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in our second class

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this morning

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with our brother stan is bell from

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houston texas

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and brother stan's theme for this week

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has been the divine habitation of the

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spirit's dwelling

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today's class is entitled

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the altar of incense before the veil of

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the most holy we will now give you our

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brother stan

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brothers and sisters

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i want to thank everyone again for last

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evening

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i truly believe that that is a very

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valuable teaching aid

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not just to hear

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the word of god

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or see it in illustrations but to

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actually

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physically put hands on

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and i believe that etches it into the

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fiber of our very physical being

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enabling us to remember the things of

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the tabernacle of god

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and

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i want to thank you again

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we didn't get to mention a certain point

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about the lamp stand and if you would

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allow me just to depress for a moment in

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the

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subject of the lampstand then we'll move

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on to the table of showbread and cover

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the

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the other pages of the altar of incense

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before the veil of the most holy

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but just a point

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concerning the golden lamp stand

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in exodus chapter 25

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you'll notice that it describes the

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shaft in verse 31 a beaten work shall

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the candlestick be made

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is shaft is branched bowls knobs and

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flowers each one of those elements

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are extremely significant

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but we had mentioned earlier in our

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classes about the two thighs in the back

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of the most holy the two corner boards

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or the sides of the most holy being

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related in the feminine gender to the

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thighs or to the association of birth

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and that in relation to the birth of a

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multitude

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well now the lampstand shaft is from the

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masculine gender of that same word

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of thighs

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and relates to the masculine covenant of

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circumcision and the seed passing from

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the masculine to the feminine

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so you can see the beauty

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of the reproductive organs that god in

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the spirit

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has provided in the ecclesia through the

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covenant the new covenant

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begotten by the word the incorruptible

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seed which the lamp stand displays for

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it's absolutely remarkable the closer

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you look into these hebrew words they

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weren't chosen just incidentally

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just to communicate a picture

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they were chosen

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to communicate logos

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the word of god in the beginning

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conceived in his eternal and omniscient

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and all the principles

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that lead and that extend from that

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logos

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and are contained in the word of god so

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the closer that we look into the word of

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god not just reading the surface english

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but really digging into it it's

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absolutely exciting and fascinating to

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see what this lamp stand represents of

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which we're not going to be able to of

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course go into in detail we've already

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taken the time the class yesterday

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to cover the lampstand

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and the showbread table and we're kind

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of behind each article of furniture

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aren't we

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but the branch kana in that verse means

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a measuring reed

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and it is by the measure

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of jesus christ

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in the glory of his father that we

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pattern our lives isn't it

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the bowls are from a hebrew word gibaya

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and it means like a little cup

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and it comes from a word that means the

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almonds and it signifies of course the

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almond branch the almond tree being the

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awakener tree in the middle east the

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first tree to bloom in the spring

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a symbol of resurrection

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and and in the case of aaron

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his rod was the rod that butted an

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almond rod that is the type of the

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selection of god's high priest his

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selection and brothers and sisters he

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has selected us

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to learn the truth

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to bring us into contact to exposure

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with the power of his word

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represented by the lampstand to

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illuminate our darkened minds that we

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live not as the gentiles do running

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after the things of the gentiles

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exalting ourselves above other men as

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the gentiles do

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but as servants to one another

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and that runs completely against the

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grain of the flesh does it not the word

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knox

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is a word cathar meaning to encircle

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and is believed to represent a

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pomegranate

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and as we mentioned before the

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pomegranate is a very apt illustration

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of the ecclesia of god when

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split open

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as in sacrifice as our lord was

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crucified it reveals

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a cluster of seeds

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which our reclesias are and all bound

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together

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in the rind which is a scarlet or purple

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representing the manifestation of the

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so we can see that these symbols

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throughout the lamp stand

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are very important and lastly the

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flowers

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were the lilies of the promised land

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purple and scarlet in color

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representing again god manifestation

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in flesh and it represents the beauty

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that the word of god creates in the

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character of each and every one of us we

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had the opportunity to speak

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to the 12 13 14 year olds

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this morning

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and trying to get across to them the

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importance of a refined character

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according to the word of god

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not being conformed as the illustration

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we used of taking a sheet and laying it

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over a chair and the world tries to

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conform us to the structure

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of their style their principles of the

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lust of the eyes the lust of the flesh

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and the boastful pride of life

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but rather letting the fabric of our

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being woven by the knowledge and

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understanding and wisdom of god's word

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conform to the image

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of jesus christ to his mental likeness

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to his behavior which is what the word

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creates in each and every one of us the

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more we read it

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and we also ask for a show of hands for

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all of those

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whose family

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do the readings together

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around the word of god

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seven days

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thank you seven days it's difficult

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isn't it to get to the word of god and

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get your family together

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six days out of seven

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when it gets down to

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five days out of seven

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four days out of seven we get around the

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word of god i had to tell matthew get

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your hand up boy

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some days it's difficult isn't it

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but we know the importance

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class days when you hardly have a minute

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between getting home from work and

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getting to the class on wednesday night

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on friday night

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it's very difficult to sit down with

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your family and go through the reading

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sometimes you go through them so fast

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and then get dressed and you're ready to

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go out the door there's no time for

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discussion no time for questioning

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and the lamps are not well trimmed

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and replenished with oil

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i know we have our select times the

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mornings are wonderful unless you go to

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work too early

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but we cannot over emphasize the

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importance of sitting down with our

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family and letting our young children

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starting with them at the earliest age

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that they can even pronounce

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the verse for them word for word and let

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them repeat it word for word and they

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repeat it word for word until they get

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old enough

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and they develop that habit and we are

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beating and working a landstand into our

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own family

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which will be but one lamp

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in the ecclesia of many families

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which when we come to bible school

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represent

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great numbers of lamps

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together illuminating one another in the

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things of the spirit word of god

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zechariah chapter four we won't turn

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there it is a subject that we

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brought out in our class on the

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that shows us how that the lamp stands

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will be illuminating the whole earth

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as the sons of oil

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as it renders it in the margin sons of

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oil

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we are going to be those illuminators

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that will enlighten the world it's a

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glorious vision brothers and sisters

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and now we must move on to the table of

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showbread

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in your notes you'll find that the table

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of show bread

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thou shalt make series is in exodus

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and verse 23.

