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Do please take your Bibles in hand once again and turn back to Leviticus 16.
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! If you ever read through the book of Leviticus, you'll know Leviticus 16 is right at the very
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! The first half of the book, chapters 1 through 15, deal with sacrifices and priesthood and
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ritual purity in Old Testament Israel. They're all about how God's people then were to draw near to
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God. Then the second half of the book, chapters 17 through 26, focus mostly on how God's people were
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to live in light of having come near to him in holiness and obedience to him. They're about being
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devoted to God. So the first half is about drawing near to God. The second half of the book is about
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being devoted to God. And right at the very center, the hinge of the whole book is Leviticus chapter 16,
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the day of atonement, the holiest day in the Hebrew calendar, Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.
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It is the supreme example of atoning sacrifice, how sin was dealt with for God's people. So if you want
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to understand the Christian gospel, if you want to understand the meaning of the cross of our Savior,
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the Lord Jesus Christ, you actually need to understand the day of atonement. This is in the background.
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This gives us, if you like, something of a key to unlock the significance of what was happening that
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day at Calvary. Leviticus 16 is the climax of the book of Leviticus. It is actually the literary heart
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of the whole of the Mosaic law. And it's not just about drawing near to God, but really about how God
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draws near to us. How God reconciles sinners to himself by means of the Lamb of God,
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the Lord Jesus Christ. As we look at it together, we're going to consider four things.
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First, I want us to think about the peril we must face, the danger, the peril we must face. We can't
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deal with everything, all the details in this chapter, but to try and see the big picture, first,
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the peril we must face. That's in verses 1 and 2, and again in verses 12 and 13. The presence of the
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holy God is a fearful reality, the peril we must face, the danger we're in. And then secondly,
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I want us to think about the priest that we really need. The peril we must face, and then the priest
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that we need in verses 3 through 5, and especially in 11 through 14. The high priest, we read, is
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alone permitted to perform this holy ceremony in the holy place. And yet, the details of the ceremony
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all underscore and highlight the inadequacy of this man, the high priest, to really secure atonement for
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anyone, not for himself, not for Israel. We need a better high priest, one who has no sin of his own,
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the Lord Jesus Christ, the peril we must face, the priest that we so badly need. Thirdly,
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I want us to think about the provision that we are given. We'll look at the sacrifices themselves.
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These two goats, one that is slaughtered and the other that's sent out into the wilderness,
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together comprising a single sacrifice. And we'll think about their significance, how
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in the symbolism of these two goats, full, complete, perfect atonement for our sin is provided
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in the one to whom they point us, the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. And then finally,
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the penitence we must embrace in verses 29 and 31. We have to repent and believe the gospel in order
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to receive the atoning blessing that Christ has secured for us by his offering of himself at the cross.
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So those are the four things I want us to think about as we approach this chapter together. The peril we
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must face, the priest that we need, the provision that we are given, and the penitence we must embrace.
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Before we look at the chapter together and think about those four themes, let's bow our heads
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and ask for the Lord's help and blessing. Let us all pray.
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Lord our God, we are like those Greeks who came to the disciples saying,
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Sir, we would see Jesus. He is the one that we so badly need today.
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And so as we hear your word expounded, we ask that you would give us eyes to see him, ears to hear him,
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hearts receptive to his voice. Speak, O Lord, for your servants are listening.
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For we ask it in Jesus' matchless name. Amen.
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We won't read the whole chapter together, but do keep Leviticus 16 open before you and think with me,
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first of all, about the peril we must face. Verses 1 and 2, you'll notice, connect the Day of Atonement
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back to an earlier chapter, back to chapter 10.
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And it reminds us, these instructions were given on the same day that Aaron, the high priest's two older sons,
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Nadab and Abihu, died. You might remember what happened to them.
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Back in chapter 10, they were consumed by fire from the presence of the Lord.
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Because they sauntered carelessly into the holy place with their newfangled fire,
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confident that God was really going to be impressed by their latest improvements on his sacrificial system.
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They thought they could come up with something better than what had been given to them.
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And so they entered the holy place with their own agenda, their own plan, their own approach to the worship of God.
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It did not go well.
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And God struck them down in a moment of terrible, solemn judgment.
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And so now, God tells Aaron, through Moses, that he is, look at the text,
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he is not to come at any time into the holy place inside the veil before the mercy seat that is on the ark,
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so that he may not die.
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For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
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And later, if you look at verse 12, God gives instructions on how Aaron may come into the holy place when he does come,
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on this one day every year, the Day of Atonement.
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And he says that Aaron must take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord,
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two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small.
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He shall bring it inside the veil and put the incense on the fire before the Lord,
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that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony,
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listen, so that he does not die.
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There is a very real threat of death
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hanging over this whole scenario,
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this whole ritual that Aaron was to perform.
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His two sons have been struck down already,
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and now he himself is to go in to this incredibly dangerous venue
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where the presence of the fire of the glory of God blazes.
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Did you know that before the war in Ukraine,
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you could actually take tourist trips
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into the radioactive exclusion zone around the city of Chernobyl?
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I don't know if that sounds like an exciting vacation to you.
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It doesn't entirely appeal to me.
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The nuclear power plant in Ukraine, remember,
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that melted down 1986?
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It's not exactly my ideal day trip,
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but there's no accounting for some people's taste, I suppose.
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And if you take the tour, the tourist trip to Chernobyl,
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as you might expect, there's a long list of rules
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telling tourists about safety protocols for their visit.
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They're forbidden to eat anything while they're in the zone.
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They may not set any personal items on the ground
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while they're in the zone.
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Nothing can be taken away with them from the zone.
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And particularly important,
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visitors may not stray from the safe paths
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that have been laid out for them
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while they're in the nuclear exclusion zone,
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the radioactive exclusion zone.
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Leviticus 16, 1 and 2 reminds us
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that Nadab and Abihu,
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they strayed from the safe paths
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as they walked carelessly
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into the white-hot presence of divine holiness.
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And it destroyed them.
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Sin, you see,
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excludes people,
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excludes all people
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from the presence of God,
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excludes me,
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excludes you
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from the presence of God.
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He is holy
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and we are not.
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That's our fundamental problem, isn't it?
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We are shut out of the presence of God,
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liable to divine judgment.
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So even this amazing chapter
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where God is making provision
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for his people's sin,
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there's this refrain,
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that you may not die.
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The wages of sin
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is what?
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The wages of sin is death.
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God is holy.
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Our God is a consuming fire.
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Hebrews 10, 26 and following warns us,
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if we go on sinning deliberately
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after receiving the knowledge of the truth,
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there no longer remains
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a sacrifice for sins,
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but a fearful expectation of judgment
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and a fury of fire
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that will consume the adversaries.
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Anyone who has set aside
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the law of Moses
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dies without mercy
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on the evidence
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of two or three witnesses.
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How much worse judgment do you think
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will be deserved
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by the one who has trampled
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underfoot the Son of God
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and has profaned the blood
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of the covenant
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by which he was sanctified
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and has outraged
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the Spirit of grace?
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The same threat
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continues to obtain
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in the New Testament age
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and the days in which we live.
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The threat of the judgment of God,
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his perfect holiness,
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is burning against our sin.
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God is not safe for us
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in ourselves
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by our own nature.
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Perhaps you've heard the gospel
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countless times in your years
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and you know
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there is a safe path,
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a safe way
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into the presence of God.
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Only by the sacrificial blood
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of the covenant
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that is by the blood
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of Jesus Christ
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can you come into
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the presence of God.
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But if you refuse him,
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resist him,
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reject him
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in favor of your own
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better ideas
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like Nadab and Abihu did,
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if you take your own path.
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Hebrews says,
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all that remains
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is a fearful expectation
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of judgment
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and a fury of fire
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that will consume
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the adversaries.
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Nadab and Abihu
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are case studies
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in divine judgment
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showing us
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the urgency
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of our situation.
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your sin,
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my sin
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will kill us
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in the end.
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Forever.
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Destroy us
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in the end.
