Titled: "CHRIST, THE PRIEST."
My many and grateful thanks to both the author and the Publisher, for this book. (John B).
THE GREATEST THEME IN THE HOLY BIBLE IS, JESUS CHRIST AND WHAT'S HE'S DONE FOR EACH ONE OF US!
Note (JB): In fact if we remove each and every reference to Jesus, all we'd have would be Jewish history Book, period!
Perhaps many ask, "Well what's He done, for me?" What about His and the Father's Divine Plan to separate us all from our sins, so all will be worthy for eternal life as The Father's Sons and Daughters? We must never forget, the wages of sin, is death, and Jesus died that death in Y O U RS and mine place!
Never forget, that it is our sins, that makes each unworthy for Heaven, therefore, we must either accept Jesus and His gift of Salvation, OR die for our sins, ourselves, ..........simple , right? Now to the story:
What a wonderful Savior, right? What an immeasurable depth of His love, agree? How thrilling is this story as the Salvation story as unfolding in the Sanctuary. In this chapter, we'll take a look at the Heavenly Sanctuary, not made by hands, and learn that Jesus is our forever, High Priest, whose Blood was shed on the Cross,as THE LAMB OF GOD.
1 Peter 1:19-20 " But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"
Symbolically, Christ takes His very own blood into the Heavenly Sanctuary making it possible for Him, as our High Priest,, to separate us from our sins, just as in the olden times, the sins were "transferred" to the Sacrifice, and Jesus is the each one's personal Sacrifice! Thus giving Him the ability, within our willing hearts,
[remember Heaven uses only Truth and love, Satan never will, but he uses all others including murder] to remove our sins to Himself. And then presents us to The Father-God, as though we have never even sinned!
Note(JB) After that, The Father only looks at Christ's righteousness,, as we are then "Symbolically cover by Jesus' righteous blood"! Thus no Jesus in our hearts, NO HEAVEN in our futures! Because, Satan already "owns" Y O U , then, just as he owns the earth, for now! It is Satan that causes all these so-called "Natural Disasters" , Not God, that's insurance companies' cop-out!
Take a look at this from Hebrews:
Hebrews 9:8-15 "The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."
Note(JB): A fully flesh man, is not able to do this, it must be done by He whom is the Creative instrument of The Father [ John1:1-3,14]
Is this not a wonderful method? This means that each person, who is willing, can be in Heaven with Jesus for ever! Praise God, right? This means that NONE of us have to face the Second death! We can be resurrected and instantly transfigured {1 Corinthians 15:50-55] into a non-corruptible body, as Jesus now has, also. Thus live i n joy, peace, and total happiness forever, to explore other worlds!
How wondrously beautiful, is it to know that at this very moment, Jesus Christ is in th4e Heavenly Sanctuary where he is appearing before God the Father in our behalf?
"The Great Controversy" pg. 489 by Ellen G. White. " The intercession of Christ in man's behalf in the Sanctuary above, is as essential to the plan of salvation, as was His death on the Cross!" Praise God The Father, and God the Son, for the Cross, for it's very horrible nature, forces us to accept just how bad sin is. We all should praise The Godhead, members, that this truth is taught within the Seventh-day Adventist Churches, a message which reveals how the merits, of God's Grace, upon the Cross, can and shall be applied to the individual with faith in Christ. It was and still is a work, that is as needed as the Cross for our Salvation!
Hebrews 4:10-16 "For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."
So, why our need for such a High Priest, today?
Hebrews 8:2-6 "A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises."
Please note, the TWO reasons for our deeding Jesus as our High Priest. First, He was to offer gifts. And secondly, He was to offer sacrifices. Now we know all about gifts, for we have been given, and received gifts, in skills and knowledge. But what about a sacrifice? What is a sacrifice for? Again the Bible gives answer:
Hebrews 5:1-2 " For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity."
Can you not see, what the Sacrifices were for? Our SINS!
Suppose, that under the Old Testament's sanctuary system,, that I had sinned, and brought my offering for a sacrifice. I cannot enter this place, as God welt there, and as a sinner I would be instantly destroyed, should I appear before God. So, away must be found for my gift and my sacrifice to be carried into the sanctuary before the very presence of God that I may be accepted. These facts are of a great importance because....
"The correct understanding of the ministration in the heavenly sanctuary is the very foundation of our faith."
Evangelism, p. 221.
So let's review how an individual is to secure eternal forgiveness for their sins. Man was to bring a lamb as a sacrifice for his sin. He was then to place his hands on th4e lamb's head and confess his sin (s), over th43e substitute lamb. In this way the sin was then transferred to the sacrifice. Now the man is to slay the sacrifice by his own hand, {JB, that's done by the cutting of the lamb's throat, and for most people this was as a family's pet!]. Now, there's nothing more that he could do, but his sacrifice is incomplete. This is why he needs a priest. Now note what the priest can do for him. The priest takes the shed blood and carries it within the Sanctuary; for this is absolutely necessary to bring justification to the sinner. If we are to be forgiven, justified and redeemed, we should understand what the priest is doing with the blood.......
Hebrews 8:1-4 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:"
In chapter 2, we discussed that Christ represented the Lamb, which man must have for his sacrifice. The scriptures also teach that it is equally important that the priest have something to present before God The Father. The fact is---Christ is now our High Priest and He is also the SACRIFICE! Now to help us explain and understand this greatest of truths, Paul further shows us: .....
Hebrews 8:4-6 " For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises."
Please know that these words were written, while the Jewish Temple was still standing, intact, and the priests were daily carrying out these tasks. However, Paul tells us, that now that Jesus is in Heaven, He is now our High Priest "Who serve unto (US) the example and shadow of heavenly things." Hebrews 8:5.
The word "Shadow" means that the work of the priest was but a shadowy outline of the movements of our great High Priest Jesus Christ, in the Heavenly Sanctuary
Allow me to illustrate. I was once a summer youth camp, counselor, in which there was a problem child under my care. Now during the rest period every child was expected to lie on his cot and sleep.. But this child decided to slip out of his cot and get into some mischief. He made sure to stay behind the building so I could not see him. But, he forgot all about his shadow, and just as we study what went on in the sanctuary, the earthly one, we can understand the importance of what Christ is doing for us , today, in the Heavenly Sanctuary.
Leviticus 4:32-34 "And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:"
The man has now done all that he can do, and the priest takes over. The blood of the SUBSTITUTE was brought into the Sanctuary, in one of two ways. Either the priest ate a designated portion of the sin offering, and in this way he carried in his person into the sanctuary as described....
Leviticus 4:4-7 "And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the Vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."
God instructed Moses in all this, in the "CEREMONIAL LAW," that was placed NEXT to the Ark.
NOTE(JB) It was THIS LAW, and this law only. . . that was "NAILED TO HIS CROSS" Colossians 2:14 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;" Many say we are NOT under the law, but under Grace, which makes His Grace a DISGRACE! Just as the "Once saved, always saved," is right from Satan's mouth!
Leviticus 6:1-7 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein."
NOTE(JB) Please know, that we on earth have some 43,000 different "Christian Denominations", all from the One Word, the Holy Bible. Who fails to see, the many deceptions man hears from the "Pulpits" of the worldly today? Matthew 24, has three direct quotes from Jesus.... "Let no man deceive by any means," plus two other references, about meeting a false Jesus in the wilderness, or in the upper rooms! Plus 2nd Thess. 2: 1-12 also tells us the why! "They have not the love for the truth...that they should believe a lie.."
Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
The very same principle applies to us yet today: First we go to our Heavenly High Priest, in prayer, and HE ".....sends the Holy Spirit to bring us to repentance." ! Selected Messages. p. 393.
Note(JB): Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
God does! Yet He knows what we need, and what each can do on their powers, most are in need of the Holy Spirit's urgings, and no that's NOT the human conscience speaking!
We MUST ALSO, make amends, to those we have wronged, thus showing not only our desire to be forgiven, but also to forsake our sinful ways. In other wards we are to freely give our sins to Jesus as our sin-bearer......
Matthew 5:22-25 "But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison."
Once a sinner has done all this, his part [JB, remember the "Ceremonial laws nailed to His Cross? the Blood sacrifice,is one of them, for Christ is our Blood sacrifice.] then the Blood that Jesus has shed, can and will be applied in his behalf by the Priest for his atonement.
Now here's a QUESTION: "What does the blood represent?" Read this carefully and memorize it....
Leviticus 17:10-12 "And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood."
What a truth! For the life of the flesh, is in the blood. Thus blood represents the life, thus Christ's blood represents HIS LIFE!
Now look this, If Y O U cut your Jugular vein, and do nothing about it, you will within minutes bleed out and be dead.
May I ask Y O U, a very personal Question? "Have Y O U not ever trembled in fear at the thought that someday you must approach God's throne and stand in judgment for your words, and yes even your very thoughts, and deeds? Just read this:.....
The Great Controversy, P482. "Every man's work passes i n review before God, and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness. Opposite each name in the Book of Heaven is entered with terrible exactness every work, every selfish act, {Excuse me (JB) but is not an abortion a selfish act?], every unfulfilled duty, every secret sin, with every artful dissembling, Heaven sent warnings of reproof, neglected, wasted moments, unimproved opportunities, the influence exerted for good or for evil with its far reaching results. All are chronicled by the recording angel, for the law of God is the standard by which the character and the lives of humans will be tested in the judgment, says the wise man. "Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment." Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
Again, have Y O U ever been troubled in fear at the very thought that someday you must stand before God in His Judgment? If YOU are right with God, and have surrendered to His will and invited the Holy Spirit into your heart each day, and have repented and asking for forgiveness in your confessions, you have no need to fear His Judgment! For YOUR High Priest, Jesus Christ will go in before The Father-God, to represent you! Wonder of Wonders, HE's the Son of God and He knows The Father, and He has already died for your sins and mine!
Allow me to ask yet another question: "Have Y O U made it possible for Jesus, as your Personal Savior, to appear before T%he Father-God, in Your place?We are all sinners, as the Bible tells us. Plus we are in desperate need of His external help. WHY?
Jeremiah 13:23 "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil."
Note(JB): Yes we can somewhat modify our behavior, but we need a character change, to become more like Jesus. This we need Heaven's help!
So let me suggest what all should do, in your mind's eye, go to the foot of the Cross, and with prayer ask for help, to live life with His approval! After "SEEING" Jesus die for YOU, you can't remain the same, especially, with your asking for the Holy Spirit to rule your heart/mind, why?
Matthew 7:8-11 " For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"
Note(JB) Asking in faith?trust! How do we gain faith? Romans 10:17 " So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"
Reading and study, are two very different methods, my I suggest a good Bible Concordance, that translates all but the shortest of words, into the three Bible's languages, Plus if one takes a word, say faith, and looks up and reads all these verses, Y O U will know what the Bible means with the word Faith!....
