Welcome to Healing Scars with Pastor Burton,
the official podcast of Cross -Christian Fellowship,
Route 66, in the heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
where Burton is the lead pastor. We're glad you're
here. Even though they're in the body of Christ,
they're not realizing the fulfillment of what
Jesus did by not abolishing the law, but fulfilling
the law and ushering in... what hebrews calls
the new and better covenant so we're not only
going to go from 2025 into 2026 but hopefully
you're going to leave your tomorrow your yesterdays
behind you those things are gone it's over with
you're not going to go back in time we are entering
into the very present and we're going into a
future that we're going to call 2026. On the
biblical calendar, it's 5786. Next year in the
fall, it's going to be 5787. And so there's many
different calendars in the world today. Muslims
have one calendar. Jews have another. Christians
have another. And actually, the Christian calendar
has been changed at least two different times
over the years. And so I want to get... you into
the word to understand and rightfully divide
it and see the difference in what you may believe
or what you may think and what's really biblical
what's truth so let me just look at this um i'll
say a quick prayer father we ask that we all
have ears to hear lord fill us with your holy
spirit lead and guide us into all truth and understanding
And Lord, anoint my lips and loose my tongue
to speak forth the things of God. Lord, bless
Pastor right now as they're away. And Lord, just
bless him and his wife. And again, bless your
people. We want to bless you. We want to bless
each other. And we want to be a blessing to the
world in the gifts, talents, and abilities that
you placed in us by your spirit. In the name
of Jesus. So if I say Yeshua, it's his Hebrew
name, which means salvation. The reason I titled
this What's New, and I'm going to read this to
you now. This is out of 2 Peter 1, verses 16
to 21. And I'm from New Jersey, so I talk fast.
For we did not follow clever devices, tales which
we made known to you, the power and coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses
of his majesty. These New Testament books, there
were over 500 people who actually saw Jesus in
human flesh and also in his resurrected body.
All you need in the court of law is two or three.
And so for when he received honor and glory from
God, again, the father, such an utterance as
this was made to him by the majestic glory. this
is my beloved son with whom i am god remember
he's the great i am well pleased and of course
this is at his baptism this is on the mount of
transfiguration and so and this is of course
prophetic when moses says god's going to raise
up one big o meaning the anointed one and raise
up he didn't only raise him up in israel he raised
him up from the grave he raised him up to heaven
where he's interceding on behalf of you and i
right now and he's going to raise you up as well
he was just the first fruit of the dead and we
have the promise of resurrection so there's so
many things when you're reading the word from
genesis to revelation you're gonna see some key
things and you're gonna realize, oh, I never
knew that before. So I was sharing, I've been
in the Lord 42 years now, 43 years now, it'll
be 44 next year, but you're always growing in
the grace and knowledge of him and you should
be digging deeper into him, being rooted and
grounded in him so that you and I can bear good
fruit and lasting fruit. for the kingdom it's
all about the kingdom it's not just about the
church although it's important to build up the
church because the church furthers the kingdom
but we have to have a biblical kingdom mindset
so peter writes and we ourselves heard this utterance
made from heaven when we were with him on the
holy mountain that's the mount of transfiguration
where he was with moses and elijah and i'll kind
of touch on that as we get into this so we have
the prophetic word made more sure to which you
do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining
in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts so in the psalms it
says your word is a lamp to guide me it's a light
for my path and so the word is the light jesus
is the word that became flesh that said i am
the light of the world But you and I as born
-again believers, you know what he says to you?
You're the light of the world. You're the salt
of the earth. Why? Not because of you being so
special, although he loved you so much, right?
God the Father sent his son because he loved
the world, but he calls you into oneness with
him. He's the head of the body, and you and I
are all members of the body. but there are members
of the body all over albuquerque all over new
mexico all over america and around the world
and we may not see them or know them but we are
one with them if we're one in him and so verse
20 in second peter one says but know this and
this is really the key here first of all no prophecy
of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation
for no prophecy was ever made by an act of the
human will but men or humans moved by the holy
spirit spoke from god and i say this because
what this is telling us is that no one scripture
stands on its own interpretation. And I don't
care what church you're in, what theology you
have, much of it is built on what Jesus' half
-brother says is doctrines of men and doctrines
of demons and not necessarily what the Bible
tells us. And so I want to challenge you in that.
