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 Good morning, everyone.

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 It's good to see you, good to worship with you.

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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus chapter 31.

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

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 and we will have one of our members bring a copy of the Bible over to you

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 that you can use while you're here.

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 We've been in a sermon series through the book of Exodus

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 for the last year or so, and we're actually almost done.

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 We're in Exodus chapter 31.

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 I'm going to read in the beginning verses 1 to 18.

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 I'm also going to preach on chapter 35 verses 1 to 3

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 and verse 32, chapter 36, verse 7.

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 But that second half is a repetition.

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 God speaks to Moses, and then Moses later relays the same information

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 to the Israelites, so a lot of it is word for word repeated,

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 so I'm not going to read that at the beginning,

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 but I will read chapter 31 verses 1 to 18.

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

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 Heavenly Father, everything is ultimately from you and to you.

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 We are creatures of dust, made alive by your breath,

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 made new again by your spirit.

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 We can do nothing apart from you.

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 I cannot stand here and speak apart from you.

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 We cannot sit here and listen apart from you.

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 We cannot have the faith to believe and to obey you without your help.

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 So, Lord, from the beginning to the end, you deserve all the glory.

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 And we ask that you would be glorified and you'd be pleased by this time.

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 Lord, I stand here not as an author, but as a messenger.

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 Speak your word.

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 Help me to say only what you would have me say.

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 And incline our hearts to accept your word

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 and to live in accordance with it

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 so that Christ may be exalted in our lives.

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 It's in his precious name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand for the reading of God's word if you are able.

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 I will read Exodus 31 verses 1 to 18.

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 Bye.

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 Speak to the people of Israel and say,

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 Above all, you shall keep my Sabbaths.

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 For this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations

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 that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.

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 You shall keep the Sabbath because it is holy for you.

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 Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death.

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 Whoever does any work on it,

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 that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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 Six days shall work be done,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest,

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 holy to the Lord.

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 Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.

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 Therefore, the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath,

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 observing the Sabbath throughout their generations

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 as a covenant forever.

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 It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel

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 that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,

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 and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

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 And he gave to Moses,

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 when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai,

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 the two tablets of the testimony,

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 tablets of stone,

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 written with the finger of God.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Twice a year or so,

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 our denomination,

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 Sovereign Grace Churches,

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 publishes a journal whose articles are written by various pastors

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 within our denomination.

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 You can buy a hard copy of it

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 or download a free PDF of it

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 at sovereigngrace.com slash journal.

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 In the latest issue,

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 whose theme was a passion for the church,

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 there was an excellent article by my friend,

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 Mark Alderton,

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 who pastors Sovereign Grace Church of Aurora, Colorado.

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 And I got the idea for my sermon introduction from his article,

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 so I wanted to make sure I give him credit

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 and encourage you to read the article.

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 So think for a moment

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 about what a typical Sunday morning looks like

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 in our ordinary church.

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 And if you have been part of other local churches in the past,

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 feel free to think back to what Sunday mornings look like

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 in those local churches as well.

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 People from various walks of life gather together

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 in the same place at the same time,

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 or at least mostly at the same time.

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 Some come early,

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 some trickle in late.

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 There are men and women,

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 young and old,

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 singles and families.

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 There are empty nesters,

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 young professionals,

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 as well as retired,

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 gray-haired saints.

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 They're all sinners and sufferers in their own ways.

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 Each carries his or her own burdens.

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 Sometimes they're standing during worship,

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 sometimes they're seated,

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 sometimes the auditorium

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 or wherever they're meeting is packed,

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 but more often than not,

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 there are many empty seats.

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 There are some people singing.

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 Some are in tune.

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 Some are not.

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 They clap in different rhythms.

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 The PowerPoint malfunctions

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 from time to time.

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 The pastor preaches a sermon.

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 Sometimes it's good,

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 sometimes not so good,

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 but it can always be improved.

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 Sometimes the battery dies in his microphone

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 at the most climactic moment.

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 Other times there's distracting feedback

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 on the speakers.

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 A young man gets up to walk around

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 to stop from dozing off.

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 And a young mother takes her crying child

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 outside to comfort her.

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 A typical Sunday morning.

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 Now contrast that

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 with what's happening

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 in our big,

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 fast world.

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 The advancement of artificial intelligence

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 and chat GPT

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 are shaking up industries

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 and schools.

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 There are wars

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 and rumors of wars

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 in Ukraine,

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 Russia,

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 Taiwan,

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 China,

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 Afghanistan,

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 and South Sudan.

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 There are mass shootings

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 in Texas

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 and Serbia.

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 Natural disasters

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 all across the world.

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 There are CEOs

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 becoming billionaires

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 and CEOs

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 going to jail.

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 There are athletes

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 winning MVPs

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 and vying for championships.

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 There are autocrats

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 up for election

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 and presidential hopefuls

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 making their case

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 and kings

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 being coronated.

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 With all of these things

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 going on

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 in the backdrop

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 in our world,

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 does the ordinary

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 local church

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 really matter?

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 Mark Alderton writes

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 in his article,

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 most of the world

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 has already answered

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 no to that question.

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 But the one

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 who created the world

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 and the church

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 tells us differently.

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 The ordinary,

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 imperfect,

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 gospel-believing

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 local church

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 as an embodiment

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 of the universal church

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 is the most important

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 gathering in the world.

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 Why?

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 Because it is

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 the blueprint

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 of a broken world

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 remade.

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 Continues,

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 the hope

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 for fallen humanity

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 is to have

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 God, our creator,

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 dwell with us

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 in peace

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 and unending joy.

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 And as we survey

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 the scriptures,

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 we find that God's

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 glorious plan

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 has always been

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 to do exactly that.

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 The local church

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 is the focal point

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 of that plan

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 being fulfilled.

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 There is nothing else

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 like it on earth

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 because the local church

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 with all its limitations

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 and flaws

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 is nothing less

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 than the lived out

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 realization

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 of God's glorious plan

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 to dwell among

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 his people.

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 The church

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 is not merely

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 the instrument

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 or the means

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 that God uses

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 to fulfill

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 his salvation purposes.

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 She is herself

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 the embodiment

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 and fulfillment

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 of God's

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 saving purposes.

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 The church

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 is God's

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 dwelling place

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 on earth.

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 As Ephesians

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 1.23 puts it,

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 the church

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 is Christ's

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 body,

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 the fullness

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 of God

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 who fills

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 all in all.

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 1 Corinthians 3.16

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 says that we

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 are God's temple

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 and that God's

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 spirit dwells

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 in us.

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 with the apostle

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 as the foundation

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 and Christ Jesus

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 himself as the

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 cornerstone.

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 It says in Ephesians

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 2.20-22

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 that we are being

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 built together

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 into a dwelling

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 place for God

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 by the spirit.

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 It's this

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 glorious reality

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 that our passage

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 this morning

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 about the tabernacle

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 points to.

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 It teaches us

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 that we are filled

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 with the Holy Spirit

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 to build God's house

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 and to rest

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 from our work

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 in remembrance

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 and anticipation

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 of God's

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 Sabbath.

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 So we're going to

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 first talk about

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 spirit-filled work

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 and then we're going

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 to talk about

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 Sabbath rest.

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 Chapter 31

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 verses 1-11

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 is the last section

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 of God's instructions

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 to Moses

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 regarding the tabernacle.

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 God has already

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 given Moses instructions

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 on what to make,

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 why,

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 and how to make them.

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 But now he gives

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 him instructions

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 about who is actually

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 to make those things,

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 those furnishings,

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 the tabernacle.

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 And God chooses

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 two skilled craftsmen

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 to lead the whole

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 construction project.

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 The first name

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 is Bezalel

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 and the second

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 is Oholiab.

