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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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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Well, I'm looking forward
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to our study today, Puia.
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Thanks for leading us in prayer.
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(Puia) Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father, God, we thank You so much
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for this opportunity to open Your words
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and study them.
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We pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance
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for each one of us here as well as all
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the Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world.
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Please bless us today
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with spiritual insights so we may
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see You clearer, so we may understand
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Your love better.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Puia) As we begin, I want to come
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to our viewers online wherever you
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may be joining us from.
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Thank you for joining us once again,
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and today we're going to be looking
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at a very important study
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on Understanding Sacrifice.
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We're going to look at the Bible
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from Genesis, we're going to fly
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through to Revelation, and we'll look
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at themes of sacrifice, and this theme
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will help us understand God better,
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specifically His love for us
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through the Person of Jesus Christ.
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So, stay with us, go get your Bibles,
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open the Bible along with us
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as we read them; I am sure that you
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will be blessed today.
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So, thank you for joining us.
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Alright, friends, we are now
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on lesson number six in this series
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as we're looking at Bible Prophecies
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and Stories for the Last Days.
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Today, this is going to be
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a very important study.
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For some of us, it may be a lesson
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that we may have studied before,
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and maybe you say, "Oh, I understand
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everything there is to understand
about sacrifice."
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Oh, wait a minute.
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You'll see more, that there is
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so much more from the Bible
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about sacrifice and how it points
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to the love of God.
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If we are to take away one lesson
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from today, I'm going to say this
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ahead of time, there is one simple point
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that we need to take away: It's Jesus.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Puia) Sacrifice, Jesus,
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and His love for us.
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So, let us go to Leviticus
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to begin our study, and I am going
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to ask Scott if you can start our lesson
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by reading Leviticus,
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chapter 1, verses 1 to 4.
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(Scott) Alright, Leviticus 1:1-4
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in the English Standard Version:
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(Puia) So, we see here
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the clear instructions from God
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through Moses to the children of Israel,
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how they are to bring
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sacrifice before God, a burnt offering.
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But, is this the first place we see
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in the Bible about sacrifice?
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(Team) No.
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(Puia) Anyone want to bring us
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to, maybe, the first book
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of the Bible? Nicole?
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(Nicole) Well, in Genesis,
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Abel brought a sacrifice to the Lord...
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(Puia) Can you read that for us?
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I think it's in Genesis,
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chapter 4, verse 4.
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Let's go back to the first book
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of the Bible and see
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where we see this sacrifice.
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(Nicole) So, Genesis 4:4
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in the New International Version says:
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(Puia) Okay, so we find here a sacrifice,
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even all the way from Genesis.
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In fact, from reading Genesis 4,
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we can understand that God
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probably already gave them instructions
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on how to do sacrifices
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all the way back in Genesis,
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from Adam and Eve, right?
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We also see throughout the Bible, like
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Noah sacrificing to God, right?
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We also see other examples - Abraham.
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Anyone else from Genesis?
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(Scott) Job.
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(Puia) Job, yes, around that time, too,
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the early patriarch. Yes, Shawn.
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(Shawn) There may even be a sacrifice
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alluded to in Genesis 3.
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If we go and look at Genesis 3:21,
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it tells us that God made,
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
to give God as much as...
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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
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is not affected by it, if it doesn't
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change your life, then it's done nothing.
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Yeah, Jesus died, not just so we can say,
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"Oh, yeah, He died," but He died
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because He wants to change our lives.
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(Puia) Okay, Kylynda.
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(Kylynda) I was thinking
this is an example
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of how it's easy to commodify
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salvation and God, you know.
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Kind of a modern example, we think,
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"Well, if I just give this money,"
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"If I just donate this item,"
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"If I just purchase this for the church,
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well, then I'm in a right space with God."
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And we see this throughout history,
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and I think for some Israelites, maybe it
00:25:23.904 --> 00:25:26.473
had become rote, "Okay, well, here's
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this sheep; alright, I'll go
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to my temple visit and give up the sheep,
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and we're good."
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But, God is a God of immeasurable wealth.
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Anything that we give is nothing, right?
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And so, when we actually give something
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like the Israelites were required to,
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a sacrifice - which, God
00:25:48.310 --> 00:25:50.388
doesn't love bloodshed - and they're
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doing it without a change of heart,
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that's a dangerous space.
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(Puia) Thank you for pointing it out.