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We must
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draw near to God.
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We must be
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reconciled
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to God
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and yet we cannot
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do so safely
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by any means
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we can contrive
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or invent
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for ourselves.
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There's only
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one safe path
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into the holy place.
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Only one way
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to deal
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with our sin
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and guilt
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in the sight of God.
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And showing us
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the safe path,
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opening the safe path
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for you and me
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into the presence
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of God
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is the purpose
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of Leviticus 16.
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So what is
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the safe path?
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How can you
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and I,
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how can we
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draw near to God
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with full assurance
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of faith?
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Confident
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that he will
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welcome us,
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not destroy us
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or condemn us.
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Well,
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think with me now
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in the second place
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about the priest
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that we need.
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The peril
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we must face,
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our sin exposes us
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to danger,
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to the judgment
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of God.
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Your sin
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exposes you
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to the judgment
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of God.
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It is an emergency.
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How will you
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deal with it?
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Is there a safe way
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to stand before him?
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We need
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a perfect high priest
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who can deal
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with our sin.
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Look at verses
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three through five
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with me please.
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God describes
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how Aaron
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should approach him.
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Look at the procedure,
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verses three through five.
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He is to gather
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a bull
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for a sin offering
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and a ram
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for a burnt offering
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for himself
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and his family.
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In verse five,
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he is also to bring
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two goats
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and a ram.
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The goats
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are for a sin offering.
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The ram
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is for a burnt offering
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to be made
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on behalf
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of the congregation
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of Israel.
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But before he can
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offer these sacrifices,
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you will notice
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in verse four,
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he is not allowed
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to wear the usual
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vestments
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of the high priest.
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There is an ephod,
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this sort of
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breastplate
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that he wears
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and a golden sash.
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And all the finery
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of this
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high priestly uniform.
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He would have been
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an imposing,
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striking figure
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decked out
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in this glorious regalia
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and yet at this moment
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they are all forbidden
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to him.
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On this day instead,
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you will notice
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in verse four,
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he is to wear
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plain,
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unadorned linen.
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He must bathe
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and dress
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in this simple costume.
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There is no display
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of personal glory
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as he goes
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into the holy place.
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No pomp,
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no show,
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none of the insignia
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and prestige
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or privilege
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of the high priest
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as he steps
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behind the veil
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into the presence
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of the glory of God.
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Verse 17
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tells us,
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all the other priests
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and the Levites
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that would ordinarily
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have made
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the tabernacle
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a busy place,
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they were all absent
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on this day.
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On every other day,
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the high priest
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would have gone
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all over the tabernacle,
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although behind this
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one great curtain,
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he never ever
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dared to venture.
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But now,
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on this day,
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the day of atonement,
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all alone,
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this one man,
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stripped of all his finery,
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approaches the veil.
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On it,
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there are embroidered
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images of cherubim,
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these angelic guardians.
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We meet them first
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at the entrance
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to the Garden of Eden.
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You remember
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when Adam and Eve
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were expelled
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because of sin,
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they were placed there
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to guard the way back
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and to bar
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the gates of paradise
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to our first fathers.
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Behind this veil,
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the Shekinah glory shines.
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The majesty of God
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blazes in holy splendor
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above the mercy seat,
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this golden platform
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placed on top
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of the Ark of the Covenant.
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No other human being
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is ever authorized
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to venture into this room,
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into the most holy place.
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But on this day,
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the high priest
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can draw back the curtain
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and step inside.
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And as he does,
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he is a symbolic
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second Adam.
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Here are the cherubim
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blocking the way
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into the presence of God.
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Adam the first
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was prohibited
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from going back there.
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But here is a picture
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of Adam the second
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entering anew
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into the presence of God,
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passing the cherubim
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into the place
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where God dwells.
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And he's dressed
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not as a lofty dignitary
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to impress,
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to impress,
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but as a simple supplicant
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in plain linen,
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a mere man,
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one of us.
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And he's not to go
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empty-handed.
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Notice in verse 11,
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he is to kill the bull
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as a sin offering.
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This is important now,
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to make atonement
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for himself
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and his house.
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And then in verse 14,
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along with the incense
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that he is to burn,
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he is to take
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some of the blood
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of the bull
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and sprinkle it
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on the front
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of the mercy seat
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on the east side
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seven times.
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The east side
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of the mercy seat
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is the direction
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of the altar
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and the entrance
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to the tabernacle.
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The east, remember,
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was the direction
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toward which Adam
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was banished
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when he was excluded
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from the garden
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and fell into sin.
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He was sent east of Eden.
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And so that is the direction
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that atonement is made
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for this symbolic
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second Adam.
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Seven times he is to do it.
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Seven is a number
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of completeness
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in the Bible.
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So the picture is
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of a complete,
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perfect,
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full atonement
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with no lack.
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Full pardon
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that God has provided
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for him.
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But there's one more
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vital point to understand
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about this extraordinary moment.
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Aaron and every high priest
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that would follow him
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could never secure
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forgiveness for his people
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because the simple reason
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is they were sinners themselves.
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It's like they're trying
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to pay off a debt
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all the time,
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accumulating interest
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on that debt themselves.
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Never able to pay off
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the penalty.
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Hebrews chapter 9
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actually offers
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the best commentary
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on this whole scene.
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In Hebrews 9 verse 9
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we're told
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the high priest's work
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quote,
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cannot perfect
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the conscience
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of the worshiper.
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But when Christ appeared
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as a high priest
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of the good things
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that have come,
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then through the greater
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more perfect tent
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not made with hands,
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that is not of this creation
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he entered once for all
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into the holy places,
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not by means of the blood
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of goats and calves,
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but by means of his own blood
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thus securing
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an eternal redemption.
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For if the blood
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of goats and bulls
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and the sprinkling
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of defiled persons
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with the ashes
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of a heifer
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sanctify for the purification
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of the flesh,
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how much more
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will the blood
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of Christ
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through the eternal spirit,
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who through the eternal spirit
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offered himself
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without blemish to God
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purify our consciences
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from dead works
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to serve the living God.
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Here's the point.
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The high priest
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is only a picture
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and an incomplete picture
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because he's a sinner
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of another Adam to come
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who would go
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and reconcile sinners to God,
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who would go into
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the holy place
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without fear
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and tear the curtain
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from top to bottom
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opening the way
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for everyone
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who trusts in him
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to enter with confidence
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into the most holy place
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to obtain mercy
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and find grace to help
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in our time of need.
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But this high priest,
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this high priest,
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was flawed.
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He was a sinner
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just like us.
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You might know
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the Snoopy cartoons,
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Charles Schultz,
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Peanuts cartoons.
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Snoopy,
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it turns out
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that the dog Snoopy
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is a writer.
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He's an author.
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And in one of the panels,
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Snoopy's sitting
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on top of his kennel
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with a typewriter
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writing his latest novel.
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And he's thinking
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about his lead character.
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And he begins,
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All his life,
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he tried to be a good person.
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And then he's pounding furiously
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on his typewriter.
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And the second panel says,
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Many times, however,
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he failed.
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For after all,
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he was only human.
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And then the final panel,
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in a flash of inspiration,
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Snoopy explains
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his character's
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persistent failures.
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Here's why
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his every effort
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fell short.
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He wasn't a dog.
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All his life,
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he tried to be a good person.
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Many times, however,
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he failed.
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After all,
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he was only human.
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He wasn't a dog,
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like Snoopy.
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If he'd read
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Leviticus 16,
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in light of the coming
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of the Lord Jesus Christ,
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Snoopy might have said,
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of the high priest,
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he played the part
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of the second Adam
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many times.
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But every time
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he failed.
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For after all,
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he was only a sinner.
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He wasn't Jesus.