Isaiah 28:9-10 "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little::
The word LINE, should have been translated as CORD, do we not tie things together with a cord?
Then, follow Hi m, by faith, as He rises from the dead and returns to heaven.
Follow Him by fai5th, as He enters the Heavenly Sanctuary, and to the very presence of The Father-God. There, He will offer His blood for Y O U!. If you'll do this, it will fill your heart with assurance. If you are right with God you never need, fear the coming Judgment, but welcome it, as a conformation of your faith.
Because Christ is....Hebrews 7:25-26 " Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;"
Now you should be able to understand why Christ is able to present Y O U as faultless before the Throne!
May I ask another question? "What kind of blood is it that is sprinkled in the Sanctuary before God, The Father?
A: This is the blood of the Sin-bearer, divine blood, shed on Calvary! This is very important, as it blood that that in the which flows the life force.
Now, dear reader, may I make this personal?
If...if I have repented of all known sins,j my sins have been transferred to Christ, the Substitute, for all. So, as Christ goes before The Father-God, bearing my sins in His blood they are then transferred to the alter by figuratively sprinkling His blood. Now you are ready for an astounding truth?
There is now NO MORE sin within me! My sins have been transferred into the Sanctuary. Mt sins have been separated from me. What a blessed thought! What a great and wonderful truth!
So, have Y O U transferred your sin (s) to the Lamb of God, thus permitting Him to transfer them to the Sanctuary in Heaven?
Sadly, so few true Christians seem to actually understand that their sins have been separated from them through Christ's work in the Sanctuary service., yet we have this promise....
2 Timothy 3:15-17 "And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
NOTE(JB): Remember, John3 :16? John 3:15-16 "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Why cam all people fully accept this, at face value?
John 3:17 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
Can Y O U, dear reader, not see the greatest love, for Y O U, and ALL others, that is in the Father-God's heart? You, who are Mother could you see self giving up the life of YOUR child, for the good of mankind? Your Heavenly Father did just that, for YOU and me! What more can He do to receive your love?
You know deep within, that true love can't be forced nor commanded, that's the reason God uses only LOVE and TRUTH! Yet Satan led men, distort and pervert His word, to no end! Even wars of prosecutions, such as the 100 year war, and the 30 year war, and the War of the Roses, in th3e dark ages of Europe, as The Vatican used only force, with her Secret Societies, led by the Jesuits and backed up by ten other organizations. Google "Secret Societies,: or in Wikipedia Find Eric Phelps book " Vatican Assassins" or, D'Aubique's work, "The History of the Reformation.".
Yes both are "HARD READS", that speaks the truth, which is in very short supply in the Vatican.
As The Holy Bible will testify to in 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-15, and Revelation 13:2 and Daniel 7th chapter. Please know.....
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
All i n Christ, ate Spiritual Israel, thus sons of Abraham and Jacob!
Titus 1:2 " In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
Sadly Satan and those who he leads, can a nd do lie, even from the very beginning! Many of these art sadly behind the Pulpits and write many books! Many are the Secular T.V. as the ' prosperity preachers'! Not all print is truth, not all who teach the Bible are of Christ! How can one tell?.....
Isaiah 8:20 " To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Exodus 20:8-11 " Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Exodus 31:14-17 " Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
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Note(JB): Many a person, holds that every day is Holy! If so when can they work? Note the underlined above, and tell me that God is not serious about this sign, of Seventh day Sabbath worships? It is HIS MEMORIAL TO US, for His CREATION Events! He knew full well that Satan would give birth to evolution in Greek Mythology, that5 Darwin and many others swallowed hook, line and sinker! But true scientists know better, they know that DNA, is a protein, and carries information, the body needs from conception, to death, chemicals can't store, nor carry information, and ANY information requires an intelligent source! Time and random chance, holds no information, period! Thus evolution is a Satanic lie, that the Vatican calls Genesis 1 but an allegory, after God created life evolution took hold!Yet they expect ALL others to accept their words that they believe the rest of the Bible! DUH!!!!!!
1 John 1:9-10 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
Acts 3:19 "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"
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Chapter two / The Sanctuary by Lawrence M. Nelson. C.H.J. Pub. 1996. PP.23-33.
As always my many thanks to both the Author and the Publisher for this work. (John B)
ONE'S SALVATION IS POSSIBLE ONLY WITH THE FULLEST ACCEPTANCE OF JESUS CHRIST, AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR, AND YOUR SURRENDER I N LOVE. John B.
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Note (JB): take note that Mary is not ever mentioned, in Scriptures, as an object of worship or prayer, thus its but a Human tradition, thus without meaning or virtue! There's also no Scripture, showing her ascension to Heaven, also tradition since 1500's as their introduction to begin this Marion worship as Queen of Heaven and co-mediatrix with Jesus her Son, by the 1850's! [ Second Thessalonians 1-12 is good read and then Revelation 13:2 then put on your thinking cap!JB}
CHAPTER 2----- CHRIST AND THE LAMB.
A pastor was deeply troubled about his own personal battle with sin. Somehow, he seemed to lack the moral courage to gain victory. The struggle became so severe that when he went to sleep one night, he had a nightmare i n which he saw a man whipping Christ in Pilate's judgment hall. Watching the lash as it buried itself in Christ's bleeding back he could not stand and think of anyone wounding the Lord Jesus. In his dream he rushed forwards, seized the man and began to struggle with him. Suddenly, this brute of a man turned his face and the pastor screamed in terror and woke up. For the face of the man whipping Jesus was none other than his own!!! You see, in allowing sin to gain mastery of his life, he was wounding the Lord Jesus, with each sin. It was an experience he would not ever forget!
This true story fully illustrates the following Scripture: Zechariah 12:10 "They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.,"
How little do we realize the pain that we cause Jesus when we continue in our some, over and over
again, sins. How little do we realize the disappointment that we heap upon our Savior Lord Jesus when we not even try, to gain a victory, Yet it shows us, or should, just how unworthy we are of His great love for each. Look at how Isaiah put this:
Isaiah 53:3-7 " He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
What a description, agree? Did you take note of these words---- rejected, despised, stricken, smitten, afflicted, wounded, bruised, oppressed, and the this--- "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity [lawlessness] of us all. For he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter."
As the apostle Paul meditated upon the tremendous sacrifice of Christ, he marveled in amazement. And if we look at the Cross, we, also, would join Paul in these words:
Romans 8:37-39 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"
Can you think of a better reason than this?
.John 15:13 " Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
NOTE(JB): Dear reader, please know it was pure love, for Y O U and me, that Jesus allowed, YES allowed Himself, to be nailed to that Cross! Know you not that Jesus and Satan are at WAR, over your love and mine? Thank God, Jesus Has the Victory, he won it at the Cross!
Do you remember the story of John the Baptist? When he declared----John 1:28-29 " These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Note(JB): Those who have studied Daniel's 2300 days/years prophecy, will recognize this as be very beginning of Jesus' ministry that began in the first half of THAT week, the 3.1/2 years of Christ's teaching and then cut-off, on the Cross, and 3.1/2 years latter, with the Stoning of Stephen, the Gospel went to the gentiles, and the Jews could come to God only by and with Christ in their hearts! That's the Bible's truth! The Jews just as all others must come to the Father-God, through and with Christ Jesus!
Who can not fail to see The Father's great love for us all, as e knew even before sin fell, He provided a plan of salvation even before this earth was created! Plus He created the Sabbath, for us as a memorial to His creation, as He knew evolution garbage, would come! The Sabbath meaning a day of rest and worshipping God!
The very moment that sin entered the Garden of Eden, all heaven was filled with sorrow, for apparently the inhabitants of this world were doomed to death. But God's plan was ready to redeem mankind. The moment the divine law had been broken by man, Christ was ready to make an atonement for man's rebellious transgression. He would take upon Himself man's sins and redeem him.
THE STORY OF REDEMPTION P.42.
"Christ then made know to the angels that a way of escape had been made for lost man. He told them that He had been pleading with The Father, and had offered to give His life as ransom. To take the sentence of death upon Himself, that through Him man might find pardon, that through the merits of His Blood, and obedience to the law of God, they could have the favor of God, and be brought into the beautiful garden and eat of the fruit of the Tree of life."
Such a plan of love is almost impossible to fully explain; no wonder the redeemed in Heaven will ever search to comprehend the mystery of a deep love. So, in the depth of this love, this wonderful love towards us all, and to see why God has chosen the sanctuary system as a kindergarten display to help us in our learning process.
Let's all put on our "thinking caps," now. Why did Christ come to this earth, to die? In the description of the Heavenly Sanctuary, which you find in the New Testament, there's no mention of an Outer Court. Only in the Old Testament do we find the Outer Court, connected to the Sanctuary. It was only in the Earthly Sanctuary that the Outer Court existed.
WHY?
The Sacrifice of Christ occurred on earth, NOT in Heaven where there can be no death! Therefore Christ had to come to this earth, and in the outer court, Where in the Alter of Sacrifice was found! Thus this is where in symbolics, Christ was killed for our sins, as The Lamb slain. Paul was led to put it this way:....
Philippians 2:6-8 "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Can you even grasp this? Imagine Christ, Who being equal to God Himself, descended from Heaven's purity lowered Himself below the level of angels, became a flesh man, yet still divine, as a helpless babe, in a manger. Yet not to be a man as Adam, who was formed to perfection. OH, no. But a Man after the consequences of four thousand years of sin. Born into a world filled with sorrow, misery, disease, death and every conceivable temptation. Then, when Christ's mission was to come to an end, He would be subjected to every insult and torture that Satan and his could conceive of. For He must die as a guilty sinner, yet totally pure and innocent.. His last hour would would be so terrible, that the angels had to veil their faces as they could not look upon Him. And finally, because He bore our sins, He must also endure the anguish of the lost, as all our sins were place upon Him, The Father, had to withdraw Himself, from His sight, as Life can not exist in the Face of the Father, without being destroyed. He thus bore the anguish of Separation, for the first time EVER, because our guilt was put on His shoulders!
In The Desire of Ages, Mrs. White put it this way: P755. "The Spotless Son of God hung upon the Cross, His flesh, lacerated with stripes. Those hands, so often reached out in blessings, nailed to wooden bars. Those feet, so tireless on the ministries of love, spiked to a tree. That royal head, pierced by the crown of thorns. Those quivering lips, shaped a cry of woe. And all that He endured; the blood drops that flowed from His head, His hands and His feet, {JB as well as His back shredded flesh exposing bone] The agony wracked His frame, and the unutterable anguish that filled His soul at the hiding of His father's face speaks to each child of humanity declaring "It is for thee that the Son of God consents to bear this burden of guilt. For thee, He spoils the domain of death,j and opens the gate of paradise. He, who stilled the angry waves,j and walked the foam-capped billows, who made the devils treble and disease to flee. Who opened blinded eyes, and called forth the dead to life, offers Himself upon the Cross, as a sacrifice. And this, from love, to thee. He, the hearer, endures the wrath of divine justice and for thy sake, became sin itself!"
