Joni Mannell – The Breaking Of Bread – Class 4 – The Blood of the Covenant

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We’ve now come to our 4th class
in a series on the general theme

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at the Breaking of Bread, and
this class is entitled The Blood

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of the Covenant.
And so we’ll call up our brother

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Johnny Mannell to give us his
fourth class.

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Brother Johnny.
Thanks Lloyd.

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Good morning brothers and
sisters.

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I’m very conscious that one of
my bad habits is a when I either

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get excited, or B when I know
I’m pushing the clock.

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I tend to just speak faster in
the hope that I can get all my

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words out in the same amount of
time.

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So I hope you’ve managed to
like, still understand me.

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I’m conscious that you know this
dialect and that kind of thing

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that works both ways.
I’m sure you have as much

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difficulty understanding me as I
do understanding you.

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So has it been OK?
I’ve not like, baffled you.

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You’ve managed to understand
most of what I’ve said even when

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it’s gone really quick.
OK, right.

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So thank you for that.
That’s very kind of you.

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Because the pace probably is not
going to slow down on that basis

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then.
So let let’s just recap where

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we’ve been just to keep it in
your mind.

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So on Sunday when we met for the
first time, we talked about the

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demeanour and the mindset of the
Lord Jesus Christ.

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What was it that he wanted them
to remember about him as they

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went into that Last Supper
together?

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What was the demeanour of the
Lord Jesus Christ and his

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mindset that he wanted them to
embrace, that he wanted them to

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share with him that he wanted
them to have as well?

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My joy, my peace, be of good
cheer.

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I have overcome for the joy set
before Him all of those things

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and then on Monday we we looked
at the the symbols themselves,

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the bread and the wine based on
John’s Gospel there in John six

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with the feeding of the 5000
the.

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Power of the.
Word of God and what it can do

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in a man’s life when he submits
to it and tries to employ it in

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his life as the Lord did in his.
And the wine at Cana there

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poured out with energy and
power.

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The new wine never tasted
anything like it before.

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This new life that the Lord
Jesus Christ was offering to us

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and wants us to share and wants
us to engage in.

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And then yesterday we looked at
what did we look at yesterday?

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Remind me, what was my theme
yesterday?

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Say again, this do that’s right.
There’s too much stuff, isn’t

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there?
This do in remembrance of me

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when the apostle Paul said as
often as you eat this bread and

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drink this cup, you declare the
Lord’s death.

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And what does it mean then when
we leave the memorial table to

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do something in remembrance of
the Lord Jesus Christ?

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Not just to have been there, but
if we want to demonstrate our

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love and our appreciation for
what the Lord has done for us,

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then there is something
incumbent upon us in our lives

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that we that we do for him.
Well, these next two sessions,

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today and tomorrow, brother and
sisters, we’re going to kind of

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go underground a little bit.
These two kind of come as a pair

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now, today and tomorrow.
And we’re going to go into the

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Old Testament and today we’re
picking up on the words of the

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Lord Jesus, which you’ll have
noticed there in Exodus 24,

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which is clearly where he’s
quoting from when he took the

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cup.
And he said, this cup is the new

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covenant in my blood, which has
been poured out for you for the

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for the remission of sins.
And he’s making a clear

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reference back, isn’t he, to
this moment that Lloyd read for

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us in Exodus 24.
Moses took the blood and

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sprinkled it there in verse 8 on
the people and said, behold, the

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blood of the covenant which the
Lord has made with you

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concerning all these words.
This, this cup is the new

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covenant in my blood which is
poured out for you.

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So what was it, Brin sisters,
about the blood of the old

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covenant?
What was happening here at Sinai

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where Moses shared this
extraordinary set of scenarios

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with the children of Israel that
the Lord wanted us to think

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about and focus on as we watch
him and witness him sharing the

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cup with his disciples and as we
share in it ourselves.

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What was happening here at Sinai
I want to do with you this

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morning is take you on a journey
from Exodus 24 all the way

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through to Exodus 34.
Now, that sounds like a bit of

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an epic, doesn’t it?
We’re going to go very quickly.

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I’m desperately going to try and
not get bogged down in the

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details, and I want you to do
the same.

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What?
I want you to.

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Look, for as we go through these
chapters and what was happening

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here at Sinai is the big picture
of what’s going on.

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What is it that Moses is trying
to convey to the people?

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What are the issues that he’s
dealing with so that we can see

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how it is that the Lord
extrapolates them from the Old

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Testament and and hands them to
us as he shares the cup with us

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week by week.
That’s what we’re going to do.

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And I want to share with you,
Brent sisters, that for me, not

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just the old covenant was made
known to to the people by Moses

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here in Exodus, but the new
covenant was as well.

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I don’t want you to think that
the new covenant was something

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they had to wait another 3-4
thousand years for.

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It was right here in Exodus.
Moses made it abundantly clear

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to them what that was.
And the Lord Jesus was ratifying

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it there in the in the upper
room with his disciples.

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Is that OK?
Are you ready?

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Right here we go.
Come with me.

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Just back a couple of pages to
Exodus 19 and let’s really feel

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the flow of what’s what’s
happening here for the children

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of Israel.
This cup is the new covenant in

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my blood.
Well, Exodus 19 is very, very

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exciting.
The children of Israel have

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crossed the Red Sea.
They’ve gone through all the

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experiences of Passover night
that we were thinking about on

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Sunday.
They’ve arrived in the

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wilderness.
And here in Exodus 19, for the

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first time, God is now going to
formally speak to his people.

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And it’s an electrifying moment.
All the all the camp of Israel

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arrive at the at the base of
Mount Sinai.

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Moses goes up into the mountain,
and God is now going to speak to

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this newly formed nation, this
new group of people.

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For the first time and the words
that he says, brothers, sisters

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are, are moving in the extreme.
Just have a listen to them in

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this situation.
It’s the third month since the

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children of Israel have gone
forth from the land of Egypt.

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Verse One in the same day they
come to the wilderness of Sinai.

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For they departed from
referendum, and had come to the

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desert of Sinai, and pitched in
the wilderness.

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And there Israel camped before
the mount.

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And Moses went up unto God.
And the Lord called him out of

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the mountain, saying, This is
what I want you to say to the

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House of Jacob, and tell the
children of Israel, you’ve seen

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what I did to the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagle’s wings,

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and brought you to myself.
Now, therefore, if you will obey

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my voice indeed, and keep my
covenants, then you’ll be a

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peculiar treasure, and to me
above all people, for all the

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earth is mine, and you’ll be to
me a Kingdom of priests and a

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holy nation.
These are the words that you

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will speak to the children of
Israel.

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Isn’t that beautiful?
The very first time Israel have

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ever met with God.
And this is what God wants to do

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with them.
I’ve brought you on eagle’s

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wings, he says, and I’ve brought
you to myself.

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And now verse 5, if you will
obey my voice and keep my

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covenant, then you will be a
peculiar treasure unto me above

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all people, for all the earth is
mine, and you will be unto me a

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Kingdom of priests and a holy
nation.

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And there was just one.
Condition, Bren sisters, upon

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which God could have a
relationship with his people.

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I will make you into the most
extraordinary nation of people

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on the face of the planet, says
God on this one condition.

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If you obey my voice and keep my
covenants, then this is what I

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can do with you.
If you’re willing to hear my

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words and try and engage with
them in your lives and follow

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them and believe in them and
trust in them and commit

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yourselves to them, then we can
have the most extraordinary

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relationship.
If you obey my voice and keep my

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covenants.
Then we will have this kind of

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relationship and Moses would
later say there was no other

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nation on earth ever, ever
before or ever since that God

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ever made an agreement like that
with.

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If you will obey my voice and
keep my covenant, then you will

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be this special people, this
lovely treasure to me above all

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people in the earth.
So verse 7, Moses came, called

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for the elders of the people,
and laid before their faces all

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these words which the Lord had
commanded him.

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And all the people answered
together and said all that the

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Lord has spoken we will do.
I just want you to think about

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that for a moment.
Bren Sisters, and how you would

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have felt if Moses was standing
here today saying those words to

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you and me, if you will obey my
voice and keep my covenant.

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And I don’t think he was
meaning, you know, in some

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lackadaisical, laissez faire
way, he’s saying if you will

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obey my voice and keep my
covenant, then you will be to me

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these special people.
How would you feel?

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What would you have said to
Moses if you’d have been in that

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great company?
I think I would have been a bit

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more reserved about it
personally.

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All that the Lord has said, we
will do, they replied.

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And having had some experience
of being a disciple and looking

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around the room, I know you have
two.

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You know, Bren sisters, what a
challenging thing that would be

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to say.
All that the Lord has said we

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will do.
I asked you yesterday if you

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would consider having a go at
having a sinless day, right?

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I don’t know whether today’s
that day for you.

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How many of you got it this
morning thinking right, today’s

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my day.
I’m going to have my sinless day

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today.
All that the Lord has said we

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will do.
And there was a deep problem in

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that Ansa Brun sisters wasn’t
there.

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Because having a relationship
with God is actually not about

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all the things that we will do,
is it?

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That’s going to be one of the
fundamental problems now for the

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rest of Israel’s history that
they are going to struggle with.

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It is not about everything that
they will do.

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God has already said look at
what I’ve already done for you,

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how I bare you on eagle’s wings
and brought you to myself.

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Now if you will obey my voice
and keep my covenant and I guess

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Prince citizen, I’m just doing
Johnny male interpretation here.

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I’m guessing what God was
wanting to hear from the people

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was we’re going to do our best.
We’re going to need your mercy,

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Lord, Father, to bear with us,
but we’re going to do our best.

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We’re going to commit to having
a go.

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But they didn’t say that.
They said all that.

