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How Does Jesus’s Intercessory Prayer Point Us to the Temple? #674 · Scripture Central

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  These words spake, Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven and
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  said, father, the hour has come glorify thy son, that thy son
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  Also may glorify thee. Hey listeners, this is Nick from
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  scripture Central and today's podcast addresses, the question,
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  how does Jesus intercessory prayer point us to the temple?
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  The Gospel of John contains the longest account of the final
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  intimate moments, Jesus shared with his Apostles immediately
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  before his atoning, sacrifice death, and Resurrection, after
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  delivering a final discourse in the upper room.
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  And on the way to get cemani Jesus lifted up his eyes to
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  heaven and offered a great intercessory prayer for his
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  disciples. Many have noted that this prayer
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  is rightly known as Jesus. High Priestly prayer as it
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  immediately preceded. His atoning sacrifice.
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  William J. Hamlin has also observed that
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  this prayer should be contextualized within the larger
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  Passover Narrative of the last days of the life of Jesus,
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  especially given the nature of Jesus last discourse, this
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  prayer serves as a symbolic Temple for the Gospel of John.
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  It is the meeting place of Heaven and Earth where man
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  encounters God. Many aspects of Jesus /.
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  Thus, reflect the Ancient Temple, and it's related
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  symbols. Ultimately, with the hope that
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  Christ's followers can return to God's presence and become like
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  him. Specifically, Hamblin sites.
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  Six of these features in the prayer, first.
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  Jesus prayer can be best understood within the context,
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  that Jesus himself offered, at the beginning of his final,
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  sermon to the apostles. Jesus told them in my father's
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  house, are many mansions. And if it were not, so I would
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  have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.
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  Notably the phrase, my father's house, only appears one other
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  time in John's gospel, namely, when Jesus is cleansing the
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  temple, however, it is clear that in John 14:2.
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  Jesus was referring not to the Earthly temple in Jerusalem but
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  rather to the Heavenly Temple where God dwells, this can be
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  discerned in Jesus. Following statement I will Come
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  again and receive you unto myself that where I am there, ye
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  may be also in the intercessory prayer itself.
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  This idea is repeated with slight variation, I willed that
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  they also whom thou Hast given me be with me where I am that,
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  they may behold my glory. Thus Jesus makes it clear that
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  he wants his disciples to enter into the presence of the Father
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  in Heaven which is in his Heavenly Temple, second Jesus
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  stated. It's twice in his prayer that he
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  has manifested or declared the name of the father to the
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  disciples and will declare It. Again.
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  By the time of Jesus restrictions had been set in
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  place regarding the ritual writing and pronunciation of the
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  name. Jehovah that had been revealed
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  to Moses on Mount Sinai. These restrictions only
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  permitted priests in the temple to utter the name under two very
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  specific circumstances once a year by the high priest in the
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  temple on. Day of atonement or during the
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  daily recitation of the Priestly.
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  Benediction described in Numbers, Chapter 6, verses, 22
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  through 27 Hamblin, thus observes that.
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  When Jesus declares the name of the father, he is acting within
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  the framework of two important biblical.
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  Traditions, first Jesus is establishing himself as the
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  prophet like unto Moses to whom God revealed his name and
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  second, the claim that Jesus revealed the The name of the
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  father to his disciples would also imply that Jesus claimed
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  the authority of the high priest to reveal the name and offer an
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  atonement for the children of Israel.
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  Third throughout his prayer. Jesus refers to the glory of
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  God. In the Old Testament, the glory
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  of Jehovah is the visible manifestation of the presence of
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  God in the temple or Tabernacle, although often described as a
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  pillar of fire and smoke. The glory of the Lord is said in
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  Ezekiel chapter, In verse 28 to be in the form of a man
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  accordingly. Jesus is Glory related
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  statements would have evoked ideas of God's glorious.
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  Theophanies in the temple and Christ post-mortal glorification
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  by the father would imply a glory.
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  Theophany in the celestial Temple forth.
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  Jesus appears to ritually cast Satan out of the midst of the
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  disciples during his prayer when he requests the father keep them
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  from the evil. Although not Not readily
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  apparent in the King James version, the phrase translated
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  as the evil was widely understood by Christians.
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  To refer to the evil one, that is Satan as such.
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  Jesus is prayer. Reflects the practice during the
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  day of atonement of casting the scapegoat Into the Wilderness,
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  this was a symbolic prerequisite for the purification of Israel
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  and preparation for the visitation of Jehovah with the
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  high priest in the holy of holies of the Tabernacle or
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  Temple. Fifth.
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  Jesus asks, the father to sanctify, his disciples sanctify
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  them through thy truth, and for their sakes.
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  I sanctify myself, that they also might be Sanctified through
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  the truth. As Hamlin has noticed language
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  of Holiness sanctity and consecration is the language of
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  the temple just as the priests of the temple, underwent, a
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  ritual purification and sanctification.
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  So they might be able to serve Christ sanctifies his disciples
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  so that he might send them into the world to teach his gospel.
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  Moreover, the high priest on the day of atonement would
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  similarly, sanctify himself. So that in his Sanctified State,
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  he can officiate in the temple to sanctify the community of
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  Israel through the other day of atonement rituals.
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  Christ. Therefore, identifies himself as
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  the great high priest as he prepares himself to perform the
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  atonement. He also prepares his Apostles to
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  spread the blessings of his atonement to the world through
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  their preaching. Finally, Jesus, prays that his
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  disciples may become like him and his father not only will his
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  disciples be allowed to see the glory of God, but they also are
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  given that Glory, the glory, which thou gavest me.
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  I have given In them that they may be one even as we are one as
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  Hamlin has observed, numerous early, Christian, and Jewish
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  texts culminate with the disciples Ascent, to the
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  Heavenly Temple, where they are enthroned with God, the
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  apostles, Peter, John, and Paul likewise refer to the doctrine
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  of becoming like God at various points in their writings.
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  Early Christians viewed, this Doctrine as the ultimate fate of
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  the righteous Saints. Significantly other early.
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  Christian Traditions link the prayer, Jesus offered in
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  Gethsemane, with rights of the temple.
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  In one, text called the acts of John.
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  It is reported that Jesus first told us to form a circle,
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  holding one another's hands and himself, stood in the middle as
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  he offered this prayer shortly before his arrest.
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  Other early Christians likewise, followed this form of prayer and
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  their worship Hugh. Nibley has identified multiple
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  texts that prominently portray an early Christian prayer circle
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  much like with intercessory prayer nibbly.
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  Observes that the purpose of the prayer circle was to achieve
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  total Unity of minds and hearts and ultimately to prepare those
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  involved. And those prayed for to enter
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  the presence of the Lord, in the Heavenly Temple.
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  Jesus is great. Intercessory prayer must have A
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  profound experience for his close circle of disciples who
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  personally heard him pray on their behalf.
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  Yet his words are truly for all his followers in all ages,
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  including our own Jesus himself, clarified, neither, pray, I for
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  these alone, but for them also, which Shall Believe on me
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  through their word that they all may be one as thou father art in
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  me and I in thee that they may also be one in US.
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  Us. We can be unified with God as we
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  make and keep covenants, both had baptism and in the temple.
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  Modern Saints, take upon themselves, the name of Jesus
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  Christ are cleansed from sin as we are washed and Sanctified by
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  the Holy Ghost receive power to overcome the evil one and
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  ultimately learn all that we must do to enter the kingdom of
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  heaven. As we continually follow, Jesus
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  example, we will enter into a sacred spiritual Unity, shared
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  between the Father, the Son, and all the holy Saints from all
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