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This is the last night we can spend

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together looking at this subject of the Lord

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Jesus in the epistle to the Hebrews.

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So we'll try to wrap up the thoughts

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that we've had and trust that whatever is

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lacking you'll be able to fill in the

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gaps yourself and I would encourage you to

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do that because we certainly have skimmed over

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the subject perhaps very briefly and you'll find

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there's so much more if you take the

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time to study what the Spirit of God

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has to say about the Lord Jesus in

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this lovely epistle.

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You can't help but appreciate the fact I

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would believe if you read this epistle to

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the Hebrews that it's a book that has

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to do with the sanctuary.

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It's a book that builds upon the Old

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Testament pattern and it pictures of course that

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Old Testament example what God had in mind

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before it was ever instituted and that was

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a priestly service of the Lord Jesus and

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you and I as believers, believer priests found

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an association with Him in our function as

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those that are identified with Him.

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And so when you think about this epistle

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you'll find many, many references or suggestions shall

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we say of what took place in the

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Old Testament and you have to almost understand

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something about that to be able to appreciate

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what you have in this epistle.

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So the two go together very closely and

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I would suggest that if you look at

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this epistle in a detail take time to

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read in the Old Testament especially in the

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book of Leviticus.

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Now let's read in Hebrews chapter 6.

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Hebrews chapter 6.

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We looked at chapter 5 last night and

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its reference to the Lord Jesus.

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We're going to look at the end of

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chapter 6 first of all tonight and we

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find that in verse 17 the writer says

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wherein God willing more abundantly to show unto

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the heirs of promise the immutability, that is

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the unchangeable character of His counsel, confirmed it

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by an oath that by two immutable things,

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unchangeable, in which it was impossible for God

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to lie, we might have a strong consolation.

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I think that word might make more sense

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to us if we read it as encouragement.

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God wants you and me to have every

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ground for encouragement, who have fled for refuge

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to lay hold upon the hope set before

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us, which hope we have as an anchor

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of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and

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which entereth into that within the veil.

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Whether the forerunner is for us entered, even

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Jesus, made an high priest forever, or having

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become an high priest forever after the order

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of Melchizedek.

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Now we'll just stop reading there and say

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a few things about that before we go

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on farther.

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It's evident if you look at the context

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of this passage that God is going back

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to what the kind of promises He made

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to Abraham.

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And He wants these believers who He's expressed

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His confidence in, in verse 9, that we

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are persuaded better things of you and things

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that accompany salvation, and the evidence of it

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that was seen in their life in verse

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10, He wants to encourage them with the

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absolute certainty that God's promises are to be

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depended upon in every respect.

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Now we haven't dealt with in any detail,

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all, the background of the readers of this

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epistle.

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But I would take it that if you

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look at this epistle, you'd have to come

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to the conclusion that there were obviously those

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who were genuine believers.

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you would understand that as those that profess

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the name of Christ and were identified with

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Him, they were being assailed by those all

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around them that were, shall we say, mocking

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them or perhaps challenging them in the sense

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that they didn't have any access to the

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temple.

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They didn't have all the things that they

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had been taught were so essential for their

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access to God.

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represented by those who were officiating the temple

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and no longer offered animal sacrifice.

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Well, they said, what do you have?

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know that what they have in Christ is

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far better than anything they've ever lost.

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He wants to turn their mind and their

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attention to recognize they have not lost anything.

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In fact, they've gained everything.

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of believers today.

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I know that I've experienced.

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I've seen others who have trusted Christ as

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Savior and their religious friends and their family

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would assail them because they have abandoned the

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faith of their fathers and they no longer

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are involved in the religious activities that they

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once were engaged in.

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What do you have now?

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sure of this.

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We have the real thing.

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He was assuring them in this epistle that

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all that Old Testament picture was only like

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a shadow that is cast by a building.

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that is yet to come.

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challenging them and seeking to make them feel

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like they lost everything, this epistle is designed

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to make them absolutely sure that they have

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lost nothing and they have gained everything.

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to rest with absolute confidence that the same

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God that made promises to Abraham and promised

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him things that he could not see and

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at that time did not experience.

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made promises to them.

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Abraham what he would do, he says, God

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has done the same for you and me.

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there were some of these readers that had

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in some way moved away from Judaism toward

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Christianity.

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what was being preached and they believed in

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some measure that Jesus was indeed the Christ,

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the Messiah.

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the evidence of it in those that professed

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to be saved, but they themselves were not

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saved.

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to the old thing.

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warning passages in this book, warning these people

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that if they abandoned Christ and if they

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turned back from genuinely going in for salvation

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in Christ alone, they've lost everything.

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everything in Christ and it wants these others

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that have a possibility of going back to

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that which is old to realize that they

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do that.

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They've lost everything because there's no salvation.

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is perishing and about to vanish away.

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to impress them with the fact that what

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Christ is brought in by way of his

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sacrifice and his continuing priesthood is what God

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had in mind for the beginning.

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this was only leading up to it.

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that he's speaking to in this passage, he

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wants to make that very sure, make them

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very sure in the fact that God has

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made these promises to them in his word

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and through his son and God is not

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a God that ever lies and God would

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confirm it to them just like he did

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to Abraham, not with an oath, not with

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a, uh, he speaks in verse 18 of

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two unchangeable things, which is God's word and

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God's oath.

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God swore to Abraham in relation to the

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promise seed.

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the same kind of confirmation that Abraham had,

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but here's what your confirmation is.

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He says, those two same things are intended

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by God so that you might have a

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strong encouragement that you who have the same

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faith like Abraham might appreciate the fact that

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you have been brought into a place of

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absolute perfect security.

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Just like that manslayer in the old testimony

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says that fled for refuge.

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He fled to the city of refuge and

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there he found absolute safety and his safety

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was guaranteed by God himself.

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He says, really, there are three pictures of

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this passage.

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There's a picture of the city of refuge

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to which a person could flee and they

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would be protected and preserved from harm and

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danger as long as they were in that

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city.

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And he says, you yourselves, you have fled

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for refuge to lay hold of that hope

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that is set before us.

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like an anchor of the soul.

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The picture is really the thought of a

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ship that is perhaps out of the outside

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the harbor and is not able to enter

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in because of adversity and because of the

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waves and the tide.

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anchor is securely fastened to that which will

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never fail.

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you're anchored like a ship would be anchored

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and your safety is absolutely guaranteed.

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the hope, which is the confidence that is

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set upon the Lord himself.

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refuge to lay hold upon the hope that

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is set before us, which hope or which

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we have as an anchor of the soul,

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both sure and steadfast.

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affected by adverse conditions.

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events that take place in life.

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grips and it cannot be removed from that

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which is attached to.

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is just like an anchor that is steadfast

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and is sure and is entered into that

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within the veil.

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Of course, then he's moving to another picture.

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He's moving to the idea of the entrance

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into the presence of God.

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He says, that hope is like a link

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with the presence of God itself, where you'll

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one day be.

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particular case.

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We have the anchor that is linking us

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with the harbor.

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has brought us into contact with the presence

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of God itself.

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Who's the city of refuge?

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Who is the anchor?

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into the veil?

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He says, it's Jesus.

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He's the one that is a forerunner.

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Now, this word forerunner is only found here

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in your Bible.

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You'll never find it anywhere else.

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And it really was a word that was

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used for a scout or a spy that

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went ahead of the army.

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You know how they go ahead and they

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determine where the enemy might be and where

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the army ought to attack and what ought

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to take place in terms of their movements.

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And he says, this is like the scout

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that has gone before.

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He's a part of the army that's coming

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behind, but he's out ahead and he's going

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ahead of the rest of them.

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He says, this one who is Jesus is

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the forerunner.

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He's gone ahead of the rest.

