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00:01 Welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:02 My name is John Lomacang. 00:04 Thank you for taking the time to join us 00:06 on our continued excursion 00:08 through the Book of Hebrews. 00:09 This quarter of the lesson is In These Last Days, 00:12 The Message of Hebrews and this third lesson is 00:16 "The Promised Son." 00:17 If you'd like to join us and follow us with a lesson, 00:20 go to 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 00:22 and download a lesson, 00:24 but better yet, 00:25 find a local Seventh-day Adventist Church go in 00:27 and tell them 3ABN sent you and join them 00:29 for an in-person study through the Book of Hebrews. 00:32 But nonetheless, 00:33 get your Bible and join us for this excursion 00:35 in this next hour through exciting messages found 00:38 in the Book of Hebrews. 01:10 Friends, welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School, 01:12 we are always excited 01:13 when you take the time to join us. 01:15 And if you've been a regular, 01:16 you know that this is something we enjoy 01:19 while we're sharing what God has revealed to us. 01:21 We are praying that God reveals something more. 01:24 And we don't want to come across as the experts 01:27 because God's Word is far too deep for us 01:29 to be able to master anything that is in it. 01:31 However, the writer has done 01:32 an excellent job on the Book of Hebrews. 01:34 We're just on lesson number 3, 01:36 we've got about 10 more left. 01:38 And we encourage you to join us every week 01:40 for what we know is going to be exciting one 01:43 of my favorite books, 01:44 and I think the panel has often expressed 01:47 their joy of studying the Book of Hebrews, 01:49 am I right? 01:50 That's right. Amen. 01:51 Right. So we have a great panel today. 01:53 If you were here last week or the week before that, 01:56 the family is the same 01:57 and we're going to be excited to have you stay with us. 02:00 All you need is a Bible and 57 minutes. 02:05 To my immediate left is Pastor James Rafferty, 02:07 good to have you here, James. 02:08 It's good to be here, John. 02:09 Yeah, James and John, I think there's something behind 02:11 that in the Bible. 02:12 And in the middle, the lady herself Jill Morikone. 02:15 Good to have you here, Jill. Thank you, Pastor John. 02:16 Good to be here. 02:18 Yeah, universally you are called the list lady. 02:21 I don't know where they got that from, but I think it fits. 02:23 Ryan, good to have you here. 02:25 It's a blessing always. 02:27 I'm excited I could be talking about Jesus 02:29 as the divine creator today. 02:30 Okay. 02:32 And on this panel, I think John Dinzey has been here 02:34 the longest, the head of Latino. 02:36 Pastor John Dinzey, good to have you here. 02:38 It's a blessing to be here. 02:39 It's a wonderful lesson. Okay. 02:41 Well, then why don't you have a prayer for us 02:43 before we dive into the lesson? 02:44 Sure. 02:45 Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank You, Lord, 02:48 for the blessing of the Book of Hebrews. 02:50 That is a feast of good things. 02:53 We pray that as we study Your Holy Spirit 02:55 will help us understand even more, 02:58 lead us and guide us and we pray that 02:59 Your Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth. 03:01 We pray for Your blessing upon all those 03:03 that endeavor to seek to understand 03:06 Your Holy Scriptures. 03:07 And we pray, Lord, that Your name may be honored 03:09 and glorified in all things 03:11 in Jesus' holy and blessed name, amen. 03:14 Amen. Amen. 03:15 Thank you, thank you. 03:16 We're going to start with Hebrews 2:1, 03:20 and Saturday and Sunday lessons on Sabbath and Sunday lesson. 03:24 And then we're going to see 03:25 what the Lord has in store for us. 03:26 But let's go to Hebrews 2:1. 03:29 We're talking about in some real sense, 03:31 the pre-existence of Jesus. 03:33 Now they are what I call 03:35 three Genesis in the Bible. 03:38 Genesis, obviously, then John Chapter 1, 03:41 then Hebrews Chapter 1. 03:43 Now Genesis takes us to the beginning, 03:44 in the beginning, God created heavens and the earth, 03:46 pretty much our solar system, our world, 03:49 the place that we call home. 03:51 But then John goes further in the beginning was the Word 03:54 and the Word was with God, 03:55 he goes even further back than that. 03:57 And then Hebrews talks about the Lord through His Son, 04:01 creating the worlds and astronomers tell it 04:05 that there are billions of galaxies, 04:08 which if we are faithful, one day, 04:09 we'll get a chance to visit, maybe all of them 04:12 because that's what immortal life 04:13 gives us the opportunity to do. 04:15 So let's look at Hebrews 1:2-3 04:18 as we consider the memory text 04:21 in the Book of Hebrews 1:2-3, 04:25 I'll read that for you. 04:27 And it says, "Has in these last days," 04:29 speaking about the father, appointing his son, 04:32 "Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, 04:36 whom He has appointed heir of all things, 04:39 through whom also He made the world's, 04:43 who being the brightness of His glory 04:46 and the express image of His person, 04:48 and upholding all things by the word of His power, 04:51 when He had Himself purged our sins, 04:55 sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." 04:59 When you read that texts you don't realize 05:01 how much ground is covered 05:03 starts by when He created the worlds, 05:06 long before our existence, 05:08 and then sending him 05:09 and appointing him heir of all things, 05:12 and then sending him to show the world 05:14 the expressed image of the Father. 05:16 And then his ministry, his death, burial resurrection, 05:19 then sitting down at the right hand of majesty, 05:22 two verses that takes us through 05:24 quite a bit of space and time. 05:25 When you think about 05:27 the beginning story of the Bible, 05:28 we call The Great Controversy the unfolding 05:31 of the lineage of humanity 05:33 as well as the conflict between good and evil. 05:36 We find right after Adam and Eve sinned, 05:38 God made a promise. 05:41 And the promise was he was going to send a seed, 05:44 who would deliver all of humanity 05:47 from the woes of sin as Romans 3:23 says, 05:50 "For all have sinned 05:52 and fallen short of the glory of God." 05:54 Also, 1 Corinthians 15:22, 05:56 speaking about the best Adam could give us, 05:59 "As in Adam all die, but the converse, 06:02 even so in Christ all shall be made alive." 06:05 There are many contrast scriptures in the Bible. 06:08 1 Corinthians 15:22 is one of them. 06:11 Another one is Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, 06:15 but the gift of God is eternal life 06:18 through Jesus Christ our Lord." 06:19 Now these contrasting scriptures show us 06:22 what we deserve and what we don't deserve. 06:25 It shows us the plight of humanity, 06:27 and the promise of divinity. 06:29 And so today we're going to walk through 06:31 some aspects of how God works, 06:35 but then we're going to look about 06:36 In These Last Days, 06:38 which is the focus of Sunday's lesson, 06:41 In These Last Days. 06:42 We know if we've been studying the Word of God, 06:44 that the Lord has been speaking through 06:46 apostles and prophets 06:48 and evangelists and pastors and teachers 06:50 throughout the ages, 06:52 but in these last days, 06:53 the message is so vitally important, 06:56 that we can dive down to the Book of Revelation 06:58 and see the revelation of Jesus Christ, 07:00 He is speaking directly to us through the Son 07:04 about the final act in the drama of the ages. 07:07 Let's look at Acts 2:17 07:10 and see how this promise includes all 07:12 who are open to being used of God. 07:15 Acts 2:17, 07:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last day says, God, 07:20 that I will pour out My spirit on all flesh, 07:23 your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 07:27 your young men shall see visions, 07:30 your old men shall dream dreams." 