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June 3, 2025 Today's Reading: Revelation 22:1-6 (7-11) 12-20Daily Lectionary: Numbers 16:1-22; Luke 19:11-28“No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.” (Revelation 22:3)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. When you think about heaven, what are the things you look forward to the most? Is it having your resurrected body? Maybe it's being reunited with your believing family and friends for all eternity. I, for one, am looking forward to that feast of rich food that God promises to Isaiah (Isaiah 25:6)!  Or maybe you look forward to not having the things that will be missing. When St. John was given his vision of heaven, he saw that there was nothing “accursed” there. There won't be anybody in heaven who hates you. You won't have all those terrible thoughts or do or say wicked things because your sinful nature will be gone, along with all other temptations. There won't be any sickness or disease or danger. No sin of any kind!These are certainly all wonderful things to look forward to. But St. John reminds us today that there's one thing (or one Person, rather) in heaven that should be our main hope. “The throne of God and of the Lamb” will be there. God the Father will be there. The Holy Spirit will be there. And Jesus will be there. God isn't some kind of door prize that comes along with heaven; He is what it's all about.Besides, what could be better than basking forever in the presence of the God who made you and loved you so much that He took on your flesh, suffered and died for you, and then came to you in the Word and Sacrament to grant you saving faith? Remember the 1st Commandment? “You shall have no other gods.” Hidden in this commandment is a wonderful promise. When you have the Triune God as your Lord, you have everything you could ever need and more! You don't need any other gods. There is nothing better than being in the gracious presence of God.Thankfully, we don't have to wait until heaven to enjoy the blessings of God's presence! Even now, God comes to us through His Means Of Grace, the Word and Sacraments to bless us. He comes to us to give us everything that we need to join Him in heaven. That would include especially the forgiveness of sins won by Jesus. But God also comes to us to give us the fruits of the Spirit, like patience, strength, repentance, and every Gift that we might need as we wait for the day that God gathers us to heaven.There truly is nothing better than being in God's presence—now and forever!In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.O Christ, do Thou my soul prepare for that bright home of love. That I may see Thee and adore with all Thy saints above. (LSB 673:6 )- Rev. Aric Fenske, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church in Bear Creek, WI.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, KY.Andrew R. Jones identifies ten lies Satan uses in attempts to dismantle God's people and His kingdom. Find encouragement in God's Word of Truth and remember the final victory we have in our Savior, Jesus Christ.

To know God is to make Him known. In this week's message, The Burden of the Soul, we're reminded that sharing your faith isn't optional—it's the natural outflow of a life transformed by Jesus.Drawing from Jesus' Great Commission (Matthew 28:19), the bold cry of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:8), and the relentless efforts of four friends in Mark 2, Pastor Cooper Hartwick explores what it truly means to carry a burden for others to know Christ. To learn more about Cross Points, check out our website:http://crosspointschurch.comTo stay up to date, check out our social media:Instagram: @crosspointskcFacebook: Cross Points ChurchYoutube: CrossPointsKCTwitter: @crosspointskc

Friends of the Rosary, Happy New Year in Christ! Our Trinitarian God's love is much more powerful than the dark powers of this world. The unfaithful, including the lukewarm, unleashed at that time its entire force against the Incarnated Wisdom and ended up putting the Son of God on the Cross. But God the Father expressed His authority by raising the Son and unveiling that human life is about love. It's about defeating sin and death. “This is the message of Christ. Therefore, when you place yourself on the side of this power, you are on the winning side, though dark powers gather around you. It is expressed in the Paschal Mystery,” Bishop Barron writes today. Nothing can overwhelm or overcome the authority of the Lord God. In today's Gospel (Luke 4:14–22), Jesus sums up who he is by reading a scroll of the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 61). In his hometown synagogue in Nazareth, he reveals, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to let the oppressed go free,and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." And He said to them, “Today, this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”  At that time, like today, the lowly, the poor, the unjustly treated, the marginalized, the forgotten, and those oppressed by sin — all of us — hear this and should rejoice in their — our — liberation. This way, through faith and love, we conquer the world. As John writes (1 John 4:19–5:4), also today, “For the love of God is this,that we keep his commandments.And his commandments are not burdensome,for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world.And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.” Emmanuel, God is with us. It's the message of Christmas. Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You! Come, Holy Spirit, come! To Jesus through Mary! + Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York • ⁠⁠Enjoy this video and enhance your faith in our newly released Holy Rosary University iOS app. • ⁠January 9, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

ISAIAH - Isaiah 40, a look at waiting for the Lord.

