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Father, we look to you now with 
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In our hearts. 
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gathered us as your people to 
come and commune in your word, 

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apart from your Holy Spirit. 
We would not even have a desire 

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for Your word. 
The very appetite we have is a 

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grace given from you. 
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you've called us to exercise our
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our understanding of Your Word. 
And so we just ask for the mercy

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to walk in that with greater 
stride and strength. 

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Father, we ask that the power of
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this session, and that you would
be evident and obvious in our 

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meeting. 
We long for your nearness, Lord,

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we long to fellowship with you, 
especially in a challenging text

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like this. 
We pray for the grace to 

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understand it in a full, in its 
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In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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Amen. 
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your hand, meet me in First 
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We have reached the crowning 
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leadership in the nation of 
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As a king, he is now going to 
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He has made preparation. 
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But now, as we come to chapter 
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procedure, the process, the the 
actual building now coming into 

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reality. 
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you just look at it briefly, you
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amount of detail. 
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There are materials, there are 
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dimensions, and it can seem kind
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intimidating, and it can very 
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think I'm just going to treat 
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always resist that temptation 
and believe that the Lord will 

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indeed speak through every 
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And I'll be honest, coming to 
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week, I thought to myself, with 
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communicated in a way that 
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feel like they're drowning? 
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I was reading the book of 
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Do you believe God speaks 
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Do you believe he actually 
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We all say, yeah, theologically 
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you believe that God can speak 
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I hope you do. 
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Kings 6 is coming up, but I'm 
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reading the book of Hebrews, and
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me as I'm as I'm figuring out, 
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Lord, what? 
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this treasure of a chapter with 
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and all the pieces of gold and 
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Do we dump it all out? 
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How do we go about this in 
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Chapter nine came to my reading 
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as though the Holy Spirit gave 
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For our study tonight, go to 
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I told you to go to 1st Kings 6,
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how the Spirit is with us. 
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was prepared, the first section 
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the table and the bread of the 
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It is called the Holy Place. 
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second section called the Most 
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Having the golden altar of 
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Covenant covered on all sides 
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golden urn holding the manna and
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the tablets of the Covenant 
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glory overshadowing the Mercy 
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Now look at this of these things
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That encouraged me, that 
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of Hebrews, when explaining and 
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thing that you and I are going 
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We don't have to touch on every 
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I thought that's true. 
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stuff ourselves to try to get 
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in one session. 
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Amen. 
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speak in detail, but be 
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Chapter 6. 
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overwhelming, I want to make it 
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chapter and to realize that 
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for us. 
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chapter and in the first section
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Solomon the record of his 
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construction of the temple, The 
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That's going to be around the 
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construction of the temple. 
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will help organize your 
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So the 1st, 9:00 or 10 verses 
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temple, and then in the middle 
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verse 11, an interesting hinge, 
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It's the Lord who's going to 
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going to see. 
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temple. 
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the temple. 
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the temple. 
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the largest portion of this 
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about the beautifying of the 
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So there are three sections 
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this text, the construction of 
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the temple, and then lastly the 
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decor of the temple. 
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the first section and read the 
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the Lord has to say to us. 
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First, King 6. 
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one. 
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people of Israel came out of the
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year of Solomon's reign over 
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which is the second month, he 
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Lord. 
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built for the Lord was 60 
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cubits wide and 30 cubits high. 
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with this first verse. 
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conference, we've touched on 
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the question that I present to 
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By way of reminder, don't you 
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the commencement of this 
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to inform us, or at least 
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temple being built? 
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all the references that God 
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point at this juncture, why is 
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erected is supposed to be 
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of the people out of slavery 
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It seems random. 
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random historical point, maybe a
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the anniversary of the Exodus. 
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I think there is a spiritual 
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When God delivered the people 
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for a purpose. 
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When Moses approached Pharaoh 
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God says let my people go. 
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people leaving Egypt? 
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If you don't know, on more than 
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told Pharaoh. 
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Promised land. 
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16. 
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Actually turn there with me 
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different verses in Exodus to 
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Israel was to be freed from 
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Here's what. 
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instruction, and you shall say 
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The God of the Hebrews sent me 
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that they may serve me in the 
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wilderness, but so far you have 
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Moses telling Pharaoh, let my 
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me. 
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20. 
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Let my people go. 
That they may serve me. 

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You see it in Chapter 9, verse 
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That they may serve me. 
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verse 13. 
Let my people go, that they may 

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serve me. 
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10, verse three, let my people 
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It's clear, isn't it? 
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people being set free, is that 
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ones that he has redeemed. 
No mention of the promised land,

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even. 
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but that wasn't the primary 
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It wasn't to come to a place of 
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even God himself. 
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into the wilderness and met him 
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Tells the people the real reason
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One of my favorite verses 
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redemption in the Bible. 
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Go to Exodus 19 verse four. 
Look what the Lord says about 

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the reason why he rescued his 
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You yourselves have seen what I 
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bore you on eagle's wings and 
brought you to where? 

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The Promised Land. 
What does it say to myself? 

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I brought you to myself. 
He wants fellowship. 

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He wants the people to come to 
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that they would enjoy him and 
the word served there. 

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I mean, you guys have the right 
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a sense, just like they were 
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serving they would really be 
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You and I were created to 
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That's where we know our 
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That's where we know sustenance.
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worship because you were wired 
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And so the Lord brings the 
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Him. 
And he says no, It's not even 

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just about serving me. 
It's not that I need you to do 

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something. 
I have a myriad of angels who 

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can do things for me. 
But in my love for you and the 

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way it designed you and your 
purpose for existing, I want you

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to be for me. 
I'm bringing you to myself and 

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then you go to 1st Kings 6 and 
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the temple being built and the 
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It could it be that the 
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the Lord that Solomon's about to
begin, is the express purpose 

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for why the people were saved? 
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building to be connected to the 
deliverance from Egypt is meant 

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to communicate the goal of God 
and saving them that it's 

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ultimately. 
Leading to this. 

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I'm drawing my people to myself.
I'm bringing them to a place 

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where they can come as close as 
possible to to me without me 

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destroying them because of my 
holiness. 

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Well, if you read Exodus then it
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Now, some might say, well, the 
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that, right? 
And that's true. 

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But the Tabernacle itself, by by
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It was a tent. 
It was unfixed. 

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It was movable. 
And so, yes, that that's a 

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partial fulfillment. 
But then you come to the temple 

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and it's a permanent thing. 
There's a floor, there are stone

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walls. 
And so it's supposed to mean 

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that this is, this is what it's 
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And we know in the New covenant 
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in this dispensation, that's 
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I'm bringing to a place where 
it's all about this moment, it's

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all about this experience. 
And the point for you and I in 

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Christ Jesus is that. 
The purpose of His redemption 

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for us is no different. 
It's no different. 

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You heard me quote this in the 
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The reason why Christ suffered 
once for all was to bring you to

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who? 
To God. 

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That's what he says, to bring 
you to himself again, just like 

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what he said in Exodus, Christ 
comes to bring us to the Father,

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to himself, but this time to a 
different temple. 

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Not to geographical, 
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Not to a specific city in the 
Middle East, No. 

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With this new structure, this 
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new meaning place between you 
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forgiven Sinner. 
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together that make up the temple
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midst. 
Right here, right now, is the 

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temple of the Holy Spirit. 
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there would be something so much
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In our meetings. 
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reverence in our meetings, and I
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this place. 
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one tells us about the Exodus, 
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deliverance with fellowship with
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Why is this temple even being 
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So that God may dwell with his 
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Yes, that there would be 
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covering for sin, but ultimately
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people, and that the people 
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Now we come back here and we 
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verse 2IN connection with that 
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The house that King Solomon 
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cubits, 60 cubits long, 20 
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A cubit is believed to be 18 
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half, a foot and a half. 
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between the Temple and the 
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glorious structure. 
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of the Tabernacle, what the 
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terms of their centralized 
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And looking at this, we think 
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impression that this temple is 
more impressive in terms of size

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and as we're about to discover 
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the materials that are going to 
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But there is a temple that I 
just. 

