WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:06.639 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.660 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.939 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:13.939 --> 00:00:17.879 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:25.660 right in. Okay, so we will continue from where 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:35.640 we stopped on Sunday. We have been trying to 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:41.679 look at the giving of the law, the giving of 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:46.840 the law. I don't want you to forget that our 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:58.259 focus is to understand why Moses ruled this law, 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:06.140 particularly Deuteronomy 22 .5 That the woman 00:01:06.140 --> 00:01:10.620 shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.219 neither shall a man put on the woman's garment. 00:01:16.219 --> 00:01:24.420 For all that do so are abomination unto the Lord 00:01:24.420 --> 00:01:37.359 thy God. I want to note something crucial that 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:44.620 as we study, I want you to pay attention. When 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:49.519 I say the law here, I am talking about legalism. 00:01:52.459 --> 00:02:01.909 However, the word law does not have a blanket 00:02:01.909 --> 00:02:07.109 meaning. Are we together? Yes, it does not have 00:02:07.109 --> 00:02:11.289 a blanket meaning. I believe we have been taught 00:02:11.289 --> 00:02:15.550 in this church that we are not looking for formulas 00:02:15.550 --> 00:02:22.449 in the Bible. That every word's meaning is found 00:02:22.449 --> 00:02:27.389 in its context. So as we study different contexts, 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.400 The word law will be appearing. Now, I don't 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.960 want to take time. I would have shown you in 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.939 a diverse place, meaning a lot of places in the 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:43.139 Bible where law is appeared. I mean, law was 00:02:43.139 --> 00:02:49.060 used. That does not mean legalism. It means the 00:02:49.060 --> 00:02:52.400 doctrine of Christ. In fact, some of the scripture 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:59.900 we read last Sunday. What law means the gospel. 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:04.400 So it's not all the time when we say law, your 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:10.400 mind should go to legalism. No. So, however, 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:15.919 why am I stressing this is for you to pay attention. 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:21.199 As we study, we will be making note of those 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.939 things. So in the context, you will know what 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:29.379 he's talking about. But remember we said the 00:03:29.379 --> 00:03:37.039 law of Moses, which was added, understand? Well, 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:41.500 let me put it this way. That legalism is a corruption 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:47.599 of the gospel or was what came out of unbelief. 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.819 We're going to see that so that you will know 00:03:50.819 --> 00:03:54.740 that not just only that Moses gave the law, but 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:58.139 he also preached. The gospel. Are we together? 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.000 So he gave the gospel, he also gave the law. 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.879 Amen. And we knew the reason why he gave the 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:14.099 law was because of unbelief. See, it was added 00:04:14.099 --> 00:04:18.740 because of transgression. Are we together? Yes. 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:23.319 So, and the corruption I'm talking about is the 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:29.800 unbelief. that birth the law. Hallelujah. So 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:36.240 we ended last Sunday on the note that Jesus is 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:42.079 the mediator. The mediator of a better and a 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:47.779 new covenant. Not Moses. We ended by saying that 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:55.410 both the law and the mediation or Moses as the 00:04:55.410 --> 00:04:59.290 mediator. We are both, we are all an addition. 00:05:00.810 --> 00:05:03.610 That we are not the plan of God for any man to 00:05:03.610 --> 00:05:05.769 stand in between God and man. Are we together? 00:05:06.209 --> 00:05:12.569 Yes. Okay, so let's look at this thought a little 00:05:12.569 --> 00:05:16.629 bit then before we move on. Hebrews chapter 12. 00:05:17.250 --> 00:05:20.790 Let me pick one scripture. Hebrews chapter 12 00:05:20.790 --> 00:05:26.209 that talks about Christ. the mediator of a better 00:05:26.209 --> 00:05:30.069 covenant. Hebrews chapter 12, let me read verse 00:05:30.069 --> 00:05:40.129 22. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the 00:05:40.129 --> 00:05:44.930 city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, 00:05:45.189 --> 00:05:51.589 to an innumerable company of angels, to the general 00:05:51.589 --> 00:05:54.660 assembly and the church of the firstborn, who 00:05:54.660 --> 00:06:01.000 are registered in heaven, to God, the judge of 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:06.459 all, to the spirit of just men made perfect, 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:15.199 verse 24, to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:22.139 and to the blood of the sprinkling that speaks 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:30.879 better things, than that of Abel. Amen. Now, 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:35.540 look at that 24. I want you to look at that word, 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.800 that of. If you are using King James or New King 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:46.459 James, you will see that of is in Italics, which 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:50.079 means that it has been added. Yeah, it's not 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.519 in the original. It has been added by the translators. 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.839 They want to put it there in their wisdom so 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:01.100 that it can make meaning. Are we together? Yes. 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:05.959 So if we disregard that because it's not in the 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:10.220 original, so let's remove it. So we can read 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:13.660 it this way, that to Jesus, the mediator of the 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:18.540 new covenant, and to the blood of the sprinkling 00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:25.399 that speaks, Better things than what? Herbal. 00:07:25.579 --> 00:07:29.839 Amen. Are we there? Now let's look at that word 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:34.639 than. That word than herbal. So that word than. 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.660 It was translated from the word para. That is 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:50.259 P -A -R -A. P -A -R -A. Para. And that word para. 00:07:51.949 --> 00:07:55.449 have different meaning in different contexts. 