07:33 And then we find, 07:34 "On My menservant and maidservant, 07:37 I will pour out My Spirit in those days 07:39 and they will prophesy." 07:41 So we're living in a day and age 07:42 where prophecy is a significant part 07:44 of how this controversy is going to end. 07:47 One of the first prophecies in scripture, 07:48 however, is in the Book of Genesis. 07:50 Look at Genesis 3:15, 07:52 the prophecy that show generations 07:55 long after Adam, 07:57 that the promise the Lord made in the garden 07:59 is going to be fulfilled, 08:01 not only through his life, 08:02 but in the final eradication of sin. 08:05 Genesis 3:15, 08:07 "I will put enmity between you and the woman," 08:10 speaking to the serpent, 08:11 "and between your seed and her Seed, 08:14 he shall bruise your head, 08:17 and you shall bruise His heel." 08:19 Now if you want to kill somebody, 08:20 you don't hang him by the heel, hang him by the head. 08:24 In this case, the Lord is talking about 08:25 the ultimate victory of a Satan, 08:27 but in the process, 08:28 he's going to receive a sustaining wound 08:31 that is for his heel, 08:33 meaning it will hinder to some degree, 08:35 the beautiful, unmarred glorious Christ 08:38 and throughout ceaseless ages, 08:40 we will see what our redemption has caused. 08:43 That's why people say, well, salvation is free. 08:46 I say no, it's not. 08:47 It's expensive. 08:49 It has cost God everything. 08:51 And Jesus gave us His best, 08:53 but it's a gift to us, free to us, 08:55 but by no means, if you get a gift. 08:58 Don't ever think it's free. 08:59 It does cause something to make, 09:00 and something to purchase. 09:03 Let's look at the spiritual fulfillment 09:05 of that prophecy made in Genesis Chapter 3. 09:08 Hebrews 2:14. 09:10 Let's look at that. 09:11 Hebrews 2:14, all right, I'll turn there with you. 09:17 Hebrews 2:14, the Bible says... 09:20 Jill, do you have that? I do. 09:21 Read that for me. 09:22 "Inasmuch then as the children 09:23 have partaken a flesh and blood, 09:25 He Himself likewise shared in the same, 09:27 that through death He might destroy him 09:30 who had the power of death, 09:31 that is, the devil." 09:32 Keep going. 09:33 "And release those who through fear of death 09:35 were all their lifetimes subject to bondage." 09:38 That's right. 09:40 So the Lord, that is the chapter 09:42 that the writer of Hebrews recognizes, wait a minute, 09:44 the Lord promised and He fulfilled. 09:47 Now the devil knows that the Lord was victorious 09:49 because the Bible says he knows 09:51 that he has but a short time. 09:53 So he knows that his time is limited 09:56 because the Lord defeated him at the cross, 10:00 but more specifically because of the empty tomb 10:03 that victory was complete. 10:04 But then not only defeating the devil, 10:07 but also bringing freedom to all of those 10:09 who are all their lifetime, 10:10 in fear of bondage, 10:12 held and held captive by habits 10:15 or even just by the thought of what was in their past. 10:18 But let's look at a couple of more prophecies 10:20 that the Bible talks about a prophecy and a fulfillment. 10:25 Another one we get is in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16. 10:29 Just look at that very quickly, prophecy and fulfillment. 10:32 Okay, "For this we say to you," 10:34 and we don't often think of this as a prophecy, 10:36 but in fact it is 10:37 because it has not yet been fulfilled. 10:39 "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, 10:41 that we who are alive and remain 10:43 until the coming of the Lord 10:45 will by no means proceed those who are asleep." 10:48 Verse 16, "For the Lord Himself 10:50 will descend from heaven with a shout, 10:52 with the voice of an archangel, with the trumpet of God. 10:55 And the dead in Christ will rise first." 10:57 Now let's look at the confirmation 11:00 of the fulfillment. 11:01 1 Corinthians 15:22-24, "For as in Adam all die, 11:07 even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 11:09 But each one in his own order, Christ the firstfruits, 11:13 afterward those who are Christ's 11:15 at His coming." 11:17 And then let's look at another prophecy, 11:19 "When He puts an end to all rule 11:21 and all authority and all power." 11:22 So we're looking forward to the day 11:24 when the Lord puts an end to all rule, 11:26 all authority, and all power, 11:28 when He really delivers all of us 11:31 and delivers us to the Father, 11:33 as He delivers the kingdom to the Father. 11:36 The kingdom is not physical dimensions 11:38 of the building. 11:39 The kingdom, in fact, is made up of 11:41 sons and daughters of God, 11:43 who are finally freed from the eternal bondage 11:45 that The Great Controversy has brought. 11:48 Let's look at another prophecy. 11:49 Isaiah 65:17, 11:52 looking at prophecy and fulfillment. 11:54 Isaiah 65:17, "For behold, 11:58 I create new heavens and a new earth, 12:01 and the former shall not be remembered 12:04 nor come to mind." 12:06 Now that's the confirmation that one day 12:08 there will be a new heaven and new earth, 12:10 but let's look at 12:11 the spiritual fulfillment of that 12:13 because not only is Lord going to make new heavens 12:15 and new earth, 12:16 but look what Paul the Apostle says 12:18 in 2 Corinthians 5:17. 12:20 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, 12:22 he is a new creation, 12:24 old things have passed away, 12:26 behold, all things have become new." 12:28 That's here and that is now. 12:31 The Apostle Paul confirms that once again in Galatians 6:15, 12:35 "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision 12:39 nor uncircumcision avails anything, 12:42 but a new creation." 12:44 So we are new creations in Christ, 12:46 not in the new earth alone, 12:48 but we are new creations in Christ, even right now. 12:51 We can experience that new life, 12:52 we can look forward to the day 12:53 when all things are made new. 12:55 I talked about we are delivered from the penalty of sin, 12:59 from the power of sin, and finally, 13:01 from the presence of sin. 13:03 That's a prophecy 13:04 that I'm looking forward to being fulfilled. 13:06 One more prophecy very quickly in Daniel 2:44. 13:11 "In the days of these kings the God of heaven 13:13 will set up a kingdom 13:14 which shall never be destroyed, 13:16 and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, 13:18 it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, 13:21 and it shall stand forever." 13:23 Now let's look at the spiritual fulfillment 13:25 because we know that's the future. 13:26 That's what's going to happen. 13:27 God is going to establish a permanent kingdom, 13:30 but look at the words of Jesus, in Luke 17:20-21. 13:35 "Now when He was asked by the Pharisees 13:38 when the kingdom of God would come," 13:40 listen to what he said, 13:42 "He answered them and said, 13:44 'The kingdom of God does not come with observation, 13:48 nor will they say, 'See here!' 13:50 or 'See there!' 13:51 For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.'" 13:55 So watch this. 13:57 Before we get into the kingdom, 13:59 God wants to get the kingdom in us. 14:02 And so that's going to be the beauty, 14:03 the kingdom is already in us 14:04 by the promise of Christ, 14:06 by His shed blood, but one day, 14:08 the kingdom that is in us will get us to the kingdom 14:11 that we will be in. 14:12 Amen. Amen. 14:13 Good stuff. 