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This whole drama,
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this little,
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this little enacted parable,
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is a picture to us
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of a better high priest
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that we so badly need,
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who opens the way,
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who had no sin
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of his own,
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who was holy,
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harmless,
23:35
undefiled,
23:36
and separate from sinners,
23:39
who with his own blood
23:40
can make full
23:42
perfect atonement
23:43
for sinners,
23:43
so that you and I
23:44
can go on safe paths
23:47
into the presence
23:48
of the blazing glory
23:50
of God,
23:51
and hear him call us
23:53
his dear children,
23:54
and speak to him
23:56
as Abba Father.
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Israel needed,
24:01
we need,
24:01
you and me
24:02
right now today,
24:03
we need
24:03
a high priest,
24:06
doesn't deal
24:06
in the blood
24:08
of bulls
24:09
and goats
24:10
in an earthly
24:11
tabernacle
24:12
made with human hands.
24:14
We need the real thing,
24:15
don't we?
24:15
Not the picture,
24:17
not the shadow,
24:19
not the play.
24:21
We need the reality,
24:22
we need the Lord Jesus Christ,
24:26
our great high priest
24:27
over the house of God,
24:29
who with his own blood
24:30
has made satisfaction
24:33
once and for all.
24:37
He humbled himself,
24:38
do you remember,
24:39
like the high priest here,
24:41
stripped himself
24:41
of all his finery,
24:45
not in his priestly robes
24:48
with the ephod
24:49
and the gold,
24:50
but in simple,
24:52
plain linen,
24:52
the Lord Jesus.
24:56
Philippians 2.6
24:57
reminds us,
24:57
though he was in the form,
24:59
God did not count equality
25:01
with God,
25:02
a thing to be grasped,
25:04
but he emptied himself,
25:05
taking the form
25:06
of a servant,
25:09
a doulos,
25:10
a slave,
25:12
being born in the likeness
25:14
of men
25:14
and being found
25:15
in human form,
25:16
he humbled himself,
25:18
by becoming obedient
25:20
to the point of death,
25:21
even death on a cross.
25:24
Here's the high priest
25:25
that we need,
25:26
that you need,
25:27
available to you today.
25:29
One who opens the way,
25:31
who reconciles you to God
25:33
once and for all,
25:36
who makes a safe path
25:39
for you
25:39
into his holy presence.
25:43
There is no other way
25:44
that is safe.
25:45
Your sin exposes you
25:47
to a terrible liability
25:49
of judgment.
25:51
But Jesus
25:52
is the safe path.
25:54
Jesus
25:55
opens the way.
25:57
The peril we face,
25:58
the priest we need.
26:00
Thirdly,
26:00
the provision
26:01
that we are given.
26:03
In verses 5-10,
26:06
Aaron is to take
26:06
the two male goats
26:08
for a sin offering
26:09
and one ram
26:10
for a burnt offering
26:11
for the sake of the people.
26:12
Notice the two goats together
26:14
are constituted
26:15
a single sacrifice,
26:17
a special kind
26:17
of sin offering.
26:19
And look at what Aaron
26:20
has to do with them.
26:22
They're presented
26:23
before the Lord
26:24
and lots are cast.
26:27
Chosen in this way,
26:28
one of the goats
26:29
was to be killed
26:30
and its blood
26:31
sprinkled on the mercy seat
26:33
to atone for sin.
26:34
And the other goat,
26:38
notice in verse 8
26:39
and in verse 10,
26:41
is for Azazel.
26:43
Now,
26:44
there's a lot of debate
26:44
over what this word
26:46
Azazel might mean.
26:48
Is it,
26:48
as some suggest,
26:49
a proper noun,
26:50
a name
26:50
set in parallel
26:52
to the Lord?
26:54
So you have one goat
26:55
for the Lord
26:56
and one goat
26:56
for Azazel,
26:57
perhaps.
26:58
Some suggest
26:59
this is a reference
27:00
to the devil.
27:01
I don't think
27:01
that's right.
27:02
Other scholars
27:04
suggest Azazel
27:05
as a place
27:06
somewhere out
27:07
in the wilderness
27:08
to which this goat
27:09
was dispatched.
27:11
But in my judgment,
27:13
the best interpretation
27:14
is still
27:16
the historic interpretation.
27:19
It uses an expression,
27:20
if you've got
27:20
an old King James Bible,
27:22
I think you'll find it there.
27:24
It was first coined
27:25
by William Tyndale
27:27
in his English Bible
27:28
in 1535
27:29
when he translated
27:30
Leviticus 16.
27:32
The word Azazel
27:33
is interpreted
27:34
not as a name
27:35
for a demonic being
27:38
or even a place,
27:40
but it's a compound word
27:41
meaning a goat
27:42
for sending away.
27:44
Literally,
27:44
as Tyndale put it
27:45
famously,
27:46
a scapegoat.
27:48
That's what this goat is.
27:49
Literally, isn't it?
27:50
It's a scapegoat.
27:52
All the sins
27:53
of the people
27:53
were confessed
27:54
and as the priest
27:55
laid his hands
27:56
on its head,
27:57
symbolically,
27:58
those sins
27:58
were transferred,
28:01
imputed,
28:02
to the goat
28:03
and the goat
28:05
was sent out
28:06
into the wilderness
28:07
to carry them away
28:08
forever.
28:10
A scapegoat,
28:11
a goat for sending away.
28:15
Now look at verses
28:16
20 through 22.
28:18
Aaron is to lay
28:19
his hands
28:19
on the head
28:20
of both goats
28:21
and in verse 21.
28:24
He is to confess
28:25
over it
28:25
all the iniquities
28:26
of the people
28:27
of Israel,
28:28
all their transgressions
28:29
and all their sins.
28:30
He shall put them
28:30
on the head
28:31
of the goat
28:31
and send it away
28:32
into the wilderness
28:33
by the hand
28:34
of a man
28:34
who is in readiness.
28:35
The goat
28:35
shall bear
28:36
all their iniquities
28:38
on itself
28:38
to a remote area
28:39
and he shall let
28:41
the goat go free
28:41
in the wilderness.
28:43
Do you get the symbolism
28:44
of that now?
28:46
It's really simple
28:47
and crystal clear.
28:47
What a great vivid picture
28:49
it is
28:49
of what God does
28:51
through Jesus
28:52
when he deals
28:54
with our sin.
28:55
The goat doesn't
28:56
really deal with our sin
28:57
but the one
28:57
to whom it points,
28:58
the Lord Jesus,
29:00
really does
29:00
what this symbol
29:02
teaches us.
29:03
He carries
29:04
our sins
29:05
away.
29:07
He carries
29:08
them away.
29:11
These two goats
29:12
actually
29:13
together
29:14
provide a complete
29:15
picture of what
29:16
happens at the cross.
29:17
The first goat
29:19
is slaughtered
29:20
and its blood
29:21
is sprinkled.
29:23
This is a picture
29:23
of what the New Testament
29:26
calls propitiation.
29:30
1 John 2.22
29:31
He himself
29:32
is the propitiation
29:34
for our sins
29:35
and not for ours only
29:36
but for the whole world.
29:38
Propitiation
29:39
means a sacrifice
29:40
that satisfies
29:42
the white
29:44
hot fury
29:45
of the judgment
29:46
of God
29:46
that burns
29:47
against our sin.
29:50
This sacrifice
29:50
satisfies it
29:52
completely
29:53
and forever.
29:54
Propitiation,
29:55
the blood of Jesus
29:56
propitiates
29:58
the wrath
29:59
of God
30:00
so that if you
30:01
are a Christian
30:02
today
30:02
trusting in Christ
30:04
God's
30:06
wrath
30:07
never again
30:09
will burn
30:10
against you.
30:12
He is always
30:13
a father.
30:14
you may displease
30:15
him,
30:15
he may discipline
30:16
you
30:16
but he is
30:18
never anything
30:19
other than
30:19
Abba
30:20
father
30:20
toward you
30:21
because of the
30:23
Lord Jesus Christ.
30:24
Wrath
30:24
has been
30:25
satisfied,
30:26
paid
30:27
in full.
30:29
It is
30:29
finished
30:31
once
30:33
and forever.
