1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,840 Good to be here today. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,760 And I appreciate, like I said, everything. 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:16,960 Sabbath school and I can see that I'm talking to people who, oh, thank you, it's up there. 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,520 Great. 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,920 People who know the Lord and people who know their Bibles and that's exciting. 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,200 I'm Pastor Bob Mayer and that was my wife who sang. 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,600 She's an LPC. 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:36,160 About 1977, I sculpted Daniel Two and sold a lot of them all over the place. 9 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:46,360 And after I got married, we joined forces and now we created Pave Products. 10 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:54,280 And that's, Susan and I recorded the whole Adventist hymnal for smaller churches or prayer 11 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,160 meeting or wherever, if you need accompaniment music. 12 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,820 So it's all accompaniment music. 13 00:00:58,820 --> 00:01:03,200 It's not her singing, which it would have been nice to have that on there, but it's 14 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,040 not. 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,120 It's just accompaniment. 16 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:11,160 That way if you want to sing first and second stanzas only, you can, et cetera. 17 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:17,280 So just a little introduction to who we are. 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,160 So the title is Chosen and Called. 19 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,760 And I went the wrong direction. 20 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,320 There we go. 21 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:34,480 The Bible says in Luke, I'm writing to you, Theophilus, so that you may know for certain 22 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,240 the things you were taught. 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,400 I love that. 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,280 We need to know for certain the things we're taught, don't we? 25 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:48,040 Especially we as Seventh-day Adventists because we have some peculiar beliefs, peculiar in 26 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,880 Christianity. 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:02:00,360 But it's all right there in Scripture, and we believe the Bible as we have it without 28 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,640 higher education trying to criticize it. 29 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,640 We don't need to do that. 30 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:14,460 So the Bible says, now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division 31 00:02:14,460 --> 00:02:21,280 was on duty, he was chosen by lot according to the custom of the priesthood. 32 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,720 And you know God had his hand in that. 33 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:29,420 Whether he was chosen or not, just wanted you to know you are chosen. 34 00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:34,160 You are definitely chosen by God himself. 35 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:40,960 So it was a custom of the priesthood to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense. 36 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,440 Now this is so fascinating, and it didn't dawn on me until just the other day, believe 37 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:52,440 it or not, that he was burning incense. 38 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,560 And guess what happened? 39 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,720 An angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense appeared to him. 40 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,680 This is significant. 41 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,520 And Zechariah visibly shaken, this is a little different translation than King James, but 42 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:14,160 I kind of like it, visibly shaken when he saw the angel was seized with fear as just 43 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,400 about any of us would be. 44 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,960 Someone appeared all of a sudden, whoa, where did you come from? 45 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,700 And even if it wasn't an angel, you know, it would be startling, right? 46 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:32,440 But the angel said to him, do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard 47 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:39,960 and Elizabeth, your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son and you will name him John. 48 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:46,200 The reason why it's so significant is I have been a study, a student of the sanctuary for 49 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,880 quite a while. 50 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,760 And so I want to share with you some things from the sanctuary. 51 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,400 And this is so awesome. 52 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:03,880 The altar of burnt sacrifice and the incense represents the prayers of the saints. 53 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,160 And so he shouldn't be surprised. 54 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,560 Hey, I'm here to answer your prayer. 55 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,440 Oh, that's fitting. 56 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:19,040 He continues, the angel says, joy and gladness will come to you and many will rejoice at 57 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,440 his birth for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. 58 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:25,720 So interesting. 59 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:31,160 He must never drink wine or strong drink and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even 60 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,340 before his birth. 61 00:04:33,340 --> 00:04:38,520 He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 62 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,880 Guess what? 63 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,240 This is our job as well. 64 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,120 And as we go on, you'll see. 65 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,520 And he will go as a forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah to 66 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,760 turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom 67 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,400 of the just. 68 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,200 Isn't that our task as a people? 69 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,000 We are to go in the spirit and power of Elijah. 