WEBVTT 00:00:00.700 --> 00:00:05.020 Our Father, thank you that you are the speaking God. We are not on silent terms with you. 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:10.800 Thank you that we can know you. Thank you that we can know Jesus and see his glory in the words of Scripture. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.939 Pray that you would speak to each one of us, to our hearts, right now. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:21.719 Great. So, it's nearly Easter, and that is what we're thinking about. 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:26.699 In two weeks, we're celebrating the heart of our faith, especially the cross, right? 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:33.060 You go to a church building, and there's crosses, and, you know, Christian women, they wear necklaces or earrings. 00:00:33.140 --> 00:00:36.259 It's always a cross, right? It's not like a manger or an empty tomb. 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:45.320 The cross is the heart of our faith, and in church, we remember that on Good Friday, in a moment, we'll have the Lord's Supper, all those things. 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:50.259 And that's not just our idea, right? Jesus wants that. He says, do this in remembrance of me. 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:54.899 Although, again, you may wonder, why? Why is this such a big thing? 00:00:54.899 --> 00:01:00.780 So, later this month, it's our anniversary for me and EJ, 22 years. Great. 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.979 But, you know, it's not that special. 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.579 But we'll probably do something on that day. 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:14.379 But it's not like every week we go and remember how great our wedding was, right? 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.439 That would be weird. Isn't it much more just about our normal relationship? 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.140 And, yeah, we got married that day. That was the start. 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:24.640 But, you know, why is that, you know, it's not that important. 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:28.020 And yet, the cross, we keep going on and on about. 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:34.600 Maybe you're here, you're not a Christian, you may wonder, why is the cross such a big thing that you keep coming back to it all the time? 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:39.140 Well, God thinks it's important, and that's why we are having this series. 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.460 Not just the New Testament, but the Old Testament. 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:50.420 The first three quarters of the Bible, God spent so much time, you know, telling about the cross, predicting it, foreshadowing it. 00:01:50.420 --> 00:02:03.460 And today, we're looking at one of the main ways, yeah, in Leviticus, a special day called the Day of Atonement that is such a clear foreshadowing of what Jesus would do. 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:15.280 The Day of Atonement, or as you may have heard of the Hebrew name, Yom Kippur, it's the heart of, yeah, the relationship that Israel has with God. 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.719 And why? Well, what does atonement mean? 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:20.919 It's kind of like a new English word that was invented for the Bible. 00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:23.120 It basically comes from at-one-ment. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.960 It is bringing you and God together again. 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.580 Reconciling you so that you're at-one. 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:31.640 Maybe we should call it at-one-ment. 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:33.240 That is what it does. 00:02:33.340 --> 00:02:37.719 Because, as we heard earlier in the service, our problem is our sin. 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:39.740 That has always been the problem, right? 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.080 The fact that we have rebelled against God, and so we are not together. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.379 We are not at-one. 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.980 That's why Adam and Eve were, you know, had to leave the garden. 00:02:48.979 --> 00:02:55.139 And we've seen the past few months in the Bible story how hard it is for people to get back to God. 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:57.599 Because God is a holy God. 00:02:59.019 --> 00:03:01.859 And we are guilty sinners, and that just doesn't go together. 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:06.399 And that is not just a kind of a system. 00:03:06.859 --> 00:03:09.500 The problem, as we saw last week, is God's character. 00:03:10.620 --> 00:03:14.219 God revealed, you know, He is a God of mercy and justice. 00:03:14.459 --> 00:03:17.819 A God of gracious and compassionate, but who will by no means clear the guilty. 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:17.900 Mercy. 00:03:18.739 --> 00:03:20.900 And both of them are actually good things, right? 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:22.620 Mercy is a good thing. 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:25.079 Justice is a really good thing. 00:03:25.659 --> 00:03:27.879 You see some of the atrocities on the news. 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:30.159 And it makes your blood boil what people do. 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:31.359 And you want justice, right? 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:32.859 It's a good thing to want justice. 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:36.919 The only problem is that we are the criminals. 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:40.919 We are the ones who have lived our lives apart from God. 00:03:41.019 --> 00:03:43.039 We've lived for ourselves and not for our Maker. 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:45.240 And we haven't lived in relationship with Him. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:47.459 And, yeah, therefore we can't be with Him. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:50.379 Because, yeah, we deserve punishment. 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:52.580 If we get too close, we die. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.780 That's basically the problem that we've seen. 00:03:54.900 --> 00:03:57.120 How can we be at one with God? 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:03.620 Well, this ritual today is what we're going to look at to help us see what's involved. 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:05.000 And it's a ritual. 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.800 If you know the Old Testament, it's full of rituals. 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:10.360 And we don't really do that anymore. 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:11.960 And so it seems a bit weird. 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:14.340 I mean, we wish we could just act it out. 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.639 But that's not easy to do. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.780 But, you know, rituals are powerful. 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:21.180 We don't often think about it. 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.280 But let me give an example. 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:27.920 So, for example, how about standing? 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:33.560 So, if I was in this building and King Charles comes in, my guess is I would stand up, right? 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:35.040 Why would you stand up? 00:04:35.080 --> 00:04:36.439 Because, well, the king is here. 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:39.240 And, you know, you want to pay respect to the king. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.660 That is kind of my belief that this is the king results in action. 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:47.660 But it also works the other way. 00:04:48.140 --> 00:04:49.960 Action kind of shapes our belief. 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.380 So, in a moment, we sang songs and we all stood up. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:55.120 That's not just a convention. 00:04:55.300 --> 00:04:57.900 Actually, that, in a way, teaches us something, right? 00:04:58.140 --> 00:05:02.180 It makes you, you know, because we're singing to the king, right? 00:05:02.640 --> 00:05:04.440 We give honor and praise. 00:05:04.520 --> 00:05:05.620 And so we stand up. 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:10.360 But, actually, if you do that, you will start to think more respectfully of God, right? 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:13.520 It shapes you that this really is the king and we should stand up. 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.879 And now, I've tried it at home. 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:19.180 If I slouch on the sofa and I try to sing a hymn, I can't. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:21.079 It just feels disrespectful, right? 00:05:21.579 --> 00:05:23.839 So, rituals shape our beliefs. 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.799 And that is why God gives all these rituals in the Old Testament. 00:05:28.180 --> 00:05:29.839 The people, they've just been rescued. 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:31.740 They don't know God very well. 00:05:32.459 --> 00:05:33.659 They need to know him more. 00:05:33.659 --> 00:05:39.079 And so, all these rituals to just help people know God more. 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:42.560 To know who he is, who we are, and how we can be at one with him. 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:50.539 And so, with that out of the way, let's listen to this central ritual of the Old Testament religion. 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:53.779 And CK is going to come and read for us. 00:05:53.779 --> 00:06:00.919 Thank you, Niels, for that introduction. 00:06:01.419 --> 00:06:04.819 So, church, if we could turn to Leviticus chapter 16. 00:06:05.419 --> 00:06:09.139 Follow along in your bulletin board, or you can also refer to the screen. 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.459 Starting in verse 1, we read, 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:42.459 00:06:42.459 --> 00:07:01.279 These are the holy garments. 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:12.279 Aaron shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, 00:07:12.559 --> 00:07:14.919 and one ram for a burnt offering. 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:20.219 Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, 00:07:20.739 --> 00:07:23.959 and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.959 Then he shall take the two goats, 00:07:27.139 --> 00:07:31.060 and set them before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:35.279 Then Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, 00:07:35.919 --> 00:07:39.219 one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for Azazel. 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:43.620 And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord, 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:45.879 and use it as a sin offering. 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.199 But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel, 00:07:49.579 --> 00:07:52.079 shall be presented alive before the Lord, 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:54.019 to make the atonement over it, 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.699 that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel. 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.819 Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.759 and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:10.779 He shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself, 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:16.559 and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, 00:08:17.179 --> 00:08:20.539 and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small. 00:08:21.179 --> 00:08:22.959 And he shall bring it inside the veil, 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.819 and put the incense on the fire before the Lord, 00:08:26.479 --> 00:08:31.259 that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:33.299 so that he does not die. 00:08:34.199 --> 00:08:36.600 And he shall take some of the blood of the bull, 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:41.320 and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side. 