14:14 My name is James Rafferty, and I have Monday's lesson 14:18 which is entitled 14:19 God Has Spoken to Us by His Son. 14:22 We're going to be looking at Hebrews 1:1-4. 14:26 We do have a little bit of duplication here, 14:29 addition here. 14:30 So we're really going to know these verses 14:31 by the time we're done 14:32 with our lesson for this week. 14:34 Hebrews 1:1-4. 14:35 Let's just read them together. 14:37 Powerful, powerful, actually beautiful verses. 14:40 I especially love this first one. 14:41 Hebrews 1:1, 14:43 "God, who at sundry times 14:45 and in divers manners 14:46 spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 14:49 hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, 14:53 whom he hath appointed heir of all things, 14:56 and by whom also he made the worlds, 14:58 who being the brightness of His glory 15:00 and the express image of His person, 15:02 and upholding all things by the word of His power, 15:05 when he had by Himself purged our sins, 15:07 sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, 15:11 being made so much better than the angels, 15:14 as he hath by inheritance 15:16 obtained a more excellent name than they." 15:21 Sundry times in divers manners, what does that mean? 15:24 I don't know what it means. 15:26 Actually, I do know what it means, 15:28 but it's beautiful. 15:29 It's beautiful, poetic King James language. 15:32 And what God is saying here basically is, 15:34 is that God is a communicator, 15:36 God has been communicating with us by the prophets, 15:39 and that communication has only intensified 15:42 down through the ages. 15:44 In other words, God has not lessened 15:45 His communication, 15:46 God has increased His communication 15:48 because the lack of communication 15:50 is an evidence of, 15:52 well, let's say, a spirit 15:55 or an attitude of abandonment. 15:58 When you don't communicate, you have abandoned, 16:01 you have walked away from, 16:03 you have discontinued relationship. 16:06 And that's kind of what happened 16:07 in the Garden of Eden. 16:08 When we go back to the Garden of Eden 16:09 we see implied there clearly that Adam and Eve 16:14 walked with God in the cool of the evening every day. 16:17 And one day God comes 16:19 and He's looking for Adam and Eve 16:20 in the normal location 16:22 where they meet together and talk together 16:23 about the day's activities. 16:25 And they weren't there. 16:27 And so God starts calling for them. 16:29 God is a communicator, "Adam, Eve, where are you? 16:31 Where are you?" 16:32 Are they so busy that 16:34 and, of course, God knows where they are. 16:36 And God knows what has happened, 16:37 but God is working through this whole process 16:40 for our sake 16:42 because God is trying to tell us 16:44 as fallen human beings that even though 16:46 we stopped communicating with Him, 16:48 even though we abandon Him, 16:50 and in that case, 16:51 it was because they were afraid of Him. 16:53 God has not stopped communicating with us. 16:55 God has not abandoned us. 16:57 And so the Book of Hebrews opens up 16:59 with this powerful declaration, 17:00 you know, we believe the Book of Hebrews 17:02 was written by Paul, 17:03 but it's so different from all of his other epistles, 17:05 where he introduces himself as an apostle of God, 17:08 apostle of Christ and grace and peace be 17:11 until he gets right to the point. 17:13 Because we could understand 17:15 that Paul is perhaps trying to reach Hebrews 17:18 in this epistle to the Hebrews 17:19 more than any other group of people. 17:22 And he's trying to remind them, 17:24 that God has never stopped communicating with them 17:26 because that is the key. 17:27 That is the power that wins our hearts. 17:31 God is a communicator, 17:33 and God has continued to communicate to us. 17:35 And it's that goodness of God 17:37 that actually leads us to repentance 17:39 that leads us to turn our lives around. 17:42 So God has never stopped communicating. 17:45 And his communication 17:46 has only increased in intensity, 17:48 from the time of our sin until the very end, 17:53 Jesus Christ Himself manifesting, 17:55 taking our humanity upon Himself 17:58 and communicating to us 18:00 of the goodness and the love of God. 18:02 So in the original Greek, the lesson goes on to say here, 18:05 Hebrews 1:1-4 is only one sentence, 18:09 and I'm thinking in my mind, maybe Paul thought, 18:12 if I've only got one sentence, 18:14 just one chance to speak to my Hebrews, 18:17 I'm just going to get the sentence out there. 18:19 This is going to be the sentence. 18:20 You ever feel that way when you got one sentence, 18:23 so it's just one sentence. 18:24 And it's the author says, 18:26 "It has been argued that 18:27 this is the most beautiful in all the New Testament, 18:31 from the point of view of its rhetorical artistry. 18:34 It is the main assertion that God has spoken to us 18:37 through His Son, Jesus." 18:39 Now the Jews in the first century, 18:41 and, you know, you can see this 18:43 when you end the Old Testament 18:44 with the Book of Malachi. 18:46 And you move to the New Testament, 18:47 you've got a huge gap there, 18:49 you've got a huge space there where it seems like 18:51 God is not communicating. 18:53 But, you know, sometimes 18:54 silence increases the anticipation. 18:59 God is about to communicate, get this, 19:01 we've got all of the pre-show taking place, 19:04 but now the grand finale is taking place. 19:06 And this is time of silence, this is time of anticipation, 19:10 God's been communicating through the prophets, 19:11 but now He's going to communicate in-person. 19:15 And if we're thirsty, if we're hungry, 19:17 if we haven't heard from God, 19:19 you know, separation, they say, makes the heart grow fonder. 19:22 You separate from people for a while, 19:24 and you just need that you want that 19:26 and so God comes in the person of Jesus Christ, 19:29 He comes to remind us 19:31 has never and will never stop communicating with us. 19:34 It's kind of like the anticipation 19:36 of Jesus Christ creating hunger 19:39 in our hearts for God's communication. 19:41 But now, through Jesus, God is speaking to them. 19:47 And the quarterly says, again, I say, 19:50 God is speaking to them through Jesus 19:52 because He's always been speaking to them 19:53 through Jesus in a sense, 19:55 He never stopped speaking to them through Jesus. 19:57 In the Old Testament, it was Christ. 19:59 He was the rock that followed them. 20:00 He was the one that communicated. 20:01 He was the one that inspired, 20:02 of course, through the Holy Spirit. 20:04 But basically, when Jesus comes, 20:06 He negates all the false ideas of God's abandonment. 20:10 God has never abandoned us. 20:12 He's never stopped communicating to us. 20:17 So "God's revelation," the quarterly goes on to say, 20:19 "through Jesus, however, was superior to the revelation 20:22 that God made through the prophets 20:23 because Jesus 20:24 is a greater means of revelation. 20:26 He is God Himself, 20:27 who created the heavens and the earth 20:28 and rules the universe. 20:29 So for Paul, the deity of Christ 20:31 is never in questions all but assume." 20:34 Yes, previous revelations 20:37 were lesser than the actual revelation of God, 20:40 but they were these previous revelations 20:42 were still the revelations of God, 20:44 specifically, for example, the Ten Commandments 20:46 spoken by the voice of God Himself. 20:49 The quarterly goes on to say, 20:50 "Also, for Paul, the Old Testament 20:51 was the Word of God. 20:53 The same God who spoke in the past continues 20:55 to speak in the present. 