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 The name Bezalel

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 means under the shadow

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 or under the protection

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 or under the shelter

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 of God,

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 which is quite fitting

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 for a man in charge

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 of building the literal

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 shelter of God

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 where the shadow

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 or the glory of God

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 will rest.

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 The name Oholiab

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 means protection

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 of the Father

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 or more literally

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 tent of the Father.

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 Again,

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 a very fitting name

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 for someone

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 who's going to be

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 in charge

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 of building the tent

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 or the tabernacle

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 for God.

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 So these men,

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 handpicked

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 by God himself,

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 were destined

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 for the work

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 that they are about

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 to embark on.

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 We're not given

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 many details

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 about Oholiab,

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 however we do know

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 that both men

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 are exceptionally

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 skilled in their craft.

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 Later in 3535,

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 when Moses is relaying

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 the Lord's instructions

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 to the Israelites,

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 he says,

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 the Lord has filled

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 both Bezalel

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 and Oholiab

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 with skill

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 to do every sort

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 of work done

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 by an engraver

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 or by a designer

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 or by an embroiderer

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 in blue and purple

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 and scarlet yarns

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 in fine twine linen

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 or by a weaver,

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 by any sort of workman

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 or skilled designer.

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 So they're like

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 Renaissance men.

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 They're very skilled

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 in all artistic designs

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 and crafts

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 related to the tabernacle.

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 And the Hebrew word

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 translated skill here

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 is the word

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 that is most often

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 translated as wisdom.

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 And in Exodus 28.3,

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 when it spoke

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 of recruiting

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 all the skillful

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 whom the Lord

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 has filled

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 with the spirit of skill

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 to make priestly garments,

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 the word skillful

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 there literally meant

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 wise of heart.

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 Just as wisdom

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 comes from applying

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 the knowledge

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 of God's word

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 to one's life,

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 self.

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 So skill

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 comes from applying

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 one's technical knowledge

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 to repeated practice.

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 So God recruits,

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 calls the skillful,

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 the wise of heart

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 who have much experience

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 in their craft,

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 not novice craftsmen,

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 but these skilled craftsmen

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 to build the tabernacle

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 and its furnishings.

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 And the reason for that,

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 of course,

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 is what we talked about

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 a few weeks ago,

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 Exodus 28.2,

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 because these furnishings

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 and tabernacle

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 are meant for glory

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 and for beauty.

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 And a clumsy,

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 novice craftsman

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 cannot make that.

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 It has to be beautiful,

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 it has to be glorious

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 because our God

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 is the God of glory

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 and beauty.

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 There's something

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 to be said here

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 for doing our work

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 that we do

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 with skill

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 and excellence.

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 Colossians 3.23-24

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 commends us,

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 whatever you do,

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 work heartily

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 as for the Lord

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 and not for men,

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 knowing that

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 from the Lord

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 you will receive

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 the inheritance

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 as a reward.

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 You are serving

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 the Lord Christ.

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 Whatever your work might be,

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 not only if you're

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 a pastor

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 or a theologian,

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 but also if you're

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 a mom,

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 an academic,

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 a nurse,

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 a doctor,

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 a software engineer,

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 architect,

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 designer,

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 analyst,

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 lawyer,

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 artist,

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 musician,

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 scientist,

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 administrator,

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 sales rep,

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 or accountant,

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 accountant,

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 you are to work

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 heartily

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 as unto God

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 and not unto men.

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 We should do our work

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 heartily,

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 not half-heartedly.

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 A person who is

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 working directly

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 for a prominent CEO

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 is going to work

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 harder than someone

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 who is working

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 for a lowly manager.

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 How much more so

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 than if we are

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 working directly

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 for the Lord?

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 How much more

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 if we are serving

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 the Lord Jesus

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 who is seated up

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 above in the heavenly

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 places at the right

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 hand of God the Father?

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 We should not work

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 lackadaisically.

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 We should work

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 heartily with skill

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 and excellence

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 like Bezalel

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 and Aholiab

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 unto God

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 and not unto men.

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 Other than his skill,

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 we're not given

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 much information

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 about Aholiab,

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 but we do know

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 more about Bezalel.

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 Bezalel is the son

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 of Uri,

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 son of Hur,

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 of the tribe of Judah.

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 Hur, you might remember

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 from earlier

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 in Exodus 17,

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 is a man who,

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 along with Aaron,

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 held up Moses' arms

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 when he was raising

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 his arm

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 when they were battling

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 against the Amalekites

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 in Exodus 17.

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 It's when Moses

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 raised his arms

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 with the staff of God

00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:40.240
 in his hand

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 that the Israelites

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.960
 were winning the battle

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 and so they held

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.740
 his hand up

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.220
 and Hur,

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 Jewish tradition has it,

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 even though Scripture

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.899
 doesn't tell us explicitly

00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.700
 that he was the husband

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.460
 of Miriam,

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 Moses' sister,

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 which would make him

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:54.419
 Moses' brother-in-law.

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 Whether that's true or not,

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 Bezalel is Hur's grandson.

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.700
 Between Bezalel

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 and Aholiab,

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.700
 Bezalel was the more

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.419
 important figure

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.079
 of the two.

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 We know this

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 because of a number

00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.940
 of clues in Scripture.

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 One is that he is

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.000
 always the one

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.160
 that's mentioned first

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.779
 and we are also given

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:14.019
 much more information,

00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.380
 description of him

00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.560
 compared to Aholiab.

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.259
 And according to

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.080
 Exodus 37,

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.900
 1-6,

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.519
 Bezalel alone

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.380
 is involved

00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:23.180
 in the construction

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:24.140
 of the Ark

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 of the Testimony

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 and its atonement cover,

00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:28.320
 the two holiest items

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:28.940
 in the entire

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:30.019
 tabernacle structure.

00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:32.120
 So while both

00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:33.380
 Bezalel and Aholiab

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.620
 are the craftsmen

00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.519
 and the craftsmen

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.500
 who worked under them

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.220
 and their supervision

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:38.140
 were all filled

00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:39.200
 with the spirit of skill,

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 Bezalel in particular

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.640
 is filled with

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.380
 something more

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:43.900
 than skill.

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 We're told twice,

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 once in chapter 31,

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.800
 verse 3,

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.040
 and again in 35-30

00:17:49.040 --> 00:17:50.060
 that God has filled

00:17:50.060 --> 00:17:50.840
 Bezalel

00:17:50.840 --> 00:17:51.920
 not merely

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.200
 with the spirit of skill

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.420
 but with the spirit

00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:56.100
 of God himself.

00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.420
 The Lord says

00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.140
 in 31-3,

00:17:59.220 --> 00:18:00.220
 I have filled him

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:01.460
 with the spirit of God,

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.600
 with ability

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.420
 and intelligence,

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.140
 with knowledge

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:05.200
 and all craftsmanship,

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.040
 to devise artistic designs,

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.020
 to work in gold,

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:09.220
 silver and bronze,

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.600
 in cutting stones

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.140
 for setting

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:12.080
 and in carving wood,

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 to work in every craft.

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.720
 Of course,

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.680
 this is not the same

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:18.040
 as the Holy Spirit

00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.759
 dwelling in the new

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.700
 covenant people of God.

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 We have the fullness

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.840
 of the spirit

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 in the way that

00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.540
 old covenant saints

00:18:23.540 --> 00:18:24.560
 never knew.

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 But this is still

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:27.300
 an exceptional statement.

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.360
 The only other time

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 previously in scripture

00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:31.720
 in the Old Testament

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.620
 prior to this

00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:33.700
 that anyone has been said

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.380
 to be filled

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.480
 with the spirit of God

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 was in Genesis 41-38

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:38.059
 when Joseph

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.919
 was described

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.559
 as a man

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.159
 in whom

00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:41.559
 is the spirit of God.