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Referred to you that I just 
mentioned to you that it's far 

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more glorious than the temple 
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and combined in terms of its 
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made of. 
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the temple of the Holy Spirit, 
covers the globe from the four 

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corners of the earth. 
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of houses of worship from living
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nations and tribes and tongues 
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presence of God. 
Like here in this place on this 

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Friday night, in different 
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And there are priests, a royal 
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Peter, that are giving, like 
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spiritual sacrifices to God. 
And so this covenant with this 

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temple is far greater than the 
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greater than the Tabernacle in 
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And I hope you and I realize 
that now. 

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We read specific details about 
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and like what we heard in 
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cover every single detail, at 
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But we will highlight some 
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Look at verse 3. 
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nave of the house was 20 cubits 
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Equal to the width of the house 
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the house. 
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windows with recessed frames. 
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about that? 
Were there windows in the 

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Tabernacle? 
No, there weren't windows in the

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Tabernacle. 
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the lamps inside. 
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temple and you read of these, 
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So that's interesting. 
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Now, verse five, he also built a
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Now try to visualize this. 
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against the wall of the house. 
So, so far we have the 

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dimensions of the main building,
the temple. 

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We have a description of the 
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but now we're talking about a 
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temple, and here's what we're 
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He also built a structure 
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running around the walls of the 
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inner sanctuary, and he made 
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apartments. 
They're these side chambers 

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around the main place of 
worship. 

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And now we're we're being told 
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Here's what we see. 
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5 cubits broad, the middle one 
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third was 7 cubits broad for 
around the outside of the house.

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He made offsets on the wall in 
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should not be inserted into the 
walls of the house. 

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So the way that these 
apartments, these chambers 

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worked is that they weren't 
connected into the temple. 

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There was different support, a 
different support system that 

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made it a part of it but didn't 
penetrate through the House of 

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worship. 
How many stories are these 

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chambers across the whole place?
Three. 

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There are three stories, right? 
So you have a lower chamber, you

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have a middle chamber, and you 
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So imagine again, I'm trying to 
illustrate. 

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Here's the temple. 
Imagine I'm facing the temple. 

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Here's the door to the temple, 
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the front area, of course, along
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back, you have these chambers 
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You know, what I find 
interesting is that we're not 

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told the the purpose of these 
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We're not told. 
It's not until you go to 

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different books like Second 
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When you go to those places, 
you'll see that under Hezekiah's

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rule, under Ezra's leadership. 
The priests were storing 

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treasures, gold, silver, 
offerings in these chambers, so 

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they were most likely used as 
storehouses, things to keep and 

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protect the precious offerings 
and donations that were granted 

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to the place of worship. 
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the Holy Spirit goes out of his 
way to give us the dimensions of

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each floor. 
Did you notice that? 

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And what did you notice about 
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What stands out to you? 
Very good. 

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They get broader and broader and
broader. 

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In fact, when you go to Ezekiel 
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there, we have a lot of verses 
to cover tonight, so your 

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fingers are going to get some 
work. 

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OK, Ezekiel 41. 
This is not Solomon's Temple. 

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What are we being told about in 
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Which temple? 
Oh, I kind of gave it away based

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on the name of the book 
Ezekiel's Temple. 

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The temple that we believe will 
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Millennium Kingdom, right? 
So this is not the same temple, 

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but there are a lot of 
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And when you go to Ezekiel 41 
verse seven, you actually get 

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again a description of these 
side chambers and it's 

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confirming what we see here in 
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Ezekiel 41 seven, we're told. 
And it became broader as it 

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wound upward to the side 
chambers. 

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So just like in Solomon's 
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certain measurement. 
Then as you go up it gets 

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broader and as you go higher, it
gets broader, broader and 

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broader and broader. 
Now come back to First Kings 

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Six. 
Are you guys with me? 

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So far I'm not overwhelming you.
Oh oh there nobody answered. 

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So I could be overwhelming 
people. 

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Good. 
We'll go to 1st Kings 6 again 

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and look at verse 8. 
The entrance for the lowest 

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story was on the South side of 
the house. 

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And one went up by stairs to the
middle story and from the middle

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story to the third. 
So in these apartments, in these

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chambers, you had a door. 
And when you went into the door,

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you were in the lowest part. 
And then there were stairs that 

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would bring you to the next 
level and another set of stairs 

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that would bring you to the 
third level. 

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And based on Ezekiel's words, it
could be at least in his temple,

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that they were winding stairs. 
But here's what you would feel 

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if you were one of the priests 
in these chambers. 

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The higher you climbed, the more
there was to realize. 

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The higher you excelled, the 
more there was to discover. 

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And I'd like to think that 
that's a wonderful illustration 

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about our growth and revelation 
and truth concerning the things 

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of God. 
Is that not true? 

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You know, I I love reading 
books, and there are many books 

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that I'll read. 
And I will read it once and put 

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it on a shelf, never to read it 
again. 

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I've read this book every single
day for years since I was 20 

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years old. 
And guess what? 

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I can't put it away and say I 
figured it out. 

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The more I read it, the more I 
realize there's more, there's 

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more. 
It doesn't stop. 

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The walls keep getting broader, 
broader and broader, and there's

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even more treasure than the last
level I was in. 

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It just keeps expanding. 
Is that not true? 

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It is true and it's completely 
biblical, you know? 

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Paul says, I've received the 
grace in Ephesians 38. 

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I've received the grace to 
preach to the Gentiles the 

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unfathomable riches of Christ, 
the immeasurable riches of 

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Christ. 
You can't put a limit on the 

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riches, the wealth of just the 
person of Jesus Christ. 

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And as I was thinking about this
kind of illustration, I thought 

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of a Psalm. 
This Psalm is so exciting to me.

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And again, your fingers are 
you're going to get to work, 

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right? 
You're going to get muscles in 

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your fingers tonight. 
And Psalm 119, what's Psalm 119 

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all about? 
Can I give you a challenge? 

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I wonder if anybody will take 
this challenge because I did it 

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once and it was one of the most 
exhilarating things in terms of 

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reading. 
If you are willing, read Psalm 

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119 in one sitting. 
Just do it and you will feel 

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like you're drinking out of a 
fire hose. 

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But it's a it's a good feeling 
because you just are showered 

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with the Holy Spirit's praise 
about the Word of God. 

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And here's one of the 
praiseworthy things about the 

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Word of God in Psalm 119. 
Look at verse 96. 

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Look what the Psalmist says 
about the word he says. 

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I have seen a limit to all 
perfection. 

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I've seen many things in the 
world and there's a there's a 

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stopping point here. 
There's a point where you figure

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it out, but look what he says. 
But your commandment is 

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exceedingly broad. 
You see what he's saying there. 

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I've seen a lot of things in 
this world, beautiful things, 

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excellent things, mind boggling 
things. 

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But they come to an end in terms
of the odd that it inspires, 

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perhaps. 
The mechanics and understanding 

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how things function. 
But there is one thing that I've

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discovered that's exceedingly 
broad. 

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What is it? 
The word. 

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The word. 
There's no limit to the word. 

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There's no bottom to this. 
Well, there is no end to this 

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horizon. 
It just keeps growing. 

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It keeps expanding. 
And I believe that is the case 

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here. 
What we read about these 

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chambers expanding as they 
climbed, You can believe the 

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same thing about your. 
Experience with God through what

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he's revealed in the place of 
prayer. 

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Walking with him day by day, 
you'll realize there's only more

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to know. 
There's only more to realize 

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now. 
Let's come back to first kings 

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and let's read verse 7. 
When the house was built, it was

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with stone prepared at the 
quarry, so that neither hammer 

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nor axe, nor any tool of iron. 
Was heard in the house while it 

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was being built. 
This is one of my favorite 

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verses in First Kings Chapter 6.
Again, why is the Holy Spirit 

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going out of his way to tell us 
about how these stones were 

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chiseled and prepared before 
they were assembled together? 

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It seems as though we need to 
know that there was no 

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recognition of the materials 
colliding together. 

