Revelation of Hope (Pacleb)

Path to the Throne of God

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Participants: Pr. Taj Pacleb

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00:39 Our message is entitled "Path to the Throne of God."
00:43 We're gonna find out how we can be
00:45 ready to see our Lord.
00:47 Face to face.
00:49 So I invite you to take your Bible
00:50 and open with me to our first opening verse
00:53 found in the Book of Proverbs 4
00:56 and notice with me in verse 18.
01:00 The Bible says "But the path of the just
01:04 is as the shining light, that shineth more and more
01:09 unto the perfect day.
01:11 The way of the wicked is as darkness
01:15 and they know not at what they stumble."
01:18 Here we find the wise men describing two pathways.
01:23 The path of the just and the way of the wicked.
01:28 And every single one of us in this room
01:30 and everyone in the world is walking on
01:32 one of these two pathways.
01:35 There is no third path.
01:36 There is no neutral grounds, friends.
01:38 Today, we are either walking the path of the just
01:42 or the way of the wicked.
01:43 The question is, which path are you walking on right now.
01:47 The Bible tells us that the path of the just
01:50 is like a shining light.
01:52 A light that shines more and more,
01:55 brighter and brighter, clearer and clearer
01:58 and this path leads to the perfect day.
02:01 Whereas the way of the wicked is a dark path.
02:05 And those who are walking in stumble,
02:07 and they'd know not what causes them to stumble
02:10 because this way is a way of darkness.
02:14 Now, friends, I don't about you,
02:15 but I want to walk on the path of the just, amen?
02:17 So we want to look into path and find out
02:20 what is this path anyway.
02:23 And what does it mean to walk upon it.
02:24 Well, friends, let's first identify
02:27 who walks on the path.
02:29 It says it's the path of the just.
02:31 And that word just literally means to be made right.
02:37 And the only way we can be made right
02:38 in the eyes of God is through the blood of Jesus.
02:41 So if this is the path of those who have been
02:43 washed in the fountain of Jesus' blood,
02:46 but we also know according to Romans 1:17
02:49 that the just shall live by faith.
02:53 So this is a path of those who are seeking
02:56 to walk by faith and not by science.
02:59 In other words, this is a path of faith.
03:02 It's not a literal path, but it's a journey of faith.
03:07 A path, brothers and sisters, implies that there is movement.
03:11 Isn't that right? From one place to another.
03:14 So this shows that our faith
03:16 must continually be on the move.
03:18 Never stagnant, never complacent,
03:20 never in the same place because only as we move forward,
03:24 upward and onward on the path
03:26 will the light begin to shine more and more,
03:29 brighter and brighter on to the perfect day.
03:32 And, friends, the perfect day is the time of perfect clarity.
03:36 It's the day in which we see the light in all of its fullness
03:39 without any layer of darkness separating us from the light.
03:44 And so what exactly is and when is this perfect day?
03:48 Oh, friends, in order to find out
03:49 what the perfect day is,
03:50 we first must define what the light is.
03:52 And so notice how the Bible defines the light
03:54 in the Book of 1 John 1:5.
03:57 Please, write it down.
03:59 1 John 1:5 tells us, "This is the message
04:01 which we have heard from Him and declare to you,
04:04 that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all."
04:09 As we move forward in the path of the just,
04:11 the path of faith, the light of who God is becomes
04:13 clearer and clearer to us.
04:15 And notice what specifically about God
04:17 is so bright like a life.
04:19 Notice, now in 2 Corinthians 4:6.
04:22 The Bible says, "For God, who commanded the,
04:25 what, light to shine out of darkness,
04:29 hath shined, where, in our hearts,
04:32 to give the light."
04:33 But what is the light?
04:35 "The light of the knowledge of the glory of God
04:39 in the face of Jesus Christ."
04:42 So the Bible tells us clearly in this passage
04:44 that the light represents the knowledge of the glory
04:49 or the character of God.
04:52 In other words, as we continue
04:53 to move forward in our faith,
04:56 we will receive fresh revelations of who God is.
04:59 His wonderful and beautiful character will become
05:03 clearer and clearer to us.
05:06 And the Bible says that the light of the knowledge
05:07 of the glory of God is found in the, what again?
05:10 The face of Jesus Christ.
05:12 But the Bible says that no one can see God's face and live.
05:15 He's not talking about the literal face so much,
05:18 but what do we have in our possession that reveals to us
05:23 the knowledge of who God is.
05:25 What do we have that reveals
05:26 the light of the knowledge of the glory of God?
05:28 We have the Bible. Can you say amen?
05:30 And so we see that the light
05:32 that it is shining on the path of the just
05:34 is simply the knowledge.
05:35 It is the what?
05:37 Or the understanding of who God is
05:40 his glory is character for us.
05:42 And so if the light is the knowledge of who God is
05:44 then the perfect day is the day
05:47 that we see our God face to face,
05:49 it's the day when that which is perfect is come.
05:52 And that which is impart, shall be done away?
05:56 In other words, the perfect day
05:57 that the path leads to you is none other
05:59 an resurrection morning.
06:00 It's the day that Jesus comes again.
06:02 Oh, friends, do you realize that we are on the path
06:04 that leads to seeing God face to face?
06:08 A path that leads to the very throne of God.
06:11 And, friends, it's one thing to be on the path today,
06:13 but it's a totally different thing to make it
06:15 to the end of the path because Jesus said,
06:17 "He that endures to the end are going to be saved."
06:21 You see, I believe that all of us--
06:22 Perhaps most of us if not of all us
06:24 are all at least standing on the path right now.
06:27 Friends, you are on the path, but God wants us
06:28 to move forward in faith
06:30 so that we can be ready for the end.
06:32 Can you say amen?
06:33 And if we want to make to the end,
06:35 we must pray this prayer in the Book of Psalms 25:4-5.
06:39 The Bible tells us, "Show me thy ways, oh, Lord."
06:43 Let's read it together.
06:44 Teach me thy paths.
06:48 Lead me in thy truth and teach me,
06:52 for you are God my salvation, on the do I wait all day."
06:58 So, friends, if we want to make it
06:59 to the end of the path then we first must understand
07:02 what the path is.
07:03 And so we are praying, "Lord, show me your way.
07:06 Teach me this path.
07:07 Help me to understand the way that I should walk
07:12 so that I can be ready to see you face to face."
07:14 And, friends, when we ask God,
07:16 "Lord, show me your way, your pathway."
07:18 Here is the answer in Micah 6:8.
07:22 Here is the answer of the God.
07:23 We are praying, "Lord, show me your way."
07:24 And notice the answer. "He has shown thee, O man."
07:28 Show me your way, Lord. Okay.
07:30 "He has shown thee, O man, what is good.
07:33 And what does the Lord require of you,
07:35 but to do, what, justly, and to love mercy,
07:40 and to walk humbly with thy God?"
07:42 Friends, to walk humbly with God implies
07:46 that there is a path that you are walking upon,
07:47 isn't that right?
07:49 And as we walk humbly with our God
07:50 on the path of the just, the path of faith,
07:52 in this path God actually teaches us to do justly
07:57 and to love mercy and the reason
07:58 why is because this pathway that leads to the perfect day,
08:02 the throne of God is a path of justice and mercy
08:07 because this path actually leads us--
08:10 Listen, friends, it leads us to a place
08:13 where the justice
08:14 and the mercy of God kiss each other.
