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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:08 Doug Batchelor: Jesus said in Matthew 28:19, "Go therefore and 00:12 make disciples of all nations." 00:15 Here at Amazing Facts, we take the Great Commission seriously. 00:19 That's why we're an international ministry. 00:22 I've personally had the privilege of sharing the Gospel 00:25 in many countries, from China to New Guinea, from Russia to 00:29 Africa, to India. 00:31 And it's evident that people everywhere have a hunger for 00:34 the Word of God. 00:35 As we make significant progress in delivering God's message, 00:38 there's still a lot of work to be done. 00:40 It's not enough that people know about Jesus. 00:43 People need to experience a new birth and to know the fantastic 00:47 love of God. 00:48 Life's difficult. 00:50 Many people across the globe are struggling, but God is 00:53 still love. 00:55 And it's our mission here at Amazing Facts, and it's our joy, 00:58 to show that love to others by sharing the good news. 01:01 We pray that today's program will bless and inspire you to 01:04 share God's Word with others. 01:06 And, don't forget, stay tuned for today's free offer at the 01:10 conclusion of the presentation. 01:12 God bless. 01:17 Doug: The Bible tells us about a sanctuary. 01:21 There's actually three of them. 01:22 Now, when I say sanctuary, you've got different words. 01:25 One is the word tabernacle, that's typically assigned to the 01:30 sanctuary they had in the wilderness. 01:32 Then you've got the word sanctuary. 01:34 And then you've got the word temple. 01:36 In the Middle East right now, there is a major conflict, at 01:39 the time of this recording, and, if you boil it down, a lot of it 01:43 has to do with some sacred real estate on top of a mountain 01:47 called Mount Moriah. 01:49 It's sacred real estate for three major-- you could argue 01:54 four major-- religions of the world. 01:57 There are about 2.2 billion Christians in the world; that's 02:01 including Protestants and Catholics, orthodox Christians. 02:05 There's about 1.7 Muslims in the world. 02:07 And there is about 16 million Jews. 02:11 And that mountaintop is a holy spot. 02:15 Now, to give you a little quick overview of why this is such an 02:19 interesting piece of real estate goes all the way back to the 02:23 time of Abraham. 02:24 It's first mentioned when Abraham wins a battle against 02:28 these kings of the North. 02:30 His name was Chedorlaomer, up by Damascus. 02:33 Still in the news today, right? 02:35 Battle between Abraham and the people of Syria, the North. 02:39 And he rescued Lot, that had been captured from Sodom, and 02:43 Abraham got all this bounty from the war. 02:45 And, on his way back, he stopped in a small town called Salem 02:50 where there was a king priest named Melchizedek. 02:54 It's the first time Salem is mentioned. 02:56 The word Jeru Salem, Jeru Shalom, it means city of peace. 03:00 But this is the place. 03:03 Later, God says to Abraham, "I want you to take your son, your 03:05 only son who you love, and I want you to bring him to the 03:08 mountains of Moriah and offer him there for Me." 03:10 Abraham went from Hebron, or wherever he was at the time, and 03:15 he went to the mountains of Moriah, Mount Zion, same place, 03:19 the vicinity of Salem. 03:20 And he went up the mountain to offer Isaac. 03:22 And it's a story, really, of the plan of salvation. 03:27 The father and son go up the mountain. 03:29 Abraham places the wood on Isaac's back; the cross was 03:32 placed on Jesus's back. 03:35 And, on the way up the hill-- Isaac's gone to sacrifice before 03:37 with his father. 03:39 He says, "Father, I see that we've got the wood, and we've 03:44 got the fire." 03:45 What it would take, the tinder and flint to make the fire. 03:48 He said, "But where is the sacrifice? 03:51 Where's the lamb?" 03:52 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide Himself a lamb." 03:56 They got to the top. 03:58 Abraham told his son what God had asked him to do. 04:00 Isaac willingly offered himself as a sacrifice. 