The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 22: The Giving of the Law

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right in. Okay, so we will continue from where

we stopped on Sunday. We have been trying to

look at the giving of the law, the giving of

the law. I don't want you to forget that our

focus is to understand why Moses ruled this law,

particularly Deuteronomy 22 .5 That the woman

shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,

neither shall a man put on the woman's garment.

For all that do so are abomination unto the Lord

thy God. I want to note something crucial that

as we study, I want you to pay attention. When

I say the law here, I am talking about legalism.

However, the word law does not have a blanket

meaning. Are we together? Yes, it does not have

a blanket meaning. I believe we have been taught

in this church that we are not looking for formulas

in the Bible. That every word's meaning is found

in its context. So as we study different contexts,

The word law will be appearing. Now, I don't

want to take time. I would have shown you in

a diverse place, meaning a lot of places in the

Bible where law is appeared. I mean, law was

used. That does not mean legalism. It means the

doctrine of Christ. In fact, some of the scripture

we read last Sunday. What law means the gospel.

So it's not all the time when we say law, your

mind should go to legalism. No. So, however,

why am I stressing this is for you to pay attention.

As we study, we will be making note of those

things. So in the context, you will know what

he's talking about. But remember we said the

law of Moses, which was added, understand? Well,

let me put it this way. That legalism is a corruption

of the gospel or was what came out of unbelief.

We're going to see that so that you will know

that not just only that Moses gave the law, but

he also preached. The gospel. Are we together?

So he gave the gospel, he also gave the law.

Amen. And we knew the reason why he gave the

law was because of unbelief. See, it was added

because of transgression. Are we together? Yes.

So, and the corruption I'm talking about is the

unbelief. that birth the law. Hallelujah. So

we ended last Sunday on the note that Jesus is

the mediator. The mediator of a better and a

new covenant. Not Moses. We ended by saying that

both the law and the mediation or Moses as the

mediator. We are both, we are all an addition.

That we are not the plan of God for any man to

stand in between God and man. Are we together?

Yes. Okay, so let's look at this thought a little

bit then before we move on. Hebrews chapter 12.

Hebrews 12 · chapter mention

Let me pick one scripture. Hebrews chapter 12

Hebrews 12 · chapter mention

that talks about Christ. the mediator of a better

covenant. Hebrews chapter 12, let me read verse

Hebrews 12 · chapter mention

22. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the

city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,

to an innumerable company of angels, to the general

assembly and the church of the firstborn, who

are registered in heaven, to God, the judge of

all, to the spirit of just men made perfect,

verse 24, to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant,

and to the blood of the sprinkling that speaks

better things, than that of Abel. Amen. Now,

look at that 24. I want you to look at that word,

that of. If you are using King James or New King

James, you will see that of is in Italics, which

means that it has been added. Yeah, it's not

in the original. It has been added by the translators.

They want to put it there in their wisdom so

that it can make meaning. Are we together? Yes.

So if we disregard that because it's not in the

original, so let's remove it. So we can read

it this way, that to Jesus, the mediator of the

new covenant, and to the blood of the sprinkling

that speaks, Better things than what? Herbal.

Amen. Are we there? Now let's look at that word

than. That word than herbal. So that word than.

It was translated from the word para. That is

P -A -R -A. P -A -R -A. Para. And that word para.

have different meaning in different contexts.

So para could mean from. Para could mean done,

which was used here. Para could mean by. Or above.

Or besides. Or near. From. Dan, by, above, beside,

or near. ETC. I just picked some. Now, what determines

which one to use is by reading the context. Are

we together? Amen. Are we together? Yes. This

is why we are teaching. And you have to pay attention

because in every teaching, you will see that

we're not just only teaching the topic. or the

subject, but we are also teaching how to read

Bible. If you have been following this church,

you understand that every teaching is a Bible

study and a method to study the Bible. Are we

together? Now, if you look at the context where

I read, you will bear me witness. Are we together?