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He's identified with us, but he's gone ahead.

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And that forerunner is entered within the veil.

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That is, he's in the presence of God

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today.

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What a wonderful thing to know that the

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one who is now the presence of God

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is the one who has gone in on

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our behalf.

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And faith sees the risen Christ in the

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presence of God.

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And that gives us the absolute assurance of

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this.

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We're going to be there one day as

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well.

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In chapter two, I would take it that

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a verse nine or verse 10, where it

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says that we see Jesus who is made

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for a little lower than the angels.

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That in that case is the evidence to

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our faith that God's promise and purpose regarding

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the sovereign will one day be accomplished.

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He's going to sit upon the throne.

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But in this case, the eye of faith

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sees the Lord Jesus is the one that

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has gone in.

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Having finished his pathway of faithfulness and service

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for God, there he is in the presence

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of God for us.

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He's linked with those that are coming behind.

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It's like the first route in that sense,

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but it's a forerunner.

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And it says that he is entered into

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that within the veil.

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And he is the one who was made

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and high priest who has become a high

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priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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He's going to assure them in chapter 10

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that all this system of sacrifices and temple

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worship is going to come to an end.

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That day is approaching when that's going to

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be destroyed.

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What are you going to do then?

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Well, you're linked with the one who has

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gone in.

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And you don't have a link with an

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earthly tabernacle.

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In fact, he's going to go on in

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the verses of the chapter that follows to

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emphasize the fact that this place where our

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Lord Jesus officiates, this temple where he is

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working on our behalf is not made with

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hands.

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It's not according to the carnal commandment, a

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worldly sanctuary.

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No, it's that which is within the veil.

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And thank God that you and I today.

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I take it as a great thing that

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in a world that is full of confusion

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and a world that is degenerating rapidly, we

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have a hope.

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You know, it's a wonderful thing, worth your

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trouble to examine what the word of God

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says about the hope of a child of

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God.

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It's a blessed hope.

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It's the anticipation of his coming again, that

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the one that has gone in is going

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to come back out to receive us and

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take us to be with him for eternity.

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So we have a place of refuge.

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We have a link with security.

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And we're also tied to that which is

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indicating where we will one day be because

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our forerunner as a great high priest has

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already gone in.

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And he's gone in to God's presence as

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a glorified man.

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And he's there representing us.

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Now, quickly, let's go on to chapter seven.

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I'm skipping over, of course, obviously a lot

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here, but we want to look at verse

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21.

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For those priests were made without an oath.

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That is the priesthood of the Old Testament.

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There was no oath that was ever pronounced

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in terms of their being put in the

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priesthood.

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But this, this priesthood with an oath by

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him that said unto him, the Lord swear

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and will not repent.

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Thou art a priest forever after the order

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of Melchizedek.

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Again, Psalm 110.

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By so much is Jesus made a surety

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of a better testament.

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And we mentioned last night the principle of

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the covenant.

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That's what this word testament is.

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He is the surety of a better covenant.

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A covenant that is not based on man's

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obligation as the law was.

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A covenant that is not a matter of

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simple law and do's and don'ts and requirements.

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It's a covenant that is far superior because

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God himself is the one that makes all

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the terms good.

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And he says this one, he says, is

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made a surety of that better covenant.

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Now, what is a surety?

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Well, it's interesting that the word surety is

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a word that signifies bail or the bondsman.

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You know, when a person is released from

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prison, they have to post bail, don't they?

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Never had to do it myself, but I

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understand that's the way it goes.

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And dependent on the severity of the crime

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or whatever the judge decides, that's the amount

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of bail that has to be posted.

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That is a guarantee, hopefully, that the person

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who is given that privilege of liberty is

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going to show up in court.

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That is the guarantee of his meeting those

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obligations.

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So he says this one, the Lord Jesus,

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or Jesus himself in his single name, is

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the bondsman, the one who answers for another

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one.

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He is the personal guarantor of the terms

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of this covenant.

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He's the one that makes it good.

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It's made sure by the fact that he

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is the one upon whom everything depends.

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We have a relationship with God that is

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not based upon our do's and don'ts and

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our reaching to a certain standard of behavior,

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although we ought to behave in a right

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way.

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The entire work of Christ is that which

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is accomplishing.

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We depend entirely upon him as the one

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that is assured him and the one that

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guarantees the terms of the covenant.

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Now, he says in verse 23, they truly,

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the Old Testament priests, are many priests.

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And it's in a present tense because they

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were still continuing at that time because they

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were not suffered to continue by reason of

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death.

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That simply means that over the history of

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the Levitical priesthood from the beginning, there has

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been a succession of priests.

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One after another, they have died and another

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has taken their place.

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So down through the history of Israel as

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a nation, there have been many, many priests,

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many high priests because of the fact they

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all died.

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Now he says in contrast to that, verse

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24, this man, because he continueth ever, hath

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an unchangeable priesthood.

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That is his priesthood will never give way

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to another.

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It doesn't mean that he himself in the

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sphere and the entirety of his priesthood would

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change.

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We know he wouldn't do that anyway.

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But the idea of unchangeable means it doesn't

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change from one priest to another.

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He'll never give way to a successor.

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It's an unchangeable priesthood.

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It's forever.

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It's eternal.

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And so we find that it contrasts the

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Old Testament priest that died and another took

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their place.

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In this case, he says, it's a priesthood

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that goes on without anyone to succeed him.

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Unchangeable because he is always the same and

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because he will never pass away.

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Verse 25, because of this, or wherefore he

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is able also to save them to the

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uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing

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he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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Now, what is that teaching?

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Well, first of all, is not teaching primarily

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salvation.

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Not having to do with salvation.

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It's not the fact that we have come

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to Christ and trusted him as Savior that

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is primarily in view here, although that's likely

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in the background.

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He is able to save.

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That means he will preserve them.

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That means he will guard them.

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That means he will express the abundance of

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his mercy and kindness and grace toward them

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to keep them from falling.

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The word save is used different ways in

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our New Testament.

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He will maintain them completely.

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And the word to the uttermost doesn't primarily

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indicate time, but it means extent.

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He is able to preserve or to save

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his people completely without any hindrance, without any

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reservation, without any defect.

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There's not one thing that he is not

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able to do for you and me if

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we have trusted him as Savior.

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That's a wonderful thing to remember because the

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high priest of the Old Testament couldn't do

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that.

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He couldn't save the people.

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He couldn't preserve them from getting away from

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God.

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He couldn't preserve them in a right relationship

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with God if they didn't want it.

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He couldn't preserve them in a right standing

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even if they turned away from God.

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But this one, he says, is able to

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save and preserve without any reservation, without any

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deficiency.

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And he'll do it till the end of

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time also.

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He's able to save to the uttermost all

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that draw near to God by him.

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It's the word draw near that we have.

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We saw it on the Lord's Day.

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We have it in chapter 10 and verse

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1.

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We have it in chapter 10 and verse

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22.

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The idea of drawing near is the act

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of a believer in worship.

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It's the response of a believer to the

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Lord Jesus and to God himself.

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We draw near unto him.

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And so he is able to preserve or

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to save to the uttermost all that are

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drawers near, all that are the ones that

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know what it is to come into God's

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presence because of a relationship by him.

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Now that is to be the continual exercise

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of every child of God.

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I wonder sometimes how often we exercise that

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and are occupied in it, in genuinely personally

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drawing near to God in presentation of our

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worship and our praise and our supplication and

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thanksgiving.

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But that is the characteristic of a believer.

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They draw near to God.

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And you'll find it many times in this

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epistle.

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Now that's in contrast to those that are

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shut out from God's presence because of their

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sin and the fact that they don't know

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the Lord Jesus, his Savior.

