The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 6)

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right in. Amen. I want to thank God for this

opportunity given to me to bring the Word to

us. So I want to thank God for the pastors, also

for this opportunity. Amen. So, on Sunday, we

were looking at the union of the spirits we have,

and we stopped somewhere, and we're going to

continue there. Matthew chapter 28, Matthew chapter

Matthew 28 · chapter mention Matthew 28 · chapter mention

28, Matthew chapter 28, from verse 18 to 20.

Matthew 28 · chapter mention

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All

authority has been given me in heaven and on

earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,

the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them

to observe all things that I have commanded you,

and lo, I am with you always, even to the end

of the age. And we close on Sunday by, our focus

was on that word, teaching them, that Jesus had

a mode of teaching. It's the word, that he was

talking about a mode of teaching, and how he

went to even warn his disciples about the mode

of the teachings of the Pharisees. Praise the

Lord. the mode of the teachings of the Pharisees.

Amen. So, we're looking at the union of spirits

that we have. Now, we said that the first thing

is that the gospel is for everyone. Praise the

Lord. The gospel is for everyone. It's not for

a particular people. It does not discriminate.

Amen. And the spirit of God is for everyone.

Right? So if the gospel is for everyone, the

spirit of God is for everyone. Praise the Lord.

John chapter 14. John chapter 14, verses 16 to

John 14 · chapter mention John 14:16–17

17. We're going to continue. And he says, I will

pray the Father and he will give you another

helper that he may abide with you forever. The

spirit of truth whom the word cannot receive.

because you neither see him nor know him, but

you know him, for he dwells with you and will

be with you. Praise the Lord. So the essence

of redemption or salvation is giving of the Spirit.

Praise the Lord. Exodus chapter 29, from verse

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44 to 46. So I will consecrate. So I will consecrate

the tabernacle of meeting and altar. I will also

consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister

to me as priest. I will dwell among the children

of Israel and I will be their God. And they shall

know that I am the Lord, their God, who brought

them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may

dwell among them. I am the Lord, their God. Praise

the Lord. Still talking about God amongst his

people, the Spirit of God among his people. So,

we see Jesus also speaking of the same thing

across the Synoptic Gospels. Amen. So, we read

here, when we go back to the John, we read John

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chapter 14. We will read to you from verse 16

to 20. It says, I will pray the Father and he

will give you another helper. that he may abide

with you forever. The Spirit of truth, whom the

world cannot receive, because it neither see

him nor know him, but you know him, for he dwells

with you and will be in you. I will not leave

you orphans, I will not leave you orphans, I

will come to you. A little while longer, and

the world will not, the world sees me no more,

but you will see me, because I live. you will

live also. Verse 20. At that day, you will know

that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and

I in you. Praise the Lord. Right? That is, man

is going to become the temple of God. We saw

that in Exodus, right? So this place is talking

about that man is going to be the temple of God.

That is, that God would dwell, or the Spirit

of God would dwell in man. Praise the Lord. So

let's see the promises. Let's see the promise

of God, of God's temple. Go back to that Exodus

Exodus 29:45

29, verse 45. It says, I will dwell among the

children of Israel and will be their God. Praise

the Lord. He will dwell among the children of

Israel and will be their God. So this is God's

promise of the temple. Praise the Lord. Right?

So God's temple, we looked at also the last time,

that God's temple is not a place. Praise the

Lord. God's temple is amongst the people. And

Jesus came to fulfill that. Praise the Lord.

God's temple is in man. And Jesus came to fulfill

that promise. Amen. So let's go back to what

we have been discussing as well. Matthew chapter

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21. Matthew chapter 21, from verse 1 to verse

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12 to 14. Matthew. Then Jesus went into the temple

of God and drove out all those who bought and

sold in the temple and overthrew the tables of

the money exchangers and the seat of those who

sold those. And he said to them, it is written,

my house shall be called a house of prayer, but

you have made it. A den of thieves. Praise the

Lord. A den of thieves. So let's look at what

he writes about this same place in the Gospel

of Mark. Mark chapter 11. Mark chapter 11 from

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verse 15 to 16. It's very fundamental what he

writes. He said, so Jesus came to Jerusalem.

So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into

the temple and began to drive out those. who

bought and sold in the temple, and overthrew

the tables of the money changers and the seat

of those who sold those. And he will not allow

anyone to carry waste through the temples. Praise

the Lord. Verse 17 now. He said, Then he taught

them, saying to them, It is written, My house

shall be called a house of prayer, for all nations,

but you have made it a den of thieves. Verse

17, he said, then he taught them. Praise the

Lord. So he was not just saying to them that,

you know what, people are making a mess of this

place. Praise the Lord. But then he taught them

what the purpose of that place was. He said,

he taught them saying, it is written, my house

shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.

We notice a slight difference here. In Matthew,

he doesn't say, For all nations, right? He says,

my house shall be a house of prayer, but you've

made it a den of thieves. But Mark says what?

For all nations. Praise the Lord. But you've

made it a den of thieves, right? He taught them.

