Good morning. Good to see you all this
morning, Luke. Chapter 23 is where we're going
to start and we're going to be bouncing around to a lot of
passages this morning, so hopefully you can keep up as we.
Go through those, I hope. You have a good week.
We we were busy at work this week.
But I I had a problem this morning.
I haven't been able to run for like the last six or seven
weeks. Not that I that not that I'm
super diligent about it anyways, but it at least it at least
keeps me. A little bit fit.
For some of the Spartan races and things we were doing.
But the problem I had this morning is I haven't been able
to run and I woke. Up or I put this.
Shirt on this morning and I think this button shrunk so I'm
going to have to. Have to figure out what's.
Going on, I'm afraid to put the rest of my shirts on.
They might have shrunk too. So.
Anyways, Luke chapter. 23 is where we're going to be.
We are on lesson #6 Mountain number Six.
And remember this series we're doing mountains and valleys in
the Bible in the mountains are meant to be an inspiration to
us. So a lot of encouragement.
A lot of helps for. Us and when we get to the
valleys, which will be after next week, we're going to start
talking about some of the valleys which are meant to be a
place of instruction for us. So a little bit more
instructional teaching, maybe some some helps on maybe things
that we're dealing with in our lives and we need to to work on
and so. That's what the valleys will be.
But. We got two more mountains before
we get to that. And this morning in Luke chapter
23, we are going to talk about Mount Calvary, the Mount of
Provisions. So very, very exciting mountain
for us, probably one of the most important ones, I shouldn't say
one of probably the most important one that we will talk
about and what. Jesus Christ did for us there.
On Calvary but Luke chapter 23 I'm going to start.
The whole passage is about. Christ going to the cross, but
we'll start in verse 3033 and when they were come to the.
Place which is called Calvary. There they.
Crucified him and the malefactors, one on the right
hand and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment and cast lots.
And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also with them.
Derided him saying He saved others, let him save himself.
If he be. Christ the chosen of God, which
I think is very interesting. These are the the rulers.
This is not the Romans. This is the.
Jewish leaders, The chief priests.
Mocking and ridiculing God. And you know what?
The fact that they think he is a blasphemer, calling himself God
when he is not. I it's probably the proper
reaction. OK, save yourself if you're God.
They did not think he was the Messiah.
They refused to to accept. That.
But anyways, that's the response they had and verse 36 And the
soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar
and saying if thou be the king of the Jews.
Save. Thyself and a superscription
also was written over him in letters Greek and Latin and
Hebrew. This is the king of the Jews,
and this passage doesn't record it, but one of the.
Other gospels says that the. The chief priest came and said,
don't say that he's the king of the Jews.
Say he said he's the king of the Jews and and, Herod said.
Our pilot said what I wrote, that's what.
We're leaving it as and he and he left.
It at that so. But this is the king of the
Jews. And then this then the the
passage goes on talking about the the one thief that was
hanged with him that ends up in paradise.
But anyways, Mount Calvary, I wanted to read those verses and
we probably won't be back in Luke chapter 23, but we're going
to be all over the Bible looking at different prophecies and
things about Calvary and and the coming crucifixion of Jesus
Christ. But let's pray.
And then we'll get right into this lesson.
Father, I thank you for this day you've given us.
Thank you for the opportunity again that we have to open your
word. God, I thank you.
For the sacrifice of Christ. On on Mount Calvary, God and
what it means to us. It's changed our lives.
It's changed our generations. And so, God, I thank you for it,
and we praise you for. It and God I pray.
As we look at it this morning, just be a reminder.
Of the great sacrifice that you gave of yourself for us.
And God, I just thank you again for.
It pray that you bless. This time we have together, in
Jesus name I pray. Amen, Calvary.
Is also called Golgotha. And does anybody remember?
What that means? What is Golgotha?
The place of the skull? Place of the skull.