That this text is not actually comparing Abel

and Jesus. Is that right? Is that true? Is he

comparing whose blood screams louder? Did you

understand what I'm trying to say? All the time,

you see, when I read from the time he was talking

about Mount Zion, he says the city of the living

God, right? And he was describing, you understand,

the uniqueness of this heavenly Jerusalem. Amen.

Are we together? And he said, we have a mediator,

which is Christ. So there's no way he was talking

about a comparison between the blood that screams.

You know, sir? So we will not actually look at

it, therefore, as a comparison. So that means

that word done wouldn't be the best word for

para there. Are we together? So if you look at

it, that means from what I have said, you will

see clearly that the best fit there is the word

from, is the word from. So the verse can be correctly

read as, let me take the last part, to the blood

of the sprinkling that speaks better things from

where? From Abel. The blood of the sprinkling

that speaks better things from Hebel. I believe,

I remember Pastor Fred taught us this word Becca,

I think some time ago, even though we're going

to study it again. Reputation is good and healthy

for your spiritual health. Hallelujah. So Pastor

Fred told us that that word Becca, it appears

several times in the book of, I mean, in Hebrews.

And he said that better is not a comparison of

the same things. You understand? No. He's talking

about something of a different kind. You understand

what I'm saying? So when he says, like, for example,

where we read here, he said, Jesus, the mediator

of a new covenant. You understand? And in many

other places, he talks about Jesus better than

angels. Are we together? He's not comparing two

things. You understand? Of the same kind. No,

he's saying that they are in different class.

There is no comparison. This one is in a different

class. Are we together? Yes, of a different kind.

So here he's trying to speak to us that Abel's

righteousness, please listen to me. Abel's righteousness,

remember I will point us to the text and the

sign in Hebrews. I will go back a little bit

to Hebrews chapter 11 because that's where he

Hebrews 11 · chapter mention

started discussing. Abel's righteousness was

because of Christ. Abel's righteousness was because

of the blood of Christ. Let me use that word

because since we are talking about the blood

here. You understand? The blood of the sprinkling

that speaks better things from Abel. That means

right from Genesis. Remember the Bible says that

the lamb which was slain from the what? From

the foundation of the world. I remember Pastor

Fred also taught us again the issue of foundation.

Are we together? Amen. That means... So right

from Genesis, you understand, in the gospel,

you understand, the person is made righteous.

How is a man made righteous? By the blood of

Christ. They believe in the promissory, but that

is exactly what happened. So it's not really

a comparison between which blood screams. Is

it the blood of Hebel or the blood of Jesus?

So the blood of Jesus is better than the blood

of Hebel? No, no, no, no, no. is that the blood

of Jesus that speaks better things, you understand,

from what? From Abel. Are we together? Amen.

Now look at Hebrews, go back a little bit, Hebrews

11. Hebrews 11, look at one. He said, now, let

me speak from, let's say, verse 10, chapter 10,

sorry, verse 39. Hebrews chapter 10, verse 39.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition,

but of those who believe to the saving of the

soul. So that is a category of people that drill

back. He said, no, we are not of them that drill

back. You understand? But them that believe in

the saving of the soul. So then verse 1 of chapter

11 says, now, that word now is we are for or

they are for. That word is not present. It's

also currently in the sand. That's not what you

look at it. It means therefore. The Hebrew word

there is therefore. Faith is a substance of things

hopeful, the evidence of things not sent. Now,

here is defining faith as hope. Now, faith here

is a faith of the men of the old. That's before

Christ died. Because now, if you believe in Jesus,

you believe in what has happened, not what will

happen. Are we together? Amen. Are we together?

Yes, that Jesus raised him from the dead and

you shall do what? You shall be saved. So that

is our faith now on what has happened. But for

the men of old, they believe in what will happen.

That's why here he's describing their faith.

