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Series Code: SSOS
Program Code: SSOS190001A
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00:26 Welcome to a new Series that we are beginning entitled, 00:29 "The Sanctuary, Salvation and Our Savior" 00:32 my name is David Shin 00:34 and I want to encourage you to join us 00:36 each and every episode of this Series 00:38 as we study the relevance of the sanctuary 00:41 to our day-to-day lives. 00:43 Now, one of the questions that people have asked is, 00:46 "What is the sanctuary and why is it relevant 00:49 to our day-to-day lives?" 00:50 Many people have assumed 00:52 that the sanctuary is an Old Testament relic 00:54 and is no longer relevant in the New Testament period 00:57 and especially in the 21st Century that we're now living. 01:01 Now, David in Psalm 77 verse 13 said, 01:05 "Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary... " 01:09 In other words, if we want to understand the relevance 01:14 of the sanctuary to our day-to-day lives, 01:17 we must understand that God's reference point 01:21 for what He has done... 01:23 is doing... and will do 01:25 can be found in the sanctuary. 01:27 The sanctuary shows Jesus as the Lamb of God 01:31 who takes away the sins of the world... 01:33 the sanctuary shows Jesus as our High Priest in heaven 01:37 ministering on our behalf 01:38 and the sanctuary is our motif.. our reference point... 01:42 our lens for understanding the work of Christ 01:46 in salvation history 01:48 and one clue that we can have 01:50 for deciphering between all the different doctrines 01:53 in regards to the gospel today, is to look at the sanctuary. 01:57 If it's not in the sanctuary, it is not a right gospel 02:02 because the Bible tells us that God's way is in the sanctuary. 02:07 God has given us a framework to understand 02:10 the work and ministry of Christ in the sanctuary 02:14 and He gave us to Moses as a type of what is in heaven 02:19 as we continue through this Series. 02:22 David, in Psalm 27 verse 4 said, 02:25 "One thing have I desired of the LORD, 02:27 that will I seek; 02:29 that I may dwell in the house of the LORD 02:32 all the days of my life. " 02:34 Now, if you could ask God for anything 02:37 what would you ask Him for? 02:39 A new car? 02:40 A new house? 02:42 Money... fame... fortune... what would you ask God for? 02:45 And here David said, 02:47 "Look, if I could ask God for one thing, 02:49 and I had one request I could make of the Lord, 02:52 he said, "It would be to live in God's house" 02:56 and notice how long David wants to live in God's house. 02:59 He says, "I want to live in God's house... " 03:01 not just for a month... 03:03 not just for a year, 03:04 he said, "I want to live in God's house 03:06 all the days of my life... " 03:09 and as we go through this Series, we'll discover 03:11 that God's house is a sanctuary. 03:14 It's His home, 03:15 it's the dwelling place of God 03:17 and the Command Center of the universe 03:19 and David said, "Look, if I could have one request, 03:22 I want to live in God's house. " 03:24 Now, there are a lot of homes that I could think of 03:27 that I don't want to live in 03:28 and it has to do with one or two reasons, 03:30 either the structure is very poor and uncomfortable 03:33 or the person within the place 03:36 makes it a place that I would never want to spend 03:39 even a night in, 03:40 now, when you look at David's request here, 03:42 you can see that David wants to live in God's house 03:45 because of the person in God's house, 03:48 he says, "Look, I want to live there 03:50 all the days of my life. " 03:52 Now, what does David want to do there? 03:54 We can see what he says in Psalm 27 verse 4, 03:57 in the rest of this verse, he says, 03:59 "One thing have I desired of the LORD, 04:00 that will I seek after; 04:02 that I may dwell in the house of the LORD 04:05 all the days of my life... " 04:07 and the first thing that he wants to do 04:09 is behold the beauty of God. 04:13 God is beautiful... 04:14 we're not just talking about an inner beauty 04:17 but I believe that God is externally beautiful 04:20 on the outside 04:22 and this emanates from a character beauty 04:24 and David says, "Look, I want to live in your house, 04:26 because God... You're a beautiful God... 04:29 You're a God that's beautiful on the inside 04:31 and on the outside. " 04:34 God has a beautiful aesthetic quality to Him 04:36 and he says, "The other thing that I want to do, 04:39 is to inquire in His temple. 