0:00:01.040,0:00:04.160 well it's good uh to see all of you some 0:00:04.160,0:00:06.080 faces people who are away away for the 0:00:06.080,0:00:10.000 weekend at a youth camp teaching away uh 0:00:10.000,0:00:12.920 in different places people back from New 0:00:12.920,0:00:15.440 Jersey from New from New England from 0:00:15.440,0:00:18.480 traveling wonderful uh we're continuing 0:00:18.480,0:00:22.480 today uh in what will be a three-part 0:00:22.480,0:00:25.279 series today is the second one on uh 0:00:25.279,0:00:29.359 discernment really is the title uh from 0:00:29.359,0:00:31.439 Yeshua's temptations in the wilderness 0:00:31.439,0:00:35.120 in Matthew chapter 4 okay and uh the 0:00:35.120,0:00:37.239 title of the series is discernment 0:00:37.239,0:00:40.000 equals three things if you remember 0:00:40.000,0:00:42.640 first one is identity knowing who you 0:00:42.640,0:00:45.520 are in God and the second one is of 0:00:45.520,0:00:49.840 course the word the voice of God 0:00:49.840,0:00:52.559 understanding and discerning when is God 0:00:52.559,0:00:55.920 speaking and how and of course obeying 0:00:55.920,0:00:58.079 obeying that that word and then the 0:00:58.079,0:01:00.600 third thing is the supernatural 0:01:00.600,0:01:02.719 discerning what's happening in the 0:01:02.719,0:01:04.320 spirit in the spiritual realm in the 0:01:04.320,0:01:06.479 supernatural realm so we talked last 0:01:06.479,0:01:08.240 time about I'm just going to do a really 0:01:08.240,0:01:09.760 quick review like in a minute if you 0:01:09.760,0:01:11.400 remember out of the first 0:01:11.400,0:01:14.880 temptation Yeshua is finished 40 days of 0:01:14.880,0:01:16.960 fasting after he was baptized after he 0:01:16.960,0:01:18.560 heard the voice of the father say "This 0:01:18.560,0:01:20.799 is my son." 40 days are finished it's 0:01:20.799,0:01:23.200 time to eat he's hungry and he hears a 0:01:23.200,0:01:27.720 voice and you remember I said uh 0:01:27.720,0:01:30.439 that went on is that all right 0:01:30.439,0:01:33.560 Sh i'll just hold 0:01:33.560,0:01:36.240 on that's a good reminder to turn off 0:01:36.240,0:01:41.040 phones right uh and he we said that um 0:01:41.040,0:01:43.280 Yeshua was tempted and tested it's the 0:01:43.280,0:01:46.000 same word just like we are remember that 0:01:46.000,0:01:47.840 picture I showed you it's not like the 0:01:47.840,0:01:50.399 devil came to him in a red suit with 0:01:50.399,0:01:52.640 smoke coming out of his nose and talking 0:01:52.640,0:01:55.360 like the devil okay because that doesn't 0:01:55.360,0:01:57.600 require a great deal of discernment most 0:01:57.600,0:01:59.119 5-year-olds who have watched enough 0:01:59.119,0:02:01.840 cartoons can discern that that's the bad 0:02:01.840,0:02:05.360 guy okay he came he he I believe he came 0:02:05.360,0:02:07.200 the devil came to him just as he comes 0:02:07.200,0:02:09.679 to us which is through the spirit 0:02:09.679,0:02:12.720 through our soul into our mind okay so 0:02:12.720,0:02:15.280 that he heard a voice not like a radio 0:02:15.280,0:02:17.280 voice in his head but in his mind that 0:02:17.280,0:02:20.640 said if you're really the son of God 0:02:20.640,0:02:22.879 speak to this stone and turn it into 0:02:22.879,0:02:24.720 bread right and we remember the test 0:02:24.720,0:02:26.319 he's got to go through everything that 0:02:26.319,0:02:28.959 Israel and Moses went through 40 days in 0:02:28.959,0:02:30.640 the wilderness for him is equal to the 0:02:30.640,0:02:34.000 40 years of Israel in the wilderness um 0:02:34.000,0:02:35.920 he's going to go through tests just like 0:02:35.920,0:02:37.680 Moses did just like the people of Israel 0:02:37.680,0:02:40.239 did if you are the son of God this voice 0:02:40.239,0:02:42.800 is like you have to prove it remember we 0:02:42.800,0:02:44.319 talked about ego if you there's 0:02:44.319,0:02:46.239 something of the ego in there i've got 0:02:46.239,0:02:47.920 to prove who I am as the son of God wait 0:02:47.920,0:02:49.760 a minute i just heard 40 days before the 0:02:49.760,0:02:51.760 father said it i don't have to do 0:02:51.760,0:02:54.640 anything do I uh holy scripture we 0:02:54.640,0:02:57.200 talked about how Yeshua learned for 30 0:02:57.200,0:02:59.200 years and we don't he's just 30 years of 0:02:59.200,0:03:01.680 his life is we get one or two verses a 0:03:01.680,0:03:05.120 summary that's it he lived a normal life 0:03:05.120,0:03:08.400 no Harry Potter no magic no supernatural 0:03:08.400,0:03:10.800 moving things nothing just a good Jewish 0:03:10.800,0:03:13.280 boy sinless who learned the Torah and 0:03:13.280,0:03:14.800 the word of God and memorized the whole 0:03:14.800,0:03:18.239 thing so that when this time came the 0:03:18.239,0:03:19.920 Holy Spirit I see the Holy Spirit is 0:03:19.920,0:03:21.200 kind of like a browser you know it's 0:03:21.200,0:03:22.879 like your internet browser right there's 0:03:22.879,0:03:24.560 all this material out there and browser 0:03:24.560,0:03:25.840 just goes and finds it and puts it 0:03:25.840,0:03:27.920 together and connects things that's what 0:03:27.920,0:03:29.840 the Holy Spirit does but if you don't 0:03:29.840,0:03:31.360 have the scriptures if you haven't done 0:03:31.360,0:03:34.239 the work of filling up your datab bank 0:03:34.239,0:03:35.840 with the scriptures the Holy Spirit 0:03:35.840,0:03:38.159 doesn't have much to work with okay and 0:03:38.159,0:03:40.080 I told you my story how when I was first 0:03:40.080,0:03:41.680 my first year as a believer when I 0:03:41.680,0:03:43.519 didn't have much scripture because I 0:03:43.519,0:03:45.040 hadn't grown up with it and I didn't you 0:03:45.040,0:03:47.680 know I didn't uh learn it i had to have 0:03:47.680,0:03:50.000 a lot of supernatural communication from 0:03:50.000,0:03:53.040 God directly but then he said go and 0:03:53.040,0:03:55.440 learn the scriptures and things changed 0:03:55.440,0:03:57.599 okay so that's something else we learned 0:03:57.599,0:04:00.319 from that first uh first temptation uh 0:04:00.319,0:04:03.280 we learned about how waiting on God that 0:04:03.280,0:04:06.640 the speech of God is not most of the 0:04:06.640,0:04:11.360 time we don't hear God speaking we see 0:04:11.360,0:04:13.879 the result of his 0:04:13.879,0:04:17.280 speech when God God said let there be 0:04:17.280,0:04:20.799 light nobody was there to hear that and 0:04:20.799,0:04:22.639 he he had to tell Moses thousands of 0:04:22.639,0:04:24.560 years later on Mount Si that's how it 0:04:24.560,0:04:27.280 happened right but the proof that God 0:04:27.280,0:04:32.000 spoke is there was light right the proof 0:04:32.000,0:04:35.759 of God providing or speaking mana to the 0:04:35.759,0:04:37.919 people of Israel in this Passover season 0:04:37.919,0:04:40.000 when they're on their way out of Egypt 0:04:40.000,0:04:43.280 uh is nobody heard God say or nobody got 0:04:43.280,0:04:44.880 a word or Moses didn't have to command 0:04:44.880,0:04:47.440 the mana to come down from heaven god 0:04:47.440,0:04:49.479 apparently spoke and there it was a new 0:04:49.479,0:04:52.320 thing uh so we have to wait on God 0:04:52.320,0:04:54.759 learning to wait on God to change our s 0:04:54.759,0:04:56.880 praying waiting for God to change 0:04:56.880,0:04:58.639 circumstances and then he's that's how 0:04:58.639,0:05:02.080 he speaks most of the time um then we 0:05:02.080,0:05:04.280 learned about how also the the 0:05:04.280,0:05:06.479 supernatural Yeshua knew from his 0:05:06.479,0:05:08.160 reading of scripture and also from the 0:05:08.160,0:05:09.919 character of God that there's no 0:05:09.919,0:05:11.840 examples of people in the scriptures 0:05:11.840,0:05:13.600 