1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,840 All right, welcome back again. Notes are available on the back 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,680 table. I do see that there's still some 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,560 available back there. You can either grab them now or 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 on your way out. All right, if you're watching 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,239 online, hey, welcome to you. Welcome to North Life. 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,960 We want to take a moment to invite you to come and be with 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,440 us in person. We're at 115 E Main Street, 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,720 right in the heart of the old historic part of Gaylord, and 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,080 our services are at 9:00 and 10:30. 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,040 Watching online is great, but if you're nearby, certainly come 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,880 and worship with us in person. All right, if you have your 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,800 Bibles, please take and turn them to John chapter 14. 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,160 John chapter 14 is in the New Testament. 14 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:46,160 It's if you're new to the Bible, it's grouped with the first 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,280 books of the New Testament, which are Matthew, Mark, Luke 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,520 and John. And then axis after that. 17 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,800 It's easy way to find it. So it's about maybe 80 percent, 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,440 85% through your Bible. So the book of John is a story, 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,519 the story of Jesus when he was here with us, walking, dwelling 20 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:09,160 among us with his disciples, his teachings and the events of his 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,360 life. And so this is John chapter 14. 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,280 So John 14 is kind of in the middle of the story of Jesus. 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,360 It's before the crucifixion, before his resurrection. 24 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,480 And here he's going to talk about the Holy Spirit and we're 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,040 talking about the Holy Spirit in these weeks. 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,120 So this is John chapter 14, and I'm going to read to you from 27 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:32,560 verse 16, verse 17. John writes the words of Jesus, 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,480 who says, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you 29 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,080 another helper to be with you forever. 30 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,560 Even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because 31 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,600 it neither sees him nor knows Him. 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,360 You know him, for watch this. This is very important in the 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,080 context of this message. You know Him, for He dwells with 34 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:05,360 you and will be in you. He dwells with you and will be 35 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,280 in you. This morning. 36 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,800 I want to talk to you about the Holy Spirit, and I want to talk 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,200 to you particularly about the Holy Spirit dwelling and 38 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,080 manifesting. The Holy Spirit dwelling and 39 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:23,000 manifesting. Let me pray for us, God. 40 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,800 We've come to honor you with our worship, and our worship is 41 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,280 singing to you. Our worship is just being 42 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:36,080 together and Kona NIA and fellowship and our worship is 43 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,120 giving to you and now our worship is paying attention to 44 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,640 your word and leaning into your word because it's how we grow. 45 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:50,000 And so Holy Spirit, we say speak to us, grow us, stretch us in 46 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,800 our understanding of who you are and how to relate and have a 47 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,320 relationship with you. We pray this in Jesus name and 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:04,520 everyone loudly said Amen. I love the language that John 49 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:09,880 purposefully uses when he's quoting Jesus speaking about the 50 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,960 Holy Spirit. Now last week we started what is 51 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,800 going to be several weeks to come teaching on the Holy 52 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,320 Spirit. And I don't want to go and re 53 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,120 preach last week's message, but we went into great detail about 54 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,480 the fact that Jesus ascends to heaven. 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,240 Jesus was prophesied, the Messiah was prophesied. 56 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,360 Isaiah spoke of Jesus coming. He said therefore the Lord 57 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,720 himself will give you a sign. Behold, the Virgin shall 58 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,040 conceive and bear a son, and he shall be called. 59 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,520 His name will be called Emmanuel, and Emmanuel means God 60 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,080 with us. And we focus on that and speak 61 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,480 of that every Christmas time. But this year, more than even 62 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,040 regular years, we went into great depth, really leading into 63 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,160 the idea that Jesus is God with us, Emmanuel. 64 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,520 And last week I spoke on the fact that that Jesus is God with 65 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,600 us. But he talks about who is going 66 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,200 to come and that will be the Holy Spirit who will not just be 67 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,240 with us, but in US. And, and Jesus, you know, it 68 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,800 would have been confusing to them because they're like, 69 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,480 you're God with us. And when Jesus is like, I'm 70 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,080 going to go away, but I'm going to send the helper, the Holy 71 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,040 Spirit, the comforter, he's going to come. 72 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:18,040 It would have been confusing them because they're like Jesus, 73 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,040 we like you being with us. But the way that Jesus came to 74 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,440 us, he came as a, you know, God put on human skin. 75 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,040 So He's in one place at one time. 76 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,760 And so Jesus is going to ascend back to be with the Father. 77 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,080 This is the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 78 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,000 And the Holy Spirit now is going to come and He's going to be in 79 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,240 all of us that receive Christ as our Savior. 80 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,280 So this is the plan. Jesus is God with us, but only 81 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,000 with those that He is in the proximity of being with. 82 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,080 The Holy Spirit is going to come and dwell in all of us that 83 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,440 follow Jesus. So Jesus ascends to the heaven. 84 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,000 And last week we talked about now the Holy Spirit dwells in us 85 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,600 and we talked about the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Son 86 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,760 and the Trinity last week. If you missed that, please go 87 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,120 back and pick up that message this week. 88 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,720 I must let you know, and this is a big like this is a buffet 89 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,720 message, man, I got a lot. This is like a 7. 90 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,560 Is there such a thing as A7 course meal? 91 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,080 There's a 5 course meal. If there's a 5 course meal, this 92 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,360 is a 7 course meal, right? I've got a lot to tell you and 93 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,040 I'm going to race through it. I'm guilty of listening to books 94 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,120 and podcasts at double speed. So sometimes if I talk fast, 95 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,280 it's because I listen to a lot of things double speed, right? 96 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,720 So I'm going to try not to talk double speed, but I'm going to 97 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,160 fit everything. I did it in the first service. 98 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,800 I'm going to fit everything in, but I've got a lot to connect. 99 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,280 And what I want you to see is that throughout Scripture, there 100 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:39,160 are there are these, there are these connects that maybe you've 101 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,840 missed when you've read the New Testament. 102 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,800 The the beauty to me of the Old Testament is that God's story 103 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,280 has all of these intersections. And this morning's message 104 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:51,800 certainly has, has a lot of dots that I'm going to connect. 105 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:56,400 OK, now I want to explain first to you to make sense of this 106 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,480 message. I want to explain God's 107 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,280 omnipresence and God's manifest presence. 108 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:06,480 And they're two different revelations, or, you know, 109 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,160 they're the way that God reveals, reveals his presence, 110 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,080 OK, the presence of Holy Spirit. So first you must understand 111 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:18,200 that God's presence is omnipresent, right? 