WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.932 --> 00:00:17.489 Well, first of all, I want to thank everyone for coming, it's good to see you all here. 2 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:26.763 And I want to thank especially our translators who make it possible, because of everyone in the room, 3 00:00:26.773 --> 00:00:32.229 there's only about two that actually benefit from the English. 4 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:44.149 So this is mostly for the video, and welcome to all of you who are watching, and we hope that you are blessed through the service. 5 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:57.100 So we've been talking about the heavenly signs, God's heavenly language, and how that shows us things in heaven and what they mean. 6 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:15.464 And last week we talked about the importance of looking in the heavens, and how it's our role to look back and forth in the heavens, 7 00:01:15.474 --> 00:01:22.010 and then we will discover the sign of the Son of man here. 8 00:01:23.579 --> 00:01:32.813 And my wife already shared during the children's time a little bit about the sign, so for those of you who are new, 9 00:01:32.823 --> 00:01:35.383 you'll have a little bit there, 10 00:01:35.393 --> 00:01:37.230 you'll see that again. 11 00:01:39.650 --> 00:01:58.452 But God directs us to look into heaven, and we see that, and then we will look up today at how that applies in our lives. 12 00:01:58.462 --> 00:02:03.123 So, first of all, What's this? 13 00:02:03.133 --> 00:02:05.599 Some weeds, yes? 14 00:02:06.209 --> 00:02:17.289 If I planted this in the ground, and it grew into a big tree, what kind of fruit would it have? 15 00:02:17.299 --> 00:02:19.165 Who can tell me? 16 00:02:19.175 --> 00:02:20.924 Mangoes, right? 17 00:02:20.934 --> 00:02:22.800 This is a mango. 18 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:25.219 Part of a mango tree. 19 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:32.353 Why would it produce mangoes, not let's say apples? 20 00:02:32.363 --> 00:02:34.450 Because it's a mango tree. 21 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:37.169 How do you know it's a mango tree? 22 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:45.098 Does it say, I don't see any label anywhere that says it's a mango? 23 00:02:45.108 --> 00:02:46.765 How do you know? 24 00:02:46.775 --> 00:02:52.782 Okay, the kind of leaves, we recognize it as a mango tree. 25 00:02:52.792 --> 00:02:53.280 Good. 26 00:02:55.699 --> 00:03:09.992 So, there's something in this that tells the plant to grow in a certain way, to produce leaves that are long and broad, 27 00:03:10.002 --> 00:03:14.316 and many different characteristics, 28 00:03:14.326 --> 00:03:18.520 and ultimately to produce mangoes. 29 00:03:18.729 --> 00:03:35.159 In this little stem, there is something written that describes the mangoes, the fruit that we eat, and I think it's all in here. 30 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:42.069 Because if I just take this, I plant it in the ground, it grows, it produces mangoes. 31 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:49.895 Those mangoes are somehow written in here. 32 00:03:49.905 --> 00:03:51.835 How is that? 33 00:03:51.845 --> 00:04:09.840 Okay, today, and with modern science, we know that it's because of something very tiny that is inside the plant. 34 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.269 Who can tell me what that is? 35 00:04:14.279 --> 00:04:16.720 The DNA, that's right. 36 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:25.067 It's called the molecule of life. 37 00:04:25.077 --> 00:04:38.132 And that DNA, it describes everything about the plant. 38 00:04:38.142 --> 00:04:44.649 The DNA is like a big book. 39 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:53.223 And in that book, there is a chapter that describes the leaves. 40 00:04:53.233 --> 00:04:59.832 And then there is another chapter that describes fruits. 41 00:04:59.842 --> 00:05:05.949 There is another chapter that describes the flowers. 42 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:13.003 And another chapter that describes the roots. 43 00:05:13.013 --> 00:05:19.378 And the book is all written in that molecule of life. 44 00:05:19.388 --> 00:05:22.250 Everywhere in the plant. 45 00:05:24.129 --> 00:05:32.611 Every part of the plant has the entire book for the whole tree inside the plant. 