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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
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,"
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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(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
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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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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,
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
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of God to say, "I accept Abel's sacrifice,
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but I don't accept Cain's fruit offering."
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Clearly, God had explained
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not only what to do, but as Shawn
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pointed out, the significance, right,
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that it symbolized what God
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was going to do to provide salvation.
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(Puia) Right. Back in Leviticus
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where we read, Leviticus, chapter 1,
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that Scott read for us, there is
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a very interesting instruction
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that God gave to Moses in verse 4.
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God said, "He shall put his hand
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on the head of the burnt offering."
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What do you think that symbolizes
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when you put your hand on the animal
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that is about to be sacrificed? Scott.
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(Scott) There is a symbolic transference.
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The sinner's sin is now transferred
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to the sacrifice, just in the same way
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that Jesus bore our sins when He offered
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His life as a sacrifice.
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(Puia) Alright, so you are going ahead
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to the ultimate point of this sacrifice,
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but thank you for pointing that out.
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So, in other words, this animal,
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this innocent animal, died
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on behalf of the sinner.
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And so, as the sinner put his hands
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on the animal, symbolically the sin
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is transferred to that animal,
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and so the animal paid
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for the sin of the sinner.
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So, there is a deep symbolic transference,
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symbolic sacrifice that we see from this.
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Now, let's jump all the way to 1 Kings,
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chapter 8, and let me request Sophia
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to read this for us,
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1 Kings, chapter 8, verses 62 to 63,
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and let's look at the sacrifice
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in which King Solomon led out
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as they dedicate the new temple.
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(Sophia) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Wow! How many animals?
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Twenty-two thousand bulls,
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and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep -
that's a lot!
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(Joshua) That's a whole lot.
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(Puia) Joshua, that's a whole lot
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of animals, right, you just said
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that's a whole lot.
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For someone like me who became
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a vegetarian as a result
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of watching animals suffering,
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this number is a lot.
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I remember I was in college,
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and one of our professors in college
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showed us this documentary
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of how much the animal kingdom
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is suffering as a result
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of human consumption.
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And after watching that documentary,
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I was moved; I was like, "I have
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to become a vegetarian."
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So, from college, I decided to stop
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eating animal meat.
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And as I am reading this,
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22,000 bulls, 120,000 sheep,
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how do you explain this?
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Or, what are your thoughts
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about this massive number of animals
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being sacrificed? Derek.
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(Derek) Puia, I struggle with this,
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because I don't see God asking
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for such a massive amount of slaughter.
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It makes me wonder if there is
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a misunderstanding coming, that more
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of them would be better.
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But, actually it's a symbol,
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so wouldn't a symbol
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of one be significant?
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I don't know; I struggle with that.
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It's like saying, "I'll confess my sin,
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but maybe if I did it 100 times
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over and over again, God would be
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more pleased with me."
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And that's not the character
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of God that we know.
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(Puia) We don't see any instruction
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from God for that massive number,
right? Joshua?
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(Joshua) I mean, that's
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a ridiculous amount.
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And I'm just thinking about it,
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because I once went to an event
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where there were 50,000 people there
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all at the same time, and it was
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just an amazing amount of people.
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So, I'm just here picturing 22,000 bulls
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and 120,000 sheep, and I'm thinking,
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how did they clean that up?
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And on top of that, I mean, Solomon
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was an extremely rich man,
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the richest who ever lived,
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so perhaps in his material wealth
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he wanted to reflect the level
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of spiritual sacrifice he could make.
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(Puia) I see a few hands.
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Let me come to our remote, Rodney,
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Alex, then Zandile.
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(Rodney) Puia, I appreciate the fact
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that we are actually walking
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through the Scriptures
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on the sacrificial system, and Shawn
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brought us to a very important point
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from the very inception, which is,
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in Genesis 3, verse 15, it speaks
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to the fact (I'm just paraphrasing)
that there is
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a deliberate and intentional connection
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between sin and sacrifice
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at ultimate delivery.
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In other words, Genesis 3:15 brings us
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to the point that says we have sinned,
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and there is a Messiah who is to come
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who is the ultimate sacrifice.
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So, here it is now, we are
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at, back to Joshua's point, 120,000 sheep
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and 22,000 bulls.
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I think the intent there is
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to really demonstrate the depth
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at which sin has taken us away from God.
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And so, that chasm cannot be crossed
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by 120,00 sheep and 22,000 bulls.
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It had to be bridged
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by the Son of God Himself.
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And so, it brings to the fore
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the real gravity of sin and what it takes
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God to do for us to save us,
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ultimately, from sin.
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(Puia) Thank you, Rodney,
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for this point. Alex?
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(Alex) Yes, and all the comments
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are very [good] because God...
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That's a horrible sight to see,
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all those animals, just slaughtered,
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and that's exactly how God wants us
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to see this whole process.
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The sin issue is not a beautiful sight,
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but by the grace of God, He will
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deliver us from it.
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(Puia) Okay. Zandile?
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(Zandile) I'm coming
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from a different angle.
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When I was going through it,
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I saw the willingness
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of the people to give.
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To me, it spoke to the gratitude
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of human beings.
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They were fully blessed by God
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for them to give such a huge number
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of sacrifices, and God accepts
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their sacrifices anyway.
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So, it was more like, "Are we willing
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(Derek) I stand corrected.
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It may be it was exactly what God
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wanted to happen, and it does show
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the gravity of sin and the appreciation.
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I'll have to ask when we
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get to Heaven, on that one.
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(Puia) This is the beauty
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of this discussion, right;
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it's in-depth, interactive, because we
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may have different perspectives,
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and hearing different angles
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gives us a bigger picture.
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And as I was reading this,
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I remembered that in another place,
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in 2 Chronicles, chapter 7,
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this same story is described,
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but in 2 Chronicles we are told
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that as Solomon prayed to God
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in dedication of the temple,
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the new temple that was built,
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God filled the whole temple
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with His presence, right,
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that the priests could not enter
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the temple because the presence
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of God was so huge.
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And so, we saw that God
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accepted the sacrifice.
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But still, even without that big number,
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if you think about it, every day,
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sacrificing an animal every day,
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think about the number of animals
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that were sacrificed on a regular basis.
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It still is a huge number,
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and what I learned for myself personally
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from this was that it was so unfair
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for that animal, and it was so unjust
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for that animal.
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What did that animal do, what did
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that lamb do, what did that sheep do,
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what did that bull do
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to deserve that death? Nothing, right?
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Naturally, there was the lesson there,
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because it was pointing forward.
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God was trying to teach them
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that there is going to come a Savior
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who is just, who is loving,
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who doesn't deserve to die.
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And yet, He is going to die
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on behalf of sinners.
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This was all pointing forward.
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So, someone may be watching today
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and may be saying, "When I look
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at the Old Testament, when I see
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all these sacrifices, this is so unfair,
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this is so cruel!"
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Well, my friend, that may be
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the lesson we need to learn,
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that the death of Jesus that was
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foreshadowed by this death of animals
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tells us that the death of Christ
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in other words is so cruel,
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that this is what sin does.
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This is the price for dying
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on behalf of the sinner.