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.519 And in front of the mercy seat, 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:47.399 he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:52.560 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, 00:08:52.779 --> 00:08:54.820 and bring its blood inside the veil, 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.159 and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:00.800 sprinkling it over the mercy seat, 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:02.440 and in front of the mercy seat. 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:06.620 Thus, he shall make atonement for the holy place, 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:10.060 because of the uncleanness of the people of Israel, 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:12.140 and because of their transgressions, 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:13.620 all their sins. 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:17.240 And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:20.940 which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness. 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:29.800 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the holy place, 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.320 until he comes out and has made atonement for himself, 00:09:33.660 --> 00:09:34.560 and for his house, 00:09:34.900 --> 00:09:36.780 and for all the assembly of Israel. 00:09:37.660 --> 00:09:40.720 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the Lord, 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:42.320 and make atonement for it, 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:44.920 and shall take some of the blood of the bull, 00:09:45.300 --> 00:09:46.720 and some of the blood of the goat, 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.960 and put it on the horns of the altar all around. 00:09:50.820 --> 00:09:54.560 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, 00:09:54.800 --> 00:09:55.920 and cleans it, 00:09:56.139 --> 00:09:59.320 and consecrate it from the uncleanliness of the people of Israel. 00:10:00.540 --> 00:10:04.060 And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:05.340 and the tent of meeting, 00:10:05.560 --> 00:10:06.120 and the altar, 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:08.160 he shall present the live goat. 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.680 And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:17.479 and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, 00:10:18.099 --> 00:10:19.819 and all their transgressions, 00:10:20.319 --> 00:10:21.339 all their sins. 00:10:22.099 --> 00:10:24.620 And he shall put on them the head of the goat, 00:10:24.739 --> 00:10:26.500 and send it away into the wilderness 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:29.419 by the hand of a man who is in readiness. 00:10:30.599 --> 00:10:34.639 The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.799 and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness. 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:42.120 Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, 00:10:42.699 --> 00:10:45.219 and shall take off the linen garments that he put on 00:10:45.219 --> 00:10:46.819 when he went into the holy place, 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:48.459 and shall leave them there. 00:10:49.319 --> 00:10:52.319 And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.939 and put on his garments, 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:56.679 and come out and offer his burnt offering, 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.639 and the burnt offering of the people, 00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:01.919 and make atonement for himself and for the people. 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:05.959 And the fat of the sin offering he shall burn on the altar. 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:10.460 And when he who lets the goat go to Azazel 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:13.800 shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, 00:11:14.180 --> 00:11:16.759 and afterward he may come into the camp. 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:19.400 And the bull for the sin offering, 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.259 and the goat for the sin offering, 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.820 whose blood was brought into their flesh, 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.280 and their dung shall be burned up with fire. 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:30.000 And he who burns them all shall wash his clothes 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:31.580 and bathe his body in water, 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.100 and afterward he may come into the camp. 00:11:34.100 --> 00:11:37.840 And it shall be a statute to you forever, 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.659 that in the seventh month, 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.399 on the tenth day of the month, 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:44.320 you shall afflict yourselves and do no work, 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:46.720 either the native or the stranger 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.340 who sojourns among you. 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:52.040 For on this day shall atonement be made for you 00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:52.840 to cleanse you. 00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:56.980 You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins. 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:00.779 It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:02.879 and you shall afflict yourselves. 00:12:03.439 --> 00:12:05.100 It is a statute forever. 00:12:06.339 --> 00:12:09.299 And the priest who is anointed and consecrated 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:11.500 as priest in his father's place 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:12.819 shall make atonement, 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:14.899 wearing the holy linen garments. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:18.379 He shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:21.500 and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.639 and for the altar. 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:25.179 And he shall make atonement for the priests 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:27.279 of all the people of the assembly. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.480 And this shall be a statute forever for you, 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:34.120 that atonement may be made for the people of Israel 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.839 once in the year because of all their sins. 00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:40.480 And Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses. 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:42.319 This is the word of God. 00:12:45.319 --> 00:12:45.839 Wow. 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.579 Thanks, CK. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:49.279 So that's a really long reading, right? 00:12:49.339 --> 00:12:51.659 A really long ritual. 00:12:52.179 --> 00:12:55.459 Because, yeah, why such so long? 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.379 Why so much detail? 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:59.500 Well, let me just go through it and try to explain it, 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:02.139 and then I hope we can see what's going on. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:04.740 First, let me talk about some of the basic elements. 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.539 Well, what's going on? 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:08.559 First, the heart of it is a sacrifice, right? 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:12.000 The heart of this ritual is a substitutionary sacrifice, 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:15.200 an animal dying in your place. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:18.059 Because the problem was God's mercy and justice, 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:19.799 but a sacrifice solves that, right? 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.559 Because, you know, something dies, right? 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:23.539 There's a death penalty, 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:24.919 so justice is satisfied, 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.719 but it's not you who dies. 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.620 And that's mercy. 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:32.039 So you have mercy and justice together in a sacrifice. 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.360 And so that was the heart of the system, 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:36.039 not just of this day, right? 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:37.439 You read the Old Testament, 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:39.039 and there were daily sacrifices, 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.259 and weekly sacrifices, 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.500 and monthly sacrifices, 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:43.579 and every festival had sacrifices, 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:45.980 and, you know, personal sacrifices. 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:47.919 You were unclean, but you've become clean. 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.799 You offer a sacrifice. 00:13:49.439 --> 00:13:52.019 You've sinned, and you realize that you offer a sacrifice. 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:54.199 No wonder that the whole tribe was there 00:13:54.199 --> 00:13:56.259 to just take care of the temple system. 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:58.500 There were so many sacrifices. 00:13:58.500 --> 00:14:00.860 But today is really special 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:03.179 because of the second element, 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:06.100 which is God's presence, right? 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:07.620 You want to be reconciled to God. 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.480 In a way, you need to do that in person. 00:14:10.100 --> 00:14:11.080 So you need to be, 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.120 you need to actually go to God. 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:15.320 And this was the only day that actually 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.480 someone went into God's presence. 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:21.340 So here's like a cut through of the tabernacle, 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.340 the kind of like the temple that was in the camp. 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.679 That's kind of where God lived 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:27.039 among all their tents. 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:28.579 And of course, there was the outside, 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.799 and there was the court, 00:14:30.219 --> 00:14:31.860 and there was this tent, 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.959 but it had two parts. 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:35.000 There was the first part. 00:14:35.079 --> 00:14:36.959 On the left is the holy place, 00:14:37.079 --> 00:14:38.379 and the priest could go there. 00:14:39.099 --> 00:14:42.000 But then there was this special area at the end 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:44.599 with a curtain separating it off, 00:14:44.699 --> 00:14:47.059 and that's where the Ark of the Covenant was. 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.879 That's where God lived, 00:14:48.939 --> 00:14:50.219 and no one could go there 00:14:50.219 --> 00:14:53.399 apart from this one day that we just read about. 00:14:54.219 --> 00:14:56.179 So this is the day that someone actually 00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:58.859 brings a sacrifice into God's presence. 00:14:59.359 --> 00:15:00.539 All the other sacrifices, 00:15:00.719 --> 00:15:02.419 they didn't really go into God's presence, 00:15:02.419 --> 00:15:04.739 so they were more just an action, right? 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:06.620 I've sinned, I offer a sacrifice, 00:15:06.739 --> 00:15:07.239 I'm saying, 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.459 Lord, I should have died for this. 00:15:09.839 --> 00:15:10.919 You're confessing. 00:15:11.359 --> 00:15:12.699 But this is the foundation 00:15:12.699 --> 00:15:15.699 that day of kind of all the other sacrifices. 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:19.020 And then the third thing that you need 00:15:19.020 --> 00:15:20.480 is a mediator. 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.220 We saw that last week if you were here, 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:24.020 right, someone who can actually bring 00:15:24.020 --> 00:15:25.300 something to God, 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:26.400 because we are sinful, 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:27.100 we can't. 00:15:28.020 --> 00:15:29.100 There's a mediator, 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:30.900 someone who can go into God's presence. 