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♪ theme music ♪
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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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Have you been enjoying this series
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on Bible Prophecies and Stories
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for the Last Days?
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It's so relevant.
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And we're glad you joined us today
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as we're studying
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about Understanding Sacrifice.
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You say, "Derek, that doesn't
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sound very exciting."
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Well, you'll discover
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it's all about Jesus, and it
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will bless your life, so welcome
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to Hope Sabbath School.
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Welcome to the team,
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say, "Hi," to each other.
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We're glad you're all here,
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looking great today.
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And I'm excited because Puia's
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going to be leading our study today.
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Puia, we always are blessed
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when you lead us.
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And let's see who's
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joining us remotely today.
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Rodney, great to have you with us today.
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We're glad you're here.
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Shaina, always good to have you with us.
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And, Alex, great to have you
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with us today.
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And we're glad that you are here, too,
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because you are part
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of our interactive study.
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I hope you brought your Bible with you,
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and we'll have a great study together.
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We're always happy to hear from you,
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our Hope Sabbath School family
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around the world.
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You can write to us at sshope@hopetv.org,
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and I'm blessed when the emails come,
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and aren't you, team?
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And we get to hear how God is blessing
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around the world.
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Well, here is a note
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from one of our team members.
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Do you remember John from India,
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one of our team teachers?
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Well, John, thank you for writing to us.
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He writes, and he says, "It's John.
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I'm emailing you
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from the country of India.
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I hope this email finds you all well.
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I've been in India since August of 2024,
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and I've been preaching almost every week.
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As I'm going around to various churches,
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in almost every church, people talk[br]to me about..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...Hope Sabbath School."
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(Derek) "This goes to show
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the global impact of Hope Sabbath School
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is felt in my home country
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of India." Amen?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Does anybody remember
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how many people live in India?
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(Joshua) Over a billion.
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(Derek) Yes, it's 1.4 billion.
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It is the most populated country
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on the planet.
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And he says, "Thank you
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for the opportunity to be part
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of Hope Sabbath School's ministry
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for Jesus Christ.
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God bless you all. Amen."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) John, thanks for writing to us.
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We miss you, but we're excited to hear
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that God is blessing as you're sharing
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the good news about a God who loves
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with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
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Tiffo writes to us from Ethiopia,
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and Tiffo says, "Love and peace,
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Hope Sabbath School family."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) Got the wave.
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"I'm blessed following
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your teaching every day.
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Hopefully, many are blessed
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and understand there is only one way
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to come to God, and that is through Jesus.
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God bless you all."
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Well, Tiffo, thanks for writing
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to us from Ethiopia.
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We're glad that you're blessed as part
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of the Hope Sabbath School family.
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Here is a handwritten note
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from a donor couple in Tennessee
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in the United States, and, Donor Couple,
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you know, we don't read names,
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but you'll recognize your message,
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and I want to say thank you to you
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and to each of our donors.
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"My wife and I have been joining
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with Hope Sabbath School
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ever since the pandemic.
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We appreciate your method of teaching
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and the inclusion of all in your group."
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I guess that's diversity, right?
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"May God bless you all, with love,"
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and a gift of a thousand dollars
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to bless the global ministry.
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I just want to say thank you, Tennessee,
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and thank you to each one of our donors.
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We are all part of a great miracle.
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You say, "Derek, how can I help?"
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Go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Donate button,
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or get the address and write a note
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just like this donor couple did.
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And thank you to each one of you.
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One last note, this was beautiful,
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from Samuel in Canada, and Samuel
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writes and says, "Hello,
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Hope Sabbath School family."
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(Team) Hello.
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(Derek) I actually like it when they
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do that because then we can wave.
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"We get a lot of inspiration
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from your teaching of the Word of God.
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We love everything
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about Hope Sabbath School,
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from the songs,
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the interactive discussion, the diversity,
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and the inclusion
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of the worldwide community
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through reading our emails.
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What a blessing!
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Thank you, Hope Sabbath School,
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for enabling us to understand
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God's Word better."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "May God continue to bless you
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and your ministry, Samuel."
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Well, Samuel, thanks for taking the time
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to write to us; that's an encouragement,
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and that's really why we do this,
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so people can understand the Word of God
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and realize that God loves us so much.
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And as Puia leads us in our study today,
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we'll discover that.
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But, before we sing our theme song,
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I want to remind you about that free gift,
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because as we study about Bible Prophecies
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and Stories for the Last Days,
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we'll realize that we
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need supernatural protection.
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"A time of trouble is coming,"[br]Daniel prophesied,
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"such as has never been."
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But, we don't need to be afraid
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if we know that we have a Savior
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who is also our strong Deliverer.
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So, I've got a resource for you
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in this series.
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It's called Radical Protection.
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You can just go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess, that's it,
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and click on the Free Gift tab,
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and you can download a digital copy.
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I know you'll be blessed.
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You can also download
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the theme song and the sheet music.
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I hope you've learned it already.
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It's from Colossians 3:16, "Let the word
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of Christ dwell in you richly
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in all wisdom, teaching
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and admonishing one another."
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That's what we're praying today, right?
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Let's sing together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Well, I'm looking forward
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to our study today, Puia.
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Thanks for leading us in prayer.
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(Puia) Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father, God, we thank You so much
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for this opportunity to open Your words
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and study them.
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We pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance
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for each one of us here as well as all
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the Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world.
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Please bless us today
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with spiritual insights so we may
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see You clearer, so we may understand
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Your love better.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Puia) As we begin, I want to come
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to our viewers online wherever you
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may be joining us from.
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Thank you for joining us once again,
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and today we're going to be looking
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at a very important study
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on Understanding Sacrifice.
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We're going to look at the Bible
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from Genesis, we're going to fly
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through to Revelation, and we'll look
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at themes of sacrifice, and this theme
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will help us understand God better,
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specifically His love for us
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through the Person of Jesus Christ.
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So, stay with us, go get your Bibles,
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open the Bible along with us
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as we read them; I am sure that you
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will be blessed today.
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So, thank you for joining us.
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Alright, friends, we are now
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on lesson number six in this series
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as we're looking at Bible Prophecies
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and Stories for the Last Days.
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Today, this is going to be
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a very important study.
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For some of us, it may be a lesson
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that we may have studied before,
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and maybe you say, "Oh, I understand
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everything there is to understand[br]about sacrifice."
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Oh, wait a minute.
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You'll see more, that there is
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so much more from the Bible
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about sacrifice and how it points
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to the love of God.
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If we are to take away one lesson
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from today, I'm going to say this
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ahead of time, there is one simple point
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that we need to take away: It's Jesus.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Puia) Sacrifice, Jesus,
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and His love for us.
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So, let us go to Leviticus
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to begin our study, and I am going
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to ask Scott if you can start our lesson
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by reading Leviticus,
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chapter 1, verses 1 to 4.
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(Scott) Alright, Leviticus 1:1-4
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in the English Standard Version:
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(Puia) So, we see here
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the clear instructions from God
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through Moses to the children of Israel,
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how they are to bring
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sacrifice before God, a burnt offering.
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But, is this the first place we see
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in the Bible about sacrifice?
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(Team) No.
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(Puia) Anyone want to bring us
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to, maybe, the first book
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of the Bible? Nicole?
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(Nicole) Well, in Genesis,
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Abel brought a sacrifice to the Lord...
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(Puia) Can you read that for us?
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I think it's in Genesis,
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chapter 4, verse 4.
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Let's go back to the first book
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of the Bible and see
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where we see this sacrifice.
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(Nicole) So, Genesis 4:4
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in the New International Version says:
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(Puia) Okay, so we find here a sacrifice,
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even all the way from Genesis.
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In fact, from reading Genesis 4,
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we can understand that God
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probably already gave them instructions
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on how to do sacrifices
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all the way back in Genesis,
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from Adam and Eve, right?
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We also see throughout the Bible, like
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Noah sacrificing to God, right?
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We also see other examples - Abraham.
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Anyone else from Genesis?
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(Scott) Job.
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(Puia) Job, yes, around that time, too,
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the early patriarch. Yes, Shawn.
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(Shawn) There may even be a sacrifice
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alluded to in Genesis 3.
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If we go and look at Genesis 3:21,
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it tells us that God made,[br]for Adam and Eve,
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skins for them to wear.
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The question comes, where did He
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get the skins from?
