The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 2)

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right in. of the Son of the Holy Spirit, teaching

them to observe all things that I've commanded

you and lo, I'm with you always, even to the

end of the age. Praise the Lord. And on Sunday,

we started teaching the union of the Spirit that

we have. And we're going to continue that today.

And we said that we answered the question why

Jesus was telling them to preach the gospel to

all nations. Praise the Lord. Because that has

always been His original plan. That has always

been the intention of God. Praise the Lord. And

we looked at other scriptures that were saying

also the same thing that he was telling them.

Praise the Lord. That other scriptures that would

say beginning at Jerusalem, right? And in Judea

and in Samaria and all the earth. And we said,

why did he tell them to begin at Jerusalem? And

we said, because Jerusalem... as a message praise

the lord jerusalem has a message and that message

is about the kingdom of god the message of peace

praise the lord so beginning at jerusalem we

said was signifying the kind of message that

was coming the kind of message that was coming

and we also looked at the world in detail the

nations to see that that had always been gospel

and jesus started His ministry, right, from Galilee

of the Gentiles or the nations, right? And also,

he was also telling them that he should meet

at a mountain which was in Galilee. Praise the

Lord. Also signifying that his message was for

everybody. So today we're going to continue with

what we have started and we're going to look

at a few other things that point to God's original

plan. Praise the Lord. Before we start to talk

about the spirit within us, or the spirit that

we have, or the spirit that we enjoy, we need

to look at other things that tells us about God's

plan for the nations, or for everyone. Praise

the Lord. So, in verse 20 of Matthew chapter

Matthew 28 · chapter mention

28, it says, The things that he has taught them,

he taught them from the scriptures. Praise the

Lord. The things that he has told them, it is

from the scriptures. Praise the Lord. He was

not telling them something abstract. They were

not going to look for something that is not there.

And he says what? That he should teach them to

observe the things he has commanded them and

lo and with you always. So the word unto the

end of the world is the word Suntalia. S -U -N

-T -E -L -I -A. Praise the Lord. and it is used

in matthew very often and we as a church and

as a cell meeting we have been dealing with it

the end of the age praise the lord we have dealt

with this word several times so i believe that

we all know what it is but just look at a few

references from the end of the age or end of

the world matthew chapter 13 verse 39 matthew

Matthew 13:39 Matthew 13:39

chapter 13 verse 39 he says the enemy who saw

them is the devil and the harvest is to the end

of the age and the reapers are the angels he's

asking what the end of the age matthew 13 40

the 40 now therefore the towels are gathered

and born into the fire so it will be at the end

of the age verse 49 so it will be at the end

of the age that the angels will come forth and

separate the wicked among the just praise the

lord so judgment he says is happening at the

end of the age Hebrews chapter 9. Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 9 · chapter mention Hebrews 9:26

9 verse 26. He then would have had to suffer

often since the foundation of the world. But

now once at the end of the age, he has appeared

to put away sins by the suffering of himself.

Praise the Lord. The end of the age, right? Is

he saying it is done? Is he saying, okay, after

this thing now it's finished? Is that what he's

saying from everything that we have? learned

from everything that we have studied telling

you is he rapture is he talking about the everything

is finished praise the lord that's not where

we learned we can we we learned that it is not

gone yet praise the lord and what is not done

that the the word has not ended praise the lord

the rapture had not happened if you like praise

the lord and for some of you who have not been

here we also mentioned that you can never find

the word rapture In the English translation of

the Bible, it is not there. Praise the Lord.

So what does the end of the age mean? If it means

that it's not done. If it means it's not the

end. Praise the Lord. So the word refers to the

fulfillment of a promise. Praise the Lord. We're

not going to go into details. Like I said, we

have learned this thing from ourselves. It means

the fulfillment of a promise. to meet a target

or a goal praise the lord i am with you always

until the end so if you if you put the word fulfillment

in india what you will find is that it will look

like i am with you always until the fulfillment

of the world praise the lord and it's the same

place where we find or where eternal life is

praise the lord it is the offspring of what we

known as eternal life praise the lord so we also

see that eternal life is also found in the old

testament text it's not something that is also

new right so eternal life simply means the age

or time of the promised one praise the lord the

age or the time of the promised one the age of

the messiah praise the lord the end of the age

the end the age of the messiah is something that

the jews have been looking forward to The promise

or the age of the Messiah. The promise of the

age. It deals with the promise that is now fulfilled.