Wherever you are, from Genesis to Revelation,
remember what Jesus said to the scribes, the
Pharisees, the Sadducees. You search the scripture
daily, but you don't see me in it. I'll be very
clear. Genesis 1 -1, in the beginning, right?
God created the heavens and the earth. But in
the beginning, think about this, because Jesus
said, I am the beginning. So immediately in Genesis,
Jesus is there. So he's the word that became
flesh, that took on human flesh. The very last
word in Revelation is either the end or amen.
When Jesus says, I am the beginning and the end,
I am the first and the last, I am the yes. And
I am, so no matter what translation you're reading
in English, if it says amen, you see Jesus from
Genesis to Revelation. And if you don't see it,
it's because you're not really looking at him
through his word by the Holy Spirit to bring
that revelation. Moses is a type and shadow of
Jesus. Moses' first miracle was changing water
into blood. Jesus' first miracle was changing
water into wine. And obviously it was red wine.
So I say this to challenge you, no matter what
book you're in, and some of them can be pretty
boring. People often say, well, God's not interested
in numbers. Well, then why is there a book of
numbers in the Bible? Right? We have to ask questions.
And actually, as a Jew, the big question for
most Jews around the world, are there any Hispanic
Jews here? You know, New Mexico has more Spanish
Jewish blood per capita than Israel or New York.
Okay. So the question is, if I'm reading one
scripture, and so I'm just getting started here,
but if you go to Ecclesiastes chapter one, I
have a bunch of things in my Bible here. I don't
want to. It mixed up, but Ecclesiastes chapter
one, just one verse, verse nine. And it says
this, that which has been is that which will
be. And that which has been done is that which
will be done. Now here's one of the verses that
you probably have heard as a believer or a non
-believer. So there is nothing new. under the
sun nothing new now we can just take this one
scripture and i'm sure you've probably heard
people say you know what there's nothing new
under the sun i'm sure you've heard it at least
once in your lifetime oh there's nothing new
under the sun but again as we just read in peter
no one scripture stands on its own interpretation
i'm from new jersey We live in New Mexico. If
there's nothing new under the sun, why do we
just keep pointing at this scripture, nothing
new under the sun? What does it mean? No matter
where you are in the world, life goes on. People
live, people die. You need water, you need food.
People argue, people fall in love. There's nothing
new in that. It's life. It's living, really,
because life is in Christ. But I want to challenge
you to think about this. I looked this up. There
are some 314 times in the Bible from Genesis
to Revelation where the word new is used, but
we always hit this one, nothing new under the
sun, and therefore we discount. all the new things
when God says, I'm going to do a new thing in
your day. I'll tell you, you can go to Romans,
I mean Hebrews chapter 11, the great men and
women of faith, Moses, Elijah, you name it, they're
in there. But if you read the end of that chapter,
it tells us that they are incomplete without
you and me. Think about it. Why are they incomplete?
Because they were just members of the body in
their day, just as you and I are members of the
body in this day. If you're big on Queen Esther,
she was there for such a time as this. You know
why you're here? For such a time as this. And
so all those great men and women of faith, they're
incomplete without us. We're part of the game
plan and the vision and the plan and purpose
of God and his body on earth. And it also tells
us, and this I love, God has greater things in
store for us. How could you have a greater thing
than the promise of David that on his throne
his son will rule and reign forever? But God
says he has greater things in store for us. We
need to get a bigger vision, and whether it's
Old or New Testament, it tells us that you cannot
please god apart from faith it's always been
about faith but that we perish because of either
lack of knowledge or understanding of what this
word does tell us and reveals to us but what
we can see now and into the future it's a prophetic
word and it's a living word In the New Testament,
24, 31 times the word new, whether it's newborn,
newly, newness, news. So I want you to think
when you read the scriptures, no matter where
you are, every time you see new, think about
this. Jesus says, this is the cup, this last
supper of the new covenant. If there's nothing
new under the sun, why is Jesus, who only said
and did what the Father told him to say and do,
coming up with something new? So if you don't
get this, you're going to miss the fact that
it's not there's nothing new under the sun, like
nothing new is ever going to happen. If you woke
up today, his mercies are what? New. Every morning.
every 365 days a year something's new under this
sun so the bible doesn't contradict itself but
if you're not in christ centered in him to understand
the difference between old and new testament
you will miss the prophetic word about jesus
and the new and better covenant So my title is
what's new? What's new? You know what new means?