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it was made of em wood again that

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corruptable wood

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and yet it was durable but not on its

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own would it last

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it had to have the covering of gold

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it represents in its significance the

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divine provision for spiritual

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sustenance

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the brothers and sisters made a

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beautiful replica of it last night

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and actually the length of it was three

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feet long by a foot and a half broad

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by two feet three inches high

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it was small we mentioned yesterday's

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class that the smallness

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of that table

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suggests

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an exclusiveness in fellowship

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it was small it wasn't intended to be

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large

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as the world's fellowship is

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as they let down

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their standards of doctrine

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their standards of walk

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and they merge into the world

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they have a religion

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but we brothers and sisters have a way

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of life

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it is not a religion

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it is not something that we can just

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wave around as a statement of faith and

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say my christadelphian

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we have to embroider

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the word of god in its doctrine into our

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just as we will see the embroidering of

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the veil by cunning workmen

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there is method

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there is action but it comes from

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enlightenment

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and examination

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and careful focus of mind upon the

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things of the spirit

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not glossing over them too quickly

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those who would be partakers of israel's

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hope through christ the bread of life

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it's a meal with god isn't it

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abraham had a meal with the angels that

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approached him to announce the birth of

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isaac and the destruction of sodom and

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gomorrah

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had a meal with god

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we have a meal with one another

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and we enjoy that sweet fellowship with

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each other over partaking of food

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but the partaking of the divine bread of

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life

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in our life is actually absorbing the

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teachings of our lord jesus christ into

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our lives

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partaking of the same body the same

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bread

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the same cup of which represents

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the life dedicated unto god

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and the crucifixion of the things the

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flesh

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psalms 23 and verse 5.

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you turn there with me you're familiar

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with that particular psalm

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thou preparest a table

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before me

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in the presence

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of mine

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enemies thou anointest my head with oil

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my cup runneth over

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the anointing of the oil again goes

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right back to the lampstand doesn't it

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but the presence or the preparation of

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the table

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of showbread

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is showing us again that meal

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with god

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as we mentioned the showbread table was

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small it had a crown

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made around the top

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and you know the crown that was formed

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around the ark

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of the testimony was hidden from view

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from the priest who ministered in the

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holy place which you and i are a

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priesthood

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in the body of christ

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a peculiar priesthood

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and the priest could not see the crown

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around the ark of the covenant

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but he knew it was there

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and this crown reminded him of that

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ultimate victory brothers and sisters

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but you know this crown represents that

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stephanus in revelations the crown the

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loyal reef that was placed upon the head

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of the victor in the races

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as paul used in illustration

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that we seek

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a crown not corruptable but an

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incorruptible crown and truly we can

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remember

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in our breaking of bread which is a

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representation of the constant meal we

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have with god through the word

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if we don't turn to the word for

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spiritual sustenance concerning the hope

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and the vision of israel

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god's nation we're going to starve to

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death

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we're going to grow famished

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and the world will see to it that we

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become nothing but skin and bones

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in relation to the things of the spirit

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the goodness and the fatness of israel's

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commonwealth the stock

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of the hope

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so we must continually feed from our

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table it is it mean comes from a root

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word meaning to spread forth a meal

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the table of show bread

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if you turn with me to john chapter 13.

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john chapter 13

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jesus knowing that the father had given

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all things into into his hands and that

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he was come from god and went to god he

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riseth from supper that's verse 3 and

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now in verse 4

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and laid aside his garments took a bowl

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and girded himself

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after that he poured water into a base

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and began to wash the disciples feet to

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wipe them with the towel wherewith he

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was girded

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and peter puts up

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a defense against him washing his feet

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but jesus told him

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what i do thou knowest not now you don't

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understand peter

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but you'll know hereafter

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you'll come to understand

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why

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you'll serve your brethren the way that

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i am serving you now

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we move on down to verse

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12 so that after he washed their feet

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and had taken his garments and was set

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down again he said unto them

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know ye what i have done to you

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do you understand what i've done

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[Music]

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it's not what i said

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i didn't give you a new commandment

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as john brings out later which is no new

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commandment

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i showed you something

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i did something

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were you watching

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it was an example it was a role model to

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follow

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and he goes on to say you call me master

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and lord and you say well for so i am

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and if i then your lord and master have

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washed your feet

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ye also ought to wash one another's feet

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for i have given you

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an example

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that you should do as i have done to you

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verily verily i say unto you the sermon

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is not greater than his lord neither he

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that is sent greater

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than he that sent him

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it's interesting that the word border

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in relation to the table of show bread

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was probably a small shelf actually

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not shown on this particular

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transparency

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but it was probably a shelf

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below the table large enough

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deep enough down the legs

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connecting the legs providing security