At that time, it was regarded as for all, it

is fulfilled. But at that time, it was the expected

one. It was something that they were expecting.

Praise the Lord. The time of the expected one.

Lo, I'm with you always until the end of the

age. So when we say eternal life, at that time,

at this time, it is fulfilled. but it was something

that the jews were expecting they were expecting

a messiah like i said so more like they are waiting

for a deliverer as we read in in isaiah praise

the lord the age of the expected one so for the

jews at this time that age is to come that age

is what they are looking forward to i'm just

saying so many things that i would really understand

the expected one the age that is to come but

to us is the age that we are in now praise the

lord It's the age that we are in right now. It

is what we enjoy. Eternal life is what we have

and what we are. The expected one. So we'll look

at why some of the Jews had challenge or they

have serious problems with how Jesus came. Praise

the Lord. Or the kind of things that Jesus was

doing. Praise the Lord. They had an expectation.

Remember when we read in Acts where they were

asking him, would he at this time give the kingdom

to Israel? Remember, they said that they misinterpreted

it. Praise the Lord. And he told them no. Praise

the Lord. He told them no, that it's not for

you to know the time that is in the Father's

hands. Praise the Lord. You shall receive what?

Power when the Holy Ghost has come. So he's telling

them this is their life. This is what is expected.

You will receive power. Praise the Lord. He's

telling them this is what has always been promised.

So we want to look at why were they so expecting?

Or why even to today? Some people still having

some type of mentality towards what that which

Christ has done. Why did the Jews have challenge?

They were expecting the Messiah. So that is what

Apostle Paul will often call, they were offended.

Praise the Lord. It's the offense that they have.

So reading as we have read last week, Isaiah

and Psalms, right? They were expecting somebody,

yes? They were expecting the Messiah to come.

They were expecting a kingdom. praise the lord

they were expecting a king to come they were

expecting like i said a deliverer somebody that

would come and save them praise the lord they

were expecting a savior somebody would come as

a king and he would deliver them from the oppressions

that he had so what were the challenges that

he had so let's go again to matthew chapter 21

Matthew 21:13

verse 13 matthew chapter 21 verse 13 and he said

Matthew 21:13

to them it is written my house shall be a house

of prayers but you have made it a den of thieves

my house shall be called the house of prayer

but you have made it a den of thieves mark 11

speaking of the same thing mark 11 17 then he

taught them saying is he not meeting my house

shall be called the house of prayer for all nations

praise the lord let's take note of that he said

for all nations but you have made it a den of

thieves praise the lord so even before the fulfillment

he was still telling them the intention of god

he said it's for all nations remember some people

were not permitted to be here or to be in this

house some people were not expected to be in

this house and the background of this scripture

was that they were changing money they were doing

a lot of business in the in the in the temple

john chapter 2 verse 16 speaking still talking

John 2:16

about the same thing and he said to those who

sold those take these things away do not make

my father's house the house of my children praise

the lord God make it a marketplace, right? And

again, remember, he says that this is speaking

of the temple, that the temple is his father's

house. Praise the Lord. The temple is his father's

house. Now, this is where the challenge starts,

right? To happen. Verse 19. And Jesus said to

them, answered and said to them, destroy this

temple and in three days you will raise it up

again. Raise it up. Praise the Lord. This is

where the challenges start to happen. So we're

going to come back to this. Destroy this temple

and I will raise it up again. So my father's

house, the temple, he says destroy it and in

three days I will raise it up again. So in Matthew,

in Matthew 11, verse 17, he says what? He says

Matthew 11:17

it should be a house of prayers for all nations,

for everybody. In Matthew 21, verse 13, he says

Matthew 21:13

that you have made it. a den of thieves you have

changed it to something else what was the challenge

they were having they were expecting a messiah

but they had a big problem and we see even the

black blind batmios said to jesus in mark 11

47 he said oh jesus christ son of david praise

the lord he called jesus the son of david the

one that they are expecting he said what have

mercy on me Mark 11, 47. John chapter 4, verse

John 4:29

29. Speaking of the Samaritan woman, right? She

said, could this be the Christ? Could this be

the Christ? I come to see a man who told me all

things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?