46 00:05:32.621 --> 00:05:34.635 And that's the DNA. 47 00:05:34.645 --> 00:05:35.050 DNA. 48 00:05:39.850 --> 00:05:45.756 So that DNA, it's like the law for the plant. 49 00:05:45.766 --> 00:05:51.410 It says, okay, make the leaves in this way. 50 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:53.500 It's a long law. 51 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:59.063 And many, many, many specifications. 52 00:05:59.073 --> 00:06:01.505 That's why it's a big book. 53 00:06:01.515 --> 00:06:06.180 Because it has many details that it has to describe. 54 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:09.901 All in that one molecule. 55 00:06:09.911 --> 00:06:16.759 So when you talk about a plant and what it is. 56 00:06:16.769 --> 00:06:21.959 And it's true for any living thing. 57 00:06:22.069 --> 00:06:23.968 We are the same. 58 00:06:23.978 --> 00:06:27.183 It's all written in a book. 59 00:06:27.193 --> 00:06:30.139 And that book is our DNA. 60 00:06:33.350 --> 00:06:36.555 You can think of it like. 61 00:06:36.565 --> 00:06:36.693 . 62 00:06:36.703 --> 00:06:36.832 . 63 00:06:36.842 --> 00:06:44.279 I wanted to call our talk today, The Christian's Identity. 64 00:06:44.289 --> 00:06:49.930 Because it's about who we are as Christians. 65 00:06:49.940 --> 00:06:52.839 And it's about our DNA. 66 00:06:54.439 --> 00:07:01.255 Just like what makes the mango tree produce mangoes. 67 00:07:01.265 --> 00:07:03.362 It's in the DNA. 68 00:07:03.372 --> 00:07:14.100 In our DNA, it's a lot like a big panel with lots of switches and knobs and knobs. 69 00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:25.727 You know, long leaves or short leaves, broad leaves, narrow leaves. 70 00:07:25.737 --> 00:07:42.106 Many different controls that can be adjusted to produce, that describe how that tree should look and work. 71 00:07:42.116 --> 00:07:45.051 So the question is. 72 00:07:45.061 --> 00:07:45.215 . 73 00:07:45.225 --> 00:07:45.339 . 74 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:51.444 Is it always the same? 75 00:07:51.454 --> 00:07:54.639 Does it ever change? 76 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:58.632 Does our DNA ever change? 77 00:07:58.642 --> 00:08:01.319 Maybe, maybe not. 78 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:02.644 We'll see. 79 00:08:02.654 --> 00:08:05.569 But one thing is sure. 80 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:14.569 Because our body is made up of many, many, many, what we call cells. 81 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.996 Look something like this. 82 00:08:20.006 --> 00:08:22.623 These are just skin cells. 83 00:08:22.633 --> 00:08:28.149 If you look very closely, you see the individual units. 84 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:35.387 And inside each one is the whole book. 85 00:08:35.397 --> 00:08:41.368 But yet, we're not all the same everywhere. 86 00:08:41.378 --> 00:08:47.330 We have ears, we have a nose, we have eyes. 87 00:08:47.330 --> 00:08:53.554 Every cell in every part of our body has a whole book. 88 00:08:53.564 --> 00:08:59.788 But in our ears, it's open to the chapter on the ears. 89 00:08:59.798 --> 00:09:09.230 Even though it has the whole book there, it's like it's reading out from one part. 90 00:09:09.950 --> 00:09:17.893 And in every part of our body, it's a different part of the book. 91 00:09:17.903 --> 00:09:20.837 And that's how it works. 92 00:09:20.847 --> 00:09:25.960 Altogether, the book describes who we are. 93 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:36.199 But each individual part is described in a separate piece of our DNA. 94 00:09:36.209 --> 00:09:40.226 But there's more to it than that. 95 00:09:40.236 --> 00:09:47.519 Because what about when you're young versus when you're old? 96 00:09:47.889 --> 00:09:58.549 You know, when I turned around 20 years old or so, it was like somebody took the knob. 97 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:04.529 And this knob was how much hair we had. 98 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:17.769 And then it all sort of slowly over a few years, came in down and down until we had not much left. 99 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:29.139 So our DNA changes, or at least it's expressed differently in time, as well as different places of our body. 100 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:42.174 But still, it's all written in the book, in every cell of our body. 101 00:10:42.184 --> 00:10:43.147 Okay. 102 00:10:43.157 --> 00:10:52.759 So, now let's put this in the context of creation. 