1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,280 I encourage you to meet me in the Gospel of Mark in chapter 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,520 12, please. And today our portion will be 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,880 two verses that we trust will suffice. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:20,240 And our understanding of this brilliant passage Mark 12, verse 5 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:31,840 35. And as Jesus taught in the 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:37,000 temple, he said, How can the scribes say that the Christ is 7 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,360 the son of David, Dave himself in the Holy Spirit Declared the 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:47,320 Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:52,000 enemies under your feet. David himself calls him Lord. 10 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,640 So how is he his son? And the great throng heard him 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,480 gladly. Lord, bless the reading and the 12 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,480 preaching of your word. Bless our hearts, and receiving 13 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,360 and applying it open the eyes of our hearts. 14 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,120 Oh, Lord, even as we hear what you have to say. 15 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,160 May it wash away all troubles, all fears, all anxieties, all 16 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,840 indifference. It may affordify our faith 17 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,480 afresh. We ask these things in the name 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,080 that is above every other name, the living name, the name of 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,920 Jesus Christ. Amen. 20 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,480 I hope you remember what we've been discussing the past few 21 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,680 weeks, where there have been a series of interrogations that 22 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,400 Jesus experienced. We saw the Pharisees with the 23 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,760 Herodians approach Christ following them. 24 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,760 We saw the Sadducees the same day, and following the Sadducees 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,600 we left off with the scribes who came to Christ as well. 26 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:51,040 But after those questions were without any effort really were 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,800 answered by Christ, these groups now stood stupefied in the 28 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,040 presence of the wisdom of God in the person of Jesus. 29 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,000 And now the tables are about to turn because Jesus has his own 30 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,720 question. He has this question now that he 31 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,280 is going to target towards these religious leaders. 32 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,000 And the essence of this question deals with the true identity of 33 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,440 the Messiah that has been promised from of old as revealed 34 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,280 in the scriptures. And the reason why the Lord 35 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,280 asked this question is because the contentious religious 36 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,600 leaders not only prove their ignorance of the general 37 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,400 application and understanding of the Word of God, they missed 38 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,720 what the Messiah was all about and who he would be. 39 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,080 And so Christ now wants to really expose the underlying 40 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,400 issue of the hostility of these men. 41 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,280 He's now going to get to the centre of it. 42 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,640 The the real reason why they approached them with such 43 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:54,800 aggression and abuse is because they do not understand what the 44 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,160 Bible has to say about the Messiah. 45 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,160 They are sorely ignorant, and Christ is about to reveal that 46 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,200 and compound that yet again. And reading this exchange and 47 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,120 Mark, as you just did with me, we see that the format of Jesus 48 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,800 teaching here seems to be general, like he's just sharing 49 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,360 it to whoever is there. But when you read it from 50 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,880 Matthew's account, he targets this question toward the 51 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,240 Pharisees. He's speaking to them. 52 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:27,520 Now why is he doing that? Because if there was anyone who 53 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,240 should have understood the prophecies and the descriptions 54 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,880 of the anointed One who has to come the saviour of the people 55 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,920 of Israel, it was the Pharisees. There was if there was anyone 56 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,960 who was supposed to get it, it was this band of men. 57 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,280 But unfortunately that wasn't the case. 58 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,600 Instead, they're abusing the very one who fulfilled them. 59 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,120 And Christ is about to challenge their faulty thinking Yet once 60 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,440 more, and what we see here is Jesus going to the Old 61 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Testament. He is going to go to the Hebrew 62 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,520 Scriptures to make his case. And when you hear this teaching 63 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,440 today, you're going to feel as though there's been a golden a, 64 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,480 a glistening nugget that's been placed in your hand that we get 65 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,000 to look at and enjoy. But it's much more than that. 66 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,440 This passage that you and I are holding in our hands is a key. 67 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,160 It's a key that should encourage you and I to unlock a world of 68 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,320 treasures. The world that I speak of is the 69 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:30,520 Old Testament, and the treasures that I'm referring to are the 70 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,480 vast pictures and prophecies concerning Jesus Christ of 71 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,040 Nazareth. And that's where we're headed 72 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,520 today. You and I are just going to have 73 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:46,760 a glimpse of this world of where we might have overlooked Christ. 74 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,960 And my my simple prayer in today's message is that there 75 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:55,200 would be this heightened reverence for the word of God, 76 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,520 that your heart would be stirred to see the divine authorship of 77 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,480 this book and how it has in fact been given to us by the 78 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,960 Almighty. And that you would relish in it, 79 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,040 and you would rejoice in it, and more than that, you would submit 80 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,560 to it to a greater degree. And so let's do that. 81 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,040 Together. We come back to our text in 82 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,040 verse 35. And before the Lord does 83 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,720 anything, he acknowledges that the scribes believed and taught 84 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,800 that the chosen one of God would in fact be the descendant of 85 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,760 David. So we don't have to turn that. 86 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,160 But when you read the same account from Matthew's 87 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,640 perspective, Jesus asked the question to the Pharisees. 88 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,080 He says it this way. What do you think about the 89 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:39,640 Christ whose son is he? And the Pharisees rightly answer 90 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,920 the Son of David? They weren't wrong in their 91 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,800 answer, but they were not entirely right. 92 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,360 Because what the Lord is about to now convey is that the 93 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,640 Messiah is more than just a descendant of David. 94 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,120 He's more than just a son of David. 95 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:02,280 He is the Lord of David. And the way he's going to do 96 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:04,480 that is by going to one particular Psalm. 97 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,800 You should be familiar with the Psalm. 98 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,920 You know why? Because it's the most referenced 99 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,840 and alluded to Psalm in the New Testament, Psalm 110. 100 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,840 And Christ quotes the first verse of that Psalm to make his 101 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:19,040 point. And it's a brilliant point. 