NOTE(JB): Not badly written for a lady with only three years of schooling, agree?
What WORDS! What an inspiration of God! Let's turn to Leviticus 14 and Verse 27+
.Leviticus 4:27-31 " And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him."
REMEMBER THIS:
The animal sacrifice represented, and was a foreshadow for Jesus Christ's, death upon the tree!No, think of Y O U slicing the throat of YOUR pet, as a method seeking forgiveness of Y O U R sins! Does this not give a truer picture of how God views our sins? This implied the confession of sin, our sin, to the sinner's substitute, The Lamb of God!
STEP THREE.
Then comes step number 3. After the sin has been TRANSFERRED to the Sacrifice, the victim must be slain. WHY? Because the wages of sin is death. The broken Law of God demands the penalty of death.
Leviticus 4:28-29 " Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering."
Why did God put a death Penalty , upon the eating of the fruit from one tree?
A: It was the one food, He demanded they NOT EAT, but they listened to Satan's lies instead!
Just as so many still do to this day, Sunday worship, Craven images, lie, steal, covet, and accept his lies of evolution over Creation!
Genesis 2:16-17 " And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
Note(JB): It's not like HE, snuck this one in on us, now is it? He told us up front, rebel against my laws, and you shall die!
Genesis 5:5 " And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."
Please remember, it was always the sinner's hand to slay the sacrifice! When we learn, and realize the great cost of sin, before we are ready to overcome our sins, We will determine, and with The Help of the Holy Spirit, we shall have victory over sin, because we shall know how hateful sins are to God, to Whom we have learned to love! Then and ONLY THEN, will there be no more sin! What a tragedy that so few of us seem to grasp this concept lesson. Which is the why of this verse:.....
Matthew 7:13-14 " Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
NOTE(JB): I pray that each reader, shall find and be willing to enter the narrow gate! C U THERE?
In review: The Sacrificial offerings were ordained by God, The Father, to teach and show each sinner, who earnestly desires forgiveness, that he or she, must acknowledge the sin, be repented of the si n,, and bring His si n to Christ, our Sacrificial Lamb of God We, each MUST acknowledge our part in the Crucifixion of Christ, by faith and take hold of the Divine power that will him and her a hatred for sin and enable the sinners to sin no more: The he and she can then rejoice in His redemption!.
However, this sacrificial plan has a much broader and deeper purpose than the Salvation of humanity. For Christ came to this earth, not to die, BUT to SAVE mankind, BUT also He came to vindicate the character of God The Father, before the whole of the Universe.
WHY?
Due to the Great Conflict, between good and evil, when God's Law was challenged by Lucifer, who was latter called Satan, meaning opposer, and thus caused a war i n heaven....
Revelation 12:4 " And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
Note(JB) Now that you know who the dragon is read Revelation 13:1-2 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.:
Please read Daniel's 7th chapter, and learn that a kingdom ruled by one man, in both the civil and religious, is called a BEAST POWER, no think Rome and the Dark Ages!. She has not changed one piece of doctrine, to this very day!
Ecclesiastes 1:9 " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
(JB) It was only by Satan's powers, that the whole world obeyed, Rome on it's Sunday worship, the Venerable Day of the Sun God! in 321 A.D. by decree from Emperor Constantine and Rome's Bishop accepted it, and the Pagans that flooded in the Church, with it's "Royal Robes of Red and Scarlet, its feast days, and processions, beads, wedding Rings, prayers to the dead, Easter {Ishtar, Nimrod's wife, who proclaimed herself her dead husband's Queen, as his heir, now living in the Sun as a god, and she is Queen of Heaven and fertility, her signs? Rabbits eggs and Pine comes--{Many seeds}! Who fails to see the connections to Babylon? Yet with her, this church, are many who know and love Jesus! The leadership????? Who knows, but God!
John 12:31-32 "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."
So it was, That Christ's dearth on that Cross would not only make it possible for men to be forgiven of their sins, upon honest repentance (JB meaning to turn away from] ,sins and heaven would be available to us, on the CONDITION, of loving obedience. BUT it would also JUSTIFY The Father-God before the entire universe, that Lucifer-Satan the devil had questioned God's judgment, before the entire UN-Fallen universe, and to establish God's Law forever, and as a testimony, that sin is death! {ARE WE ALONE? NO! Read Job chapter 1}
NOTE(JB): Ellen White wrote i n the Spirit of Prophecy, in essence, that Satan visited all occupied worlds,, and was accepted only here on earth by Adam and Eve! [Genesis 3.] .
When Adam and Eve accepted Satan's proposition, Satan declared this world to be his, because they had chosen him as their ruler.
Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Note(JB): Dominion, means a king and his domain! Thus Adam was earth's King, for a while, until he obeyed Satan!
Satan did not accept, nor believe that God was able to forgive sinful man, yet God in His love, had already foreseen this problem, and why Jesus pleaded with The Father, with His own life as a sin-sacrifice for human sins.It is in this way, that Jesus became the "The Lamb of God", destined to be slain before the earth's foundations were laid.[REV.13:8] In this way, The Lamb of God became the way of escape for mankind's sins, as Jesus took our place at His death!
NOTE(JB): It is therefore, we each accept Christ's and His gift, of His death in our place, or we pay the price of eternal death ourselves! God's love is unconditional, but all His promises, are conditional upon our acceptance of Jesus as our personal Savior, with loving obedience! Remove any one condition, and you stand alone, i n life, on your own powers!
This very earth which was claimed by Satan {Job chapter 1] ,became the "Theater," in which God has chosen to redeem man, and to justify Himself before the whole universe, thus all His created beings. This then is the fullest of meanings of Christ very last words on the Cross.."it is finished".
.John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
At the very moment of Christ's death, there was a mighty shout, throughout the worlds of the Universe,. The fight had been decided and Christ had won this round of the war, a war for your soul and mine, between Christ and Satan! It was Satan, who had self-revealed himself as a liar, and a murderer, . It was Jesus, who proved that man in flesh body proved that man can keep God's law. The Universe's greatest excitement came with Jesus' victory over Satan, at the Cross and His Resurrection. Plus some-day soon He4 shall return, to gather up ALL His own, both from the graves and the living, and be with Him forever, in Heaven! The sinners, the unbelievers, shall not ever leave this earth, period!
So, how may of you, dear readers, are for the greatest adventure of your life? Are YOU ready to commit to Jesus your being, and then, someday, live with Him and the Father and all the Holy Angles for eternity? I n eternal joy and happiness, with no crime, no death, no illness,no jails,or cemeteries, and hospitals? In a Garden like Eden that cover all the earth's lands?
Sometime ago, a local paper, in Central Oregon, told a story of a little girl who had been playing in the garage where she found, what she thought was a bottle of soda pop, the bottle looked just as the one one her Mom gave her occasionally. She drank it all, even though it did not taste as she remembered. But soon she got a terrible belly pain, and told her Mom, who rushed her to the Hospital, but help came too late. She'd pain with her life, for the substance in the old pop-bottle, was a deadly weed poison! This exposes two huge problems, ONE, never store left-over poisons i n a soda bottle, and TWO, sin is a deadly poison. But now Y O U know that God already has the antidote in Jesus Christ for our sins.....
Acts 4:12 " Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
NOTE(JB): This includes human priests, and those sleeping i n Christ, i n the graves, including Mary, for whom not one verse of Scripture tells us that she was resurrected, as yet! Thus tradition of men!
Never, ever forget, that The Father-God has a a way of escape. And that way, friends, is though Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God. He will send into Y O U the Holy Spirit, to teach you in all truth, to guide you, in your life, and most importantly to rebuild your character, more and more Christ like.
Revelation 3:18-22 " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. "
Note(JB): Those i n HIS Churches, are His brides, Spiritually speaking! Will you let Him in, in total surrender, of self? He who is able to take all sins out of your life, and be ready for entry i n the Royal Family of The Father, as His son or daughter, as inheritors of the Kingdom?
NEXT: Chapter 3. "Christ the HIGH PRIEST.
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ONE'S SALVATION IS POSSIBLE ONLY WITH THE FULLEST ACCEPTANCE OF JESUS CHRIST, AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR, AND YOUR SURRENDER I N LOVE. John B.
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Note (JB): take note that Mary is not ever mentioned, in Scriptures, as an object of worship or prayer, thus its but a Human tradition, thus without meaning or virtue! There's also no Scripture, showing her ascension to Heaven, also tradition since 1500's as their introduction to begin this Marion worship as Queen of Heaven and co-mediatrix with Jesus her Son, by the 1850's! [ Second Thessalonians 1-12 is good read and then Revelation 13:2 then put on your thinking cap!JB}
CHAPTER 2----- CHRIST AND THE LAMB.
A pastor was deeply troubled about his own personal battle with sin. Somehow, he seemed to lack the moral courage to gain victory. The struggle became so severe that when he went to sleep one night, he had a nightmare i n which he saw a man whipping Christ in Pilate's judgment hall. Watching the lash as it buried itself in Christ's bleeding back he could not stand and think of anyone wounding the Lord Jesus. In his dream he rushed forwards, seized the man and began to struggle with him. Suddenly, this brute of a man turned his face and the pastor screamed in terror and woke up. For the face of the man whipping Jesus was none other than his own!!! You see, in allowing sin to gain mastery of his life, he was wounding the Lord Jesus, with each sin. It was an experience he would not ever forget!
This true story fully illustrates the following Scripture: Zechariah 12:10 "They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.,"
How little do we realize the pain that we cause Jesus when we continue in our some, over and over
again, sins. How little do we realize the disappointment that we heap upon our Savior Lord Jesus when we not even try, to gain a victory, Yet it shows us, or should, just how unworthy we are of His great love for each. Look at how Isaiah put this:
Isaiah 53:3-7 " He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
What a description, agree? Did you take note of these words---- rejected, despised, stricken, smitten, afflicted, wounded, bruised, oppressed, and the this--- "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity [lawlessness] of us all. For he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter."
As the apostle Paul meditated upon the tremendous sacrifice of Christ, he marveled in amazement. And if we look at the Cross, we, also, would join Paul in these words:
Romans 8:37-39 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord"
Can you think of a better reason than this?
.John 15:13 " Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
NOTE(JB): Dear reader, please know it was pure love, for Y O U and me, that Jesus allowed, YES allowed Himself, to be nailed to that Cross! Know you not that Jesus and Satan are at WAR, over your love and mine? Thank God, Jesus Has the Victory, he won it at the Cross!
