1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:07,240 We are continuing our one-year journey through the Bible and we are discovering that the entire Bible is one story 2 00:00:08,440 –> 00:00:16,120 It begins in a garden. It ends in a city and all the way through it is about Jesus Christ and 3 00:00:17,400 –> 00:00:19,400 the importance of 4 00:00:19,959 –> 00:00:21,959 telling the Bible story 5 00:00:22,680 –> 00:00:26,520 First came home to me now more than 30 years ago 6 00:00:27,360 –> 00:00:32,660 When I met in England a missionary by the name of Tony howarth 7 00:00:33,400 –> 00:00:40,500 Tony had served for many years with New Tribes mission. Some of you will have heard of that marvelous organization 8 00:00:40,639 –> 00:00:42,639 He had dedicated his life 9 00:00:43,080 –> 00:00:44,919 to reaching an 10 00:00:44,919 –> 00:00:46,119 unreached 11 00:00:46,119 –> 00:00:52,020 tribal group of people who lived in a remote part of northern Thailand 12 00:00:52,700 –> 00:00:57,080 When I met Tony he told me his story of how he had first 13 00:00:57,840 –> 00:01:02,000 Introduced himself to these tribal people. I mean this is fascinating stuff 14 00:01:02,759 –> 00:01:09,739 How they invited him to make his home with them in their community how he built his own home 15 00:01:10,379 –> 00:01:12,300 learned their language 16 00:01:12,300 –> 00:01:17,139 Extraordinary wrote their language for the very first time it had never been written before. I was 17 00:01:17,699 –> 00:01:20,379 absolutely in awe of this man’s life’s work 18 00:01:22,019 –> 00:01:24,080 And I remember asking him Tony 19 00:01:25,519 –> 00:01:27,519 How in the world 20 00:01:27,779 –> 00:01:29,779 Do you explain the gospel? 21 00:01:31,000 –> 00:01:35,120 to people who don’t have the first idea of who God is and 22 00:01:36,360 –> 00:01:38,360 he said 23 00:01:38,419 –> 00:01:40,419 We teach them the Bible story 24 00:01:41,519 –> 00:01:43,519 We teach them the Bible story 25 00:01:45,660 –> 00:01:49,940 The Bible story actually gives the building blocks in 26 00:01:50,139 –> 00:01:53,339 In which a person who may know absolutely nothing 27 00:01:54,900 –> 00:01:57,199 Comes to grasp who God is 28 00:01:58,000 –> 00:02:03,660 who we are and why it is that we need Jesus Christ and 29 00:02:05,339 –> 00:02:12,460 The question how do you explain the gospel to a person who really doesn’t know the first thing about who God is 30 00:02:12,639 –> 00:02:19,119 Is that just seems to me to be a very relevant question for the church trying to minister in an increasingly 31 00:02:19,300 –> 00:02:22,300 secular culture in which we live today and 32 00:02:22,800 –> 00:02:28,240 So the aim of the series is not only that we would better grasp the Bible story 33 00:02:28,740 –> 00:02:33,740 Ourselves the aim of this series throughout the entire year is to equip you 34 00:02:34,320 –> 00:02:38,100 So that you will be able to explain the Bible story 35 00:02:38,380 –> 00:02:43,119 To lead another person through the Bible story a person who may have very little idea 36 00:02:43,179 –> 00:02:48,779 Of who God is or who they are or why Jesus Christ needed to come into the world 37 00:02:49,279 –> 00:02:55,520 And I want just to remind you again at this point in our journey of the new website that exists to help you in that 38 00:02:55,520 –> 00:03:01,080 regard open the bible org if you check that out, you will find three things there. 39 00:03:01,179 –> 00:03:05,279 First you’ll find the 50 passages of scripture that we are 40 00:03:05,479 –> 00:03:12,639 journeying through throughout the course of this year. 50 chapters from the Bible to be read or to be heard there in both written and 41 00:03:12,639 –> 00:03:14,860 audio form and then 50 42 00:03:15,399 –> 00:03:18,339 explanations one for each of these chapters that are a 43 00:03:18,740 –> 00:03:23,479 Condensation of what we’re learning weekend by weekend as we go through this year. Again 44 00:03:23,479 –> 00:03:29,479 That’s in short form. You can read it or you can hear it. It’s about 12 minutes of audio 45 00:03:29,740 –> 00:03:31,520 very very simple 46 00:03:31,520 –> 00:03:37,839 explanation of each of these chapters that we’re journeying through in the course of this year and then the third thing you’ll find is 47 00:03:37,979 –> 00:03:39,979 five questions 48 00:03:39,979 –> 00:03:44,139 five questions on each of these chapters that you could talk about 49 00:03:44,240 –> 00:03:50,279 with another friend who would also have listened to the explanation and have read the passage and our 50 00:03:50,839 –> 00:03:51,759 congregation 51 00:03:51,759 –> 00:03:58,119 are the very first people to be using this I am thrilled to be hearing stories from all over the 52 00:03:58,179 –> 00:04:04,899 Congregation of people who are already at using this some folks who have just spoken to a friend 53 00:04:05,419 –> 00:04:10,360 Invited a friend and said would you be interested in learning about the bible and taking a journey through the Bible with me? 54 00:04:10,360 –> 00:04:13,240 and they’re meeting over a cup of coffee each week and 55 00:04:14,179 –> 00:04:17,799 listening in advance and talking about the five questions very very simple 56 00:04:17,799 –> 00:04:22,760 We got folks who are doing it on FaceTime with other people on the other side of the world 57 00:04:23,260 –> 00:04:28,339 Listening to or reading the passage of Scripture the short explanation and then talking 58 00:04:28,839 –> 00:04:33,480 FaceTime week by week about these five simple questions 59 00:04:33,480 –> 00:04:35,980 So I commend this to you with this question? 60 00:04:36,519 –> 00:04:41,920 who is there in your life or in your circle of influence? 61 00:04:42,859 –> 00:04:45,700 who needs to know the Bible better and 62 00:04:47,179 –> 00:04:49,179 might be open 63 00:04:49,279 –> 00:04:52,160 to open the Bible with you in 64 00:04:52,859 –> 00:04:58,600 You invited them to take this journey that we’re taking each weekend as we continue through the year you can start anytime 65 00:04:59,260 –> 00:05:01,440 You can go at your own pace 66 00:05:01,839 –> 00:05:06,739 but I commend open the Bible org to you as a resource that you can use and 67 00:05:07,079 –> 00:05:11,920 In God’s kindness perhaps what begins here in this church with this congregation? 