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The Lord has spoken.
We will do.

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We’re going to do it.
We’re going to do it.

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Just keep a finger in Exodus and
come to one Peter 2.

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The apostle Peter when he wrote
a letter to his friends and to

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the ecclesias of the 1st century
and the ecclesia of today.

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He, he, he picks up on that
incident in Exodus 24 in one

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Peter 2 and verse 9.
And notice how Peter has just

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changed the emphasis a little
bit from what the children of

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Israel said there on on the on
the desert floor.

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One Peter 2 and verse 9.
You are a chosen generation, he

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says.
And this is he’s writing this to

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the Ecclesia Brains sisters.
He’s writing this to you and me.

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He’s saying you are now those
people who were standing there

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on the wilderness floor.
You are those people in this

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relationship with God that was
happening right back there in

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Exodus 24.
You are a chosen generation, a

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royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a peculiar people, that you

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should show forth the praises of
him who has called you out of

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darkness into his marvellous
light, which in time past were

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not a people, but are now the
people of God, which had not

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obtained mercy, but now have
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And do you notice how Peter has
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This wasn’t about you, he says.
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You are here and you are in this
relationship to show forth the

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praises of Him.
He’s the one who’s done it, not

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you.
It’s not we bread and sisters

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who have done all that the Lord
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Is it?
You know, in your own life and

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in your own heart.
And I know it in mine.

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It’s not me that’s done it.
It’s not me that’s found myself

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in this relationship with.
God, it’s through nothing that

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I’ve done.
You are here to show forth the

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praises of Him who has called
you out of darkness into His

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marvellous light.
It’s not all.

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That we have been able to do.
It’s all that he has done for

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us.
And God was teaching them,

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brother and sisters here in
Exodus 24, and it was going to

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be a painful journey.
It was going to be a painful

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lesson that actually they
couldn’t do all that the Lord

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had commanded.
It wasn’t.

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They didn’t have the.
Capacity in them to do it just

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be as you come back to Exodus
come back on the two Deuteronomy

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chapter 5 and the lovely thing
is brother and sisters and it’s

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it’s a great insight into the
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Even when they were standing
there saying all that the Lord

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has spoken.
We will do God knew that they

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didn’t have it in them to do it
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Deuteronomy chapter 5 and verse
28 when the Lord heard the voice

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of your words when you spoke to
me all that the Lord has said we

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will do.
That’s what he’s referring to.

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When the Lord heard the voice of
your words when you spoke to me

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and the Lord said to me, I’ve
heard the voice of the words of

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these people which they’ve
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They have well said in all that
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So it was, it was a great thing
to say all that the Lord has

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said.
We will do all.

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It was a great thing to say.
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Oh, that there were such a heart
in them that they would fear me

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and keep all my commandments
always, that it might be well

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with them and with their
children forever.

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So maybe the intention was
there, maybe they thought they

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had the capacity to do it.
Maybe it was well-intentioned.

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It was a great thing to say,
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When I asked them if they could
do it, if you will obey my voice

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and keep my covenant, when I,
when I asked them if they could

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do it and they said all that the
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It was a great intention.
It was a great desire.

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I just wish, said God, it had
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By a willingness and a
perseverance to actually see it

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through.
But it wasn’t, it wasn’t, and

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that’s a really important thing.
I want you to pick up on Bren

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Sisters today because whilst we
might turn it week by week to

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the memorial service, and whilst
we might see all that the Lord

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has done for us, we might have
experienced the eagle wings on

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which God has brought us to
himself and we might say inside

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of ourselves, right, I’m going
to do it.

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I’m going to commit myself, I’m
going to make this the best that

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I can be.
You know as well as I do, Bren

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Sisters, that things have a
habit of falling down around our

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ears.
And what I want us to see this

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morning, brethren, is is how God
resolves that situation in the

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most beautiful way.
God is now going to bring these

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people back to himself even
though he knows that they can’t

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do themselves all that the Lord
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So let’s with that background,
then coming back to Exodus 24,

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because in order to begin
teaching them that lesson, Moses

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does something very unusual,
very graphic, very visual.

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Moses was a great user of visual
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the Lord Jesus was.
And now he employs a very

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visible sign, a pattern of
things that he’s seen presented

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to him by God.
And he, he lays it all out now

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in front of the men and women of
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And I’m going to suggest to you,
brother sisters, you just watch

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these details that Moses has the
first prototype breaking of

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bread right here on Mount Sinai
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Here we go.
Verse 3, Moses told all the

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people all the words of the Lord
and all the judgements, and all

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the people answered with one
voice and said all the words

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which the Lord has said will we
do?

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Here it is again.
It’s a repeated phrase right

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here in these early chapters in
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All the Lord has said we will
do.

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So verse 4, Moses wrote all the
words of the Lord, and he rose

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up early in the morning and
built an altar under the hill

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and 12 pillars according to the
12 tribes of Israel.

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And he sent young men of the
children of Israel, which

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offered burnt offerings and
sacrificed peace offerings of

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oxen to the Lord.
And Moses took off the blood,

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put it in basins, and half the
blood he sprinkled on the altar,

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and he took the book of the
covenant and read in the

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audience of the people.
And they said again, all that

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the Lord has said, will we do
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And Moses took the blood,
sprinkled it on the people, and

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said, Behold the blood of the
covenant which the Lord has made

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with you concerning all these
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Now notice the details then
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First of all, verse 4, Moses
writes down everything that God

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has said.
And in a way, brains, it seems

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to me this is this is the
testimony of what Jesus will

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ultimately do.
You remember when we talked

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about the bread there in John 6,
Jesus was describing himself as

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the the word of God made flesh
all that the Lord has said Jesus

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did do, right?
He was the one.

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And Moses now documents it all
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And Jesus says I am the one who
did it.

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And Moses now documents
everything, and then he builds

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an altar.
It was nothing to do with the

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altar of the Tabernacle that
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The instructions for it aren’t
going to come until the next

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chapter.
This is just an earthen altar

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that Moses builds and he
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That’s interesting, isn’t it?
So can you see the scene?

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You’ve got an altar there in the
middle and it’s surrounded by 12

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pillars.
And what I want to suggest you

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this morning, brother and
sisters, without getting bogged

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down in the detail, in the
details, is what you are seeing

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here is a picture of the
breaking of bread.

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This is the this is the the
upper room.

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This is the Last Supper.
You remember in Galatians, the

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apostle Paul describes the 12
apostles as pillars.

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He actually uses that term and
here are 12 pillars surrounding

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this altar.
Now in verse 5, he sent young

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men of the children of Israel
who offered the offerings and

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sacrificed the peace offerings.
Who were those young men?

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Bren sisters who Moses sent to
do that?

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They weren’t the priests or the
Levites in the in the typical

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sense.
Of Exodus because they haven’t

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been ordained yet at this point
in in Israel’s history, the

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family of Aaron has not been
selected for the priesthood and

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the Levites have not been chosen
to be those specific people.

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These young men Bran sisters
offering the offerings are the

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first borns aren’t they the ones
who have been redeemed on

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Passover night?
They were each of the first

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borns was the priest for their
family, just as it has always

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been, right the way through
Genesis, right the time from

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when Abel took the offering on
behalf of him and of his

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brother, even though he was the
younger, right from the time

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when Joseph wore the priestly
garment for his family.

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And the first borns right down
their generations have taken on

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the role of the priesthood.
And here they are.

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And I suggest you Bren sisters,
these young men that Moses has

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got making these offerings are
the first borns of the families

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of Israel and every family had a
representative there.

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And you remember, Bren sisters,
how the Apostle in Hebrews 12

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describes the ecclesia today as
the Church of the first born,

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those who’ve been redeemed, the
ecclesia of God.

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And here they were with the 12
pillars and they were there

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about to have a fellowship meal
with Moses there on the

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mountain.
And here it gets really

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interesting.
Then verse 5, they offer burnt

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offerings and peace offerings.
Why those two?

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Why did Moses select
specifically burnt offerings and

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peace offerings?
And I’m going to suggest to you

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the reason.
It’s a suggestion and nothing

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more.
I’d be interested to talk with

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you about it if you have other
views.

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The burnt offering and the peace
offering were the only ones that

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you would routinely offer bread
and wine with in the sacrifices

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under the law.
They were the ones that were the

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fellowship offerings for Israel.
They were the ones that the men

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and women could share in and
participate in in in the most

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unique way.
They were the ones that involved

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bread and wine when the people
came and offered every time.

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And they were the ones that
Moses is offering here.

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And then in verse 6, Moses takes
the blood, and he sprinkles it

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on the altar, and he takes the
book of the covenant that he’s

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written with all the words of
God that they say they’re going

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to do.
He reads it in the audience of

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the people.
And they repeat all the words

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that the Lord has said, Will we
do and be obedient.

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And Moses took the blood and
sprinkles it on the people, and

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says, Behold the blood of the
covenant which the Lord has made

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with you concerning all these
words.

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And he starts sprinkling the
blood of these offerings on the

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people in a way as if he’s
saying you need to be touched by

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the blood of this offering.
And if you can see Brensis,

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there’s this great picture that
Moses is orchestrating here on

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the on the mountain.
It must have been extraordinary

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to watch as Moses builds this
altar and he sets up these 12

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pillars and he makes all the
people watch what he’s doing.

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And the Lord Jesus Christ was
right there in the centre.

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If you want to know what it
means to to to do all the words

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that the Lord has spoken and be
obedient, then you need to watch

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what’s going on right here in
the centre of this great scene.

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Because there’s only one man,
says Moses, who’s ever going to

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be able to do that.
All that the Lord has said we

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will do.
Just keep a.