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and stability for the table but also a

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practical place

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to put the vessels

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in which the priest would drink the wine

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in which

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they would

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perhaps place the showbread

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as it mentions later on it talks about

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the vessels of the plates

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and the bowls the jugs and spoons

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that were involved in the meeting

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or the table of the meal of with god

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brothers and sisters

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the chapter we just looked at

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jesus's example his example in verse 17

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he says if you know these things

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happy

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are ye if you do them

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first of all we must know these things

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and become responsible for the welfare

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and the service of the table of the lord

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in our ecclesias

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that table

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is not just there on sunday morning

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covered with a linen cloth over the

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silver vessels containing this bread and

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wine

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which are extremely important tokens

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it extends

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into the activity of the true vessels

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of the great house

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of the lord

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the true vessels which are you and i

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and we must purge ourselves

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from the corrupting vessels

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and that corruption is in every one of

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us and we must recognize

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that we are all creatures of imbalance

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but the lamp stand earlier pointed

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forward to a beautiful symmetrical

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balance

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of which is seen also in the measuring

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balance

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of the commercial world

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and the dishes

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that balance mercy and judgment the

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bolds

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that we must balance mercy and judgment

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but you know brothers and sisters it

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seems so defeating at times because

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there's not one of us

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that can render that beautiful

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symmetrical balance of mercy and

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judgment on any issue

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our lord jesus christ does it

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he did it

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and he lays the example for us to do it

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and we must continually strive for that

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balance of mercy and judgment in all of

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our lives

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so we can see that the table of

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showbread relates to our lives in the

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ecclesial world

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the staves that were to

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be used to slide through the rings again

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the rings being the bait the house the

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dwelling place of those staves

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elevated and lifted up

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by willing hearts and willing hands

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to be carried forth in transportation

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from one place to the other following

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the shekinah glorious the children of

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israel moved through the wilderness and

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ultimately to rest in the land of

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promise

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and we ourselves

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must understand the guiding influence of

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the word of god and in prayer of which

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we must

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move on to

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but before we do could we turn to first

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corinthians 5 to close with our subject

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on the table of showbread

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first corinthians

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chapter 5

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and verse

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7. we might put in at six paul says to

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the corinthians your glorying is not

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good know ye not that a little leaven

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leaveneth the whole lump

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purge out there for the old leaven that

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you may be a new lump as ye are

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unleavened

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for even christ our passover is

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sacrificed for us

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therefore let us keep the feast not with

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old leaven

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neither with the leaven of malice and

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wickedness but with the unleavened bread

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of sincerity and truth

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mercy by mercy and truth

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sin

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and iniquity of purge

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let us not

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allow our flesh tendencies in standing

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up for the cause

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tear down a relationship that is

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existing

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when it would rather take

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exposition of the word and study

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and listening

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to another view of a brother or sister

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listening

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to understand communication

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instead of formulating our own ideas and

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running up the scriptures and trying to

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defend the scriptures when we may have

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never even heard what they were talking

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about

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we just heard the initial surface

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statement

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and then we draw our conclusion and we

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say that's a familiar enemy i know i've

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heard that enemy before and i'm coming

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at it with full strength

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when it actually may be a strange friend

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but either through the inability of a

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communicator the brother or sister to

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communicate their ideas perhaps they

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haven't formulated them properly in

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their own mind perhaps we haven't

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before we begin to cast judgment upon

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something someone says

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it is so vital that we communicate and

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hear carefully

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and not respond in anger or fear

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but keep the defense of love

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concerning

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an airing brother concerning an airing

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00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.909
sister

573
00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:07.669
but only drawing the conclusion that

574
00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:11.430
they are in error after communication

575
00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.789
has happened and facts have been

576
00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:19.909
gathered

577
00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:21.909
purging out the level of malice and

578
00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:24.070
weakness

579
00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:26.310
page nine of your notes the veil and the

580
00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:34.789
door

581
00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.230
the veil

582
00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.789
of the most holy place

583
00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:41.350
upheld by those pillars of gold without

584
00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:44.070
chapters but standing in the silver

585
00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:46.310
sockets of redemption

586
00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:49.190
exodus chapter 26

587
00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:51.590
very briefly the spirit

588
00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:54.630
mentions the veil isn't it incredible

589
00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:56.710
goes into all the details

590
00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.190
all the details about all the furniture

591
00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.549
takes verses upon verse

592
00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:05.029
but in chapter 26

593
00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.230
and verse

594
00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.430
31

595
00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.190
we read and thou shalt make a veil of

596
00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.149
blue and purple and scarlet and fine

597
00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.669
twined linen

598
00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:15.270
of cunning work

599
00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:17.669
with caribbean shall it be made

600
00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:19.669
and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars

601
00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:21.990
of em wood overlaid with gold their

602
00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.029
hooks

603
00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:25.430
shall be of gold upon the four sockets

604
00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.430
of silver

605
00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:29.190
and thou shalt hang up the veil under

606
00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:31.270
the taxes that thou mayest bring in

607
00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:33.110
thither within the veil the ark of the

608
00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.390
testimony

609
00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:36.950
and the veil shall divide

610
00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.470
unto you

611
00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.750
between the holy place and the most holy

612
00:23:41.760 --> 00:23:43.590
and thou shalt put the mercy seat upon

613
00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:45.750
the ark of the testimony

614
00:23:45.760 --> 00:23:47.510
in the most holy

615
00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:49.350
place and thou shalt set the table