102 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:22,760 But I want to pause here before we explore his exposition of 103 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,000 that verse. Pause for a moment and consider 104 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,120 this. Jesus is asking a question, 105 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,600 right? The past few Sundays we've been 106 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,320 exploring questions asked to Jesus and how he would answer 107 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,040 them. But the Sanhedrin, the spiritual 108 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,520 Supreme Court of Israel's day, when they asked their questions 109 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,880 to Jesus, did not do so from a pure heart. 110 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,080 They wanted to trap Jesus. They wanted to find evidence to 111 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,920 arrest Jesus. But now when Christ returns the 112 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,160 question, he does not have the same intent. 113 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,320 Yes, he's going to he's going to expose their ignorance, but not 114 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,560 so that they can be red faced and mortified. 115 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,320 When is this question asked again? 116 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,440 When you read your Bible zoom out from time to time. 117 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,920 Remember, we are at the final moments before Jesus is 118 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,400 arrested, put on trial, and then nailed to a cross. 119 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,440 We're in that that last week of his earthly life. 120 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,720 And so we know that in just a couple of days things are going 121 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:27,760 to change drastically. In fact, this is Jesus's last 122 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,600 face to face conversation with the religious leaders before his 123 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,920 trial. This is it. 124 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,000 And when you consider that truth with what we learned last time, 125 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,160 you have a brilliant revelation concerning the heart of Christ. 126 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,080 What happened before Jesus asked this question? 127 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,960 Well, ascribe asked him a question. 128 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,040 What's the most important commandment? 129 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,280 Jesus answered it, and this was the response of the man he He 130 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,160 acknowledged it, and Christ says to him, Look at verse 34 of Mark 131 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,520 12. And when Jesus saw that he 132 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:04,160 answered wisely, he said to him, you are not far from the Kingdom 133 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,400 of God, and after that no one dared to ask him any more 134 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,280 questions. So time is running out. 135 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,960 And yet we also see, at least from 1 scribe, a level of 136 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,320 humility and hunger. And I believe these things 137 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,800 reveal something about Christ asking this question and giving 138 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,080 the answer the way that he did. I can say with confidence, and I 139 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,280 hope you agree with me, that Jesus is teaching here is a 140 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,400 final opportunity for his enemies to come to the truth. 141 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:42,159 Time is ticking, and there is a blossoming of humility from at 142 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:45,280 least one of their band members. And here's Christ now, 143 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:50,000 responding from a place of love, opening their eyes to the truth 144 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,520 of who the Messiah is and who he is, I'm sure, with the hope that 145 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,720 they would hear it, understand it, and give themselves to it. 146 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,720 This is the love of Jesus Christ on display right here. 147 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,480 This is what we see about Christ, his love, even for his 148 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:07,440 enemies. You know what they've been 149 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,800 trying to do on this day? Corner him, Embarrass him more 150 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,960 than that, find a reason to arrest him, and how does he 151 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,680 return the favor? His response was to give him 152 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:23,280 another chance, by opening their eyes to see the truth, not just 153 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,680 in the Word, but the truth Incarnate right before them. 154 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,200 And the way he's going to do that is by going to this text 155 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,560 that we're going to explore together. 156 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:38,280 What do we read here in our text to get together in verse 36? 157 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,080 David himself in the Holy Spirit declared. 158 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,800 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your 159 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,520 enemies under your feet. I know we want to get to Psalm 160 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,480 110, but I have to acknowledge something else here. 161 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,600 Forgive me. Do you see how Jesus 162 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,320 acknowledges the authorship of the Bible? 163 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,960 What does he say? David himself? 164 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,240 That's the human composition in the Holy Spirit. 165 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,560 That is the definition of divine inspiration. 166 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,040 And So what you have here is exactly what the apostle Peter 167 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,080 builds upon in his second epistle when he says the 168 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,880 following. For no prophecy was ever 169 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:22,680 produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were 170 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,360 carried along by the Holy Spirit. 171 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,680 That's the consensus of the Bible. 172 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,800 Jesus affirmed it. The apostles that he's trained 173 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:35,280 taught it that yes, men were used to write the Bible, but God 174 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,120 was the one who was guiding them and inspiring them and 175 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,800 protecting them from error. So what we have here, yes, has 176 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:47,120 been written by man, but there is an agent behind them, and 177 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,320 that is God himself. Here's what we have, Psalm 110. 178 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,040 David wrote it. That is huge because you have 179 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,920 people today who want to say that David didn't write this or 180 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:04,400 try to twist it concerning David, that it was not written 181 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,000 by David but written for David. And I'll get to the reason why 182 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,040 that's important to distinguish. It's important to establish what 183 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,200 Listen Psalm 110 and you can get there if you want early. 184 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:21,400 I didn't not going there yet, but you can prepare Psalm 110 is 185 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,800 a messianic Psalm. In other words, it is a piece of 186 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:30,120 work that prophecies of the Messiah, the Anointed 1, the 187 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:34,800 chosen One that is to come to bring deliverance to the people 188 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,160 of Israel. And ultimately, if you 189 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,440 understand the wider scope of prophecy to the world. 190 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,720 And the reason why that is important, again as I mentioned, 191 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:46,120 is because people try to dismiss it because Christ fulfills Psalm 192 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,000 110. Now how do we know Psalm 110 is 193 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,880 about the Messiah? Very simple. 194 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,880 You don't have to jump through many hoops. 195 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,960 Some would say this is a Psalm written by Abraham's servant, 196 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,640 like desperate attempts to try to make this not about Jesus 197 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,200 Christ. Some would say again that this 198 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,280 was composed to declare about David. 199 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,160 So when it says, the Lord said to my Lord that second Lord is 200 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,240 David, this is about David and his covenant with God. 201 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,680 Well, you're going to have problems there. 