70 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,080 We have the Elijah message. 71 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,680 Turn to the Lord before it's too late. 72 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,260 Give your heart to Jesus. 73 00:05:18,260 --> 00:05:23,280 And to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him. 74 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,340 We are in the same spot. 75 00:05:25,340 --> 00:05:29,400 Only now we have the second coming to prepare people for. 76 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,520 Isn't that exciting? 77 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:39,380 I think it's the most exciting thing in the world that the second coming is soon and our 78 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:42,640 job is to prepare people for it. 79 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,560 Well, how do you do that? 80 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:50,320 Well, you talk about Jesus, don't you? 81 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,220 You tell him that he is the light of your life. 82 00:05:55,220 --> 00:05:59,880 If you have questions about your life, Jesus has the answer. 83 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:05,280 If you don't know about things in the Bible, Jesus is your answer. 84 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:11,240 And the sanctuary is all about Jesus. 85 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,960 Jesus is pictured in the sanctuary throughout. 86 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,920 It is a battle plan of how to deal with sin. 87 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,280 That's what Jesus is all about. 88 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,960 It's what his coming was all about. 89 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:31,480 And so the cross is the center of all time and space. 90 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,400 You stop and think about it. 91 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:41,240 You know, it's the most unique thing that's ever happened in the history of this world 92 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:47,000 and it is the center of all time and space. 93 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:55,560 And by the way, as almost artists convey, the cross is symbolized by the altar of burnt 94 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:57,640 sacrifice. 95 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,640 And that's true. 96 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,720 They're accurate. 97 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,800 But now I ask you a question. 98 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,320 Why is that? 99 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:11,800 Because you see where the priest in the person is kneeling down on the right side of the 100 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,760 altar of burnt sacrifice? 101 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,560 That's where the lamb died. 102 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,920 Why isn't that the symbol of Jesus' cross? 103 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:27,960 Well, I hope that we have time to answer that question because it's at the end and I'm 104 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:28,960 hoping to get there. 105 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,280 I'm going to keep an eye on the clock. 106 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:38,640 We're going to study the Bible and the Bible through the eyes of the sanctuary. 107 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:44,920 The Bible says, thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. 108 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:53,280 And I find it disheartening that some good, well-meaning members of the church are questioning 109 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:58,280 the sanctuary, maybe even trying to just push it aside. 110 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,280 I don't understand that at all. 111 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:10,360 The Bible says that the incense is symbolized the prayers of the saints. 112 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:19,080 So that's why Zacharias, as he was lighting the incense, shouldn't have been surprised 113 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:24,160 that the angel said, look, I'm here to answer your prayers. 114 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,340 It's really awesome. 115 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:35,100 So there are three Christian principles that we need to live our lives by. 116 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:42,760 And some of us might struggle with the question, am I really on God's side? 117 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,160 Do I have a name prepared in the book of life? 118 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,820 Is my name written there? 119 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:50,640 Am I sure? 120 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:57,680 We want to be certain, don't we, that we have a place prepared for us in heaven. 121 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:07,240 And there are three things in the holy place that give us a little clues. 122 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:14,880 And we can be honest with ourselves and ask ourselves so that we know that we have a place. 123 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:20,360 And the first question is, what's with my prayer life? 124 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,400 Do I talk to Jesus as to a friend every day? 125 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:31,640 Do I stop and have worship morning and evening or however many times we need to do that? 126 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:48,720 And I need to go get some water right now. 127 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:54,680 I get dry, especially in the wintertime. 128 00:09:54,680 --> 00:10:00,360 So the next thing, the three, I'm cutting to the chase, by the way. 129 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:08,360 This is, I'm giving you one sermon and I have four of these about the sanctuary. 130 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,080 So if it seems a little abbreviated, man, it is. 131 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,140 So the second thing is the word of God. 132 00:10:15,140 --> 00:10:18,960 The table of showbread represents the word of God. 133 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:25,700 Where to eat or to digest or to take in the word, where to study the Bible. 134 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:30,320 And so that's the second question we can ask ourselves. 135 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:38,960 Do I take time on a regular basis to look in my Bible, to open it, or does it sit and 136 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:40,800 collect dust on the shelf? 137 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:46,560 Now I understand that nowadays our Bibles are right here. 138 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:48,840 So but you know what I mean. 139 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,280 Do we study the Bible? 