Pastor Jerrill Wyler | (AM)

Gifts. When we think of the Christmas Season, one of the first things that comes to mind is the giving and receiving of gifts. Jesus, according to the prophet Isaiah, is a gift from God to a lost humanity. In this message from Preaching Minister Gordon Dabbs, Ph.D., we discover the blessings that come to us through the original Christmas gift of God's Son.Subscribe to PRESTONCREST - with Gordon Dabbs on Soundwise

700 years before the first Christmas- God reveals His plan for the Suffering Servant through Isaiah. The Human Condition, God's Commitment because of that condition, and God's Righteousness.

The Book of IsaiahSummary and ConclusionAdult Sunday SchoolAl BrookeWestside Chapel | September 1, 2024

The Book of IsaiahAdult Sunday SchoolAl BrookeIsaiah 65:16-66:24Westside Chapel | June 30, 2024

On Today's Show:Scripture Reading from the Legacy Standard BiblePrayers from the 2019 Book of Common Prayer Reading from Daily Readings From the Life of Christ by John MacArthurStudy-Bible-Level Bible Study of Isaiah — Isaiah 3:1-12Five Day Bible Reading Plan - https://fivedaybiblereading.com/ The full LSB Bible, Old and New Testaments, are now available online, on the Literal Word app, and on Accordance!https://nasb.literalword.com/mobile/index.htmlhttps://read.lsbible.org/http://accordancebible.com/LSB/ 2019 Book of Common Prayer downloadable here - https://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/ Theme music: Enfield's recording of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” © 2010 by Resolved Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com

On Today's Show:Scripture Reading from the Legacy Standard BiblePrayers from the 2019 Book of Common Prayer Reading from Daily Readings From the Life of Christ by John MacArthurStudy-Bible-Level Bible Study of Isaiah — Isaiah 3:1-12Five Day Bible Reading Plan - https://fivedaybiblereading.com/ The full LSB Bible, Old and New Testaments, are now available online, on the Literal Word app, and on Accordance!https://nasb.literalword.com/mobile/index.htmlhttps://read.lsbible.org/http://accordancebible.com/LSB/ 2019 Book of Common Prayer downloadable here - https://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/ Theme music: Enfield's recording of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” © 2010 by Resolved Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com

The Book of IsaiahAdult Sunday SchoolAl BrookeIsaiah 63:7-65:15Westside Chapel | June 23, 2024

OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Let me ask you to do a little math… Everyone divide 1 by 3. What's the answer? .3 repeating, right? Now, what's .3 repeating times 3? It's not 1! It's .9 repeating. Somewhere we lose .1 repeating… [mind blown]. Math doesn't work! this is why bridges fall down eventually! Lol… Have you ever discovered that something you believed your whole life was wrong? like Math… ;) I know you've felt this before -I've had friends who found out the people they thought were their birth parents had adopted them -I've seen families torn apart finding out that the person who was supposed to be faithful had a secret life It's almost never good when you discover that what you've believed was wrong… Today, I want to take you into a struggle I had with this, and then walk you through my study in the story of God to find a way out of it.. To start, we have to go back into the story of God back to a prophet Isaiah. When we covered Isaiah, I mostly told you about how his prophecy impacted me and brought me back to God… Isaiah was prophesying right before the fall of the Southern Kingdom into the hands of the Babylonians… b One of the key themes in Isaiah is what scholars have called the “Servant Songs” (Song 1 - 42:1-4; Song 2 - 49:1-6; Song 3 - 50:4-9; and Song 4 - 52:13-53:12.) b Christians say the Suffering servant in Isaiah is Jesus… If you've been a Christian for a long time, you've probably heard a sermon on some of these verses about Jesus… Except, the Suffering Servant isn't a person, it's the nation of Israel… ILLUSTRATION: Heard Rabbi's say this and thought they couldn't be right, I've read these passages over and over again, listened to pastors preach on it and never heard one of them once say that it's not referring to Jesus but Israel. The problem is, their right - Isaiah clearly identifies the suffering servant as Israel. I'm not going to read these all, but I will show you quickly on the screen that this is the case… [Anthony, can you get these references all on one screen] Isaiah 41:8-9 (NIV):"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen…I said, ‘You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you." Isaiah 44:1-2 (NIV):"But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen…” Isaiah 44:21 (NIV):"Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant…” Isaiah 45:4 (NIV):"For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen…” Isaiah 48:20 (NIV):“…'The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.'" Isaiah 49:3 (NIV):"He said to me, 'You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.'" Here's the problem… The prophecies about the suffering servant are some of the clearest prophecies of what Jesus would do & He fulfills them… b If the prophecies are talking about Israel (Jacob) and not Jesus then what do we do? Look, let me set this straight - even if these prophecies were not directly about Jesus, it would be ok, wouldn't be the end of faith in Him, but would be difficult… Let me read something to you that on first blush will seem innocuous: John 15:1-4 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. b Jesus says, “I am the true vine" b That's a weird thing to say, why does He say it that way? He could have just said “I am the vine” and not have to qualify His metaphor… To answer, we have to go back to the OT and to Isaiah… Isaiah 5:7 7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. Or Jeremiah 2:21 [God speaking of Israel] I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? b In the Old Testament Israel was called “the vine” and now Jesus is saying, “I am the True Vine…” b Jesus is saying He is replacing Israel as the vine… b But what about Israel is He replacing? We've been in the story of God for a long time now, and have covered a lot of ground… Do you remember the promise that God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? "through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed" b Israel was meant to be a blessing that would bring relationship with God back to all nations… and they failed… -Instead in the Story of God, we see them bringing division, war, pain, selfishness, and idolatry (with little moments of blessing) It's not their fault, not sure any group of people could do it, I actually think that was God's point, to show us “this” had to be the way… Jesus is the new Israel - He comes to redo their story and become the blessing… b Let me show you… Jesus will start His ministry by being baptized… he even says… Matthew 3:15 15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this tho fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. b John's baptism was a baptism for forgiveness of sin and repentance (Mark 1:4). Jesus is being baptized not for sin and repentance, but because Israel began in a baptism of the red sea… b Jesus gets baptized, immediately goes into the desert and is tempted by the devil for 40 days (1 day for each year the Israelites were in the desert). b I believe the righteousness He's fulfilling is redoing Israel's story… He is redeeming their failure to follow God b As a matter of fact, Jesus does a TON of things Israel does or that happen in Israel's History… [Anthony, I will not read all this - will you put a caption for people to take a picture and schedule to post it on FB on Sunday at 1pm as well - I'll reference a few things, but that's it] Jesus does this over and over again: Baptism > Red Sea Crossing Temptation in Desert - Grumbling and abandoning the worship of Yahweh Water to wine > Moses will bring water from a rock Jesus multiplies loaves > Moses gives manna in the desert Jesus is the vine > Israel is the vine Jesus walked on water > Elisha made an axe head float Jesus fed multitudes (both Jews - 5k, and Gentiles - 4k) > Elisha fed 100 (2 Kings 4:42-44) Jesus raises woman's son to life, Jairus' daughter, & Lazarus > Elisha raises Shunammite woman's son Jesus came to serve not be served > Rehoboam - "you'll be my slaves" 12 Disciples > 12 Tribes Jesus heals lepers > Elisha healed Naaman of leprosy Jesus is in a turbulent sea following God's mission asleep in a boat, stands up and rebukes the storm > Jonah in a boat running from God's mission, asleep in the boat, asks to be tossed into the sea Jesus blood and body take becomes the new passover, quotes Moses "this is the blood of the covenant", Jesus will rescue us from the authority we gave over to the enemy "the god of this world" > Passover is given to the Jews as rescue from slavery Jesus goes up on a mountain, his face and clothes become brilliantly white, like light > Moses goes up to meet with God and get the 10 commandments and his face glows Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey > Solomon rode a donkey to be coronated King b What does all this mean? It means that when we read Isaiah, we are reading a prophecy written hundreds of years before Jesus came into the world that describes Jesus perfectly… b Jesus came to become the blessing to the whole world… A blessing to you… CLOSING: Isaiah 53 I want to close by reading Isaiah 53 to you… Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b] 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e]; by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g] and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h] because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

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The final messianic prophecy of the resurrection of Messiah is found in the fourth Servant Song of the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 52:13-53:12; see also 42:1-4; 49:1-7; 50:1-11).The prophecy of Isaiah is divided into 5 stanzas of 3 verses each (52:13-15; 53:1-3; 53:4-6; 53:7-9; 53:10-12). In the first and last stanzas God is speaking of the exaltation of the Servant. In the three stanzas between the first and last, the nation of Israel is speaking, confessing her sin of rejecting Messiah when he came precisely because they did not recognize that, in his incarnate state they failed to see him as he truly is, the exalted Servant of the Lord.YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/kSqtU8ukqP0