202 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,560 Do you know why? The reason why we know that this 203 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,960 is the Messiah being spoken of here is because of the content 204 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,840 of the Psalm. You have a king who's going to 205 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,720 not just rule in Zion, but rule from Zion. 206 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,280 You have a king who also listened to. 207 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:36,120 This is a priest, and not just a priest, He's a priest who will 208 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,320 have his priesthood and function and an operation for eternity. 209 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:46,480 No other person fits that description of a kingly priestly 210 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,560 role apart from the Messiah, apart from the one that not just 211 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,840 David but others before and after him declared about the one 212 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,600 who is to come. He is going to be a king, but 213 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,240 he's also going to be a priest. That was illegal in the Old 214 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,360 covenant. If anyone attempted to do that, 215 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,040 they were severely disciplined by God. 216 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,840 But we now have this description of one who is not just only 217 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,000 going to be a king and a priest, but he's also going to be 218 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,160 exalted and praised by God himself. 219 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,680 So he's approved in that function. 220 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,000 So right there that ends the argument. 221 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,440 This Psalm. Psalm 110 is messianic. 222 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,240 Now you can turn there. So let's turn to Psalm 110. 223 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,280 And I want you to see something, because the Greek version of 224 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:34,000 Psalm 110 here doesn't read in the same way that the Hebrew 225 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,760 version does. And that's what we have in Psalm 226 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,320 110. What we have in the Gospels is 227 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,760 the Greek translation of it. But look at Psalm 110. 228 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:49,160 First verse a Psalm of David the Lord says to my Lord, set on my 229 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,400 right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. 230 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,760 Notice that the first mention of Lord is different than the 231 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,280 second one in terms of spelling. If it's capitalizing your Bible, 232 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,400 then you understand this. I hope that that is a reference 233 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,720 to the covenant name of God. This is God's personal name, 234 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,840 Yahweh, and the second mention of Lord is not the same. 235 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,200 It's a more general term, one that can be granted to a human 236 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,920 authority. So you have Yahweh says to Adon 237 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:22,040 or Adonai and that word Lord. The second mentioned simply 238 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,880 means master, and you have people in the Bible as examples 239 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,600 who are granted that a term of respect. 240 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,160 You're the master. You are an authoritative figure 241 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,560 in my life, so I will call you Lord. 242 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,320 So you have Yahweh, God's personal name speaking to 243 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,640 another figure, distinct figure and addresses him as master. 244 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,520 This is this is important to make it distinguished about 245 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,000 because it can cause a lot of confusion otherwise. 246 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,040 Now Jesus doesn't go further in the Psalm, right? 247 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,960 He just he just sticks with verse one because verse one has 248 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,440 enough to challenge the wrong thinking of his foes. 249 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,880 And why is he mentioning this? It's very simple. 250 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,040 In verse 37, Mark 12, he says David himself calls him Lord, so 251 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,680 how is he his son? Do you understand the question? 252 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,880 If this is a messianic Psalm and they've already established that 253 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,480 the Messiah is going to be a son of David, then how is it that 254 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:24,920 David can call his son his Lord? It's very simple. 255 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:30,720 David's son, naturally would be inferior to David in terms of 256 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,800 honor and rank. I was talking to my dad about 257 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,920 this last night and I said dad not in terms of human dignity 258 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,400 and value. We're the same in that. 259 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:43,040 But because you're my dad, you have greater honor, you have 260 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:50,000 more authority. And so if David's son is in that 261 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,880 way inferior, then how does David dare to call him his 262 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,360 master? Do you understand? 263 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:57,920 Not what Jesus is trying to convey. 264 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,080 Now it goes even deeper than that. 265 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:06,800 If David is the king of Israel, which he was, then there really 266 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,680 isn't anyone else from a human standpoint, that is above him. 267 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,360 He holds the highest position of authority known to man, at least 268 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,280 in this realm. And so for him to call anybody 269 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:25,520 his master implies that this person holds a position that's 270 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,120 not in this world or not of this world. 271 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,600 Let me make that case further. Go to Psalm 89 with me. 272 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:36,720 Here's another Psalm concerning David but his covenant with God 273 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,680 and his descendants. Look at Psalm 89, verse 20, just 274 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,320 to make sure that we know that this Psalm is in fact about 275 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:50,240 David. Psalm 89 and we can go to verse 276 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:56,160 20 to get that clue. I have found in David my servant 277 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,560 with my holy oil. I have anointed him. 278 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:01,560 Now. Why don't we just read on to the 279 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,760 rest of it? So that my hand shall be 280 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,760 established with him. My arm also shall strengthen 281 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,240 him. The enemy shall not outwit him, 282 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,280 the wicked shall not humble him. I will crush his foes before him 283 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,280 and strike down those who hate him. 284 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,880 My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in 285 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,240 my name shall his horn be exalted. 286 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,280 I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the 287 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,240 rivers. He shall cry to me. 288 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,480 You are my Father, my God and the rock of my salvation. 289 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,160 Pause. There's a misconception among 290 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,440 Christians that when Jesus came, he introduced us God as Father. 291 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,000 No, he didn't. God is referred to as Father in 292 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,240 the Old Testament as well. You just saw one example of it. 293 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,480 The difference is now the fatherly relationship with God 294 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,440 has now been extended to the Gentiles. 295 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,960 That's the difference. Look at verse 27. 296 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,280 This is the part that I want to mention. 297 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,040 And I will make him the first born. 298 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,680 Who's him? That's David. 299 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:06,720 I will make him the first born. I'm hesitant to throw a lot 300 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,960 here, but I'm going to do it and it's recorded so we can revisit 301 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,600 it if it's too much, just to chew on it more. 302 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,120 Was David the first born among his family? 303 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,000 So why is he called the first born here? 304 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:20,600 Because the Bible's Dictionary is different than ours. 305 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:27,480 First born in many cases in the Bible refers to preeminence, not 306 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,280 order of chronology coming into existence. 