doing supernatural things just for 0:05:13.600,0:05:15.440 themselves just for fun just to prove it 0:05:15.440,0:05:17.199 just cuz they're hungry that all of 0:05:17.199,0:05:19.840 Yeshua's signs to feed people were all 0:05:19.840,0:05:23.360 in ser in ministry signs that he gave to 0:05:23.360,0:05:27.280 help others okay um so we learn we just 0:05:27.280,0:05:28.639 we're going through process of 0:05:28.639,0:05:31.680 discernment just like he does and it's 0:05:31.680,0:05:34.240 all about God testing what's in our 0:05:34.240,0:05:36.080 heart and that's where Yeshua finishes 0:05:36.080,0:05:38.720 with Deuteronomy 8:3 remember he humbled 0:05:38.720,0:05:41.039 you and let you be hungry and fed you 0:05:41.039,0:05:43.680 with mana which you did not know nor did 0:05:43.680,0:05:45.759 your fathers know this is a new stage in 0:05:45.759,0:05:49.440 in history at the Exodus okay and at new 0:05:49.440,0:05:51.600 stages in history God does supernatural 0:05:51.600,0:05:57.280 things but he does them right um that he 0:05:57.280,0:05:59.759 might make you understand that man does 0:05:59.759,0:06:02.960 not live by bread alone but man lives by 0:06:02.960,0:06:05.360 everything that proceeds out of the 0:06:05.360,0:06:06.919 mouth of the Lord and Yeshua's 0:06:06.919,0:06:08.520 conclusion 0:06:08.520,0:06:13.199 was if God wants to provide supernatural 0:06:13.199,0:06:16.400 food for me he would do that and speak 0:06:16.400,0:06:18.240 it 0:06:18.240,0:06:20.720 i don't see it it hasn't happened god 0:06:20.720,0:06:24.639 has not spoken i'm going to walk a few 0:06:24.639,0:06:27.280 kilometers into the nearest village i'm 0:06:27.280,0:06:29.600 hungry i finish my fast i'll ask for 0:06:29.600,0:06:32.479 some bread i'll 0:06:33.240,0:06:35.759 say I'll pray and thank God for the 0:06:35.759,0:06:38.400 miraculous bread that we eat every day 0:06:38.400,0:06:41.759 and I'll be a normal human being okay 0:06:41.759,0:06:44.680 that's last time now with that 0:06:44.680,0:06:47.319 background okay we come to the second 0:06:47.319,0:06:49.360 temptation and this is where it gets 0:06:49.360,0:06:52.440 really I mean this was I mean he's 0:06:52.440,0:06:55.919 tested at a level that none of us are 0:06:55.919,0:06:59.120 ever going to be tested okay at that 0:06:59.120,0:07:01.759 level there's similarities but this is 0:07:01.759,0:07:03.000 really 0:07:03.000,0:07:04.599 really 0:07:04.599,0:07:08.240 nasty and clever what the devil does by 0:07:08.240,0:07:09.599 the way remember we talked about this 0:07:09.599,0:07:12.240 last time we know from the beginning the 0:07:12.240,0:07:15.520 first verse of chapter 4 Matthew tells 0:07:15.520,0:07:19.520 us that it's the devil okay we know but 0:07:19.520,0:07:21.039 the whole point of the testing is that 0:07:21.039,0:07:23.039 Yeshua doesn't know at the beginning 0:07:23.039,0:07:26.639 he's in a process of discernment as the 0:07:26.639,0:07:28.400 son of God as our high priest he has to 0:07:28.400,0:07:30.000 go through everything that we that we go 0:07:30.000,0:07:32.400 through uh so here we are the next 0:07:32.400,0:07:34.400 temptation the second one that's what 0:07:34.400,0:07:36.240 the focus of today's message is is going 0:07:36.240,0:07:38.960 to be verses 5-7 0:07:38.960,0:07:40.720 then the devil took him there again we 0:07:40.720,0:07:42.599 know the devil took 0:07:42.599,0:07:46.160 him into the holy city and had him stand 0:07:46.160,0:07:49.360 on the pinnacle of the temple yeshua 0:07:49.360,0:07:52.479 said to him "Oh I'm sorry i I chopped 0:07:52.479,0:07:56.080 off that in my copy paste." And he hears 0:07:56.080,0:07:59.599 the v the in his mind the verses quoted 0:07:59.599,0:08:02.199 from Psalm 91 11 and 0:08:02.199,0:08:05.039 12 cast yourself down the angels will 0:08:05.039,0:08:06.319 gather you in their hand they'll save 0:08:06.319,0:08:09.120 you okay jesus said to him "On the other 0:08:09.120,0:08:11.039 hand it is written you shall not put the 0:08:11.039,0:08:13.319 Lord God your God to the 0:08:13.319,0:08:16.319 test." 0:08:16.919,0:08:20.639 Wow we don't know exactly what happened 0:08:20.639,0:08:22.879 but remember Yeshua is somewhere down 0:08:22.879,0:08:25.280 there towards Jericho he's pretty far 0:08:25.280,0:08:27.680 from Jerusalem he's in the Judean 0:08:27.680,0:08:31.840 wilderness okay suddenly he's at the top 0:08:31.840,0:08:35.919 of the temple right over there 0:08:35.919,0:08:38.640 we're not told was that a total physical 0:08:38.640,0:08:41.279 experience was it in the spirit in other 0:08:41.279,0:08:43.039 words it could have been that his body 0:08:43.039,0:08:44.880 was still down there near Jericho but he 0:08:44.880,0:08:47.240 was but it whatever it is it's 0:08:47.240,0:08:50.160 real it's a real test by the way I 0:08:50.160,0:08:52.800 checked according to most researchers 0:08:52.800,0:08:54.560 the second temple the height the 0:08:54.560,0:08:58.240 pinnacle was about 50 m which is about 0:08:58.240,0:09:00.800 17 stories 16 17 stories so when you 0:09:00.800,0:09:02.720 look out the window here that's about 0:09:02.720,0:09:05.839 the height yeah of the very top of the 0:09:05.839,0:09:08.080 temple and you can see down you can see 0:09:08.080,0:09:09.680 people it's not like people are little 0:09:09.680,0:09:11.680 ants you can see the people and if they 0:09:11.680,0:09:14.720 looked up they could see him okay but 0:09:14.720,0:09:17.839 it's a height that if you jump and you 0:09:17.839,0:09:20.480 know nothing miraculous happens splat 0:09:20.480,0:09:22.720 that's it you can call you're you're 0:09:22.720,0:09:26.600 going straight to wherever 0:09:26.600,0:09:30.480 um so that's where he is well this must 0:09:30.480,0:09:34.000 mean that God has spoken cuz it happened 0:09:34.000,0:09:35.839 right didn't I say that from the 0:09:35.839,0:09:36.920 previous 0:09:36.920,0:09:40.800 temptation if if if it happens and it's 0:09:40.800,0:09:44.519 super then then God has spoken 0:09:44.519,0:09:49.200 right maybe maybe not okay he's really 0:09:49.200,0:09:51.760 there he can feel the wind he can hear 0:09:51.760,0:09:55.640 the voices down there 0:09:55.800,0:09:59.200 and he that same place that same thought 0:09:59.200,0:10:01.560 comes to him and says 0:10:01.560,0:10:06.279 jump test God okay because it's 0:10:06.279,0:10:10.440 written the devil knows the 0:10:10.440,0:10:14.079 scriptures oh that's tricky he's been 0:10:14.079,0:10:17.360 around a long time he reads them i don't 0:10:17.360,0:10:20.720 know in what language Hebrew Greek 0:10:20.720,0:10:24.560 Chinese whatever but he can quote them 0:10:24.560,0:10:27.760 apparently and use them and mi and 0:10:27.760,0:10:29.839 misuse them all right that's what we'll 0:10:29.839,0:10:33.440 see so this is a big test right okay you 0:10:33.440,0:10:35.519 you say you're not you live only by the 0:10:35.519,0:10:38.320 word of God okay only by what God really 0:10:38.320,0:10:41.320 does here I'll give you a 0:10:41.320,0:10:44.079 supernatural there we are in Jerusalem 0:10:44.079,0:10:47.079 the Yeshua knew if he's the 0:10:47.079,0:10:49.760 Messiah his ultimate destiny is 0:10:49.760,0:10:51.920 Jerusalem the temple and supernatural 0:10:51.920,0:10:53.760 things are going to happen there all 0:10:53.760,0:10:57.360 right this is really a big test okay as 0:10:57.360,0:10:59.279 we last time we went through said okay 0:10:59.279,0:11:01.040 as Yeshua would knows the scripture the 0:11:01.040,0:11:02.959 Holy Spirit helping him he saw what 0:11:02.959,0:11:05.279 Moses did at MBA with the rock and he 0:11:05.279,0:11:07.200 instead of speaking to it he whacked at 0:11:07.200,0:11:08.800 him in the