Meaning that what he was doing was that he was

teaching them. So his actions were explaining

his teaching. Praise the Lord. His teaching.

So he was, he drove them out, praise the Lord,

right? But at the same time, he was teaching

them something. His action also was a teaching

that he was giving to them. So he was teaching

this, right, from the Old Testament, where he

says that my house shall be called a house of

prayers for all nations, but you have made it

a den of thieves. So his action was an illustration.

Praise the Lord. His action was illustration

to drive out the people and to overturn the tables,

right? It was an illustration of his teaching.

Praise the Lord. Verse 17, he says what? Is it

not written, my house shall be called a house

of prayers for all nations? So he didn't just

say, oh no, this is the wrong thing to do. But

he was also reminding them of the scriptures.

Is it not written, my house shall be called a

house of prayers for all nations? So we can say

that Jesus was not, I mean, maybe the movies

that we watched or some of the things that we

thought, Jesus was teaching in as much as he

was driving the people out. Praise the Lord.

So we can say that he wasn't necessarily like

coming to the people, very furious and doing

a lot of things. Praise the Lord. But that he

was teaching them by his action. He was teaching

them. So we also look at what John also says.

2 John 2, verses 13 -16. Now the Passover of

the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

He founded the temple of those who sold oxen

and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing

business. And he said to those who sold doves,

Take these things away. Do not make my father's

house a house of merchandise. Praise the Lord.

Do not make my father's house a house of merchandise.

Verse 17. And the disciples remembered that it

was written, zeal for your house has eaten me

up. Praise the Lord. And verse 18 now. And the

Jews answered and said to him, what sign do you

show us since you do these things? Praise the

Lord. Right? We're going to stay in this John

for a while. What sign do you show us since you

do these things? Right? He said, my house, right?

Can we go back to verse 16? You see here now,

there's also a bit of slight difference here.

He says what? Take these things away. Do not

make my father's house a house of merchandise.

The other place we saw my house, my house, and

this place again was saying, my father's house,

a house of merchandise. And then the Jews asked

him, in verse 18, what sign do you show us? Right?

What sign do you show us since you do these things?

Praise the Lord. Which means that he was doing

something in line with the scriptures. Praise

the Lord. What he was doing was in line with

the scriptures. Right? Which means that Jesus

was not just saying, why are you selling these

things? Or why are you buying here? Praise the

Lord. And we said the last time that there was

nothing wrong with buying and selling in the

temple. There was nothing wrong because it was

permitted by Moses for them to be done. It was

permitted in scriptures for them to buy and sell.

So stopping them was a fulfillment of the scriptures.

I'm going to explain that in a short while. Stopping

them was a fulfillment. of the scriptures. Luke

Luke 24:44

chapter 24 verse 44. Luke chapter 24 verse 44.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, these are the words which

I spoke to you while I was still with you, that

all things must be fulfilled which were written

in the law of Moses the prophet and in the Psalms

consigning me. All things must be fulfilled.

Praise the Lord. Must be brought to pass or must

come to pass. Praise the Lord. It must be brought

to pass. So we can ask, what is being fulfilled?

Praise the Lord. What is then being fulfilled?

What is the thing that is fulfilling? Right?

Looking at the question in that John, in verse

18 of John chapter 2, he said, what sign do you

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show us since you do these things? And then he

said to them, my father's house shall not be

a house of merchandise. Like I said, he was quoting

the Old Testament. And then he says, what sign?

Then he says to them in verse 19, verse 19. And

Jesus said to them, destroy this temple. And

in three days, I would raise it up. Praise the

Lord. Destroy this temple. And in three days,

I will raise it up. This same word that is used

for resurrection, right? So what is he talking

about? What does he mean? Destroy this temple.

It cost them 46, 47, 46 years to build the temple.

The Jews were wondering. It cost us 46 years

to build this temple, and you say destroy it,

and he will build it up in three days. What is

he talking about? Praise the Lord. Now, verse

21 and 22, he said, but he was speaking of the

temple of his body. Praise the Lord. Therefore,

when he had risen from the dead, his disciples

remembered that he had said to them, and they

believed the Scriptures and the word which Jesus

had said. Praise the Lord. So when he had risen

from the dead, his disciples remembered that

he had said this to them, and they believed the

Scriptures and the word which Jesus spoke to

them. They believed what? The Scriptures. So

which Scripture is Jesus fulfilling? Which Scriptures

is Jesus fulfilling? What Scriptures is Jesus

fulfilling? Praise the Lord. Or what scriptures

is he teaching them? Praise the Lord. No, like

I said, sometimes the event of how Jesus drove

out the money exchangers, the way it is portrayed

in movies, is that Jesus came in, he was very

angry, he chased people away, he made codes and

beat people out of the temple. Praise the Lord.