307 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,880 You know why that's important? Because your friendly 308 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,680 neighborhood, Jehovah's Witness will use Colossians to say Jesus 309 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,760 is the first born. He's the first created thing. 310 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,480 And so they'll say that Jesus was created and then through him 311 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,080 everything else was created. But you have to come to Psalm 312 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:49,360 89, verse 27, to show them that first born doesn't need to mean 313 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,720 first to come into existence. It can also mean preeminence to 314 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:59,720 be above, to be elevated. And this is what we're being 315 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,200 told about David. He will be the first born, and 316 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,920 the second part reinforces that truth. 317 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,200 And I will make him the first born, the highest of the kings 318 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:13,040 of the earth. So David is not just king, he's 319 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:17,200 the highest of the kings of all the earth. 320 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,960 And yet, in Psalm 110, and speaking about his descendant, 321 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:28,200 he refers to the Son of David as what, my Lord? 322 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,320 How you're the king that's king above all the other kings on the 323 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,400 earth. Who is this son who by just 324 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,960 nature is inferior? Who is he for you to say that he 325 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,760 is your master? And the answer to that is when 326 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:50,520 you look at Psalm 110, that this Lord of David's is no ordinary 327 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,000 Lord. He's an otherworldly king and 328 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,360 the makeup of that king is described in Psalm 110. 329 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,000 Let's read, it's very brief and you will understand exactly why 330 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,920 David said what he said, because by the Spirit he had this 331 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,120 revelation. Verse 2. 332 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,800 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty sceptre rule in the 333 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,560 midst of your enemies. Your people will offer 334 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,680 themselves freely on the day of your power in holy garments. 335 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,080 From the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be 336 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,440 yours. The Lord has sworn and will not 337 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,960 change His mind. You are priests forever after 338 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,880 the order of Melchizedek. The Lord is at your right hand. 339 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,280 He will shatter kings on the day of His wrath. 340 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,880 He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with 341 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,960 corpses. He will shatter chiefs over the 342 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,120 wide earth. He will drink from the brook, by 343 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:44,880 the way. Therefore, he will lift up his 344 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,400 head. When you read this, you realize 345 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:53,080 that the composition, the makeup of this king is something beyond 346 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,480 human. You realize that he has been 347 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,640 invited and summoned to sit at the right hand of God. 348 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,160 You realize that he's not just going to be a ruler, he's going 349 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,680 to be a priest. And not after the order of 350 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,720 Aaron. Hebrews tells us that the order 351 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,800 of Melchizedek, which is another sermon for another time, is 352 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,920 superior to that of Aaron, because the priest of Aaron died 353 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,360 and replaced the other. But when it comes to this 354 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:25,440 priesthood, we read what you will be priest. 355 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,840 How long? Forever. 356 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,840 So he's a human ruler over a human government. 357 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,760 Yes, he's been elevated to sit by the hand of right hand of 358 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:40,400 God, but he's also eternal. He doesn't cease to live. 359 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,280 He doesn't just rule in Zion, he rules from Zion. 360 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,400 And though you are convinced, I'm sure, that there is 361 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,280 something supernatural about this person, you come to verse 7 362 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,160 and you realize what? That he drinks by the brook, 363 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,280 denoting what? That his activity is still human 364 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:06,520 like. And this is who no other than 365 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,560 the person of Jesus Christ. And if you're not convinced of 366 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,640 that for whatever reason, realize that Jesus, in the final 367 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,840 book of this library of Holy Scripture, in the final chapter 368 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,760 reinforces and builds upon what he taught here in Mark 12. 369 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,760 Go to Revelation 22 and see it with your own eyes in verse 16. 370 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:39,280 I, Jesus, have sent my Angel to testify to you about these 371 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:44,120 things. For the churches, I am the root 372 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:49,360 and the descendant of David the bright morning star. 373 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,640 I'm not just the descendant of David. 374 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,200 I'm the root. I was before David and I came 375 00:22:55,200 --> 00:23:01,360 after David. If the Messiah, the Christ is 376 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:05,040 David's son, why does he call him Lord? 377 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,880 Jesus answers it because he existed before David. 378 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:15,080 He created David, He made the covenant with David. 379 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,400 And at the perfect time, according to Galatians 4/4, he 380 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:23,640 came into this world born of the flesh, specifically from the 381 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,320 line of David, the root and the descended. 382 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,880 Notice that he didn't say I was the root and the descendant of 383 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,400 David. He says I am the root. 384 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,400 I am the root and descendant of David. 385 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,640 For him to say I am the root, I get it. 386 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,320 But for you to say in the present, I am the descendant. 387 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,440 You know what that means? Revelation 22. 388 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,240 Is Jesus on earth or is he in heaven? 389 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,040 Oh, please answer, yes, he's in heaven, right? 390 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,440 He's in heaven. And yet he can say I am still 391 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,000 the descendant of David. You know why? 392 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,440 Because he's still in the flesh, glorified. 393 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,920 That's why. He can say I am the descendant 394 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:05,360 of David, because yes, he did take on flesh, but he also 395 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,880 resurrected in the flesh. We don't believe in a spiritual 396 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,960 resurrection. No, no, no, no. 397 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:16,120 He rose bodily, he rose bodily, and he's returning bodily. 398 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:17,920 We're not waiting for an invisible return. 399 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,160 Every eye will see him and they all recognize that he is the 400 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,640 root and descendant of David. So Jesus, just with one verse, 401 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:33,720 shows these men that the Messiah that they claim to be 402 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,960 anticipating is more than a man just from one verse. 403 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:43,840 From one song he stumps them and shows them and shows us that the 404 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,440 Messiah, who is to come from a prophecy that's been written 405 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,920 hundreds of years before Christ time, is in fact divine. 406 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,520 He holds a dual nature. He took on flesh. 