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Finger in Exodus and come back
with me to Hebrews Chapter 9 and

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let’s just really grasp what it
is that Moses is trying to to

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convey to the people.
It’s so annoying, isn’t it?

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That Exodus is so brief you
don’t get any of the extra.

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Discussion or or or presentation
that Moses might have had to the

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people, but I suggest it’s
implicit here in Hebrews that

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that’s what Moses was doing.
He what he didn’t just quietly

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and silently go around building
this altar and putting 12

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pillars up and making them go
off and get offerings in

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silence.
I believe, for instance, Moses

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was telling the people.
What it is that he was

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signifying by what he was doing.
Hebrews 9, verse 23.

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It was necessary that the the
patterns of things in heaven

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should be purified with these
things that Moses was doing, but

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the heavenly things themselves
with better sacrifices than

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these.
For Christ is not entered into

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the holy places made with hands
which are figures of the true,

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but into heaven itself now to
appear in the presence of God

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for us.
And I can’t believe, Princess,

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is that Moses wasn’t explaining
that to the people, that what he

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was doing, this great visual aid
that he laid out in front of

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them was a pattern.
It was a copy of something that

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God had shown to him personally.
There is going to come a man who

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will eventually be the ultimate
burnt offering, the only man who

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will do all the words that the
Lord has spoken.

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And one day he will stand as a
representative for all of these

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12 tribes, these pillars that
are sitting here now.

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And you need to be associated
with that man.

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It will be the life of that man
that you need to embrace and

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grasp.
Hold off.

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Who is going to do it for you?
And Moses is sprinkling the

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blood of this offering and he’s
saying to them, I believe Bren

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sisters, you need to understand
the pattern that God has

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ordained.
This is just a picture of what

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one day is going to be made a
reality.

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This is what needs to be.
Done in the heavenly things.

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And I’m just sharing with you a
visual aid of one day what it’s

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going to look like.
I wonder, Abrensis, as if as the

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Lord Jesus sat at that table
with those 12 men, he had a

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great picture in his mind of
Moses standing there with his 12

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pillars and that altar in the
middle with the burnt offering

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and the blood being sprinkled on
the people.

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This cup is the new covenant in
My blood, and I want you to be

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associated with this.
I am the one who has done all

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the words which the Lord has
spoken.

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Just come back to verse 19,
still in Hebrews 9, for when

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Moses had spoken every precept
to all the people according to

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the Law.
Isn’t that lovely?

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Moses didn’t just write these
complicated things down, he

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explained to them.
Every precept to the people.

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He took the blood of calves and
goats with water and scarlet

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wool and hyssop and sprinkled
the book and the people saying

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this is the blood of the
covenant which God has enjoined

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unto you.
And these are this is a pattern.

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This is a picture.
And one day men and women of

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Israel, you need to understand
what God is going to do.

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You need to understand the
extent to which God requires all

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the words that He has spoken to
be done and you can’t do it.

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You don’t have the capacity
within you.

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And if you do, then you need to
look and understand that the

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extent to which God requires it
of you.

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And you need to understand one
day there will come a man who

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you need to be associated with
who will do it for you and with

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you.
Maybe it was, for instance, that

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Moses even explained to them
about the Lord Jesus Christ, the

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seed of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, the one who had been

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promised for generations, and
how in him, not in Abraham, in

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his seed, all nations of the
earth would one day be blessed.

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Well, Brent says that was the
old covenant right there.

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That was the old covenant being
ratified by Moses with the

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blood.
Sprinkled on all the.

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People now we need to see the
new covenants come back to

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Exodus 24.
I know I’m I’m, I’m rapidly

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taking you through it, but I
don’t want you to get bogged

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down in the details.
Just see the big picture because

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the big picture is going to
carry right on now as they leave

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this memorial table right here
on Mount Sinai, Exodus 24.

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Let’s come down in verse 15.
I want you to notice what

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happens next.
Moses has shared this memorial

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meal with the elders of Israel
and the first borns who’ve been

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there preparing the offerings
and now he’s going to leave

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them.
Verse 15 Moses went up into the

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mount and a cloud covered the
mount and the glory of the Lord

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abode on Mount Sinai, and the
cloud covered it 6 days.

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And the 7th day he called unto
Moses out of the midst of the

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cloud.
And the sight of the glory of

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the Lord was like devouring fire
on the top of the mount in the

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eyes of the children of Israel.
And Moses went into the midst of

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the cloud and got up into the
mount.

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And he was in the mount 40 days
and 40 nights.

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And I want you to see the scene
of what’s happening here.

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Now, Bren sisters, did it ring
any bells with you in verse 15?

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Moses went up into the mount and
a cloud covered the mount.

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Moses ascending up.
And he’s now going to go up into

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the presence of God, into the
cloud.

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And I want to suggest with you,
and I want you to watch this

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carefully, Bren sisters, that as
Moses has shared this memorial

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feast with the elders of Israel
and the first borns, we’re now

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00:27:07,080 –> 00:27:09,720
going to see in picture the
ascension of the Lord Jesus

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Christ.
He ascends up into the cloud for

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40 days and 40 nights to be in
the presence of God.

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And I want to.
Suggest to you we’re having a

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picture here made of the
offering of Jesus in the upper

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room, the breaking of bread, and
now his ascension.

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Notice what Moses said in verse
14.

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He said unto the elders, Tarry
ye here for us until we come

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again unto you.
Aaron and her are with you.

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If any man have a matter to do,
let him come unto them.

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So I want you to wait for me.
I’ll be back.

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Isn’t that lovely?
And and Moses now going away in

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into a far country, as the Lord
Jesus would describe in a

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parable to receive for him a
Kingdom and he’s going to

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00:27:53,360 –> 00:27:55,120
return.
And he said to the elders of

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Israel now wait, whatever
happens, if you have any

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00:27:57,960 –> 00:27:59,680
problems.
Aaron and her are going to

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00:27:59,680 –> 00:28:01,840
resolve it with you, but I want
you to wait.

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00:28:01,960 –> 00:28:03,840
Hang on.
I’m going to come back.

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00:28:04,120 –> 00:28:06,640
Wait here.
And, and there was a great

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promise of his return.
Now, then, brother, sisters, as

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you turn to Exodus 32, what did
they do in his absence?

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Did they wait or did they not
wait?

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And as you come to Exodus 32, I
want you to notice really

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carefully the words that Moses
chooses in the very opening

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verses.
And you know this scene, Moses

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00:28:29,920 –> 00:28:33,720
is now about to arrive back down
at the at the base of Mount

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Sinai, having been 40 days and
40 nights in the presence of

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God.
And the words that Moses chooses

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here in verse one are really
important when the people saw

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that Moses delayed to come.
Down out of the mount.

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Why does he use that word when
the people saw that Moses

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delayed to come down out of the
mount And it’s brethren,

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00:28:54,080 –> 00:28:55,880
sisters, the Lord Jesus quotes
from it, doesn’t he?

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They said, My Lord delays his
coming.

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That’s what they said.
Moses had gone up there having

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00:29:02,040 –> 00:29:04,920
broken bread with them and
shared with them all the wonders

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of the covenant, what God was
going to do with them, what He

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00:29:07,720 –> 00:29:10,160
required of them.
All that the Lord has said we

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will do.
Do you remember how emphatic

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they’ve been about that three
times already this morning?

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00:29:14,480 –> 00:29:16,440
We’ve read it, and there are
more that we haven’t.

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00:29:16,680 –> 00:29:19,760
All that the Lord has said we
will do and be obedient with one

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00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:22,440
voice.
And Moses says, OK, if that’s

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what you’re willing to do, let’s
share a meal as a token of it

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00:29:25,760 –> 00:29:28,160
that you’re committing your
lives into the hands of God.

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And now I’m going up to be with
him and to receive the Kingdom

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00:29:31,480 –> 00:29:34,480
from his hand.
And I want you to wait, hang on

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and and be patient for my
return.

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And what they said was my Lord.
Delays his coming and when they

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00:29:44,120 –> 00:29:46,760
saw that Moses delayed to come
down out of the mount, they

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00:29:46,760 –> 00:29:49,880
gathered themselves together
into Aaron and said up make us

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00:29:49,880 –> 00:29:53,200
gods which shall go before us
for As for this Moses, the man

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who brought us out of the land
of Egypt.

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We don’t know what’s become of
him and they couldn’t wait.

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00:29:58,720 –> 00:30:03,600
Bren sisters, what happened to
all the Lord has said we will do

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00:30:03,640 –> 00:30:07,720
what Where’s it gone And Bren
sisters, although it’s not as

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00:30:07,720 –> 00:30:12,160
overt as this in our daily lives
it happens, doesn’t it?

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We talked about it yesterday.
Sometimes the reality of the

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00:30:15,960 –> 00:30:19,760
return of the Lord Jesus Christ
and it’s implications and it’s

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00:30:19,760 –> 00:30:23,600
challenge in your life and mine
sometimes gets a little bit hazy

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00:30:23,600 –> 00:30:26,640
and a bit foggy and it sometimes
starts sitting at the back of

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00:30:26,640 –> 00:30:29,160
our minds instead of the of at
the front, doesn’t it?

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My law delays his coming and all
sorts of things began to happen.

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Keep your finger in Exodus.
I hope your fingers are not too

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tired this morning coming over
to Acts 7, because Stephen gives

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us an insight into what was
going on in their minds when

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they said that,
and he reinforces that Moses was

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a prototype of the Lord Jesus
Christ.

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00:31:04,330 –> 00:31:12,570
Acts 737 This is that Moses who?
Said to the children of Israel a

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00:31:12,570 –> 00:31:16,130
prophet will the Lord God raise
up unto you among your brethren,

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00:31:16,130 –> 00:31:19,730
like unto me him shall ye hear?
Isn’t that lovely?