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I think it's very easy even for us today
00:25:59.357 --> 00:26:02.173
to look at our relationship with God
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through that lens of religious traditions
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and kind of like a checklist...
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(Derek) Rituals.
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(Puia) Right, rituals,
00:26:08.302 --> 00:26:10.229
and just a checklist, "Okay, let me
00:26:10.229 --> 00:26:11.950
check this box: I've done this,
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I've done that, I've done that"
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without trying to understand
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what God is trying to teach us internally.
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Derek, you mentioned the sacrifice
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that God accepted
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between Abel and Cain, right?
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God accepted the sacrifice of Abel
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but rejected Cain, why was that? Nicole.
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(Nicole) It's a heart issue
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as it's been said before.
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I think that the Lord wants
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a relationship with us.
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He wants to be in our hearts
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and not just in our behaviors.
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And so, we have to get to the place
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where our hearts are with Him
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and not just what we're doing
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that shows who He is.
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(Puia) That's right. Rodney.
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And after Rodney's comment,
00:26:50.404 --> 00:26:53.904
I want to ask Shawn to get ready
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with Hebrews, chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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Rodney, your comment, please.
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(Rodney) Puia, may I read Isaiah,
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chapter 1, a little bit further down
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in that very same chapter, to indicate
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what God was truly interested in,
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Isaiah, chapter 1...
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(Puia) Okay.
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(Rodney) ...verses 16 to 18.
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(Puia) Give us some time to find that...
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(Rodney) And while we're reading that,
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as we said earlier, Israel had gotten
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to the point now, when this
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just became like a ritual,
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it's like what we do day in and day out,
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it really lost its meaning
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in pointing people towards Jesus
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who was going to be
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the ultimate Sacrifice
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for all of our sins.
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And here is what God is now interested in,
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Isaiah 1, verses 16 to 18, and I'm reading
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from the New King James Version, it says:
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Then verse 18, and I love it; it says:
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(Puia) Thank you, Rodney,
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for pointing that out.
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I think this connects very well
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with the next verse that Shawn
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will be reading for us from Hebrews,
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chapter 10, verses 1 to 4.
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(Shawn) Yes, I'll be reading
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Hebrews 10:1-4 from the English
Standard Version.
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Hebrews 10, verse 1:
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(Puia) Okay, so from that text,
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it's very clear that the blood
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of the animal itself
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cannot take away the sin.
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So, what was God trying to teach them?
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I think in verse 1 it hinted that, right?
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There's that word; I don't know
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about your version, but in my version,
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the New King James Version, it says,
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"a shadow of the good things to come,"
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so all the sacrifices were
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just a shadow of a greater thing
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that was to come.
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As we have hinted at before,
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it was pointing forward to something
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that was real. Scott.
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(Scott) One of the major themes
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in the book of Hebrews is
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how Jesus is better, right?
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And so, Jesus is a better sacrifice,
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there's a better priesthood,
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better all these things.
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But in this case, the animal sacrifices
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pointed to a better sacrifice,
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that of Jesus.
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A sacrifice of animals,
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that couldn't take away sins,
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but Jesus' death on the cross
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does have that ability
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to take away sins.
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(Puia) Right, so if we put ourselves
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in the shoes of the people living
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before the time of Jesus,
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they were looking forward to this event
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of the coming of the Messiah, a Savior.
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And by participating in that sacrifice,
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they were receiving the gift of salvation
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and the forgiveness of sin in advance
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in symbolic traditions.
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It's almost like when you buy
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a ticket before traveling.
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Let's say you purchase
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a plane ticket to travel somewhere,
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and you have been given that ticket
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through your email
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or through your cell phone.
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By looking at that ticket,
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you are able to see...
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The ticket is like a symbol
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of the journey to come.
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And then once you are on the plane
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actually traveling, the plane ticket
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had served its purpose, right?
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So, all the sacrifices of the animals
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were just symbolic representations
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of the actual event that was to come.
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And when that did come, the sacrifices
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would have met their end, right?
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They would have served their purpose.
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Now, let's go back to Exodus and see
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this even clearer about how it was
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pointing forward to the coming
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of the Messiah.
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Let me request Shaina to read
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for us Exodus, chapter 12.
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If you can read for us verses 1 to 8,
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verses 1 to 8 of Exodus 12, please.
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(Shaina) Sure, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Thank you for reading that.
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So, we see this symbolic representation
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of the coming event once again,
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but at this time they were
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still in Egypt as slaves, right?