And we're not told in the Bible exactly where this is, and I
believe the reason for not knowing exactly.
Where it is. Now you have in the Gospels.
Very pretty clear. Description of where it is.
I'm going to look at this here in just a second, but I don't
think. God tells us exactly.
Where it is because he knows man's heart.
What's the first thing man would do?
They'd go build something on it and worship that place instead
of worshiping the one that was crucified.
At that place. And so we're not told.
Exactly where it's at, but we are.
Told some pretty some specifics about it and so in Hebrews
chapter 13 verse 12, I'm not going to.
Read these verses, but you. Can write them down if you would
like, but Hebrews chapter 13 verse 12.
Tells us that this site had to be outside the city gate now.
Remember in the Old Testament when they have the scapegoat?
They would take that scapegoat outside.
The city gates. And so that was, remember, we
talked. About that was a picture of
what? Was going to happen with Christ
and so it was very clear and Hebrews even tells us that it.
Had to be outside the city gate. John chapter 19 and verse 20.
Tells us it had to be. Near the city, Matthew chapter
27 verse 39 says it had to be near a road or a thoroughfare
upon which people traveled, and then John chapter 19, verse 41.
Tells us it. Had to be in the vicinity of a
garden or a tomb area. Now why is that important?
Because. Calvary or where we we believe
Calvary was, fits all those descriptions.
Now there's a couple places that do that and I'm not going to go
through. A description.
Of all this, I'm not going to go through the arguments on it
Pastor did a whole video on it when we.
Did Bible geography had? PowerPoints and everything.
I would encourage you to go back and look at that.
Because there are a lot of people, Baptists on both sides.
Some believe. It's a place called Gordon.
'S tomb and then some. Believe it's at the place of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is the the Catholics.
Built the church on top. Of this other site.
Thought to be actual Mount Calvary.
Now, the Gordon's Tomb very quickly because mostly because
it. Looks like a skull.
So in your Easter pictures, in your Sunday.
School. Lessons that mountain that you
see that kind of. Looks like the two eyes.
And the and the nose. Of a skull that's.
Gordon's tomb and I I I was studying this and I texted
pastor and I said was Gordon's tomb wasn't the place that you
that when he because he went to the Holy Land.
He said no, almost almost for sure it's not Gordon's tomb.
He said a Gordon was. A British.
Explorer and when he got there they saw this and said wow that.
Looks like a skull. That's got to be.
The place and that's kind of how they.
Decided that's the place of. Calvary and then they.
Tried to make everything fit. Around that.
Because that's what they decided.
It was, and believe it or not. There's a Baptist association.
That believes Gordon's tomb is the place of.
Calvary so they are there. In Israel, getting tourists to
come to it and trying to make a case.
For it but but but I was. Talking to pastor, I've not been
there, but he said almost, almost certainly that is not
the. Place of Calvary.
So which one is it? And he said the study that I've
done and based on his Bible geography lesson and I do agree
with him. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
that is built on. Built there in.
Israel is probably the place. Of Calvary and like I said, I'm
not going to go into all the reasons why, but a couple of the
specific reasons is within 100 with within. 70 years of Christ
dying. A temple was built to Venus in
the place. Where?
Where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Is now a temple was built to Venus to.
Desecrate this place. Why would they want to desecrate
it? It's only 70.
Years after Christ died. They know.
Where Christ? Where this happened?
And and, and so they built this temple.
And then later when Constantine comes and he is emperor, his mom
has. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
built. In the place of that, Temples of
Venus tears that down and builds.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre still, because it was such a.
Venerated place, so very likely. And that's all.
I'll say about that, but very likely the Church of the Holy.
Sepulchre, even though we don't agree with them.
Is is where Calvary? Was at and now they've started
excavating underneath the church and they've actually found, you
know, well near. The church they've also.
They've excavated and found garden area.
Because at that up to. That time it was.
Just a quarry. And So what they believe.
Happened is these experts believe that this quarry was.
