrath and death.

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 Okay?

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 So, that there is now, in our relationship with God, that there is now this huge demand both separating us, weighing down on us.

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 And it's a demand that needs to be met.

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 It's a penalty.

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 A demand needing to be met if we're to relate to God at all.

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 And so, we can't approach God as we are.

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 God is too holy, too righteous, too just for us to just approach him as we are in our sin.

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 Because as soon as we approach him, all that we would encounter is his wrath and death.

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 These demands separate us from God, bar us from coming to him.

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 And so, if we want to approach God and be reconciled to him and to know him and to have a good relationship with him and to have life with him, what needs to happen?

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 These demands need to be met.

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 They need to be satisfied, paid for, dealt with.

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 But how can that happen?

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 Well, we need someone holy enough to come into his presence.

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 And we need that same person to deal with the demand that stops us approaching him.

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 That is the only way we can come to God.

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 In a word, we need someone to achieve propitiation for us.

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 This is a strange but important word.

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 I want to teach you new words here.

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 And I want us to learn this.

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 Propitiation means to appease God's anger.

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 To end and satisfy the demands of God's justice and anger.

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 So, when someone propitiates God, they settle his anger.

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 Okay?

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 Is everyone on board with that?

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 And so, we need someone to achieve propitiation.

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 Okay?

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 So, propitiation is the state in God.

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 With God's anger settled.

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 And the verb to propitiate, someone propitiates toward God.

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 And when that happens, this relationship is restored.

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 We can come to God when that happens.

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 And when someone does that, this is called atonement.

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 Atonement.

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 And this is another word I want us to learn.

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 Atonement.

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 There's a handy way to remember this.

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 Atonement means being at one with God.

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 Right?

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 At-one-ment.

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 Atonement.

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 It means dealing with guilt.

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 The guilt of sin.

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 And propitiating God's anger.

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 Restoring the relationship.

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 And so, when you have propitiation, that means that disappears.

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 And when you have atonement, it means it kind of refers to the whole relationship.

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 The whole thing is restored.

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 And so, we need someone to step in between us and God.

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 A mediator.

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 To propitiate God's wrath and achieve atonement.

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 And this is where a priest comes in.

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 A priest does exactly that.

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 God provides priests as mediators to propitiate the wrath of God.

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 And provide atonement.

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 And provide atonement for our sins.

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 And how do they do that?

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 Remember the definition from Hebrews 5.

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 They achieve this through sacrifice.

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 So, if we are to come to God at all.

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 We need a priest and a sacrifice to be able to come to God.

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 One and two.

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 Right?

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 That's the only way to come to God.

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 So, God says, you can't approach me in any old way.

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 Your sin is too severe.

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 My justice is too perfect.

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 Instead, you must come through an appointed office.

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 A priest.

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 And through an appointed means.

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 Sacrifice.

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 And through him, only then can these demands be met.

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 And only then can you approach God.

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 And so, sacrifices are key to any priestly work.

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 And key to propitiation and atonement.

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 And coming back to God.

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 They're key to salvation.

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 And so, with this in mind.

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 I want us to now just look at the Old Testament.

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 And at how sacrifices and priests worked.

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 And then we'll kind of piece it all together.

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 And I want us to use all of this to shape our understanding of the cross.

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 So, we'll do a quick Old Testament priests and sacrifices overview.

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 So, this is the second point today.

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 And there are two things I want us to see about the Old Testament.

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 The first sub-point is this.

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 Animal sacrifices were substitutes and propitiation.

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 Now, there are various types of sacrifices in the Old Testament.

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 And that we used at different times for different occasions.

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 But I kind of want us to just simplify things for now.

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 And just show that the typical sacrifice for sin.

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 And the process went like this.

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 So, if I was an Israelite sinner.

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 I would bring an animal to the tabernacle or the temple.

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 I'd bring it to the outer court.

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 So, not inside the holy place or the holy of holies.

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 I'd bring it to the outer court.

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 And the outer court was a bit like a butcher's house.

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 A slaughterhouse.

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 So, I'd bring my, let's say, goat or bull.