407 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,360 And when you read the character of Christ, the interactions of 408 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:04,880 Christ, the acts of Christ, you will be amazed to realize that 409 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,560 he is no mere ordinary man. He proved it with his life. 410 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,840 And remember, I told you that this Psalm would would be like a 411 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,800 precious jewel deposited in our hands and we would look at it 412 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,640 and enjoy it. But it's more than that. 413 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:21,000 It's a truth that opens up our eyes to a world ready to be 414 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,240 explored concerning greater revelations of Christ, 415 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,240 specifically in the Old Testament. 416 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,440 I feel bad for Christians who do not engage with the Hebrew 417 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,160 Scriptures for many reasons. Let me tell you one of them You 418 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,520 will not know the depth of the New Testament without it, you 419 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,080 won't. You always limit yourself as 420 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:44,040 long as you treat the Old Testament as second to the first 421 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,480 or the new. Rather, you can't do that. 422 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,480 It's the foundation upon the truths that you and I enjoy and 423 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,560 I've been saved by in the New Covenant, and I just want to 424 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,800 take this time we we could stop here and just rejoice in in 425 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,040 Jesus wisdom and his understanding of the Word being 426 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,280 the Word Himself. But I just want to just take a 427 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,400 little trip with you and just travel through a few of the 428 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,120 neighborhoods and the streets, so to speak, of the Old 429 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:13,400 Testament, to open your appetite and to see that Christ is 430 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,480 everywhere, everywhere. He's everywhere. 431 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,840 And I'm sure many of us, because many of you here love the word 432 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,200 and you know the word, you can, you can shoot off references of 433 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,560 the Old Testament that speak of Christ. 434 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,040 But I even want to explore the things in the places where we 435 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,760 might have not seen him, but he's there. 436 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,120 He is there. So let's just do that. 437 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,360 Right. Let's do that. 438 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:39,720 This Sunday, Jesus was born where Bethlehem was, that not 439 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,400 prophesied by the prophets. It was Micah prophesied in Micah 440 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,400 5/2 that he would be born in Bethlehem. 441 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,840 But I want to remind you today again, we're just just having a 442 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,160 sample. I want to remind you there was 443 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:58,400 another significant boy who was born in Bethlehem. 444 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,360 And when you understand his birth, the way the scripture 445 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,640 mentions it, you'll realize that though it was a historical 446 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,280 distinguished thing, it in fact carries prophetic weight. 447 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,920 And I hope that cheers your heart to see Jesus even there. 448 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,800 OK, let's do it. Genesis 35. 449 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,400 I'll wait for you. Genesis 35. 450 00:27:32,290 --> 00:27:36,490 Genesis 35. We're reading up here Rachel, 451 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:41,490 who is pregnant with Benjamin, but his name wasn't given yet. 452 00:27:42,410 --> 00:27:45,930 She had a very difficult labour and we read about here in verse 453 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:50,410 17 of Genesis 35. And when her labour was at its 454 00:27:50,410 --> 00:27:54,760 hardest, the midwife said to her, do not fear, for you have 455 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,720 another son. And as her soul was departing 456 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:04,600 for, she was dying. She called his name Benoni, but 457 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,160 his father called him Benjamin. Benjamin. 458 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:14,000 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath, 459 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:22,640 that is, Bethlehem. This points to Jesus because 460 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,840 admit Rachel's deadly discomfort. 461 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:32,400 She chooses in her anguish, almost as a pathetic memorial, 462 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,120 to identify this boy as Ben Oni. You know what Ben Oni means, son 463 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:45,560 of my sorrows. And right there, Jacob, his 464 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,560 father interjects and says no, no, no, no, no. 465 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,800 He's going to be called Benjamin. 466 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,440 Benjamin. You know what that means, son of 467 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,760 the right hand. Some of you already got it. 468 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:04,800 And this boy who was once been Oni and then became Benjamin, 469 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:12,120 was born where Bethlehem, the one you and I worship, was born 470 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,880 in Bethlehem. And he was destined for sorrow 471 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,040 and suffering to the extent that, according to the Gospel of 472 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:26,120 Luke, his earthly mother would have a sword pierced through her 473 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,600 soul. She would be in anguish, 474 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,520 according to Simeon's prophecy, based on the destiny that this 475 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,200 boy would fulfill. And Isaiah tells us in fact that 476 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:43,840 he was a man of what sorrows? But what happens after his 477 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:49,800 atoning death? After his atoning suffering, the 478 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:55,520 Heavenly Father summons him, and he says, what in Psalm 110 sit 479 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,080 where? At my right hand? 480 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:03,560 And he did so by way of resurrection and ascension. 481 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:09,320 So even in a brief glimpse of the birth of one of the sons of 482 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:14,840 Jacob, do you have prophetic perfume sprayed on it where you 483 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,840 have the Son of sorrows who would be the son of the right 484 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,000 hand and he was born in Bethlehem? 485 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,720 Is there more? A lot more. 486 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,880 How much time do you got? So much more. 487 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,960 One of my favorite truths about Jesus in the Old Testament in a 488 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,000 non obvious way is with the cities of refuge. 489 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,760 The cities of refuge were designated by God in the old 490 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,520 covenant for the people when they entered into the promised 491 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,520 land. There were six of them, and they 492 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,640 were set apart by God as a means of grace for the one 493 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,720 specifically who committed manslaughter involuntarily. 494 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,280 So the one who accidentally killed someone else with no 495 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,440 premeditation, with no envy or history of hatred in his heart, 496 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,120 could flee to one of these cities. 497 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,320 Because in that law you also had God giving the right to a 498 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:09,400 relative to avenge the blood of the one who was murdered by 499 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,040 getting the one who did kill him. 500 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,520 So these cities of refuge that have been placed strategically 501 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:21,040 throughout the promised Land in a way, by the way, that wherever 502 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:25,320 you are in the Promised Land, you can have access to it, no 503 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,800 matter where you're parked, no matter where the sin was 504 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,320 committed, you could find a nearby city of refuge. 505 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,400 You know what? That's a picture of Christ. 506 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,840 That no matter where you've gone with your sin, no matter how far 507 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,400 you are from hope and refuge, you can find it in Christ. 508 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,960 But it's more than that. So this man, who may be in a 509 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:48,040 workplace or maybe with with without attention or care in the 510 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:56,240 home, kill someone, was called to not delay, but flee to flee 511 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,480 to any of those cities of refuge. 