140 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:57,040 Do we take time to listen to God speak to us? 141 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,040 The third principle is witness. 142 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:07,560 Jesus said, I am the light of the world, but he also said, you are the light of the world. 143 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:15,000 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify who? 144 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,720 Your Father in heaven. 145 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,800 It's all about glorifying God. 146 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:27,180 We'd work not to earn our salvation, but to give glory to God and to spread the good news 147 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:30,160 that he's coming. 148 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:36,880 And because of the, the Bible says in Revelation 12, 11, and they overcame him because of the 149 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,720 blood of the Lamb. 150 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Amen. 151 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,600 And because of the word of their testimony. 152 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,920 And they love not their lives even unto death. 153 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:51,840 Now, boy, that's a little bit harder, isn't it? 154 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:59,560 I mean, Bible study and prayer we do in our homes, but guess where we have to do testimony? 155 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:00,560 Somewhere else. 156 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:06,840 Or I guess we could get on Facebook and type to our friends. 157 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,440 But do we have a witness? 158 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:16,840 Do we have something to share with others of what God has done with us personally? 159 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:24,040 Those are hard questions, but we need to answer those because there are three rules of the 160 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:29,320 Christian life, prayer, Bible study, and share. 161 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:38,720 And so we need to ask ourselves just honestly and openly because you know what the saddest 162 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,260 thing would be? 163 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:45,040 To have a Seventh-day Adventist lose salvation, not be in heaven. 164 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:50,960 That seems like the saddest person in the whole wide world because we're so close to 165 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:51,960 the kingdom. 166 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:58,000 But, you know, I mean, you read your Bible, you understand that, you know, a lot of people 167 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,600 won't be there. 168 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,800 Will we be there? 169 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,800 That's the question, and I want us to have the right answer. 170 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,400 We're not working our way to heaven by sharing, by studying the Bible. 171 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:16,360 No, it's a relationship with Jesus, isn't it? 172 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,800 It's talking to Him just like He's your buddy. 173 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,880 And what can I do? 174 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,560 What plan do you have for me today, Lord? 175 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:34,120 So the sanctuary symbolizes also our Christian walk in the holy place because that's where 176 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,120 we live. 177 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,000 You know that. 178 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,160 Heaven begins right now. 179 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,000 Have you caught that? 180 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:47,800 Or are you living in a kind of a wrong place kind of a life? 181 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:52,720 Sometimes I wonder, you know, stuff happens to all of us. 182 00:13:52,720 --> 00:14:00,400 But you know what, as we go through life with Jesus in our hearts, it makes those things, 183 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,320 it dims the pain of those things, doesn't it? 184 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,960 It does. 185 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,720 And that's how we need to live our lives. 186 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:15,320 In the positive, not in the negative, but in the positive, we can do all things through 187 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,120 Christ who strengthens us. 188 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:25,440 So we want to look at the sanctuary as it symbolizes Jesus' life on earth and then in 189 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:26,440 heaven. 190 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,800 And there are two sections to that. 191 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:36,440 And what's fascinating to me is, of course, Jesus is the lamb slain from the foundation 192 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:37,760 of the world. 193 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:43,640 It's mentioned 24 times in Revelation. 194 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:50,160 Every animal that was sacrificed represented Jesus on the cross. 195 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,800 And John the Baptist, this is our task. 196 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,800 He did our task. 197 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,000 We're to do the same task. 198 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:06,760 We're to say to everyone, behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 199 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,280 We're to show people Jesus, aren't we? 200 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:19,360 So the Bible talks about Jesus, and it's in the prophecies of Daniel 8 and 9. 201 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,520 And I find it so fascinating. 202 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,980 Here's a little diagram of the sanctuary to scale pretty much, except I didn't get the 203 00:15:28,980 --> 00:15:31,840 burnt sacrifice right in the middle. 204 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,840 That's where it should be. 205 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,440 But notice that the Ark of the Covenant is exactly in the middle of the second half. 206 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:44,160 You see, we have so much detail about the sanctuary that we can present things like 207 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,360 this. 208 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,160 And guess what? 209 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:52,600 One is talking about the Day of Atonement, where the Ark is. 210 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,920 That's where Jesus is now in the most holy place. 