616
00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:51.909
without the veil and the lamb stand over

617
00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:53.510
against the table on the side of the

618
00:23:53.520 --> 00:23:55.669
tabernacle toward the south and thou

619
00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:58.230
shalt put the table on the north side

620
00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.950
again the hanging in verse 36 is

621
00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:04.230
mentioned in the table on page nine or

622
00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:06.310
the door of the tent

623
00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:08.549
and it is described as a hanging for the

624
00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:10.470
door of the tent blue purple scarlet

625
00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.789
upon a basis of fine twined linen which

626
00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:14.870
is the righteousness of the saints as we

627
00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.549
know and looked at

628
00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:18.950
wrought with needlework

629
00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:21.269
and that one was to be hung on five

630
00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.950
pillars of and wood overlaid with

631
00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.310
gold

632
00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:26.230
with hooks of gold

633
00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.590
but notice

634
00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:32.230
five sockets of brass again flesh purged

635
00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.230
the flesh was purged

636
00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.310
from the very outset of the outer court

637
00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:38.230
was it not

638
00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:40.149
they the the pillars upholding the linen

639
00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:42.149
of righteousness were in sockets of

640
00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:44.630
brass as one moved in they approached

641
00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:47.669
the altar of brass purged flesh

642
00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:51.029
the labor of brass purged flesh

643
00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:53.510
the sockets now of the pillars upholding

644
00:24:53.520 --> 00:24:56.870
the door of the tent purged flesh

645
00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:59.029
our consciences brothers and sisters are

646
00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:02.470
being purged of flesh our egos are being

647
00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:04.870
checked at the far door

648
00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:07.110
as we come in

649
00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:10.630
closer and closer and closer and now

650
00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.310
that we are at the veil

651
00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:16.549
we come to understand i know many of you

652
00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.990
have been have gone through the

653
00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.149
experience of study

654
00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:22.070
and i must share this one with you as i

655
00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:26.149
studied for the classes this week

656
00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:28.390
there were moments

657
00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:30.950
in the privacy of my study art work at

658
00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.990
my desk behind the door

659
00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.029
prayerfully asking for understanding

660
00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:40.310
and oh we have a father who is abundant

661
00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:43.110
to give us the wisdom of his word

662
00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:44.789
wisdom that we in no way have the

663
00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.190
ability to communicate

664
00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:50.230
but to assist and help us through life

665
00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.310
but you know what it does

666
00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:55.430
to look so deeply i felt as though i was

667
00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.830
just rushing into the scriptures one day

668
00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.710
and

669
00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:01.029
and it's happened many times before and

670
00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.789
you feel like you're in the most or in

671
00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.950
the holy place and you're illuminated by

672
00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.390
the things of the first principles of

673
00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:08.470
the truth and deeper things and more

674
00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.149
beautiful things of the lamp stand

675
00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.909
illuminating the showbread and the hope

676
00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:13.990
of israel and oh you're just thumbing

677
00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:16.070
through these scriptures and maintaining

678
00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:18.149
a few verses in your head and running a

679
00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:20.470
thought a theme of scripture and you're

680
00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.549
seeing you're studying the veil and

681
00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.710
you're looking and all of a sudden it

682
00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.789
feels suddenly

683
00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:29.190
like as you were examining this glorious

684
00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.470
veil you

685
00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:32.549
bumped it

686
00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.710
and it moved away from the wall of the

687
00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.110
tabernacle

688
00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:39.510
and that light

689
00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:42.549
that little glimmer of light

690
00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:45.190
that burst through that opening in the

691
00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:48.070
veil between the golden wall

692
00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:50.390
just brought you absolutely to the

693
00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.590
ground

694
00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:53.190
in tears

695
00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:55.430
and you wept

696
00:26:55.440 --> 00:27:00.149
and wept and just closed the book

697
00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:02.310
because of the glory

698
00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:04.310
of the father in his word

699
00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:07.669
how can you get that from a printed page

700
00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:13.830
to where you are reduced to nothing

701
00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:17.110
you can't even raise your head

702
00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:19.269
that's what it does

703
00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:21.750
it takes us down to nothing

704
00:27:21.760 --> 00:27:24.310
to where we meet moses on the ground and

705
00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:26.470
speak to him mouth to mouth

706
00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:29.029
on the ground because we've seen the

707
00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.029
glory

708
00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:35.269
of that and we haven't seen anything yet

709
00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:37.269
oh we've got an ego to deal with of

710
00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.950
pride

711
00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:41.990
me first

712
00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.430
but we're gonna have to deal with it

713
00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:46.310
before we come to that veil

714
00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:48.630
because you know

715
00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:51.669
that veil renting in the temple

716
00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:53.830
at the moment our lord was crucified in

717
00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:57.029
the most agonizing and torturous way

718
00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:59.909
was god's message to you and i brothers

719
00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:01.590
and sisters of the importance of this

720
00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:03.830
tabernacle study

721
00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:06.149
that's how important

722
00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:08.789
he looks at this tabernacle study

723
00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:11.350
that veil when he

724
00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:15.830
ripped it from top to bottom

725
00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:18.789
heaven to earth he's communicating

726
00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.630
not in word

727
00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.310
again indeed

728
00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:28.830
as he unveiled

729
00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:30.630
apocalypse

730
00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:32.549
unveiling

731
00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.669
and we have the audacity

732
00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:38.789
as men of high intelligence and truth in

733
00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.909
the world

734
00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:42.310
illuminating our brethren

735
00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:45.269
to dabble in the things