04:03 Just before the knife came down, God stopped him and said, 04:08 "Abraham, Abraham do not harm the lad. 04:10 Now I know that you trust Me." 04:12 This was an an allegory of what the Father and Son would do for 04:15 you and me. 04:17 "God so loved the world He gave His Son." 04:19 Abraham is the father of the faithful. 04:20 He was willing to sacrifice his son and obey God. 04:24 Years later, David, who is a descendant from Abraham, an 04:30 angel of judgment's going through the land of Israel, and 04:33 thousands were dying from a plague because of their pride. 04:36 And David had instigated their pride. 04:39 And David looked up, and he saw an angel with a drawn sword over 04:43 Mount Moriah, the very place where Abraham offered Isaac. 04:46 It was owned by a Jebusite named Oran back then, or Ornan. 04:50 And David prayed and said, "Let this punishment be on me. 04:56 But what have these sheep done?" 04:58 Again, you see there's a judgment, and they're sheep, and 05:01 God stops, and David goes and he offers sacrifice. 05:04 He buys the threshing floor and offers sacrifice, and the 05:07 judgment is stopped. 05:09 The angel of judgment is stayed. 05:11 That, again, is on Mount Zion. 05:12 Later, David tells Solomon, "This is the place that God has 05:14 chosen to build His house." 05:17 And so, why is this coming from our Revelation study? 05:21 "Then another angel came out of the temple that was in heaven, 05:25 also having a sharp sickle." 05:27 This is part of the harvest of the earth that's going 05:30 to happen. 05:31 So, with that background, what did God ask Moses to build, 05:35 and why? 05:36 You read, in Exodus 25, verse 8, "And let them make Me a 05:41 sanctuary, that I might dwell among them." 05:46 Now, Jesus is with us everywhere we go. 05:48 But God wanted them to have a place that was a physical 05:51 presence that they could see because we kind of live in time 05:54 and space. 05:55 This was so important to the Lord that, when the plagues fell 06:00 on Egypt and they crossed the Red Sea, instead of going 06:02 north up to the promised land, God said, "No, I want you to 06:06 go south down to Mount Sinai." 06:09 And they went to Mount Sinai, and there, not only did they 06:12 get The Ten Commandments, but Moses stayed on the mountain 06:15 40 days and 40 nights. 06:16 It doesn't take 40 days and 40 nights to write 06:18 the 300 words of The Ten Commandments. 06:20 While he was there on the mountain, God gave him 06:22 instructions about building an edifice. 06:25 He says, "Let them make Me a sanctuary." 06:27 From where did these sanctuary blueprints originate? 06:32 Where did Moses get the plans? 06:34 Did he just dream it up? 06:36 The Bible tells us, Exodus 25:40, "And see to it that you 06:41 make them according to--" the what-- "the pattern--" the 06:44 design-- "which was shown you in the mountain." 06:48 Now, this sanctuary, this earthly sanctuary, is like a 06:51 miniature of a very real sanctuary that God has in heaven 06:55 where He dwells. 06:57 Like on the sanctuary on earth, they had a room with golden 07:01 angels carved in the walls. 07:03 In heaven, God's got a living wall of angels. 07:06 Sanctuary on earth, they had angels on the right and left of 07:09 the Ark of the Covenant. 07:11 In heaven, they're real angels. 07:14 In fact, friends, the subject of the sanctuary is all through the 07:20 book of Revelation. 07:22 We need to understand it. 07:23 A lot of the Bible, you will not understand. 07:25 The subject of the sanctuary in the temple goes from Exodus 07:29 to Revelation. 07:30 That's a lot of Bible, yet a lot of Christians never study the 07:33 subject, and it is filled with meaning that helps us understand 07:37 the plan of salvation. 07:39 Revelation, chapter 1, where does Jesus first appear? 07:42 Standing among seven candlesticks, that was in 07:46 the sanctuary. 07:47 You read later, it talks about the angel took coals from the 07:51 altar of incense, that was in the sanctuary. 07:54 He said, "I saw the Temple of God open in heaven; I saw 07:56 the Ark." 07:58 That was in the sanctuary. 08:00 So the context of this vision is in the sanctuary. 08:04 And, if you look in, like, Isaiah chapter 6, and you read 08:08 the first few verses there, "In the year that King Uzziah died, 08:11 I saw the Lord high and lifted up, and the train of His robe 08:16 filled the temple. 08:17 And on the right and the left were Seraphim, and they cried 08:21 one to another. 