1 00:00:14,059 --> 00:00:17,359 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,100 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:34,460 --> 00:00:41,320 And life and the interesting thing about that is we have looked over the months and months 5 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:50,420 that we have been in the Old Testament. We find that we realize that, but the Israelites didn't 6 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:57,799 realize that God was the source of everything. They used to go off after other Gods. They 7 00:00:57,799 --> 00:01:04,680 were influenced by other tribes. They had their own greed and their own issues they dealt with, 8 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:12,439 and they never really learned the lesson. And we on the other side of life now, meaning Christendom, 9 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:20,340 we have that opportunity to understand what God really is. And you may think in your life 10 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:26,799 I often do as somebody gets up and talks and you evaluate, okay, well, Lord, I'm committed, 11 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:33,200 but you know, I have these impediments or Lord, I'm not worthy. And you know, I'm a kind of a 12 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:41,719 mechanical guy. I think of percentages, Lord, what percentage do I have that is for you? Am I 80% 13 00:01:41,719 --> 00:01:49,340 there? Am I 90% there? And I sold out 100%. And so we do these evaluations, but I would 14 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:57,519 encourage you and understand of what particular dilemmas you may face that God sees you as perfect. 15 00:01:58,219 --> 00:02:05,659 He loves you no greater than if you would be perfect. And for that, we thank the Lord because 16 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:13,400 of his love toward us. Our commitment, yes, is essential. It's part of the growth. It's part 17 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:22,780 of what we do. The experiences of life, the objectives, sometime comes in focus when we have 18 00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:28,819 obstacles in our way. We used to years ago pray for these obstacles to disappear. Well, 19 00:02:28,819 --> 00:02:36,120 now we understand that patience is something that's not easily learned. And that patience comes with 20 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:47,300 persecution, objectives, things in our life that kind of stall us sometimes not going forward, 21 00:02:47,699 --> 00:02:55,539 but there are lessons to learn and all that. If we are able, sometimes we can't look through these 22 00:02:55,539 --> 00:03:03,620 things and understand how God's working in them. And yet he loves us and he continues to abide in us. 23 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:13,699 So God is not an addition to our lives, but he is the source of our life. In Romans 24 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:25,159 11 36, it says from whom for from him and through him and to him are all things. So he 25 00:03:25,159 --> 00:03:34,080 is the center. So we have that as a opening verse and we understand that everything that exists in our 26 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:40,080 realm of influence and our activities in the creation, in the purpose of what our life is, 27 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:48,780 in the meaning and in the destiny of what he has for us and the fulfillment in him comes from him. 28 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:57,120 To place God at the center simply means this. It is to acknowledge that life has 29 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:05,240 all right. Okay. We'll turn you down. All right. That's my wife. Bring a loaf of bread home. 30 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,580 No, no, no, no, no. Okay. Just kidding. 31 00:04:11,379 --> 00:04:15,659 Well, I tell you a quick story as a side for that. One time I was at sharing and we were, 32 00:04:15,659 --> 00:04:20,839 we had little boys and I was waxing eloquent about something over the pulpit and I felt this 33 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,379 thing up my sleeve and I was working at it and I was talking here. I pulled out a sock 34 00:04:26,339 --> 00:04:32,019 and everybody started laughing. Well, this is neat. I mean, there was sock I caught up in there in 35 00:04:32,019 --> 00:04:38,779 the laundry. So there are embarrassing moments up here, things to keep you humble. So our place 36 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:47,240 in life is to acknowledge that life was never meant to revolve around me. And I think most of 37 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:55,019 us get that. But again, what of the percentage of you is committed and what percentage is not? 38 00:04:55,100 --> 00:05:03,660 I'll let you answer that. And then my destiny is rightly ordered. There is no random events that 39 00:05:03,779 --> 00:05:10,680 happen in our life. But as God opens the windows of blessing and the windows of opportunity to trust 40 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:19,660 him, I no longer define myself by success or failure or by approval or rejection. Now, 41 00:05:19,740 --> 00:05:25,699 that's a tough statement, you know, because everybody seeks to be recognized, wanted, 42 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:32,759 acknowledged, but yet the strength of our relationship in the Lord should be such that 43 00:05:32,759 --> 00:05:39,220 we don't have to look at that as part of the acceptance because God has accepted us. 44 00:05:40,060 --> 00:05:55,319 Uh-oh, excuse me. All right. Okay. And the idea of God being at the center, he shapes our life 45 00:05:56,239 --> 00:06:04,459 for a purpose. Life's no longer fragmented into sacred and secular spaces. Well, I'm going to do 46 00:06:04,459 --> 00:06:10,819 this now for me and over here, this is me, and then over here is my Christian. No, it's an 47 00:06:10,819 --> 00:06:19,160 amalgamation of the two. It's a continuum. And then my work, relationships, decisions, and desires 48 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:26,660 are offered back to him. We give those things because we understand that are a blessing to us 49 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:35,620 and we acknowledge that and we give them back to him as an offering. So understanding where the 50 00:06:35,620 --> 00:06:43,040 Israelites were, and again, we have talked about this from a sense of the secular, the sin 51 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,879 was atoned for through sacrifices, but ultimately it could never be forgiven until Christ came to 52 00:06:51,879 --> 00:06:58,860 this earth. So let's take a look at, again, everything else finds its proper place. There 53 00:06:58,860 --> 00:07:06,800 is joy, there is peace, and there is hope that we have. And that's notwithstanding. We don't 54 00:07:06,990 --> 00:07:13,490 qualify for that. It's given to us. We have to accept it and walk in it. And then finally in Acts 55 00:07:14,310 --> 00:07:23,790 1728, in him we live, we move, and we have our being. So there is a completeness that we have 56 00:07:24,370 --> 00:07:31,689 that can only be found in Christ. All right. So I'm not going to go through like I usually do 57 00:07:31,689 --> 00:07:36,509 and define the chapter. I'm just going to pick up the yellow lines. We're going to be talking 58 00:07:36,509 --> 00:07:45,290 about three feasts this evening in Numbers 29. The Feast of Tabernacles verses 1-6, basically it's 59 00:07:45,290 --> 00:07:51,589 the trumpets are blown to signal renewal and worship. Those are the key words. And the Day 60 00:07:51,589 --> 00:08:00,629 of Atonement is in the next set of verses 7-11. It's a solemn day of fasting and self-humbling. 61 00:08:01,350 --> 00:08:08,490 And then the Feast of Tabernacles, or some people call it the Feast of Booths in 12-38. It's a week 62 00:08:08,490 --> 00:08:15,810 long celebration of God's provision as seen in the wilderness. So we have different days that they 63 00:08:15,810 --> 00:08:21,670 do things. And then there's a solemnity at the end where there's a summary statement. So what 64 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:28,269 we're going to do is move into these festivals. And you can see here, I brought this chart up, 65 00:08:28,269 --> 00:08:34,669 you can see the various months of the year that we know versus the months and calendar 66 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:42,450 idea of the Jewish calendar as it sets out. And you'll notice down at the bottom, 67 00:08:42,669 --> 00:08:49,370 this is where we're going to major. It is in the sixth and seventh month that these three 68 00:08:49,370 --> 00:08:58,570 events take place. So a question that we would have, why was the seventh month the special high 69 00:08:58,570 --> 00:09:04,470 point of Israel's year? What do you think about that? Why was it so special to have? And you 70 00:09:04,470 --> 00:09:11,629 notice the dispersion around, but this was the high point. This was the analysis, the conviction, 71 00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:16,750 and the celebration. And so what's important about this month? 72 00:09:19,370 --> 00:09:22,769 What could possibly be? Yes. 73 00:09:24,429 --> 00:09:26,090 Was there harvest time? 74 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:31,470 Was there harvest time so they could take what they harvested and give it to the Lord? 75 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:39,090 That's the fulfillment of all the work that they've done all the months, right? So if we have a bad 76 00:09:39,090 --> 00:09:44,950 harvest, we don't yield much. We still go through the motions and all that. But harvest is the big 77 00:09:44,950 --> 00:09:53,090 thing. I mean, and this was the first fruits that God looked for in the harvest. So we have a 78 00:09:53,090 --> 00:09:59,289 situation where we are concentrating on what God's doing because it's harvest time. Again, 79 00:09:59,429 --> 00:10:05,690 any harvest is a time of celebration. I remember on my uncle's farm, three uncles had three farms, 80 00:10:05,809 --> 00:10:13,830 and when harvest time came, we used to go out and harvest the oats and harvest the 81 00:10:14,589 --> 00:10:20,730 grains and the grasses and make. Yeah, I was up there one time. I could hardly lift a bale of hay, 82 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:25,169 and a bale of hay is about 200 pounds. And I thought, why is that? My uncle could get up there 83 00:10:25,169 --> 00:10:30,470 and throw it on the wagon. But you know, you soon learn that harvest is in a very active time, 84 00:10:30,470 --> 00:10:36,830 and it's an active time of celebration. To give you an example of that, I was just looking at a 85 00:10:38,250 --> 00:10:43,090 video about walnuts. And I don't know how I fell across it. It's like Chris, 86 00:10:43,090 --> 00:10:49,830 when he comes across stuff, you get all entangled in it, right? And would you believe there are 60 87 00:10:49,830 --> 00:10:56,629 tons of walnuts collected by you and me as individuals out in the Ohio, Indiana area 88 00:10:56,629 --> 00:11:05,210 that are brought to shellers and providers of walnuts that actually, I think, accept process 89 00:11:05,669 --> 00:11:13,750 something like 70,000 tons of walnuts. So here we are, and there was a picture of all these people 90 00:11:13,750 --> 00:11:18,509 just going along by the road, picking up walnuts with their kids and so forth, and it was a 91 00:11:18,509 --> 00:11:22,909 celebration. And they'd come to the processing center. Well, they had flags there and balloons 92 00:11:22,909 --> 00:11:27,769 and everything. I thought, my gosh, you wouldn't think of this about walnuts. You know, we have 93 00:11:27,769 --> 00:11:31,570 them on our property at Meadowland. I'd kick them out of the way because of walking, and 94 00:11:31,570 --> 00:11:36,909 you could fall over them. But it's just something of the celebration that people tend to have 95 00:11:36,909 --> 00:11:44,470 when it is harvest time. So this is the setting that we have. So we'll go through the 96 00:11:45,730 --> 00:11:52,549 three of the settings here. First, the Feast of Trumpets, again, is the wake-up call, 97 00:11:53,110 --> 00:11:57,529 like God's appearing to his people. And the ultimate fulfillment of that, 98 00:11:57,529 --> 00:12:04,809 from our standpoint, is Christ's return and resurrection. And then the atonement 99 00:12:05,689 --> 00:12:13,350 is the cleansing and the judgment of sins. And for us, it's the final judgment and cleansing of 100 00:12:13,350 --> 00:12:21,649 all people. So there's a correlation of what was told and what was followed and where we're at 101 00:12:21,649 --> 00:12:27,269 in the congregation of the redeemed. And the tabernacle, the Feast of Tabernacles, 102 00:12:27,370 --> 00:12:33,490 is God dwelling with his people. We'll talk about each one of these. And this is the new creation. 