08:19 It is the path that teaches us about of character of God.
08:22 And, friends, God's character is mercy and justice.
08:25 Two sides of the same coin.
08:27 And this is what the path teaches us.
08:29 Oh, Lord, show me your way.
08:31 And He shows us the just and the merciful path.
08:34 In fact, notice how was the Bible describes
08:36 the path of faith.
08:37 In Isaiah 35:8, the Bible says,
08:40 "And an highway shall be there." What kind of way?
08:43 Oh, friends, God's way is a lot higher than
08:45 the low ways of the world.
08:46 Can you say amen?
08:47 It is the highway, not just the highway.
08:49 It says, "And it shall be called The way of holiness,
08:53 the unclean shall not pass over it."
08:55 So this path that is like a shining like
08:57 the least of the perfect, it's a highway,
09:00 but it's also a holy way because this pathway leads
09:04 to a Most Holy Place with the justice
09:10 and the mercy of God kiss and embrace.
09:15 Friends, I want to walk this path.
09:16 How about you? It's a highway.
09:19 It's a holy way.
09:21 And where do we see this pathway
09:23 illustrated for us most clearly and most fully?
09:26 Where do we see? Who is the way, friends?
09:29 Back to God. Jesus said in John 14:6.
09:32 Write it down.
09:33 "Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth,
09:38 and the life, no man comes to the Father,
09:40 accept but by Me."
09:43 And so Jesus said, "I am the path.
09:46 I am the way that leads humanity back to God."
09:49 And so when you look upon Jesus,
09:52 you see the way of holiness.
09:54 You see the just and the merciful path.
09:58 You see in the life and death of Jesus Christ,
10:03 the way to God, the truth about God
10:07 because He embodies the very life of God in the flesh.
10:12 Can you say amen? Jesus is the way.
10:16 But before Jesus came in the flesh,
10:19 God wanted those who live in the Old Testament
10:21 to understand the pathway as well.
10:23 Can you say amen?
10:24 And so before Jesus came,
10:26 God illustrated this path of life,
10:28 this path of faith in other way.
10:30 He illustrated to us.
10:31 How? Notice Psalms 77:13.
10:34 The Bible says, "Thy way, O God, is where?
10:39 In the sanctuary, who is so great a God as our God?"
10:43 So before Jesus would come in the flesh,
10:45 God thought humanity about this path of faith in the sanctuary.
10:49 The Bible says that the way of God
10:51 or the path of God is right there in the sanctuary.
10:55 And, friends, it's interesting.
10:57 When you look upon this sanctuary--
10:59 You actually see a literal path.
11:01 The sanctuary where God's visual aid to teach man
11:04 about the plan of salvation through types and symbols
11:06 and it's all about Jesus
11:07 and is master plan for humanity.
11:10 You see in Old Testament times, if we wanted to be forgiven,
11:12 forgiveness and atonement was found in the sanctuary,
11:15 that's where salvation was realized.
11:18 And so this is what happened.
11:19 The sanctuary has three main parts to it.
11:22 How many? Three main parts.
11:24 The first part was the outer court.
11:26 The second was the Holy Place.
11:28 The third was the Most Holy Place.
11:29 And these three parts of the sanctuary represents
11:33 the three faces of the Christian salvation experience.
11:38 In the first part, the outer court,
11:39 there were only two articles of furniture.
11:41 How many?
11:43 As the sinner entered into the outer court,
11:45 entering into the gates, into the outer court,
11:48 the first things, his eyes laid upon
11:50 the first piece of furniture was the Altar of Sacrifice.
11:54 Now, friends, that altar represents Jesus cross.
11:58 Because it was there that the lamb's blood was shed
12:01 and it was consumed by the fire.
12:03 And, friends, that altar represents the cross.
12:06 And how Jesus would shed his blood and be consumed
12:09 by the fires of our sin for us.
12:12 And that was the first thing that sinner saw.
12:13 Friends, I'm so greatly
12:14 that when we begin the path of faith,
12:16 we don't start so much with the alone holiness of God.
12:19 We start at the foot of cavalry's cross.
12:21 Can you say amen?
12:22 God meets us right there at the altar
12:25 and that's where the blood is shed
12:26 and apply to our lives, but then after the altar,
12:29 after the cross, there is still more of the path
12:32 to walk on, isn't there?
12:33 Do you see it?
12:34 You see, most Christian churches
12:35 have stopped right there at the altar.
12:37 They preach about the cross, the grace of the love of God
12:39 which is a good thing, but then I'll realize
12:41 that there is more of the path,
12:42 there is more to it than just that, friends.
12:45 God wants to bring us even further.
12:47 And so after the Altar of Sacrifice was a laver,
12:51 a brazen basin that was called the laver filled with water,
12:55 it's there that the priest would washed himself
12:57 before going into the holy place and that laver represent,
13:01 represents the second part.
13:03 After we experience the cross, it represents baptism.
13:05 Represents what?
13:07 You see, when we accepted Jesus sacrifice
13:09 on the cross in our hearts, then next logical step
13:12 is the outward expression of baptism that symbolizes
13:16 the inward experience of dying to self
13:19 and living to Christ.
13:21 And so we find the Altar of Sacrifice,
13:24 the Cross of Jesus then the laver representing baptism,
13:27 and it's in the first part of the sanctuary
13:29 in the outer court
13:30 where we experienced the first face of salvation
13:33 which is what we call, justification.
13:35 What do we call it?
13:37 And justification has nothing to do
13:39 with our behavior or our works.
13:41 It has everything to do with the spilt blood of Jesus
13:44 and the right of baptism.
13:45 This is where we are forgiven.
13:47 It's the work of a very instant when we believe in the blood
13:50 and the waters of baptism.
13:52 Can you say amen?
13:53 So it's in the outer court
13:54 that we are justified, justified,
13:56 never sinned before.
13:59 We are completely cleansed and forgiven.
14:02 But then there was the second part of the sanctuary itself,
14:05 and that was the Holy Place.
14:07 It was called the what place?
14:08 And in the Holy Place,
14:09 there were three articles of furniture.
14:11 How many?
14:12 On the side of north was the Table of Showbread
14:14 representing Jesus the bread of life.
14:16 But also, how that man should not live by bread alone,
14:19 but by everywhere that proceeds in the north of God,
14:21 that Table of Shove bread represents Bible sign.
14:24 And opposite to that was the golden candlestick
14:26 filled with oil that caused the fire to burn brightly
14:29 and that candlestick also represents Jesus
14:31 the light of the road, but also how God is calling us
14:34 to be the light of the road as a witness for Him.
14:37 The candlestick represents witnessing and evangelizing,
14:40 evangelism letting all light shine before men.
14:44 And, friends, the only where we can let the light shine
14:46 as if we're on fire.
14:47 And the only way we can be on fire for Christ is
14:50 if we're fueled with the oil of the Holy Spirit,
14:53 they cause the fire took burn brightly for him.
14:56 And, friends, not only will people see the glory of God
15:00 on our countenance in our life,
15:01 but they are also fueled the warmth of Christian
15:04 love coming from us.
15:06 Can you say amen?
15:07 You see, the candlestick is just opposite
15:09 to the Table of Showbread.
15:10 Do you know why?
15:11 Because you can't have one without the other.
15:14 You can't just eat the word of God
15:15 and not share the word of God.
15:17 Can you say amen?