Dug and instead of just wasting the land they filled it back in
with dirt and it became a garden or a farming area and they also
had tombs all the way around it. Go back to his Bible.
Geography lesson and he explains that.
Pretty. Well, but anyways, the Bible
doesn't tell us which one it is. And like I said before, I think
for good reason. Because exactly what happened,
God knew what happened. They'd go build a church or a.
An idol on top of it and start worshipping that place instead
of worshipping what Christ did in that.
Place all right so. Let's get into this lesson.
This Mount Calvary was a place of sovereign design, and we've
talked about this a few times, but go to Revelation chapter 13
and verse 8. Revelation 13/8.
This was a place of. Sovereign Design.
Remember I mentioned this a couple weeks ago.
God did not create Adam and Eve put them in the garden.
Satan comes and tempts them. They fall and then God said.
Oh, oh, I've got to. Redeem them somehow.
Hebrews chapter 13, verse 8 tells us when this plan for
redemption was made. And all that dwell upon the
earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the
book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation.
Of the world so. From the very beginning of
eternity, God had this plan for redemption.
Before Adam and Eve ever sinned before, before they even knew
that that was going to be a problem, God had planned this
redemption and he and Revelation chapter 13 tells us, but this
was this was planned and prepared by God from eternity
past God. Foresaw, like I said.
Long before Adam and Eve sinned, long before Satan fell from
heaven and ended up here on this earth to be the tempter.
Long before any of that, God had this plan for redemption go to.
Acts Chapter. Two, I told you we're going to
be flipping around a lot. If you can't get there in time,
just write them down. I'll read them and but I'm not
going to wait real long in between.
Passages but Acts chapter. Two verse 2023.
Peter says this about. The crucifixion of Christ, Acts
223 Him, Christ being delivered by the determinate counsel and
for knowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain. And what Peter's saying is this,
This is not your doing. This is the determinate counsel
and foreknowledge. Of God has has made.
All this come to this specific time in history and you just
happen to be the ones that. Are about to crucify Christ.
By wicked hands you have crucified and slain the Christ.
But. It was, but it was.
Planned with the from the foreknowledge.
Of God the Father, so it was. God foresaw.
What what needed to happen and what was coming.
But he also formed this Mount Calvary.
Think about it. I was reading.
Somebody talking about this? Who?
Believes that Gordon's tomb. Was the was the place of of
Christ's crucifixion. And I'll just read, read to you
what he says. God not only foresaw the need,
he formed the mountain when the rivers and oceans were carved
out and the mountains of the earth.
Were heaped up, God saw Calvary God deliberately.
Chose to shape a small skull shaped promontory.
Outside of what would? Become the city of Jerusalem all
the time, knowing that there his son must die to redeem mankind.
So he's saying this Gordon's tomb.
That looks like the shape of the skull.
When the mountains were formed and the.
Waters receded back. God formed that knowing his Son
would come not to die on that mountain.
Now if we don't believe that Gordon's tomb is the place of
Mount Calvary, then then what do we say?
Well, and by the way, if you believe, I don't know if
anybody's done enough research to to know one way or the other.
But if you believe it. Is Gordon's tomb.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I don't know either.
We're just These are the. Arguments, and more likely it.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre is probably the accurate.
One but. Like I said, the Bible.
Doesn't tell us. So does it really matter?
No, what matters. Is that Christ did die.
On Calvary, but having with this in mind, God formed this
mountain. How about this?
So when pastor did his Bible geography?
Lesson. Where Christ was actually
crucified was a. Little Mountain, and I don't
believe it was actually a mountain like we saw with Mount
Sinai or any of those. It was a little hill that Christ
was crucified on. And what they believe happened.
Is they were. Hewing out this quarry using the
stone and everything else, and there was a section of rock in
there that was. Really poor rock, so they left
it there. And that eventually.
