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right in. of the Son of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all things that I've commanded
you and lo, I'm with you always, even to the
end of the age. Praise the Lord. And on Sunday,
we started teaching the union of the Spirit that
we have. And we're going to continue that today.
And we said that we answered the question why
Jesus was telling them to preach the gospel to
all nations. Praise the Lord. Because that has
always been His original plan. That has always
been the intention of God. Praise the Lord. And
we looked at other scriptures that were saying
also the same thing that he was telling them.
Praise the Lord. That other scriptures that would
say beginning at Jerusalem, right? And in Judea
and in Samaria and all the earth. And we said,
why did he tell them to begin at Jerusalem? And
we said, because Jerusalem... as a message praise
the lord jerusalem has a message and that message
is about the kingdom of god the message of peace
praise the lord so beginning at jerusalem we
said was signifying the kind of message that
was coming the kind of message that was coming
and we also looked at the world in detail the
nations to see that that had always been gospel
and jesus started His ministry, right, from Galilee
of the Gentiles or the nations, right? And also,
he was also telling them that he should meet
at a mountain which was in Galilee. Praise the
Lord. Also signifying that his message was for
everybody. So today we're going to continue with
what we have started and we're going to look
at a few other things that point to God's original
plan. Praise the Lord. Before we start to talk
about the spirit within us, or the spirit that
we have, or the spirit that we enjoy, we need
to look at other things that tells us about God's
plan for the nations, or for everyone. Praise
the Lord. So, in verse 20 of Matthew chapter
28, it says, The things that he has taught them,
he taught them from the scriptures. Praise the
Lord. The things that he has told them, it is
from the scriptures. Praise the Lord. He was
not telling them something abstract. They were
not going to look for something that is not there.
And he says what? That he should teach them to
observe the things he has commanded them and
lo and with you always. So the word unto the
end of the world is the word Suntalia. S -U -N
-T -E -L -I -A. Praise the Lord. and it is used
in matthew very often and we as a church and
as a cell meeting we have been dealing with it
the end of the age praise the lord we have dealt
with this word several times so i believe that
we all know what it is but just look at a few
references from the end of the age or end of
the world matthew chapter 13 verse 39 matthew
chapter 13 verse 39 he says the enemy who saw
them is the devil and the harvest is to the end
of the age and the reapers are the angels he's
asking what the end of the age matthew 13 40
the 40 now therefore the towels are gathered
and born into the fire so it will be at the end
of the age verse 49 so it will be at the end
of the age that the angels will come forth and
separate the wicked among the just praise the
lord so judgment he says is happening at the
end of the age Hebrews chapter 9. Hebrews chapter
9 verse 26. He then would have had to suffer
often since the foundation of the world. But
now once at the end of the age, he has appeared
to put away sins by the suffering of himself.
Praise the Lord. The end of the age, right? Is
he saying it is done? Is he saying, okay, after
this thing now it's finished? Is that what he's
saying from everything that we have? learned
from everything that we have studied telling
you is he rapture is he talking about the everything
is finished praise the lord that's not where
we learned we can we we learned that it is not
gone yet praise the lord and what is not done
that the the word has not ended praise the lord
the rapture had not happened if you like praise
the lord and for some of you who have not been
here we also mentioned that you can never find
the word rapture In the English translation of
the Bible, it is not there. Praise the Lord.
So what does the end of the age mean? If it means
that it's not done. If it means it's not the
end. Praise the Lord. So the word refers to the
fulfillment of a promise. Praise the Lord. We're
not going to go into details. Like I said, we
have learned this thing from ourselves. It means
the fulfillment of a promise. to meet a target
or a goal praise the lord i am with you always
until the end so if you if you put the word fulfillment
in india what you will find is that it will look
like i am with you always until the fulfillment
of the world praise the lord and it's the same
place where we find or where eternal life is
praise the lord it is the offspring of what we
known as eternal life praise the lord so we also
see that eternal life is also found in the old
testament text it's not something that is also
new right so eternal life simply means the age
or time of the promised one praise the lord the
age or the time of the promised one the age of
the messiah praise the lord the end of the age
the end the age of the messiah is something that
the jews have been looking forward to The promise
or the age of the Messiah. The promise of the
age. It deals with the promise that is now fulfilled.