15:18 And if you are trying to witness without eating the word of God,
15:20 what are you witnessing of?
15:22 You are just entertaining people,
15:24 making people feel good about themselves.
15:26 You see, the Table of Showbread is the substance
15:30 that makes our witnessing, our like effective in the world.
15:34 Can you say amen?
15:35 And so we must study the word of God
15:37 and share the word of God at the same time
15:40 because if all we do is eat the word of God,
15:43 we become spiritual obese.
15:45 We're just keeping it to ourselves.
15:47 And, friends, we can't share the word of God
15:50 unless we eat it.
15:51 When we eat the word of God,
15:53 it's then we'll have some spiritual calories
15:55 to burn brightly for him.
15:57 Can you say amen?
15:58 And so, Bible study and witnessing go hand in hand.
16:01 And then you have the third article
16:03 furniture in the Holy Place.
16:04 It was the Altar of Incense just before the veil.
16:08 And that Altar of Incense represents prayer,
16:10 ascending to heaven,
16:12 mingled with the sweet incense of the righteousness of Christ
16:15 because our prayers by themselves stink, friends.
16:19 And that's why Jesus said when we pray,
16:21 "We need to pray in His name."
16:23 Can you say amen?
16:24 And that's more than just saying His name,
16:26 that means praying in His character through his merits.
16:29 You see it is the life of Christ,
16:31 the incense of Christ's righteousness
16:33 that makes our prayers a sweet smell in the nostrils of God.
16:37 And so we find in the second part of the sanctuary,
16:39 in the Holy Place, we find prayer,
16:42 Bible study and witnessing.
16:44 And, friends, these three things
16:46 are things that we need to do every single day.
16:50 And by the way, the priest would go into the Holy Place everyday.
16:53 It was the daily service.
16:54 And as we do this every single day,
16:56 it's only then that we experience the second face
16:58 of the salvation experience after justification,
17:01 now in the Holy Place, we experience sanctification.
17:05 What word was that?
17:06 And the word sanctification means,
17:08 to set apart for a holy youths.
17:12 As we pray, study the Bible and witness,
17:14 we will becoming sanctified.
17:16 God is making us and recreating us into His holiness.
17:19 This is not the work of an instant.
17:21 This is the work of a lifetime as we do this day by day,
17:25 the Lord changes us and transforms us
17:28 into His own beautiful character.
17:30 Can you say amen?
17:31 And so don't just stop at the altar, friends.
17:33 Go into the Holy Place, study the Bible, pray and witness.
17:36 Do this every single day and the Lord Jesus will sanctify us
17:40 and then we find the third part of the sanctuary
17:42 which is the Most Holy Place.
17:46 And in the Most Holy Place,
17:48 there is only one article furniture.
17:49 It was called Ark of the Covenant.
17:52 It was like, just like piece of furniture,
17:53 overly with gold on inside, on the outside.
17:55 On the inside, it contained the Ten Commandments,
17:58 the holy law of God.
18:00 Just above the Ten Commandments was a solid slab gold.
18:03 It was called the mercy seat because on the mercy seat
18:07 sat the Shekinah Glory which was the visible
18:10 manifestation of the glory of God between the two angels.
18:13 And, friends, it was in that place that God's throne was.
18:19 It was in the Most Holy Place where the
18:21 justice of God's law was revealed.
18:23 But also the mercy seat, the mercy of God was given.
18:27 That's the place where justice and mercy
18:30 kiss each other.
18:32 And so when we say, Lord, show me your way.
18:35 He shows us to do justly and to love mercy.
18:39 And where does He teach this?
18:41 In the Most Holy Place.
18:42 In the other words, friends, it's in the Most Holy Place
18:44 where we have the clearest view
18:46 of the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.
18:49 And as we go into the Most Holy Place by faith,
18:51 it's then we experience the third face of salvation,
18:54 and that is what we call glorification.
18:56 What is it called?
18:58 It's the time that we are glorified.
19:00 We were made at one with God.
19:02 It's the time where Jesus blots out our sins completely.
19:06 I and you, and you and me, Jesus says,
19:08 were glorified in Jesus Christ.
19:11 It's the place where God writes His holy law
19:13 in our hearts and minds
19:14 with a new covenant promise is realized and experienced,
19:18 it's the place where we sit with Jesus on His throne
19:21 as an over comer just as Christ overcame
19:24 and sat down with his Father on his throne.
19:27 That's glorification.
19:28 Now, friends, let me break it down.
19:29 The first part of the sanctuary, the outer court,
19:32 that's the place where we have listened
19:34 where we have been saved,
19:37 past tense, from the penalty of sin.
19:40 We have what?
19:42 Been saved from the penalty of sin. How?
19:44 By the blood of the lamb and by the waters of baptism.
19:47 We've been saved from the penalty of sin which is death.
19:50 But in the Holy Place, that's where we are being saved,
19:54 present tense, from the power of sin.
19:57 As we study the Bible, pray and witness God is saving us.
20:01 In the process of saving us from the power of sin our lives,
20:05 as we gain victory through Bible study,
20:07 prayer and witnessing.
20:09 Are you with me? Yes or no?
20:11 And then in the third part of sanctuary,
20:12 the Most Holy Place, that's the place where we will be saved,
20:16 future tense, from the very presence of sin
20:19 as Jesus blots it out from the sanctuary
20:22 and comes back to take us to our heavenly mansion.
20:25 Can you say amen?
20:26 And so we see the way of God is found in this sanctuary.
20:30 There is a path, brothers and sisters.
20:31 And by the way, the sanctuary now and it teaches us
20:33 about the true way of salvation,
20:35 but it teaches us about many other doctrines.
20:37 But I want you to- I want you to notice,
20:39 where does the light shine the brightest
20:44 in the path of the sanctuary?
20:46 In the, which place?
20:47 In the Most Holy Place.
20:51 And, friends, did you notice? It's interesting.
20:53 That the farther away you get from the Most Holy Place
20:58 is the farther away you get from the light.
21:01 And the farther away you get from the light,
21:03 the darker it becomes.
21:06 But question.
21:08 Where does God want us to be in relation to the sanctuary?
21:12 Does He want us to be far away from Him?
21:15 Where is God want us to be, in which place?
21:17 In the Most Holy Place in his very presence.
21:21 Can you say amen?
21:22 And, friends, when you read the Bible and studied,
21:24 you notice that when God first created man,
21:28 man began in the Most Holy Place
21:33 in relation to the sanctuary.
21:35 You see, the Garden of Eden was the Most Holy Place
21:39 because there was no sin there.
21:41 And God was able to find face to face communion
21:44 and fellowship with His children
21:46 without any layer of darkness separated.
21:48 In other words, Adam and Eve were able to dwell
21:50 in the presence of the Shekinah Glory.
21:53 This is where God wanted us to remain, friends,
21:57 in His presence.
21:59 And notice the experience of Adam and Eve
22:01 in the presence of God.
22:03 In Genesis 2:25, it says, "And they were both." What?
22:07 "Naked, the man and his wife, and were not."
22:12 Friends, they were naked in the presence of God,
22:15 but there was no shame in that nakedness.
22:18 And the question is why?
22:20 Because there was no sin.
22:22 You see, brothers and sisters,
22:23 sin is what brings guilt and shame,
22:26 but they were naked without any shame.
22:28 And another reason is because while they were naked
22:30 in a very real way, at the very same time,
22:33 they were also clothed in a very real way.