Where did their offense come from? They even

asked Jesus during his trial, he said what? Are

you the Christ? Praise the Lord. Are you the

Christ? This was the question they asked him

in Matthew chapter 22. Let's go to verse 42 now.

Matthew 22 · chapter mention

Matthew 22, verse 42. To see what Jesus said

Matthew 22:42

to them. Matthew chapter 22, verse 42. Saying,

Matthew 22:42

what do you think about the Christ? Whose son

is he? And they said to him, the son of David.

Remember the blind man. He said what? Jesus,

son of David, have mercy upon me. He said to

them, how then does David... in the spirit call

him lord saying the lord said to my lord sit

at my right hand till i make your enemy your

future if david then called him lord how is he

his son praise the lord so he was asking them

question that they could not answer praise the

lord but remember they told him that what that

he's a son of david that christ is the son of

david and this is this reference is in psalms

Psalms 110:1

110 verse 1. verse 45 said if david then called

him lord how is he his son so we see some of

the challenges that they begin to have so last

on sunday we read isaiah's right and so when

you think about the promise of the christ or

the promise of the savior or the thing that the

the jews were expecting you'll find that in isaiah

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40 you find that in isaiah chapter 42

Isaiah 42 · chapter mention

you'll find it in 49 you'll find it in 52 but

then When you go to 53, right, it's also where

they begin to also have challenges. Praise the

Lord. You will also find it in 44, in 55. So

right in the middle of it, it talks about something

different that doesn't look like a savior. Praise

the Lord. Just take your time and read it. Isaiah

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40, Isaiah chapter 42, 43, 40, 52, and

Isaiah 42 · chapter mention

then you have 53. And then read 40, 55, and then

54. But then 53 is where they started having

the Ethiopian Union. Well, that was where his

challenge was. Praise the Lord. Remember the

Christian he was asking? Acts chapter 8 from

Acts 8 · chapter mention

verse 30 to 34. Is he speaking of himself or

another? Praise the Lord. So Philip ran to him

and had him reading from the prophet Isaiah and

said, Do you understand what you are reading?

And he said to him, How can I unless somebody

guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and

sit with him. And the place in the scripture

where he read was this. He was laid as a sheep

to the slaughter. As a lamb before a herder is

silent. He opened not his mouth. Verse 3. In

humiliation, his justice was taken away. Who

would declare his generation? For his life is

taken from the earth. Now, this is the question

he asked him. So the eunuch answered Philip and

said, I ask you, of whom does the prophet say

this? Of himself or some other man? Praise the

Lord. Even him is confused. Praise the Lord.

Maybe he has read 52. Praise the Lord. And maybe

he has seen some glamorous things, right, of

what the Savior will be like. And then he comes

to, that is Isaiah, he comes to 53, and then

he begins to have challenge as well. right you

say is he speaking of himself of another man

so right in the middle of these things of Isaiah

Isaiah 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40 to 55 right we have 53 praise the

Lord so let's go to Isaiah 53 Isaiah 53 verse

Isaiah 53:1

1 say who has believed our report to whom has

the arm of the Lord being revealed praise the

Lord what report is he asking about right what

is this report who has believed our report to

whom are the arm of the lord will reveal right

this is where their offense is praise the lord

so isaiah 53 right is what is the faith of the

believer praise the lord what is the offense

of the jews praise the lord the all nations are

glad about 53 praise the lord all nations are

glad about 53 galilee of the gentiles are glad

about 53 for the jews are offended by it so let's

look at verse 3 verse 2 now but he grew up but

he shall grow up before him as a tender plant

as a root out of a dry ground he has no form

or cornyness and when we see him there is no

beauty that we should desire him praise the lord

speaking of the messiah verse 33 now history

sorry he was despised rejected of men a man of

sorrow acquainted with grief as it were Our faces

from him. He was despised and we do not esteem

him. Praise the Lord. Verse 4. Surely he bore

our grief and carried our sorrow. Yet we esteem

him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. Verse

5. He was wounded for our transgression. He was

bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement

of our peace was upon him. By his strife we were

healed. Verse 6. We all like sheep have gone

astray. We have turned everyone to his own way.