08:22 And they each had six wings: with two wings, they covered 08:24 their face; with two wings, they covered their feet; with two, 08:27 they did fly. 08:28 And they cried one to the other and they said, 'Holy, holy, holy 08:31 is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!'" 08:35 Here you have a picture of God on His throne, between two 08:38 living Seraphim, and the little Ark that Moses made on earth 08:45 with those angels on top, that was a symbol of the dwelling 08:49 place of God. 08:50 And, when God would meet with Moses, he would meet with him in 08:54 the Holy of Holies between the Shekinah glory, they called it, 08:57 the glory of God, between those two angels. 09:00 And so this teaching, if you read the last eight chapters in 09:04 the book of Ezekiel, you know what it's talking about? 09:07 The temple. 09:09 So it's all through the Bible. 09:11 And we need to understand this. 09:14 "There are priests who serve--" 09:16 the what-- "the copy and shadow 09:19 of the heavenly things, 09:21 as Moses was divinely instructed 09:23 when he was about to make 09:25 the tabernacle--For he said, 09:27 'See that you make all things 09:28 according to the pattern 09:30 shown you in the mountain.'" 09:32 They were to make it according 09:33 to a specific pattern that had been given. 09:35 Pattern given by who? 09:37 By God. 09:39 And you can also read here where it says, in Revelation 14:17, 09:42 the verse we covered, "And then another angel came out of--" the 09:45 what-- "the temple--" which is in? 09:49 Does God have a temple in heaven? 09:52 Why did Jesus say, "Think not that I've come to destroy 09:56 the law and the prophets. 09:57 I've not come to destroy but fulfill, for I say unto you, 10:00 until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle 10:05 will in any wise pass from the law til all is fulfilled." 10:08 By the way, when He said fulfilled there, doesn't mean 10:10 done away with, it means filled full. 10:15 Why does heaven have to pass away? 10:18 Because the original Ark is in heaven with God's law. 10:23 The Bible tells us there is a temple in heaven, and the law is 10:26 a reflection of God's character we studied the other night. 10:29 All right, question number three. 10:31 What did God teach through the sanctuary? 10:35 What was the object of this? 10:37 Notice this, Psalm 77, verse 13, short verse but very important, 10:42 "Your way--" King James says it, "Thy way." 10:45 I like that better, "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary." 10:50 The way of God, that means the way that He saves us, 10:56 He expresses himself. 10:58 Now, the earthly sanctuary was built around a 11:02 sacrificial system. 11:03 And I know, when I first started reading the Bible, learning 11:06 these things, I thought, "I don't understand all the blood 11:10 and the purpose for the sacrifices." 11:13 And then, as I continued studying, Revelation talks about 11:15 the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. 11:19 And then I read where Adam and Eve, when they sinned and 11:21 their garments of glory went out and they saw their 11:24 nakedness, they tried to cover it with fig leaves, 11:26 symbol of self-righteousness. 11:29 Remember, Jesus cursed a fig tree, and God said, 11:31 "That won't do it." 11:34 And God gave them skins. 11:35 Now, where did the skins come from? 11:38 God established a sacrificial system. 11:41 The penalty for sin was death, not for Adam, but the whole 11:44 creation suffered. 11:45 Adam was like the ruler of the world, and, when death went to 11:48 Adam and it went to Eve and their children, it went to the 11:50 whole planet, became corrupted because of sin. 11:53 All the creatures suffered. 11:55 So God said to cover your nakedness. 11:59 "Someday My Son is going to come to take away your sins, and His 12:04 robe of righteousness will cover your sin." 12:06 But He began the sacrificial system; He showed them how. 12:09 Now we're going to put a little sanctuary up on the screen here. 12:12 This is an overview; this is sort of an aerial view of 12:14 the temple. 12:16 There were three principal places in the sanctuary. 12:18 You had what they called the courtyard. 12:21 You had the holy place. 