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It was. 
It was at a great distance. 

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And when it came to the place of
putting the pieces together, 

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there was almost this 
reverential silence about it. 

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It was sacred. 
And so there was this wisdom 

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behind this. 
But there's a spiritual message,

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and I believe it's significant 
because it's to encourage us 

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when we link it to the house 
that God is building today. 

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You have to understand the New 
Testament. 

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You as an individual are called 
the temple, the Holy Spirit, and

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the church at large is called 
the Temple of the Holy Spirit. 

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And here we're being told about 
this temple. 

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And interestingly about this 
temple. 

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There was no sound of tools. 
There is no sound of let me put 

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it this way, there was no 
immediate evidence that 

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something was happening. 
And someone once said, very 

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00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:40,160
wisely, that this is a lesson 
not to mistake noise and 

455
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,040
notoriety with spiritual 
progress. 

456
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,960
First, Peter Two tells us that 
you and I are living stones 

457
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,000
being built up together into a 
spiritual house. 

458
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:55,400
That's what Peter said, living 
stones being built together up 

459
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,080
to be a spiritual house. 
And I believe there's something 

460
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,120
here for us to take in for 
ourselves. 

461
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,240
You know, there's some believers
who believe, unfortunately, that

462
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:11,320
in order to truly measure 
success and effectiveness, it's 

463
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,080
all determined by the attention 
and praise you might receive 

464
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:20,880
from others but the Lord here? 
Does not need to announce the 

465
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,080
work that he's doing in your 
life. 

466
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,160
He doesn't need to advertise it.
He doesn't need to let the 

467
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,800
masses know. 
This is what I'm doing in my 

468
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,040
son. 
This is what I'm doing in my 

469
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,720
daughter. 
This is what I'm doing in this 

470
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,560
pastor, and through this pastor,
he doesn't need to do that for 

471
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:38,800
it to be legitimate. 
Your fruitfulness and mine can 

472
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,480
sometimes take place in a way 
where. 

473
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,360
People don't immediately see it,
at least for a season. 

474
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,480
For most of us here, you know 
your life is going to be 

475
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:58,600
relatively quiet, unnoticed 
under the radar, not pointed out

476
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,960
by prominence. 
And that's OK. 

477
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,600
But what you have to resist is 
the temptation of thinking just 

478
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,160
because somebody is on a 
platform or somebody is highly 

479
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,600
praised and. 
Greatly known that God is 

480
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,960
working and doing more in them 
than he is in you. 

481
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:22,440
And if you are feeling that, 
Lord, are you really doing 

482
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,760
something significant? 
In my life that doesn't seem to 

483
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:30,000
be much noise that I'm creating.
I'm not really gaining much from

484
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:35,880
others and and seeing them 
appreciate, maybe point out 

485
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,600
highlights what you're doing. 
I mean the gifts that you've 

486
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,240
given me. 
Remember the temple? 

487
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,000
Remember the House of God? 
Even this glorious structure 

488
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,240
that would host the presence of 
God was built in silence. 

489
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,560
It was not immediately 
recognized. 

490
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,880
And you can apply that to the 
corporate sense as well. 

491
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,560
The worship team that you're 
part of, the ministry team that 

492
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,120
you're part of the church that 
you're part of, the outreach 

493
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,960
that you're part of. 
A lot of people, again, confuse 

494
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,520
something being loud with it 
being legitimate. 

495
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,960
And if you use that kind of 
evaluation, then you actually 

496
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,280
can get yourself in trouble. 
What do I mean by that? 

497
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,720
Well, God is really at work when
there's a lot of people crammed 

498
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,320
into one place and in that 
meeting there are rivers of 

499
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,600
tears and there are explosions 
of miracles happening, that's 

500
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,600
when God is really at work. 
And God working that way, 

501
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,240
Absolutely. 
Does God always work that way? 

502
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,640
No. 
He can do. 

503
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,960
A silent work, and it's still 
just as much, precious to him, 

504
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,040
and it should be precious to 
you. 

505
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,120
This inner surgery where he is 
chiseling and cutting so that 

506
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,880
he's conforming you. 
The framing of your thoughts, 

507
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,560
the putting together the 
fragments of the brokenness in 

508
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,560
your life until that mess 
becomes something of a 

509
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:04,000
masterpiece. 
God indeed is working, and he's 

510
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,320
always working in you and I, 
whether people recognize it 

511
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,840
right away or whether you even 
recognize it in the moment. 

512
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:18,960
He is a patient, careful, 
meticulous, loving artist and 

513
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,800
when he feels that it's 
necessary, he will make his work

514
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,240
known and it will be loud And 
there are other. 

515
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,720
Times where he will take his 
time. 

516
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,960
And I see that with the sacred 
structure, what would have been 

517
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,440
like for a citizen of Jerusalem 
to see the progress? 

518
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,280
I, I think just week after week,
month after month as they go 

519
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,320
about their affairs, they're not
hearing anything right. 

520
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,760
They're not seeing major cranes 
and traffic and noise. 

521
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,600
The the all that complicated 
stuff is being done at a 

522
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,480
distance. 
And from time to time they would

523
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,720
look out their window and they 
would see the building getting 

524
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:56,720
stronger and higher and thicker.
Look what's happening and do you

525
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,520
know how long it took for this 
temple to be built? 

526
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:03,120
Who knows the number of years? 
Yeah, it's right here in verse 

527
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,480
38. 
We're told here at the last part

528
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,960
of verse 38, he was seven years 
in building it. 

529
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,040
Seven years now. 
David confessed in First 

530
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:19,080
Chronicles 2819 that he received
the blueprint for the building. 

531
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,200
It wasn't a human architect who 
came up and offered something to

532
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,000
God from their own initiative. 
No. 

533
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,680
God gave the exact instructions 
for this thing to be built. 

534
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,520
And even though God gave it, it 
took seven years to build. 

535
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,640
You know why that's important? 
Again, Because some people think

536
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,840
if God's going to do a work, and
if he does work, it means it has

537
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,640
to happen instantaneously. 
Growth should happen instant 

538
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,000
stainlessly, right? 
Disciples should should happen 

539
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,080
in a moment. 
Who said that things have to 

540
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,840
always happen in the blink of an
eye or snap of a finger? 

541
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,280
That's not how God always works.
And just like his temple, here 

542
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,480
he sweetly and wisely took his 
time. 

543
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,720
And you can believe the same for
you and I. 

544
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,200
Not that that's permission for 
us to delay in our discipline or

545
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,520
to not be participating in the 
things of God. 

546
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,440
No, but to understand that 
progress doesn't happen 

547
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,120
overnight and that should 
encourage. 

548
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,480
You and I to not be overwhelmed 
by our lack of progress at the 

549
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,440
speed that we would like it to 
happen, and your knowledge of 

550
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:24,000
the word of God in in different 
areas concerning your gifting. 

551
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,240
And so this is something for you
and I to be blessed by. 

552
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,680
Now, before we move on, there's 
another lesson here, and I 

553
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,360
believe the lesson here, when we
see this verse being built, 

554
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,360
this, this amazing building 
being built in silence, is to 

555
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,160
remind us that God often also 
likes to build and work on us in

556
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:48,960
quietness, right? 
So this is this is a good word 

557
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,600
for us because a lot of us 
always need distraction noise. 

558
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,120
When's the last time you got 
quiet before God? 

559
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,840
Quiet, quiet. 
Just to sit before him and allow

560
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,120
the architect of your soul to 
work on you? 

561
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,760
You know, there's a lot of 
people who are frustrated with 

562
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:15,040
their walk with the Lord. 
I don't just, I don't sense God 

563
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,520
leading me, speaking to me, 
clarifying things to me. 

564
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,320
And one of my first questions 
is, well, have you given time 

565
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:27,680
for him to do that? 
Just to get before the Lord, 

566
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,360
open your Bible. 
Say Lord, I'm reading this text 

567
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,120
this week. 
Can you speak to my heart? 

568
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,880
When's the last time you did 
that without checking Instagram?