547
00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:20,380
So he is able to save or to

548
00:23:20,380 --> 00:23:24,520
preserve them completely that draw near to God

549
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,840
through him, seeing he ever liveth to make

550
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:27,820
intercession for them.

551
00:23:27,820 --> 00:23:30,360
So that our ground of drawing near to

552
00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,220
God is because of the continual, unbroken, unhindered,

553
00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:36,420
intercessory work of our Lord Jesus.

554
00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:40,180
We could never approach to God and ourselves

555
00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:43,240
on our own merits, our own abilities.

556
00:23:44,020 --> 00:23:46,100
No, we depend upon him entirely.

557
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,340
You know the function of the priest in

558
00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,920
the Old Testament, you know I'm talking about

559
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,540
the common priest, shall we put it that

560
00:23:53,540 --> 00:23:58,220
way, was always dependent upon the reality that

561
00:23:58,220 --> 00:23:59,340
there was a high priest.

562
00:24:00,580 --> 00:24:04,700
The priestly family was always associated with the

563
00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:05,400
high priest.

564
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,580
And you and I as believer priests today

565
00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,340
that draw near unto God are able to

566
00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,840
do so because we are identified and seen

567
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,060
in the person of our great high priest.

568
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,840
And we draw near because he ever liveth

569
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,020
to make intercession for us.

570
00:24:22,020 --> 00:24:24,160
He is the one that makes it possible

571
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,140
for us to draw near unto God and

572
00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:28,500
to come into God's presence.

573
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,860
So he says that is our privilege and

574
00:24:31,860 --> 00:24:34,480
that is the assurance that he gives us

575
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,760
that he will save to the uttermost all

576
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:38,120
of them.

577
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,080
For verse 26 tells us what kind of

578
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,800
priest is he or the one that we

579
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:43,180
need.

580
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,940
Such a high priest became us.

581
00:24:47,580 --> 00:24:49,280
That's the same word as what we have

582
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:50,080
in chapter 2.

583
00:24:50,380 --> 00:24:51,760
I think it's verse 17.

584
00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:54,360
Such a high priest became us.

585
00:24:55,020 --> 00:24:56,860
Chapter 2 and verse 10 rather.

586
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,360
I think it's verse 10.

587
00:24:59,140 --> 00:25:00,260
Better look back and see.

588
00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:04,260
It says in that verse anyway, it became

589
00:25:04,260 --> 00:25:04,960
him, verse 10.

590
00:25:05,260 --> 00:25:08,300
For it became him for whom are all

591
00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:09,880
things and by whom are all things.

592
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,180
In other words, it was suitable to him.

593
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:13,900
It was fitting to him.

594
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,060
It was adequate.

595
00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:17,780
It was exactly what he intended.

596
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,880
And in the same way, the same word

597
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:22,800
is used here.

598
00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:27,060
For such a high priest is perfectly suited

599
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:28,680
to our needs.

600
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,720
What kind of high priest do we need?

601
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,660
Well, every kind of, every aspect of the

602
00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:36,880
high priest that we need is found in

603
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:37,520
the Lord Jesus.

604
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,040
Do we need one that would provide access

605
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,200
to the presence of God?

606
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,560
The first thing he says that he's holy.

607
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,320
He must be holy or he could never

608
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:50,840
function in the presence of God.

609
00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:53,720
He must be holy or he could not

610
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,820
provide the ground upon which we can approach

611
00:25:56,820 --> 00:25:57,420
unto God.

612
00:25:57,780 --> 00:25:59,340
He is first of all holy.

613
00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:02,240
Because that is a God word attribute that

614
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,500
is absolutely essential.

615
00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:06,220
So God puts that first.

616
00:26:06,740 --> 00:26:08,040
He is holy.

617
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,280
He always was holy.

618
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,960
Even when he suffered for sins, he was

619
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:14,340
holy.

620
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,180
He was that holy one who endured the

621
00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:17,940
judgment for sin.

622
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000
He was never contaminated by sin in any

623
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:20,200
way.

624
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,320
And as the risen man of the glory,

625
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:23,460
he is holy.

626
00:26:24,260 --> 00:26:26,240
That's the kind of high priest we need.

627
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,400
You can think of how many high priests

628
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,180
in the Old Testament.

629
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:29,920
They weren't holy.

630
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,360
They were holy in terms of their position,

631
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,260
but they were not holy in terms of

632
00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:35,900
their character.

633
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,440
But the Lord Jesus is holy.

634
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,080
Not only that, it says he is harmless.

635
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,840
And that word harmless means that he is

636
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:44,660
guileless.

637
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,080
Absolutely innocent.

638
00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:51,400
One who is free from every defect.

639
00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:53,620
With no hypocrisy.

640
00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:57,800
Everything about him is absolutely genuine and real.

641
00:26:58,500 --> 00:26:59,860
He is guileless.

642
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,020
No deceit.

643
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,100
Nothing to cover over.

644
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,100
So in other words, in that sense he

645
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:07,880
can be trusted.

646
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,320
He is guileless.

647
00:27:10,460 --> 00:27:11,940
He is harmless.

648
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,480
Not only that, he says he is undefiled.

649
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,120
Uncontaminated by the time of the life that

650
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,400
he spent here in this world.

651
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,460
He is absolutely pure.

652
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,640
Absolutely perfect in every way.

653
00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:32,920
So he is holy, harmless, undefiled.

654
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,420
Separate from sinners.

655
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,800
Now literally that word is separated from sinners.

656
00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:42,540
But it could read separate from sinners if

657
00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:43,400
you like it that way.

658
00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:47,900
The idea isn't that he avoided contact with

659
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:48,180
sinners.

660
00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:50,040
You know that's not true.

661
00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:53,160
He identified himself with sinners.

662
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,120
In Luke's gospel we find that he ate

663
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:56,480
and drank with sinners.

664
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:57,840
Publicans and sinners.

665
00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:00,800
So it wasn't that he avoided all contact.

666
00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:02,140
So what does that really mean?

667
00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:04,360
Well one thing it means first of all

668
00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:06,840
is that he had a character and a

669
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,800
nature that set him apart from all sinners.

670
00:28:10,860 --> 00:28:13,440
He never had a nature within him that

671
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:14,760
was inclined towards sin.

672
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,720
He could move in and out among sinful

673
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,980
men and never be contaminated by their sin.

674
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,200
He was separated.

675
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,280
There was something different about him.

676
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,980
And so he was set apart in that

677
00:28:27,980 --> 00:28:28,380
sense.

678
00:28:28,380 --> 00:28:31,420
He was like Joseph in the Old Testament.

679
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,520
It's a word that's used for Joseph.

680
00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,160
He was separate from his brother.

681
00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:36,980
He was different from them.

682
00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:40,040
He wasn't the same kind of man as

683
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,300
his eleven brothers were.

684
00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:44,800
The Lord Jesus moved in and out among

685
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,780
sinful men in a sinful environment.

686
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:47,980
But he was separate.

687
00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:52,340
The word also indicates that the present time

688
00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:55,300
that he is the exalted man and there

689
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,300
he is in the glory.

690
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:59,460
And he's separate from all that is connected

691
00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:00,520
with sin here below.

692
00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:03,240
He's taken up out of the sphere.

693
00:29:03,780 --> 00:29:05,100
And there he is in the presence of

694
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:09,800
God today as the holy, harmless, guileless, undefiled

695
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,220
high priest on behalf of his people.

696
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,780
And though he bears us in the presence

697
00:29:16,780 --> 00:29:19,280
of God in that sense he is separated.

698
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,900
And he's exalted in the glory above.

699
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,760
And that's the place of his high priestly

700
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,240
work.

701
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,720
Separated from sinners and made higher than the

702
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:29,200
heavens.

