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Series Code: SSOS
Program Code: SSOS190013B
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00:01 Welcome back...
00:02 before the break, we asked ourselves the question, 00:05 "Why would a sanctuary or the sanctuary in heaven 00:09 need any sort of cleansing?" 00:11 I thought heaven was a pure place, 00:13 I thought heaven was a place 00:15 which did not need any sort of cleansing from defilement 00:19 and we discussed this idea... looking at the daily service 00:24 of how the sanctuary was accumulating 00:28 the record of forgiven sins 00:30 in the typical service of the earthly sanctuary. 00:33 Leviticus chapter 4 verses 6 and 7, 00:35 "The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, 00:37 and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, 00:40 in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 00:42 And the priest shall put some of the blood 00:43 on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, 00:46 which is in the tabernacle of meeting. " 00:49 So, here's what took place... 00:50 when the sinner brought in the animal... 00:52 the lamb into the sanctuary... 00:54 the sinner would cut the throat of that animal 00:57 and the priest would take some of that blood 00:59 and the priest would take that blood into the Holy Place, 01:02 he would dip his finger into that blood 01:05 and he would sprinkle it before the veil of the sanctuary 01:09 and... or put it on the horns of the Altar of Incense. 01:14 Now, follow me, the whole idea of sin 01:18 and the elimination of sin and the eradication of sin, 01:23 is predicated on this notion that sin can be transferred. 01:29 Here we see a clear transference of sin 01:32 from the person... 01:34 to the lamb... 01:36 to the blood... 01:38 to the sanctuary. 01:40 So, follow me, in the annual service, 01:42 as the sins of Israel were being transferred from Israel... 01:46 to the lamb... 01:47 to the blood... 01:49 to the sanctuary... 01:50 and you can imagine with over a million men 01:52 not counting women and children... 01:55 all of those sins were being recorded 01:58 in the sanctuary. 01:59 The record of the forgiven sins of Israel 02:03 were accumulating in the sanctuary. 02:05 Now, there's an important point in this 02:08 that we can't miss. 02:09 When we ask for forgiveness right now, 02:14 it's not as though God gets out His big divine eraser 02:23 and erases that sin. 02:26 What happens analogically... in analogy 02:33 which would be closer is that every time we sin, 02:35 that that record of sins is there 02:37 and when we ask for forgiveness 02:39 more applicable in terms of the sanctuary, 02:43 is that that forgiven sin is covered by the blood of Jesus. 02:49 Praise the Lord for that. 02:51 Now, you may say that I'm parsing just a minutia here 02:55 but this is an important distinction, 02:57 some people assume that when I ask for forgiveness, 03:00 it's like abracadabra... it just disappears. 03:03 That's not what takes place. 03:04 In actuality, the reason why your sins 03:08 are able to be forgiven, is because someone died. 03:13 The wages of sin is death. 03:15 It's because someone's blood was shed... 03:18 makes your forgiveness possible. 03:22 Sin is not just this... this minute thing 03:26 that didn't require any sort of consequences, 03:30 sin is such a big deal with God. 03:32 It is the transgression of the Law of God. 03:35 I mean, think about this, 03:37 the only way that God could save us 03:39 is for Him to die to meet the claims of the Law. 03:43 I mean, if sin was not a big deal, 03:45 you just change the rules, 03:47 have you ever played a game like that? 03:48 You know, you're playing along, 03:49 you're like, "Oh, infraction... this person made a mistake, 03:53 don't worry, we'll just change the rules. 03:55 Well, God couldn't do that because the Ten Commandments 03:58 are a transcript of His character. 04:00 Think about the implications of this. 04:03 The Ten Commandments are so unchangeable 04:05 that Jesus had to die! 04:07 Think about the implications of that. 04:11 I mean, Jesus' death does not do away with the Law, 04:14 the Ten Commandments, 04:16 it establishes it. 04:17 The only way that Jesus could save us 04:20 was to die in order to meet the claims of the Law. 04:24 So, when we think about forgiveness, 04:26 forgiveness is not cheap. 