Was what Christ was crucified? On and they've dug underneath
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and they see that
Little Rock outcropping. And so with that in mind, it's
even more than just the waters, you know, push the stone around
and that's what was left. It's even more of a.
Of the Providence of God. That he had these men.
Take this quarry all the way down.
And leave just this one. Spot outside the city.
Near a garden tomb or near a garden where there are tombs and
all the things that. Fit the prophecy.
Of God, but he used mankind to do it, to make it.
So anyways, God. Formed this, though he knew
exactly what was going to happen.
But he also foretold. It and we see all of that all.
The way through the old. Testament and remember when
we're talking about. The shadows of Christ.
In the Old Testament, the pictures and the types.
That you have to. Look at the Old Testament.
Through the through the. Lens that of.
Christ, So what? We said.
Then is. Christ is the key.
That unlocks the Old Testament. If you don't look at through
that lens, it doesn't make sense.
It's a lot of weird rituals, a lot of weird sacrifices.
Happening, but when you look at it through the lens of.
Christ, that this is all. Prophecy pointing to Christ.
It makes sense. And this is what Doctor AT
Pearson says about the Old Testament from the Hour of Abel.
'S altar. Fire down to the.
Last Passover of the. Passion Week pointing as with a
flaming fingery finger. To Calvary's cross.
We see the emergence of 1000 lines of prophecy and indirect
forecast, as in one burning focal point of dazzling glory.
And that's exactly what the Old Testament is.
Yes, it's law. For for Israel, yes, it's.
The 10 commandments. That we see, yes.
It's the prophecy of what? Was going to happen to Israel in
Jeremiah and Isaiah and and some of the.
Other prophets, but what it? Is, is it's pointing to the
coming Messiah and then not just his birth, but pointing to what
would happen when he died on the cross.
And so we see that in in many, many places in the Old
Testament, Genesis chapter 22, that's Isaac on Mount Sinai
being sacrificed. Exodus chapter 12, Psalm chapter
22. And there's other psalms that
are that are messianic Psalms. Isaiah 53 Obvious prophecy of
what was. Going to happen with Christ and
and the redemption of mankind. But Matthew even tells us in
Matthew chapter 26. But all this was done that the.
Scriptures of the. Prophets the Old Testament might
be fulfilled. So all this was done.
Everything in the in the New Testament was done all.
The But the Gospels record for us.
All that happened to Christ, Matthew says, was.
Done that the. Scriptures of the Prophets.
Might be fulfilled, so this was. Definitely a place of.
Sovereign design. This was not.
This was not man's doing. Man was.
Used to do it, but this was God's.
Design from the foundation of the.
World that Christ would come. And be the sacrifice for
mankind. So it was a place of sovereign
design, but it was also. A place of the.
Savior's doing, going right along with that.
This was not man. That, that that was.
Deciding the fate. Of Jesus Christ.
Jesus did this. Turn to John chapter 10, if you
will, John chapter 10, and we see.
Everything with the with the priests.
On the Day of Atonement, all of that is pointing to Jesus Christ
as as the final. High Priest Leviticus.
Chapter 16 and verse 17. Tells us that the high.
Priest came into the. Holy of Holies.
With how many people? How many people were with him
when he went into the holy of holies that one day a year?
How many? Just himself?
Right, he was by himself. Leviticus chapter 16.
I won't read it but. Verse 17 tells.
Us that he came in on the Day of Atonement alone.
For the sacrifice of the Jewish people.
And in John chapter 10 it tells us the same thing.
Christ comes in alone by himself to make the final sacrifice for
mankind, and he says this in verse 17.
John chapter 10, verse 17. Therefore doth my Father love.
Me because? I lay down my life that I might
take it again, no. Man taketh it from me.
But I lay it down of myself. I have power.
To lay it down and I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I received of my father, which is an
interesting statement. This commandment of what lay
down your life and take it up again was given to him by the
Father. That's interesting statement,
but the point here is that nobody took.