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Let's continue our study.
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Now, this time let's go to Isaiah,
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chapter 1, verses 10 to 11, and let me
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request Stephanie to read this for us,
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Isaiah, chapter 1, verses 10 to 11,
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and let's see how God responds
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to the peoples' sacrifice by this time.
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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) What can we learn
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from this clear Word of God, Scott?
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(Scott) This shows that the point
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of sacrifices was never the sacrifice.
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The point was what was going on behind it.
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And so, you can kill all
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the cattle you want, but if your heart
547
00:24:43,554 --> 00:24:46,537
is not affected by it, if it doesn't
548
00:24:46,537 --> 00:24:48,860
change your life, then it's done nothing.
549
00:24:48,860 --> 00:24:53,265
Yeah, Jesus died, not just so we can say,
550
00:24:53,265 --> 00:24:54,805
"Oh, yeah, He died," but He died
551
00:24:54,805 --> 00:24:57,160
because He wants to change our lives.
552
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,069
(Puia) Okay, Kylynda.
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00:24:59,069 --> 00:25:01,072
(Kylynda) I was thinking
this is an example
554
00:25:01,072 --> 00:25:04,017
of how it's easy to commodify
555
00:25:04,017 --> 00:25:06,381
salvation and God, you know.
556
00:25:06,381 --> 00:25:08,492
Kind of a modern example, we think,
557
00:25:08,492 --> 00:25:10,915
"Well, if I just give this money,"
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00:25:10,915 --> 00:25:13,545
"If I just donate this item,"
559
00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:15,981
"If I just purchase this for the church,
560
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:19,050
well, then I'm in a right space with God."
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00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:21,185
And we see this throughout history,
562
00:25:21,185 --> 00:25:23,904
and I think for some Israelites, maybe it
563
00:25:23,904 --> 00:25:26,473
had become rote, "Okay, well, here's
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00:25:26,473 --> 00:25:28,442
this sheep; alright, I'll go
565
00:25:28,442 --> 00:25:30,714
to my temple visit and give up the sheep,
566
00:25:30,714 --> 00:25:32,988
and we're good."
567
00:25:32,988 --> 00:25:37,628
But, God is a God of immeasurable wealth.
568
00:25:37,628 --> 00:25:41,532
Anything that we give is nothing, right?
569
00:25:41,532 --> 00:25:44,615
And so, when we actually give something
570
00:25:44,615 --> 00:25:46,423
like the Israelites were required to,
571
00:25:46,423 --> 00:25:48,310
a sacrifice - which, God
572
00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:50,388
doesn't love bloodshed - and they're
573
00:25:50,388 --> 00:25:53,183
doing it without a change of heart,
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00:25:53,183 --> 00:25:54,396
that's a dangerous space.
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00:25:54,396 --> 00:25:56,368
(Puia) Thank you for pointing it out.
576
00:25:56,368 --> 00:25:59,357
I think it's very easy even for us today
577
00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:02,173
to look at our relationship with God
578
00:26:02,173 --> 00:26:04,595
through that lens of religious traditions
579
00:26:04,595 --> 00:26:06,440
and kind of like a checklist...
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(Derek) Rituals.
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00:26:07,217 --> 00:26:08,302
(Puia) Right, rituals,
582
00:26:08,302 --> 00:26:10,229
and just a checklist, "Okay, let me
583
00:26:10,229 --> 00:26:11,950
check this box: I've done this,
584
00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:13,513
I've done that, I've done that"
585
00:26:13,513 --> 00:26:15,925
without trying to understand
586
00:26:15,925 --> 00:26:18,861
what God is trying to teach us internally.
587
00:26:18,861 --> 00:26:21,128
Derek, you mentioned the sacrifice
588
00:26:21,128 --> 00:26:22,680
that God accepted
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00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,846
between Abel and Cain, right?
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00:26:25,846 --> 00:26:28,554
God accepted the sacrifice of Abel
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00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:32,523
but rejected Cain, why was that? Nicole.
592
00:26:32,523 --> 00:26:34,252
(Nicole) It's a heart issue
593
00:26:34,252 --> 00:26:35,642
as it's been said before.
594
00:26:35,642 --> 00:26:36,936
I think that the Lord wants
595
00:26:36,936 --> 00:26:38,047
a relationship with us.
596
00:26:38,047 --> 00:26:39,417
He wants to be in our hearts
597
00:26:39,417 --> 00:26:40,867
and not just in our behaviors.
598
00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:42,547
And so, we have to get to the place
599
00:26:42,547 --> 00:26:43,925
where our hearts are with Him
600
00:26:43,925 --> 00:26:46,014
and not just what we're doing
601
00:26:46,014 --> 00:26:47,455
that shows who He is.
602
00:26:47,455 --> 00:26:49,084
(Puia) That's right. Rodney.
603
00:26:49,084 --> 00:26:50,404
And after Rodney's comment,
604
00:26:50,404 --> 00:26:53,904
I want to ask Shawn to get ready
605
00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:57,322
with Hebrews, chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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00:26:57,322 --> 00:26:58,826
Rodney, your comment, please.
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(Rodney) Puia, may I read Isaiah,
608
00:27:00,789 --> 00:27:02,503
chapter 1, a little bit further down
609
00:27:02,503 --> 00:27:04,890
in that very same chapter, to indicate
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00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:07,565
what God was truly interested in,
611
00:27:07,565 --> 00:27:09,032
Isaiah, chapter 1...
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00:27:09,032 --> 00:27:09,972
(Puia) Okay.
613
00:27:09,972 --> 00:27:11,993
(Rodney) ...verses 16 to 18.
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00:27:11,993 --> 00:27:14,762
(Puia) Give us some time to find that...
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00:27:14,762 --> 00:27:16,578
(Rodney) And while we're reading that,
616
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as we said earlier, Israel had gotten
617
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to the point now, when this
618
00:27:20,059 --> 00:27:22,388
just became like a ritual,
619
00:27:22,388 --> 00:27:24,536
it's like what we do day in and day out,
620
00:27:24,536 --> 00:27:27,122
it really lost its meaning
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00:27:27,122 --> 00:27:29,958
in pointing people towards Jesus
622
00:27:29,958 --> 00:27:30,885
who was going to be
623
00:27:30,885 --> 00:27:32,301
the ultimate Sacrifice
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00:27:32,301 --> 00:27:33,665
for all of our sins.
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00:27:33,665 --> 00:27:35,691
And here is what God is now interested in,
626
00:27:35,691 --> 00:27:38,500
Isaiah 1, verses 16 to 18, and I'm reading
627
00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:41,599
from the New King James Version, it says:
628
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,897
Then verse 18, and I love it; it says:
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(Puia) Thank you, Rodney,
630
00:28:22,891 --> 00:28:24,088
for pointing that out.
631
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I think this connects very well
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00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:27,098
with the next verse that Shawn
633
00:28:27,098 --> 00:28:28,831
will be reading for us from Hebrews,
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00:28:28,831 --> 00:28:30,439
chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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(Shawn) Yes, I'll be reading
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00:28:31,834 --> 00:28:37,206
Hebrews 10:1-4 from the English
Standard Version.