00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:31.820 And here that's Aaron, 00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:32.980 the high priest, 00:15:33.520 --> 00:15:34.500 the brother of Moses, 00:15:34.640 --> 00:15:35.920 and then after that his descendants. 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.300 And just to say, 00:15:38.400 --> 00:15:39.740 as we think about sacrifices, 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:42.520 all of this is a gift of grace. 00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:44.480 This is all about grace. 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.480 Because it is all comes, 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:49.279 instituted by God. 00:15:50.079 --> 00:15:51.360 And sometimes in religions, 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:51.980 you know, 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.539 sacrifice is what we do, right? 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.319 There's a God, 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:56.840 and he is not giving me the weather I want, 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.600 so I do a sacrifice, 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:00.899 and then he likes me, 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:02.699 and so he will give me good weather, right? 00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:04.000 But that's me paying him off. 00:16:04.079 --> 00:16:04.939 It's like bribery. 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:07.159 That's not what's happening here, right? 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.899 Because it's not, you know, 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:10.439 Aaron's idea or Moses' idea. 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.879 This is God saying, 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:14.360 hey, if you want to be forgiven, 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:16.259 you need to do these steps, 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:17.539 and then you'll be forgiven. 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:19.919 And so it is God's initiative. 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.279 It's God's, 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.980 God is clearly willing to forgive. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.600 It's just that forgiveness isn't automatic, 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:28.279 and so that's why we need to go through these steps. 00:16:28.419 --> 00:16:30.100 But it is all grace, 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:32.080 all God's love. 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:33.399 This is not, yeah, 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.480 this is not religion as in our effort. 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.779 This is God's grace. 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.820 But at the same time, 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.240 as you heard, 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:41.179 it's not simple. 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:43.319 It needs to be exactly God's way, 00:16:43.859 --> 00:16:45.219 exactly as he says. 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.679 In the beginning, 00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.739 Aaron is reminded, 00:16:47.939 --> 00:16:48.139 oh yeah, 00:16:48.239 --> 00:16:50.739 don't just come into the most holy place by yourself. 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.659 Because earlier in the book, 00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:53.319 you know, 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.199 his sons did that, 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:54.899 and they died. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.899 God's presence is dangerous 00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.679 if you're a sinner. 00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.859 And so, 00:16:59.979 --> 00:17:01.179 only in this special way. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.359 So we'll go through the ritual 00:17:02.359 --> 00:17:03.959 in great detail, 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.639 so that you can just appreciate 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:07.299 how much work this is, 00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.519 how difficult it was. 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.139 And there's actually lots of echoes of the cross. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.539 I'm not going to just go through 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.460 and point them all out, 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.440 more like at the end. 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.960 But I hope, 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.319 if you know the cross, 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.460 that actually you can see 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:21.819 so much of that foreshadowing. 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.740 So what happens, 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:25.299 there's basically two parts. 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.339 There are sin offerings 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.339 and burnt offerings, 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.819 and both for the priest 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.680 and for the people. 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.200 Those four. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.879 Most of the focus 00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:34.059 is on the sin offerings, 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:35.279 because that's the big problem, 00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.539 right? 00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.079 Payment, 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.519 punishment for sin. 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.859 First, 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.500 in preparation, 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.460 Aaron needs to change his clothes. 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.919 So normally, 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.379 he has this beautiful 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.139 purple, 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:45.720 blue, 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.799 gold outfit, 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.980 the same colors 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.859 as a tabernacle, 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.359 like this heavenly, 00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.899 glorious, 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.299 that, 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:52.679 yeah, 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.279 who fits with God. 00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.220 But actually, 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.000 he now changes 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:57.319 into simple, 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.480 white linen clothes. 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.700 He becomes like a servant 00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:01.539 for this ritual. 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:03.460 And then he takes the animals 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.379 for the sin offering, 00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.740 the substitutes. 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.920 He takes a bull for himself 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.180 and then goats for the people. 00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.000 Now, 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.299 first, 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.359 he needs to offer a bull 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.299 for his own sin, 00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.099 because the problem is 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:14.180 he himself is a sinner. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.379 And so he, 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.039 you know, 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.339 he needs to offer a bull, 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:19.259 which kind of is interesting, 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.539 right? 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.460 Because for all the, 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.000 you know, 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.119 the millions of Israelites, 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.000 just one goat. 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.519 But he himself, 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:25.500 a bull, 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:27.220 like this huge animal, 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.399 the biggest one you can offer. 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.920 It's like, 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:29.639 you know, 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.639 the mediator is someone 00:18:30.639 --> 00:18:31.379 really special, 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:31.620 right? 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:31.980 Someone, 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.960 not just an ordinary human, 00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:34.880 but someone who needs, 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.640 yeah, 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.620 a huge substitute, 00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.020 right? 00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.600 That is basically, 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:38.800 yeah, 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.400 this whole bull. 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.900 And what do they do then? 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:43.040 He gets offered 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:44.320 as a sin offering. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.720 What do they do? 00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:47.740 They slit the bull's throat 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.880 and then they drain the blood. 00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:52.040 And we heard that 00:18:52.040 --> 00:18:53.740 a few weeks ago 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.400 when we looked at 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.620 the covenant with Abraham, 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.120 separating the blood 00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:57.780 from the body. 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.200 That's, 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:58.660 you know, 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.960 this animal has really died. 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.980 It's a symbol that, 00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:01.220 yeah, 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:03.059 it's really died 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.940 as a sacrifice. 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.759 And then that blood 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.420 needs to be, 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.819 you know, 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.500 given to God, 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:07.759 right? 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.079 That's a, 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.220 hey, 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.539 the death, 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.920 the punishment has been paid. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.519 The death has occurred. 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.779 And normally you just pour it out 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.360 onto the altar, 00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.079 but yeah, 00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:16.079 today it needs to go 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.120 into God's presence. 