112 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:21,000 And what does omnipresent mean? It means that God is present 113 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,200 everywhere at all times. The furthest places in the 114 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,560 galaxies in the universe is wherever you go, God's presence 115 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,560 is there. God is omnipresent everywhere, 116 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,600 and the psalmist in Psalm 139 references this truth. 139 verse 117 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:45,120 7, the psalmist writes, Where shall I go from your spirit, or 118 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,360 where shall I flee from your presence? 119 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,480 And this occasion he's making the Spirit of God and the 120 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,880 presence of God synonymous. They're the same thing. 121 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,280 He's saying from your presence, from your spirit, they're the 122 00:06:56,280 --> 00:06:58,960 same. And he says, if I ascend to the 123 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,960 heaven, you're there. And by the heavens he would have 124 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,400 meant like the stars and the galaxies in the ancient world, 125 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,120 the heavens are that. And he says, if I make my bed 126 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,840 and say old, you were there, and say, old was like the place of 127 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,480 the dead, If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the 128 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:19,600 uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, 129 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,600 and your right hand shall hold me. 130 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,000 The psalmist in this occasion is saying that God is omnipresent. 131 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,320 He is everywhere you can go, as far, far, far away, the depths 132 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,800 of the sea. Wherever you go, God's presence 133 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,200 is there. So God is omnipresent, but not 134 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,040 only is God omnipresent, but he has manifest presence. 135 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,720 And watch this AW Tozer, one of my favorite authors. 136 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,520 You know, the greatest authors have like like initials, right? 137 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,000 So I think so AW Tozer, who passed away in the 60s, I highly 138 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,080 recommended his book called the Pursuit of God. 139 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,320 It's not a hard read. You can listen to it on Audible 140 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,680 or probably YouTube, but it's a, it's a classic written in like 141 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,480 the 50s or 60s. And Tozer says this God is 142 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,560 omnipresent. He's everywhere, but he does not 143 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:07,480 manifest himself everywhere. God is omnipresent, but he 144 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:12,600 doesn't manifest his presence. And by God's manifest presence, 145 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,640 what do we mean? What we mean that his presence 146 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,800 is in specific places and moments and people. 147 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,320 It's when God is especially present. 148 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,640 He's omnipresent. He's everywhere. 149 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:29,200 But you'll see in Scripture and in our lives today, God chooses 150 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:35,039 to manifest his presence to show up in a unique, special way in 151 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:38,440 certain places and times and people. 152 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,280 And I'm going to show you that this is a biblical truth, OK? 153 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,600 And then I'm going to give you application for what it looks 154 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,240 like in our lives now. So this guy, CS Caulfield, 155 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,600 that's me, he says this. He says the Spirit of God. 156 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,120 This is what I say. The Spirit of God is not 157 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,480 confined to a moment or place, but the Spirit of God does 158 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,360 divinely manifest Himself in certain moments and places. 159 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,040 I might get CS because my name is Curtis Steven Caulfield, so I 160 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,280 get to adopt CS Lewis's initials as CS Caulfield. 161 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,640 The older I get, I'm just going to grow into CS Caulfield. 162 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,880 We'll see how that goes. OK, so watch this. 163 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,240 So there's the omnipresence of God, and then there is the 164 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:21,600 manifest presence of God when God shows up in unique ways and 165 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,200 places and times and people. Now I want to show you this 166 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,200 progression that we see and I was recommending again this big 167 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,880 Bible story book by Auntie Wright. 168 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,800 I think it's really wonderful to get the grandness of the story 169 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:39,280 of Scripture, OK, and how how God reveals himself to people 170 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,680 and how God is redeeming us. That's all in the Bible. 171 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:44,600 And know that again, the Bible is a story. 172 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,400 It's the story of God saving and redeeming us, OK? 173 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:52,560 So watch the progression of how God manifests his presence, OK? 174 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,720 We even see it in the Garden of Eden and I mentioned, but I'll 175 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,200 re mention in this context in Genesis 38, it's telling the 176 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,120 story of Adam and Eve after they have sinned, they've eaten from 177 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,520 the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 178 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:08,800 They've disobeyed God and they are hiding from God because now 179 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,640 they're full of shame and that watch this first aid of chapter 180 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,960 3. And they being Adam and Eve, 181 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,600 heard the sounds of the Lord God walking in the garden in the 182 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,280 cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid 183 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,440 themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of 184 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,200 the garden. Now, the way that Genesis is 185 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,800 written, you get the picture that they were familiar with the 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,680 sound of God walking in the garden. 187 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,920 So in the garden at creation, the dawn of time, God is 188 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,080 omnipresent. He's everywhere at one time, and 189 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:48,560 yet he specifically reveals himself in the garden walking 190 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,920 with Adam and Eve. And they'll they are familiar 191 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,360 with the sound after they've sent and they're hiding, They're 192 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,360 familiar with the sound of God walking in the garden. 193 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,720 So God starts the beginning of the Bible, starts with the idea 194 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:04,120 that God is omnipresent, but he manifests himself, his presence, 195 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,000 the Holy Spirit manifest and reveals himself in unique places 196 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,760 and times and people from the very beginning. 197 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,760 Now there is a progression of God manifesting himself, 198 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,160 dwelling with his people. And I'm going to kind of cover 199 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,120 the, you know, the big blocks of it. 200 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,920 There are many, many, many, many more stories where I can lead 201 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,960 you to go, Oh yeah, look, that's the the presence, the Spirit of 202 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,600 God manifesting. But I'm going to give you the 203 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,320 big blocks in the Old Testament that are connected to some 204 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,080 passages in the New Testament. OK, So one of the other places, 205 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,400 as the story progresses, God's here in the garden manifesting 206 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,960 his Spirit, His presence, and then another big time, and there 207 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,520 are times in between, but another big block is when God 208 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,000 manifests, reveals his Spirit in the context of the tent. 209 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,600 And what do I mean by this? This is the story in Exodus 210 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,040 chapter 25, one through 9. So the story of the Bible, you 211 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,360 have Adam and Eve, and then you have Noah, and you have Abraham 212 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,520 and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes of Israel and Joseph and 213 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,800 Moses in Egypt. And then Moses leads the 214 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,880 children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt. 215 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,480 At that point in the Bible, in Exodus, you're going to see now 216 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,160 the children of Israel, they're free from slavery, and they're 217 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,120 wandering in the wilderness like the desert, OK. 218 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,880 And out in the desert in Exodus 25, the Lord speaks to Moses, 219 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,960 and what does he say? X is 25 one, it says, the Lord 220 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,360 said to Moses, speak to the people of Israel, that they take 221 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,120 for me a contribution, an offering from every man whose 222 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,160 heart moves him. You shall receive the 223 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:33,400 contribution for me. This is a wonderful time to see 224 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,040 in the Bible where God is saying, OK, I'm asking for an 225 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,760 offering. And it's if your heart moves 226 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,160 you, your heart moves you, then you should give. 227 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,000 And this is still a picture of giving today to the Lord. 228 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,280 It's like our hearts should be moved to contribute, right? 