He drove things out of the temple and the people

that were there. But he was not... beating the

people praise the lord he he stopped what they

were doing but he was not beating the people

praise the lord he didn't go there and he's beating

people praise the lord he stopped the activity

that was going on in those places right he didn't

touch the people praise the lord what he was

teaching them and doing things he was teaching

them and doing things look look chapter Then

he went to the temple and began to drive out

those who bought and sold in it, saying to them,

It is written, My house is a house of prayer,

but you have made it a den of thieves. Verse

47 now. And then he was teaching daily in the

temple. But the chief priests and the scribes

and the leaders of the people sought to destroy

him. Right? So what he was doing was an illustration

of his teaching. Praise the Lord. It was an illustration

of his teaching to drive out the people. Let's

look at this word, merchandise. Right? Let's

look at the word. The people were selling and

buying, right? Like I said, why did they sell

and buy in the temple? So, like I said, it was

a permission that Moses gave them for those who

were coming from afar. Imagine coming from a

very far place, carrying oxen and sheep to come

and sacrifice. They didn't have the luxury that

we have now of driving cars or... you know, cargos,

things like this, right? So they needed to carry

those things either by their hands or in horses.

And so it was very difficult for them to get

to those places. So there's a permission for

Moses for them to come and buy the things there.

Praise the Lord. They should just come, give

money and take the things they needed for sacrifice

and sacrifice in the temple. So he told them

to bring money, right? When they get to the temple,

They should use those money to buy the item that

they are using for sacrifice. So the place that

was used for these things of buying and selling

was looked at or regarded as the Gentile court.

Praise the Lord. It is known as the Gentile court.

So they are supposed to bring their money and

exchange it for the sacrifice or the animals

they are going to buy and they are going to come.

And they're going to use them for those sacrifices.

So two things we see going on around them. One,

the use of sacrifice, right? Which is the reason

for the money that they are coming with, right?

And then secondly, it happened at the Gentile

court. So the Jews and the non -Jews were to

come there and worship in the temple. Praise

the Lord. So why did he say, You have turned

his father's house to a house of merchandise.

Praise the Lord. If there was permission for

them to bring their money, buy the animals that

they need for sacrifice and use them for sacrifice.

It's a place of worship. The animals were not,

they didn't come to buy animals and take it to

their houses. Praise the Lord. They brought the

animals to sacrifice. It's a place of worship

that they come. So why did he say merchandise?

Right? You've made a house of merchandise. Praise

the Lord. Zechariah chapter 14, verse 20. Zechariah

Zechariah 14:20 Zechariah 14:20

chapter 14, verse 20. In that day, right, talking

about the future, right, eschatology, something

to happen, something that is going to happen

in the future. Holiness to the Lord shall be

engraved on the bells of the house. And the pots

in the house of the Lord shall be like the bowls

before the altar. And then, right in verse 21

now. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judea

shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone

who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook

in them. In that day they shall no longer be

Canaanites in the house of the Lord. Sorry, in

the house of the Lord of hosts. Praise the Lord.

Let me read that again. Every pot in Jerusalem

and Judea shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts.

Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them

and cook in them. In that day, they shall no

longer be canonized in the house of the Lord

of hosts. Praise the Lord. So holiness, right,

will not just be in the temple. Hallelujah. Holiness.

will not just be in the temple, right? But will

be in every house. Praise the Lord. Will be in

every home. So holiness, as we know, is what

God does. Is what God does. And where God dwells.

So holiness will not just be in the temple, it

will be in every home. Meaning that God is making

available the temple everywhere. Praise the Lord.

Meaning that God is making the temple everywhere.

And then in, so he's saying that he shall no

longer just be in the temple, but in every home,

right? He said in that day, there shall no longer

be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord, right?

That word Canaanite is a word Canani in the Greek.

That word Cananite is a word Canani, K -E -N

-A -N -I. K -E -N -A -N -I. Right? So what does

the word mean? Right? It is used for trade or

traders. Praise the Lord. It is used for trade

or traders. Right? Traders, they sell instruments

of offering. Remember, the traders, they're the

people selling the instrument of worship or instrument

of offering in the temples. So we see two things

there. That one, there will no longer be need,

right, for animal sacrifice or animal sacrifice,

right? But then, not just that, but everybody

will be qualified. So let's look at more, some

of the scriptures in this same word for Canaanites.

Proverbs chapter 31, verse 24. To make linen

Proverbs 31:24

garments and sell them. and supplies such for

the merchants. Praise the Lord. For the merchants.

So is that word for merchants there? Praise the

Lord. Is that word for merchants? Kenani, right?

Isaiah chapter 23, verse 8. Who has taken counsel

Isaiah 23:8

against Ty, the crowning city, whose merchants

are princes, whose traders are the honorable

of the earth? Praise the Lord. It's that word

that is used for merchants there, those who come

to sell. So let's look at those things we've

been reading before. He says what? My father's

house, you have made it a house of kenani, right?

To buy and to sell. Praise the Lord. He says

what? You have made my father's house a house

of buying and selling. Praise the Lord. It's

a house of merchandise, right? You've made my

father's house a house of buying and selling.