20:56 The Old Testament communicated 20:58 a true knowledge of God's will. 21:01 However," it goes on to say, 21:03 "it was possible to understand its fuller meaning 21:06 only when the Son arrived on the earth." 21:09 That's why Jesus said so many times you have heard, 21:11 but I say it has been written, 21:13 but I say He was bringing fuller meaning 21:16 to everything that had been written 21:17 in the Old Testament. 21:20 The author goes on to say, "In the author's mind, 21:21 the Father's revelation in the Son 21:23 provided the key 21:24 to understanding the true breadth 21:26 of the Old Testament." 21:28 I just want to say amen to that. 21:29 "Just like the picture on the box of a jigsaw puzzle 21:33 provides the key to finding the correct place 21:36 for every one of its pieces." 21:38 Now how many of us can relate to that, 21:39 you look in jigsaw puzzle? 21:40 Show me that. 21:41 Let me look at that box 21:42 because there it is already done. 21:44 And you're just looking for those pieces fit. 21:46 And so it is that Jesus brought 21:48 so much of the Old Testament to light. 21:51 "Meanwhile," the author goes on to say, 21:53 "Jesus came to be our Representative 21:56 and our Savior. 21:58 He would take our place 22:00 in the fight and defeat the serpent. 22:02 Similarly, in Hebrews, Jesus is the 'pioneer' 22:05 or 'the captain' or 'the forerunner' 22:07 or 'the champion' of our faith." 22:09 Hebrews 2:10. "He fights for us and represents us." 22:13 I love that. 22:14 He fights for us, and He represents us. 22:16 This also means that what God did for Jesus, 22:20 our representative, the Father wants to do for us. 22:23 He who exalted Jesus at His right hand also wants us 22:26 to sit down with Jesus on His throne, 22:28 I just take that in friends. 22:30 God promises that those who overcome will sit down 22:34 with Christ on His throne. 22:35 That is the promise given to us in Revelation 3:21. 22:40 And I love that. 22:41 So "God's message to us 22:42 in Jesus includes not only what Jesus said, 22:46 but also what the Father did through Him to Him, 22:49 all for our," the quarterly says, 22:53 "temporal and eternal benefit." 22:54 And I added the word and spiritual benefit. 22:57 So let's just think about this for a second, 23:00 there's one question we're going to close with here 23:02 in our lesson for Monday. 23:04 "Think through what it means 23:05 that Jesus God came to this earth 23:09 and why should this truth bring so much hope to us?" 23:13 Think through what that means? 23:15 What does it mean that Jesus came to this earth 23:17 that God came to this earth in the person of Jesus Christ 23:20 and why should that bring so much hope to us? 23:22 I believe that one of the things 23:24 that we see in that picture of God 23:27 coming in the person of Jesus Christ 23:29 and why it brings so much hope 23:30 is because it reminds us of God's undying love. 23:33 God so loved the world 23:35 that He gave His only begotten Son. 23:37 Stop right there 23:38 because that first part of that verse 23:41 belongs to every human being on planet earth. 23:44 Yes, there was a purpose for that love 23:46 that unconditional love to the world 23:48 was so that whoever believes in Him 23:50 might not perish, 23:51 but have everlasting life or eternal life. 23:54 But God still so loved the world 23:55 that He gave His only begotten Son. 23:57 That is a past tense fact. 24:00 God has given the gift. 24:01 And as Pastor John said earlier, 24:04 that gift cost something, 24:06 and that gift has been put on our door. 24:08 It's been delivered to our front doorstep. 24:10 Why are we just letting it sit out there 24:12 when it's been purchased and it's been delivered? 24:15 God says it's a gift, take it, unwrap it, 24:18 use it, it's yours, you need it. 24:21 Thank you, James, thank you so much. 24:23 As you know, if you've been following us 24:24 from week to week, 24:25 we're just getting started. 24:26 So don't go away. 24:28 We have three more days and we'll be right back. 24:35 Ever wish you could watch 24:37 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:39 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 24:42 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com 24:47 A clean design makes it easy 24:49 to find the program you're looking for. 24:51 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:55 so you can follow along. 24:57 Sharing is easy. 24:58 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 25:01 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:06 Well, welcome back, we told you, 25:07 we won't be going anywhere. 25:09 So thank you for taking the time 25:10 to come back with us. 25:11 Right now Jill is going to take Tuesday. 25:13 He Is The Radiance of the Glory of God, 25:16 what a long sentence, 25:17 but I'm looking forward to what you have. 25:19 Thank you so much, Pastor John, and Pastor James, 25:21 incredible foundation for this lesson. 25:24 And I'm staying in those four verses as well. 25:27 We're in Hebrews Chapter 1 25:29 and we're going to spend 25:30 the entire balance of my time on two phrases, 25:34 the brightness of His glory, 25:36 and the express image of His person, 25:39 all 10 minutes on those two phrases, 25:41 and we have seven takeaways. 25:43 So let's read that, and then we'll unpack it. 25:45 We're going to pick it up in verse 2. 25:46 I know we've already read it, 25:48 but I just want you to see 25:49 these two phrases in that context. 25:51 Hebrews 1:2, of course, this is God's speaking, 25:55 "God has in these last days spoken to us," to whom? 25:58 "By His Son, 26:00 whom He has appointed heir of all things, 26:02 through whom also He made the world." 26:05 We won't touch on creation 26:07 'cause I think Ryan's going to talk about that. 26:09 Verse 3, "Who being the brightness of His glory," 26:13 that's our first phrase, 26:15 "and the express image of His person," 26:18 that's the second phrase, 26:20 "and upholding all things by the word of His power, 26:23 when He had Himself purged our sins, 26:25 sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." 26:28 So what about these two phrases, 26:30 the brightness of His glory. 26:32 The word brightness in Greek, 26:34 this is the only time it's used in the New Testament. 26:37 And it means radiance, 26:38 literally, someone who shines from within. 26:42 The brightness of His glory, what does His glory mean? 26:47 Now the lesson brings out 26:49 and we are going to touch on it, 26:51 the lesson brings out His glory is the visible 26:53 manifestation of His presence. 26:55 And that's truly biblical, 26:57 clearly biblical, and we see it. 26:59 But I also want to touch on the fact that His glory 27:02 also is His character. 27:04 So if we look at it from both perspectives, 27:06 we see the brightness of His glory, 27:08 the brightness of His character, 27:11 and then we'll also look at His visible presence. 27:13 So let's look at both, let's start with character. 27:15 For that we're going to Exodus 33. 27:18 Exodus Chapter 33. 27:20 And, of course, this is Moses speaking to God. 27:23 Exodus 33, we'll pick it up in verse 18. 27:26 "And he Moses said, 'Show me Your glory.'" 27:31 And what did God say? 27:32 "He said, 'I will make all My goodness pass before you, 27:36 I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. 27:39 I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, 27:42 I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.'" 27:45 And, you know, if you jump over one chapter, 27:47 we see the same thing represented in Exodus 34 27:50 where God says, "The Lord, 27:52 the Lord God, merciful and gracious, 27:55 long suffering, abounding in goodness and truth." 