512 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,800 It's also a picture of you not delaying coming to Christ the 513 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,920 moment that you've been made aware of your sin. 514 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:09,560 You are not to be slow in running and throwing yourself at 515 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:14,160 the foot of the cross. So this man was to flee, and 516 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:20,720 once he fled and hid behind those walls, he had the council 517 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,600 and the elders of that city determine his case. 518 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:32,360 And if he was proved in fact to be innocent, he was safe from 519 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,960 the avenger as long as he remained in the city of refuge. 520 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,920 Also another picture of Christ. You want to be safe. 521 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:45,640 You have to stay in Christ. So much to say about the City of 522 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,120 refuge. But there's one particular 523 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,560 verse, because you might think to yourself, well, OK, so if I 524 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:56,600 do this and I, I leave, I flee. I'm also walking away from my 525 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,080 home. I'm walking away from my 526 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,200 livelihood. I'm walking away from my 527 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,960 inheritance. I'm making a new way of life in 528 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,080 this strange place. Yes, I'm grateful that it 529 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,280 protects me. But is there any way for 530 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,640 somebody who has fled to any of these cities to be free, to be, 531 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:19,640 like, really free, and to go back to his life upon one 532 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,120 condition? I'm not going to give you the 533 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,880 answer. You got to turn there if you 534 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,640 want to see it in Joshua Chapter 20. 535 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,520 If you're more interested in the city of refuge than you were 536 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,800 before you came in, look at Joshua 20 verses one to six and 537 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,560 its totality. But let's just for the sake of 538 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:48,620 time, look at verse 6, Joshua 20, verse 6 and he being the 539 00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:53,940 one, the manslayer, he shall remain in that city until he has 540 00:33:53,940 --> 00:33:56,260 stood before the congregation for Judgement. 541 00:33:56,740 --> 00:34:02,040 Check this out until the death of him who was high priest at 542 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:08,159 the time. Then the manslayer may return to 543 00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:14,840 his own town and his own home to the town from which he fled. 544 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,120 You would think that this was written in the New Testament. 545 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,040 It's not. It's in the Hebrew scriptures. 546 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:25,560 There's very little written about this, and I wonder why. 547 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:31,800 There's a lot of hush concerning this and I have a feeling, 548 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,560 especially from non Christian writers and theologians, this 549 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,960 shows us so clearly that there is something about the death of 550 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:46,600 the high priest that carries substitutionary merit for the 551 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,159 one who has committed involuntary murder. 552 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,440 How? What does the death of the high 553 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,040 priest have to do with me? Who has committed a sin? 554 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,000 Yes, accidental and allowing me to go free. 555 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,000 You hit a wall with your understanding, but that wall is 556 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,960 broken down when you understand the person and role of Jesus 557 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:12,000 Christ and listen, put that in your arsenal, please. 558 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,520 Because the friendly neighborhood Jewish person who 559 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,880 is serious about their faith will often criticize the 560 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,960 Christian and their core belief that there is one who has been 561 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:28,320 sent by God, who laid down his life so that through his death 562 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,720 and resurrection we might receive freedom from sin, 563 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,520 freedom from the wrath to come. And with that criticism comes 564 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,200 slander, that's unjust, that it's cruel, that's barbaric. 565 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,440 You believe in human sacrifice. And I say, have you ever read 566 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:50,280 Joshua chapter 20, verse 6? Because in the Law of Moses, 567 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:55,040 apparently the death of the high priest grants freedom for the 568 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,560 manslayer. You know what that means? 569 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,760 Jesus coming dying on the cross for the sins of man is not 570 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,840 contradictory to what the Old Testament has to say. 571 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,760 It's consistent. You see the same truth here. 572 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,200 Yes, it's a breath. Yes, it's a whisper. 573 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,360 But when you understand a new covenant, it's a megaphone. 574 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,520 And here we are missing these things because I'd rather be 575 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:23,040 John than Joshua. Oh, you're missing out on John 576 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,440 because you're not reading Joshua. 577 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:32,240 So we even see here that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of 578 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:34,000 this shadow. But can I tell you something? 579 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,800 He's not just a fulfillment of the shadow. 580 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,960 He's a greater than anything that you find in the Old 581 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,880 Testament. And even in this, yes, you have 582 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,680 a high priest who dies and allows a manslayer to go free, 583 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:49,680 but this is a sinful sin. Infected High Priest. 584 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:54,120 And though his death for some mysterious reason does grant 585 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,920 liberty, it's only for accidental sin. 586 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,240 You know why Jesus is better? It's even for sins that you've 587 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:07,200 committed on purpose. It's not just for involuntary 588 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,440 things that you've done, it's even for the things that you 589 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,640 have premeditated that you've consciously said. 590 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,360 I'm going to do this knowing that the Word says this, and 591 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,960 I've been taught otherwise, even for those sins. 592 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,840 The death of the High Priest can cover you and set you free. 593 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,720 He's greater than the high priest of the covenant of old 594 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,840 because he's a greater high priest. 595 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,960 And his covenant is greater in ways that you can't even think. 596 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,560 That we are granted truths to. Meditate on it, though, we see 597 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,680 through a glass dimly. Crisis everywhere, crisis 598 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,720 everywhere. Let's consider a final thought. 599 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:38,920 So I don't keep you too long. Yeah. 600 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,720 Let's go back to Mark 12. What's happening in Mark 12? 601 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,160 You're going to go to Mark 12, but I'm going to take you 602 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,520 somewhere else in a moment. What have we been studying the 603 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:57,800 past few weeks? The grilling examinations 604 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,000 against Christ by various groups from all angles. 605 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,160 The Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, the scribes. 606 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,320 And again, the timing of these examinations is important to 607 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,800 identify the full prophetic significance of it. 608 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,320 This was during the final week where Jesus was prepared and 609 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,120 being prepared to lay his life down as what? 610 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,120 The Passover lamb ultimately right? 