569
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,720
A notification? 
Throw that thing in the garbage 

570
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,360
just for an hour. 
You can pick it up, clean it and

571
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,560
go. 
Go about your day. 

572
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:53,720
Just give time and silence. 
Before the Lord He wants to do 

573
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,280
something with you in that 
place. 

574
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,440
I argue that he can only do 
certain things in that place. 

575
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,400
You can come to 1000 church 
services a week and it will not 

576
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,960
substitute personal time with 
the Lord. 

577
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,560
And I know that me saying this, 
and I'm becoming more aware of 

578
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,160
this as I'm advancing in life, 
right. 

579
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:19,280
Things become busier and busier 
and quiet that time. 

580
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,920
Seclusion becomes more of a 
luxury, isn't it? 

581
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,000
Look at all the heads. 
I just went. 

582
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,040
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
I guess I'm not here to beat you

583
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:33,560
over the head, but I I am here 
to tell you that God is able to 

584
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,480
do miracles with five loaves and
two fishes. 

585
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,760
Miracles. 
You know, when I was doing my 

586
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,560
internship in Toronto, Canada, 
that was one of the most 

587
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,480
frustrating times of my walk 
with the Lord. 

588
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,600
Because up to that point, I had 
my just my my schedule at 

589
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,640
school. 
I wasn't working and so I had 

590
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,680
all this time. 
It was amazing and I'm so glad 

591
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,520
for that season because so many 
things were revealed to me. 

592
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,240
But then now I'm working full 
time school, full time 

593
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,200
internship and that was 
technically part of my school. 

594
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,320
So waking up, commuting, taking 
three different modes of 

595
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,000
transportation, just. 
To get to the place and coming 

596
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,400
all the way back. 
And I remember just feeling so 

597
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,199
frustrated. 
I don't know what to do with 

598
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:11,639
this. 
Lord, by the time I get home and

599
00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:13,280
I got to make dinner, I'm ready 
to sleep. 

600
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:15,320
Quiet time. 
I just. 

601
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,520
I just need a full night's 
sleep. 

602
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,800
To survive. 
That's how I was feeling. 

603
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,400
But I realized how the Lord is 
willing to honor whatever you're

604
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,840
able to give him. 
You know what I was able to do 

605
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,080
at that time? 
Yeah, there, there is still the 

606
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:31,239
the grace to be able to take 
that time in my apartment. 

607
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,920
But even during the day when I 
had coffee breaks, I was, I was 

608
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,159
doing my internship in a fairly 
tall building. 

609
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,840
And so there was a lot of stairs
and a lot of empty stairs and 

610
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,560
low traffic area. 
So my coffee breaks. 

611
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,000
I would just go up to some of 
those stairs. 

612
00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:48,800
And I would go high enough where
I can see the city of Toronto. 

613
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,159
And I would just sit there and 
talk to the Lord. 

614
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,639
Just talk to the Lord while I'm 
looking out the window. 

615
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,480
Lord, thank you for this day. 
Thank you, Lord. 

616
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,240
Fill me with the spirit as I go 
back into my office so that 

617
00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:04,240
people can sense the fragrance 
of Christ. 

618
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,000
Give me boldness if I'm ever 
confronted with my beliefs that 

619
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000
I would be strong and loving. 
Just talk to the Lord. 

620
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,480
About 10 minutes go by and go 
back to work. 

621
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:14,960
Do you think the Lord is looking
for heaven? 

622
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,200
Saying you only gave me that 
much time. 

623
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,920
I didn't hear a word you said 
that's not the Lord. 

624
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,960
When Mary of Bethany broke that 
alabaster flask and poured it on

625
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,800
Christ, the disciples criticized
her and Jesus said she did what 

626
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,720
she could. 
And it is beautiful to me. 

627
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,680
When I read that, I thought, 
yeah, in certain seasons there 

628
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,080
are things that you can only do 
so much of, and God will see it 

629
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,320
as beautiful as long as your 
heart is true and you're being 

630
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,640
honest before him. 
Lord, this is all I can give 

631
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,000
you. 
That's all I could give him in 

632
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:52,240
that season. 
And so give that time to the 

633
00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:56,400
Lord and He can do miracles in 
your heart, your mind throughout

634
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,880
your day. 
The Lord wants to build us in 

635
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,040
the place of quietness. 
Now there's there's much more 

636
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,040
that can be said. 
But now we've come here, We read

637
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,680
verse eight, we read verse 9 
about the roof, the ceiling. 

638
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:16,640
But something happens here in 
verse 11 says here. 

639
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:21,720
Now the word of the Lord came to
Solomon concerning this house, 

640
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,800
and he says here, excuse me. 
Now the word of Lord came to 

641
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,400
Solomon concerning this house 
that you are building. 

642
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,800
If you will walk in my statutes 
and obey my rules and keep all 

643
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,440
my commandments and walk in 
them, then I will establish my 

644
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,320
word with you, which I spoke to 
David. 

645
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,920
Your father and I will dwell 
among the children of Israel and

646
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,040
will not forsake my people 
Israel. 

647
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,640
So Solomon built the house and 
finished it. 

648
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,040
So as we're reading about the 
construction of this building 

649
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:59,000
going up to verse 10, verse 11, 
there's this intermission. 

650
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,800
Somehow the word of the Lord 
comes to Solomon. 

651
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,040
It could have been through a 
prophet, and this seems kind of 

652
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,280
out of place. 
The Lord is telling and 

653
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,040
reminding Solomon about the 
covenant that he had made with 

654
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,520
his father and with his 
descendants. 

655
00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:18,080
And we don't know why this came 
to Solomon, not only how, but 

656
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,720
why. 
But based on the message itself,

657
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:23,880
we can gather enough information
to understand the mind of the 

658
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,480
Lord and why he spoke to Solomon
in this manner. 

659
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,280
The tone that you get from this,
what kind of tone is it? 

660
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,920
What is this message? 
What kind of message? 

661
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,720
Is it? 
Condition. 

662
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,320
Yeah, it's a condition. 
The promise. 

663
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,760
The covenant is conditional. 
But what's the message then? 

664
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,520
If he's giving this reminder for
this condition, what is he 

665
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:56,480
essentially doing? 
There's a cautious tone here, 

666
00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:59,760
and this message is a message of
warning. 

667
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,360
And so the Lord is warning 
Solomon at this point, at this 

668
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,880
juncture, at this, at this mark 
of the progress of the building,

669
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,640
He wants to warn him. 
And based on that we can have 

670
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,520
strong confidence to believe 
that Solomon. 

671
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,320
Needed to hear this. 
Whether he knew it or not. 

672
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,480
He needed to hear this message 
from the Lord, and it could be 

673
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,280
that at this point the Lord saw 
something in Solomon, something 

674
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,280
concerning. 
Perhaps there are early signs 

675
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:36,480
already that Solomon was 
beginning to lose sight of the 

676
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:41,680
significance and the recipe for 
true, lasting success concerning

677
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:47,040
the temple. 
Solomon, you're building this 

678
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,880
temple. 
That's wonderful, but I want to 

679
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,840
let you know that what's really 
going to bring blessing to you 

680
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,320
and this people is going to be 
your obedience to my law. 

681
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,080
It's going to be your 
consecration unto me. 

682
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,160
Just because this building is 
going to be built does not 

683
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,640
necessarily mean that you've 
guaranteed my blessing and my 

684
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,960
presence here among you and your
people. 

685
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:15,000
I'm asking you, and I'm 
reminding you to live in my word

686
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:20,800
and to walk in my ways. 
That's a much needed warning for

687
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,800
many of us who are serving the 
Lord. 

688
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,840
Listen, this is very important, 
right? 

689
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,040
Because here Solomon is 
performing something for the 

690
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,160
Lord in his tenure. 
At this point in his ministry, 

691
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,480
he needed to receive 
instruction. 

692
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,040
And you and I need this kind of 
instruction and warning from 

693
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,840
time to time as we're serving 
the Lord, often times when we're

694
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,800
building something to the Lord, 
what do we need? 