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So, already He has promised the Messiah
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coming, in Genesis 3:15, and now He
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may be alluding to the sacrificial system
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of how they're covered
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from their sin as well.
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(Puia) So, in other words, Shawn,
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what you're saying is the purpose
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of the sacrifice, all the way
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from the beginning of Genesis,
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was to cover or to atone
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for the sins, right?
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Anyone else want to add on that point?
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(Derek) Puia, I think that's
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a really good point; this isn't something
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that people thought up.
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If it was, it would have been unfair
0:14:04.065,0:14:07.345
of God to say, "I accept Abel's sacrifice,
0:14:07.345,0:14:11.375
but I don't accept Cain's fruit offering."
0:14:11.375,0:14:13.095
Clearly, God had explained
0:14:13.095,0:14:15.947
not only what to do, but as Shawn
0:14:15.947,0:14:19.997
pointed out, the significance, right,
0:14:19.997,0:14:22.620
that it symbolized what God
0:14:22.620,0:14:25.153
was going to do to provide salvation.
0:14:25.153,0:14:29.210
(Puia) Right. Back in Leviticus
0:14:29.210,0:14:33.084
where we read, Leviticus, chapter 1,
0:14:33.084,0:14:34.940
that Scott read for us, there is
0:14:34.940,0:14:36.731
a very interesting instruction
0:14:36.731,0:14:40.998
that God gave to Moses in verse 4.
0:14:40.998,0:14:42.933
God said, "He shall put his hand
0:14:42.933,0:14:46.578
on the head of the burnt offering."
0:14:46.578,0:14:48.701
What do you think that symbolizes
0:14:48.701,0:14:50.523
when you put your hand on the animal
0:14:50.523,0:14:53.218
that is about to be sacrificed? Scott.
0:14:53.218,0:14:56.387
(Scott) There is a symbolic transference.
0:14:56.387,0:14:59.825
The sinner's sin is now transferred
0:14:59.825,0:15:02.193
to the sacrifice, just in the same way
0:15:02.193,0:15:05.230
that Jesus bore our sins when He offered
0:15:05.230,0:15:06.528
His life as a sacrifice.
0:15:06.528,0:15:08.451
(Puia) Alright, so you are going ahead
0:15:08.451,0:15:11.685
to the ultimate point of this sacrifice,
0:15:11.685,0:15:13.548
but thank you for pointing that out.
0:15:13.548,0:15:16.070
So, in other words, this animal,
0:15:16.070,0:15:20.791
this innocent animal, died
0:15:20.791,0:15:22.961
on behalf of the sinner.
0:15:22.961,0:15:25.453
And so, as the sinner put his hands
0:15:25.453,0:15:27.449
on the animal, symbolically the sin
0:15:27.449,0:15:28.908
is transferred to that animal,
0:15:28.908,0:15:31.039
and so the animal paid
0:15:31.039,0:15:33.875
for the sin of the sinner.
0:15:33.875,0:15:37.616
So, there is a deep symbolic transference,
0:15:37.616,0:15:42.230
symbolic sacrifice that we see from this.
0:15:42.230,0:15:46.003
Now, let's jump all the way to 1 Kings,
0:15:46.003,0:15:48.274
chapter 8, and let me request Sophia
0:15:48.274,0:15:50.240
to read this for us,
0:15:50.240,0:15:54.203
1 Kings, chapter 8, verses 62 to 63,
0:15:54.203,0:15:57.402
and let's look at the sacrifice
0:15:57.402,0:15:59.567
in which King Solomon led out
0:15:59.567,0:16:02.950
as they dedicate the new temple.
0:16:02.950,0:16:04.306
(Sophia) And I'll be reading
0:16:04.306,0:16:05.873
from the New King James Version:
0:16:27.361,0:16:29.090
(Puia) Wow! How many animals?
0:16:29.090,0:16:31.541
Twenty-two thousand bulls,
0:16:31.541,0:16:36.142
and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep -[br]that's a lot!
0:16:36.142,0:16:37.711
(Joshua) That's a whole lot.
0:16:37.711,0:16:39.282
(Puia) Joshua, that's a whole lot
0:16:39.282,0:16:40.812
of animals, right, you just said
0:16:40.812,0:16:42.111
that's a whole lot.
0:16:42.111,0:16:45.064
For someone like me who became
0:16:45.064,0:16:47.433
a vegetarian as a result
0:16:47.433,0:16:50.956
of watching animals suffering,
0:16:50.956,0:16:52.268
this number is a lot.
0:16:52.268,0:16:54.223
I remember I was in college,
0:16:54.223,0:16:56.449
and one of our professors in college
0:16:56.449,0:16:58.072
showed us this documentary
0:16:58.072,0:17:01.294
of how much the animal kingdom
0:17:01.294,0:17:02.440
is suffering as a result
0:17:02.440,0:17:04.171
of human consumption.
0:17:04.171,0:17:05.986
And after watching that documentary,
0:17:05.986,0:17:08.790
I was moved; I was like, "I have
0:17:08.790,0:17:10.427
to become a vegetarian."
0:17:10.427,0:17:12.782
So, from college, I decided to stop
0:17:12.782,0:17:15.161
eating animal meat.
0:17:15.161,0:17:16.939
And as I am reading this,
0:17:16.939,0:17:21.516
22,000 bulls, 120,000 sheep,
0:17:21.516,0:17:23.958
how do you explain this?
0:17:23.958,0:17:26.068
Or, what are your thoughts
0:17:26.068,0:17:28.545
about this massive number of animals
0:17:28.545,0:17:29.956
being sacrificed? Derek.
0:17:29.956,0:17:33.507
(Derek) Puia, I struggle with this,
0:17:33.507,0:17:36.365
because I don't see God asking
0:17:36.365,0:17:39.782
for such a massive amount of slaughter.
0:17:39.782,0:17:43.897
It makes me wonder if there is
0:17:43.897,0:17:47.947
a misunderstanding coming, that more
0:17:47.947,0:17:51.053
of them would be better.
0:17:51.053,0:17:53.860
But, actually it's a symbol,
0:17:53.860,0:17:57.270
so wouldn't a symbol
0:17:57.270,0:18:00.974
of one be significant?
0:18:00.974,0:18:03.827
I don't know; I struggle with that.
0:18:03.827,0:18:06.189
It's like saying, "I'll confess my sin,
0:18:06.189,0:18:08.915
but maybe if I did it 100 times
0:18:08.915,0:18:11.661
over and over again, God would be
0:18:11.661,0:18:13.703
more pleased with me."
0:18:13.703,0:18:15.275
And that's not the character
0:18:15.275,0:18:16.987
of God that we know.
0:18:16.987,0:18:18.674
(Puia) We don't see any instruction
0:18:18.674,0:18:23.959
from God for that massive number,[br]right? Joshua?
0:18:23.959,0:18:25.119
(Joshua) I mean, that's
0:18:25.119,0:18:26.568
a ridiculous amount.
0:18:26.568,0:18:28.630
And I'm just thinking about it,
0:18:28.630,0:18:30.526
because I once went to an event
0:18:30.526,0:18:32.808
where there were 50,000 people there
0:18:32.808,0:18:34.714
all at the same time, and it was
0:18:34.714,0:18:38.391
just an amazing amount of people.
0:18:38.391,0:18:42.418
So, I'm just here picturing 22,000 bulls
0:18:42.418,0:18:45.117
and 120,000 sheep, and I'm thinking,
0:18:45.117,0:18:47.079
how did they clean that up?
0:18:47.079,0:18:49.304
And on top of that, I mean, Solomon
0:18:49.304,0:18:51.135
was an extremely rich man,
0:18:51.135,0:18:52.521
the richest who ever lived,
0:18:52.521,0:18:56.337
so perhaps in his material wealth
0:18:56.337,0:19:00.889
he wanted to reflect the level
0:19:00.889,0:19:03.779
of spiritual sacrifice he could make.
0:19:03.779,0:19:04.979
(Puia) I see a few hands.
0:19:04.979,0:19:06.662
Let me come to our remote, Rodney,
0:19:06.662,0:19:09.415
Alex, then Zandile.