book of Numbers and he got 0:11:08.800,0:11:11.279 angry we talked about Elijah and the 0:11:11.279,0:11:13.760 ravens you remember uh supplying him 0:11:13.760,0:11:16.160 with supernatural food bread and and 0:11:16.160,0:11:18.240 meat morning and evening things that 0:11:18.240,0:11:20.600 happened supernaturally by way of 0:11:20.600,0:11:23.600 provision that neither Moses or Elijah 0:11:23.600,0:11:26.120 had to command to happen god did it 0:11:26.120,0:11:29.600 right we think okay if the Holy Spirit 0:11:29.600,0:11:31.680 is helping Yeshua go through the spir 0:11:31.680,0:11:35.200 sort of the the Tanakh the Old Testament 0:11:35.200,0:11:37.200 to tell okay what about this what about 0:11:37.200,0:11:40.279 is there any precedent for 0:11:40.279,0:11:44.160 people testing God in this way and the 0:11:44.160,0:11:46.640 answer I couldn't find anything i mean 0:11:46.640,0:11:48.240 people I don't know Moses tried to jump 0:11:48.240,0:11:49.839 off Mount Si or something i don't think 0:11:49.839,0:11:53.880 I you know people doing really dangerous 0:11:53.880,0:11:56.399 things intentionally and then expecting 0:11:56.399,0:11:59.040 God to just send the angels and save 0:11:59.040,0:12:02.079 them no I don't i mean it's it's hard to 0:12:02.079,0:12:04.640 kind of find a reference for that that's 0:12:04.640,0:12:07.000 part that's one thing is you this is 0:12:07.000,0:12:10.000 not this is not biblical this is not 0:12:10.000,0:12:11.839 what Moses did this is not what Elijah 0:12:11.839,0:12:14.320 did this is not what David did okay and 0:12:14.320,0:12:18.959 he then he answers with this verse from 0:12:18.959,0:12:20.880 Deuteronomy 6 and I want us to go there 0:12:20.880,0:12:22.240 if you have the Bible remember we've 0:12:22.240,0:12:24.880 talked so much also when I was teaching 0:12:24.880,0:12:27.200 Romans 9:101 about when the when there's 0:12:27.200,0:12:29.680 these quotes in the New Testament it's 0:12:29.680,0:12:32.680 just one verse you got to go back to the 0:12:32.680,0:12:35.600 original context and start reading and 0:12:35.600,0:12:38.000 you'll find oh this is referencing not 0:12:38.000,0:12:40.160 just that one verse but a bunch of other 0:12:40.160,0:12:42.240 things so if you go to Deuteronomy 6 0:12:42.240,0:12:44.639 okay which of course is also the Shama 0:12:44.639,0:12:47.120 and this is after the Shama um 0:12:47.120,0:12:48.519 Deuteronomy 0:12:48.519,0:12:50.839 6:10 I'll 0:12:50.839,0:12:53.279 start then it shall come about when the 0:12:53.279,0:12:54.800 Lord your God brings you into the land 0:12:54.800,0:12:56.560 which he swore to your fathers Abraham 0:12:56.560,0:12:58.959 Isaac and Jacob to give you great and 0:12:58.959,0:13:01.519 splendid cities which you did not build 0:13:01.519,0:13:03.920 and houses full of all good things which 0:13:03.920,0:13:06.959 you did not fill and hume sistns which 0:13:06.959,0:13:09.279 you did not dig vineard vineyards and 0:13:09.279,0:13:12.079 olive trees which you did not plant and 0:13:12.079,0:13:14.040 you eat and are 0:13:14.040,0:13:16.320 satisfied then watch yourself that you 0:13:16.320,0:13:18.480 do not forget the Lord who brought you 0:13:18.480,0:13:20.079 from the land of Egypt out of the house 0:13:20.079,0:13:23.120 of slavery you shall fear only the Lord 0:13:23.120,0:13:25.760 your God Yhovah your God and you shall 0:13:25.760,0:13:28.079 worship him and swear by his name you 0:13:28.079,0:13:30.000 shall not follow other gods any of the 0:13:30.000,0:13:32.480 gods of the peoples who surround you for 0:13:32.480,0:13:34.560 the Lord your God in the midst you in 0:13:34.560,0:13:36.800 the midst of you is a jealous God 0:13:36.800,0:13:38.480 otherwise the anger of the Lord your God 0:13:38.480,0:13:40.320 will be kindled kindled against you and 0:13:40.320,0:13:41.760 he will wipe you off the face of the 0:13:41.760,0:13:44.800 earth you shall not put the Lord your 0:13:44.800,0:13:46.959 God to the test that's what Yeshua 0:13:46.959,0:13:52.040 quotes okay as you tested him at 0:13:52.040,0:13:55.200 Masa masa okay you should diligently 0:13:55.200,0:13:57.480 keep the commandments etc etc this is 0:13:57.480,0:13:59.920 referencing the similar event not the 0:13:59.920,0:14:01.720 one in Numbers but the first one in 0:14:01.720,0:14:06.600 Exodus 17 when the people complained 0:14:06.600,0:14:09.600 bitterly to Moses about the lack of 0:14:09.600,0:14:12.399 water they were really really thirsty 0:14:12.399,0:14:14.079 and they said "What did you bring us out 0:14:14.079,0:14:17.440 here to die in the wilderness?" Okay and 0:14:17.440,0:14:19.920 Moses and Aaron cry out to God this time 0:14:19.920,0:14:21.440 all right and he says "Take your staff 0:14:21.440,0:14:24.079 and go." And he the Lord says "I will 0:14:24.079,0:14:27.040 stand on the rock of of Horeb and water 0:14:27.040,0:14:29.040 will come from the rock." Okay and it 0:14:29.040,0:14:31.560 does and the people are 0:14:31.560,0:14:34.720 uh their thirst is quenched okay and 0:14:34.720,0:14:38.079 they're happy this is the test and now 0:14:38.079,0:14:39.440 this is really different than being at 0:14:39.440,0:14:40.880 the top of the temple and thinking of 0:14:40.880,0:14:43.279 jumping off okay 0:14:43.279,0:14:45.920 but the people think about it was just 0:14:45.920,0:14:48.959 the lack of faith god brought us out of 0:14:48.959,0:14:51.279 Egypt remember all the signs and wonders 0:14:51.279,0:14:53.440 the parting of the Red Sea you read in 0:14:53.440,0:14:55.600 Deuteronomy 6 he's promising us the 0:14:55.600,0:14:57.120 promised land he's going to take us in 0:14:57.120,0:14:58.800 there we're going to have victory we're 0:14:58.800,0:15:00.399 going to take over the land people have 0:15:00.399,0:15:02.639 prepared it for us miraculous things are 0:15:02.639,0:15:03.680 going to happen we're going to have a 0:15:03.680,0:15:06.560 great life just believe just keep on 0:15:06.560,0:15:08.800 going he's not going to let us die of 0:15:08.800,0:15:13.040 thirst that doesn't make sense right so 0:15:13.040,0:15:15.680 but they tested God because of their 0:15:15.680,0:15:17.920 lack of faith and that's what Yeshua 0:15:17.920,0:15:20.399 quotes okay now think we'll think about 0:15:20.399,0:15:21.600 that we'll talk about it a little bit 0:15:21.600,0:15:26.160 more as uh we go on but that was the the 0:15:26.160,0:15:28.839 test of the people of Israel which they 0:15:28.839,0:15:32.240 failed and now Yeshua is being tested 0:15:32.240,0:15:35.199 and he's going to pass and he's going to 0:15:35.199,0:15:37.600 pass with flying colors as we say 0:15:37.600,0:15:39.760 because he knows or we don't know how 0:15:39.760,0:15:42.240 much he knew exactly at this point 0:15:42.240,0:15:44.079 because you see a development in the 0:15:44.079,0:15:47.199 gospels of Yeshua starting to announce 0:15:47.199,0:15:49.600 what is going to happen at the end his 0:15:49.600,0:15:51.720 crucifixion and his 0:15:51.720,0:15:54.920 resurrection okay 0:15:54.920,0:15:58.800 yeshua is going to go he's going he's 0:15:58.800,0:16:01.120 not testing God he's obeying God but 0:16:01.120,0:16:03.240 he's going to do something far more 0:16:03.240,0:16:05.600 miraculous than a few angels catching 0:16:05.600,0:16:07.519 you falling off a building and that's 0:16:07.519,0:16:10.320 that's pretty good what is Yeshua going 0:16:10.320,0:16:12.399 to 0:16:13.160,0:16:15.399 do what is he going to 0:16:15.399,0:16:20.560 do three years later he's going to die 0:16:20.560,0:16:24.360 he's going to allow himself to be killed 0:16:24.360,0:16:27.880 listen to this this is Matthew 0:16:27.880,0:16:31.519 27:39 yeshua on the cross and you'll 0:16:31.519,0:16:34.560 