At that time, it was regarded as for all, it
is fulfilled. But at that time, it was the expected
one. It was something that they were expecting.
Praise the Lord. The time of the expected one.
Lo, I'm with you always until the end of the
age. So when we say eternal life, at that time,
at this time, it is fulfilled. but it was something
that the jews were expecting they were expecting
a messiah like i said so more like they are waiting
for a deliverer as we read in in isaiah praise
the lord the age of the expected one so for the
jews at this time that age is to come that age
is what they are looking forward to i'm just
saying so many things that i would really understand
the expected one the age that is to come but
to us is the age that we are in now praise the
lord It's the age that we are in right now. It
is what we enjoy. Eternal life is what we have
and what we are. The expected one. So we'll look
at why some of the Jews had challenge or they
have serious problems with how Jesus came. Praise
the Lord. Or the kind of things that Jesus was
doing. Praise the Lord. They had an expectation.
Remember when we read in Acts where they were
asking him, would he at this time give the kingdom
to Israel? Remember, they said that they misinterpreted
it. Praise the Lord. And he told them no. Praise
the Lord. He told them no, that it's not for
you to know the time that is in the Father's
hands. Praise the Lord. You shall receive what?
Power when the Holy Ghost has come. So he's telling
them this is their life. This is what is expected.
You will receive power. Praise the Lord. He's
telling them this is what has always been promised.
So we want to look at why were they so expecting?
Or why even to today? Some people still having
some type of mentality towards what that which
Christ has done. Why did the Jews have challenge?
They were expecting the Messiah. So that is what
Apostle Paul will often call, they were offended.
Praise the Lord. It's the offense that they have.
So reading as we have read last week, Isaiah
and Psalms, right? They were expecting somebody,
yes? They were expecting the Messiah to come.
They were expecting a kingdom. praise the lord
they were expecting a king to come they were
expecting like i said a deliverer somebody that
would come and save them praise the lord they
were expecting a savior somebody would come as
a king and he would deliver them from the oppressions
that he had so what were the challenges that
he had so let's go again to matthew chapter 21
verse 13 matthew chapter 21 verse 13 and he said
to them it is written my house shall be a house
of prayers but you have made it a den of thieves
my house shall be called the house of prayer
but you have made it a den of thieves mark 11
speaking of the same thing mark 11 17 then he
taught them saying is he not meeting my house
shall be called the house of prayer for all nations
praise the lord let's take note of that he said
for all nations but you have made it a den of
thieves praise the lord so even before the fulfillment
he was still telling them the intention of god
he said it's for all nations remember some people
were not permitted to be here or to be in this
house some people were not expected to be in
this house and the background of this scripture
was that they were changing money they were doing
a lot of business in the in the in the temple
john chapter 2 verse 16 speaking still talking
about the same thing and he said to those who
sold those take these things away do not make
my father's house the house of my children praise
the lord God make it a marketplace, right? And
again, remember, he says that this is speaking
of the temple, that the temple is his father's
house. Praise the Lord. The temple is his father's
house. Now, this is where the challenge starts,
right? To happen. Verse 19. And Jesus said to
them, answered and said to them, destroy this
temple and in three days you will raise it up
again. Raise it up. Praise the Lord. This is
where the challenges start to happen. So we're
going to come back to this. Destroy this temple
and I will raise it up again. So my father's
house, the temple, he says destroy it and in
three days I will raise it up again. So in Matthew,
in Matthew 11, verse 17, he says what? He says
it should be a house of prayers for all nations,
for everybody. In Matthew 21, verse 13, he says
that you have made it. a den of thieves you have
changed it to something else what was the challenge
they were having they were expecting a messiah
but they had a big problem and we see even the
black blind batmios said to jesus in mark 11
47 he said oh jesus christ son of david praise
the lord he called jesus the son of david the
one that they are expecting he said what have
mercy on me Mark 11, 47. John chapter 4, verse
29. Speaking of the Samaritan woman, right? She
said, could this be the Christ? Could this be
the Christ? I come to see a man who told me all
things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?