00:07:56.250 --> 00:08:04.069 So para could mean from. Para could mean done, 00:08:04.370 --> 00:08:12.709 which was used here. Para could mean by. Or above. 00:08:14.089 --> 00:08:24.850 Or besides. Or near. From. Dan, by, above, beside, 00:08:25.029 --> 00:08:31.509 or near. ETC. I just picked some. Now, what determines 00:08:31.509 --> 00:08:36.610 which one to use is by reading the context. Are 00:08:36.610 --> 00:08:41.649 we together? Amen. Are we together? Yes. This 00:08:41.649 --> 00:08:44.490 is why we are teaching. And you have to pay attention 00:08:44.490 --> 00:08:48.370 because in every teaching, you will see that 00:08:48.370 --> 00:08:51.360 we're not just only teaching the topic. or the 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.539 subject, but we are also teaching how to read 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:57.440 Bible. If you have been following this church, 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:02.500 you understand that every teaching is a Bible 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:05.120 study and a method to study the Bible. Are we 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:08.120 together? Now, if you look at the context where 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:13.399 I read, you will bear me witness. Are we together? 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:23.059 That this text is not actually comparing Abel 00:09:23.059 --> 00:09:26.700 and Jesus. Is that right? Is that true? Is he 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:32.080 comparing whose blood screams louder? Did you 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.200 understand what I'm trying to say? All the time, 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:35.980 you see, when I read from the time he was talking 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:40.220 about Mount Zion, he says the city of the living 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:43.179 God, right? And he was describing, you understand, 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:47.919 the uniqueness of this heavenly Jerusalem. Amen. 00:09:48.809 --> 00:09:52.909 Are we together? And he said, we have a mediator, 00:09:52.990 --> 00:09:55.730 which is Christ. So there's no way he was talking 00:09:55.730 --> 00:10:00.409 about a comparison between the blood that screams. 00:10:00.830 --> 00:10:03.730 You know, sir? So we will not actually look at 00:10:03.730 --> 00:10:06.990 it, therefore, as a comparison. So that means 00:10:06.990 --> 00:10:11.330 that word done wouldn't be the best word for 00:10:11.330 --> 00:10:14.629 para there. Are we together? So if you look at 00:10:14.629 --> 00:10:19.230 it, that means from what I have said, you will 00:10:19.230 --> 00:10:24.090 see clearly that the best fit there is the word 00:10:24.090 --> 00:10:33.470 from, is the word from. So the verse can be correctly 00:10:33.470 --> 00:10:39.149 read as, let me take the last part, to the blood 00:10:39.149 --> 00:10:44.529 of the sprinkling that speaks better things from 00:10:44.529 --> 00:10:49.950 where? From Abel. The blood of the sprinkling 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:54.470 that speaks better things from Hebel. I believe, 00:10:54.570 --> 00:10:58.330 I remember Pastor Fred taught us this word Becca, 00:10:58.509 --> 00:11:00.850 I think some time ago, even though we're going 00:11:00.850 --> 00:11:04.909 to study it again. Reputation is good and healthy 00:11:04.909 --> 00:11:08.769 for your spiritual health. Hallelujah. So Pastor 00:11:08.769 --> 00:11:11.789 Fred told us that that word Becca, it appears 00:11:11.789 --> 00:11:14.429 several times in the book of, I mean, in Hebrews. 00:11:15.210 --> 00:11:18.610 And he said that better is not a comparison of 00:11:18.610 --> 00:11:21.769 the same things. You understand? No. He's talking 00:11:21.769 --> 00:11:25.970 about something of a different kind. You understand 00:11:25.970 --> 00:11:29.129 what I'm saying? So when he says, like, for example, 00:11:29.129 --> 00:11:34.090 where we read here, he said, Jesus, the mediator 00:11:34.090 --> 00:11:37.490 of a new covenant. You understand? And in many 00:11:37.490 --> 00:11:41.110 other places, he talks about Jesus better than 00:11:41.110 --> 00:11:43.870 angels. Are we together? He's not comparing two 00:11:43.870 --> 00:11:46.840 things. You understand? Of the same kind. No, 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:49.480 he's saying that they are in different class. 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:53.799 There is no comparison. This one is in a different 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.620 class. Are we together? Yes, of a different kind. 00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:07.840 So here he's trying to speak to us that Abel's 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:12.070 righteousness, please listen to me. Abel's righteousness, 00:12:12.269 --> 00:12:14.669 remember I will point us to the text and the 00:12:14.669 --> 00:12:17.370 sign in Hebrews. I will go back a little bit 00:12:17.370 --> 00:12:19.570 to Hebrews chapter 11 because that's where he 00:12:19.570 --> 00:12:25.809 started discussing. Abel's righteousness was 00:12:25.809 --> 00:12:31.669 because of Christ. Abel's righteousness was because 00:12:31.669 --> 00:12:34.830 of the blood of Christ. Let me use that word 00:12:34.830 --> 00:12:36.809 because since we are talking about the blood 00:12:36.809 --> 00:12:40.460 here. You understand? The blood of the sprinkling 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:45.559 that speaks better things from Abel. That means 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:50.759 right from Genesis. Remember the Bible says that 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:53.860 the lamb which was slain from the what? From 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.460 the foundation of the world. I remember Pastor 00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:58.399 Fred also taught us again the issue of foundation. 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:04.700 Are we together? Amen. That means... So right 00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:08.539 from Genesis, you understand, in the gospel, 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:12.100 you understand, the person is made righteous. 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:16.720 How is a man made righteous? By the blood of 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:19.379 Christ. They believe in the promissory, but that 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:21.480 is exactly what happened. So it's not really 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.379 a comparison between which blood screams. Is 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:26.360 it the blood of Hebel or the blood of Jesus? 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.059 So the blood of Jesus is better than the blood 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:32.039 of Hebel? No, no, no, no, no. is that the blood 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.320 of Jesus that speaks better things, you understand, 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:40.720 from what? From Abel. Are we together? Amen. 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:43.940 Now look at Hebrews, go back a little bit, Hebrews 00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:51.059 11. Hebrews 11, look at one. He said, now, let 00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:55.000 me speak from, let's say, verse 10, chapter 10, 00:13:55.059 --> 00:13:58.840 sorry, verse 39. Hebrews chapter 10, verse 39. 