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00:28:37,206 --> 00:28:39,057
Hebrews 10, verse 1:
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(Puia) Okay, so from that text,
639
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it's very clear that the blood
640
00:29:31,727 --> 00:29:32,839
of the animal itself
641
00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:36,509
cannot take away the sin.
642
00:29:36,509 --> 00:29:39,548
So, what was God trying to teach them?
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00:29:39,548 --> 00:29:41,855
I think in verse 1 it hinted that, right?
644
00:29:41,855 --> 00:29:43,352
There's that word; I don't know
645
00:29:43,352 --> 00:29:45,158
about your version, but in my version,
646
00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:46,871
the New King James Version, it says,
647
00:29:46,871 --> 00:29:49,729
"a shadow of the good things to come,"
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00:29:49,729 --> 00:29:53,600
so all the sacrifices were
649
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,993
just a shadow of a greater thing
650
00:29:56,993 --> 00:29:58,173
that was to come.
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00:29:58,173 --> 00:29:59,520
As we have hinted at before,
652
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,724
it was pointing forward to something
653
00:30:02,724 --> 00:30:04,529
that was real. Scott.
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00:30:04,529 --> 00:30:06,380
(Scott) One of the major themes
655
00:30:06,380 --> 00:30:08,432
in the book of Hebrews is
656
00:30:08,432 --> 00:30:11,385
how Jesus is better, right?
657
00:30:11,385 --> 00:30:14,388
And so, Jesus is a better sacrifice,
658
00:30:14,388 --> 00:30:16,127
there's a better priesthood,
659
00:30:16,127 --> 00:30:17,332
better all these things.
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00:30:17,332 --> 00:30:20,027
But in this case, the animal sacrifices
661
00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:21,812
pointed to a better sacrifice,
662
00:30:21,812 --> 00:30:22,835
that of Jesus.
663
00:30:22,835 --> 00:30:24,232
A sacrifice of animals,
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that couldn't take away sins,
665
00:30:25,918 --> 00:30:27,393
but Jesus' death on the cross
666
00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:28,443
does have that ability
667
00:30:28,443 --> 00:30:29,764
to take away sins.
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00:30:29,764 --> 00:30:32,476
(Puia) Right, so if we put ourselves
669
00:30:32,476 --> 00:30:34,292
in the shoes of the people living
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00:30:34,292 --> 00:30:36,709
before the time of Jesus,
671
00:30:36,709 --> 00:30:38,919
they were looking forward to this event
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00:30:38,919 --> 00:30:41,948
of the coming of the Messiah, a Savior.
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00:30:41,948 --> 00:30:45,983
And by participating in that sacrifice,
674
00:30:45,983 --> 00:30:50,467
they were receiving the gift of salvation
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00:30:50,467 --> 00:30:53,543
and the forgiveness of sin in advance
676
00:30:53,543 --> 00:30:56,560
in symbolic traditions.
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00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,333
It's almost like when you buy
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00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:01,423
a ticket before traveling.
679
00:31:01,423 --> 00:31:02,887
Let's say you purchase
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00:31:02,887 --> 00:31:05,256
a plane ticket to travel somewhere,
681
00:31:05,256 --> 00:31:07,582
and you have been given that ticket
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00:31:07,582 --> 00:31:08,438
through your email
683
00:31:08,438 --> 00:31:10,561
or through your cell phone.
684
00:31:10,561 --> 00:31:11,986
By looking at that ticket,
685
00:31:11,986 --> 00:31:14,449
you are able to see...
686
00:31:14,449 --> 00:31:17,051
The ticket is like a symbol
687
00:31:17,051 --> 00:31:18,919
of the journey to come.
688
00:31:18,919 --> 00:31:21,104
And then once you are on the plane
689
00:31:21,104 --> 00:31:23,574
actually traveling, the plane ticket
690
00:31:23,574 --> 00:31:26,087
had served its purpose, right?
691
00:31:26,087 --> 00:31:29,415
So, all the sacrifices of the animals
692
00:31:29,415 --> 00:31:31,317
were just symbolic representations
693
00:31:31,317 --> 00:31:34,968
of the actual event that was to come.
694
00:31:34,968 --> 00:31:37,772
And when that did come, the sacrifices
695
00:31:37,772 --> 00:31:40,054
would have met their end, right?
696
00:31:40,054 --> 00:31:42,360
They would have served their purpose.
697
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,238
Now, let's go back to Exodus and see
698
00:31:45,238 --> 00:31:47,508
this even clearer about how it was
699
00:31:47,508 --> 00:31:49,496
pointing forward to the coming
700
00:31:49,496 --> 00:31:50,634
of the Messiah.
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00:31:50,634 --> 00:31:52,043
Let me request Shaina to read
702
00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,690
for us Exodus, chapter 12.
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00:31:54,690 --> 00:31:57,641
If you can read for us verses 1 to 8,
704
00:31:57,641 --> 00:32:01,621
verses 1 to 8 of Exodus 12, please.
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00:32:01,621 --> 00:32:03,296
(Shaina) Sure, and I'll be reading
706
00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:05,362
from the New King James Version:
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00:33:25,735 --> 00:33:27,816
(Puia) Thank you for reading that.
708
00:33:27,816 --> 00:33:32,367
So, we see this symbolic representation
709
00:33:32,367 --> 00:33:34,236
of the coming event once again,
710
00:33:34,236 --> 00:33:36,058
but at this time they were
711
00:33:36,058 --> 00:33:38,187
still in Egypt as slaves, right?
712
00:33:38,187 --> 00:33:40,326
They were still slaves, and God was
713
00:33:40,326 --> 00:33:41,467
just about to bring them
714
00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:43,020
out of their slavery.
715
00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:44,865
So as they sacrificed this animal,
716
00:33:44,865 --> 00:33:46,513
a lamb without blemish,
717
00:33:46,513 --> 00:33:47,801
they were to take the blood
718
00:33:47,801 --> 00:33:49,663
and put it on the doorpost,
719
00:33:49,663 --> 00:33:51,898
and God was saying
720
00:33:51,898 --> 00:33:53,324
something was about to happen.
721
00:33:53,324 --> 00:33:54,798
Let's continue; Shaina, can you
722
00:33:54,798 --> 00:33:56,851
take us to verses 12 and 13?
723
00:33:56,851 --> 00:33:58,956
Let's just conclude this part of the story
724
00:33:58,956 --> 00:34:02,226
in verses 12 and 13 of Exodus 12.
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00:34:02,226 --> 00:34:03,954
(Shaina) Sure, and I will be reading
726
00:34:03,954 --> 00:34:06,056
from the New King James Version:
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00:34:38,781 --> 00:34:40,473
(Puia) Okay, so God is saying,
728
00:34:40,473 --> 00:34:43,797
"I will pass over the house
729
00:34:43,797 --> 00:34:47,690
wherever there is blood on the door."
730
00:34:47,690 --> 00:34:49,409
What important insight is God
731
00:34:49,409 --> 00:34:51,829
trying to teach them here? Shawn.