and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of

the seven now so we see this is where the e -mail

started having this way he was reading and he

started having the problem praise the lord he

was oppressed he was afflicted yet he opened

not his mouth was led as a lamb to the slaughter

as a sheep before his share is sailing he opened

not his mouth so this is where we saw in acts

Acts 8:32

chapter 8 verse 32 that he was having the issues

with him he was taken from prison and from judgment

who would declare his generation but he was cut

off from the land of the living for the transgression

of my people he was stricken they made his grave

with the wicked but with the rich at his death

because he has done no violence nor was any deceit

in his mouth yet he pleased the lord To bruise

him. He has put him to grief. When you make his

soul. As an offering for sin. He shall see. Now

let's pay attention to this. He shall see his

seed. And will prolong his days. And the pleasure

of the Lord. Shall prosper in his hands. Verse

11. He shall see the labor of his soul. And be

satisfied. By his knowledge. My righteous servant.

Shall justify many. For he shall bear their iniquity.

Praise the Lord. This. He shall bear their iniquity.

Praise the Lord. He's also a problem. Praise

the Lord. Because the king cannot, obviously,

bear your iniquity. The king who is coming cannot,

after all this suffering, bear your iniquity.

Praise the Lord. So we see some of the things

that they were having. This is their offense.

Who would believe our report? Verse 1. So we

have spoken of Jerusalem, Zion, right? Behold

your God, he comes with all his glory. We see

that in Isaiah. We have read it before. And then

all of a sudden, you are hearing afflicted. he's

afflicted praise the lord before now he was behold

your god he comes in his glory and then we come

to 65 you're done hearing he was afflicted praise

the lord so it's something that they cannot wrap

their minds around how can a king be afflicted

praise the lord they have forgotten what jerusalem

means what melchizedek means praise the lord

who will believe our report verse 1 of that is

53 who will believe our report so That word,

report, a report is a word, a man, a man. It's

the same word that is used for when Abraham believed

God. Praise the Lord. And it was accounted for

him for righteousness. Genesis chapter 15, verse

Genesis 15:6

6. Abraham believed in the Lord and it was accounted

for him for righteousness. It's a word, belief.

And then, do not forget that first, righteousness

was first described, who was first described

to be righteous? Before Abraham. Melchizedek.

Praise the Lord. Before Abraham. Who has believed

our report. To believe. So let's run through

this. Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. So thy word

Genesis 42:20

shall be verified. The word verified there. In

Genesis chapter 42 verse 20. To bring your strongest

Genesis 42:20

brothers to me. So your word will be verified.

And you shall not die. And they did so. That

place verified is the word. A man is the same

word as believe. Genesis 45 verse 26. It's also

Genesis 45:26

the word believe not or believe. He said, and

they said to him saying, Joseph is still alive.

He's the governor over the land of Egypt. And

Jacob had stood still because he did not believe

them. Did not believe them is the same word there.

So to believe is used for somebody bringing a

report to you. Praise the Lord. Did you believe

the report that was told you? don't need to read

this i'll just list it for us exodus chapter

Exodus 4:5

4 verse 5 verse 8 verse 9 and verse 31 we'll

see the word believe there right you see the

word believe that they may believe that the lord

god of our fathers praise the lord is the word

a man in exodus 14 verse 31 exodus 14 verse 31

Exodus 14:31 Exodus 14:31

because israel saw the great walk which the lord

had done in egypt so the people fear the lord

and believe the lord and his servant moses is

the word believed there exodus 19 verse 19 remember

Exodus 19:19

in the wilderness the people did not believe

god we also did these studies they didn't believe

what was preached to them exodus 19 verse 9 so

Exodus 19:9

is the word believe you forever in that place

numbers 14 verse 11 you see that same word there

Numbers 14:11

Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy 1 .32. Deuteronomy

9 .23. Now, let's look at another way apart from

believe in which it is used. Numbers 12 .7. It

says, Not so with my servant Moses is faithful

in all my house. This word faithful is that same

word a man, right? To believe. It's also used

at faithful. Praise the Lord. It's the same word

that is also found in the New Testament as pistis.