0:19:09.415,0:19:11.135
(Rodney) Puia, I appreciate the fact
0:19:11.135,0:19:12.481
that we are actually walking
0:19:12.481,0:19:14.052
through the Scriptures
0:19:14.052,0:19:17.424
on the sacrificial system, and Shawn
0:19:17.424,0:19:19.808
brought us to a very important point
0:19:19.808,0:19:22.927
from the very inception, which is,
0:19:22.927,0:19:25.147
in Genesis 3, verse 15, it speaks
0:19:25.147,0:19:27.986
to the fact (I'm just paraphrasing)[br]that there is
0:19:27.986,0:19:32.349
a deliberate and intentional connection
0:19:32.349,0:19:37.283
between sin and sacrifice
0:19:37.283,0:19:39.710
at ultimate delivery.
0:19:39.710,0:19:41.756
In other words, Genesis 3:15 brings us
0:19:41.756,0:19:44.816
to the point that says we have sinned,
0:19:44.816,0:19:46.611
and there is a Messiah who is to come
0:19:46.611,0:19:48.059
who is the ultimate sacrifice.
0:19:48.059,0:19:49.297
So, here it is now, we are
0:19:49.297,0:19:52.547
at, back to Joshua's point, 120,000 sheep
0:19:52.547,0:19:53.942
and 22,000 bulls.
0:19:53.942,0:19:56.670
I think the intent there is
0:19:56.670,0:19:59.063
to really demonstrate the depth
0:19:59.063,0:20:03.000
at which sin has taken us away from God.
0:20:03.000,0:20:07.084
And so, that chasm cannot be crossed
0:20:07.084,0:20:10.177
by 120,00 sheep and 22,000 bulls.
0:20:10.177,0:20:13.261
It had to be bridged
0:20:13.261,0:20:15.470
by the Son of God Himself.
0:20:15.470,0:20:17.109
And so, it brings to the fore
0:20:17.109,0:20:20.591
the real gravity of sin and what it takes
0:20:20.591,0:20:23.367
God to do for us to save us,
0:20:23.367,0:20:25.193
ultimately, from sin.
0:20:25.193,0:20:26.383
(Puia) Thank you, Rodney,
0:20:26.383,0:20:27.976
for this point. Alex?
0:20:27.976,0:20:29.541
(Alex) Yes, and all the comments
0:20:29.541,0:20:33.233
are very [good] because God...
0:20:33.233,0:20:34.926
That's a horrible sight to see,
0:20:34.926,0:20:37.367
all those animals, just slaughtered,
0:20:37.367,0:20:39.654
and that's exactly how God wants us
0:20:39.654,0:20:41.573
to see this whole process.
0:20:41.573,0:20:45.283
The sin issue is not a beautiful sight,
0:20:45.283,0:20:47.326
but by the grace of God, He will
0:20:47.326,0:20:48.934
deliver us from it.
0:20:48.934,0:20:50.902
(Puia) Okay. Zandile?
0:20:50.902,0:20:51.874
(Zandile) I'm coming
0:20:51.874,0:20:53.083
from a different angle.
0:20:53.083,0:20:54.615
When I was going through it,
0:20:54.615,0:20:55.983
I saw the willingness
0:20:55.983,0:20:57.808
of the people to give.
0:20:57.808,0:20:59.741
To me, it spoke to the gratitude
0:20:59.741,0:21:00.802
of human beings.
0:21:00.802,0:21:03.343
They were fully blessed by God
0:21:03.343,0:21:06.327
for them to give such a huge number
0:21:06.327,0:21:08.436
of sacrifices, and God accepts
0:21:08.436,0:21:09.999
their sacrifices anyway.
0:21:09.999,0:21:13.257
So, it was more like, "Are we willing[br]to give God as much as...
0:21:13.257,0:21:15.070
(Derek) I stand corrected.
0:21:15.070,0:21:17.392
It may be it was exactly what God
0:21:17.392,0:21:19.225
wanted to happen, and it does show
0:21:19.225,0:21:23.724
the gravity of sin and the appreciation.
0:21:23.724,0:21:25.864
I'll have to ask when we
0:21:25.864,0:21:28.134
get to Heaven, on that one.
0:21:28.134,0:21:29.331
(Puia) This is the beauty
0:21:29.331,0:21:30.582
of this discussion, right;
0:21:30.582,0:21:32.475
it's in-depth, interactive, because we
0:21:32.475,0:21:33.996
may have different perspectives,
0:21:33.996,0:21:35.333
and hearing different angles
0:21:35.333,0:21:37.070
gives us a bigger picture.
0:21:37.070,0:21:38.948
And as I was reading this,
0:21:38.948,0:21:42.229
I remembered that in another place,
0:21:42.229,0:21:45.370
in 2 Chronicles, chapter 7,
0:21:45.370,0:21:48.138
this same story is described,
0:21:48.138,0:21:49.822
but in 2 Chronicles we are told
0:21:49.822,0:21:53.005
that as Solomon prayed to God
0:21:53.005,0:21:54.404
in dedication of the temple,
0:21:54.404,0:21:55.982
the new temple that was built,
0:21:55.982,0:21:58.345
God filled the whole temple
0:21:58.345,0:22:00.150
with His presence, right,
0:22:00.150,0:22:02.995
that the priests could not enter
0:22:02.995,0:22:05.255
the temple because the presence
0:22:05.255,0:22:08.924
of God was so huge.
0:22:08.924,0:22:10.577
And so, we saw that God
0:22:10.577,0:22:13.510
accepted the sacrifice.
0:22:13.510,0:22:17.025
But still, even without that big number,
0:22:17.025,0:22:19.148
if you think about it, every day,
0:22:19.148,0:22:21.016
sacrificing an animal every day,
0:22:21.016,0:22:23.012
think about the number of animals
0:22:23.012,0:22:25.459
that were sacrificed on a regular basis.
0:22:25.459,0:22:27.614
It still is a huge number,
0:22:27.614,0:22:29.566
and what I learned for myself personally
0:22:29.566,0:22:32.227
from this was that it was so unfair
0:22:32.227,0:22:35.036
for that animal, and it was so unjust
0:22:35.036,0:22:36.002
for that animal.
0:22:36.002,0:22:37.638
What did that animal do, what did
0:22:37.638,0:22:39.411
that lamb do, what did that sheep do,
0:22:39.411,0:22:40.667
what did that bull do
0:22:40.667,0:22:45.144
to deserve that death? Nothing, right?
0:22:45.144,0:22:48.231
Naturally, there was the lesson there,
0:22:48.231,0:22:50.290
because it was pointing forward.
0:22:50.290,0:22:52.169
God was trying to teach them
0:22:52.169,0:22:55.804
that there is going to come a Savior
0:22:55.804,0:22:57.694
who is just, who is loving,
0:22:57.694,0:23:00.780
who doesn't deserve to die.
0:23:00.780,0:23:02.338
And yet, He is going to die
0:23:02.338,0:23:03.946
on behalf of sinners.
0:23:03.946,0:23:06.225
This was all pointing forward.
0:23:06.225,0:23:09.137
So, someone may be watching today
0:23:09.137,0:23:11.178
and may be saying, "When I look
0:23:11.178,0:23:12.710
at the Old Testament, when I see
0:23:12.710,0:23:15.949
all these sacrifices, this is so unfair,
0:23:15.949,0:23:17.454
this is so cruel!"
0:23:17.454,0:23:18.933
Well, my friend, that may be
0:23:18.933,0:23:20.573
the lesson we need to learn,
0:23:20.573,0:23:22.425
that the death of Jesus that was
0:23:22.425,0:23:25.702
foreshadowed by this death of animals
0:23:25.702,0:23:28.039
tells us that the death of Christ
0:23:28.039,0:23:29.514
in other words is so cruel,
0:23:29.514,0:23:31.420
that this is what sin does.
0:23:31.420,0:23:33.603
This is the price for dying
0:23:33.603,0:23:35.964
on behalf of the sinner.
0:23:35.964,0:23:38.243
Let's continue our study.
0:23:38.243,0:23:41.453
Now, this time let's go to Isaiah,
0:23:41.453,0:23:45.264
chapter 1, verses 10 to 11, and let me
0:23:45.264,0:23:48.350
request Stephanie to read this for us,
0:23:48.350,0:23:51.364
Isaiah, chapter 1, verses 10 to 11,
0:23:51.364,0:23:53.789
and let's see how God responds
0:23:53.789,0:23:56.535
to the peoples' sacrifice by this time.