New. You go out and buy a new car, it's not your
old car. It's new. In the old days, we used to
go get retreads on our tires. No, now you go
buy new ones. So we need to rightfully divide
the word of truth and understand what is new.
There's an old joke. Maybe some of you heard
it. If you bring up the word snoo, somebody says,
what's new? And then the joke is nothing. What's
new with you? And I bring that up because snoo
is actually an old English word. If I say I'm
going to grow something, then I can say something
grew. So in the old English days, we could say,
well, there's snow on the ground. Or what happened
yesterday? You know what? It's snow. Actually
snow when we turned into snowed. But so words
change, but this word never changes. Hebrews
tells us that God, Jesus Christ is the same.
yesterday, today, and forever. You got to wake
up sometime and realize no matter what you're
going through in ups and downs, our God is a
constant. He never changes. What is our God?
John the Beloved tells us he's love. And we'll
get to that in a few. So I said all that to take
us to this. If you go to Jeremiah. Chapter 31,
very, very well -known scripture. I'm going to
read 29 to 40. It seems like a lot, but we didn't
do worship, so hang with me. Jeremiah 31, 29
to 40. The title here is a new covenant. If there's
nothing new under the sun, somebody got something
wrong here. Is there something new here? In those
days, they will not say again, the fathers have
eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are
set on edge. But everyone will die for his own
iniquity. Each man who eats the sour grapes,
his teeth will be set on edge. Behold, days are
coming. So this is prophetic. And there's churches
today that say that we don't believe in prophecy.
But Revelation tells us that the testimony of
Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. If Genesis 1
-1 talks about the beginning and Jesus is the
beginning, the very first word that God gave
to Moses is pointing to Jesus. And as I said,
Moses is pointing to Jesus. Jeremiah is pointing
to Jesus. The law, the prophets, the Psalms,
when Jesus was resurrected, he's on the road
to Emmaus. What's he talking about? The word
of revelation about... It's all about me. It's
all about me being the one that God promised,
and when the fullness of time had come, God sent
his son into the world. We just celebrated that
on December 25th. So, Jeremiah 31, we are in,
the days are coming, 31, 31, declares the Lord,
listen to this, when I will, throughout the scriptures,
God says, I will. God watches over his word to
perform it. If he said, I will, and it hasn't
happened yet, it's a prophetic word that will
happen. Because God watches over his word to
perform it, and he keeps it. But he says, I will
make a what? New covenant. So if we just stop
at Ecclesiastes, and we don't read the rest of
the book, or we think, well, there's nothing
new under the sun, so. i'll just wait for jesus
to come back because there's nothing new going
to happen well there's something that has happened
and it is happening and many in the church don't
know and understand it god has made a he will
make a new covenant with the house of israel
and with the house of judah so we have the northern
kingdom of the southern kingdom what we're talking
about here the jews were given the word of god
for all nations people stripes and tongues Both
Old and New Testament says that my house, the
church, or your house, your home, should be a
house of prayer for what? For all nations, all
peoples, all tribes, and all tongues. To what
purpose? To come to the promise of the Father,
who happens to be Jesus, and the giving of the
Holy Spirit, which allows you to enter into the
new and better covenant. So I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel and the house
of Judah, not like, and this is key, not like
the covenant which I made with their fathers
in the day I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt. My covenant, which
they broke, although I was a husband to them,
declares the Lord. So I'm not going to read the
rest of this because I can stop here. verse 32
and 31 are key to understanding the new and better
covenant it is not going to be like the covenant
that god gave to moses on the mountain which
included and this is going to be very controversial
which included 613 commandments Which Paul the
Apostle tells us, if you break one, you've broken
them all. God very clearly says they broke at
least one, so they broke the covenant. But what
does the Bible tell us? God keeps covenant, and
he kept that covenant. Remember, Jesus didn't
abolish it. It's still in play. If you're not
in the new covenant, you're going to be under
the old. But Galatians is very clear. We're not
under the old anymore. But it will be nothing
like the covenant he made with Moses. That covenant
of 613 commandments includes the 10 commandments.
Most churches have them hanging up somewhere.
So what's the new covenant? And I often ask the
question, when does the new covenant Covenants
start. Anybody? When does the new covenant start?