695
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,160
We need an encouragement. 
Well, we get discouraged. 

696
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,760
There's delay. 
There's persecution. 

697
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,640
We see that with Nehemiah. 
We see that with Ezra. 

698
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,240
And so we need to be encouraged.
Encouraged, encouraged, 

699
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,280
rightfully so, but with 
encouragement. 

700
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,600
We also need warning. 
We do need warning. 

701
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,640
They're two pitfalls, right? 
We can fall into discouragement 

702
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,200
that can lead us into other 
problems. 

703
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,400
We can fall into disobedience 
because of what Solomon is 

704
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,400
facing here. 
Could be the. 

705
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:15,240
Solomon already is showing again
evidence that his heart is being

706
00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:22,920
uplifted or his own wisdom now 
is is filtering in and we see 

707
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,520
later on what happens to 
Solomon. 

708
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,880
You know, just because we have a
church building with a service, 

709
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,160
an order of service, a team that
sings beautifully, somebody that

710
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:35,320
comes up on the pulpit and 
offering food, A5O1C3, that 

711
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,960
doesn't mean God's presence is 
here, does it? 

712
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,640
Do we need a big enough cross to
be like, you know, that cross 

713
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,200
impresses me. 
I'm going to come now and bless 

714
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,040
this place. 
Is that how God? 

715
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,680
Works, no. 
Some people think so. 

716
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,520
If we have an extravagant enough
of establishment, if we have 

717
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,160
talented people enough, if the 
numbers come, if the money 

718
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:04,800
flows, and surely we have the 
thumbs up from the Almighty, 

719
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,680
that's not how it works. 
What is God after? 

720
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:13,640
A holy people and obedient 
people, A repentant people, a 

721
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,920
broken people, people who walk 
in the fear of the Lord? 

722
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,320
That's what will usher in, and 
that's what will. 

723
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,480
Guard his blessing, his power, 
and his presence, and his 

724
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,520
delight. 
Amongst us. 

725
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:27,760
And there's another thing here, 
right? 

726
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:33,800
Again, Solomon could very well 
be losing focus here, being 

727
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:39,200
deterred, drifting in one way. 
And you and I also have to be 

728
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,960
careful and understand that the 
same temptation awaits all of us

729
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,080
who want to advance. 
And this is a temptation that's 

730
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:50,320
very present for those who are 
seeing accomplishments, great 

731
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,520
accomplishments done in the name
of God. 

732
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:59,640
Solomon is going to end up 
falling very bad and it makes 

733
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,320
you wonder what went wrong. 
I mean, go to Chapter 9, we're 

734
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,120
in First Kings, things go to go 
to Chapter 9. 

735
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,600
This is after Solomon builds a 
temple, and then in chapter 8 he

736
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,040
dedicates the temple. 
And then look what the Lord says

737
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,280
in Chapter 9, verse four and 
five. 

738
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,120
And the Lord is speaking to him 
again. 

739
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:22,160
And As for you, if you walk 
before me as David your father 

740
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,640
walked with integrity of heart 
and uprightness, doing according

741
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,760
to all that I've commanded you 
and keeping my statutes and my 

742
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,680
rules, then I will establish a 
royal throne over Israel 

743
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,400
forever, as I promised David, 
your father, saying you shall 

744
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,120
not lack a man on the throne of 
Israel again, He just did it in 

745
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,840
chapter 6. 
Now he's doing it again. 

746
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,520
After the thing was built, after
it was dedicated, after there 

747
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,240
was a grand opening. 
The Lord says Solomon, be 

748
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:51,040
careful. 
Be careful. 

749
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,880
When we do things for God and it
blesses other people, and it's 

750
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:03,040
grand and it's unique and it's 
spectacular and it's fruitful, 

751
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:09,400
we can begin to think that we 
are above the law and maybe 

752
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,840
there are certain rules that 
don't apply to me. 

753
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,760
And certain things that I I can 
do, because look how much I give

754
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,960
to the church. 
This church wouldn't be able to 

755
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,480
do what they're doing if it 
wasn't for my contributions. 

756
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:25,720
That's dangerous thinking. 
Look what I did for the Lord. 

757
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,400
Look at the glory I brought to 
His name. 

758
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,160
Look at all the people who are 
blessed. 

759
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,440
Surely the Lord will look with 
partiality upon me if I drift 

760
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,720
here and there. 
There are people who think like 

761
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:38,400
that. 
In fact, the Bible calls that 

762
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,880
something. 
It's called the root of 

763
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,560
bitterness. 
You know when people quote the 

764
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,440
root of bitterness in Hebrews 
chapter 12, they think that's a 

765
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,600
verse about when you have 
unforgiveness in your heart. 

766
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:52,080
That's not true. 
When the author of Hebrews is 

767
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,120
speaking about that, he's 
referring to a warning in 

768
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,640
Deuteronomy where the Lord told 
the people, please be careful 

769
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,680
that there is no one among you 
has a root of bitterness. 

770
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:02,600
And then he describes what that 
root of bitterness is. 

771
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:06,680
It's a person who hears the law 
and blesses himself and says, I 

772
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,320
will be safe. 
Do I walk in the stubbornness of

773
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:13,360
my heart? 
And that root has the ability to

774
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,440
infect that garden bed and touch
other people and bring him into 

775
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:21,000
the wrong direction. 
So Solomon need to be careful, 

776
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,800
because already when these 
things are taking place, things 

777
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:27,000
are progressing and advancing. 
The Lord saying, please Solomon,

778
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,360
be careful, don't let it get to 
your head. 

779
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,320
Don't think that these things 
are not binding on you. 

780
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,440
They are. 
My law is just as much for you 

781
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,640
as it is for anybody else. 
In fact, the warning is even 

782
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:37,960
greater for him because he's 
what? 

783
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,280
What is Solomon? 
He's a king, meaning he's a 

784
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:41,560
what? 
He's a leader. 

785
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,440
He's a leader. 
So notice what he says here when

786
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:50,520
you read I read it in verse 11, 
he says the word of Lord comes, 

787
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,640
verse 12 describes what's going 
to happen. 

788
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,720
And then in verse 13, the 
condition is in verse 12, verse 

789
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:58,040
13 is the consequence. 
And I will dwell among the 

790
00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:01,640
children of Israel and will not 
forsake my people. 

791
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:05,560
Israel, if you obey, I will be 
here and I will not forsake 

792
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:06,680
them. 
Implying what? 

793
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:08,400
If you don't obey? 
What's going to happen? 

794
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:14,800
I will forsake them. 
Did he say forsake you or 

795
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:21,280
forsake the people? 
Pray for your leaders. 

796
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,280
Pray that the Lord would keep 
them from discouragement. 

797
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,600
I recently preached about 
David's discouragement from 

798
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,120
First Samuel 27. 
He believed that Saul was going 

799
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,400
to kill him. 
When Saul think about this, he 

800
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:35,920
believed Saul was going to kill 
him. 

801
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,120
He was. 
Going to die. 

802
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,520
And he had Samuel the prophet. 
He had Abigail, his wife. 

803
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,960
He had Jonathan his friend. 
He had Saul himself, saying, 

804
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,080
you're going to be the next 
king. 

805
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,240
The guy that's trying to kill 
you believes that you're going 

806
00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:48,440
to be king, and you believe that
he's actually going to kill you.

807
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,320
Imagine that. 
That's how dizzy we get when 

808
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,080
we're discouraged. 
And so he goes, you know what? 

809
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,040
I'm better off living with the 
Philistines. 

810
00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:58,600
Saul won't chase me. 
He moves with the Philistines. 

811
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:02,240
That's a no, no. 
If you're an Israelite because 

812
00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:05,400
he provided boundaries, you 
ain't leaving those boundaries 

813
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,760
unless God tells you plain and 
clear, you can go to Egypt. 

814
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,320
Jacob was afraid to go to Egypt,
even to visit his son. 

815
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,880
The Lord assured him go. 
Abraham didn't see God to go to 

816
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,200
Egypt, and he got in a lot of 
trouble. 