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00:31:19,890 –> 00:31:23,320
Stephen says Moses was was
prototyping the Lord Jesus

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00:31:23,320 –> 00:31:26,720
Christ and Moses himself had
said one day the Lord God is

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00:31:26,720 –> 00:31:29,240
going to raise up a man from
among your brethren and he will

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00:31:29,240 –> 00:31:32,800
be like me, a man who would
share with them that great

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00:31:32,800 –> 00:31:36,200
memorial feast and ascend up to
into the clouds to be with God

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00:31:36,440 –> 00:31:38,800
in order to bring a Kingdom back
for these people.

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This is he verse 38, who was in
the church in the wilderness

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with the Angel which spake him
in the Mount Sinai.

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And with our fathers, who
received the lively oracles to

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give unto us, to whom our
fathers would not obey, but they

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thrust him from them, and in
their hearts turned back again

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00:32:00,480 –> 00:32:04,200
to Egypt, saying unto Aaron,
Make us gods to go before us.

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For As for this Moses who
brought us out of the land of

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00:32:06,960 –> 00:32:09,280
Egypt, we don’t know what’s
become of him and what I want

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00:32:09,280 –> 00:32:10,280
to.
Suggest to you, Brendan, is, is

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00:32:10,280 –> 00:32:13,280
what’s going on there?
What Moses, what Stephen, sorry,

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00:32:13,280 –> 00:32:16,680
is telling us is that they they
were actually rejecting Moses as

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being their leader.
They thrust him from them in

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00:32:20,240 –> 00:32:22,360
their hearts.
I mean, they didn’t do it

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00:32:22,360 –> 00:32:24,400
literally, did they?
Moses was up in the mountain

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00:32:24,680 –> 00:32:27,440
with God.
He wasn’t there, but they thrust

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00:32:27,440 –> 00:32:30,520
him from them and said,
actually, As for this Moses,

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00:32:30,800 –> 00:32:32,680
well, we don’t know what’s
become of him.

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00:32:34,040 –> 00:32:35,760
Come on, let’s head back to
Egypt.

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00:32:35,760 –> 00:32:39,360
Let’s make us another captain
and we’ll return back to Egypt.

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00:32:39,360 –> 00:32:42,840
And in their hearts, they thrust
him away from them.

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00:32:42,840 –> 00:32:44,880
Why?
Because they wanted to go back

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to Egypt.
And their problem with Moses.

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00:32:47,520 –> 00:32:49,720
Moses was a man who was not
going to let them go back to

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00:32:49,720 –> 00:32:51,520
Egypt.
And he was challenging them and

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00:32:51,520 –> 00:32:54,080
pushing them and stretching them
all the time trying to get

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00:32:54,080 –> 00:32:56,560
Egypt.
Out of them and as soon as he

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00:32:56,560 –> 00:32:59,320
was gone, as soon as he turned
his back that that that

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00:32:59,440 –> 00:33:02,760
influence wasn’t there anymore
and the urge to go back to Egypt

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00:33:02,760 –> 00:33:07,560
wasn’t challenged and back they
went and they thrust him from

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00:33:07,560 –> 00:33:12,840
them when when they said to
Aaron up make us gods.

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00:33:12,840 –> 00:33:16,280
And again, Bensit says the
exhortation is clear.

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Isn’t it?
It’s not as overt as this in

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00:33:18,080 –> 00:33:21,640
daily life, but when there are
things that we want to do, when

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00:33:21,640 –> 00:33:24,400
there are aspects of our
characters that we want to

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00:33:24,400 –> 00:33:28,520
become, it’s really easy to say
just for a moment in our life,

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00:33:28,520 –> 00:33:29,520
isn’t it?
Do you know what?

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00:33:30,280 –> 00:33:33,240
As for this man who brought us
out of the land of Egypt, well,

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00:33:33,760 –> 00:33:35,000
we don’t know what’s become of
him.

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00:33:36,120 –> 00:33:40,040
My Lord delays his coming.
Come on, let’s go back to Egypt.

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00:33:40,040 –> 00:33:43,000
Just just for a moment.
Let’s just taste a little bit of

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it, enjoy a little bit of it, go
back to it.

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00:33:44,880 –> 00:33:48,040
He’s not here.
It’s difficult trying to live

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00:33:48,040 –> 00:33:51,120
into into these circumstances
when He’s not here driving us

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00:33:51,120 –> 00:33:53,880
and pushing us.
How important, Brents, it is

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00:33:53,880 –> 00:33:57,400
week by week that we can
remember all that the Lord has

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00:33:57,440 –> 00:34:00,760
said.
Will we do and be obedient?

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00:34:00,760 –> 00:34:05,760
Well, you know what happens.
Exodus 32 as Moses arrives back

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00:34:05,760 –> 00:34:15,159
down from the mountain.
Verse 19 of Exodus 32.

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00:34:19,800 –> 00:34:22,639
It came to pass as soon as Moses
came near the camp and he saw

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00:34:22,639 –> 00:34:25,760
the calf and the dancing and
Moses anger waxed hot and he

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cast the tables out of his hands
and broke them beneath them out.

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00:34:29,320 –> 00:34:31,880
And he took the calf which they
had made and burnt it with fire

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and ground it to powder, strawed
it on the water and made the

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00:34:34,719 –> 00:34:39,239
children of Israel drink it.
And and it’s a sad scene.

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00:34:39,239 –> 00:34:41,840
Bren sisters, what, what the
children of Israel have been

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00:34:41,840 –> 00:34:44,040
doing.
They made this golden calf, as

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00:34:44,040 –> 00:34:47,480
you know, I’m just trying to lay
my my eyes on it.

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00:34:47,480 –> 00:34:50,480
Here we go.
Verse 7, the children of Israel

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00:34:50,480 –> 00:34:51,960
says God, they’ve corrupted
themselves.

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00:34:51,960 –> 00:34:54,679
They’ve turned out of the way,
they’ve made a molten calf and

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00:34:54,679 –> 00:34:57,080
worshipped it.
They’ve sacrificed unto it,

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00:34:57,080 –> 00:35:00,560
saying, these be thy gods and
Geneva and says, as you read

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00:35:00,720 –> 00:35:03,760
Exodus 32, what you discover is
they’d not just done that,

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00:35:04,120 –> 00:35:06,040
they’d also built an altar.
There it is.

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00:35:06,040 –> 00:35:09,400
Verse 5, These be thy gods of
Israel which have brought you

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00:35:09,400 –> 00:35:11,400
apart the land of Egypt.
And when Aaron saw it, he built

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00:35:11,400 –> 00:35:13,920
an altar before it.
And Aaron made a proclamation

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00:35:13,920 –> 00:35:15,600
and said tomorrow is a feast to
the Lord.

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00:35:15,800 –> 00:35:18,960
And they rose up early and burnt
offerings and offered burnt

648
00:35:18,960 –> 00:35:22,080
offerings and peace offerings.
Do you see what’s happening?

649
00:35:22,080 –> 00:35:24,840
They’ve got a golden calf and
Aaron’s desperately trying to

650
00:35:24,840 –> 00:35:27,400
manage the situation.
And he’s built an altar and

651
00:35:27,400 –> 00:35:30,400
they’re offering burnt offerings
and peace offerings at the same

652
00:35:30,400 –> 00:35:32,200
time as worshipping the golden
calf.

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00:35:33,040 –> 00:35:35,120
And we’ll see tomorrow.
Brent says why the apostle Paul

654
00:35:35,120 –> 00:35:38,200
makes such a big issue about you
can’t share at the table of the

655
00:35:38,200 –> 00:35:41,720
Lord and at the table of demons
because there they were

656
00:35:41,720 –> 00:35:44,480
worshipping the golden calf and
at the same time there in verse

657
00:35:44,480 –> 00:35:47,160
6, they’re offering burnt
offerings and peace offerings

658
00:35:47,320 –> 00:35:50,160
and they’ve got everything all
mixed up, that breaking of bread

659
00:35:50,160 –> 00:35:52,840
that they had a few moments ago
back there in Exodus 24.

660
00:35:53,040 –> 00:35:55,480
Has now got all mixed up with
other things.

661
00:35:57,240 –> 00:36:00,520
And the apostle Paul said you do
that in your lives and it can’t

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00:36:00,520 –> 00:36:03,480
happen, it won’t work.
And there’s no wonder Brand

663
00:36:03,480 –> 00:36:07,120
sisters, the meekest man in all
the earth, got angry, lost his

664
00:36:07,120 –> 00:36:11,800
temper in a royal way and broke
those tablets of stone at the

665
00:36:11,800 –> 00:36:14,880
base of the mountain.
And I don’t think Brent Sisters,

666
00:36:14,880 –> 00:36:18,280
Moses broke those stones purely
in anger.

667
00:36:19,240 –> 00:36:20,800
I mean, there was a lot of anger
behind it.

668
00:36:20,800 –> 00:36:23,120
I think those stones went to
went to the floor with a pretty

669
00:36:23,120 –> 00:36:26,160
big thud.
But he was doing it to make a

670
00:36:26,160 –> 00:36:29,800
point to the people.
All that the Lord has said, you

671
00:36:29,800 –> 00:36:33,760
said we will do and be obedient.
And this is what God asked you

672
00:36:33,760 –> 00:36:36,600
to do.
And look at it already it’s

673
00:36:36,600 –> 00:36:38,480
gone.
Everything’s gone.

