Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 333.<\/p>\n
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\nSchool.
\nOur speaker for this first <\/p>\n
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\nsession is Brother Everett Muniz
\nfrom Paris Ave. <\/p>\n
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\nOhio.
\nHis theme for this week is the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly, the high calling of God in
\nChrist Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is his second class and the
\nsubject for this class is the <\/p>\n
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\nWay of Holiness.
\nOur reading was taken from <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 35.
\nThanks for the robbery. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, everyone.
\nExcellent. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’ve titled our second
\nsession this morning, The Way of<\/p>\n
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\nHoliness, and here’s how we’ll
\nbe going along. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll be looking at the
\nbeginning, or our beginning <\/p>\n
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\nrather, on the way of holiness.
\nAnd this isn’t necessarily the <\/p>\n
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\nvery beginning, but it’s
\ncertainly a very important step <\/p>\n
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\nearly on in the process.
\nWe’ll be looking at the end of <\/p>\n
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\nthe way of holiness.
\nWe’ll be looking at this idea of<\/p>\n
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\na holy place for God to dwell,
\nwhich seems to be very much <\/p>\n
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\nconnected to these ideas.
\nAnd then finally, we’ll be <\/p>\n
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\nlooking at how the Sabbath is
\nrelated to that holy place that <\/p>\n
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\nGod wants to create for himself
\nto dwell. <\/p>\n
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\nSo with that, we’ll get started
\nby spending a few moments <\/p>\n
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\nexploring a key aspect of how we
\nbegin our journey toward being <\/p>\n
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\nholy as God is holy.
\nYesterday when we looked at <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 35, you may have noticed
\nthat it connects the principle <\/p>\n
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\nof redemption with being on the
\nway of holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nThose that remain on the way to
\nits end are the redeemed and the<\/p>\n
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\nransomed.
\nAnd here we have forms of the <\/p>\n
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\ntwo words most commonly
\nassociated with redemption in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Old Testament, Gayle, that
\nis redeemed, and paddah, which <\/p>\n
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\nis ransomed.
\nIn the simplest sense, this <\/p>\n
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\nconcept of redemption is to to
\nbuy back to purchase or as we <\/p>\n
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\nhave it here in Isaiah 35, to
\nransom. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this hints at a really
\nimportant aspect of being holy. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in fact, Peter touches on it
\nback in first Peter chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nYou may recall that he also
\nlinks redemption to holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd let’s revisit first Peter
\nchapter 1 and and read verses. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, for the sake of time, we
\nwon’t actually read the verses <\/p>\n
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\ntogether, but what we will do is
\nlook at what seems to be a <\/p>\n
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\nparallel train of thought in
\nthese or a repeated train of <\/p>\n
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\nthought that parallels in these
\nverses that really seems to to <\/p>\n
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\nfocus our minds upon these
\nprinciples associated with <\/p>\n
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\nredemption.
\nSo this section, this repeated <\/p>\n
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\ntrain of thought, appears in
\nverses 14 to 19. <\/p>\n
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\nIt begins by identifying the
\nnature of our relationship with <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nWe in verse 14 are his children,<\/p>\n
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\nand then in verse 17 the idea of
\nhis fatherhood is emphasized. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in one case our status as
\nchildren is emphasized, and in <\/p>\n
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\nthe other, his status as father
\nis emphasized. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this helps us to understand
\nthat holiness is inextricably <\/p>\n
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\nlinked to God’s development of
\nHis family. <\/p>\n
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\nNatural children bear a
\nresemblance to their parents <\/p>\n
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\nthrough genetics, but spiritual
\nchildren of our Heavenly Father <\/p>\n
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\nmust develop a family
\nresemblance. <\/p>\n
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\nSo then Peter sites the
\nresponsibility conferred on us <\/p>\n
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\nby this incredible relationship
\nto be brought into the divine <\/p>\n
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\nfamily.
\nIt’s a responsibility to <\/p>\n
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\nreverently pursue holiness in
\nall our conduct during the time <\/p>\n
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\nof our exile.
\nThen, to emphasize the gravity <\/p>\n
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\nof this responsibility, Peter
\nbegins to under score God’s role<\/p>\n
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\nas Redeemer as well as the
\nterrible price of our <\/p>\n
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\nredemption.
\nAnd when we think back to <\/p>\n
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\nLeviticus 20 verse 26, which we
\nlooked at yesterday, we recall <\/p>\n
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\nthe way God accompanies his call
\nto holiness, there with an <\/p>\n
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\nallusion to Israel’s purchase.
\nIt’s worth recalling before we <\/p>\n
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\nmove on here that while we have
\nbeen purchased, it isn’t for <\/p>\n
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\nabject slavery, but to be
\nmembers of God’s family, to be <\/p>\n
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\nhis sons and his daughters.