229 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,840 To give offerings and ties to God's work, right? 230 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,320 So this is what God's saying for those whose hearts are moved to 231 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,600 give, I want you to give to this. 232 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,760 Now watch how specific God gets about what he wants them to 233 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,560 contribute. Verse 3. 234 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:01,360 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from 235 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,480 them. Gold, silver and bronze. 236 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,320 And watch out specific blue and purple and scarlet yarns and 237 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:16,520 fine twined linen, goat's hair, tanned Rams skins, goat skins, 238 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,640 Acacia wood, oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and 239 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,360 for the fragrant incense. Onyx stones and stones for 240 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,600 setting for the ephod and for the breast. 241 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,360 Peace in verse 8. And let them make me, this is 242 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:36,440 God speaking, a sanctuary. Watch that I may dwell in their 243 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,480 midst exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the 244 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,560 Tabernacle and all of its furniture, so you shall make it. 245 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,680 Watch. I'm talking this morning about 246 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,080 the Holy Spirit dwelling and manifesting. 247 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,720 And God says to Moses, get this. Get these contributions. 248 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,560 This is the list of things that I'm asking the people to give. 249 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,240 And then he says that I have a plan. 250 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,120 I'm going to dwell in their midst. 251 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,160 OK? So the Holy Spirit is going to 252 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:11,280 manifest himself in their midst. Remember, Jesus is God with us. 253 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:12,880 And then I read you at the beginning. 254 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,120 Jesus says that I'm going to pray to the Father, and He's 255 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,200 going to send you the Helper, and you know him because he's 256 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,160 with you and He will be in you. Watch the progression. 257 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,040 God manifests himself in the garden. 258 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,000 He's near. He's walking with Adam and Eve. 259 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,200 But now at this point in the story, God says build me the 260 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,760 sanctuary. And my plan is I'm I'm going to 261 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,320 dwell in your midst. You're going to be near my 262 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,120 presence. I'm going to make my presence 263 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,080 accessible near you and watch this. 264 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,080 I mean this in no way irreverent. 265 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,240 You'll, you'll allow me. This is that when God gives 266 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,480 Moses this list of things that he wants, it's like God's going 267 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:51,040 to build his living room. He's going to build like his man 268 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,560 cave, right? Guys, you have a man cave. 269 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,120 Some of you like in your man cave, you might have guns or 270 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,120 whatever. In my man cave at home, I have 271 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,240 books and guitars, right? The room that I want to sit in 272 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,040 the home, I've got shelves and shelves and shelves of books and 273 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,480 I love to just sit there and be among my books and study and 274 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,440 read. And then I've got guitars and, 275 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,280 and we have a piano in our, we have a baby grand piano in our 276 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,960 living room. That's what my man cave looks 277 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,280 like, right? And my wife has decorated our 278 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,320 home lovely and beautiful, right? 279 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,440 So God is saying to Moses, here's what I want you to put in 280 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:26,680 the room that I'm going to manifest or dwell in. 281 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,760 And he gives a very specific list. 282 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,080 Now watch what happens so that the contributions come and they 283 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,560 build this tent that God is going to manifest himself in. 284 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,640 He's going to dwell there. Now, is this the totality of God 285 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,520 in this tent? Of course not. 286 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,920 God is omnipresent. He's everywhere. 287 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,880 But God is going to manifest himself in that unique place at 288 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,480 that unique time, and he's going to allow the people to be near 289 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,440 his presence, the Holy Spirit. Watch Exodus 40 continues the 290 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,640 story. So verse 32, when they went into 291 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,600 the tent of meeting and when they approached the altar, they 292 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,120 washed as the Lord commanded Moses. 293 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,960 I'm not going in the detail, but God gives Moses these rules on 294 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,480 how to now go into this place where God is going to dwell. 295 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:20,880 And it's only going to be once a year. 296 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,640 It's going to be the high priest after he's gone through all of 297 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,160 these cleaning and cleansing routines, and he's going to go 298 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:32,200 into this place and he's going to be in the presence of God, if 299 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,160 you will. OK, And eventually I'll get to 300 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,600 it, but Jesus is going to be now the high priest and I'll connect 301 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,880 the dots for you. And so verse 33. 302 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,480 And he erected the court around the Tabernacle and the altar, 303 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,840 and he set up this, watch this. He set up the screen or a veil 304 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,640 or curtain, you might call it, of the gate of the court. 305 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,440 OK, so Moses finished the work that God gave him, very 306 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:56,680 specific. You can go read more of it. 307 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:01,040 God gave him very specific ways to build this tent where he was 308 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,400 going to manifest His spirit, His presence. 309 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,720 OK, now watch what happened verse 34. 310 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:12,800 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the 311 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,640 Lord filled the Tabernacle or the tent. 312 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,599 And by glory, we, the Greek word here is Kabat and it means like 313 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:23,079 weight, the weight of God properly, like in a, in a good 314 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,400 way, the weight of God descended, manifested itself 315 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,240 into this tent, this Tabernacle that is mobile. 316 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,520 Remember, they are, they are nomadic people. 317 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:32,800 They're wandering in the wilderness. 318 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,600 And so this tent, this Tabernacle is going to be 319 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,880 movable. OK, So the, the what we start 320 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,240 seeing here is that you're going to see that is a synonym to say 321 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,440 the glory of God is also the spirit of God, like the weight 322 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,600 of God and the spirit, Spirit of God, the presence of God, they 323 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,240 all mean the same thing. The presence, the glory, the 324 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,160 spirit, they're interchangeable. OK, so the glory of God 325 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,960 manifests itself in this place that Moses has built according 326 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,480 to the instructions given by God. 327 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,920 Now first Peter is going to reference this in first Peter 328 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,960 414 watch this this idea of of the of the weight of God coming 329 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,160 and resting or coming upon manifesting. 330 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,080 First Peter later says this I read it during our worship time. 331 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,480 If you were insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed 332 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:24,880 because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 333 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:26,680 This is why we sang this song this morning. 334 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,560 Come rest on us. It's from that tradition. 