Praise the Lord. You've made my father's house

a house of buying and selling. But that is not

the way it's supposed to be. But Moses what?

Allowed it so that you can buy and sell for worship.

Right? But then he says it shall be a house of

prayer. For what? for all nations. What it's

supposed to be is what? A house of prayer for

all nations. He said, but you have made it a

den of thieves. You have made it a den of thieves.

A house of prayers for all nations. Praise the

Lord. So, when we read this whole Synoptic Gospels

account, the book of Matthew 21, Luke 11, Mark

11, Luke 19, and John chapter 2. So the things

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we see first, or the things that we see Jesus

doing, is that Jesus is acting according to prophecy.

Praise the Lord. So when he's coming into the

temple, the thing he's doing, it is doing according

to the things that are said, right? It's acting

according to prophecy, right? Because in Zechariah,

it says, in that day, praise the Lord, in that

day, He said, what Mark says, a house of prayer

for all nations, right? So we can see that Jesus

was teaching from the text, right? And demonstrating

it in his illustration of driving the people

out. Isaiah chapter 56, verse 7. Isaiah 56, verse

Isaiah 56:7 Isaiah 56:7

7. Even them I will bring to my holy mountain

and make them joyful. in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offering and their sacrifice will

be accepted at my altar. For my house shall be

called a house of prayers for all nations. So

Jesus was acting out a prophecy. Praise the Lord.

He was acting out a prophecy. Let's look at verse

4 of that verse. It says, For thus says the Lord

to the eunuch who keeps my sabbath, who chose

what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant. Verse

5. Even then I will give my house and within

my walls a place and a name better than that

of the sons and daughters. I will give them an

everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Praise

the Lord. Verse 6 to 8 now. It says, Also, the

sons of the foreigners who join themselves to

the Lord to serve him, to love the name of the

Lord, to be his servants, everyone who keeps

from defiling the Sabbath and who holds fast

my covenant, even them I will bring to my holy

mountain and make them joyful in my house of

prayer. Their bond offering and their sacrifice

will be accepted on my altar, for my house shall

be called the house of prayers for all nations.

Verse 8. The Lord God who gathers the outcasts

of Israel says, Yet I will gather him other beside

those who are gathered to him. Praise the Lord.

This means that he's not talking about just the

Jews. Praise the Lord. It is not just for the

Jews. He says those who are not the Jews are

also part of it. Praise the Lord. So in God's

plan, those who are not the Jews too are part

of it. Praise the Lord. So if you read Zechariah

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chapter 14, he talks about the house of prayers

for all nations. So he's saying that all nations

shall come to a place. or that he will go to

all nations. So from everything I've been saying,

does it mean that God is going to, that all nations

is going to come to a place, right? Just as we

see in the temple, as what happens around the

temple, was that God is going to all nations.

Praise the Lord. So you can read Zechariah chapter

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14, Isaiah chapter 56, right? So remember, we

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said in that Zechariah, it says what? That the

house or his temple is going to be in every house.

Praise the Lord. It's going to be in every home,

right? He says it's for all nations. Everybody

is welcome. So Jesus is standing in the temple

and he's fulfilling the scriptures. Praise the

Lord. He's standing in the temple and he's fulfilling

the scriptures, right? He's fulfilling the scriptures.

That what? This house is a house of prayer for

all nations. But he says what? You have made

it a den of thieves. Some other scriptures, as

we see, we say a den of robbers. Praise the Lord.

Now, I also mentioned this the last time. Is

he calling them armed robbers? Praise the Lord.

Is he calling them armed robbers? When he says

a den of thieves, is he calling them armed robbers?

No. He's saying that what they are doing was

permitted by the law, but it's not the way it's

supposed to be. It should not be like that. He

says what? What they were doing was permitted

by the law, so what was Jesus saying? What does

he imply by saying the prophet, sorry, we saw

in Zechariah that talks about a time or a day

is coming. So he's saying that there will no

longer be need for offerings here. Praise the

Lord. There will no longer be need for offering

here. A time will come. God will be in every

home. Praise the Lord. So what he's saying is

that there will no longer be need for offering

here. A time is coming. God will be in every

home. God will come. A time will come where there

will no longer be a need for this house anymore.

So that means the use of sacrifice in the temple

and the physical house was temporary. Praise

the Lord. The use of animal sacrifice or sacrifice

in the temple and the physical house was temporary.

So he's saying a house of prayer for all nations,

but you've made it a den of merchandise. Praise

the Lord. Let's read Zechariah chapter 14, verse

Zechariah 14:20–21

20 to 21. In that day, holiness... to the Lord

shall be engraved on the bells of their houses.

The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the

bells before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem

and Judea shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts.

Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them

and cook in them. In that day they shall no longer

be the Canaanites in the house of the Lord of

hosts. Praise the Lord. Jeremiah chapter 7 verse

Jeremiah 7:11

11. Has this house, which is called by my name,

become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold,

even I have seen it, says the Lord. The den of

thieves. Praise the Lord. Some other scriptures

would use the word robbers. It's the word, I

also said it the last time, parit. P -A -R -I

-T -S P -A -R -I -T -S It's used for violence,

right? Something that is illegal, right? For

illegality, right? It's used for violence, illegality.