00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:43.159
 Just as Joseph

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 was directed

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:45.159
 by the spirit of God

00:18:45.159 --> 00:18:46.059
 and given his wisdom

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.220
 to interpret Pharaoh's

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.319
 dreams prophetically

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.019
 and then to administer

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.500
 the land.

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.799
 So here,

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.159
 Bezalel is filled

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:55.019
 with the spirit of God

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.399
 to provide prophetic

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.819
 and creative vision

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.399
 and practical management

00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:00.159
 for the construction

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.759
 of the temple.

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.700
 The mention of the spirit

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.819
 of God also recalls

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.799
 Genesis 1-2

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.839
 when at the time

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.420
 God was creating

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.980
 the world

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.980
 it said the spirit

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.960
 of God was hovering

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.799
 over the face

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.740
 of the water.

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.259
 In fact,

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.839
 the Hebrew word

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.779
 that is translated

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.960
 variously throughout

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.680
 Exodus 31,

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.220
 35,

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.900
 and 36

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:20.339
 as craftsmanship

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.259
 or craft

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 or task

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 or work

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 to refer to the work

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 of building

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 the tabernacle

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 is the exact same word

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 that is used

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 to describe God's work

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 of creating the universe

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 in Genesis 2-3

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 when it says that

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 on the seventh day

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 God rested

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 from all his work.

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 God rested

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 from all his craftsmanship

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 that he had done

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 in creation.

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 So then the work

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.820
 that Bezalel is doing

00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:46.880
 in building the tabernacle

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 is modeled

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.840
 after the work

00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:49.720
 that God did

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 in creating the cosmos.

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.840
 The tabernacle

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 is a kind of

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 a microcosmos,

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 a microcosm

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 of the world

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 that God has created.

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 This parallel

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.299
 is confirmed further

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.480
 by the four attributes

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 that the Spirit of God

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 has specifically

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:05.619
 endowed Bezalel with

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.460
 in 31-3.

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.339
 Ability,

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.880
 intelligence,

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.059
 knowledge,

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.819
 and craftsmanship.

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 I already mentioned

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 to you that the word

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 craftsmanship

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 is the same word

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 that refers to

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 God's creative work

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.299
 in creation.

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 But the other three words

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 have an even more

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.119
 suggestive parallel

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 in Proverbs 3-19-20

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 which describes

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 how God created

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 the world.

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 And it says this,

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 the Lord by wisdom

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 founded the earth.

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 By understanding

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 he established

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 the heavens.

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 By his knowledge

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 the deeps broke open

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 and the clouds

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 dropped down the dew.

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 Those three words,

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 wisdom,

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 understanding,

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.559
 knowledge,

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 though translated

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.759
 differently in English

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 here,

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 are exactly the same

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 three things

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 that God has filled

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.120
 Bezalel with

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 in Exodus 31-3.

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 In Hebrew,

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 they're the exact

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.920
 same words.

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 So then all four words

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 used to describe

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.300
 Bezalel are taken

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 from God's example

00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:59.220
 in creation,

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.240
 his wisdom

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.900
 in understanding

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.580
 and knowledge.

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 Similarly,

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:04.259
 later on,

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 when Solomon

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 commissions the building

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.380
 of the temple,

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 the Jerusalem temple,

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 in 1 Kings 7-14,

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 he says that

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.380
 Hiram,

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 who is the master builder

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.960
 tasked with that,

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:17.620
 was full of wisdom,

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 understanding,

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 and skill

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 for making

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.860
 any work

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 in bronze.

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.220
 Again,

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.279
 the four identical

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.519
 Hebrew words

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.900
 are used to describe

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.700
 Hiram to create

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.940
 that intentional parallel.

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.779
 Bezalel is constructing

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.480
 the tabernacle

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 and Hiram is constructing

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.840
 the temple

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 and they are both

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.200
 imitating the Lord

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.980
 who created

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.400
 the heavens and the earth.

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 In fact,

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.900
 we can even say

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.759
 that the tabernacle

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 and later the temple

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.540
 are models

00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:46.640
 of the created world.

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.960
 For example,

00:21:48.080 --> 00:21:49.060
 we saw earlier

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.419
 that the tabernacle proper

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:52.019
 is modeled to be

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.700
 a symbol,

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.379
 a representation

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.679
 of heaven itself.

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.059
 The holy place

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.980
 and the most holy place

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:58.079
 represent heaven.

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.919
 Moses was specifically

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.779
 commanded to build

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.399
 the tabernacle

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:02.000
 in accordance

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.000
 with the pattern

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.339
 of the heavenly things

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.960
 that he saw

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.819
 on Mount Sinai.

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 And then,

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:08.240
 the cherubim figures,

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.179
 the angels,

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.879
 that are on top

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.519
 of the atonement

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.240
 cover inside

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.399
 on the ark,

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.700
 or the cherubim

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.220
 that's woven

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.179
 on the veil

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:16.859
 that separates

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.659
 the holy place

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:19.300
 from the most holy place,

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.519
 and the cherubim

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.460
 on the inner curtains

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.300
 of the entire

00:22:22.300 --> 00:22:23.320
 tabernacle structure

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:25.200
 surrounding the most holy place

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.120
 and the most holy place.

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.279
 They all suggest

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.880
 that you are entering

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:31.680
 into a heavenly place.

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.900
 There are angels

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.019
 floating all around you.

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.140
 All the golden furnishings

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.660
 point to the heavenly glory.

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:39.040
 All the golden,

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.920
 and where the ark of God is,

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.440
 which represents

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.519
 the footstool of God,

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:44.100
 it's the very throne room

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.540
 of God.

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.120
 You are sitting

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.939
 in his presence

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:47.359
 in his heavenly throne.

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.779
 And then,

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.779
 when you descend down

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.759
 the levels of holiness,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.899
 from the golden level

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.879
 to the silver level,

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.739
 to down to,

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:55.099
 out into the courtyard,

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.519
 the furnishings

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.439
 are made of bronze,

00:22:57.979 --> 00:22:58.819
 which suggests

00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:00.039
 a more earthly character.

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.779
 Because the courtyard

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.639
 is a representation

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.379
 of the earth,

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:03.939
 in the same way

00:23:03.939 --> 00:23:04.879
 that the holy place,

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.719
 and the most holy place,

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.279
 the tabernacle

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.939
 is a representation

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.599
 of heaven.

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.399
 The earth is where

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:10.500
 the Israelites worship God

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.519
 and make their sacrifices.

00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:13.099
 So they have

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.979
 the bronze altar,

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.980
 which looms large

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.680
 as soon as you enter

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.279
 the tabernacle

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.099
 and represents

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:19.259
 the Mount Sinai,

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.500
 really,

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.680
 where they worshipped God

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.539
 and made sacrifices.

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.620
 That's where they will

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.319
 make sacrifices

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.079
 and worship God.

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.640
 The bronze basin,

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.319
 beyond that,

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.460
 the body of water,

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:29.099
 later in the Jerusalem temple,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.720
 its equivalent

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:31.440
 is called the bronze sea,

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.900
 represents the waters

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.500
 of the earth,

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.380
 in particular,

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.120
 the water that

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.620
 Israelites crossed

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:38.380
 in order to escape

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.099
 from the Egyptians

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.740
 and to enter

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.680
 into the promised land.

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.799
 So the tabernacle structure,

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.559
 the whole thing,

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.359
 is a symbol

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.419
 of the heavens

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:46.559
 and the earth

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.079
 that God is bringing about.

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.460
 Remember,

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:51.059
 in the original creation,

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.899
 in Genesis 1-3,

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.059
 God was walking

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.180
 among men.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.599
 He lived,

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.680
 He dwelled among

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.599
 Adam and Eve.