And their faith is called hope. Amen? That's

not your own. He says, because Jesus hasn't died

then when they believed. So now, or therefore,

faith is a substance of things hoped for. The

evidence of things not seen. That word things

is pragma. P -R -A -G -M -A P -R -A -G -M -A

means pragma or pragma. It means deeds. It means

actions. It's not car, house. I know some faith

movement have used this text terribly bad. You

know, sir. talking about these things, his car,

house, whatever, you know what I'm saying? He

said, now he's faith. It's not tomorrow. Now

he's faith. No, no, no. That's not what he's

talking about here. He's talking about these

things here, you know what I'm saying? It's not

material things. It's deeds. It's actions. You

understand? That is the actions of Christ. The

deeds of Christ. What Christ has done on Calvary.

So that's why they said, Faith is what they hope

for ahead. What do they hope for? Is the action

of Christ. What Christ will do. You understand?

And that was what, that was what Abel believed.

When you begin to read, if you go to verse 4,

by faith is that Abel? Enoch was next. You understand?

Then Noah. Then Abraham. And on and on. You see

all this when he said by faith. That's what it

means. The faith there is talking about that.

Every of their actions described was a response

of what they believed. Are we together? So, for

Abel, verse 4. You see, by faith, Abel offered.

Did you see that? to God a more excellent sacrifice

than king. That's another word that we discuss,

a more excellent. We're not going into that,

but it's also describing, because I'm going to

talk about it later on, because it's also describing

something of a different kind. Are we together?

Just like beta. It's not talking about like a

two comparison of the same thing. So that means

he gave a more excellent, excellent sacrifice,

you understand, than Cain. I hope you are suspecting

exactly what he did. You understand what I'm

saying? Because his sacrifice was born out of

the substance of things hoped for. Are we together?

Are we together? While that of Abel was born

out of unbelief. Do you understand what I'm trying

to say? So that's why I say he gave a more excellent

sacrifice. Now, a man today, you that now understand

the gospel, And you're coming to give a gift.

You'll be coming to give a gift because you have

been blessed. But somebody, you'll be coming

to give a gift because he wants God to give him

something. You see, your own is a more excellent

one. Did you understand what I'm trying to say?

Because his own is born out of the system of

unbelief. You understand? But yours is born out

of the righteousness of Christ. That is because

of what he has done, so we give in thanksgiving.

Amen. Are we together? So you see, this is exactly

what happened here. You understand? He said,

obtain a witness that he was what? Oh, talk to

me. That he was what? Righteous. Because God

testifying of his gift and to it. Even that still

speaks. We're reading of their faith. We're reading

of what they have done. Are we together? Are

we together? In fact, Jesus made mention of Abel

as a prophet. Amen? Matthew 23. Look at Matthew

23. Verse 35. Verse 35. Matthew 23, verse 35.

Matthew 23:35

He said, that on you may come all the righteous

blood shed on the earth from the blood of righteousness.

And to the blood of who? Zechariah, the son of

who? Berethia, whom you murdered between the

temple and the altar. Look at how he describes.

From the blood of righteous Abel. This is not

righteousness by works. This is righteousness

by faith. Luke 50. Luke 50. Luke 11 50. Somebody

will be imagining. For the victory of ideas from

verses. From chapters. Luke 11 50. That the blood

of the prophets which was shed from the foundation

of the world may be required of this generation.

From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah

who perished between the altar and the temple.

Did you see that? Who? He said he called them

prophets. So not just only that he believed,

he what? He preached this same it, this same

righteousness by faith. We say, believe in the

things to come. The deeds of Christ. The actions

of Christ. His sufferings and the glory shall

come. So, at that time, Abel believed. Listen.

Before, you remember the text we read? He's talking

about a sacrifice. That was before even Abel

was killed. Are we together? Because the problem

started after God was asking him, if you do well,

will you not have been accepted? Yeah? So, What

we are talking about now is before even Abel's

blood was shed. Did you understand what I'm saying?

So, it is the blood of the sprinkling, the blood

of Jesus, that spoke. It is that same blood that

spoke. Are we together? For us. Amen. Galatians

Galatians 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. Galatians 3, verse 19. What purpose

Galatians 3:19

then? The Lord saith, It was added because of

transgression, till the seed should come. to

whom the promise was made, and it was appointed

to angels by the hand of a mediator. So both

the law and the mediation of Moses were added

because of transgression. And God revealed to

Moses, Remember last time on Sunday we talked

about what Stephen was speaking. It's a lively

oracle. Right? Yes. The words giving life. That

was what was delivered. Are we together? Amen.