27:57 What is He saying? 27:59 "My glory is My character." 28:02 When Moses said, "Show me Your glory." 28:04 He wanted to see the character. 28:06 God revealed His character, God revealed His goodness, 28:10 God revealed His mercy. 28:12 If you look at the Book of Philippians, 28:13 I love the Book of Philippians. 28:15 Philippians 2:14-15. 28:18 We have this interesting text, it says, "Do all things," how? 28:21 "Without complaining and disputing, 28:24 that you may be blameless and harmless, 28:27 children of God without fault 28:29 in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, 28:32 among whom you shine as lights in the world." 28:37 How are we to shine? 28:38 As lights in the world. 28:41 Takeaway number one. 28:43 You and I are called to shine 28:46 with His character to the world. 28:48 That is our calling as Christians 28:50 to reveal the character, 28:52 the glory of God, 28:54 Jesus came to reveal the character of the Father, 28:56 He came to show what God was like. 28:59 But you and I, in addition, 29:01 are called to reveal His character to the world. 29:04 We're called to share His light. 29:06 We're called to live His life. 29:08 We're called to represent Him to the world. 29:10 Now let's look at the brightness of His glory, 29:13 not just being His character, which it is, 29:16 but let's look at it being the visible presence of God. 29:19 For that we're going back to Exodus, 29:21 Exodus Chapter 24. 29:23 You know, we have this whole giving 29:25 of the Sinaitic covenant, 29:26 Exodus 19, it begins, 29:28 God carries them on eagle's wings. 29:30 Exodus 20, we have the 10 commandments, 29:32 or 10 promises that God gives. 29:34 And then we see, of course, 29:35 the ratification of the Covenant 29:37 in blood in Exodus 24, 29:38 but we're picking it up in verse 15. 29:40 Exodus 24:15, "Moses went up into the mountain, 29:45 and a cloud covered the mountain. 29:48 Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, 29:51 and the cloud covered it six days. 29:53 And on the seventh day 29:55 He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 29:58 The sight of the glory of the Lord 30:00 was like a consuming fire 30:02 on the top of the mountain 30:04 in the eyes of the children of Israel." 30:06 God blessed His people with a visible manifestation 30:10 of His presence. 30:12 This was the consuming fire. 30:14 This was the cloud that covered the mountain. 30:17 Hebrews 12 tells us what 12:29. 30:20 "Our God is a consuming fire." 30:24 Takeaway number two. 30:26 Jesus came as the visible presence of God. 30:29 He came as the light of the world. 30:33 John 8:12, "He says, 'I am the light of the world. 30:36 He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, 30:40 but shall have the light of life.'" 30:42 Jesus came as the visible presence of God. 30:46 Takeaway number three. 30:47 This is still dealing 30:48 with the visible presence of God. 30:49 The presence of God, 30:51 this is the brightness of His glory. 30:53 It brings terror to the wicked. 30:56 We would think the presence of God is pleasant, 30:58 but as Pastor James already talked about Adam and Eve, 31:00 when they sinned 31:01 they didn't want to communicate, 31:03 they didn't want the presence of God. 31:05 I'm reminded of the sixth seal in Revelation. 31:09 Revelation Chapter 6. 31:11 Remember that? 31:12 The wicked, this is just before the coming of Christ, 31:14 and they're terrified at the presence of God. 31:18 And they cry out to the rocks and say, 31:20 "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him 31:24 who sits on the throne, 31:26 and from the wrath of the lamb 31:27 for the great day of His wrath is come 31:28 and who shall be able to stand?" 31:30 The presence of God, 31:31 it brings terror to the wicked. 31:33 Takeaway number four. 31:34 The presence of God 31:36 provides guidance to His children. 31:39 I love that. 31:40 We see this in Exodus 40. 31:42 But we see this whole picture of the children of Israel 31:45 and the encampment. 31:46 And when the pillar of cloud moved, 31:48 they picked up their tents, 31:50 and they moved along with the presence of God. 31:53 It provided guidance, it provided direction. 31:55 Greg has always said, 31:57 we are called to the Ministry of 3ABN. 32:01 And right now the pillar of cloud is here. 32:04 But if for whatever reason, 32:05 God picks up our pillar of cloud 32:08 and moves it on, 32:09 that means we need to follow. 32:11 That means we need to go where God leads. 32:15 In Exodus 40:34, we see this, 32:17 "The cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting." 32:19 This is the visible presence of God. 32:22 This is the brightness of His glory 32:24 that we talked about in Hebrews. 32:25 "And the glory of the Lord filled the temple." 32:27 Jump down to verse 36. 32:30 "Whenever the cloud was taken up 32:31 from above the tabernacle, 32:33 the children of Israel would go onward in their journeys, 32:36 they would progress. 32:38 But if the cloud was not taken up," Pastor John, 32:41 "they did not journey 32:42 till the day it was taken up." 32:45 The presence of God provides guidance 32:46 to His children. 32:47 Takeaway number five. 32:49 I love this. 32:50 The presence of God brings joy. 32:52 Remember, we said the presence of God 32:54 brings terror to the wicked and it does, 32:56 but the presence of God brings joy to His children. 33:00 Psalm 16:11, 33:02 "You will show me that's God will show me the path of life, 33:06 in your presence is fullness of joy, 33:09 at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." 33:13 Do you lack joy in your life? 33:15 Seek the presence of God. 33:18 The presence of God brings joy. 33:20 Takeaway number six. 33:21 The presence of God brings rest. 33:25 Exodus 33:14, "And He said, God is speaking, 33:29 'My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'" 33:34 The presence of God brings rest. 33:36 Now in our final moments, 33:38 let's look at the second phrase, 33:39 we already looked at 33:40 the brightness of His glory being God's character, 33:43 which we are called to represent, 33:45 as well as the visible presence of God. 33:48 But what is the express image of His person? 33:51 It's very fascinating to me, 33:52 the express image is actually a word in Greek. 33:56 That is a tool used for engraving. 33:59 It's a mold or a stamp. 34:03 So you know what a stamp is. 34:04 It gives the exact representation, 34:07 the exact likeness. 34:09 There's a perfect correspondence, 34:11 in essence, in being in the likeness in character, 34:15 between the Father and the Son. 34:17 Remember, Jesus said to fill up, 34:19 this is in John 14:9, 34:21 "Jesus said, 'Have I been with you so long, 34:23 and yet, you have not known Me, Philip? 34:27 He who has seen Me has seen the Father, 34:29 how can you say, 'Show us the Father?'" 34:32 That's because Jesus is the mold, 34:34 the exact representation of the Father. 34:38 John 1:18. 34:39 "No one has seen God at any time. 34:41 The only begotten Son, 34:42 who is in the bosom of the Father, 34:44 He has declared Him." 34:46 Takeaway number seven. 34:48 Jesus came to reveal the Father. 34:51 If you know Jesus, you know the Father. 34:53 He came to reveal God, 34:56 just as no one has seen the Son 34:58 except through its brightness. 35:00 We can only know the Father through Jesus. 35:03 So our takeaway is you and I are called 35:05 to share the character of God to the world. 35:07 Jesus came as the visible presence of God. 35:10 The presence of God brings terror to the wicked, 35:12 but it brings guidance, joy, and rest to the righteous. 