674
00:36:38,480 –> 00:36:41,040
This great covenant that you
made with God has been broken,

675
00:36:41,840 –> 00:36:44,240
and he did it as a symbol of the
fact of what they’d done with

676
00:36:44,240 –> 00:36:48,320
their relationship to God.
It had been broken to pieces and

677
00:36:48,320 –> 00:36:51,920
fallen apart.
Now then, brothers and sisters,

678
00:36:51,920 –> 00:36:54,440
what I want us to do then you’ve
you’ve seen them make the

679
00:36:54,440 –> 00:36:56,840
covenant with God all that the
Lord has said we will do.

680
00:36:57,080 –> 00:37:00,160
You’ve seen them share the meal
as a as a testimony of that.

681
00:37:00,160 –> 00:37:03,800
And now you’ve seen it all
properly come crashing down to

682
00:37:03,800 –> 00:37:06,000
pieces.
Their relationship with God is

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00:37:06,000 –> 00:37:07,800
gone.
It’s broken, it’s lost.

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00:37:08,560 –> 00:37:11,120
Now I want you to see, Brent,
sisters, how God is going to

685
00:37:11,120 –> 00:37:13,360
repair it.
And it’s really beautiful,

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00:37:13,880 –> 00:37:20,680
really, really beautiful.
Come with me to Exodus chapter

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00:37:20,680 –> 00:37:29,670
3.
Do you remember on Passover

688
00:37:29,670 –> 00:37:33,270
night when the children of
Israel left Egypt?

689
00:37:36,440 –> 00:37:38,160
There was a really important
detail that God asked them to

690
00:37:38,160 –> 00:37:39,760
do.
It feels like a one of those

691
00:37:39,760 –> 00:37:42,520
kind of off the cuff side
statements.

692
00:37:42,520 –> 00:37:44,880
Do you remember how God said
just before you leave, I want

693
00:37:44,880 –> 00:37:48,840
you to go and borrow from your
neighbors gold, silver, all the

694
00:37:48,840 –> 00:37:51,760
fine garments.
And do you remember on Passover

695
00:37:51,760 –> 00:37:54,160
night how they did that?
They went and took all the

696
00:37:54,160 –> 00:37:57,920
finery of the Egyptians, all
their wealth, the the bracelets,

697
00:37:57,920 –> 00:38:02,080
the earrings, the the jewellery,
the fine Egyptian cotton, which

698
00:38:02,080 –> 00:38:05,560
today still today the Egyptian.
Cotton is amongst the finest in

699
00:38:05,560 –> 00:38:07,560
the world and they went and took
it and took it with them.

700
00:38:08,200 –> 00:38:11,360
And it sounds like that was just
a, a passing thing just as they

701
00:38:11,360 –> 00:38:12,720
were leaving.
It’s almost sounds like God

702
00:38:12,720 –> 00:38:15,080
said, by the way, why don’t you
just go and take some some

703
00:38:15,080 –> 00:38:18,000
clothes and jewelry with you?
Well, it wasn’t like that.

704
00:38:18,120 –> 00:38:20,640
That had been one of the key
details actually of Passover

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00:38:20,640 –> 00:38:23,760
night 40 years before Passover
ever happened.

706
00:38:24,240 –> 00:38:30,560
Exodus chapter 3 and verse 21.
And here is Moses at the burning

707
00:38:30,560 –> 00:38:34,280
Bush, right before he’s ever
even gone back to Egypt.

708
00:38:34,720 –> 00:38:37,960
And notice the detail that that
God gives to Moses.

709
00:38:38,960 –> 00:38:42,440
I’m going to give this people
favour in the sight of the

710
00:38:42,440 –> 00:38:44,000
Egyptians.
And it will come to pass that

711
00:38:44,000 –> 00:38:46,600
when you go, you will not go
empty.

712
00:38:47,320 –> 00:38:50,680
Every woman will borrow of her
neighbor and of her who sojourns

713
00:38:50,680 –> 00:38:54,000
in her house, jewels of silver,
jewels of gold and raiment.

714
00:38:54,440 –> 00:38:57,440
And you will put them on your
sons and on your daughters, and

715
00:38:57,440 –> 00:39:00,280
you will spoil the Egyptians.
Isn’t that interesting?

716
00:39:01,000 –> 00:39:04,120
40 years before one of the key
issues of Passover night, in

717
00:39:04,120 –> 00:39:06,440
God’s mind, the preparation had
been made.

718
00:39:06,680 –> 00:39:08,480
They were going to be taking
this stuff with them.

719
00:39:09,080 –> 00:39:10,840
This is right here at the
Burning Bush.

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00:39:11,120 –> 00:39:14,320
You’re going to borrow from your
neighbors jewels of gold,

721
00:39:14,720 –> 00:39:18,960
raiment, silver, and did you
notice what they were to do with

722
00:39:18,960 –> 00:39:20,400
it?
This is really important since

723
00:39:20,400 –> 00:39:23,240
you just notice this is a
beautiful point that God makes

724
00:39:24,040 –> 00:39:27,960
when you take these things.
Verse 22 These jewels of silver

725
00:39:27,960 –> 00:39:32,240
and jewels of gold and raiment,
you will put them on your sons.

726
00:39:32,240 –> 00:39:35,440
And on your.
Daughters, why do you think that

727
00:39:35,440 –> 00:39:38,200
was?
Can you imagine the scene on

728
00:39:38,200 –> 00:39:40,840
Passover night as they made
their way down towards the Red

729
00:39:40,840 –> 00:39:44,880
Sea, all the little children
wearing the jewellery and the

730
00:39:44,880 –> 00:39:47,760
finery of Egypt?
Can you imagine, Bren and Sis,

731
00:39:47,760 –> 00:39:50,800
if you were parents, if you were
grandparents, watching your

732
00:39:50,800 –> 00:39:54,880
children and your grandchildren
who’d grown up as slave kids?

733
00:39:55,320 –> 00:39:57,320
They’d never worn fine Egyptian
cotton.

734
00:39:57,800 –> 00:40:01,360
They’ve never worn ornaments of
gold and silver and bracelets

735
00:40:01,360 –> 00:40:04,320
and earrings.
And now as they make their way

736
00:40:04,320 –> 00:40:07,880
across the waters of the Red Sea
with the, with the moon, you

737
00:40:07,880 –> 00:40:11,040
know, glittering on them through
the water, and all these little

738
00:40:11,040 –> 00:40:14,480
kids dragging these beautiful
Egyptian clothes in the sand,

739
00:40:15,000 –> 00:40:17,520
you know, bedecked with jewels
and finery, it would have.

740
00:40:17,520 –> 00:40:20,120
Been an awesome sight wouldn’t
it, to watch your children?

741
00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:22,000
Wearing all these beautiful
things that.

742
00:40:22,280 –> 00:40:24,160
Had it been in any of the
circumstances they were, you’d

743
00:40:24,160 –> 00:40:26,840
never have seen.
These kids had never worn

744
00:40:26,840 –> 00:40:29,240
anything like that.
What was God telling Bren

745
00:40:29,240 –> 00:40:32,400
sisters, the men and women of
Israel, by asking them to dress

746
00:40:32,400 –> 00:40:35,080
up their children and their
grandchildren in these things?

747
00:40:36,040 –> 00:40:37,920
And I suggest to you, Bren
sisters, what it was, that was

748
00:40:37,920 –> 00:40:40,920
what God was saying is, well,
when I look down on my children,

749
00:40:40,920 –> 00:40:44,760
that’s what I see in the
redemption that I’ve provided

750
00:40:44,760 –> 00:40:48,520
for my children.
I see Princess and princesses,

751
00:40:48,520 –> 00:40:52,520
men and women wearing white
linen, fine white clothes that I

752
00:40:52,520 –> 00:40:54,760
have provided.
And I want you to see that in

753
00:40:54,760 –> 00:40:57,320
your children.
I want you to feel how emotional

754
00:40:57,320 –> 00:41:00,960
and how exciting that is as you
leave this slave life behind and

755
00:41:00,960 –> 00:41:04,120
you make your way to a new life
wearing all these beautiful

756
00:41:04,120 –> 00:41:06,560
things.
And I want you to put them on

757
00:41:06,560 –> 00:41:09,880
your children.
Now then, Bren sisters, as you

758
00:41:09,880 –> 00:41:13,520
come to Exodus 25, what was it
that God had wanted them to do

759
00:41:13,520 –> 00:41:17,360
with it when they arrived on the
other side of the Red Sea and

760
00:41:17,360 –> 00:41:19,720
they arrived in the wilderness?
What were they to do with all

761
00:41:19,720 –> 00:41:24,080
those fine things?
And here it gets really lovely.

762
00:41:25,440 –> 00:41:27,000
And just keep saying that to
keep you going.

763
00:41:27,000 –> 00:41:29,800
You’ll have noticed that.
And it is really lovely when you

764
00:41:29,800 –> 00:41:34,120
just see the progression here.
Exodus 25 The Lord spake unto

765
00:41:34,120 –> 00:41:38,120
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they

766
00:41:38,120 –> 00:41:42,640
bring me an offering of every
man that gives it willingly with

767
00:41:42,640 –> 00:41:45,320
his heart.
You will take my offering, and

768
00:41:46,240 –> 00:41:47,800
this is the offering that you
will take of them.

769
00:41:47,840 –> 00:41:50,920
Gold, silver, brass, blue,
purple, scarlet, fine linen,

770
00:41:50,920 –> 00:41:53,440
goat’s hair, ramskins, and so on
and so on.

771
00:41:53,440 –> 00:41:57,160
Verse 8 And let them make me a
sanctuary, that I may dwell

772
00:41:57,160 –> 00:41:58,800
among them.
Isn’t that lovely?

773
00:41:58,840 –> 00:42:01,680
All those things that you left
with on Passover night, all

774
00:42:01,680 –> 00:42:05,280
those beautiful jewels and fine
garments that you saw on your

775
00:42:05,280 –> 00:42:07,040
children and on your
grandchildren.