It's the word for, it's also used for the word

usurper, right? Like a supplanter. Remember Jacob,

right? It's also the word for supplanter, usurper,

right? So it's someone who takes power or a position,

a title illegally or by force. Praise the Lord.

Someone that, somebody that ought not to be there.

Praise the Lord. So he says what? That you have

turned his house or his house has become a den

of thieves. Right? To bring illegality or violence

or somebody that, something that ought not to

be there. So the Hebrew word used for Robbers

is also the word like insurrection, right? The

shopper, like I said. Zechariah chapter 7, verse

22. Sorry, Ezekiel. Ezekiel 7, verse 22. He said,

Ezekiel 7:22

I will turn my face from them, and they will

defy my secret place, for robbers shall enter

it and defile it. So it's the same word there.

robbers right chapter 18 verse 10 chapter 18

verse 10 if he begot a son who is a robber or

a shader of blood what does any of this why does

who does any of these things right it's also

that same word there for robber so jesus was

referring to a den of robbers for example right

john chapter john chapter 10 from verse 7 to

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8 And Jesus said to them, again, most assuredly

I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All

who come before me are thieves and robbers, but

the sheep did not hear them. Praise the Lord.

So he's using that word robbers there, right?

Like I said, was he referring to them carrying

guns? No, it means that they were not supposed

to be there. Praise the Lord. So he's saying

that these people that come to the ship are not

supposed to be there. He's not talking about

that the people came bearing guns and things

like that. So my house shall be called a house

of prayer, right? For all nations, he said, for

everyone. So you are making it, he's saying that,

let me say this, just listen carefully now. As

we've been talking about what these robbers mean

or why he refers to them as robbers. So he's

saying, my father's house shall be called a house

of prayers for who? For everyone, for all nations.

He said, but you are making it a place of come

and buy and sacrifice. Praise the Lord. You are

making it a place of come and buy and sacrifice.

You're saying the Gentile world should bring

their money. You will give them the element of

sacrifice. Right? And he said, they will offer

it. It has become... a den of what not, sorry,

it has become a den of what ought not to be there.

So what is the thief there? What is he saying

thief there? Right? So the thief there, remember

we said what Jesus came to fulfill and how is

the nation going to be a house of prayer for

all nations, right? So, and we read this place,

let's go back. to verse 7. And Jesus said to

them, Most certainly I say to you, I am the door

of the sheep. All who come before me are thieves

and robbers, but his sheep did not hear them.

So the thieves there that he's using is what

they use of what? Physical sacrifice. It ought

not to be there. That is not what makes this

place or that is not what will make this place

become a house of prayer for all nations. Praise

the Lord. That is not what will make it a house

of prayers for all nations. Let me read that

again. So my father's house is a house of prayers

for all nations. But you are making it what?

A place, a house of merchandise. Remember what

we said what merchandise is, right? Remember

the word we use for merchandise, right? He's

saying what? You've made it what? A place of

come and by. or come and a place of come and

bring sacrifice or buy or the gentile will come

to bring their money and they will give them

element that is of sacrifice right and they will

offer it it has become a den of what not ought

to be there praise the lord so what is the thief

there the thief there is the use of physical

sacrifice the use of physical sacrifice which

Remember, we said in that Zechariah, they said

what? In that day, right? On that day. So, the

use of physical sacrifice will be anointed in

that day. Praise the Lord. The sacrifice of Jesus

who do what will anoint the use of physical sacrifice.

Praise the Lord. Remember, we said he's coming

to do what? To fulfill the scriptures. And he

was teaching as well. So, it is not referring

to the people as thieves. It is referring to

what they were doing. Praise the Lord. It was

referring to what? To what they were using. The

use of physical elements in worship. Jesus is

saying it is insurrection. It is a robbery. He

said, all that come before me, he said, I'm the

life of the sheep. I am the sacrifice. Praise

the Lord. So Jesus is the sacrifice. It is not

the animal sacrifice. Praise the Lord. Jesus

is the sacrifice. So Jesus is the sacrifice.

So he refers to the sacrifice before him as a

den of thieves. So the sacrifice that they bring

or they bring to offer has become what? A den

of thieves. It is not a thing that saves men.

Praise the Lord. So the thing that Jesus was

doing, Jesus is saying that what? God's holiness

is for everyone, right? So there will not be

a need for you to bring what? Physical sacrifice.

There will no longer be need for anyone to bring

what? Physical sacrifice. There will no need

for anybody to pay money and buy physical sacrifice

in this altar. Right? And like I said from the

beginning, that what? That holiness is a gift

of God. Holiness is a gift of God. So Jesus is

not upset or he's not angry at the people. He's

saying that, The day has come. Praise the Lord.