The life of Jesus Christ it was his doing, he.
Decided when and where and how and he gave his life and, and
I'll say this again, but in the in the garden of Gethsemane,
when Christ. Was.
Praying to his. Father with the great sweat, as
it were, great drops of blood. Asking for this cup to pass.
It was not the the IT was not. The the the.
Torture that he would go through and the pain that he would go.
That's not what he was asking to pass.
He was asking that if there was. Any other way?
For mankind to be redeemed. Back to the Father, let's do it.
That way I don't want to have sin come between me and the
Father. It had never happened in in, in
in in all of eternity. Christ and the Father had always
been one. They'd never been separated by
sin like we are. To God.
When and we needed to be redeemed, that was never the
case with Christ and the Father. And now he's he knows these are
the last minutes before his crucifixion.
He's going to take on the sin of all mankind, and he's asking the
Father if there's any way we can make do this another way.
Let's do that because of the. Separation that's going to
happen and but not my will but thine be done and so that that
happens and that that agony. That Christ goes through is.
Is much more than the pain, the physical pain that.
Was that was put. On him it was the IT was the
spiritual pain of the Father turning his back on him.
That's one of the sayings on the cross.
My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?
Why have you turned your back on me?
He knew the answer because He had the sin of mankind on him,
all of all mankind. But Jesus says in John chapter
10 verse 11 I am. The Good Shepherd The Good
Shepherd giveth his life. For the sheep, the Good
Shepherd, his life isn't taken. He gives it.
It's 100. Percent his choice and he.
Chose to give his life for us. But it's also a vital work that
the Savior does. And John chapter 3, you're not
far from there. Go to John chapter 3.
We look at verse 14 and 15, John 314 and 15.
Because we talked about this. Before and we overlap and and,
you know, all of these kind of have the same atone to them
these these mountains that we're looking at.
But without Christ's sacrifice on Calvary, there could.
Be no hope for mankind, and we see that in John 314.
Bible says and as Moses. Lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even. So must the son of.
Man. Be lifted up that whosoever.
Believeth in him should not perish, but have.
Eternal life. Remember the story?
Of Moses when he makes. This brazen serpent, the
serpent. Had to be lifted up for man to.
See right, that was the. Command to Moses lifted up and
when people. Look on it, they'll be.
Saved if Moses had said, all right, then I'm just going to
walk around with it and. It had to be lifted.
Up for all of them to see they were dying and and it says that
in John 3 too. This is Jesus Christ.
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, the Son of
Man must be lifted up so man can look on him and and not perish,
but have eternal life. So it was a vital.
Work and. That's all we'll say.
About that for now, but. It was also a.
Victorious work again in John go to chapter 19, John chapter 19
and verse. 30. Sunday school is early in the
morning and it's about to get earlier on January 1st.
So I got to keep. You flipping to keep you awake
All right John chapter 19 and verse 30.
The coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but the cinnamon rolls are are
weighing heavy. John chapter 19 and verse 30
when Jesus. Therefore, had received the.
Vinegar, he said it is finished, and he bowed his head and gave
up. The ghost was a victorious work.
Now we we hear songs about this. There's one in particular when
man sinned in the garden that sinned that sacrifices could not
take care of any more than Jesus Christ came and then it talks
about that he's he's he's in the grave.
Death thinks it has one, but he Could you imagine what the
disciples? Not just the 12 disciples, but
all the disciples were that followed Christ were going
through for those three days. This person.
That they followed, that they. Thought was the Messiah that
promised them he was going to. What they thought was.
Build a Kingdom and be be the one that reigned and they were
all going to be in this Kingdom. They didn't understand that it
wasn't earthly. But they thought he was.
He was the. One they were going to follow
till they died and now all of a sudden he's.
Dead the the high priests. Have won.
Satan has one. Rome has has defeated this
Messiah that they're following. I can only imagine what they're
thinking in their minds for these three days.