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:04.620 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.799 but of those who believe to the saving of the 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:11.519 soul. So that is a category of people that drill 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.340 back. He said, no, we are not of them that drill 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:17.879 back. You understand? But them that believe in 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.580 the saving of the soul. So then verse 1 of chapter 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:25.220 11 says, now, that word now is we are for or 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:32.700 they are for. That word is not present. It's 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:36.259 also currently in the sand. That's not what you 00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:42.539 look at it. It means therefore. The Hebrew word 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:48.779 there is therefore. Faith is a substance of things 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:53.240 hopeful, the evidence of things not sent. Now, 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:57.769 here is defining faith as hope. Now, faith here 00:14:57.769 --> 00:15:01.070 is a faith of the men of the old. That's before 00:15:01.070 --> 00:15:04.690 Christ died. Because now, if you believe in Jesus, 00:15:04.809 --> 00:15:07.850 you believe in what has happened, not what will 00:15:07.850 --> 00:15:11.070 happen. Are we together? Amen. Are we together? 00:15:11.330 --> 00:15:14.590 Yes, that Jesus raised him from the dead and 00:15:14.590 --> 00:15:17.610 you shall do what? You shall be saved. So that 00:15:17.610 --> 00:15:21.509 is our faith now on what has happened. But for 00:15:21.509 --> 00:15:25.169 the men of old, they believe in what will happen. 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.080 That's why here he's describing their faith. 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.639 And their faith is called hope. Amen? That's 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:42.279 not your own. He says, because Jesus hasn't died 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:49.200 then when they believed. So now, or therefore, 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:54.679 faith is a substance of things hoped for. The 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.700 evidence of things not seen. That word things 00:15:57.700 --> 00:16:06.559 is pragma. P -R -A -G -M -A P -R -A -G -M -A 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:13.320 means pragma or pragma. It means deeds. It means 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:18.399 actions. It's not car, house. I know some faith 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:21.340 movement have used this text terribly bad. You 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:24.389 know, sir. talking about these things, his car, 00:16:24.490 --> 00:16:26.129 house, whatever, you know what I'm saying? He 00:16:26.129 --> 00:16:28.490 said, now he's faith. It's not tomorrow. Now 00:16:28.490 --> 00:16:29.850 he's faith. No, no, no. That's not what he's 00:16:29.850 --> 00:16:32.690 talking about here. He's talking about these 00:16:32.690 --> 00:16:35.750 things here, you know what I'm saying? It's not 00:16:35.750 --> 00:16:40.870 material things. It's deeds. It's actions. You 00:16:40.870 --> 00:16:44.690 understand? That is the actions of Christ. The 00:16:44.690 --> 00:16:49.129 deeds of Christ. What Christ has done on Calvary. 00:16:49.429 --> 00:16:54.730 So that's why they said, Faith is what they hope 00:16:54.730 --> 00:17:00.090 for ahead. What do they hope for? Is the action 00:17:00.090 --> 00:17:02.830 of Christ. What Christ will do. You understand? 00:17:03.750 --> 00:17:11.690 And that was what, that was what Abel believed. 00:17:11.970 --> 00:17:17.910 When you begin to read, if you go to verse 4, 00:17:18.069 --> 00:17:23.230 by faith is that Abel? Enoch was next. You understand? 00:17:23.690 --> 00:17:27.230 Then Noah. Then Abraham. And on and on. You see 00:17:27.230 --> 00:17:29.390 all this when he said by faith. That's what it 00:17:29.390 --> 00:17:32.309 means. The faith there is talking about that. 00:17:32.329 --> 00:17:37.029 Every of their actions described was a response 00:17:37.029 --> 00:17:43.789 of what they believed. Are we together? So, for 00:17:43.789 --> 00:17:48.009 Abel, verse 4. You see, by faith, Abel offered. 00:17:48.490 --> 00:17:53.170 Did you see that? to God a more excellent sacrifice 00:17:53.170 --> 00:17:57.210 than king. That's another word that we discuss, 00:17:57.369 --> 00:18:00.210 a more excellent. We're not going into that, 00:18:00.250 --> 00:18:02.849 but it's also describing, because I'm going to 00:18:02.849 --> 00:18:05.490 talk about it later on, because it's also describing 00:18:05.490 --> 00:18:08.930 something of a different kind. Are we together? 00:18:09.109 --> 00:18:12.970 Just like beta. It's not talking about like a 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:16.630 two comparison of the same thing. So that means 00:18:16.630 --> 00:18:19.549 he gave a more excellent, excellent sacrifice, 00:18:19.890 --> 00:18:24.009 you understand, than Cain. I hope you are suspecting 00:18:24.009 --> 00:18:26.470 exactly what he did. You understand what I'm 00:18:26.470 --> 00:18:30.089 saying? Because his sacrifice was born out of 00:18:30.089 --> 00:18:33.910 the substance of things hoped for. Are we together? 00:18:34.470 --> 00:18:37.509 Are we together? While that of Abel was born 00:18:37.509 --> 00:18:39.390 out of unbelief. Do you understand what I'm trying 00:18:39.390 --> 00:18:42.490 to say? So that's why I say he gave a more excellent 00:18:42.490 --> 00:18:46.150 sacrifice. Now, a man today, you that now understand 00:18:46.150 --> 00:18:48.730 the gospel, And you're coming to give a gift. 00:18:49.230 --> 00:18:51.769 You'll be coming to give a gift because you have 00:18:51.769 --> 00:18:54.750 been blessed. But somebody, you'll be coming 00:18:54.750 --> 00:18:58.529 to give a gift because he wants God to give him 00:18:58.529 --> 00:19:02.089 something. You see, your own is a more excellent 00:19:02.089 --> 00:19:04.450 one. Did you understand what I'm trying to say? 00:19:04.809 --> 00:19:08.750 Because his own is born out of the system of 00:19:08.750 --> 00:19:13.130 unbelief. You understand? But yours is born out 00:19:13.130 --> 00:19:16.609 of the righteousness of Christ. That is because 00:19:16.609 --> 00:19:19.970 of what he has done, so we give in thanksgiving. 00:19:20.250 --> 00:19:24.250 Amen. Are we together? So you see, this is exactly 00:19:24.250 --> 00:19:27.549 what happened here. You understand? He said, 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:32.170 obtain a witness that he was what? Oh, talk to 00:19:32.170 --> 00:19:38.210 me. That he was what? Righteous. Because God 00:19:38.210 --> 00:19:45.240 testifying of his gift and to it. Even that still 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:52.259 speaks. We're reading of their faith. We're reading 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:57.619 of what they have done. Are we together? Are 00:19:57.619 --> 00:20:02.500 we together? In fact, Jesus made mention of Abel 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:09.619 as a prophet. Amen? Matthew 23. Look at Matthew 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:20.140 23. Verse 35. Verse 35. Matthew 23, verse 35. 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:30.000 He said, that on you may come all the righteous 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:37.539 blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteousness. 