103 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:40,389 God dwells with mankind. He dwells with us. So that's a breakdown of the three that we're 104 00:12:40,389 --> 00:12:44,789 looking at. Now, I'm going to do a little bit of review for some of you weren't here. We talked 105 00:12:44,789 --> 00:12:50,750 about these things. We're going to reiterate just about two pages. In the pagan nations of Greece 106 00:12:50,750 --> 00:12:58,870 and Rome, festivals were established by man to find favor with the deity, to prevent disasters which 107 00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:06,830 were accompanied by gluttonous eating, drunken brawls, and promiscuous acts. That's the way the 108 00:13:06,830 --> 00:13:13,269 Greeks and the Romans did it. The pagan prophets spoke against these festivals because of their 109 00:13:13,269 --> 00:13:21,149 outcomes. It was just a big free-for-all party. The Israelites, however, when they celebrated, 110 00:13:21,309 --> 00:13:28,909 were limited by the sanctity of the festival. God put out the requirements. And there was no 111 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:38,549 hint in the Bible of any orgies, wilderness, wildness, or promiscuous acts connected with 112 00:13:38,549 --> 00:13:45,870 these pagan festivals in the Near East. So it was different than what was expected. 113 00:13:46,470 --> 00:13:53,029 The biblical concept then, on the other hand, is the exact antithesis. Not only were there festivals 114 00:13:53,029 --> 00:14:00,750 commanded by God, and we covered that in previous chapters, but represented the Israelites 115 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:08,470 with the remembrance of his provision for them. Everything turns back. He wants everything 116 00:14:08,470 --> 00:14:15,549 to turn back to him, again, being the center. These celebrations then, where people were gathered 117 00:14:15,549 --> 00:14:23,009 in the temple, are testified by Isaiah which says this. The Lord's people will sing as they do 118 00:14:23,009 --> 00:14:28,710 when they celebrate a religious festival at night. The Lord is Israel's mighty rock, 119 00:14:29,090 --> 00:14:34,750 and his people will be as happy as they are when they follow the sound of flutes 120 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:43,389 to the mountain where he is worshiped. So there is a precedent there. So the rejoicings were for 121 00:14:43,389 --> 00:14:52,350 the whole community. That's where slaves, again, the commands are not forgotten by the Levites, 122 00:14:52,710 --> 00:14:59,129 the priests. They participated. The proselytes, the orphans, and the widows all participated 123 00:14:59,129 --> 00:15:08,230 in these festivals. So now a question that we may have. What motivates or what motivations lie 124 00:15:08,230 --> 00:15:15,009 behind these pagan festivals in Greece and Rome? What were the people trying to gain or avoid 125 00:15:15,610 --> 00:15:20,789 through them? What do you think that the ultimate desire was? So they had all these things. 126 00:15:21,590 --> 00:15:24,610 So why did they do them? Just for an occasion to get drunk? 127 00:15:26,370 --> 00:15:33,090 Were they trying to get attention from these Gods that they were supposedly worshiping? 128 00:15:33,250 --> 00:15:37,409 Okay, you're on the right path. So they got attention, but for what purpose? 129 00:15:39,669 --> 00:15:41,669 They got to increase their harvest and so forth. 130 00:15:41,850 --> 00:15:45,590 All right, that's okay. That's good for increase in harvest. 131 00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:49,429 Well, it's the same thing. They gain favor by the Gods for whatever they want. 132 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:55,490 Whatever particular God, there are numerous Gods. So I think it is each God for a particular 133 00:15:55,490 --> 00:15:56,389 The dozens of them. 134 00:15:56,509 --> 00:15:56,610 Yeah. 135 00:15:57,529 --> 00:16:03,190 So they wanted favor. All right, okay, let's take a look up here. This is what we have. 136 00:16:04,570 --> 00:16:15,009 We have a situation whereby we have pagans believing in Gods and they all thought that 137 00:16:15,009 --> 00:16:19,789 they were fickle and easily angered. That kind of goes along with what you said. 138 00:16:21,470 --> 00:16:27,470 And the festivals were designed to what? Gain favor from the Gods. We said that. 139 00:16:28,190 --> 00:16:36,970 Avoid disaster for the crops, famine, plague, natural calamities, and manipulate divine power. 140 00:16:38,049 --> 00:16:41,190 I hope that we don't all come to God for that. I don't think we do. 141 00:16:41,190 --> 00:16:48,330 But that's what they did. Offering rituals were meant to coerce the Gods into acting favorably 142 00:16:48,330 --> 00:16:55,669 for them so that they would have good harvest. So next question. How does worship driven 143 00:16:56,889 --> 00:17:04,109 by fear differ from worship rooted in the trust and obedience of God? What's the difference? 144 00:17:09,389 --> 00:17:14,529 So we know what worship is like here. We have a little bit of a window and understanding what 145 00:17:14,529 --> 00:17:20,309 the worship was there. All right, let me help you out. Fear driven worship then seeks to avoid 146 00:17:20,309 --> 00:17:27,710 punishment or disaster. I don't want to do that. I don't want that. So we're motivated to do it. 147 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:36,849 It is motivated by anxiety about an unpredictable deity or often focuses on rituals meant to appease, 148 00:17:36,990 --> 00:17:46,049 manipulate again, or bargain for favor. Now what's life like for us? Trust and obedience driven 149 00:17:46,049 --> 00:17:57,109 worship flows from the confidence in a faithful and revealed God. It is not an attempt to control 150 00:17:57,109 --> 00:18:05,630 God, but a joyful response to who he is and what he's done for everyone. That's so clear cut. It's 151 00:18:05,630 --> 00:18:12,170 so pure in the sense of what real worship is. There's nothing in the back of your mind when 152 00:18:12,170 --> 00:18:17,490 we come together on Sundays, when you are in your tabernacle, in the car that you drive, 153 00:18:17,549 --> 00:18:24,289 when you're at home doing your devotions and you worshiping. Yes, there are needs that we have. 154 00:18:24,289 --> 00:18:31,329 And the Lord wants to be our burden bearer, but we don't come to him and try to manipulate 155 00:18:32,210 --> 00:18:43,170 to get what we want. It is a situation whereby we see him, we trust him, and we give to him that 156 00:18:43,170 --> 00:18:51,470 worship because he deserves it. Then how can how can worship remain joyful while still relevant 157 00:18:51,470 --> 00:19:06,509 and holy? How does that equation work? Gail? Because we're joyful because of who God is. 158 00:19:07,410 --> 00:19:13,470 So that's going to keep us reverent and holy because we're just praising him for who he is 159 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:19,190 and worshiping him for who he is and what he's done. All right. Okay, how about this? 160 00:19:23,210 --> 00:19:33,009 Again, when we keep things God-centered rather than emotional-centric. I've been into churches. 