611 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:24,880 And what's happening around them. 612 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,400 That same week where Jesus dies, the Passover feast is being 613 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:33,440 celebrated and you have on that week people coming in with their 614 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:37,720 lambs and having them checked out and ensuring everything is 615 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:41,680 put into place. For that 14th day of the first 616 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:46,440 month of the religious calendar, they could honor the Passover 617 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,440 feast. Can you just imagine the site 618 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,080 here? You have Jesus in the temple 619 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,000 going back and forth with these religious groups and all around 620 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,080 them you hear the bleeding of sheep, the hustle and bustle of 621 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:04,520 another festival. And I want you to see the 622 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,840 original instructions for the Passover and how it parallels 623 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,440 with Christ's experience, even in what we've been studying in 624 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,760 this chapter the past few Sundays. 625 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,880 This is our final text that we're going to explore. 626 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,320 It's an Exodus 12. Look at it with me, please. 627 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:30,300 Exodus 12, it will be worth it. Look at verse three of Exodus 628 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:37,500 12. This is the institution of the 629 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:41,100 Passover feast, and it says here tell all the congregation of 630 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:45,400 Israel that on the 10th day of this month, keep that in mind. 631 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,280 The 10th day of this month every man shall take a lamb according 632 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,760 to their father's houses, a lamb for a household. 633 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,760 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and 634 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,240 his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of 635 00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:01,600 persons according to what each can eat. 636 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,360 You shall make your count for the lamb. 637 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:08,680 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. 638 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,360 You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 639 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,440 Verse six is important. And you shall keep it until the 640 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,400 14th day of this month, when the whole assembly of the 641 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,640 congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight 642 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:28,240 Israel. This is a feast that you will 643 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:32,120 hold on to for generations. Here's how you're supposed to 644 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,200 observe it. On the 10th day of this month 645 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:39,000 you are to go out and select a lamb, and you are to ensure that 646 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,120 that lamb is without blemish. And on the 14th day you are to 647 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,640 kill the lamb. So there is an interval period 648 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:49,520 of four days that every household is to hold this lamb 649 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,560 in possession before they sacrifice it. 650 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,160 Why not just get it on the 14th day and kill it on the 14th day? 651 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,120 Why get it on the 10th day, Hold on to it to four days and then 652 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,800 kill it? The context suggests this as the 653 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,000 strongest reason why verse five tells us that that lamb should 654 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,200 be what without blemish. I am persuaded the reason why 655 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,920 they were to hold on to it for 10 days was so that they can 656 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:27,000 inspect it from head to toe. Think about how much depended on 657 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,360 the lamb being without blemish. The Destroyer, according to 658 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,760 Exodus 12, was ready to sweep over the land of Egypt and 659 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,840 destroy the first born of every living thing. 660 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:41,400 And the quality of that lamb would determine whether or not 661 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,520 that Destroyer would pass over those homes. 662 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,240 So imagine that was applied to you as an Israelite of that 663 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:50,320 time. Here you are. 664 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,600 You select a lamb. And you know, four days from 665 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:57,440 now, this lamb must be without blemish if it's supposed to be 666 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,480 honored by God Almighty, what are you going to do those four 667 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:01,800 days? Oh, you're going to protect that 668 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,720 lamb. And you're going to look through 669 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,880 it and you're going to look in the ears and you're going to 670 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,120 flip it over and look on the belly and you're going to 671 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,920 examine and inspect it because you want to ensure this thing is 672 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:18,480 right. And on the 14th day, if it 673 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,360 passed the test, it would be an acceptable sacrifice. 674 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:26,480 What was happening to Jesus before he would ultimately go to 675 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:28,640 the cross. You've been studying it these 676 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:33,720 past few Sundays, one religious group after the next, examining 677 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:38,120 him. By what authority do you do 678 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,680 these things? Pass the test? 679 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:48,880 Should we pay our taxes to Caesar or not pass the test? 680 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:53,600 How does the resurrection work? If a woman marries several men, 681 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:59,240 whose husband will she have? And who will have the wife pass 682 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:02,680 the test? Which out of all the 683 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:10,400 commandments is the greatest pass the test and no one asked 684 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,960 them the question afterwards. Finally these Jews bring him 685 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:20,960 before a gentile named Pilate, and Pilate examines him, and in 686 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,720 Luke 23 verse 4 this is what he confesses. 687 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,520 Then Pilate said to the chief priests in the crowds. 688 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:35,800 I find no guilt in this man. So in the same time where those 689 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,400 Passover lambs were being inspected and examined, you had 690 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:43,400 the Lamb of God from heaven undergoing the same thing. 691 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:51,520 And what was discovered of him? No sin, no wrong, no error, and 692 00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:56,320 he would satisfy the one who demanded A spotless lamb for the 693 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,200 sins of mankind. Where is Jesus? 694 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,040 Everywhere. Everywhere. 695 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:08,280 I hope something in your heart was lit ablaze from this brief 696 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,960 study. We have a living God. 697 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,360 This book is a living book. It scares me in a good way. 698 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,440 I get scared from it because after all these years of reading 699 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,720 it day after day after day, it never fails to bring me to my 700 00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:28,760 knees and to show me you don't know anything you think you do. 701 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,200 And I want to tell you today that Jesus Christ is the Lamb of 702 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,600 God. And I want you to see the 703 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,920 response of these people in our final verse of Mark 12, verse 704 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,240 37. David himself calls him Lord. 705 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:46,360 So how is he his son? And the great throng heard him 706 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:51,640 gladly. That's a sad response. 707 00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:59,240 They heard him gladly. In other words, they enjoyed his 708 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:04,440 mastery over the Scriptures. They enjoyed how he was able to 709 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,560 defend himself and shut the mouths of those who claim to be 710 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:12,720 experts. You know, it's possible for 711 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:16,160 after a sermon like this or an Old Testament study, for people 712 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,800 to hear it gladly. And that's it. 713 00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:23,760 What should have happened? Or they should have realized 714 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,720 this is the one that the scriptures pointed to. 715 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,200 This shouldn't 'cause just rejoicing. 