00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.720
 His presence

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.659
 was not foreign

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:04.039
 to the first human beings,

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.259
 but because of their sin

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.940
 and because of

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.359
 their rebellion against Him,

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.139
 they were exiled

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.919
 from that community,

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.240
 from that Garden of Eden.

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.480
 And the question

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.200
 that's been hovering

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.259
 over humanity

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.059
 ever since is,

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.440
 will we ever be restored

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.059
 to God's presence again?

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.680
 Will God ever dwell

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.519
 with His people again?

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.660
 And the tabernacle

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:23.160
 is a preview

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.880
 of God's unfolding

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.880
 salvation plan,

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.480
 His answer to that question,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:29.059
 that He does intend

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:31.059
 to dwell with His people again,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.720
 this time forever.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.500
 The tabernacle

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.799
 is a temporary fulfillment,

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:38.079
 temporary preview of that.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:40.039
 that promise,

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:41.359
 what the tabernacle promised

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.099
 is fulfilled

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:44.240
 in the spirit-indwelled

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.939
 church of Jesus Christ.

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.639
 Remember how God

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.419
 created the world

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.399
 with wisdom,

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.039
 understanding,

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.579
 and knowledge?

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:52.139
 And then the temple

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.939
 and the tabernacle

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.500
 were produced

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.119
 with wisdom,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.659
 understanding,

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.199
 and knowledge.

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.460
 And then later

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.759
 in Ephesians 1-17,

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.879
 Paul prays

00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:00.240
 for the Ephesians believers

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:02.199
 that God may give them

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:03.079
 the spirit of wisdom

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:05.220
 and of revelation

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:07.579
 in the knowledge of Him.

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.899
 so that they might

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:11.159
 be built together,

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:11.819
 quote,

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:13.480
 into the dwelling place

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.220
 for God

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.299
 by the Spirit.

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.879
 Paul, again,

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.740
 plays on this same theme.

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.759
 The church,

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.859
 which is collectively

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.099
 God's dwelling place,

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:26.319
 is the final dwelling place

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.740
 for God

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.439
 that He is building.

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.599
 And that building project

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.299
 is right now going on

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.240
 as we speak.

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.379
 One day in the new heavens

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.220
 and the new earth,

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.720
 the building will be finished.

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.920
 John recounts

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.860
 his prophetic vision

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:42.319
 in Revelation 21,

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.059
 1-3,

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.140
 when I saw a new heaven

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.860
 and a new earth,

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.960
 for the first heaven

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.700
 and the first earth

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.400
 had passed away

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.500
 and the sea was no more.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.660
 And I saw the holy city,

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.759
 New Jerusalem,

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.680
 coming down out of heaven

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.319
 from God,

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.640
 prepared as a bride

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.740
 adorned for her husband.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.860
 And I heard a loud voice

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.900
 from the throne saying,

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.720
 Behold,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:03.079
 the dwelling place of God

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.199
 is with man.

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:06.059
 He will dwell with them

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.799
 and they will be His people.

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.039
 And God Himself

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.439
 will be with them

00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:11.960
 as their God.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.419
 Where will God dwell?

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.799
 In the holy city,

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.819
 the new Jerusalem.

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.519
 And what exactly

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.319
 is this new city?

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.639
 It's the bride

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:26.279
 adorned for her husband.

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.019
 This is a reference

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.039
 to the church,

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.639
 which is referred to

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.379
 throughout Scripture

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.639
 as the bride of Christ,

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.700
 who is our bridegroom.

00:26:34.280 --> 00:26:35.640
 We, the church,

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.000
 the people of God,

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:38.700
 are the dwelling place

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.500
 for God.

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:41.080
 And we are currently

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:42.259
 being built together

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.420
 into a dwelling place

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.660
 for God by the Spirit,

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.540
 as it says in Ephesians 2.22.

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 In the Greek translation

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.140
 of the Old Testament,

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.360
 the word that is used

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.080
 to describe

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.300
 Bezalel and Oholiab

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:55.140
 as skilled designer

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:57.180
 in Exodus 35.35

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.840
 is the same word

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.720
 that Paul uses

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.280
 in 1 Corinthians 3.10

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.299
 to describe himself

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:04.019
 as the skillful,

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.839
 the skilled master builder

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.700
 who laid a foundation

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:09.180
 for the Corinthian church

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.960
 that others

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.240
 are now building upon.

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.779
 And Paul says

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:14.059
 that he and Apollos

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.500
 and others

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:16.379
 are God's fellow workers

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.940
 and that the Corinthian church

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.019
 is God's building.

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.460
 And by extension,

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.259
 every local church

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.259
 is God's building.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.220
 Bezalel and his building

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.980
 of the tabernacle

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.279
 are fulfilled

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.619
 in the new building

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:30.059
 of the covenant church,

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.000
 the New Testament church.

00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:33.379
 And not only do Paul

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.000
 and Apollos

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.819
 have a role to play

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.839
 as master builders,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:38.079
 every single one of us

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.759
 as believers

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.879
 who are filled

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.440
 and dwelled

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.240
 by the Spirit of God

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.419
 have a role to play.

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.819
 In the old covenant,

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.819
 in Old Testament times,

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.879
 the Spirit of God

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:49.379
 only came upon

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 and filled

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:51.019
 select individuals

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.220
 to complete

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:54.220
 particular God-ordained tasks

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.519
 like Bezalel

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.200
 who was charged

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.659
 with building

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.340
 in the tabernacle.

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 But in the New Testament period,

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.720
 in the new covenant,

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.519
 God had promised

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:03.220
 through prophets Ezekiel

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.140
 and prophets Joel

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.580
 that he will fill

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:07.100
 all of his people,

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.720
 all flesh,

00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:08.400
 with his Spirit,

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.380
 not only

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:12.380
 some select individuals.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.759
 And that's why

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.960
 Ephesians 4

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.640
 says that

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.320
 that day

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.120
 has not been fulfilled

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.620
 in Jesus

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.720
 and Ephesians 4

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.400
 teaches us that

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.480
 grace was given

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.880
 to each one of us

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.220
 according to the measure

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.060
 of Christ's gift

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:26.259
 and God gave

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.819
 the apostles,

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.500
 the prophets,

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.619
 and the evangelists,

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.159
 the shepherds,

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.619
 and teachers

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.759
 to us

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.480
 as a church

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.179
 so that they might

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:34.440
 equip the saints,

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.200
 all of us,

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.099
 for the work

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.740
 of ministry

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.240
 for building up

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:39.220
 the body of Christ.

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.740
 It means every single

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.139
 one of us

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.639
 is charged

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.759
 with building up

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:44.279
 the house of God,

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.079
 the house of the Spirit.

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.639
 And it's when we speak

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:48.019
 the truth of the gospel

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.019
 in love to one another,

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.779
 it's when each part

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:52.480
 it says in Ephesians 2

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.119
 is working together

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:55.459
 that the body grows

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.259
 so that it builds

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.439
 itself up in love.

00:28:58.939 --> 00:29:00.000
 Do you know this

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.199
 grave task

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.979
 that God's given you?

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.119
 There are varieties

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.719
 of service,

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.399
 there are varieties

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.139
 of gifts,

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.779
 there are varieties

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.579
 of activities

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.719
 and God distributes

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.259
 all of them

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.679
 and entrusts all of them

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.799
 to his various people

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.519
 so that we would be

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.639
 an interdependent whole

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.539
 working together

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.319
 side by side

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.059
 for the sake

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.619
 of the gospel

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.379
 and building up

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.859
 his house.

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.859
 We are also,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.019
 like Paul and Apollos,

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.059
 God's fellow builders.