68 00:05:12,040 –> 00:05:15,339 Reaching out will in God’s kindness in future months and years 69 00:05:16,179 –> 00:05:22,660 Used by many many others for his praise and for his glory now as we have the Bible open 70 00:05:22,660 –> 00:05:26,660 Let’s have a quick review then of what we have learned in these first weeks 71 00:05:27,100 –> 00:05:29,279 We saw that God introduces himself 72 00:05:29,420 –> 00:05:32,920 In the Bible as our creator and as our owner 73 00:05:33,239 –> 00:05:39,440 He fills the life of the first man and the first woman with good things and every good gift in your life 74 00:05:39,880 –> 00:05:42,100 comes from the hand of God 75 00:05:42,799 –> 00:05:45,179 But then we saw that there was a great catastrophe 76 00:05:46,440 –> 00:05:53,859 adam and eve chose the knowledge of evil that changed everything it changed their home their marriage their children their work their 77 00:05:53,859 –> 00:06:00,079 World they changed everything they were alienated from God and they came under a dreadful curse 78 00:06:01,839 –> 00:06:09,000 We’ve seen from the beginning that God the God who is our creator and is our owner that God is love and 79 00:06:09,700 –> 00:06:14,980 From the very beginning of the Bible through to the end. God is working a plan a 80 00:06:15,579 –> 00:06:18,820 plan in which he will remove the curse and 81 00:06:20,320 –> 00:06:24,640 Reconcile us to himself a plan that will come at 82 00:06:25,640 –> 00:06:27,359 unimaginable cost 83 00:06:27,359 –> 00:06:29,359 to Almighty God 84 00:06:30,000 –> 00:06:32,399 we saw that God stepped into the life of 85 00:06:32,700 –> 00:06:37,859 Abraham a man who worshiped idols God just broke into his life and said I will bless you 86 00:06:38,339 –> 00:06:39,339 and 87 00:06:39,339 –> 00:06:42,660 Through you all the families of the earth will be blessed 88 00:06:43,459 –> 00:06:45,799 Blessing is going to come to people 89 00:06:46,540 –> 00:06:52,660 across the face of the planet and it will come through the line of Abraham and so the Bible story is 90 00:06:52,980 –> 00:06:58,820 Following the line of descent from Abraham Abraham Isaac Jacob, and as we followed the story 91 00:06:58,820 –> 00:07:06,779 We’ve seen that this extended family has become over a period of time now a community a nation of around 92 00:07:07,619 –> 00:07:09,619 Two-million people they suffer terribly 93 00:07:10,140 –> 00:07:16,260 But God heard their cry and delivered them with a mighty hand and brought them out of the slavery 94 00:07:16,260 –> 00:07:21,220 they had endured and then God brings them to mount Sinai where we were last week and 95 00:07:22,440 –> 00:07:24,440 there they discover that 96 00:07:25,980 –> 00:07:28,079 The God who loves them is 97 00:07:29,640 –> 00:07:31,640 Holy 98 00:07:32,040 –> 00:07:34,040 How Holy 99 00:07:35,019 –> 00:07:38,640 So holy that is like a consuming fire 100 00:07:40,140 –> 00:07:45,739 That causes a mountain to tremble when the presence of God comes near the mountain shakes 101 00:07:47,299 –> 00:07:49,299 The mountain shakes 102 00:07:49,660 –> 00:07:52,540 And here we are sinners 103 00:07:53,720 –> 00:07:59,500 And we cannot get near to this God who loves us because he is holy 104 00:07:59,540 –> 00:08:01,540 Holy 105 00:08:01,959 –> 00:08:04,920 Exodus 33 verse 5 I’m still trying to take this in 106 00:08:06,299 –> 00:08:11,839 If for a single moment God says I should go up among you, I would consume you 107 00:08:13,399 –> 00:08:15,559 Wow 108 00:08:15,640 –> 00:08:22,299 So then how can we who are loved by God find peace with this God who has made us who owns us who Loves us 109 00:08:22,299 –> 00:08:28,279 How can we find peace with this God who is awesome in his holiness and the answer that we’re discovering 110 00:08:28,359 –> 00:08:30,679 The Bible is putting these building blocks in place for us 111 00:08:30,679 –> 00:08:35,239 The answer the Bible is giving us is there must be an atonement 112 00:08:35,900 –> 00:08:41,400 We learned that word to last week. What is an atonement an atonement is what it takes to put right? 113 00:08:42,580 –> 00:08:44,580 Something that is wrong 114 00:08:44,859 –> 00:08:52,419 so the question is what then will it take to put right what is wrong between God and us and we saw first last 115 00:08:52,419 –> 00:08:54,419 Week that being sorry can’t do it 116 00:08:55,280 –> 00:08:57,280 then we saw that 117 00:08:57,340 –> 00:09:03,940 Painstaking obedience can’t do it. We saw that the greatest hero of the Old Testament Moses couldn’t do it 118 00:09:04,440 –> 00:09:07,440 So who or what can provide this atonement? 119 00:09:07,960 –> 00:09:10,780 That is needed that’s where we are in the story 120 00:09:11,760 –> 00:09:13,479 We’ve seen that 121 00:09:13,479 –> 00:09:15,479 atonement is made through a sacrifice 122 00:09:16,840 –> 00:09:19,159 It’s made through a substitute and 123 00:09:19,659 –> 00:09:22,020 It’s made through a life that is laid down 124 00:09:22,239 –> 00:09:27,820 But even the greatest hero of the Old Testament doesn’t qualify to lay down his life as the atonement 125 00:09:29,080 –> 00:09:31,080 We saw that the ram 126 00:09:31,539 –> 00:09:37,700 The rams life was laid down and Isaac’s life was spared Isaac lived and the ram died 127 00:09:37,940 –> 00:09:43,700 we saw that on the night of the Passover the lamb dies and the oldest son lives we 128 00:09:43,900 –> 00:09:48,739 Saw last week that the sacrifice of the burnt offering the sin offering 129 00:09:48,900 –> 00:09:53,739 Brings back the presence of this holy God to the people who he loves 130 00:09:56,059 –> 00:10:03,380 Step by step God is putting in place what we need to know in order to understand Jesus 131 00:10:05,179 –> 00:10:07,099 Who God is 132 00:10:07,099 –> 00:10:09,000 Who we are? 133 00:10:09,000 –> 00:10:11,000 what is needed to 134 00:10:11,080 –> 00:10:14,859 make us right with God and atonement and therefore why 135 00:10:15,380 –> 00:10:18,619 Jesus Christ came into the world now 136 00:10:18,619 –> 00:10:23,739 That’s where we’ve got to in the Bible story over these last weeks now today 137 00:10:24,460 –> 00:10:26,460 I’ve been looking forward to today 138 00:10:27,280 –> 00:10:29,280 Today, we’re going to see 139 00:10:30,500 –> 00:10:36,919 How the Atonement was accomplished and how it gets applied to us 140 00:10:37,979 –> 00:10:44,580 And I think this is one of my favorite chapters in the Old Testament Leviticus in chapter 16 141 00:10:44,580 –> 00:10:49,799 I hope you will come to love it today if you don’t love it already. I think it is the clearest 142 00:10:50,539 –> 00:10:53,859 visual aid in the entire Bible 143 00:10:55,440 –> 00:10:57,440 Now let me set the scene 144 00:10:58,619 –> 00:11:01,419 We saw it last week that God gave 145 00:11:02,640 –> 00:11:04,020 EXACT 146 00:11:04,020 –> 00:11:05,140 INSTRUCTIONS 147 00:11:05,140 –> 00:11:09,859 for making the tabernacle, which was this tent like structure 148 00:11:10,700 –> 00:11:14,799 To which God said his presence would come down 149 00:11:15,799 –> 00:11:21,599 At the center of this tent like structure that moved with the people called the tabernacle 150 00:11:21,619 –> 00:11:26,119 There was an area that was called the Most Holy Place 151 00:11:26,400 –> 00:11:31,799 It was screened off, of course by a very heavy curtain 152 00:11:32,340 –> 00:11:35,380 And in this inner area, this Most Holy Place 153 00:11:35,820 –> 00:11:40,460 there was