22:38 Do you know what they were clothed with?
22:40 They were clothed with the light of the glory of God.
22:45 How do we know?
22:46 Because the Bible tells us so.
22:48 Notice what it says in the Book of Psalms 8:5.
22:50 Please, write it down.
22:51 It says, "For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
22:55 and hast crowned him with." What?
22:58 Friends, when God made us, the Bible says he crowned us
23:00 with and glory and honor, but who is glory.
23:03 The glory of God and the honor of God.
23:06 Man at his creation was covered
23:08 and crowned with the glory of God.
23:09 It's a glory of light.
23:11 In fact, notice in Psalms 104:1-2, it says,
23:13 "O Lord my God, thou art very great,
23:16 thou art clothed with." What?
23:18 Honor and majesty.
23:20 Who covers thyself with light as with a--"
23:24 So the Bible says that God is covered and clothed
23:27 with a garment of light.
23:28 And when God made man, He made him in His own image
23:32 which shows very clearly that from the beginning
23:35 man was naked of artificial garments,
23:39 but he was clothed with the garment of light
23:41 which represents the glory of God.
23:43 In other words, they began
23:44 with the light was shining the brightest
23:46 in the very presence of God.
23:49 The Garden of Eden was a most holy garden.
23:53 This was God's original desire for the human race.
23:57 In the presence of God, naked,
23:59 but no shame in that nakedness.
24:02 And if that makes sense, would you please say amen?
24:05 But, friends, we know that this perfect relationship
24:07 didn't last very long.
24:09 Bible tells us in the third Chapter of Genesis,
24:11 that the tempter came and told
24:13 lies about the character of God, the glory of God.
24:16 And as result of listening of the lies of Lucifer,
24:20 the inducements of the serpent.
24:22 The distractions of the devil
24:24 we find that Adam and Eve broke God's law
24:27 and joined Lucifer in rebellion against God.
24:30 And, friends, what happened to the glorious light
24:32 that enshrouded when they sinned.
24:35 Notice what happened.
24:37 They were cut off and cast out into the darkness.
24:41 The Bible says in Isaiah 59:2,
24:44 "But your iniquities have." Then what?
24:46 "Separated you from your God.
24:48 And your sins have hidden His face from you,
24:52 so that he will not hear."
24:55 Because of sin, man could no longer
24:56 find face to face fellowship with his maker.
25:01 Sin had made man unfit to dwell
25:03 in the presence of the Shekinah Glory,
25:06 even as God comes to investigate,
25:08 Adam and Eve begin to feel very uncomfortable.
25:10 They begin to hide from the presence of God.
25:12 You see the light of the glory of God
25:14 was overwhelming to them.
25:16 Why? Because sin has caught the--
25:19 Caused the light to go out in darkness.
25:23 And the Bible tells us that Adam and Eve
25:25 knew that they were naked.
25:28 Well, I thought that they were naked before.
25:30 What does it mean that they-- It says that
25:32 they knew that they were naked and now they have shame.
25:34 Why?
25:35 Because that light that in shot of them, departed,
25:38 they were cut off from the source of light.
25:40 And now Adam and Eve in the human race
25:42 are cast out into the darkness
25:45 and now there is shame in that nakedness.
25:48 The glory of God departs and ever since then,
25:52 mankind has been living in the night of separation from God.
25:58 We have been living in a time of gross darkness.
26:00 Now, friends, think about it.
26:01 If the light represents the knowledge of who God is,
26:05 then darkness which is the opposite would represents what.
26:08 The ignorance or not knowing really who God is.
26:14 But I'm thankful that God did not leave us in the darkness.
26:17 The Lord came and provided coats of skin
26:20 to cover the nakedness of our first parents,
26:23 but even though they were forgiven of their sin.
26:25 Bible says that God evicted them from the Garden of Eden.
26:29 And, friends, this was not an active judgment.
26:31 It was an act of mercy to expel men from Garden of Eden.
26:35 Do you know why?
26:36 Because if man would've partaken of that tree of life.
26:39 They would have been immortal sinners.
26:42 And so God was trying to protect them
26:44 from being in the sinful condition
26:47 throughout the ceaseless ages.
26:49 Not only that, but if they were to remain
26:52 in the presence of God.
26:53 Eventually, they would have been consumed
26:56 by the glory of God.
26:57 And so this was not an act of judgment.
26:59 It was an act of mercy because the Bible says,
27:01 "It is of the Lord's mercy that we are not consumed."
27:04 Can you say amen?
27:06 You know, some people say, "If God is real,
27:08 let me just see Him right now.
27:09 Let Him reveal Himself to me.
27:11 If God is real, I will see it.
27:12 Well, I'll believe it when I see it."
27:14 And you know thank the Lord that
27:15 God does not answer that prayer.
27:18 Because if God would answer that prayer
27:21 and just revealed Himself to us, physically what would happen?
27:24 We will be consumed by the sin of our lives.
27:29 The presence of God would be a consuming fire towards the sin
27:32 and we will be destroyed with that sin.
27:34 And so now they are evicted
27:36 eastward from the Garden of Eden.
27:38 You can read that in Genesis 3:24.
27:40 And so "Now where is man in relation to the sanctuary?"
27:43 Where is man now?
27:45 We began where?
27:48 Well, friends, help me out this morning.
27:49 We began in the Most Holy Place.
27:54 But now we can longer dwell in the presence of the light.
27:57 So where is man in the sanctuary?
27:58 We are all the way out here in the dark.
28:02 Out there, faraway from the light.
28:04 And by the way, friends, it's interesting.
28:05 This was the eastern gate.
28:09 Mankind is cast out into the darkness,
28:12 but God wants us to live in the light,
28:14 but God has a problem.
28:17 His problem is this.
28:18 How would God bring man back into the Most Holy Place
28:22 without man being consumed by the power of his presence?
28:26 You see, God's problem is this.
28:28 How would he save the sinner without saving the sin?
28:33 And how is he going to destroy the sin
28:35 without destroying the sinner?
28:37 The only way to do this, is to separate the sin
28:43 from the sinner.
28:45 But how would God do this.
28:47 How would he bring us back into the most?
28:50 What is the solution to the problem of sin?
28:54 Jesus is the answer for the world today.
29:00 Above Him, there is no other.
29:02 Jesus is the way.
29:06 What way?
29:07 The way back to the Most Holy Place.
29:10 He is the way back into the Shekinah Glory.
29:14 The way back to the throne of God.
29:17 As I now notice,
29:18 Jesus would come to separate sin from the sinner.
29:21 And notice in Malachi 4:2, a messianic prophecy
29:24 concerning the first coming of Jesus.
29:26 The Bible says, "But unto you that fear my name
29:29 shall the Sun of righteousness." What?
29:32 "Arise with healing in his wings."
29:36 The Bible likens the first coming of Jesus to the sunrise,
29:40 and as the sun rises from the east,
29:43 gradually dispelling the darkness of the night so too
29:46 when Jesus would come into the world.
29:47 He would not come in all of His glory,
29:49 but rather He would hide His glory in human flesh.
29:55 The light of the universe would step down
29:58 into the darkness of our lives.
29:59 And, friends, the reason for this-- Because, friends,
30:01 when you think about it, what happens if you're in darkness?
30:04 You fall asleep in the darkness.
30:07 And then someone comes in and turns on the light,
30:11 how do you feel? How do you respond?