Where did their offense come from? They even
asked Jesus during his trial, he said what? Are
you the Christ? Praise the Lord. Are you the
Christ? This was the question they asked him
in Matthew chapter 22. Let's go to verse 42 now.
Matthew 22, verse 42. To see what Jesus said
to them. Matthew chapter 22, verse 42. Saying,
what do you think about the Christ? Whose son
is he? And they said to him, the son of David.
Remember the blind man. He said what? Jesus,
son of David, have mercy upon me. He said to
them, how then does David... in the spirit call
him lord saying the lord said to my lord sit
at my right hand till i make your enemy your
future if david then called him lord how is he
his son praise the lord so he was asking them
question that they could not answer praise the
lord but remember they told him that what that
he's a son of david that christ is the son of
david and this is this reference is in psalms
110 verse 1. verse 45 said if david then called
him lord how is he his son so we see some of
the challenges that they begin to have so last
on sunday we read isaiah's right and so when
you think about the promise of the christ or
the promise of the savior or the thing that the
the jews were expecting you'll find that in isaiah
chapter 40 you find that in isaiah chapter 42
you'll find it in 49 you'll find it in 52 but
then When you go to 53, right, it's also where
they begin to also have challenges. Praise the
Lord. You will also find it in 44, in 55. So
right in the middle of it, it talks about something
different that doesn't look like a savior. Praise
the Lord. Just take your time and read it. Isaiah
chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 42, 43, 40, 52, and
then you have 53. And then read 40, 55, and then
54. But then 53 is where they started having
the Ethiopian Union. Well, that was where his
challenge was. Praise the Lord. Remember the
Christian he was asking? Acts chapter 8 from
verse 30 to 34. Is he speaking of himself or
another? Praise the Lord. So Philip ran to him
and had him reading from the prophet Isaiah and
said, Do you understand what you are reading?
And he said to him, How can I unless somebody
guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and
sit with him. And the place in the scripture
where he read was this. He was laid as a sheep
to the slaughter. As a lamb before a herder is
silent. He opened not his mouth. Verse 3. In
humiliation, his justice was taken away. Who
would declare his generation? For his life is
taken from the earth. Now, this is the question
he asked him. So the eunuch answered Philip and
said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet say
this? Of himself or some other man? Praise the
Lord. Even him is confused. Praise the Lord.
Maybe he has read 52. Praise the Lord. And maybe
he has seen some glamorous things, right, of
what the Savior will be like. And then he comes
to, that is Isaiah, he comes to 53, and then
he begins to have challenge as well. right you
say is he speaking of himself of another man
so right in the middle of these things of Isaiah
chapter 40 to 55 right we have 53 praise the
Lord so let's go to Isaiah 53 Isaiah 53 verse
1 say who has believed our report to whom has
the arm of the Lord being revealed praise the
Lord what report is he asking about right what
is this report who has believed our report to
whom are the arm of the lord will reveal right
this is where their offense is praise the lord
so isaiah 53 right is what is the faith of the
believer praise the lord what is the offense
of the jews praise the lord the all nations are
glad about 53 praise the lord all nations are
glad about 53 galilee of the gentiles are glad
about 53 for the jews are offended by it so let's
look at verse 3 verse 2 now but he grew up but
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant
as a root out of a dry ground he has no form
or cornyness and when we see him there is no
beauty that we should desire him praise the lord
speaking of the messiah verse 33 now history
sorry he was despised rejected of men a man of
sorrow acquainted with grief as it were Our faces
from him. He was despised and we do not esteem
him. Praise the Lord. Verse 4. Surely he bore
our grief and carried our sorrow. Yet we esteem
him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. Verse
5. He was wounded for our transgression. He was
bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement
of our peace was upon him. By his strife we were
healed. Verse 6. We all like sheep have gone
astray. We have turned everyone to his own way.