736
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:48.549
of prophecy as though

737
00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:52.230
well my guess is as good as yours

738
00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:55.590
my interpretation is as profound as any

739
00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:59.190
i've heard

740
00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:02.630
it's an extremely serious matter dealing

741
00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.389
with prophecy

742
00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:06.710
let there be no mistake brothers and

743
00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.830
sisters

744
00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:10.389
when we approach the word of god we must

745
00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:13.190
do it prayerfully

746
00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.870
recognizing in these articles of

747
00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.029
furniture the incense altar before that

748
00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:20.870
most holy place where our lord

749
00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.590
in the garden of gethsemane gethsemane

750
00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:26.549
poured out his life

751
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:28.389
in blood

752
00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:31.909
sweating knowing what was coming

753
00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:34.789
it was a rending

754
00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:37.110
a rending of his life and submission to

755
00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:40.549
the will of the father

756
00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:42.710
truly his spirit

757
00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.909
of flesh

758
00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:46.310
needed that rending

759
00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:48.630
as an angel was sent to strengthen him

760
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.630
at that point

761
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:52.630
he had to keep his mind on the vision

762
00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:55.110
the glory behind

763
00:29:55.120 --> 00:30:01.029
beyond the flesh

764
00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:03.430
the morning was coming

765
00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.789
the prince of darkness and his

766
00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:09.190
messengers were coming for christ to

767
00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:11.190
take his flesh and put it through the

768
00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:14.149
most horrible torture that any human

769
00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.990
being can go through because the romans

770
00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.310
had perfected that torture

771
00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:21.029
with the scourging

772
00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:23.350
and ripping his body

773
00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:25.909
ripping his flesh constantly in the

774
00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:27.110
steady

775
00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:28.389
state

776
00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.830
rhythmic

777
00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.909
sending of those thongs of leather

778
00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:34.389
across his back wrapping him around his

779
00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.510
stomach

780
00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:37.990
and ripping it

781
00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.990
until he was shaking in convulsions and

782
00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.590
his teeth were chattering and the blood

783
00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:43.350
was flowing from his ears and his nose

784
00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:45.029
and his mouth

785
00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.789
in which torture would send a man to

786
00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:50.950
death right on that stump

787
00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.710
or if he lived

788
00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.789
he was driven completely insane

789
00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:59.269
and if he passed out from the pain

790
00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:01.430
the safety check that god has designed

791
00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:03.509
in the into the human organism as he

792
00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.830
passed out the romans had a had an

793
00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:07.110
answer

794
00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:09.190
they picked up a bucket of salt water

795
00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.190
and threw it across him

796
00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:13.509
bring him to consciousness again

797
00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:16.310
raise his consciousness so we can feel

798
00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:21.509
every bit of agonizing pain

799
00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.269
because we've got something in store for

800
00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:25.909
him up here on the hill

801
00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:29.430
we'll really make him rise on that hill

802
00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.190
and the executioner with his leather

803
00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:35.430
robe and his pockets full of iron spikes

804
00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:38.549
came throwing that victim to the stake

805
00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.789
and slamming those iron stakes into his

806
00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.870
arms his hands his feet

807
00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.870
twisting his body into a contorted

808
00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.430
position to where he had to ride for

809
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:50.470
hours in agony

810
00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:53.509
putting the flesh through it

811
00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:56.310
that we might get the message

812
00:31:56.320 --> 00:31:59.830
that anything catering to the flesh

813
00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:01.509
will result

814
00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:04.549
in an agony to the father

815
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:06.070
of his children

816
00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:08.950
that which separates him

817
00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:11.269
it's no fault of our own we are of a

818
00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.350
mortal nature

819
00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:15.830
the fault comes in when we cater to the

820
00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:17.509
things of the flesh and so do these

821
00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.029
things

822
00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.590
and not crucify ourselves and following

823
00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.630
our lord

824
00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.230
taking up our cross

825
00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.950
knowing what we're heading for

826
00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:29.110
but keeping our thoughts on the kingdom

827
00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.470
of god

828
00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:33.350
for he endured that brothers and sisters

829
00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:36.630
by the joy that was set before him

830
00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.630
he endured it

831
00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.549
and for who

832
00:32:40.559 --> 00:33:02.630
could you turn with me to psalms 139

833
00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.430
in reference to the veil

834
00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:07.029
we read in 13

835
00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.630
a prophecy

836
00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:10.789
for thou has possessed my reigns thou

837
00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.230
has covered

838
00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:14.230
me in my mother's womb i will praise

839
00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.630
thee for i am fearfully

840
00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.389
and wonderfully made

841
00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:21.909
marvelous of thy works and that my soul

842
00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:25.350
knoweth right well my substance was not

843
00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.549
hid from thee

844
00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:28.549
when i was made in secret and curiously

845
00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.590
wrought

846
00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:32.230
in the lowest parts of the earth

847
00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:34.549
you know the word curiously wrought

848
00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.070
is translated

849
00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:37.669
in exodus

850
00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.870
regarding

851
00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.029
the curtains the hangings

852
00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.470
the veil

853
00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.310
it's rendered needle

854
00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:46.149
work

855
00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:48.710
needlework that interpenetrating work of

856
00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:51.430
those skilled craftsmen the embroiderers

857
00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.669
of which we looked at yesterday is also

858
00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:55.750
translated goshav

859
00:33:55.760 --> 00:33:57.909
accounted it unto him for righteousness

860
00:33:57.919 --> 00:34:00.470
because of his belief

861
00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.110
interpenetrated

862
00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:06.389
the body of our lord jesus christ