We have the benefit of hindsight.
OK, Just wait. He's he's going to resurrect.
This can be the most powerful thing that you've ever seen.
But for those three days. Even Thomas, one of his.
One of his closest followers. He's doubting it.
He doesn't. Believe that there there's any.
Possibility that this. Christ that they're following is
going to come back from the grave.
But I think the whole world, including Satan, I think only
the Father knew what was actually coming.
But even Satan, I believe, thought he had won.
Why would he kill Christ? Why would he?
Why would? He make that happen.
If he didn't think it was going to make him victorious,
certainly he wouldn't have done it thinking if I can keep him
dead for three days, maybe he'll lose enough followers.
But if after. That three days when he rests
her act, it's going to be odd. I mean, he he certainly thought
he had he had won. And then after three days.
That's where we see this victorious work.
Bible even tells us. That Christ went down with the
keys of death and hell in his hand and and then he comes back
victorious after three days and remember.
We we just read it. I have power.
To lay down my life and I have power.
To, to, to take. It up again.
God gave him, the Father gave him that.
Power and after three days. Just long enough to make sure
people knew. This was an actual death.
Long enough for him to go and and take hell and death and the
sting of death and and conquer that.
Then he comes back. And he resurrects for us to.
See, so that we know this definitely is the Messiah again
that we've been following. Would this death, this sacrifice
of Christ on the. Cross be enough and when he
resurrects from the dead we know it's enough, and the Bible even
tells us in Hebrews. That he takes the blood to the.
Father, and the Father is. Pleased with that sacrifice.
What a. What an.
Amazing thing. It's exciting.
To talk about, but thirdly. The mount.
Calvary is a place. For Sinners Deliverance and I'm
going to spend just a few minutes.
Here we we've. Just got a few minutes.
Left, but this is. Exciting as well, but something
maybe we don't always think about.
You know the, the when we see Adam and Eve in the garden and
they sin, they cover themselves with fig leaves.
And we talked about this not that long ago, but we they cover
themselves with fig leaves and what does God come down and do?
What does he say to them? The fig leaves are not enough.
I'm going to kill a lamb. Most likely.
Kill a lamb and he makes clothes for them to wear because they
need to be. Covered OK, so we.
Talk about this often that. The blood of Christ is is the is
the. Is enough for our sin, and it
is. But the Bible's pretty.
Clear. And we'll look at this in Isaiah
chapter 53 that we need to be cleansed and we need to be
covered. And so there's. 2-2 pieces there
and we're going. To look at them here in just a
second. But first of all.
The cleansing was provided. By the shed blood of.
Christ and the Psalmist says this in Psalm chapter 51 and
verse 7. Now we know this.
Is David, because this is. When he is pouring out.
His heart to God after. His sin with the Bathsheba and
he says. Purge me with.
Hyssop and I shall be clean. Wash me and I shall be.
Whiter. Than snow.
And we know these verses. We've memorized these verses,
but what does he mean when he's saying?
Purge me with hyssop. Did anybody have any any
thoughts? You're not going to be wrong.
OK so purge me. With hyssop and I shall be
clean. Anybody.
Anybody have any ideas on what that phrase means or what he's
trying to say? Miss Taiwan?
Was it like a stringent or? Something or something to clean
up germs, like if someone had a bone or whatever.
Yeah, so so. Remember when the Passover
happens. They are supposed to take.
Hyssop and and wipe that on the doorposts, right.
So it's always in conjunction with blood.
And then you also have do you remember when we talked about
the two doves? Was it doves, the birds?
I don't remember if it says doves or not, but.
The birds. And they were supposed to kill
the one. Bird really, really strange
sacrifices, but this was a picture of of Christ's
sacrifice. If you go back in and listen to
what? We what we talked about with
that, but. They would kill this one bird
and then they. 'D take hyssop.
And dip the. Blood of the of the dead bird on
to the live. Bird and then they.