335 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:35,360 God, come rest, rest, rest on us as you did the tent in the Old 336 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:38,440 Testament, the Tabernacle. God, we're crying out and, and 337 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,840 Peter is referencing this occasion that the spirit, the 338 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:46,240 glory of God came and rested upon the tent of the Tabernacle 339 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,040 in this Old Testament story. Now Exodus 40 continues how God 340 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:55,760 reveals himself and, and the way that his dwelling place is set 341 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,120 up. OK, and it's all going to 342 00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:59,200 connect to you and me. It's all going to connect to the 343 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,120 New Testament. So Exodus 40 verse 35 and Moses 344 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:05,800 was not able to enter the tent of meeting. 345 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,160 Why? Because the clouds settled and 346 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,760 rested on it and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. 347 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,800 The glory, the presence, the Spirit of God filled this 348 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,040 Tabernacle that they'd built. And throughout all their 349 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,640 journeys, wherever the cloud, whenever, whenever the cloud was 350 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,120 taken up from over the Tabernacle, the people of Israel 351 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,000 would set out. But if the cloud was taken, was 352 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,160 not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was 353 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,400 taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was on 354 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,360 the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night in the sight 355 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:40,160 of all the House of Israel throughout all their journeys. 356 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,480 So watch this. The presence of God, the glory 357 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,440 of God, the Spirit of God manifests itself among them. 358 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,760 They can be near the presence of God, and they follow the cloud. 359 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,920 When the cloud moves, they pick up their tents and their 360 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,640 Tabernacle and they move it to wherever the cloud was, and they 361 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,160 rest there. They're following the glory, the 362 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:07,240 presence, the Spirit of God. And that's the way that God 363 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,680 leads him and leading Moses and the people of Israel. 364 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,680 Now the Spirit of God is dwelling with them and near 365 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,840 them. But watch them getting close to 366 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,480 the presence of God is restricted because if they get 367 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,160 too close to the presence of God, they literally will die. 368 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,600 Because God is holy and powerful. 369 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,080 He puts his presence there. He manifests His presence there. 370 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,960 It's not the totality of His presence. 371 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,080 God is omnipresent. He manifests himself in the tent 372 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,320 and this meeting place and there are rules. 373 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,520 Now what's what? More details about what's inside 374 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:42,320 of it. You're going to love this. 375 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,400 Exodus 2517. God's instructing Moses and he 376 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:53,200 says you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. 2 cubits and half 377 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,960 and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its 378 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,880 breath. Now what is a mercy seat? 379 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:01,960 Well, the mercy seat was a solid gold cover of the Ark of the 380 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,080 Covenant and once you're the high priest would sprinkle blood 381 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,240 to symbolize that sin had been paid for and judgment had been 382 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,920 covered by God's mercy. So let me break this down for 383 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,440 you even the more if you saw ratings of the Lost Ark, you 384 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,160 might remember the Nazis in the story. 385 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,200 You're trying to find the Ark of the Covenant, right? 386 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,600 And what is the Ark of the Covenant? 387 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,440 Well, the Ark of the Covenant is this box. 388 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:25,280 It's in the box contains the 10 commandments, the law that God 389 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,080 had given to them. And God is going to give them 390 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,680 instructions more. I'll read it here in a second, 391 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,240 but I just want you to see that it's a gold covering of the, 392 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,080 the, the, the mercy seat is a solid gold covering and it's 393 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:39,200 over the ark, OK. And the ark contains the 10 394 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,520 commandments and on the gold covering the mercy seat is the 395 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,880 place where God is going to visualize. 396 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,840 He's going to give a picture of his forgiveness. 397 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,840 When the high priest goes in according to God's law, he's 398 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,840 going to go in and he's going to sprinkle blood on the mercy seat 399 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,680 and the blood is sacrificed to pay for our sin. 400 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,080 It's a picture of Jesus coming eventually to give his blood for 401 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,120 our sin. OK, but they go into the mercy 402 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:05,440 seat. And again, it's not a seat you'd 403 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,400 sit on. It's something that sits on top 404 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,680 of the ark of the covenant. Now watch on chapter 25, there's 405 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,520 more details about what the mercy seat should have. 406 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,840 And watch this. It's so fascinating to me. 407 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:21,920 Verse 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold of hammered 408 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,880 works, shall you make them on the 2 ends of the mercy seat. 409 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,520 Now what a cherubim. Some some of you might think, 410 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,720 oh, a cherubim. You've heard of it. 411 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,600 It's, it's a vague term. Is it an Angel? 412 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,040 Well, no, a cherubim is not quite an Angel. 413 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,040 A cherubim is a heavenly creature that is mentioned often 414 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,080 in the Bible. OK, but angels were angels that 415 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,440 take on human form and they're God's messengers and God's 416 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,400 warriors. They do battle and they show up. 417 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:50,840 Gideon shows up, Michael show up. 418 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,040 And again when they show up, they have somewhat human form. 419 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,960 And so Gideon goes to Mary and says, Mary, you're going to have 420 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,280 the Christ. You're going to have Jesus. 421 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,080 The angels show up in that way. And we believe that there are 422 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,560 angels right now that are serving us and protecting us. 423 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,640 OK, the angels are that. But the cherubim, on the other 424 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,360 hand, the Bible explains them as this heavenly creature that has 425 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:12,720 four legs. It has like the legs of a, has 426 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,280 like the body of a lion and it has like a human face, but I 427 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,000 think it has like 4 faces. This is a really strange 428 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,040 creature. And then it has wings. 429 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,960 OK, so the cherubim are gods like servants. 430 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,760 They're heavenly creatures and they protect the altar of God. 431 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,280 They surround the altar of God and they protect the presence of 432 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,000 God. OK, so watch this. 433 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,720 So then the instructions that God is giving to Moses, he's 434 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,800 saying, OK, I want you to make these cherubim on top of the 435 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,240 mercy seat, right? They're going to have their 436 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,240 wings and everything. Make one cherub on the one end 437 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,600 of the mercy seat and one cherub on the other other end. 438 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,400 Have one piece with the Mercy seat. 439 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,680 Shall you make the cherubim on its 2 ends? 440 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,200 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing 441 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,280 the mercy seat with their wings, their faces, their faces, one to 442 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,000 another towards the Mercy Seat shall the face of the cherubim 443 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 be. And you shall put the Mercy seat 444 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,880 on the top of the Ark of Covenant, and in the Ark you 445 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,080 shall put the testimony that I shall give you the 10 446 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,280 Commandments. Then I will watch this. 447 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,520 I will meet with you, I'll manifest my presence from above 448 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,520 the mercy seat from between the two cherubim that are on the arc 449 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,040 of the testimony. I will speak with you about all 450 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,120 that I will give you in commandment for the people of 451 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:26,920 Israel. Watch, we're talking about God's 452 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,560 presence, that's he's omnipresent. 