04:43 Now, when you look at the original language, 04:45 the word "inquire" is talking about an intellectual inquiry 04:49 after truth. 04:50 So, God's house is not only a place of aesthetic beauty, 04:54 it's also a place of beauty of truth as well, 04:59 not only an aesthetic beauty, 05:00 but also an intellectual assent of knowledge and truth. 05:05 God's house is a place of inquiry and truth, 05:09 he says, "I want to talk with God. " 05:11 Now, I read an article not too long ago 05:13 about individuals that would spend tens of thousands 05:18 and hundreds of thousands of dollars 05:20 to have lunch with Warren Buffet, 05:22 one of the richest men in all the world 05:25 and these individuals... one of them I read about 05:28 spent $600,000 to have lunch for an hour 05:33 with Warren Buffet 05:35 and they were asked afterwards... 05:37 these individuals that had won this bidding lottery 05:40 to have lunch with Warren Buffet... 05:42 they were asked, "Was it worth it?" 05:43 And all of them said, "Absolutely, yes!" 05:46 Now, evidently, having lunch with a billionaire 05:49 is... is worth a lot of money 05:51 but can you imagine having lunch with God 05:53 every single day in His house? 05:57 What would that conversation be like? 05:59 What would be the interaction? 06:01 What would be the knowledge gained from an inquiry 06:05 to understand the mind of God? 06:08 So, David says, I want to dwell in your house 06:11 all the days of my life... 06:12 I want to live there 06:14 and I want to behold the beauty of God 06:17 and I want to inquire in His temple, 06:19 I want to understand what God has to do 06:22 and what God has to reveal in His truth. 06:25 Now, the question is, what does God's house look like? 06:29 And in Revelation chapter 11 verse 19, 06:33 we have a picture of what God's house looks like, 06:35 God's temple... 06:37 it says in Revelation chapter 11 verse 19, 06:40 "And then the temple of God was opened in heaven... " 06:43 this is God's house... the dwelling place of God... 06:47 "and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. " 06:51 Here John in vision sees the house of God... 06:55 the temple of God 06:56 and the doors of the temple are opened 06:59 and inside he sees a particular article of furniture 07:04 known as the ark of the covenant. 07:06 We have another idea of what is also in God's house... 07:10 the same book, Revelation chapter 4 verse 5, 07:12 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, 07:17 and voices: and seven lamps of fire 07:20 were burning before the throne. " 07:22 So not only in God's house is the Ark of the Covenant 07:25 but also in God's house is a light source, 07:29 there are seven lamps of fire that are burning 07:32 before the throne 07:33 and another verse in Revelation indicates what else is seen, 07:38 here's a picture of the candelabra... 07:41 the lampstands that are found there... the menorah... 07:44 and Revelation 8 verse 3, the Bible tells us, 07:48 "he was given much incense, 07:50 that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints 07:54 upon the golden altar which was also before the throne. " 07:58 You see, an altar of incense that is also located 08:02 in the house of God as well 08:05 and here's an artist's depiction of the Altar of Incense. 08:09 So, in review, in the Book of Revelation, 08:12 you see that in God's house, there's an Ark of the Covenant, 08:15 there are lampstands... 08:17 there's an Altar of Incense that is also found there as well 08:21 and in Exodus chapter 25 verse 8, the Bible says, 08:25 "Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings 08:29 exactly like the pattern that I will show you. " 08:33 Moses went up to Mount Sinai 08:35 and when he went up to Mount Sinai, 08:38 he came down with two things after the conversation with God. 08:42 The first thing that he came down with 08:44 was the Ten Commandments. 08:46 The other thing that Moses came down with 08:49 was a blueprint of the sanctuary 08:53 known as the Mosaic Sanctuary or Moses' Tabernacle 08:57 and notice what God told Moses about the Tabernacle, 09:01 He said, "This tabernacle and all its furnishings 09:05 exactly like the pattern I will show you. " 09:10 In other words, the sanctuary preexisted 09:14 the time of Moses, 09:16 now, if you make something after the pattern 09:18 of something else, 09:19 it indicates that there is an original that also exists 09:23 and as we've just seen in Revelation chapter 4... 