817
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:17,680
David says. 
I'm going to go with the 

818
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,120
Philistines. 
He goes, what happens? 

819
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,840
600 of his men follow him with 
their families, because that's 

820
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:25,320
what happens when the leader 
makes a decision. 

821
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:30,200
It has consequences beyond his 
own life, beyond his own family.

822
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,800
It trickles down. 
And their obedience can inspire 

823
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,520
people to greater obedience. 
And their disobedience can cause

824
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,880
people to either follow in that 
direction or all the other mess 

825
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,640
and problems that can come with 
somebody of great prominence, 

826
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:47,520
stature, leadership fails. 
Pray for your leaders. 

827
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:49,480
Pray that they wouldn't be 
overcome with discouragement. 

828
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,440
Pray that they wouldn't be 
overcome by their 

829
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,880
accomplishments, by their 
gifting, by the opportunities 

830
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:57,960
that they receive. 
Solomon here needed to hear this

831
00:46:57,960 --> 00:46:59,680
warning. 
And we also, in our service to 

832
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,600
the Lord, have to be careful. 
And now we come to the last 

833
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,440
portion. 
And look how many verses we have

834
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,880
left. 
Look at verse 14 right. 

835
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,440
I have to flip my page and I 
realize there's almost a whole 

836
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:16,240
other page, at least in my 
version of detail upon detail 

837
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:21,960
upon detail upon detail. 
And so I feel the author of 

838
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,240
Hebrews. 
We don't have time to talk about

839
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:30,560
all the detail, but I want to 
encourage you of how studying 

840
00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:37,880
these kind of texts. 
Can bring joy and bring a sense 

841
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,600
of absolute reverence for the 
authorship of this book. 

842
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:47,440
So now hold tight to your Bible.
We're going to look at different

843
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:48,680
references. 
We're going to, we're going to 

844
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,560
stick in Chapter 6 and then 
we're going to go to a 

845
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,320
completely different book 
because we're going to do a 

846
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,120
comparison here and and this 
will be very exciting. 

847
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,440
If you're willing to do the work
with me, I hope you're willing 

848
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:58,680
to do the work. 
So let's begin. 

849
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,800
Now we're talking about the 
beautifying of the temple, 

850
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:01,960
right? 
We talked about the construction

851
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,400
of the temple, some details 
there in we talked about the 

852
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,440
instruction about the temple. 
Now we're coming to the 

853
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:09,760
beautifying of the temple, and 
it's mainly occupied and 

854
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,640
preoccupied with the internals 
of the temple, the materials and

855
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:17,680
the carvings and the the images.
That's what we're being told 

856
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,400
about in verse 14 all the way to
verse 38. 

857
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:24,560
But let's look at this one main 
feature beginning in verse 20, 

858
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:25,520
right? 
We're going to skip a few 

859
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,480
verses, but come here to verse 
20 and notice what's being 

860
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:32,320
described here. 
The inner sanctuary. 

861
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:37,080
What's the inner sanctuary? 
Not the Holy. 

862
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,880
Place. 
There's the Holy Place, and then

863
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,080
there's what? 
The Most Holy Place? 

864
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:44,200
Good. 
So which one is this? 

865
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,040
The Most Holy Place? 
The Inner Sanctuary The deepest 

866
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,880
part of the building. 
The inner sanctuary was 20 

867
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:56,600
cubits long, 20 cubits wide, 20 
cubits high, and he overlaid it 

868
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:00,040
with pure gold. 
He also overlaid an altar of 

869
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,600
cedar. 
And Solomon overlaid the inside 

870
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:07,480
of the house with pure gold, and
he drew chains of gold across in

871
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,960
front of the inner sanctuary and
overlaid it with gold. 

872
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,480
And he overlaid the whole house 
with gold until all the house 

873
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:15,920
was finished, and the whole 
altar that belonged to the inner

874
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,280
sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
What kind of material do you 

875
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:19,360
think everything was overlaid 
with? 

876
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:24,480
Gold. 
If you didn't get it yet, look 

877
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,760
at verse 28 and he overlaid the 
cherubim with gold. 

878
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:33,520
Look at verse 30, the floor of 
the house he overlaid with even 

879
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:34,800
the. 
Floor was gold. 

880
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,960
Again, we're talking about 
permanence here, right? 

881
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,400
Did the Tabernacle have a floor?
Did it? 

882
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:44,040
No. 
It was dirt. 

883
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:48,400
It was the earth. 
Everything around was built, and

884
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,000
there was material, but not not 
the, not the ground. 

885
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,280
It was pure dirt. 
And there's a spiritual lesson 

886
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:54,400
there as well. 
But here. 

887
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,360
You have wood, and that wood was
covered with gold. 

888
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,680
Gold underneath your feet, Gold 
all around you. 

889
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,440
Gold above you. 
If you still didn't get it, look

890
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:07,040
at verse 35 on them. 
He carved cherubim and palm 

891
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,520
trees and open flowers. 
I wish we had time to talk about

892
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:12,880
these symbols, cherubim and palm
trees and open flowers. 

893
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:19,600
And he overlaid them with gold 
evenly applied on the carved 

894
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,560
work. 
Gold everywhere. 

895
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:25,640
Can you imagine a room like this
where the pews, the carpet, the 

896
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:31,520
piano, the light fixtures, the 
walls, the pulpit, the screen, 

897
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:38,520
everything gold. 
Now again, just really heavy 

898
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,360
with detail. 
And this is not the only account

899
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,600
of the building of the temple. 
You have another account in 

900
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:44,280
Second Chronicles. 
I told you if you do the work, 

901
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,960
it'll be rewarding, right? 
So you go to Second Chronicles 

902
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,800
and just one verse. 
It's just one verse, but just to

903
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,640
help us understand what is 
happening in this place called 

904
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:56,440
the Temple in Second Chronicles,
look at this in chapter 3, verse

905
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,720
six So, so far, What is it in 
the house? 

906
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,440
Gold. 
Gold. 

907
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,320
Gold. 
Gold, Gold Everywhere. 

908
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:07,240
People estimate that the value 
of the Temple in terms of the 

909
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:12,280
measurement of gold is in the 
billions of modern day currency.

910
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,760
We're talking billions. 
Of dollars. 

911
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,000
But it wasn't just gold. 
Look at verse six of chapter 3, 

912
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:22,120
Second Chronicles. 
He adorned the house with 

913
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:27,640
settings of what? 
Precious stones, Precious 

914
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:28,840
stones. 
And then we're told where the 

915
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:30,280
gold is from at the end of the 
verse. 

916
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:37,080
So on top of the gold you have 
diamonds and sapphire. 

917
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:41,960
We're not told the exact stones.
Some even believe they. 

918
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:44,920
You know, people are imagining 
there's nothing dogmatic here, 

919
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:48,520
but that Solomon placed them on 
the ceiling so they were like 

920
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:50,520
stars. 
Right. 

921
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,360
You can just imagine the vast 
beauty and wealth, how it would 

922
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:57,880
take your breath away when you 
would walk in The just the 

923
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,920
absolute investment, the massive
investment that went in just 

924
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,600
into the internals of this House
of worship. 

925
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:07,400
Gold. 
Gold. 

926
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:08,040
Gold. 
Gold. 

927
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,120
And in precious stones, wherever
they were placed, they're 

928
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,240
obviously there. 
They're obvious to the eye. 

929
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:17,440
Here's my question. 
What other physical area in the 

930
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,600
Bible has the same? 
Description as the Temple 

931
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:24,680
Revelation. 
Good. 

932
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:30,120
But you got to be more specific.
The New Jerusalem OK, tuck your 

933
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,080
hand in First Kings 6 and then 
go all the way to the last book 

934
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:38,360
of the Bible in chapter 21 and 
go to verse 10, just to ensure 

935
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,400
that we are talking about the 
New Jerusalem. 

936
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:44,880
This is not the Millennium that 
we're talking about here. 

937
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,240
We've passed the Millennium. 
The Millennium is chapter 20. 