30:38
In my place
30:39
bearing shame
30:40
and scoffing rude
30:40
in my place
30:43
condemned
30:44
he stood
30:45
sealed
30:46
my
30:46
pardon
30:47
with his
30:48
blood.
30:49
Hallelujah
30:50
what a savior
30:50
that's propitiation
30:51
that's the first goat.
30:53
The second goat
30:54
the goat that's
30:54
sent away
30:55
is expiation
30:56
carrying
30:57
sin
30:58
and guilt
30:59
away
30:59
so that if you
31:01
are a Christian
31:01
today
31:02
trusting in the
31:04
Lord Jesus
31:04
Christ
31:05
God the
31:06
Father
31:07
looks upon
31:09
you
31:10
and sees
31:12
you robed
31:13
in the
31:13
righteousness
31:14
of his
31:14
son.
31:17
Your sins
31:18
have been
31:18
carried away
31:19
by him
31:20
forever out
31:21
of sight.
31:22
He shall
31:23
throw our
31:23
iniquities
31:24
into the
31:25
depths of
31:25
the sea
31:26
and he
31:26
shall
31:27
remember
31:27
them
31:28
no more.
31:28
Expiation
31:29
and together
31:31
they describe
31:32
all that
31:33
Jesus
31:33
accomplished
31:34
for us
31:34
at the
31:34
cross.
31:35
Isn't
31:35
it
31:35
wonderful?
31:38
You may
31:39
know your
31:40
sin so
31:40
very
31:41
intimately
31:41
and profoundly
31:42
and feel
31:44
the dreadful
31:45
weight of
31:45
them.
31:46
The shame
31:47
and sting
31:48
of them
31:49
in your
31:49
conscience.
31:52
Some of
31:53
you
31:53
have such
31:56
a vivid
31:56
appreciation
31:57
for your
31:58
remaining
31:58
guilt
31:59
that it
32:00
leads you
32:01
regularly
32:01
as you
32:02
look at
32:02
your own
32:03
heart
32:03
to wonder
32:03
if you're
32:04
really
32:04
converted.
32:07
How can
32:07
I still
32:08
live like
32:09
this,
32:09
speak like
32:09
this,
32:10
think like
32:10
this?
32:11
Look at
32:12
me.
32:12
How can
32:13
I possibly
32:13
be a
32:14
Christian?
32:16
What's
32:16
the remedy?
32:19
McShane
32:19
told us
32:20
the remedy.
32:21
Do you
32:21
remember what
32:21
he said?
32:22
For every
32:23
one look
32:23
at self,
32:24
take ten
32:25
looks at
32:27
Christ.
32:28
Full,
32:29
full atonement.
32:33
Full
32:34
pardon.
32:35
Your sin
32:36
carried away
32:37
out of
32:37
sight.
32:39
Forgiven
32:39
and forgotten
32:40
before the
32:41
bar of
32:42
heaven's
32:42
justice.
32:44
Wrath
32:45
satisfied
32:46
so that
32:47
there is
32:48
no longer
32:48
any fury
32:50
of judgment
32:51
waiting for
32:51
you.
32:52
Look to
32:53
Christ,
32:54
not at
32:54
yourself.
32:55
Look at
32:55
your
32:55
Savior.
32:56
Lift
32:57
your head
32:57
from your
32:58
own wicked
32:59
heart to
33:00
your perfect
33:01
sinless
33:02
Redeemer.
33:03
Hide in
33:04
him.
33:06
He is
33:06
the remedy
33:07
for all
33:09
your fears.
33:12
Again,
33:12
1 John.
33:15
If anyone
33:16
says he has
33:17
no sin,
33:18
he lies
33:18
and the
33:19
truth is
33:19
not in
33:19
him.
33:20
But if
33:21
we confess
33:22
our sin,
33:24
he is
33:25
faithful and
33:25
just to
33:27
forgive us
33:27
our sins
33:28
and cleanse
33:30
us from
33:31
all
33:32
unrighteousness.
33:33
Clean,
33:34
clean by
33:35
the blood
33:36
of the
33:36
Lamb.
33:37
Clean
33:38
forever.
33:39
Clean
33:40
conscience,
33:40
clean hands,
33:41
clean hearts,
33:43
a clean
33:43
life because
33:45
of the
33:46
work of
33:47
Jesus
33:47
Christ.
33:49
Well,
33:50
how do you
33:50
get a hold
33:51
of this
33:51
for yourself?
33:52
How do you
33:52
make it
33:52
yours if
33:53
it's not
33:53
yours already?
33:55
How can
33:56
this
33:56
cleansing
33:57
work of
33:57
the true
33:58
perfect
33:58
high priest,
33:59
the great
34:00
second
34:00
Adam,
34:01
the Lord
34:01
Jesus
34:02
Christ,
34:02
be yours?
34:05
Look at
34:06
verses 29
34:07
through 34.
34:10
We learn
34:11
there about
34:11
the date
34:12
on which
34:13
the Day
34:13
of Atonement
34:13
was to be
34:14
commemorated,
34:15
the tenth
34:16
day of the
34:16
seventh month.
34:17
we learn
34:18
that it
34:18
was to be
34:19
celebrated
34:19
by every
34:20
successive
34:20
high priest
34:21
in Aaron's
34:22
line.
34:23
We learn
34:24
that the
34:24
day was
34:24
to be
34:25
observed
34:25
by Israel
34:25
as a
34:26
special
34:26
Sabbath
34:26
day,
34:27
a day
34:27
of rest.
34:28
And in
34:29
verse 29
34:29
and again
34:30
in verse
34:30
31,
34:32
Israel is
34:33
told on
34:33
this day
34:34
when it
34:35
rolls around
34:35
every year
34:36
they are
34:36
noticed
34:36
to
34:37
afflict
34:38
themselves.
34:39
that is
34:42
to say
34:42
not that
34:43
they are
34:44
literally
34:44
to beat
34:45
themselves
34:45
but they
34:46
are to
34:46
mourn
34:47
over their
34:49
sin.
34:51
This was
34:51
never to
34:52
be a
34:52
cold
34:53
perfunctory
34:54
external
34:56
ritual.
34:58
It was
34:58
to point
35:00
them to
35:01
one who
35:01
was to
35:02
come.
35:03
Who by
35:04
his blood
35:05
and righteousness
35:05
would do
35:06
forever what
35:07
the high
35:07
priest and
35:08
the blood
35:08
of goats
35:09
and bulls
35:09
never could.
35:10
The Lord
35:10
Jesus Christ.
35:11
And they
35:12
were to
35:12
receive the
35:13
benefit of
35:13
his atoning
35:14
work in
35:15
the same
35:15
way we
35:16
still receive
35:17
that benefit.
35:18
They looking
35:18
forward,
35:19
we now
35:19
looking back.
35:21
How do
35:21
you get
35:22
a hold
35:22
of the
35:23
forgiveness
35:24
of your
35:24
sin?
35:26
You repent
35:27
and believe
35:29
the gospel.
35:31
You afflict
35:32
yourself.
35:34
You stop
35:35
your self
35:36
confidence,
35:37
your self
35:37
reliance.
35:38
you stop
35:39
your avoidance
35:40
and your
35:40
blame
35:41
shifting.
35:41
You stop
35:42
passing the
35:43
buck.
35:44
You stop
35:44
accusing
35:44
others.
35:45
You stop
35:46
excusing
35:46
yourself.
35:47
You own
35:48
your sin.
35:49
And before
35:50
God you
35:50
cry out
35:51
like the
35:52
leper at
35:53
the side
35:53
of the
35:54
road when
35:54
Jesus was
35:55
passing by,
35:56
Son of
35:57
David,
35:58
have mercy
35:59
on me.
36:00
everyone
36:02
who ever
36:03
cried to
36:03
him like
36:04
that
36:05
received the
36:06
mercy
36:07
they need.
36:11
Afflict
36:11
your hearts,
36:12
rend your
36:12
hearts and
36:13
not your
36:13
garments.
36:15
Turn
36:16
back to
36:17
the Lord.