and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of
the seven now so we see this is where the e -mail
started having this way he was reading and he
started having the problem praise the lord he
was oppressed he was afflicted yet he opened
not his mouth was led as a lamb to the slaughter
as a sheep before his share is sailing he opened
not his mouth so this is where we saw in acts
chapter 8 verse 32 that he was having the issues
with him he was taken from prison and from judgment
who would declare his generation but he was cut
off from the land of the living for the transgression
of my people he was stricken they made his grave
with the wicked but with the rich at his death
because he has done no violence nor was any deceit
in his mouth yet he pleased the lord To bruise
him. He has put him to grief. When you make his
soul. As an offering for sin. He shall see. Now
let's pay attention to this. He shall see his
seed. And will prolong his days. And the pleasure
of the Lord. Shall prosper in his hands. Verse
11. He shall see the labor of his soul. And be
satisfied. By his knowledge. My righteous servant.
Shall justify many. For he shall bear their iniquity.
Praise the Lord. This. He shall bear their iniquity.
Praise the Lord. He's also a problem. Praise
the Lord. Because the king cannot, obviously,
bear your iniquity. The king who is coming cannot,
after all this suffering, bear your iniquity.
Praise the Lord. So we see some of the things
that they were having. This is their offense.
Who would believe our report? Verse 1. So we
have spoken of Jerusalem, Zion, right? Behold
your God, he comes with all his glory. We see
that in Isaiah. We have read it before. And then
all of a sudden, you are hearing afflicted. he's
afflicted praise the lord before now he was behold
your god he comes in his glory and then we come
to 65 you're done hearing he was afflicted praise
the lord so it's something that they cannot wrap
their minds around how can a king be afflicted
praise the lord they have forgotten what jerusalem
means what melchizedek means praise the lord
who will believe our report verse 1 of that is
53 who will believe our report so That word,
report, a report is a word, a man, a man. It's
the same word that is used for when Abraham believed
God. Praise the Lord. And it was accounted for
him for righteousness. Genesis chapter 15, verse
6. Abraham believed in the Lord and it was accounted
for him for righteousness. It's a word, belief.
And then, do not forget that first, righteousness
was first described, who was first described
to be righteous? Before Abraham. Melchizedek.
Praise the Lord. Before Abraham. Who has believed
our report. To believe. So let's run through
this. Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. So thy word
shall be verified. The word verified there. In
Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. To bring your strongest
brothers to me. So your word will be verified.
And you shall not die. And they did so. That
place verified is the word. A man is the same
word as believe. Genesis 45 verse 26. It's also
the word believe not or believe. He said, and
they said to him saying, Joseph is still alive.
He's the governor over the land of Egypt. And
Jacob had stood still because he did not believe
them. Did not believe them is the same word there.
So to believe is used for somebody bringing a
report to you. Praise the Lord. Did you believe
the report that was told you? don't need to read
this i'll just list it for us exodus chapter
4 verse 5 verse 8 verse 9 and verse 31 we'll
see the word believe there right you see the
word believe that they may believe that the lord
god of our fathers praise the lord is the word
a man in exodus 14 verse 31 exodus 14 verse 31
because israel saw the great walk which the lord
had done in egypt so the people fear the lord
and believe the lord and his servant moses is
the word believed there exodus 19 verse 19 remember
in the wilderness the people did not believe
god we also did these studies they didn't believe
what was preached to them exodus 19 verse 9 so
is the word believe you forever in that place
numbers 14 verse 11 you see that same word there
Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy
9 .23. Now, let's look at another way apart from
believe in which it is used. Numbers 12 .7. It
says, Not so with my servant Moses is faithful
in all my house. This word faithful is that same
word a man, right? To believe. It's also used
at faithful. Praise the Lord. It's the same word
that is also found in the New Testament as pistis.
right is the word pistis which is which appears
a lot of time too as faith right as faithfulness
so to believe right means to be faithful to be
trusting or trustworthy that what a man means
to what to be faithful to be trusting or trustworthy
in Deuteronomy 7 9. so the word Belief, or the
word aman, is also used to be faithful, trusting,
and betrusting. Like I said, this is a word that
is used in the Old Testament, right, as pistis.