12:23 Then you had the inner sanctum called the Holy of Holies or 12:27 the most holy place. 12:29 There are three phases in salvation. 12:32 The three phases are, it's big theological terms; it's 12:36 justification, sanctification, glorification. 12:41 Justification took place in the courtyard where you had 12:45 the altar and the laver. 12:47 Sanctification took place in the holy place. 12:50 Glorification was when you came into the presence of God in 12:54 the Holy of Holies. 12:55 I might also mention at this point that the priests would go 13:00 and they would offer the sacrifices in the courtyard, and 13:04 the high priest and sometimes others might go into the 13:06 holy place. 13:08 But only the high priest was to go into the Holy of Holies, and 13:13 it only happened two times in the Hebrew economy. 13:16 Once when the temple was built and inaugurated. 13:19 Don't forget that. 13:21 When they finished building the temple, obviously, builders had 13:23 to be in there when they built it. 13:24 Moses went in; when they finished it, he sprinkled 13:27 everything with blood to sanctify it, and then they 13:29 activated it. 13:31 But, from then on, the only time a high priest went in was the 13:33 end of the year on the day of atonement. 13:37 And so, only the high priest could go in there because it 13:40 represented the presence of God. 13:42 So it's just good for you to have that overview. 13:44 Now, there are three phases. 13:46 The children of Israel, their history follows this as well, as 13:51 you'll see when we proceed. 13:53 You come out of Egypt; Egypt was, you know, on the outside, 13:59 and they went through the Red Sea. 14:00 First, they were baptized in a pillar of fire, that was 14:03 the altar. 14:04 Then they went through the Red Sea, that was the laver, 14:06 was filled with water. 14:08 Then they entered the wilderness, that's where they 14:10 were sanctified. 14:11 Then they entered the promised land, that was when they 14:13 were glorified. 14:14 Three phases in the Hebrew experience. 14:16 Number four, notice. 14:18 What were the objects in the courtyard? 14:21 I already touched on them, and there'll be some repetition here 14:23 because I want to have this sink in. 14:25 First thing you saw when you went in is, who knows? 14:28 Is the altar of offering. 14:29 It says, "And you will burn the whole ram on the altar. 14:33 It is a burnt offering to the Lord." 14:35 First thing that came through the door, and there was 14:37 a sacrifice. 14:40 What begins our journey? 14:42 It's a sacrifice, the first step. 14:45 When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, what began 14:47 their journey? 14:49 They were to eat the Passover sacrifice with their shoes on 14:52 their feet, their staff in their hand, their unleavened bread on 14:55 their backs. 14:56 That's why they eat unleavened bread. 14:58 And, so, first thing was the sacrifice, that was the altar. 15:03 Then you had, also in the courtyard, you had the laver. 15:06 So this represents, the sacrifice was the fire, and then 15:10 you add the water. 15:12 Now, what does Jesus say? 15:13 "Unless you are born of the water and the Spirit, you cannot 15:17 enter the kingdom of Heaven," John chapter 3. Does he say you 15:21 might not be able to or you cannot? 15:23 You cannot; you need both baptisms. 15:27 And I know a lot of churches, they brag about how many people 15:29 were baptized in water, but they don't care much about baptized 15:32 in the fire. 15:34 You remember what John the baptist said, "I baptize you 15:37 with water. 15:38 But there's come one coming after I who will baptize you 15:40 with the Holy Spirit and with fire." 15:42 You need both. 15:43 The children of Israel were baptized in a pillar of fire, 15:46 and then they went through the Red Sea; it's another kind 15:48 of baptism. 15:50 So you have the fire and the water there in the courtyard. 15:54 Number five. 15:55 What sanctuary symbol did Jesus fulfill 15:58 in the altar of sacrifice? 16:01 The Bible tells us, 1 Corinthians 5, verse 7, "For 16:04 indeed Christ is our Passover, which was sacrificed for us." 16:09 John 1:29, "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and 16:14 said, 'Behold! 