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:43.400 And to the blood of who? Zechariah, the son of 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:47.940 who? Berethia, whom you murdered between the 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:50.519 temple and the altar. Look at how he describes. 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:56.480 From the blood of righteous Abel. This is not 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.799 righteousness by works. This is righteousness 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:17.670 by faith. Luke 50. Luke 50. Luke 11 50. Somebody 00:21:17.670 --> 00:21:21.150 will be imagining. For the victory of ideas from 00:21:21.150 --> 00:21:30.089 verses. From chapters. Luke 11 50. That the blood 00:21:30.089 --> 00:21:36.210 of the prophets which was shed from the foundation 00:21:36.210 --> 00:21:39.630 of the world may be required of this generation. 00:21:39.930 --> 00:21:45.230 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah 00:21:45.230 --> 00:21:50.490 who perished between the altar and the temple. 00:21:50.730 --> 00:21:54.289 Did you see that? Who? He said he called them 00:21:54.289 --> 00:21:57.470 prophets. So not just only that he believed, 00:21:57.849 --> 00:22:06.930 he what? He preached this same it, this same 00:22:06.930 --> 00:22:13.500 righteousness by faith. We say, believe in the 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:18.900 things to come. The deeds of Christ. The actions 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:26.900 of Christ. His sufferings and the glory shall 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:36.019 come. So, at that time, Abel believed. Listen. 00:22:41.650 --> 00:22:45.670 Before, you remember the text we read? He's talking 00:22:45.670 --> 00:22:49.549 about a sacrifice. That was before even Abel 00:22:49.549 --> 00:22:57.730 was killed. Are we together? Because the problem 00:22:57.730 --> 00:23:02.809 started after God was asking him, if you do well, 00:23:02.950 --> 00:23:08.670 will you not have been accepted? Yeah? So, What 00:23:08.670 --> 00:23:12.390 we are talking about now is before even Abel's 00:23:12.390 --> 00:23:15.289 blood was shed. Did you understand what I'm saying? 00:23:17.369 --> 00:23:22.630 So, it is the blood of the sprinkling, the blood 00:23:22.630 --> 00:23:26.190 of Jesus, that spoke. It is that same blood that 00:23:26.190 --> 00:23:33.069 spoke. Are we together? For us. Amen. Galatians 00:23:33.069 --> 00:23:53.809 chapter 3. Galatians 3, verse 19. What purpose 00:23:53.809 --> 00:24:01.769 then? The Lord saith, It was added because of 00:24:01.769 --> 00:24:07.460 transgression, till the seed should come. to 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:11.900 whom the promise was made, and it was appointed 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:23.059 to angels by the hand of a mediator. So both 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:26.920 the law and the mediation of Moses were added 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:31.839 because of transgression. And God revealed to 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:36.579 Moses, Remember last time on Sunday we talked 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:40.500 about what Stephen was speaking. It's a lively 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:49.859 oracle. Right? Yes. The words giving life. That 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:57.460 was what was delivered. Are we together? Amen. 00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:04.990 So these people refused to believe. And Moses 00:25:04.990 --> 00:25:11.730 said, okay, I will give you the law. Just follow 00:25:11.730 --> 00:25:21.430 me. So, God gave Moses the message and Moses 00:25:21.430 --> 00:25:28.329 involved the angels. And Moses did what? So, 00:25:28.349 --> 00:25:32.950 in the giving of the law, Moses did what? Involved 00:25:32.950 --> 00:25:42.490 who? The angels. Hebrews chapter 2. Hebrews chapter 00:25:42.490 --> 00:25:54.309 2. Verse 1. Therefore we must give the more earnest 00:25:54.309 --> 00:26:00.890 heed to the things which we have heard, lest 00:26:00.890 --> 00:26:07.099 we drift away. For if the words spoken through 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:18.039 angels proved steadfast, and every transgression 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:26.880 and disobedience received a just reward. Stop 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:29.680 there. I'm coming to that verse in the psalm. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.779 Again, this is just to add to what we have been 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:41.180 Another text. That way he said the words. Talking 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:44.779 through angels. He's talking about the law of 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:49.779 Moses. The law that was delivered to unbelievers. 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:58.339 Those who refuse to believe. Hallelujah. So. 00:26:59.630 --> 00:27:02.769 What are we trying to see here? That the delivery 00:27:02.769 --> 00:27:09.250 of the law was supernatural to the involvement 00:27:09.250 --> 00:27:20.869 of angels by Moses. Now, because of this, I said, 00:27:20.890 --> 00:27:24.789 I need to, we need to, we can't stop like that. 00:27:26.470 --> 00:27:30.619 Before we move to see other things. I said, let 00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:34.599 me go through. We need to search. We need to 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:40.519 study some activities of angels in the Old Testament, 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:43.980 what we call the Old Testament text. Are we together? 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.400 Let me start from Judges. And I want you to pay 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.400 attention as we go through because we're going 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:52.539 to solve multiple things as we go through. Amen? 00:27:53.140 --> 00:28:06.579 Let me start from Judges. Judges chapter 6. Look 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:13.160 at verse 11. Now the angel of the Lord came and 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:18.740 sat under the talibin tree, which was in Ophrah, 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:29.920 which belonged to Josh and Abizreit. Yes, thank 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:35.019 you. While his son Gideon threshed wheat. in 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:39.440 the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites. 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.500 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:46.819 said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:51.940 man of valor. But starting, Gideon said to him, 00:28:52.799 --> 00:29:00.599 O my Lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:07.490 all this happened to us? And where are all his 00:29:07.490 --> 00:29:11.730 miracles? Which our fathers told us about, saying, 00:29:11.890 --> 00:29:17.269 Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But 00:29:17.269 --> 00:29:19.869 now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us 00:29:19.869 --> 00:29:23.829 into the hands of the Midianites. Then the Lord 00:29:23.829 --> 00:29:29.990 turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours, 00:29:30.069 --> 00:29:33.819 and you shall save Israel. from the hand of the 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:40.140 Midianites. Have I not sent you? Verse 15. So 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:46.119 he said to him, O my Lord, how can I save Israel? 