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They were still slaves, and God was
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just about to bring them
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out of their slavery.
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So as they sacrificed this animal,
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a lamb without blemish,
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they were to take the blood
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and put it on the doorpost,
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and God was saying
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something was about to happen.
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Let's continue; Shaina, can you
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take us to verses 12 and 13?
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Let's just conclude this part of the story
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in verses 12 and 13 of Exodus 12.
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(Shaina) Sure, and I will be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Okay, so God is saying,
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"I will pass over the house
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wherever there is blood on the door."
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What important insight is God
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trying to teach them here? Shawn.
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(Shawn) What I love about this passage
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is that it just shows how powerful
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our salvation really is.
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And what strikes me is that,
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as God passed through, He did not ask
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who was inside, He did not ask
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what they did, He did not ask
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for a recounting of their wrongs.
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All He looked for was if the blood
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of the lamb was on the door.
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And if the blood of the lamb covered them,
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it was enough for Him to pass over.
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And that's what Jesus does for us as well.
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As Scott was alluding to earlier
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with the transfer of the sacrifice,
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when we have accepted Jesus,
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His life covers ours.
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His character is counted as if it
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was our own, and God looks at you
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as if you have never sinned,
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and you experience
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that great Passover in your life.
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(Puia) That is beautiful.
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In fact, if we had time, and I wish
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we could read more,
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it's a very interesting story.
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God even instructed them that they
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were to celebrate this every single year
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moving forward, right, as a remembrance
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of how God delivered them
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out of Egypt from slavery.
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And so, this was to become
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a memorial every year.
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And as we fast forward, Rodney,
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can I ask you to take us
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to Matthew 26, verses 17 to 18,
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and let's see what Jesus does
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on this Passover celebration
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when Jesus was here on Earth,
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moving forward to Matthew 26,
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verses 17 and 18, please.
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(Rodney) And I'm reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) And can you quickly take us also
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to verses 26 to 30
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of the same chapter, Matthew 26.
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(Rodney) Still reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Okay, so Jesus was here on Earth,
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and it was the Passover celebration time
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of that year, and Jesus instituted
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basically a new institution
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but based on the same principle.
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What is Jesus trying to teach
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His disciples through this institution
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of the Lord's Supper
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on Passover celebration time?
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Anyone? Okay, I see Shaina
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and Rodney, yes.
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(Shaina) So, ultimately Jesus was trying
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to show them that these symbols,
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these processes that the Jewish nation
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had been practicing for these centuries
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at this point,
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He was coming to finally fulfill it
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and ultimately put an end to this system
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because He is the ultimate Lamb.
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He is the Passover,
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the initial Passover Lamb,
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that was sacrificed
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whose blood covered households.
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Now, His blood would cover
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the entire world.
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And so, He was demonstrating it.
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It's so...I don't know, it's so important
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that He did it at the exact time
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that that first Passover happened, too.
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(Puia) Right, in other words, Jesus
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was confirming to everyone that, "Hey,
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it's Me, it's about Me.
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All the sacrifices,
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especially the Passover celebration
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was pointing forward to this event
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that I am about to go through.
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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,
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and then a miraculous (we call
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it Passover) delivery of God's people.
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But, here it is now, we fast forward
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many generations later, Jesus is
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now saying, back to what you
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just said, Puia, "I am
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that Passover Lamb; I am the One."
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So, we see sin ravaging the world
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all the way from Adam,
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generations after generations,
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all the way to Jesus' time.
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Following the sequence,
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Jesus now dies as that Passover Lamb,
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and then there is going to be
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an ultimate deliverance
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of God's people to come.
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And here we are living in that time
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just before the ultimate deliverance.
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So, it is clear that Jesus was
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really telling the disciples and all of us
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that He was fulfilling this Passover Lamb,
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and then the deliverance is to come,
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which is the Second Coming of Jesus.
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(Puia) Thank you, that's amazing.
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So, most of us here and maybe our viewers
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from home, too, we may say,
00:40:38.929 --> 00:40:41.848
"Well, I wasn't there in Exodus.
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You know, I wasn't there in Egypt.
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I don't feel like I am a part
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of that Passover celebration."
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But, guess what, by Jesus' institution,
00:40:48.479 --> 00:40:51.051
this Lord's Supper, we are
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now a part of it!