732
00:34:51,829 --> 00:34:54,504
(Shawn) What I love about this passage
733
00:34:54,504 --> 00:34:56,142
is that it just shows how powerful
734
00:34:56,142 --> 00:34:58,268
our salvation really is.
735
00:34:58,268 --> 00:34:59,736
And what strikes me is that,
736
00:34:59,736 --> 00:35:02,591
as God passed through, He did not ask
737
00:35:02,591 --> 00:35:04,732
who was inside, He did not ask
738
00:35:04,732 --> 00:35:06,793
what they did, He did not ask
739
00:35:06,793 --> 00:35:08,789
for a recounting of their wrongs.
740
00:35:08,789 --> 00:35:10,978
All He looked for was if the blood
741
00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:12,850
of the lamb was on the door.
742
00:35:12,850 --> 00:35:15,535
And if the blood of the lamb covered them,
743
00:35:15,535 --> 00:35:17,904
it was enough for Him to pass over.
744
00:35:17,904 --> 00:35:20,423
And that's what Jesus does for us as well.
745
00:35:20,423 --> 00:35:22,182
As Scott was alluding to earlier
746
00:35:22,182 --> 00:35:24,794
with the transfer of the sacrifice,
747
00:35:24,794 --> 00:35:26,652
when we have accepted Jesus,
748
00:35:26,652 --> 00:35:29,048
His life covers ours.
749
00:35:29,048 --> 00:35:30,783
His character is counted as if it
750
00:35:30,783 --> 00:35:33,003
was our own, and God looks at you
751
00:35:33,003 --> 00:35:34,711
as if you have never sinned,
752
00:35:34,711 --> 00:35:35,695
and you experience
753
00:35:35,695 --> 00:35:37,627
that great Passover in your life.
754
00:35:37,627 --> 00:35:39,779
(Puia) That is beautiful.
755
00:35:39,779 --> 00:35:42,574
In fact, if we had time, and I wish
756
00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:43,490
we could read more,
757
00:35:43,490 --> 00:35:45,655
it's a very interesting story.
758
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:47,691
God even instructed them that they
759
00:35:47,691 --> 00:35:50,480
were to celebrate this every single year
760
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,907
moving forward, right, as a remembrance
761
00:35:52,907 --> 00:35:54,645
of how God delivered them
762
00:35:54,645 --> 00:35:56,902
out of Egypt from slavery.
763
00:35:56,902 --> 00:35:58,181
And so, this was to become
764
00:35:58,181 --> 00:36:00,266
a memorial every year.
765
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:03,017
And as we fast forward, Rodney,
766
00:36:03,017 --> 00:36:04,467
can I ask you to take us
767
00:36:04,467 --> 00:36:09,609
to Matthew 26, verses 17 to 18,
768
00:36:09,609 --> 00:36:12,635
and let's see what Jesus does
769
00:36:12,635 --> 00:36:15,979
on this Passover celebration
770
00:36:15,979 --> 00:36:18,164
when Jesus was here on Earth,
771
00:36:18,164 --> 00:36:20,149
moving forward to Matthew 26,
772
00:36:20,149 --> 00:36:22,732
verses 17 and 18, please.
773
00:36:22,732 --> 00:36:23,890
(Rodney) And I'm reading
774
00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:25,490
from the New King James Version:
775
00:36:52,606 --> 00:36:54,808
(Puia) And can you quickly take us also
776
00:36:54,808 --> 00:36:56,787
to verses 26 to 30
777
00:36:56,787 --> 00:36:59,667
of the same chapter, Matthew 26.
778
00:36:59,667 --> 00:37:00,741
(Rodney) Still reading
779
00:37:00,741 --> 00:37:02,319
from the New King James Version:
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00:37:49,457 --> 00:37:52,525
(Puia) Okay, so Jesus was here on Earth,
781
00:37:52,525 --> 00:37:56,404
and it was the Passover celebration time
782
00:37:56,404 --> 00:38:00,558
of that year, and Jesus instituted
783
00:38:00,558 --> 00:38:02,336
basically a new institution
784
00:38:02,336 --> 00:38:05,800
but based on the same principle.
785
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,547
What is Jesus trying to teach
786
00:38:07,547 --> 00:38:09,950
His disciples through this institution
787
00:38:09,950 --> 00:38:12,012
of the Lord's Supper
788
00:38:12,012 --> 00:38:15,838
on Passover celebration time?
789
00:38:15,838 --> 00:38:19,194
Anyone? Okay, I see Shaina
790
00:38:19,194 --> 00:38:22,988
and Rodney, yes.
791
00:38:22,988 --> 00:38:24,920
(Shaina) So, ultimately Jesus was trying
792
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,061
to show them that these symbols,
793
00:38:28,061 --> 00:38:31,514
these processes that the Jewish nation
794
00:38:31,514 --> 00:38:33,843
had been practicing for these centuries
795
00:38:33,843 --> 00:38:35,311
at this point,
796
00:38:35,311 --> 00:38:38,424
He was coming to finally fulfill it
797
00:38:38,424 --> 00:38:40,739
and ultimately put an end to this system
798
00:38:40,739 --> 00:38:43,743
because He is the ultimate Lamb.
799
00:38:43,743 --> 00:38:45,856
He is the Passover,
800
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:49,012
the initial Passover Lamb,
801
00:38:49,012 --> 00:38:50,094
that was sacrificed
802
00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:52,885
whose blood covered households.
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00:38:52,885 --> 00:38:54,658
Now, His blood would cover
804
00:38:54,658 --> 00:38:55,834
the entire world.
805
00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:58,536
And so, He was demonstrating it.
806
00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:02,699
It's so...I don't know, it's so important
807
00:39:02,699 --> 00:39:04,365
that He did it at the exact time
808
00:39:04,365 --> 00:39:09,180
that that first Passover happened, too.
809
00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:10,848
(Puia) Right, in other words, Jesus
810
00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,880
was confirming to everyone that, "Hey,
811
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,062
it's Me, it's about Me.
812
00:39:15,062 --> 00:39:16,354
All the sacrifices,
813
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,616
especially the Passover celebration
814
00:39:18,616 --> 00:39:20,791
was pointing forward to this event
815
00:39:20,791 --> 00:39:22,250
that I am about to go through.
816
00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:24,416
I am the sacrifice," right?
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Rodney, you have a comment, please.
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(Rodney) I love what Shaina just said.
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I really see a pattern happening here
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from back in Israel's time
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where you had the 400-plus years
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of slavery, then you had the sacrifice,
823
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and then a miraculous (we call
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00:39:43,625 --> 00:39:48,136
it Passover) delivery of God's people.
825
00:39:48,136 --> 00:39:50,931
But, here it is now, we fast forward
826
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many generations later, Jesus is
827
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now saying, back to what you
828
00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:56,019
just said, Puia, "I am
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that Passover Lamb; I am the One."
830
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So, we see sin ravaging the world
831
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all the way from Adam,
832
00:40:03,293 --> 00:40:04,860
generations after generations,
833
00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:06,917
all the way to Jesus' time.