So these people refused to believe. And Moses

said, okay, I will give you the law. Just follow

me. So, God gave Moses the message and Moses

involved the angels. And Moses did what? So,

in the giving of the law, Moses did what? Involved

who? The angels. Hebrews chapter 2. Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 2 · chapter mention Hebrews 2 · chapter mention

2. Verse 1. Therefore we must give the more earnest

heed to the things which we have heard, lest

we drift away. For if the words spoken through

angels proved steadfast, and every transgression

and disobedience received a just reward. Stop

there. I'm coming to that verse in the psalm.

Again, this is just to add to what we have been

Another text. That way he said the words. Talking

through angels. He's talking about the law of

Moses. The law that was delivered to unbelievers.

Those who refuse to believe. Hallelujah. So.

What are we trying to see here? That the delivery

of the law was supernatural to the involvement

of angels by Moses. Now, because of this, I said,

I need to, we need to, we can't stop like that.

Before we move to see other things. I said, let

me go through. We need to search. We need to

study some activities of angels in the Old Testament,

what we call the Old Testament text. Are we together?

Let me start from Judges. And I want you to pay

attention as we go through because we're going

to solve multiple things as we go through. Amen?

Let me start from Judges. Judges chapter 6. Look

Judges 6 · chapter mention

at verse 11. Now the angel of the Lord came and

sat under the talibin tree, which was in Ophrah,

which belonged to Josh and Abizreit. Yes, thank

you. While his son Gideon threshed wheat. in

the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites.

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and

said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty

man of valor. But starting, Gideon said to him,

O my Lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has

all this happened to us? And where are all his

miracles? Which our fathers told us about, saying,

Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But

now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us

into the hands of the Midianites. Then the Lord

turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours,

and you shall save Israel. from the hand of the

Midianites. Have I not sent you? Verse 15. So

he said to him, O my Lord, how can I save Israel?

Indeed, my clan is the weakest in men, I say,

and I am the least in my father's house. Verse

16. And the Lord said to him, Surely I will be

with you, and you will defeat the Midianites

as one man. Then he said to him, If now I have

found favor in your sight, then show me a sign

that it is you who talk with me. Verse 18. Do

not depart from here, I pray, until I come to

you and bring out my offering and set it before

you. You! And he said, I will wait until you

come back. Verse 19. So Vidon went in and prepared

a young goat and on living bread from an ephah

of flour and the meat he put in a basket. And

he put the bread in a pot and he brought them

out to him under the table tree and presented

them. Verse 20. The angel of the Lord. The angel

of God said to him, take the meat and the unleavened

bread and lay them on this rock and pour out

the bread. And he did so. He did so. Verse 21.

Then the angel of the Lord put out the end of

the staff that was in his hand and touched the

meat and the unleavened bread. And fire rose

out of the rock and consumed the meat. and the

one living bread. The angel of the Lord departs

out of his sight. Now Gideon perceived that he

was the angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, Alas,

O Lord God, for I have seen the angel of the

Lord face to face. Verse 23. Then the Lord said

to him, Peace be with you. Do not fear. You shall

not die. I want you to pay attention. That's

the reason why I read through. Now, you must

have observed when I was reading. It is a word

that appeared to be, to be interchangeable. The

word, the angel of the Lord. and the word the

Lord. If you look at the entire encounter, you

would think two people are there. That is the

Lord and the angel of the Lord. There's no way

that we heard, actually Gideon was just conversing

and talking and then interacting with the word,

the angel of the Lord. So first look at it, verse

11. Let's go through. Verse 11. The verse 11,

he said, now the angel of who? The Lord. Verse

12. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him.

Are you in verse 12? That's why you need to have

your Bible. Amen. Look at verse 20 again. He

said, verse 20. The angel of God said to him.

Verse 21. Then the angel of the Lord. Again,

he says in that same verse. And the angel of

the Lord departed out of his sight. Are we together?