the Ark of The Covenant that we looked at last week 154 00:11:40,500 –> 00:11:45,520 This wooden chest that was carried on poles 155 00:11:45,640 –> 00:11:49,659 that went through rings that were attached to the sides of it 156 00:11:51,020 –> 00:11:53,900 Now I want you just to try and picture this Ark of The Covenant 157 00:11:53,940 –> 00:11:56,400 because it’s important for understanding the story 158 00:11:56,440 –> 00:12:00,140 Imagine this box about 4 feet by 2 feet deep 159 00:12:01,080 –> 00:12:03,840 and on the lid of the box 160 00:12:03,960 –> 00:12:09,000 there are two golden figures like statues 161 00:12:09,520 –> 00:12:12,859 They are figures of cherubim 162 00:12:13,299 –> 00:12:15,820 that is, angelic figures 163 00:12:16,080 –> 00:12:17,700 that right at the beginning of the Bible 164 00:12:17,739 –> 00:12:19,299 we’ve met the cherubim before 165 00:12:19,340 –> 00:12:23,039 where they were associated with the judgment of God 166 00:12:23,080 –> 00:12:25,159 Remember it was the cherubim 167 00:12:25,320 –> 00:12:28,679 who were placed with a flaming sword 168 00:12:28,719 –> 00:12:31,359 When Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden 169 00:12:31,400 –> 00:12:32,760 they were placed at the entrance 170 00:12:32,799 –> 00:12:36,020 so that the sinful man and the sinful woman 171 00:12:36,059 –> 00:12:38,919 could no longer accessible the life of paradise 172 00:12:38,960 –> 00:12:41,539 that they had once enjoyed 173 00:12:41,960 –> 00:12:44,659 So cherubim, then, were always associated 174 00:12:44,700 –> 00:12:47,820 angelic figures, associated with the judgment of God 175 00:12:47,859 –> 00:12:50,159 the flaming sword, and here they are 176 00:12:50,400 –> 00:12:54,059 engraved, these statues that represent them 177 00:12:54,260 –> 00:12:59,099 on the lid of the Ark of the Covenant 178 00:12:59,140 –> 00:13:02,479 Now, between these two golden statues 179 00:13:02,599 –> 00:13:04,599 at one end or the other of the lid 180 00:13:04,760 –> 00:13:06,119 in the middle area 181 00:13:06,159 –> 00:13:07,780 there was an area on the lid 182 00:13:07,820 –> 00:13:11,820 that was known as the Mercy Seat 183 00:13:12,059 –> 00:13:13,580 the Mercy Seat 184 00:13:13,900 –> 00:13:17,340 and in Exodus, chapter 25, God says this 185 00:13:17,419 –> 00:13:20,979 there I will meet you 186 00:13:21,840 –> 00:13:24,559 and from above the Mercy Seat 187 00:13:24,739 –> 00:13:27,940 from between the two cherubim 188 00:13:28,320 –> 00:13:31,479 that are on the Ark of the Testimony 189 00:13:31,919 –> 00:13:33,039 I will speak with you 190 00:13:33,059 –> 00:13:34,380 so you see the description 191 00:13:34,380 –> 00:13:35,380 there are these two statues 192 00:13:35,380 –> 00:13:36,760 there’s the Mercy Seat on the lid 193 00:13:36,760 –> 00:13:37,559 in the middle 194 00:13:37,559 –> 00:13:39,859 and God says I will come down there 195 00:13:39,859 –> 00:13:41,679 and that’s the place where I’ll meet you 196 00:13:41,880 –> 00:13:43,400 right at the lid 197 00:13:43,559 –> 00:13:45,340 of the Ark of the Covenant 198 00:13:45,359 –> 00:13:47,200 that will be in the most holy place 199 00:13:47,200 –> 00:13:48,539 in this tent-like structure 200 00:13:48,539 –> 00:13:50,260 I’m going to come down 201 00:13:50,979 –> 00:13:52,419 and there I will meet with you 202 00:13:52,419 –> 00:13:53,700 and you remember how much the people 203 00:13:53,700 –> 00:13:56,520 longed that God would come to them again 204 00:13:56,659 –> 00:14:00,700 and longed to enjoy His presence 205 00:14:00,859 –> 00:14:03,859 now, one day in every year 206 00:14:04,039 –> 00:14:07,380 the Day of Atonement it was called 207 00:14:07,840 –> 00:14:09,479 the High Priest would go 208 00:14:09,500 –> 00:14:11,659 behind this heavy curtain 209 00:14:11,679 –> 00:14:14,700 into the most holy place 210 00:14:14,900 –> 00:14:16,400 and the Presence of God 211 00:14:16,400 –> 00:14:17,919 would indeed come down 212 00:14:17,940 –> 00:14:20,400 when a sacrifice was made 213 00:14:20,679 –> 00:14:22,900 look at Leviticus chapter 16 and verse 2 214 00:14:22,919 –> 00:14:24,440 he says the same thing again 215 00:14:24,640 –> 00:14:26,919 repeating what is in Exodus 25 216 00:14:27,260 –> 00:14:31,000 I will appear in the cloud 217 00:14:31,280 –> 00:14:34,260 over the mercy seat 218 00:14:35,440 –> 00:14:37,200 so this Day of Atonement 219 00:14:37,640 –> 00:14:38,799 when the Presence of God 220 00:14:38,799 –> 00:14:40,799 came down in the cloud 221 00:14:41,559 –> 00:14:42,900 to the mercy seat 222 00:14:42,900 –> 00:14:44,400 between the cherubim 223 00:14:44,400 –> 00:14:45,840 in the most Holy Place 224 00:14:45,840 –> 00:14:47,280 in the tabernacle 225 00:14:47,520 –> 00:14:50,159 this was of great, great importance 226 00:14:50,200 –> 00:14:51,479 in the Old Testament 227 00:14:51,479 –> 00:14:54,080 and it’s a huge significance for us 228 00:14:55,159 –> 00:14:56,119 very simply 229 00:14:56,960 –> 00:14:58,159 the Day of Atonement 230 00:14:58,159 –> 00:15:00,039 was like a great drama 231 00:15:00,679 –> 00:15:03,080 played out in five acts 232 00:15:03,080 –> 00:15:04,820 and I want you to try and picture this 233 00:15:04,820 –> 00:15:05,880 as best you can 234 00:15:06,200 –> 00:15:08,260 imagine it as if you were there 235 00:15:08,260 –> 00:15:09,239 act one 236 00:15:10,039 –> 00:15:12,359 the priest appears 237 00:15:13,520 –> 00:15:15,280 Now if you saw the High Priest 238 00:15:15,280 –> 00:15:16,719 on any normal day 239 00:15:17,280 –> 00:15:18,859 you would immediately have known 240 00:15:18,859 –> 00:15:21,179 that he was one of the most important people 241 00:15:21,179 –> 00:15:22,260 in the land 242 00:15:23,200 –> 00:15:25,359 because as we saw earlier in Exodus 243 00:15:25,359 –> 00:15:27,179 there were magnificent robes 244 00:15:27,179 –> 00:15:29,200 that were made for the High Priest 245 00:15:29,200 –> 00:15:29,880 that 246 00:15:29,880 –> 00:15:31,640 befitted the dignity 247 00:15:31,640 –> 00:15:33,239 and the distinction 248 00:15:33,239 –> 00:15:34,739 of the office 249 00:15:34,739 –> 00:15:36,219 that he held 250 00:15:36,460 –> 00:15:38,479 If you saw the High Priest 251 00:15:38,479 –> 00:15:39,460 normally 252 00:15:39,460 –> 00:15:40,359 it would be like 253 00:15:40,359 –> 00:15:42,599 in Britain seeing royalty 254 00:15:43,219 –> 00:15:44,679 on a state occasion 255 00:15:45,940 –> 00:15:48,539 but on this one day in the year 256 00:15:48,960 –> 00:15:50,719 the day of atonement 257 00:15:51,359 –> 00:15:55,400 the High Priest discarded his magnificent robes 258 00:15:56,179 –> 00:15:58,340 and appeared in public 259 00:15:59,599 –> 00:16:01,140 dressed simply 260 00:16:01,140 –> 00:16:03,659 in simple white cloth 261 00:16:03,659 –> 00:16:07,359 the kind of clothing that the lowest servant 262 00:16:07,359 –> 00:16:08,520 would wear 263 00:16:09,299 –> 00:16:10,419 that’s