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.819 So Aaron will go 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.200 into the most holy place. 00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.340 The only thing is, 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:21.640 of course, 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.279 God is there, 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:22.500 right? 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.660 So that's very dangerous. 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.559 So what does he do? 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:26.140 He needs to take a censer 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.460 and to kind of fill it 00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:28.060 with smoke 00:19:28.060 --> 00:19:28.759 so that basically 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.759 they don't see each other, 00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:30.340 right? 00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.640 Because, 00:19:30.780 --> 00:19:30.900 you know, 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.520 if you see God, 00:19:31.600 --> 00:19:32.020 you'll die. 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.980 So fill it with smoke 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.380 and then he takes the blood 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:37.200 and he sprinkles that 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.840 on the mercy seat, 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.360 kind of where, 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.660 like on God's throne. 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.700 He can't touch it, 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.880 so he sprinkles it, 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:43.540 man, 00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.300 because if you touch it, 00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:44.680 you die. 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:46.480 Sprinkling the blood 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.880 on the mercy seat. 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.340 And that's kind of, 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.560 yeah, 00:19:49.800 --> 00:19:52.000 my sin has been paid for. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.339 And so he can come 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.400 into God's presence. 00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.579 So that is for him. 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.759 Then we get the sin offering 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.460 for the people. 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.720 And actually, 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.519 there's two goats 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.160 in this case. 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.480 One, 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.940 the first one 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.700 is offered, 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.039 well, 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.200 same way as the bull, 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.500 right? 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.440 Slit the throat, 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.380 drain the blood, 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.839 sprinkle the blood 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.660 in the same way. 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.599 But actually, 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.220 if you read it, 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.579 it's not, 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.099 that's not for the people. 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.559 What is it? 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.440 It's verse 16. 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.559 He shall make atonement 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.700 for the holy place. 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.799 It's like, 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.139 it's basically 00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:25.980 to cleanse the tent, 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.879 to cleanse the temple. 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.299 Because, 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:27.799 you know, 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.819 God has been living 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:30.299 for a year 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.359 with these people. 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.240 And all their sin 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.879 has kind of like 00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:34.599 contaminated everything. 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.819 And it needs to be cleansed. 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.940 Not just the people, 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.240 but, 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:38.859 you know, 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.819 the environment, 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.319 the tent where God lives. 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.619 So, 00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.299 this goat 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.180 pays for 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.180 the contamination. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.119 And kind of 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:47.240 all the pent-up 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.059 judgment 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.639 is kind of 00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.339 taken away. 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.879 And then, 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.660 now we get 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.360 the other goat, 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.920 and that 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.760 pays for the people. 00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.540 So, 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:54.980 what happens 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.660 with this one? 00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:56.780 It's the 00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:58.080 scapegoat 00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:59.220 that you've maybe, 00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:00.960 from other translations. 00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.640 What happens 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.360 with this goat? 00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.780 Actually, 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.520 it's not killed 00:21:04.520 --> 00:21:05.280 in the same way. 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.100 Aaron, 00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:07.340 he puts his hands 00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:07.960 on them, 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:10.160 and he confesses 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.960 all the sins 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.620 of the people 00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.820 over this goat. 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.220 It's like, 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.440 all the people's sins 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.620 get put on this goat. 00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.040 And what happens 00:21:17.040 --> 00:21:17.560 with the goat? 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:17.759 Well, 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.519 he then 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.980 is brought 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.799 outside the camp 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.359 and let go. 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.319 That doesn't mean 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.879 he's free. 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.519 He's going 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:24.159 away from God's presence 00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:25.319 into the place 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.819 of judgment, 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.179 right? 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.460 He, 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:28.159 he's sent away. 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.339 But, 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.500 but, 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:31.059 that is the symbolism, 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.399 right? 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.639 I mean, 00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.539 it's very powerful. 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.519 Animals killed 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.259 really shows 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.279 death penalty. 00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.519 And now this animal 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.839 taking all their sins 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.759 away 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.359 and dying for it. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.059 That, 00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.759 that is what needs 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.279 to happen. 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.919 And for atonement, 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.220 yeah, 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.839 punishment 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.980 for sins. 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.039 But so much work, 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.259 right? 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.619 So many animals 00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.399 and rituals 00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.659 and then Aaron 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.200 needs to have 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.960 another bath, 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.299 right? 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.519 All the people 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.460 involved need to have a, 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.799 they need to wash themselves, 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.740 all the contamination 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.079 of sin needs to be gone. 00:21:58.639 --> 00:21:59.460 And then it's still 00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.879 not done 00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.779 because now Aaron 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.480 has to offer 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.599 a burnt offering. 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.359 That's again 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.019 something else. 00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.740 Maybe you think, 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:05.879 oh, 00:22:05.879 --> 00:22:06.579 did the sin offering 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.119 not work? 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.220 No, 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.059 there are two different 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.819 kind of offerings. 00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.920 The sin offering, 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.220 that's really punishment 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.839 for sin. 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.500 The sin offering, 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.059 what happens 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.819 to the animal, 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.619 well, 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.559 it's brought outside 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.159 the camp 00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.940 and burned 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.960 with fire. 