211 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:06,000 And one is showing the world the sacrifice of Jesus as Passover did. 212 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,520 And it represents law and grace. 213 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:15,640 The rest of Christianity wants to just talk about grace. 214 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:23,000 But we are called to talk about the balance between law and grace. 215 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,760 We have a special task. 216 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:31,680 One is Daniel chapter 8, and one is Daniel chapter 9. 217 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:41,560 And we don't have time to go into a lot of that, but notice that Daniel chapter 9 talks 218 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,360 about the midst of the week. 219 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:52,880 The Messiah appears, and He appears right on time with John the Baptist baptizing him 220 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,520 in the river. 221 00:16:54,520 --> 00:17:02,920 And then in the midst of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. 222 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:09,960 In other words, Jesus died right on time, as the Bible prophesied Him, in the exact 223 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:16,080 time period, exact year, exact month, on Passover. 224 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,080 But guess what? 225 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,840 This is what gives me chills. 226 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,260 Daniel 9, 21. 227 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,260 This is Daniel. 228 00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:30,600 While I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, 229 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:36,760 came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. 230 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:46,960 You realize that 500 years before Jesus, His date, time, even moment of death was predicted 231 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,960 in the book of Daniel. 232 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,040 That is awesome. 233 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,240 What a God we serve. 234 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,040 It's amazing. 235 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:03,080 So Daniel predicted Jesus' death to the very moment. 236 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,760 So let's talk about the festivals of the sanctuary. 237 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:18,080 The festivals represent Jesus' life and His life after this earth. 238 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,640 So let's look at it a little bit. 239 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,880 I think we're doing pretty well on time. 240 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,840 By the way, do you want to get out at 12? 241 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:31,200 Perfectly at 12, or can I go a little bit over? 242 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,200 Okay. 243 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:37,240 There are seven festivals in the Bible. 244 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:50,480 Five of them are in the Pentateuch in Leviticus, and two more outside of those books. 245 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:57,760 By the way, there are seven, even if you don't count the ones that are after, because Passover 246 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,400 is actually three festivals in one festival. 247 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,720 That's how familiar three and one. 248 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:14,640 So the outer court represents this earth, and it does consistently. 249 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,480 And the most holy and the holy represent heaven. 250 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:28,240 Now, it's fairly consistent, except for one exception, and that is in the civil year. 251 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,640 The Jews had two calendars, just like we do. 252 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:39,200 We have a civil year, a regular year, from January 1 to December 31, and then we have 253 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,640 often a fiscal year. 254 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,480 That can be any time, whatever you choose. 255 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,680 It's your fiscal year. 256 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,160 So we're kind of familiar with two calendars. 257 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,720 They had two calendars, civil and a sacred year. 258 00:19:52,720 --> 00:20:00,200 In the civil year, the festivals start with the Feast of Trumpets, and then they go to, 259 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,880 as you can see, they have atonement, Feast of Tabernacles. 260 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:09,080 Hanukkah and Purim are the two festivals that aren't in Leviticus. 261 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,920 They came later. 262 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:19,720 And then there's Passover, which here's the three festivals in one, and then Pentecost. 263 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:28,360 And the sacred year starts at Passover and then goes through the festivals. 264 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:35,120 So Jesus came right on time. 265 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:45,120 And the seven festivals just happened to align with the seven places in the sanctuary, the 266 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,720 seven pieces of furniture. 267 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,680 Now it isn't exact, but it's very, very close. 268 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:58,520 So you understand the Passover is also represented by the Altar of Her Sacrifice. 269 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:05,160 And Pentecost is where the new church was baptized and the new church of Christianity 270 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,160 began. 271 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,800 Remember at Pentecost, that's what happened. 272 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,520 And that was on this earth. 273 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:13,800 So then what happened? 274 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,320 Jesus went to heaven. 275 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,200 And so we're following Jesus of where he is. 276 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:27,160 And the Feast of Trumpets represents, well, I'm getting ahead of myself here. 277 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,640 Hang on a second. 278 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,240 We want to find out when Jesus was born. 279 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:38,400 We as Adventists understand very clearly that the birth of Jesus was a what? 280 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,360 A pagan holiday. 