453 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,640 He's everywhere, but he manifests his presence at 454 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,040 certain moments and places and then people and so hear God 455 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,280 saying, listen, you build the mercy seat. 456 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,120 It's a picture of my forgiveness and it's there to protect the my 457 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:45,760 commandments. And then God saying there I will 458 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,760 meet with you. He will dwell with he's dwelling 459 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,320 among they're dwelling among them. 460 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,840 But now there's a special place where they get even closer to 461 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,440 the presence, the manifest presence of God. 462 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,840 Now, well, there's a connection with the cherubim that goes all 463 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,000 the way back to the garden. And I've mentioned this, I think 464 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,880 even last week, but I'm going to mention again in this context. 465 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,320 So you get this and Genesis 323. This is after Adam and Eve have 466 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,560 sinned and God is going to cast them out of the garden, not as 467 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,400 punishment. God is putting them out of the 468 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,120 garden because if they stay in Eden, they don't have 469 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:21,480 relationship with God. They're disconnected from God 470 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,720 because of their sin. So God comes up with a plan to 471 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,720 redeem mankind and that's going to take taking Adam and Eve out 472 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,520 of the garden, out of the presence of God. 473 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:37,200 And God puts, watch this cherubim to guard the Garden of 474 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,960 Eden. You can see here Genesis 3. 475 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,880 Therefore the Lord God sent him, meaning Adam, out from the 476 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,840 Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 477 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,400 And he drove out the man. And at the East End of the 478 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:53,840 Garden of Eden, he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword 479 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,040 that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. 480 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,600 So watch this Garden of Eden. God protects Adam and Eve from 481 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,480 his presence, right? Because they're not holy 482 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,520 anymore. They've sinned. 483 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,280 And so God puts them out of the garden and he puts cherubim to 484 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,240 guard the presence of God in the garden. 485 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:17,120 And then when he gives Moses instruction on how now to build 486 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,440 the mercy seat, what's on it? Cherubim And the cherubim, we're 487 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,520 not just going to be on the Ark of the Covenant. 488 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,920 They're going to show up in another place. 489 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,200 Watch this the cherubim by the way, or again, they're there to 490 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,200 protect the presence of God, to protect us from the presence of 491 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,520 God. The presence of God doesn't need 492 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,760 to be protected from us. We need to be protected from the 493 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,160 presence of God that is so powerful that if we get near to 494 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,960 it, it could lead to our death. So watch what happens. 495 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,600 I love this. Exodus 2631 three 33. 496 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,040 Watch this connection. And this is more instruction. 497 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,480 God, says Moses, then you shall erect the Tabernacle, OK, 498 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,880 according to the plan for it that you were shown on the 499 00:26:53,880 --> 00:27:01,480 mountain, and you shall make a veil, a curtain of blue and 500 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,240 purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 501 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,280 What did God ask for in the offering? 502 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,680 The contributions? He asked for these things. 503 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,920 Right now they have them. And what is Moses going to do 504 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,400 with them? Well, he is going to build them 505 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:19,680 and do this veil and watch it says it shall be made with 506 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,440 cherubim skillfully worked into it. 507 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,720 So the chairman were there at the garden to protect the 508 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,640 garden. Then the cherubim are there on 509 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,640 the the images of them are on the top of the ark of the 510 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,040 covenant to protect us from the presence of God. 511 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,440 And then in this vast curtain, this veil that they're going to 512 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,600 build, they're going to build this curtain, not to protect God 513 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,640 from us, but to protect us from the presence and power of the 514 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:49,280 Holy Spirit that manifest itself in this holy place. 515 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,880 There are cherubim, images of the cherubim sewn into this veil 516 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,880 or this curtain. And verse 32 And you shall hang 517 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,480 it on 4 pillars of Acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks 518 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,480 of gold on 4 bases of silver. And you shall hang the veil from 519 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,320 the clasp and bring the ark of the testimony in there within 520 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,760 the veil. And the veil shall watch this, 521 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,600 and the veil shall separate for you the holy pray holy place 522 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,160 from the Most Holy in this occasion. 523 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,800 You see, OK, there are depths to God's holiness, right? 524 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,320 God's near them there. He's the tent is there. 525 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,880 He's manifesting himself there, the Holy Spirit manifesting 526 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,680 himself in this holy place. There's the Ark of the Covenant, 527 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,400 the mercy seat on top of it. And then there's this curtain 528 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,880 that protects them from God's presence that manifests itself. 529 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,240 He's there. He's dwelling with them. 530 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,920 But they need protection, right? And so there is the curtain. 531 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,160 Now there's an evolution that I want to tell you about of God's 532 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,080 manifested presence. And people get confused about 533 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,680 this sometimes, right? I, this might shock you, but I 534 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,560 believe in evolution. Now, I don't believe in 535 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,400 evolution in the context of creation. 536 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,040 I believe in creation. God created the heavens and the 537 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,200 earth. But there are some things that 538 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,560 evolve for me. Music evolves. 539 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,640 People on the, on the worship team know that, man, we don't do 540 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,760 the same song the same way every time. 541 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,200 It evolves. Even songs that I wrote years 542 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,280 ago, they evolved, they change. Don't you love it when you go to 543 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,560 a concert and somebody does the music just a little bit 544 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,920 different than it was on the record? 545 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,720 Why? Because it evolved, right? 546 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,400 And you like that, you're like, oh, that was different than the 547 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:17,360 record. That's so cool, right? 548 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,600 So music evolved, something's evolved. 549 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,560 Watch the way that God interacts with us, the way that God 550 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,840 manifests his presence. It evolves and people get 551 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,720 confused about this. They get stuck in a certain era 552 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,960 and they get stuck maybe because they've heard this passage in 553 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,160 the Hebrews that where he, Hebrews 13 says Jesus Christ is 554 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,400 the same yesterday, today and forever. 555 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,600 So some people read this like God's the same yesterday, today 556 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,280 and forever. Well, the character of God, the 557 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,240 character of Jesus is the same. But watch this, We are no longer 558 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,400 we're no longer seeing the presence of God manifested in a 559 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,120 tent that has a cloud on top of it that moves right. 