P -I -S, P -I -S. It is used about, roughly about,
243 times in the New Testament. Praise the Lord.
In Romans, in Hebrews, in the Epistles, right?
It is used to describe us, and it's also used
to describe God. It means to believe. God is
faithful, right? We describe God as a faithful
God, right? Is that what Christ is or a man in
the Old Testament? Which means we believe in
God who is faithful and we become faithful. Or
you can write, our faith is in a faithful God
and that makes us faithful men. Our faith is
in a faithful God and that makes us faithful
men. Remember where we are coming from. Who has
believed our report in Isaiah 53? So, who has
believed our report in Isaiah 53 verse 1 is,
who has believed in the faithfulness of God and
is faithful to his message? Praise the Lord.
Who has believed our report? Right? He said,
to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
What he's saying is that who has believed in
the faithfulness of God and is faithful to his
message? Our report. So the word report is shemua.
S -H -E -M -U -A. It means to announce. Praise
the Lord. We are dealt with the word belief,
right? We said it's the word aman. It means faithful,
right? And we said that it is to believe in a
faithful God and to be faithful to his message.
The word report is the word shemua, which means
to announce. So you believe what someone said
about someone. Faith in somebody who is faithful.
Praise the Lord. Faith in someone. who is faithful
so let's go back to where i said we should pay
attention to which is verse 10 of isaiah 53 that
talks about he will see his seed and prolong
his days yet he pleased the lord to bruise him
he has put him to grief when he makes his soul
an offering for sin for he shall see his seed
and will prolong his days and the pleasure of
the lord will prosper in his hands praise the
lord is the word zebra right that word he shall
see his sea is a word zed and prolong his days
now to prolong his days is the word ar right
to prolong his days means to continue praise
the lord to prolong these days means to continue
his days what did after jesus resurrected did
we see him believable in the natural 133 years
praise the lord what is he prolonging what is
he prolonging what does he see zero means his
days remember we talked about eternal life right
So the time of the Savior. The time of the Savior.
So he will sit with me and prolong his days.
So what is he prolonging? So he's prolonging
Christ's dominion. Praise the Lord. He's prolonging
Christ's dominion. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.
Praise the Lord. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.
His dominion. His character. His teaching. This
is what is called eternal life. To prolong his
activity. The seed there is what the church is.
He will prolong his days. He will see his seed
and prolong his days. So eternal life is the
age and the time of the Messiah in the church
and the church in the Messiah. Eternal life is
the activity of Christ after or upon his redirection.
So remember we said that he said his father's
house, the temple is his father's house. So therefore,
the temple there is also a parable. Praise the
Lord. He was trying to teach them something.
The temple there is also a parable. Praise the
Lord. And as we have known, and we have logically
asked the question, would he build a temple in
three days? Is he talking about a physical temple?