\nNow, by using the language of <\/p>\n
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\nPassover to describe the
\nterrible price of our <\/p>\n
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\nredemption, first Peter one
\nverse 19 directs our attention <\/p>\n
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\nback to the events of the Exodus
\nand the model of Israel’s <\/p>\n
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\nexperience.
\nAnd so we want to head back to <\/p>\n
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\nExodus chapter 6 at this point
\nand sort of follow this theme as<\/p>\n
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\nit develops in the experience of
\nthe people of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in Exodus 6 verses 2:00 to
\n8:00, we’re told that God, God’s<\/p>\n
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\nwork to establish Israel as a
\nnation, began with redemption by<\/p>\n
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\na stretched out arm and great
\njudgements. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, we can see the
\nstretched out arm and great <\/p>\n
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\njudgements by which God redeemed
\nIsrael in the record of the 10 <\/p>\n
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\nplagues that culminate in the
\ndeath of the first born. <\/p>\n
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\nGod redeemed.
\nHe bought his first born son, <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael with the first born of
\nEgypt. <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael’s status as the
\npossession of God is highlighted<\/p>\n
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\nin that all.
\nThe first born of Israel became <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the idea of God’s ownership
\nis further reinforced in the the<\/p>\n
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\nman for man exchange that takes
\nplace in Numbers 3, when Levi <\/p>\n
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\nthen supersedes the first born.
\nNow Exodus 12 and 13 record the <\/p>\n
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\nthe events of the first
\nPassover, the culmination of the<\/p>\n
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\ngreat judgments by which God
\nredeems Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the importance of the events
\nrecorded in these chapters is <\/p>\n
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\nemphasized by the tokens that
\nGod establishes in memorial of <\/p>\n
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\nhis work on Israel’s behalf,
\nPassover and the Feast of <\/p>\n
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\nUnleavened Bread, along with the
\nsacrifice or redemption of the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst born.
\nSo we group Passover and the <\/p>\n
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\nFeast of Unleavened Bread
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\nThey seem to be a unit for a
\nnumber of reasons. <\/p>\n
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\nThe details of these two tokens
\nare conveyed at the very same <\/p>\n
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\ntime to Moses.
\nThe Feast of Unleavened Bread <\/p>\n
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\nfollows the Passover immediately
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\nThe reason for their observance
\nseems to focus very much on <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s agency.
\nSo if we’re in Exodus chapter 12<\/p>\n
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\nand we look in verse 12, we see
\nI will pass through and later on<\/p>\n
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\nin the same verse, I will
\nexecute judgement. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in verse 13, we see, I see
\nthe blood, I will Passover. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then down in verse 23, the
\nLord will pass through. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord will Passover and will
\nnot suffer the destroyer to come<\/p>\n
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\ninto your houses to smite you.
\nAnd in verse 27 it talks about <\/p>\n
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\nthe sacrifice of the Lord’s
\nPassover, who passed over, He <\/p>\n
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\nsmote the Egyptians, delivered
\nour houses. <\/p>\n
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\nThe emphasis seems to be very
\nmuch on God’s agency as <\/p>\n
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\nRedeemer.
\nSo too with the Feast of <\/p>\n
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\nUnleavened Bread in chapter 12,
\nverse 17. <\/p>\n
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\nIn this same day have I brought
\nyour armies out of the land of <\/p>\n
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\nEgypt.
\nAnd in chapter 13 and verse 9, <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord brought thee out of
\nEgypt, and then both of these <\/p>\n
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\nare framed as ordinances for
\nIsrael forever. <\/p>\n
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\nOn the other hand, the
\nseparation of the first born is <\/p>\n
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\nconveyed to God by God rather to
\nMoses in chapter 13, verses 1 <\/p>\n
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\nand 2, sort of separate and
\napart from the details <\/p>\n
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\nconcerning the Feast of
\nUnleavened Bread and the <\/p>\n
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\nPassover.
\nIt shares some similarities with<\/p>\n
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\nthe details of Passover and
\nUnleavened Bread, but the focus <\/p>\n
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\nseems to be somewhat different.
\nWe look at Exodus 13 and verse <\/p>\n
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\n15.
\nIt reads this way when Pharaoh <\/p>\n
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\nwould hardly let us go.
\nThe Lord slew all the first born<\/p>\n
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\nin the land of Egypt, both first
\nborn of man and 1st born of <\/p>\n
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\nbeast.