verse 4 264 00:16:10,419 –> 00:16:11,260 that was read for us 265 00:16:11,260 –> 00:16:12,760 He shall put on the holy linen coat 266 00:16:12,760 –> 00:16:13,479 and 267 00:16:13,479 –> 00:16:15,900 shall have the linen undergarment on his body 268 00:16:15,900 –> 00:16:18,679 he shall tie the linen sash around his waist 269 00:16:18,679 –> 00:16:20,380 and wear the linen turban 270 00:16:20,380 –> 00:16:21,739 these are the holy garments 271 00:16:21,739 –> 00:16:23,400 he shall bathe his body in water 272 00:16:23,400 –> 00:16:25,559 and then he shall put them on 273 00:16:26,739 –> 00:16:28,460 now I want you to imagine the scene 274 00:16:28,460 –> 00:16:29,859 crowds are out 275 00:16:29,859 –> 00:16:32,320 this is a community of two million people 276 00:16:32,320 –> 00:16:33,380 encamped 277 00:16:34,119 –> 00:16:36,119 and on this day of atonement 278 00:16:36,119 –> 00:16:37,580 everybody is gathering 279 00:16:37,580 –> 00:16:39,739 and here comes the High Priest 280 00:16:39,739 –> 00:16:41,739 and people are trying to get a position 281 00:16:41,739 –> 00:16:43,260 to be able to see him 282 00:16:44,440 –> 00:16:47,200 the man who holds the most dignified office 283 00:16:47,200 –> 00:16:48,299 in the land 284 00:16:48,320 –> 00:16:49,599 and on this one day in the year 285 00:16:49,599 –> 00:16:52,719 he is dressed as a common slave 286 00:16:53,719 –> 00:16:55,539 and the people are lining the route 287 00:16:55,539 –> 00:16:57,179 as he kind of makes his way 288 00:16:57,179 –> 00:16:58,539 to the tabernacle 289 00:16:58,539 –> 00:17:00,000 makes me think of a boxer 290 00:17:00,000 –> 00:17:01,099 coming into the ring 291 00:17:01,099 –> 00:17:02,940 you know the kind of environment 292 00:17:02,940 –> 00:17:04,739 as he makes his way to the ring 293 00:17:04,739 –> 00:17:05,900 for a prize fight 294 00:17:05,900 –> 00:17:07,339 it must have been something like that 295 00:17:07,339 –> 00:17:10,040 and he’s just draped in this 296 00:17:10,040 –> 00:17:11,719 plain 297 00:17:11,719 –> 00:17:13,079 white 298 00:17:13,079 –> 00:17:14,359 linen 299 00:17:14,359 –> 00:17:15,199 Act Two 300 00:17:16,020 –> 00:17:18,020 The Priest Prepares 301 00:17:18,160 –> 00:17:18,739 Verse Six 302 00:17:19,780 –> 00:17:21,319 Aaron shall offer the bull 303 00:17:21,319 –> 00:17:23,819 as a sin offering for himself 304 00:17:23,819 –> 00:17:27,619 and he shall make atonement for himself 305 00:17:27,619 –> 00:17:29,780 and for his house 306 00:17:30,939 –> 00:17:32,199 before the 307 00:17:32,199 –> 00:17:34,000 High Priest can offer 308 00:17:34,000 –> 00:17:36,079 a sacrifice for the sins of the people 309 00:17:36,079 –> 00:17:38,319 his priority is 310 00:17:38,319 –> 00:17:40,699 a sacrifice for his own sins 311 00:17:42,199 –> 00:17:44,540 So a bull is brought forward 312 00:17:44,540 –> 00:17:46,880 and slaughtered in public view 313 00:17:48,079 –> 00:17:50,579 and then Aaron takes some of the blood of the bull 314 00:17:50,579 –> 00:17:52,760 goes in behind this heavy curtain 315 00:17:52,760 –> 00:17:54,339 to the most holy place 316 00:17:54,339 –> 00:17:56,459 where the presence of God would come down 317 00:17:56,459 –> 00:17:59,339 and there Aaron sprinkles 318 00:17:59,339 –> 00:18:01,640 the blood of this bull 319 00:18:01,640 –> 00:18:03,300 on the mercy seat 320 00:18:03,300 –> 00:18:05,680 between the two cherubim 321 00:18:05,680 –> 00:18:07,599 this is what God commands him to do 322 00:18:07,599 –> 00:18:08,819 this must have made a very clear 323 00:18:08,819 –> 00:18:10,079 impression on the people 324 00:18:11,280 –> 00:18:13,420 Here’s this most dignified person in the land 325 00:18:13,420 –> 00:18:15,439 and what he’s clearly, publicly communicating 326 00:18:15,439 –> 00:18:18,660 is that I, myself, also need a sacrifice 327 00:18:19,920 –> 00:18:22,260 I have sins of my own 328 00:18:22,260 –> 00:18:23,640 and therefore I am in no position 329 00:18:23,640 –> 00:18:26,060 to deal with yours 330 00:18:26,060 –> 00:18:28,000 Act number three 331 00:18:28,000 –> 00:18:30,599 atonement is made 332 00:18:30,599 –> 00:18:33,099 the high priest then comes out of the tabernacle 333 00:18:33,099 –> 00:18:34,680 and the people see him again 334 00:18:34,680 –> 00:18:38,579 this was an extraordinarily dramatic day 335 00:18:38,579 –> 00:18:39,719 at this point 336 00:18:39,719 –> 00:18:43,359 two goats are brought forward 337 00:18:43,359 –> 00:18:44,660 one of them will live 338 00:18:44,819 –> 00:18:46,800 and one of them will die 339 00:18:46,800 –> 00:18:47,619 verse 8 340 00:18:47,619 –> 00:18:51,800 Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats 341 00:18:51,800 –> 00:18:54,920 one lot for the Lord 342 00:18:54,920 –> 00:18:57,079 and the other lot 343 00:18:57,079 –> 00:18:59,439 for Azazel 344 00:18:59,439 –> 00:19:01,219 now if you look at the footnote in the Bible 345 00:19:01,219 –> 00:19:04,380 you will see that Azazel 346 00:19:04,380 –> 00:19:05,640 means scapegoat 347 00:19:05,640 –> 00:19:09,400 so I will refer to it simply in that way 348 00:19:09,400 –> 00:19:10,640 verse nine 349 00:19:10,640 –> 00:19:14,040 Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell 350 00:19:14,439 –> 00:19:18,660 and use it as a sin offering 351 00:19:18,660 –> 00:19:21,359 so one of these goats is going to live 352 00:19:21,359 –> 00:19:23,079 one is going to die 353 00:19:23,079 –> 00:19:25,959 which is decided by lots 354 00:19:25,959 –> 00:19:29,160 and then let’s take it up in verse fifteen 355 00:19:29,160 –> 00:19:32,119 then Aaron shall kill the goat 356 00:19:32,119 –> 00:19:33,959 of the sin offering 357 00:19:33,959 –> 00:19:36,239 that is for the people 358 00:19:36,239 –> 00:19:39,800 and bring its blood inside the veil 359 00:19:39,800 –> 00:19:43,760 and do with its blood what he did with the blood of the bull 360 00:19:43,760 –> 00:19:47,619 sprinkling it over the mercy seat 361 00:19:47,619 –> 00:19:50,380 and in front of the mercy seat 362 00:19:50,380 –> 00:19:54,520 so having made this sacrifice sprinkling the blood 363 00:19:54,520 –> 00:19:58,520 on the mercy seat between the cherubim for himself 364 00:19:58,520 –> 00:20:01,359 he now brings in the blood of the goat and 365 00:20:01,359 –> 00:20:03,199 sprinkles its blood 366 00:20:03,199 –> 00:20:05,040 on the mercy seat 367 00:20:05,040 –> 00:20:11,020 in regards to the sins of the people 368 00:20:11,020 –> 00:20:15,079 God is teaching us in pictures here 369 00:20:15,079 –> 00:20:17,180 when you can draw this 370 00:20:17,180 –> 00:20:18,439 and some of you might find it helpful 371 00:20:18,439 –> 00:20:19,979 to attempt to draw just to get it 372 00:20:19,979 –> 00:20:21,780 sealed into your mind 373 00:20:21,780 –> 00:20:24,300 God is using pictures to teach us 374 00:20:24,300 –> 00:20:27,359 here’s this mercy seat 375 00:20:27,359 –> 00:20:30,300 and it’s a flat surface between these