281 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,760 That's where it started, okay, in history. 282 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:50,140 But we don't mind Christmas as Adventists because we're celebrating Jesus. 283 00:21:50,140 --> 00:21:52,720 How can you be against Jesus? 284 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,360 So we love Christmas. 285 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:56,320 It's a beautiful time of year. 286 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,920 But Jesus wasn't born on December 25. 287 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,200 Of course, he was born. 288 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,160 And where have you heard that he was born? 289 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,880 Or when have you heard? 290 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,320 In the fall of the year. 291 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:12,320 Now I wanted to show you a simple method of deciding that. 292 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:20,880 Now if Dr. Davidson from Andrews University were here, he'd give you an amazing reason 293 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:30,840 why it's the fall of the year based on, I couldn't follow it to be honest with you. 294 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:36,480 I spent time at the seminary, but not as a teacher. 295 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,080 So Jesus lived according to the festivals. 296 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,640 And so when was his birthday? 297 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,560 Well, it's actually quite easy to figure it out. 298 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:53,560 Because Jesus said, or the Bible says that Jesus, when he began to teach, was about 30 299 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,520 years of age. 300 00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:00,300 Now his time, that was when the priests began their ministries, when they were 30. 301 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,240 Can you imagine Jesus waiting? 302 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,840 Well, it was my birthday, but I'm not going to start now. 303 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,720 I'm going to start in six months. 304 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,760 No, I don't think so. 305 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:15,560 I think when his birthday came along, he wanted to begin his ministry. 306 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:20,240 His ministry was three and a half years. 307 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,760 That's it, three and a half years. 308 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:23,760 Amazing. 309 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,360 He did incredible things in three and a half years. 310 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:33,560 But don't you see that because it's a half year, when did he die? 311 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,280 At Passover. 312 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,320 That's the spring of the year. 313 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:46,840 And so a half year from that takes us to the trumpets or day of atonement time. 314 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,720 That's when Jesus was born, and it's the fall of the year. 315 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,960 It's really quite simple. 316 00:23:53,960 --> 00:24:01,280 So now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, He that 317 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:09,960 believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water. 318 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,280 Jesus tended to do things, and there isn't a lot of evidence for this, but there's just 319 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,080 enough to give us an idea. 320 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,120 Jesus, when was this? 321 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:23,400 At the feast, when people are gathered together. 322 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,120 And you remember, for most of his ministry, he said, now I'm going to heal you, but don't 323 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,860 tell anybody. 324 00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:31,880 Why was that? 325 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:37,080 Because people would try to kill him sooner. 326 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,720 He had to at least get three and a half years in. 327 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:46,600 So with the last year of his life, in the feast times, at the festivals, that's when 328 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:51,920 he started broadcasting who he was and what he was about. 329 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,080 Jesus is the water of life. 330 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,780 And Jesus is the light of the world. 331 00:24:59,780 --> 00:25:07,080 So the water of life was at a festival, and also the light of the world. 332 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:15,420 The feast of Hanukkah, or the feast of lights, is something that Jews still celebrate today, 333 00:25:15,420 --> 00:25:20,480 but it started in the intertestamental time. 334 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:25,800 But Jesus kept that festival. 335 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:34,400 So and then the next festival in Jesus' life was Purim. 336 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,520 You remember what Purim was? 337 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:42,560 It was when Queen Esther and the Jews were about to be killed, every one of them, and 338 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,480 God delivered them from death. 339 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,720 So what happened in Jesus' life? 340 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,800 This happens just before Passover, not too long before Passover. 341 00:25:53,800 --> 00:26:03,240 Jesus raised Lazarus from the tomb, snatching him from death, according to the festival 342 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:04,840 of Purim. 343 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:13,000 Now it's interesting because that's the thing that was the tipping thing for the Jews, for 344 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,200 the leaders of Jewish nation. 345 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,920 He's raising people from the dead. 346 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,720 We've got to get rid of this guy. 347 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:27,240 And so therefore, the next one was Passover. 348 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:33,600 Jesus, the Lamb of God, died for you and me. 349 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,880 We were discussing that at Sabbath school. 350 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,280 It's such an awesome truth. 351 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,840 We want to spread it to the world. 