776
00:42:07,320 –> 00:42:10,840
Well now I need some of it back,
and I want you to notice how

777
00:42:10,880 –> 00:42:13,120
gentle God was.
He didn’t say I want all of it

778
00:42:13,120 –> 00:42:15,720
back now can you please come and
hand it back in?

779
00:42:15,720 –> 00:42:19,080
It was only borrowed.
Notice what he says verse 2.

780
00:42:19,480 –> 00:42:21,840
Speak to the children of Israel
that they bring me an offering

781
00:42:21,840 –> 00:42:25,800
of every man that gives it
willingly with his heart.

782
00:42:26,680 –> 00:42:29,720
I find that beautiful.
God could have so easily taken

783
00:42:29,720 –> 00:42:34,600
an inventory, couldn’t He?
I know you took 1.2 million fine

784
00:42:34,600 –> 00:42:37,320
cloth garments.
I know what the weight of gold

785
00:42:37,320 –> 00:42:39,560
was and the silver.
And now Aaron, if you please,

786
00:42:39,560 –> 00:42:42,160
just stand there with your
scales, let’s have it all the

787
00:42:42,160 –> 00:42:44,960
way back in, right?
I know how much you took.

788
00:42:45,800 –> 00:42:48,280
God didn’t say that, did he?
He didn’t didn’t need it all.

789
00:42:49,280 –> 00:42:53,960
He just said if you feel like
giving it back willingly with

790
00:42:53,960 –> 00:42:58,640
your heart, then you can make me
a sanctuary and that’s, that’s

791
00:42:58,640 –> 00:43:00,800
ecclesial life, Brent says.
It’s right there, isn’t it?

792
00:43:01,000 –> 00:43:04,560
It will only work if we give it
willingly with our heart, if we

793
00:43:04,560 –> 00:43:07,840
recognise that what we have has
been given to us by God and it’s

794
00:43:07,840 –> 00:43:08,840
the most precious.
Thing in the.

795
00:43:08,840 –> 00:43:13,160
World and if we give back to it
willingly with our heart, then

796
00:43:13,160 –> 00:43:15,360
God can make a sanctuary for us
to dwell in.

797
00:43:15,960 –> 00:43:18,600
Really beautiful.
I wonder if you can imagine

798
00:43:18,600 –> 00:43:25,200
being a parent or a grandparent
now needing to extract some of

799
00:43:25,200 –> 00:43:28,040
those great toys that are now in
the toy boxes of your children

800
00:43:28,040 –> 00:43:30,720
and grandchildren and giving
them back to God.

801
00:43:31,960 –> 00:43:34,680
Can you imagine taking from
Elias what has become his

802
00:43:34,680 –> 00:43:38,480
favorite toys that were given to
him on Passover night and

803
00:43:38,480 –> 00:43:41,440
saying, right, I’m, I’m really
sorry, Elias, but we need to

804
00:43:41,440 –> 00:43:43,200
give this to God.
How would you begin?

805
00:43:43,200 –> 00:43:47,240
Bransis explaining that would it
be a case of quickly take it

806
00:43:47,240 –> 00:43:49,520
when he’s in bed and when he’s
got up in the morning it’s gone

807
00:43:50,240 –> 00:43:52,480
or would you try and sit down
with your children, explain what

808
00:43:52,480 –> 00:43:54,160
God wanted to do with these
things.

809
00:43:54,680 –> 00:43:55,840
You’re not giving this up,
Elise.

810
00:43:55,840 –> 00:43:59,640
This is a gift to God.
God, God has given these things

811
00:43:59,640 –> 00:44:02,200
and he and he lent them to us.
They were assigned to us of how

812
00:44:02,480 –> 00:44:05,880
amazing God, what amazing things
God is going to do with us.

813
00:44:06,200 –> 00:44:07,640
Now we need to give it back to
God.

814
00:44:07,640 –> 00:44:10,320
God, if we if you give it back
to God, God is going to come and

815
00:44:10,320 –> 00:44:12,400
live with us.
That’s what’s going to happen,

816
00:44:12,400 –> 00:44:15,400
Elise, if you give back these
things that God gave to you.

817
00:44:16,080 –> 00:44:19,000
Isn’t that lovely?
Well, Bren, sisters, when you

818
00:44:19,000 –> 00:44:25,120
come to Exodus 32, of course the
big question is what did they do

819
00:44:25,120 –> 00:44:30,760
with it?
And it’s a sad note, isn’t it,

820
00:44:30,760 –> 00:44:34,440
in the life of the children of
Israel, all those extraordinary

821
00:44:34,440 –> 00:44:36,960
things that God had bestowed on
them and passed overnight, that

822
00:44:36,960 –> 00:44:40,000
they’d seen their children
bedecked with jewels and

823
00:44:40,000 –> 00:44:43,640
ornaments and these fine things.
Well, when you come to Exodus

824
00:44:43,640 –> 00:44:48,400
32, Aaron said to them, verse 2,
break off the golden earrings

825
00:44:48,400 –> 00:44:51,720
which are in the ears of your
wives, your sons and your

826
00:44:51,720 –> 00:44:53,640
daughters, and give them unto
me.

827
00:44:54,360 –> 00:44:58,040
And that finery, Bren sisters,
they gave to Aaron and did

828
00:44:58,040 –> 00:44:59,800
something altogether different
with it.

829
00:44:59,800 –> 00:45:04,160
And again, it’s not as overt as
this in our daily living, isn’t

830
00:45:04,160 –> 00:45:05,920
it?
God hasn’t given us golden

831
00:45:05,920 –> 00:45:09,080
earrings and we don’t break them
off and and mould them into

832
00:45:09,080 –> 00:45:12,200
golden calves.
But the principles exist, don’t

833
00:45:12,200 –> 00:45:14,200
they, Bren sisters?
This is what happens.

834
00:45:14,200 –> 00:45:18,400
This is how abhorrent it is when
we when we don’t appreciate and

835
00:45:18,400 –> 00:45:21,920
and grasp the value of what God
has given to us and we mix it up

836
00:45:21,920 –> 00:45:24,240
with other things and we start
devoting ourselves to.

837
00:45:24,480 –> 00:45:27,640
To things that are of so much
less consequence and less value,

838
00:45:28,360 –> 00:45:31,320
and the horrors of seeing what
God had given to them.

839
00:45:31,320 –> 00:45:35,160
Now being turned into this
golden calf is an awful, awful

840
00:45:35,160 –> 00:45:37,120
moment in the history of the
children of Israel, isn’t it?

841
00:45:39,440 –> 00:45:43,000
Welcome with me to Exodus 35.
We’re nearly there.

842
00:45:52,690 –> 00:45:57,570
We’re now on the other side of
the incident with the golden

843
00:45:57,570 –> 00:45:58,730
calf.
We’ve gone through it.

844
00:45:58,730 –> 00:46:01,250
We’ve gone past it, and there’s
been a change in the hearts and

845
00:46:01,250 –> 00:46:03,730
minds of the people.
And I want you to notice it.

846
00:46:05,490 –> 00:46:08,850
Exodus 35.
God is now starting again.

847
00:46:09,930 –> 00:46:12,330
Verse 5.
Take ye from among you in

848
00:46:12,330 –> 00:46:15,770
offering unto the Lord.
Whosoever is of a willing heart,

849
00:46:16,240 –> 00:46:19,040
let him bring it.
Verse 10.

850
00:46:19,080 –> 00:46:22,640
Every wise hearted among you
will come and make all that the

851
00:46:22,640 –> 00:46:25,400
Lord has commanded, and now it’s
going to happen.

852
00:46:25,400 –> 00:46:27,600
Bren Sisters.
For the first time it’s going to

853
00:46:27,600 –> 00:46:30,960
happen, and as you just read
through Exodus 35 and 36, next

854
00:46:30,960 –> 00:46:33,440
time you’re there or when you
get time on your own, what

855
00:46:33,440 –> 00:46:37,280
you’ll discover is that over 14
times this expression is used.

856
00:46:37,280 –> 00:46:40,360
Let’s have a look.
Verse 21, They came, everyone

857
00:46:40,360 –> 00:46:43,680
whose heart stirred him up, and
everyone whom his spirit made

858
00:46:43,680 –> 00:46:46,000
willing.
Verse 22, They came both men and

859
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women, as many as were willing
hearted.

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00:46:48,560 –> 00:46:51,240
Verse 25, all the women who were
wise hearted.

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00:46:51,560 –> 00:46:54,400
Verse 26 All the women whose
heart stirred them up.

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00:46:54,760 –> 00:46:57,680
Verse 29 The children of Israel
brought a willing offering unto

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00:46:57,680 –> 00:46:59,880
the Lord.
Every man and woman whose heart

864
00:46:59,880 –> 00:47:03,400
made them willing.
Chapter 36, Verse one then

865
00:47:03,400 –> 00:47:06,680
wrought Bezalel and the holy AB
and every wise hearted man.

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00:47:07,040 –> 00:47:10,040
Verse 2 Moses called Bezaleel
and the holy ABBA and every wise

867
00:47:10,040 –> 00:47:13,680
hearted man in whose heart the
Lord had put wisdom, and

868
00:47:13,680 –> 00:47:15,640
everyone whose heart stirred him
up.

869
00:47:15,840 –> 00:47:18,120
There’s just a handful of them
and you get the flavour.

870
00:47:18,200 –> 00:47:20,320
Something has happened,
something has changed.