two figures 376 00:20:30,300 –> 00:20:33,959 that represent God’s judgment 377 00:20:33,959 –> 00:20:38,640 and the blood is being sprinkled in this place 378 00:20:38,640 –> 00:20:40,599 so you see what is being said 379 00:20:40,680 –> 00:20:42,560 when the blood is sprinkled 380 00:20:42,560 –> 00:20:45,020 it’s as if judgment and mercy 381 00:20:45,020 –> 00:20:48,520 are being brought together 382 00:20:48,520 –> 00:20:51,479 judgment demands a death 383 00:20:51,479 –> 00:20:53,979 as the penalty for sin 384 00:20:53,979 –> 00:20:56,939 and it is satisfied 385 00:20:56,939 –> 00:21:01,119 mercy offers forgiveness to the sinner 386 00:21:01,119 –> 00:21:03,660 and it is released 387 00:21:03,660 –> 00:21:05,060 and mercy is released 388 00:21:05,060 –> 00:21:08,280 in the place of judgment 389 00:21:08,739 –> 00:21:13,000 when the blood of a sacrifice 390 00:21:13,000 –> 00:21:14,819 is sprinkled 391 00:21:14,819 –> 00:21:16,239 now why does it have to be blood 392 00:21:16,239 –> 00:21:18,199 why this thing with blood 393 00:21:18,199 –> 00:21:20,119 here’s the answer 394 00:21:20,119 –> 00:21:22,959 back in the garden of eden 395 00:21:22,959 –> 00:21:25,459 God made it very clear 396 00:21:25,459 –> 00:21:28,760 that sin leads to death 397 00:21:28,760 –> 00:21:32,160 that is why blood was sprinkled 398 00:21:32,160 –> 00:21:33,500 on the mercy seat 399 00:21:33,500 –> 00:21:35,099 because blood indicates 400 00:21:35,099 –> 00:21:38,099 that a death has taken place 401 00:21:38,579 –> 00:21:41,660 and this is very important 402 00:21:41,660 –> 00:21:45,219 notice that it was not tears 403 00:21:45,219 –> 00:21:47,180 of repentance that got sprinkled 404 00:21:47,180 –> 00:21:48,979 on the mercy seat 405 00:21:48,979 –> 00:21:52,160 notice it was not the sweat 406 00:21:52,160 –> 00:21:54,000 of human effort to obey 407 00:21:54,000 –> 00:21:55,459 all of God’s commands 408 00:21:55,459 –> 00:21:57,400 the best effort you can put 409 00:21:57,400 –> 00:22:00,280 that sprinkled on the mercy seat 410 00:22:00,280 –> 00:22:02,260 no, the justice of God 411 00:22:02,260 –> 00:22:04,800 is satisfied 412 00:22:04,819 –> 00:22:08,979 and atonement is made 413 00:22:08,979 –> 00:22:11,359 not by our tears of repentance 414 00:22:11,359 –> 00:22:13,699 or by our best effort at obedience 415 00:22:13,699 –> 00:22:16,900 but by the shed blood of the sacrifice 416 00:22:16,900 –> 00:22:18,800 that is sprinkled 417 00:22:18,800 –> 00:22:21,459 so that justice is satisfied 418 00:22:21,459 –> 00:22:24,380 and mercy is released 419 00:22:24,380 –> 00:22:27,579 that is how atonement is made 420 00:22:27,579 –> 00:22:30,060 and it is taught to us in pictures 421 00:22:30,060 –> 00:22:31,119 right here 422 00:22:31,119 –> 00:22:34,760 justice, mercy, a death 423 00:22:35,219 –> 00:22:36,660 justice satisfied 424 00:22:36,660 –> 00:22:39,939 mercy, forgiveness released 425 00:22:39,939 –> 00:22:41,920 Act IV 426 00:22:43,280 –> 00:22:45,040 the priest has appeared 427 00:22:45,040 –> 00:22:46,400 the priest has prepared 428 00:22:46,400 –> 00:22:48,099 atonement has been made 429 00:22:48,099 –> 00:22:50,880 and now the day got really dramatic 430 00:22:50,880 –> 00:22:53,520 if you were standing in the crowd 431 00:22:53,520 –> 00:22:57,140 Act IV would without doubt have been the most dramatic part 432 00:22:57,140 –> 00:22:59,819 in the entire day of atonement 433 00:22:59,819 –> 00:23:03,359 Act IV is that sin is confessed 434 00:23:03,599 –> 00:23:05,000 so having sprinkled the blood 435 00:23:05,000 –> 00:23:07,000 on behalf of the people now 436 00:23:07,319 –> 00:23:10,319 the high priest comes out from behind the curtain again 437 00:23:10,319 –> 00:23:11,680 and the second goat 438 00:23:11,680 –> 00:23:13,459 the one that was to live 439 00:23:13,459 –> 00:23:16,439 the second goat is brought to him 440 00:23:16,439 –> 00:23:18,319 and the second goat is brought forward 441 00:23:18,319 –> 00:23:19,719 because there is something else 442 00:23:19,719 –> 00:23:23,619 something very wonderful that God has to teach his people 443 00:23:23,619 –> 00:23:24,780 verse 21 444 00:23:25,819 –> 00:23:30,839 Aaron shall lay both his hands 445 00:23:31,540 –> 00:23:35,800 on the head of the live goat 446 00:23:35,800 –> 00:23:39,400 and confess over it 447 00:23:39,400 –> 00:23:42,520 all the iniquities of the people of Israel 448 00:23:42,520 –> 00:23:46,719 and all their transgressions 449 00:23:46,719 –> 00:23:49,079 and all their sins 450 00:23:49,079 –> 00:23:51,180 how would you have liked to be charged 451 00:23:51,180 –> 00:23:54,160 with that responsibility? 452 00:23:54,160 –> 00:23:55,599 a live goat 453 00:23:55,599 –> 00:23:59,900 and you got to lay both hands on the head of the live goat 454 00:23:59,959 –> 00:24:01,640 and you have to 455 00:24:01,640 –> 00:24:06,160 no doubt with this goat kicking around and making a dreadful noise 456 00:24:06,160 –> 00:24:09,819 you have now to publicly confess 457 00:24:09,819 –> 00:24:11,520 all 458 00:24:11,520 –> 00:24:13,939 the sins 459 00:24:13,939 –> 00:24:16,880 of the people of Israel 460 00:24:16,880 –> 00:24:21,500 so that’s going to be one long prayer, right? 461 00:24:21,500 –> 00:24:26,420 now imagine yourself standing there and listening to and observing this 462 00:24:27,040 –> 00:24:30,819 here’s what you’re going to experience 463 00:24:30,819 –> 00:24:34,280 the High Priest lays hold of the head of the live goat and begin to pray 464 00:24:34,280 –> 00:24:37,439 Almighty God 465 00:24:37,439 –> 00:24:43,540 we confess our idolatry, we have loved your gifts more than we have loved you 466 00:24:43,540 –> 00:24:46,300 we confess our envy, we have seen what 467 00:24:46,300 –> 00:24:52,219 you have given to others and we have coveted it for ourselves 468 00:24:52,219 –> 00:24:55,300 Almighty God, we confess our anger 469 00:24:55,300 –> 00:24:58,599 have been short-tempered, we have been resentful because we have been so 470 00:24:58,599 –> 00:25:02,439 determined to have our own way 471 00:25:02,439 –> 00:25:06,439 O God, we confess our stealing, we have not lived up to the trust that others 472 00:25:06,439 –> 00:25:08,180 have placed in us 473 00:25:08,180 –> 00:25:12,500 we confess our lies, we have evaded the truth, we have exaggerated, we have 474 00:25:12,500 –> 00:25:17,680 deceived we have embellished and we have distorted 475 00:25:17,680 –> 00:25:20,339 and as his prayer goes on and on 476 00:25:20,339 –> 00:25:23,780 you’re saying to yourself, yeah that sins one of mine 477 00:25:23,780 –> 00:25:26,060 that said since one of mine 478 00:25:26,060 –> 00:25:29,020 that’s one of mine 479 00:25:29,020 –> 00:25:31,119 now look at what the bible says 480 00:25:31,119 –> 00:25:33,319 verse twenty-one 481 00:25:33,319 –> 00:25:37,739 AARON SHALL LAY BOTH HIS HANDS ON THE HEAD OF THE LIVE GOAT AND CONFESS OVER IT 482 00:25:37,739 –> 