30:14 You start to yell. Isn't that right?
30:15 Turn off the light!
30:18 And, friends, what's worst than that is sleeping
30:20 when the light is on, right?
30:22 Some of us are sleeping right now when the light is on.
30:25 God have mercy upon us.
30:26 If someone is sleeping next to you, shake them, amen?
30:29 Amen.
30:30 Say, my brother, my sister, you don't want to miss this.
30:34 You see, when you're eyes are accustomed to the darkness
30:37 and someone turns on the light
30:39 in all of its fullness, it's blinding.
30:41 Isn't that right?
30:42 It's overwhelming. You want to turn and hide from it.
30:44 And so instead of God coming in all of His glory,
30:47 He would come and hide the glory of His character
30:51 in human flesh.
30:52 And He would come as the sunrise, gradually
30:56 getting brighter and brighter, and clearer and clearer
30:59 to reveal the light of the knowledge of the
31:01 glory of God in healing doses,
31:04 so that our eyes might be able to adjust to see the light.
31:10 And notice how His coming is described in the Book of John 1.
31:14 Please, turn there with me.
31:15 In John 1:1, it describes the first coming of Jesus
31:20 to the light coming into the world.
31:22 Notice what the Bible says. John 1:1.
31:25 The Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word,
31:29 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
31:32 The same was in the beginning with God.
31:34 And all things were made by him,
31:35 or without him was not any thing made that was made.
31:38 In him was life, and the life was the, what, light of men."
31:44 You see the life of God.
31:48 The light of God was reviewed in the life of Christ.
31:52 And then it says in verse 5,
31:53 "And the light shines in darkness,
31:56 and the darkness comprehended it not."
31:57 Verse 9, "That was the true Light,
32:00 which lighteth every man that comes into the world."
32:03 You see, friends, because of sin,
32:04 we are cast out into the darkness.
32:06 And so Jesus would come with all--
32:08 With the light of the glory of God.
32:10 He would come to shining in the darkness of our world,
32:13 but here's the next question, friends,
32:14 as we think about the sanctuary.
32:16 Where did Jesus come from in relation to the sanctuary?
32:20 Where did He come from?
32:22 Well, friends, the Bible tells us
32:24 that He came from the throne of God.
32:27 He came from the bosom of the Father
32:29 and guess where that is.
32:30 Notice in John 16:28, the Bible tells us.
32:34 Where Jesus came from?
32:36 John 16:28. Please, write it down.
32:40 Jesus says, "I came forth from the, who?
32:44 Father.
32:46 And I am come into the world.
32:49 Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."
32:52 So notice, friends, Jesus is telling us where He came from.
32:55 I have come from the Father into the world.
32:58 I mean, after He is finished with His working in the world,
33:00 He would then go back to the Father.
33:02 And, friends, where is that in relation to the sanctuary?
33:05 Where is the Father strewn?
33:07 It's in the Most Holy Place.
33:10 And so do you see, friends, Jesus came from
33:13 where the light was shining in all of its fullness.
33:16 He is the Shekinah Glory, friends.
33:19 And so we see the path of just,
33:21 the least of the throne of God, we go forward,
33:24 but Jesus went backward, down the path.
33:29 He came from the Most Holy Place
33:32 and he would come all the way down to the
33:34 outer court which is the symbol of the world
33:37 and there we see Jesus at the laver of baptism.
33:42 In AD 27, as Jesus is baptized by John in the River Jordan,
33:48 to begin his public ministry.
33:51 He came from the Father, and now begins his ministry at the Laver
33:55 and he begins to preach and he preaches
33:57 about the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Light,
34:00 but people still did not understand
34:03 the mission of the messiah.
34:05 They're looking for messiah.
34:06 They would give them earthly light, earthly glory.
34:09 Didn't realize that Jesus came to give spiritual light
34:11 and spiritual glory.
34:13 And so Jesus had to go beyond the Laver, friends.
34:17 Going to Laver was good, but it wasn't good enough
34:20 for us to really see through the darkness of the night.
34:24 So we see Jesus coming a little bit closer to us.
34:26 And in John 8, we see Jesus teaching in the temple.
34:30 And by the way, He is teaching in the outer courts
34:34 of the earthly temple.
34:36 When suddenly you remember the story,
34:38 a woman was brought to him,
34:42 a woman that was caught in a dirty sin
34:45 in the act of committing adulatory.
34:48 And so after Jesus dealt with her accusers,
34:51 he then said to the woman, "Neither do I condemn you,
34:55 go."
34:57 And sin no more.
34:59 Friends, you know what Jesus was doing in that story?
35:02 She was trying to reveal to the human race.
35:05 What it's like in the Most Holy Place?
35:09 He was trying to tell the world,
35:11 "Don't you see this is what its like in my Father's presence?
35:15 The mercy seat is the throne not of judgment,
35:19 it's a throne of grace."
35:23 Friends, it's interesting.
35:24 He said in John 8:12, he said,
35:26 "I am the light of the world.
35:30 He that follows me shall not walk in darkness,
35:33 but shall have the light of life."
35:34 He was saying, "Don't you see this is what
35:36 its like in the Most Holy Place?
35:37 Don't you want to follow me?
35:38 Come with me back into that Most Holy Place experience,
35:42 so that you could have the light of life."
35:46 The Shekinah Glory in the flesh trying to show us
35:52 what God is really like.
35:54 But still people did not understand
35:57 the mission of the messiah.
35:59 The darkness was so dense, people were blinded,
36:03 the light was shining, but they could not see it.
36:06 Why?
36:08 Well, friends, question.
36:09 What was it that brought about the night of separation?
36:12 What exactly was that that brought the
36:14 darkness in the first place?
36:16 What was it, friends? Tell me.
36:17 It was sin.
36:19 Sin is what brought the darkness.
36:20 The misapprehension of God,
36:22 the confusion of God's character and the ignorance of his love.
36:25 It was the darkness of sin.
36:27 And so-- And one of us to truly see the light,
36:29 the Lord Jesus has to remove the darkness of sin.
36:34 And, friends, in order to remove the darkness of sin,
36:37 he had to go past the Laver of baptism.
36:41 In order to get rid off the darkness of sin,
36:43 he had to go all the way to the alter
36:50 where the lamb is slaying.
36:53 Because there's only through his death
36:57 that sin can be removed from our lives.
37:02 And so we see Jesus, friends, faraway from the Shekinah Glory
37:07 at the Laver of baptism,
37:08 then he goes all the way to the altar.
37:09 Remember, friends, where does-- Where do we meet God?
37:13 At the altar.
37:15 The first thing that sinner sees when he entrances the gate
37:17 is the altar, it represents the cross
37:19 where the Lamb of God would takeaway the sin of the world.
37:26 And, friends, remember, the farther away you get
37:30 from the Most Holy Place, what happens?
37:32 The darker it becomes.
37:35 And so Christ went out into the darkness of our sins.
37:40 We see the suffering lamb in the Garden of Gethsemane.
37:43 And, friends, it was a cold, dark night.
37:46 And for the first time in eternity,
37:48 the weight of the world sin
37:50 is being laid upon the sin bearer, Jesus Christ.
37:55 Not only the sin, but the guilt and the shame
37:58 and the condemnation that comes with sin
38:00 is all being laid upon Jesus all at the time.