Praise the Lord. And we said, no, that's not
what he means. Praise the Lord. We have been
caught that. So the temple there for the year
is a parable. 19, right? 19 jesus answered and
said they share this temple and in three days
i will raise it up praise the lord so he's not
talking about what he's not telling them this
temple praise the lord he's talking about what
will happen at his resurrection the activities
of christ upon the resurrection so the temple
so the first thing we saw that he does is that
he he drove everybody that was selling and buying
from the temple praise the lord so everything
that he did before then and after then right
was pointing to his resurrection praise the lord
every of his activity as he entered the temple
was pointing to his resurrection and eternal
life so what he did before he entered the temple
and what he did afterwards is very important
it is written my father's house shall be a house
of prayer what did we say the house there was
it's a victim what is the house there praise
the lord is a house of prayer for all nations
but you have made it a den of thieves my father's
house shall be a house for all nations praise
the lord my father's house shall be a house remember
he said what was the promise that abraham believed
praise the lord that was in him shall all the
nation of the earth be blessed praise the lord
so when jesus is saying my father's house shall
be a house of prayer for all nations he is saying
that which has been said from the beginning so
says the lord keep justice and do righteousness
for my salvation is about to come and my righteousness
to be revealed blessed is a man who does this
and the son of man who lay hold on this on this
on it who keeps from defiling the sabbath and
keeps his hand from doing any evil do not let
the son of the foreigner who has joined himself
to the lord say the lord has utterly separated
me from his people nor let the eunuch say here
i am a dry tree praise the lord they should not
feel segregated or different Praise the Lord.
Verse 4 now. Who keeps my servant and shows what
pleases me and hold fast to my covenant? That
is, he's talking to those who are coming in.
Remember, at this time, there were some people
that were not allowed to be in the temple. Verse
5. Even to them, I will give what? My house.
Praise the Lord. So this is where Jesus was teaching
them from. That what? My Father's house shall
be a house of prayer for all nations. For you
have made it a den of thieves. Even them, I will
give my house. within my walls the place and
the name sons and daughters i will give them
an everlasting name that they shall not be cut
off everyone who keeps on defiling the sabbath
and hold my covenant was certain even them i
will bring to my holy mountain i will make them
joyful in my house of prayers their bones offering
and the sacrifice will be accepted at my altar
for my house shall be what called the house of
prayer For all nations. Praise the Lord. All
nations. Jews and Gentiles. Hallelujah. Praise
the Lord. I would raise it up. Right? In John
chapter 2 verse 19. That is to restore. Right?
He's restoring the promise that is made to Abraham.
So what we see in Mark chapter 11. Matthew chapter
22. John chapter 2. My house. The house of the
Lord. Matthew chapter 21. Now at resurrection.
It will welcome everybody inside. There will
not be strangers anymore. Praise the Lord. And
we see that even before it becomes a reality,
Christ has done some practice. He has practiced
some things, which we also studied before now.
Praise the Lord. By the healing that he healed
in the temple. Praise the Lord. We have done
these studies. Matthew 21, verse 13. It is written,
My house shall be called the house of prayers,
but you have made it a den of thieves. Do not
forget all nations. right verse 14 now then the
lame then the blind and the lame came to him
in the temple and he healed them praise the lord
he healed them so the lame and the blind were
not allowed in the temple before so they came
to him in the temple and he healed them right
in doing this or in healing them what he's saying
is that you are all welcome to this place praise
the lord it is a house for all nations so the
physical temple We say it is a parable, right?
A parable of what? Right? The people. Praise
the Lord. The people. When God builds his temple,
he builds men. Praise the Lord. When God builds
his temple, he builds men. Why did he use the
temple? I think we have also done these studies.
We said that some of the things that happened
in the Old Testament, God allowed them. Praise
the Lord. He did not approve those things. He
allowed them. Men had cultures. Remember, Abraham
was what? He came from a pagan background. All
the Chaldeans. Praise the Lord. There were so
many things that God allowed. Praise the Lord.
So, this temple was a borrowed culture. Praise
the Lord. Now, why is that a borrowed culture?
So, we observe that when Moses was building the
tabernacle of God, right? God said he should
build it according to his plan. Why? Because
these people understand what temples are. They
had a culture. They were something they were
coming from. They had idols. They had idol worship.
Exodus chapter 25 verse 40. To build it according
to his own pattern. Because the temple, right,
was in their culture. Praise the Lord. The temple
was in their culture. They had their temples.
They had their sacrifice. They had the place
of idols. They already have that. Praise the
Lord. That's why Abraham, They did not build
any temple. Neither did Isaac nor Jacob. Right?
We will see what Jacob did. Genesis 28, 19. And
he called the name of the place Bethel. And the
name of that city had been loosed previously.