16:16 The Lamb of God that takes away the sin--'" of three people, 16:20 that takes away the sin of how much? 16:22 How many of you live in the world? 16:24 Everybody in the world can take advantage. 16:28 There is enough sacrifice in Jesus's sufferings to cover all 16:31 of your sins and the sins of everyone who's ever lived. 16:34 How can He do that? 16:35 He's God. 16:36 We can't figure it out, but He could do it. 16:38 Number six. 16:39 What does the laver represent? 16:41 It says, "Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling 16:46 on the name of the Lord." 16:48 We need to be baptized in the Spirit, the altar; we need to be 16:50 baptized in the laver, the water. 16:53 You can even read in 1 Corinthians. 16:55 Here, this one's from Romans 16:56 chapter 6, verse 3; it says, 16:58 "Or do you not know that as many 17:00 of you as were baptized 17:02 into Christ Jesus 17:04 were baptized into His death? 17:06 Therefore we are buried with Him 17:08 through baptism into death, 17:10 that just as Christ was raised 17:12 from the dead by the glory 17:13 of the Father, even so 17:14 we should walk in--" what-- 17:16 "a newness of life." 17:18 After baptism, you're born again; you walk in a newness of 17:20 life; all the old sins are gone. 17:23 1 Corinthians chapter 10 is where Paul says, 17:26 in verse 1 and 2, 17:27 "Moreover, brethren, I don't 17:29 want you to be unaware of our 17:30 fathers who were under the 17:32 cloud--" pillar of fire-- "and 17:33 all passed through the sea, and 17:35 all were baptized into Moses in 17:37 the cloud and in the sea." 17:39 Jesus said, "We must be born 17:40 of the water and the Spirit." 17:42 Little amazing fact I think you'll find interesting. 17:46 The world was all washed with water in the days of Noah. 17:50 The Bible says, "When Christ comes, the world's going to be 17:52 washed in fire," 2 Peter chapter 3, "And then God's 17:56 going to make a new heaven and new earth." 17:58 Before the world is born again, it goes through a water 18:00 and a fire baptism also. 18:03 So everybody and everything must go through those baptisms. 18:06 And that's what baptism is a symbol of, the washing. 18:09 You hold your breath momentarily. 18:11 It's a new birth, new beginning. 18:14 Number seven. 18:16 What were the other items that were in the holy place? 18:19 We're making our way through the sanctuary. 18:21 You can read here, and, "On the--" say it-- "the table of 18:26 showbread, they shall spread a blue cloth, and put it on the 18:30 dishes, in the pans, and the bowls, and the pitchers pouring; 18:34 and the showbread shall be on it." 18:36 They had a table with bread. 18:39 And so that was always, when you went in the sanctuary, that'd be 18:41 on the left side. 18:43 You go straight towards the altar, would be the, Ark of the 18:46 Covenant, rather, would be in front of you, and the altar of 18:48 incense on the right. 18:49 Then you would-- I'm sorry, on the right, you'd have the bread; 18:52 on the left you would have the candlestick. 18:55 That leads us to the next thing. 18:57 In Numbers 8, verse 2, 18:58 it says, "When you arrange the lamp, 19:01 the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand." 19:06 So, so far we've got two articles of furniture. 19:09 You've got the bread, and you've got the light. 19:11 What's next? 19:13 "And you shall make in altar to burn incense on." 19:18 They had an altar of incense. 19:20 Now we're gonna talk about, what do these things represent? 19:23 They're very important. 19:25 We've got the the bread. 19:27 How many loaves of bread were there? 19:30 Twelve, one for each one of the tribes of Israel. 19:35 Who is the bread? 19:36 Who is the bread that came down from heaven? 19:39 Jesus is the bread. 19:41 And this is saying that the people of God were to be fed 19:44 with the bread of life. 19:45 Then you come over here, and then you've got the light. 19:49 Who is the light? 19:52 Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." 19:53 But, not only did Jesus say, "I am the light of the world," 19:56 He said, what? 19:57 "You are the light of the world." 19:59 Now, we don't have light of our own, but we reflect his light. 20:02 And how many lights were there? 20:04 Seven. 20:06 And what kept the light burning? 20:08 It was pure virgin oil. 20:11 And that was because it was a symbol for the Holy Spirit. 