So what he was doing in that place, he's saying

that that day has arrived. Praise the Lord. That

day has arrived. The day has come for fulfillment

of the word of the prophecy of the prophets.

The day has come for the fulfillment of the word

of the prophets. What he was saying, he was teaching.

That's what he was saying. He was teaching the

scriptures. He was teaching. through the scriptures.

And then his disciples will say, because the

zeal of thy house has eaten him up. So Jesus,

the word zeal there is a word quenal, right?

So Jesus is teaching and illustrating his teaching

by the things that he's doing. So we said that

what? The use of those practices were temporary.

We know this, right? From all our teaching. The

new covenant was before the old one. So the new

covenant is God's promise, is God's word, is

what God wants, is God's perfect will. The old

one is what was allowed because of the hardness

of their hearts. But in the beginning, it was

not so. Praise the Lord. Let me read again. So

Jesus was illustrating, was teaching and illustrating

his teaching by the things he was doing. Right?

And as we have been taught, that the Old Testament

practice was temporary. Praise the Lord. So the

new covenant was before the old, the practice

of it, of the Old Testament or the old covenant.

The new covenant is God's promise, is God's word,

is what God wants, is His perfect will. The old

is what is allowed because of the hardness of

their hearts. But in the beginning, it was not

so. So what is the new covenant? So we said that

the use of which we have been taught, we have

been taught this everything. The use of the temple,

right? The use of the animal sacrifice was not

started by God. It was something that was in

their culture already. Praise the Lord. It was

something that was in their culture already.

So God uses as an illustration to remind them,

right? Again, that the new covenant is onward

and is promised. of his own word and his promise.

So God is the new covenant. Praise the Lord.

God is the new covenant. So in that Zechariah,

it says what? It shall be on that day, he said,

holiness upon the Lord in every house, in every

home, right? And we said that holiness is what

God will do or what God has done or is doing,

right? So holiness is not your conduct. Right?

Your conduct is inspired by God's holiness. Praise

the Lord. Holiness is what God does. Genesis

Genesis 2:1–3

chapter 2, verses 1 to 3. So holiness that was

used there is the word kwadash. Genesis chapter

Genesis 2:1–3

2, verses 1 to 3. That was the heaven and the

earth and all the host of them were finished.

And at the seventh day, God ended his... his

work which he has done, and he rested on the

seventh day from all his work which he had done.

Verse 3. And God blessed the seventh day and

sanctified it, because it is the day he rested

from all his work which he had created and made.

That word sanctified is word holy there. Right?

So, I'm going to be a little, let me just skip

some parts. So, in the new covenant, God's promise,

God's holiness is what he does. Right? God's

holiness is by His own Spirit. The Old Testament

practices will come and pass. It will no longer

be a house of thieves or a house of insurrection,

but it should be a house of prayers for all nations.

There will not be need to come and buy and sell

in this place. There will not be need for buying

sacrifice. It is done by the Spirit of God. Praise

the Lord. It is done by the Spirit of God. So

what we see in Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zechariah

are prophecies of the Scripture. So God's holiness

is what He does. If God saves you, that action

is holy, right? That action is holy, and you

are holy because God saves you. If God calls

you, that action is holy. Therefore, you are

holy. Holiness is not what you do, though. You'll

be affected or you will reflect the holiness

of God. Holiness is what God does, right? Because

of what he has done in you, you become holy.

So Jesus is saying that the temple that is God's

holiness, we can say God's salvation, right?

God's deliverance is for everybody. In that day,

there will no longer be need for sacrifice. You

no longer need to come here. That is to the temple

anymore. Right? Because God will come to wherever

you are, to every home. Praise the Lord. God

will go in towards every home, just like the

same way he went to Egypt to bring the people

out. He's going to every home in that day. He's

going to every home in that day. He will come

where you are and he will save you and you are

holy. So when he says that, or when he sends

us out to go and preach the gospel, Who is going

to reach men? When we go out to preach the gospel,

who is going to reach men? It is God that is

going to reach men. Praise the Lord. Because

what? You are holy and you are his. So it is

an outreach of holiness. So God wants to call

people to himself to make them sons and daughters.

That means that when we preach the gospel, we

are offering the people to be God's residents.

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. We're offering

them that they should be what? God's residents.

God's residents. I don't know if I have time.

There's something I wanted to show us about the

fig tree. I don't think I will have the time

to do that. But I think let's do that and maybe

we can stop there. Luke chapter 24 verse 44.

Luke 24:44

So when he was on his way to the temple, right?

Two things happened on the way, right? Mark recorded

it, Matthew, but we didn't have that in John,

right? So Luke chapter 24, and he said to them,

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these are the words which I speak to you while

I was still with you, that all things must be

fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses

and in the prophet and in the Psalms concerning

me. Mark chapter 11, from verse 12 to 14. So

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Jesus saw a fig tree. Right? We know the story

of the fig tree. Right? So when they came, they

said, verse 12. Mark chapter 11, verse 12 to

Mark 11:12–14

14. This is still the same story of the temple,

of him going to the temple. So, now the next

day when they had come from Bethlehem, he was

hungry and seeing from afar a fig tree having

leaves, he went to see if perhaps He will find

something on it. When he came to it, he found

nothing but leaves, for it was not the season

for figs. Verse 14. In response, Jesus said to

it, Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.