703
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:31,480
And there in the presence of God he

704
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:32,260
represents us.

705
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,260
That's the high priest that is suitable to

706
00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:34,540
us.

707
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,020
Not a failing man.

708
00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:38,980
Not a defective man.

709
00:29:39,140 --> 00:29:40,720
Not a insensitive man.

710
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,500
Not a unholy man.

711
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,980
But one that is perfectly compatible with all

712
00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:47,020
that God requires.

713
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,480
And one that is perfectly suitable to represent

714
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,440
us in the presence of God.

715
00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:54,660
We have a tremendous high priest.

716
00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:57,400
And all that we have depends upon him.

717
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,320
And we're sure of this that he will

718
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:00,020
never fail.

719
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,600
Then just notice the last two verses.

720
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,120
Who needeth not daily as those high priests

721
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,600
to offer up sacrifice.

722
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,160
First for his own sins and then for

723
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:10,660
the people's.

724
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,080
That's what they had to do because of

725
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,820
course primarily referred to the day of atonement

726
00:30:17,820 --> 00:30:18,120
here.

727
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,840
Because that's what the priest had to do.

728
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:20,620
The high priest.

729
00:30:22,780 --> 00:30:24,500
But this he did once.

730
00:30:25,260 --> 00:30:26,860
When he offered up himself.

731
00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:30,940
Now the fact that he offered up himself

732
00:30:30,940 --> 00:30:33,200
makes it very clear that he didn't offer

733
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,200
sacrifice for his own sins.

734
00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:38,220
Because if he offered up himself he couldn't

735
00:30:38,220 --> 00:30:39,060
have done so.

736
00:30:39,780 --> 00:30:41,220
If he had had any sins.

737
00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:42,860
Absolutely pure.

738
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,520
So in contrast to the Old Testament high

739
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,260
priest who first had to offer sacrifice for

740
00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:49,060
his own sins.

741
00:30:49,460 --> 00:30:51,040
And then for the sins of the people.

742
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,220
The Lord Jesus had no need of that.

743
00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:54,860
He offered up himself.

744
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,220
And he offered up himself for the sins

745
00:30:58,220 --> 00:30:58,840
of the people.

746
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,660
He says for the law maketh men high

747
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,240
priests which have infirmity.

748
00:31:03,860 --> 00:31:06,720
Are weaknesses but the word of the oath

749
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,240
which was sense or after the law.

750
00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:10,540
Make of the son.

751
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,580
Who is consecrated forevermore.

752
00:31:14,580 --> 00:31:17,500
Now that word consecrated should be read perhaps.

753
00:31:18,180 --> 00:31:19,500
Brought to a state of completion.

754
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:21,400
Perfected.

755
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,140
And it's not in any way moral perfection.

756
00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:28,300
It's not in any way sense that there

757
00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:31,000
was any defect or lack in the person

758
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:31,540
of Christ.

759
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,140
It means that he's brought to a state

760
00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,780
of official completeness.

761
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,700
In relation to the function that he is

762
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:41,660
undertaking as our great high priest.

763
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:44,900
Is having passed through this scene of sin

764
00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:45,980
as we've said before.

765
00:31:45,980 --> 00:31:49,300
Is that which has equipped him and made

766
00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:53,160
him fully capable of representing us in the

767
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,060
presence of God.

768
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,240
And he does so in all the completeness

769
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,940
of what he has been brought to as

770
00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:01,140
a result of these experiences.

771
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,600
So he is the one who is perfected

772
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:09,380
or brought to a state of completion forevermore.

773
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,160
Now just for a few more minutes.

774
00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:16,300
I know I'm going probably fairly quickly here.

775
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,540
But I want to look at two more

776
00:32:17,540 --> 00:32:19,440
little passages in the book before we sit

777
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,400
down.

778
00:32:20,660 --> 00:32:22,220
Look with me at chapter 9.

779
00:32:25,780 --> 00:32:27,720
Maybe you can fill in the gaps here.

780
00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:30,720
By what we've looked at you'll be able

781
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,540
to appreciate more what lies in between.

782
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:34,680
I hope you will anyway.

783
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,900
Verse 24 of chapter 9.

784
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,680
For Christ is not entered into the holy

785
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,900
places made with hands which are the figures

786
00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:44,460
of the true.

787
00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:48,100
That is the physical tabernacle and temple were

788
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:52,780
only figures or types of the true in

789
00:32:52,780 --> 00:32:53,560
God's mind.

790
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,500
He hasn't entered there because he didn't function

791
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,640
in the earthly tabernacle or the temple.

792
00:33:00,380 --> 00:33:03,140
But he says he's entered into heaven itself.

793
00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:05,980
Now to appear in the presence of God

794
00:33:05,980 --> 00:33:06,660
for us.

795
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:09,860
Or yet that he should offer himself often

796
00:33:09,860 --> 00:33:12,300
as the high priest entereth in the holy

797
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,660
place every year with blood of others.

798
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,680
Again that's the day of atonement.

799
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,160
Well then must he often have suffered since

800
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,640
the foundation of the world.

801
00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:25,700
But now once in the end of the

802
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:28,580
age hath he appeared to put away sin

803
00:33:28,580 --> 00:33:31,400
by the sacrifice of himself.

804
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,840
And as is appointed unto men once to

805
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,420
die but after this the judgment.

806
00:33:37,180 --> 00:33:39,960
So Christ was once offered to bear the

807
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:40,600
sins of many.

808
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,020
And unto them that look for him shall

809
00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:46,140
he appear the second time without sin or

810
00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:47,180
apart from sin.

811
00:33:47,180 --> 00:33:51,340
The entire matter of sin unto salvation or

812
00:33:51,340 --> 00:33:52,060
deliverance.

813
00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:55,340
Just want to call your attention to three

814
00:33:55,340 --> 00:33:57,680
different expressions in which we find this word

815
00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,320
appeared.

816
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,120
In verse 24 appear in the presence of

817
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,340
God for us is present appearing.

818
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,940
Verse 26 he appeared to put away sin

819
00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:12,139
by the sacrifice of himself that's the past.

820
00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:15,340
His work of atonement or of salvation.

821
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,900
In verse 28 he shall appear the second

822
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,580
time without sin unto salvation.

823
00:34:22,780 --> 00:34:23,580
That's the future.

824
00:34:24,860 --> 00:34:26,179
And if you stop to think of it

825
00:34:26,179 --> 00:34:27,719
a little bit you'll remember that on the

826
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,560
day of atonement which is in the background

827
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,280
of all these expressions.

828
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,159
On the day of atonement the high priest

829
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:36,460
first of all appeared.

830
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,260
At the altar burnt offering.

831
00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:46,530
That's where he offered the sacrifice for himself

832
00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:47,409
first of all.

833
00:34:47,409 --> 00:34:48,810
And then for the people.

834
00:34:50,010 --> 00:34:52,590
He appeared there at the altar burnt offering

835
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:54,550
to put away sin.

836
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:57,850
To accomplish that sacrifice that was required.

837
00:34:58,310 --> 00:35:00,030
That relates to verse 26.

838
00:35:01,090 --> 00:35:03,550
The appearance of the burnt offering relates to

839
00:35:03,550 --> 00:35:06,310
what the Lord Jesus did when he came

840
00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:08,130
into this world to go to the cross.

841
00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:11,030
And there he offered himself as a sacrifice

842
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:12,850
for our sins.

843
00:35:13,330 --> 00:35:15,990
And to accomplish what was necessary in the

844
00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:16,570
sight of God.

845
00:35:16,570 --> 00:35:19,230
He appeared to put away sin.