161 00:19:33,309 --> 00:19:40,269 There was one church that I was sharing with over in the Ukraine when I had a special assignment 162 00:19:40,269 --> 00:19:48,609 over there for our college, and we used to go out on weekends and preach. And I will tell you, 163 00:19:49,329 --> 00:19:55,029 it was like confusion. I got up and there was people running around the whole place and 164 00:19:55,029 --> 00:20:03,750 screaming and yelling. I thought, oh, Lord, how can I get my attention on you? And I did. I worked 165 00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:09,990 through it, but it was chaos. There was not order there. And I'm not saying everything has to be 166 00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:17,490 quiet and pompous, but I'm saying that God is a God of order and not emotionally driven. 167 00:20:17,490 --> 00:20:26,430 And then when worship leads to obedience, that's where we're at. Okay. If these festivals are not 168 00:20:26,430 --> 00:20:32,049 secular then that we're talking about these three, what are they? Well, first of all, 169 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:38,309 God requires purity. He wants our attention. He wanted their attention. He commanded them to 170 00:20:38,309 --> 00:20:44,430 purify themselves before the time of their celebrations because he doesn't commune 171 00:20:44,430 --> 00:20:51,369 and dwell with sin. So now there's separation and he wants them to be pure so that they can 172 00:20:51,369 --> 00:20:59,670 fellowship. Okay. That's the first one. The second one is he commanded the sacrifice of a sin offering 173 00:21:00,430 --> 00:21:05,170 and he warned the people to stop sinning. In other words, give the sacrifice, stop sinning, 174 00:21:05,349 --> 00:21:11,150 do better, and walk the life that I have given you. And obviously we know that that didn't work. 175 00:21:11,150 --> 00:21:18,430 That's why we live in the New Testament to begin with. Second, when they gathered at the temple to 176 00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:26,890 participate in hymns, prayers, sacrifices so that the place, the site, and the service 177 00:21:26,890 --> 00:21:35,490 would influence the sight and the hearing with a spirit of reverence to God. What's that sound 178 00:21:35,490 --> 00:21:42,190 like? That sounds like what we have on Sunday, right? I mean, you ever get lost in worship Sunday 179 00:21:42,190 --> 00:21:48,190 morning here and you open your eyes and people are enjoying the Lord. There's singing. There's 180 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:56,990 worship. You're hearing the corporate body of Jesus Christ, the church, participate in worship. 181 00:21:57,390 --> 00:22:04,349 That's edifying and lifting up. So that's what another cause was. These feasts repaired 182 00:22:04,349 --> 00:22:13,269 the divide between the perfection of God on one hand and man's fallen image and posture on the other 183 00:22:13,269 --> 00:22:21,930 because of why. Original Adam and Eve sin. And look what happens now. We had communion in the garden. 184 00:22:22,609 --> 00:22:29,170 There was judgment because they didn't listen. There was then separation where he told the woman 185 00:22:29,170 --> 00:22:33,250 in childbirth that there would be difficulty and the man in the field would have all kinds of 186 00:22:33,250 --> 00:22:38,509 weeds. There was rebellion and now there is redemption. So we're on the other side of that. 187 00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:47,470 Okay. So the Feast of Tabernacles looks like this. We have different categories, 188 00:22:47,650 --> 00:22:52,269 Old Testament offering, meaning for Israel, the fulfillment in Christ, and the meaning for 189 00:22:52,269 --> 00:22:57,710 Christians today. So again, the trumpets blast. That was part of it. That's a wake-up call. 190 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:04,049 Christ's call to repentance and readiness is what he wants from us. And then what we 191 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:13,269 want to do out of that is live, alert, expectant, and spiritually awake. That's what our goal is. 192 00:23:14,049 --> 00:23:20,009 Now the burnt offerings that were part of the Feast of Tabernacles. Again, total surrender, 193 00:23:20,809 --> 00:23:26,849 giving them what was required. The priest, again, would then work on their behalf. 194 00:23:28,509 --> 00:23:33,910 Then where it is fulfillment in Christ is Christ's full offering of himself, 195 00:23:35,609 --> 00:23:44,950 not of bulls, not of goats, but of himself. And then that offers ourselves as living sacrifices. 196 00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:49,910 That's what we do. We want to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to him. 197 00:23:50,549 --> 00:23:57,269 Then the sin offering, which was participated in cleansing from impurity. Christ removes the sin, 198 00:23:58,170 --> 00:24:02,529 which is the fulfillment in Christ. And the meaning for Christians today is repentance, 199 00:24:03,369 --> 00:24:10,950 holiness, and renewed conscience. We remember we talked about that some longer periods of time. 200 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:17,390 The grain and drink offerings were gratitude and provision. Christ is the bread of life, 201 00:24:17,529 --> 00:24:22,309 coming over to the new side of the new covenant, and worship filled with thanksgiving. And that's 202 00:24:22,309 --> 00:24:29,970 what we participated in. And lastly of the sacred assembly, they gathered to seek God, 203 00:24:31,249 --> 00:24:41,750 and the church is, not as, is his gathered people. And the commitment is united in worship 204 00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:49,269 and obedience. So that kind of fulfills the Feast of Trumpets. So now let me ask a question. 205 00:24:49,910 --> 00:24:57,470 Why do we think God chose a trumpet blast that's so far blessed, rather than a feast meal 206 00:24:58,029 --> 00:25:07,450 as this central figure for this day? Why was that? What historical perspective did we have? 207 00:25:08,130 --> 00:25:19,390 Do we have? Yes. Yeah, Isaac being offered up by Abraham. Okay. Yeah, with the horn, with the 208 00:25:20,029 --> 00:25:25,849 ram that was caught in the bush. Okay, you're warm, you're getting there a little bit further. 209 00:25:25,849 --> 00:25:33,490 All right, how about this? It means to awaken or summon, indicating a season of self-examination 210 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:39,450 leading to the day of atonement. So there's a whole lot of things such as the one Chris gave us 211 00:25:39,450 --> 00:25:46,029 about the meaning of waking up and the understanding of who we use. All right, 212 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:52,210 second question. How does the trumpet imagery relate to Christ's return and the resurrection 213 00:25:52,210 --> 00:25:58,490 of the dead? How might that look like? What does that look like? Gail? It's like a heralding 214 00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:04,450 of his coming. Yes, look at the scripture up there. What does it say? Lord himself will descend 215 00:26:04,450 --> 00:26:08,410 from heaven with a shout and the voice the archangel with the trumpet of God. Yeah. 216 00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:15,849 I was also thinking about when they circled around that city of Jericho. Yes. And blowing 217 00:26:15,849 --> 00:26:19,730 the trumpets at the end. Yeah, that's right. And the walls came tumbling down. 218 00:26:19,730 --> 00:26:27,089 So there is a declarative in all that. All right. The trumpet signifies divine authority 219 00:26:27,089 --> 00:26:33,630 and kingship. As Christ's return, the trumpet declares that Jesus reigns openly and finally. 