938
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:52,640
This is the final era, the final
chapter of human history. 

939
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:56,880
It's the eternal age. 
The new heavens and the new 

940
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:59,920
earth will be created. 
The old is passed away. 

941
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:05,680
And now, with this new heavens, 
new earth, we see this new city.

942
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,000
And we read about it here in 
verse 10. 

943
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:14,600
And He carried me away in the 
Spirit to a great high mountain.

944
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:18,720
This is John speaking and showed
me the holy city, Jerusalem 

945
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:20,880
coming down out of heaven from 
God. 

946
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:23,600
So this is Jerusalem, right? 
The new city, Jerusalem. 

947
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:25,960
Now we get. 
The description of what the city

948
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,800
is all about. 
Look at verse 18 of chapter 21. 

949
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,800
The wall was built of Jasper. 
While the city was what? 

950
00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:37,760
Pure gold, Like clear glass, it 
was almost transparent. 

951
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,320
The foundations of the wall of 
the city were adorned with what?

952
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:48,000
Every kind of jewel. 
And John was given even the 

953
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,440
specifics of what these jewels 
were. 

954
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:53,480
I'm not going to read them for 
you for the sake of time, but 

955
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:58,920
look at verse 21 and the 12 
gates were 12 pearls. 

956
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:02,800
Each of the gates made of a 
single Pearl, and the street of 

957
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:07,120
the city was pure gold, like 
transparent glass. 

958
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:08,920
I like the joke. 
The things that people are 

959
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,400
coveting, the things that people
are denying God for money, 

960
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:14,080
wealth, gold, is going to be 
pavement in heaven. 

961
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,800
That's silly. 
The betrayal, the murder, the 

962
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,200
corruption and politics in 
heaven. 

963
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:26,400
It's going to be the pavement. 
But wait, there's so much more 

964
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,200
here. 
We're actually even given the 

965
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,400
dimensions of this new city, 
this new heavenly Jerusalem, 

966
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,960
which is important. 
Look at verse 15 and 16 with me.

967
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:36,440
You're still in Revelation 21, I
hope. 

968
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,200
Verse 15. 
And the one who spoke with me 

969
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,480
had a measuring rod of gold. 
Even the measuring rod is made 

970
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,440
out of gold. 
The measuring stick is made out 

971
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,720
of gold. 
Had a measuring rod of gold to 

972
00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:51,200
measure the city and its gates 
and walls. 

973
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:55,400
The city lies 4 square, its 
length the same at its width as 

974
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:59,520
its with and he measured the 
city with its rod. 12,000 

975
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:03,160
stadium. 
Some believe that this city. 

976
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,520
Alone is thousands of miles 
long. 

977
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:12,440
Each way, it's absolutely huge. 
What do you call the shape where

978
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:17,680
every side is the same? 
And in 3D it's a cube. 

979
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,760
People believe the city of 
Jerusalem will be a perfect 

980
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:25,600
cube. 
You know, there's only one other

981
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,160
place in all the Bible that 
we're told of another area 

982
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:32,880
that's a perfect square or cube.
Where is it? 

983
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:39,680
The inner sanctuary in Solomon's
Temple. 

984
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:43,880
You didn't see it, did you? 
Back in First Kings 6. 

985
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:45,560
Go back to First Kings 6, verse 
20. 

986
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:48,040
I hope you kept your your hand 
there. 

987
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,600
Look at verse 20 and please keep
your hand in Revelation 21. 

988
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:55,600
We're going to go back and 
forth. 

989
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:00,040
It will be rewarding first Kings
6/20. 

990
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,240
The inner sanctuary, the Most 
Holy Place, was what, 20 cubits 

991
00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:08,520
long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 
cubits high? 

992
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,400
And he overlaid it with pure 
gold. 

993
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:12,720
He also overlaid an altar of 
cedar. 

994
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:18,480
So the Most Holy Place, if you 
were a high priest going in once

995
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:21,520
a year, you would realize that 
it was a perfect square or a 

996
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:27,440
cube. 
The descriptions of the temple. 

997
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:32,280
And the descriptions of the new 
city of Jerusalem, the heavenly 

998
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,760
city Jerusalem, are strikingly 
similar. 

999
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:38,880
The materials, the stones, and 
even the idea of the the 

1000
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:43,800
perfection of its dimensions. 
What's being conveyed here, 

1001
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:48,680
What's what's the message here 
is the message that the city 

1002
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:52,560
Jerusalem will, will be the 
heavenly temple. 

1003
00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:57,040
This is the final temple, right?
I mean, you see the description 

1004
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:00,120
in Solomon's Temple? 
It's there's gold or stones and 

1005
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:01,080
even the measurements are the 
same. 

1006
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:06,000
So is this the new temple that 
we will worship in forever and 

1007
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:06,840
ever? 
No, it's not. 

1008
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:08,840
Do you know why? 
Who knows why? 

1009
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:12,720
You have to go back to 
Revelation 21. 

1010
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:19,000
You get the answer to why When 
you go to 21, verse 22, what do 

1011
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,600
you read? 
And I saw what? 

1012
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:27,320
No temple. 
And I saw no temple in the city,

1013
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:31,200
for its temple is the Lord God, 
the Almighty and the Lamb. 

1014
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:40,520
So why does so much of Solomon's
temple then point to the New 

1015
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:44,400
Jerusalem if there's going to be
no temple in that city? 

1016
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:49,840
And I believe the message here 
that the Holy Spirit is trying 

1017
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:56,520
to relay to us is that the 
temple had not just certain 

1018
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:01,200
dimensions and rules, it had a 
specific protocol. 

1019
00:58:02,120 --> 00:58:04,800
You know this protocol very 
well, that if you were to 

1020
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:08,120
minister in the temple, you had 
to be a what? 

1021
00:58:08,920 --> 00:58:11,000
You have to be a priest. 
From a specific line, from a 

1022
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,280
specific tribe, And not only 
that, but if you were to go into

1023
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,320
the Holy of Holies, you couldn't
be any priest. 

1024
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,360
You have to be the you have to 
be the high priest, and you can 

1025
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:22,440
only go in one day out of the 
year. 

1026
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,280
And if you walked in there, if 
you read the description, you 

1027
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,400
not only see the Ark of the 
Covenant, you see these towering

1028
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:34,400
cherubim whose wings touch the 
walls of that room and the other

1029
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,200
wings. 
Touch each other overshadowing 

1030
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,800
the ark. 
It it was supposed to give you 

1031
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:43,800
this feeling of this is holy, 
this is heavenly, this is the 

1032
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:51,040
throne of God, and there was 
only one person, one person, one

1033
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,520
time out of the year. 
Who can enjoy that? 

1034
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:56,840
Who can be in close proximity to
that? 

1035
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:00,880
And then now you come to this 
book called Revelation, and you 

1036
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:05,040
realize that if you have a 
knowledge of the Old Testament, 

1037
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:09,040
namely the temple, this place 
that was only for the privilege,

1038
00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:12,840
only for these certain priests, 
and this most holy place that 

1039
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:16,600
was exclusively and singularly 
for one man. 

1040
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,160
Is now a place that everybody 
can enter into. 

1041
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:29,800
Let me put it this way. 
The city of Jerusalem will be 

1042
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:35,680
the eternal Holy of Holies. 
So you have this square in the 

1043
00:59:35,680 --> 00:59:37,440
temple that only one person can 
enter into. 

1044
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,880
And then we're being told of 
this. 

1045
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,280
Perfect. 
Cube to come. 

1046
00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:45,480
It's not a temple, but it's 
supposed to point you and remind

1047
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:49,440
you of a place in the temple 
where the presence of God would 

1048
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:52,040
radiate. 
And now it's a city, and in 

1049
00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:55,040
essence it becomes the most holy
place. 

1050
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,880
Not just for one person. 
Can I tell you who it's for? 

1051
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:01,000
Go back to Revelation 21 and 
verse 27. 

1052
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:06,720
Here's who it's for. 
But nothing unclean will ever 

1053
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:07,720
enter it. 
The city. 