Please, I want us to go together. You understand?

Look at verse 22. The angel of who? The Lord.

Now, look at verse 14. Come back to verse 14.

Then the Lord turned to him. Verse 16. And the

Lord said to him. Verse 23. The Lord said to

him, are we together? In fact, several times,

Gideon himself referred to the angel as my Lord

or Lord God. Verse 13. Are you verse 13? This

is what he said. Oh my Lord. Verse 15. Oh my.

Lord. Verse 22. Look at verse 22. Now Gideon

perceived that he was what? The angel of the

Lord. So Gideon said, alas, what? Oh my God.

Are we together? Amen. Yes. For I have seen.

Look at, he's the one that said, for I have seen

the angel of the Lord face to face. But he called

the angel of the Lord, O Lord God. Are you seeing

something? Okay, go to chapter 13. You see, George's

chapter 13. Again, the children of Israel did

evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse 1. And the

Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistine

for 40 years. Now there was a certain man from

Zorah of the family of the Danites, whose name

was Manuah, and his wife was barren and had no

child. And the angel of the Lord appeared to

the woman. And said to her, Indeed now you are

barren and have born no children, but you shall

pass conceived and bear a son. Now therefore,

please be careful not to drink wine or similar

drinks and not to eat anything unclean. Verse

5. For behold, you have... You shall conceive

and bear a son, and no result shall come upon

his head. For the child shall be a Nazareth to

God from the womb, and he shall begin to deliver

Israel out of the hand of the Philistine. So

the woman came and told her husband, saying,

A man of God, note that, a man of God came to

me. And his countenance was like the countenance

of who? Of an angel of God. Very handsome. But

I... Good. Now you are now... I can see you are

following me. Are we together? But I did not

ask him... Are we together? Where he was from...

Oh, they are reading from here. Ah. Okay. Is

he good? But I did not ask him where he was from,

and he did not tell me his name. And he said

to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a

son. Now drink no wine or similar drink. Nor

eat anything unclean, for the child shall be

a Nazareth to God from the womb to the day of

his death. Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and

said, O my Lord, Please let the man of God whom

you sent come to us again and teach us what we

shall do for the child who will be born. Verse

9. And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and

the angel of God came to the woman again as she

was sitting in the field. But Manoah, her husband,

was not with her. Verse 10. Then the woman ran

in haste. and told her husband and said to him,

Look, the man who came to me the other day has

just now appeared to me. So Manoah arose and

followed his wife. When he came to the man, he

said to him, Are you the man who spoke to this

woman? And he said, I am. Manoah said, Now let

your words come to pass. What will be the boy's

rule of life? and his work. Verse 13, So the

angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Of all that

I said to the woman, let her be careful. Verse

14, She may not eat everything that comes from

the wine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink,

nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded

her, let her do what? Observe. Verse 15, then

Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, please

let us detain you and we will prepare a young

goat for you. Verse 16, and the angel of the

Lord said to Manoah, though you detain me, I

will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt

offering, you must offer it to the Lord. For

Manoah did not know. He was the what? The angel

of the Lord. Verse 17. Verse 18. upon the rock

to the Lord, and he did a wondrous thing while

Manoah and his wife looked on. It happened, verse

20, as the flame went up toward heaven from the

altar, the angel of the Lord ascended in the

flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife

saw this, they fell on their faces on the ground.

Verse 21. When the angel of the Lord appeared

no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew

that he was the angel of the Lord. Verse 22.

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely

do what? Die. Because we have seen who? We have

seen who? Now go to verse 3. Now let's look at

it again. Verse 3 and 4. What did you see there?

First, the angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah's

wife, right? She was bearing with her foods,

right? And she would conceive to bear a son.

Verse 6. What did verse 6 say? They now referred

to him as the man of God, right? And then she

perceived that he could be an angel of the Lord

or angel of God. Verse 8. So Manoah prayed for

the man of God, you understand, to visit them.