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 I'd bring it along.

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 I would take it to the outer court.

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 I would lay my hand on it.

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 And then I would kill it.

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 And then the priest would come along.

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 And take the dead animal.

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 And he would take it over slightly in the courtyard towards the building, the tabernacle of the temple.

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 And just before you get to the entrance, there's this big metal grate, a big barbecue, basically.

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 And you would put the sacrifice on that.

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 Burn it.

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 And depending on what type of sacrifice, there'll be different parts of the animal that would be burned.

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 But ultimately, the priest would take it and burn it.

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 Okay?

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 That's kind of the sacrificial system in a nutshell.

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 So, look at Leviticus 1.

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 These are some of the commands of what happened.

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 Now, key thing I want us to see here is the laying on of hands.

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 When the sinner placed his hand on the animal, this was a sign of his sin and guilt transferring to the animal.

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 It was showing my sin is now passing from me onto something else, onto this lamb or goat or bull.

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 And so, in Leviticus 16, this is all about the Day of Atonement, when the high priest would atone for all the sins.

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 Just look what he would do.

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 This makes the picture a little bit clearer.

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 And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel

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 and all their transgressions, all their sins.

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 As he touched the goat and confessed all the sins of Israel, it was showing that all the sins of Israel are now going onto this goat.

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 Whatever happens to this goat from now on, this is happening instead of the people.

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 The animal became a substitute for the sinner.

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 And what would happen to it?

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 It would be killed.

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 It would die instead of the sinner.

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 The sacrifice of this animal is this real vivid picture of what needs to be done to us.

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 My sin goes to that goat and so that goat must die.

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 The whole sacrificial system of the Old Testament, it reveals this demand of death and the need for propitiation.

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 It's saying the only way you can approach God is if your sin goes onto something else and that something else needs to die

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 because those are the demands separating you from God.

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 And so the only way for us to approach God is for that wrath to land on something or someone else.

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 Because look what this then achieves.

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 Leviticus 1 again.

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 It shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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 Do you remember atonement at one with God?

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 These sacrifices propitiated the wrath of God and achieved atonement for the sinner.

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 So, think of it like this.

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 As the Israelites placed his or her hand on the animal, what happens?

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 It's like all the sin...

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 Let me write sin here.

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 It's like all the sin and guilt of that people...

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 It's going...

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 It's not on them anymore.

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 It's going...

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 Onto the sacrifice, onto the animal.

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 And so what then happens to the animal in death?

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 Well, all the demands of God upon sin...

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 It's not going on to the people anymore.

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 It's going on...

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 To the animal.

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 To the sacrifice.

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 It's being diverted.

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 So the sin on us is being diverted to another.

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 And the wrath, the demands of God are being diverted to another as well.

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 And so, what is this whole thing?

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 So, this...

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 You can think of this little section here.

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 This is propitiation.

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 This is the demands, the wrath being satisfied.

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 And this whole thing, with this restored relationship, this whole thing is atonement.

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 So you can kind of think that's propitiation.

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 But this whole thing is atonement.

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 Right?

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 And so, as the offerer laid hands on the animal, all the sin and guilt is going to be transferred to the animal.

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 And in its death, the wrath of God, all these demands are being met and falling onto the animal instead.

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 And then, the worshipper would then be made right with God.

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 You see, atoned for.

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 And so, the animal sacrifices were substitutes, right?

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 In place of the people.

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 And they were propitiation.

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 Because the death goes onto the animal.

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 But a second thing about the Old Testament.

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 Priests carried the people with them.

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 I think this is on the other side of your sheet.

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 So, whenever the priests sacrificed and laid hands and went into God's presence in the tabernacle or did anything,

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 it's important to understand they never did this kind of in solitude or just for themselves.

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 Priests carried all the people of God with them in whatever they did.

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 So, have a look at this picture of a priest that I got there for you.

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 I want you to notice what they're wearing.

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 Just have a look.

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 What catches your eye?

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 So, in Exodus 28, we read, it's kind of a whole laws about the garments for the priests.