834
00:40:06,917 --> 00:40:08,532
Following the sequence,
835
00:40:08,532 --> 00:40:12,489
Jesus now dies as that Passover Lamb,
836
00:40:12,489 --> 00:40:13,888
and then there is going to be
837
00:40:13,888 --> 00:40:15,433
an ultimate deliverance
838
00:40:15,433 --> 00:40:16,822
of God's people to come.
839
00:40:16,822 --> 00:40:18,758
And here we are living in that time
840
00:40:18,758 --> 00:40:21,054
just before the ultimate deliverance.
841
00:40:21,054 --> 00:40:23,263
So, it is clear that Jesus was
842
00:40:23,263 --> 00:40:25,265
really telling the disciples and all of us
843
00:40:25,265 --> 00:40:27,739
that He was fulfilling this Passover Lamb,
844
00:40:27,739 --> 00:40:29,456
and then the deliverance is to come,
845
00:40:29,456 --> 00:40:31,172
which is the Second Coming of Jesus.
846
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:32,740
(Puia) Thank you, that's amazing.
847
00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:37,278
So, most of us here and maybe our viewers
848
00:40:37,278 --> 00:40:38,929
from home, too, we may say,
849
00:40:38,929 --> 00:40:41,848
"Well, I wasn't there in Exodus.
850
00:40:41,848 --> 00:40:43,477
You know, I wasn't there in Egypt.
851
00:40:43,477 --> 00:40:45,019
I don't feel like I am a part
852
00:40:45,019 --> 00:40:46,614
of that Passover celebration."
853
00:40:46,614 --> 00:40:48,479
But, guess what, by Jesus' institution,
854
00:40:48,479 --> 00:40:51,051
this Lord's Supper, we are
855
00:40:51,051 --> 00:40:52,430
now a part of it!
856
00:40:52,430 --> 00:40:55,095
Jesus is inviting everyone of us
857
00:40:55,095 --> 00:40:57,850
to celebrate the deliverance that God
858
00:40:57,850 --> 00:41:01,367
has provided for us, not from Egypt
859
00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:04,520
but the deliverance from sin, right,
860
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,556
by Jesus dying on the cross
861
00:41:06,556 --> 00:41:08,323
as the sacrificial Lamb,
862
00:41:08,323 --> 00:41:09,624
the Passover Lamb.
863
00:41:09,624 --> 00:41:11,155
In fact, we don't have the time
864
00:41:11,155 --> 00:41:16,256
to read this, but in the New Testament,
865
00:41:16,256 --> 00:41:18,015
Paul, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 5,
866
00:41:18,015 --> 00:41:20,317
verse 7, calls Jesus as "Christ,
867
00:41:20,317 --> 00:41:22,729
our Passover Lamb."
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00:41:22,729 --> 00:41:24,764
So, by accepting Jesus
869
00:41:24,764 --> 00:41:29,021
as our Passover Lamb, we can proclaim
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00:41:29,021 --> 00:41:31,588
the deliverance that God has provided
871
00:41:31,588 --> 00:41:35,269
for us from Satan's control, from sin.
872
00:41:35,269 --> 00:41:36,584
From the bondage of sin,
873
00:41:36,584 --> 00:41:37,841
from the slavery of sin,
874
00:41:37,841 --> 00:41:40,560
from the condemnation of sin,
875
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,967
Christ has delivered us.
876
00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:44,668
That's a beautiful concept.
877
00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:48,915
Now, testimony time, this institution
878
00:41:48,915 --> 00:41:50,774
that Jesus instituted
879
00:41:50,774 --> 00:41:54,020
just before He was arrested and crucified,
880
00:41:54,020 --> 00:41:56,313
that Passover time that year,
881
00:41:56,313 --> 00:41:57,860
Jesus taught His disciples,
882
00:41:57,860 --> 00:41:59,600
"Do this in remembrance of Me,"
883
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,117
washing His disciples' feet
884
00:42:01,117 --> 00:42:03,028
and giving them bread
885
00:42:03,028 --> 00:42:04,858
and the grape juice, the wine,
886
00:42:04,858 --> 00:42:06,189
to remember Him.
887
00:42:06,189 --> 00:42:07,859
So, the Christian church tradition
888
00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:12,440
has been to celebrate this every so often.
889
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:13,691
Testimony time, has anyone
890
00:42:13,691 --> 00:42:18,392
had an experience where the celebration
891
00:42:18,392 --> 00:42:20,554
of the Lord's Supper touched you
892
00:42:20,554 --> 00:42:22,039
in a special way?
893
00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:24,057
Alex, I see your hand.
894
00:42:24,057 --> 00:42:26,794
(Alex) I can remember one, specifically,
895
00:42:26,794 --> 00:42:28,608
or I have been doing this recently
896
00:42:28,608 --> 00:42:31,833
whenever we partake of the bread
897
00:42:31,833 --> 00:42:34,401
and the wine, I picture myself
898
00:42:34,401 --> 00:42:36,211
as if I was a part of the 12
899
00:42:36,211 --> 00:42:37,788
right then and there
900
00:42:37,788 --> 00:42:38,966
and hearing Jesus' words
901
00:42:38,966 --> 00:42:41,125
and even experiencing my feet
902
00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:43,644
being washed by the Savior.
903
00:42:43,644 --> 00:42:45,262
And that always touches me
904
00:42:45,262 --> 00:42:46,737
whenever I just think of Jesus
905
00:42:46,737 --> 00:42:49,199
actually being there with me
906
00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:50,490
doing the service,
907
00:42:50,490 --> 00:42:52,673
and not only just washing my feet
908
00:42:52,673 --> 00:42:55,124
but asking me to allow Him
909
00:42:55,124 --> 00:42:57,060
to wash my heart, too.
910
00:42:57,060 --> 00:42:58,676
(Puia) Thank you for sharing that.
911
00:42:58,676 --> 00:43:02,346
I once read a story where this one church
912
00:43:02,346 --> 00:43:04,514
was celebrating the Lord's Supper,
913
00:43:04,514 --> 00:43:07,931
and as the pastor and the elders prayed
914
00:43:07,931 --> 00:43:10,138
over the bread and the grape juice,
915
00:43:10,138 --> 00:43:12,522
and they started distributing
to the members,
916
00:43:12,522 --> 00:43:14,474
there was this young lady who was sitting
917
00:43:14,474 --> 00:43:15,637
in one of the pews.
918
00:43:15,637 --> 00:43:17,685
As the deacon came towards her,
919
00:43:17,685 --> 00:43:20,921
she felt unworthy to participate,
920
00:43:20,921 --> 00:43:22,786
so she told the deacon, "I'm not worthy
921
00:43:22,786 --> 00:43:25,122
to take this; I can't take this.
922
00:43:25,122 --> 00:43:26,941
I'm too sinful."
923
00:43:26,941 --> 00:43:28,592
So, the deacon whispered to her,
924
00:43:28,592 --> 00:43:29,716
"Young lady, take it.
925
00:43:29,716 --> 00:43:32,432
It's for sinners."
926
00:43:32,432 --> 00:43:34,289
It's for you; it's for me!