863
00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:10.389
was formed yes the substance of his body

864
00:34:10.399 --> 00:34:14.710
literally physically in the womb of mary

865
00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:18.149
that conception was truly miraculous

866
00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:20.869
by the holy spirit that came upon mary

867
00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:23.349
the power of god that caused that

868
00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:25.030
miraculous

869
00:34:25.040 --> 00:34:26.950
conception

870
00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.710
but the building

871
00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:31.669
of that body designed

872
00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:34.950
for a purpose and a mission to contain

873
00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.550
as a vessel

874
00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:38.790
the spirit word of god

875
00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:41.430
in all of his fullness

876
00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.710
that he might

877
00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:45.669
upon educated of being educated

878
00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:48.629
reflected in the character of the father

879
00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:50.149
exactly

880
00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:52.869
the character of the father

881
00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:55.109
we look upon him and we see

882
00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.470
the character

883
00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:59.750
and the behavior of god

884
00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.270
as he would

885
00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:03.990
were he himself to dwell upon this earth

886
00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:06.470
but he manifested himself

887
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.670
through

888
00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:10.150
that perfectly behaved

889
00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:11.510
individual

890
00:35:11.520 --> 00:35:14.150
by the education of his word

891
00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.990
and the spirit of that word the

892
00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.230
education

893
00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:20.310
interpenetrating all his thoughts

894
00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.950
he thought before he acted he thought

895
00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:25.750
before he spoke he thought before he

896
00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.750
even fought

897
00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.950
to keep

898
00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.790
the will of his father

899
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:35.030
in his mind

900
00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:36.870
the psalmist goes on to say thine eyes

901
00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.349
did see my substance yet being unperfect

902
00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:41.430
and in thy book all my members were

903
00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:44.069
written which in continuance

904
00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.589
were fashioned

905
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:48.790
when as yet there was none of them

906
00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.750
how precious also are thy thoughts unto

907
00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:55.670
me oh god how great is the sum of them

908
00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:57.270
if i should count them they are more in

909
00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:59.670
number than the sand when i awake

910
00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:02.870
i am still with thee

911
00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:05.510
you know the thoughts of god

912
00:36:05.520 --> 00:36:06.870
are what

913
00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.470
his word

914
00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:10.710
they're magnificent but jesus was able

915
00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.390
to dwell upon the thoughts of god even

916
00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.910
though they numbered more than the sand

917
00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:16.230
of the sea

918
00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:17.829
the sand of the sea

919
00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:20.069
that brings to mind the promise to

920
00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:24.069
abraham thy seed

921
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:26.950
are we included in this song

922
00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:31.190
do we make up the body of christ

923
00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:33.589
do we make up that veil before the most

924
00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:37.109
holy

925
00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.870
truly we are

926
00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:41.990
the body of christ aren't we

927
00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:44.910
and hopefully we will become

928
00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:48.150
substantial with him cosby

929
00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:51.750
substance real spirit eternal substance

930
00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:53.829
with him when he returns and at the

931
00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:55.990
judgment seat the spirit of immortality

932
00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.910
will be poured out upon us

933
00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.630
but what will it cost

934
00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:05.109
will it cause a regeneration

935
00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:07.270
because of the renewing and the

936
00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:10.310
continual fashioning of our minds in

937
00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:12.550
accordance with the mind of christ

938
00:37:12.560 --> 00:37:15.510
revealed in the holy scriptures

939
00:37:15.520 --> 00:37:17.990
or have we pulled and battled

940
00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:22.069
and striven with god at every word when

941
00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:25.030
it comes to behavior and actions

942
00:37:25.040 --> 00:37:26.870
or do we submit

943
00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:28.550
and allow ourselves

944
00:37:28.560 --> 00:37:30.310
to be formed and fashioned after his

945
00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:33.349
will

946
00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:36.630
that when we awake finally we too might

947
00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:38.310
be able to say

948
00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:41.750
i am still with faith

949
00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:50.950
as he said that resurrection morning

950
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.910
the veil was held in place

951
00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:55.990
upon those chapters he was

952
00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:58.069
upon the pillars with no chapters as

953
00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:00.390
you'll notice in your table

954
00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.230
and those pillars

955
00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:05.829
without chapters it's interesting

956
00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:08.950
but a chapter seems to indicate

957
00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:11.829
the ultimate growth

958
00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:14.150
the blossoming

959
00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:15.829
of an ecclesia the perfecting of an

960
00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:17.510
ecclesia

961
00:38:17.520 --> 00:38:19.750
but in reference to christ

962
00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.910
whose life was depicted by the four

963
00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:24.390
gospel writers and by the epistles the

964
00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.390
writers of the epistles

965
00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.349
his life and death was depicted and that

966
00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.310
veil

967
00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.750
was hung

968
00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:34.950
upon those golden tatches the pen

969
00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:36.630
of faith

970
00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:41.589
matthew mark and luke and john

971
00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:43.190
and we see that they were guided of

972
00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:46.710
course by the hand of god's spirit

973
00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.750
so that

974
00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:50.630
the caribbeans woven into that glorious

975
00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:52.790
veil of blue purple and scarlet brothers

976
00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:54.790
and sisters

977
00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:56.470
are revealed to us

978
00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.470
in the pages of his word

979
00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:01.190
his adamic nature in the scarlet

980
00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:03.510
the manifestation of the spirit in all