871
00:47:20,320 –> 00:47:22,760
Brains, sisters in the hearts
and minds of these people, they

872
00:47:22,760 –> 00:47:25,640
are now willing, they are now
coming, they are now bringing,

873
00:47:25,640 –> 00:47:28,800
they are now giving to the point
that Moses has to say stop,

874
00:47:28,800 –> 00:47:32,080
we’ve got enough.
What’s changed?

875
00:47:33,480 –> 00:47:36,880
What’s changed between Exodus
32, when they were so willing to

876
00:47:36,880 –> 00:47:40,520
give all these things to the
golden calf that they’re now

877
00:47:40,520 –> 00:47:43,160
willing to bring it to the Lord
to build a sanctuary?

878
00:47:43,560 –> 00:47:46,760
What changed?
Well, the pivot point, Rensis,

879
00:47:46,760 –> 00:47:49,280
and this is where we’re just
going to finish, is in Exodus

880
00:47:49,280 –> 00:47:51,920
34.
This was the moment, Rensis,

881
00:47:52,000 –> 00:47:56,280
that changed the hearts and
minds of the men and women of

882
00:47:56,280 –> 00:48:07,800
Israel.
Sorry, Exodus 33, Exodus 33 and

883
00:48:07,800 –> 00:48:12,840
verse three.
I’m not going to go before you.

884
00:48:12,840 –> 00:48:15,800
God has said to this land
flowing with milk and honey, I’m

885
00:48:15,800 –> 00:48:17,920
not going up in the midst of
you, for you’re a stiff necked

886
00:48:17,920 –> 00:48:20,240
people, lest I consume you in
the way.

887
00:48:20,440 –> 00:48:23,000
And when the people heard these
evil tidings, they mourned and

888
00:48:23,000 –> 00:48:27,080
nobody put on his ornaments.
Isn’t that poignant all of a

889
00:48:27,080 –> 00:48:28,440
sudden?
All these fine things that

890
00:48:28,440 –> 00:48:30,960
they’ve been wearing, they just
know instinctively now they need

891
00:48:30,960 –> 00:48:33,920
to take them off.
There is no place now standing

892
00:48:33,920 –> 00:48:37,400
in the presence of God for
wearing fine ornaments and they

893
00:48:37,400 –> 00:48:39,040
take them off.
This is after, of course, the

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00:48:39,040 –> 00:48:42,760
golden calf.
Come down to verse 12.

895
00:48:42,760 –> 00:48:45,040
This is lovely, isn’t it?
What Moses now does?

896
00:48:45,880 –> 00:48:48,560
He goes up and speaks with God,
and he says to the Lord, See,

897
00:48:49,040 –> 00:48:51,920
you say unto me, Bring up this
people, and you’ve not let me

898
00:48:51,920 –> 00:48:53,640
know whom.
You’re going to send with me yet

899
00:48:53,640 –> 00:48:56,760
You’ve said I know you by name
of you, and you found grace in

900
00:48:56,760 –> 00:48:59,200
my sight.
Now, if I have found grace in

901
00:48:59,200 –> 00:49:01,720
your sight, show me now your
way.

902
00:49:02,440 –> 00:49:05,200
That I may know you, that I
might feign grace in your sight

903
00:49:05,200 –> 00:49:07,000
and consider that this nation is
your people.

904
00:49:07,120 –> 00:49:09,080
How are we going to get there,
God, if you’re going to abandon

905
00:49:09,080 –> 00:49:10,960
these people?
That’s what Moses is saying,

906
00:49:10,960 –> 00:49:12,880
isn’t it?
How are we ever going to fulfil

907
00:49:12,880 –> 00:49:14,680
all the things that you’ve said
you’re going to do?

908
00:49:14,880 –> 00:49:16,880
Show me now your way.
I don’t understand how this is

909
00:49:16,880 –> 00:49:18,840
going to work.
I understand the people have

910
00:49:18,840 –> 00:49:21,240
broken the covenant.
I understand that they said all

911
00:49:21,240 –> 00:49:23,880
that the Lord has said we will
do, and I understand it’s all

912
00:49:23,880 –> 00:49:25,640
come crashing down and it’s been
broken.

913
00:49:25,800 –> 00:49:27,320
But tell me what the solution
is.

914
00:49:27,480 –> 00:49:29,520
Where do we go from here?
How are we going to get?

915
00:49:29,520 –> 00:49:31,880
To be your people.
How are you ever going to fulfil

916
00:49:31,880 –> 00:49:34,080
all things that you said to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?

917
00:49:34,280 –> 00:49:35,440
Tell me how we’re going to do
it.

918
00:49:36,160 –> 00:49:43,080
Show me now your way and come
down to this famous question in

919
00:49:43,080 –> 00:49:49,240
verse 18, verse 17, the Lord
said to Moses, I’m going to do

920
00:49:49,240 –> 00:49:51,400
this thing that you’ve spoken
for.

921
00:49:51,400 –> 00:49:53,920
You’ve found grace in my sight,
and I know you by name.

922
00:49:53,920 –> 00:49:59,080
And Moses said to the Lord, I
beseech thee, show me thy glory.

923
00:50:00,600 –> 00:50:02,720
You know the occasion.
Show me your glory.

924
00:50:03,360 –> 00:50:05,600
And the last question for this
morning, Brent, this is I’ve got

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00:50:05,600 –> 00:50:08,560
for you, is what was Moses
really asking to see?

926
00:50:09,680 –> 00:50:13,800
Show me your glory.
What was it that Moses wanted to

927
00:50:13,800 –> 00:50:16,800
see?
I spent a lot of time in Sunday

928
00:50:16,800 –> 00:50:19,160
school thinking that Moses
wanted to see the biggest

929
00:50:19,160 –> 00:50:22,840
firework display ever.
You know, Moses had seen some

930
00:50:22,840 –> 00:50:24,880
amazing stuff.
He’d seen the burning Bush.

931
00:50:25,360 –> 00:50:27,040
He’d seen all the plagues of
Egypt.

932
00:50:27,240 –> 00:50:29,400
He’d seen the waters of the Red
Sea parting.

933
00:50:29,520 –> 00:50:32,200
He’d spoken with God face to
face as a man speaks to his

934
00:50:32,200 –> 00:50:34,080
friend.
He’d seen the most amazing

935
00:50:34,080 –> 00:50:37,440
things in the world ever.
What more could Moses want to

936
00:50:37,440 –> 00:50:39,360
see?
What did he mean?

937
00:50:39,360 –> 00:50:44,520
Bren Sisters, when he said show
me your glory, Moses was a

938
00:50:44,520 –> 00:50:48,440
perceptive man, Bren sisters.
And what Moses wanted to see was

939
00:50:48,440 –> 00:50:51,200
the glory of God in the way he
was going to deal with men and

940
00:50:51,200 –> 00:50:54,080
women.
This nation have broken their

941
00:50:54,080 –> 00:50:56,560
covenant with you and it needs
repairing.

942
00:50:57,360 –> 00:50:59,800
And that says Moses is your
glory.

943
00:51:00,520 –> 00:51:04,440
If you can fix this problem, if
you can find a way to live with

944
00:51:04,440 –> 00:51:10,000
men and women who fail, who have
problems, who make mistakes.

945
00:51:10,600 –> 00:51:13,960
If you can find a way to work
with with men and women who make

946
00:51:13,960 –> 00:51:17,480
a real mess of their lives and
turn things upside down and

947
00:51:17,480 –> 00:51:22,320
break all the promises that they
make, Oi will I then have seen

948
00:51:22,320 –> 00:51:27,240
your glory.
I want to see that glory, says

949
00:51:27,240 –> 00:51:28,480
Moses.
Isn’t that beautiful?

950
00:51:29,080 –> 00:51:30,840
Show me your glory.
And God agrees.

951
00:51:30,840 –> 00:51:33,640
And when you come to Exodus 34,
Brent, this is this famous,

952
00:51:33,640 –> 00:51:36,400
famous moment.
I want you to notice the context

953
00:51:36,400 –> 00:51:40,560
in which God displays his glory.
What was it that God did to

954
00:51:40,560 –> 00:51:44,320
demonstrate his glory to Moses?
And much to my frustration as a

955
00:51:44,320 –> 00:51:46,640
kid, it wasn’t a firework
display.

956
00:51:47,760 –> 00:51:51,880
It was much more, much more
subtle than that.

957
00:51:52,040 –> 00:51:55,240
Exodus 34 verse one, and you’re
reading it right here.

958
00:51:55,240 –> 00:51:59,680
In these verses the Lord said to
Moses, hew 2 tables of stone

959
00:51:59,680 –> 00:52:03,120
like the first, and I will write
upon those tables the words that

960
00:52:03,120 –> 00:52:06,480
were in the first ones which you
broke, and you’re about to see

961
00:52:06,480 –> 00:52:09,720
God’s glory right there.
I’m going to start again, says

962
00:52:09,720 –> 00:52:11,880
God.
All right, I will show you my

963
00:52:11,880 –> 00:52:14,320
glory.
Hew out two tables of stone like

964
00:52:14,320 –> 00:52:16,880
the first Moses, and we’ll
repair this covenant.

965
00:52:17,040 –> 00:52:19,520
We’ll start again.
I’m going to write it all out

966
00:52:19,520 –> 00:52:21,000
again.
Me and these.

967
00:52:21,000 –> 00:52:22,520
People, we’re going to start
again.

968
00:52:22,520 –> 00:52:23,760
We’re going to have a new
beginning.

969
00:52:24,040 –> 00:52:26,560
I’m going to show you my glory.
I’m going to write it all out

970
00:52:26,560 –> 00:52:28,120
again.
There’s going to be a new set.

971
00:52:28,360 –> 00:52:30,680
We’re going to begin all over
again.