hear some similar language from the 0:16:34.560,0:16:36.320 temptations in the wilderness at that 0:16:36.320,0:16:38.639 time two rebels were being crucified 0:16:38.639,0:16:40.560 with him one on the right hand and one 0:16:40.560,0:16:42.480 on the left 0:16:42.480,0:16:44.320 and those passing by were speaking 0:16:44.320,0:16:47.800 abusively to him shaking their heads and 0:16:47.800,0:16:50.800 saying "You who are going to destroy the 0:16:50.800,0:16:54.440 temple and rebuild it in 3 days save 0:16:54.440,0:16:58.040 yourself if you are the son of 0:16:58.040,0:17:01.680 God." Have we heard that 0:17:02.839,0:17:05.720 before come down from the 0:17:05.720,0:17:08.439 cross do something 0:17:08.439,0:17:10.640 miraculous in the same way the chief 0:17:10.640,0:17:12.480 priests also along with the scribes and 0:17:12.480,0:17:15.199 elders were mocking him and saying "He 0:17:15.199,0:17:18.199 saved others he can't save 0:17:18.199,0:17:21.280 himself he's the king of Israel you're 0:17:21.280,0:17:23.079 the king of is if you're the king of 0:17:23.079,0:17:26.959 Israel come down from the cross and then 0:17:26.959,0:17:30.000 we'll believe in you he's trusted in God 0:17:30.000,0:17:32.559 let God rescue him." Now if he takes 0:17:32.559,0:17:34.160 pleasure in him they're quoting 0:17:34.160,0:17:36.080 scripture for he said "I am the son of 0:17:36.080,0:17:38.240 God." And the rebels who had been 0:17:38.240,0:17:40.320 crucified with him were also insulting 0:17:40.320,0:17:44.200 him in the same way think about 0:17:44.200,0:17:47.679 it yeshua who know he in his spirit he 0:17:47.679,0:17:50.840 knew this was coming so he's 0:17:50.840,0:17:54.799 saying Jerusalem the temple yeah that's 0:17:54.799,0:17:58.160 my destiny to to to destroy the temple 0:17:58.160,0:18:00.400 and start a whole new temple in my body 0:18:00.400,0:18:03.360 my resurrected body after three days but 0:18:03.360,0:18:05.280 it's not going to be like this it's not 0:18:05.280,0:18:08.000 going to be by jumping off and the 0:18:08.000,0:18:10.080 angels saving me and a few may How many 0:18:10.080,0:18:11.600 people are going to notice down there 0:18:11.600,0:18:13.440 maybe they'll notice maybe they don't no 0:18:13.440,0:18:16.559 no no no there's no quickies here we're 0:18:16.559,0:18:17.919 going into the land there's an 0:18:17.919,0:18:20.240 inheritance it's going to take some time 0:18:20.240,0:18:21.919 there's a process i've got to walk it 0:18:21.919,0:18:25.360 out and let God don't get ahead of God 0:18:25.360,0:18:27.760 let the Father do it he's going to do 0:18:27.760,0:18:29.760 some new things just like he did the 0:18:29.760,0:18:33.200 time of Mount Si the Exodus the mana 0:18:33.200,0:18:35.039 i don't have to work it up i don't have 0:18:35.039,0:18:36.200 to do anything 0:18:36.200,0:18:41.440 crazy sorry no thanks all right let's um 0:18:41.440,0:18:44.000 just look at some of the lessons okay 0:18:44.000,0:18:46.480 that we can learn for our own 0:18:46.480,0:18:48.400 discernment our own process of 0:18:48.400,0:18:50.960 discernment that we learned from this 0:18:50.960,0:18:53.679 incident from this second temptation the 0:18:53.679,0:18:56.320 first one is not all that glitters is 0:18:56.320,0:18:59.280 gold we've all heard that and not 0:18:59.280,0:19:03.760 everything supernatural is from God 0:19:04.520,0:19:09.679 ah 2 Thessalonians 2 uh verse 10 then 0:19:09.679,0:19:12.080 the law or is it it says 8-10 but it's 0:19:12.080,0:19:14.080 one verse i'm not sure which one it is 0:19:14.080,0:19:16.480 uh no it's 8 then that lawless one will 0:19:16.480,0:19:18.240 be revealed whom the Lord will slay with 0:19:18.240,0:19:20.480 the breath of his mouth and bring to an 0:19:20.480,0:19:23.360 end by the appearance of his coming that 0:19:23.360,0:19:25.280 is the one whose coming is in accord 0:19:25.280,0:19:28.320 with the activity of Satan with all 0:19:28.320,0:19:32.440 power and signs and false 0:19:32.440,0:19:34.799 wonders it's interesting he's going to 0:19:34.799,0:19:36.559 have power especially as we get towards 0:19:36.559,0:19:39.120 the end there's going to be signs and 0:19:39.120,0:19:41.360 false wonder what's a false wonder i'm 0:19:41.360,0:19:44.000 not sure does that mean it actually 0:19:44.000,0:19:46.400 happens but it's it's Satan did it and 0:19:46.400,0:19:49.520 so you got to be careful or it's a trick 0:19:49.520,0:19:51.039 it's not really happening but it's like 0:19:51.039,0:19:53.000 smoke and mirrors i don't 0:19:53.000,0:19:56.160 know but he's going to have power to 0:19:56.160,0:20:00.480 deceive a lot of people by supernatural 0:20:00.480,0:20:03.120 or things that look supernatural and we 0:20:03.120,0:20:04.799 have to be able to discern that that's 0:20:04.799,0:20:09.240 not God um then 0:20:09.240,0:20:13.280 um 2 Corinthians 11:14 "No wonder for 0:20:13.280,0:20:16.160 even Satan disguises himself as an angel 0:20:16.160,0:20:19.440 of light." Angels angels we'll talk 0:20:19.440,0:20:23.200 about that in a little bit okay we've we 0:20:23.200,0:20:25.200 are not Satan can remember he doesn't 0:20:25.200,0:20:27.360 come to us with those like with the 0:20:27.360,0:20:30.240 pitchfork and the red suit okay that's 0:20:30.240,0:20:32.240 not that's too easy to discern he comes 0:20:32.240,0:20:34.320 to us as an angel of light power signs 0:20:34.320,0:20:36.320 and wonders he can quote scriptures all 0:20:36.320,0:20:40.000 kinds of things um you know I've when I 0:20:40.000,0:20:44.320 talk about this um I've noticed over the 0:20:44.320,0:20:46.720 years that a lot of where people get 0:20:46.720,0:20:49.600 mixed up with the prophetic which is a 0:20:49.600,0:20:52.480 supernatural thing uh and especially 0:20:52.480,0:20:55.120 people who are coming from a less 0:20:55.120,0:20:57.120 charismatic background who aren't used 0:20:57.120,0:21:00.559 to it and then they go to some meeting 0:21:00.559,0:21:02.559 where there's a prophet or a prophetic 0:21:02.559,0:21:04.559 person maybe it's their first time and 0:21:04.559,0:21:07.799 the person points them out and says 0:21:07.799,0:21:10.799 Um I s I see you when you were 5 years 0:21:10.799,0:21:12.480 old and you and your family got in that 0:21:12.480,0:21:16.440 car accident right and you 0:21:16.440,0:21:18.960 go right that's like supernatural 0:21:18.960,0:21:20.080 knowledge the person doesn't know 0:21:20.080,0:21:21.679 anything about me and they're pointing 0:21:21.679,0:21:24.400 out something that's true right when I 0:21:24.400,0:21:26.159 was 5 years old I'm not me just saying 0:21:26.159,0:21:27.280 for example I was there this car 0:21:27.280,0:21:28.720 accident it was a traumatic thing in our 0:21:28.720,0:21:31.520 family and d 0:21:31.520,0:21:33.400 um and people then 0:21:33.400,0:21:36.280 assume because that's a 0:21:36.280,0:21:39.200 supernatural knowledge that then God 0:21:39.200,0:21:41.280 must be speaking and whatever the person 0:21:41.280,0:21:44.640 is going to say next to you must also be 0:21:44.640,0:21:45.400 from 0:21:45.400,0:21:48.080 God i've seen a lot of people get messed 0:21:48.080,0:21:51.280 up this way in the prophetic because 0:21:51.280,0:21:55.679 guess what um people you know there are 0:21:55.679,0:21:57.640 uh I've spent a lot of time in the Far 0:21:57.640,0:22:00.480 East uh there's a long traditions there 0:22:00.480,0:22:04.400 of palm reading and uh tarot card 0:22:04.400,0:22:06.240 reading and all kinds of other you know 0:22:06.240,0:22:08.799 soothsayers and people we here even at 0:22:08.799,0:22:10.480 our house in downtown Jerusalem right 0:22:10.480,0:22:13.280 across our the alley is a yeshiva 0:22:13.280,0:22:16.320 