560 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,400 It got us evolved from that type of meeting with us. 561 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,040 And I'm going to get to how he meets with us now, how he dwells 562 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,680 and how he manifests his presence. 563 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,160 But that you've got the garden, the way he manifests himself 564 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,960 there, you've got the tent of meeting and now you are going to 565 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,640 see evolution there. But watch what happens in 566 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,800 Hebrews goes on and says, do not be LED away by diverse and 567 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,280 strange teachings. Some people are going to teach 568 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:18,640 well. They get in like I love. 569 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,640 If you've been part of our church, you know, probably more 570 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:21,920 than a lot of teachers of the Bible. 571 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,320 I love connecting the Old Testament to the New Testament. 572 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,040 I just love doing it right because it is. 573 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,920 They're all these connections. But I'm not encouraging us to 574 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,440 get stuck in these old traditions. 575 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,240 God is not manifesting himself in a tent anymore. 576 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,800 And this is true in Hebrew. So watch what Hebrew says and 577 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,720 says, do not be LED astray by these diverse and strange 578 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,400 teachings. For it is good for the heart to 579 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,960 be strengthened by grace. We're in a season of grace now, 580 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,160 not by foods which have not benefited those devoted them. 581 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,120 We have an altar from whom? From which those who served the 582 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,280 tent have no right to eat. Now what does he mean here? 583 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,240 Maybe you've read Hebrews many times and never got this 584 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,960 connection. So the writer of Hebrews is 585 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,440 saying, don't get stuck in old ways, these old teachings. 586 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,080 God has moved on. He's not in the tent anymore. 587 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,600 He's not in the cloud hovering that way. 588 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,040 That's the old way that God interacted and manifested 589 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,840 himself. And so the right of Hebrews says 590 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,800 we have an altar like for us that altars like communion, 591 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,920 right where the blood is, right where we recognize the blood. 592 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,800 And for those who serve the tent, the old ways, they have no 593 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,920 right to eat of communion. They're stuck in the old ways. 594 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,280 God's the same Jesus, same yesterday, today, and forever. 595 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,480 His character, yes, but the way we interact with his manifest 596 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,280 presence has evolved. Now the Holy Spirit has moved on 597 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,600 and no longer is going to manifest in the tent. 598 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,120 So even in the Old Testament, what's the next evolution of the 599 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,280 way that God is going to interact? 600 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,360 Well, this is the story of Solomon's temple. 601 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,240 God is going to give David instructions on how to build 602 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,280 this temple. And what is God? 603 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,880 What is God going to do in the temple? 604 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,480 He's going to manifest His presence, right? 605 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,880 And this is all going to go to what how you and I interact with 606 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,240 the Holy Spirit now, but stick with me. 607 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,680 So this is Solomon. Now, David didn't get to build 608 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,280 the temple. Solomon, his son builds it. 609 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,920 And the story of its dedication is in First Kings 810 through 610 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,440 13. And when the priest came out of 611 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:12,840 the holy place, a cloud filled the House of the Lord so that 612 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,320 the priest could not stand a minister because of the cloud. 613 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,400 For the glory, remember glory, present spirit or 614 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,560 interchangeable, the glory of the Lord filled the House of the 615 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,400 Lord. And then Solomon said the Lord 616 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,040 has said he will dwell in thick darkness. 617 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,080 The language of God dwelling. Here it is again, God's 618 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,320 dwelling. He's, he's with us. 619 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,480 This is why when Isaiah prophesied Emmanuel, God with 620 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,240 us, He's going to come and he's going to come and dwell with us. 621 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,520 It's all the same language throughout the story. 622 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,840 And then Solomon said, I have indeed built you an exalted 623 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:47,440 house. Watch. 624 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,440 Solomon's limited in his understanding because watch, he 625 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,080 says, a place for you to dwell in forever. 626 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,680 Is the Holy Spirit going to manifest himself in Solomon's 627 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,520 temple forever? No. 628 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,880 For a while, yes, but God's going to move on even from that. 629 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,400 So the temple's going to be destroyed because of their 630 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,400 disobedience. God's people go awry and the 631 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,360 Babylonians come in and take over in the Syrians. 632 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,320 That's the part of the Old Testament and we're going to 633 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,200 great depths about. But Solomon thought, God, you're 634 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,080 going to dwell here forever. That wasn't God's plan. 635 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,480 Watch what happens. Solomon had good intentions, but 636 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,680 he didn't have the fourth sight to know what's going to happen 637 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,560 in John 114. Now John is writing about Jesus 638 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:33,040 coming and he says the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. 639 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,000 See how the idea of dwelt? When John says that they would 640 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,360 have perked up, it's like, Oh yeah, dwelling. 641 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:38,880 We saw that all throughout the Old Testament. 642 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000 God dwelt with his people in the garden and God dwelt in the 643 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,320 tent, and then God dwelt in Solomon's temple. 644 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,400 God manifests his presence. He dwelt. 645 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:50,040 And now John says, watch Jesus, the Word came and he dwelt among 646 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,200 us. Dwelt means more when you have 647 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,800 that understanding. The word became flesh and dwelt 648 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,640 among us, and we've seen his glory, the glory of God, the 649 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,000 presence of God, the Spirit of God. 650 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,120 They're all interchangeable glory as one of the only Son 651 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,480 from the Father, full of grace and truth. 652 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,000 Now God is dwelling among us as Jesus. 653 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,320 And last week again I said, well, Jesus ascends to heaven 654 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,679 and now he sends the Holy Spirit. 655 00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:18,719 As we said from the start, Jesus says the Holy Spirit, you know 656 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:22,840 him because he dwells with you, but he's going to dwell in you. 657 00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:26,560 That's the evolution tent, Tabernacle, garden, way back 658 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,000 here. Then Jesus comes and he's 659 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,360 dwelling with us. But now Jesus ascends to heaven 660 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,719 and he says, I pray to the Father and the Father is going 661 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,800 to send the Helper, the Comforter, and he's going to, 662 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:36,480 you know him because he dwells with you, but he's going to come 663 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,280 and dwell in you. And that's the language. 664 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,520 Now I have a great question for you. 665 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,159 What happens to this curtain, this veil that protected us from 666 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:49,159 the presence of God? Maybe you've seen this before. 667 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:52,800 What? Remember, in the Old Testament, 668 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,320 the temple is destroyed and God's children are carted off to 669 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,240 Babylon, right? And that's Daniel and Shadrach 670 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:01,680 and Meshach and Abednego, those stories. 