04:29 It cost the death of Jesus Christ Himself. 04:32 Now, coming back to this point and the transference of sin, 04:35 it's not as though God gets out His divine eraser 04:38 and eradicates the sin, 04:39 in reality, when we sin, the record is there 04:43 and when we are forgiven, 04:44 it is covered... that forgiveness is made possible 04:48 because of the blood of Jesus. 04:50 That sin is covered by the blood 04:53 indicating the severity of what has happened 04:55 but also the grace of God in Jesus Christ coming to die 05:00 to make that forgiveness possible. 05:02 It is covered by the blood. 05:05 So the record of that forgiven sin, still remains. 05:12 Now follow me now, 05:14 we're going to the typical service, 05:16 the typical service points to a greater reality 05:19 of how salvation works, 05:20 the sin is being transferred into the sanctuary 05:23 and moving on here, you have the Lamb of God 05:25 Who takes away the sins of the world 05:27 and this is Jesus Christ... 05:29 the Lamb of God is Jesus and Jesus died as my substitute. 05:35 Jesus died as our substitute. 05:38 Jesus died in our place and the reality of forgiveness 05:43 in the... the transference of sin 05:46 is that, it is being transferred to the sanctuary. 05:50 So, it goes from the sinner... to the lamb... 05:53 to the blood... 05:55 to the sanctuary. 05:56 So, over the course of the year, 05:58 the sanctuary was becoming polluted 06:02 with the record of the forgiven sins of Israel. 06:07 Imagine what the horns of the Altar looked like 06:11 as it was stained with the imprint of blood 06:15 that accumulated over the Jewish calendar year. 06:19 Imagine what that curtain looked like... 06:22 that was sprinkled with blood 06:24 from the lamb that had been slain 06:27 and once a year, in the Jewish calendar, 06:31 they had something called The Day of Atonement... 06:34 Yom Kippur 06:36 in which the sanctuary... 06:39 the record of the sins of Israel was cleansed. 06:44 Here we have it on the screen, we have the yearly service 06:48 and you can read about it in Leviticus chapter 16 06:51 because this was the Day of Atonement. 06:52 Maybe you've heard of Yom Kippur. 06:55 It took place in the fall of the annual Jewish calendar year, 06:59 and it was a time annually... 07:01 it was a time of self-reflection and judgment. 07:05 It was a time in which the record of sins 07:08 were removed from the sanctuary. 07:10 Remember the sanctuary was accumulating 07:12 all the sins of Israel... 07:14 the forgiven sins... 07:15 the record of those sins remained in the sanctuary, 07:18 and once a year, they would have what they called, 07:20 "The Day of Atonement... " 07:21 the cleansing of the sanctuary.. Yom Kippur... 07:24 in which the record of the forgiven sins of Israel 07:27 was removed from the sanctuary 07:30 and look at it in Leviticus chapter 16, what the Bible says, 07:32 Leviticus chapter 16 verse 19, 07:34 "Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it 07:36 with his finger seven times, 07:38 and cleanse it and consecrate it 07:40 from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. " 07:44 So here there was the cleansing 07:46 of the tabernacle of the sanctuary. 07:48 They went through this ceremony on the Day of Atonement 07:51 in which they cleansed 07:52 the record of forgiven sins of Israel. 07:55 They would have two goats... 07:56 they would cast lots... 07:58 one goat for the Lord... 08:00 that goat would die representing Jesus Christ, 08:03 and the other goat represented Satan 08:05 and he was led out to the wilderness 08:08 and he was not slain. 08:11 There's a distinction between the two. 08:13 The sins were transferred from the sanctuary 08:18 and one goat died... indicating Jesus Christ our substitute 08:23 and the other goat was led out to the wilderness 08:26 on the Day of Atonement. 08:28 On the Day of Atonement, the sanctuary was cleansed 08:33 of all of the record of the sins of Israel 08:36 and on this day... this day of judgment... 08:40 it was a time in which the people of Israel 08:44 would search their hearts. 