00:25:43,180 ALL THE INGRIDEES OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS, THEIR SINS 483 00:25:43,180 –> 00:25:47,739 AND HE SHALL PUT THEM 484 00:25:47,739 –> 00:25:51,160 ON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT 485 00:25:51,160 –> 00:25:52,239 take that in 486 00:25:52,239 –> 00:25:58,199 he’ll confess these sins, your sins, my sins 487 00:25:58,199 –> 00:26:01,260 AND PUT THEM ON 488 00:26:01,260 –> 00:26:05,560 THE HEAD OF THE GOAT 489 00:26:05,560 –> 00:26:09,900 when the high priest confessed the sins of the people 490 00:26:09,900 –> 00:26:12,859 with his hands laid on 491 00:26:12,859 –> 00:26:18,819 the head of the live goat, an act of transfer took place 492 00:26:18,819 –> 00:26:21,520 God made it to be so 493 00:26:21,520 –> 00:26:26,400 God moved the guilt of the sins that we’re being confessed 494 00:26:26,400 –> 00:26:31,400 onto the goat so that these sins that were the sins of the people 495 00:26:31,400 –> 00:26:35,920 were no longer on the people, they were on the goat 496 00:26:35,920 –> 00:26:39,300 that is one very guilty goat 497 00:26:39,300 –> 00:26:41,800 Are you following with me? 498 00:26:41,800 –> 00:26:44,420 I mean this is as visual as you could be 499 00:26:44,420 –> 00:26:47,400 you imagine standing and seeing this? 500 00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:51,599 Which takes us to Act 5 which is absolutely marvellous 501 00:26:51,599 –> 00:26:55,479 Guilt is removed, what happens next on the Day of Atonement 502 00:26:55,479 –> 00:26:56,479 is just glorious 503 00:26:56,479 –> 00:26:59,119 Look at verse 21 and 22 now 504 00:26:59,119 –> 00:27:03,000 He shall put them, that is the confessed sins 505 00:27:03,000 –> 00:27:04,099 on the head of the goat 506 00:27:04,099 –> 00:27:05,819 And what happens next 507 00:27:05,819 –> 00:27:11,439 sent it away into the wilderness 508 00:27:11,439 –> 00:27:13,319 by the hand of a man who is in readiness 509 00:27:13,319 –> 00:27:15,800 and the goat shall bear all their iniquities 510 00:27:15,800 –> 00:27:16,800 On itself 511 00:27:16,839 –> 00:27:21,880 To a remote area 512 00:27:21,880 –> 00:27:25,000 So, what God is communicating is this 513 00:27:25,000 –> 00:27:28,760 That the guilt of your sins 514 00:27:28,760 –> 00:27:33,040 through His atonement is lifted off you 515 00:27:33,040 –> 00:27:35,219 It is now being laid on the goat 516 00:27:35,219 –> 00:27:40,719 and the goat is now being taken away 517 00:27:40,719 –> 00:27:44,479 and a man who is appointed for the task 518 00:27:44,599 –> 00:27:47,280 is responsible for leading this goat 519 00:27:47,280 –> 00:27:51,040 Imagine having that job now 520 00:27:51,040 –> 00:27:53,780 and this man leads the goat 521 00:27:53,780 –> 00:27:56,099 away from the tabernacle 522 00:27:56,099 –> 00:27:57,079 Now there’s two million people 523 00:27:57,079 –> 00:27:58,760 so he has to go all the way through 524 00:27:58,760 –> 00:28:00,260 the entire encampment 525 00:28:00,260 –> 00:28:03,959 past the tents, down the gaps between them 526 00:28:03,959 –> 00:28:07,040 and then beyond the camp 527 00:28:07,040 –> 00:28:08,880 and then out into the desert 528 00:28:08,880 –> 00:28:09,920 and you watch 529 00:28:09,920 –> 00:28:11,479 everyone’s watching 530 00:28:11,479 –> 00:28:14,119 until he’s only a dot on the horizon 531 00:28:14,119 –> 00:28:17,859 and then you can’t see the goat at all 532 00:28:17,859 –> 00:28:20,959 It’s gone 533 00:28:20,959 –> 00:28:22,959 Now God is using this most 534 00:28:22,959 –> 00:28:24,959 powerful visual aid 535 00:28:24,959 –> 00:28:28,819 to teach us how he deals with our sin 536 00:28:28,819 –> 00:28:32,040 You need an atonement 537 00:28:32,040 –> 00:28:34,719 and here’s how it happens 538 00:28:34,719 –> 00:28:37,260 You’re going to need a high priest 539 00:28:37,260 –> 00:28:39,099 who will be prepared to lay aside 540 00:28:39,099 –> 00:28:40,760 his dignity and his honour 541 00:28:40,760 –> 00:28:43,040 and take the form of a servant 542 00:28:43,079 –> 00:28:46,780 in order to provide atonement 543 00:28:46,780 –> 00:28:48,760 That priest will need to be prepared 544 00:28:48,760 –> 00:28:50,339 because a man with his own sins 545 00:28:50,339 –> 00:28:52,500 cannot atone for the sins 546 00:28:52,500 –> 00:28:55,079 of others 547 00:28:55,079 –> 00:28:56,400 Atonement will be made 548 00:28:56,400 –> 00:28:59,420 by the shdding of blood 549 00:28:59,420 –> 00:29:00,699 and the justice of God 550 00:29:00,699 –> 00:29:03,280 will be satisfied by the laying down 551 00:29:03,280 –> 00:29:05,339 of a life and it is in this way 552 00:29:05,339 –> 00:29:07,400 that mercy that brings forgiveness 553 00:29:07,400 –> 00:29:11,439 and reconciliation will be released 554 00:29:11,619 –> 00:29:13,459 When your sin is confessed 555 00:29:13,459 –> 00:29:16,699 your guilt is transferred 556 00:29:16,699 –> 00:29:18,380 and when your guilt is transferred 557 00:29:18,380 –> 00:29:20,479 God will take it away 558 00:29:20,479 –> 00:29:22,520 It’s beautiful 559 00:29:22,520 –> 00:29:23,260 I don’t think that there could 560 00:29:23,260 –> 00:29:24,880 possibly have been a clearer 561 00:29:24,880 –> 00:29:27,339 or a more powerful visual presentation 562 00:29:27,339 –> 00:29:29,180 of the gospel than that 563 00:29:29,180 –> 00:29:29,719 and it’s right here 564 00:29:29,719 –> 00:29:32,500 in the book of Leviticus 565 00:29:32,500 –> 00:29:34,339 The five act drama 566 00:29:34,339 –> 00:29:35,900 of the day of atonement 567 00:29:35,900 –> 00:29:37,020 was like a preview 568 00:29:37,020 –> 00:29:40,640 or if you like it was a trailer 569 00:29:40,900 –> 00:29:41,660 showing us 570 00:29:41,660 –> 00:29:42,939 what God would do 571 00:29:42,939 –> 00:29:44,579 in the fullness of time 572 00:29:44,579 –> 00:29:45,380 at the very center 573 00:29:45,380 –> 00:29:46,599 of the Bible story 574 00:29:46,599 –> 00:29:48,520 when Jesus Christ 575 00:29:48,520 –> 00:29:49,839 came to fulfil 576 00:29:49,839 –> 00:29:51,119 what the day of atonement 577 00:29:51,119 –> 00:29:53,819 wonderfully illustrates 578 00:29:53,819 –> 00:29:56,280 and so just think about this with me 579 00:29:56,280 –> 00:29:58,560 How then was atonement accomplished 580 00:29:58,560 –> 00:30:00,400 and how is it applied? 