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Series Code: SSOS
Program Code: SSOS190002A
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00:25 Welcome, my name is David Shin 00:28 and I want to welcome you and invite you 00:31 in our study of the sanctuary, salvation and our Savior. 00:36 We've been looking at the sanctuary as a model... 00:39 a replica of the heavenly sanctuary above 00:42 and it tells us what Jesus has done... 00:45 is doing... 00:46 and will do. 00:48 In Psalm 77, the Bible indicates 00:51 that Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary. 00:56 In other words, if we want to understand the workings of God 01:00 in the plan of salvation, 01:02 we need to look in the sanctuary and God has illustrated for us 01:07 in kindergarten terms... in picturesque language 01:11 how God will bring us back to Eden. 01:14 It shows us how Eden was lost 01:17 and how God will restore Eden back to us again. 01:21 Now, let's go to our screen here 01:23 and take a look at the bird's eye view 01:26 of the sanctuary. 01:27 This was the sanctuary that was given to Moses by God 01:31 and there are three different compartments in the sanctuary. 01:34 You have the Outer Court, 01:36 you have the Holy Place 01:37 and you have the Most Holy Place. 01:40 In the Courtyard, you have two articles of furniture, 01:44 you have the Altar of Burnt Offering 01:46 and the Laver, 01:47 in the Holy Place you have the Table of Shewbread, 01:50 the Altar of Incense and the Lampstand 01:52 and in the Holy Place, you have the Ark of the Covenant. 01:56 Now, the sanctuary was not a very large structure, 02:00 it was 75 feet wide and a 150 feet long... a rectangle, 02:07 There was no floor to the sanctuary either. 02:10 It had come all the way down in a sense of a metaphor 02:15 of heaven coming all the way down... 02:17 there was no separation between the Ark of the Covenant 02:19 which had the Shekinah Glory of God 02:21 and the floor... the same terra firma... 02:25 the same ground that the Ark of the Covenant was on 02:29 was the same ground that every Israelite and Jew walked upon 02:33 illustrating that heaven had come all the way down, 02:36 there was no barrier between heaven and earth. 02:40 There was only one way into the sanctuary... 02:44 one door... one access point, 02:46 it was not like as though there were like five access points, 02:50 there was one way... 02:51 illustrating that there was only one way to God. 02:55 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. " 02:59 There were... 03:01 there was this interesting element of the sanctuary 03:05 in that, it was a linen cloth that covered 03:09 the external part of the sanctuary. 03:13 It was not a gate or a bar... 03:16 it was not a fence that was barbed wire, 03:20 it was a linen fence 03:22 and furthermore, the entrance to the sanctuary 03:27 was actually a veil... 03:29 it was not a... a gated fence with a combination lock 03:34 and it was not this gated community with a key-in code 03:38 or you didn't have to pay entrance to get it, 03:41 it was veiled indicating 03:43 that God was inviting His people to come in. 03:46 At the same time, there was a sense of... 03:49 a sense of reverence and awe. 03:52 Another thing that's interesting about the sanctuary 03:56 is that, there were actually three veils into the sanctuary, 04:01 there was the veil into the Courtyard... 04:03 there was the veil into the Holy Place... 04:06 and also a veil into the Most Holy Place 04:09 and this is evidenced by Scripture. 04:11 In Exodus chapter 25 verses 9 through 15, 04:14 there was one way into the sanctuary, 04:16 the way was through veils 04:18 and there were three veils into the sanctuary. 04:23 These veils indicated that God was calling His people 04:27 into the Courtyard... 04:29 and into the Holy Place 04:31 and into the Most Holy Place 04:34 and you can see those references there on the screen. 04:38 Now, I want to go through and cover a few points 04:42 of how the sanctuary 04:44 is actually all about Jesus. 04:46 Many people have asked the question, you know, 04:48 "Why... why is the sanctuary so important?" 04:50 Well, because Jesus is important 04:54 and the entire sanctuary structure 04:57 pointed to Jesus Christ. 04:59 In fact, the sanctuary itself is an embodiment 05:04 of what Jesus came... over 2,000 years ago 05:09 in human form. 05:10 It... it typifies His incarnation 05:14 and as we noted, the sanctuary reveals 05:18 the incarnation of Jesus Christ. 05:21 Jesus did not come in the form of Adam before the fall. 05:26 He came in the physical form of Adam after the fall, 05:32 He came looking just like you and me 05:35 and this divinity... the Shekinah Glory of God 05:39 was veiled in humanity. 05:43 Just like the sanctuary had a veil around it, 05:48 the outer court... 05:49 and then the... the covering of the Holy Place 05:52 and the Most Holy Place, 05:53 there was a linen cloth that shielded 05:56 the Shekinah Glory of God, 05:57 the Bible tells us that Emmanuel... 06:00 God with us... in other words, 06:02 God came all the way down from heaven to earth, 06:06 there was no separation between heaven and earth 06:11 but His divinity was actually clothed in humanity. 06:15 Here it is in Exodus chapter 25 verse 8, 06:18 referring to this idea of the sanctuary, 06:20 "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. " 06:26 You can see that the intention of God in the sanctuary... 06:31 the sanctuary motif... the sanctuary idea... 06:33 the intention of God in the Sanctuary, 06:36 was to bring heaven all the way down 06:39 so that God could dwell with Emmanuel... 06:42 as Emmanuel... God with us... 06:44 and when Jesus came... look at the Scriptures... 06:48 because in John chapter 1 and verse 14, 06:50 the Bible tells us, "And the Word was made flesh.. " 06:54 and notice the nuance of the language here, 06:57 "and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory... " 07:03 this is sanctuary language. 