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.399 That's really, 00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.960 that's what sin deserves, 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.180 right? 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.019 Being thrown out 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.859 of God's presence 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.799 and burned with fire. 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.980 It's a picture of hell. 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.960 That is kind of 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.099 what you deserve. 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.420 The burnt offering, 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.139 on the other hand, 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.700 it's on the altar 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.720 and wholly burnt up 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.200 to God. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.779 It's like 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:38.460 a pleasing aroma, 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.579 the Bible says. 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.859 So this is not 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.559 about punishment 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.000 for sin, 00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:43.019 this is about obedience. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.200 Because, 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.700 you know, 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.759 if you want to be with God, 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:47.079 you shouldn't just have no sin. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.819 You also need to live 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.759 a perfect life. 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.759 A life that's perfectly devoted 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.379 to God, 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.059 right? 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:53.339 Of fully obeying him. 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.740 And we don't have that. 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.259 And so, 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.440 here's an animal 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:58.500 and it's got his life 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.759 fully devoted to God. 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.319 It's wholly burnt up 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.819 for God, 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.220 right? 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.400 That's the idea. 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.660 So it's like, 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:04.880 okay, 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.940 this substitutes 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.259 for my righteousness, 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.160 for my obedience. 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.779 And so, 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.039 for this, 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.660 Aaron, 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.059 well, 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:12.100 he changes his clothes, 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.420 he puts back his normal, 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.740 glorious clothes, 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.759 and then he offers, 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:15.960 yeah, 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.700 a burnt offering 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.339 for himself 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.000 and for the people. 00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.500 He offers, 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.059 yeah, 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.579 righteousness 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.740 to the people. 00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.960 So payment for sin 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.200 plus obedience 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.259 and then it's all done. 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.180 Right? 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.319 I don't know if you could, 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.319 I hope you could follow that. 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.259 I hope it makes sense, 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.480 but 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:32.380 it's very complicated, 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.660 right? 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.099 But at the same time, 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.539 where does it end? 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.680 It ends so gloriously, 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.039 right? 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.819 At the end of verse 16, 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.680 chapter 16, 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.940 verse 30, 00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.759 on this day 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.940 shall atonement be made 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.079 for you to cleanse you. 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.759 You shall be clean 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.660 before the Lord 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.980 from all your sins. 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.960 And there's God's promise. 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.380 You're going to be clean 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.480 from all your sins. 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.339 You're going to be forgiven 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.380 all your sins. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.559 If we do this 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.640 and if you trust it, 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.759 if you trust the gospel 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.099 proclaimed here, 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.460 you will be clean 00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.400 from all your sins. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.980 And that's incredible, 00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.299 right? 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:06.000 That's what the people wanted. 00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.779 They wanted God 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.640 to be with them. 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.240 They wanted to, 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.700 you know, 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.559 be his people 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.420 and he their God. 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:13.160 And now that could happen 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.319 because this ritual 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.200 had taken place 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.220 because their sin 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.980 was paid for. 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.380 And it's all 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.380 by God's grace. 00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:21.180 They didn't deserve it. 00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.620 They didn't do anything 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.279 for it. 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.559 But God 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.640 atoned for their sins. 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:28.300 It's so wonderful, 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.240 so precious. 00:24:30.520 --> 00:24:31.200 But man, 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.980 it's complicated, 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.420 right? 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.080 It's burdensome. 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.520 All the sacrifices, 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.520 all the rituals, 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.320 all the clothes, 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.560 all the washings. 00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:40.440 Now, 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.480 what do you go away with? 00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:41.700 You know, 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.600 can a holy God 00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.860 dwell with a sinful people? 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.060 Yes, 00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.800 but it's difficult. 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.120 Yes, 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.180 it's possible, 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.280 but there's so much involved, 00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.540 right? 00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.599 Because God is really, 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.259 really holy. 00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.960 And we are really, 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.659 really sinful. 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.379 And so, 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.200 the only way 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.279 that is going to work 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.980 is through this 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.019 very complicated 00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.720 process, 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.940 this very complicated 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.019 way of atoning. 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.799 And even then, 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:06.980 you know, 00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.079 I say it's glorious 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.960 and I think it is. 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.240 And yet, 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.019 at the same time, 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.599 you know, 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:13.039 the people want to get back 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.019 to the Garden of Eden, 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.319 right? 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.039 Want to get back 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.720 into a relationship 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.240 with God. 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.619 How close is this 00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.559 to the Garden of Eden? 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:20.619 Well, 00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:22.179 not that close, 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.419 right? 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.639 I mean, 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.440 the best commentary 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.079 on this day 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.259 is in the book of Hebrews, 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.599 chapters 9 and 10. 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.359 Maybe you can read it 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.000 in your own time, 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.240 but the writer there 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.639 reflects on the Day of Atonement 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.419 and compares it 00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:33.019 with the cross 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:34.279 and actually, 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.819 it falls short, 00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.059 right? 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.139 I mean, 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.519 Aaron, 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.639 he needs to pay 00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.359 for his own sin. 