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:49.660 Indeed, my clan is the weakest in men, I say, 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:52.660 and I am the least in my father's house. Verse 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:56.759 16. And the Lord said to him, Surely I will be 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:00.359 with you, and you will defeat the Midianites 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:05.650 as one man. Then he said to him, If now I have 00:30:05.650 --> 00:30:09.890 found favor in your sight, then show me a sign 00:30:09.890 --> 00:30:19.650 that it is you who talk with me. Verse 18. Do 00:30:19.650 --> 00:30:23.289 not depart from here, I pray, until I come to 00:30:23.289 --> 00:30:26.250 you and bring out my offering and set it before 00:30:26.250 --> 00:30:34.339 you. You! And he said, I will wait until you 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:38.960 come back. Verse 19. So Vidon went in and prepared 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:43.880 a young goat and on living bread from an ephah 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:47.980 of flour and the meat he put in a basket. And 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:51.019 he put the bread in a pot and he brought them 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:54.859 out to him under the table tree and presented 00:30:54.859 --> 00:31:00.200 them. Verse 20. The angel of the Lord. The angel 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.539 of God said to him, take the meat and the unleavened 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:08.700 bread and lay them on this rock and pour out 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:12.079 the bread. And he did so. He did so. Verse 21. 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:16.200 Then the angel of the Lord put out the end of 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:20.619 the staff that was in his hand and touched the 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:25.980 meat and the unleavened bread. And fire rose 00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:29.980 out of the rock and consumed the meat. and the 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:33.420 one living bread. The angel of the Lord departs 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:41.680 out of his sight. Now Gideon perceived that he 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:48.279 was the angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, Alas, 00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:54.279 O Lord God, for I have seen the angel of the 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:57.599 Lord face to face. Verse 23. Then the Lord said 00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:03.980 to him, Peace be with you. Do not fear. You shall 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:06.799 not die. I want you to pay attention. That's 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:13.299 the reason why I read through. Now, you must 00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:18.519 have observed when I was reading. It is a word 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:26.039 that appeared to be, to be interchangeable. The 00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:31.849 word, the angel of the Lord. and the word the 00:32:31.849 --> 00:32:36.829 Lord. If you look at the entire encounter, you 00:32:36.829 --> 00:32:39.670 would think two people are there. That is the 00:32:39.670 --> 00:32:42.509 Lord and the angel of the Lord. There's no way 00:32:42.509 --> 00:32:46.369 that we heard, actually Gideon was just conversing 00:32:46.369 --> 00:32:48.829 and talking and then interacting with the word, 00:32:48.950 --> 00:32:52.470 the angel of the Lord. So first look at it, verse 00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:56.410 11. Let's go through. Verse 11. The verse 11, 00:32:56.509 --> 00:32:59.970 he said, now the angel of who? The Lord. Verse 00:32:59.970 --> 00:33:04.309 12. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him. 00:33:04.490 --> 00:33:06.430 Are you in verse 12? That's why you need to have 00:33:06.430 --> 00:33:12.829 your Bible. Amen. Look at verse 20 again. He 00:33:12.829 --> 00:33:16.750 said, verse 20. The angel of God said to him. 00:33:17.150 --> 00:33:22.829 Verse 21. Then the angel of the Lord. Again, 00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:26.279 he says in that same verse. And the angel of 00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:28.660 the Lord departed out of his sight. Are we together? 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:31.720 Please, I want us to go together. You understand? 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:36.400 Look at verse 22. The angel of who? The Lord. 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:40.660 Now, look at verse 14. Come back to verse 14. 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:50.099 Then the Lord turned to him. Verse 16. And the 00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:56.619 Lord said to him. Verse 23. The Lord said to 00:33:56.619 --> 00:34:00.779 him, are we together? In fact, several times, 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:05.579 Gideon himself referred to the angel as my Lord 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:15.380 or Lord God. Verse 13. Are you verse 13? This 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:22.139 is what he said. Oh my Lord. Verse 15. Oh my. 00:34:23.050 --> 00:34:28.369 Lord. Verse 22. Look at verse 22. Now Gideon 00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:32.489 perceived that he was what? The angel of the 00:34:32.489 --> 00:34:35.969 Lord. So Gideon said, alas, what? Oh my God. 00:34:37.329 --> 00:34:43.909 Are we together? Amen. Yes. For I have seen. 00:34:43.969 --> 00:34:46.570 Look at, he's the one that said, for I have seen 00:34:46.570 --> 00:34:50.449 the angel of the Lord face to face. But he called 00:34:50.449 --> 00:35:01.389 the angel of the Lord, O Lord God. Are you seeing 00:35:01.389 --> 00:35:10.389 something? Okay, go to chapter 13. You see, George's 00:35:10.389 --> 00:35:30.380 chapter 13. Again, the children of Israel did 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:34.760 evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse 1. And the 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.139 Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistine 00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:41.679 for 40 years. Now there was a certain man from 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.619 Zorah of the family of the Danites, whose name 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:49.880 was Manuah, and his wife was barren and had no 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:53.880 child. And the angel of the Lord appeared to 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:57.599 the woman. And said to her, Indeed now you are 00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:02.280 barren and have born no children, but you shall 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:06.019 pass conceived and bear a son. Now therefore, 00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:11.260 please be careful not to drink wine or similar 00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:17.480 drinks and not to eat anything unclean. Verse 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:25.150 5. For behold, you have... You shall conceive 00:36:25.150 --> 00:36:29.769 and bear a son, and no result shall come upon 00:36:29.769 --> 00:36:35.010 his head. For the child shall be a Nazareth to 00:36:35.010 --> 00:36:38.969 God from the womb, and he shall begin to deliver 00:36:38.969 --> 00:36:43.710 Israel out of the hand of the Philistine. So 00:36:43.710 --> 00:36:47.170 the woman came and told her husband, saying, 00:36:47.309 --> 00:36:52.949 A man of God, note that, a man of God came to 00:36:52.949 --> 00:36:57.380 me. And his countenance was like the countenance 00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:02.420 of who? Of an angel of God. Very handsome. But 00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:09.519 I... Good. Now you are now... I can see you are 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.440 following me. Are we together? But I did not 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:16.880 ask him... Are we together? Where he was from... 