08:45 It was a time of self-awareness and self-reflection 08:50 because here was the important point. 08:54 You wanted to make sure that all of your sins 08:59 made it into the sanctuary. 09:01 The provision was there... 09:03 the lamb was there... 09:04 the priest was there... 09:05 and it was a time in which you would look in your own heart... 09:09 in your own soul and say, 09:10 "Lord, is there anything that I need to confess? 09:12 Is there anything that I need to make right? 09:14 Is there anything that I need to make sure 09:16 made its way into the sanctuary?" 09:18 Because after the cleansing of the sanctuary, 09:21 after Yom Kippur 09:22 meant that there was no more opportunity after that. 09:27 Now, of course in the Jewish calendar, it rolled over 09:31 but if they did not make sure that all their sins 09:34 made it into the tabernacle as the children of Israel... 09:38 they were cut off. 09:39 In other words, probation had closed. 09:42 Now when we look at this on the macro level 09:45 because all of these things pointed forward 09:48 to a different reality, 09:49 we can see that even as Jesus came and died on the cross... 09:53 even as Jesus went up to heaven in the Holy Place 09:56 and was a minister in the Holy Place as our High Priest, 10:00 that Jesus transitioned 10:03 according to Daniel chapter 8 verse 14, 10:06 at the culmination of the 2,300-Day Prophecy, 10:09 He began the final phase of what we would call, 10:12 the Anti-typical Day of Atonement in heaven 10:16 on our behalf. 10:17 In Daniel chapter 7, when you follow it... the progression... 10:21 you have the lion, the bear, the leopard... 10:23 terrible beast... the ten horns 10:25 and then you have the Little Horn Power... 10:27 after the Little Horn Power which went from 538 to 1798, 10:31 sometime after the Little Horn Power, 10:33 in Daniel chapter 7 verses 9 and 10, 10:35 you have a scene in heaven 10:38 in which God sits down for judgment. 10:41 Now, notice the nature of the judgment, 10:44 when you read about it in Daniel chapter 7 verses 9 and 10, 10:47 is that God is sitting down in judgment 10:49 and the Bible indicates that this is not a private judgment. 10:54 This is not God in His back room somewhere, 10:56 God is having an open judgment. 11:00 The Bible indicates 11:01 that all of the intelligent universe is there 11:06 to look at the books. 11:09 The Bible says the judgment was seated 11:12 and the books were opened. 11:16 When you study the book of Daniel... 11:18 in Daniel chapter 7 verses 9 and 10... 11:21 Daniel chapter 8 verse 14... 11:23 it indicates that we are living in the Day of Judgment... 11:27 that Jesus has transitioned His work into the final phase 11:32 of the anti-typical Day of Atonement 11:36 on our behalf. 11:37 Now, if you're like me and you hear the word "Judgment" 11:43 there is anxiety. 11:46 I think to myself, "Oh, wow, that's just overwhelming. " 11:51 Well, the good news of the gospel 11:55 is that Jesus is our Representative. 11:58 In other words, Jesus is our Defense Attorney 12:04 and even though Satan is there as the Prosecutor 12:09 to... to rail his accusations of unworthiness before us, 12:14 Jesus is our Defense Attorney, He is our Representative 12:19 and we don't stand there in our own merits. 12:23 We stand there in the merits of Jesus Christ 12:26 so we have nothing to fear in the judgment. 12:29 The good news also is not only is Jesus our Defense Attorney, 12:35 but God is also our judge 12:39 and according to Daniel, He rules in favor of the saints. 12:47 Friends, as we look at the judgment, 12:50 which is taking place right now in the sanctuary above, 12:53 we can claim Jesus and His righteousness. 12:56 We can rest in the assurance 12:59 that Jesus covers us with His robe. 13:04 We can in the assurance that it is His righteousness 13:08 now our own and we have nothing to fear 13:11 in the judgment. 13:12 Well, Friends, we've come to the last installment 13:16 in this Series, 13:18 but I pray that your journey will continue. 13:20 May you continue to study the sanctuary... 13:22 our Savior and salvation. 13:25 May you continue to walk with our Lord Jesus Christ. 13:28 May God help us and restore us. |
Revised 2019-11-05