671 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,320 So in the New Testament, what happens is King Herod recreates 672 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,800 Solomon's temple. OK? 673 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,800 And it's Herod's temple, and he recreates the curtain by the 674 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,600 instructions that are in the law. 675 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,560 OK, so he recreates and history says that this curtain was as 676 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,040 thick as a man's hand. It's woven. 677 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,960 It's 60 feet tall, 60 feet tall. Now watch what happens. 678 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,480 See, now when you read the story of Jesus, what happens here at 679 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,440 the crucifixion, it means so much more knowing about the 680 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,240 curtain in the Old Testament. So verse 51 and behold, the 681 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:35,240 curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the 682 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,840 bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split. 683 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,400 Matthew points out that the curtain, this veil that was in 684 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,960 Herod's temple because they still had this like this holy 685 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,320 place where God would manifest his presence. 686 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,800 What happens when Jesus's body is torn? 687 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,160 The veil, the curtain is torn from top to bottom. 688 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,640 Matthew says from top to bottom because top to bottom would mean 689 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,320 a man could not have torn it. It is a godly miraculous 690 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,160 miracle. This curtain now is torn and the 691 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,800 holy place where God manifested himself is no longer enclosed by 692 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:17,840 the curtain and it happens at the tearing of Jesus body. 693 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,240 Now why is the curtain torn? It was not so that the Spirit of 694 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,240 God could get out. It never was about that. 695 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:33,200 The curtain is torn to signify now that Jesus has taken his 696 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,840 blood and sprinkled it on the mercy seat to pay for our sin. 697 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,600 Now the presence of God, we are permitted to get near it, and 698 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,920 not only that now the presence of God is going to dwell in us. 699 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:54,200 The curtain is torn and watch. Hebrew speaks of this but when 700 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:58,440 Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have 701 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:02,280 come the evolution of God's plan then through the greater and 702 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,080 more perfect tent right. The Old Testament God manifests 703 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,360 himself in this tent. Now he's saying Jesus is the new 704 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,720 high priest. He now has taken his blood and 705 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:13,440 sprinkled on the mercy seat and now there's a new way and it's 706 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,400 it's a greater and more perfect tent. 707 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,200 What is the greater, more perfect tent I'm going to tell 708 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,960 you not made with hands that is not this not a disgrace. 709 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:25,000 He entered once for all into the holy place, not by means of the 710 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,400 blood of goats and calves, but by the means of his own blood, 711 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,840 thus securing an eternal redemption. 712 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,440 And watch this when Jesus says, you know the Holy Spirit, He 713 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,200 dwells with you, but he's going to dwell into you. 714 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,400 What the writer of Hebrews is saying now you're the tent. 715 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,960 You're the tent now. It's a greater way. 716 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,200 You're now the tent where the Holy Spirit is going to manifest 717 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,640 his presence, his glory, his Spirit. 718 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,280 Hebrews talks more about this and know that when the writer of 719 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,080 Hebrews writes, he's writing to those from a Jewish tradition. 720 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,320 So they understand all this language of the tent, the 721 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,440 Tabernacle, the mercy seat. They get it. 722 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,960 All right, We'll get to Ephesians in a second. 723 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,080 Paul writes to the Church of Ephesus. 724 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,480 They're, they're Gentiles. They don't understand the Jewish 725 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,240 tradition, right? But Hebrews is writing to those 726 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,480 who understand the Old Testament. 727 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,840 So watch verse 19. They're four brothers and 728 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,680 sister, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the 729 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:24,400 blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He opened for 730 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,680 us, through the curtain, that is, through His flesh. 731 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:29,920 Here's talking about the curtain. 732 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,320 Now we get to enter through the curtain. 733 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,880 Before the curtain kept you out, if you went through the curtain 734 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,400 and you weren't cleansed, then you could die next to the 735 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,560 presence of God. But now it's like, no, now we 736 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,720 get to enter the curtains torn. We get to enter through the 737 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,680 flesh of Jesus that was torn. And since we have a great priest 738 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:50,080 over the House of God, that's Jesus, let us draw near with a 739 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,000 true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled 740 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,640 clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure 741 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,360 water. The curtain, the veil 742 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,960 symbolically protected us from the glory of the Spirit, the 743 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,240 presence of God. But when the body of Jesus was 744 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:10,880 torn, the curtain was torn. And now we get the boldly go 745 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,920 towards the presence of God again. 746 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,480 The curtain didn't let the Spirit of God out, it just made 747 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,560 the Spirit of God now accessible to us. 748 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,520 He was talking more about it verse 14 and chapter 4. 749 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:26,120 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through 750 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,960 the heavens, Jesus the Son of God. 751 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,800 Let us hold fast our confession, for we do not have a high priest 752 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,680 who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in 753 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,880 every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 754 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,160 Watch. Let us then, with confidence 755 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,520 draw near to the throne of grace, the mercy seat, that we 756 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,880 may receive the mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 757 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:53,960 We now get to draw near to the presence of God, the Spirit of 758 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,880 God, the glory of God, and even the more now we are the temple 759 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,960 that the Holy Spirit dwells in. And the New Testament speaks of 760 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,440 this. So now the presence of God, it's 761 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,520 not kept from us. And now, as Jesus said, the Holy 762 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:11,280 Spirit is going to dwell in US. And what dwell in US? 763 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,200 And what is going to be the language that Paul is going to 764 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,920 use in First Corinthians 316? Again, knowing what you know 765 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,680 about the garden and the tent and the Tabernacle and the 766 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,560 temple and God manifesting there at the cloud, the fire. 767 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,680 Watch what Corinthians says. Do you not know that you are 768 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:32,680 God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 769 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,880 Right, It's the language of dwell from the Old Testament. 770 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,200 In First Corinthians 6, it says, Or do you not know that your 771 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:46,160 body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have 772 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,440 from God? You are not your own. 773 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,280 We are now the temple where the Tabernacle we were. 774 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,920 God manifests his power, his glory, his presence, his Spirit. 775 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,480 And this is the point in which Jesus says the Holy Spirit, you 776 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,600 know him, He dwells with you, but He's going to dwell, going 777 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,680 to dwell in you. And then First Corinthians, our 778 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:08,200 2nd Corinthians 6 says this. It says what agreement has the 779 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,840 temple? Who is the temple? 