38:04 Now, friends, one sin is heavy for us to carry,
38:06 but can you imagine the sin of the entire human race?
38:11 Past, present and future sins, all laid upon Christ.
38:15 Can you imagine how heavy it was?
38:17 The guilt he felt the condemnation,
38:19 it was so dark, friends, and it was so heavy.
38:24 That the capillaries in his pores begin to burst open
38:27 just like a grape being crushed under someone's foot,
38:30 the blood begin to flow.
38:32 It was as if the very life of God was being squeezed
38:35 that of Christ because the wages of sin is death.
38:39 The Bible says the life is in the blood.
38:41 And, friends, Jesus has eternal life.
38:43 Friends, as the blood flows from His pores,
38:45 it's as if eternal life is leaving Jesus
38:51 because of sin.
38:53 The sin that I have chosen, the sin that you've committed.
38:57 Well, friends, he took our place.
39:00 It was the cold, dark night and he-- He was on the ground,
39:04 wrestling by himself with the powers of darkness.
39:07 One writer describes it in these words.
39:09 "Jesus felt that by sin.
39:10 He was being separated from the Father
39:12 and the gulf was so broad, so black and so deep
39:15 that his spirit shutted before it.
39:17 Again the son of man was ceased with super human agony
39:20 and fainting and exhausted.
39:21 He staggered back to the place of His former struggle,
39:24 again he was prostrated to the earth.
39:27 His suffering was even greater than before.
39:30 The Cyprus and the palm trees
39:32 were silent witnesses of his anguish
39:35 and from there leafy branches dropped heavy dew
39:38 upon his stricken form as if nature wept over its author
39:43 who was wrestling alone with the powers of darkness."
39:49 Nature seems as weeping for Christ
39:51 what the disciples were sleeping on Christ.
39:54 Friends, we look at the disciples
39:56 in the midst of this crisis.
39:57 It represents a sleeping church
39:59 that is fast asleep in complacency
40:02 in lukewarmness in a time of a terrible crisis
40:06 when there should be watching and praying,
40:07 the disciples are sleeping.
40:09 Oh, friends, can you imagine
40:10 how this broke the heart of God?
40:12 At the very movement when Jesus needed us the most
40:15 and the very moment when he longed to know that
40:18 we are praying for him,
40:19 when he longed to hear word of encouragement,
40:21 when he long to know that we appreciate it.
40:23 Something about a sacrifice, we were sleeping on Him.
40:26 Friends, I'm so thankful that when we need Him the most,
40:30 He never sleeps on us. Can you say amen?
40:33 He was all alone by himself, friends,
40:34 forsaken of God and forsaken of men.
40:38 Drinking the cup of wrath of God for us.
40:43 And, friends, he was in the darkness at the altar.
40:46 And after he submitted himself to the will of the Father,
40:49 it's then the Judas came and betrayed Jesus with a kiss.
40:53 And, friends, do you remember what Jesus said to Judas?
40:55 Notice in the Book of Luke 22:55 it says,
40:59 "This is your hour, and the power of--"
41:03 Friends, where was Jesus?
41:05 Fall away from the Shekinah Glory.
41:08 All the way at the altar.
41:09 And, friends, he hung upon the cross for three hours.
41:12 And, friends, for the exact time that Jesus was on the cross,
41:14 guess what happened.
41:15 Matthew 27:45 says,
41:17 "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness
41:22 over all the land unto the ninth hour."
41:25 Friends, what we're seeing here is amazing,
41:26 we see Jesus taking our place, He is dying in our darkness.
41:32 Why?
41:33 So that we could live in His light,
41:38 so that we can go back to the Most Holy Place.
41:41 So that we can be back in the Shekinah Glory.
41:44 Oh, friends,
41:45 the cross was the dark period of this world's history.
41:49 It was one of the darkest because, friends,
41:52 when you look upon the cross,
41:54 you see humanity at their worst crucifying,
41:59 their creator.
42:01 How low can we gone?
42:03 Humanity at their worst crucifying the one
42:05 that loved them more than anything else.
42:07 But, friends, at the cross
42:08 not only do we see humanity at their worst,
42:10 we also see divinity at its best a God of love
42:14 who'd embraced the world that would reject Him
42:17 and spit in his face.
42:18 Oh, friends, it was dark,
42:20 but the darker the night, the brighter the light shines.
42:26 Because, friends, what does the light represent?
42:28 The knowledge of the glory of--
42:31 Friends, even though it was dark,
42:32 it was so bright, you know why?
42:33 Because at the cross,
42:34 we see in clear bright rays who God is,
42:37 the heart of God for he human race.
42:40 We see God demonstrating for the human race,
42:42 this is how much I love you.
42:45 This is how valuable you are to me.
42:49 This is the great length I would go to save you.
42:52 Oh, friends, do you see Jesus
42:53 never once live for Himself.
42:56 He only lived for others.
42:58 He gave and gave and gave
43:00 until there was nothing left to give.
43:02 The Bible says that he emptied himself.
43:07 He even gave His garment.
43:09 He hung on the cross naked, friends,
43:12 so that we could be covered.
43:14 The garments of His righteousness.
43:17 Oh, friends, who are you and who am I
43:18 that we would live our lives for ourselves.
43:21 How can we be so selfish when our creator,
43:25 the one that deserves all things never wants to live for Himself?
43:28 He only lived to give, friends.
43:32 And, friends, at the cross
43:33 we see the light of God shining upon us.
43:37 Friends, never ever, ever again doubts,
43:40 the love of God.
43:42 You are the most valuable thing in the universe.
43:45 And, friends, I'm so great for the Jesus did not stay there.
43:48 Can you say amen?
43:50 We don't serve a dead God, but a living Christ.
43:53 He was resurrected from the tomb.
43:55 And remember, where would he go after that?
43:57 Remember Jesus said,
43:58 "I come from the Father to the world.
44:01 And then I leave the world and go back where."
44:04 So from the cross, where would He go?
44:06 He would go back into the Holy
44:08 and then into the Most Holy Place.
44:10 Bible says in Hebrews 12:2,
44:11 "He endured the cross, despising the shame,
44:14 and has set down at the right hand of the, what,
44:17 the throne of God."
44:18 In the words, he would now from the altar,
44:20 he would go now go back into stopping at the laver
44:23 which also represents resurrection
44:25 because baptism is also a symbol of resurrection.
44:27 And from His resurrection for laver,
44:29 he would now go into the holy place
44:31 to inaugurate His heavenly ministry.
44:33 And, friends, this is where God's throne was at first.
44:37 And then Bible tells us in Hebrews 6:19-20,
44:41 "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
44:44 both sure and steadfast,
44:45 and which enters into that within the veil.
44:49 Whither the forerunner is for us entered,
44:51 even Jesus, made an high priest forever."
44:54 And so Jesus would then go into the Most Holy Place.
44:59 Beginning his special interceding in cleansing work,
45:02 we understand that he did this in year 1844
45:05 according to Bible prophecy.
45:06 At first, the holy place.
45:07 You can read that in Revelation 4 and 5.
45:10 That's the holy place, Ministry of Christ.
45:11 The inauguration that happened after the resurrection,
45:13 but then in 1844,
45:15 he was stepped into the Most Holy Place
45:17 beyond the veil beginning his special cleansing work.
45:20 And the Bible says that he is our forerunner.
45:22 The one that goes before us and we follow.