\nTherefore, I sacrifice to the <\/p>\n
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\nLord all that openeth the
\nmatrix. <\/p>\n
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\nBeing males, but all the first
\nborn of my children, I redeem. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it may be that the Passover
\nand Feast of Unleavened Bread <\/p>\n
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\nemphasize God’s agency as
\nIsrael’s Redeemer, while the <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice and and or redemption
\nof the first born emphasizes the<\/p>\n
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\nprice that was paid to affect
\nIsrael’s redemption. <\/p>\n
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\nWe, like Israel, can’t begin our
\njourney toward holiness without <\/p>\n
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\none who is willing to redeem us
\nand to pay the price. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s hard to overstate the
\nsignificance of the fact that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Creator of the universe has
\nacted on our behalf to pay the <\/p>\n
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\nprice of our redemption and put
\nour feet on the way of holiness.<\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s more, the fact that He’s
\ndone so has everything to do <\/p>\n
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\nwith His grace, His mercy, His
\nfaithfulness, and nothing to do <\/p>\n
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\nwith any virtue or merit on our
\npart. <\/p>\n
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\nMoses captures the sentiment
\nbeautifully in Deuteronomy <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 7, verses 7 and 8, as he
\nspeaks to the generation that’s <\/p>\n
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\nabout to go into and take
\npossession of the land after 40 <\/p>\n
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\nyears in the wilderness.
\nIt reads this way. <\/p>\n
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\nFor thou art and holy people
\nunto the Lord thy God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord thy God hath chosen
\nthee to be a special people unto<\/p>\n
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\nHimself, above all people that
\nare on on the face of the earth.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord did not set his love
\nupon you, nor choose you, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause you were more in number
\nthan any people. <\/p>\n
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\nFor ye were the fewest of all
\npeople but the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut because the Lord loved you,
\nand because He would keep the <\/p>\n
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\noath which He had sworn unto
\nyour Father’s hath, the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nbrought you out with a mighty
\nhand, and redeemed you out of <\/p>\n
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\nthe House of bondmen from the
\nhand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. <\/p>\n
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\nLike Israel, we have been bought
\nwith a price. <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael’s journey and the way of
\nholiness began with redemption <\/p>\n
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\nfrom natural bondage by the hand
\nof God with the blood of Egypt’s<\/p>\n
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\nfirst born.
\nOur journey on the way of <\/p>\n
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\nholiness begins with redemption
\nfrom spiritual bondage by the <\/p>\n
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\nhand of God, with the precious
\nblood of Christ as of a lamb <\/p>\n
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\nwithout blemish and without
\nspot. <\/p>\n
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\nIf the blood of Egypt’s first
\nborn was potent for Israel’s <\/p>\n
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\ndeliverance, how much more so
\nthe blood of the Son of God, who<\/p>\n
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\ndid no sin, neither was guile
\nfound in his mouth. <\/p>\n
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\nIf it was essential for Israel
\nto remember their redemption <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Egypt by the strength of
\nGod’s hand and the price that <\/p>\n
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\nwas paid to affect it, how much
\nmore essential is it for us to <\/p>\n
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\nremember the strength of hand
\nand the great judgements by <\/p>\n
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\nColossians chapter 1, verses 12
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\nThis is the way that reads
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\nthe Saints in light.
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\nus into the Kingdom of His dear
\nSon, in whom we have redemption <\/p>\n
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\nholiness as His Father is holy.
\nAnd thus through Him all things <\/p>\n
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\nwill be created anew.
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\nFor it please the Father, that
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\ndwell, and having made peace
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\nBy Him, I say, whether the they
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\nAnd here again, we have an
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\nI’m not sure if it will, but it
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\namong the redeemed that come to
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\nat that time the law will go
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\nWe know that a Kingdom here on
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\nAnd it was central, as we know,
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\nto help Jesus prepare the earth
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\nAll in all.
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\nfoundation for the work that he
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\nIt’s interesting when we go all
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\nother in their their early
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\nEach traces a similar line of
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\nThe other interesting feature
\nhere is that these two <\/p>\n
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\nestablishment of Babel and the <\/p>\n
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\nflows this way specifically to
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\nopposition to it. <\/p>\n
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\ntheir heavenly Father. <\/p>\n
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\nworshipping a golden calf at the<\/p>\n
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\nfoot of a mountain full of the
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\ndesire to return to bondage.
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\nsanctifying power of His glory, <\/p>\n
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\nPaul offers this reminder should
\nwe ever forget that we are no <\/p>\n
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\nless susceptible to sin than
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:49,200 –> 00:24:53,280
\nHe tells us all these things
\nhappened unto them for examples,<\/p>\n
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\n00:24:53,640 –> 00:24:56,760
\nand they are written for our
\nadmonition upon whom the ends of<\/p>\n
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\n00:24:56,760 –> 00:25:01,520
\nthe world are come.