synagogue and there's a a rabbi Rabbi 0:22:16.320,0:22:18.960 Brener who teaches there um regularly 0:22:18.960,0:22:20.480 and people come from all over Israel and 0:22:20.480,0:22:22.159 he reads their palms he reads their 0:22:22.159,0:22:24.080 palms and prophesies and some people 0:22:24.080,0:22:25.440 believe that he has healing powers and 0:22:25.440,0:22:30.240 they go what okay um you know now those 0:22:30.240,0:22:32.000 people and the ones who who are really 0:22:32.000,0:22:34.080 good at it and makes make big money you 0:22:34.080,0:22:35.600 find them on the internet horoscopes and 0:22:35.600,0:22:38.600 all kinds of do you think it's all 0:22:38.600,0:22:40.799 fake a lot of Christians think "Oh it's 0:22:40.799,0:22:43.559 all fake cuz it's demons it's not God." 0:22:43.559,0:22:47.520 No that people with a little intuition a 0:22:47.520,0:22:51.640 little prophetic sort of knowledge can 0:22:51.640,0:22:54.080 read sometimes what's happening in the 0:22:54.080,0:22:56.159 soul realm that's how I understand it 0:22:56.159,0:22:58.799 all right especially if this is why in a 0:22:58.799,0:23:00.559 lot of houses of prayer and prophetic 0:23:00.559,0:23:02.400 places that one of the things they say 0:23:02.400,0:23:04.400 is when you people come you don't know 0:23:04.400,0:23:07.520 them no prophesying about or no words of 0:23:07.520,0:23:10.000 knowledge about with women especially 0:23:10.000,0:23:13.200 about having children or about marriage 0:23:13.200,0:23:16.080 with men as single men and women why 0:23:16.080,0:23:19.440 because the people who have a woman who 0:23:19.440,0:23:22.080 is wanting for years can't get pregnant 0:23:22.080,0:23:24.000 can't have a child there's a deep deep 0:23:24.000,0:23:27.200 soul cry the prayer that's been going on 0:23:27.200,0:23:30.799 all for for years in that woman's soul 0:23:30.799,0:23:33.840 like Hana okay and if you're just a 0:23:33.840,0:23:35.840 little you don't need a lot of training 0:23:35.840,0:23:37.440 okay you can be intrigued believer 0:23:37.440,0:23:39.840 unbeliever you can pick you can you can 0:23:39.840,0:23:44.200 sense that okay so uh we have to be 0:23:44.200,0:23:48.000 careful okay about how what what kind of 0:23:48.000,0:23:49.679 what we do with when people have that 0:23:49.679,0:23:52.320 kind of knowledge about us so they see 0:23:52.320,0:23:53.840 something it can be a prophetic word 0:23:53.840,0:23:55.840 from God it can how do we know we have 0:23:55.840,0:23:58.240 to discern it you have to listen to it 0:23:58.240,0:24:03.840 record it write it down um I Uh I always 0:24:03.840,0:24:06.400 when I teach on this on on the prophetic 0:24:06.400,0:24:07.919 maybe the most important scripture in 0:24:07.919,0:24:09.280 all of of the New Testament is 0:24:09.280,0:24:11.679 Revelation 19:10 0:24:11.679,0:24:14.640 uh where John has there's this huge 0:24:14.640,0:24:16.480 angel who's been showing him incredible 0:24:16.480,0:24:19.039 things and then it says I John fell at 0:24:19.039,0:24:21.679 his feet to worship him and he said to 0:24:21.679,0:24:23.760 me don't do that I'm a fellow servant of 0:24:23.760,0:24:25.120 yours and your brethren who hold the 0:24:25.120,0:24:28.520 testimony of Jesus worship God for the 0:24:28.520,0:24:33.320 testimony of Jesus is The spirit of 0:24:33.320,0:24:36.799 prophecy that means that whatever 0:24:36.799,0:24:40.080 prophetic word or insight someone brings 0:24:40.080,0:24:43.039 to you if it if what they do with it the 0:24:43.039,0:24:45.120 application of it I saw this I see your 0:24:45.120,0:24:47.600 accident age five and the trauma it went 0:24:47.600,0:24:49.360 through and they start preaching healing 0:24:49.360,0:24:51.039 in Jesus's name according to the 0:24:51.039,0:24:52.760 testimony of the 0:24:52.760,0:24:55.840 gospel of who Jesus is what he did what 0:24:55.840,0:24:57.760 he's doing what he does for us in our 0:24:57.760,0:24:59.760 lives according to the word of God then 0:24:59.760,0:25:02.559 it's kosher then it's from God okay 0:25:02.559,0:25:06.640 that's how you judge it if what they 0:25:06.640,0:25:09.120 that prophetic knowledge comes or or 0:25:09.120,0:25:10.559 that prophetic insight and then what 0:25:10.559,0:25:11.720 they do with it 0:25:11.720,0:25:14.320 is something speaks something that maybe 0:25:14.320,0:25:16.799 is bringing some comfort to you but it's 0:25:16.799,0:25:19.919 not according to the testimony of Yeshua 0:25:19.919,0:25:23.279 meaning it's a kind of comfort that says 0:25:23.279,0:25:25.720 you don't have to 0:25:25.720,0:25:27.840 suffer that's not the testimony of 0:25:27.840,0:25:29.760 Yeshua 0:25:29.760,0:25:32.880 yeshua had to go to the cross we have to 0:25:32.880,0:25:34.240 take up our cross we have to deny 0:25:34.240,0:25:35.600 ourselves this is the problem with the 0:25:35.600,0:25:37.279 what we call the prosperity gospel you 0:25:37.279,0:25:39.520 know what I'm talking about where a lot 0:25:39.520,0:25:41.520 of the messages God did he did it all 0:25:41.520,0:25:44.559 now you can just enjoy enjoy enjoy enjoy 0:25:44.559,0:25:47.720 all the blessings without any 0:25:47.720,0:25:50.159 suffering that's not the testimony of 0:25:50.159,0:25:52.640 Yeshua that's not a proper spirit a 0:25:52.640,0:25:53.760 prophetic spirit you know what I'm 0:25:53.760,0:25:55.840 talking about okay so that's just one of 0:25:55.840,0:25:57.679 the one of the examples you think of 0:25:57.679,0:26:02.240 where there can be something that is 0:26:02.279,0:26:03.799 supernatural 0:26:03.799,0:26:07.600 and that's okay someone sees something 0:26:07.600,0:26:10.159 but what the application what the the 0:26:10.159,0:26:12.559 message is is something you have to 0:26:12.559,0:26:15.919 discern and be careful of okay that's 0:26:15.919,0:26:18.000 the first lesson the second one is 0:26:18.000,0:26:19.080 Jerusalem 0:26:19.080,0:26:22.880 syndrome remember Yeshua knows he he's 0:26:22.880,0:26:26.000 grow he's read the scriptures 40 days 0:26:26.000,0:26:27.840 before he's declared the son of God he 0:26:27.840,0:26:31.600 hears that he knows as the Messiah he's 0:26:31.600,0:26:33.760 going to be doing things for a few years 0:26:33.760,0:26:36.320 he maybe doesn't know exactly how long 0:26:36.320,0:26:39.640 but it's all going to end up here in 0:26:39.640,0:26:43.600 Jerusalem and at or near the temple okay 0:26:43.600,0:26:46.559 it has to because Jerusalem is Jerusalem 0:26:46.559,0:26:49.279 it's Zion the promises of God there's so 0:26:49.279,0:26:51.120 much in scripture and we love preaching 0:26:51.120,0:26:52.480 about it and sharing about it here we 0:26:52.480,0:26:54.960 are in Jerusalem high up over Jerusalem 0:26:54.960,0:26:56.799 and we will share that with the world 0:26:56.799,0:26:59.360 but you know there's there's a flip side 0:26:59.360,0:27:01.200 it can also be a little bit dangerous it 0:27:01.200,0:27:03.039 can be like a drug actually in Zechariah 0:27:03.039,0:27:04.840 it says in the end of days he will make 0:27:04.840,0:27:07.600 Jerusalem a cup of trembling like a drug 0:27:07.600,0:27:10.320 to the nations okay a rock of rock of 0:27:10.320,0:27:12.679 stumbling as well 0:27:12.679,0:27:16.400 um that uh you know here in Jerusalem 0:27:16.400,0:27:19.360 we've got to be careful uh cuz it can it 0:27:19.360,0:27:20.960 can do some weird things have you ever 0:27:20.960,0:27:23.159 heard there's actually a 0:27:23.159,0:27:25.520 semi-csychotic experience that they call 0:27:25.520,0:27:27.039 Jerusalem syndrome it's on the 0:27:27.039,0:27:28.960 psychological books i did a little 0:27:28.960,0:27:30.080 research on it it was kind of 0:27:30.080,0:27:32.320 interesting there's the