09:26 Revelation chapter 11 and Revelation chapter 8... 09:29 there are the true articles of furniture 09:33 that really exist in heaven 09:35 and God said, "I want you to make a replica... 09:39 a miniature of what is in heaven 09:42 so, Moses' sanctuary was not created and instituted 09:48 during the time of Moses 09:49 and it was not created by God during that time. 09:52 All of the Biblical evidence indicates 09:55 that it was really a replica of the real deal 09:59 that was really in heaven. 10:01 Now, in the New Testament, 10:03 in Hebrews chapter 8 verses 1 through 5, 10:06 Paul says, "Now this is the main point of the things 10:09 that we're saying, we do have such a High Priest, 10:12 who is sat down at the right hand of the throne 10:16 of the Majesty in heaven, 10:18 who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle 10:23 set up by the LORD and not by a mere human being. " 10:29 In other words, the Bible indicates 10:31 that when Jesus went to heaven, 10:34 He went as our High Priest to be a Minister 10:38 in a true sanctuary 10:41 which was not created and instituted by Moses 10:44 but it was actually created by God. 10:47 In other words, there is a sanctuary in heaven 10:52 and this is actually God's house. 10:55 It is the dwelling place of God 10:57 and when Moses was instructed to build a sanctuary, 11:01 it was to be a replica of what was actually in heaven. 11:06 Hebrews chapter 8 goes on, 11:07 "Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts 11:11 and sacrifices and so it was necessary for this One 11:14 also to have something to offer. " 11:16 They serve at a sanctuary and listen to this... 11:21 "that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. " 11:25 I don't know how the Scriptures can be any more clear. 11:30 There's a lot of discussion for the last 40, 50, 60 years 11:34 about whether there is a sanctuary 11:36 actually existing in heaven 11:38 and you cannot get any more clearer than this, Friends, 11:41 Paul, in Hebrews chapter 8, 11:43 tells us there is a sanctuary in heaven 11:46 and this sanctuary is a replica 11:49 or the sanctuary of Moses, rather, 11:51 is a replica of what is actually in heaven. 11:54 Hebrews chapter 8 goes on, "This is why Moses was warned 11:59 when he was about to build the tabernacle, 12:02 'see that you make it according to the pattern 12:05 shown you on the mountain. '" 12:08 Here Paul gives a direct quote 12:11 of Exodus chapter 25 verse 8 and 9 12:14 in which he says that Moses built the sanctuary 12:18 in a replica of what actually existed in heaven. 12:23 Now, this is a bird's eye view of Moses' sanctuary 12:28 and remember what we said before, 12:29 this is a replica of what is in heaven. 12:33 Remember in Revelation we saw the Altar of Incense? 12:37 In Moses' replica, we see the Altar of Incense, 12:40 Remember in Revelation we saw the Ark of the Covenant? 12:43 And here you see the Ark of the Covenant 12:46 in Moses' replica. 12:47 In Revelation, you saw the Lampstand 12:50 and here in the Holy Place, you see the Lampstand as well. 12:55 In other words, this is a miniature 12:57 of the real deal that is actually in heaven 13:01 and here, Moses was given a blueprint... 13:04 a model... 13:05 a miniature scale 13:07 so that we could understand the work of Christ... 13:10 and what He has done... is doing... and will do... 13:13 and I want to encourage us in this study 13:16 to use the sanctuary lens 13:18 for understanding the work of salvation 13:20 and the work of Christ 13:22 because God is trying to tell us 13:24 and teach us about heavenly things 13:26 in terms of things that we can understand... 13:30 a reference point that He has given us 13:32 in the model of the sanctuary. 13:34 Now, we're going to take a short break right now 13:37 and when we come back, we will see from Scripture 13:40 as to the reality of what the function of the sanctuary was 13:45 before sin 13:47 and we'll look at the Bible for evidence and support 13:50 of this notion and this fact. 13:52 Join us and stay with us as we come back to our study 13:56 of the sanctuary. |
Revised 2019-08-08