45:24 Don't you see from the altar he goes to laver,
45:27 then to the Holy Place, then to the Most Holy Place?
45:29 And now he calls us come,
45:31 follow me whether so wherever I lead you.
45:35 And, friends, we have the privilege,
45:37 of following Jesus by faith
45:41 into the Most Holy Place experience.
45:42 Can you say amen?
45:44 Because of our understanding of the sanctuary,
45:47 we know exactly where Jesus is
45:50 and what Jesus is doing.
45:52 He is calling us come into the secret place
45:54 of the most high so that we might abide
45:56 under the shadow of the Almighty God,
45:59 and that's the knowledge that we have
46:01 because it's in the Most Holy Place
46:02 that the light is shining in its clearness.
46:05 And even though, Jesus is in heaven for us,
46:09 there is still another dark period
46:11 that was to come after the cross.
46:13 It's known in history as the Dark Ages.
46:17 The what ages?
46:19 And do you why the Dark Ages was so dark?
46:21 It's because the Medieval Church,
46:24 made it illegal to read or own the Bible.
46:28 And, friend, the Bible says in Psalms 1:19,
46:30 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
46:33 and a light unto my, what path."
46:37 The path of the just.
46:39 That's like a shining light.
46:40 And so if we get rid off the light of God's word,
46:43 what do you have as a result.
46:44 You have the Dark Ages.
46:48 And not only that, but the reason
46:49 why the Dark Age was so dark
46:51 is because the medieval church did away with the light
46:53 that was shining in the sanctuary.
46:55 Every article of furniture
46:57 and every truth there in was replaced with a counterfeit.
47:00 You see, friends, during the Dark Ages,
47:02 the Medieval Church got rid off the Altar of Sacrifice
47:04 and they replaced it with penance and human works.
47:09 Shedding your own blood
47:11 and teaching you can save your self
47:14 by shedding your own blood
47:15 and giving offerings to the church.
47:17 They got rid off that Altar of Sacrifice
47:19 and thus the light began to become dim.
47:22 Not only that, but they got rid off the laver
47:24 which represents baptism
47:26 as the church began to sprinkle incense.
47:28 The truth of baptism was abolished
47:30 and replaced with the counterfeit.
47:32 Not only that, but during the Dark Ages
47:33 they got rid off the Table of Showbread
47:35 representing the word of God
47:36 and they replaced God's word,
47:37 the bread of life with human teachings,
47:40 opinions and traditions,
47:42 that part of the past was removed
47:43 and the light began to be dimmer.
47:46 And that God rid off the candlestick of evangelism
47:48 and he replaced it with inquisitions
47:50 and crusades forcing people,
47:52 evangelizing by force and by the stake.
47:56 And so they removed the candlestick of evangelism
47:58 and a counterfeit was set up in its place.
48:01 Not only that, but they got rid of the altar
48:02 of incense representing prayer
48:04 as prayer to God was replaced
48:05 by confessing your sins to a man a priest
48:08 and confessionals
48:09 that part of the path was removed
48:11 and the light was got even more dim.
48:14 And they even got rid of the Ark of the Covenant.
48:16 The law of God replaced with the traditions of the church.
48:19 Sabbath replaced with Sunday worship
48:22 and the glory Shekinah of God replaced
48:25 with the glory of man, of priest and popes.
48:28 You see, the reason why the Dark Ages was so dark
48:30 is because the trench--
48:31 Sanctuary truth message
48:33 was almost nearly extinguished.
48:36 Now praise God
48:38 that the light will always prevail
48:40 an overcome the darkness.
48:42 Can you say amen?
48:43 As I want you to notice what God did?
48:44 We're almost finished, friends.
48:45 In Isaiah 58:12,
48:48 God prophesy that He would have
48:50 some reformers of the path.
48:52 The Bible says, "Thou shalt raise up
48:53 the foundations of many generations,
48:55 and thou shalt be called,
48:56 the repairer of the breach
48:59 and the restorer of paths to dwell in."
49:03 What path?
49:04 The path of the just.
49:06 That is like a shining light,
49:07 that shines more and more into the perfect day.
49:09 God is saying that he is going to have some people,
49:11 so men and women are faith that would restore the path,
49:14 restore the breach, repair it.
49:16 These are restorers or reformers.
49:20 These are the two pathfinders
49:23 that will restore the path.
49:25 That was almost destroyed in the Dark Ages.
49:27 So what did God do?
49:29 God rose up some pathfinders after His own heart,
49:32 some reformers who'd restore.
49:33 God rose up Martin Luther
49:35 and the Lutheran church
49:37 to restore the Altar of Sacrifice
49:39 as Luther began to teach
49:40 and preach that we are not saved by our own works,
49:44 but we are saved by faith in the grace of Jesus Christ.
49:47 His emphasis was salvation by grace,
49:50 by faith in God's grace.
49:51 And so God used Martin Luther
49:53 and the Lutheran church
49:54 to restore the Altar of Sacrifice
49:56 back into its proper place.
49:58 That part of the path was restored
49:59 and the light now began to be little bit brighter,
50:02 then God rose others like,
50:04 Roger Williams and John Smith
50:06 and the Anabaptist movement
50:08 to restore the laver of baptism.
50:09 As they be on to teach and preach the Baptist
50:11 was not sprinkling influence,
50:12 but by immersing adults.
50:15 That part of the path was restored.
50:16 God used the Baptist movement to do it.
50:18 And so the light began to shine a little bit more
50:21 and we are brought even closer
50:22 back to the Shekinah Glory
50:24 and then God rose up the Waldenses
50:25 and the John Wycliffe and amongst others to restore
50:28 the Table of Showbread representing Bible study
50:30 as they began to teach that the Bible
50:32 and Bible alone is the soul rule of authority,
50:36 that part of path was restored.
50:38 The light began to shine even more
50:39 and now we are brought even closer to God.
50:42 And then God rose up others.
50:44 Like John Calvin and Presbyterian movement
50:48 who restored the altar of prayer
50:50 as their special emphasis, their special message.
50:53 John Calvin began to teach that we need to pray
50:55 in order to have a personal relationship with God,
50:57 in order to grow up in his likeness.
50:59 Prayer is an essential element.
51:01 And so used the Presbyterian movement
51:03 to restore that piece of furniture
51:06 and that part of the path was restored
51:09 and the light began to shine even more
51:11 and then God rose up John and Charles Wesley
51:13 and the Methodist Movements
51:15 to restore the candlestick of evangelism.
51:17 As they began to teach and preach
51:19 that we ought to live holy lives,
51:21 theirs was the holiness message.
51:23 And that's the way that we let our light shine
51:25 as witnesses in the world.
51:27 People ought to be able to see
51:29 a difference in the way that we live our lives.
51:31 And so God used the Methodist Movement
51:33 to restore that part of the path,
51:34 the light began to shine even clearer
51:36 and we are brought even closer to the Shekinah Glory.
51:39 Oh, friends, don't you see
51:40 that God was using every single movement
51:43 to restore the path of the just.
51:45 The true path of faith.
51:48 He was using every movement.
51:50 And, friends, if I lived in during those times,
51:52 if I lived in Martin Luther's time,
51:53 I would be a Lutheran.
51:55 If I lived during the time of the Anabaptist,
51:57 I would be a Baptist.
51:58 If I lived during the time of John and Charles Wesley,
52:01 I would be a Methodist.