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:27.359
 Are you doing your part

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:29.500
 in God's building project?

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.259
 What are you doing

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:35.259
 to build up God's house,

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.899
 his church?

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.199
 The church, again,

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.979
 as I said before,

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.179
 is not merely

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.699
 a means to an end.

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:45.919
 The church is God's end game.

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:52.740
 The church is where God dwells

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.160
 with his people again.

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:57.560
 What gifts has God given you?

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.840
 Do you share your tongues

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.779
 and their interpretation

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.840
 and prophecies

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.940
 with the people of God

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.700
 to build them up?

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.880
 Do you contribute generously

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:07.460
 to the ministry of the church

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.920
 and to the poor in the church?

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:11.340
 Do you use your biblical knowledge

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:12.480
 and teaching ability

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.340
 to share valuable insights

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:16.440
 to people that you talk to informally

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.140
 or more formally

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.940
 in community groups?

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:20.800
 Are you using your sociability

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:22.240
 and friendliness

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.279
 to draw people

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.460
 into the bond

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.420
 and the unity

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.800
 of our church community together?

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.860
 Are you sharing the gospel

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.880
 with your neighbors

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.800
 and friends

00:30:30.800 --> 00:30:32.420
 to convert new bricks

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.860
 that can be added on

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.720
 to this structure

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.180
 that God is now building?

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:39.860
 On YouTube,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.000
 there are thousands

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:45.840
 of time-lapse videos

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:48.140
 that show the construction

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.200
 of a house

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.019
 from start to finish.

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.940
 Have you guys seen any of this?

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.420
 Okay.

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.720
 Some of you might be thinking,

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:56.160
 well, that sounds really boring.

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.640
 But actually,

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.759
 it's like you watch it

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.039
 and it's downright fixed,

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.180
 like transfixing.

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.380
 It's really hard to stop watching

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.460
 once you start watching it

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.799
 because,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.880
 and these videos,

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.760
 these videos have millions

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.720
 and millions of views

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.320
 for a reason

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:09.480
 because it's amazing

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.420
 to watch the action unfold

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.360
 from the beginning

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.080
 to the end,

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.420
 to see how something

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:16.860
 is built from scratch,

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:19.080
 to see skilled laborers

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:20.120
 doing work

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:22.560
 and seeing something appear

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.680
 where there was previously

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.960
 nothing before.

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:28.580
 It's also a huge time sucker,

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.720
 so don't get into it.

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:36.420
 Sometimes when I'm reading

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:38.100
 a children's Bible

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:39.079
 to my kids,

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.220
 I read the story

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.640
 of God's creating the world

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.319
 and there are these illustrations

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:45.240
 and I imagine to myself,

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.559
 man, it would be really cool

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:48.039
 if I could have been there,

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.000
 see God bring about

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.500
 the heavens and the new earth

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.079
 and the cosmos.

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:57.960
 Well, we have an opportunity

00:31:57.960 --> 00:32:00.359
 to do exactly that

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:03.319
 with God's building of the church.

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:07.720
 This is God's work

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.879
 of new creation.

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:11.839
 If anyone is in Christ,

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.879
 as we saw in the assurance of pardon,

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.139
 2 Corinthians 5.17,

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:17.740
 he is a new creation.

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:21.380
 Everything that is built

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.660
 out there in the world,

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.700
 no matter how grand

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.799
 and no matter how significant,

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.980
 no matter how monumental

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.700
 it might seem,

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.279
 will eventually pass away.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.339
 Jesus tells us repeatedly

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.059
 in the Gospels

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.200
 that heaven and earth

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.519
 will pass away.

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.000
 When the new heaven

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.640
 and earth comes,

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.299
 Revelation 21 tells us

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.200
 that the first heaven

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.420
 and the first earth

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:43.220
 will have passed away.

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.900
 It says in 2 Peter 3.10,

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.599
 the day of the Lord

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.519
 will come like a thief

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.720
 and then the heaven

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:49.740
 will pass away with roar,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.440
 with a roar,

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.480
 and the heavenly bodies

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.700
 will be burned up

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.220
 and dissolved

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.220
 and the earth

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.400
 and the works

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.579
 that are done on it

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.779
 will be exposed.

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.360
 The monuments we build,

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.039
 the schools we build,

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:03.360
 the governments we build,

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:05.660
 Fortune 500 companies we build,

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.620
 the Eiffel Tower,

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.220
 the Taj Mahal,

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.460
 the pyramids of Giza,

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.279
 the Golden Gate Bridge,

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.519
 the Great Wall of China,

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.539
 the Colosseum,

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.960
 the Empire State Building,

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.220
 the Palace of Versailles,

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.279
 La Sagrada Familia,

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.819
 the Burj Khalifa,

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.940
 all of these things

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:23.279
 will pass away.

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.759
 But the church of Christ,

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.680
 built on the foundation

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:31.019
 of apostles and prophets,

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.960
 with Christ Jesus himself

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.240
 being the cornerstone,

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.700
 will never pass away.

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:41.220
 Because we are being built up

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.299
 as a spiritual house

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.740
 with living stones,

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.680
 not dead stones.

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.139
 Because we are being built up,

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.159
 we've been born again,

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.519
 not by a perishable seed,

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:53.839
 but by an imperishable seat

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:56.019
 of God's abiding word,

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:57.319
 the word that remains forever.

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:02.399
 And when the bride of Christ,

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.639
 the church of Christ,

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.519
 is revealed,

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.079
 fully sanctified

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.980
 in all of her glory,

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:10.639
 and we get to behold

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.800
 that holy city,

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.059
 we get to be a part

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.039
 of that,

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.219
 she's going to be

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.079
 more beautiful

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.960
 than anything

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.579
 you have ever

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.860
 laid eyes on

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:21.059
 on this earth.

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:26.039
 And brothers and sisters,

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:29.280
 we get to have

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.639
 front row seats

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.039
 for that construction project.

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:36.019
 More than that,

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.820
 we get to partake,

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.920
 be part of

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.320
 that glorious,

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.320
 eternal

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.079
 construction project.

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.480
 Dear saints,

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:49.059
 do you really believe that?

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.559
 Do you believe

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.320
 that the most important thing

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.340
 being built

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.300
 in this world

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.920
 right now

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:58.340
 is the church

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.639
 of Jesus Christ?

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.659
 If you want to be

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.460
 part of something

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.519
 that will truly

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.699
 have lasting significance,

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.079
 something that will

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.900
 last forever,

00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:11.219
 join God

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:12.000
 in the building up

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.800
 of his house

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:16.239
 by putting your faith

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.800
 in Jesus,

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.239
 repenting of your sins,

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.719
 becoming a part

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:22.139
 of this household

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.639
 of God,

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.440
 that you might be

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.480
 indwelled by the spirit.

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.659
 It says in Exodus 36,

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.719
 verses 2 to 6,

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.559
 Moses called

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.139
 Bezalelah

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.779
 and Aholiab

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.839
 and every craftsman

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:33.859
 in whose mind

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:35.139
 the Lord had put skill,

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.420
 everyone whose heart

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.299
 stirred him up

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.579
 to come to do the work

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.779
 and they received

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.420
 from Moses

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.659
 all the contribution

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.779
 that the people

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.199
 of Israel

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.799
 had brought

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.779
 for doing the work

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.519
 on the sanctuary.

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:47.139
 They still

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.359
 kept bringing him

00:35:48.359 --> 00:35:49.219
 freewill offerings

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.139
 every morning

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.779
 so that all the craftsmen

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.179
 who were doing

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:53.139
 every sort of task

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.699
 on the sanctuary

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.359
 came each from the task

00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:55.879
 that he was doing

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.599
 and said to Moses,

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.980
 the people bring

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.859
 much more

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.739
 than enough

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.559
 for doing the work

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.000
 of the Lord

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.679
 that it has commanded

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.179
 to do.