\nIsrael’s experience is a warning<\/p>\n
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\n00:25:01,520 –> 00:25:07,640
\nto all those who want to arrive
\nat the end of the way of <\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:07,640 –> 00:25:12,560
\nholiness in Zion with songs and
\neverlasting joy upon our heads. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:18,080 –> 00:25:20,720
\nAs we mentioned yesterday, the
\nbeginning of our journey on the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:20,720 –> 00:25:24,120
\nway of holiness is first and
\nforemost God’s work. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:24,120 –> 00:25:27,920
\nBut that doesn’t mean that we
\ndon’t have a work to do as well.<\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:28,720 –> 00:25:32,440
\nThe sanctifying power of God’s
\nwill and character can only have<\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:32,440 –> 00:25:36,560
\nits transformative effect when
\nit’s activated by faithful <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:36,560 –> 00:25:38,680
\nobedience in those that He’s
\ncalled. <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:39,920 –> 00:25:42,080
\nIn other words, holiness is
\nsomething that can only be <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:42,080 –> 00:25:47,200
\naffected in us if we obey God’s
\nwill and emulate His character <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:47,200 –> 00:25:51,200
\nin respect and in reverence for
\nour redemption. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:52,360 –> 00:25:56,920
\nIsrael had contempt for their
\nredemption, refused to hearken <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:56,920 –> 00:26:00,600
\nto God’s voice, and were
\ninsufficiently affected by their<\/p>\n
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\n00:26:00,600 –> 00:26:04,560
\ncontact with His glory, and thus
\nthat generation was utterly <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:04,720 –> 00:26:11,000
\ninadequate for God’s purpose.
\nThe words they received and the <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:11,000 –> 00:26:14,240
\nevents that they experienced did
\nnot profit them, says Hebrew, <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:14,240 –> 00:26:17,960
\nbecause they were not mixed with
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:20,120 –> 00:26:24,120
\nThat generation chose not to
\nbelieve, which meant that true <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:24,120 –> 00:26:27,760
\nholiness could not be affected,
\nand the work that God wanted to <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:27,760 –> 00:26:35,040
\ndo could not be done with them.
\nIsrael’s experience is a <\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:35,040 –> 00:26:40,040
\nsobering reminder that this work
\nGod has begun in US requires our<\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:40,160 –> 00:26:43,960
\nactive cooperation.
\nThough our journey on the way of<\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:43,960 –> 00:26:49,800
\nholiness does not begin or
\ndepend upon our strength, God <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:49,800 –> 00:26:55,240
\nhas assigned us a part to play.
\nCitizenship in God’s Kingdom is <\/p>\n
366
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\nfor those who have actively
\ncooperated with his efforts to <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:58,840 –> 00:27:02,960
\nto prepare them for it.
\nSo let’s resolve to be <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:03,000 –> 00:27:07,400
\nsteadfast, immovable, always
\nabounding in the work of the <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:07,400 –> 00:27:10,400
\nLord.
\nFor as much as we know, we know,<\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:10,400 –> 00:27:14,520
\nbrothers and sisters, we have
\nconfirmation after confirmation <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:15,160 –> 00:27:18,560
\nthat our labor is not in vain in
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:25,520 –> 00:27:29,320
\nSo the way of holiness brings us
\nto a Kingdom that God will use <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:29,320 –> 00:27:32,080
\nto fill the earth with His
\nglory. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:33,240 –> 00:27:37,400
\nBut why?
\nWell, God’s work with Israel <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:37,400 –> 00:27:41,520
\nseems to address at least one
\naspect of God’s motive. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:41,520 –> 00:27:44,440
\nAnd, and for me, this is
\nsomething that’s that’s truly <\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:44,880 –> 00:27:48,600
\nremarkable.
\nI stand in awe of this idea. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:49,640 –> 00:27:53,280
\nHaving redeemed Israel from
\nbondage in Egypt, God’s next <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:53,280 –> 00:27:56,200
\nstep is to bring the nation into
\ncovenant relationship with <\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:56,200 –> 00:27:59,440
\nhimself.
\nAnd we alluded to these passages<\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:59,440 –> 00:28:03,120
\nyesterday.
\nGod lays out the basis for <\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:03,120 –> 00:28:11,240
\nIsrael’s calling and their
\nspecial status in Exodus 19 to <\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:11,240 –> 00:28:16,040
\n24, and Israel responds with
\nacceptance and agreement on <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:16,200 –> 00:28:19,600
\nthree separate occasions.
\nIsrael gives their assent to <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:19,600 –> 00:28:23,440
\nGod’s requirements once in
\nExodus 19 and then twice in <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:23,440 –> 00:28:28,360
\nExodus 24.
\nSo there’s no doubt the Father <\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:28,360 –> 00:28:32,440
\ngives them a robust and complete
\nunderstanding of this <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:32,440 –> 00:28:35,240
\nrelationship that they’re
\nentering into and they they give<\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:35,240 –> 00:28:37,320
\ntheir ascent.