36:17
Turn
36:18
back,
36:18
turn
36:19
back.
36:20
Why will
36:20
you die,
36:21
O house
36:22
of Israel?
36:23
Full atonement
36:24
has been
36:24
made.
36:24
Jesus has
36:25
died and
36:26
risen and
36:27
reigns a
36:29
perfect high
36:29
priest for
36:30
you, opening
36:31
a safe way
36:32
into the
36:33
presence of
36:34
God.
36:35
Come and
36:36
rest on
36:37
him.
36:38
He has
36:39
done all
36:40
things needful.
36:41
He is all
36:42
your heart
36:43
could ever
36:43
need.
36:45
Trust in
36:45
him.
36:46
Turn from
36:47
your sin
36:48
and yourself
36:48
to your
36:49
savior and
36:51
he will
36:51
give you
36:51
entrance into
36:53
the holy of
36:54
holies.
36:55
That you
36:55
may come
36:56
all the
36:56
way in
36:57
to the
36:58
throne room
36:59
itself and
37:00
speak to
37:01
the one who
37:02
reigns there
37:03
and call
37:03
him father.
37:05
You will
37:05
have his
37:06
heart,
37:07
you will
37:07
have his
37:07
ear,
37:08
you may
37:09
call on
37:09
him and
37:10
he will
37:11
shower upon
37:11
you his
37:13
mercy and
37:15
his grace.
37:18
Not the
37:19
fire of
37:19
divine fury,
37:21
but the
37:22
bright sunshine
37:23
shine of
37:23
the smile
37:24
of God's
37:25
forgiveness
37:25
for everyone
37:27
who trusts
37:29
in Jesus
37:29
Christ.
37:30
May the
37:31
Lord give
37:31
us all
37:32
grace as
37:32
we turn
37:33
our attention
37:33
now to
37:35
his table
37:35
where the
37:35
great emblems
37:36
of his
37:37
self-giving
37:37
love are
37:39
provided for
37:40
us.
37:41
May the
37:41
Lord give
37:41
us grace
37:42
to look to
37:44
him and
37:45
rest upon
37:46
him.
37:49
Let us
37:50
pray.
37:50
Amen.
37:50
Lord Jesus,
37:56
our great
37:57
and perfect
37:57
high priest,
37:59
we bow
38:00
before you
38:01
and we
38:01
pour out
38:02
our wonder
38:03
and awe
38:04
that we
38:07
are reconciled
38:08
to God
38:09
not as a
38:11
formal
38:12
transaction,
38:13
not as a
38:14
form of
38:15
words,
38:15
it's not a
38:16
sort of
38:16
spiritual
38:17
bookkeeping
38:18
measure
38:18
transferring
38:19
from one
38:20
column to
38:20
the other.
38:22
It came
38:22
instead at
38:23
your great
38:24
cost.
38:26
You
38:26
entered
38:27
the heavenly
38:29
holy place
38:29
not with the
38:30
blood of
38:31
bulls and
38:31
goats but
38:32
with your
38:32
own blood
38:33
there to
38:34
make
38:34
atonement
38:35
perfect
38:36
satisfaction
38:37
for sin
38:37
for all
38:38
time.
38:38
it came
38:41
at your
38:41
death
38:42
that we
38:42
might
38:43
live
38:43
and so
38:44
as we
38:45
bow
38:45
before you
38:45
preparing
38:46
our
38:46
hearts
38:47
to
38:48
commune
38:48
with you
38:49
at your
38:49
table
38:49
we cry
38:51
out
38:52
together
38:52
now
38:52
like the
38:54
beggar at
38:54
the side
38:55
of the
38:55
road
38:55
when you
38:56
passed
38:56
by so
38:57
long
38:57
ago
38:58
son of
38:59
David
38:59
have
39:01
mercy
39:01
on us
39:02
for we
39:04
ask this
39:04
in your
39:05
matchless
39:05
name
39:06
amen
39:09
the
39:11
lord's
39:11
table
39:12
is a
39:13
simple
39:13
meal
39:14
instituted
39:14
by the
39:15
lord
39:15
jesus
39:16
christ
39:16
king
39:16
and
39:17
head
39:17
of
39:18
the
39:18
church
39:18
and
39:18
perfect
39:19
savior
39:19
of
39:20
sinners
39:20
it is
39:22
the
39:22
family
39:22
meal
39:23
for
39:24
those
39:24
who
39:24
have
39:25
been
39:25
forgiven
39:26
and
39:27
adopted
39:27
who
39:29
call
39:29
god
39:30
their
39:30
father
39:30
and
39:31
christ
39:31
their
39:31
elder
39:32
brother
39:32
it is
39:33
not
39:34
the
39:34
table
39:34
of the
39:34
free
39:35
church
39:35
of
39:35
scotland
39:35
but
39:36
the
39:36
table
39:36
of
39:37
jesus
39:37
christ
39:37
a
39:38
table
39:38
to
39:39
which
39:39
he
39:39
invites
39:40
and
39:40
commands
39:41
every
39:41
one
39:42
of
39:42
his
39:42
people
39:43
to
39:43
draw
39:44
near
39:44
and
39:45
attend
39:45
if
39:47
you
39:47
are
39:47
a
39:48
believer
39:48
in
39:48
the
39:48
lord
39:49
jesus
39:49
christ
39:49
having
39:50
repented
39:51
your
39:51
sin
39:51
and
39:52
trusted
39:52
in
39:52
him
39:52
alone
39:53
to
39:53
save
39:53
you
39:54
and
39:54
you're
39:54
a
39:54
member
39:55
in
39:55
good
39:55
standing
39:55
of
39:56
a
39:56
christian
39:56
church
39:56
where
39:57
the
39:57
gospel
39:57
is
39:57
preached
39:58
the
39:58
lord
39:59
jesus
39:59
christ
39:59
invites
40:00
you
40:00
to
40:01
come
40:01
with
40:05
bread
40:06
and
40:06
wine
40:06
if
40:07
you
40:07
are
40:07
not
40:07
a
40:08
christian
40:08
you
40:08
don't
40:08
know
40:08
what
40:09
you
40:09
believe
40:09
it's
40:10
not
40:10
bread
40:11
and
40:11
wine
40:11
that
40:11
you
40:11
need
40:12
and
40:13
so
40:13
as
40:13
the
40:13
elements
40:13
are
40:14
distributed
40:14
please
40:14
do
40:15
not
40:15
partake
40:15
it
40:16
is
40:17
jesus
40:17
christ
40:17
that
40:18
you
40:18
need
40:18
do
40:21
not
40:21
let
40:21
him
40:21
pass
40:22
you
40:22
by
40:22
as
40:25
the
40:25
elements
40:25
pass
40:26
you
40:26
by
40:26
do
40:26
not
40:26
let
40:27
him
40:27
pass
40:27
you
40:27
by
40:27
it's
40:28
not
40:28
bread
40:29
and
40:29
wine
40:29
!