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:04.099
 So Moses gave command

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:05.179
 and the word

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.719
 was proclaimed

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.400
 throughout the camp,

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.440
 let no man

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.239
 or woman

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:09.420
 do anything more

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.320
 for the contribution

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.259
 for the sanctuary.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.519
 So the people

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.659
 were restrained

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.920
 from bringing

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.679
 for the material

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.279
 they had

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.079
 was sufficient

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.420
 to do all the work

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.679
 and more.

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.759
 The Israelites

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.980
 were so eager

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.880
 to bring their contribution,

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.519
 so eager

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.639
 to take part

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.820
 in this building project

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.960
 of the tabernacle

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.480
 that they had

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.580
 to be restrained

00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:32.720
 from bringing

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:34.260
 too much material.

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:37.980
 If they were so eager

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:39.260
 to be part of God's

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.840
 temporary building place,

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.740
 which is now gone,

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.740
 how much more

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:46.620
 should we be eager

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:48.460
 in building God's

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:50.080
 eternal dwelling place?

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:58.460
 that's the tension

00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:00.019
 I feel

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.699
 in pastoral ministry

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:03.000
 all the time.

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.239
 Like,

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.219
 I can't believe

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:06.179
 that I actually

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.199
 have to

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.179
 sell this

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.599
 to people.

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:12.179
 I don't have to

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.559
 sell this

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.199
 to anybody.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.400
 There should be

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.139
 lines

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.380
 after line

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.239
 after line

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.799
 of people

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.780
 just thronging

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.180
 to come

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.800
 to be a part

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.260
 of this.

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.420
 We get

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.039
 to be a part

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.380
 of God's

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.480
 eternal dwelling place.

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.519
 As I mentioned

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.180
 last week,

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.760
 throughout the

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.539
 tabernacle narrative,

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:40.280
 we find the phrase

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.200
 the Lord said

00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:41.980
 to Moses

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.920
 exactly seven times,

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.720
 six times,

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.360
 it's connected

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.120
 to the various

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.880
 instructions

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.860
 regarding the

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.440
 construction of the

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.640
 temple.

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.680
 We saw the sixth

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:51.539
 occurrence in our

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.880
 chapter,

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.980
 Exodus 31,

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.519
 verse 1,

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.920
 when God gave

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.640
 Moses instructions

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.360
 about appointing

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.920
 Bezalel and

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.460
 Oholiad.

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:59.620
 So this six-day

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.980
 structure for the

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:02.140
 instructions confirms

00:38:02.140 --> 00:38:03.320
 what we have already

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.760
 observed,

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:05.039
 that the tabernacle

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:06.260
 is a kind of new

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:07.680
 miniature creation.

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.640
 And we find the

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.599
 seventh occurrence

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.440
 of that phrase,

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.160
 the Lord said to

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.740
 Moses here in

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.460
 Exodus 31,

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.380
 12 to 13.

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.920
 And the Lord said

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.440
 to Moses,

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.760
 you are to speak

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.440
 to the people of

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.340
 Israel and say,

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.099
 above all you shall

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.380
 keep my Sabbaths,

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:24.460
 for this is a sign

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.460
 between me and you

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.980
 throughout your

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:27.220
 generations that you

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.460
 may know that I,

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.260
 the Lord,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.760
 sanctify you.

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.099
 It's no coincidence

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.780
 that the seventh

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:36.440
 word that God speaks

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:38.320
 to Moses is about

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.800
 the Sabbath,

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:40.099
 which is about

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.119
 resting on the

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.720
 seventh day.

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:43.279
 This is following

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:44.039
 the pattern of

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.000
 God's work for

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.739
 six days and

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.399
 resting on the

00:38:46.399 --> 00:38:47.259
 seventh day because

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.980
 the tabernacle

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.119
 represents God's

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.000
 new creation work

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.980
 where he will dwell

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.619
 with his people

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.119
 again.

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:53.059
 It points to his

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.579
 ultimate new

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.159
 creation work in

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.599
 the church.

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:56.159
 And note how

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:57.359
 this command is

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:57.919
 emphasized.

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.000
 He says,

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.739
 above all,

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:01.079
 you shall keep

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.000
 my Sabbaths,

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.699
 for this is a

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.719
 sign between me

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.239
 and you.

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.399
 I'm not going to

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:07.459
 speak at length

00:39:07.459 --> 00:39:08.099
 about the Sabbath

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.679
 because I've already

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.839
 preached twice on

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.839
 the subject when

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.360
 we're in Exodus

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.620
 16 and Exodus

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:13.039
 20.

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:13.680
 I encourage you to

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.360
 listen to those

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.220
 sermons if you want

00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:15.800
 to find out more

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.280
 about what the

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.980
 Sabbath means for

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.559
 us today as

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:17.960
 Christians.

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.559
 But this repetition

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.380
 shows how enormously

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.579
 important this command

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.240
 to observe the

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:24.360
 Sabbath was for the

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.059
 old covenant people

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.480
 of God.

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:26.980
 Right after the

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.740
 Exodus, as they're

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.380
 embarking on their

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.980
 wilderness journey

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.660
 toward the promised

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.519
 land, God gave

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.019
 them the Sabbath

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.340
 command.

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.200
 He didn't wait

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:33.320
 long to give them

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.800
 that command.

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.740
 He gave it to

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.579
 them even before he

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.100
 gave them all the

00:39:36.100 --> 00:39:37.019
 other commands in the

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.700
 Ten Commandments.

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.640
 And then in the

00:39:38.640 --> 00:39:39.420
 Ten Commandments,

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.260
 as one of the

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:41.220
 Ten Greatest

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.920
 Commandments, God

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.840
 gave the command

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.360
 to keep the

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.360
 Sabbath again in

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.240
 Exodus 20.

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.800
 And here, after

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.480
 completing the

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:49.220
 tavern, when they

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.860
 are about to begin

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.360
 the work of

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.860
 constructing the

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.380
 tabernacle, God

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.100
 gives them the

00:39:54.100 --> 00:39:55.080
 command again to

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:56.120
 observe the

00:39:56.120 --> 00:39:56.440
 Sabbath.

00:39:58.600 --> 00:39:59.660
 That's how important

00:39:59.660 --> 00:40:00.420
 this command is to

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.900
 the Israelites.

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.040
 God says that it

00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:03.040
 is nothing less than

00:40:03.040 --> 00:40:05.120
 a sign between me

00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:05.580
 and you.

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.140
 That's why in

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:08.260
 verses 14 to 15,

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.660
 expulsion from the

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.520
 community of God,

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.580
 God's covenant

00:40:11.580 --> 00:40:12.480
 people, and a

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:14.020
 death penalty are

00:40:14.020 --> 00:40:14.780
 threatened for

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.480
 violating it.

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.820
 When God made

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.440
 his covenant with

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.400
 Noah, he gave the

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.880
 rainbow in Genesis

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:23.340
 9 as a sign of the

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:24.200
 covenant with Noah.

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:25.920
 And in Genesis 17,

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.680
 when God made the

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:27.520
 covenant with Abraham,

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:29.060
 he gave circumcision

00:40:29.060 --> 00:40:30.440
 as his sign of his

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.720
 covenant with them.

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:34.560
 And here, as he

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:35.760
 makes another

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.780
 covenant with Moses

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.420
 and the Israelites,

00:40:37.580 --> 00:40:38.200
 God gives another

00:40:38.200 --> 00:40:39.380
 sign, and that sign

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.380
 is the Sabbath.