right is the word pistis which is which appears

a lot of time too as faith right as faithfulness

so to believe right means to be faithful to be

trusting or trustworthy that what a man means

to what to be faithful to be trusting or trustworthy

in Deuteronomy 7 9. so the word Belief, or the

word aman, is also used to be faithful, trusting,

and betrusting. Like I said, this is a word that

is used in the Old Testament, right, as pistis.

P -I -S, P -I -S. It is used about, roughly about,

243 times in the New Testament. Praise the Lord.

In Romans, in Hebrews, in the Epistles, right?

It is used to describe us, and it's also used

to describe God. It means to believe. God is

faithful, right? We describe God as a faithful

God, right? Is that what Christ is or a man in

the Old Testament? Which means we believe in

God who is faithful and we become faithful. Or

you can write, our faith is in a faithful God

and that makes us faithful men. Our faith is

in a faithful God and that makes us faithful

men. Remember where we are coming from. Who has

believed our report in Isaiah 53? So, who has

believed our report in Isaiah 53 verse 1 is,

Isaiah 53:1

who has believed in the faithfulness of God and

is faithful to his message? Praise the Lord.

Who has believed our report? Right? He said,

to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

What he's saying is that who has believed in

the faithfulness of God and is faithful to his

message? Our report. So the word report is shemua.

S -H -E -M -U -A. It means to announce. Praise

the Lord. We are dealt with the word belief,

right? We said it's the word aman. It means faithful,

right? And we said that it is to believe in a

faithful God and to be faithful to his message.

The word report is the word shemua, which means

to announce. So you believe what someone said

about someone. Faith in somebody who is faithful.

Praise the Lord. Faith in someone. who is faithful

so let's go back to where i said we should pay

attention to which is verse 10 of isaiah 53 that

talks about he will see his seed and prolong

his days yet he pleased the lord to bruise him

he has put him to grief when he makes his soul

an offering for sin for he shall see his seed

and will prolong his days and the pleasure of

the lord will prosper in his hands praise the

lord is the word zebra right that word he shall

see his sea is a word zed and prolong his days

now to prolong his days is the word ar right

to prolong his days means to continue praise

the lord to prolong these days means to continue

his days what did after jesus resurrected did

we see him believable in the natural 133 years

praise the lord what is he prolonging what is

he prolonging what does he see zero means his

days remember we talked about eternal life right

So the time of the Savior. The time of the Savior.

So he will sit with me and prolong his days.

So what is he prolonging? So he's prolonging

Christ's dominion. Praise the Lord. He's prolonging

Christ's dominion. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.

Praise the Lord. He's prolonging Christ's ministry.

His dominion. His character. His teaching. This

is what is called eternal life. To prolong his

activity. The seed there is what the church is.

He will prolong his days. He will see his seed

and prolong his days. So eternal life is the

age and the time of the Messiah in the church

and the church in the Messiah. Eternal life is

the activity of Christ after or upon his redirection.

So remember we said that he said his father's

house, the temple is his father's house. So therefore,

the temple there is also a parable. Praise the

Lord. He was trying to teach them something.

The temple there is also a parable. Praise the

Lord. And as we have known, and we have logically

asked the question, would he build a temple in

three days? Is he talking about a physical temple?