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.720 In a way, 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:41.139 he needs a mediator himself, 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.440 right? 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:43.119 How is he going to do that 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.519 compared to Jesus? 00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.379 The holy place 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.539 and the most holy place. 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:49.619 Can they be in God's presence? 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.059 Well, 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.200 they are outside the court 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.099 and the priests 00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.279 only go into the first one 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.319 and as the writer says, 00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.480 well, 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.460 you know, 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.240 in the second place 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.420 only the high priest goes 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.619 and he but once a year. 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.480 And by this, 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:05.059 the Holy Spirit indicates 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.700 that the way 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.700 into the holy places 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.599 is not yet opened. 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.379 In a way, 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.899 it's glorious, 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.759 but at the same time, 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.539 you see it and, 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.039 well, 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.379 actually, 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.420 I still can't really 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.099 be with God, 00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.339 right? 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.500 I still can't go 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.180 into his presence. 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.440 There's still all these layers 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.779 in between us. 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.539 And the sacrifices, 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.240 yeah, 00:26:22.320 --> 00:26:23.660 they get repeated every year. 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.940 And again, 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.060 the writer to the Hebrews, 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.880 chapter 10, 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.420 verse 1, 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.200 you know, 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.200 the law can never 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.759 by the same sacrifices 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.600 that are continually 00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.539 offered every year 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.580 make perfect 00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.299 those who draw near. 00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.720 Otherwise, 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.420 would they not have 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.180 ceased to be offered 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.840 since the worshippers 00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.860 having once been cleansed 00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.320 would no longer 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.920 have any consciousness 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.400 of sins. 00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.460 But in these sacrifices, 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.360 there is a reminder 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.619 of sins every year. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.240 Right? 00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.000 In a way, 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.679 the people would be 00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.279 celebrating, 00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.219 but on the other hand, 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.799 if they think about it, 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:52.779 man, 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.539 clearly I'm still sinful. 00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:55.919 Clearly my sin 00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:57.899 hasn't fully been dealt with. 00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:58.979 Right? 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.879 It just maintains 00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.959 the status quo. 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.679 They don't get destroyed. 00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.619 Right? 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.839 God stays there 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.339 in his tent 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:08.359 and they don't get destroyed. 00:27:08.459 --> 00:27:08.979 That's basically 00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.659 the thing. 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.359 It maintains 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.139 the status quo, 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.919 but it doesn't 00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:13.319 really solve it. 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.419 I was thinking of, 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.980 I've never been in prison, 00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:18.419 but if you've seen movies, 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.200 you know what it's like 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.099 when you're in prison 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.379 and you get a visit 00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.220 from your family. 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.659 And that's really wonderful, 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:23.879 right? 00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.579 Because you can see 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.119 your family. 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.899 The only thing is 00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:29.019 you're behind a screen 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.819 and you need to talk 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.919 for a phone 00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.339 and it's only 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.879 for 10 minutes. 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.220 In a way, 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.879 it's wonderful, 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.939 but on the other hand, 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.200 it just reminds you 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.839 that you're not there yet, 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.039 right? 00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.639 Because I'm a criminal. 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.399 And I can't be 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.339 with my family 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:47.119 until my sentence 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.779 is served, 00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.279 until the price 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.859 is paid. 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.099 I can't go out 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.939 and give them a hug. 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.220 I'm still stuck here 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.519 behind this screen. 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.000 And doesn't it make 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.599 the cross 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.259 so remarkable 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.579 then, 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:00.819 right? 00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.539 Because we see this 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.679 and we think this is, 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.559 yeah, 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.879 in a way it's glorious, 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.639 but it's limited. 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:08.839 But Jesus then comes 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.000 and as the writer 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.000 to the Hebrews says, 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:13.000 this is the complete solution. 00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:13.879 I mean, 00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.639 every element 00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.419 is far better, 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.720 right? 00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.379 I mean, 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.899 we talked about 00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.659 a mediator. 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.720 Aaron needs to offer 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.519 sins and righteousness 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.779 sacrifices for himself. 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.039 Jesus is perfect. 00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.599 He doesn't need 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.199 any of that, 00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:26.839 right? 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.899 He's perfect. 00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:28.919 And then, 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.159 well, 00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:29.679 we talked about 00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.439 God's presence. 00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.459 Jesus didn't just 00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.199 go into a tent. 00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.699 Jesus went into 00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.519 heaven itself, 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:35.980 right? 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.779 He really went 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.599 into God's presence, 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.319 not just to some 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.079 symbolic place. 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.480 And the sacrifice, 00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.660 not just bulls and goats, 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.799 his own blood. 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.240 So, 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.279 the writer says, 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.460 look, 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.420 all these elements, 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.140 Jesus did something 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.599 far greater 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.180 and 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.319 the big evidence, 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.160 he sat down, 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.200 right? 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.539 No more work to do. 00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.319 The whole priesthood 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.539 all gone because Jesus, 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.640 he did the work 00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.319 and it's finished 00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.319 and he sat down. 