When Jesus was born? At the crucifixion? The
raising from the dead, right? All good, all good,
all good. But what the Bible tells us is the
covenant doesn't go into effect until the person
who writes the covenant or creates the covenant
dies no different you may have a will i have
a will that will is signed it's sealed it's at
my lawyer's office i have a copy but it doesn't
go into effect until i die so when did the new
testament start Anybody else? We look at Matthew
1 .1 as the New Testament, and that's true. It's
the New Testament. It's very clear. Genesis 1
is the Old Testament. Matthew 1 is the New Testament.
But everything written about Jesus prior to going
to the cross and dying, he was under, and the
Bible tells us this, he was under, the law of
moses he was under those 613 commandments and
he fulfilled every single one of them so you
and i don't have to worry about any of them because
where he chokes the fruit of the spirit so where
are we in this and again if you look at the law
and the prophets that's why moses and elijah
We're on the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus,
representing the law and the prophets, which
Jesus talked about after the resurrection, to
say this is all about me. I have fulfilled it,
which is why he said, it is finished. But for
40 days he walked among them, told them to pray
in Jerusalem for 10. For what reason? To receive
the promise of the Father, which was the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit, so they would become witnesses,
which I scratch my head out because they spent
three and a half years with Jesus being witnesses,
but they were not yet in the new and better covenant.
They were still under the law of Moses until
his death. So let's look at Hebrews. Go to Hebrews
chapter 8. And I'll be pretty quick here. Hebrews
chapter 8. And Hebrews, I love the book of Hebrews.
It's like the readers, those of us that are older,
we remember the old Reader's Digest condensed
books. Hebrews is Genesis 1. to the very end
of malachi the entire what we call the jewish
bible right the old testament combined into its
little book really that it is only to point to
jesus jesus is better than the law jesus is better
than moses jesus is better than abraham jesus
is better than king david jesus is better than
anybody because he's the one that was promised
So Hebrews chapter 8, and this is what I need
you to get here. Hebrews chapter 8, we're going
to pick up in verse 8. When God said, Moses,
Moses, or verily, verily, or truly, truly, he's
trying to get your attention. Whenever you see
a scripture repeated, It's to bring a deeper
revelation, a better understanding, and hopefully
a spiritual way for you and I to apply it, to
put on the Lord Jesus Christ and not put on Moses.
Remember, Moses didn't get them into the promised
land. Joshua did. And Joshua's... Name is Yehoshua
in Hebrew. And Jesus' Hebrew name is Yeshua.
And if you saw the Passion of the Christ, because
that was done in Aramaic, because that's really
the language they spoke at that time. And that's
why Mary called him Yeshua. Very similar. The
Muslim church today in Iran is the fastest growing
underground church on planet Earth because they're
getting dreams and visions, signs, wonders, miracles.
They call him Esau in their language. Those that
speak Spanish, Jesus. There's no other name under
heaven, but whatever language you're speaking,
as long as it's Jesus, which literally means
salvation, that's the only name under heaven
by which you can get salvation. And if you've
ever been to a Jewish wedding or a Jewish synagogue,
and they're speaking Hebrew, you're going to
hear Yeshua, Yeshua, Yeshua, Yeshua, Yeshua,
Yeshua. Because if you did a study in the English
Bible, about how many times salvation is mentioned?
Nine out of ten times that word is Yeshua. Pointing,
pointing, pointing to Jesus. So when God repeats
himself, so let's look at Hebrews 8, and we'll
breeze through this. Hebrews 8, 8 to 13. We're
finding fault with them, meaning all of these
other ministries, Moses' warnings and stuff like
that. Behold, and this again is a repetition
of what I just read out of Jeremiah. This is
New Testament, but it's also after the resurrection.
So he's pointing to the new covenant reality.
Behold means to look and to see, to fix your
eyes on this. days are coming says the lord when
i will effect again a new covenant i hope you
never read the bible again and see new and don't
say wait a minute there's something different
here this is old covenant but it's pointing to
the new this is the new testament prior to the
death of jesus but when it brings up new it's
pointing to the new covenant So when I will affect
a new covenant with the house of Israel, with
the house of Judah, and again, verse 9, not like.
Now, I don't want to wreck anybody's theology
or belief in the word of God, because the word
of God, Hebrews tells us, is sharper than a two
-edged sword. It'll cut to the bone and the marrow.