00:40:41.540 --> 00:40:42.560
 And the Sabbath had

00:40:42.560 --> 00:40:43.260
 the function of

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:45.000
 sanctifying or setting

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.000
 apart the Israelites

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.180
 for God as his

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:48.040
 special people.

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.940
 Because no other

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.820
 nation on earth

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.880
 kept the Sabbath, a

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.800
 strict weekly day of

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.160
 rest.

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.540
 Right?

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.840
 I've said this a few

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.460
 times before.

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.760
 No, you know,

00:40:59.540 --> 00:41:00.340
 week is a very

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.320
 unnatural unit of

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.960
 time, right?

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:06.159
 A year is based on

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:08.260
 the earth's rotation

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.960
 around the sun.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:10.220
 That's natural.

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.579
 Right?

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:13.400
 The month is based on

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.199
 the lunar cycle.

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.139
 That's natural.

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.099
 A day is based on

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:20.320
 the earth's rotation

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:21.099
 around its axis.

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:21.960
 That's natural.

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.460
 Anybody just observing

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.360
 the heavens and the

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.400
 creation can come up

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.539
 with those systems.

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:29.420
 But a week, why a

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:29.619
 week?

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:32.339
 It's not based on

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:33.299
 any natural phenomenon.

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:36.759
 It exists by divine

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.500
 fiat.

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.719
 Because it's intended

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:41.440
 to set God's people

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:42.659
 apart from the rest

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.699
 of the world, rest of

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.179
 the nations.

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.319
 The rest of the world

00:41:46.319 --> 00:41:47.319
 takes their, take

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:48.159
 their orders from

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.579
 creation.

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.159
 They follow the

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.900
 patterns that they see

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.440
 in creation.

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.900
 But the Israelites

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.839
 God's chosen people,

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.000
 they take their orders

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.659
 from the creator

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.119
 himself.

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.299
 They follow the

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:57.539
 patterns set by the

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.039
 creator.

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.960
 to work six days

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.619
 and rest on the

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.159
 seventh day.

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:06.259
 This is why the

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.759
 Sabbath is so

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.159
 important.

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:09.019
 Breaking the

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:10.619
 Sabbath is like an

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.759
 Olympic athlete

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:15.259
 taking off his

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:17.739
 country's uniform and

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:19.219
 putting on another

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:20.199
 country's uniform,

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.900
 saying, well, I don't

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.480
 belong there.

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:26.760
 It's like someone

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:28.219
 burning your national

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.679
 flag.

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:33.460
 Because it's the sign

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.800
 of their covenant,

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.159
 the covenant between

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:37.539
 God and Israel.

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:41.659
 This is why expulsion

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.340
 is the appropriate

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:42.800
 punishment.

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.599
 You're cut off from

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.320
 God's people because

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.300
 essentially you have

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:46.639
 renounced God and his

00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:48.440
 covenant community by not

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:49.139
 observing the Sabbath.

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.000
 And when you're cut

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.480
 off from your

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.440
 relationship with God,

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.400
 who is the source of

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:54.319
 all life, death is the

00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:55.079
 only appropriate

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:57.139
 consequence, whether that

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:58.759
 happens immediately or

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.639
 eventually after you're

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.259
 cut off from the

00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.940
 community of God.

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:04.139
 And this all-important

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:05.319
 Sabbath command applies

00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:07.799
 even to the God-given,

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:09.859
 God-honoring work of

00:43:09.859 --> 00:43:11.199
 building the very dwelling

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:12.199
 place of God.

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.940
 Isn't that amazing?

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:17.280
 We can see this in the

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.380
 fact that the word work

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:20.500
 used in Exodus 31, 14,

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:22.440
 31, 15, 35, 2 is the

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:24.119
 same word that was used

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.340
 earlier to refer to the

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:27.240
 craftsmanship of Bezalel

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:28.139
 and Aholiab and the

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.860
 other craftsmen.

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.840
 God's telling them in the

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.840
 Sabbath command to even

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:34.800
 rest from that work of

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.820
 building the tabernacle.

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:39.280
 Lest the Israelites think,

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:41.360
 well, we'll rest from all

00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:42.659
 other work, but surely God

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.619
 wouldn't mind if we're

00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.639
 building his house.

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:46.379
 This is such wholly

00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:47.139
 important work.

00:43:48.359 --> 00:43:49.579
 God tells them explicitly,

00:43:50.359 --> 00:43:52.599
 rest from that work.

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:54.359
 Exodus 35, 3 says this,

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:56.559
 you shall kindle no fire in

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.719
 all your dwelling places on

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.539
 the Sabbath day.

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:00.000
 It's kind of a curious

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.559
 command, right?

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.719
 What's wrong with kindling

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:03.519
 fire on the Sabbath day?

00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:04.659
 God's not saying that the

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:06.059
 Israelites shouldn't cook on

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:08.159
 the Sabbath day or eat only

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:09.579
 cold food on the Sabbath day.

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:11.559
 In the context of the

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.259
 construction of the

00:44:12.259 --> 00:44:13.519
 tabernacle, the specific

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.559
 prohibition is probably

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.699
 referring to the work of

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:17.719
 smelting and metalworking

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:19.440
 that are happening day

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:21.139
 after day to build the

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.360
 gold and silver and bronze

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.400
 furnishings of the

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.940
 tabernacle.

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:28.099
 God's saying you must rest

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:30.400
 even from this special work

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:31.579
 of building my own

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.340
 dwelling place.

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:34.659
 This is very helpful for me

00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:36.420
 personally, and I believe it

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.599
 has applications for all of

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:37.860
 us.

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:40.539
 As a pastor, I can be

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:42.259
 tempted to work, work, and

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:45.199
 work, and to find my

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.259
 identity in ministry rather

00:44:47.259 --> 00:44:48.019
 than in Christ.

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:51.139
 It's work that has eternal

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:52.079
 consequences.

00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:54.279
 It's such meaningful work.

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:56.320
 I get to preach God's

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:58.300
 eternal word, infallible

00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:00.579
 word, and I get to care for

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.840
 God's people whom he

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:04.500
 purchased with the price of

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:06.340
 his only son, the blood of

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:07.180
 his only son.

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:13.300
 But by resting even from

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:15.840
 this work, I'm reminded that

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.180
 God is the ultimate builder,

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:17.840
 not me.

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:21.740
 I'm dispensable.

00:45:23.220 --> 00:45:24.480
 The church can get another

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.880
 pastor.

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:27.320
 The church can't get another

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.700
 God.

00:45:32.660 --> 00:45:34.160
 I might not be a pastor

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:35.620
 anymore one day, but I will

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:38.940
 forever remain God's child,

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:40.779
 adopted son of God.

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:46.599
 There are days and seasons

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:48.359
 of rest, even from the most

00:45:48.359 --> 00:45:50.940
 important work that we engage

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.159
 in.

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:53.400
 So no matter how important

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:54.839
 your work might be in your

00:45:54.839 --> 00:45:57.380
 eyes, I think this could

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.759
 apply to mothers as well,

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:00.400
 Mother's Day, and fathers,

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.779
 you could take your work so

00:46:01.779 --> 00:46:02.739
 seriously because you're

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:05.139
 bringing up kids in instruction

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:06.159
 and discipline of the Lord

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:08.039
 and has eternal consequences.

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:12.539
 But your identity is in

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:14.219
 something more than that.

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:17.559
 Whatever happens to your

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:19.599
 kids as they grow up cannot

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:21.539
 change your identity in

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:23.679
 Christ, cannot alter your

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:25.799
 standing in Christ before God's

00:46:25.799 --> 00:46:26.099
 eyes.

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:30.539
 God is the ultimate builder, not

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:30.819
 you.

00:46:32.819 --> 00:46:34.299
 We are not the ultimate builders

00:46:34.299 --> 00:46:34.980
 of our families.