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Jesus is inviting everyone of us
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to celebrate the deliverance that God
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has provided for us, not from Egypt
00:41:01.367 --> 00:41:04.520
but the deliverance from sin, right,
00:41:04.520 --> 00:41:06.556
by Jesus dying on the cross
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as the sacrificial Lamb,
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the Passover Lamb.
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In fact, we don't have the time
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to read this, but in the New Testament,
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Paul, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 5,
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verse 7, calls Jesus as "Christ,
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our Passover Lamb."
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So, by accepting Jesus
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as our Passover Lamb, we can proclaim
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the deliverance that God has provided
00:41:31.588 --> 00:41:35.269
for us from Satan's control, from sin.
00:41:35.269 --> 00:41:36.584
From the bondage of sin,
00:41:36.584 --> 00:41:37.841
from the slavery of sin,
00:41:37.841 --> 00:41:40.560
from the condemnation of sin,
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Christ has delivered us.
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That's a beautiful concept.
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Now, testimony time, this institution
00:41:48.915 --> 00:41:50.774
that Jesus instituted
00:41:50.774 --> 00:41:54.020
just before He was arrested and crucified,
00:41:54.020 --> 00:41:56.313
that Passover time that year,
00:41:56.313 --> 00:41:57.860
Jesus taught His disciples,
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"Do this in remembrance of Me,"
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washing His disciples' feet
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and giving them bread
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and the grape juice, the wine,
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to remember Him.
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So, the Christian church tradition
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has been to celebrate this every so often.
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Testimony time, has anyone
00:42:13.691 --> 00:42:18.392
had an experience where the celebration
00:42:18.392 --> 00:42:20.554
of the Lord's Supper touched you
00:42:20.554 --> 00:42:22.039
in a special way?
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Alex, I see your hand.
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(Alex) I can remember one, specifically,
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or I have been doing this recently
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whenever we partake of the bread
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and the wine, I picture myself
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as if I was a part of the 12
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right then and there
00:42:37.788 --> 00:42:38.966
and hearing Jesus' words
00:42:38.966 --> 00:42:41.125
and even experiencing my feet
00:42:41.125 --> 00:42:43.644
being washed by the Savior.
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And that always touches me
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whenever I just think of Jesus
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actually being there with me
00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:50.490
doing the service,
00:42:50.490 --> 00:42:52.673
and not only just washing my feet
00:42:52.673 --> 00:42:55.124
but asking me to allow Him
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to wash my heart, too.
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(Puia) Thank you for sharing that.
00:42:58.676 --> 00:43:02.346
I once read a story where this one church
00:43:02.346 --> 00:43:04.514
was celebrating the Lord's Supper,
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and as the pastor and the elders prayed
00:43:07.931 --> 00:43:10.138
over the bread and the grape juice,
00:43:10.138 --> 00:43:12.522
and they started distributing
to the members,
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there was this young lady who was sitting
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in one of the pews.
00:43:15.637 --> 00:43:17.685
As the deacon came towards her,
00:43:17.685 --> 00:43:20.921
she felt unworthy to participate,
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so she told the deacon, "I'm not worthy
00:43:22.786 --> 00:43:25.122
to take this; I can't take this.
00:43:25.122 --> 00:43:26.941
I'm too sinful."
00:43:26.941 --> 00:43:28.592
So, the deacon whispered to her,
00:43:28.592 --> 00:43:29.716
"Young lady, take it.
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It's for sinners."
00:43:32.432 --> 00:43:34.289
It's for you; it's for me!
00:43:34.289 --> 00:43:40.493
This is a beautiful symbolic institution
00:43:40.493 --> 00:43:42.837
that Jesus has instituted for us
00:43:42.837 --> 00:43:46.068
to participate in, for sinners like us
00:43:46.068 --> 00:43:48.171
who can be washed clean once again.
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Nicole, your comment.
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(Nicole) I was going to say that I think
00:43:51.731 --> 00:43:53.112
it was very meaningful for me
00:43:53.112 --> 00:43:55.019
when I could share it with my daughters.
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When they were old enough to understand
00:43:56.876 --> 00:43:58.445
the sacrifice that Jesus has made
00:43:58.445 --> 00:44:01.318
and what it means to partake
00:44:01.318 --> 00:44:03.370
in the supper I think it was
very meaningful
00:44:03.370 --> 00:44:05.275
to me to be able to wash their feet
00:44:05.275 --> 00:44:06.432
and have them wash mine.