846
00:35:20,730 --> 00:35:23,450
Then in verse 24 the high priest you

847
00:35:23,450 --> 00:35:26,690
remember he went in with the blood into

848
00:35:26,690 --> 00:35:28,590
the presence of God within the veil that

849
00:35:28,590 --> 00:35:29,650
one time of the year.

850
00:35:30,610 --> 00:35:32,670
And there he sprinkled that blood upon the

851
00:35:32,670 --> 00:35:34,710
mercy seat that was over the ark.

852
00:35:35,450 --> 00:35:36,910
And on the ground in front of the

853
00:35:36,910 --> 00:35:37,570
mercy seat.

854
00:35:38,750 --> 00:35:41,350
The blood upon the mercy seat appeared in

855
00:35:41,350 --> 00:35:42,370
the eye of God.

856
00:35:43,090 --> 00:35:45,850
To meet God's righteous requirements and to bring

857
00:35:45,850 --> 00:35:48,590
about what would equate to propitiation.

858
00:35:49,610 --> 00:35:51,750
The blood on the ground would indicate to

859
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:54,690
us the standing that is provided for a

860
00:35:54,690 --> 00:35:56,830
believer as a result of the work of

861
00:35:56,830 --> 00:35:57,970
Christ at Calvary.

862
00:35:58,650 --> 00:35:59,710
But there he's appeared.

863
00:35:59,850 --> 00:36:00,550
Where did he appear?

864
00:36:00,810 --> 00:36:02,110
In the presence of God.

865
00:36:03,210 --> 00:36:04,290
That's verse 24.

866
00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:07,430
Now to appear in the presence of God

867
00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:08,090
for us.

868
00:36:08,090 --> 00:36:10,730
So he appeared once at the altar.

869
00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:12,550
The place called Calvary.

870
00:36:13,090 --> 00:36:14,970
He is appearing now in the presence of

871
00:36:14,970 --> 00:36:15,390
God.

872
00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:16,390
In the value.

873
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:17,930
He didn't take his blood into heaven.

874
00:36:18,650 --> 00:36:20,590
Don't think that I'm saying that because he

875
00:36:20,590 --> 00:36:21,010
didn't.

876
00:36:21,530 --> 00:36:23,150
That blood remained at Calvary.

877
00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:25,490
But in the value of that blood he

878
00:36:25,490 --> 00:36:26,170
went into heaven.

879
00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:29,050
And the evidence of it is seen in

880
00:36:29,050 --> 00:36:29,990
the presence of God.

881
00:36:30,070 --> 00:36:32,030
And the value of it can be appreciated

882
00:36:32,030 --> 00:36:32,630
by him.

883
00:36:32,630 --> 00:36:34,190
There he is now.

884
00:36:34,650 --> 00:36:37,490
As our great high priest inside the veil.

885
00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:41,210
But notice that he says he shall appear.

886
00:36:42,210 --> 00:36:44,970
Without sin or apart from sin unto salvation.

887
00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:47,770
That's the time you remember the high priest

888
00:36:47,770 --> 00:36:48,750
came back out.

889
00:36:49,530 --> 00:36:52,410
And he came back out there and there

890
00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,650
was the work done when the sins were

891
00:36:54,650 --> 00:36:56,710
confessed upon the head of the scapegoat.

892
00:36:56,950 --> 00:36:58,790
And that goat was led away into the

893
00:36:58,790 --> 00:36:59,090
wilderness.

894
00:36:59,090 --> 00:37:01,630
And when they saw that goat going away

895
00:37:01,630 --> 00:37:02,190
into the wilderness.

896
00:37:02,610 --> 00:37:04,910
They had the assurance that those sins that

897
00:37:04,910 --> 00:37:07,110
they had committed over the course of that

898
00:37:07,110 --> 00:37:08,830
year were being taken away.

899
00:37:09,830 --> 00:37:11,270
Now that's the future.

900
00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:14,370
I would take it that his appearing in

901
00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:16,210
verse 28 is not the rapture.

902
00:37:17,170 --> 00:37:19,130
His appearing is in view of his coming

903
00:37:19,130 --> 00:37:20,170
back in glory.

904
00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:24,170
And bringing about the national repentance of Israel.

905
00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:26,990
And he's going to bring about that salvation

906
00:37:26,990 --> 00:37:29,270
of that nation that has rejected him now.

907
00:37:29,910 --> 00:37:31,890
And the ultimate fulfillment of the day of

908
00:37:31,890 --> 00:37:34,770
atonement will be when he comes back.

909
00:37:34,910 --> 00:37:37,430
And is seen in all of his regal

910
00:37:37,430 --> 00:37:38,270
splendor.

911
00:37:38,750 --> 00:37:40,170
So we have the one that appeared.

912
00:37:40,530 --> 00:37:42,270
And he appeared to put away sin.

913
00:37:42,870 --> 00:37:44,870
He's appearing now in the presence of God

914
00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:45,750
for us.

915
00:37:46,770 --> 00:37:48,910
And we're linked with him who was within

916
00:37:48,910 --> 00:37:49,350
the veil.

917
00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:52,210
And he's coming back to appear to the

918
00:37:52,210 --> 00:37:53,010
nation of Israel.

919
00:37:53,010 --> 00:37:54,470
And to the world.

920
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:57,930
And he's going to bring about salvation.

921
00:37:58,930 --> 00:38:01,410
Thank God that you and I have one

922
00:38:01,410 --> 00:38:04,150
who is not only in the presence of

923
00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:04,990
God for us.

924
00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,210
But he is going to receive us to

925
00:38:07,210 --> 00:38:07,850
be with him.

926
00:38:08,470 --> 00:38:10,210
And when he comes back out, you know,

927
00:38:10,450 --> 00:38:11,590
we're going to come with him.

928
00:38:12,210 --> 00:38:13,910
We're going to be part of his glory.

929
00:38:14,450 --> 00:38:18,330
That regal train of followers that will swell

930
00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:19,050
his honor.

931
00:38:19,490 --> 00:38:21,670
And will express the praise that should be

932
00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:22,310
due to him.

933
00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:24,090
We're going to come back with him.

934
00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,190
And God is going to bring about salvation

935
00:38:27,190 --> 00:38:30,030
for a nation that Zechariah tells us.

936
00:38:30,490 --> 00:38:32,110
They will look upon him whom they have

937
00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:32,690
pierced.

938
00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:34,690
And their eyes shall mourn for him.

939
00:38:35,170 --> 00:38:36,810
So we have three appearings.

940
00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:38,930
And I would take it those three appearings

941
00:38:38,930 --> 00:38:42,850
relate to the three appearings in relation to

942
00:38:42,850 --> 00:38:43,750
the day of atonement.

943
00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:45,970
Now just come with me to chapter 10.

944
00:38:46,050 --> 00:38:47,830
We have about five more minutes.

945
00:38:47,970 --> 00:38:50,710
We started in chapter 10 on the Lord's

946
00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:51,170
day morning.

947
00:38:51,170 --> 00:38:52,730
We're coming back to it.

948
00:38:53,110 --> 00:38:54,910
Coming right back to where we started.

949
00:38:56,070 --> 00:38:57,570
I guess we've been going in a big

950
00:38:57,570 --> 00:38:57,930
circle.

951
00:38:59,290 --> 00:39:00,290
But we're back.

952
00:39:00,690 --> 00:39:02,230
But I'm not going to read those verses.

953
00:39:02,370 --> 00:39:03,450
We're going to read the verses ahead of

954
00:39:03,450 --> 00:39:03,690
that.

955
00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:05,230
Verse 19.

956
00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:10,450
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the

957
00:39:10,450 --> 00:39:13,170
holiest by the blood of Jesus.

958
00:39:14,130 --> 00:39:18,610
By a new and living way which he

959
00:39:18,610 --> 00:39:21,770
hath consecrated or he has initiated for us

960
00:39:21,770 --> 00:39:24,130
through the veil that is to see his

961
00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:24,670
flesh.