35:16 And Jesus came to reveal the Father. 35:19 Amen. Amen. 35:20 Thank you so much. 35:22 Wonderful foundation laid, thank you guys so much. 35:24 I have Wednesday's lesson. 35:26 My name is Ryan Day, 35:27 and Wednesday's lesson is entitled 35:29 Through Whom He Made the Universe. 35:33 The opening statement here says, 35:34 "Hebrews affirms that God created the world 35:37 'through' or 'by' Jesus 35:40 and that Jesus sustains the world 35:43 with His powerful Word." 35:45 And so there's no denying 35:47 that the Bible is very clear how Christ is Creator, 35:50 that He is responsible for creating all things. 35:53 I think of John 1:1, 35:55 "Right in the beginning was the Word, 35:57 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." 35:58 But it goes on to say that, 36:00 "Through Him, all things were made, 36:02 and nothing was made unless it was made by Him." 36:04 So in this case, Christ is Creator. 36:06 We even see this in Hebrews 1:2-3, 36:10 we've read these verses many times, 36:11 but hey, we might as well read them again, right? 36:13 Because the more we hear them, the more we remember them. 36:15 Hebrews 1:2-3, it says, "Has in these last days," 36:19 speaking of Christ, "spok to us by His Son, 36:23 through whom He has appointed heirs of all things, 36:26 through whom also He made the world's, 36:29 whom being in the brightness of His glory, 36:31 and the express image of His person, 36:33 and upholding all things by the Word of His power, 36:35 when He had by himself purged our sins, 36:38 sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." 36:42 So before we go on any further, 36:44 for any more commentary on this idea 36:47 that Christ in which made all things, He is the... 36:50 All the universe is made by Him. 36:51 Let's jump back to some text in the Old Testament here 36:54 because the lesson brings out 36:55 that many people have a discrepancy 36:57 when they read some of the Old Testament texts 36:59 where it talks about God alone being creator, 37:03 and then they get to the New Testament 37:04 and they read these texts 37:05 where it says Christ is Creator. 37:06 Well, who's the Creator, right? 37:08 Let's go back to Isaiah 44:24. 37:11 And then we're going to skip over one chapter 37:13 and read Isaiah 45:18. 37:16 But right now, Isaiah 44:24, 37:19 notice what the Bible says, 37:20 "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer," 37:22 that word, Lord is Jehovah. 37:24 "Thus says the Lord, Jehovah, your Redeemer, 37:27 and He who formed you from the womb, 37:32 'I am the Lord, who makes all things, 37:34 who stretched out the heavens all alone, 37:37 who spreads abroad the earth," 37:39 notice this, "by Myself." 37:41 And so, again, many people read this, 37:43 wait a second, God created but yet Jesus created. 37:46 Again, Isaiah 45:18. 37:48 Let's read this one. 37:49 Isaiah 45:18, "For thus says the Lord, 37:52 who created the heavens, who is God," 37:56 okay, "who formed the earth and made it, 37:58 who has established it, who did not create it in vain, 38:03 who formed it to be inhabited. 38:05 'I am the Lord," and there it is, 38:07 "and there is no other." 38:09 There's some singularity statement here, 38:12 "I am God, there is no other." 38:14 I'm the one that created all things. 38:16 Nehemiah 9:6, got to read this one as well. 38:19 It fits right into this theme we're talking about. 38:21 Nehemiah 9:6, "You alone are the Lord, 38:27 you have made heaven, 38:28 the heaven of heavens, with all their host, 38:31 the earth and everything on it, 38:33 the seas and all that is in them, 38:35 and you preserve them all. 38:38 The host of heaven worships You." 38:41 And so the idea which the lesson 38:42 brings out very intelligently, 38:44 some think that Jesus was merely 38:46 the instrument through whom God created, right? 38:50 This is not possible because first, 38:52 of course, verse we read, "For Paul, 38:53 Jesus is the Lord who created the world. 38:56 He's not merely a helper." 38:58 And some people see it that way. 38:59 I hear people all the time. 39:00 They'll say, "Well, Jesus is my Savior, 39:02 Jesus is my Lord." 39:03 But God created and the idea is there 39:06 is that somehow Jesus is somehow 39:07 some lesser God or some demigod, 39:10 or in many cases, some people deny 39:12 just outright the divinity of Christ and say, 39:14 well, there's God and then there's Christ. 39:17 But when you get into the Book of Hebrews, 39:19 and many other passages throughout the Bible, 39:21 we are very, very clear in the fact 39:22 that Jesus is God and He is Creator. 39:26 He created all things. 39:29 I love Hebrews 1:8, and verse 10. 39:32 We also find this being reaffirmed 39:34 in Psalm 102:25-27, 39:38 which is where Paul draws these words from, 39:40 but again, Hebrews Chapter 1 39:41 we're going to read verses 8 and 10. 39:43 Notice what the Bible says, "But to the Son He says, 39:47 'Your throne," here it is, "O, God, is forever and ever, 39:52 a scepter of righteousness 39:54 is the scepter of Your kingdom.'" 39:55 And then verse 10, with that, 39:56 "And 'You, Lord, in the beginning, 39:59 laid the foundation of the earth, 40:01 and the heavens are the work of Your hands." 40:04 Let's make this clear. 40:05 Jesus is God. 40:08 Jesus is Creator. 40:10 There's no way of getting around that. 40:12 I have to emphasize that again because just recently, 40:15 even in my own ministry, as I travel around, 40:18 and I get to speak with many different people, 40:19 and go to many different churches, 40:21 there's a movement, there's a movement of people 40:23 that seem to be preaching this idea 40:25 that there's just one true God 40:26 and it's the Father. 40:27 And Jesus is not God at all, 40:29 but yet they're okay with saying He's Creator, 40:31 but the fact that He is Creator makes Him God. 40:35 In fact the Bible says it you can't get around it, 40:37 Jesus Christ is God, He is Creator. 40:41 In fact, Hebrews 2:10 says 40:43 that the universe was created by or through, 40:47 in this case, the Father because it's talking about 40:49 what the Father is doing through Jesus. 40:51 And so this is where some confusion comes in. 40:53 Wait a second, the Father is Creator, 40:55 and the Son is also Creator. 40:57 The exact same expressions again 40:59 that we find in Hebrews 2:10, 41:01 or apply to Jesus in Hebrews 1:2 41:04 which we read earlier, 41:06 the Father created and Jesus created, 41:08 did you hear that? 41:09 The Father created and Jesus created, right? 41:13 We see this in Hebrews 1 and 2, in 10, also Hebrews 2:10. 41:17 There is a perfect agreement between the Father and Son 41:21 in purpose and activity. 41:24 This is part of the mystery of the Godhead, right? 41:27 How do you explain these things? 41:28 Only God can fully explain these things. 41:31 Jesus created and God created 41:33 though that is referencing the Father, 41:35 but there is only one Creator, okay? 41:38 God, God is Creator, 41:40 of course, which implies that Jesus is indeed God. 41:44 We even see this very clearly communicated in the famous 41:47 what we call the Shammahs. 41:49 Deuteronomy 6:4, 41:51 it literally in the original language says, 41:53 "Sh'ma Yisrael, Adonai, Eloheinu, Adonai Echad." 41:58 "Hear, O Israel, our God is one!" 42:02 And that word one there, 42:03 it's interesting that Moses would use the word Echad 42:06 because he could have used the word Yachid, 42:08 which Yachid is a very rigid singularity. 42:11 But it's interesting, he used the same word 42:13 to describe that relationship 42:14 that when God created Adam and Eve, 42:16 He said, Adam and Eve, you are one, Echad. 42:20 In other words, the word Echad is describing again, 42:23 our Lord our God, Elohim Adonai. 