\nThey say, yes, this is a <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:37,320 –> 00:28:40,240
\nrelationship into which we want
\nto come. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:42,880 –> 00:28:46,200
\nAnd having brought them into
\ncovenant relationship, what is <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:46,200 –> 00:28:52,920
\nGod’s next priority?
\nThe answer seems to be here in <\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:52,920 –> 00:28:59,000
\nExodus 25 verses 8:00 and 9:00,
\nwhere God says to Moses, Let <\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:59,000 –> 00:29:03,560
\nthem make me a sanctuary, that I
\nmay dwell among them. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:04,120 –> 00:29:07,360
\nAccording to all that I show
\nthee, after the pattern of the <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:07,360 –> 00:29:10,680
\nTabernacle and the pattern of
\nall the instruments thereof, <\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:10,680 –> 00:29:18,640
\nEven so shall ye make it.
\nGod’s desire to dwell with His <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:18,640 –> 00:29:23,000
\npeople is an important theme of
\nthe Bible and something that <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:23,000 –> 00:29:26,520
\nPaul touches on here in Second
\nCorinthians chapter 6. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:26,920 –> 00:29:28,720
\nYou are the temple of the living
\nGod. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:28,720 –> 00:29:32,720
\nAs God had said, I will dwell in
\nthem and walk in them, and I <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:32,720 –> 00:29:36,080
\nwill be their God, and they
\nshall be my people. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:37,760 –> 00:29:41,960
\nAnd at the beginning of Chapter
\n7, having detailed some pretty <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:41,960 –> 00:29:45,840
\nincredible promises, Paul goes
\non to say, Having therefore <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:45,840 –> 00:29:49,320
\nthese promises, dearly beloved,
\nlet us cleanse ourselves from <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:49,320 –> 00:29:55,320
\nall filthiness of the flesh and
\nspirit, perfecting holiness in <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:55,320 –> 00:30:01,320
\nthe fear of God.
\nHere in 2nd Corinthians 7, Paul <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:01,320 –> 00:30:05,120
\nsays that being a part of a
\nfuture where God dwells with his<\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:05,120 –> 00:30:08,760
\npeople as their Father is
\nsomething that depends on the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:08,760 –> 00:30:17,600
\npursuit of holiness.
\nToday, right now, it’s <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:17,600 –> 00:30:22,320
\nremarkable for me to think that
\nthe Creator of heaven and earth,<\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:23,920 –> 00:30:30,280
\nI can’t, I can’t fathom it,
\ntruly wants to dwell with me, <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:31,320 –> 00:30:38,120
\nwith you, with us.
\nIt is His desire to dwell with <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:38,120 –> 00:30:43,680
\nHis people and that He has
\nincluded us in this tremendous <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:43,920 –> 00:30:50,480
\npurpose.
\nBut it is not without <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:50,680 –> 00:30:53,680
\nrequirement.
\nAnd that lesson is driven home <\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:53,680 –> 00:30:57,880
\nby the word sanctuary.
\nGod wants to dwell among his <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:57,880 –> 00:31:02,440
\npeople, but he will only do so
\nin a holy place. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:04,320 –> 00:31:10,040
\nHe wants to dwell with us, but
\nit must be a holy place. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:13,600 –> 00:31:18,360
\nAnd of course, only God can
\ndefine the characteristic, the <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:18,360 –> 00:31:20,160
\ncharacteristics.
\nApparently that’s a tough word <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:20,160 –> 00:31:22,800
\nto say this morning.
\nOnly God can define the <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:22,800 –> 00:31:27,480
\ncharacteristics of the holy
\nplace where he will dwell, and <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:27,480 –> 00:31:29,680
\nit’s precisely what he does in
\nin the case both of the <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:29,680 –> 00:31:34,960
\nTabernacle and the temple.
\nHe provides a pattern to Moses <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:34,960 –> 00:31:39,440
\nand to David from which his holy
\nplace must be created. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:49,960 –> 00:31:52,400
\nBut interestingly,
\ninterestingly, we have the <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:52,400 –> 00:31:56,800
\ntestimony of Isaiah 66 quoted
\nhere by Stephen, that the Most <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:56,800 –> 00:32:00,640
\nHigh doesn’t dwell in temples
\nmade with hands. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:32:03,160 –> 00:32:05,920
\nAnd when we follow the reference
\nback to Isaiah, we see that the <\/p>\n
431
\n00:32:05,920 –> 00:32:11,520
\ndwelling place that God actually
\nhas in mind, indeed, it’s not a <\/p>\n
432
\n00:32:11,520 –> 00:32:17,440
\ntemple made with hands, It’s
\nwithin men and women, and it’s <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:17,440 –> 00:32:22,680
\nnot mystical, it’s not magical.
\nHe simply wants men and women to<\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:22,680 –> 00:32:28,080
\nchoose cooperation rather than
\nrebellion with his efforts to <\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:28,080 –> 00:32:34,920
\ndevelop his character in US.