It's a living word. But the living word tells
us that this is a dead letter book. apart from
the holy spirit and it's not until the outpouring
of the holy spirit when jesus says you become
a witness and it's because of the new covenant
so not like the covenant which i made with their
fathers on the day when i took them by the hand
so i challenge you and you're thinking am i living
in an old covenant mindset or a new covenant
mindset Am I living in the world? Or am I living
in the spirit? It's a constant. It's a constant.
Let's look at chapter 9, verse 15. For this reason,
this is pointing to Jesus again. That's what
Hebrews is all about. Even though it talks about
everything from Genesis to Malachi, it's all
about Jesus. For this reason. And remember, God
says in Isaiah, come let's reason together. Many
of the new translations say, come let's argue
together. That's more of our Christian mindset
anymore. Let's argue over doctrines and belief
systems. Let's not argue. Let's reason with God.
Let him reason with us so that it comes down
to our understanding of what he's really saying
here. For this reason, he is pointing to Jesus.
the mediator of a what new covenant so that since
a death has taken place for the redemption of
the transgressions that were committed under
the first covenant those who have been called
by may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance
It's interesting, for all the years I shared
earlier before the service started, I try to
read a different translation every year because
you're always going to learn something new, something
different. It's going to click and go, wait a
minute. This is so interesting to me. Abraham
was promised to inherit the earth. You and I,
In the New Testament, in the New Covenant, it
says Abraham is our father of faith. Abraham
was alive before the law of Moses was given.
But I'm going to tell you what happened. God
spoke his word to Abraham. Abraham took it as
God's word, not just, oh, Mark said today, or
Burton said last week, or... it doesn't matter
who's saying it is it the word of god or is it
the word of man or is it the doctrines of demons
those are your three options but as a covenant
of faith again without faith it's impossible
to please god the new covenant tells us that
abraham is our father of faith so the great men
and women of faith are incomplete without us
god has greater things in store for us how are
we living in this covenant reality You and I
are joint heirs with Christ, which means everything
that is seen and unseen will be ours in God.
Completely equal. 100%. 100 % for you, 100%.
How is that? Because we're one in him, and he
is the ultimate one who overcame sin and death
and is the head of the body of Christ. messiah
of christ of the anointed one look at chapter
10 of hebrews verse 20. let's look at 19. my
header says a new and living way so yes jesus
died but he's not in a tomb anymore an empty
tomb He's seated at the right hand of the Father.
He's praying for you and me. He's praying for
the unsaved because he wishes that none would
perish, that all would come. He died once for
all. Come unto me all, he says. Therefore, brethren,
since we have confidence, do you have confidence
to go boldly, as Paul the Apostle says, into
the Holy of Holies? Many Christians are living
without hope. Hebrews tells us that hope is the
anchor within the veil. You'll see people wearing
necklaces of an anchor. Why? Because it represents
the hope that is the anchor within the veil.
Jesus went into the Holy of Holies. He's seated
at the right hand of the Father. He's the head
of us all. And Paul says, you too can go into
the presence of God in the Holy of Holies. King
David did it in the Old Testament. How much more
are we able to have a communion and fellowship
with our Heavenly Father, with his one and only
begotten Son, by the Holy Spirit, if we don't
do it, if you don't apply it? So he entered in
with confidence to the holy place by the blood
of Jesus. Sounds gross, but let me just say this.
Old Testament tells us, New Testament tells us,
life is in the blood. So blood means life. Jesus
lived for us, right? He fulfilled the law for
us, but he died and became sin for us so you
and I could become the righteousness of God in
Christ. In verse 20, again, the new. By a new
and living way. It wasn't the old way, which
he inaugurated for us through the veil. That
is his flesh. Some translations say is his body,
which tells me the only way into the Holy of
Holies is through the body of Christ. That's
the church. That's your responsibility. I don't
care if you're a licensed minister or just newly
saved. Your job is to bring reconciliation between
you and God, between your family, your friends,
your co -workers, your neighbors, and yes, praying
for your enemies. You have a full -time ministry
of reconciliation. Matter of fact, Jesus says,
just as the Father sent me, I'm sending you.
There's no difference. Just as means just as.
How do we do it? Not in the flesh, but by the
Spirit. Jesus didn't even start his ministry
until he was baptized. And what happened? The
Holy Spirit descended like a dove upon him. And
that same Spirit stayed on him until he gave
up the ghost, King James, on the cross and said,
it is finished. The fulfillment of the law, the
ushering in of the new covenant. And we are the
body of Christ. Look at Hebrews 12. Verse 24.