780 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:13,600 You are the temple of God with idols, for we are the temple of 781 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:18,760 the living God, as God said, I will make my dwelling among them 782 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,800 and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be 783 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,600 my people. Paul to the Church of Corinth is 784 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,480 referencing again the idea of the tent and the Tabernacle, 785 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,360 God's presence manifesting there. 786 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,880 And here Paul is quoting, and you can see in the ESV and other 787 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,640 translations that this is indented in your scriptures to 788 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,560 show you that this is a quote. And Paul is quoting from Exodus 789 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,440 29 that says I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be 790 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,800 their God. It's the language of dwell. 791 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,640 And Leviticus, God says I will make my dwelling among you, and 792 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,840 my soul shall not abhor you, and I will walk among you. 793 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,360 Picture of the garden, God walking with them. 794 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,480 It's the same picture, right? God dwelling. 795 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,640 It's all through Scripture and it's showing up here. 796 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,040 Now the evolution of the way that God manifests himself is 797 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:11,720 that He manifests himself in US. Then to the Church of Ephesus. 798 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,320 These are Gentiles that Paul's writing to. 799 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:17,440 And he says in him, you were also being built together into a 800 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:21,720 dwelling place for God by the Spirit. 801 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:27,160 Now why is this important? Because I want to show you the 802 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,840 Holy Spirit has been dwelling and manifesting throughout 803 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,920 Scripture. And maybe you thought that, oh, 804 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,720 wow, at the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2, the Holy Spirit 805 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,480 comes in like a mighty rushing wind. 806 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,480 Jesus told his disciples to go and wait for the Spirit of God, 807 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,600 for the Holy Spirit. And so they do. 808 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,520 And maybe you just thought, well, the Holy Spirit was 809 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,440 dormant until Acts chapter 2. No, the Holy Spirit's been there 810 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:56,840 the whole time, dwelling, manifesting, doing miracles in a 811 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,640 tent and a Tabernacle in a temple. 812 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:04,600 And now in this new era where we serve God, you are now the tent, 813 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,360 you're the Tabernacle, you're the temple. 814 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,160 And God is being like we're being built together into a 815 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,880 dwelling place for God. So God is omnipresent. 816 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,400 He's everywhere, but he has historically manifested his 817 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,680 presence again in these places and people and times. 818 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,040 And now God wants to dwell in US. 819 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:31,000 Second Corinthians 3 says now the Lord is Spirit is the spirit 820 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:36,240 and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom and we all 821 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:39,840 with watch this unveiled face. We don't there's no veil no 822 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,160 more. There's no curtain anymore. 823 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,680 Now we have unveiled face beholding the glory, the spirit 824 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,600 of the presence of the Lord and being transformed into the same 825 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,440 image from 1° of glory to another. 826 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,160 For this comes from the Lord who is the spirit. 827 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:58,480 Now I said from the start of this message that that this is 828 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,080 like a big meal. This is a lot. 829 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,920 This is like like a lot, right? And I'm guilty. 830 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,600 Did I say this already? Maybe sometimes I get confused 831 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,880 when I said in the first service and 2nd, but I listen to things 832 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,440 that double speed. Did I tell you that yet? 833 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,800 I did OK, right. So this is a lot man. 834 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,840 This is like, I hope I didn't talk too fast, but I hope that 835 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:21,720 you just got that God manifests himself in these beautiful, 836 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:24,440 unique ways. And we're going to talk about 837 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:25,920 the Holy Spirit for weeks to come. 838 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:33,400 And, and I want to give you like this just grand truth about the 839 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,560 Holy Spirit, how he manifests, how God dwells in US and the 840 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,080 language of dwelling that's there throughout the, the, the 841 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,840 biblical narrative, the language of dwell, the language of God 842 00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,680 manifesting, showing up in certain ways. 843 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:51,240 And then the expectation is this is that because now we're the 844 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:53,000 temple and the Tabernacle, the Holy Spirit. 845 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,360 So God wants to manifest himself in us. 846 00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:59,120 We're the temple. Now God is building us together. 847 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,400 And maybe you didn't know that before, like maybe you thought I 848 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,360 got saved. I surrounded my life to Jesus, 849 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,960 and now I have the Holy Spirit. But what does that mean, right? 850 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:11,920 So it means this, that God wants the Holy Spirit, wants to 851 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:18,240 manifest, wants to be in you. And that comes with power and 852 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,040 presence. And it should shape our lives. 853 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,040 When we live in light of the fact that we are now the temple, 854 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,960 the Tabernacle, the tent where God's Spirit dwells, it changes 855 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,000 the way we live. And again, maybe you're like, 856 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,440 oh, I'm all about Jesus. Yeah, we are Jesus. 857 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,080 But Jesus, like who? Who is in US? 858 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,640 The language of the theology, the doctrine is that the Holy 859 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,800 Spirit, that part of the Trinity, is in us now. 860 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:47,320 And when we learn to flow and live out, like, live out that 861 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,680 truth, it shapes the way that we follow God, our expectations. 862 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,160 What do we expect in the Christian life? 863 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:57,520 Well, when we know that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, 864 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,640 it changes us. I want to pray with you. 865 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:07,920 Let's pray God, we have come to open our hearts to your truth. 866 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,760 This is a lot. And so I pray that you will help 867 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,920 us to absorb Holy Spirit. You can do that. 868 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:18,080 You can help us absorb all this truth and in the days to come, 869 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,600 let this really settle in. And in the weeks to come, as we 870 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,800 keep coming back to truth about you, grow us and understand what 871 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:30,560 it means to live life in the Spirit, aware of your presence 872 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,080 in US, God. So grow us. 873 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:37,720 We pray in Jesus name and everyone said, Amen, Let's all 874 00:46:37,720 --> 00:46:39,880 stand together. Before you go, I do want to say 875 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,760 a blessing over you. Hey, we're going to change. 876 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,000 Move the tables in and we're going to move the chairs around 877 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,760 the table. So if you're available to stay 878 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,080 and help, that would be great. And don't forget 5:00 PM tonight 879 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,560 is our volunteer appreciation and celebration. 880 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:59,160 Let me say a blessing over you, and now may the Lord bless you 881 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:03,640 and keep you, and may he make his face to shine upon you. 882 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,640 And may the joy of the Lord that is unspeakable and full of glory 883 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:11,160 made bound to you. And may the peace of God that 884 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:14,880 passes all understanding, may it surprise you in the midst of all 885 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,840 of the challenges that life brings. 886 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:19,800 And then may the mercies of the Lord, in other words, the 887 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,200 forgiveness of God, that's new every morning. 888 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,400 May it be especially new to you now in your mornings to come. 889 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,120 And now may the Lord Jesus Christ guard your heart and your 890 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:31,280 mind. You are salt and you were light. 891 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,600 Go now and be salt and light into the world. 892 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,520 You are blessed. We'll see you again soon.