Would set that bird free with the blood of the dead bird on
it. Very interesting sacrifice.
But hyssop is almost. Always in the Bible connected.
With blood. So.
So what is that? And I actually have it.
I pulled something up on my phone.
I'm going to read in just. A second, but I believe that
this is what it's. Called and I had never heard of
it. So I only only just in my study
found this, but it's called a Let me see if I can mention
pronounce the right metonymy. Anybody ever heard of that
metonymy? OK, so this happens a lot in our
own English language and here's what I'm autonomy is.
Uh oh, it moved on me Where we at?
Uh oh, it's gone, I think. All right, so.
All right, it says. A metonymy.
Is a rhetorical device. In which a.
Word or phrase is used. As a substitute for another
closely related. Or associated word or phrase.
The word that replaces the initial concept is called a
metonym. So this is metonymy is used in
numerous written and spoken context, sometimes without even
realizing it. So here's some examples.
All right saying. The Oval Office will address.
The nation tonight uses the Oval Office in place of.
The president, right? Because the Oval.
Office isn't going to talk, but everybody knows when you say.
The Oval Office said. We know exactly what that means.
That's an autonomy. OK.
When we say please give me a hand, we're not asking.
For your actual hand, we're. Asking for assistance, that's an
autonomy. The phrase blood is thicker than
water. Blood is talking about your
family is is thicker than water, which is, you know, a friend or
an acquaintance. So non familiar familial ties,
but that's some autonomy it's using.
A word that is. Known to mean something else,
but you're using it in place of it.
And there's tons and tons more examples.
Let's see, I got a new. Ride or I got new.
Wheels, right? Everybody knows that doesn't
mean you came to church. With a set of wheels you came
to. Church in a new vehicle, right?
So those are metonymies, so. This I believe.
Is a metonymy purge me. With.
Hyssop and I shall be clean. And so Hebrews Chapter 9, verse
22. I'll come back here to this in
just a second, says and almost all things.
Are by the law purged. With blood.
What does Psalm 51 seven say? Purge me with hyssop so I
believe. This metonymy is hyssop is
blood. That's what the Bible's trying
to. Show all the way through.
And so when David's saying purge me with hyssop, he's not saying
purge me with a with a plant, He's saying purge me with the
blood of Christ and I will be clean.
Wash me with that same blood and I'll be whiter than snow, which
then we see that principle, we see that truth all over in the
Bible that the blood cleanses us from all sin.
And so. You could you?
Could switch that hyssop. Out with blood.
And say purge me with blood and I shall be clean.
I'm autonomy in the Bible. I think that's very interesting.
Because Hebrews. Chapter 922 tells us that
without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin and
so we need to be purged, cleaned.
With the blood of Christ. So first of all.
We're cleaned. With the blood of Christ.
And then secondly, we're covered.
By the blood of Christ, Hebrews chapter 4, verse. 13 You know
Hebrews. Chapter 4, Verse 12.
The Word of God is quick and powerful.
And sharper than any 2 edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit.
And is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
hearts heart. But then.
Hebrews chapter 4, verse. 13 tells us that all things are
naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
All right, So what? Does that mean when we say God
sees what you're doing, you're not going to hide this from God?
That's what it's talking about. Everything is open.
Before the eyes of God. And so how then can a Sinner,
Yes, our sins are cleansed. By the blood of Christ.
But how does a Sinner then stand?
Before God, because he covers. Our sins.
And that's the example. Pastor always gives of the piece
of paper with all your. Sins written on it, and then
that's. Covered by the blood of Jesus.
OK, so he it. Cleanses us from all sin.
But it also covers us. And.
Go to Isaiah chapter 60. One, this will be the last.
Well, I'll probably have. You go to one more passage, but
it's right next to it. Isaiah chapter 53 but.
Isaiah chapter 61 and verse 10. It says this Isaiah 6110.