40:29
they
40:30
can't
40:30
help
40:30
you
40:30
it's
40:32
jesus
40:32
that
40:33
you
40:33
need
40:33
and
40:34
so
40:35
in
40:35
the
40:35
quietness
40:36
of
40:36
these
40:36
next
40:36
moments
40:37
let
40:38
me
40:38
urge
40:38
you
40:38
if
40:39
you
40:39
have
40:39
not
40:39
yet
40:39
come
40:40
to
40:40
the
40:40
lord's
40:40
table
40:40
profess
40:41
your
40:41
faith
40:41
in
40:42
the
40:42
savior
40:42
to
40:43
do
40:44
earnest
40:44
business
40:45
with
40:45
him
40:45
to
40:47
repent
40:47
of
40:47
your
40:48
sin
40:48
and
40:49
cry
40:49
to
40:50
him
40:50
for
40:50
mercy
40:51
he
40:52
is
40:52
here
40:52
for
40:53
you
40:53
today
40:53
opening
40:55
a
40:55
safe
40:55
path
40:56
into
40:56
the
40:56
presence
40:57
of
40:57
god
40:57
do
40:58
not
40:59
do
41:00
not
41:00
miss
41:01
his
41:02
invitation
41:02
but
41:03
receive
41:04
it
41:04
with
41:04
a
41:04
glad
41:05
heart
41:05
repent
41:05
and
41:06
believe
41:06
the
41:07
gospel
41:08
well
41:10
now
41:10
as
41:10
we
41:10
prepare
41:11
to
41:12
enjoy
41:12
this
41:13
meal
41:13
together
41:13
we
41:14
are
41:14
going
41:14
to
41:15
sing
41:15
to
41:15
god's
41:16
praise
41:16
and
41:16
glory
41:17
psalm
41:19
118
41:19
in the
41:20
scottish
41:20
psalter
41:21
on page
41:22
398
41:23
we're
41:24
singing
41:25
stanzas
41:25
15
41:26
through
41:27
23
41:28
in
41:34
dwellings
41:34
of the
41:34
righteous
41:35
is heard
41:35
the
41:36
melody
41:36
of
41:36
joy
41:37
and
41:37
health
41:37
the
41:37
lord's
41:38
right
41:38
hand
41:38
doth
41:39
ever
41:39
valiantly
41:40
the
41:41
right
41:41
hand
41:41
of
41:41
the
41:42
mighty
41:42
lord
41:42
exalted
41:43
is on
41:43
high
41:43
the
41:44
right
41:44
hand
41:45
of
41:45
the
41:45
mighty
41:45
lord
41:46
doth
41:47
ever
41:47
valiantly
41:48
i
41:48
shall
41:49
not
41:49
die
41:49
but
41:50
live
41:50
and
41:51
shall
41:52
the
41:52
works
41:52
of
41:53
god
41:53
discover
41:54
the
41:54
lord
41:55
hath
41:55
me
41:55
chastised
41:56
sore
41:57
but
41:58
not
41:58
to
41:58
death
41:59
given
41:59
over
42:00
psalm
42:02
118
42:02
15
42:03
to
42:03
23
42:04
we
42:05
stand
42:05
to
42:05
sing
42:05
to
42:06
god's
42:06
praise
42:06
in
42:14
dwellings
42:16
of
42:17
the
42:19
righteous
42:21
is
42:23
heard
42:24
the
42:25
melody
42:27
of
42:30
joy
42:31
and
42:33
health
42:34
the
42:35
lord's
42:36
right
42:37
hand
42:38
doth
42:39
ever
42:40
valiantly
42:44
the
42:46
right
42:48
hand
42:49
of
42:51
the
42:52
mighty
42:53
lord
42:55
exalted
42:57
is
43:00
on
43:00
high
43:02
the
43:03
right
43:05
hand
43:06
of
43:07
the
43:08
mighty
43:10
lord
43:11
doth
43:13
ever
43:14
valiantly
43:18
i
43:21
shall
43:22
not
43:23
die
43:25
but
43:26
live
43:27
and
43:28
shall
43:29
!
43:30
the
43:30
works
43:32
of
43:33
god
43:34
discover
43:36
the
43:38
lord
43:40
hath
43:41
me
43:42
chastised
43:43
eyes
43:44
soar
43:46
but
43:48
not
43:49
to
43:49
death
43:51
give
43:52
no
43:53
eil
43:55
o
43:56
set
43:58
ye
43:58
open
44:00
unto
44:02
me
44:04
the
44:05
gifts
44:07
of
44:08
righteousness
44:10
then
44:14
will
44:15
i
44:16
enter
44:17
into
44:19
them
44:21
and
44:23
i
44:24
the
44:24
lord
44:26
will
44:27
bless
44:30
this
44:31
is
44:33
the
44:34
heat
44:35
of
44:36
god
44:37
fire
44:39
the
44:40
josh
44:42
enter
44:44
!
44:45
the
44:48
will
44:50
praise
44:52
for
44:53
the
44:54
queen
44:56
earth
44:56
and
44:58
past
44:59
my
45:00
safety
45:02
be
45:04
that
45:06
stone
45:08
is
45:09
made
45:10
a
45:11
corner
45:13
stone
45:14
which
45:16
builders
45:17
take
45:19
his
45:20
eyes
45:22
this
45:24
is
45:25
the
45:26
doing
45:28
of
45:30
the
45:30
lord
45:32
and
45:33
wondrous
45:35
in
45:37
our
45:38
eyes
45:40
we
45:52
read
45:52
to
45:52
you
45:52
the
45:53
words
45:53
of
45:54
our
45:54
warrant
45:54
for
45:55
this
45:55
simple
45:57
meal
45:57
come to
45:58
us
45:58
from
45:59
first
46:00
corinthians
46:01
chapter
46:01
11
46:01
at
46:03
the
46:03
23rd
46:04
verse
46:04
for
46:04
i
46:04
received
46:05
from
46:05
the
46:05
lord
46:05
what
46:06
i
46:06
also
46:06
delivered
46:06
to
46:07
you
46:07
that
46:08
the
46:08
lord
46:08
jesus
46:09
on
46:09
the
46:09
night
46:09
on
46:09
which
46:10
he
46:10
was
46:10
betrayed
46:10
took
46:11
bread
46:11
and
46:12
when
46:12
he
46:12
had
46:12
given
46:12
thanks
46:12
he
46:13
broke
46:13
it
46:13
and
46:13
said
46:13
this
46:14
is
46:14
my
46:14
body
46:14
which
46:15
is
46:15
for
46:16
you
46:16
do
46:16
this
46:16
in
46:17
remembrance
46:17
of
46:18
me
46:18
in
46:19
the
46:19
same
46:19
way
46:19
he
46:20
also
46:20
took
46:20
the
46:20
cup
46:20
after
46:21
supper
46:21
saying
46:21
this
46:22
cup
46:22
is
46:22
the
46:22
new
46:22
covenant
46:23
in
46:23
my
46:23
blood
46:23
do
46:24
this
46:24
as
46:25
often
46:25
as
46:25
you
46:25
drink
46:25
it
46:26
in
46:26
remembrance
46:27
of
46:27
me
46:27
but
46:28
as
46:28
often
46:28
as
46:28
you
46:28
eat
46:28
this
46:29
bread
46:29
and
46:29
drink
46:29
the
46:30
cup
46:30
you
46:40
and
46:41
as
46:43
we
46:43
come
46:43
to
46:43
the
46:43
Lord's
46:44
table
46:44
we
46:44
come
46:44
to
46:44
the
46:45
great
46:45
embellion
46:45
in
46:46
the
46:46
bread
46:46
and
46:46
in
46:46
the
46:46
cup
46:47
of
46:48
the
46:48
finished
46:48
atonement
46:49
the
46:50
full
46:50
provision
46:51
for
46:52
the
46:52
forgiveness
46:53
and
46:53
satisfaction
46:54
of
46:55
our
46:55
sin
46:55
that
46:56
Jesus
46:57
the
46:57
Lamb
46:57
of
46:57
God
46:58
who
46:58
takes
46:58
away
46:59
the
46:59
sin
47:00
of
47:00
the
47:00
world
47:00
has
47:01
secured
47:01
for
47:02
his
47:02
people
47:02
this
47:02
is
47:03
not
47:03
an
47:03
altar
47:03
the
47:05
bread
47:05
and
47:06
the
47:06
wine
47:06
are
47:06
not
47:06
sacrifices
47:07
we
47:09