52:02 You see, God was using
52:03 every single movement of the past,
52:05 but now we have one last piece of furniture
52:07 that was yet to be restored.
52:09 It's the Ark of Covenant.
52:11 It's the place where the light is the clearest
52:14 and shining the brightest.
52:15 And tell me, friends,
52:16 did God raise up a movement to leave the world
52:19 all the way back into his presence.
52:23 A special movement that would restore,
52:26 not just part of the path,
52:27 but the whole thing.
52:29 Did God raise up the movement?
52:31 Absolutely, yes.
52:33 And, friends, what movement is that?
52:36 We're going to find out tomorrow night.
52:37 Can you say amen?
52:39 But it's a movement
52:40 that God is calling all of us to be a part of.
52:44 It's a movement
52:45 that restores all truth in the last days.
52:50 You see, friends, when we understand
52:52 the Most Holy Place message,
52:54 when we know where Jesus is
52:55 and what He is doing,
52:57 we now have the clearest view
52:59 and brightest picture of who God is.
53:04 And when we know it for ourselves,
53:06 then we can call the world,
53:08 don't stop at the laver and the altar,
53:11 don't stop at the candlestick
53:12 and the Table of Showbread.
53:13 Don't stop at the Altar of Incense.
53:15 Why don't we call all the way back
53:17 and let the spirit of God lead us into all the truth?
53:21 Friends, what movement is this?
53:24 They're described in Revelation 14:12.
53:27 Notice with me as we begin
53:29 to bring out a few last points.
53:31 The Bible says concerning God's end time people.
53:33 It says, "Here is the patience of the saints."
53:37 That word patience means endurance.
53:38 In other words, these are the ones
53:39 that endure to the end of the path.
53:41 Are you with me?
53:42 It says, "Here is patience of the saints,
53:44 here are they that keep the, what,
53:47 commandments of God and the faith of Jesus."
53:49 I want you to notice interesting
53:51 that the word here is mentioned twice in this verse.
53:55 It says here is the patience of the saints.
53:57 Here are they and the word here denotes a location.
54:01 Isn't that right?
54:03 Here denotes a location
54:05 or where exactly is the location of these saints.
54:09 Where is here?
54:10 Listen, friends,
54:11 here is wherever the commandments of God
54:14 and the faith of Jesus are.
54:16 And, friends, in the sanctuary,
54:17 where is the commandments of God?
54:19 In the Most Holy Place.
54:21 And where is the faith of Jesus?
54:23 It's throughout the whole thing,
54:25 but especially in the Most Holy Place.
54:26 Let me explain, how.
54:28 What was just above the Ten Commandments
54:31 in the Most Holy Place?
54:33 The mercy seat,
54:34 it was made of what, pure gold.
54:37 And, friends, do you know what gold
54:38 represents in the Bible?
54:40 Faith.
54:41 But notice it's pure gold because it's a pure faith.
54:45 And, friends who is the only one that has the pure faith?
54:48 Jesus.
54:50 The Bible tells us that God's end time people,
54:52 they have the faith not just in Jesus,
54:56 they have the faith of Jesus.
54:58 You know why?
54:59 Because they sit with Jesus on the throne
55:01 as an over comer,
55:02 they have a Most Holy Place experience,
55:05 here is the patience of the saints.
55:08 Friends, I want to be there.
55:09 How about you?
55:10 God's end time people, His remnant church
55:12 truly is going to be a light house of truth
55:14 in world full of darkness. You know why?
55:16 Because we're living in another Dark Age.
55:19 Well, Satan is spreading lies about the character of God.
55:22 The people are misperceptions about who God is.
55:25 But the darker the night,
55:27 the brighter the light is going to shine.
55:30 And so we go now to the Book of Revelation 18,
55:33 as we find the final message in the last days.
55:37 Our message so powerful and so bright that it will bring
55:40 in the perfect day, the coming of Jesus.
55:43 Please, turn there with me.
55:44 Revelation 18:1-4, the Bible tells us.
55:47 And we are going to study this in detail tomorrow night.
55:49 It says, "And after these things
55:53 I saw another angel, another messenger,
55:55 come down from heaven, having great power,
55:58 and the earth was, what, lightened with his--"
56:03 Friends, this angel is simply
56:05 God's end time messengers in the last days.
56:08 And the Bible says that they will not only be heard audibly.
56:11 But the word is going to be enlightened with their glory.
56:13 In other words, people will see the glory of God
56:16 in the lives of his end time people.
56:18 Those who have a Most Holy Place experience.
56:21 And then ones they are seen, then notice verse 2.
56:23 "And he cried mightily with a strong voice,
56:25 saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
56:28 and is become the habitation of devils,
56:30 and the hold of every foul spirit,
56:31 and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
56:33 Now notice verse 4.
56:35 "And I heard another voice from heaven,
56:36 saying, 'Come out of her, my people,'
56:41 that ye be not partakers of her sins,
56:42 and that ye receive not of her plagues."
56:44 Here we find a messenger with the message
56:48 so bright that it brings the perfect day.
56:52 The second coming of Christ.
56:54 Friends, do you want to know who this messenger is?
56:57 Who is this angel that lightens the world
57:00 with the glory of God?
57:02 Tomorrow night we are going to find out.
57:04 But notice just a few more verses in Daniel 12:3,
57:07 it says, "And they that be wise shall shine
57:11 as the brightness of the firmament,
57:13 and they that turn many to righteousness as the,
57:16 what, stars for ever and ever."
57:18 Friends, in the Bible, stars represent angels,
57:21 an angels are messengers.
57:23 Bible is calling us to be shining stars,
57:26 shining messengers to lead people back
57:29 to the righteousness,
57:30 and where is righteousness.
57:32 "My tongue shall speak of thy word
57:33 for all thy commandments are--"
57:36 So to turn people to righteousness
57:38 is to turn people back to the Ten Commandments
57:40 is to turn people back into the Most Holy Place
57:43 where Jesus sits upon His throne.
57:46 Oh, friends, I want to be a star.
57:47 How about you?
57:49 But not like those basketball stars.
57:51 And those music starts and those movie stars.
57:55 Those stars are just falling stars.
57:57 I want to be like the bright and morning star Jesus Christ.
58:00 Can you say amen?
58:01 And, friends, as we continue to shine,
58:03 the light of the message of God
58:05 in the last days will bring in the perfect day
58:08 and then we will see our God face to face.
58:12 And, friends, notice what happens to the sanctuary.
58:15 In Revelation 21:22-23, my last verse.
58:18 It says, "And I saw no temple therein,
58:21 for the Lord God Almighty
58:22 and the lamb are the, what, temple of it.
58:25 And the city had no need of the sun,
58:26 neither of the moon to shine in it,
58:29 for the glory of God did lighten it,
58:30 and the lamb is the light thereof."
58:33 You see, friends, in heaven,
58:34 there is no need of a temple,
58:35 no need of artificial light
58:37 because now we are back
58:38 into the very presence of God in the Shekinah Glory.
58:42 The place that we once began,
58:43 now Jesus brings us back.
58:45 Now we see our God face to face.
58:51 Only faintly, now we see Him
58:54 with a darkening veil between.
58:57 Oh, but a blessed days coming
59:00 when His glory shall be seen,
59:03 face to face with Christ, my Savior.
59:06 Face to face to see and know when with rapture
59:09 I behold Him.
59:10 Jesus Christ who loves me so.


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