42:26 He is Echad, He is one in unity. 42:30 But how can you take one individual 42:31 and say that's a great unity? 42:34 We know that the Father and the Son share divinity, 42:37 the Father and the Son are Creator. 42:40 How do we explain that in our finite human minds, 42:43 we simply can't. 42:44 It's a mystery, but at the end of the day, 42:46 we can take what the Bible tells us, 42:47 and we can believe it, 42:49 we can proclaim it because the scripture is clear. 42:52 The Bible even goes on to say, meanwhile, that Jesus Christ... 42:55 In fact, in Hebrews 4:13, 42:57 Christ is also called the Judge, 43:00 and you can't call Him Judge unless obviously, 43:02 by that He has given that name. 43:04 He's given that title 43:05 because He has indeed created all things. 43:07 He is Creator. 43:09 Let's read Hebrews 4:12-13. 43:11 It says, "For the word of God is living and powerful." 43:14 What is that word? 43:15 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, 43:17 and the Word was God, 43:18 we're talking about Jesus Christ. 43:20 "For the word of God is living and powerful, 43:21 and sharper than any two-edged sword, 43:23 piercing even the division of soul and spirit, 43:25 and the joints and marrow, 43:26 and is a discerner of the thoughts 43:29 and intents of the heart." 43:30 But here comes the judgment aspect in verse 13. 43:33 "And there is no creature hidden from His sight, 43:37 but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him 43:40 to whom we must give account." 43:43 The fact that He is judge, the fact that He is Creator. 43:45 He is Creator, He is judge, 43:47 but also the Bible goes on to describe Christ, 43:50 by whom God created all things, 43:52 even the universe. 43:54 He is the sustainer. 43:56 He is the sustainer of creation. 43:59 Hebrews 1:3 notice again, what it says, 44:02 "Who being the brightness of His glory 44:04 and the express image of His person, 44:06 and upholding all things by the Word of His power, 44:09 when He had by Himself purged our sins, 44:12 sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." 44:17 Even Colossians 1:17 says, 44:19 "And He is before all things," 44:21 and notice, "in Him all things consist." 44:25 You know what that means? 44:26 Christ is not only the Creator, 44:28 but all of creation is consisted, 44:30 it is sustained through Him. 44:33 And then lesson brings out here, 44:34 "The sustaining action, 44:36 probably includes the idea of guidance or governance. 44:41 The Greek word pheron," 44:42 which again goes on to mean sustaining or carrying, 44:45 "is used to describe the wind driving a boat 44:49 in Acts 27:15, 17. 44:52 Or it also describes 44:54 God leading the prophets 44:56 in 2 Peter 1:21. 44:59 Thus in a real sense, 45:01 Jesus not only created us but sustains us as well." 45:05 And I love this. 45:06 "Every breath, every heartbeat, 45:09 every moment of our existence is found in Him, 45:13 Jesus, the foundation of all created existence." 45:19 Jesus is the foundation of all. 45:21 He is the Creator. 45:23 He is God. 45:25 And we're just going to leave it at that. 45:27 That's pretty clear. 45:28 Praise the Lord. Thank you very much. 45:30 We now move to Thursday's portion 45:33 of this study guide. 45:35 And the title is Today I Have Begotten You. 45:38 This is concerning Jesus. 45:40 My name is John Dinzey. 45:41 For those of you listening on radio, 45:43 there's a different person now speaking. 45:46 So we have an Exodus 2:4, 45:49 the fact that God heard Hebrews groaning 45:53 because of their sufferings, 45:55 and God remembered His covenant 45:57 that He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 46:00 God is a covenant keeping God 46:03 and the promises we find in the Old Testament, 46:06 the scriptures we find in the Old Testament, 46:08 the stories in the Old Testament have... 46:12 You see some of the borrowing in the Book of Hebrews, 46:15 and we're going to talk about one of those right here. 46:19 In Luke 1:72-73, 46:22 Zacharias made this powerful message 72, 73, 46:27 "To perform," concerning Jesus, he grabbed the child, 46:30 Jesus in His arms, and he says, 46:31 "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers 46:35 and to remember His holy covenant, 46:38 the oath which He swear to our father Abraham." 46:43 Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, 46:47 came to fulfill the promise. 46:50 Now look at Luke 1:31-32. 46:54 Talking to Mary, the angel says, 46:57 "You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, 47:01 and shall call His name Jesus. 47:04 He will be great, 47:05 and will be called the Son of the Highest, 47:08 and the Lord God will give Him 47:10 the throne of His father David." 47:14 Now this is powerful. 47:16 Jesus has serious trouble with the Scribes 47:19 and the Pharisees and the Sadducees. 47:21 They were constantly after Him to find some fault 47:24 because He was growing in popularity, 47:26 He was doing miracles, 47:27 and they were afraid 47:28 they were losing their influence 47:30 among the people. 47:31 So in John Chapter 8, 47:32 Jesus is speaking to the Scribes, 47:35 to the Pharisees, the Jews. 47:36 And beginning in verse 56, 47:38 you will hear something marvelous, 47:41 notice, "Your father Abraham rejoiced 47:43 to see My day, 47:45 and he saw it and was glad. 47:48 Then said the Jews unto Him, 47:49 'Thou are not yet fifty years old, 47:52 and has thou seen Abraham?" 47:54 Jesus said unto them, 47:56 'Verily, verily, I say unto you, 47:58 before Abraham was, I AM.'" 48:02 When He said this, they were shocked. 48:05 They were indignant. 48:08 They wanted to stone Jesus. 48:10 This is why verse 59 says, 48:11 "Then took they up stones to cast at Him, 48:14 but Jesus Hid himself and went out of the temple, 48:18 going through the midst of them, 48:20 and so passed by." 48:22 They tried to cut His mission short, 48:24 they tried to stone Him to death 48:27 because Jesus said, "I am the great I AM." 48:31 And so this is speaking of Jesus, 48:34 I'm reading to you from Signs of the Times, 48:37 August 29, 1900. 48:39 It says, "In speaking of His pre-existence, 48:42 Christ carries the mind back through that dateless ages. 48:48 He assures us that there was never a time 48:51 when He was not in close fellowship 48:54 with the eternal God. 48:55 He to whose voice the Jews were then listening 48:59 had been with God as one brought up with Him." 49:03 You see, there was no time in history past 49:06 in the eternal history past that Jesus did not exist. 49:10 He has always existed. 49:12 He is eternal. 49:13 Hebrews 1:5. 49:15 Now we focus in on the phrase, "I have begotten You. 49:20 Today I have begotten You? 49:21 Notice in Hebrews 1:5, 49:23 "For to which of the angels did He ever say, 49:27 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You?' 49:31 And again, 'I will be to Him a Father, 49:34 and He shall be to Me a Son?'" 49:36 There's so much in this one verse 49:38 that we don't have all the time 49:40 to exhaust all that it has here. 49:42 But yes, there are times in the Bible 49:44 when angels are referred to sons of God, 49:47 but it's separating Jesus from angels 49:50 because He is the Creator, He is God. 49:53 And there's something that occurs upon a given time. 49:57 You see Jesus when He's manifested 50:00 and when He takes upon Himself as a human, 50:04 as human flesh, 50:06 He is considered the only begotten Son of God. 50:09 But there's another time when we see this phrase. 50:14 "Today I have begotten You?" 50:15 And it's very interesting. 50:16 So I encourage you to listen. 