And to Jesus, well, let's go to 22. But you have
come to Mount Zion. into the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, into myriads of
angels, to the general assembly and the church
of the firstborn, which is the body of Christ,
who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge
of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made
perfect, and to Jesus, again, the mediator of
a new covenant. and to the sprinkled blood which
speaks better than the blood of Abel. The Bible
tells us that the blood of Abel still cries out.
First death in Genesis still cries out. New Mexico,
we helped start the Care Net Pregnancy Center
in Rio Rancho. New Mexico has some 4 ,000 to
5 ,000 abortions every year. We are the late
-term abortion capital. America has killed over
60 to 70 million babies since Roe v. Wade went
into effect. When Roe versus Wade was taken from
the Supreme Court back to the states, to this
day there are more abortions being done than
before Roe versus Wade. We're in trouble because
we don't understand life. We become a death culture.
You think the blood of Abel is still crying out?
What about the blood? And this is only America.
Places like China and India and Pakistan, they've
committed more abortions than we have. So if
America killed 60 to 70 million babies, how much
crying out is there and how much judgment will
come? People need Jesus. People need life. People
need forgiveness. Let me just say this about
a mediator. He's a mediator. He's interceding.
He's like our defense attorney, right? Hebrews
tells us when there's a change in the priesthood,
Jesus is our high priest. When there's a change
in the priesthood, remember he's from the tribe
of Judah. He's not from Levi. When there's a
change in the priesthood, there has to be a change
in the law. There has to be. So when he fulfilled
the law, there was a major change. and that is
the new and better covenant. You and I are in
that. We are not in the New Testament prior to
his death where we're still under the law. We're
not in Moses' but all of the laws as a schoolmaster
to take you by the hand and lead you to Christ
so that you can have a right relationship with
the Father and be in the new and better covenant.
Because the law has been changed unless you want
to live under that law. So let me finish with
this. Turn to Revelation chapter 2, and I'll
tell you this. It was mentioned about the podcast
that we do. If you have a phone in your spare
time, you can download christianbody .net. We
stream 24 -7. We are on every continent. We broadcast
live all over the world. It's only ever about
the word of God. But I bring that up because
faith comes by hearing. I've done radio and television
since 1980. I got started on reel -to -reel tapes.
we had to cut with scissors or with a razor and
tape it together and then it was eight tracks
and then it was cassettes and then it was i remember
spinning 78 records and 45s and 33 and a third
so it's we've come a long way baby as they say
but uh i say that because a lot of new things
have happened in my lifetime my aunt who passed
away in her 90s She saw horse and buggy days,
to car days, to planes taking off, to jets, to
rockets, to the computers of our day. This little
phone here has more information on it than all
of the Empire State Building can hold. It's amazing
where we've come. If you ever watch Star Trek,
that's how this got started, the old flip phone
and Star Trek. So let's look at Revelation. Revelation
chapter 2. I'll wrap it up with this stuff. Are
we okay here? You getting this? Maybe? It'll
change your thinking. Believe me. I'll challenge
you. Revelation 2, 17. And I'll breeze through
these. There's about five of them. 2, 17. He
who has an ear, let him hear. Anybody have ears
here? Are you hearing what the Spirit is saying
to the church today? You are going from 2025
into 2026. It's just a change of the clock. It's
a change of the calendar. But it is every day
is a new day. Every day. He who has ears, let
him hear what the Spirit says to the church.
You know, this book tells us that all of the
world couldn't contain the books just about what
Jesus did. So again, this is like a Reader's
Digest condensed version that's most important.
It's your owner's manual for life. But Jesus
says, my word is spirit. Barna did a survey a
year or two ago. 80 to 90%, listen to this, of
confessing born -again believers in America have
never read the New Testament. Jesus says, my
word is life. what kind of life are they having
if they're not in his word jesus says he is the
word are they really in jesus if they're not
in the word are they in the spirit when he says
my word is spirit we have to ask these questions
we have to because the world literally is not
heading in the right direction but god wishes
none would perish and you and i are the ones
to speak forth the things of god You know, the
Bible says, let everyone, meaning everywhere,
speak as an oracle of God. Doesn't matter how
young you are. Doesn't matter how old you are.