And his disciples heard it. Praise the Lord.

Now, let's look at the sequence. Like I said,

this is the same thing that was leading to the

temple. So, he moves to the fig trees. He goes

to the temple. He speaks in the temple. And then

he says that the temple, the things happening

there are odd not to be happening there. The

temple is for all nations, right? It's for all

nations, right? So God's word is not in a physical

place, it's in the people, right? Verse 19 to

21. Verse 19 to 21 of Mark 11. When the evening

had come, they went out of the city. And in the

morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig

tree dried up from its roots. And Peter remembered

and said to him, Rabbi, look, the fig tree which

you caused has withered away. And then verse

22 now. And Jesus answered and said, have faith

in God. Right? Have faith in God. For surely

I say to you, whoever say to this mountain, be

removed and be cast into the sea. and there's

no doubt in his heart, but believes that, believe

these things which he says, it will be done,

and he will have whatever he says. Praise the

Lord. Now, let's pay attention to this thing.

He says what? He says, most assuredly I say to

you, whoever says to this mountain, what did

Peter say to him? Peter was talking about the

fig tree, right? He was talking about the fig

tree. Why don't you just say to him, whoever

says to this fig tree, Right? And they dried

up from the root. And it will be dried up. He

says what? Whoever says to this mountain, first

he said to him, have faith in God. Praise the

Lord. Have faith in God. He reminded them of

the scriptures, right? That is called the faithfulness

of God. Have faith in God. Have faith in God.

Sorry. Have faith in God, have faith in the scriptures,

which means that yet again, Jesus opened them

again to the scriptures, right? Have faith in

God, he's saying to them to have faith in the

things that God has said. Verse 23. So we said

that he was talking about, he said, who's ever

said to this mountain, right? But it was Feek

3 that they were talking about. Praise the Lord.

It was Feek 3 that they were talking about. So

how comes the mountain comes here? Praise the

Lord. So they're just listening carefully and

see. So remember what this was about. Zechariah

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chapter 6 verse... Zechariah chapter 4 verse

Zechariah 4:6

6. They were building the temple, right? Or they

were going to build the temple. And it says,

Zechariah was going to build the temple and he

said, and he answered and said to me, this is

the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, not by might,

not by power, but by my spirit. says the Lord

of hosts. Do you remember what they were going

to build? They were going to build what? The

house of the Lord. Right? And he says what? Not

by might, not by power, but by my spirit, says

the Lord. Now, verse 7. He said, Who are you,

O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you shall

become a plain, and he shall bring forth the

capstone with the shout of grace. Grace to it.

Verse 9. The hand of Zerubbabel hath laid the

foundation of this temple. His hand also shall

finish it. Then you shall know that the Lord

of hosts has sent me. Praise the Lord. So Jesus

is referring to Zechariah, that God will build

a temple. Praise the Lord. So when Jesus said

to them, when he was quoting this place, he's

saying to them that what? God is going to build

a temple. They were talking about the fig tree.

He was talking about what? That God is going

to build a temple. Who says to this mountain,

that whoever says to this mountain, move them

and be cast into the sea, right? It will be moved.

Praise the Lord. So, the mountain there, let

me start by saying, That there are a lot of times

in the scriptures where the Israelites or the

children of Israel were looked at or were regarded

as fig trees. Praise the Lord. They were regarded

as fig trees. Let's see some places. But let

me just read this before we look at that. So

the Old Testament and its practice, right, is

what he calls the mountain. Praise the Lord.

So be moved and be cast into the sea, right?

Sea refers to what happens in Exodus. and does

not doubt in his heart, but believe in the things

which he says, it will be done. He would have

whatever he says, right? And then, see why he

said that in the next verse, in chapter 20, in

verse 25, where in Mark 11, go back to Mark 11,

25. He says what? 25. And he says, whenever you

stand praying, and you have anything, and you

have anything against anyone, forgive him that

my Father in heaven may also forgive your trespass.

Right? He says what? That forgiveness, that forgiveness

for the people who God has forgiven. Praise the

Lord. So we see what is going on. So let's look

at the fifth three now. And then let's look at

verse 22. And he says what? You should have faith

in God. Right? That is have faith. in the scriptures.

Hosea chapter 9 verse 10. Let's look at why the

Hosea 9:10

Israelites were regarded as fig trees. Hosea

Hosea 9:10

9 verse 10. He said, I found Israel like grapes

in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as a fresh

fruit on the fig tree that is in its first season.

Praise the Lord. He says, Lord, I found Israel

like grapes in the wilderness and I saw your

fathers as fresh fruits on the fig in its first

season. So the nation of Israel were called fig

trees, right? Jeremiah chapter 24, if you study

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it, you also find out, right, more about it.