50:18 The I in the Greek here is emphatic, 50:22 "I the Everlasting Father have begotten You 50:25 on this day that is on this day, 50:27 the day of Thy being manifested as My Son, 50:31 'the first-begotten of the dead.'" 50:32 You see, when Jesus Christ comes forth from the grave, 50:36 there's a revelation and a manifestation 50:40 in such a sense that the father declares, 50:42 this day have I begotten thee. 50:45 Now this is interesting because this is taken from Psalm 2:6-7. 50:50 Psalms 2:6-7, 50:52 "'Yet have I set My King 50:54 over upon My holy hill of Zion.' 50:57 'I will declare the decree, the Lord has said unto Me, 51:00 'Thou are My Son, 51:01 this day I have begotten Thee.'" 51:03 Now I mentioned earlier that the stories in the past 51:07 have references in the New Testament as well. 51:10 You see the whole theocracy, the kingdom of Israel, 51:15 had messianic import. 51:18 And when, actually this declaration 51:21 that we find in Psalm 2:6-7, 51:25 this is a phrase that the Lord uses 51:29 even for Solomon, 51:31 where it says, "I will be to him a father, 51:33 he shall be to me a son." 51:35 But this is like, solemn becomes an type 51:39 and Jesus becomes the antitype. 51:41 So let's consider this. 51:42 You see, the type of God's ultimately 51:45 subduing all enemies 51:47 under His son also is represented in David. 51:50 In the Book of 2 Samuel Chapter 8, 51:53 you will see a listing of David's victories 51:57 and the victories David had. 51:59 And notice what it says in 2 Samuel 8:15, it says, 52:04 "And David reigned over all Israel, 52:08 and David executed judgment 52:11 and justice unto all his people." 52:15 So David becomes a type and Christ is the antitype, 52:19 Jesus Christ, 52:21 by coming to this world becoming human, 52:25 just like you and I, enduring temptation 52:28 just like you and I, 52:29 being victorious, 52:31 dying upon the cross for us. 52:33 And when he dies upon the cross for us 52:35 and comes forth victorious, 52:37 resurrected on the third day, he wins the battle, 52:42 he wins the war, 52:43 he wins and he becomes the Son of God in a sense 52:48 as being established over the throne 52:51 that we're going to read in a moment. 52:53 And so Jesus, just like David is going to execute justice, 52:58 He's going to rule over, not just over Israel, 53:01 but over the whole world. 53:04 Jesus Christ will execute judgment 53:06 for His people. 53:07 2 Samuel 7:12-16, "God promised David, 53:11 I will set up your seed after you, 53:14 who will come from your body, 53:15 and I will establish his kingdom. 53:18 He shall build a house for My name, 53:20 and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 53:24 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. 53:27 And your house and your kingdom 53:29 shall be established forever before you. 53:31 Your throne shall be established forever." 53:34 This was because David wanted to build a temple, 53:38 but he could not, God told him, 53:40 your son is going to build a temple. 53:42 And here Solomon becomes a type and Jesus is the antitype 53:46 because just like God said to Solomon, 53:49 God says to his son, I will be to you a father, 53:52 and you shall be to Me a son, 53:53 just as we read in Hebrews 1:5. 53:56 So in Romans 1:3-4. 53:59 It says, "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 54:03 which was made up the seed of David 54:05 according to the flesh, 54:07 and declared to be the Son of God with power, 54:11 according to the spirit of holiness, 54:13 by the resurrection from the dead." 54:16 So when Christ resurrects from the dead, 54:19 He becomes a... 54:21 Here it's not that He is becoming 54:23 His son at that time, 54:25 but it's a manifestation of a prior Sonship, 54:28 he was already the Son before He rose from the dead. 54:33 And so I tell you, in Mark Chapter 1, 54:36 a declaration is made by the centurion, 54:39 notice, Mark 15:39. 54:42 "And when the centurion, which stood over against him, 54:45 saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, 54:48 he said, 'Truly this man was the Son of God.'" 54:52 Praise the Lord. 54:53 You see, Christ has existed forever. 54:56 He as the Son of God came to die for us. 54:59 And so quickly let me read Philippians 2:5-8. 55:04 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, 55:07 who, being in the form of God, 55:09 thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 55:11 but made Himself of no reputation, 55:14 and took upon Him the form of a servant, 55:16 and was made in the likeness of men. 55:19 And being found in fashion as a man, 55:21 He humbled Himself 55:23 and became obedient unto death, 55:25 even the death of the cross." 55:27 Christ has been victorious, 55:29 died for us being high and King, 55:33 He left the adoration of angels and became a babe, 55:36 and He is our King. 55:39 Amen. Thank you so much. 55:41 Wonderful. 55:42 I don't think there's any doubt about that any longer. 55:45 But I wanna give each one of our panelists 55:46 an opportunity to summarize the day they cover. 55:48 James? 55:50 All right, well, the day we covered was Monday, 55:51 God Has Spoken to Us by His Son. 55:54 Hebrews 13:8 said that Jesus Christ says that, 55:57 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, 55:58 today, and forever." 56:00 So God is a communicator 56:02 and sin didn't stop God from communicating with us. 56:05 God communicates with us, He has communicated with us, 56:08 and He'll continue to communicate with us. 56:10 And the communication that He has for us 56:12 is the revelation of His love, 56:13 His goodness that leads us to turn our lives around 56:17 and give our hearts to Him. 56:18 Amen. Jill? 56:19 On Tuesday, we looked at Jesus 56:21 being the brightness of His glory 56:23 and the express image of His person. 56:24 And I just want to touch on this many times 56:27 we feel like God is harsh. 56:28 The God of the Old Testament is vengeful and vindictive, 56:32 but the truth is, Jesus came to reveal the Father. 56:35 And that means that God is love, 56:38 and God wants to save you. 56:39 Amen. Amen. 56:41 The first chapter of Revelation 1:11 56:44 as well as the very last chapter, 56:46 Revelation 22:13 says, "I am the Alpha, the Omega, 56:49 the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." 56:52 Both obviously, both referring to Jesus Christ. 56:55 He is the beginning, He is the end. 56:57 He is the Alpha, He is the Omega. 56:59 Make Him Lord of your life today. 57:01 Amen. Amen. 57:03 We have in the Book of Genesis 57:04 that Adam and Eve were given dominion, 57:06 and they lost it when they sinned, 57:07 and Satan seem to take it from them, 57:10 but Christ by dying on the cross for us 57:13 a perfect sacrifice. 57:14 He has taken that dominion back, 57:16 and He will establish a kingdom that will last forever. 57:19 And I hope you are part of it. 57:20 Amen. 57:21 Thank you so much each one of you 57:22 for talking about The Promised Son. 57:25 And, you know, there's a statement 57:26 I heard growing up, 57:27 it's called promises, promises. 57:29 God made a promise, 57:30 and Jesus is the fulfillment of that divine promise. 57:34 So we can have today the blessed assurance 57:36 that the Christ who came to earth 57:38 to redeem us will come again to deliver us. 57:42 Thank you so much that Jesus is in fact, 57:45 the promise of God. 57:48 Lesson number four we're going to be covering next week, 57:50 we'd like to invite you to come back 57:51 and join us on that. 57:52 It's Jesus, our Faithful Brother. 57:54 When He walked the earth, 57:56 He also became somebody closer 57:57 than our closest friend. 57:59 Join us next week 58:00 for that exciting lesson study on Hebrews. |
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