The Book of IsaiahAdult Sunday SchoolAl BrookeIsaiah 55:1-13Westside Chapel | May 19, 2024

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Welcome once again to this special presentation with our guest speaker, Professor David Needham. In this, our concluding study, he will be continuing our study in Isaiah chapters 6 and into chapter 7. In this lesson we see how the Lord speaks of both judgment and hope for the nation of Israel concerning which Isaiah asks "How Long?" The Lord then tells him. From here Professor Needham points our hearts to the hope and assurance found here in the prophecy of the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's turn in our Bible to Isaiah chapter 6:11 to begin our study on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unchanging-word/message

Welcome once again to this special presentation with our guest speaker, Professor David Needham. He will be continuing our study in Isaiah 6:4. Previously we heard about Isaiah as to what he heard and what he saw in verses 1 thru 3. In this lesson we will hear about what Isaiah was feeling and what he was smelling. It is at this point Isaiah realizes his own personal sin and the sin of the people among whom he lived. It is here that Professor Needham points our hearts to the overwhelming forgiveness of sin available and found in the shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ at the cross. Let's turn in our Bible to Isaiah chapter 6:4 here on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unchanging-word/message

Welcome to the Unchanging Word Bible broadcast. For the next few days, the Unchanging Word has as Our guest speaker, Professor David Needham was a co-worker with Dr. Mitchell at the Bible school in which they taught which was founded by Dr. John G. Mitchell. Mr. Needham was a longtime professor of Bible with an emphasis on Old Testament prophets. Yours truly had the opportunity to attend, along with several other students, various of his classes. They were engaging and inspirational and instructive. On this program, Professor Needham will be exploring Isaiah chapter 6 verses 1-3. We will look at who Isaiah saw and what he heard. So open your Bible to Isaiah chapter 6 verse 1 to begin our study with Professor Needham. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unchanging-word/message

The Book of IsaiahAdult Sunday SchoolAl BrookeIsaiah 48:1-50:9Westside Chapel | April 21, 2024

Pastor Jeff Perry, 04/14/24

Introduction: Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? The Cross in Isaiah (Isaiah 53): What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering? How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross? 2 Corinthians 5:21 - For our sake he (God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God. What does this prophecy mean for us? Philippians 3:3-6 - For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 5 Things People Think Make Them Righteous - That Don't: (Philippians 3:5-6) Ceremony (Phil 3:5) Heritage (Phil 3:5) Understanding the facts (Phil 3:5) Motives (Phil 3:6) Perfect Record (Phil 3:6) Philippians 3:7-9 - But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith Sermon Notes (PDF): BLANKHint: Highlight blanks above for answers! Small Group DiscussionRead Isaiah 53:11, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:3-9What was your big take-away from this passage / message?What truth from Scripture amazes you the most, personally? What's so amazing about Isaiah 53:11 saying he will make many to be accounted righteous?Why do you think people have a hard time believing that righteousness comes only from Jesus? Why do you think so many people insist that there is something WE must do to make God accept us?Look at the list of 5 Things People Think Make Them Righteous - That Don't (from Philippians 3:3-6). Which of these have been the biggest temptation for you to trust instead of / in addition to Christ?How would you respond to someone who says “It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere.”BreakoutPray for one another.

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11 The Third Song of Isaiah Isaiah 60:1-3, 11a, 14c, 18-19 Arise, shine, for your light has come, * and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. For behold, darkness covers the land; * deep gloom enshrouds the peoples. But over you the Lord will rise, * and his glory will appear upon you. Nations will stream to your light, * and kings to the brightness of your dawning. Your gates will always be open; * by day or night they will never be shut. They will call you, The City of the Lord, * The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Violence will no more be heard in your land, * ruin or destruction within your borders. You will call your walls, Salvation, * and all your portals, Praise. The sun will no more be your light by day; * by night you will not need the brightness of the moon. The Lord will be your everlasting light, * and your God will be your glory.