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:22.659 Oh, they are reading from here. Ah. Okay. Is 00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:27.119 he good? But I did not ask him where he was from, 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:32.039 and he did not tell me his name. And he said 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:35.260 to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:38.739 son. Now drink no wine or similar drink. Nor 00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:41.199 eat anything unclean, for the child shall be 00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:44.639 a Nazareth to God from the womb to the day of 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:48.139 his death. Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and 00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:55.090 said, O my Lord, Please let the man of God whom 00:37:55.090 --> 00:37:58.829 you sent come to us again and teach us what we 00:37:58.829 --> 00:38:04.070 shall do for the child who will be born. Verse 00:38:04.070 --> 00:38:07.389 9. And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and 00:38:07.389 --> 00:38:12.010 the angel of God came to the woman again as she 00:38:12.010 --> 00:38:16.849 was sitting in the field. But Manoah, her husband, 00:38:16.949 --> 00:38:20.809 was not with her. Verse 10. Then the woman ran 00:38:20.809 --> 00:38:23.719 in haste. and told her husband and said to him, 00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:29.539 Look, the man who came to me the other day has 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:33.800 just now appeared to me. So Manoah arose and 00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.119 followed his wife. When he came to the man, he 00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:41.079 said to him, Are you the man who spoke to this 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:45.699 woman? And he said, I am. Manoah said, Now let 00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:49.900 your words come to pass. What will be the boy's 00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:53.380 rule of life? and his work. Verse 13, So the 00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:56.840 angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Of all that 00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:01.980 I said to the woman, let her be careful. Verse 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:05.719 14, She may not eat everything that comes from 00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:09.840 the wine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:14.840 nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded 00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:19.889 her, let her do what? Observe. Verse 15, then 00:39:19.889 --> 00:39:24.030 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, please 00:39:24.030 --> 00:39:30.710 let us detain you and we will prepare a young 00:39:30.710 --> 00:39:34.250 goat for you. Verse 16, and the angel of the 00:39:34.250 --> 00:39:38.409 Lord said to Manoah, though you detain me, I 00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:42.889 will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt 00:39:42.889 --> 00:39:46.010 offering, you must offer it to the Lord. For 00:39:46.010 --> 00:39:49.679 Manoah did not know. He was the what? The angel 00:39:49.679 --> 00:40:18.340 of the Lord. Verse 17. Verse 18. upon the rock 00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:24.539 to the Lord, and he did a wondrous thing while 00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:28.239 Manoah and his wife looked on. It happened, verse 00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:32.059 20, as the flame went up toward heaven from the 00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:35.440 altar, the angel of the Lord ascended in the 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:38.500 flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:43.659 saw this, they fell on their faces on the ground. 00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:47.750 Verse 21. When the angel of the Lord appeared 00:40:47.750 --> 00:40:52.829 no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew 00:40:52.829 --> 00:41:03.269 that he was the angel of the Lord. Verse 22. 00:41:03.869 --> 00:41:07.829 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely 00:41:07.829 --> 00:41:11.710 do what? Die. Because we have seen who? We have 00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:24.059 seen who? Now go to verse 3. Now let's look at 00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:27.480 it again. Verse 3 and 4. What did you see there? 00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:30.760 First, the angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah's 00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:33.900 wife, right? She was bearing with her foods, 00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:40.179 right? And she would conceive to bear a son. 00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:45.690 Verse 6. What did verse 6 say? They now referred 00:41:45.690 --> 00:41:48.869 to him as the man of God, right? And then she 00:41:48.869 --> 00:41:50.730 perceived that he could be an angel of the Lord 00:41:50.730 --> 00:41:54.869 or angel of God. Verse 8. So Manoah prayed for 00:41:54.869 --> 00:41:58.150 the man of God, you understand, to visit them. 00:41:58.190 --> 00:42:01.030 Remember, at this time, Manoah, according to 00:42:01.030 --> 00:42:03.070 the text, that did not know he was an angel of 00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:06.690 the Lord. Verse 9. He says the angel of God came 00:42:06.690 --> 00:42:09.469 to the woman again. Verse 13. The angel of the 00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:13.280 Lord spoke to Manoah. Verse 15. Manoah said to 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.780 the angel of the Lord, verse 16, and the angel 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.659 of the Lord said to Manoah, again in verse 16, 00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:21.420 he said, for Manoah did not know he was what? 00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:25.900 The angel of the Lord. Verse 18, the angel of 00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:28.940 the Lord said, verse 20, the angel of the Lord 00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:33.739 ascended in the flame of who? Of the altar. Look 00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:39.449 at verse 21. Look at verse 21. the angel of the 00:42:39.449 --> 00:42:43.050 Lord appeared no more to Manoah and his wife. 00:42:43.309 --> 00:42:48.469 Then Manoah knew he was what? The angel. So at 00:42:48.469 --> 00:42:51.889 this point, Manoah knew he was the angel of the 00:42:51.889 --> 00:42:55.369 Lord. Verse 22, And Manoah said to his wife, 00:42:55.429 --> 00:43:00.550 We shall surely what? Die. Because what? We have 00:43:00.550 --> 00:43:08.210 seen God. I want you to note The manua, as I 00:43:08.210 --> 00:43:13.030 said, knew that what they saw, what they interacted, 00:43:13.409 --> 00:43:20.269 was an angel. However, they said, we have seen 00:43:20.269 --> 00:43:25.409 what? We have seen God. Now, from these few texts, 00:43:25.530 --> 00:43:30.150 you understand, or verses that we have studied, 00:43:30.309 --> 00:43:34.010 you could see that in the Old Testament, where 00:43:34.010 --> 00:43:38.010 we call the Old Testament text, An encounter 00:43:38.010 --> 00:43:42.769 with an angel is often interpreted as an encounter 00:43:42.769 --> 00:43:47.610 with God. Did you see that? An encounter or an 00:43:47.610 --> 00:43:51.170 interaction with an angel is often interpreted 00:43:51.170 --> 00:43:58.510 as what? As an encounter with God. As an encounter 00:43:58.510 --> 00:44:05.329 with God. Now, go to Exodus quickly. We're still 00:44:05.329 --> 00:44:08.329 moving because I need to, See where we can stop. 00:44:10.730 --> 00:44:13.969 So which means that you have to be careful when 00:44:13.969 --> 00:44:17.150 you are reading, you understand, the scriptures. 