220 00:26:35,630 --> 00:26:43,750 What is now confessed by faith will then be revealed by sight. Isn't that wonderful? The trumpet marks 221 00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:51,470 a moment in the transformation of the whole kingdom of God from faith to sight for us who 222 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:58,150 believe in him. Isn't that wonderful that we have that? Okay. Let's look at the Day of Atonement, 223 00:26:58,349 --> 00:27:04,809 the second feast. The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, is the holiest day of the 224 00:27:04,809 --> 00:27:10,849 Jewish calendar. It's observed in the 10th day of Tishra following the Feast of Tabernacles. 225 00:27:10,849 --> 00:27:15,230 Remember, we saw that. It was just right in that small period on that graph. 226 00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:23,210 Again, the primary focus is the Atonement of sins and the renewal of one's relationship with God. 227 00:27:24,029 --> 00:27:29,369 So we have the attention. We're looking up. We're waiting. And now he's asking us to, 228 00:27:29,369 --> 00:27:34,869 what, to bring Atonement for the sins that we have. The high priest entered the Holy of 229 00:27:34,869 --> 00:27:39,930 Holies to make Atonement for all the people. We know the story. The bull was sacrificed. 230 00:27:40,490 --> 00:27:46,490 The two groats, one of which was sacrificed, the other one, hands were laid on, and the goat 231 00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:53,410 was, again, told to leave the camp or pulled out of the camp and walked out in the wilderness 232 00:27:53,410 --> 00:28:02,670 as our sins left. Uh-oh. Okay. All right. Okay. So question. As it relates to sin, 233 00:28:02,930 --> 00:28:07,970 what is wrong with this picture? What we talked about. What's missing there? 234 00:28:08,690 --> 00:28:09,869 Is the obvious. 235 00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:23,490 Is there satisfaction of sin? No. No. What brings the satisfaction, the completeness of redemption? 236 00:28:24,809 --> 00:28:31,329 Yeah, of the blood of Jesus. Hebrews 4.10, it is impossible for the blood of bulls and 237 00:28:31,329 --> 00:28:36,750 goats to take away sins. All they were ever doing is being reminded how bad they were. 238 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:41,089 You got to bring the sacrifices. How'd you like to live back then? 239 00:28:42,009 --> 00:28:44,569 Getting beat on the head all the time. That's what I think. 240 00:28:46,230 --> 00:28:55,910 This shows that the sacrifices symbolically covered sin, but could not fully remove it. 241 00:28:56,250 --> 00:29:00,470 That's the big difference. Aren't you glad you're on this side of Calvary? 242 00:29:01,430 --> 00:29:07,869 And then last, the atonement addressed the separation from God caused by sin, but not its removal. 243 00:29:09,069 --> 00:29:17,109 Praise the Lord that he came and he removed all of our sins. Now, the atonement versus 244 00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:23,990 the removal of sin. Let's talk about the two. The atonement rituals foreshadowed the ultimate 245 00:29:24,549 --> 00:29:29,329 atonement through Jesus Christ. We said that. The high priest sprinkled the blood. We talked 246 00:29:29,329 --> 00:29:35,190 about that. To cleanse the sanctuary, to atone for the sins, to cover the sins. And God only 247 00:29:35,809 --> 00:29:43,049 covered their sins, which had to be repeated again and again and again, unlike our relationship 248 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:51,950 where he forgave us all of our sins. He removed them as far as the east is from the west, 249 00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:57,210 once and for all. So God gave us and took away our sins by what? 250 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:03,369 His sacrificial death, which was complete, it wasn't locking in anything, 251 00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:09,210 and the permanent removal of our sins. Not for a year, not for two years, not that we have to go 252 00:30:09,210 --> 00:30:19,009 back, but permanently. As high priest, he confessed the sins of the nation over the scapegoat, 253 00:30:19,170 --> 00:30:24,309 identifying Israel's failings and seeking forgiveness. So now the question isn't that. 254 00:30:24,309 --> 00:30:29,130 What might be the significance of the atonement to us as Christians? 255 00:30:30,589 --> 00:30:37,369 I think we said it. Jesus will judge all people. Everyone will be judged. 256 00:30:38,849 --> 00:30:43,390 Thank goodness that we're on this side of Calvary. What about those people that we pray 257 00:30:43,390 --> 00:30:49,829 for that don't know the Lord? They will be judged also. It's a harsh reality to think that 258 00:30:50,990 --> 00:30:56,829 at some point in time there is a white throne judgment that will bring about the evidence of 259 00:30:56,829 --> 00:31:03,390 people's lives and be judged accordingly in First Peter four five, but they will have to give an 260 00:31:03,390 --> 00:31:11,450 account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. All right, let's not be afraid of 261 00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:17,630 judgment. Let's make a thought process out of this. For Christians, God's judgment is a moment 262 00:31:17,630 --> 00:31:24,250 to embrace his justice and mercy for all that has gone before us rather than fear of punishment 263 00:31:24,250 --> 00:31:31,509 because of what he did. It is a confirmation to the believer that there is hope and faith in Jesus. 