0:23:56.535,0:23:58.036
(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
0:23:58.036,0:23:59.572
from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) What can we learn
0:24:26.215,0:24:29.958
from this clear Word of God, Scott?
0:24:29.958,0:24:31.639
(Scott) This shows that the point
0:24:31.639,0:24:34.980
of sacrifices was never the sacrifice.
0:24:34.980,0:24:38.135
The point was what was going on behind it.
0:24:38.135,0:24:41.179
And so, you can kill all
0:24:41.179,0:24:43.554
the cattle you want, but if your heart
0:24:43.554,0:24:46.537
is not affected by it, if it doesn't
0:24:46.537,0:24:48.860
change your life, then it's done nothing.
0:24:48.860,0:24:53.265
Yeah, Jesus died, not just so we can say,
0:24:53.265,0:24:54.805
"Oh, yeah, He died," but He died
0:24:54.805,0:24:57.160
because He wants to change our lives.
0:24:57.160,0:24:59.069
(Puia) Okay, Kylynda.
0:24:59.069,0:25:01.072
(Kylynda) I was thinking[br]this is an example
0:25:01.072,0:25:04.017
of how it's easy to commodify
0:25:04.017,0:25:06.381
salvation and God, you know.
0:25:06.381,0:25:08.492
Kind of a modern example, we think,
0:25:08.492,0:25:10.915
"Well, if I just give this money,"
0:25:10.915,0:25:13.545
"If I just donate this item,"
0:25:13.545,0:25:15.981
"If I just purchase this for the church,
0:25:15.981,0:25:19.050
well, then I'm in a right space with God."
0:25:19.050,0:25:21.185
And we see this throughout history,
0:25:21.185,0:25:23.904
and I think for some Israelites, maybe it
0:25:23.904,0:25:26.473
had become rote, "Okay, well, here's
0:25:26.473,0:25:28.442
this sheep; alright, I'll go
0:25:28.442,0:25:30.714
to my temple visit and give up the sheep,
0:25:30.714,0:25:32.988
and we're good."
0:25:32.988,0:25:37.628
But, God is a God of immeasurable wealth.
0:25:37.628,0:25:41.532
Anything that we give is nothing, right?
0:25:41.532,0:25:44.615
And so, when we actually give something
0:25:44.615,0:25:46.423
like the Israelites were required to,
0:25:46.423,0:25:48.310
a sacrifice - which, God
0:25:48.310,0:25:50.388
doesn't love bloodshed - and they're
0:25:50.388,0:25:53.183
doing it without a change of heart,
0:25:53.183,0:25:54.396
that's a dangerous space.
0:25:54.396,0:25:56.368
(Puia) Thank you for pointing it out.
0:25:56.368,0:25:59.357
I think it's very easy even for us today
0:25:59.357,0:26:02.173
to look at our relationship with God
0:26:02.173,0:26:04.595
through that lens of religious traditions
0:26:04.595,0:26:06.440
and kind of like a checklist...
0:26:06.440,0:26:07.217
(Derek) Rituals.
0:26:07.217,0:26:08.302
(Puia) Right, rituals,
0:26:08.302,0:26:10.229
and just a checklist, "Okay, let me
0:26:10.229,0:26:11.950
check this box: I've done this,
0:26:11.950,0:26:13.513
I've done that, I've done that"
0:26:13.513,0:26:15.925
without trying to understand
0:26:15.925,0:26:18.861
what God is trying to teach us internally.
0:26:18.861,0:26:21.128
Derek, you mentioned the sacrifice
0:26:21.128,0:26:22.680
that God accepted
0:26:22.680,0:26:25.846
between Abel and Cain, right?
0:26:25.846,0:26:28.554
God accepted the sacrifice of Abel
0:26:28.554,0:26:32.523
but rejected Cain, why was that? Nicole.
0:26:32.523,0:26:34.252
(Nicole) It's a heart issue
0:26:34.252,0:26:35.642
as it's been said before.
0:26:35.642,0:26:36.936
I think that the Lord wants
0:26:36.936,0:26:38.047
a relationship with us.
0:26:38.047,0:26:39.417
He wants to be in our hearts
0:26:39.417,0:26:40.867
and not just in our behaviors.
0:26:40.867,0:26:42.547
And so, we have to get to the place
0:26:42.547,0:26:43.925
where our hearts are with Him
0:26:43.925,0:26:46.014
and not just what we're doing
0:26:46.014,0:26:47.455
that shows who He is.
0:26:47.455,0:26:49.084
(Puia) That's right. Rodney.
0:26:49.084,0:26:50.404
And after Rodney's comment,
0:26:50.404,0:26:53.904
I want to ask Shawn to get ready
0:26:53.904,0:26:57.322
with Hebrews, chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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Rodney, your comment, please.
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(Rodney) Puia, may I read Isaiah,
0:27:00.789,0:27:02.503
chapter 1, a little bit further down
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in that very same chapter, to indicate
0:27:04.890,0:27:07.565
what God was truly interested in,
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Isaiah, chapter 1...
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(Puia) Okay.
0:27:09.972,0:27:11.993
(Rodney) ...verses 16 to 18.
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(Puia) Give us some time to find that...
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(Rodney) And while we're reading that,
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as we said earlier, Israel had gotten
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to the point now, when this
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just became like a ritual,
0:27:22.388,0:27:24.536
it's like what we do day in and day out,
0:27:24.536,0:27:27.122
it really lost its meaning
0:27:27.122,0:27:29.958
in pointing people towards Jesus
0:27:29.958,0:27:30.885
who was going to be
0:27:30.885,0:27:32.301
the ultimate Sacrifice
0:27:32.301,0:27:33.665
for all of our sins.
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And here is what God is now interested in,
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Isaiah 1, verses 16 to 18, and I'm reading
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from the New King James Version, it says:
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Then verse 18, and I love it; it says:
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(Puia) Thank you, Rodney,
0:28:22.891,0:28:24.088
for pointing that out.
0:28:24.088,0:28:25.621
I think this connects very well
0:28:25.621,0:28:27.098
with the next verse that Shawn
0:28:27.098,0:28:28.831
will be reading for us from Hebrews,
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chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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(Shawn) Yes, I'll be reading
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Hebrews 10:1-4 from the English[br]Standard Version.
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Hebrews 10, verse 1:
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(Puia) Okay, so from that text,
0:29:29.978,0:29:31.727
it's very clear that the blood
0:29:31.727,0:29:32.839
of the animal itself
0:29:32.839,0:29:36.509
cannot take away the sin.
0:29:36.509,0:29:39.548
So, what was God trying to teach them?
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I think in verse 1 it hinted that, right?
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There's that word; I don't know
0:29:43.352,0:29:45.158
about your version, but in my version,
0:29:45.158,0:29:46.871
the New King James Version, it says,
0:29:46.871,0:29:49.729
"a shadow of the good things to come,"
0:29:49.729,0:29:53.600
so all the sacrifices were
0:29:53.600,0:29:56.993
just a shadow of a greater thing
0:29:56.993,0:29:58.173
that was to come.
0:29:58.173,0:29:59.520
As we have hinted at before,
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it was pointing forward to something
0:30:02.724,0:30:04.529
that was real. Scott.
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(Scott) One of the major themes
0:30:06.380,0:30:08.432
in the book of Hebrews is
0:30:08.432,0:30:11.385
how Jesus is better, right?
0:30:11.385,0:30:14.388
And so, Jesus is a better sacrifice,
0:30:14.388,0:30:16.127
there's a better priesthood,
0:30:16.127,0:30:17.332
better all these things.
0:30:17.332,0:30:20.027
But in this case, the animal sacrifices
0:30:20.027,0:30:21.812
pointed to a better sacrifice,
0:30:21.812,0:30:22.835
that of Jesus.
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A sacrifice of animals,
0:30:24.232,0:30:25.918
that couldn't take away sins,
0:30:25.918,0:30:27.393
but Jesus' death on the cross
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does have that ability
0:30:28.443,0:30:29.764
to take away sins.
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(Puia) Right, so if we put ourselves
0:30:32.476,0:30:34.292
in the shoes of the people living
0:30:34.292,0:30:36.709
before the time of Jesus,
0:30:36.709,0:30:38.919
they were looking forward to this event
0:30:38.919,0:30:41.948
of the coming of the Messiah, a Savior.