\nAnd of course, what pattern has <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:34,920 –> 00:32:37,400
\nhe provided?
\nThe pattern alluded to here in <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:37,400 –> 00:32:42,720
\nIsaiah 66.
\nTruly, we know that that pattern<\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:43,320 –> 00:32:48,040
\nis our Lord and Savior Jesus
\nChrist, the Word made flesh, in <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:48,040 –> 00:32:51,920
\nwhom we can behold the glory of
\nthe only begotten of the Father,<\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:57,160
\nfull of grace and truth in Him.
\nThat purpose to manifest the <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:57,160 –> 00:33:03,760
\nglory of God was fulfilled in a
\nway that has never been until <\/p>\n
442
\n00:33:03,760 –> 00:33:08,080
\nthat time or since.
\nHe worked in total cooperation <\/p>\n
443
\n00:33:08,520 –> 00:33:11,320
\nwith God’s efforts to develop
\nthe Father’s character. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:33:12,080 –> 00:33:15,440
\nAnd if we want to participate in
\nthis incredible hope to dwell <\/p>\n
445
\n00:33:15,440 –> 00:33:20,680
\nwith God in holiness, then now
\nis the time to cooperate with <\/p>\n
446
\n00:33:20,680 –> 00:33:24,640
\nhis efforts to prepare a holy
\nplace for himself in US <\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:24,880 –> 00:33:27,760
\naccording to the pattern of his
\nSon. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:30,560 –> 00:33:35,040
\nNow, as we, as we begin bringing
\nthis, this session to a close, <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:36,280 –> 00:33:40,160
\nwe’ll just touch on the role of
\nthe Sabbath in the pattern that <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:40,160 –> 00:33:43,680
\nGod provided Moses for his holy
\ndwelling place. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:45,440 –> 00:33:48,800
\nNow, this was a, as I was going
\nthrough the process of the study<\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:48,800 –> 00:33:52,960
\nmyself, I found my, my interest
\nreally got piqued because I was <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:52,960 –> 00:33:57,440
\nreading through Exodus 25 to 31,
\nwhich is an expression of the <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:57,440 –> 00:34:01,120
\npattern of the Tabernacle of
\nthis sanctuary, this holy place.<\/p>\n
455
\n00:34:01,640 –> 00:34:03,520
\nAnd it flows along quite
\nnaturally. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:34:03,520 –> 00:34:07,640
\nThe things that that God has to
\nsay to Moses seen at at each <\/p>\n
457
\n00:34:07,640 –> 00:34:11,719
\nturn to be very clearly
\nconnected with the Tabernacle in<\/p>\n
458
\n00:34:11,719 –> 00:34:14,520
\nsome fashion.
\nAnd then I got to the very end <\/p>\n
459
\n00:34:14,520 –> 00:34:18,600
\nof the section and there seemed
\nto be to me a kind of a kind of <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:18,600 –> 00:34:24,159
\nshift of thought in these very
\nlast few verses of Exodus 31. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:24,520 –> 00:34:28,080
\nThe train of thought shifts away
\nfrom the Tabernacle, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:28,080 –> 00:34:36,239
\nparticularly to the Sabbath, and
\nthat struck me as as strange. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:36,239 –> 00:34:40,120
\nIt seemed abrupt when I reached
\nthose verses that that almost <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:40,120 –> 00:34:43,360
\nthe the the commentary on the
\nSabbath had stopped and there <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:43,360 –> 00:34:45,480
\nwas no real transition.
\nAnd now we were going to talk <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:45,480 –> 00:34:49,360
\nabout the Sabbath.
\nHere’s how those verses read in <\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:49,520 –> 00:34:52,600
\nExodus chapter 31, verses 12 to
\n17. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:53,760 –> 00:34:58,920
\nVerily, my Sabbaths ye shall
\nkeep, for it is a sign between <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:58,920 –> 00:35:02,680
\nme and you throughout your
\ngenerations, that ye may know <\/p>\n
470
\n00:35:02,680 –> 00:35:05,800
\nthat I am the Lord that doth
\nsanctify you. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:35:07,400 –> 00:35:10,760
\nIt is a sign between God and
\nIsrael throughout their <\/p>\n
472
\n00:35:10,760 –> 00:35:17,280
\ngenerations.
\nWherefore the children of Israel<\/p>\n
473
\n00:35:17,280 –> 00:35:21,120
\nshall keep the Sabbath to
\nobserve the Sabbath throughout <\/p>\n
474
\n00:35:21,120 –> 00:35:24,160
\ntheir generations for a
\nperpetual covenant. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:35:27,040 –> 00:35:31,320
\nThere again in verse 17, it is a
\nsign between me and the children<\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:31,320 –> 00:35:34,960
\nof Israel forever.