972
00:52:31,400 –> 00:52:34,680
Come down to verse 4.
Moses hew 2 tables of stone like

973
00:52:34,680 –> 00:52:37,040
the first.
And Moses rose up early in the

974
00:52:37,040 –> 00:52:40,240
morning, and went up unto Mount
Sinai as the Lord had commanded

975
00:52:40,240 –> 00:52:42,080
him.
And he took in his hand the 2

976
00:52:42,080 –> 00:52:44,720
tables of stone.
And it was those Bran sisters

977
00:52:44,720 –> 00:52:47,120
that was going to be the
testimony of God’s glory.

978
00:52:47,120 –> 00:52:49,280
Verse 5.
And the Lord descended in the

979
00:52:49,280 –> 00:52:52,480
cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of the

980
00:52:52,480 –> 00:52:54,440
Lord.
And the Lord passed by before

981
00:52:54,440 –> 00:52:58,480
him and proclaimed the Lord, the
Lord God, merciful, gracious,

982
00:52:58,640 –> 00:53:01,800
long-suffering, and abundant in
goodness and truth, keeping

983
00:53:01,800 –> 00:53:04,480
mercy for thousands and
forgiving iniquity and

984
00:53:04,480 –> 00:53:05,960
transgression and.
Sin.

985
00:53:06,920 –> 00:53:09,360
That was the glory of God.
Brothers, sisters, right there,

986
00:53:09,360 –> 00:53:12,320
show me your glory.
And every man and woman in

987
00:53:12,320 –> 00:53:15,520
Israel was about to see it,
every single one of them.

988
00:53:15,720 –> 00:53:18,480
This is my glory, says God.
I’ll start again.

989
00:53:19,680 –> 00:53:23,040
I’ll write it all out again.
And I will be a God who is

990
00:53:23,040 –> 00:53:27,240
merciful, gracious,
long-suffering and abundant in

991
00:53:27,240 –> 00:53:31,000
goodness and truth, keeping
mercy for thousands and

992
00:53:31,000 –> 00:53:35,160
forgiving iniquity and sin.
And brethren and sisters, the

993
00:53:35,160 –> 00:53:38,400
demonstration of God’s glory was
not some spectacular firework

994
00:53:38,400 –> 00:53:41,680
display.
It was the fact that He was

995
00:53:41,680 –> 00:53:45,320
willing to show His kindness and
His mercy at starting again.

996
00:53:46,240 –> 00:53:48,880
Can you imagine, brethren and
sisters, just fine with them, if

997
00:53:48,880 –> 00:53:51,520
you’d have been one of those men
and women of Israel waiting for

998
00:53:51,520 –> 00:53:55,880
Moses on the wilderness floor,
No ornaments, no fine clothing.

999
00:53:56,480 –> 00:53:59,120
You realise what you’ve done.
You’d stood there and said all

1000
00:53:59,120 –> 00:54:01,760
that the Lord has said we will
do and be obedient.

1001
00:54:02,160 –> 00:54:06,080
And you watched it come crashing
into a million pieces as Moses

1002
00:54:06,080 –> 00:54:08,520
broke those tablets at the at
the mountain floor.

1003
00:54:08,520 –> 00:54:12,120
What were you expecting when
Moses came back down the

1004
00:54:12,120 –> 00:54:15,000
mountain?
What were you expecting to see?

1005
00:54:16,080 –> 00:54:17,920
I’ll tell you what I think they
were expecting.

1006
00:54:18,680 –> 00:54:23,120
They were expecting fire,
brimstone, judgement.

1007
00:54:23,680 –> 00:54:26,440
They were expecting God to
consume them in his anger.

1008
00:54:27,600 –> 00:54:32,440
And what did they see?
They see a they saw a meek man

1009
00:54:32,440 –> 00:54:36,640
walking down the mountainside
with his face shining and he was

1010
00:54:36,640 –> 00:54:40,440
carrying two tables of stone
just like the first.

1011
00:54:41,200 –> 00:54:43,720
And he said, I’ve seen the glory
of God.

1012
00:54:43,720 –> 00:54:48,640
God is merciful, gracious,
long-suffering and abundant in

1013
00:54:48,640 –> 00:54:51,680
goodness and truth.
And you were the people of God.

1014
00:54:51,680 –> 00:54:54,280
Isn’t that lovely, Bren sisters?
And when you then come to Exodus

1015
00:54:54,280 –> 00:54:58,480
35, where we were a moment ago,
and you saw the people coming

1016
00:54:58,480 –> 00:55:02,120
with a willing heart, everyone,
verse 21 whose hearts stirred

1017
00:55:02,120 –> 00:55:05,400
him up, and whom his Spirit made
willing, they came, men and

1018
00:55:05,400 –> 00:55:07,200
women, as many as were willing
hearted.

1019
00:55:07,400 –> 00:55:10,240
There were amongst that company
Bren sisters, men and women

1020
00:55:10,240 –> 00:55:14,440
whose hearts melted when they
saw the long-suffering nature

1021
00:55:14,440 –> 00:55:18,160
and the mercy and the kindness
of God and His willingness to

1022
00:55:18,160 –> 00:55:20,560
start again.
And that was the new covenant

1023
00:55:20,560 –> 00:55:22,880
right there.
The Old Covenant was made with

1024
00:55:22,880 –> 00:55:24,480
men and women who couldn’t do
it.

1025
00:55:24,880 –> 00:55:27,560
The Old Covenant was made with
men and women who said all that

1026
00:55:27,560 –> 00:55:29,560
the Lord has said we.
Will do.

1027
00:55:29,560 –> 00:55:33,240
We can do it.
It’s all about us and the new

1028
00:55:33,240 –> 00:55:37,080
covenant was made by a God who
said, I’m a God who’s willing to

1029
00:55:37,080 –> 00:55:42,080
start again every time when your
lives come crashing down, every

1030
00:55:42,080 –> 00:55:45,160
time when we make a mess, every
time when we when we fail to

1031
00:55:45,160 –> 00:55:47,040
live up to the promises that
we’ve made.

1032
00:55:47,680 –> 00:55:51,600
God says the new covenant is
about a God who is willing to

1033
00:55:51,600 –> 00:55:53,240
start again.
I am a God who is

1034
00:55:53,240 –> 00:55:58,440
long-suffering, gracious and
abundant in goodness and truth.

1035
00:55:59,720 –> 00:56:03,920
How wonderful is that?
I used to think, you know, Bren

1036
00:56:03,920 –> 00:56:07,000
sisters, particularly on a
Sunday morning when I sat at the

1037
00:56:07,000 –> 00:56:10,320
breaking of bread, that when God
examined my heart, he would be

1038
00:56:10,320 –> 00:56:14,200
ashamed.
He’ll be ashamed of me and and

1039
00:56:14,200 –> 00:56:16,600
the relationship I would have
with God will be one that went

1040
00:56:16,600 –> 00:56:18,960
something like this.
Well, Johnny, there we are.

1041
00:56:19,960 –> 00:56:22,440
It’s a mess.
You know, what can we do?

1042
00:56:22,680 –> 00:56:25,560
There’s no point crying over it.
That’s what it is.

1043
00:56:26,120 –> 00:56:29,080
You know, we’ll just have to get
on with it and deal with you as

1044
00:56:29,080 –> 00:56:32,040
you are.
And it’s not like that, is it,

1045
00:56:32,040 –> 00:56:35,520
Bren Sisters, because of the
work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

1046
00:56:35,520 –> 00:56:37,720
God says I am.
I am a God who comes in a

1047
00:56:37,720 –> 00:56:41,480
firework display of glory.
I’m a God who is abundant in

1048
00:56:41,480 –> 00:56:43,280
goodness and truth.
I am long-suffering.

1049
00:56:43,440 –> 00:56:46,080
I am merciful and gracious.
I I forgive iniquity and

1050
00:56:46,080 –> 00:56:48,600
transgression and sin.
That’s my glory.

1051
00:56:49,360 –> 00:56:51,360
I’m a God.
Who starts again with broken

1052
00:56:51,360 –> 00:56:54,760
people like you and like me, I’m
a God who works with people who

1053
00:56:54,920 –> 00:56:58,480
who can’t do it on their own,
who need me in their lives.

1054
00:56:59,400 –> 00:57:02,200
And Bren Sisters, when the Lord
Jesus took that cup and said,

1055
00:57:02,200 –> 00:57:06,440
this cup is the new covenant in
my blood which is poured out for

1056
00:57:06,440 –> 00:57:10,560
you, that was the that was the
firework display, Bren sisters

1057
00:57:10,560 –> 00:57:14,160
of the glory of God.
That was the cup that Moses

1058
00:57:14,160 –> 00:57:17,120
would have loved to have shared
there on the wilderness floor of

1059
00:57:17,120 –> 00:57:19,440
Mount Sinai.
When the people said all that

1060
00:57:19,440 –> 00:57:21,920
the Lord has said, will we do
and be obedient.

1061
00:57:22,880 –> 00:57:25,760
And may it be Bieber and says we
share the cup of the new

1062
00:57:25,760 –> 00:57:28,640
covenant of the Lord.
May we never underestimate its

1063
00:57:28,640 –> 00:57:33,880
power and its energy and the
difference that it can make in

1064
00:57:33,880 –> 00:57:37,520
the lives of people who fail
like you and me.

1065
00:57:38,720 –> 00:57:40,800
You have been called out of
darkness, says the Apostle

1066
00:57:40,800 –> 00:57:42,560
Peter.
You are that chosen generation

1067
00:57:42,560 –> 00:57:46,280
of royal priesthood, that you
might show forth the praises of

1068
00:57:46,280 –> 00:57:50,520
Him who has called you out of
darkness into His marvellous

1069
00:57:50,520 –> 00:57:51,000
light.