0:30:41.948,0:30:45.983
And by participating in that sacrifice,
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they were receiving the gift of salvation
0:30:50.467,0:30:53.543
and the forgiveness of sin in advance
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in symbolic traditions.
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It's almost like when you buy
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a ticket before traveling.
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Let's say you purchase
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a plane ticket to travel somewhere,
0:31:05.256,0:31:07.582
and you have been given that ticket
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through your email
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or through your cell phone.
0:31:10.561,0:31:11.986
By looking at that ticket,
0:31:11.986,0:31:14.449
you are able to see...
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The ticket is like a symbol
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of the journey to come.
0:31:18.919,0:31:21.104
And then once you are on the plane
0:31:21.104,0:31:23.574
actually traveling, the plane ticket
0:31:23.574,0:31:26.087
had served its purpose, right?
0:31:26.087,0:31:29.415
So, all the sacrifices of the animals
0:31:29.415,0:31:31.317
were just symbolic representations
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of the actual event that was to come.
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And when that did come, the sacrifices
0:31:37.772,0:31:40.054
would have met their end, right?
0:31:40.054,0:31:42.360
They would have served their purpose.
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Now, let's go back to Exodus and see
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this even clearer about how it was
0:31:47.508,0:31:49.496
pointing forward to the coming
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of the Messiah.
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Let me request Shaina to read
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for us Exodus, chapter 12.
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If you can read for us verses 1 to 8,
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verses 1 to 8 of Exodus 12, please.
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(Shaina) Sure, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Thank you for reading that.
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So, we see this symbolic representation
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of the coming event once again,
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but at this time they were
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still in Egypt as slaves, right?
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They were still slaves, and God was
0:33:40.326,0:33:41.467
just about to bring them
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out of their slavery.
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So as they sacrificed this animal,
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a lamb without blemish,
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they were to take the blood
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and put it on the doorpost,
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and God was saying
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something was about to happen.
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Let's continue; Shaina, can you
0:33:54.798,0:33:56.851
take us to verses 12 and 13?
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Let's just conclude this part of the story
0:33:58.956,0:34:02.226
in verses 12 and 13 of Exodus 12.
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(Shaina) Sure, and I will be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Okay, so God is saying,
0:34:40.473,0:34:43.797
"I will pass over the house
0:34:43.797,0:34:47.690
wherever there is blood on the door."
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What important insight is God
0:34:49.409,0:34:51.829
trying to teach them here? Shawn.
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(Shawn) What I love about this passage
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is that it just shows how powerful
0:34:56.142,0:34:58.268
our salvation really is.
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And what strikes me is that,
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as God passed through, He did not ask
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who was inside, He did not ask
0:35:04.732,0:35:06.793
what they did, He did not ask
0:35:06.793,0:35:08.789
for a recounting of their wrongs.
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All He looked for was if the blood
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of the lamb was on the door.
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And if the blood of the lamb covered them,
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it was enough for Him to pass over.
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And that's what Jesus does for us as well.
0:35:20.423,0:35:22.182
As Scott was alluding to earlier
0:35:22.182,0:35:24.794
with the transfer of the sacrifice,
0:35:24.794,0:35:26.652
when we have accepted Jesus,
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His life covers ours.
0:35:29.048,0:35:30.783
His character is counted as if it
0:35:30.783,0:35:33.003
was our own, and God looks at you
0:35:33.003,0:35:34.711
as if you have never sinned,
0:35:34.711,0:35:35.695
and you experience
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that great Passover in your life.
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(Puia) That is beautiful.
0:35:39.779,0:35:42.574
In fact, if we had time, and I wish
0:35:42.574,0:35:43.490
we could read more,
0:35:43.490,0:35:45.655
it's a very interesting story.
0:35:45.655,0:35:47.691
God even instructed them that they
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were to celebrate this every single year
0:35:50.480,0:35:52.907
moving forward, right, as a remembrance
0:35:52.907,0:35:54.645
of how God delivered them
0:35:54.645,0:35:56.902
out of Egypt from slavery.
0:35:56.902,0:35:58.181
And so, this was to become
0:35:58.181,0:36:00.266
a memorial every year.
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And as we fast forward, Rodney,
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can I ask you to take us
0:36:04.467,0:36:09.609
to Matthew 26, verses 17 to 18,
0:36:09.609,0:36:12.635
and let's see what Jesus does
0:36:12.635,0:36:15.979
on this Passover celebration
0:36:15.979,0:36:18.164
when Jesus was here on Earth,
0:36:18.164,0:36:20.149
moving forward to Matthew 26,
0:36:20.149,0:36:22.732
verses 17 and 18, please.
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(Rodney) And I'm reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) And can you quickly take us also
0:36:54.808,0:36:56.787
to verses 26 to 30
0:36:56.787,0:36:59.667
of the same chapter, Matthew 26.
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(Rodney) Still reading
0:37:00.741,0:37:02.319
from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Okay, so Jesus was here on Earth,
0:37:52.525,0:37:56.404
and it was the Passover celebration time
0:37:56.404,0:38:00.558
of that year, and Jesus instituted
0:38:00.558,0:38:02.336
basically a new institution
0:38:02.336,0:38:05.800
but based on the same principle.
0:38:05.800,0:38:07.547
What is Jesus trying to teach
0:38:07.547,0:38:09.950
His disciples through this institution
0:38:09.950,0:38:12.012
of the Lord's Supper
0:38:12.012,0:38:15.838
on Passover celebration time?
0:38:15.838,0:38:19.194
Anyone? Okay, I see Shaina
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and Rodney, yes.
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(Shaina) So, ultimately Jesus was trying
0:38:24.920,0:38:28.061
to show them that these symbols,
0:38:28.061,0:38:31.514
these processes that the Jewish nation
0:38:31.514,0:38:33.843
had been practicing for these centuries
0:38:33.843,0:38:35.311
at this point,
0:38:35.311,0:38:38.424
He was coming to finally fulfill it
0:38:38.424,0:38:40.739
and ultimately put an end to this system
0:38:40.739,0:38:43.743
because He is the ultimate Lamb.
0:38:43.743,0:38:45.856
He is the Passover,
0:38:45.856,0:38:49.012
the initial Passover Lamb,
0:38:49.012,0:38:50.094
that was sacrificed
0:38:50.094,0:38:52.885
whose blood covered households.
0:38:52.885,0:38:54.658
Now, His blood would cover
0:38:54.658,0:38:55.834
the entire world.
0:38:55.834,0:38:58.536
And so, He was demonstrating it.
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It's so...I don't know, it's so important
0:39:02.699,0:39:04.365
that He did it at the exact time
0:39:04.365,0:39:09.180
that that first Passover happened, too.
0:39:09.180,0:39:10.848
(Puia) Right, in other words, Jesus
0:39:10.848,0:39:12.880
was confirming to everyone that, "Hey,
0:39:12.880,0:39:15.062
it's Me, it's about Me.
0:39:15.062,0:39:16.354
All the sacrifices,
0:39:16.354,0:39:18.616
especially the Passover celebration
0:39:18.616,0:39:20.791
was pointing forward to this event
0:39:20.791,0:39:22.250
that I am about to go through.
0:39:22.250,0:39:24.416
I am the sacrifice," right?
0:39:24.416,0:39:26.874
Rodney, you have a comment, please.
0:39:26.874,0:39:29.613
(Rodney) I love what Shaina just said.
0:39:29.613,0:39:32.253
I really see a pattern happening here
0:39:32.253,0:39:34.665
from back in Israel's time
0:39:34.665,0:39:37.267
where you had the 400-plus years
0:39:37.267,0:39:41.356
of slavery, then you had the sacrifice,
0:39:41.356,0:39:43.625
and then a miraculous (we call
0:39:43.625,0:39:48.136
it Passover) delivery of God's people.
0:39:48.136,0:39:50.931
But, here it is now, we fast forward
0:39:50.931,0:39:52.486
many generations later, Jesus is
0:39:52.486,0:39:54.091
now saying, back to what you
0:39:54.091,0:39:56.019
just said, Puia, "I am
0:39:56.019,0:39:57.985
that Passover Lamb; I am the One."
0:39:57.985,0:40:01.995
So, we see sin ravaging the world
0:40:01.995,0:40:03.293
all the way from Adam,
0:40:03.293,0:40:04.860
generations after generations,
0:40:04.860,0:40:06.917
all the way to Jesus' time.