Do you remember the story of John the Baptist? When he declared----John 1:28-29 " These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Note(JB): Those who have studied Daniel's 2300 days/years prophecy, will recognize this as be very beginning of Jesus' ministry that began in the first half of THAT week, the 3.1/2 years of Christ's teaching and then cut-off, on the Cross, and 3.1/2 years latter, with the Stoning of Stephen, the Gospel went to the gentiles, and the Jews could come to God only by and with Christ in their hearts! That's the Bible's truth! The Jews just as all others must come to the Father-God, through and with Christ Jesus!
Who can not fail to see The Father's great love for us all, as e knew even before sin fell, He provided a plan of salvation even before this earth was created! Plus He created the Sabbath, for us as a memorial to His creation, as He knew evolution garbage, would come! The Sabbath meaning a day of rest and worshipping God!
The very moment that sin entered the Garden of Eden, all heaven was filled with sorrow, for apparently the inhabitants of this world were doomed to death. But God's plan was ready to redeem mankind. The moment the divine law had been broken by man, Christ was ready to make an atonement for man's rebellious transgression. He would take upon Himself man's sins and redeem him.
THE STORY OF REDEMPTION P.42.
"Christ then made know to the angels that a way of escape had been made for lost man. He told them that He had been pleading with The Father, and had offered to give His life as ransom. To take the sentence of death upon Himself, that through Him man might find pardon, that through the merits of His Blood, and obedience to the law of God, they could have the favor of God, and be brought into the beautiful garden and eat of the fruit of the Tree of life."
Such a plan of love is almost impossible to fully explain; no wonder the redeemed in Heaven will ever search to comprehend the mystery of a deep love. So, in the depth of this love, this wonderful love towards us all, and to see why God has chosen the sanctuary system as a kindergarten display to help us in our learning process.
Let's all put on our "thinking caps," now. Why did Christ come to this earth, to die? In the description of the Heavenly Sanctuary, which you find in the New Testament, there's no mention of an Outer Court. Only in the Old Testament do we find the Outer Court, connected to the Sanctuary. It was only in the Earthly Sanctuary that the Outer Court existed.
WHY?
The Sacrifice of Christ occurred on earth, NOT in Heaven where there can be no death! Therefore Christ had to come to this earth, and in the outer court, Where in the Alter of Sacrifice was found! Thus this is where in symbolics, Christ was killed for our sins, as The Lamb slain. Paul was led to put it this way:....
Philippians 2:6-8 "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Can you even grasp this? Imagine Christ, Who being equal to God Himself, descended from Heaven's purity lowered Himself below the level of angels, became a flesh man, yet still divine, as a helpless babe, in a manger. Yet not to be a man as Adam, who was formed to perfection. OH, no. But a Man after the consequences of four thousand years of sin. Born into a world filled with sorrow, misery, disease, death and every conceivable temptation. Then, when Christ's mission was to come to an end, He would be subjected to every insult and torture that Satan and his could conceive of. For He must die as a guilty sinner, yet totally pure and innocent.. His last hour would would be so terrible, that the angels had to veil their faces as they could not look upon Him. And finally, because He bore our sins, He must also endure the anguish of the lost, as all our sins were place upon Him, The Father, had to withdraw Himself, from His sight, as Life can not exist in the Face of the Father, without being destroyed. He thus bore the anguish of Separation, for the first time EVER, because our guilt was put on His shoulders!
In The Desire of Ages, Mrs. White put it this way: P755. "The Spotless Son of God hung upon the Cross, His flesh, lacerated with stripes. Those hands, so often reached out in blessings, nailed to wooden bars. Those feet, so tireless on the ministries of love, spiked to a tree. That royal head, pierced by the crown of thorns. Those quivering lips, shaped a cry of woe. And all that He endured; the blood drops that flowed from His head, His hands and His feet, {JB as well as His back shredded flesh exposing bone] The agony wracked His frame, and the unutterable anguish that filled His soul at the hiding of His father's face speaks to each child of humanity declaring "It is for thee that the Son of God consents to bear this burden of guilt. For thee, He spoils the domain of death,j and opens the gate of paradise. He, who stilled the angry waves,j and walked the foam-capped billows, who made the devils treble and disease to flee. Who opened blinded eyes, and called forth the dead to life, offers Himself upon the Cross, as a sacrifice. And this, from love, to thee. He, the hearer, endures the wrath of divine justice and for thy sake, became sin itself!"
NOTE(JB): Not badly written for a lady with only three years of schooling, agree?
What WORDS! What an inspiration of God! Let's turn to Leviticus 14 and Verse 27+
.Leviticus 4:27-31 " And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him."
REMEMBER THIS:
The animal sacrifice represented, and was a foreshadow for Jesus Christ's, death upon the tree!No, think of Y O U slicing the throat of YOUR pet, as a method seeking forgiveness of Y O U R sins! Does this not give a truer picture of how God views our sins? This implied the confession of sin, our sin, to the sinner's substitute, The Lamb of God!
STEP THREE.
Then comes step number 3. After the sin has been TRANSFERRED to the Sacrifice, the victim must be slain. WHY? Because the wages of sin is death. The broken Law of God demands the penalty of death.
Leviticus 4:28-29 " Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering."
Why did God put a death Penalty , upon the eating of the fruit from one tree?
A: It was the one food, He demanded they NOT EAT, but they listened to Satan's lies instead!
Just as so many still do to this day, Sunday worship, Craven images, lie, steal, covet, and accept his lies of evolution over Creation!
Genesis 2:16-17 " And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
Note(JB): It's not like HE, snuck this one in on us, now is it? He told us up front, rebel against my laws, and you shall die!
Genesis 5:5 " And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."
Please remember, it was always the sinner's hand to slay the sacrifice! When we learn, and realize the great cost of sin, before we are ready to overcome our sins, We will determine, and with The Help of the Holy Spirit, we shall have victory over sin, because we shall know how hateful sins are to God, to Whom we have learned to love! Then and ONLY THEN, will there be no more sin! What a tragedy that so few of us seem to grasp this concept lesson. Which is the why of this verse:.....
Matthew 7:13-14 " Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
NOTE(JB): I pray that each reader, shall find and be willing to enter the narrow gate! C U THERE?
In review: The Sacrificial offerings were ordained by God, The Father, to teach and show each sinner, who earnestly desires forgiveness, that he or she, must acknowledge the sin, be repented of the si n,, and bring His si n to Christ, our Sacrificial Lamb of God We, each MUST acknowledge our part in the Crucifixion of Christ, by faith and take hold of the Divine power that will him and her a hatred for sin and enable the sinners to sin no more: The he and she can then rejoice in His redemption!.
However, this sacrificial plan has a much broader and deeper purpose than the Salvation of humanity. For Christ came to this earth, not to die, BUT to SAVE mankind, BUT also He came to vindicate the character of God The Father, before the whole of the Universe.
WHY?
Due to the Great Conflict, between good and evil, when God's Law was challenged by Lucifer, who was latter called Satan, meaning opposer, and thus caused a war i n heaven....
Revelation 12:4 " And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
Note(JB) Now that you know who the dragon is read Revelation 13:1-2 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.:
Please read Daniel's 7th chapter, and learn that a kingdom ruled by one man, in both the civil and religious, is called a BEAST POWER, no think Rome and the Dark Ages!. She has not changed one piece of doctrine, to this very day!
Ecclesiastes 1:9 " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
(JB) It was only by Satan's powers, that the whole world obeyed, Rome on it's Sunday worship, the Venerable Day of the Sun God! in 321 A.D. by decree from Emperor Constantine and Rome's Bishop accepted it, and the Pagans that flooded in the Church, with it's "Royal Robes of Red and Scarlet, its feast days, and processions, beads, wedding Rings, prayers to the dead, Easter {Ishtar, Nimrod's wife, who proclaimed herself her dead husband's Queen, as his heir, now living in the Sun as a god, and she is Queen of Heaven and fertility, her signs? Rabbits eggs and Pine comes--{Many seeds}! Who fails to see the connections to Babylon? Yet with her, this church, are many who know and love Jesus! The leadership????? Who knows, but God!
John 12:31-32 "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."
So it was, That Christ's dearth on that Cross would not only make it possible for men to be forgiven of their sins, upon honest repentance (JB meaning to turn away from] ,sins and heaven would be available to us, on the CONDITION, of loving obedience. BUT it would also JUSTIFY The Father-God before the entire universe, that Lucifer-Satan the devil had questioned God's judgment, before the entire UN-Fallen universe, and to establish God's Law forever, and as a testimony, that sin is death! {ARE WE ALONE? NO! Read Job chapter 1}
NOTE(JB): Ellen White wrote i n the Spirit of Prophecy, in essence, that Satan visited all occupied worlds,, and was accepted only here on earth by Adam and Eve! [Genesis 3.] .
When Adam and Eve accepted Satan's proposition, Satan declared this world to be his, because they had chosen him as their ruler.
Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Note(JB): Dominion, means a king and his domain! Thus Adam was earth's King, for a while, until he obeyed Satan!
Satan did not accept, nor believe that God was able to forgive sinful man, yet God in His love, had already foreseen this problem, and why Jesus pleaded with The Father, with His own life as a sin-sacrifice for human sins.It is in this way, that Jesus became the "The Lamb of God", destined to be slain before the earth's foundations were laid.[REV.13:8] In this way, The Lamb of God became the way of escape for mankind's sins, as Jesus took our place at His death!
NOTE(JB): It is therefore, we each accept Christ's and His gift, of His death in our place, or we pay the price of eternal death ourselves! God's love is unconditional, but all His promises, are conditional upon our acceptance of Jesus as our personal Savior, with loving obedience! Remove any one condition, and you stand alone, i n life, on your own powers!
This very earth which was claimed by Satan {Job chapter 1] ,became the "Theater," in which God has chosen to redeem man, and to justify Himself before the whole universe, thus all His created beings. This then is the fullest of meanings of Christ very last words on the Cross.."it is finished".
.John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
At the very moment of Christ's death, there was a mighty shout, throughout the worlds of the Universe,. The fight had been decided and Christ had won this round of the war, a war for your soul and mine, between Christ and Satan! It was Satan, who had self-revealed himself as a liar, and a murderer, . It was Jesus, who proved that man in flesh body proved that man can keep God's law. The Universe's greatest excitement came with Jesus' victory over Satan, at the Cross and His Resurrection. Plus some-day soon He4 shall return, to gather up ALL His own, both from the graves and the living, and be with Him forever, in Heaven! The sinners, the unbelievers, shall not ever leave this earth, period!