981
00:39:03.520 --> 00:39:05.270
of this royal

982
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.589
person

983
00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.390
we can see that the spirit the blue

984
00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.630
healing word of god

985
00:39:12.640 --> 00:39:16.069
depicts the life the birth the life

986
00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:18.550
the relationship of jesus christ with

987
00:39:18.560 --> 00:39:21.109
the father of which he keeps drawing us

988
00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:23.190
in by the power

989
00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:25.430
the dynamite of the word of god those

990
00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.589
thoughts are life-giving

991
00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:29.270
pick up a thought in the readings and

992
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:31.430
take it with you throughout the day and

993
00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:33.990
every spare moment that you have

994
00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.550
think about what does that mean

995
00:39:36.560 --> 00:39:38.870
because there is a depth of eternal

996
00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:40.790
value in that thought

997
00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.630
and every word

998
00:39:42.640 --> 00:39:45.109
is given for our reproof and correction

999
00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:48.390
and instruction in righteousness

1000
00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:50.870
so we can truly indeed see that the veil

1001
00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:53.030
that our lord had to go through had to

1002
00:39:53.040 --> 00:39:55.589
be done with prayer it had to be done

1003
00:39:55.599 --> 00:40:13.430
with the word of god

1004
00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:15.190
perhaps we'll be able to go into the

1005
00:40:15.200 --> 00:40:16.950
incense altar

1006
00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.790
and

1007
00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:21.510
seeing that we are a bit behind schedule

1008
00:40:21.520 --> 00:40:24.230
if you turn with me to exodus chapter 30

1009
00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:26.150
you'll notice that it is apart from all

1010
00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:27.910
of the other articles

1011
00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.710
of furniture

1012
00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:39.109
the articles of the tabernacle

1013
00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:41.510
this is another illustration of the

1014
00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:43.829
altar of incense i hope you're able to

1015
00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:45.270
see that

1016
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:47.270
but putting in in verse one thou shalt

1017
00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:49.270
make an altar to burn in sensation of

1018
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.190
em wood again

1019
00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:54.470
denoting the human nature that god is

1020
00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.510
manifesting himself through flesh

1021
00:40:57.520 --> 00:40:59.510
but in order for us to do so brothers

1022
00:40:59.520 --> 00:41:02.390
and sisters that gold-tried faith

1023
00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.230
must conform

1024
00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:08.710
to the structure of the wooden box

1025
00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:10.710
of each item that was made of em

1026
00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.670
wood

1027
00:41:11.680 --> 00:41:13.829
a cubit it was small wasn't it it was

1028
00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:16.550
only really 18 inches square

1029
00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:19.030
and as you see in your column it was

1030
00:41:19.040 --> 00:41:21.190
three feet high

1031
00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:23.190
high enough for the priest

1032
00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:25.750
to offer the incense upon this table

1033
00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:29.750
it was like a fumigator

1034
00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.910
the table of incense the altar of

1035
00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:34.550
incense just like the altar of brass in

1036
00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:36.470
the court

1037
00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.910
had horns

1038
00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:41.190
it was like a miniature

1039
00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:43.829
and those horns represent the power of

1040
00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:45.829
our prayer

1041
00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:50.550
extending to all corners of the earth

1042
00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:51.589
reaching

1043
00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:53.990
not only at that time the four squared

1044
00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:57.030
encampment of israel

1045
00:41:57.040 --> 00:41:59.270
but now in our day reaching to the four

1046
00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:01.430
corners of the earth

1047
00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:04.069
in the fraternity

1048
00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.829
of the christadelphians

1049
00:42:07.839 --> 00:42:10.309
and understanding that we are joined by

1050
00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:12.950
those prayers morning and evening as the

1051
00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.670
sun rises and sets those prayers are

1052
00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:17.910
constantly ascending

1053
00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:21.109
worldwide by faithful men and women

1054
00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:23.430
whose hearts are centered

1055
00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:27.030
upon the truth

1056
00:42:27.040 --> 00:42:28.790
and you'll notice in verse 3 thou shalt

1057
00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.030
overlay it with pure gold the talk

1058
00:42:31.040 --> 00:42:32.870
thereof and the sides thereof round

1059
00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.829
about

1060
00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:35.430
and the horns thereof and thou shalt

1061
00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.190
make unto it a crown of gold there is

1062
00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:41.030
the crown again the victory of prayer

1063
00:42:41.040 --> 00:42:43.829
was what enabled our lord jesus christ

1064
00:42:43.839 --> 00:42:46.309
to go through that veil

1065
00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:48.870
to rend the flesh as paul tells us in

1066
00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:50.230
hebrews

1067
00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:52.069
but notice what the

1068
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:54.069
design of this altar was

1069
00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:55.670
if you'll notice your margin if you have

1070
00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:58.150
a wide margin i believe the oxfords have

1071
00:42:58.160 --> 00:42:59.270
it

1072
00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:02.710
the word for the top is the roof

1073
00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:05.829
and the word for the sides is the walls

1074
00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:08.309
and we know that israel was commanded to

1075
00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:10.710
make their homes in deuteronomy chapter

1076
00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:15.030
22 their homes had roofs flat roofs and

1077
00:43:15.040 --> 00:43:17.349
and roofs and sides or

1078
00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:18.309
walls

1079
00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:20.470
but there was also another significant

1080
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.750
feature

1081
00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:23.270
if i'm not mistaken and my notes are

1082
00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:25.190
right turn with me to deuteronomy