people who come 0:27:32.320,0:27:34.480 who already have been diagnosed with 0:27:34.480,0:27:35.640 some kind of 0:27:35.640,0:27:38.240 psychotic thing and then they just it 0:27:38.240,0:27:39.840 kind of gets worse that's we're not 0:27:39.840,0:27:40.880 talking about that we're talking about 0:27:40.880,0:27:43.440 regular normal people they said about 0:27:43.440,0:27:46.080 it's like 50/50 between Jews and non- 0:27:46.080,0:27:49.120 messianic Jews and Christians um who 0:27:49.120,0:27:51.320 come here usually as part of a group 0:27:51.320,0:27:54.799 okay and they actually who we have tour 0:27:54.799,0:27:56.240 guide here too you've been to tour guide 0:27:56.240,0:27:58.080 school did they teach you about it it 0:27:58.080,0:27:59.760 was saying that they made Yeah they make 0:27:59.760,0:28:01.279 sure the tour guides know what to look 0:28:01.279,0:28:03.279 for okay because the same it's like 0:28:03.279,0:28:05.760 clockwork it's the same thing happens 0:28:05.760,0:28:09.039 yeah it's a guest that's okay um is a 0:28:09.039,0:28:10.559 person they're in a group and the person 0:28:10.559,0:28:12.240 starts to get a little anxious a little 0:28:12.240,0:28:13.440 start to act a little differently and 0:28:13.440,0:28:14.880 then they want to go separate they want 0:28:14.880,0:28:16.799 to go I've got to go pray i've got to go 0:28:16.799,0:28:19.440 do my thing right that's the first sign 0:28:19.440,0:28:21.520 okay I I need to the group's going I I 0:28:21.520,0:28:23.520 have to do something else right and then 0:28:23.520,0:28:26.960 it h then they the people become uh kind 0:28:26.960,0:28:29.679 of obsessed with purity and cleanliness 0:28:29.679,0:28:30.960 they start cutting their nails and 0:28:30.960,0:28:33.039 washing and showering all the time and 0:28:33.039,0:28:36.480 then they take the bed sheets from their 0:28:36.480,0:28:39.799 hotel and they make some kind of white 0:28:39.799,0:28:42.159 robe and again nobody's it's not like 0:28:42.159,0:28:43.679 they're watching it on YouTube and you 0:28:43.679,0:28:45.919 know someone you know oh this is how you 0:28:45.919,0:28:48.799 do it it's been happening for years few 0:28:48.799,0:28:50.720 people I don't know how many every year 0:28:50.720,0:28:52.559 right and they get and then they begin 0:28:52.559,0:28:54.799 to have delusions that they're a 0:28:54.799,0:28:58.279 biblical character right john the 0:28:58.279,0:29:00.720 Baptist Virgin Mary is a big one you 0:29:00.720,0:29:02.279 know my son 0:29:02.279,0:29:04.960 Jesus and it usually happens to single 0:29:04.960,0:29:07.679 it was interesting said 90 something% 0:29:07.679,0:29:10.159 it's single men or women i used to think 0:29:10.159,0:29:11.520 it was mostly women but actually the 0:29:11.520,0:29:14.279 stat says no it's evenly divided 0:29:14.279,0:29:17.120 um by the way you know it's interesting 0:29:17.120,0:29:19.279 it happens mostly to single single 0:29:19.279,0:29:23.760 people you know in kidic Judaism they 0:29:23.760,0:29:25.919 have a kind of rule that is you're not 0:29:25.919,0:29:27.760 allowed to study Cabala which is 0:29:27.760,0:29:29.679 mystical Judaism until you're married 0:29:29.679,0:29:31.679 and have one kid at least one kid then 0:29:31.679,0:29:34.880 of course they have 10 more right but 0:29:34.880,0:29:37.200 you know the the thinking is if you're 0:29:37.200,0:29:38.880 you know you've got to be rooted 0:29:38.880,0:29:40.720 something about marriage family children 0:29:40.720,0:29:44.080 keeps you rooted in this world before 0:29:44.080,0:29:45.799 you go and start studying the mystical 0:29:45.799,0:29:48.799 charismatic stuff right uh so anyway 0:29:48.799,0:29:50.240 that's what happened Jerusalem syndrome 0:29:50.240,0:29:51.679 and then the people begin to have these 0:29:51.679,0:29:53.840 weird experiences and usually it's 0:29:53.840,0:29:56.159 pretty they you know they take them away 0:29:56.159,0:29:58.279 they don't 0:29:58.279,0:30:00.960 there's a psychiatric hospital here for 0:30:00.960,0:30:03.200 a day just give them a little tranquil 0:30:03.200,0:30:04.480 little drug and they send them home and 0:30:04.480,0:30:06.240 they're fine and they come out of it 0:30:06.240,0:30:08.760 they're not it's not like a but it 0:30:08.760,0:30:11.200 happens now I'm not suggesting that's 0:30:11.200,0:30:12.399 happening to any of them but we have to 0:30:12.399,0:30:13.760 be careful in the end you know as things 0:30:13.760,0:30:15.600 go on and here in our group people we 0:30:15.600,0:30:17.360 have all kinds of people who come here 0:30:17.360,0:30:19.279 you You know and I just say the people 0:30:19.279,0:30:20.320 out there if you're thinking of coming 0:30:20.320,0:30:22.799 to Jerusalem if you're alone and as this 0:30:22.799,0:30:24.320 is especially if you're alone and some 0:30:24.320,0:30:26.640 God is telling me to go and intercede it 0:30:26.640,0:30:29.039 may be but make sure you've got a group 0:30:29.039,0:30:30.799 your pastors leader people are blessing 0:30:30.799,0:30:32.799 you people are praying for you don't 0:30:32.799,0:30:35.039 come alone you know come with a group 0:30:35.039,0:30:37.840 cuz this is the universal center of 0:30:37.840,0:30:40.080 spiritual warfare here and weird things 0:30:40.080,0:30:41.520 can happen and we don't want them to 0:30:41.520,0:30:43.760 happen to happen to anybody but there's 0:30:43.760,0:30:46.320 a good Jerusalem syndrome and that is 0:30:46.320,0:30:48.399 we're here we believe in God's promises 0:30:48.399,0:30:50.320 to Zion in Jerusalem and we're doing 0:30:50.320,0:30:52.799 everything we can to hasten his coming 0:30:52.799,0:30:54.720 right over there to the Mount of Olives 0:30:54.720,0:30:56.720 hallelujah and he's going to be in 0:30:56.720,0:30:58.640 dressed in white whiter than the bed 0:30:58.640,0:31:02.000 sheets of any hotel hallelujah all right 0:31:02.000,0:31:04.240 shining like the sun 0:31:04.240,0:31:07.679 amen um that's the the second one the 0:31:07.679,0:31:09.640 third lesson here from this this 0:31:09.640,0:31:14.000 temptation is rightly understanding the 0:31:14.000,0:31:16.960 word of God in context 0:31:16.960,0:31:19.039 now if anybody's been to seminary in 0:31:19.039,0:31:21.840 these modern times you learn that 0:31:21.840,0:31:24.720 historical grammatical contextual 0:31:24.720,0:31:26.559 interpretation of scripture in other 0:31:26.559,0:31:28.000 words you have to understand scripture 0:31:28.000,0:31:30.799 in its original context as best we can 0:31:30.799,0:31:32.960 the languages the culture the 0:31:32.960,0:31:35.080 archaeology all that kind of stuff 0:31:35.080,0:31:38.399 okay it's not something new it's what 0:31:38.399,0:31:42.559 Yeshua did right here with Psalm 91 or 0:31:42.559,0:31:44.640 what the Holy Spirit helped him to do 0:31:44.640,0:31:47.679 with Psalm 91 okay so let's look at the 0:31:47.679,0:31:50.799 kind remember Psalm 91 11 and 12 that 0:31:50.799,0:31:54.640 the devil quotes to him in his mind that 0:31:54.640,0:31:56.559 you know just the angels are going to 0:31:56.559,0:31:59.840 catch you okay and he quotes accurately 0:31:59.840,0:32:01.240 the 0:32:01.240,0:32:03.279 scripture here are the first two verses 0:32:03.279,0:32:06.720 of Psalm 91 when by the way in Hebrew in 0:32:06.720,0:32:09.679 those times they didn't have numbers on 0:32:09.679,0:32:11.600 the on the Bible there were no chapter 0:32:11.600,0:32:14.240 verse numbers they recognized the Psalms 0:32:14.240,0:32:16.880 by usually by their first line okay that 0:32:16.880,0:32:18.399 was like the title and so they would say 0:32:18.399,0:32:20.240 "Hey go to go to they wouldn't say go to 0:32:20.240,0:32:23.240 Psalm 