0:40:06.917,0:40:08.532
Following the sequence,
0:40:08.532,0:40:12.489
Jesus now dies as that Passover Lamb,
0:40:12.489,0:40:13.888
and then there is going to be
0:40:13.888,0:40:15.433
an ultimate deliverance
0:40:15.433,0:40:16.822
of God's people to come.
0:40:16.822,0:40:18.758
And here we are living in that time
0:40:18.758,0:40:21.054
just before the ultimate deliverance.
0:40:21.054,0:40:23.263
So, it is clear that Jesus was
0:40:23.263,0:40:25.265
really telling the disciples and all of us
0:40:25.265,0:40:27.739
that He was fulfilling this Passover Lamb,
0:40:27.739,0:40:29.456
and then the deliverance is to come,
0:40:29.456,0:40:31.172
which is the Second Coming of Jesus.
0:40:31.172,0:40:32.740
(Puia) Thank you, that's amazing.
0:40:32.740,0:40:37.278
So, most of us here and maybe our viewers
0:40:37.278,0:40:38.929
from home, too, we may say,
0:40:38.929,0:40:41.848
"Well, I wasn't there in Exodus.
0:40:41.848,0:40:43.477
You know, I wasn't there in Egypt.
0:40:43.477,0:40:45.019
I don't feel like I am a part
0:40:45.019,0:40:46.614
of that Passover celebration."
0:40:46.614,0:40:48.479
But, guess what, by Jesus' institution,
0:40:48.479,0:40:51.051
this Lord's Supper, we are
0:40:51.051,0:40:52.430
now a part of it!
0:40:52.430,0:40:55.095
Jesus is inviting everyone of us
0:40:55.095,0:40:57.850
to celebrate the deliverance that God
0:40:57.850,0:41:01.367
has provided for us, not from Egypt
0:41:01.367,0:41:04.520
but the deliverance from sin, right,
0:41:04.520,0:41:06.556
by Jesus dying on the cross
0:41:06.556,0:41:08.323
as the sacrificial Lamb,
0:41:08.323,0:41:09.624
the Passover Lamb.
0:41:09.624,0:41:11.155
In fact, we don't have the time
0:41:11.155,0:41:16.256
to read this, but in the New Testament,
0:41:16.256,0:41:18.015
Paul, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 5,
0:41:18.015,0:41:20.317
verse 7, calls Jesus as "Christ,
0:41:20.317,0:41:22.729
our Passover Lamb."
0:41:22.729,0:41:24.764
So, by accepting Jesus
0:41:24.764,0:41:29.021
as our Passover Lamb, we can proclaim
0:41:29.021,0:41:31.588
the deliverance that God has provided
0:41:31.588,0:41:35.269
for us from Satan's control, from sin.
0:41:35.269,0:41:36.584
From the bondage of sin,
0:41:36.584,0:41:37.841
from the slavery of sin,
0:41:37.841,0:41:40.560
from the condemnation of sin,
0:41:40.560,0:41:42.967
Christ has delivered us.
0:41:42.967,0:41:44.668
That's a beautiful concept.
0:41:44.668,0:41:48.915
Now, testimony time, this institution
0:41:48.915,0:41:50.774
that Jesus instituted
0:41:50.774,0:41:54.020
just before He was arrested and crucified,
0:41:54.020,0:41:56.313
that Passover time that year,
0:41:56.313,0:41:57.860
Jesus taught His disciples,
0:41:57.860,0:41:59.600
"Do this in remembrance of Me,"
0:41:59.600,0:42:01.117
washing His disciples' feet
0:42:01.117,0:42:03.028
and giving them bread
0:42:03.028,0:42:04.858
and the grape juice, the wine,
0:42:04.858,0:42:06.189
to remember Him.
0:42:06.189,0:42:07.859
So, the Christian church tradition
0:42:07.859,0:42:12.440
has been to celebrate this every so often.
0:42:12.440,0:42:13.691
Testimony time, has anyone
0:42:13.691,0:42:18.392
had an experience where the celebration
0:42:18.392,0:42:20.554
of the Lord's Supper touched you
0:42:20.554,0:42:22.039
in a special way?
0:42:22.039,0:42:24.057
Alex, I see your hand.
0:42:24.057,0:42:26.794
(Alex) I can remember one, specifically,
0:42:26.794,0:42:28.608
or I have been doing this recently
0:42:28.608,0:42:31.833
whenever we partake of the bread
0:42:31.833,0:42:34.401
and the wine, I picture myself
0:42:34.401,0:42:36.211
as if I was a part of the 12
0:42:36.211,0:42:37.788
right then and there
0:42:37.788,0:42:38.966
and hearing Jesus' words
0:42:38.966,0:42:41.125
and even experiencing my feet
0:42:41.125,0:42:43.644
being washed by the Savior.
0:42:43.644,0:42:45.262
And that always touches me
0:42:45.262,0:42:46.737
whenever I just think of Jesus
0:42:46.737,0:42:49.199
actually being there with me
0:42:49.199,0:42:50.490
doing the service,
0:42:50.490,0:42:52.673
and not only just washing my feet
0:42:52.673,0:42:55.124
but asking me to allow Him
0:42:55.124,0:42:57.060
to wash my heart, too.
0:42:57.060,0:42:58.676
(Puia) Thank you for sharing that.
0:42:58.676,0:43:02.346
I once read a story where this one church
0:43:02.346,0:43:04.514
was celebrating the Lord's Supper,
0:43:04.514,0:43:07.931
and as the pastor and the elders prayed
0:43:07.931,0:43:10.138
over the bread and the grape juice,
0:43:10.138,0:43:12.522
and they started distributing[br]to the members,
0:43:12.522,0:43:14.474
there was this young lady who was sitting
0:43:14.474,0:43:15.637
in one of the pews.
0:43:15.637,0:43:17.685
As the deacon came towards her,
0:43:17.685,0:43:20.921
she felt unworthy to participate,
0:43:20.921,0:43:22.786
so she told the deacon, "I'm not worthy
0:43:22.786,0:43:25.122
to take this; I can't take this.
0:43:25.122,0:43:26.941
I'm too sinful."
0:43:26.941,0:43:28.592
So, the deacon whispered to her,
0:43:28.592,0:43:29.716
"Young lady, take it.
0:43:29.716,0:43:32.432
It's for sinners."
0:43:32.432,0:43:34.289
It's for you; it's for me!
0:43:34.289,0:43:40.493
This is a beautiful symbolic institution
0:43:40.493,0:43:42.837
that Jesus has instituted for us
0:43:42.837,0:43:46.068
to participate in, for sinners like us
0:43:46.068,0:43:48.171
who can be washed clean once again.
0:43:48.171,0:43:49.826
Nicole, your comment.
0:43:49.826,0:43:51.731
(Nicole) I was going to say that I think
0:43:51.731,0:43:53.112
it was very meaningful for me
0:43:53.112,0:43:55.019
when I could share it with my daughters.
0:43:55.019,0:43:56.876
When they were old enough to understand
0:43:56.876,0:43:58.445
the sacrifice that Jesus has made
0:43:58.445,0:44:01.318
and what it means to partake
0:44:01.318,0:44:03.370
in the supper I think it was[br]very meaningful
0:44:03.370,0:44:05.275
to me to be able to wash their feet
0:44:05.275,0:44:06.432
and have them wash mine.
0:44:06.432,0:44:07.644
That was something that I
0:44:07.644,0:44:09.718
can always remember.
0:44:09.718,0:44:11.725
(Puia) That's beautiful.
0:44:11.725,0:44:13.426
I wish we had the time to stay here
0:44:13.426,0:44:15.516
a little longer, but time is running out,
0:44:15.516,0:44:16.941
so we have to move
0:44:16.941,0:44:18.591
to the next part of our study.
0:44:18.591,0:44:21.167
Now, this plan of God's
0:44:21.167,0:44:23.340
to save us from sin,
0:44:23.340,0:44:24.399
according to the Bible
0:44:24.399,0:44:26.263
is not an afterthought.
0:44:26.263,0:44:28.999
This was already in place by God,
0:44:28.999,0:44:31.261
and we find this in Revelation 13,
0:44:31.261,0:44:33.747
verse 8, and let me request Kylynda
0:44:33.747,0:44:37.507
to take us there, revelation 13, verse 8.