1083
00:43:25.200 --> 00:43:27.750
chapter 22 and verse 8. i know many of

1084
00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.510
you have heard brother john martin

1085
00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:33.990
comment on this it's an excellent point

1086
00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.910
and it's one that opens up many doors

1087
00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.430
throughout the scriptures through the

1088
00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:40.710
new testament as you can see individuals

1089
00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:43.109
going up on top of their

1090
00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:48.470
houses their roofs of their homes

1091
00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:51.349
when thou buildest a new house

1092
00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:53.190
then thou shalt make a battlement for

1093
00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:55.990
thy roof that thou bring not blood upon

1094
00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:58.630
thine house if any man fall from thence

1095
00:43:58.640 --> 00:44:00.550
well about a battlement was actually an

1096
00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:02.630
architectural design a structure that

1097
00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:04.790
was a fence and i'm sure you've seen

1098
00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.309
them on many of the homes you may have

1099
00:44:06.319 --> 00:44:08.550
them on your own around the top of the

1100
00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:10.710
the roof overhanging the porch it's a

1101
00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:13.349
little fence with a rail all the way

1102
00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:14.630
around the top

1103
00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:16.550
and that was a battlement to prevent

1104
00:44:16.560 --> 00:44:18.950
anyone a child or a man to from falling

1105
00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:21.030
off the side

1106
00:44:21.040 --> 00:44:22.790
and you'll notice that the incense altar

1107
00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.069
had a battlement but it was in the

1108
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:26.630
design of a crown

1109
00:44:26.640 --> 00:44:30.710
let no man take thy crown

1110
00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:33.750
let no man take thy crown

1111
00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:37.829
you fall off or you allow others to fall

1112
00:44:37.839 --> 00:44:38.630
off

1113
00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:42.550
of your house of prayer

1114
00:44:42.560 --> 00:44:45.430
and there rest a responsibility

1115
00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:48.069
that we must examine our own heart

1116
00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:49.349
thoroughly

1117
00:44:49.359 --> 00:44:51.829
to see to what degree it will rest upon

1118
00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:52.710
us

1119
00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:54.790
we are responsible for our brothers and

1120
00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:56.870
sisters and young people

1121
00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:59.270
we truly are and the power of prayer

1122
00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:01.589
will help secure them

1123
00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:04.150
and that battlement around the house the

1124
00:45:04.160 --> 00:45:06.230
rooftops of the houses of the children

1125
00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:08.790
of israel every home in israel

1126
00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:11.589
was after the design of that altar

1127
00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:13.750
there were to be houses of prayer where

1128
00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:15.829
this prayer fit in in our lives in our

1129
00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:18.950
homes around our tables in the mornings

1130
00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:20.870
in the evenings

1131
00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:23.190
to our children seeing us bowing in

1132
00:45:23.200 --> 00:45:25.829
humility before our god you know it's

1133
00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:29.430
again not what is said so much

1134
00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:32.630
that communicates to the children

1135
00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:35.510
it's what communicates to god

1136
00:45:35.520 --> 00:45:38.150
but they see an action a reverence and a

1137
00:45:38.160 --> 00:45:40.150
humility and of course that can be a

1138
00:45:40.160 --> 00:45:43.910
disguise when deep within the heart

1139
00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:46.069
our prayers are insincere and

1140
00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:47.510
repetitious

1141
00:45:47.520 --> 00:45:49.270
and there's no real thought behind them

1142
00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:51.430
and we keep saying the same prayer every

1143
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day every meal repetition

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we don't talk to each other in that

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manner do we

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well sometimes have a good day have a

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good day have a good day have a good day

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it's about the same thing with our

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father who is supposed to be a loving

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and personal and we are supposed to

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recognize he is it's our inability to

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recognize the goodness and the abundance

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that he's poured out upon us

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in the truth and all of the brothers and

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sisters in our fellowship and the love

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that they contain in their hearts and

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their prayers and all the power of

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prayer you know it well i'm not even

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going to have to take the time to

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explain the power of prayer and the

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incense that was all offered

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but it's listed

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in your chart and they were a balance

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and all the study of the incense if we

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only had a few more minutes but we don't

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but take it upon yourselves

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to see the ingredients of that incense

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and what it takes to make prayer

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powerful

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our brother mansfield wrote a book

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making prayer powerful

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oh read that and it will increase the

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dimension and the strength of your

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prayers and you'll be more careful for

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what you pray for

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because

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god in his loving will and yet his

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chastening hand

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has many ways in which he can instruct

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and teach us

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praying for things but we have to

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remember what james says don't ask

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amidst that we might consume it upon our

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lust examine our motives

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deeply

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as we approach

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the holy of holies even

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that representation of heaven itself

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where our lord sits

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at the right hand of our father as our

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mediator our altar of incense

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which is now contained in the most holy

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place at the right hand of the father

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interceding with the father on our

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behalf it's a tremendous privilege of

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which we must take advantage of

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he desires for us to approach the father

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not the great high priest

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praying to the father

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and the world has gotten to the idea

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that we pray to jesus pray to jesus pray

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to jesus

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don't be misled

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by the world

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he is indeed our high priest and we

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should never underestimate and devalue

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the work that he is doing on our behalf

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at the right hand of the father

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but he directs our prayers unto the

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father

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the object of our attention and focus

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that our lives might be regenerated even

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as his was

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so let us consider the altar of incense

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and tomorrow god willing

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we will enter the most holy place

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through the word of god in understanding

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the ark of the covenant

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and the care of him overshadowing that

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mercy seat thank you very much

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you