927
00:43:34,289 --> 00:43:40,493
This is a beautiful symbolic institution
928
00:43:40,493 --> 00:43:42,837
that Jesus has instituted for us
929
00:43:42,837 --> 00:43:46,068
to participate in, for sinners like us
930
00:43:46,068 --> 00:43:48,171
who can be washed clean once again.
931
00:43:48,171 --> 00:43:49,826
Nicole, your comment.
932
00:43:49,826 --> 00:43:51,731
(Nicole) I was going to say that I think
933
00:43:51,731 --> 00:43:53,112
it was very meaningful for me
934
00:43:53,112 --> 00:43:55,019
when I could share it with my daughters.
935
00:43:55,019 --> 00:43:56,876
When they were old enough to understand
936
00:43:56,876 --> 00:43:58,445
the sacrifice that Jesus has made
937
00:43:58,445 --> 00:44:01,318
and what it means to partake
938
00:44:01,318 --> 00:44:03,370
in the supper I think it was
very meaningful
939
00:44:03,370 --> 00:44:05,275
to me to be able to wash their feet
940
00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:06,432
and have them wash mine.
941
00:44:06,432 --> 00:44:07,644
That was something that I
942
00:44:07,644 --> 00:44:09,718
can always remember.
943
00:44:09,718 --> 00:44:11,725
(Puia) That's beautiful.
944
00:44:11,725 --> 00:44:13,426
I wish we had the time to stay here
945
00:44:13,426 --> 00:44:15,516
a little longer, but time is running out,
946
00:44:15,516 --> 00:44:16,941
so we have to move
947
00:44:16,941 --> 00:44:18,591
to the next part of our study.
948
00:44:18,591 --> 00:44:21,167
Now, this plan of God's
949
00:44:21,167 --> 00:44:23,340
to save us from sin,
950
00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:24,399
according to the Bible
951
00:44:24,399 --> 00:44:26,263
is not an afterthought.
952
00:44:26,263 --> 00:44:28,999
This was already in place by God,
953
00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:31,261
and we find this in Revelation 13,
954
00:44:31,261 --> 00:44:33,747
verse 8, and let me request Kylynda
955
00:44:33,747 --> 00:44:37,507
to take us there, revelation 13, verse 8.
956
00:44:37,507 --> 00:44:39,169
And let's see how the Lamb
957
00:44:39,169 --> 00:44:41,248
is described here.
958
00:44:41,248 --> 00:44:42,462
(Kylynda) I'll be reading
959
00:44:42,462 --> 00:44:44,030
from the New King James Version:
960
00:44:54,731 --> 00:44:55,949
(Puia) "The Lamb slain
961
00:44:55,949 --> 00:44:57,820
from the foundation of the world."
962
00:44:57,820 --> 00:44:59,915
Sophia, can you take us to 1 Peter,
963
00:44:59,915 --> 00:45:03,555
chapter 1, verses 18 to 21,
964
00:45:03,555 --> 00:45:05,565
1 Peter 1, verses 18 to 21.
965
00:45:05,565 --> 00:45:07,645
Let's look at this same principle
966
00:45:07,645 --> 00:45:10,696
of the Lamb that was slain
967
00:45:10,696 --> 00:45:12,264
from the foundation of the world.
968
00:45:12,264 --> 00:45:13,599
How does Peter [describe it]
969
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:17,838
in chapter 1, verses 18 to 21?
970
00:45:17,838 --> 00:45:19,187
(Sophia) And I'll be reading
971
00:45:19,187 --> 00:45:20,760
from the New King James Version:
972
00:45:54,046 --> 00:45:55,646
(Team, Puia) Amen.
973
00:45:55,646 --> 00:45:57,142
(Puia) So, can anyone comment
974
00:45:57,142 --> 00:46:00,230
on this idea that the Lamb of God,
975
00:46:00,230 --> 00:46:02,073
the Lamb that was slain
976
00:46:02,073 --> 00:46:04,342
even before the foundation of the world?
977
00:46:04,342 --> 00:46:05,914
In other words, it seems that God
978
00:46:05,914 --> 00:46:08,993
already had this plan in place. Scott?
979
00:46:08,993 --> 00:46:10,410
(Scott) That's just what I
980
00:46:10,410 --> 00:46:11,222
was going to say.
981
00:46:11,222 --> 00:46:12,696
God wasn't caught by surprise.
982
00:46:12,696 --> 00:46:14,446
When God created us, He knew
983
00:46:14,446 --> 00:46:15,740
because He knew the future.
984
00:46:15,740 --> 00:46:17,401
He knew that sin would come.
985
00:46:17,401 --> 00:46:19,738
And so He already had a plan.
986
00:46:19,738 --> 00:46:22,050
When we studied in the beginning
987
00:46:22,050 --> 00:46:24,809
of our study about the sacrificial system,
988
00:46:24,809 --> 00:46:26,554
we're just seeing God's plan
989
00:46:26,554 --> 00:46:28,002
that He was working
990
00:46:28,002 --> 00:46:30,435
to build that teaching, that lesson,
991
00:46:30,435 --> 00:46:33,647
for us, so we come in our day, and we see,
992
00:46:33,647 --> 00:46:36,009
wow, I mean, God knew about that.
993
00:46:36,009 --> 00:46:37,616
And in fact, nothing that happens
994
00:46:37,616 --> 00:46:39,780
in my life is a surprise to God.
995
00:46:39,780 --> 00:46:42,711
God doesn't get taken by surprise.
996
00:46:42,711 --> 00:46:44,477
(Puia) From the very beginning,
997
00:46:44,477 --> 00:46:46,933
or even before God created the world,
998
00:46:46,933 --> 00:46:50,300
Christ had covenanted Himself
999
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:55,778
to love us even to the point of death.
1000
00:46:55,778 --> 00:46:59,586
He loves us so very, very much.
1001
00:46:59,586 --> 00:47:01,240
You may be watching today, friend,
1002
00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:02,858
and wondering, "Does God
1003
00:47:02,858 --> 00:47:04,383
really care about me?"
1004
00:47:04,383 --> 00:47:06,966
"Is God really love?"
1005
00:47:06,966 --> 00:47:08,846
"Can I really trust that God loves me?"
1006
00:47:08,846 --> 00:47:10,474
Or maybe you are doubting
1007
00:47:10,474 --> 00:47:12,057
about God's character.
1008
00:47:12,057 --> 00:47:13,593
I want to invite you to reflect
1009
00:47:13,593 --> 00:47:16,745
on these verses that tell us that God,
1010
00:47:16,745 --> 00:47:18,176
in Jesus Christ, had
1011
00:47:18,176 --> 00:47:20,339
covenanted Himself to love us.
1012
00:47:20,339 --> 00:47:22,487
Even before the foundation of the world,
1013
00:47:22,487 --> 00:47:24,154
God knew you.
1014
00:47:24,154 --> 00:47:25,482
Even before you were formed
1015
00:47:25,482 --> 00:47:27,747
in your mother's womb, He loved you.
1016
00:47:27,747 --> 00:47:29,625
So, whenever we have this problem
1017
00:47:29,625 --> 00:47:32,311
of trying to understand God's character,
1018
00:47:32,311 --> 00:47:34,465
it is always helpful to look at God
1019
00:47:34,465 --> 00:47:36,399
through the lens of Jesus.