don't
47:09
offer
47:09
Jesus
47:10
here
47:10
we
47:12
have
47:12
no
47:12
need
47:12
now
47:13
of
47:13
an
47:13
altar
47:13
no
47:15
need
47:15
of
47:15
any
47:15
more
47:16
sacrifices
47:16
other
47:17
than
47:17
the
47:17
sacrifice
47:18
of
47:18
praise
47:19
Jesus
47:20
the
47:21
Lamb
47:21
of
47:21
God
47:21
has
47:22
brought
47:22
all
47:22
of
47:23
that
47:23
to
47:23
an
47:23
end
47:24
now
47:24
and
47:25
forever
47:25
with
47:26
his
47:26
final
47:26
cry
47:27
from
47:27
the
47:27
cross
47:28
he
47:29
shouted
47:29
victory
47:30
to
47:30
the
47:31
heavens
47:31
it
47:32
is
47:32
finished
47:33
he
47:33
said
47:33
finished
47:34
the
47:35
years
47:35
of
47:36
blood
47:36
sacrifice
47:36
finished
47:37
the
47:38
need
47:38
for
47:39
earthly
47:39
priests
47:40
and
47:40
temples
47:40
and
47:41
altars
47:41
finished
47:42
the
47:43
bondage
47:43
of
47:43
sin
47:44
and
47:44
guilt
47:45
that
47:46
the
47:46
offering
47:46
of
47:47
goats
47:47
and
47:47
bulls
47:47
could
47:48
never
47:48
remove
47:48
finished
47:49
the
47:50
wrath
47:51
of
47:51
God
47:51
that
47:52
burns
47:53
in
47:54
perfect
47:54
justice
47:55
against
47:56
our
47:56
sin
47:56
finished
47:57
forever
47:58
because
48:00
of
48:00
Jesus
48:00
Christ
48:01
Jesus
48:02
has
48:03
finished
48:03
his
48:03
work
48:04
and
48:05
there
48:05
is
48:05
no
48:06
work
48:06
now
48:06
left
48:07
for
48:07
him
48:08
to
48:09
do
48:09
for
48:09
us
48:09
to
48:10
do
48:10
you
48:11
don't
48:12
come
48:12
to
48:12
this
48:12
table
48:13
because
48:14
you're
48:14
qualified
48:15
by your
48:16
own
48:16
efforts
48:16
to be
48:17
here
48:17
you
48:18
don't
48:18
come
48:19
to
48:19
this
48:19
table
48:19
because
48:20
you
48:20
have
48:20
somehow
48:20
satisfied
48:21
divine
48:23
requirements
48:24
atoned
48:25
for your
48:25
own
48:25
sin
48:26
no
48:27
you
48:28
come
48:28
to
48:28
this
48:28
table
48:29
destitute
48:30
of
48:30
any
48:31
righteousness
48:31
of
48:32
your
48:32
own
48:32
hopeless
48:34
and
48:34
helpless
48:35
in
48:36
yourself
48:36
but
48:38
trusting
48:39
in
48:40
the
48:40
work
48:40
of
48:41
our
48:41
perfect
48:42
high
48:42
priest
48:42
the
48:43
Lord
48:44
Jesus
48:44
Christ
48:45
whose
48:46
blood
48:47
has
48:47
paid
48:47
your
48:48
debt
48:48
in
48:49
full
48:49
forever
48:50
whose
48:51
sacrifice
48:52
has
48:53
satisfied
48:53
the
48:54
demands
48:54
of
48:55
the
48:55
broken
48:55
law
48:56
of
48:56
God
48:57
whose
48:57
self
48:58
giving
48:58
love
48:59
has
48:59
reconciled
49:00
you
49:00
to
49:01
God
49:01
taken
49:02
away
49:02
the
49:02
hostility
49:03
and
49:04
made
49:04
peace
49:05
we
49:07
come
49:07
to
49:07
this
49:07
table
49:07
saying
49:09
to
49:09
Jesus
49:09
nothing
49:11
in
49:12
my
49:12
hands
49:12
I
49:13
bring
49:13
simply
49:15
to
49:16
thy
49:16
cross
49:16
I
49:17
cling
49:17
naked
49:18
come
49:20
to
49:20
thee
49:20
for
49:20
dress
49:21
helpless
49:23
come
49:24
to
49:24
thee
49:24
for
49:24
grace
49:25
foul
49:26
eye
49:27
to
49:27
the
49:27
fountain
49:28
fly
49:28
wash
49:30
me
49:30
savior
49:30
or
49:32
I
49:32
die
49:33
he
49:33
is
49:33
our
49:34
warrant
49:34
he
49:34
himself
49:35
his
49:35
righteousness
49:36
his
49:36
obedience
49:37
and
49:37
blood
49:37
he
49:38
is
49:38
our
49:39
warrant
49:39
come
49:40
and
49:40
approach
49:40
this
49:41
table
49:41
his
49:42
perfect
49:43
satisfaction
49:44
for us
49:44
not
49:45
our
49:45
work
49:46
for him
49:46
come
49:47
believing
49:48
sinner
49:49
to
49:50
the
49:50
table
49:51
of
49:51
the
49:51
Lord
49:51
eat
49:52
and
49:53
drink
49:53
Jesus
49:54
to
49:56
the
49:56
nourishment
49:56
of
49:56
your
49:57
soul
49:57
as
49:58
you
49:58
eat
49:58
and
49:58
drink
49:59
the
49:59
bread
49:59
he
49:59
comes
50:00
to
50:00
you
50:00
by
50:01
the
50:01
power
50:01
of
50:01
the
50:02
Holy
50:02
Spirit
50:02
and
50:02
gives
50:03
himself
50:04
to
50:04
you
50:04
to
50:05
strengthen
50:05
and
50:06
nourish
50:07
and
50:07
sustain
50:08
you
50:08
he
50:09
comes
50:09
as
50:10
it
50:10
were
50:10
carrying
50:11
today
50:11
in
50:11
his
50:12
arms
50:12
all
50:14
the
50:14
blessings
50:15
!
50:15
that
50:15
his
50:16
cross
50:16
has
50:16
secured
50:17
!
50:24
your
50:25
sorrow
50:25
he
50:27
comes
50:27
with
50:27
assurance
50:28
for
50:28
your
50:28
fears
50:29
he
50:31
comes
50:31
with
50:31
courage
50:32
for
50:32
your
50:32
trials
50:33
he
50:35
comes
50:35
with
50:35
persevering
50:36
grace
50:37
for
50:37
your
50:37
temptations
50:38
he
50:40
comes
50:40
with
50:40
wisdom
50:41
and
50:41
direction
50:42
for
50:42
your
50:43
journey
50:43
along
50:43
the
50:43
way
50:43
you
50:45
come
50:46
to
50:46
the
50:46
table
50:46
brothers
50:47
and
50:48
sisters
50:48
to
50:49
meet
50:50
the
50:50
risen
50:50
Christ
50:51
himself
50:51
who
50:52
presides
50:53
at
50:53
its
50:54
head
50:54
he
50:56
is
50:56
here
50:57
to
50:58
lavish
50:58
his
50:58
blood
50:59
bought
51:00
cross
51:00
won
51:01
grace
51:02
mercy
51:03
and
51:04
peace
51:04
on
51:04
you
51:05
would
51:07
you
51:07
come
51:07
looking
51:08
to
51:09
him
51:09
as
51:10
you
51:11
eat
51:11
and
51:11
drink
51:12
and
51:13
receive
51:13
his
51:14
abundant
51:14
grace
51:15
now
51:17
let us
51:17
pray
51:17
together
51:17
almighty
51:22
god
51:23
our
51:23
father
51:24
we
51:25
bow
51:26
before
51:26
you
51:26
and
51:28
we
51:28
make
51:29
no
51:29
boast
51:29
in
51:31
our
51:31
own
51:31
righteousness
51:32
but
51:33
with
51:33
the
51:33
apostle
51:33
paul
51:34
we
51:34
say
51:35
in
51:36
me
51:36
that
51:37
is
51:37
in
51:37
my
51:37
flesh
51:38
dwells
51:38
no
51:39
good
51:39
thing
51:39
we
51:41
acknowledge
51:42
that we
51:43
are
51:43
sinners
51:43
in
51:44
thought
51:44
and
51:44
word
51:45
and
51:45
deed
51:46