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 And we read that the priest had to wear two stones on their shoulders.

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 You can kind of see them a little bit.

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 Just on their shoulders there.

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 Two stones on his shoulders.

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 And on those stones were written all the 12 tribes of Israel.

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 Simeon, Gad, Reuben.

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 And not only that, look on their chest.

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 They had a breastplate.

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 And if you can count, how many stones were on that breastplate?

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 Twelve.

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 Each of those stones also had a name of the tribe of Israel written on them.

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 And so, you could say that the people's names, all the people of God, were written on the heart of the priest.

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 And he would carry God's people on his shoulders.

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 And so, this was an amazing picture showing that whatever the priest did, he did it on behalf of the people.

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 United to the people.

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 Sacrificing and coming to God for them.

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 On behalf of them.

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 And so, when Aaron entered into God's presence in the temple,

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 He was not just one bloke going in alone.

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 But actually, all of Israel were coming in with him into God's presence.

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 And so, God set all this up, all this system up, these priests and these sacrifices,

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 all so that his people could come to him and approach him.

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 Okay?

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 This is the only way you can do it.

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 But there's something insufficient about all this Old Testament priesthood and sacrifices.

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 And I want you to look through Hebrews to find out what they are.

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 So, in the little breakout box there, break out into groups and just answer two questions.

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 Shouldn't take long.

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 We'll give you a couple of minutes.

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 Look up these passages and find out what is the problem with the Old Testament sacrificial system.

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 My name that that Ryan who has the Ryan who has the

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 okay let's bring it together so what is the problem with the old testament sacrificial system

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 uh hebrew said what was the problem with the the priesthood remember there are two elements

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 the priests and the sacrifices uh moses what what was wrong with the the priesthood they would die

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 right so so we need a priest to come to god but but that priest would die and so you would need to

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 replace that priest and that priest would die then replace that priest and so in this system if we need

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 a priest to come to god this these priests really aren't doing it but because they're kind of a

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 temporary measure to get us there but then they would die and we need to replace

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 and so it he can only bring us to god as long as he lives so it's a bit like um have you ever seen

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 watson gromit in the wrong trousers amazing film you know in the final kind of big uh train chase scene

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 do you remember that um uh gromit's riding this little uh toy train and he's coming to the end

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 of the track and what he does is uh he picks up a box of spare track and he's kind of laying it as he

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 goes you're in that it's amazing um and so he he's uh you kind of think think of the old testament

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 sacrificial system like that like we're trying to get to god and so we put a a priest down a bit of

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 track and then we come to the end of that and we've got to lay another and so we're just constantly

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 having to lay a new track new track but we're never really getting to god but we need a permanent

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 eternal priest who can lead us all the way to god and who will never die

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 and how about hebrews 10 what was the problem with the old testament sacrifices um malvina

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 um they were never sufficient um yeah right yeah yeah there's a lot going on there but but it's

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 quite it's quite striking isn't it it is impossible for the blood of bulls to take away sin to to to

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 achieve forgiveness

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 and that's in part because animals can't pay for human sins

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 but remember the demands of death for us for humans

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 and so think of all the the millions of liters of blood

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 that was poured out by israel over the centuries even all that blood

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 being shed every day throughout the centuries that that's just like throwing a thimble of

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 water onto a fire so it's not actually solving the issue

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 otherwise this is the point the writer the hebrews makes

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 otherwise if a bull was good enough then one bull will do

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 but but the constant sacrifices every day every week every year throughout the centuries

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 these constant sacrifices were a constant reminder that this isn't really achieving propitiation

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 or atonement it's not really doing it and so what do we need we need a priest who can live forever

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 and we need one sacrifice that is good enough to atone for sin forever

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 and so with this priesthood and this problem in the background that this shapes everything about why jesus had to become man

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 what jesus's death achieved

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 and what jesus was doing for us on the cross

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 and i want us to see these three things as we look at jesus the great high priest

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 i want us to see how jesus fulfills all this

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 so look at the first point jesus became man

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 to be a human sacrifice

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 so look what hebrews says about why jesus had to become human