1020
00:47:36,399 --> 00:47:37,780
When we look at Jesus, we see
1021
00:47:37,780 --> 00:47:39,708
a God who loves us so much.,
1022
00:47:39,708 --> 00:47:42,374
So, don't give up; hold onto Jesus.
1023
00:47:42,374 --> 00:47:45,421
Now, let's move on to the next couple
1024
00:47:45,421 --> 00:47:47,017
of verses here; let's go
1025
00:47:47,017 --> 00:47:48,815
to Isaiah, chapter 53.
1026
00:47:48,815 --> 00:47:51,348
And can I ask Stephanie to read for us
1027
00:47:51,348 --> 00:47:53,487
Isaiah 53, verses 3 to 7,
1028
00:47:53,487 --> 00:47:55,134
and look at the prophecies
1029
00:47:55,134 --> 00:47:57,369
that Isaiah gave ahead of time
1030
00:47:57,369 --> 00:47:59,355
about the Messiah who was to come,
1031
00:47:59,355 --> 00:48:00,834
specifically in the context
1032
00:48:00,834 --> 00:48:03,269
of this idea of a sacrifice.
1033
00:48:03,269 --> 00:48:05,200
(Stephanie) Alright, and I'll be reading
1034
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:06,869
from the New King James Version:
1035
00:49:13,625 --> 00:49:17,312
(Puia) Wow. Verse 7 specifically,
1036
00:49:17,312 --> 00:49:20,282
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted...
1037
00:49:20,282 --> 00:49:23,476
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
1038
00:49:23,476 --> 00:49:27,380
and as a sheep before its shearers
is silent."
1039
00:49:27,380 --> 00:49:29,769
This concept of sacrifice
1040
00:49:29,769 --> 00:49:32,049
is clearly seen in this prophecy
of the Messiah.
1041
00:49:32,049 --> 00:49:33,402
Sophia, you have a comment?
1042
00:49:33,402 --> 00:49:34,993
(Sophia) I think it's so powerful
1043
00:49:34,993 --> 00:49:36,625
that He deemed us so important
1044
00:49:36,625 --> 00:49:37,884
not even to make a sound
1045
00:49:37,884 --> 00:49:39,302
with His suffering.
1046
00:49:39,302 --> 00:49:41,368
You know, no complaint, nothing.
1047
00:49:41,368 --> 00:49:42,973
(Puia) Right, this is a prophecy,
1048
00:49:42,973 --> 00:49:44,723
by the way; Isaiah was prophesying
1049
00:49:44,723 --> 00:49:46,293
that when the Messiah comes...
1050
00:49:46,293 --> 00:49:47,993
In other words, the Messiah is
1051
00:49:47,993 --> 00:49:49,490
going to be like a lamb that is
1052
00:49:49,490 --> 00:49:51,764
led to be slaughtered for the sins
1053
00:49:51,764 --> 00:49:53,833
of all of us, and He is not
1054
00:49:53,833 --> 00:49:55,384
going to complain.
1055
00:49:55,384 --> 00:49:57,013
He is not going to open His mouth
1056
00:49:57,013 --> 00:49:58,857
and say, "Oh, I don't want to do this.
1057
00:49:58,857 --> 00:50:01,189
I don't want to be crucified."
1058
00:50:01,189 --> 00:50:02,808
He is going to suffer
1059
00:50:02,808 --> 00:50:04,640
for the sake of the sins of the world.
1060
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,859
Now, probably people in the time
1061
00:50:06,859 --> 00:50:08,577
of Isaiah, as we read earlier,
1062
00:50:08,577 --> 00:50:10,637
were sacrificing and killing animals,
1063
00:50:10,637 --> 00:50:12,508
but many of them probably were
1064
00:50:12,508 --> 00:50:15,483
doing that just as a ritual.
1065
00:50:15,483 --> 00:50:16,978
Probably some of them had lost
1066
00:50:16,978 --> 00:50:20,590
the concept of sacrificial death
1067
00:50:20,590 --> 00:50:22,375
that God was trying to teach them.
1068
00:50:22,375 --> 00:50:24,229
But now, fast forward to the time
1069
00:50:24,229 --> 00:50:27,533
that Jesus actually showed up.
1070
00:50:27,533 --> 00:50:30,936
How does John help us connect the dots
1071
00:50:30,936 --> 00:50:32,424
of all these prophecies
1072
00:50:32,424 --> 00:50:33,893
from the Hebrew Scripture
1073
00:50:33,893 --> 00:50:35,053
to this Person of Jesus?
1074
00:50:35,053 --> 00:50:37,043
Let's go to John, chapter 1,
1075
00:50:37,043 --> 00:50:39,298
verses 29 to 36, and let me ask
1076
00:50:39,298 --> 00:50:40,650
Zandile to read for us,
1077
00:50:40,650 --> 00:50:43,749
John, chapter 1, verses 29 to 36.
1078
00:50:43,749 --> 00:50:45,145
(Zandile) And I'll be reading
1079
00:50:45,145 --> 00:50:47,882
from the New King James Version, 29:
1080
00:51:54,042 --> 00:51:56,725
(Puia) Beautiful. There is no doubt
1081
00:51:56,725 --> 00:51:59,475
in the mind of John the Baptist.
1082
00:51:59,475 --> 00:52:01,474
He said, "I saw the Spirit descending
1083
00:52:01,474 --> 00:52:03,002
upon Him, and I am testifying
1084
00:52:03,002 --> 00:52:05,362
that this is the Son of God,
1085
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and this is the Lamb of God
who takes away..."?
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00:52:10,766 --> 00:52:12,362
(Team) "...the sin of the world."
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(Puia) In other words, John is
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basically telling all of us
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00:52:15,412 --> 00:52:17,489
and all of the readers today
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00:52:17,489 --> 00:52:22,424
that all the prophecies from Genesis,
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00:52:22,424 --> 00:52:25,161
that all the animal sacrifices,
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00:52:25,161 --> 00:52:26,913
all the bulls that were sacrificed,
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00:52:26,913 --> 00:52:28,698
all the lambs that were killed
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00:52:28,698 --> 00:52:31,230
for sacrificial atonement,
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00:52:31,230 --> 00:52:35,100
were pointing forward to this one Person,
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00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:36,396
and His name is Jesus.
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00:52:36,396 --> 00:52:38,721
And He is pointing to the Person of Jesus
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00:52:38,721 --> 00:52:40,250
and saying, "Behold!
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00:52:40,250 --> 00:52:43,500
Here is the Lamb of God
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00:52:43,500 --> 00:52:44,757
who is going to take away
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00:52:44,757 --> 00:52:46,853
the sin of the world."
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00:52:46,853 --> 00:52:47,987
This is beautiful.
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00:52:47,987 --> 00:52:49,725
In the Person of Jesus,
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00:52:49,725 --> 00:52:53,456
the entire prophecies are fulfilled.
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00:52:53,456 --> 00:52:54,700
(Derek) And I think, Puia,
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00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:56,318
it's really important, that wasn't
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00:52:56,318 --> 00:52:57,848
just John the Baptist's opinion.