Remember, at this time, Manoah, according to

the text, that did not know he was an angel of

the Lord. Verse 9. He says the angel of God came

to the woman again. Verse 13. The angel of the

Lord spoke to Manoah. Verse 15. Manoah said to

the angel of the Lord, verse 16, and the angel

of the Lord said to Manoah, again in verse 16,

he said, for Manoah did not know he was what?

The angel of the Lord. Verse 18, the angel of

the Lord said, verse 20, the angel of the Lord

ascended in the flame of who? Of the altar. Look

at verse 21. Look at verse 21. the angel of the

Lord appeared no more to Manoah and his wife.

Then Manoah knew he was what? The angel. So at

this point, Manoah knew he was the angel of the

Lord. Verse 22, And Manoah said to his wife,

We shall surely what? Die. Because what? We have

seen God. I want you to note The manua, as I

said, knew that what they saw, what they interacted,

was an angel. However, they said, we have seen

what? We have seen God. Now, from these few texts,

you understand, or verses that we have studied,

you could see that in the Old Testament, where

we call the Old Testament text, An encounter

with an angel is often interpreted as an encounter

with God. Did you see that? An encounter or an

interaction with an angel is often interpreted

as what? As an encounter with God. As an encounter

with God. Now, go to Exodus quickly. We're still

moving because I need to, See where we can stop.

So which means that you have to be careful when

you are reading, you understand, the scriptures.

So that it's not wherever you see the Lord said,

the Lord said, the Lord said. So it means he's

actually the God Almighty. You might be taking

the words of an angel and then you are thinking

actually is a word of the Lord. Remember, sometimes

both the authors, as well as the people be reported.

That's how they saw. That's how they normally

refer angels. You know, sir. He referred them

as well as the Lord. So in the text where we

read, you will see that even the ones that you

know is the angel of the Lord and the Lord said,

that's the author. Are we together? Please, amen.

Because there are parts that we know that yes,

either Manoah or... actually knew that it was

an angel. But you see, there's a place again

that the author of the text will say what? And

the Lord said, did you see that place? Oh, are

we together? So you see that there are two people

there. The first thing, who had the encounter,

perceived the angel or interpreted the angel

as a Lord or God, but as well, the author, you

understand? So that's why you have to pay attention

when you are reading. You understand? When you

are doing what? When you are reading. Exodus

Exodus 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. Look at verse 1. Exodus chapter 3.

Exodus 3 · chapter mention

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his

father -in -law, the priest of Midian. And he

led the flock to the back of the desert and came

to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel

of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire

from the midst of the bush. So he looked, and

behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the

bush was not consumed. And then Moses said, I

will now turn aside and see this great sight,

why the bush does not burn. So when the Lord

saw that he turned aside to look, God called

to him from the mist of the bush and said, Moses,

Moses. And he answered, Here I am. Look at verse

2. He said, And the angel of the Lord appeared

to him. Where did he appear? Where did the angel

of the Lord appear? He said, From where? The

mist of where? The bush. Now look at verse 4.

Look at verse 4. God called him from where? Who

are we together? From the midst of the bush and

said, Moses, Moses. Who do you think is calling

him? Amen. It was the angel that was calling

him from that same place where he turned in the

midst of the bush. But it was said that it is

the Lord. The same place that was bombing. So

apparently the same angel in verse 2 was later

referred by the author as the Lord. In verse

4, who was also implied as God calling him or

calling Moses from the midst of the bush. So

Moses' interaction and experience with the angel

here was labeled. Remember Moses was the one

who wrote this. Huh? Was Lumbel as what? As speaking

with the Lord. Hmm? Amen? Are we together? Are

we together? Now, look at some verses here. I

want you... Exodus 33. Exodus 33. Verse 11. Exodus

33. Verse what? Verse 11. So the Lord spoke to

Moses face to face as a man speaks to what? His

friend. Face to face. Remember Jesus told us

in John chapter 1 verse 18. No man has seen what?

John 1:18

Are we together? Deuteronomy 5. Go to Deuteronomy.