by
51:47
nature
51:48
children
51:48
of
51:48
wrath
51:49
all
51:50
of
51:50
us
51:51
having
51:51
sinned
51:52
and
51:52
fallen
51:52
short
51:52
of
51:53
the
51:53
glory
51:53
of
51:53
God
51:54
yet
51:55
as
51:56
we
51:56
bow
51:56
now
51:56
before
51:57
you
51:57
confessing
51:58
our
51:58
sin
51:58
and
51:59
need
51:59
our
52:00
hunger
52:00
and
52:01
thirst
52:01
after
52:01
righteousness
52:02
we
52:03
plead
52:04
the
52:04
promise
52:04
of
52:05
our
52:05
savior
52:05
blessed
52:07
are
52:07
those
52:07
who
52:07
hunger
52:08
and
52:08
thirst
52:09
after
52:09
righteousness
52:09
for
52:10
they
52:10
shall
52:11
be
52:11
filled
52:12
we
52:14
plead
52:14
the
52:14
promise
52:15
of
52:15
your
52:15
word
52:15
if
52:16
we
52:16
confess
52:16
our
52:16
sin
52:17
you
52:17
are
52:18
faithful
52:18
and
52:18
just
52:19
to
52:19
forgive
52:20
us
52:20
our
52:20
sin
52:20
and
52:21
cleanse
52:21
us
52:22
from
52:22
all
52:23
unrighteousness
52:24
we
52:24
have an
52:24
advocate
52:25
with
52:25
the
52:25
father
52:26
Jesus
52:27
Christ
52:27
the
52:28
righteous
52:28
who
52:29
is
52:29
himself
52:30
the
52:30
propitiation
52:31
the
52:31
sacrifice
52:32
that
52:32
satisfies
52:33
your
52:33
wrath
52:34
do
52:34
our
52:35
sin
52:35
forever
52:35
and
52:37
so
52:37
we
52:37
rest
52:37
now
52:38
oh
52:38
God
52:38
on
52:39
him
52:39
he
52:41
is
52:41
all
52:41
our
52:41
boast
52:42
he
52:43
is
52:43
all
52:44
our
52:44
argument
52:45
to
52:46
come
52:46
before
52:46
you
52:46
to
52:47
come
52:47
to
52:47
this
52:48
table
52:48
not
52:48
that
52:48
we
52:49
are
52:49
good
52:49
not
52:50
that
52:50
we
52:50
are
52:50
right
52:50
not
52:51
that
52:51
we
52:51
are
52:51
better
52:52
than
52:52
others
52:52
but
52:54
bankrupt
52:55
and
52:55
broken
52:56
we
52:57
come
52:58
robed
52:59
in
52:59
the
52:59
righteousness
53:00
of
53:00
another
53:01
hidden
53:02
beneath
53:02
the
53:02
blood
53:03
and
53:04
obedience
53:04
of
53:05
Jesus
53:05
and
53:06
so
53:07
we
53:07
ask
53:07
you
53:07
as
53:07
we
53:08
take
53:08
the
53:08
bread
53:08
and
53:09
drink
53:09
the
53:09
cup
53:09
that
53:11
we
53:11
may
53:11
feast
53:12
by
53:12
faith
53:13
on
53:14
him
53:14
our
53:15
risen
53:15
saviour
53:15
who
53:16
said
53:16
my
53:17
flesh
53:17
is
53:17
true
53:18
food
53:19
my
53:19
blood
53:20
true
53:21
drink
53:21
help
53:22
us
53:22
to
53:22
drink
53:22
him
53:23
in
53:23
sustain
53:24
us
53:24
by
53:25
him
53:25
and
53:26
then
53:26
send
53:26
us
53:27
out
53:27
to
53:28
live
53:28
for
53:28
his
53:28
honour
53:29
and
53:29
glory
53:30
and we
53:30
pray for
53:31
all those
53:31
in this
53:31
room
53:32
who are
53:32
not at
53:33
this
53:33
table
53:33
oh lord
53:35
have
53:35
mercy
53:35
upon
53:36
them
53:36
awaken
53:37
in
53:38
them
53:38
a
53:38
longing
53:38
not
53:39
for
53:39
bread
53:39
and
53:40
wine
53:40
but
53:40
for
53:40
the
53:41
one
53:41
to
53:41
whom
53:41
they
53:42
point
53:42
us
53:42
awaken
53:43
in
53:43
them
53:43
a
53:43
longing
53:44
for
53:44
the
53:44
saviour
53:45
enable
53:46
them
53:46
to
53:46
trust
53:47
him
53:47
repent
53:48
and
53:49
believe
53:49
in
53:49
him
53:50
and
53:51
so
53:51
when
53:51
next
53:51
this
53:52
fellowship
53:53
gathers
53:53
at the
53:54
family
53:54
dinner
53:55
table
53:55
here
53:56
at the
53:56
table
53:57
of the
53:57
Lord
53:57
Jesus
53:58
they
53:58
might
53:58
join
53:59
us
53:59
as
54:00
brothers
54:00
and
54:00
sisters
54:01
reconciled
54:02
to
54:02
God
54:02
and
54:03
reconciled
54:04
to
54:04
us
54:04
so
54:06
hear our
54:06
cries
54:07
we pray
54:07
oh God
54:08
for the
54:09
honour
54:09
and glory
54:10
of your
54:10
great name
54:10
for we
54:12
ask it
54:12
in
54:12
Jesus
54:13
holy
54:13
name
54:13
amen
54:16
on the
54:19
night
54:19
in which
54:19
he was
54:19
betrayed
54:20
the
54:20
Lord
54:20
Jesus
54:20
took
54:20
bread
54:21
and
54:21
when
54:21
he
54:21
had
54:21
broken
54:21
it
54:22
he
54:22
said
54:23
this
54:23
is
54:23
my
54:23
body
54:24
which
54:24
is
54:24
for
54:24
you
54:25
do
54:25
this
54:25
in
54:26
remembrance
54:26
of
54:28
me
54:28
and
54:37
in
54:37
the
54:38
same
54:38
manner
54:38
after
54:38
supper
54:39
he
54:39
also
54:39
took
54:39
!
54:39
saying
54:40
this
54:40
cup
54:40
is
54:40
the
54:41
new
54:41
covenant
54:41
in
54:41
my
54:41
blood
54:42
do
54:43
this
54:43
as
54:43
often
54:43
as
54:43
you
54:43
drink
54:44
it
54:44
in
54:44
remembrance
54:44
of
54:45
me
54:45
for
54:46
as
54:46
often
54:46
as
54:46
you
54:46
eat
54:47
this
54:47
bread
54:47
and
54:47
drink
54:47
this
54:48
cup
54:48
you
54:48
proclaim
54:48
the
54:49
Lord's
54:49
death
54:49
until
54:50
the
54:51
come
54:51
now
54:52
take
54:53
your
54:53
psalters
54:54
in
54:54
hands
54:54
and turn
54:55
to
54:55
Psalm
54:56
72
54:57
in
54:57
the
54:58
Scottish
54:58
Psalter
54:59
page
55:00
314
55:01
Psalm
55:02
72
55:03
singing
55:03
verses
55:04
17
55:05
through
55:06
19
55:07
and we
55:08
stand
55:08
to
55:09
sing
55:09
to God's
55:10
praise
55:10
and glory
55:11
His name
55:22
forever
55:24
shall
55:26
endure
55:28
last
55:30
like
55:32
the
55:33
sun
55:34
it
55:35
shall
55:36
!
55:37
men
55:38
shall
55:38
be
55:40
blessed
55:42
in
55:43
heaven
55:44
blessed
55:46
all
55:47
nations
55:49
shall
55:50
call
55:53
call
55:53
now
55:56
blessed
55:58
be
55:59
the
56:01
Lord
56:02
our
56:03
God
56:04
the
56:05
Lord
56:07
of
56:08
Israel
56:10
for
56:13
he
56:14
!
56:15
!
56:16
may
56:17
may
56:45
The whole earth let His glory fill
56:56
Amen, so let it be
57:04
And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
57:09
and the love of God our Father
57:10
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
57:13
be with you all now and forevermore.
57:17
Amen.
57:43
Amen.