Praise the Lord. And we said, no, that's not

what he means. Praise the Lord. We have been

caught that. So the temple there for the year

is a parable. 19, right? 19 jesus answered and

said they share this temple and in three days

i will raise it up praise the lord so he's not

talking about what he's not telling them this

temple praise the lord he's talking about what

will happen at his resurrection the activities

of christ upon the resurrection so the temple

so the first thing we saw that he does is that

he he drove everybody that was selling and buying

from the temple praise the lord so everything

that he did before then and after then right

was pointing to his resurrection praise the lord

every of his activity as he entered the temple

was pointing to his resurrection and eternal

life so what he did before he entered the temple

and what he did afterwards is very important

it is written my father's house shall be a house

of prayer what did we say the house there was

it's a victim what is the house there praise

the lord is a house of prayer for all nations

but you have made it a den of thieves my father's

house shall be a house for all nations praise

the lord my father's house shall be a house remember

he said what was the promise that abraham believed

praise the lord that was in him shall all the

nation of the earth be blessed praise the lord

so when jesus is saying my father's house shall

be a house of prayer for all nations he is saying

that which has been said from the beginning so

says the lord keep justice and do righteousness

for my salvation is about to come and my righteousness

to be revealed blessed is a man who does this

and the son of man who lay hold on this on this

on it who keeps from defiling the sabbath and

keeps his hand from doing any evil do not let

the son of the foreigner who has joined himself

to the lord say the lord has utterly separated

me from his people nor let the eunuch say here

i am a dry tree praise the lord they should not

feel segregated or different Praise the Lord.

Verse 4 now. Who keeps my servant and shows what

pleases me and hold fast to my covenant? That

is, he's talking to those who are coming in.

Remember, at this time, there were some people

that were not allowed to be in the temple. Verse

5. Even to them, I will give what? My house.

Praise the Lord. So this is where Jesus was teaching

them from. That what? My Father's house shall

be a house of prayer for all nations. For you

have made it a den of thieves. Even them, I will

give my house. within my walls the place and

the name sons and daughters i will give them

an everlasting name that they shall not be cut

off everyone who keeps on defiling the sabbath

and hold my covenant was certain even them i

will bring to my holy mountain i will make them

joyful in my house of prayers their bones offering

and the sacrifice will be accepted at my altar

for my house shall be what called the house of

prayer For all nations. Praise the Lord. All

nations. Jews and Gentiles. Hallelujah. Praise

the Lord. I would raise it up. Right? In John

John 2:19

chapter 2 verse 19. That is to restore. Right?

He's restoring the promise that is made to Abraham.

So what we see in Mark chapter 11. Matthew chapter

Mark 11 · chapter mention Matthew 22 · chapter mention

22. John chapter 2. My house. The house of the

John 2 · chapter mention

Lord. Matthew chapter 21. Now at resurrection.

Matthew 21 · chapter mention

It will welcome everybody inside. There will

not be strangers anymore. Praise the Lord. And

we see that even before it becomes a reality,

Christ has done some practice. He has practiced

some things, which we also studied before now.

Praise the Lord. By the healing that he healed

in the temple. Praise the Lord. We have done

these studies. Matthew 21, verse 13. It is written,

Matthew 21:13

My house shall be called the house of prayers,

but you have made it a den of thieves. Do not

forget all nations. right verse 14 now then the

lame then the blind and the lame came to him

in the temple and he healed them praise the lord

he healed them so the lame and the blind were

not allowed in the temple before so they came

to him in the temple and he healed them right

in doing this or in healing them what he's saying

is that you are all welcome to this place praise

the lord it is a house for all nations so the

physical temple We say it is a parable, right?

A parable of what? Right? The people. Praise

the Lord. The people. When God builds his temple,

he builds men. Praise the Lord. When God builds

his temple, he builds men. Why did he use the

temple? I think we have also done these studies.

We said that some of the things that happened

in the Old Testament, God allowed them. Praise

the Lord. He did not approve those things. He

allowed them. Men had cultures. Remember, Abraham

was what? He came from a pagan background. All

the Chaldeans. Praise the Lord. There were so

many things that God allowed. Praise the Lord.

So, this temple was a borrowed culture. Praise

the Lord. Now, why is that a borrowed culture?

So, we observe that when Moses was building the

tabernacle of God, right? God said he should

build it according to his plan. Why? Because

these people understand what temples are. They

had a culture. They were something they were

coming from. They had idols. They had idol worship.

Exodus chapter 25 verse 40. To build it according

Exodus 25:40

to his own pattern. Because the temple, right,

was in their culture. Praise the Lord. The temple

was in their culture. They had their temples.

They had their sacrifice. They had the place

of idols. They already have that. Praise the

Lord. That's why Abraham, They did not build

any temple. Neither did Isaac nor Jacob. Right?