962
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:28,890
And having a great high priest over the

963
00:39:28,890 --> 00:39:31,630
house of God, let us draw near.

964
00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:32,550
And so on.

965
00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:35,570
With a true heart and full assurance of

966
00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:36,390
faith and so on.

967
00:39:36,590 --> 00:39:38,090
We read that on the Lord's day morning.

968
00:39:38,190 --> 00:39:39,790
I just want to concentrate our attention on

969
00:39:39,790 --> 00:39:42,390
verse 19 and 20 and 21.

970
00:39:44,510 --> 00:39:49,230
You remember that back in chapter 2, was

971
00:39:49,230 --> 00:39:49,350
it?

972
00:39:49,570 --> 00:39:51,750
Chapter 2, at the end of chapter 2,

973
00:39:51,830 --> 00:39:53,470
he says we are to have boldness.

974
00:39:54,290 --> 00:39:56,390
To come unto the throne of grace.

975
00:39:56,390 --> 00:39:59,370
There we might find grace and mercy to

976
00:39:59,370 --> 00:39:59,630
help.

977
00:39:59,910 --> 00:40:02,890
That we might find grace and mercy to

978
00:40:02,890 --> 00:40:03,870
help in time of need.

979
00:40:03,950 --> 00:40:05,290
Mercy and grace to help, I guess is

980
00:40:05,290 --> 00:40:05,830
the order of it.

981
00:40:06,450 --> 00:40:09,510
There we have the availability of all that

982
00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:10,950
you and I have need of.

983
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:13,610
No matter what the difficulty might be.

984
00:40:13,830 --> 00:40:14,530
Our weakness.

985
00:40:15,190 --> 00:40:17,770
Times of stress that put pressure upon our

986
00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:18,330
testimony.

987
00:40:19,030 --> 00:40:20,090
And give us difficulty.

988
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:21,890
We can be sure of this.

989
00:40:21,950 --> 00:40:24,170
There's an open door into the presence of

990
00:40:24,170 --> 00:40:24,590
God.

991
00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,750
And there's one there that is available to

992
00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:28,930
meet the needs of his people.

993
00:40:29,410 --> 00:40:32,090
But this in verse 19 is a boldness

994
00:40:32,090 --> 00:40:32,890
to enter in.

995
00:40:33,550 --> 00:40:34,970
Not as supplicants.

996
00:40:35,530 --> 00:40:37,770
But the boldness to enter in as worshippers.

997
00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:41,630
God wants you and me as believers to

998
00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:42,470
be worshippers.

999
00:40:43,370 --> 00:40:44,910
To know what it is to come into

1000
00:40:44,910 --> 00:40:48,350
his presence with our incense of worship and

1001
00:40:48,350 --> 00:40:48,890
praise.

1002
00:40:48,970 --> 00:40:50,270
To magnify his name.

1003
00:40:50,930 --> 00:40:52,370
And to give him the honor that is

1004
00:40:52,370 --> 00:40:53,030
due to him.

1005
00:40:53,770 --> 00:40:55,650
He says, let's have boldness.

1006
00:40:56,290 --> 00:40:58,450
I would take it as a suggestion in

1007
00:40:58,450 --> 00:41:00,910
the background there that the Old Testament priest

1008
00:41:00,910 --> 00:41:02,990
had a certain measure of fearfulness.

1009
00:41:04,090 --> 00:41:05,970
We don't have that recorded in the Old

1010
00:41:05,970 --> 00:41:06,330
Testament.

1011
00:41:06,570 --> 00:41:09,250
But in view of the awesomeness of entering

1012
00:41:09,250 --> 00:41:10,570
into the presence of God.

1013
00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:13,010
I would doubt that they would have had

1014
00:41:13,010 --> 00:41:16,530
any assumption or presumption in any way in

1015
00:41:16,530 --> 00:41:17,350
that sense.

1016
00:41:18,090 --> 00:41:19,490
But he says, you and I are to

1017
00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:20,470
have boldness.

1018
00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:22,190
It's a holy boldness.

1019
00:41:22,190 --> 00:41:24,930
It's the assurance of access.

1020
00:41:25,330 --> 00:41:26,590
It's the assurance of acceptance.

1021
00:41:27,530 --> 00:41:29,290
It's the assurance that there is one who

1022
00:41:29,290 --> 00:41:33,050
is there who wants to hear our expressions

1023
00:41:33,050 --> 00:41:34,350
of worship and praise.

1024
00:41:34,650 --> 00:41:36,310
Let's not deprive him of it.

1025
00:41:36,890 --> 00:41:38,070
Let's give it to him.

1026
00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:40,210
Because he is worthy to receive it.

1027
00:41:41,090 --> 00:41:43,990
He says, having therefore, that's based upon the

1028
00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:45,870
fact of verse 17 and 18.

1029
00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:49,110
Their sins and iniquities will I remember no

1030
00:41:49,110 --> 00:41:50,190
more, God says.

1031
00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:53,550
And he says, where remission of these is,

1032
00:41:54,330 --> 00:41:56,670
where sins and iniquities have been remitted.

1033
00:41:57,410 --> 00:42:00,210
There is no more or no further offering

1034
00:42:00,210 --> 00:42:00,770
for sin.

1035
00:42:01,390 --> 00:42:02,730
We need nothing more.

1036
00:42:03,630 --> 00:42:05,750
And because of this, he says, we are

1037
00:42:05,750 --> 00:42:07,590
to have boldness to enter in.

1038
00:42:08,570 --> 00:42:13,030
Into the holiness, holiest or the holies by

1039
00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:14,670
the blood of Jesus.

1040
00:42:15,910 --> 00:42:19,330
It's by a new or a freshly sanctified

1041
00:42:19,330 --> 00:42:23,490
and living way of freshly instituted way.

1042
00:42:23,570 --> 00:42:25,290
Something different from the Old Testament.

1043
00:42:25,890 --> 00:42:29,030
It's always fresh is always is also the

1044
00:42:29,030 --> 00:42:29,870
suggestion of it.

1045
00:42:30,150 --> 00:42:32,410
It will never become a thing of the

1046
00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:32,990
past.

1047
00:42:33,430 --> 00:42:36,310
It will never lose its effectiveness or its

1048
00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:36,770
value.

1049
00:42:37,130 --> 00:42:40,350
He says is a freshly sanctified and it's

1050
00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:41,210
a living way.

1051
00:42:41,210 --> 00:42:43,590
I think it is living because it's linked

1052
00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:45,310
with a priest, a high priest that is

1053
00:42:45,310 --> 00:42:47,090
living at God's right hand.

1054
00:42:47,610 --> 00:42:49,690
And it will always be available.

1055
00:42:50,530 --> 00:42:52,410
And so it's freshly sanctified.

1056
00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:55,470
That's a living way which he initiated for

1057
00:42:55,470 --> 00:42:57,970
us through the veil, that is to say,

1058
00:42:58,030 --> 00:42:58,690
his flesh.

1059
00:42:59,590 --> 00:43:02,610
Now, if you read many commentators, which I

1060
00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:05,210
do as well, you would find that most

1061
00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:07,070
of them would say that the veil in

1062
00:43:07,070 --> 00:43:09,790
that case is the Lord's flesh.

1063
00:43:10,310 --> 00:43:11,750
That is his humanity.

1064
00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:14,350
And there's a lovely thought really in relation

1065
00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:14,770
to that.

1066
00:43:14,910 --> 00:43:16,450
That is the veil.