So, how may of you, dear readers, are for the greatest adventure of your life? Are YOU ready to commit to Jesus your being, and then, someday, live with Him and the Father and all the Holy Angles for eternity? I n eternal joy and happiness, with no crime, no death, no illness,no jails,or cemeteries, and hospitals? In a Garden like Eden that cover all the earth's lands?
Sometime ago, a local paper, in Central Oregon, told a story of a little girl who had been playing in the garage where she found, what she thought was a bottle of soda pop, the bottle looked just as the one one her Mom gave her occasionally. She drank it all, even though it did not taste as she remembered. But soon she got a terrible belly pain, and told her Mom, who rushed her to the Hospital, but help came too late. She'd pain with her life, for the substance in the old pop-bottle, was a deadly weed poison! This exposes two huge problems, ONE, never store left-over poisons i n a soda bottle, and TWO, sin is a deadly poison. But now Y O U know that God already has the antidote in Jesus Christ for our sins.....
Acts 4:12 " Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
NOTE(JB): This includes human priests, and those sleeping i n Christ, i n the graves, including Mary, for whom not one verse of Scripture tells us that she was resurrected, as yet! Thus tradition of men!
Never, ever forget, that The Father-God has a a way of escape. And that way, friends, is though Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God. He will send into Y O U the Holy Spirit, to teach you in all truth, to guide you, in your life, and most importantly to rebuild your character, more and more Christ like.
Revelation 3:18-22 " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. "
Note(JB): Those i n HIS Churches, are His brides, Spiritually speaking! Will you let Him in, in total surrender, of self? He who is able to take all sins out of your life, and be ready for entry i n the Royal Family of The Father, as His son or daughter, as inheritors of the Kingdom?
NEXT: Chapter 3. "Christ the HIGH PRIEST.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017
THE SANCTUARY MADE SIMPLE. L. M. NELSON CHJ PUB.
ALL MY THANKS TO BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE PUBLISHER FOR THIS BOOK. (jb)
Let's begin with some wonderful news! GOD LOVES YOU! So much so that He sent His Son to be born of woman, thus both God- and man, to die for the sins of all, and lived with this knowledge at least 4,000 years!
Have you not ever invited someone to stay at your home for a day, a weekend, or even a week or two? In fact, He loves us all, so very much, that He want us ALL , each one of us, to live with Him in His home, Heaven forever! Your Heavenly Father will not ever be satisfied until we all live with Him, and this is the why of this passage: A Great promise.....
John 14:1-3 " Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
This should bring your question: "Why are we not all in Heaven today?"
Plus why, has Jesus not yet returned, as He has promised? Is it a matter of distance? No, He has visited here, on earth, many times. He spent seven days here, six days in Creating, and one day resting, on the seventh day. Plus He oft came to visit with Adam and Eve in the Garden, in the cool of the evening. In fact Enoch and He used to take walks......Genesis 5:24 "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Continued......
NOTE(JB): Enoch and Elijah were the two only named beings that did not taste death, God translated them, and took them to Heaven! WHY? They were sinless..... James 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
QUESTION: Which day do Y O U worship?
A: Genesis 2:1-3 " Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
Exodus 20:1 "And God spake all these words, saying, Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
WHAT? Do Y O U not know that the Seventh-day Sabbath, is God's "MEMORIAL" for us to remember that He's the CREATOR, who created all things and creatures, we have not evolved by random chance.
It's the Sabbath of the Lord, its His Holy day, and man can't change it as God changeth not, and wrote this law in stone for eternal permanence! It matter not one whit, what Rome thinks or want us all to do! They can't save self, nor any others, PERIOD! Read Daniel 7 and 2 Thess.2: And then Revelation 13:2 and think, if confused about the I.Ds read Rev.12::7-11, and remove all doubts! Harsh? Yes but so is the Lake of Fire, that shall come into existence, but is not yet, thus there's no :hell fire" nor Purgatory {hell's half-way house?}
Question to all Catholics: IF, your priest's forgiveness is absolute, why do they teach about hell and purgatory? Why do they want treasure in order to shorten a loved one's time in Purgatory? No Scripture allows any of this, but their own traditions!
Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition."
Christ and Christ only has the power to save, not a church ,nor any man or men! Read your Bible and you'll not find one word about Mary's resurrection, nor about her being a Co-Mediator with her Son! Are you not praying to the dead who know not anything? [ Eccl.9:4-6] It's all from Babylon's paganism, and why Islam nations allow Catholic churches, as they recognize man-made religions!, but not Christianity!
CONTINUED: He visited Abraham and even ate with him inside his tent. He walked and talked to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and for 40 years dwelled in the cloud by day, and if the fire by night. Yes we read that He was born of woman as a Babe, and lived as a man for thirty three years, so it's very clear that Jesus was on earth many, many times, thus distance is no barrier with Christ!
Let's look at this question, another way, shall we? Could it be a problem of time? Maybe it's not yet time for Jesus to return, to this very earth! However, nearly each and every sign Christ predicted has already taken place, or is at present taking shape before our very eyes! Even Skeptics, atheists, and politicians all agree that something great is about to happen, as earth and humans can't keep going at this pace.. What then is the problem? Why hasn't Christ come?
Well, how about this idea, should God save us all IN OUR SINS, AND POLLUTE, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WITH SINS? How can He do this? How can He save a sinner without also saving sin? That's God's problem, right? This would spread death throughout the Cosmos, as we are still infected with our sins!
Today, most MEGA_Churches teach nothing but love and prosperity.
Note(JB): Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven" Church, has stated he will not allow Revelation to be taught in HIS Church! Heh... Rick can you measure your own ego? Romans 6:23 find it and read it!!!!
Now some theologians and pastors claim they have the answer to this God's problem. Like indulgent parents, who believe that their children will outgrow their evil ways, as they enter adulthood! They teach that all that is needed is more love, yet history and experience has shown they are dead wrong! In the same manner, preachers are as the indulgent parents, and they teach love and more love, just preach enough love and people will stop sinning! Thus receive God's Salvation through Christ! AFTER ALL, they hold, that God is full of love, grace and mercy, and will forgive, and He does not demand total obedience!
NOTE(JB) : Let all who think such as these people, thank about all the people who were on the WRONG SIDE of the ark,[ The wert side] at Noah's time, that ONLY 8 souls were saved out how many? Why oh, why is it that so many people, including Satan, and his fallen angels, think they are wiser than God?
These also think and {Believe?} that Christ gave all men unconditional salvation at the cross, and that all a person has to do is "Believe"!
NOTE(JB): Ever heard, we can't sin as we are all under Grace? Don't you believe this Satanic lie!
Hebrews 6:4-6 " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Is not simple to accept that once one "takes on Christ," one can NOT...NOT... them live like the devil, without fear of loss of redemption? Be ye not deceived. Jesus said this 3 times and reffered to 2 times in Matthew 24!
All sinners need is to "Believe" and not be concerned if they continue to sin, after all we are born into sin and it is not possible to stop sinning, some even teach that when Jesus returns He will give every sinner a new heart [mind] and thus instantly convert the sinner into a saint, sin problem solved DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! This teaching come right from the mouth of Satan!
Vol 3. Selected Messages p.153. "This goody-goody religion that makes light of sin and that is forever dwelling upon the love of God to the sinner, encourages the sinner to believe that God will save him while he continues in sin and he knows it to be sin. This is the way that many are doing who profess to believe present truth. The truth is kept apart from their life, and this is the reason it has no more power to convict and covert the human soul."
NOW... PLEASE... think this through, if Christ were to perform such a miracle as the instant transformation of the mind and character, from sinner, to saint, when He comes, then the Atheists would be right in blaming God for all the evils that are on this earth! Could not God have made His followers, even from the days of Adam, instantly sinless whenever they claimed to be believers in Him? Please do not be misled by these false new theologies. God does... have a way to solve the problem. A way to save HIS people FROM their sins but NOT IN THEIR SINS!
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
If we are willing, to follow Him into the Sanctuary where He is administering today, we will understand His way. This is indeed good news, for Jesus can solve the sin problem, IF WE ARE THUS WILLING, and allow Him to make the changes in our minds, and take on the Character of Jesus Christ, thereby separating us from our tendency to sin.and we worthy for eternal life.
NOTE(JB): As an life-long mechanic, I know that a car's engine, needs all the parts in order to start and run
Sins, those we perform knowingly, remove the parts we need for eternal life in Christ Jesus! Only by following Jesus can we even hope to to see Him face to face, and live!
Psalms 77:13 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?"
However, there's not a "Sanctuary on this earth, that's a exact copy of the Heavenly One that Jesus is using this very day!
Hebrews 8:1-2 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
Most know that there WAS. . . .note, was is past tense, an earthly Sanctuary, that God gave to Moses the plans to copy the one in Heaven NOT BUILT with hands! However we must learn about the earthly one built by man.......
Exodus 25:8-9 "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it."
This earthly Sanctuary if we study it, will teach us through its symbols, how God solves the problem that sin causes from the Sanctuary above.. We are enabled to understand how He can separate sin from the WILLING, to agree, SINNERS, as it's done or was done, on the earthly Sanctuary. In fact it was divided into four parts, The Outer Court, the Inner court, The Most Holy inner Sanctuary, divided by the Veil, to the Most Holy of Holies wherein was found the Ark of the Covenant and it's Seat of Mercy.
Note (JB): Please forgive my lack of "Computoreze" knowledge, for the small picture:
1) The Tabernacle means :Tent", as such it was built to be taken down and transported as they journeyed.
2) The outer wall, held up by tent poles and ropes, shown buy the "Gates", open tent flaps.
3) Picture is shown as top pointing West, and Left is South, Right is North.
4) Very both image is the burnt offering, Sacrificial Alter" on which the sacrifices were burned..
5) I n front of the Alter, isj the Laver, for the Priest jto was his hands, and feet, before entering into the tabernacle.
6) on the left, is the Candelabra, and on the right is the Table of Shew Bread, unleavened 12 loaves in two stacks of 6 each, One for each Tribe!
7) Still within the First Compartment the Most Holy,and near the 6 layer Veil is the the Alter of Incense.
8) The Most Holy of Holies, is the Second Compartment. within which is found the Ark if the Covenant that holds the Mercy Seat.
We will study these three separate services so we can learn how to Co-operate with Christ as Hre solves our sin within problems. When Christ has finally separated sin for us, we will eventually be able to be with Him and live with Him, where there's no more sin nor death.
Do not many, of us long to be with our savior in heaven? But what will make this possible? The FINAL act of this disposition of sin from the sinner did NOT.... not take place at the Cross as so many teach, and believe. Rather, the final act of making atonement {at one with] for sin takes place in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary in heaven, and WHY Jesus became our High Priest!