352 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,680 The world doesn't know how awesome it is. 353 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:52,200 Jesus gave up part of his Godhead for you and me. 354 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,920 He can only be in one place at a time. 355 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,800 He can't be omnipresent anymore. 356 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,960 That is the most incredible thing I've heard, isn't it? 357 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,040 I mean, wow. 358 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:14,000 Jesus, the Lamb of God. 359 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,680 I give you the invitation today. 360 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,360 There might be someone who hasn't given their heart fully to God. 361 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,600 There was a time when I hadn't. 362 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:27,200 I was about 20 years old before I really committed my life to Jesus. 363 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,760 And I was raised in Battle Creek, Michigan. 364 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:42,520 So you understand that there's lots of us that are what I call, and we have called ourselves, 365 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Nominal Adventists. 366 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:50,600 We're Seventh Adventists in name, but we haven't committed our soul to Jesus. 367 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:56,320 So I ask you this morning, isn't it time to do that? 368 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:02,160 To say, Lord, I want to commit my heart to you 100 percent, and I want my name written 369 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:08,200 in the Lamb's Book of Life. 370 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:13,960 Well now we have to turn to the sacred year, because we went through the civil year all 371 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,200 the way to the Passover. 372 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:21,040 Now the sacred year begins with Passover. 373 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,120 And so Jesus is still on this earth and he dies for us. 374 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:32,280 And then Pentecost comes along, and it's right in a transition point. 375 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,480 But Pentecost, Jesus starts his new church on earth. 376 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:43,360 And so from Passover to Pentecost is 50 days, right? 377 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:50,840 But from Pentecost to the next festival, Feast of Trumpets, is quite a time. 378 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:57,240 And it was, because the Feast of Trumpets started in 1833. 379 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:07,380 Now I know that for sure, because that's when Miller, Mr. Miller, started preaching. 380 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:14,200 And he preached for 10 years, from 1833 to 1843. 381 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,240 And guess how long the Feast of Trumpets is? 382 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,360 Ten days. 383 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,540 Day for a year. 384 00:29:21,540 --> 00:29:29,120 So brothers and sisters, we have a lot to praise the Lord about. 385 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,180 Because the next one is the Day of Atonement. 386 00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:36,880 And you know what happened on the Day of Atonement. 387 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,960 In 1844. 388 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,960 Now we typically leave Jesus in the Most Holy Place. 389 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,940 But see, that's not the end of the festivals. 390 00:29:47,940 --> 00:29:51,000 And he lived his life by the festivals. 391 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:58,860 So when Jesus leaves the Day of Atonement, what happens? 392 00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:01,160 He comes to get us. 393 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,200 And where does he go? 394 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:09,440 If you're in the Most Holy Place and you leave, where do you end up? 395 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,600 In the Holy Place. 396 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,760 It's very simple. 397 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,480 You go there. 398 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:22,800 And so we are with Jesus in heaven for a thousand years, and that's the next festival. 399 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,300 But I kind of got ahead of myself. 400 00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:28,360 Because we need to talk about 1844. 401 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,560 Because it's been under some scrutiny and some criticism. 402 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:37,240 And I want to tell you that we haven't believed in fairy tales. 403 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,400 1844 is an incredible date. 404 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,680 And I want to tell you what happened. 405 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,120 Jesus entered the Most Holy Place. 406 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,040 He really did that. 407 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,120 On October 22, 1844. 408 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,500 The Day of Atonement. 409 00:30:56,500 --> 00:31:03,880 It just so happened that Ellen White's first vision was in that year in December, after 410 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:10,360 the Great Disappointment, when they figured out what the problem was. 411 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:16,840 Now also, what we don't realize, and I had the privilege of preaching this in Washington, 412 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:23,280 New Hampshire, where the first Sabbath-keeping Adventists. 413 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,640 It was so cool. 414 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,260 And they hadn't thought of it. 415 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:37,440 But the Bible says, and let's go back, the word, sedig, the word that we translate, cleansed, 416 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,920 can also mean restored. 417 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,320 See, and that's what tripped us up. 418 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:47,280 Someone came along and said, oh, it doesn't mean cleansed, it means restored. 419 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,800 And we got all Twitter-painted about that. 420 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,000 But we shouldn't have. 421 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,240 Because guess what? 422 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,280 It means both. 423 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,120 Our view of 1844 has been correct all along. 424 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:08,800 Jesus started the work of the investigative judgment, cleansing the sanctuary from sin. 425 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:09,880 Okay? 426 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,800 But it also means restored. 