We will see what Jacob did. Genesis 28, 19. And

he called the name of the place Bethel. And the

name of that city had been loosed previously.

Praise the Lord. Bethel. Bethel. Right? It means

what? The house of God. The house of God. The

16th. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,

Surely the Lord is in this place. And I did not

know it. Praise the Lord. The Lord is in this

place and I do not know it. But did you notice

that if you read, he did not say, let's call,

you know, Mr. Gabriel works in a construction

company, right? He said, let's call Mr. Gabriel,

let him come and build a structure here for us.

The Lord is here. He didn't look for an architect.

He didn't look for an engineer to come and say,

come and build something for us here. Praise

the Lord, because he knows, he has knowledge.

Praise the Lord. He knows. He didn't get an architect.

So, the idea of calling a place, let's say, the

temple, or let's say the house of God, was something

that was borrowed. It's a borrowed concept. So,

but God accommodated it because of his love and

his grace. Verse 17 says, And he was afraid and

said, How autumn is this place? There is no other

than the house of the Lord and the gates of heaven.

Praise the Lord. Like I said, do not come and

start laying blocks. for the gate of heaven the

house of the lord this is the gate of heaven

why did they call it the gates of heaven look

at rest verse 2 now why do you call it gate of

heaven they didn't just manufacture that like

in genesis 28 then he dreamt and behold the ladder

was set up on the earth and the top reached the

heavens there the angel of the lord we are sending

and descending praise the lord why did he call

it the gate of heaven why because there is an

entrance in his dream He saw that there was an

entrance, right? Like a staircase. It's this

same word that we find in Genesis 11, talking

about the Tower of Babel. Praise the Lord. They

were building something to the Lord, the Tower

of Babel. It's a place of worship. Let's read

from verse 12 to 13 now. Genesis 20. Okay, verse

13. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said,

I'm the Lord God of Abraham, your father, the

God of Isaac, the land which you lie. I will

give to you and your descendants. Verse 14. And

your descendants shall be as the dust of the

earth, and they shall spread abroad to the east,

to the west, to the east, to the north, to the

south. And you and your seed, all families of

the earth, shall be blessed. Praise the Lord.

Seeing another plan of God on the earth, house

of the Lord. So we say that the temple is a parable.

So Jesus used their practice to teach. Praise

the Lord. When he says, destroy this temple in

three days, he was using what they know of to

teach. So God uses their practice to teach them

his plan and his purpose. He uses illustration.

Praise the Lord. So we need to pay attention

to these things. So that somebody will not say,

until you come to this altar, you will not be

blessed. Praise the Lord. There are a lot of

things like that. Or somebody will say that,

I will not allow anybody on my altar. Praise

the Lord. There's so many, as the word would

say, charlatans that use those words. Moses started

by what? We see that Moses started by using tabernacles.

He was moving houses from tent to tent. And then

the temple is a parable. So we have looked at

all these things. Praise the Lord. Right? Now

we're going to focus in our next teaching where

we have the time about what? The word became

flesh. Praise the Lord. The union of the spirits

that we have. The word became flesh. Hallelujah.

And dwelt among us. God dwelling among us. John

John 1:14

chapter 1 verse 14. He said the word became flesh

and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory.

The glory as of the only begotten of the father.

Full of grace and truth. The flesh. He became

flesh and dwelt among us. So the word that was

used for dwelt is tabarako. Right? He dwelt among

us. He tabernacled among us. And we beheld his

glory. Right? That is the temple language. Praise

the Lord. Remember what was happening in the

Old Testament. We beheld his glory. This thing

you're seeing is temple language. The glory as

the only begotten of the Father. Full of grace

and truth. In temple language. So what he says,

destroy this temple and in three days we will

raise it up again. Right? What? In three days

he will raise it up what? for the Jew and for

the Gentiles. Hallelujah. And everybody will

be welcome in the inside of it. Praise the Lord.

I would raise it up. Praise the Lord. I will

restore God's plan and purpose. I will restore

the house of God for all nations. Let me just

rise up on our feet and just thank God. for what

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