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That was something that I
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can always remember.
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(Puia) That's beautiful.
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I wish we had the time to stay here
00:44:13.426 --> 00:44:15.516
a little longer, but time is running out,
00:44:15.516 --> 00:44:16.941
so we have to move
00:44:16.941 --> 00:44:18.591
to the next part of our study.
00:44:18.591 --> 00:44:21.167
Now, this plan of God's
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to save us from sin,
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according to the Bible
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is not an afterthought.
00:44:26.263 --> 00:44:28.999
This was already in place by God,
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and we find this in Revelation 13,
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verse 8, and let me request Kylynda
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to take us there, revelation 13, verse 8.
00:44:37.507 --> 00:44:39.169
And let's see how the Lamb
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is described here.
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(Kylynda) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) "The Lamb slain
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from the foundation of the world."
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Sophia, can you take us to 1 Peter,
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chapter 1, verses 18 to 21,
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1 Peter 1, verses 18 to 21.
00:45:05.565 --> 00:45:07.645
Let's look at this same principle
00:45:07.645 --> 00:45:10.696
of the Lamb that was slain
00:45:10.696 --> 00:45:12.264
from the foundation of the world.
00:45:12.264 --> 00:45:13.599
How does Peter [describe it]
00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:17.838
in chapter 1, verses 18 to 21?
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(Sophia) And I'll be reading
00:45:19.187 --> 00:45:20.760
from the New King James Version:
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(Team, Puia) Amen.
00:45:55.646 --> 00:45:57.142
(Puia) So, can anyone comment
00:45:57.142 --> 00:46:00.230
on this idea that the Lamb of God,
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the Lamb that was slain
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even before the foundation of the world?
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In other words, it seems that God
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already had this plan in place. Scott?
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(Scott) That's just what I
00:46:10.410 --> 00:46:11.222
was going to say.
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God wasn't caught by surprise.
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When God created us, He knew
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because He knew the future.
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He knew that sin would come.
00:46:17.401 --> 00:46:19.738
And so He already had a plan.
00:46:19.738 --> 00:46:22.050
When we studied in the beginning
00:46:22.050 --> 00:46:24.809
of our study about the sacrificial system,
00:46:24.809 --> 00:46:26.554
we're just seeing God's plan
00:46:26.554 --> 00:46:28.002
that He was working
00:46:28.002 --> 00:46:30.435
to build that teaching, that lesson,
00:46:30.435 --> 00:46:33.647
for us, so we come in our day, and we see,
00:46:33.647 --> 00:46:36.009
wow, I mean, God knew about that.
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And in fact, nothing that happens
00:46:37.616 --> 00:46:39.780
in my life is a surprise to God.
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God doesn't get taken by surprise.
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(Puia) From the very beginning,
00:46:44.477 --> 00:46:46.933
or even before God created the world,
00:46:46.933 --> 00:46:50.300
Christ had covenanted Himself
00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:55.778
to love us even to the point of death.
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He loves us so very, very much.
00:46:59.586 --> 00:47:01.240
You may be watching today, friend,
00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:02.858
and wondering, "Does God
00:47:02.858 --> 00:47:04.383
really care about me?"
00:47:04.383 --> 00:47:06.966
"Is God really love?"
00:47:06.966 --> 00:47:08.846
"Can I really trust that God loves me?"
00:47:08.846 --> 00:47:10.474
Or maybe you are doubting
00:47:10.474 --> 00:47:12.057
about God's character.
00:47:12.057 --> 00:47:13.593
I want to invite you to reflect
00:47:13.593 --> 00:47:16.745
on these verses that tell us that God,
00:47:16.745 --> 00:47:18.176
in Jesus Christ, had
00:47:18.176 --> 00:47:20.339
covenanted Himself to love us.
00:47:20.339 --> 00:47:22.487
Even before the foundation of the world,
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God knew you.
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Even before you were formed
00:47:25.482 --> 00:47:27.747
in your mother's womb, He loved you.
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So, whenever we have this problem
00:47:29.625 --> 00:47:32.311
of trying to understand God's character,
00:47:32.311 --> 00:47:34.465
it is always helpful to look at God
00:47:34.465 --> 00:47:36.399
through the lens of Jesus.
00:47:36.399 --> 00:47:37.780
When we look at Jesus, we see
00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:39.708
a God who loves us so much.,
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So, don't give up; hold onto Jesus.