1067
00:43:16,590 --> 00:43:18,530
You remember with all of its different colors

1068
00:43:18,530 --> 00:43:20,930
and the cherubim embroidered upon it, the blue

1069
00:43:20,930 --> 00:43:22,990
and the purple and the scarlet and the

1070
00:43:22,990 --> 00:43:23,930
fine twine linen.

1071
00:43:24,350 --> 00:43:26,110
It certainly speaks of the Lord Jesus.

1072
00:43:27,030 --> 00:43:29,070
It speaks of the perfection of his life

1073
00:43:29,070 --> 00:43:31,750
and the deity of Christ and the sacrificial

1074
00:43:31,750 --> 00:43:33,370
work and the servanthood of Christ.

1075
00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:36,770
All those colors of that veil in the

1076
00:43:36,770 --> 00:43:39,250
temple and the tabernacle speak of the Lord

1077
00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:39,610
Jesus.

1078
00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:43,110
And so some would say, well, the veil

1079
00:43:43,110 --> 00:43:46,150
then is the flesh, the humanity, the life

1080
00:43:46,150 --> 00:43:47,010
of the Lord Jesus.

1081
00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:49,690
And that life and all of its beauty

1082
00:43:49,690 --> 00:43:52,770
and holiness was like the veil that it

1083
00:43:52,770 --> 00:43:53,630
could be touched.

1084
00:43:54,210 --> 00:43:55,810
It could be interacted with.

1085
00:43:55,810 --> 00:43:59,550
But in that sense, separated between man and

1086
00:43:59,550 --> 00:44:03,210
God, because it represented a character of holiness

1087
00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:06,590
that man could never attain to.

1088
00:44:07,010 --> 00:44:08,570
And in that sense, in all of its

1089
00:44:08,570 --> 00:44:12,270
beauty and attractive features, it was really a

1090
00:44:12,270 --> 00:44:12,670
barrier.

1091
00:44:13,630 --> 00:44:15,310
And as long as the Lord Jesus was

1092
00:44:15,310 --> 00:44:18,010
living in this world, as a man here

1093
00:44:18,010 --> 00:44:20,650
below, then there was no access that had

1094
00:44:20,650 --> 00:44:22,550
been provided in the presence of God.

1095
00:44:22,610 --> 00:44:25,270
It required the veil to be wrecked.

1096
00:44:25,270 --> 00:44:27,090
That's going back, of course, to what took

1097
00:44:27,090 --> 00:44:30,570
place when the Lord Jesus dismissed his spirit

1098
00:44:30,570 --> 00:44:32,350
when he hung upon the cross.

1099
00:44:33,070 --> 00:44:35,190
Well, there's a lovely thought on that, and

1100
00:44:35,190 --> 00:44:37,630
I wouldn't totally throw that out, but I

1101
00:44:37,630 --> 00:44:38,710
don't think that's what it means.

1102
00:44:40,910 --> 00:44:43,870
I think that the veil, I should say,

1103
00:44:43,970 --> 00:44:46,730
I would think that the flesh, that is

1104
00:44:46,730 --> 00:44:48,850
the humanity and the life of Christ, the

1105
00:44:48,850 --> 00:44:51,010
life that was given for us is the

1106
00:44:51,010 --> 00:44:52,410
new and living way.

1107
00:44:53,290 --> 00:44:55,550
That is, we have been brought into the

1108
00:44:55,550 --> 00:44:58,730
presence of God through the life of the

1109
00:44:58,730 --> 00:45:00,850
Lord Jesus Christ given for us.

1110
00:45:01,610 --> 00:45:03,870
We approach to God on the grounds of

1111
00:45:03,870 --> 00:45:06,730
one who has satisfied all of God's righteous

1112
00:45:06,730 --> 00:45:07,450
claims.

1113
00:45:09,210 --> 00:45:10,830
And, you know, when you think about the

1114
00:45:10,830 --> 00:45:12,850
veil being wrecked in twain from top to

1115
00:45:12,850 --> 00:45:16,350
bottom when the Lord dismissed his spirit, that

1116
00:45:16,350 --> 00:45:18,890
is totally irrelevant to this passage altogether.

1117
00:45:18,890 --> 00:45:23,190
That wrecking of the veil did two things.

1118
00:45:23,910 --> 00:45:27,990
It indicated to the Israelites that the Old

1119
00:45:27,990 --> 00:45:33,810
Testament's priestly service was terminated.

1120
00:45:34,990 --> 00:45:38,490
That veil was wrecked, indicating that there was

1121
00:45:38,490 --> 00:45:43,010
no more a continuation of the normal sort

1122
00:45:43,010 --> 00:45:43,430
of thing.

1123
00:45:44,930 --> 00:45:46,410
You know, there's another thing that veil would

1124
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:48,350
have revealed to them, the priests.

1125
00:45:48,350 --> 00:45:50,330
It would have showed them there was nothing

1126
00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:50,830
inside.

1127
00:45:51,810 --> 00:45:53,810
The holiest of all was empty.

1128
00:45:54,270 --> 00:45:55,750
Out of stone, we understand.

1129
00:45:56,370 --> 00:45:57,730
The ark was no longer there.

1130
00:45:58,390 --> 00:46:01,130
So it would indicate very clearly that that,

1131
00:46:01,650 --> 00:46:04,690
which was the center of their occupation of

1132
00:46:04,690 --> 00:46:08,330
worship, really had no more any value, had

1133
00:46:08,330 --> 00:46:10,330
no value so far as God was concerned.

1134
00:46:10,770 --> 00:46:12,750
So this is not the rending, there's no

1135
00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:14,470
mention of the rending of a veil here

1136
00:46:14,470 --> 00:46:15,250
in this passage.

1137
00:46:15,890 --> 00:46:18,430
It's that you and I have access into

1138
00:46:18,430 --> 00:46:21,210
the very presence of God by this new

1139
00:46:21,210 --> 00:46:24,090
and living way, which is the Lord Jesus

1140
00:46:24,090 --> 00:46:26,950
Christ himself who gave himself for us.

1141
00:46:27,230 --> 00:46:28,850
And he is the one that has provided

1142
00:46:28,850 --> 00:46:29,690
the means in.

1143
00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:32,310
And in fact, it's interesting that if you

1144
00:46:32,310 --> 00:46:34,710
look at the context of the passage, you

1145
00:46:34,710 --> 00:46:36,210
find there is no veil at all.

1146
00:46:36,290 --> 00:46:40,410
It's taken away because that veil was a

1147
00:46:40,410 --> 00:46:43,390
point of separation between the priests and the

1148
00:46:43,390 --> 00:46:44,950
presence of God and what he is really

1149
00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:46,650
telling us is there's no veil any longer.

1150
00:46:47,290 --> 00:46:49,030
We just have access right in the very

1151
00:46:49,030 --> 00:46:51,750
presence of God because of the Lord Jesus

1152
00:46:51,750 --> 00:46:52,330
Christ.

1153
00:46:53,130 --> 00:46:56,150
And based upon him having this high priest,

1154
00:46:56,310 --> 00:46:58,910
this great high priest over the house of

1155
00:46:58,910 --> 00:47:01,870
God, he says, let us draw near with

1156
00:47:01,870 --> 00:47:04,950
a full heart, with a true heart and

1157
00:47:04,950 --> 00:47:06,150
full assurance of faith.

1158
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,190
And so on all the results that are

1159
00:47:08,190 --> 00:47:08,970
involved in it.

1160
00:47:09,350 --> 00:47:11,530
So we have a way right in.

1161
00:47:11,530 --> 00:47:15,010
And in fact, we function as priests in

1162
00:47:15,010 --> 00:47:17,870
our worship and our activities for God right

1163
00:47:17,870 --> 00:47:18,530
in his presence.

1164
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:20,070
We ought to be more conscious of his

1165
00:47:20,070 --> 00:47:20,510
presence.