"The Great Controversy," P. 489, E.G. White: "The intercession of Christ in man's behalf in the Sanctuary above is as essential to the plan of Salvation as was His death upon the Cross, for by His Death, He began that work which after His resurrection"
Note(JB): God uses only love and truth, to call all to His side, Satan never shall use either but all others he uses. lie, kill, and, steal..
Luke 20:35-36 "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
Hebrews 8:1 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;"
It can not be stated more plainly, There's a work now going onj in the heavenly Sanctuary, that is essential for our final atonement of our sins. The sacrifice on the cross did not SEPARATE men for sins, {JB obviously if it were so, we'd all be with Jesus 2,000 years ago, and those born since the Cross, would not ever have been born! agree?] Thus the Sacrifice upon the Cross paid for our sin debts {Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death......."} for each person, but the Cross made it possible to provide a "Provision", whereby Christ paid the penalty for the sins of THOSE WHO WOULD, BY FREE-WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES of the provision" Remember God will not use force, ever! As forced love is worthless!
Therefore { we must ask 'what's it there fore?] , the final, or eternal;, disposition of dsin that MUST take place in the Second Compartment, can not ever be accomplished until the work in the First Compartment is completed. Like wise, the work in the First Compartment cannot take place until the sacrifice has been made in the outer court on the Alter. Thus it is of the utmost importance that these three steps are necessary to eternally separate sin from the sinner.
NoteJBJ: Can Y O U, dear reader, agree,j that this must occur before entry into Heaven, would not the sin-bearer, re-infect heaven with sins? Thus all lose it's perfection?
When God instructed Moses to build tkhis earthly Sanctuary, He commanded, Exodus 31:15-18 " Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
NOTE(JB) "Sic days may work be done, but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, HOLY UNTO THE LORD"...." Pray tell, why do most worship Him on the Next day, the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK? Rather that the Day HE called Holy unto Him? Can man really change the Law of God, the Fourth Commandment? Exodus 20::8-11.??????
E#verything about the earthly Tabernacle was made by men but for the t2wo Tablets of stone upon which the very finger of God wrote the Law of Ten! They are placed within the Ark of the Covenant along with a golden pot of Manna Exodus 16, and Erin rod that budded Numbers 17:8 "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds."
Many will remember, that when Moses came down from mMt. Sania, the first time, he found they'd made a golden calf, and where dancing and worshiping it,j that Moses, in anger broke the tablets. Then
God said .Deuteronomy 10:1-2 " At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark..."
It was Jesus as God, [He would not become flesh man babe until His birth in Mary], Who wrote bot6h sets of the law, [but it was Moses whose hand wrote what God spoke that became the Ceremonial Laws, which were nailed to His Cross , but the The Ten shall stand forever, JB] Therefore the Ten Commandments are lifted up above the rest of the Holy Bible, for God Himself wrote then twice in stone for permanence!
Thus, please note, God's 66 "Love-Letters" to Y O U,were done by men and two women, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, HOWEVER, the Ten Pillars were done by God's own hand, in stone, by Himself!
WHY?
God did not want any human element to deface His Divine Law, as they are a divine copy of God's Character, which expresses God's holy Character, and are a copy of His law i n Heaven! Thus safely stored and unable for men to reach them, to change them, which is the case, here on earth. But few are they that read them, and fewer still, are those who accept them for their own way of living life!
You will recall that after some 60 years, of the Cross and His Ascension to Heaven John the Revelator was given a vision of which he wrote: Revelation 11:19 " And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
After the Cross, all eyes are to focus on the Heavenly Sanctuary in which can be seen the Law of God. And why was this? Because God wants those of us living in these, 'The Last Days', to know that there's a right way and a wrong way to live. We are told, ......
Romans 3:20 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
Note(JB): Perhaps it's easier to think of the Law as a "Mirror" , to show each of us where our sin dirt is showing. Or this method: "The straight edge of the law shows us all just how crooked we are." We must remember that God, speaking of His Ten Laws He has exalted them to be equal to Himself. Thus He abhors all sins, yet loves us sinners! He is willing to use His powers, to help the willing to overcome all sins in victory in christ Jesus! This we can't do within our own power!
The Desire of Ages p. 308 Mrs White wrote this: "...The precepts of the Decalogue are as immutable as the throne of God." {DECCA is 10, and LOGUE is record, witness, law. IMMUTABLE, means can not be changed, stands eternally as is.}
They are a transcript of His very character. And so, when you consider and study the Law of God, you are studying God Himself and His very character!
Now, i n the last compartment, the Holy of Holies, we are brought face to face with God's Law. For it is within the Ark representing His character, the divine rule of life.
Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 " And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
NOTE(JB): Sadly, the Holy Bible is but One Book, yet even though it is it's own expository, meaning it proves itself, within itself, just as our Math books do, yet there's countless of books out there, to express every point of view, from every Biblical precept, each disagreeing with the other! Why not study the Bible itself, with prayers asking for the wisdom to understand, as He wants you to? This effort, of mine, would not be needed!
James 2:10-12 " For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Note(JB): Think of the Law of God, as a Chain of just ten links, if one link or law is broken the chain is no longer one!
James 2:11-12 " For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Let's not kid ourselves, there's a great penalty for breaking either the Ten Laws or His laws of foods {Genesis 1:29, and Ecclesiates, 14-16.}Yes smokers have a far greater risk of cancer, yet even non-smokers get it, but why increase the risk, even GRASS, {for its TCH] when smoked, is putting lungs in danger!
Ezekiel 18:4 " Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die." plus Romans 6:23.
This brings us back to the sin problem, agree? Since all have sinned, [Romans 3:23, 5:12. and 2 Corinthians 13:2], how then is it possible for God to separate our sins from us so we can be taken to Heaven and live with Jesus, instead of dying for our sins?
For this we must go back to the Sanctuary and discover the first step in this process of separation the sinner from their sins. This act was performed in the Court of the Sanctuary, as God spoke:
Leviticus 4:27-28 " And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. "
Leviticus 4:33-35" And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him."
Leviticus 4:4-7 "And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation"
Note(JB) A Bullock, is an oxen, which was their "Tractors" of their day,.and as most did have one, then lms were to be used yet if they had a lamb it was a family pet, that the sinner, or the man of the house to kill, by cutting it's throat, while confessing of the sin, with one hand on its head! That's tough, agree? But WHY?
Leviticus 17:11 " For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."
Hebrews 9:22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
All of this is to point out that the cost of sin is very high! Alcohol is mind altering drug, but drink enough in a short time, it will kill the drinker.IE, 20 OZ, of 40% alcohol, (80 Proof) in 15 min, will cause the liver to cease functioning, and the two boys, Rigor and Mortice will settle in!
The Priest will dip his finger into the collected blood, of the sacrificed animal,, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the Veil of the Sanctuary
AGAIN, THE THREE REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
(1) A man has sinned, thus transgressed the Law, which calls for his death, but God wants none to die
(2) Thus God directs the Holy Spirit to convict the man of his sin, he repents, and seeks forgiveness, because he has accepted Jesus' gift of salvation, The Father "SEES" only Christ's righteousness, not the man's sins.
(3) God The Father then forgives the man and has provided a way for the sinner to become guiltless before God, even as though he had never sinned!
But, you may ask, is the blood required? Innocent blood at that! Go back to Leviticus 17:11, above, and know it MUST be a animal without spot or blemish, not one aged and about to die, or a crippled one. The sin is then transferred, to the innocent animal which is then killed, to die for the sin. All this was the FORE-SHADOW of Jesus yet to come! Hebrews 9:22! Is one reason for Christ on His Cross!
The Plan of Salvation:
John 1:29 " The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
This was John the Baptist speaking, but how would he know this was Jesus Christ, they'ed never met, face to face, if they did it was not recorded, this is the Holy Spirit in action! This is one of the reasons that Jesus came to this earth, as a man of flesh, and yet still also a God. {John 1: 1-3 and 14.] He4 came to show us the God's way to live, and to show us The Father, and of course, to die in our place, for our sins, to be paid by Him!
Now please make note, and put this on the shelf of your memory bank, "As sin are the wages of death, we must either accept Him as our Savior, or pay the death penalty our selves, there's no other way, to salvation's door! This is the basic lessen we must learn and study of God's way to separate us from our own sins.
Please allow me to be very clear,once more, on this word-picture, as the sinner takes a knife, after he has places his hand upon the its head, he then cut the throat slaying the innocent and perfect lanb, as this "Transfers" the sin to the animals' blood, which is then offered up in the veil and and on the horns of the Alter of Incense, upon which God forgives the sin. Yet always know, that this lamb is but a shadow, a symbol of the real Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who was yet to come!
1 Peter 2:24 " Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
NOTE(JB) a note to all who Profess to be New Testament Christians: Isaiah 53:3-8 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."
When YOU, dear reader, go to build your house, do you begin with the roof? Or do you first put in the foundation? The Old Testament is both the foundation and the framing,j as well as the walls, the "ROOF" only covers and protects the house. If this is our diet, we'd eat nothing but oatmeal, boring right? Not to mention unhealthy! I susspect its all due to "the law was "mailed to His cross" But there are two sets of laws, God's eternal 10, and the Ceremonial laws, that Jesus' death did away for the need if them! "NEVER, EVER, TAKE THE WORDS OF MEN, FOR THE WORD OF GOD, KNOW THAT FOR YOURSELVES!" NOW BACK TO THE STORY:
What happened to the sacrificial lamb, of the Old Book? It died! What did our collective sins do to Jesus Christ? They took His life... it was WE, who took The Life of Jesus, via our sins!
Yes, millions are acquainted with the historical fact of Calvary. Millions have travelled to and" visited" that very spot. B ur few, of them ever realize that was their sins, even today, that helped Him be nailed to the Cross, He whom the Word called "The Lamb of God", for they never understood this......
Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
NOTE(JB): Yet the world pays little attention to God's Word, but look.....Iran to this....
Zechariah 12:9 " And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
The very fact that about 40-50% (percent) of the Bible is prophecy, and that to this time frame, 90% has come to pass, as written, why think anyone the last 10 percent will not happen? Is that not "Spitting into the wind, yet hope to stay dry?"
So have Y O U bee3n able to envision the Lord Jesus as your substitute, and dying i n YOUR place? One of the most saddest funerals that I have ever conducted, MAY help you understand the results of christ's death on the Cross. In the small gasket lay the body, of a small boy, the only son of the grieving parents. This tiny tot had died by an accident which was caused by the father, for he did not know that his son had followed him out to the garage, and when the Dad, backed up the car ranning over the lad, killing him instantly!
Yes it was a total accident, but the grief it caused was unimaginable. When your mind contemplates Calvary, and you behold, in your mind's eye, the picture of Christ The Lamb slain, dying for Your SINS! You know His death was no accident, but our own devilish sins. Thus His death upon the cursed Cross, was a huge blessing for mankind, but "viewing" the Cross helps us realize the meaning of the Cross. We cannot but cry out, "Oh, my God, what have I done to your beloved Son?" Is this the price of my Salvation?"