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 why christmas

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 hebrews 2

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 therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect

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 so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest

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 in the service of god to make propitiation

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 for the sins of the people

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 the son of god

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 had to become human

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 because only human sacrifices will do to save us

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 only a human sacrifice will make propitiation for our sins

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 so jesus he was born

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 with a purpose

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 he was born in a human body

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 to be a sacrifice

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 and because he's sinless

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 and because he's the son of god

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 and his life is infinitely valuable

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 infinitely more valuable than

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 than any animal or bull or goat

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 that means his life

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 can match

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 this huge and terrifying demand

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 that hangs over us

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 and that is why it says in hebrews 9

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 but as it is he has appeared once

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 for all

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 at the end of the ages

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 to put away sin

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 by the sacrifice of himself

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 millions of liters of animal blood

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 could never do this

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 but the cross

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 definitively

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 once and for all

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 atoned for the sins of the people

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 but also

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 think about this

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 if jesus was the sacrifice

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 who offered that sacrifice

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 priests

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 priests offer sacrifices

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 don't they

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 right

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 so if jesus is the sacrifice

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 who offered it

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 where's the priest

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 in this transaction

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 jesus is the priest

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 he offered himself

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 but what does jesus say

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 in john 10

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 i lay down my life

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 for the sheep

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 who laid it down

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 who offered it

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 jesus did

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 jesus is both

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 the priest

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 and the sacrifice

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 and so when christ

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 comes in the fullness

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 of time

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 we have this pattern

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 of priest

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 and sacrifice

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 needing to be fulfilled

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 and how is it fulfilled

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 it's fulfilled

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 one man

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 who will live forever

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 the christ

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 and it's

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 on his cross

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 on that first good friday

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 as the skies were darkened

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 something priestly was happening