1054
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:12,320
Nor anyone who does what is 
detestable or false, but only 

1055
01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:15,360
those who are written in the 
Lamb's Book of Life. 

1056
01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:21,320
The new city of Jerusalem 
becomes the eternal Holy of 

1057
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:23,280
Holies. 
The connection with the 

1058
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:26,080
measurement and the material is 
supposed to help you realize 

1059
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,400
this is the place now that will 
host the Presence. 

1060
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:31,200
And glory of God. 
But everyone who has been 

1061
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:34,680
washing the blood of the lamb 
can enjoy it. 

1062
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:38,200
Not only that, you don't just 
visit the city. 

1063
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:42,600
The Holy of Holies, the eternal 
Holy Holies, becomes your home. 

1064
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:47,400
It's where you're going to live 
forever and ever and ever. 

1065
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:51,000
That's the connection. 
Now, if you skip the First Kings

1066
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,400
Chapter 6, you would think that 
the only perfect cube in the 

1067
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:54,800
Bible is this new city, 
Jerusalem. 

1068
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,600
No, There was another one in 
Solomon's Temple. 

1069
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:00,280
And you're supposed to make all 
those connections. 

1070
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:01,760
There's only one person who 
could go in there. 

1071
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:04,240
But there's a day coming. 
There is a city coming. 

1072
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:07,080
There's a. 
Holy of Holies that is coming. 

1073
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:09,640
Where can I go and enjoy the 
presence of God? 

1074
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,280
Oh yeah, all whose names are 
written in the lamb's book of 

1075
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:16,360
life can go in and enjoy it 
forever and ever and ever. 

1076
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:19,080
And I told you I was reading 
Hebrews this week, right? 

1077
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:22,400
This is the verse that I saw, 
the last chapter of Hebrews that

1078
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:23,680
brought this so perfectly 
together. 

1079
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,400
You don't have to turn there. 
Just listen to this. 

1080
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:31,400
And Hebrews 1314 for here and 
1314 for here. 

1081
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:36,080
We have no lasting city, but we 
seek the city that is to come. 

1082
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:41,640
That is to come. 
Is your name written in the 

1083
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:45,360
Lamb's book of life? 
If it is, you have a new 

1084
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:50,040
address, you have a new home. 
You get to walk into something 

1085
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:54,080
that only one man could enjoy, 
with absolute terror, by the 

1086
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:57,600
way, and fear not knowing if he 
was cleansed enough to walk in 

1087
01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,840
and not be struck down by the 
holiness of God. 

1088
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:05,400
But when the city comes, that 
will radiate and manifest the 

1089
01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:08,440
unfiltered presence of God. 
You will have a white robe. 

1090
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:13,560
You will be clothed in the 
righteousness of Christ that 

1091
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,240
will remove every ounce of fear 
from the holiness of God, and 

1092
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:22,000
all you will know is perfect 
bliss with Him and unending 

1093
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,240
years upon years upon years upon
years. 

1094
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:27,120
There is an eternal holy of 
holies that's waiting for you 

1095
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:32,960
and I, and the way that you have
entrance and residence in it is 

1096
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:36,640
if you have your name. 
Sealed by his blood, in that 

1097
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:40,080
book of life, Lord, we ask that 
every person here would know for

1098
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:44,360
certain that that is the city 
that they will enter into and 

1099
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,360
reside in. 
And we thank you for the 

1100
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:49,680
richness of your word in First 
Kings. 6 And we pray, Lord, that

1101
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:51,880
it would encourage us to 
continue to mind the Word of 

1102
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:55,320
God, trusting that you have 
something to say to us, trusting

1103
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:58,760
that we will see the harmony and
the Symphony of the scriptures. 

1104
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:01,440
And we pray, Lord, that our 
hearts would have been moved to 

1105
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:04,800
even worship you in song as we 
see the absolute supernatural 

1106
01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:07,400
authorship of this book that we 
are carrying in our hands. 

1107
01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:11,000
Lord, glory be to your name. 
Because what we just studied is 

1108
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,840
our future, is our tomorrow, is 
our security. 

1109
01:03:14,840 --> 01:03:17,720
And we have been guaranteed it. 
And so we say on this Friday 

1110
01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:19,680
night, Thank you, thank you, 
thank you. 

1111
01:03:20,040 --> 01:03:23,720
And Lord, until we enter into 
that holy of holies in the city 

1112
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:27,280
of this heavenly Jerusalem, help
us be the temple of the Holy 

1113
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:32,480
Spirit today, pure, undefiled, 
unified as stones, living 

1114
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:36,320
together for the glory of God. 
And may there be sweet incense 

1115
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:39,560
coming to your throne even now. 
In Jesus name. 

1116
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:41,720
Amen. 
As the team comes up, listen, 

1117
01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:45,800
you're a priest, a royal 
priesthood this night. 

1118
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:49,120
Don't let your mind wander. 
Don't let your plans for 

1119
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,760
tomorrow over shadow the moment.
I want you to see yourself in 

1120
01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:55,360
this place, the way the Bible 
describes you even as you sing 

1121
01:03:55,360 --> 01:03:58,920
now you were singing and 
offering a sacrifice of praise 

1122
01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:03,040
to the Holy One, to the King of 
Kings, and to the Lord of Lords.

1123
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:07,640
We should never, ever treat a 
moment like this as mundane. 

1124
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:10,200
It irks me. 
It irks me. 

1125
01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:13,040
Can I be honest with you? 
It absolutely irks me. 

1126
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:15,920
When in a meeting, whether it's 
like this or any meeting, this 

1127
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:18,440
church or another church. 
When you see a place where 

1128
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:21,840
people are distracted and bored.
How? 

1129
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How? 
If this book is true, how how 

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can you, when you're in the 
presence of the King of Kings 

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and when you've been clothed an 
identity and a purpose for the 

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sole goal of pleasing him, Never
mind anybody else, never mind 

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the elders. 
God himself as your chief 

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01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,760
priority and your chief 
audience. 

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01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:44,560
I'm here, Lord, to please you. 
You've redeemed me. 

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You've brought me to bring it to
yourself. 

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And if that's the reason why you
save me, then I'll give you what

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you paid for, and that's 
worship. 

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If your heart is lukewarm, bring
it to the altar and let God 

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light it on fire. 
Ask the Lord, Lord, even that 

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01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:10,920
Bible study, OK, it was kind of 
interesting. 

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Like the guy up there got a 
little excited at certain parts.

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01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:15,440
I appreciated that. 
That's not the way you're 

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01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:16,880
supposed to engage with the word
of God. 

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01:05:18,040 --> 01:05:22,000
Lord, set my heart on fire. 
And let me believe that you have

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01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:26,240
deposited something from heaven 
that can absolutely radicalize 

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01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:29,080
and change my life if I engage 
with it in faith. 

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01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:34,000
Well, I pray that you would get 
that lest your spiritual journey

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01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:40,200
become empty. 
Vain surface studies and a sin 

1150
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:45,520
bound life where you just go 
from boring to boring instead of

1151
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:48,360
glory to glory may never be of 
us. 

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01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:50,400
And so I exhort you. 
What? 

1153
01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:51,400
What that what just happened 
there? 

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01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:53,400
He said what just happened? 
He was so nice up to that last 

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01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:55,960
point. 
What just happened there is 

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01:05:55,960 --> 01:06:01,680
called exhortation, admonition, 
telling you and encouraging, 

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01:06:01,680 --> 01:06:04,360
stirring you to see what this is
really all about. 

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01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:07,240
Can we stand and give the Lord 
worship on this Friday night and

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01:06:07,240 --> 01:06:10,280
say Lord, I have been called the
royal priesthood, I've been 

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01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:13,200
called the chosen people. 
And now based on the truth that 

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01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:16,440
I heard, If this is the temple 
of the Holy Spirit and you've 

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01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:19,800
called me to be a priest to give
spiritual sacrifice, then here 

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01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:21,760
it is. 
Engage with your God tonight in 

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Jesus name.