This passage is not what you might have expected for the Sunday morning of Christmas Eve. The way the calendar falls this year, today is the 4th Sunday of Advent and tonight we will have a Christmas Eve Service, and we hope you come back for that service at 4:00pm today.If you are a guest or starting coming more recently, this past year we preached through the whole book of Hebrews, and then for these 4 weeks of advent, we have gone back to 4 passages in Hebrews that highlight the person and work of Jesus during his ministry on earth.Week one: we looked at Jesus being “for a little while lower than the angels.” Week two: we looked at Jesus being “made like his brothers in every respect.”Week three: we looked at how Jesus “in the days of his flesh” related to us in his praying, and waiting and suffering.Week four: we are going to look at Jesus who “suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people.”This passage highlights the purpose for which Jesus came. He came to save his people. His ability to save is the main purpose for all he did while he walked this earth. This morning the three things we will work through are:1) Jesus came into the world to save the world2) Jesus went outside the camp to save the world3) We must go to Jesus to be saved.1) Jesus came into the world to save the worldGod Created the worldIn the beginning, before anything was created, there was God. A god from all eternity that existed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. A God that is the very definition of love, and was perfectly and eternally happy. He lacked nothing, was in need of nothing. And from his love and joy and freedom he created the world. He created the world as an overflow of all that he is. God created the universe and all the beauty and joy and life that is in it. He did not create because He was lonely, or bored or sad. God could have never created the world and would still be eternally joyful and happy but because he was full of love and joy, in his overflowing goodness he created a world and he created people. People that could know Him and delight in Him and have a relationship with Him.Mankind rejected GodBut, it didn't take long for mankind to leave the good design of God and look for another way. In the Garden in Genesis 3, a doubt is planted in Adam and Eve's mind by satan: That maybe God isn't as good as they thought, maybe God shouldn't be trusted, maybe they know what is better. And in rebellion to God, they sought to do what they thought was best, disobeyed God and sin entered the world. And sin has wreaked havoc on the world. The world God created had been broken and the people God created had been broken. The world became a dark place that needed redemption, that needed saving. And the greatest problem wasn't external it was internal. The sin in the hearts of human beings was the greatest problem then, and is the greatest problem now. Sin in the hearts of mankind is the cause of it all.God still loved the world, and planned to save the worldYet, God still loved the world and the people he created. And He had a plan from the very beginning to save His people from there sins. It wasn't as if He was thrown for a loop and started to scramble; he always had a plan set in motion. And a few verses later after the rebellion of Adam and Eve, we see the first promise of hope for a world that was lost.Genesis 3:15, God says to Satan who had deceived Eve, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” From the very beginning of scripture, there was a declaration that evil would be defeated through a son that would be born of a woman. Then after that, Adam and Eve were sent out of the garden to the east, sent away from the presence of God, and the way back was blocked by an angel. And from the very day that Adam and Eve fell, God declared that he had a plan to save them and from that day forward, the people of God in faith began to wait for a son to come.We sing “come thou long expected Jesus” and thats right, all that way back to the garden!After that the world spirals out of control, sin toward God goes from bad to worse, and God judges the world through a flood in which only Noah and those with him are saved. Then a few chapters later God again speaks of a child to come.In Genesis 12 God comes to Abram, who is later renamed Abraham, and says: “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” God promised Abraham an offspring that will bless the whole world.And God through his prophets continued to speak about this son who is to come. Here are just a couple examples from the book of Isaiah:Isaiah 9:6–7 shows us that this son will conquer and reign, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.” This is a son who will be a king forever. But also, much less seen and much less understood, this son will suffer and die for us.From Isaiah 53, Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter… And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied Much more could be said of the one who was to come. He was an example for us, and a teacher for us, but what we need is a savior. He came to save the world and the world desperately needed saving. We see God's front and center purpose in one of the most popular verses of all time. Maybe you haven't seen it as a Christmas verse before but it is…John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” He came so that the world might be saved through Him.Jesus came into the world to save the world.And how would Jesus save the world? By dying for their sins. But the more specific answer in Hebrews is by suffering outside the camp.2) Jesus went outside the camp to save the world (verses 10-12)As we get to the passage read a few moments ago about altars, and sin offerings, and suffering, it is contrasting what the people of Israel were commanded to do under the law that God had given