716 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,400 It should have encouraged repentance. 717 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:35,880 But it didn't. It was just an intellectual 718 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,600 stimulation. It was just something that 719 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,840 impressed them. Is that how you heard the sermon 720 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,520 today? Oh wow. 721 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:44,800 I never thought the cities of rest. 722 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,400 You've only that was something else. 723 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:47,080 Oh wow. Yeah. 724 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:48,960 I don't really know the Old Testament as much as I thought. 725 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,120 That's not the response Christ wants from you. 726 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:54,400 Yes, you should be moved by the word of God, but you should be 727 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:59,000 moved by the God of the word, and you should want to love him 728 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,480 and surrender to him. And as a precious brother prayed 729 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,480 earlier, if you don't know him, do you realize what you're 730 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:07,480 dealing with? Do you realize that this was not 731 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:12,920 compiled in two years by one author, but the cross references 732 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,400 that we just did? There was from multiple authors 733 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:19,800 over a span of 1500 years? This book is not just one book. 734 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:24,800 It's a library of books. Three different languages, 735 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:29,720 different continents, 40 different authors, 1 consistent 736 00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:32,720 theme. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the 737 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:34,600 world. What are you going to do with 738 00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:36,960 that? But what are you going to do 739 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,160 with what you just heard? Doesn't it at least cause you to 740 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:44,560 be like, whoa, So you're telling me that Jesus fulfilled things 741 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:46,960 from thousands of years ago, that those authors were actually 742 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:50,080 pointing to him, That he didn't just show up on the scene as a 743 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,760 moral teacher and die to martyrs, death, and Christians 744 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,200 just appreciate him? You're telling me that he's 745 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,080 something more? I'm telling you he's more. 746 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:57,200 What are you going to do with that? 747 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,080 Are you just going to hear it? Gladly. 748 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,120 Oh, that was nice. He was very passionate, the way 749 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,520 he shared those truths. You're missing it. 750 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:09,280 You're missing it. And I would be a fool. 751 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,760 And I'm going to stand before the living God if I presented in 752 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,000 such a way. Oh, here's a nice little 753 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:15,840 collection of thoughts. Did you like it? 754 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,840 Oh, good, Wonderful. I'm compelled to tell you. 755 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,960 I just told you about the truths of God, and that demands a 756 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,360 response from you. You need to deal with that. 757 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,760 You need to now make a decision. What am I going to do with this 758 00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:34,600 Christ that in an hour I've been told about in a way that can 759 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:38,600 only be deemed as supernatural? I didn't write this. 760 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:40,560 I'm just the one who deliver the mail. 761 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:42,480 So what are you going to do with that? 762 00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,080 Are you going to just brush it off like these people did? 763 00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:46,520 The great Throng heard him gladly. 764 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:50,440 And it was just another Sunday. I hope that's not how you 765 00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,360 respond. I hope you at least endeavor to 766 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,320 say, OK, I have to do something with this. 767 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,760 And I'm going to do my personal investigation myself. 768 00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:59,000 You do it. You do it now. 769 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,640 You examine the Lamb of God. You search for error in this 770 00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:03,920 book. He authored it. 771 00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,800 You look at his person. You look at his character. 772 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,560 You look at his dealings with man. 773 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,040 You look at his commentaries and his description and his and his 774 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:18,520 revelations about our world, our universe, and I can guarantee 775 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:22,640 you that if you do so with an honest heart, you will realize 776 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:26,720 that this is no ordinary man and this is no ordinary book. 777 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:29,800 I've done my part today, and I pray. 778 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:30,720 I pray. Really. 779 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,920 I hope you hear my love. I pray that you would do yours 780 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,560 if you do not know Him. Believers, I pray that you just 781 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,880 love him more than you did when you walked in today. 782 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,120 Let's ask him to help us do that. 783 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:47,600 Lord, we thank you and we love you and we worship you and we 784 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,200 exalt you. You are the name that is above 785 00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,840 every other name. You are the centerpiece of this 786 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,960 word. You are the darling of the 787 00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,800 universe. You are the one in whom every 788 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,480 person will see and behold, and every knee and tongue will 789 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,200 confess that Jesus Christ is in fact Lord. 790 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,640 But, Lord, we don't want to wait until that day until we 791 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,680 acknowledge it. We want to bow our knees today, 792 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,760 and we want to realize, and we want to acknowledge. 793 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,320 And we want to tell you that we believe that you are the 794 00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,320 Messiah, the Son of God, the Savior of the world, the only 795 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,800 way to heaven. And Lord, if there's even one 796 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:29,200 person who has not made that confession yet, the same grace 797 00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:33,080 that you show to those Pharisees and Sadducees and Herodians and 798 00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:36,400 scribes by giving them a chance through the Word to see the 799 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,160 truth so that they can be saved by the truth. 800 00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:41,040 We pray that people would register the same thought and 801 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:45,200 heart that you have that you had for them is for them as well. 802 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,560 Lord, we ask that on this day, as we fellowship in a moment, 803 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,880 that we would celebrate the truth that we are in. 804 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:56,720 You saved us, and we have the truth, and we're in the truth. 805 00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:59,240 And there's more truth to explore and there's more depths 806 00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:02,280 to discover. Thank you, O God, that every 807 00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:05,640 week you remind us that you are eternal. 808 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:10,200 And there's no time in this life, even in eternity, that we 809 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,440 will arrive at where we say we figured it out. 810 00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,800 Thank you, oh God, for being a mighty God and for showing us 811 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,440 that you are indeed splendid, glorious, majestic. 812 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,560 We pray in the name of the one that we just heard about Jesus. 813 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:29,840 Amen and Amen. Let's worship him. 814 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,400 That's all I can say. Let's stand and worship the 815 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,960 living Christ. He's alive. 816 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:34,680 He's alive.