264 00:31:32,369 --> 00:31:39,529 Finished work. Second Corinthians five ten says for we for we must all appear before the judgment 265 00:31:39,529 --> 00:31:47,529 seat of Christ so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body 266 00:31:47,529 --> 00:31:55,250 whether it is good or bad. Revelation 20 verse 12 and I saw the dead, the great, the small, 267 00:31:55,589 --> 00:32:01,130 standing before the throne and books were opened. This is judgment day. Another book was opened 268 00:32:01,130 --> 00:32:05,690 which is the book of life and the dead were judged according to what they had done 269 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:13,109 as recorded in the books. Matthew 25 21 well done good and faithful servant that's where we come in 270 00:32:13,109 --> 00:32:18,690 enter into the joy of your of your reward. This verse describes what the final judgment and the 271 00:32:18,690 --> 00:32:26,150 accountability of each and every individual. And then Matthew 25 31 through 46 I kind of compiled 272 00:32:26,150 --> 00:32:32,710 them. Jesus speaks of separating the righteous which are the sheep from the unrighteous which are 273 00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:39,549 the goats. Very interesting how at the end of the day there is a division there's no division now 274 00:32:39,549 --> 00:32:44,950 there's people that go to church yes like us we assemble there are other people that do not 275 00:32:44,950 --> 00:32:49,730 there's no great division it's all humanity but it's someday there's going to be a divide 276 00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:58,670 separating those that are in Christ against those that are not his own. These verses show 277 00:32:58,670 --> 00:33:04,069 us that the people are accountable to God for their actions and will face judgment accordingly. 278 00:33:05,509 --> 00:33:10,930 All right so here we have the feast of the tabernacle let me see how we're doing on time 279 00:33:10,930 --> 00:33:16,490 7 36 that's good all right the feast of tabernacles also known as the feast of booths. 280 00:33:17,269 --> 00:33:23,170 Now what's the booth all about well we'll explain that it's a joyful significant biblical feast 281 00:33:23,170 --> 00:33:31,990 it's a time now of celebration as we celebrate Sunday morning in our closet in our car it 282 00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:37,190 communicates it commemorates God's provision and practice during the Israelites journey through 283 00:33:37,190 --> 00:33:43,269 the wilderness and after their exodus from Egypt. It begins in the 15th month of Terish 284 00:33:43,269 --> 00:33:50,250 typically in September or October again that type of harvest that we talked about and lasts 285 00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:54,390 for seven days followed by an additional sacred assembly on the eighth day. 286 00:33:55,410 --> 00:34:02,829 Okay so what's that look like families construct temporary shelters or booths out of palm leaves 287 00:34:02,829 --> 00:34:08,269 and so forth made with branches and leaves decorated with fruit and symbols of harvest and 288 00:34:08,269 --> 00:34:15,090 they actually live in those for that period of time everyone sleeps in the booth symbolizing 289 00:34:15,090 --> 00:34:21,590 their dependence on God again remember how he always brings them back to his provision 290 00:34:21,590 --> 00:34:28,949 he always brings them back to where he wants them to be it's like us I mean we can go and 291 00:34:28,949 --> 00:34:35,409 do our things and God brings us back oh you know through our the spirit working in our conscience 292 00:34:35,409 --> 00:34:43,469 yeah coming back to the Lord in the various aspects of our busy lives and then the first 293 00:34:43,469 --> 00:34:50,010 and eighth day were observed as sacred assemblies focusing on worship offering sacrifices and waving 294 00:34:50,010 --> 00:34:58,510 palm branches and symbolic worship before the Lord and then question what may be the significance of 295 00:34:58,510 --> 00:35:05,889 the feast of tabernacles to us as Christians what might that look like again it's a time of joy 296 00:35:05,889 --> 00:35:09,650 it's a time of celebration and equate that to 297 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:13,150 the 298 00:35:15,870 --> 00:35:22,949 Jesus will dwell among us as king he range with righteousness and truth when he dwells among us 299 00:35:22,949 --> 00:35:29,150 think about that we have faith to believe that he's with us and innocent around us 300 00:35:29,150 --> 00:35:33,750 but at some point in time we will see him he will dwell within our midst 301 00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:39,769 that's just such a wonderful aspect of Christianity that we have yet to to experience 302 00:35:40,469 --> 00:35:45,489 so the feast of tabernacles broken down like this is the tabernacle purpose 303 00:35:45,489 --> 00:35:53,250 is thanksgiving for provision what is the fulfillment in Christ Christ is the bread 304 00:35:53,250 --> 00:35:59,869 of life and the meaning to us as believers God is still our provider we don't assume anything 305 00:35:59,869 --> 00:36:06,389 we thank him for all the things that he gives us and they were to remember God's care what's 306 00:36:06,389 --> 00:36:13,949 that translated into in Christ Christ shepherds his people and for us we depend on him daily 307 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:19,690 not to thank him and walk your own way and come back when you're in need 308 00:36:19,690 --> 00:36:29,449 but to thank him in communion and keeping that relationship warm and close not sporadic and 309 00:36:29,449 --> 00:36:37,269 cold and hot God dwelling among his people God again tabernacled among us that's what the 310 00:36:37,269 --> 00:36:42,650 scripture says and then God's presence is now in us think about that 311 00:36:44,609 --> 00:36:53,829 Israelites never had that they had the presence of God in the tabernacle in the temple and that's 312 00:36:53,829 --> 00:37:04,030 where they went but as we go in our life we take the Lord with us he indwells us and then joyful 313 00:37:04,030 --> 00:37:11,170 worship the Holy Spirit produces joy and then worship is a celebration that we have Sunday mornings here 314 00:37:11,170 --> 00:37:17,929 as we worship together and the hope of the future kingdom God will reign on the earth 315 00:37:17,929 --> 00:37:28,329 and we wait we anxiously wait for his return all right let's equate these three things that we've 316 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:38,090 talked about the feast with Christmas and I forgot my Bible I was going to read a passage but 317 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:46,789 we'll have to do without that if any one of you wants to read about Mary and when they were 318 00:37:46,789 --> 00:37:57,929 beckoned to go to Bethlehem and she bore the child in a manger the animals were there 319 00:37:58,570 --> 00:38:05,610 the the wise men were there and the shepherds were there we could close with that but if 320 00:38:05,610 --> 00:38:12,190 the feast of tabernacles in other words is what God speaks that's what he does 321 00:38:15,029 --> 00:38:23,110 yes Christmas is God's announcement through angels proclaiming to the shepherds good news 322 00:38:23,110 --> 00:38:29,989 of great joy functioning like a heavenly so far see there again that's that 323 00:38:29,989 --> 00:38:36,269 declaration that we talked about and then Christ's