Praise the Lord. Bethel. Bethel. Right? It means
what? The house of God. The house of God. The
16th. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,
Surely the Lord is in this place. And I did not
know it. Praise the Lord. The Lord is in this
place and I do not know it. But did you notice
that if you read, he did not say, let's call,
you know, Mr. Gabriel works in a construction
company, right? He said, let's call Mr. Gabriel,
let him come and build a structure here for us.
The Lord is here. He didn't look for an architect.
He didn't look for an engineer to come and say,
come and build something for us here. Praise
the Lord, because he knows, he has knowledge.
Praise the Lord. He knows. He didn't get an architect.
So, the idea of calling a place, let's say, the
temple, or let's say the house of God, was something
that was borrowed. It's a borrowed concept. So,
but God accommodated it because of his love and
his grace. Verse 17 says, And he was afraid and
said, How autumn is this place? There is no other
than the house of the Lord and the gates of heaven.
Praise the Lord. Like I said, do not come and
start laying blocks. for the gate of heaven the
house of the lord this is the gate of heaven
why did they call it the gates of heaven look
at rest verse 2 now why do you call it gate of
heaven they didn't just manufacture that like
in genesis 28 then he dreamt and behold the ladder
was set up on the earth and the top reached the
heavens there the angel of the lord we are sending
and descending praise the lord why did he call
it the gate of heaven why because there is an
entrance in his dream He saw that there was an
entrance, right? Like a staircase. It's this
same word that we find in Genesis 11, talking
about the Tower of Babel. Praise the Lord. They
were building something to the Lord, the Tower
of Babel. It's a place of worship. Let's read
from verse 12 to 13 now. Genesis 20. Okay, verse
13. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said,
I'm the Lord God of Abraham, your father, the
God of Isaac, the land which you lie. I will
give to you and your descendants. Verse 14. And
your descendants shall be as the dust of the
earth, and they shall spread abroad to the east,
to the west, to the east, to the north, to the
south. And you and your seed, all families of
the earth, shall be blessed. Praise the Lord.
Seeing another plan of God on the earth, house
of the Lord. So we say that the temple is a parable.
So Jesus used their practice to teach. Praise
the Lord. When he says, destroy this temple in
three days, he was using what they know of to
teach. So God uses their practice to teach them
his plan and his purpose. He uses illustration.
Praise the Lord. So we need to pay attention
to these things. So that somebody will not say,
until you come to this altar, you will not be
blessed. Praise the Lord. There are a lot of
things like that. Or somebody will say that,
I will not allow anybody on my altar. Praise
the Lord. There's so many, as the word would
say, charlatans that use those words. Moses started
by what? We see that Moses started by using tabernacles.
He was moving houses from tent to tent. And then
the temple is a parable. So we have looked at
all these things. Praise the Lord. Right? Now
we're going to focus in our next teaching where
we have the time about what? The word became
flesh. Praise the Lord. The union of the spirits
that we have. The word became flesh. Hallelujah.
And dwelt among us. God dwelling among us. John
chapter 1 verse 14. He said the word became flesh
and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory.
The glory as of the only begotten of the father.
Full of grace and truth. The flesh. He became
flesh and dwelt among us. So the word that was
used for dwelt is tabarako. Right? He dwelt among
us. He tabernacled among us. And we beheld his
glory. Right? That is the temple language. Praise
the Lord. Remember what was happening in the
Old Testament. We beheld his glory. This thing
you're seeing is temple language. The glory as
the only begotten of the Father. Full of grace
and truth. In temple language. So what he says,
destroy this temple and in three days we will
raise it up again. Right? What? In three days
he will raise it up what? for the Jew and for
the Gentiles. Hallelujah. And everybody will
be welcome in the inside of it. Praise the Lord.
I would raise it up. Praise the Lord. I will
restore God's plan and purpose. I will restore
the house of God for all nations. Let me just
rise up on our feet and just thank God. for what
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