0:44:37.507,0:44:39.169
And let's see how the Lamb
0:44:39.169,0:44:41.248
is described here.
0:44:41.248,0:44:42.462
(Kylynda) I'll be reading
0:44:42.462,0:44:44.030
from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) "The Lamb slain
0:44:55.949,0:44:57.820
from the foundation of the world."
0:44:57.820,0:44:59.915
Sophia, can you take us to 1 Peter,
0:44:59.915,0:45:03.555
chapter 1, verses 18 to 21,
0:45:03.555,0:45:05.565
1 Peter 1, verses 18 to 21.
0:45:05.565,0:45:07.645
Let's look at this same principle
0:45:07.645,0:45:10.696
of the Lamb that was slain
0:45:10.696,0:45:12.264
from the foundation of the world.
0:45:12.264,0:45:13.599
How does Peter [describe it]
0:45:13.599,0:45:17.838
in chapter 1, verses 18 to 21?
0:45:17.838,0:45:19.187
(Sophia) And I'll be reading
0:45:19.187,0:45:20.760
from the New King James Version:
0:45:54.046,0:45:55.646
(Team, Puia) Amen.
0:45:55.646,0:45:57.142
(Puia) So, can anyone comment
0:45:57.142,0:46:00.230
on this idea that the Lamb of God,
0:46:00.230,0:46:02.073
the Lamb that was slain
0:46:02.073,0:46:04.342
even before the foundation of the world?
0:46:04.342,0:46:05.914
In other words, it seems that God
0:46:05.914,0:46:08.993
already had this plan in place. Scott?
0:46:08.993,0:46:10.410
(Scott) That's just what I
0:46:10.410,0:46:11.222
was going to say.
0:46:11.222,0:46:12.696
God wasn't caught by surprise.
0:46:12.696,0:46:14.446
When God created us, He knew
0:46:14.446,0:46:15.740
because He knew the future.
0:46:15.740,0:46:17.401
He knew that sin would come.
0:46:17.401,0:46:19.738
And so He already had a plan.
0:46:19.738,0:46:22.050
When we studied in the beginning
0:46:22.050,0:46:24.809
of our study about the sacrificial system,
0:46:24.809,0:46:26.554
we're just seeing God's plan
0:46:26.554,0:46:28.002
that He was working
0:46:28.002,0:46:30.435
to build that teaching, that lesson,
0:46:30.435,0:46:33.647
for us, so we come in our day, and we see,
0:46:33.647,0:46:36.009
wow, I mean, God knew about that.
0:46:36.009,0:46:37.616
And in fact, nothing that happens
0:46:37.616,0:46:39.780
in my life is a surprise to God.
0:46:39.780,0:46:42.711
God doesn't get taken by surprise.
0:46:42.711,0:46:44.477
(Puia) From the very beginning,
0:46:44.477,0:46:46.933
or even before God created the world,
0:46:46.933,0:46:50.300
Christ had covenanted Himself
0:46:50.300,0:46:55.778
to love us even to the point of death.
0:46:55.778,0:46:59.586
He loves us so very, very much.
0:46:59.586,0:47:01.240
You may be watching today, friend,
0:47:01.240,0:47:02.858
and wondering, "Does God
0:47:02.858,0:47:04.383
really care about me?"
0:47:04.383,0:47:06.966
"Is God really love?"
0:47:06.966,0:47:08.846
"Can I really trust that God loves me?"
0:47:08.846,0:47:10.474
Or maybe you are doubting
0:47:10.474,0:47:12.057
about God's character.
0:47:12.057,0:47:13.593
I want to invite you to reflect
0:47:13.593,0:47:16.745
on these verses that tell us that God,
0:47:16.745,0:47:18.176
in Jesus Christ, had
0:47:18.176,0:47:20.339
covenanted Himself to love us.
0:47:20.339,0:47:22.487
Even before the foundation of the world,
0:47:22.487,0:47:24.154
God knew you.
0:47:24.154,0:47:25.482
Even before you were formed
0:47:25.482,0:47:27.747
in your mother's womb, He loved you.
0:47:27.747,0:47:29.625
So, whenever we have this problem
0:47:29.625,0:47:32.311
of trying to understand God's character,
0:47:32.311,0:47:34.465
it is always helpful to look at God
0:47:34.465,0:47:36.399
through the lens of Jesus.
0:47:36.399,0:47:37.780
When we look at Jesus, we see
0:47:37.780,0:47:39.708
a God who loves us so much.,
0:47:39.708,0:47:42.374
So, don't give up; hold onto Jesus.
0:47:42.374,0:47:45.421
Now, let's move on to the next couple
0:47:45.421,0:47:47.017
of verses here; let's go
0:47:47.017,0:47:48.815
to Isaiah, chapter 53.
0:47:48.815,0:47:51.348
And can I ask Stephanie to read for us
0:47:51.348,0:47:53.487
Isaiah 53, verses 3 to 7,
0:47:53.487,0:47:55.134
and look at the prophecies
0:47:55.134,0:47:57.369
that Isaiah gave ahead of time
0:47:57.369,0:47:59.355
about the Messiah who was to come,
0:47:59.355,0:48:00.834
specifically in the context
0:48:00.834,0:48:03.269
of this idea of a sacrifice.
0:48:03.269,0:48:05.200
(Stephanie) Alright, and I'll be reading
0:48:05.200,0:48:06.869
from the New King James Version:
0:49:13.625,0:49:17.312
(Puia) Wow. Verse 7 specifically,
0:49:17.312,0:49:20.282
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted...
0:49:20.282,0:49:23.476
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
0:49:23.476,0:49:27.380
and as a sheep before its shearers[br]is silent."
0:49:27.380,0:49:29.769
This concept of sacrifice
0:49:29.769,0:49:32.049
is clearly seen in this prophecy[br]of the Messiah.
0:49:32.049,0:49:33.402
Sophia, you have a comment?
0:49:33.402,0:49:34.993
(Sophia) I think it's so powerful
0:49:34.993,0:49:36.625
that He deemed us so important
0:49:36.625,0:49:37.884
not even to make a sound
0:49:37.884,0:49:39.302
with His suffering.
0:49:39.302,0:49:41.368
You know, no complaint, nothing.
0:49:41.368,0:49:42.973
(Puia) Right, this is a prophecy,
0:49:42.973,0:49:44.723
by the way; Isaiah was prophesying
0:49:44.723,0:49:46.293
that when the Messiah comes...
0:49:46.293,0:49:47.993
In other words, the Messiah is
0:49:47.993,0:49:49.490
going to be like a lamb that is
0:49:49.490,0:49:51.764
led to be slaughtered for the sins
0:49:51.764,0:49:53.833
of all of us, and He is not
0:49:53.833,0:49:55.384
going to complain.
0:49:55.384,0:49:57.013
He is not going to open His mouth
0:49:57.013,0:49:58.857
and say, "Oh, I don't want to do this.
0:49:58.857,0:50:01.189
I don't want to be crucified."
0:50:01.189,0:50:02.808
He is going to suffer
0:50:02.808,0:50:04.640
for the sake of the sins of the world.
0:50:04.640,0:50:06.859
Now, probably people in the time
0:50:06.859,0:50:08.577
of Isaiah, as we read earlier,
0:50:08.577,0:50:10.637
were sacrificing and killing animals,
0:50:10.637,0:50:12.508
but many of them probably were
0:50:12.508,0:50:15.483
doing that just as a ritual.
0:50:15.483,0:50:16.978
Probably some of them had lost
0:50:16.978,0:50:20.590
the concept of sacrificial death
0:50:20.590,0:50:22.375
that God was trying to teach them.
0:50:22.375,0:50:24.229
But now, fast forward to the time
0:50:24.229,0:50:27.533
that Jesus actually showed up.
0:50:27.533,0:50:30.936
How does John help us connect the dots
0:50:30.936,0:50:32.424
of all these prophecies
0:50:32.424,0:50:33.893
from the Hebrew Scripture
0:50:33.893,0:50:35.053
to this Person of Jesus?
0:50:35.053,0:50:37.043
Let's go to John, chapter 1,
0:50:37.043,0:50:39.298
verses 29 to 36, and let me ask
0:50:39.298,0:50:40.650
Zandile to read for us,
0:50:40.650,0:50:43.749
John, chapter 1, verses 29 to 36.