91 they'd say go to 0:32:23.240,0:32:26.240 Beton." Okay that's the the first line 0:32:26.240,0:32:30.840 the first words in Hebrew all right 0:32:32.480,0:32:33.880 the one who 0:32:33.880,0:32:38.559 sits dwells in the secret place or the 0:32:38.559,0:32:41.320 secret of Eljon of the 0:32:41.320,0:32:47.399 highest and abides in his in Elshai's 0:32:47.399,0:32:51.159 shadow and the one who says to 0:32:51.159,0:32:54.080 Jehovah this is verse two my stronghold 0:32:54.080,0:32:55.960 my fortress 0:32:55.960,0:32:59.840 Elohai my God I trust in him 0:32:59.840,0:33:02.360 all right that's the beginning of the 0:33:02.360,0:33:07.120 psalm hose the one who's seated and 0:33:07.120,0:33:10.480 abiding in the secret place of God you 0:33:10.480,0:33:12.720 know this whole thing about sitting 0:33:12.720,0:33:14.600 Yeshua where is he 0:33:14.600,0:33:18.559 today he's sitting down where at this 0:33:18.559,0:33:20.080 throne at the right hand of the father 0:33:20.080,0:33:22.399 in this the huge black hole in the 0:33:22.399,0:33:23.679 center of the universe that's what I 0:33:23.679,0:33:26.080 believe right we don't we have the 0:33:26.080,0:33:27.320 address by 0:33:27.320,0:33:31.640 prayer and he's bringing that throne 0:33:31.640,0:33:34.320 here the tabernacle of God will be with 0:33:34.320,0:33:37.760 men the new Jerusalem okay so he's there 0:33:37.760,0:33:39.600 he's sitting he's not standing what does 0:33:39.600,0:33:41.159 that 0:33:41.159,0:33:45.720 mean he's resting it's 0:33:45.720,0:33:48.559 done he's remember how confident he was 0:33:48.559,0:33:50.600 remember this is all about 0:33:50.600,0:33:53.360 identity if you're the son of God yeah 0:33:53.360,0:33:55.039 I'm the son of God 0:33:55.039,0:33:56.480 i'm going to be seated at the right hand 0:33:56.480,0:33:58.679 of the father 0:33:58.679,0:34:02.240 okay the one who sits in the secret 0:34:02.240,0:34:05.240 place of the most high the one who is so 0:34:05.240,0:34:07.840 confident of his relationship with God 0:34:07.840,0:34:11.119 of his sunship of the adoption who's 0:34:11.119,0:34:13.599 seated that's how this starts for that 0:34:13.599,0:34:17.839 person for us as we stay in that place 0:34:17.839,0:34:21.040 of being children of God of grace not 0:34:21.040,0:34:24.159 needing to prove anything remember not 0:34:24.159,0:34:26.480 getting our ego involved then you read 0:34:26.480,0:34:28.159 the rest of Psalm 91 there's all kinds 0:34:28.159,0:34:29.599 of wonderful promises what he's going to 0:34:29.599,0:34:32.879 how he's going to save you and protect 0:34:33.399,0:34:36.960 you jumping off the top of the temple to 0:34:36.960,0:34:38.800 prove that God is going to save you come 0:34:38.800,0:34:40.960 on that's not that's not what this psalm 0:34:40.960,0:34:42.800 is about that's not the context of the 0:34:42.800,0:34:45.440 psalm who wrote this he wasn't writing 0:34:45.440,0:34:46.800 promises that you could just sort of 0:34:46.800,0:34:48.639 pull here and there and proof text and 0:34:48.639,0:34:50.399 put them on they go "Oh now here it says 0:34:50.399,0:34:51.919 I can just jump off and the angels are 0:34:51.919,0:34:52.919 going to catch 0:34:52.919,0:34:55.960 me." That's not how you read the 0:34:55.960,0:34:57.640 scripture 0:34:57.640,0:34:59.240 okay 0:34:59.240,0:35:03.520 um 2 Timothy 2:14 and 15 Paul says to 0:35:03.520,0:35:05.200 Timothy "Remind them of these things and 0:35:05.200,0:35:06.960 solemnly charge them in the presence of 0:35:06.960,0:35:09.760 God not to wrangle about words which is 0:35:09.760,0:35:11.440 useless and leads to the ruin of the 0:35:11.440,0:35:13.839 hearers be diligent to present yourself 0:35:13.839,0:35:15.839 approved to God as a workman who does 0:35:15.839,0:35:18.640 not need to be ashamed accurately 0:35:18.640,0:35:21.000 handling the word of 0:35:21.000,0:35:23.880 truth brothers and sisters we have to 0:35:23.880,0:35:26.320 study and it's not just proof text you 0:35:26.320,0:35:28.320 know what proof texting is you get an 0:35:28.320,0:35:30.640 idea and you take one verse and you say 0:35:30.640,0:35:32.480 sometimes that works sometimes you may 0:35:32.480,0:35:34.880 be taking the verse out of context and 0:35:34.880,0:35:36.400 making it say something that it's not 0:35:36.400,0:35:39.119 really saying he said people who wrangle 0:35:39.119,0:35:41.040 about words you know people get all 0:35:41.040,0:35:44.560 mixed up sometimes about the uh well the 0:35:44.560,0:35:45.839 Greek says this and the way and we need 0:35:45.839,0:35:47.440 to study that stuff and sometimes you 0:35:47.440,0:35:48.800 can miss what do they say miss the 0:35:48.800,0:35:51.200 forest for the trees you get focused on 0:35:51.200,0:35:53.760 details and words and you miss the whole 0:35:53.760,0:35:55.440 context of what the scripture is trying 0:35:55.440,0:35:58.400 to tell us that's what the devil was 0:35:58.400,0:36:00.640 trying to do to Yeshua he says "Okay we 0:36:00.640,0:36:02.000 want to talk about the word of God here 0:36:02.000,0:36:06.359 but I don't think Satan can properly 0:36:06.359,0:36:08.800 accurately quote the word of God he can 0:36:08.800,0:36:11.280 only lie." Okay but he can use the 0:36:11.280,0:36:12.720 scriptures and so we have to know and 0:36:12.720,0:36:14.800 understand that's why we study theology 0:36:14.800,0:36:16.480 what's the relationship between the old 0:36:16.480,0:36:18.160 and new and law and grace and the 0:36:18.160,0:36:20.079 gospels and the letters and all these 0:36:20.079,0:36:23.440 things okay we need to study we need to 0:36:23.440,0:36:25.680 know how to accurately handle and divide 0:36:25.680,0:36:28.400 the word of God so that we don't so that 0:36:28.400,0:36:30.480 the voices or whatever will not will not 0:36:30.480,0:36:31.920 deceive us the last thing the lesson 0:36:31.920,0:36:33.760 that I learned from this one I call it 0:36:33.760,0:36:37.320 the gospel over the 0:36:37.320,0:36:39.440 angels you know in the second temple 0:36:39.440,0:36:41.040 period there was a lot of stuff about 0:36:41.040,0:36:43.599 angels and there's all kinds of other 0:36:43.599,0:36:45.520 extra biblical Jewish literature about 0:36:45.520,0:36:47.760 all kinds of angelic stuff there was a 0:36:47.760,0:36:50.560 lot of angelic activity and people and 0:36:50.560,0:36:52.079 Jewish people there were people who were 0:36:52.079,0:36:54.480 connecting with different angels and all 0:36:54.480,0:36:56.720 kinds of stuff and prayers to angels we 0:36:56.720,0:36:58.240 have one that's left over it's been left 0:36:58.240,0:37:00.880 with us for kabala Shabbat for Friday 0:37:00.880,0:37:04.839 night in Jewish tradition 0:37:04.839,0:37:08.880 shalom we sing this song which is the at 0:37:08.880,0:37:11.520 the beginning of Shabbat dinner or the 0:37:11.520,0:37:12.880 service in the synagogue where you're 0:37:12.880,0:37:14.720 welcoming it says we welcome the angels 0:37:14.720,0:37:19.119 to come mah who make peace right the 0:37:19.119,0:37:21.520 angels of the most high we say come stay 0:37:21.520,0:37:25.920 and then we say go okay we sing that I 0:37:25.920,0:37:27.680 in our house sometimes but I also have 0:37:27.680,0:37:29.839 to be a little careful with it okay 0:37:29.839,0:37:33.440 because we don't talk to angels we don't 0:37:33.440,0:37:37.040 need to they're there we don't need to 0:37:37.040,0:37:38.400 command them there's nothing in the New 0:37:38.400,0:37:39.800 Testament that tells you to command 0:37:39.800,0:37:43.680 angels right why because we we have 0:37:43.680,0:37:46.320 direct access to the King of Kings and 0:37:46.320,0:37:47.680 the Lord of Lords who sits at the right 0:37:47.680,0:37:49.680 