07:05 This is almost a direct reference 07:07 to Exodus chapter 25 verse 8 where God said to Moses, 07:11 "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. " 07:17 In other words, Jesus is the embodiment of the sanctuary. 07:23 When God told Moses to build the sanctuary, 07:26 He was actually pointing forward to a time 07:28 in which Jesus Christ would come and become the embodiment 07:33 of what the sanctuary motif typified. 07:37 The sanctuary is all about Jesus, 07:40 the entire sanctuary structure pointed to the fact 07:44 that the glory of God would be veiled in humanity. 07:48 This is divine accommodation. 07:51 Divine incarnation... the... the unfathomable concept 07:57 that God would become a human being. 08:01 In the book "The Desire of Ages" 08:04 one of my favorite books 08:05 outlining the life of Jesus Christ, page 23, 08:09 "In these words is announced the fulfillment of the purpose 08:14 that had been hidden from eternal ages. 08:16 Christ was about to visit our world, and to become incarnate. 08:21 He says, "A body Thou hast prepared for me. " 08:26 Had he appeared with the glory that was His with the Father 08:30 before the world was, 08:31 we could not have endured the light of His presence, 08:34 that we might behold it and not be destroyed, 08:38 the manifestation of His glory was shrouded. 08:42 His divinity... " and listen to this part... 08:46 "His divinity was veiled with humanity... 08:50 the invisible glory in the visible human form. " 08:56 Why is the sanctuary important? 08:59 Why is the sanctuary essential for our understanding? 09:02 Because the sanctuary is all about Jesus. 09:06 The entire sanctuary structure in the way that it was formed 09:10 with the veil all the way around, 09:11 no floor underneath, 09:13 pointed forward to the reality that Jesus was to come 09:17 in human form. 09:19 We come to our next point in regards to the sanctuary, 09:23 the sanctuary reveals the plan of salvation 09:26 through Jesus Christ. 09:29 Salvation is made possible only because of Jesus Christ 09:34 and even as though there was only one door... 09:38 one entrance into the sanctuary... 09:40 there were not five entrances.. this was not ten entrances... 09:43 there was one way in 09:45 indicating that there was only one way back to the Father 09:48 and that is through Jesus Christ. 09:51 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. 09:55 No one comes to the Father except through me. " 10:00 Notice that Jesus did not say, "I am a way... " 10:03 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. " 10:08 When we look at the sanctuary, 10:10 you can see the entrance to the sanctuary 10:15 went through three veils 10:18 and in the book of Hebrews, the Bible tells us 10:20 that the veil is His flesh. 10:25 In other words, the access back to the Father 10:29 is only made possible because of the provision 10:33 and the incarnation of Jesus Christ 10:36 and how He came as a man over 2,000 years ago... 10:41 the door of the sanctuary equals Jesus our access, 10:45 John chapter 10 verse 9 says, "I am the door... " 10:49 the only reason why salvation is possible... 10:53 the only reason why we even have a provision of salvation... 10:57 an access back to Eden is because Jesus is the door. 11:03 We do not have access back to God, 11:06 if it was not for the incarnation of Jesus Christ. 11:11 Jesus is the door so we go through Jesus 11:15 into the sanctuary 11:18 and the provision of salvation is only made possible 11:21 because of Jesus. 11:23 So, we come into the door of the sanctuary 11:27 and the first object of furniture that we come to 11:30 is the Altar of Burnt Offering. 11:32 This is the first thing that you come to 11:34 and I praise the Lord 11:35 that this is not the last thing that you come to 11:37 because this typified the cross 11:40 and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ 11:42 that He made on Calvary on our behalf. 11:44 I'm glad that we don't have to go through 11:46 all these other articles of furniture 11:49 to come to the cross, 11:50 the cross is the first entity that you come to 11:53 in the sanctuary 11:54 and this is where you meet Jesus as our Savior, 11:59 the Altar of Sacrifice indicates that Jesus is our Savior 12:04 and in 1st Peter chapter 2 verse 24, 12:06 "He Himself bore our sins in His body 12:11 on the cross. " 12:12 So, you come into the sanctuary through the door... 12:16 through Jesus Christ 12:17 and you come to the Altar of Burnt Offering 12:20 and this typified the Lamb of God 12:22 who takes away the sins of the world, 12:24 you accept Jesus as your personal Savior, 12:26 at this first article of furniture 12:29 and right there, you can have the assurance 12:32 of eternal life. 12:33 It's not as though you have to go through the entire sanctuary 12:36 to the last step 12:38 to have the assurance of salvation, 12:39 you can have the assurance of salvation 12:41 as soon as you enter through the door 12:44 and accept Jesus as Savior of your life 12:47 and you have that assurance today. 12:50 You can have the assurance that Jesus is your Savior. 12:55 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross. 13:00 We come to Jesus just the way that we are 13:04 to the Altar of Burnt Offering, 13:06 we accept Him as our Savior 13:08 and we can have the assurance of eternal life 13:10 and your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 13:15 This is the beauty of the gospel... 13:17 the beauty of the gospel is that if you were to die today 13:21 after accepting Jesus as your Savior, 13:24 you can know that at the second coming of Christ... 13:27 you will be in the kingdom. 13:30 You see, it's not about how far you go, 13:32 it's about being in the process... 13:35 at the very first step... after you come into the sanctuary, 13:38 you can have the assurance of eternal life 13:41 and of Jesus as your Savior and Lord of your life. 13:44 Now, we're going to take a quick break right now 13:48 but stay with us because when we come back 13:50 we're going to journey through the sanctuary 13:52 and discover how Jesus is typified 13:55 in every article of furniture. |
Revised 2019-08-21