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 the true priest

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 was offering

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 the sacrifice

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 of himself

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 on the altar

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 of the cross

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 and his blood

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 was shed

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 to propitiate

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 god's wrath

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 and atone

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 for the sins

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 of the people

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 this is why

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 jesus is called

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 the lamb of god

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 this is why

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 his death

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 occurs

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 on the passover

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 that's no coincidence

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 god is showing us

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 that this is the sacrifice

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 and the priest

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 to end all sacrifices

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 but a second thing

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 all this shows us

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 what the cross

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 achieved

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 so if we understand

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 what jesus was

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 on the cross

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 he was a sacrifice

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 we can understand

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 what he achieved

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 on the cross

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 jesus

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 was

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 satisfying

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 the demands

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 of god's justice

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 all the force

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.580
 of god's

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 holiness

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 on evil

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 all the wrath

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 that needs to be

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 poured out

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 on sin

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 it was all

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 falling

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 on jesus

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 to propitiate

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 god's anger

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 which means

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 jesus didn't only

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 die a physical

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.180
 death

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 which he most

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 certainly did

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 but he also

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 died a spiritual

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 death

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 he felt

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 the wrath

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 of god

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 in his soul

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 he experienced

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 what it is

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 truly like

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 for god

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 to unleash

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.840
 his anger

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 on a sinner

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 and that's why

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 in gethsemane

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 do you remember

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 what happened

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 in gethsemane

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 that's why

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 he was so

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 terrified

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 about what

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 was about

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 to happen

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 that's why

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 he sweat

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 drops of blood

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 he knows

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 he's about

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 to drink

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 the cup

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 of god's

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 wrath

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 all these

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 demands

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 and so

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 look what

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 the bible

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 has to say

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 about what

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:07.039
 that achieved

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 what did

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 the cross

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 achieve

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 1 john 2

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 he is

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 the propitiation

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:15.679
 for our

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.039
 sins

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 in this

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 is love

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 not that

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 we have

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:20.159
 loved god

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 but that

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 he loved

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 us

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 and sent

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 his son

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 to be

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 the propitiation

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.039
 for our

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.480
 sins

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:27.679
 christ jesus

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.239
 whom god

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.219
 put forward

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.980
 as a

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.779
 propitiation

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.739
 by his

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:32.239
 blood

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:35.480
 finally

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.139
 propitiation

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:38.059
 has been

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.480
 achieved

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.519
 christ has

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.319
 ended

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:41.500
 the anger

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.940
 of god

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.319
 for his

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.719
 people

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.739
 for you

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:45.399
 and so

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:46.039
 there isn't

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.959
 a single

00:37:46.959 --> 00:37:47.639
 demand

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.459
 hanging over

00:37:48.459 --> 00:37:48.759
 your head

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.199
 anymore

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:53.099
 richard

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.519
 dawkins

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.139
 once said

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.459
 this in

00:37:54.459 --> 00:37:55.299
 an interview

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:57.079
 he said

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.299
 this

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.099
 if god

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.979
 wanted to

00:37:58.979 --> 00:37:59.519
 forgive our

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.079
 sins

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.959
 why not

00:38:00.959 --> 00:38:01.419
 just forgive

00:38:01.419 --> 00:38:01.679
 them

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:03.039
 without having

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.019
 himself tortured

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:05.000
 and executed

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.559
 in payment

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:09.419
 well can we

00:38:09.419 --> 00:38:10.000
 see why

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.739
 he's so

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.399
 wrong to

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.000
 think that

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.260
 what needs

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.659
 to be

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.139
 done

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.239
 if there

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.599
 is to

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.199
 be any

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.079
 atonement

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.940
 or forgiveness

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.440
 what does

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.000
 it take

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:23.119
 the demand

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.900
 of god's

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.380
 justice

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.400
 and anger

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.199
 and wrath

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:27.619
 that needs

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.960
 to be

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.519
 satisfied

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.059
 god is

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.940
 too holy

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.900
 for this

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.380
 just a

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.900
 slide

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.440
 and he's

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.300
 too just

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.199
 to just

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.019
 ignore these

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.599
 demands

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:39.039
 this

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.440
 wrath

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.119
 it has

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.480
 to go

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.339
 somewhere

00:38:41.339 --> 00:38:44.019
 but the

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.360
 question is

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.099
 where is it

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.279
 going to

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:45.420
 go

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.059
 who's it

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.559
 going to

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.000
 go on

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:48.980
 and on

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.380
 the cross

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.219
 jesus was

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.699
 our priest

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.779
 propitiating

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.559
 god's wrath

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:54.519
 so that we

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.360
 can now

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.319
 come into

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:56.920
 his presence

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.880
 the wrath

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.619
 isn't on

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.619
 us anymore

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.940
 it has all

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.819
 in the past

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.360