\nAnd so it isn’t just that the <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:34,960 –> 00:35:38,000
\nSabbath is mentioned, since
\nthere’s a great emphasis, a kind<\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:38,000 –> 00:35:41,560
\nof profound emphasis upon the
\nSabbath here. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:41,560 –> 00:35:43,920
\nAnd of course it’s already been
\ntouched on, hasn’t it? <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:43,920 –> 00:35:48,760
\nEarlier in in Exodus chapters 19
\nto to 24, we already had <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:48,760 –> 00:35:52,320
\nmentioned of the significance of
\nthe Sabbath, but but God returns<\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:52,320 –> 00:35:56,720
\nto it here at the end of a
\nsection that deals with one the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:56,720 –> 00:36:02,240
\ncreation of a holy place for God
\nto dwell. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:36:02,800 –> 00:36:08,280
\nAt the end of that section, God
\nemphasizes in a profound way the<\/p>\n
485
\n00:36:08,280 –> 00:36:13,480
\nimportance of the Sabbath.
\nNow, I’m not sure that I have a <\/p>\n
486
\n00:36:13,800 –> 00:36:18,360
\ndefinitive answer to why this
\nis, but it seems reasonable to <\/p>\n
487
\n00:36:18,360 –> 00:36:21,240
\nstart by considering the origin
\nof the Sabbath. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:36:21,280 –> 00:36:26,680
\nAs we alluded to in our session
\nyesterday, the Sabbath is <\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:26,680 –> 00:36:32,760
\nactually the first occasion
\nwhere we find the word holy used<\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:32,760 –> 00:36:35,760
\nin Scripture.
\nIt is the first time that that <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:35,760 –> 00:36:39,000
\nword explicitly occurs in the
\nrecord of Scripture. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:39,000 –> 00:36:43,360
\nGod bless the 7th day, and He
\nsanctified it. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:43,360 –> 00:36:48,000
\nHe set that day apart because
\nthat in it He had rested from <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:48,000 –> 00:36:51,680
\nall His work which God created
\nand made. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:56,360 –> 00:36:59,360
\nNow Young’s literal seemed to do
\na nice job of bringing the the <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:59,440 –> 00:37:03,240
\nemphasis of these verses forward
\nfor me. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:37:04,200 –> 00:37:07,920
\nGod completed His work which He
\nhath made by the 7th day. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:37:07,920 –> 00:37:10,920
\nSo He ceased from all his work
\nwhich he had made. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:37:11,320 –> 00:37:14,240
\nAnd then He blessed the 7th day
\nand sanctified it, because after<\/p>\n
500
\n00:37:14,240 –> 00:37:19,440
\nsix days he ceased from all his
\nwork which he had prepared for <\/p>\n
501
\n00:37:19,440 –> 00:37:23,240
\nmaking.
\nSimply put, the emphasis seems <\/p>\n
502
\n00:37:23,240 –> 00:37:28,160
\nto be that God stopped because
\nthe work had been completed. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:37:29,080 –> 00:37:33,760
\nThe work was complete, and so
\nGod ceased to work because those<\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:36,960
\nthings which he had set out to
\naccomplish we’re done. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:39,560 –> 00:37:42,640
\nThe Sabbath was set apart and
\nsanctified to mark the <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:42,640 –> 00:37:47,080
\ncompletion of the natural
\ncreation specifically, but God <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:47,080 –> 00:37:50,000
\ngives it a much greater
\nsignificance. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:52,040 –> 00:37:55,960
\nAmong other things, the Sabbath
\nis a memorial of God’s status as<\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:56,080 –> 00:38:00,640
\nthe great Creator.
\nIn a natural sense, He appointed<\/p>\n
510
\n00:38:00,640 –> 00:38:05,680
\nthe 7th day to remind us of the
\ncreative work that He finished <\/p>\n
511
\n00:38:05,680 –> 00:38:08,440
\nin the heavens and the earth and
\nall the their host. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:38:09,440 –> 00:38:12,680
\nBut in a spiritual sense, He
\nappointed the 7th day to remind <\/p>\n
513
\n00:38:12,680 –> 00:38:18,320
\nus of the creative work that He
\nis still doing right now in you <\/p>\n
514
\n00:38:19,760 –> 00:38:23,000
\nand in me.
\nSee, the work of creation didn’t<\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:23,000 –> 00:38:24,800
\nreally end on the 7th day, did
\nit? <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:26,440 –> 00:38:29,600
\nGod’s purpose was not fully
\nrealized at the end of the that <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:29,600 –> 00:38:32,280
\nprocess.
\nIt’s still ongoing. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:33,400 –> 00:38:36,200
\nHe’s still working towards the
\nend of that purpose. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:36,640 –> 00:38:42,640
\nBut He marks out that day at the
\nend of the natural creation to <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:42,640 –> 00:38:48,800
\nbecome symbolic, a reminder, a
\ntouchstone for all of us that we<\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:48,800 –> 00:38:52,240
\nmight be comforted and
\nencouraged by the fact that God <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:52,360 –> 00:38:56,840
\nwill finish the work.