427 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,080 What needed to be restored? 428 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,520 And there it is in pink. 429 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,080 The Sabbath needed to be restored. 430 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,880 And guess what? 431 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,920 What do we have from the sanctuary that we still have? 432 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,880 I mean, after all, we don't have the sanctuary, do we? 433 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,920 The earthly one, we have the one in heaven. 434 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,120 But we don't have the earthly one. 435 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,560 It's gone. 436 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:42,400 There's nothing left except what was in the Ark of the Covenant. 437 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,840 The Sabbath needed to be restored. 438 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,960 And that happened right on time. 439 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:55,000 It makes me, it's exciting. 440 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,200 It happened right on time. 441 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,420 So now we know the sanctuary is in heaven. 442 00:33:01,420 --> 00:33:03,680 We understand that now. 443 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:08,400 The Second Coming was preached around the world. 444 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,920 The William Miller message was preached all over the world, and they didn't even know 445 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:13,920 it. 446 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:20,700 But it was preached by children in different countries and by priests in other countries. 447 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:26,600 God had a movement, and the devil had a movement, too. 448 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,880 Now Morris Code isn't from the devil. 449 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,920 It's a really wonderful thing, but you know what? 450 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,600 It is the infancy of modern technology. 451 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,920 Morris Code invented in 1844. 452 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,160 After that, telephone. 453 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:49,240 After, well, now we have, you know, it's incredible what we have today. 454 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,020 But it had to start somewhere. 455 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:56,480 So 1844 was a time of infant. 456 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,560 The church was infant. 457 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,120 The knowledge was infant. 458 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:08,560 Darwin and Karl Marx both published a precursor to the real book that was published a little 459 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:13,320 later, but their first books came out in 1844. 460 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,240 And guess what that is all about? 461 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,200 Atheism. 462 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:23,320 We are living in the last days of Earth's history, and we're being attacked by every 463 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,440 front. 464 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:34,040 Joseph Smith dies in 1844, trying to escape from jail. 465 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,040 And another false religion was born. 466 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:47,000 It wasn't exactly born then, but by him dying, he becomes a saint and immortalized, and the 467 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,720 church grew rapidly. 468 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:58,840 So we are in the time of the end, and it is for sure. 469 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,880 We don't have to have any doubt about it. 470 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,440 So what's next? 471 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,480 What's the next big thing that happens? 472 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,160 The Feast of Booths. 473 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:16,960 What does it represent? 474 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,760 Jesus pictured it through the years. 475 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,320 There are thousands. 476 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:25,880 Look on the internet and put in the Second Coming visuals. 477 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,680 You'll see pictures of all kinds. 478 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:35,400 It's the most exciting thing, aside from Jesus dying on the cross, that has ever happened 479 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,640 to planet Earth, and it's right around the corner. 480 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,120 Jesus Second Coming. 481 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:47,240 And the saved will be with Jesus throughout eternity. 482 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,400 Wow. 483 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:53,120 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them, and they 484 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,760 lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 485 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:01,720 What did we say was the Hanukkah? 486 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,720 Feast of lights. 487 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,360 That's in the holy place. 488 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,000 That's where the lights are. 489 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,980 Seven branch candlestick. 490 00:36:07,980 --> 00:36:11,920 And that's where we will be through the thousand years. 491 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,520 Some have questioned that, but that's where we're going to be. 492 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:17,840 There's no second chance. 493 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:22,520 There's no, you know, all these other theories about the last days of Earth's history, the 494 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:23,520 Second Coming. 495 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,840 We're going to be with Jesus in heaven. 496 00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:31,600 And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared 497 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,160 as a bride adorned for her husband. 498 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:40,080 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall 499 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:46,080 go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the Earth. 500 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,000 So what's the next festival? 501 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000 Purim. 