hand of the throne he's the one he he 0:37:49.680,0:37:51.599 does he'll send the angels to do stuff 0:37:51.599,0:37:53.680 that we don't have to know about or see 0:37:53.680,0:37:58.400 some people have a gift or sing okay 0:37:59.079,0:38:03.440 um at the end of the third temptation in 0:38:03.440,0:38:06.000 verse 11 Matthew chapter 4 it says "The 0:38:06.000,0:38:08.480 devil left him and behold the angels 0:38:08.480,0:38:11.760 came and began to minister to him." 0:38:11.760,0:38:14.079 Yeshua didn't invite them he didn't look 0:38:14.079,0:38:17.520 for them god sent them to minister to 0:38:17.520,0:38:19.280 him the son of man this is the other 0:38:19.280,0:38:21.520 thing people back in the second temple 0:38:21.520,0:38:23.040 they kind of worship the angels like 0:38:23.040,0:38:24.880 we're below the angels like they're 0:38:24.880,0:38:29.119 higher than us no psalm 8 he made us 0:38:29.119,0:38:30.960 temporarily it looks like we're made a 0:38:30.960,0:38:32.320 little lower than the angels but 0:38:32.320,0:38:35.680 actually because a son of because a man 0:38:35.680,0:38:38.560 is the son of God and we're human beings 0:38:38.560,0:38:40.960 we are higher than the angels it says in 0:38:40.960,0:38:43.040 the Corinthians that in the age to come 0:38:43.040,0:38:46.480 we are going to judge angels right so we 0:38:46.480,0:38:47.839 don't need to get mixed up trying to get 0:38:47.839,0:38:50.640 angels to you know that like they're 0:38:50.640,0:38:52.400 high like John when he saw in in 0:38:52.400,0:38:54.720 Revelation 19 he worships the angel the 0:38:54.720,0:38:57.440 angel says "No no no don't do that we're 0:38:57.440,0:38:59.320 just servants like you 0:38:59.320,0:39:03.839 guys." Um says Revelation 19 uh in 0:39:03.839,0:39:06.480 Hebrews 1:14 this is a verse I always 0:39:06.480,0:39:09.599 read or declare at the end of Shalom 0:39:09.599,0:39:11.680 after we sing that on on Friday night at 0:39:11.680,0:39:14.000 Shabbat are they not all ministering 0:39:14.000,0:39:15.920 spirits talking about the angels sent 0:39:15.920,0:39:17.760 out to render service for the sake of 0:39:17.760,0:39:19.720 those who will inherit salvation that's 0:39:19.720,0:39:22.480 us god made the angels to serve us not 0:39:22.480,0:39:26.640 the other way around all right 0:39:27.480,0:39:29.920 um let's end with this i'm going to read 0:39:29.920,0:39:32.960 from 1 Corinthians 2 0:39:32.960,0:39:34.920 uh 0:39:34.920,0:39:38.320 6-10 and just keeping in mind what 0:39:38.320,0:39:41.839 Yeshua knew again we don't know how much 0:39:41.839,0:39:45.040 he knew at this stage but his knowledge 0:39:45.040,0:39:48.560 grew that he had to obey God and he was 0:39:48.560,0:39:51.359 going to obey God in Jerusalem he was 0:39:51.359,0:39:54.560 going to do things at the temple and he 0:39:54.560,0:39:56.359 was going to be 0:39:56.359,0:39:59.839 crucified the king of Israel crucified 0:39:59.839,0:40:03.520 the ultimate obedience the ultimate test 0:40:03.520,0:40:09.520 if you will of God okay a human being is 0:40:09.520,0:40:12.480 dead in three days he can't there's no 0:40:12.480,0:40:15.119 formulas there's no prayers there's 0:40:15.119,0:40:18.160 nothing he can do you're dead and he's 0:40:18.160,0:40:21.599 saying "I I trust God i trust God i will 0:40:21.599,0:40:23.520 follow him unto death even the death of 0:40:23.520,0:40:26.040 the cross." And God raised him from the 0:40:26.040,0:40:28.880 dead among the mature however we speak a 0:40:28.880,0:40:31.280 message of wisdom but not the wisdom of 0:40:31.280,0:40:33.280 this age or of the rulers of this age 0:40:33.280,0:40:36.240 who are coming to nothing no we speak of 0:40:36.240,0:40:39.599 the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God 0:40:39.599,0:40:41.760 which he destined for our our glory 0:40:41.760,0:40:44.079 before time began none of the rulers of 0:40:44.079,0:40:47.359 this age understood 0:40:47.560,0:40:50.640 it if they had they would not have 0:40:50.640,0:40:53.680 crucified the Lord of glory rather as it 0:40:53.680,0:40:55.599 is written no eye has seen nor ear has 0:40:55.599,0:40:57.280 heard nor heart has imagined what God 0:40:57.280,0:40:59.040 has prepared for those who love him but 0:40:59.040,0:41:02.079 God has revealed it revealed it to us by 0:41:02.079,0:41:05.119 his spirit in other words Satan there in 0:41:05.119,0:41:06.480 the wilderness he's trying to tempt 0:41:06.480,0:41:08.720 Jesus he's trying to get Jesus to sin 0:41:08.720,0:41:11.800 he's trying to bring Jesus 0:41:11.800,0:41:13.720 down he 0:41:13.720,0:41:16.720 thought that when he crucified that was 0:41:16.720,0:41:19.319 it he didn't this was a 0:41:19.319,0:41:22.880 secret god had kept this secret satan 0:41:22.880,0:41:25.520 didn't know about it it's in the 0:41:25.520,0:41:29.040 scriptures but it's hidden right 0:41:29.040,0:41:31.520 and then when Yeshua rose from the dead 0:41:31.520,0:41:34.200 after he descended into hell Satan said 0:41:34.200,0:41:38.200 "Uhoh he won he won we didn't see it 0:41:38.200,0:41:39.720 coming." 0:41:39.720,0:41:44.200 Hallelujah so let's pray 0:41:45.680,0:41:49.440 lord it says in first Peter that the 0:41:49.440,0:41:50.920 prophets of old 0:41:50.920,0:41:55.440 searched by the Holy Spirit the time and 0:41:55.440,0:41:56.960 to know about your suffering and what 0:41:56.960,0:41:59.680 what the Messiah would do and it says 0:41:59.680,0:42:01.359 that they did these things by the Holy 0:42:01.359,0:42:03.560 Spirit things which the 0:42:03.560,0:42:06.760 angels want or long to see 0:42:06.760,0:42:09.520 into the mystery of the gospel this 0:42:09.520,0:42:12.400 hidden wisdom and Lord we thank you that 0:42:12.400,0:42:16.960 we have it that Yeshua knew it and he is 0:42:16.960,0:42:19.440 the author and finisher of our faith and 0:42:19.440,0:42:21.400 he was 0:42:21.400,0:42:24.560 obedient even unto death a terrible 0:42:24.560,0:42:27.200 death when they mocked him and and and 0:42:27.200,0:42:29.040 screamed at him just like Satan if 0:42:29.040,0:42:30.880 you're the son of God if you're the king 0:42:30.880,0:42:33.160 of show us something prove 0:42:33.160,0:42:36.319 it come down from the cross he said "No 0:42:36.319,0:42:38.160 I know what I'm doing i'm going to obey 0:42:38.160,0:42:41.040 God until the end." Lord help us to be 0:42:41.040,0:42:43.280 such people who do not love our lives 0:42:43.280,0:42:45.760 even unto death who have the blood of 0:42:45.760,0:42:47.680 the lamb and the word of our testimony 0:42:47.680,0:42:50.960 which is how we also overcome him 0:42:50.960,0:42:52.880 and we thank you that we can trust Lord 0:42:52.880,0:42:55.920 help us to be discerning people Lord in 0:42:55.920,0:42:59.720 these times to be first and foremost so 0:42:59.720,0:43:02.640 confident because of the word of God 0:43:02.640,0:43:05.280 because of the deep dwelling indwelling 0:43:05.280,0:43:07.119 presence of the Holy Spirit that we're 0:43:07.119,0:43:08.800 so confident in who we are as children 0:43:08.800,0:43:12.280 of God that we don't need to prove 0:43:12.280,0:43:15.359 anything and our ego is not and ego is 0:43:15.359,0:43:17.200 not involved in discerning your will 0:43:17.200,0:43:19.520 help us to study your word and to go 0:43:19.520,0:43:22.319 deeper and deeper thank you for Yeshua 0:43:22.319,0:43:24.880 the pioneer the author and finisher who 0:43:24.880,0:43:27.520 has just gone before us and was tested 0:43:27.520,0:43:30.240 at such a level Lord that none of us 0:43:30.240,0:43:32.880 could have survived but he did and by 0:43:32.880,0:43:35.040 his grace and by his spirit in us we can 0:43:35.040,0:43:40.359 overcome as well bishm Yeshua amen