20:15 It was a special oil they use in the sanctuary, but it was 20:17 olive oil. 20:19 And it's a symbol for the Spirit that keeps the light burning. 20:21 We need that Spirit to keep the light burning. 20:23 You are like the light of the world. 20:25 You are not to put your light under a bush but to be set upon 20:29 a hill. 20:30 But we are reflecting the light of Jesus. 20:31 We have no light in ourselves. 20:33 He is the bread. 20:34 But you know what else Jesus did with the bread? 20:36 Jesus not only said, "I'm the bread of life." 20:38 He said to the disciples, "You give them something to eat." 20:41 Jesus broke the bread, gave it to the disciples, they gave it 20:44 to the people, it multiplied in their hands. 20:46 So, all of these things that God does for us, He also wants us to 20:49 do for Him, as his representatives. 20:52 Jesus said, "As the Father sent me, so send I you." 20:55 So you've got the bread, and you've got the light. 20:58 And then the third thing is what? 21:00 It's the altar of incense. 21:02 Now, it was on the horns of the altar that the priest would come 21:05 in, and he would spread blood for the daily sacrifices. 21:09 It wasn't until the day of atonement that they went into 21:12 the Holy of Holies. 21:13 What does this altar represent? 21:15 It's a symbol for the prayers of God's people. 21:19 They would put incense on it, and the incense, often 21:22 frankincense, and they might have myrrh, some other essence, 21:26 it would waft over the curtain into the presence of God in 21:29 the Holy of Holies. 21:30 And it represented the prayers of the people. 21:34 In these three articles of the altar of incense-- You've got 21:37 prayer, you've got the light, and you've got the bread. 21:41 This represents the three disciplines in the 21:43 Christian life. 21:44 All right, we're going to keep going. 21:46 Where did Jesus go after his resurrection? 21:50 Answer, "Christ has not entered into the holy place made with 21:55 hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, 21:59 now to appear in the presence of God for us." 22:02 Where is Jesus now? 22:06 Now, you know, Christ may appear to you in a dream. 22:08 He might speak to you through the Holy Spirit. 22:11 Jesus did speak to Paul even after his ascension. 22:14 Jesus is not handcuffed to one spot in heaven. 22:17 He is God; He's free to go where He wants. 22:20 But His principal place of work and ministry is as our High 22:24 Priest in heaven at the right hand of power, the Ruler of 22:29 the universe. 22:30 He is enthroned, and you just read some of the beautiful 22:33 statements Paul makes regarding Christ in the beginning and end 22:36 of his letters, makes it clear about his position and his deity 22:39 with God. 22:41 Again, Hebrews 9, verse 11, "Christ came as high priest of 22:45 the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect 22:49 tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation." 22:52 All right, is it clear to you that there is a tabernacle 22:57 in heaven? 23:00 Is it clear to you, from what we're reading in the New 23:02 Testament, Jesus is our High Priest? 23:06 He is our Mediator. 23:07 In the same way Moses would go from the people to God and from 23:10 God to the people, Christ is the ladder between heaven and earth. 23:15 Even on the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus was 23:17 glorified, and God said, "This is my Son," and Moses and Elijah 23:23 said, "He is the one." 23:24 And then you had Peter, James, and John. 23:27 So you had three humans, Peter, James, and John. 23:30 And you had three divine, God, Elijah, Moses. 23:34 Then you had Jesus who is the bridge between the earthly and 23:37 the divine. 23:38 Christ said to Nathaniel, "You're impressed because I said 23:43 I saw you under the fig tree. 23:45 You'll see greater things than these. 23:46 Hereafter, you will see the angels of God ascending and 23:49 descending on the Son of Man." 23:51 Jesus is the escalator through which the angels come to and 23:56 from heaven and earth. 23:57 He is the bridge. 23:59 He is our High Priest. 24:00 Have you ever noticed, in life sometimes, it's not what you 24:03 know, it's who you know? 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