But please tell me, that YOU think, if this human father, ever has another son, will he not first walk around the car before moving it?
WE, that is any intelligent think being, will know, that it was, in part his or her own sins that helped put Jesus on the Cross, should,j if we are human, change our minds, to sin, that it will be an abhorrence to even see sin, let alone us doing sins.
Genesis 22:8 " And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
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next: Chapter 2: Christ The Lamb. P.23-33.
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Note(JB): The Old testament, and the New Testament are both founded upon the principles found in the Tabernacle, "The way to Salvation", is through Jesus Christ, with the functions of the Holy Spirit and the will of The Father-God!
Following are the chapter's titles, for this book.
1. Christ, the way 5. Christ, The Atonement [at one with]
2. Christ, the Lamb 6. Christ, The Advocate [ ours]
3. Christ, the Priest 7. Christ, The Answer.
4. Christ, the Mathematician
Chapter ONE: Christ is The Way.
Have you not ever invited someone to stay at your home for a day, a weekend, or even a week or two? In fact, He loves us all, so very much, that He want us ALL , each one of us, to live with Him in His home, Heaven forever! Your Heavenly Father will not ever be satisfied until we all live with Him, and this is the why of this passage: A Great promise.....
John 14:1-3 " Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
This should bring your question: "Why are we not all in Heaven today?"
Plus why, has Jesus not yet returned, as He has promised? Is it a matter of distance? No, He has visited here, on earth, many times. He spent seven days here, six days in Creating, and one day resting, on the seventh day. Plus He oft came to visit with Adam and Eve in the Garden, in the cool of the evening. In fact Enoch and He used to take walks......Genesis 5:24 "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Continued......
NOTE(JB): Enoch and Elijah were the two only named beings that did not taste death, God translated them, and took them to Heaven! WHY? They were sinless..... James 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
QUESTION: Which day do Y O U worship?
A: Genesis 2:1-3 " Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
Exodus 20:1 "And God spake all these words, saying, Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
WHAT? Do Y O U not know that the Seventh-day Sabbath, is God's "MEMORIAL" for us to remember that He's the CREATOR, who created all things and creatures, we have not evolved by random chance.
It's the Sabbath of the Lord, its His Holy day, and man can't change it as God changeth not, and wrote this law in stone for eternal permanence! It matter not one whit, what Rome thinks or want us all to do! They can't save self, nor any others, PERIOD! Read Daniel 7 and 2 Thess.2: And then Revelation 13:2 and think, if confused about the I.Ds read Rev.12::7-11, and remove all doubts! Harsh? Yes but so is the Lake of Fire, that shall come into existence, but is not yet, thus there's no :hell fire" nor Purgatory {hell's half-way house?}
Question to all Catholics: IF, your priest's forgiveness is absolute, why do they teach about hell and purgatory? Why do they want treasure in order to shorten a loved one's time in Purgatory? No Scripture allows any of this, but their own traditions!
Mark 7:9 "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition."
Christ and Christ only has the power to save, not a church ,nor any man or men! Read your Bible and you'll not find one word about Mary's resurrection, nor about her being a Co-Mediator with her Son! Are you not praying to the dead who know not anything? [ Eccl.9:4-6] It's all from Babylon's paganism, and why Islam nations allow Catholic churches, as they recognize man-made religions!, but not Christianity!
CONTINUED: He visited Abraham and even ate with him inside his tent. He walked and talked to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and for 40 years dwelled in the cloud by day, and if the fire by night. Yes we read that He was born of woman as a Babe, and lived as a man for thirty three years, so it's very clear that Jesus was on earth many, many times, thus distance is no barrier with Christ!
Let's look at this question, another way, shall we? Could it be a problem of time? Maybe it's not yet time for Jesus to return, to this very earth! However, nearly each and every sign Christ predicted has already taken place, or is at present taking shape before our very eyes! Even Skeptics, atheists, and politicians all agree that something great is about to happen, as earth and humans can't keep going at this pace.. What then is the problem? Why hasn't Christ come?
Well, how about this idea, should God save us all IN OUR SINS, AND POLLUTE, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WITH SINS? How can He do this? How can He save a sinner without also saving sin? That's God's problem, right? This would spread death throughout the Cosmos, as we are still infected with our sins!
Today, most MEGA_Churches teach nothing but love and prosperity.
Note(JB): Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven" Church, has stated he will not allow Revelation to be taught in HIS Church! Heh... Rick can you measure your own ego? Romans 6:23 find it and read it!!!!
Now some theologians and pastors claim they have the answer to this God's problem. Like indulgent parents, who believe that their children will outgrow their evil ways, as they enter adulthood! They teach that all that is needed is more love, yet history and experience has shown they are dead wrong! In the same manner, preachers are as the indulgent parents, and they teach love and more love, just preach enough love and people will stop sinning! Thus receive God's Salvation through Christ! AFTER ALL, they hold, that God is full of love, grace and mercy, and will forgive, and He does not demand total obedience!
NOTE(JB) : Let all who think such as these people, thank about all the people who were on the WRONG SIDE of the ark,[ The wert side] at Noah's time, that ONLY 8 souls were saved out how many? Why oh, why is it that so many people, including Satan, and his fallen angels, think they are wiser than God?
These also think and {Believe?} that Christ gave all men unconditional salvation at the cross, and that all a person has to do is "Believe"!
NOTE(JB): Ever heard, we can't sin as we are all under Grace? Don't you believe this Satanic lie!
Hebrews 6:4-6 " For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Is not simple to accept that once one "takes on Christ," one can NOT...NOT... them live like the devil, without fear of loss of redemption? Be ye not deceived. Jesus said this 3 times and reffered to 2 times in Matthew 24!
All sinners need is to "Believe" and not be concerned if they continue to sin, after all we are born into sin and it is not possible to stop sinning, some even teach that when Jesus returns He will give every sinner a new heart [mind] and thus instantly convert the sinner into a saint, sin problem solved DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! This teaching come right from the mouth of Satan!
Vol 3. Selected Messages p.153. "This goody-goody religion that makes light of sin and that is forever dwelling upon the love of God to the sinner, encourages the sinner to believe that God will save him while he continues in sin and he knows it to be sin. This is the way that many are doing who profess to believe present truth. The truth is kept apart from their life, and this is the reason it has no more power to convict and covert the human soul."
NOW... PLEASE... think this through, if Christ were to perform such a miracle as the instant transformation of the mind and character, from sinner, to saint, when He comes, then the Atheists would be right in blaming God for all the evils that are on this earth! Could not God have made His followers, even from the days of Adam, instantly sinless whenever they claimed to be believers in Him? Please do not be misled by these false new theologies. God does... have a way to solve the problem. A way to save HIS people FROM their sins but NOT IN THEIR SINS!
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
If we are willing, to follow Him into the Sanctuary where He is administering today, we will understand His way. This is indeed good news, for Jesus can solve the sin problem, IF WE ARE THUS WILLING, and allow Him to make the changes in our minds, and take on the Character of Jesus Christ, thereby separating us from our tendency to sin.and we worthy for eternal life.
NOTE(JB): As an life-long mechanic, I know that a car's engine, needs all the parts in order to start and run
Sins, those we perform knowingly, remove the parts we need for eternal life in Christ Jesus! Only by following Jesus can we even hope to to see Him face to face, and live!
Psalms 77:13 "Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?"
However, there's not a "Sanctuary on this earth, that's a exact copy of the Heavenly One that Jesus is using this very day!
Hebrews 8:1-2 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."
Most know that there WAS. . . .note, was is past tense, an earthly Sanctuary, that God gave to Moses the plans to copy the one in Heaven NOT BUILT with hands! However we must learn about the earthly one built by man.......
Exodus 25:8-9 "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it."
This earthly Sanctuary if we study it, will teach us through its symbols, how God solves the problem that sin causes from the Sanctuary above.. We are enabled to understand how He can separate sin from the WILLING, to agree, SINNERS, as it's done or was done, on the earthly Sanctuary. In fact it was divided into four parts, The Outer Court, the Inner court, The Most Holy inner Sanctuary, divided by the Veil, to the Most Holy of Holies wherein was found the Ark of the Covenant and it's Seat of Mercy.
Note (JB): Please forgive my lack of "Computoreze" knowledge, for the small picture:
1) The Tabernacle means :Tent", as such it was built to be taken down and transported as they journeyed.
2) The outer wall, held up by tent poles and ropes, shown buy the "Gates", open tent flaps.
3) Picture is shown as top pointing West, and Left is South, Right is North.
4) Very both image is the burnt offering, Sacrificial Alter" on which the sacrifices were burned..
5) I n front of the Alter, isj the Laver, for the Priest jto was his hands, and feet, before entering into the tabernacle.
6) on the left, is the Candelabra, and on the right is the Table of Shew Bread, unleavened 12 loaves in two stacks of 6 each, One for each Tribe!
7) Still within the First Compartment the Most Holy,and near the 6 layer Veil is the the Alter of Incense.
8) The Most Holy of Holies, is the Second Compartment. within which is found the Ark if the Covenant that holds the Mercy Seat.
We will study these three separate services so we can learn how to Co-operate with Christ as Hre solves our sin within problems. When Christ has finally separated sin for us, we will eventually be able to be with Him and live with Him, where there's no more sin nor death.
Do not many, of us long to be with our savior in heaven? But what will make this possible? The FINAL act of this disposition of sin from the sinner did NOT.... not take place at the Cross as so many teach, and believe. Rather, the final act of making atonement {at one with] for sin takes place in the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary in heaven, and WHY Jesus became our High Priest!
"The Great Controversy," P. 489, E.G. White: "The intercession of Christ in man's behalf in the Sanctuary above is as essential to the plan of Salvation as was His death upon the Cross, for by His Death, He began that work which after His resurrection"
Note(JB): God uses only love and truth, to call all to His side, Satan never shall use either but all others he uses. lie, kill, and, steal..
Luke 20:35-36 "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
Hebrews 8:1 " Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;"
It can not be stated more plainly, There's a work now going onj in the heavenly Sanctuary, that is essential for our final atonement of our sins. The sacrifice on the cross did not SEPARATE men for sins, {JB obviously if it were so, we'd all be with Jesus 2,000 years ago, and those born since the Cross, would not ever have been born! agree?] Thus the Sacrifice upon the Cross paid for our sin debts {Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death......."} for each person, but the Cross made it possible to provide a "Provision", whereby Christ paid the penalty for the sins of THOSE WHO WOULD, BY FREE-WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES of the provision" Remember God will not use force, ever! As forced love is worthless!