 been laid

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.199
 on christ

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:07.259
 which brings

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.879
 me to the

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.319
 final thing

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.679
 to see

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.899
 here

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.619
 we'll wrap

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:09.980
 up in a

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.219
 minute

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:13.579
 jesus was

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.299
 representing

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.799
 us on

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.319
 the cross

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:17.759
 so just

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.419
 like aaron

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:19.639
 had the

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.359
 people written

00:39:20.359 --> 00:39:20.819
 on his

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.460
 heart as

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.779
 he went

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.019
 to the

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.319
 altar

00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:24.480
 so jesus

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.939
 had our

00:39:25.939 --> 00:39:26.719
 names

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.899
 written on

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.619
 his heart

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.659
 as he

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.079
 went to

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.539
 the cross

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:32.880
 this is

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.519
 why we

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.059
 can and

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.360
 we do

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:35.639
 say jesus

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.500
 died for

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.900
 us

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:38.980
 he was

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:40.019
 representing

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.699
 us on

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.219
 that cross

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.800
 look at the

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.239
 language of

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.639
 the bible

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:44.219
 god shows

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.659
 his love

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.920
 for us

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.199
 in that

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.779
 while we

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.199
 were still

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.659
 sinners

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.500
 christ died

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.079
 for us

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.579
 for us

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:51.340
 for the

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.639
 love of

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.940
 christ

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.679
 controls us

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.099
 because we

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.579
 have concluded

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.059
 this that

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.079
 one has

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.940
 died for

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.519
 all

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:58.000
 therefore all

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.639
 have died

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:00.679
 he himself

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.339
 bore our

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:02.059
 sins in

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.659
 his body

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.119
 on the

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.400
 tree

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:07.219
 so let

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:07.500
 me ask

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.259
 you did

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:09.279
 you die

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.659
 on the

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.079
 cross

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:12.279
 in one

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:13.039
 sense no

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:15.339
 praise god

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.279
 i didn't die

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:16.659
 on the cross

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.239
 because i

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.920
 could never

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.699
 do that

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:20.460
 only jesus

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.779
 could have

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.179
 done that

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:22.179
 he was

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.799
 the substitute

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.659
 in place

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.039
 of me

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:26.639
 jesus was

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.960
 replacing me

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.460
 on that

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:28.900
 cross

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:31.359
 but in

00:40:31.359 --> 00:40:31.960
 another in

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.579
 another sense

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.679
 did you die

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:34.339
 on the cross

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:36.480
 yes

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:38.599
 because he

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.920
 was representing

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:41.299
 you he

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.319
 had your

00:40:42.319 --> 00:40:43.239
 name in his

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.719
 heart carrying

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.879
 you on his

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:47.099
 shoulders and

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.279
 your sin in

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.980
 his body

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.679
 and so you

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.619
 were united

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.579
 to him

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.739
 on that

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.219
 cross

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:55.699
 this is why

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.199
 paul says

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.739
 we have

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.519
 been united

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.019
 with him

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.319
 in a

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.759
 death like

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.119
 his

00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:01.699
 and so

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.239
 what is

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.779
 happening on

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.299
 the cross

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:04.500
 can be

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.039
 described in

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.899
 three words

00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:07.119
 again i want

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:07.559
 to teach you

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.239
 new words

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:09.079
 here what

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.519
 happened on

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:09.839
 the cross

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:11.159
 was penal

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:12.960
 substitutionary

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.859
 atonement

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:16.019
 so you might

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.359
 have heard

00:41:16.359 --> 00:41:17.119
 these words

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:18.519
 before it

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.099
 just means

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.939
 that on

00:41:19.939 --> 00:41:20.559
 the cross

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.719
 jesus was

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.980
 the propitiation

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.780
 for our

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:25.019
 sins

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.740
 he took

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.579
 the penalty

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.440
 that demands

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.139
 the penalty

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:29.400
 of god's

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.619
 wrath

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.019
 penal

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.639
 he did

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.159
 it in

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.940
 our place

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.820
 representing

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.179
 us

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.199
 substitutionary

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:36.699
 and that

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.059
 death

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.420
 what did

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.139
 it achieve

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:39.500
 atonement

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.579
 and so

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.300
 there's a lot

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:42.719
 that we can

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.099
 say about

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.480
 the cross

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.099
 but this

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.440
 is the

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.860
 heart

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.039
 of it

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.460
 this is

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.000
 just the

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.219
 utter

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.719
 beauty

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:47.159
 of it

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:49.139
 and it's

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:50.099
 really shaped

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:51.099
 and appreciated

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.619
 but when we

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.179
 understand

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.019
 that this

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.799
 isn't random

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:55.460
 jesus worked

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.859
 it didn't

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.399
 come out

00:41:56.399 --> 00:41:56.779
 of nowhere

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.519
 it's not a

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.379
 mathematical

00:41:58.379 --> 00:41:59.339
 transaction

00:41:59.339 --> 00:41:59.739
 either

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.099
 no

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:01.859
 he is a

00:42:01.859 --> 00:42:02.559
 priest

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:04.420
 who offers

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.299
 the sacrifice

00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:06.259
 of himself

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:08.000
 to achieve

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.940
 the propitiation

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.460
 of god's

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.819
 wrath

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:11.299
 and what

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.559
 does he

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.980
 achieve for

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.259
 us

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:13.339
 we now

00:42:13.339 --> 00:42:13.719
 have

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.599
 atonement

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:18.219
 i'll end

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:18.739
 there and

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:19.159
 i'll open

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.480
 up to

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.039
 questions

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:22.039
 you