I will greatly. Rejoice in the Lord, my soul
shall be joyful in my. God.
OK, so why? For he hath clothed me with
garments of salvation, and hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with jewels.
So this is now talking about covering us, not just the
cleansing part, but the covering.
Now go to Isaiah. Chapter 53.
I think this is where I've never really seen it as this, but I
think it's very interesting. Isaiah 53, seven.
Because why does I've always looked at this as a picture of
how? Christ came to the cross, and I
think it is that he came without a word, and we even see.
That with the the gospel. Accounts he, they, they gave him
ample opportunity to to defend himself and he doesn't say a
word. In fact, some of the only words
he says is I am, I am. I am who you're saying I am.
Or accusing me of being. Yes, that's who I am.
But Isaiah 53 verse. Seven says he was oppressed and
he was a feeling afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
He is brought as a. Lamb to the slaughter.
OK, we have. Blood lamb to the slaughter and
as a sheep. Before her shearers.
Is dumb so he openeth not his mouth so I think it's.
Definitely a picture of Christ. Not opening his mouth, but I
also think we have two things here.
A lamb to the slaughter. We have the blood.
And a sheep. Before her shearers.
They're going to. Make a covering with this.
Wool and and I think it's. Very, very important that that
these prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
Christ is. Seen as a lamb, that would be a
lamb. Not a sheep, but a lamb
spotless. Lamb that would be sacrificed.
And then as a sheep. Whose wool would?
Provide covering and I think. That goes back to.
Adam and Eve, why it was so important that Christ covered
them? He didn't douse them with blood
when they sinned, He covered them with most likely a sheep's
wool to to cover their nakedness.
And so interesting there the covering we we often.
Kind of overlook or or look past but.
It's very important as as to what mankind needed, we needed,
we needed cleansed and we needed covered from the nakedness that.
We that we are before. God, our sin is open and and and
naked. Before the eyes of.
Him with whom we have to do. And I'll close with this very
familiar song at. Calvary but.
William Newell wrote it and he said this and I think this is
the the encouragement that we get from Mount Calvary.
The chorus says mercy. There was.
Great and Grace was free. Pardon there was multiplied to
me there. My burdened soul found liberty
at Calvary. And that's the that's the
exciting thing about Calvary. It's a It was a bloody picture
of what Christ had to do for us. But there my burdened soul found
liberty, and I, if you've. Accepted Christ as your Savior.
You know that feeling. You know that experience of
having your burdened soul find that liberty in Christ and I'll.
Close with this, Luke. Chapter 23 we already.
Read it but verse 30. 3 and when they were come to the.
Place which is called called Calvary.
There they crucified him. And the malefactors, one on the
right and one on the left. And Christ drank of that cup.
That the father had. Given him without trying to
trying to pass it off on anyone else.
Or another way, he accepted the will of the Father.
And we are still benefiting from that now, and we will be into
eternity. We have everlasting life because
of this Mount, Mount Calvary, the mountain of provision.
All right, we'll have one last mountain next week and then
we'll get into some valleys. But let's pray and we'll be
dismissed. Father, I thank you for this day
you've given us got to thank you for this church and this place
that we can open your word and and preach it freely.
And I got to thank you for the freedoms we have in this country
to still do that and got. To pray as we.
Think on these things that we've heard this morning now that you
would just encourage us in the fact that.
Your. Sacrifice on Calvary was enough
and God we need nothing else when we stand.
Before you, but the blood. Cleansing us and and the
sacrifice that you made covering us and so that we know we are.
Righteous before you got. To thank you for that fact,
Thank you for that. That that.
Experience that we've been able to have.
The salvation of our souls. Thank you for the burdens that
have been lifted off of us when we.
Accept you as our Savior and I pray.
That you be with this next hour. Fill Pastor with your power.
As he preaches and that you'd open our hearts to accept what
we need to hear. In Jesus name I pray.
Amen.