So they were looked at as bad figs, right? They

were regarded as bad figs. If you read the whole

of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 8, if you read Jeremiah

24, you see that. Jeremiah 8, 13. Jeremiah 8,

13. And I shall... And I will surely consume

them, says the Lord of hosts. No grape shall

be on the vine, no fig on the fig tree. Their

leaves shall fade, and the things I have given

them shall pass away from them. Micah 4 .4 Micah

4 .4 But everyone shall sit under his vine and

under his fig tree, and no one shall make them

afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has

spoken it. Verse 5 and 6. For the people walk

each in the name of his God, but will walk in

the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

Verse 6. In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble

the lame, and I will gather the outcasts and

those whom I have afflicted. Which means that

when Israel bears no fruit, The day will come,

right, when he will bring all the nations together.

So the fruitfulness of the fig tree is a sign

that every nation, right, is going to come together.

Praise the Lord. The fruitfulness of the fig

tree is a sign that every nation is coming together.

Jeremiah chapter 30 from verse 31 to 32. Jeremiah

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chapter 30 verse 31 verse 31. Jeremiah chapter

Jeremiah 31:31

31 verse 31 verse 31. Behold, the day is coming,

says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel and with the house of

Judah. Verse 32. Not according to the covenant

that I made with their fathers. in the day that

I took them by hand to lead them out of the land

of Egypt, by covenant which they broke. Although

I was a husband to them, says the Lord, praise

the Lord, the new covenant. So he would dwell

with them and walk among them. Praise the Lord.

So let's follow the sequence of what we said

again. So Jesus was what? He was going to the

temple. He sees the fig tree, right? That means

that Israel has failed in his walk. Which walk?

to bring all nations to God. Israel is to bring

all nations to God, but he failed in that work.

So he's saying that what? The fifth three, no

man shall eat of it forever. No man will eat

of this disobedient anymore. No man will take

of it anymore. He goes to the temple and he does

the same thing. It is not going to be, this is

not going to happen anymore in this place. It

will not be a house of merchandise anymore. It

will be a house of prayer for all nations. Then

he comes back and then he sees the fig tree has

died in its root. And he says, more assuredly,

I say to you, I say to you, whosoever says to

this mountain, be removed and be cast into the

sea and does not doubt in his heart, but believe

that these things he says will be done. He will

have whatever he says. Verse 24. Then I say to

you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that

you receive it. and you would have it. Praise

the Lord. So, do not forget what we're saying,

that the house of prayers is a house of prayers

for all nations. So when, he again talks about

prayers afterwards. So he says, when you are

standing to pray in this house, forgive, which

means that it is a conversation about the temple.

God's house will be for all nations. Praise the

Lord. So, I'm going to finish up here now. So,

So whether it's the fig tree or the merchants

or the merchandise, the things that he did in

the temple, they were all talking about, or they

were all, he was all talking about what? God's

new covenant. The Jews and the Gentiles, right?

Who have received God's holiness. So what Jesus

was doing, right? Is what? Making God's holiness

available to all, whosoever, right? Therefore

means that whether you're a Jew or Gentile, right?

And also, by sending them out, by sending them

out in what we read in Matthew 28, by sending

them out to all nations, like God sent Israel,

He was telling them that His house will no longer

be a place. By sending us out today to all nations

is that we are having an outreach of holiness.

God wants to leave. Here. God wants to live there.

Praise the Lord. That's what it means. Right?

God wants to live here. God wants to live there.

Praise the Lord. Jesus has become a qualifier

and qualification for all men. It means that

the gospel, right, prequalifies every hearer.

Praise the Lord. The gospel prequalifies every

hearer. A man only disqualifies himself by unbelief.

Praise the Lord. Of the gospel. Right? So the

gospel, even though it's a post -resurrection

event, it's not a post -resurrection message.

Pastor Carson taught us this the last time we

met. So who does, who is qualifying, right? Or

who is qualified for God's house? Everyone. Who

is qualified for God's house? Everybody. Or where

is qualified for God's house? Everywhere. Who

is qualified for God's spirit? Right? Everyone

is qualified. for God's Spirit. Praise the Lord.

So when you see somebody who is a drunkard, when

you see somebody who does not know the Lord,

that is a potential house of the Lord. Praise

the Lord. When you see somebody who is doing

a lot of things, who is in unbelief, praise the

Lord. That is a potential of God's house. That

is a potential God's house. Praise the Lord.

So you don't say, ah, this person is bad, this

person is doing this. That is a potential. Or

that is a potential God's house that you have

there. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. So, you are

in God's house already. You are God's dwelling

place already. You are already the house of His

work. The Spirit of God is already in you and

for you. Right? He wants you, or He wants to

be amongst all men. Hallelujah. He wants to be

amongst all men. It is no longer a place. It

is a people. It's no longer a kind of people,

but all people, every nation, including tribes,

tongues, cultures, behavior, sociology, everyone,

right, has room for God. God has room for everyone.

Praise the Lord. Let's just rise up on our feet

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