birth is God's announcement that the king has 324 00:38:36,269 --> 00:38:43,449 arrived and salvation has begun not to cover the sins not to remind you that you're a sinner 325 00:38:43,449 --> 00:38:49,670 but to take away your sins and live a life of fulfillment with him and the feast of 326 00:38:49,670 --> 00:38:58,329 atonement God saves so first he speaks then he saves Christmas is the beginning of that 327 00:38:58,329 --> 00:39:06,869 announcement Christ must be born in order to die for humans so he took on flesh that's a tough thing 328 00:39:06,869 --> 00:39:13,550 to get your mind around Christmas answers the question of Yom Kippur which always raises this 329 00:39:13,550 --> 00:39:22,150 how can sinful people dwell with the holy God they can't and so he made that provision for us 330 00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:29,429 that we can Christmas proclaims God has provided his own sacrifice once and for all that we're 331 00:39:29,429 --> 00:39:37,809 part of his kingdom forever and ever and then the feast of tabernacles is God dwelling among us 332 00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:47,269 God speaks God saves God dwells if you remember that you've learned a lot about the the feasts 333 00:39:47,269 --> 00:39:53,030 that we have talked about over the past couple of weeks Christmas is the fulfillment of tabernacles 334 00:39:53,030 --> 00:40:00,829 God dwelling with his people not in a tent but in flesh isn't that wonderful and Christmas 335 00:40:00,829 --> 00:40:09,369 declares that God is one with his people Matthew 123 Emmanuel equals God be with us or God with us 336 00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:18,789 so Christmas now marks the most astonishing thing that has ever happened as this moment of 337 00:40:18,789 --> 00:40:26,730 redemptive activity comes to earth it's the most significant thing you know I don't know 338 00:40:26,730 --> 00:40:35,449 where you're at but it's hard for me to define which holiday or which commemorative period of 339 00:40:35,449 --> 00:40:41,769 time I like better is it Easter because he's risen or is it because he was born I always in my mind go 340 00:40:41,769 --> 00:40:47,829 over that I'm kind of inclined the fact that Easter is the finality of everything I mean it's now 341 00:40:47,829 --> 00:40:53,750 that he he lived the life as a servant he comes back as a king he was crucified and now he's 342 00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:59,949 living isn't that wonderful forever and ever and then God entered his own creation he came down to 343 00:40:59,949 --> 00:41:04,190 us you know we didn't have to go up to him we don't have to go to a tabernacle 344 00:41:05,089 --> 00:41:10,269 we don't have to go over to Jerusalem spend money to go over there and travel 345 00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:16,350 give gifts he's down with us I'll get out of your way here 346 00:41:18,789 --> 00:41:23,730 Christmas is then the proof that God saw human beings suffering 347 00:41:24,809 --> 00:41:33,210 the appropriate time in history where he realized he knew the beginning from the end that it was time 348 00:41:33,210 --> 00:41:40,230 for him to come the confusion of the Roman Empire suppressing his chosen people the burdensome of 349 00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:46,429 taxes and the fighting among the priests as we saw now is the time that I'll come in confusion 350 00:41:46,429 --> 00:41:53,590 and he entered the human darkness and God continues to keep his promises on our behalf 351 00:41:53,730 --> 00:42:00,670 not once not then he came as a suffering servant he was returning and he's here as king of kings 352 00:42:00,670 --> 00:42:09,530 and Lord of Lords so he has promised that and finally Christ is the fulfillment of God's 353 00:42:09,530 --> 00:42:15,829 redemptive pattern isn't it amazing he wrapped it all up into one when it says that God knew the 354 00:42:15,829 --> 00:42:19,610 beginning from the end he always starts at the end of things and he works back 355 00:42:19,610 --> 00:42:26,829 instrumentally bringing things about that coincidentally as the world says have all come 356 00:42:26,829 --> 00:42:32,949 together there's no coincidence in God he's planned this thing out and God makes himself 357 00:42:32,949 --> 00:42:41,550 accessible to us and now reveals his heart to us isn't that wonderful all right anybody have that 358 00:42:41,550 --> 00:42:45,310 passage okay 359 00:42:46,550 --> 00:42:51,530 well whatever you feel is pertinent to our conversations 360 00:42:59,690 --> 00:43:06,430 okay Matthew two now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the 361 00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:13,409 king behold wise men from the east came to Jerusalem saying where is he who has been 362 00:43:13,409 --> 00:43:19,469 born king of the Jews for we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him 363 00:43:20,190 --> 00:43:25,809 when Herod the king heard this he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him and when he had 364 00:43:25,809 --> 00:43:31,170 gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together he inquired of them 365 00:43:31,170 --> 00:43:38,369 where the Christ was to be born so they said to him in Bethlehem of Judea for thus it is written by 366 00:43:38,369 --> 00:43:45,349 the prophet but you Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the rulers of Judah 367 00:43:45,349 --> 00:43:52,690 for out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel then Herod when he 368 00:43:52,690 --> 00:43:58,650 had secretly called the wise men determined from them what time the star appeared and he sent 369 00:43:58,650 --> 00:44:04,170 them to Bethlehem and said go and search carefully for the young child and when you have found him 370 00:44:04,170 --> 00:44:11,469 bring back word to me that I may come and worship him also when they heard the king they departed 371 00:44:11,469 --> 00:44:17,929 and behold the star which they had seen in the east went before them till it came and stood over 372 00:44:17,929 --> 00:44:23,530 where the young child was when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy 373 00:44:24,170 --> 00:44:30,329 and when they had come into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down 374 00:44:30,329 --> 00:44:36,670 and worshiped him and when they had opened their treasures they presented gifts to him gold 375 00:44:36,670 --> 00:44:44,110 frankincense and myrrh then being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod 376 00:44:44,110 --> 00:44:46,970 they departed for their own country another way 377 00:44:47,010 --> 00:44:59,369 I can continue to think about what God did in the midst of all that chaos he came 378 00:45:00,690 --> 00:45:09,230 he was evident he was seen he was affirmed and now he lives and what's wonderful about that 379 00:45:09,789 --> 00:45:18,610 so many people paint a picture of wonderful Jesus the Savior the humble servant yes he is all that 380 00:45:18,610 --> 00:45:24,250 but he is king of kings and Lord of Lords that's the thing that we have to get in our mind he's a 381 00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:31,449 conqueror of the foe that seeks to devour our life he is the one that brings life to us 382 00:45:31,449 --> 00:45:41,610 on a daily basis he's the one that enables us to what live a life unto him it's because of him 383 00:45:41,610 --> 00:45:53,349 you know and and and yes in many instances we have seen visions of angelic beings but we have yet 384 00:45:53,349 --> 00:45:59,969 to see him reign on the throne as someday we will that is the fulfillment that's why it's so 385 00:45:59,969 --> 00:46:08,090 interesting to see how he did all this magnificently and spelled it all out and if you look and you 386 00:46:08,090 --> 00:46:13,889 you take all the generations I think in Matthew where it starts off from from the beginning 387 00:46:13,889 --> 00:46:22,030 and goes through the genealogy of where Christ was in the midst of all that and how that came all 388 00:46:22,030 --> 00:46:29,349 about not one person not one hiccup not one error and all that I mean it's amazing we have 389 00:46:29,349 --> 00:46:38,030 to thank the Lord for his goodness any testimonies of his goodness in your life and then we'll close 390 00:46:38,549 --> 00:46:47,210 well first of all I want to thank the Lord that I'm here and I don't know whether it's 391 00:46:47,210 --> 00:46:52,289 worth saying or not but it was a miraculous thing if you notice anything about hospitals and 392 00:46:52,289 --> 00:47:00,929 operations they're months to take and people wait and wait and wait so I had this hernia I went in 393 00:47:00,929 --> 00:47:05,889 Wednesday before Thanksgiving the day before Thanksgiving the doctor said yes you have a 394 00:47:05,889 --> 00:47:12,309 hernia you need an operation I said when well that's going to be in January no it's going to 395 00:47:12,309 --> 00:47:21,789 be February no okay well anyway it's six eight weeks out of the Lord then he said you know he 396 00:47:21,789 --> 00:47:26,889 said I have an opening Friday morning which is after Thanksgiving he said I don't know whether 397 00:47:26,889 --> 00:47:33,710 you'd be ready or not I said I'm ready so you know I went in Friday morning at six and I was eating 398 00:47:33,710 --> 00:47:39,389 lunch with my wife at 11 30 in the afternoon in the morning I tell you it was just like okay well 399 00:47:39,389 --> 00:47:45,590 it was like going to Walmart and picking a number you know okay I'm next so that I am 400 00:47:45,590 --> 00:47:50,369 thankful for that really and and just to give you a quick insight into that it takes a lot 401 00:47:51,170 --> 00:47:57,250 to give Joni the comfort that she needs and the options that she has and for me to replace that 402 00:47:57,250 --> 00:48:02,809 but with my daughter-in-law our friends and everything just and and our home group everything 403 00:48:02,809 --> 00:48:07,650 just fell into place in about five hours that it was executed from beginning to end 404 00:48:07,650 --> 00:48:13,489 so I just thank the Lord for that so that's my personal thank you in this season anybody else 405 00:48:15,989 --> 00:48:26,610 oh nobody's thankful okay all right okay you want to go home it's cold yes oh ginger good good good good 406 00:48:26,610 --> 00:48:33,309 we've been having some some challenges with our adult daughter she's 34 and if anyone who has 407 00:48:33,309 --> 00:48:39,650 had adult children sometimes they start thinking differently of you yes for one reason or another 408 00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:47,670 they know better and whatever so we decided to kind of rather spontaneously go on a cross-country 409 00:48:47,670 --> 00:48:54,869 trip and and in October and we found ourselves and Reno where she was and we were able to spend a week 410 00:48:54,869 --> 00:49:01,230 and her just coincidentally her schedule opened up where she was actually really going to be 411 00:49:01,230 --> 00:49:09,829 there at that time too so God really just put us together and and it worked out and we were able to 412 00:49:09,829 --> 00:49:16,949 make great headway with our with our relationship with the aid of a her therapist who happened to 413 00:49:16,949 --> 00:49:23,050 have a window opened up spontaneously happened happened happened it all everything just sort 414 00:49:23,050 --> 00:49:30,030 of like happened together and now fast forward you know two and a half months later it's 415 00:49:30,030 --> 00:49:35,489 Christmas week she's coming out and um she's we're actually going to be out of i think 416 00:49:35,489 --> 00:49:42,769 hopefully after Rachel our answer being answered being answered yeah okay got it got it but all 417 00:49:42,769 --> 00:49:49,309 right has uh been kind of working hey man good to hear that good deal anybody else 418 00:49:50,329 --> 00:49:56,530 all right okay we got two people two people out of all of you that are thankful that's good 419 00:49:56,530 --> 00:50:05,489 okay well Lord we do thank you for the opportunity to see even in your feasts and your 420 00:50:07,469 --> 00:50:16,889 distinguished planning how you have brought that to bear on the new testament and what the finality 421 00:50:16,889 --> 00:50:24,510 of your message is all through the ages you have worked you have opened you have closed doors 422 00:50:25,230 --> 00:50:32,130 and you have brought people that wouldn't normally come to you that now speak of you because of your 423 00:50:32,130 --> 00:50:37,710 wonderful plans thank you Lord and we pray especially for our relatives and those that 424 00:50:37,710 --> 00:50:46,889 we know during this season that they will stop and realize and think about Christmas in its real 425 00:50:46,889 --> 00:50:58,110 sense give them an opportunity Lord this week next week Lord to open themselves to you 426 00:50:58,110 --> 00:51:05,650 work in all the prayers that are behalf of the people here our brothers our sisters our children 427 00:51:05,650 --> 00:51:14,530 sons daughters aunts uncles mothers fathers Lord we want to be rich in the sense of our family 428 00:51:14,530 --> 00:51:22,090 heritage coming to you as a family and following you Lord that's such a blessed thing to experience 429 00:51:22,090 --> 00:51:28,230 so now we thank you for this time together we ask that you would bless as each person 430 00:51:28,230 --> 00:51:32,889 goes their own way in the name of Jesus everyone said amen 431 00:51:36,829 --> 00:51:42,309 thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and discuss his word 432 00:51:42,309 --> 00:51:47,510 don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday mornings at 10 a.m eastern 433 00:51:47,510 --> 00:51:51,610 on YouTube be blessed and have a great day