them. We have seen from the beginning that God was going to send a savior to his people, but for the family of Israel (that became the nation of Israel), the way to forgiveness and relationship with God was seen through the sacrificial system. That might be a little foreign to us, since we did not live in the time prior to Christ coming. But by looking back, we can enter into the waiting of Israel. As the people of God waited for the Son to come, they did it while living under the sacrificial system.Let's read it here again and answer the question of Why Jesus suffered outside of the camp. Why is that the way Jesus died to save the world?Hebrews 13:10–12, “We [followers of Jesus] have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.” Two reason he suffered outside the gateFirst, Jesus suffered and died outside the camp to show that He was the main point of the Day of Atonement.There were many different types of sacrifices, and occasions for them to be done, but this passage is talking specifically about the sin sacrifices on the day of Atonement.This was the sacrifice where the blood was brought into the Most Holy Place. The sin sacrifice on the day of atonement was the one time a year that the High Priest would go behind the inner most curtain, into the presence of God, before the Mercy Seat. The High Priest would need to follow meticulous instructions: Wash and put on Holy garments. Take fire and incense, so that smoke covered the mercy seat, so that he doesn't die. First sacrifice a bull for his own sin and bring the blood in and sprinkle it. Then sacrifice a goat for the people, and bring its blood in for all the sins of the people. The fat of the animals would be burned on the bronze altar. But all the rest would be carried outside the camp and burned.The greatest and holiest sacrifice was taken outside the camp, so Jesus suffered outside the camp. Jesus death for sin had similarities with the day of atonement, we are supposed to see the connection, that Jesus is atoning for sin. He is like the Holiest sacrifice done under the law.Second, Jesus suffered outside the camp to show that true forgiveness of sin was never to be found in the sacrificial system. Jesus died outside of the camp in contrast to the sacrificial system, which had not been able to cleanse people from their sins.As we have worked through the book of Hebrews, the main theme has been that Jesus is Better. Jesus is the better thing that was needed, because He accomplished what the Old Testament sacrificial system could not do, and was not meant to do. The sacrificial system was never meant to be the final way to relate to God. From it's creation it was temporary and insufficient. Jesus died outside the camp to show something new had come.Have you ever heard of the term Planned Obsolescence?The idea is making something artificially obsolete, whether perceived or in reality.In business and marketing it could be making you think, or perceive, that your phone is so old if it isn't the latest version. Or, in reality, making a part intentionally cheap, or a phones memory too small. Both strategies have the goal of making you buy more stuff more often.A good example of planned obsolescence could be: A bag of ice versus a refrigerator. It accomplishes its task, but is not a final and lasting solution.The planned obsolescence of the Old CovenantThe Old Covenant served as a temporary guardian and instructor so that we would be ready to receive the fulfillment of the promise of salvation. It was instructive for Israel and us to understand the seriousness of sin. Its incompleteness was to signal to us to look for something more. It helps us to understand Jesus and the way in which He came and died.I want to walk through the examples that show the “planned obsolescence” of the Old Covenant, and then explain why it matters.Ways we see the planned obsolescence of the Old Covenant:Jesus became a High Priest after the order of the Melchizedek, not the lineage of Aaron.This priesthood came before the priesthood of Aaron, Melchizedek is mentioned soon after the promises to Abraham, hundreds of years prior to the giving of the law.This priesthood is seen as superior, in that Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek, and in a sense Aaron gave tithes as well because he was not yet born.The priesthood established the law, covenant, and the government of it, so a change in priesthood means a change in law, covenant, and government (including the sacrificial system).The tent of meeting was a copy of the real thing: Hebrews 8:5, “[The tent serves as] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, ‘See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.'”The way into the Holy of Holies was closed, the High Priest could only enter once a year, and needed to sacrifice an animal for his own sins first.They could not freely go into the presence of the Lord, and the manner they went in almost says “you shouldn't be in here!”Hebrews states, that “by this the Holy Spirit indicated that the way into the Holy Place is not yet opened.” Even after the sin offering.We get one more indication of the insufficiency of the sacrificial system in our text today. He mentioned that we have an altar in which the priest in the OT have no right to eat from. The specific comparison here is Jesus's death for sin and the sin sacrifices on the day of atonement.There were some sacrifices the people of Israel were able to eat. There were some sacrifices that only the levites could eat. And there was a sacrifice that no one was able to eat… The sacrifice for sin in which its blood was brought inside the tent of meeting, it was to be burned outside the camp and no one could eat of it.Leviticus 6:30, “But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire.” The day of atonement sacrifice also shows its insufficiency in the fact that