00:47:42.374 --> 00:47:45.421
Now, let's move on to the next couple
00:47:45.421 --> 00:47:47.017
of verses here; let's go
00:47:47.017 --> 00:47:48.815
to Isaiah, chapter 53.
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And can I ask Stephanie to read for us
00:47:51.348 --> 00:47:53.487
Isaiah 53, verses 3 to 7,
00:47:53.487 --> 00:47:55.134
and look at the prophecies
00:47:55.134 --> 00:47:57.369
that Isaiah gave ahead of time
00:47:57.369 --> 00:47:59.355
about the Messiah who was to come,
00:47:59.355 --> 00:48:00.834
specifically in the context
00:48:00.834 --> 00:48:03.269
of this idea of a sacrifice.
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(Stephanie) Alright, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Puia) Wow. Verse 7 specifically,
00:49:17.312 --> 00:49:20.282
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted...
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He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
00:49:23.476 --> 00:49:27.380
and as a sheep before its shearers
is silent."
00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:29.769
This concept of sacrifice
00:49:29.769 --> 00:49:32.049
is clearly seen in this prophecy
of the Messiah.
00:49:32.049 --> 00:49:33.402
Sophia, you have a comment?
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(Sophia) I think it's so powerful
00:49:34.993 --> 00:49:36.625
that He deemed us so important
00:49:36.625 --> 00:49:37.884
not even to make a sound
00:49:37.884 --> 00:49:39.302
with His suffering.
00:49:39.302 --> 00:49:41.368
You know, no complaint, nothing.
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(Puia) Right, this is a prophecy,
00:49:42.973 --> 00:49:44.723
by the way; Isaiah was prophesying
00:49:44.723 --> 00:49:46.293
that when the Messiah comes...
00:49:46.293 --> 00:49:47.993
In other words, the Messiah is
00:49:47.993 --> 00:49:49.490
going to be like a lamb that is
00:49:49.490 --> 00:49:51.764
led to be slaughtered for the sins
00:49:51.764 --> 00:49:53.833
of all of us, and He is not
00:49:53.833 --> 00:49:55.384
going to complain.
00:49:55.384 --> 00:49:57.013
He is not going to open His mouth
00:49:57.013 --> 00:49:58.857
and say, "Oh, I don't want to do this.
00:49:58.857 --> 00:50:01.189
I don't want to be crucified."
00:50:01.189 --> 00:50:02.808
He is going to suffer
00:50:02.808 --> 00:50:04.640
for the sake of the sins of the world.
00:50:04.640 --> 00:50:06.859
Now, probably people in the time
00:50:06.859 --> 00:50:08.577
of Isaiah, as we read earlier,
00:50:08.577 --> 00:50:10.637
were sacrificing and killing animals,
00:50:10.637 --> 00:50:12.508
but many of them probably were
00:50:12.508 --> 00:50:15.483
doing that just as a ritual.
00:50:15.483 --> 00:50:16.978
Probably some of them had lost
00:50:16.978 --> 00:50:20.590
the concept of sacrificial death
00:50:20.590 --> 00:50:22.375
that God was trying to teach them.
00:50:22.375 --> 00:50:24.229
But now, fast forward to the time
00:50:24.229 --> 00:50:27.533
that Jesus actually showed up.
00:50:27.533 --> 00:50:30.936
How does John help us connect the dots
00:50:30.936 --> 00:50:32.424
of all these prophecies
00:50:32.424 --> 00:50:33.893
from the Hebrew Scripture
00:50:33.893 --> 00:50:35.053
to this Person of Jesus?
00:50:35.053 --> 00:50:37.043
Let's go to John, chapter 1,
00:50:37.043 --> 00:50:39.298
verses 29 to 36, and let me ask
00:50:39.298 --> 00:50:40.650
Zandile to read for us,
00:50:40.650 --> 00:50:43.749
John, chapter 1, verses 29 to 36.
00:50:43.749 --> 00:50:45.145
(Zandile) And I'll be reading
00:50:45.145 --> 00:50:47.882
from the New King James Version, 29:
00:51:54.042 --> 00:51:56.725
(Puia) Beautiful. There is no doubt
00:51:56.725 --> 00:51:59.475
in the mind of John the Baptist.