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.700 I mean, 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.420 can you imagine 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.400 the day of atonement, 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.500 the ritual we just said, 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.380 but then, 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.640 kind of what Jesus did. 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:05.920 So, 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.800 here's Aaron, 00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:08.220 no smoke, 00:29:08.520 --> 00:29:10.259 no bulls or whatever. 00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.400 He just goes 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.560 into God's presence 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.340 and then he opens 00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.840 the curtain 00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.840 like you do in the morning, 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.080 right? 00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.400 A bit stuffy in here 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:19.140 and then he takes a chair 00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.900 and he just sits down 00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.759 next to God's throne. 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.980 Who could do that, 00:29:23.020 --> 00:29:23.180 right? 00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.320 Can you imagine 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:26.380 just a sinful human being 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:28.080 walking into God's presence 00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:28.560 like that 00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.460 and then opening up 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.300 the curtain 00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.080 and sitting down? 00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:33.100 That is what Jesus did. 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.980 It's impossible to believe, 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.640 but he did it, 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.019 right? 00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.279 And we're not just clean 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.039 for one year, 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.839 we're clean for forever. 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.740 Every sin you've ever committed 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.799 and will ever commit 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:45.019 for all God's people 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.519 forever, 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.920 fully paid for 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.140 in one go, 00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:48.860 right? 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.200 And now we can completely 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.299 go back to God. 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:53.319 Once Jesus comes back, 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.360 we'll be with him forever. 00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.579 It's amazing, 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.799 right? 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.319 And all that just from the cross, 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.200 it's so wonderful. 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.680 And yet it makes you then think, 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:03.840 well, 00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.440 it's so simple, 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.680 right? 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.400 It's just a cross 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.420 and everything is sorted. 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.019 Except it wasn't simple. 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:10.980 Right? 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.900 It's really wonderful 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.880 what we have in Jesus, 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.279 but think about what it costs. 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.559 You know, 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.140 Jesus didn't just change 00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.660 his clothes, 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:17.900 right? 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.480 He had to, 00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.360 the son of God 00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.140 had to come down 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.740 from heaven 00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.779 and take on a human form, 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.080 right? 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.100 Took on humanity, 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.880 become a man 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.180 so that he could die 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.440 and not just a ram. 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.160 He had to live 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.019 a perfect life 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.080 for 33 years 00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.720 so that he would have 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.180 a perfect human life 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.580 to offer to God. 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.160 And then, 00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.580 yeah, 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.539 dying on the cross, 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:35.920 taking, 00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:37.039 being forsaken, 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.039 taking the full 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:40.279 infinite wrath of God 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.259 against our sin 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.440 and then, 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.680 yeah, 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.840 rising and ascending 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.420 to heaven 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.299 and interceding 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.299 for us continually. 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.340 Actually, 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.420 the cross is huge. 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.920 We just don't think 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.320 about that, 00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.480 right? 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.779 We just take the cross 00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.320 for granted. 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:54.920 You know, 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.720 you sin 00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.339 and you just say, 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.519 oh, 00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.759 sorry, 00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.079 Lord, 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.839 and you move on. 00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.500 So simple, 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.319 right? 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.940 Or prayer. 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.019 You have such access 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.559 to God. 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.220 You know, 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.579 you can just talk to God 00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.140 and something really simple. 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.420 Oh, 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.660 Lord, 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.519 I've got a runny nose. 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.200 Can you heal me? 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.880 And the thing is, 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.440 you can do that, 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:14.900 but that's just crazy, 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.220 right? 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.799 You know, 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.339 with such little trivialities, 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.240 we can come to God. 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.100 We think it's so normal. 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.559 And maybe, 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.059 yeah, 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.960 whatever we think, 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.420 maybe you're here 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.839 as a visitor, 00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.240 prayer, 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.700 it seems such a little thing, 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:25.880 right? 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.880 You can just talk to God 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.600 anytime. 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.620 But it's a huge thing, 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.779 right? 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.960 And when he doesn't 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.220 directly answer our prayers, 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.079 we get kind of annoyed. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.240 You know, 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:39.039 the cross is a huge thing. 00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.380 So my first degree 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.700 was in telecommunications 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.900 back when 3G 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.799 was still the future. 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:45.819 And, 00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.620 you know, 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.460 and these days, 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.680 you can just video call 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.440 to your family 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.700 on the other side 00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.160 of the world 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.000 and people do that 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.019 and they kind of complain 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.619 that it's a little bit blurry 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:57.720 and there's half a second delay. 00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.240 Well, 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.400 I've studied that. 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.299 I know what's going on 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.059 behind the scenes. 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.339 I know about the speed of light. 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.400 Man, 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.400 you have no idea 00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.720 how much technology 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.480 and science 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:09.059 goes into making this work. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.160 You should really 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.680 not complain about this 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.000 at all, 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.240 right? 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.119 The thing is, 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.000 we take it for granted. 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.319 We have such good access 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.119 and we just think, 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.500 no. 