581 00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:02,079 Act one Christ appears 582 00:30:02,079 –> 00:30:03,680 Jesus Christ is 583 00:30:03,680 –> 00:30:05,719 Our great high priest 584 00:30:05,719 –> 00:30:06,979 He’s the Son of God 585 00:30:06,979 –> 00:30:09,920 His glory is incomparable 586 00:30:09,920 –> 00:30:10,979 nor greater than 587 00:30:10,979 –> 00:30:13,119 the glory of splendid clothes 588 00:30:13,119 –> 00:30:14,859 He shared the glory of the Father 589 00:30:14,859 –> 00:30:17,800 before the world began 590 00:30:17,800 –> 00:30:20,760 But He discards the glory that is His 591 00:30:20,760 –> 00:30:22,560 and He is born and laid in a manger 592 00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:23,400 and guess what? 593 00:30:23,400 –> 00:30:27,800 He’s wrapped in strips of cloth 594 00:30:27,800 –> 00:30:29,660 just like the High Priest 595 00:30:29,660 –> 00:30:32,780 wrapped in strips of cloth 596 00:30:32,780 –> 00:30:35,660 Second Christ is prepared 597 00:30:35,660 –> 00:30:37,660 He lives the life that is different 598 00:30:37,660 –> 00:30:39,699 from anyone else who has ever lived 599 00:30:39,979 –> 00:30:41,680 from anyone else who in history 600 00:30:41,680 –> 00:30:43,579 ever had the name Priest or High Priest 601 00:30:43,579 –> 00:30:45,300 he did the Father’s will 602 00:30:45,300 –> 00:30:46,380 He fulfilled all the work 603 00:30:46,380 –> 00:30:48,040 that the Father gave Him to do 604 00:30:48,040 –> 00:30:49,339 He committed no sin 605 00:30:49,339 –> 00:30:52,579 and He needed no sacrifice for Himself 606 00:30:52,579 –> 00:30:55,359 Therefore, uniquely 607 00:30:55,359 –> 00:30:56,359 He could do what Moses 608 00:30:56,359 –> 00:30:57,579 and He could not do 609 00:30:57,579 –> 00:30:58,900 what no other High Priest 610 00:30:58,900 –> 00:31:01,500 was able to actually fulfill 611 00:31:01,500 –> 00:31:03,500 He had the perfect life 612 00:31:03,500 –> 00:31:06,739 that He was then able to lay down 613 00:31:07,739 –> 00:31:09,839 as the atonement for our sins 614 00:31:09,839 –> 00:31:11,839 Jesus Alone could do 615 00:31:11,839 –> 00:31:13,319 what the other High Priests 616 00:31:13,319 –> 00:31:17,119 could only ever illustrate 617 00:31:17,119 –> 00:31:18,579 That gets us to Act 3 618 00:31:18,579 –> 00:31:21,160 Jesus makes atonement 619 00:31:21,160 –> 00:31:23,099 After 3 years 620 00:31:23,099 –> 00:31:24,520 of His public ministry 621 00:31:24,520 –> 00:31:26,199 Jesus was arrested 622 00:31:26,199 –> 00:31:27,739 He was sentenced 623 00:31:27,739 –> 00:31:29,459 He was crucified 624 00:31:29,459 –> 00:31:30,459 And on the Cross 625 00:31:30,459 –> 00:31:32,599 He became the sacrifice 626 00:31:32,599 –> 00:31:34,800 of atonement for our sins 627 00:31:34,800 –> 00:31:38,800 His blood was shed 628 00:31:38,800 –> 00:31:40,619 the justice of a Holy God 629 00:31:40,619 –> 00:31:41,939 was satisfied 630 00:31:41,939 –> 00:31:46,219 and mercy was released 631 00:31:46,219 –> 00:31:47,280 He made atonement 632 00:31:47,280 –> 00:31:48,199 for our sins 633 00:31:48,199 –> 00:31:49,300 on the Cross 634 00:31:49,300 –> 00:31:50,280 opening the way 635 00:31:50,280 –> 00:31:52,060 for our sins to be forgiven 636 00:31:52,060 –> 00:31:53,140 for the blessing 637 00:31:53,140 –> 00:31:55,099 and for the presence of God 638 00:31:55,099 –> 00:31:57,020 to come back into 639 00:31:57,020 –> 00:31:59,979 the lives of people like us 640 00:31:59,979 –> 00:32:02,140 And that takes us to 641 00:32:02,140 –> 00:32:04,439 Act 4 642 00:32:04,439 –> 00:32:07,479 Which is where we confess our sins 643 00:32:07,479 –> 00:32:09,079 Remember there were two goats 644 00:32:09,079 –> 00:32:11,459 on the Day of Atonement 645 00:32:11,459 –> 00:32:12,459 One was sacrificed 646 00:32:12,459 –> 00:32:14,300 the other led into the desert 647 00:32:14,300 –> 00:32:16,579 why two? 648 00:32:16,579 –> 00:32:18,239 Because both these animals 649 00:32:18,239 –> 00:32:20,260 helped us to understand 650 00:32:20,260 –> 00:32:21,800 what it is that Jesus does 651 00:32:21,800 –> 00:32:22,880 for his people 652 00:32:22,880 –> 00:32:24,939 What Jesus does is so wonderful 653 00:32:24,939 –> 00:32:26,040 that no one picture 654 00:32:26,040 –> 00:32:27,380 is enough to cover it all 655 00:32:27,380 –> 00:32:29,239 You have to put the two pictures together 656 00:32:29,239 –> 00:32:30,540 to get the sense of it 657 00:32:30,540 –> 00:32:32,680 He sacrificed his own life 658 00:32:32,959 –> 00:32:35,239 as the sacrifice of atonement 659 00:32:35,239 –> 00:32:36,239 for our sins 660 00:32:36,239 –> 00:32:37,900 as he laid down his life 661 00:32:37,900 –> 00:32:41,359 on the Cross 662 00:32:41,359 –> 00:32:42,640 But then he does something else 663 00:32:42,640 –> 00:32:45,260 He’s the one who takes our sin 664 00:32:45,260 –> 00:32:48,660 away from us 665 00:32:48,660 –> 00:32:50,000 And this is where you have 666 00:32:50,000 –> 00:32:52,859 a part to play in this Drama 667 00:32:52,859 –> 00:32:55,680 my friend 668 00:32:55,680 –> 00:32:58,359 Just as the high priest 669 00:32:58,359 –> 00:33:00,699 laid both his hands 670 00:33:00,819 –> 00:33:04,140 on the head of the live goat 671 00:33:04,140 –> 00:33:05,300 and confessed the sins 672 00:33:05,300 –> 00:33:07,920 of the people 673 00:33:07,920 –> 00:33:10,819 God invites you 674 00:33:10,819 –> 00:33:13,380 to lay hold of Jesus Christ 675 00:33:13,380 –> 00:33:14,500 by faith 676 00:33:14,500 –> 00:33:15,500 That’s what faith does 677 00:33:15,500 –> 00:33:17,199 It lays hold of Jesus Christ 678 00:33:17,199 –> 00:33:18,140 trusting Jesus 679 00:33:18,140 –> 00:33:19,400 an act of faith 680 00:33:19,400 –> 00:33:20,719 in which you 681 00:33:20,719 –> 00:33:25,280 confess your sins to him 682 00:33:25,280 –> 00:33:27,500 And I am asking you this question today 683 00:33:27,579 –> 00:33:30,180 Have you done that? 684 00:33:30,280 –> 00:33:32,479 Christ, the perfect High Priest 685 00:33:32,479 –> 00:33:33,760 has appeared 686 00:33:33,760 –> 00:33:34,939 Atonement has been 687 00:33:34,939 –> 00:33:36,680 accomplished 688 00:33:36,680 –> 00:33:37,479 in his death 689 00:33:37,479 –> 00:33:38,500 the question is 690 00:33:38,500 –> 00:33:39,880 has the Atonement 691 00:33:39,880 –> 00:33:41,040 that he achieved 692 00:33:41,040 –> 00:33:42,560 been applied 693 00:33:42,560 –> 00:33:44,140 to your sins in particular 694 00:33:44,140 –> 00:33:45,400 and here’s how that happens 695 00:33:45,400 –> 00:33:47,300 You lay hold of Jesus Christ 696 00:33:47,300 –> 00:33:48,579 believing in him 697 00:33:48,579 –> 00:33:49,959 by faith you confess 698 00:33:49,959 –> 00:33:52,880 to him 699 00:33:52,880 –> 00:33:54,079 And that marvelous transfer 700 00:33:54,079 –> 00:33:54,920 takes place 701 00:33:54,920 –> 00:33:56,319 in which the guilt of your sin 702 00:33:56,319 –> 00:33:57,420 is no longer on you 703 00:33:57,420 –> 00:33:58,739 and it’s counted 704 00:33:58,739 –> 00:34:01,599 as being dealt with in 705 00:34:01,599 –> 00:34:02,760 what he accomplished 706 00:34:02,760 –> 00:34:03,780 in the Atonement 707 00:34:03,780 –> 00:34:07,219 there at the cross 708 00:34:07,219 –> 00:34:08,780 When faith lays it’s hand 709 00:34:08,780 –> 00:34:09,659 on Christ 710 00:34:09,659 –> 00:34:12,939 and confession is made 711 00:34:12,939 –> 00:34:14,600 guilt is transferred 712 00:34:14,600 –> 00:34:15,620 and you can know 713 00:34:15,620 –> 00:34:18,080 that your guilt 714 00:34:18,080 –> 00:34:20,320 and your sin 715 