00:44:18.050 --> 00:44:20.530 So that it's not wherever you see the Lord said, 00:44:20.650 --> 00:44:23.309 the Lord said, the Lord said. So it means he's 00:44:23.309 --> 00:44:26.929 actually the God Almighty. You might be taking 00:44:26.929 --> 00:44:29.130 the words of an angel and then you are thinking 00:44:29.130 --> 00:44:33.789 actually is a word of the Lord. Remember, sometimes 00:44:33.789 --> 00:44:38.619 both the authors, as well as the people be reported. 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:41.099 That's how they saw. That's how they normally 00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:46.400 refer angels. You know, sir. He referred them 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:51.179 as well as the Lord. So in the text where we 00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:53.139 read, you will see that even the ones that you 00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:54.980 know is the angel of the Lord and the Lord said, 00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:57.559 that's the author. Are we together? Please, amen. 00:44:58.460 --> 00:45:00.699 Because there are parts that we know that yes, 00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:13.989 either Manoah or... actually knew that it was 00:45:13.989 --> 00:45:16.150 an angel. But you see, there's a place again 00:45:16.150 --> 00:45:19.710 that the author of the text will say what? And 00:45:19.710 --> 00:45:22.750 the Lord said, did you see that place? Oh, are 00:45:22.750 --> 00:45:25.869 we together? So you see that there are two people 00:45:25.869 --> 00:45:30.550 there. The first thing, who had the encounter, 00:45:30.889 --> 00:45:36.710 perceived the angel or interpreted the angel 00:45:36.710 --> 00:45:41.110 as a Lord or God, but as well, the author, you 00:45:41.110 --> 00:45:49.320 understand? So that's why you have to pay attention 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:52.760 when you are reading. You understand? When you 00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:57.760 are doing what? When you are reading. Exodus 00:45:57.760 --> 00:46:08.840 chapter 3. Look at verse 1. Exodus chapter 3. 00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:29.420 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his 00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:33.320 father -in -law, the priest of Midian. And he 00:46:33.320 --> 00:46:36.199 led the flock to the back of the desert and came 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:40.199 to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:43.340 of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire 00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:46.460 from the midst of the bush. So he looked, and 00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:49.920 behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:53.760 bush was not consumed. And then Moses said, I 00:46:53.760 --> 00:47:00.639 will now turn aside and see this great sight, 00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:04.360 why the bush does not burn. So when the Lord 00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:08.639 saw that he turned aside to look, God called 00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:13.920 to him from the mist of the bush and said, Moses, 00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:18.400 Moses. And he answered, Here I am. Look at verse 00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:21.820 2. He said, And the angel of the Lord appeared 00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:24.920 to him. Where did he appear? Where did the angel 00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:28.059 of the Lord appear? He said, From where? The 00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:33.079 mist of where? The bush. Now look at verse 4. 00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:39.360 Look at verse 4. God called him from where? Who 00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:43.699 are we together? From the midst of the bush and 00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:45.960 said, Moses, Moses. Who do you think is calling 00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:52.960 him? Amen. It was the angel that was calling 00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:56.559 him from that same place where he turned in the 00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:59.519 midst of the bush. But it was said that it is 00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:13.050 the Lord. The same place that was bombing. So 00:48:13.050 --> 00:48:16.750 apparently the same angel in verse 2 was later 00:48:16.750 --> 00:48:20.769 referred by the author as the Lord. In verse 00:48:20.769 --> 00:48:25.869 4, who was also implied as God calling him or 00:48:25.869 --> 00:48:31.530 calling Moses from the midst of the bush. So 00:48:31.530 --> 00:48:34.730 Moses' interaction and experience with the angel 00:48:34.730 --> 00:48:39.670 here was labeled. Remember Moses was the one 00:48:39.670 --> 00:48:46.789 who wrote this. Huh? Was Lumbel as what? As speaking 00:48:46.789 --> 00:48:56.130 with the Lord. Hmm? Amen? Are we together? Are 00:48:56.130 --> 00:48:59.750 we together? Now, look at some verses here. I 00:48:59.750 --> 00:49:15.449 want you... Exodus 33. Exodus 33. Verse 11. Exodus 00:49:15.449 --> 00:49:28.489 33. Verse what? Verse 11. So the Lord spoke to 00:49:28.489 --> 00:49:34.269 Moses face to face as a man speaks to what? His 00:49:34.269 --> 00:49:40.670 friend. Face to face. Remember Jesus told us 00:49:40.670 --> 00:49:43.369 in John chapter 1 verse 18. No man has seen what? 00:49:46.789 --> 00:49:51.449 Are we together? Deuteronomy 5. Go to Deuteronomy. 00:49:57.190 --> 00:50:03.750 Chapter 5 verse... Let's go to 34 first. Deuteronomy 00:50:03.750 --> 00:50:21.289 34. Deuteronomy 34, verse 10. But since then, 00:50:21.349 --> 00:50:25.010 there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like 00:50:25.010 --> 00:50:30.269 Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. Him the 00:50:30.269 --> 00:50:34.449 Lord knew face to face. Deuteronomy, return back 00:50:34.449 --> 00:50:51.750 to 5, chapter 5. Deuteronomy chapter 5. Look 00:50:51.750 --> 00:50:58.050 at verse 1. And Moses called all Israel and said 00:50:58.050 --> 00:51:02.769 to them, Hear, O Israel, the statues and judgment, 00:51:02.909 --> 00:51:07.289 and I speak in your hearing today. and you may 00:51:07.289 --> 00:51:11.750 learn them and be careful to observe. The Lord 00:51:11.750 --> 00:51:15.309 our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Verse 00:51:15.309 --> 00:51:19.349 3, the Lord did not make this covenant with our 00:51:19.349 --> 00:51:23.650 fathers, but with us, those who are here today, 00:51:23.829 --> 00:51:29.289 all of us who are alive. Verse 4, the Lord talked 00:51:29.289 --> 00:51:32.750 with you face to face on the mountain from the 00:51:32.750 --> 00:51:37.920 mist of the fire. Did you see that? Did you see 00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:43.019 that? When we read last on, sorry, when we read 00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:47.980 on Sunday, did the Lord talk with them? They 00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:52.079 said, no Moses, could we not agree you? Right? 