0:50:43.749,0:50:45.145
(Zandile) And I'll be reading
0:50:45.145,0:50:47.882
from the New King James Version, 29:
0:51:54.042,0:51:56.725
(Puia) Beautiful. There is no doubt
0:51:56.725,0:51:59.475
in the mind of John the Baptist.
0:51:59.475,0:52:01.474
He said, "I saw the Spirit descending
0:52:01.474,0:52:03.002
upon Him, and I am testifying
0:52:03.002,0:52:05.362
that this is the Son of God,
0:52:05.362,0:52:10.766
and this is the Lamb of God[br]who takes away..."?
0:52:10.766,0:52:12.362
(Team) "...the sin of the world."
0:52:12.362,0:52:13.915
(Puia) In other words, John is
0:52:13.915,0:52:15.412
basically telling all of us
0:52:15.412,0:52:17.489
and all of the readers today
0:52:17.489,0:52:22.424
that all the prophecies from Genesis,
0:52:22.424,0:52:25.161
that all the animal sacrifices,
0:52:25.161,0:52:26.913
all the bulls that were sacrificed,
0:52:26.913,0:52:28.698
all the lambs that were killed
0:52:28.698,0:52:31.230
for sacrificial atonement,
0:52:31.230,0:52:35.100
were pointing forward to this one Person,
0:52:35.100,0:52:36.396
and His name is Jesus.
0:52:36.396,0:52:38.721
And He is pointing to the Person of Jesus
0:52:38.721,0:52:40.250
and saying, "Behold!
0:52:40.250,0:52:43.500
Here is the Lamb of God
0:52:43.500,0:52:44.757
who is going to take away
0:52:44.757,0:52:46.853
the sin of the world."
0:52:46.853,0:52:47.987
This is beautiful.
0:52:47.987,0:52:49.725
In the Person of Jesus,
0:52:49.725,0:52:53.456
the entire prophecies are fulfilled.
0:52:53.456,0:52:54.700
(Derek) And I think, Puia,
0:52:54.700,0:52:56.318
it's really important, that wasn't
0:52:56.318,0:52:57.848
just John the Baptist's opinion.
0:52:57.848,0:53:00.283
He said, "The Spirit told me,
0:53:00.283,0:53:03.286
'When you see this, that's the One,'"
0:53:03.286,0:53:05.572
and then he says, "I have seen
0:53:05.572,0:53:07.488
and testified that this is,"
0:53:07.488,0:53:09.636
not, "I think it is,"
0:53:09.636,0:53:11.474
but, "This is the Son of God."
0:53:11.474,0:53:13.063
(Puia) Amen. Beautiful.
0:53:13.063,0:53:15.428
Let's go to Revelation, towards the end
0:53:15.428,0:53:16.735
now, Revelation, chapter 4,
0:53:16.735,0:53:19.276
verses 8 to 11, and I want to request
0:53:19.276,0:53:20.623
Joshua to read for us,
0:53:20.623,0:53:22.789
Revelation 4, verses 8 to 11.
0:53:22.789,0:53:24.731
And let's see what the Apostle John
0:53:24.731,0:53:27.356
has to say about this Lamb of God.
0:53:27.356,0:53:28.727
(Joshua) And I'll be reading
0:53:28.727,0:53:30.702
from the New King James Version.
0:53:30.702,0:53:32.053
The Bible says:
0:54:23.375,0:54:24.514
(Puia) Amen. Thank you
0:54:24.514,0:54:25.725
for reading that, Joshua.
0:54:25.725,0:54:28.351
So, in Revelation, fast forward,
0:54:28.351,0:54:29.870
John the Apostle is seeing
0:54:29.870,0:54:31.668
this vision of Heaven.
0:54:31.668,0:54:34.192
In Heaven, the four living creatures,
0:54:34.192,0:54:36.204
the twenty-four elders, and everyone
0:54:36.204,0:54:39.833
is bowing before this Lamb!
0:54:39.833,0:54:43.786
And He is given the honor and the glory
0:54:43.786,0:54:46.576
because He created everything.
0:54:46.576,0:54:48.191
Let's read one other verse,
0:54:48.191,0:54:50.914
the next chapter, Revelation, chapter 5,
0:54:50.914,0:54:52.822
verses 1 to 7; Kylynda, can you
0:54:52.822,0:54:54.051
read that for us, please,
0:54:54.051,0:54:56.006
Revelation 5:1-7.
0:54:56.006,0:54:58.275
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
0:56:02.949,0:56:04.557
(Puia) Amen. Thank you, Kylynda,
0:56:04.557,0:56:06.266
for reading that.
0:56:06.266,0:56:08.044
Dear friend, thank you for joining us
0:56:08.044,0:56:09.639
today once again.
0:56:09.639,0:56:11.789
As we see in this prophecy
0:56:11.789,0:56:14.717
that John foresaw about the future,
0:56:14.717,0:56:17.413
the heavenly throne, on the throne
0:56:17.413,0:56:19.313
of the entire universe is sitting
0:56:19.313,0:56:22.782
this Lamb of God, and He is worthy.
0:56:22.782,0:56:24.944
You may be weeping; I may be weeping today
0:56:24.944,0:56:26.580
because of our struggles
0:56:26.580,0:56:27.985
and maybe because of sin,
0:56:27.985,0:56:30.149
but according to John, "Don't weep.
0:56:30.149,0:56:31.816
There is the Lamb, the Lamb of God,
0:56:31.816,0:56:33.580
who takes away the sin of the world."
0:56:33.580,0:56:35.048
And one day the promise is
0:56:35.048,0:56:36.942
that this Lamb of God is going
0:56:36.942,0:56:38.858
to come again to redeem us,
0:56:38.858,0:56:40.847
and you can be a part of it
0:56:40.847,0:56:43.099
if you accept the sacrifice
0:56:43.099,0:56:44.982
of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
0:56:44.982,0:56:47.324
And we will join the heavenly angels,
0:56:47.324,0:56:48.514
the four living creatures
0:56:48.514,0:56:50.787
and the twenty-four elders, and one day
0:56:50.787,0:56:53.406
we'll get to worship the Lamb of God
0:56:53.406,0:56:56.359
and sing, "Holy, holy, holy."
0:56:56.359,0:56:57.527
What a beautiful sight
0:56:57.527,0:56:58.528
that will be, Derek.
0:56:58.528,0:57:00.063
(Derek) Thank you so much.
0:57:00.063,0:57:01.615
What a great study, and, yes,
0:57:01.615,0:57:03.161
I've thought about that, too,
0:57:03.161,0:57:06.430
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,"
0:57:06.430,0:57:09.005
not only the angels, but we can say that
0:57:09.005,0:57:11.669
if we've accepted, or to use
0:57:11.669,0:57:13.952
the image of Passover, put the blood
0:57:13.952,0:57:17.341
over our doorposts, over our lives,
0:57:17.341,0:57:19.794
we can rejoice in His salvation.
0:57:19.794,0:57:21.539
Let's pray together.
0:57:21.539,0:57:23.120
Father in Heaven, we thank You
0:57:23.120,0:57:25.440
for helping us to understand that all
0:57:25.440,0:57:28.018
of the sacrifices pointed to Jesus,
0:57:28.018,0:57:29.508
and all You want from us
0:57:29.508,0:57:32.356
is the sacrifice of our hearts,
0:57:32.356,0:57:34.492
accepting what Jesus, the Lamb of God,
0:57:34.492,0:57:36.010
has done for us.
0:57:36.010,0:57:39.324
May we do that today and every day.
0:57:39.324,0:57:42.053
We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
0:57:42.053,0:57:42.971
(Team) Amen.
0:57:42.971,0:57:45.481
(Derek) Thank you for joining us[br]for our study.
0:57:45.481,0:57:47.692
We're learning, from Bible prophecies
0:57:47.692,0:57:50.642
and stories, lessons that will help us
0:57:50.642,0:57:52.959
not only to prepare but to rejoice
0:57:52.959,0:57:54.512
in the last days
0:57:54.512,0:57:56.498
because of our Savior Jesus.
0:57:56.498,0:57:59.100
Don't keep that message to yourself.
0:57:59.100,0:58:00.314
Go out and be a blessing
0:58:00.314,0:58:01.705
to those around you.
0:58:01.705,0:58:25.476
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