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.019 And that is nothing 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.259 compared to your faith. 00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:22.139 We are so spoiled 00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:23.139 for our relationship 00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.799 with God. 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.379 If you would know 00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.019 your sin, 00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.339 right? 00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.759 Everything that you've ever 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.479 said wrong 00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:29.279 or done wrong 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.099 or thought wrong, 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.299 there isn't a book 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.779 big enough 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.699 to write it all down. 00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.019 And God is so holy, 00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.339 such a blazing, 00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:37.359 consuming fire. 00:32:37.479 --> 00:32:38.619 If we would really know that, 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.339 who do you think 00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.039 that you can just go 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.799 into the throne room 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.239 of heaven 00:32:42.239 --> 00:32:43.359 and complain about 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.139 your runny nose, 00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.639 right? 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.379 That's the thing we do. 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.239 But that is what 00:32:49.239 --> 00:32:50.779 the cross achieve, 00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.000 right? 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:52.119 We make so lightly 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.159 of prayer. 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.039 We make so lightly 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.799 of confession 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.239 and yet Jesus 00:32:56.239 --> 00:32:59.119 did such a huge thing. 00:32:59.959 --> 00:33:01.019 And this ritual here 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.799 is just a little 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.819 small foretaste 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.259 of how difficult 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.819 it was for God 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.019 to bring you back 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.439 to him. 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.459 But he did it. 00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:11.039 And God just wants you 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.799 to stop and think 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.299 about that. 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.579 That is here 00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.299 what's the application 00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.059 for the Israelites, 00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:17.319 right? 00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:18.339 Verse 29. 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.819 And it shall be 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.839 a statute to you 00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.359 forever 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:23.079 that in the seventh month 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.859 on the tenth day 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.480 of the month 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.139 you shall afflict yourselves 00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.639 and shall do no work, 00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.919 either the native 00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.759 or the stranger 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.759 who sojourns among you. 00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:32.119 Now one day, 00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.019 no work 00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.960 and afflict yourselves. 00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.619 Fasting. 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.240 Fasting 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.539 and just stop 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.079 and think. 00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:37.839 Don't go about 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.339 your business. 00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.559 Look what a big thing 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:41.199 God is doing for you. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.639 Don't take it 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.220 for granted. 00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.580 Stop 00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.240 and meditate. 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.160 And I think 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.820 that's what God 00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.580 still wants for us. 00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.560 That's why we're taking 00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:52.160 a series on the cross. 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.480 You know, 00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:54.300 because we want 00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:55.440 to just take this in 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.560 and realize again 00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:58.540 what a huge thing 00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:59.200 it is that God 00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.940 has done for us. 00:34:00.020 --> 00:34:00.300 There will be 00:34:00.300 --> 00:34:00.880 other churches 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.100 and they have a sermon 00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:03.240 on kind of five, 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.900 you know, 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:06.360 habits for a successful career. 00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.140 And that feels 00:34:08.140 --> 00:34:08.860 quite inappropriate, 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.260 right? 00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.420 When the Son of God 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.600 is dying for your sins 00:34:11.600 --> 00:34:12.540 and you're busy 00:34:12.540 --> 00:34:13.260 with your career. 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.600 No. 00:34:14.140 --> 00:34:15.420 Look what a big thing 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.420 God is doing, 00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.840 has done, 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.980 one day, 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.500 completely forever, 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.960 2,000 years ago. 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.060 All right? 00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.440 That's why we have 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.020 Good Friday. 00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.140 That's why many 00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:27.000 Christian traditions, 00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:28.340 people fast on Good Friday 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.860 because, 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.680 you know, 00:34:30.020 --> 00:34:31.060 just like this day here 00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.880 because this is such 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.420 a big thing 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.280 and I want to just 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.880 take it in 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.940 and actually, 00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.640 you know, 00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.480 food and everything 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.380 is not as important 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.240 as what God did. 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:40.000 even in a moment, 00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.559 we're going to have 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.239 the Lord's Supper, 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.299 right? 00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.899 The body and blood 00:34:43.899 --> 00:34:44.559 separated. 00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:46.019 It's a real sacrifice, 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.319 right? 00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:47.559 That's the idea 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.419 because Jesus said, 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.379 do this in remembrance 00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:50.879 of me. 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.159 So we don't take 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.159 the cross for granted. 00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.239 Yeah, 00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:56.719 just to make us 00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.739 humble and thankful. 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.439 When we really appreciate 00:34:59.439 --> 00:35:00.399 what God has done, 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.839 see how serious 00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.539 our sin is, 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.879 serious, 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.979 see what God has done. 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:04.879 Well, 00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:06.199 we will be so thankful 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.659 and, 00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.439 yeah, 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:09.300 it will transform 00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.360 the way we see God, 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.619 right? 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.800 That he did this 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.460 in his love 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.960 and grace 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.559 and mercy 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:15.079 and that we see 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.619 ourselves. 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.820 So let's not take 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.240 it for granted. 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.079 Please use it. 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.320 I mean, 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.179 please pray about 00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.740 your runny nose. 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.079 Please, 00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:23.220 please confess, 00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.519 you know, 00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.480 whenever you have a sin, 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:26.019 confession is a privilege, 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.300 right? 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.000 Because if God 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.679 wasn't forgiving, 00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.500 what's the point 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.139 in confessing? 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:30.579 But he is forgiving 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.639 and you can just confess 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.119 and enjoy 00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:35.239 and use what Jesus 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.079 has done for you. 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.880 But don't take it 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.480 for granted. 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:45.480 it.