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:56.079 He said, you go and hear. And remember we saw 00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:59.519 this fire, mountain, you know what I'm saying? 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:02.920 Smoke, lightning, you know what I'm saying? Yes. 00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:07.019 We saw that, earthquake. But here he's saying, 00:52:07.099 --> 00:52:09.679 the Lord talked with you face to face on the 00:52:09.679 --> 00:52:15.119 mountain from the mist of the fire. From the 00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:19.179 mist of the fire. And I stood between the Lord 00:52:19.179 --> 00:52:24.179 and you at that time to declare to you the word 00:52:24.179 --> 00:52:28.280 of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the 00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:33.010 fire and you did not go up. to the mountain. 00:52:34.269 --> 00:52:37.969 Remember, when we read Stephen, who was Moses' 00:52:38.110 --> 00:52:44.369 wit on the mountain? Are we together? So, when 00:52:44.369 --> 00:52:48.869 he was talking about the Lord, the Lord, the 00:52:48.869 --> 00:52:53.769 Lord in the midst of the fire, the Lord is not 00:52:53.769 --> 00:52:56.030 in the midst of the fire. Did you understand 00:52:56.030 --> 00:53:00.090 what I'm trying to say? It was an angel there. 00:53:01.929 --> 00:53:07.010 It was an angel there. Are we together? Let me 00:53:07.010 --> 00:53:13.510 read quickly because I'm trying not to leave 00:53:13.510 --> 00:53:16.070 something before we just move. I know we're going 00:53:16.070 --> 00:53:19.489 to return back. Hebrews chapter 12. Come back. 00:53:19.550 --> 00:53:22.769 Come quickly to Hebrews chapter 12. I think I 00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:31.329 will end there. Hebrews chapter 12. Verse 18. 00:53:32.829 --> 00:53:40.369 Hebrews chapter 12, verse 18. For you have not 00:53:40.369 --> 00:53:45.650 come to the mountain. Now, when he said you have 00:53:45.650 --> 00:53:50.369 not, remember, he's talking to believers. You 00:53:50.369 --> 00:53:53.409 understand? So, I wanted to observe this. He's 00:53:53.409 --> 00:53:59.000 talking to believers here. He said, you have 00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:02.199 not come to the mountain that may be touched 00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:09.559 and burned with fire and to blackness and darkness 00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:13.840 and tempest and the sound of the trumpet and 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:17.599 the voice of words so that those who heard it 00:54:17.599 --> 00:54:23.539 begged that the word should not be spoken to 00:54:23.539 --> 00:54:27.880 them anymore. Verse 20. For they would not endure 00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:34.440 what was commanded. For they could not endure 00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:40.679 what was commanded. And if so much as a beast 00:54:40.679 --> 00:54:46.119 touched the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot 00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:52.519 with an arrow. And so terrifying was the sight 00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:58.360 that Moses said, I exceedingly afraid and tremble. 00:54:58.420 --> 00:55:01.639 So it wasn't only the people that were afraid. 00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:05.940 Even Moses was afraid. But look at verse 22. 00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:10.119 He said, but you have come to Mount Zion. Now 00:55:10.119 --> 00:55:13.280 you see, this compiles him here of two things. 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:19.800 Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. Mount Sinai and what? 00:55:20.099 --> 00:55:22.309 Mount Zion. He said, He was telling the believer, 00:55:22.329 --> 00:55:26.269 he said, you have not come to the mountain. If 00:55:26.269 --> 00:55:30.070 you see that verse 18, that may not be touched, 00:55:30.130 --> 00:55:35.829 which means that this is not the believing. So 00:55:35.829 --> 00:55:39.110 it's a comparison between the unbelieving and 00:55:39.110 --> 00:55:45.929 the believing. Where God is, is Mount Zion. He 00:55:45.929 --> 00:55:49.150 said, for you have come to Mount Zion and to 00:55:49.150 --> 00:55:53.159 the city of the living God. The heavenly Jerusalem, 00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:55.559 there's no fear here. There's no trembling here. 00:55:56.340 --> 00:56:00.300 Are we together? Yes. He said to an admirable 00:56:00.300 --> 00:56:03.440 company of angels. I'm going to talk about later 00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:08.500 on, you know, son, that now in Mount Zion, the 00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:12.039 behavior of angels has changed. There's a reason. 00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:17.119 You know, son. He said to the general assembly, 00:56:17.380 --> 00:56:31.500 to the church of the firstborn, who? Are we together? 00:56:49.739 --> 00:56:52.039 and to the blood of the sprinkler which we have 00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:58.880 studied. Oh, at this point, you may have begun 00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:02.679 to recognize why some events were happening. 00:57:03.059 --> 00:57:05.920 I'm going to come back to this text also again. 00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:09.639 The issue of the smoke at Mount Zion, the creaking, 00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:12.940 the trembling. Are we together? But I wanted 00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:18.519 to connect what Stephen said, who was there. 00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:21.760 You understand? You may have begun to recognize 00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:25.980 why some events were happening. They are straight 00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:29.500 events, supernatural events. But you are all 00:57:29.500 --> 00:57:34.460 taken and said the Lord was the one responsible. 00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:40.280 So you must read the scripture carefully to recognize 00:57:40.280 --> 00:57:44.019 whether you are reading the Lord God Almighty 00:57:44.019 --> 00:57:49.820 or an angel. Are we together? Or an angel? To 00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:53.519 assume that anywhere you see the Lord said refers 00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:58.079 to God Almighty can be misleading. And many people 00:57:58.079 --> 00:58:03.019 have been misled. So reading the scripture together 00:58:03.019 --> 00:58:10.139 can help us. I mean understanding that God never 00:58:10.139 --> 00:58:15.300 changed. The same God who was in the Old Testament 00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:22.239 was the same God. Who. Today live in us. Are 00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:28.739 we together? Is important. Is important. Just 00:58:28.739 --> 00:58:49.400 pray. share this message with someone you care 00:58:49.400 --> 00:58:52.460 about. Until next time, stay blessed.