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Chapter 5 verse... Let's go to 34 first. Deuteronomy

34. Deuteronomy 34, verse 10. But since then,

Deuteronomy 34:10

there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like

Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. Him the

Lord knew face to face. Deuteronomy, return back

to 5, chapter 5. Deuteronomy chapter 5. Look

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at verse 1. And Moses called all Israel and said

to them, Hear, O Israel, the statues and judgment,

and I speak in your hearing today. and you may

learn them and be careful to observe. The Lord

our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Verse

3, the Lord did not make this covenant with our

fathers, but with us, those who are here today,

all of us who are alive. Verse 4, the Lord talked

with you face to face on the mountain from the

mist of the fire. Did you see that? Did you see

that? When we read last on, sorry, when we read

on Sunday, did the Lord talk with them? They

said, no Moses, could we not agree you? Right?

He said, you go and hear. And remember we saw

this fire, mountain, you know what I'm saying?

Smoke, lightning, you know what I'm saying? Yes.

We saw that, earthquake. But here he's saying,

the Lord talked with you face to face on the

mountain from the mist of the fire. From the

mist of the fire. And I stood between the Lord

and you at that time to declare to you the word

of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the

fire and you did not go up. to the mountain.

Remember, when we read Stephen, who was Moses'

wit on the mountain? Are we together? So, when

he was talking about the Lord, the Lord, the

Lord in the midst of the fire, the Lord is not

in the midst of the fire. Did you understand

what I'm trying to say? It was an angel there.

It was an angel there. Are we together? Let me

read quickly because I'm trying not to leave

something before we just move. I know we're going

to return back. Hebrews chapter 12. Come back.

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Come quickly to Hebrews chapter 12. I think I

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will end there. Hebrews chapter 12. Verse 18.

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Hebrews chapter 12, verse 18. For you have not

Hebrews 12:18

come to the mountain. Now, when he said you have

not, remember, he's talking to believers. You

understand? So, I wanted to observe this. He's

talking to believers here. He said, you have

not come to the mountain that may be touched

and burned with fire and to blackness and darkness

and tempest and the sound of the trumpet and

the voice of words so that those who heard it

begged that the word should not be spoken to

them anymore. Verse 20. For they would not endure

what was commanded. For they could not endure

what was commanded. And if so much as a beast

touched the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot

with an arrow. And so terrifying was the sight

that Moses said, I exceedingly afraid and tremble.

So it wasn't only the people that were afraid.

Even Moses was afraid. But look at verse 22.

He said, but you have come to Mount Zion. Now

you see, this compiles him here of two things.

Mount Sinai and Mount Zion. Mount Sinai and what?

Mount Zion. He said, He was telling the believer,

he said, you have not come to the mountain. If

you see that verse 18, that may not be touched,

which means that this is not the believing. So

it's a comparison between the unbelieving and

the believing. Where God is, is Mount Zion. He

said, for you have come to Mount Zion and to

the city of the living God. The heavenly Jerusalem,

there's no fear here. There's no trembling here.

Are we together? Yes. He said to an admirable

company of angels. I'm going to talk about later

on, you know, son, that now in Mount Zion, the

behavior of angels has changed. There's a reason.

You know, son. He said to the general assembly,

to the church of the firstborn, who? Are we together?

and to the blood of the sprinkler which we have

studied. Oh, at this point, you may have begun

to recognize why some events were happening.

I'm going to come back to this text also again.

The issue of the smoke at Mount Zion, the creaking,

the trembling. Are we together? But I wanted

to connect what Stephen said, who was there.

You understand? You may have begun to recognize

why some events were happening. They are straight

events, supernatural events. But you are all

taken and said the Lord was the one responsible.

So you must read the scripture carefully to recognize

whether you are reading the Lord God Almighty

or an angel. Are we together? Or an angel? To

assume that anywhere you see the Lord said refers

to God Almighty can be misleading. And many people

have been misled. So reading the scripture together

can help us. I mean understanding that God never

changed. The same God who was in the Old Testament

was the same God. Who. Today live in us. Are

we together? Is important. Is important. Just

pray. share this message with someone you care

about. Until next time, stay blessed.