1166
00:47:20,950 --> 00:47:23,070
We ought to cultivate in our own mind,

1167
00:47:23,150 --> 00:47:25,630
I believe, more of a sensitivity to the

1168
00:47:25,630 --> 00:47:27,890
fact that we are in the presence of

1169
00:47:27,890 --> 00:47:31,570
God, not at certain sanctimonious moments, but we

1170
00:47:31,570 --> 00:47:33,310
can be conscious of the presence of God

1171
00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:34,490
at any moment.

1172
00:47:35,070 --> 00:47:37,050
We can enjoy his presence and we can

1173
00:47:37,050 --> 00:47:38,530
offer up worship and praise.

1174
00:47:38,530 --> 00:47:40,170
We don't have to be with the other

1175
00:47:40,170 --> 00:47:41,550
saints of God to do so.

1176
00:47:41,770 --> 00:47:43,970
We should be able to do that at

1177
00:47:43,970 --> 00:47:45,230
any moment in our lives.

1178
00:47:45,430 --> 00:47:49,130
And we have a consciousness that as believers,

1179
00:47:49,590 --> 00:47:51,810
we can enter right into the presence of

1180
00:47:51,810 --> 00:47:53,810
God and know the reality of that presence

1181
00:47:53,810 --> 00:47:55,970
with nothing, nothing between.

1182
00:47:56,690 --> 00:47:57,870
And it's all been accomplished.

1183
00:47:58,350 --> 00:48:00,590
We come by way of the Lord Jesus.

1184
00:48:01,090 --> 00:48:05,770
We find a perfect access and acceptability in

1185
00:48:05,770 --> 00:48:07,730
the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

1186
00:48:07,730 --> 00:48:10,930
So we are encouraged in this epistle.

1187
00:48:11,750 --> 00:48:13,530
We're exhorted in this epistle.

1188
00:48:14,010 --> 00:48:16,210
We're warned, of course, in this epistle as

1189
00:48:16,210 --> 00:48:19,210
well, that we might lay hold of those

1190
00:48:19,210 --> 00:48:20,950
things that we have received through the Lord

1191
00:48:20,950 --> 00:48:23,870
Jesus and give thanks to God that we

1192
00:48:23,870 --> 00:48:26,570
have such a great high priest.

1193
00:48:27,330 --> 00:48:29,690
Wonder of wonders that he would ever condescend

1194
00:48:29,690 --> 00:48:31,910
to bring us into the presence of God.

1195
00:48:31,910 --> 00:48:33,350
At so great a cost to himself.

1196
00:48:34,310 --> 00:48:38,350
We find in chapter 12, he says that

1197
00:48:38,350 --> 00:48:41,070
we have come not to Mount Sinai, not

1198
00:48:41,070 --> 00:48:42,810
to all these other things that were connected

1199
00:48:42,810 --> 00:48:43,570
with the law.

1200
00:48:44,170 --> 00:48:47,890
No, he says we've come ultimately to Jesus.

1201
00:48:48,690 --> 00:48:50,450
And here we are able to enjoy the

1202
00:48:50,450 --> 00:48:54,090
presence of God and relationship with him because

1203
00:48:54,090 --> 00:48:54,790
of a man.

1204
00:48:55,250 --> 00:48:56,090
A real man.

1205
00:48:56,090 --> 00:48:58,790
And you come to chapter 13, he reminds

1206
00:48:58,790 --> 00:49:00,970
him that he's the man that is outside

1207
00:49:00,970 --> 00:49:01,530
the camp.

1208
00:49:02,030 --> 00:49:05,130
Let us go forth unto him, therefore, without

1209
00:49:05,130 --> 00:49:07,450
the camp, bearing his reproach.

1210
00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:10,110
So the entire aspect of the epistle of

1211
00:49:10,110 --> 00:49:14,150
Hebrews is the identification of a believer with

1212
00:49:14,150 --> 00:49:14,830
the Lord Jesus.

1213
00:49:15,670 --> 00:49:17,430
And thank God we have such a high

1214
00:49:17,430 --> 00:49:17,910
priest.

1215
00:49:18,250 --> 00:49:20,770
One that is perfectly suitable to us.

1216
00:49:20,910 --> 00:49:22,330
One day we'll see him.

1217
00:49:22,710 --> 00:49:24,170
One day we'll be with him.

1218
00:49:24,170 --> 00:49:26,070
And we'll be like him forever.

1219
00:49:26,410 --> 00:49:28,690
May God bless his word and encourage our

1220
00:49:28,690 --> 00:49:31,090
hearts until that day comes.

1221
00:49:31,250 --> 00:49:31,950
Let's pray.

1222
00:49:33,230 --> 00:49:35,930
Our Father, our gracious God, we bow with

1223
00:49:35,930 --> 00:49:36,970
gratitude to thee.

1224
00:49:37,710 --> 00:49:39,730
Thanking thee that thou hast looked upon us

1225
00:49:39,730 --> 00:49:43,930
in our unquestionable weakness, and our failure and

1226
00:49:43,930 --> 00:49:44,550
our sinfulness.

1227
00:49:45,410 --> 00:49:47,430
And yet to think in thy perfect wisdom,

1228
00:49:47,950 --> 00:49:50,170
in thy matchless grace, thou hast made it

1229
00:49:50,170 --> 00:49:53,110
possible that we can enjoy fellowship with thee,

1230
00:49:53,110 --> 00:49:56,430
that we can know this blessedness of access

1231
00:49:56,430 --> 00:49:59,130
into thy holy presence, and that we can

1232
00:49:59,130 --> 00:50:01,390
speak to thee as our Father, and that

1233
00:50:01,390 --> 00:50:04,350
we can worship thee in a real and

1234
00:50:04,350 --> 00:50:05,110
genuine way.

1235
00:50:05,510 --> 00:50:07,950
Thank thee, O God, for that one who

1236
00:50:07,950 --> 00:50:09,890
is the mediator between God and man.

1237
00:50:10,570 --> 00:50:12,030
We thank thee that he is our great

1238
00:50:12,030 --> 00:50:14,450
high priest there seated at thy right hand.

1239
00:50:15,090 --> 00:50:16,150
And we're linked with him.

1240
00:50:16,870 --> 00:50:19,510
And because he is there, we know that

1241
00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:21,090
we will one day be there as well.

1242
00:50:21,090 --> 00:50:23,950
But until then, O God, help us to

1243
00:50:23,950 --> 00:50:28,590
depend upon him in every time of need,

1244
00:50:29,070 --> 00:50:31,690
and to know the reality of the fact

1245
00:50:31,690 --> 00:50:34,310
that there is an unlimited supply that meet

1246
00:50:34,310 --> 00:50:37,510
the need of thy people in every circumstance

1247
00:50:37,510 --> 00:50:38,230
of life.

1248
00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:40,950
We thank thee for these precious truths concerning

1249
00:50:40,950 --> 00:50:41,670
our Lord Jesus.

1250
00:50:42,390 --> 00:50:44,610
We pray that it might enlarge our hearts'

1251
00:50:45,050 --> 00:50:48,250
understanding of him, and all that he is

1252
00:50:48,250 --> 00:50:49,890
doing on our behalf.

1253
00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:52,510
We offer thanks for those of thy people

1254
00:50:52,510 --> 00:50:54,610
here, and for the meetings that have been

1255
00:50:54,610 --> 00:50:57,550
passed, and for this time together we ask

1256
00:50:57,550 --> 00:51:00,390
thy blessing upon thy precious word, and give

1257
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:02,350
thanks for it in the name of the

1258
00:51:02,350 --> 00:51:03,390
Lord Jesus Christ.

1259
00:51:03,990 --> 00:51:04,210
Amen.