00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:21,120 was dealt with 716 00:34:21,120 –> 00:34:24,020 at the cross 717 00:34:24,020 –> 00:34:25,320 And then lastly 718 00:34:25,320 –> 00:34:26,199 what happens 719 00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:26,979 when your guilt 720 00:34:26,979 –> 00:34:28,479 really is taken 721 00:34:28,560 –> 00:34:29,439 it’s removed 722 00:34:29,439 –> 00:34:30,919 it’s transferred 723 00:34:30,919 –> 00:34:31,719 through faith 724 00:34:31,719 –> 00:34:33,040 in the Lord Jesus Christ 725 00:34:33,040 –> 00:34:34,320 who made atonement 726 00:34:34,320 –> 00:34:34,959 for you 727 00:34:34,959 –> 00:34:36,840 well the answer is 728 00:34:36,840 –> 00:34:39,620 our sins really are removed 729 00:34:39,620 –> 00:34:40,719 and that’s where I want you to get 730 00:34:40,719 –> 00:34:41,780 the glorious picture 731 00:34:41,780 –> 00:34:45,080 of Acts 5 732 00:34:45,080 –> 00:34:46,000 And if you know this verse 733 00:34:46,000 –> 00:34:47,419 from Psalm 103 734 00:34:47,419 –> 00:34:49,000 as far as the East 735 00:34:49,000 –> 00:34:50,560 is from the West 736 00:34:50,560 –> 00:34:53,439 so far has he 737 00:34:53,439 –> 00:34:55,860 removed our transgressions 738 00:34:55,860 –> 00:34:57,699 from us 739 00:34:59,439 –> 00:35:00,639 Imagine a person 740 00:35:00,639 –> 00:35:03,139 who is troubled 741 00:35:03,139 –> 00:35:06,719 by something that she has done 742 00:35:06,719 –> 00:35:09,139 it’s on her conscience 743 00:35:09,139 –> 00:35:12,439 she can’t get it out of her mind 744 00:35:12,439 –> 00:35:13,580 she wonders can God ever 745 00:35:13,580 –> 00:35:17,000 really forgive me 746 00:35:17,000 –> 00:35:18,280 I’m going to call her Sarah 747 00:35:18,280 –> 00:35:18,879 but you can put 748 00:35:18,879 –> 00:35:21,879 your own name in there 749 00:35:21,879 –> 00:35:23,800 imagine Sarah is in the crowd 750 00:35:23,800 –> 00:35:25,120 and she is 751 00:35:25,120 –> 00:35:26,520 watching the great drama 752 00:35:26,520 –> 00:35:27,899 of the day of Atonement 753 00:35:27,939 –> 00:35:28,919 and the next day she’s 754 00:35:28,919 –> 00:35:30,120 still struggling 755 00:35:30,120 –> 00:35:31,260 with her troubled conscience 756 00:35:31,260 –> 00:35:32,080 she has regrets 757 00:35:32,080 –> 00:35:33,100 over what she did 758 00:35:33,100 –> 00:35:34,100 and she just can’t seem 759 00:35:34,100 –> 00:35:36,620 to get beyond it 760 00:35:36,620 –> 00:35:37,419 and a friend comes 761 00:35:37,419 –> 00:35:40,500 and talks with her 762 00:35:40,500 –> 00:35:42,060 Sarah 763 00:35:42,060 –> 00:35:45,899 think about what you saw yesterday 764 00:35:45,899 –> 00:35:46,879 what happened when 765 00:35:46,879 –> 00:35:48,800 the high priest 766 00:35:48,800 –> 00:35:51,919 grabbed that goat by the head 767 00:35:51,919 –> 00:35:52,820 well, says Sarah 768 00:35:52,820 –> 00:35:56,459 he confessed our sins 769 00:35:56,459 –> 00:35:57,320 and did he confess 770 00:35:57,719 –> 00:35:59,120 your sin? 771 00:35:59,120 –> 00:35:59,699 oh yes 772 00:35:59,699 –> 00:36:01,399 he spoke my sin 773 00:36:01,399 –> 00:36:02,679 and I felt so ashamed 774 00:36:02,679 –> 00:36:05,080 when he did 775 00:36:05,080 –> 00:36:05,979 so, Sarah 776 00:36:05,979 –> 00:36:07,760 what happened then 777 00:36:07,760 –> 00:36:09,439 to your sin 778 00:36:09,439 –> 00:36:10,340 and to all the other sins 779 00:36:10,340 –> 00:36:13,719 that the high priest confessed 780 00:36:13,719 –> 00:36:15,100 well, they were laid 781 00:36:15,100 –> 00:36:16,719 on the goats head 782 00:36:16,719 –> 00:36:18,600 and what happened 783 00:36:18,600 –> 00:36:20,540 to the goat, Sarah? 784 00:36:20,540 –> 00:36:23,239 well, it was taken away 785 00:36:23,239 –> 00:36:24,280 we all followed it 786 00:36:24,280 –> 00:36:24,600 through the camp 787 00:36:24,600 –> 00:36:27,020 right to the very edge 788 00:36:27,060 –> 00:36:30,379 how far was it taken away, Sarah? 789 00:36:30,379 –> 00:36:31,899 I have no idea 790 00:36:31,899 –> 00:36:32,540 but it was further 791 00:36:32,540 –> 00:36:36,179 than I could even see 792 00:36:36,179 –> 00:36:39,139 can you see 793 00:36:39,139 –> 00:36:40,080 that your sins 794 00:36:40,080 –> 00:36:41,879 are laid on Jesus 795 00:36:41,879 –> 00:36:42,780 as you lay hold of 796 00:36:42,780 –> 00:36:46,260 him in faith? 797 00:36:46,260 –> 00:36:48,699 can you see 798 00:36:48,699 –> 00:36:50,560 that Jesus takes 799 00:36:50,560 –> 00:36:52,419 the sin that troubles you most 800 00:36:52,419 –> 00:36:55,939 so far away from you 801 00:36:56,080 –> 00:36:56,800 that it is no longer 802 00:36:56,800 –> 00:36:59,860 even in view? 803 00:36:59,860 –> 00:37:01,100 can you believe today 804 00:37:01,100 –> 00:37:02,679 that through the finished work 805 00:37:02,679 –> 00:37:04,899 of the Lord Jesus Christ 806 00:37:04,899 –> 00:37:06,439 your sin really 807 00:37:06,439 –> 00:37:07,639 is forgiven 808 00:37:07,639 –> 00:37:10,899 it’s not on you 809 00:37:10,899 –> 00:37:11,419 and your guilt 810 00:37:11,419 –> 00:37:14,560 has been removed 811 00:37:14,560 –> 00:37:15,780 God laid your sin 812 00:37:15,780 –> 00:37:16,760 on Jesus 813 00:37:16,760 –> 00:37:20,939 and he took it away 814 00:37:20,939 –> 00:37:21,739 and when you believe 815 00:37:21,739 –> 00:37:22,780 and when you confess 816 00:37:22,780 –> 00:37:23,919 God wants you to know 817 00:37:24,179 –> 00:37:26,340 that through the atoning work 818 00:37:26,340 –> 00:37:30,219 of Jesus Christ 819 00:37:30,219 –> 00:37:31,179 your sin really 820 00:37:31,179 –> 00:37:34,580 is forgiven 821 00:37:34,580 –> 00:37:35,340 and your guilt 822 00:37:35,340 –> 00:37:39,879 really is removed 823 00:37:39,879 –> 00:37:41,979 Father 824 00:37:41,979 –> 00:37:43,219 that’s so clear 825 00:37:43,219 –> 00:37:45,540 in your word 826 00:37:45,540 –> 00:37:47,840 we ask for your help 827 00:37:47,840 –> 00:37:49,219 to believe it 828 00:37:49,219 –> 00:37:52,879 and therefore to find peace 829 00:37:52,879 –> 00:37:53,699 and to find strength 830 00:37:53,919 –> 00:37:54,899 and to find hope 831 00:37:54,899 –> 00:37:58,120 and to find newness of life 832 00:37:58,120 –> 00:37:59,580 in Jesus Christ 833 00:37:59,580 –> 00:38:00,239 who loved us 834 00:38:00,239 –> 00:38:01,659 and gave himself for us 835 00:38:01,659 –> 00:38:03,780 we thank you 836 00:38:03,780 –> 00:38:06,360 that he made atonement 837 00:38:07,360 –> 00:38:08,739 and that the atonement 838 00:38:08,739 –> 00:38:10,939 that he made 839 00:38:10,939 –> 00:38:13,439 is really for us 840 00:38:13,439 –> 00:38:14,080 hear our prayers 841 00:38:14,080 –> 00:38:15,320 as we lift our hearts 842 00:38:15,320 –> 00:38:16,439 to you in thanksgiving 843 00:38:16,439 –> 00:38:18,699 and now come near 844 00:38:18,699 –> 00:38:20,439 around your table 845 00:38:20,439 –> 00:38:22,979 through Jesus Christ our Lord 846 00:38:22,979 –> 00:38:25,219 Amen