We are to speak as a voice of God. Just like
John the Baptist, just like Elijah before John
the Baptist, you and I are to usher in, make
level the way of the Lord. Welcome him. So he
who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to
him I will give some of the hidden manna, and
I will, again this I will, I will, I will. It's
God's doing, it's the Spirit doing it. I will
give, I will give him a white stone and a new
name. Written on this stone, which no one knows,
but he who receives it. You're all going to get
a new name. i don't know why but we're going
to be in a new heaven and a new earth that's
just the truth and if there's nothing new under
the sun what what are we doing in revelation
this is what's yet to come and i don't know if
it's 2026 or or further down the road most mission
groups around the world are focusing on 2030
2033 to reach all the unreached people groups
around the world And there's many of them. There's
more than 1 ,000 unreached people groups in Africa
alone, more in Pakistan, more in India, that
have never heard the name of Jesus, never. It's
amazing. The American church has no idea. We've
not done a good job. Revelation 3 .12. He who
overcomes, again, he's repeating it, same book.
And again, this book of Revelation, we often
read Revelation as... the revelation of john
but it's really the revelation of jesus to the
churches so remember that we often read the book
of acts the acts of the apostles when really
it's the acts of the holy spirit in the lives
of everyday believers who are followers in christ
that's you and me so revelation 3 12 he who overcomes
again i will it's what god's doing Make him a
pillar in the temple of my God. And he will not
go out from it anymore. And I will write on him
the name of my God and the name of the city of
my God, the new Jerusalem. Anybody here ever
been to Israel? Good. I've never been. Honestly,
I'm not worried about going. And I'm sure by
going, you saw things that you actually hands
on, feet on the ground. I get it. But I'm waiting
for the new Jerusalem. Just the way God made
me, I guess. So, the new Jerusalem, which comes
down out of heaven from my God and my new name.
There's a lot of new coming for something that's
not going to happen if there's nothing new under
the sun. That's why you can't just stick on one
scripture. Have you ever heard the one that's
out of Corinthians? No eye has seen. No ear has
heard the things which God has prepared for you
and me. Anybody ever heard that? Heard it a million
times. It's my most frustrating scripture. Because
most pastors, preachers, teachers, whatever you
want to call them, will stop right there. When
right after that, it says, but these things have
been revealed to. not waiting for the sweet by
and by we have the holy spirit now to lead and
guidance into all truth and understanding to
be a witness for god to live a life that's a
life more abundantly than anybody else has unless
they're already in the kingdom we are limiting
ourselves because we put god in these doctrinal
theological boxes they really don't exist other
than than a a christian mindset i will say this
um I can't think of the guy's name now. He's
from Texas, but I did an interview with him years
ago. He has one of the largest libraries in the
world, bigger than the Library of Congress. Genius
when it comes to biblical things in American
history. But I was on an interview with him.
I asked him, do you think this is Christian?
I was asking the question about something. And
he says, Mark, I don't even ask that question
anymore. Because Christianity is all over the
place. I ask the question, is it biblical? Everything
you see in Christianity, I apologize for it,
but it's not all my fault. It's not biblical.
It's not biblical. So we need to know this word.
We need to know Jesus. We need to have the spirit
to help us know. chapter 5 verse 9 revelation
we're going to finish in revelation 5 verse 9
and they sang a new song worthy are you to take
the book and to break its seals for you were
slain who are they talking about jesus and purchased
for god with your blood with your life men from
and this is why we need to take the gospel to
all nations people's tribes and tongues for every
tribe and tongue and people and nation you have
made them to be a kingdom of priests to our god
and they will reign upon the earth you and i
we are a kingdom of priests now to intercede
on behalf to align ourselves with the word to
align ourselves with the prophetic word of god
to align ourselves with all of the promises of
god that are yes and amen in christ jesus and
to communicate those truths to others around
the world revelation 14 verse 3 revelation 14
verse 3 and they sang a new song before the throne
and before the four living creatures and the
elders and no one could learn the song except
the 144 000 who had been purchased from the earth
this is speaking of the millennial reign which
is a thousand year list listen we can argue over
i'm going to die and go to heaven we can argue
over tongues and interpretation we can argue
over a lot of things but it is a fact that jesus
will return and he will rule and reign for a
thousand years in Jerusalem before the judgment
seat of Christ, before the final judgment. So
we have a little bit of time between now and
then, but it'll be new. There's going to be a
lot of new coming. New, new, new. And if we're
stuck with it, there's nothing new. We're going
to miss it. We're going to miss it. So 14 .3,
the purchase is Jesus. Are you familiar with
the Moravian Church? German church prayed for
over 100 years that the purchase of Jesus would
become a reality in all the world. I'll be honest
with you. I pray that for my own life. That whatever
he died for me to have, I don't want to stand
before him and say, I just didn't use it. Peter
says he's given you everything you need to live
your life unto him. Why would we want to live
a mediocre life? That's not why he died. Let's
close in 21, Revelation 21. This is the last
scripture. I hear a sigh of relief. 21, one to
five. The header here is the new heaven and earth.