Therefore { we must ask 'what's it there fore?] , the final, or eternal;, disposition of dsin that MUST take place in the Second Compartment, can not ever be accomplished until the work in the First Compartment is completed. Like wise, the work in the First Compartment cannot take place until the sacrifice has been made in the outer court on the Alter. Thus it is of the utmost importance that these three steps are necessary to eternally separate sin from the sinner.
NoteJBJ: Can Y O U, dear reader, agree,j that this must occur before entry into Heaven, would not the sin-bearer, re-infect heaven with sins? Thus all lose it's perfection?
When God instructed Moses to build tkhis earthly Sanctuary, He commanded, Exodus 31:15-18 " Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
NOTE(JB) "Sic days may work be done, but in the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, HOLY UNTO THE LORD"...." Pray tell, why do most worship Him on the Next day, the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK? Rather that the Day HE called Holy unto Him? Can man really change the Law of God, the Fourth Commandment? Exodus 20::8-11.??????
E#verything about the earthly Tabernacle was made by men but for the t2wo Tablets of stone upon which the very finger of God wrote the Law of Ten! They are placed within the Ark of the Covenant along with a golden pot of Manna Exodus 16, and Erin rod that budded Numbers 17:8 "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds."
Many will remember, that when Moses came down from mMt. Sania, the first time, he found they'd made a golden calf, and where dancing and worshiping it,j that Moses, in anger broke the tablets. Then
God said .Deuteronomy 10:1-2 " At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark..."
It was Jesus as God, [He would not become flesh man babe until His birth in Mary], Who wrote bot6h sets of the law, [but it was Moses whose hand wrote what God spoke that became the Ceremonial Laws, which were nailed to His Cross , but the The Ten shall stand forever, JB] Therefore the Ten Commandments are lifted up above the rest of the Holy Bible, for God Himself wrote then twice in stone for permanence!
Thus, please note, God's 66 "Love-Letters" to Y O U,were done by men and two women, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, HOWEVER, the Ten Pillars were done by God's own hand, in stone, by Himself!
WHY?
God did not want any human element to deface His Divine Law, as they are a divine copy of God's Character, which expresses God's holy Character, and are a copy of His law i n Heaven! Thus safely stored and unable for men to reach them, to change them, which is the case, here on earth. But few are they that read them, and fewer still, are those who accept them for their own way of living life!
You will recall that after some 60 years, of the Cross and His Ascension to Heaven John the Revelator was given a vision of which he wrote: Revelation 11:19 " And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail."
After the Cross, all eyes are to focus on the Heavenly Sanctuary in which can be seen the Law of God. And why was this? Because God wants those of us living in these, 'The Last Days', to know that there's a right way and a wrong way to live. We are told, ......
Romans 3:20 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
Note(JB): Perhaps it's easier to think of the Law as a "Mirror" , to show each of us where our sin dirt is showing. Or this method: "The straight edge of the law shows us all just how crooked we are." We must remember that God, speaking of His Ten Laws He has exalted them to be equal to Himself. Thus He abhors all sins, yet loves us sinners! He is willing to use His powers, to help the willing to overcome all sins in victory in christ Jesus! This we can't do within our own power!
The Desire of Ages p. 308 Mrs White wrote this: "...The precepts of the Decalogue are as immutable as the throne of God." {DECCA is 10, and LOGUE is record, witness, law. IMMUTABLE, means can not be changed, stands eternally as is.}
They are a transcript of His very character. And so, when you consider and study the Law of God, you are studying God Himself and His very character!
Now, i n the last compartment, the Holy of Holies, we are brought face to face with God's Law. For it is within the Ark representing His character, the divine rule of life.
Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 " And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."
NOTE(JB): Sadly, the Holy Bible is but One Book, yet even though it is it's own expository, meaning it proves itself, within itself, just as our Math books do, yet there's countless of books out there, to express every point of view, from every Biblical precept, each disagreeing with the other! Why not study the Bible itself, with prayers asking for the wisdom to understand, as He wants you to? This effort, of mine, would not be needed!
James 2:10-12 " For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Note(JB): Think of the Law of God, as a Chain of just ten links, if one link or law is broken the chain is no longer one!
James 2:11-12 " For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."
Let's not kid ourselves, there's a great penalty for breaking either the Ten Laws or His laws of foods {Genesis 1:29, and Ecclesiates, 14-16.}Yes smokers have a far greater risk of cancer, yet even non-smokers get it, but why increase the risk, even GRASS, {for its TCH] when smoked, is putting lungs in danger!
Ezekiel 18:4 " Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die." plus Romans 6:23.
This brings us back to the sin problem, agree? Since all have sinned, [Romans 3:23, 5:12. and 2 Corinthians 13:2], how then is it possible for God to separate our sins from us so we can be taken to Heaven and live with Jesus, instead of dying for our sins?
For this we must go back to the Sanctuary and discover the first step in this process of separation the sinner from their sins. This act was performed in the Court of the Sanctuary, as God spoke:
Leviticus 4:27-28 " And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. "
Leviticus 4:33-35" And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him."
Leviticus 4:4-7 "And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation"
Note(JB) A Bullock, is an oxen, which was their "Tractors" of their day,.and as most did have one, then lms were to be used yet if they had a lamb it was a family pet, that the sinner, or the man of the house to kill, by cutting it's throat, while confessing of the sin, with one hand on its head! That's tough, agree? But WHY?
Leviticus 17:11 " For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."
Hebrews 9:22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
All of this is to point out that the cost of sin is very high! Alcohol is mind altering drug, but drink enough in a short time, it will kill the drinker.IE, 20 OZ, of 40% alcohol, (80 Proof) in 15 min, will cause the liver to cease functioning, and the two boys, Rigor and Mortice will settle in!
The Priest will dip his finger into the collected blood, of the sacrificed animal,, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the Veil of the Sanctuary
AGAIN, THE THREE REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
(1) A man has sinned, thus transgressed the Law, which calls for his death, but God wants none to die
(2) Thus God directs the Holy Spirit to convict the man of his sin, he repents, and seeks forgiveness, because he has accepted Jesus' gift of salvation, The Father "SEES" only Christ's righteousness, not the man's sins.
(3) God The Father then forgives the man and has provided a way for the sinner to become guiltless before God, even as though he had never sinned!
But, you may ask, is the blood required? Innocent blood at that! Go back to Leviticus 17:11, above, and know it MUST be a animal without spot or blemish, not one aged and about to die, or a crippled one. The sin is then transferred, to the innocent animal which is then killed, to die for the sin. All this was the FORE-SHADOW of Jesus yet to come! Hebrews 9:22! Is one reason for Christ on His Cross!
The Plan of Salvation:
John 1:29 " The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
This was John the Baptist speaking, but how would he know this was Jesus Christ, they'ed never met, face to face, if they did it was not recorded, this is the Holy Spirit in action! This is one of the reasons that Jesus came to this earth, as a man of flesh, and yet still also a God. {John 1: 1-3 and 14.] He4 came to show us the God's way to live, and to show us The Father, and of course, to die in our place, for our sins, to be paid by Him!
Now please make note, and put this on the shelf of your memory bank, "As sin are the wages of death, we must either accept Him as our Savior, or pay the death penalty our selves, there's no other way, to salvation's door! This is the basic lessen we must learn and study of God's way to separate us from our own sins.
Please allow me to be very clear,once more, on this word-picture, as the sinner takes a knife, after he has places his hand upon the its head, he then cut the throat slaying the innocent and perfect lanb, as this "Transfers" the sin to the animals' blood, which is then offered up in the veil and and on the horns of the Alter of Incense, upon which God forgives the sin. Yet always know, that this lamb is but a shadow, a symbol of the real Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who was yet to come!
1 Peter 2:24 " Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
NOTE(JB) a note to all who Profess to be New Testament Christians: Isaiah 53:3-8 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken."
When YOU, dear reader, go to build your house, do you begin with the roof? Or do you first put in the foundation? The Old Testament is both the foundation and the framing,j as well as the walls, the "ROOF" only covers and protects the house. If this is our diet, we'd eat nothing but oatmeal, boring right? Not to mention unhealthy! I susspect its all due to "the law was "mailed to His cross" But there are two sets of laws, God's eternal 10, and the Ceremonial laws, that Jesus' death did away for the need if them! "NEVER, EVER, TAKE THE WORDS OF MEN, FOR THE WORD OF GOD, KNOW THAT FOR YOURSELVES!" NOW BACK TO THE STORY:
What happened to the sacrificial lamb, of the Old Book? It died! What did our collective sins do to Jesus Christ? They took His life... it was WE, who took The Life of Jesus, via our sins!
Yes, millions are acquainted with the historical fact of Calvary. Millions have travelled to and" visited" that very spot. B ur few, of them ever realize that was their sins, even today, that helped Him be nailed to the Cross, He whom the Word called "The Lamb of God", for they never understood this......
Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
NOTE(JB): Yet the world pays little attention to God's Word, but look.....Iran to this....
Zechariah 12:9 " And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
The very fact that about 40-50% (percent) of the Bible is prophecy, and that to this time frame, 90% has come to pass, as written, why think anyone the last 10 percent will not happen? Is that not "Spitting into the wind, yet hope to stay dry?"
So have Y O U bee3n able to envision the Lord Jesus as your substitute, and dying i n YOUR place? One of the most saddest funerals that I have ever conducted, MAY help you understand the results of christ's death on the Cross. In the small gasket lay the body, of a small boy, the only son of the grieving parents. This tiny tot had died by an accident which was caused by the father, for he did not know that his son had followed him out to the garage, and when the Dad, backed up the car ranning over the lad, killing him instantly!
Yes it was a total accident, but the grief it caused was unimaginable. When your mind contemplates Calvary, and you behold, in your mind's eye, the picture of Christ The Lamb slain, dying for Your SINS! You know His death was no accident, but our own devilish sins. Thus His death upon the cursed Cross, was a huge blessing for mankind, but "viewing" the Cross helps us realize the meaning of the Cross. We cannot but cry out, "Oh, my God, what have I done to your beloved Son?" Is this the price of my Salvation?"
But please tell me, that YOU think, if this human father, ever has another son, will he not first walk around the car before moving it?
WE, that is any intelligent think being, will know, that it was, in part his or her own sins that helped put Jesus on the Cross, should,j if we are human, change our minds, to sin, that it will be an abhorrence to even see sin, let alone us doing sins.
Genesis 22:8 " And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
Thanking YOU, for your time. Questions? Comments? John at servant@frontier.com
Want/need more? Visit your Seventh-day Adventist Church, any Saturday/Sabbath, at 9-10 AM. It's a HOLY day of the Lord- God! Gen. 2:1-3; Exodus 20: 1, 8-11.Luke 4:16 "And he[ Jesus] came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."
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