\nAnd it doesn’t depend on our <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:56,840 –> 00:38:59,080
\nstrength, it doesn’t depend upon
\nour wisdom. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:59,760 –> 00:39:05,760
\nGod will finish the work.
\nAnd so this day was blessed and <\/p>\n
525
\n00:39:05,760 –> 00:39:08,800
\nsanctified to remind us that he
\nis the Lord that created the <\/p>\n
526
\n00:39:08,800 –> 00:39:11,760
\nheavens and earth.
\nGod himself that formed the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:39:11,760 –> 00:39:14,040
\nearth and made it.
\nHe have established it. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:39:14,200 –> 00:39:17,880
\nHe created it not in vain.
\nHe formed it to be inhabited. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:19,120 –> 00:39:22,680
\nThe Sabbath reminds us that the
\nsame infinitely powerful, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:23,080 –> 00:39:27,080
\nbrilliant and loving hands that
\nformed this magnificent world <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:27,080 –> 00:39:33,000
\nthat we take so for granted are
\nstill at work in US. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:34,000 –> 00:39:37,840
\nHe’s creating a holy place in us
\nwhere his character and His <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:37,840 –> 00:39:42,400
\nnature can dwell.
\nThis is a wonderful dimension of<\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:42,640 –> 00:39:45,840
\nthe beauty of the Sabbath for
\nIsrael and for us. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:47,160 –> 00:39:50,040
\nEvery 7th day they had the
\nopportunity to meditate on the <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:50,040 –> 00:39:55,000
\nfact that God was actively at
\nwork among them, creating a <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:55,000 –> 00:39:58,960
\nplace to dwell, and the great
\nresponsibility that that <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:58,960 –> 00:40:05,400
\nconferred upon them not to undo
\nHis work, not to rebel against <\/p>\n
539
\n00:40:05,400 –> 00:40:10,040
\nHim, but rather to cooperate
\nwith Him in the work that His <\/p>\n
540
\n00:40:10,040 –> 00:40:13,200
\npurpose could be fulfilled and
\nthat their incredible calling <\/p>\n
541
\n00:40:13,200 –> 00:40:17,360
\ncould be realized.
\nHis work of spiritual creation <\/p>\n
542
\n00:40:17,360 –> 00:40:22,160
\nis ongoing, brothers and sisters
\nand young people, and we are so <\/p>\n
543
\n00:40:22,160 –> 00:40:26,640
\nprivileged to be a part of it.
\nAs surely as God completed the <\/p>\n
544
\n00:40:26,640 –> 00:40:31,280
\nwork of the natural creation, He
\nwill complete the work of <\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:36,200
\nspiritual creation to prepare a
\nholy place for himself to dwell <\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:36,200 –> 00:40:43,240
\nin US and in the earth at large.
\nBut we have to, we have to <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:43,240 –> 00:40:47,200
\ndecide, brothers and sisters, we
\nhave to choose, having come to <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:47,200 –> 00:40:52,320
\nthis way of holiness, to
\ncontinue on the way in trust of <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:52,320 –> 00:40:59,280
\nand reverence for our Heavenly
\nFather, This is the time we make<\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:59,280 –> 00:41:01,880
\nthe answer.
\nNow, as one of our hymns so <\/p>\n
551
\n00:41:01,880 –> 00:41:07,920
\nbeautifully puts it.
\nSo in our next session, we’ll be<\/p>\n
552
\n00:41:07,920 –> 00:41:10,680
\nlooking at the theme of
\npriesthood generally. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:41:11,120 –> 00:41:16,520
\nWe’ll take a look at, at the way
\nin which the priesthood that was<\/p>\n
554
\n00:41:16,520 –> 00:41:19,520
\nfounded in Aaron is a, a shadow
\nof good things to come, the way <\/p>\n
555
\n00:41:19,720 –> 00:41:23,320
\nin which it served as a model
\nfor the people of Israel who <\/p>\n
556
\n00:41:23,320 –> 00:41:27,600
\nwere called to be a Kingdom of
\npriests and a holy nation. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:41:29,400 –> 00:41:31,840
\nAnd then we’ll take a couple of
\nlessons from priestly <\/p>\n
558
\n00:41:31,840 –> 00:41:36,360
\nresponsibilities, namely that of
\nof teaching and that of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:36,360 –> 00:41:39,720
\nsacrifice.
\nAnd so with that, I will turn <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:39,720 –> 00:41:42,720
\nthings back over to Brother
\nAubrey with my thanks to all of <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:42,720 –> 00:41:43,240
\nyou again.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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