00:51:59.475 --> 00:52:01.474
He said, "I saw the Spirit descending
00:52:01.474 --> 00:52:03.002
upon Him, and I am testifying
00:52:03.002 --> 00:52:05.362
that this is the Son of God,
00:52:05.362 --> 00:52:10.766
and this is the Lamb of God
who takes away..."?
00:52:10.766 --> 00:52:12.362
(Team) "...the sin of the world."
00:52:12.362 --> 00:52:13.915
(Puia) In other words, John is
00:52:13.915 --> 00:52:15.412
basically telling all of us
00:52:15.412 --> 00:52:17.489
and all of the readers today
00:52:17.489 --> 00:52:22.424
that all the prophecies from Genesis,
00:52:22.424 --> 00:52:25.161
that all the animal sacrifices,
00:52:25.161 --> 00:52:26.913
all the bulls that were sacrificed,
00:52:26.913 --> 00:52:28.698
all the lambs that were killed
00:52:28.698 --> 00:52:31.230
for sacrificial atonement,
00:52:31.230 --> 00:52:35.100
were pointing forward to this one Person,
00:52:35.100 --> 00:52:36.396
and His name is Jesus.
00:52:36.396 --> 00:52:38.721
And He is pointing to the Person of Jesus
00:52:38.721 --> 00:52:40.250
and saying, "Behold!
00:52:40.250 --> 00:52:43.500
Here is the Lamb of God
00:52:43.500 --> 00:52:44.757
who is going to take away
00:52:44.757 --> 00:52:46.853
the sin of the world."
00:52:46.853 --> 00:52:47.987
This is beautiful.
00:52:47.987 --> 00:52:49.725
In the Person of Jesus,
00:52:49.725 --> 00:52:53.456
the entire prophecies are fulfilled.
00:52:53.456 --> 00:52:54.700
(Derek) And I think, Puia,
00:52:54.700 --> 00:52:56.318
it's really important, that wasn't
00:52:56.318 --> 00:52:57.848
just John the Baptist's opinion.
00:52:57.848 --> 00:53:00.283
He said, "The Spirit told me,
00:53:00.283 --> 00:53:03.286
'When you see this, that's the One,'"
00:53:03.286 --> 00:53:05.572
and then he says, "I have seen
00:53:05.572 --> 00:53:07.488
and testified that this is,"
00:53:07.488 --> 00:53:09.636
not, "I think it is,"
00:53:09.636 --> 00:53:11.474
but, "This is the Son of God."
00:53:11.474 --> 00:53:13.063
(Puia) Amen. Beautiful.
00:53:13.063 --> 00:53:15.428
Let's go to Revelation, towards the end
00:53:15.428 --> 00:53:16.735
now, Revelation, chapter 4,
00:53:16.735 --> 00:53:19.276
verses 8 to 11, and I want to request
00:53:19.276 --> 00:53:20.623
Joshua to read for us,
00:53:20.623 --> 00:53:22.789
Revelation 4, verses 8 to 11.
00:53:22.789 --> 00:53:24.731
And let's see what the Apostle John
00:53:24.731 --> 00:53:27.356
has to say about this Lamb of God.
00:53:27.356 --> 00:53:28.727
(Joshua) And I'll be reading
00:53:28.727 --> 00:53:30.702
from the New King James Version.
00:53:30.702 --> 00:53:32.053
The Bible says:
00:54:23.375 --> 00:54:24.514
(Puia) Amen. Thank you
00:54:24.514 --> 00:54:25.725
for reading that, Joshua.
00:54:25.725 --> 00:54:28.351
So, in Revelation, fast forward,
00:54:28.351 --> 00:54:29.870
John the Apostle is seeing
00:54:29.870 --> 00:54:31.668
this vision of Heaven.
00:54:31.668 --> 00:54:34.192
In Heaven, the four living creatures,
00:54:34.192 --> 00:54:36.204
the twenty-four elders, and everyone
00:54:36.204 --> 00:54:39.833
is bowing before this Lamb!
00:54:39.833 --> 00:54:43.786
And He is given the honor and the glory
00:54:43.786 --> 00:54:46.576
because He created everything.
00:54:46.576 --> 00:54:48.191
Let's read one other verse,
00:54:48.191 --> 00:54:50.914
the next chapter, Revelation, chapter 5,
00:54:50.914 --> 00:54:52.822
verses 1 to 7; Kylynda, can you
00:54:52.822 --> 00:54:54.051
read that for us, please,
00:54:54.051 --> 00:54:56.006
Revelation 5:1-7.