i saw so this john uh the beloved again he's
hearing from jesus he's writing all this down
a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven
and the first earth passed away and there is
no longer any sea and i saw the holy city new
jerusalem coming down out of heaven from god
made ready as a bride adorned for her husband
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
behold, again, look, see, fix your eyes on this.
The tabernacle of God is among men. What did
we just celebrate on December 25th? Emmanuel.
Some translate it with man as God or God with
us. It's literally with man as God in the Hebrew.
But that's what's going to happen. Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men. Some will say
the temple of God. You and I are living stones
being built into the temple of God. And he, meaning
God, Jesus, and his resurrection body, will dwell
among them. John 1 says he came to dwell among
us, or he came to tabernacle among us. That's
important because Paul says we have this treasure,
this gift. God so loved the world that he gave.
We have this gift in earthen vessels. He will
dwell among them and they shall be his people
and God himself will be among them. And he will
wipe away every tear from their eyes and there
will no longer be any death. There will no longer
be any mourning or crying or pain. the first
things have passed away and he who sits on the
throne said behold look see fix your eyes on
this i am god is making all things new and he
said right for these words are faithful and true
making all things new is a reality for us today
because If any man be in Christ or any human
be in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things
are gone. 2025 is going to be gone. And all things
have become new. That's been everything since
the born -again experience of Christ and the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. There's something
been happening over 2 ,000 years of new in individuals'
lives. This is the reality of who we are. You
and I need to get this. We need to believe it.
We need to read about it. We need to pray over
it. We need to witness to others. And we need
to communicate that God can and he will do a
new thing in your life. Because every single
day, his mercies are new every morning. Please
stand. I love to go to churches. This is the
Aaronic blessing. I mentioned about the priesthood
and the change of the law. Moses gave Aaron,
who was the high priest, a blessing to put God's
name on his people so that they could be witnesses
for him. If you look at the end of the Gospel
of Luke, Jesus, as I said, he walked among them
for 40 days. He told them to wait and pray for
10 days in Jerusalem. That's Pentecost. That's
where we get 50 from. It was 50 days. But as
he ascended at the end of the Gospel of Luke,
it says he lifted up his hands and he blessed
them. There are many, many blessings in the Scripture.
One of them, if you read Psalm 133, 1 .33 says
when the brethren come together in unity or in
oneness, God will command the blessing. He doesn't
say a blessing. And the only blessing that God
gave Moses for the high priest to put his name
on his people, I believe is the very blessing.
that Jesus gave to his disciples before they
were baptized with the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
I'm going to ask you again, lift up holy hands.
Don't be shy. This is a receiving. This is the
promise of God. All you got to do is believe.
Thank you. may the lord bless you keep you cause
his face to shine upon you be gracious unto you
lift up the light of his countenance upon you
and give to you his shalom his peace his wholeness
his fullness and his blessing in the name of
yeshua hamashiach Jesus, the Messiah, the light
of the world, the lion of the tribe of Judah,
and the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of
the world. Father, bless your people with the
fullness of the purchase, with that abundant
resurrection life in the Holy Spirit. Lead and
guide them into all truth and understanding.
May this year be a new adventure. May they walk
into the works that you have prepared for them
to do. long before the foundations of the world
were laid. Lord, for each of us individually
and for the corporate body, we pray your kingdom
to come, your righteousness, your peace, your
joy in the Holy Spirit, your kingdom to come,
and your will, your perfect and acceptable will
to be done upon and through us as your people.
In the name of Yeshua, Jesus, amen and amen.
And I will say, happy new year. God bless you
guys. Thank you, Mark. Wow. Thank you for joining
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