502 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,520 You remember what happened in Purim? 503 00:36:54,520 --> 00:37:02,760 Purim is model and miniature of the Battle of Armageddon. 504 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:07,120 The Battle of Armageddon starts before Jesus comes. 505 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,880 You and I will be taking part in that. 506 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:16,620 We will be, you know, battled from all kinds of places. 507 00:37:16,620 --> 00:37:19,280 But God will be with his church. 508 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:25,000 He will bring us off more than conquerors. 509 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,600 An exciting, exciting, exciting time. 510 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:34,920 But then the second half of the Battle of Armageddon happens after the thousand years. 511 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,720 And the Bible tells it this way, and they went up on the breadth of the Earth, the wicked, 512 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,440 encompassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city. 513 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:49,640 And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 514 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,640 Wow. 515 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,180 I don't want to be in that group, do you? 516 00:37:54,180 --> 00:37:56,840 What do we have to do to not be in that group? 517 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,360 Well, here's the wonderful thing. 518 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,920 It's such a blessing. 519 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:07,120 Your life is so much easier on Jesus' side than on the devil's side. 520 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,320 The devil wants you to make a think that's just the opposite. 521 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,320 Isn't that exciting? 522 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,040 Jesus loves us so much. 523 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:30,040 And I asked the question, why does the burnt offering representing Jesus' death on the 524 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,880 cross? 525 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:36,200 Because he died the death of the sinners. 526 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:42,920 And how are the sinners dealt with? 527 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,600 They're dealt with fire. 528 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,280 It's a strange thing that God has to do. 529 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,400 He's the creator. 530 00:38:51,400 --> 00:39:00,720 He doesn't like to do this terrible thing that has to be done at the end of his whole 531 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,040 battle. 532 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,280 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. 533 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,440 This is the second death. 534 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,240 So we come full circle. 535 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:14,760 All of the festivals taken care of. 536 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:20,920 And this sanctuary message that we have is so awesome, it's amazing. 537 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,440 And I just wanted you to know that. 538 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,920 It's the end of the sanctuary. 539 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,020 The end of sin and sinners. 540 00:39:29,020 --> 00:39:35,880 And I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of 541 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:36,880 it. 542 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,880 Why? 543 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,600 Because they are all a symbol of how God deals with sin. 544 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,920 And when sin is over, we don't need a temple anymore. 545 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,320 Amazing, isn't it? 546 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,880 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were 547 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,920 passed away. 548 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,400 I want to be there with you guys. 549 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,040 Because I know you're going to be there. 550 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,080 And I'm going to be there. 551 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,080 Right family? 552 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,120 We want to be there. 553 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,400 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 554 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,960 And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying. 555 00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:20,760 Neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away. 556 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,760 Heaven begins. 557 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:24,760 But wait a minute. 558 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,280 No, heaven begins right now. 559 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,280 For us. 560 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:32,520 Because we are children of the heavenly King. 561 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,160 Let's live in that knowledge, shall we? 562 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:37,920 Live in the positive. 563 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,120 We're in heaven. 564 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,800 In our hearts and minds. 565 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,800 We still have to suffer through this old world. 566 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,640 But being in heaven helps us. 567 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:57,480 It helps us along the troubles of this old world. 568 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,480 Let's pray. 569 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,720 Father in heaven, we thank you so much. 570 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:06,320 That the God has planned it out so meticulously. 571 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:11,960 And every little, almost detail is presented for us in the Bible. 572 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,640 And we thank you for the Bible. 573 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:14,640 We thank you for Jesus. 574 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,880 He was born to die for us. 575 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,800 And we thank you and we praise you. 576 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:26,360 We ask you to give us your message in our hearts. 577 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,520 Your truth burned in our souls. 578 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,600 So that we will never doubt. 579 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,520 But always trust in Jesus. 580 00:41:34,520 --> 00:42:02,520 Amen.