00:54:56.006 --> 00:54:58.275
(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
00:56:02.949 --> 00:56:04.557
(Puia) Amen. Thank you, Kylynda,
00:56:04.557 --> 00:56:06.266
for reading that.
00:56:06.266 --> 00:56:08.044
Dear friend, thank you for joining us
00:56:08.044 --> 00:56:09.639
today once again.
00:56:09.639 --> 00:56:11.789
As we see in this prophecy
00:56:11.789 --> 00:56:14.717
that John foresaw about the future,
00:56:14.717 --> 00:56:17.413
the heavenly throne, on the throne
00:56:17.413 --> 00:56:19.313
of the entire universe is sitting
00:56:19.313 --> 00:56:22.782
this Lamb of God, and He is worthy.
00:56:22.782 --> 00:56:24.944
You may be weeping; I may be weeping today
00:56:24.944 --> 00:56:26.580
because of our struggles
00:56:26.580 --> 00:56:27.985
and maybe because of sin,
00:56:27.985 --> 00:56:30.149
but according to John, "Don't weep.
00:56:30.149 --> 00:56:31.816
There is the Lamb, the Lamb of God,
00:56:31.816 --> 00:56:33.580
who takes away the sin of the world."
00:56:33.580 --> 00:56:35.048
And one day the promise is
00:56:35.048 --> 00:56:36.942
that this Lamb of God is going
00:56:36.942 --> 00:56:38.858
to come again to redeem us,
00:56:38.858 --> 00:56:40.847
and you can be a part of it
00:56:40.847 --> 00:56:43.099
if you accept the sacrifice
00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:44.982
of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.
00:56:44.982 --> 00:56:47.324
And we will join the heavenly angels,
00:56:47.324 --> 00:56:48.514
the four living creatures
00:56:48.514 --> 00:56:50.787
and the twenty-four elders, and one day
00:56:50.787 --> 00:56:53.406
we'll get to worship the Lamb of God
00:56:53.406 --> 00:56:56.359
and sing, "Holy, holy, holy."
00:56:56.359 --> 00:56:57.527
What a beautiful sight
00:56:57.527 --> 00:56:58.528
that will be, Derek.
00:56:58.528 --> 00:57:00.063
(Derek) Thank you so much.
00:57:00.063 --> 00:57:01.615
What a great study, and, yes,
00:57:01.615 --> 00:57:03.161
I've thought about that, too,
00:57:03.161 --> 00:57:06.430
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,"
00:57:06.430 --> 00:57:09.005
not only the angels, but we can say that
00:57:09.005 --> 00:57:11.669
if we've accepted, or to use
00:57:11.669 --> 00:57:13.952
the image of Passover, put the blood
00:57:13.952 --> 00:57:17.341
over our doorposts, over our lives,
00:57:17.341 --> 00:57:19.794
we can rejoice in His salvation.
00:57:19.794 --> 00:57:21.539
Let's pray together.
00:57:21.539 --> 00:57:23.120
Father in Heaven, we thank You
00:57:23.120 --> 00:57:25.440
for helping us to understand that all
00:57:25.440 --> 00:57:28.018
of the sacrifices pointed to Jesus,
00:57:28.018 --> 00:57:29.508
and all You want from us
00:57:29.508 --> 00:57:32.356
is the sacrifice of our hearts,
00:57:32.356 --> 00:57:34.492
accepting what Jesus, the Lamb of God,
00:57:34.492 --> 00:57:36.010
has done for us.
00:57:36.010 --> 00:57:39.324
May we do that today and every day.
00:57:39.324 --> 00:57:42.053
We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:57:42.053 --> 00:57:42.971
(Team) Amen.
00:57:42.971 --> 00:57:45.481
(Derek) Thank you for joining us
for our study.
00:57:45.481 --> 00:57:47.692
We're learning, from Bible prophecies
00:57:47.692 --> 00:57:50.642
and stories, lessons that will help us
00:57:50.642 --> 00:57:52.959
not only to prepare but to rejoice
00:57:52.959 --> 00:57:54.512
in the last days
00:57:54.512 --> 00:57:56.498
because of our Savior Jesus.
00:57:56.498 --> 00:57:59.100
Don't keep that message to yourself.
00:57:59.100 --> 00:58:00.314
Go out and be a blessing
00:58:00.314 --> 00:58:01.705
to those around you.
00:58:01.705 --> 00:58:25.476
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