the priests could not eat of it. Eating signifies sharing in. Eating signifies fellowship. Eating signifies peace.The day of atonement continued every year because it didn't truly forgive sin, because the blood of bulls and goats could never take away sin, which made the day of atonement a reminder of sin every year.The best sacrifice the OT system had to offer, done according to God instructions, was insufficient to take away the sins of the people. It was more an emblem of God's forbearance of sin than His forgiveness of sin. The Priest could not enter freely because their sins still remained. And the people could not eat of the sacrifice, because there sin still remained.It was not the answer for our sins, but it was a tutor and guide to prepare us to see and receive the real thing. We see that we need a different altar, and that is exactly what he have through Christ.Jesus never entered into the tent of meeting on earth, he was not sacrificed on the bronze altar. The best that the bronze altar could offer wasn't enough. But Jesus, the promised son, was the new and compete sacrifice that did take away sin.And the sacrificial system has made us ready to see the sufficiency of Jesus's deathJesus died once for sin and was raised, never to die again. This shows us that the forgiveness and atonement for sin was finally accomplished. “…he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption” Jesus ascended to heaven, to the true tent where he, through his death, has opened up access for us all in Christ. “For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.” “We have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us” We have an altar that we have the right to eat from, we have a sacrifice from which we can spiritually eat and be nourished. That we share in, that we have fellowship through, that gives us peace with God.We need to know the shadow so that we can see and understand when the real thing came. Jesus has reconciled us and now we have peace with God, and are no longer under the debt of our sin.The redeeming work of Jesus is written all over the Bible, he does not leave us out in the dark, he gives us all kinds of pointers so that we will “know it when we see it”. And not just see it, but be able to confidently lean on Him when it comes to our doubts or fears. When we are staring right at something that we do not want in the face, we need to know that Jesus is who he said he was. That Jesus has forgiven us and has freed us from the fear of death. That Jesus is rock solid when we need Him the most and don't have anything else to stand on. Knowing what Jesus has done for us, verse 13 says, “Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” 3) We must go to Jesus to be saved (verse 13)We must go out of the camp to receive Jesus and be saved by Him. To leave the camp is spiritual not spatial. The camp for the Hebrews, was the Old Covenant law and system as a way to be righteous before God. For us there is no exact equivalent. The old covenant was a good, temporary covenant, given by God to the Hebrews that we were called to be done with because Christ, the substance had arrived.Even though there is no exact equivalent, the closest things for us would be the world. The camp and the city gates for the Jews was where their security was found, there status and identity, their citizenship, their hope and their salvation.And that is what the world can be for us. Is our hope in this world and in this life? Is our trust, our security, our hope and identity in our money, or our job, or our planned future?The camp for us is anything that we trust in contrary to Jesus. Do we put our trust in our money, or do we trust our good works, or our relative kindness above the person next to us?If the sacrificial system taught us anything, it is that sin is costly. It cost grain, and wine, and animals from the herd. And ultimately, the only sacrifice that could pay the cost of sin, was the death of Jesus, the son of God. That is the cost of sin.When go to him we will in some sense bear His reproach, but He is a treasure!We must remember, to go to him outside the camp, is not towards slavery but away from it. Remember that he says: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Our sin is the heavy burden. It is our sin that enslaves us. It is our sin that brings forth death. And the fear of death is what causes us to keep such a tight grip on the world, to live for and to trust in only what we can see and acquire. But Jesus frees us from the fear of death by giving us eternal life through His Son.But we must leave the camp to be saved by Jesus. And we do this by faith. To go to Him is to believe that He alone can save you from your sins. We remember the manger, but Jesus is no longer in the manger.We remember the cross, but Jesus is no longer on the cross.We remember the grave, but Jesus is no longer in the grave.Jesus came into the world, then went outside the camp, so that we could be saved.We go to Jesus, our great shepherd, our high priest and mediator, our savior and king, to adore him, to worship him, to praise Him and celebrate what he has done.This bring us to the table.The TableThe amazing part of the table is that Jesus is saying, “take, eat, this is my body given for you.” Through Jesus we have the right to eat! We remember that Jesus is the bread of life. That we have been united to Jesus by faith and are reconciled to God.

David Adair finishes out our advent season by looking at one last prophecy from Isaiah: Isaiah 7:13-14, the promise of Immanuel.

ISAIAH - Isaiah 9:1-7, A look at how we are the be firm in our faith!

12/20/23 – Wednesday Evening Services. A continuation of our study of the Famous and Infamous from scripture. Models and examples from the characters' lives that have come before us.

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