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:37.400
 We're not the ultimate builders

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:38.599
 of our local church.

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:41.360
 So even from this work, Christ

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:42.219
 offers us rest.

00:46:43.839 --> 00:46:46.480
 The Sabbath is no longer the sign

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:48.079
 of the covenant between us and

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:50.019
 God because God has enacted a new

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.380
 covenant.

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:50.579
 covenant.

00:46:52.160 --> 00:46:54.700
 Hebrews 8.13 says, by saying a

00:46:54.700 --> 00:46:56.240
 new covenant, he has declared

00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:58.059
 that the first is obsolete.

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.160
 We no longer, we're no longer

00:47:01.160 --> 00:47:02.980
 under the law, but we are led by

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.599
 the Spirit.

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:05.079
 He says, Galatians 5.18.

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:07.720
 Romans 10.4 says that Christ is

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:09.640
 the end of the law for righteousness

00:47:09.640 --> 00:47:11.059
 to everyone who believes.

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:14.140
 And Jesus says in Matthew 5.17-20

00:47:14.140 --> 00:47:15.720
 that he has fulfilled the law.

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:17.420
 He's brought it to its proper

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:18.860
 fulfillment and end so that we as

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:20.559
 Christians are no longer under its

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:22.559
 legal demands of the old covenant

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.460
 as law.

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:27.599
 And this is why in Colossians 2.16-17

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:29.260
 Paul says specifically about the

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:31.099
 Sabbath, therefore let no one pass

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:32.420
 judgment on you in questions of

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:34.099
 food and drink or with regard to a

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:35.559
 festival or a new moon or a

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.039
 Sabbath.

00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:39.120
 These are a shadow of the things to

00:47:39.120 --> 00:47:40.980
 come, but the substance belongs to

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.480
 Christ.

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:44.720
 The Sabbath was merely a shadow

00:47:44.720 --> 00:47:47.660
 cast by the reality, the real

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:49.879
 substance of the rest we have in

00:47:49.879 --> 00:47:51.539
 Jesus, the eternal spiritual rest

00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:54.759
 that we have in Jesus as Hebrews 4

00:47:54.759 --> 00:47:55.339
 speaks of.

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:58.079
 However, the fact that the

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:59.259
 Sabbath has been fulfilled and it's

00:47:59.259 --> 00:48:01.639
 not legally binding on us as law

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:03.699
 doesn't mean that it doesn't have

00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:04.639
 anything to teach us.

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:06.219
 It's still part of God's inspired

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.619
 word.

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:09.179
 It's still profitable for teaching

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:12.000
 and to make us complete, equipped

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.940
 for every good work.

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:16.019
 So in its Christ-fulfilled,

00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:18.139
 transformed form, the Sabbath still

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:19.720
 has many important things to teach

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:19.960
 us.

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:22.360
 I think one application is that we

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:24.159
 shouldn't be legalistic about its

00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:26.960
 observance since Christ has already

00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:27.599
 fulfilled it.

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:31.119
 It's not something you have to

00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:32.039
 observe.

00:48:32.720 --> 00:48:34.480
 Sometimes the Sabbath can be a cover

00:48:34.480 --> 00:48:37.440
 for selfishness, an excuse for

00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:38.860
 self-centered self-care.

00:48:38.860 --> 00:48:42.039
 Sometimes it can be an expression of

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:43.960
 pride like it was for the Pharisees,

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:46.780
 a way of showing other people how

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:48.620
 mature I am compared to others.

00:48:49.740 --> 00:48:51.640
 But we also shouldn't disregard the

00:48:51.640 --> 00:48:52.320
 Sabbath principle.

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:55.440
 As Jesus says in Mark 2, 27, the

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:57.860
 Sabbath, or 22, 7, the Sabbath was

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:59.200
 made for man.

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:02.860
 In other words, for our sake, for our

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:03.260
 benefit.

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:06.360
 We can see this in our passage in

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.460
 Exodus 31, 17.

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:08.840
 Please look there with me.

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:10.179
 Exodus 31, 17 says,

00:49:10.320 --> 00:49:12.940
 It is a sign forever between me and

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:15.340
 the people of Israel that in six

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:17.079
 days the Lord made heaven and earth,

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:19.659
 and on the seventh day he rested and

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:21.000
 was refreshed.

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:26.099
 God set this pattern for us so that we

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:28.639
 might rest and be refreshed.

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:31.480
 God wants to refresh you.

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:36.940
 The cure for burnout is not necessarily

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:37.720
 less work.

00:49:38.840 --> 00:49:42.179
 Sometimes people who serve the least are

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:43.159
 the most burnt out.

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:48.539
 The cure for burnout is more rest in

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:48.880
 Jesus.

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:53.800
 Jesus said in Matthew 11, 28 to 30,

00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:55.480
 Come to me all who labor and are

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:58.820
 heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:02.559
 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:05.739
 for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you

00:50:05.739 --> 00:50:08.440
 will find rest for your souls.

00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:11.779
 Rest for your soul is found in the

00:50:11.779 --> 00:50:14.039
 finished work of Christ on the cross.

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:17.679
 We can rest only because Jesus declared on

00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:19.779
 the cross after paying for our sins there

00:50:19.779 --> 00:50:21.460
 and nailing it to the cross, he said,

00:50:21.579 --> 00:50:22.400
 It is finished.

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:26.420
 You don't need to save yourself with your own

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:26.920
 good works.

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:30.280
 You don't need to justify your own

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:30.740
 existence.

00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:33.480
 You don't need to justify your own status.

00:50:33.599 --> 00:50:35.260
 You don't need to justify your own

00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:35.960
 significance.

00:50:37.380 --> 00:50:39.700
 You can rest in Christ today.

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.940
 Find your salvation in him.

00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:44.119
 Find your sufficiency in him.

00:50:44.300 --> 00:50:46.280
 Find your identity in him.

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:48.360
 Find your all in all in him.

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:48.620
 Find your soul in him.

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:54.320
 It's then, and only then, that your soul

00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:55.059
 will be at rest.

00:50:56.280 --> 00:50:57.420
 Let's pray together.

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:16.900
 Lord Jesus, thank you for the rest that you

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.519
 offer us.

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:25.840
 Lord, it is so easy for us to fall into our

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:28.700
 old ways, our old habits of trying to

00:51:28.700 --> 00:51:29.680
 justify ourselves.

00:51:33.180 --> 00:51:35.539
 Trying to prove by our own works, by our

00:51:35.539 --> 00:51:36.940
 own efforts, that our lives mean

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:37.360
 something.

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:39.420
 That our lives are worth something.

00:51:39.579 --> 00:51:40.559
 That we are significant.

00:51:42.200 --> 00:51:45.120
 But Lord, teach us to live by grace and

00:51:45.120 --> 00:51:45.820
 not by the law.

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:49.360
 Teach us to live by your spirit and not by the

00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:49.660
 law.

00:51:53.300 --> 00:51:55.620
 To find all that we need and all that we

00:51:55.620 --> 00:51:56.400
 have in Jesus.

00:51:57.960 --> 00:52:00.360
 Find our significance, our identity in him.

00:52:01.240 --> 00:52:02.440
 Lord, help us with that.

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:09.920
 So that we would give ourselves eagerly to the work of

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:11.039
 building up your house.

00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:17.539
 All the while trusting in and resting in the reality that

00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:22.920
 Jesus, you, God the Father, you are the ultimate builder.

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:28.840
 Father, thank you for letting us be a part of this, Lord.

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:31.300
 In Jesus' name we pray.

00:52:31.760 --> 00:52:32.039
 Amen.

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.199
 Amen.

00:52:34.300 --> 00:52:34.539
 Amen.