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00:52:57,848 --> 00:53:00,283
He said, "The Spirit told me,
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00:53:00,283 --> 00:53:03,286
'When you see this, that's the One,'"
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00:53:03,286 --> 00:53:05,572
and then he says, "I have seen
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00:53:05,572 --> 00:53:07,488
and testified that this is,"
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00:53:07,488 --> 00:53:09,636
not, "I think it is,"
1113
00:53:09,636 --> 00:53:11,474
but, "This is the Son of God."
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(Puia) Amen. Beautiful.
1115
00:53:13,063 --> 00:53:15,428
Let's go to Revelation, towards the end
1116
00:53:15,428 --> 00:53:16,735
now, Revelation, chapter 4,
1117
00:53:16,735 --> 00:53:19,276
verses 8 to 11, and I want to request
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00:53:19,276 --> 00:53:20,623
Joshua to read for us,
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00:53:20,623 --> 00:53:22,789
Revelation 4, verses 8 to 11.
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00:53:22,789 --> 00:53:24,731
And let's see what the Apostle John
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00:53:24,731 --> 00:53:27,356
has to say about this Lamb of God.
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(Joshua) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version.
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00:53:30,702 --> 00:53:32,053
The Bible says:
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00:54:23,375 --> 00:54:24,514
(Puia) Amen. Thank you
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00:54:24,514 --> 00:54:25,725
for reading that, Joshua.
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00:54:25,725 --> 00:54:28,351
So, in Revelation, fast forward,
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00:54:28,351 --> 00:54:29,870
John the Apostle is seeing
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00:54:29,870 --> 00:54:31,668
this vision of Heaven.
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00:54:31,668 --> 00:54:34,192
In Heaven, the four living creatures,
1131
00:54:34,192 --> 00:54:36,204
the twenty-four elders, and everyone
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00:54:36,204 --> 00:54:39,833
is bowing before this Lamb!
1133
00:54:39,833 --> 00:54:43,786
And He is given the honor and the glory
1134
00:54:43,786 --> 00:54:46,576
because He created everything.
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00:54:46,576 --> 00:54:48,191
Let's read one other verse,
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00:54:48,191 --> 00:54:50,914
the next chapter, Revelation, chapter 5,
1137
00:54:50,914 --> 00:54:52,822
verses 1 to 7; Kylynda, can you
1138
00:54:52,822 --> 00:54:54,051
read that for us, please,
1139
00:54:54,051 --> 00:54:56,006
Revelation 5:1-7.
1140
00:54:56,006 --> 00:54:58,275
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
1141
00:56:02,949 --> 00:56:04,557
(Puia) Amen. Thank you, Kylynda,
1142
00:56:04,557 --> 00:56:06,266
for reading that.
1143
00:56:06,266 --> 00:56:08,044
Dear friend, thank you for joining us
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00:56:08,044 --> 00:56:09,639
today once again.
1145
00:56:09,639 --> 00:56:11,789
As we see in this prophecy
1146
00:56:11,789 --> 00:56:14,717
that John foresaw about the future,
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00:56:14,717 --> 00:56:17,413
the heavenly throne, on the throne
1148
00:56:17,413 --> 00:56:19,313
of the entire universe is sitting
1149
00:56:19,313 --> 00:56:22,782
this Lamb of God, and He is worthy.
1150
00:56:22,782 --> 00:56:24,944
You may be weeping; I may be weeping today
1151
00:56:24,944 --> 00:56:26,580
because of our struggles
1152
00:56:26,580 --> 00:56:27,985
and maybe because of sin,
1153
00:56:27,985 --> 00:56:30,149
but according to John, "Don't weep.
1154
00:56:30,149 --> 00:56:31,816
There is the Lamb, the Lamb of God,
1155
00:56:31,816 --> 00:56:33,580
who takes away the sin of the world."
1156
00:56:33,580 --> 00:56:35,048
And one day the promise is
1157
00:56:35,048 --> 00:56:36,942
that this Lamb of God is going
1158
00:56:36,942 --> 00:56:38,858
to come again to redeem us,
1159
00:56:38,858 --> 00:56:40,847
and you can be a part of it
1160
00:56:40,847 --> 00:56:43,099
if you accept the sacrifice
1161
00:56:43,099 --> 00:56:44,982
of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
1162
00:56:44,982 --> 00:56:47,324
And we will join the heavenly angels,
1163
00:56:47,324 --> 00:56:48,514
the four living creatures
1164
00:56:48,514 --> 00:56:50,787
and the twenty-four elders, and one day
1165
00:56:50,787 --> 00:56:53,406
we'll get to worship the Lamb of God
1166
00:56:53,406 --> 00:56:56,359
and sing, "Holy, holy, holy."
1167
00:56:56,359 --> 00:56:57,527
What a beautiful sight
1168
00:56:57,527 --> 00:56:58,528
that will be, Derek.
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00:56:58,528 --> 00:57:00,063
(Derek) Thank you so much.
1170
00:57:00,063 --> 00:57:01,615
What a great study, and, yes,
1171
00:57:01,615 --> 00:57:03,161
I've thought about that, too,
1172
00:57:03,161 --> 00:57:06,430
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,"
1173
00:57:06,430 --> 00:57:09,005
not only the angels, but we can say that
1174
00:57:09,005 --> 00:57:11,669
if we've accepted, or to use
1175
00:57:11,669 --> 00:57:13,952
the image of Passover, put the blood
1176
00:57:13,952 --> 00:57:17,341
over our doorposts, over our lives,
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00:57:17,341 --> 00:57:19,794
we can rejoice in His salvation.
1178
00:57:19,794 --> 00:57:21,539
Let's pray together.
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00:57:21,539 --> 00:57:23,120
Father in Heaven, we thank You
1180
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,440
for helping us to understand that all
1181
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,018
of the sacrifices pointed to Jesus,
1182
00:57:28,018 --> 00:57:29,508
and all You want from us
1183
00:57:29,508 --> 00:57:32,356
is the sacrifice of our hearts,
1184
00:57:32,356 --> 00:57:34,492
accepting what Jesus, the Lamb of God,
1185
00:57:34,492 --> 00:57:36,010
has done for us.
1186
00:57:36,010 --> 00:57:39,324
May we do that today and every day.
1187
00:57:39,324 --> 00:57:42,053
We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
1188
00:57:42,053 --> 00:57:42,971
(Team) Amen.
1189
00:57:42,971 --> 00:57:45,481
(Derek) Thank you for joining us
for our study.
1190
00:57:45,481 --> 00:57:47,692
We're learning, from Bible prophecies
1191
00:57:47,692 --> 00:57:50,642
and stories, lessons that will help us
1192
00:57:50,642 --> 00:57:52,959
not only to prepare but to rejoice
1193
00:57:52,959 --> 00:57:54,512
in the last days
1194
00:57:54,512 --> 00:57:56,498
because of our Savior Jesus.
1195
00:57:56,498 --> 00:57:59,100
Don't keep that message to yourself.
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00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:00,314
Go out and be a blessing
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00:58:00,314 --> 00:58:01,705
to those around you.
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