103 00:10:53.269 --> 00:11:01.647 Because in the beginning, God created all the big things with this DNA. 104 00:11:01.657 --> 00:11:04.725 Each one has its own book. 105 00:11:04.735 --> 00:11:07.429 And he made it perfect. 106 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:12.690 And in the end, you know, you know the account. 107 00:11:12.700 --> 00:11:16.377 After every day of creation, he said. 108 00:11:16.387 --> 00:11:16.487 . 109 00:11:16.497 --> 00:11:16.596 . 110 00:11:16.606 --> 00:11:18.196 Who can tell me? 111 00:11:18.206 --> 00:11:20.840 What did he say at the end? 112 00:11:21.190 --> 00:11:28.992 He created something one day, and he said, he looked at it, and he said, it's good. 113 00:11:29.002 --> 00:11:35.759 After every day, he said, he looked at it, and he saw, wow, that's good. 114 00:11:36.070 --> 00:11:50.092 At the very end, after the whole week, he looked at the whole picture of all the things that he had made, and all together, he saw it, 115 00:11:50.102 --> 00:11:51.453 and he said, 116 00:11:51.463 --> 00:11:51.976 wow, 117 00:11:51.986 --> 00:11:53.860 that's very good. 118 00:11:55.070 --> 00:11:56.953 Then, what did he do? 119 00:11:56.963 --> 00:11:58.399 Then he stopped. 120 00:11:58.409 --> 00:12:04.129 He didn't have anything more to do, because it was already done. 121 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:05.299 It was very good. 122 00:12:05.309 --> 00:12:08.282 There was nothing more he could do to improve. 123 00:12:08.292 --> 00:12:08.789 Alright. 124 00:12:11.870 --> 00:12:15.183 And so, that's how it began. 125 00:12:15.193 --> 00:12:24.897 But then, after some time, of course, Adam and Eve enjoyed the garden for a while. 126 00:12:24.907 --> 00:12:30.450 And then, there was the temptation and the sin. 127 00:12:30.889 --> 00:12:35.252 The fall into sin. 128 00:12:35.262 --> 00:12:41.078 And sin is like a virus. 129 00:12:41.088 --> 00:12:50.519 Viruses have become popular these days. 130 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:52.341 They're very, very tiny. 131 00:12:52.351 --> 00:12:58.953 And so, if you look at them on a microscopic level, there's different types of viruses. 132 00:12:58.963 --> 00:13:01.600 And they look something like these. 133 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.031 Let me show you a little bit on the inside. 134 00:13:05.041 --> 00:13:07.993 They're all basically the same thing. 135 00:13:08.003 --> 00:13:13.250 They're like a bag, or a sack, or some container, different shape. 136 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:29.990 And inside, there is either DNA, or something called RNA, which is basically the same thing as DNA. 137 00:13:30.370 --> 00:13:35.574 It's different, but it can function in the same way. 138 00:13:35.584 --> 00:13:40.980 And so, we have a virus, which has some DNA in a sack. 139 00:13:44.470 --> 00:13:49.647 Most people say it's not even living. 140 00:13:49.657 --> 00:13:59.033 Because it has to have a living being, or an organism to attach to. 141 00:13:59.043 --> 00:14:08.679 And then, for example, if we catch a virus, we usually breathe it in. 142 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.064 It attaches onto us. 143 00:14:11.074 --> 00:14:13.935 And then we do the work. 144 00:14:13.945 --> 00:14:16.309 We multiply the DNA. 145 00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:25.976 Not our DNA, but in this case, the virus's DNA. 146 00:14:25.986 --> 00:14:31.850 So, we have our book of DNA, right? 147 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:42.914 But the virus comes, and it says, here's the virus DNA. 148 00:14:42.924 --> 00:14:51.190 And it comes and puts its own DNA in our book. 149 00:14:52.409 --> 00:14:57.519 So now, it's like a photocopier. 150 00:14:57.529 --> 00:15:03.597 And this photocopier is making copies. 151 00:15:03.607 --> 00:15:22.590 And the virus comes, and you can imagine, if you put the book on the photocopier, then it starts copying the virus DNA. 152 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:28.030 It reminds me of a time when I was in college. 153 00:15:28.040 --> 00:15:34.512 One of my professors had an assistant, he needed some copies made. 154 00:15:34.522 --> 00:15:41.169 So, he put a little note on the front saying, please make 40 copies. 155 00:15:41.490 --> 00:15:47.117 And he put it in the box of the assistant, of his assistant. 156 00:15:47.127 --> 00:15:52.847 So, the assistant came, found the little thing, and the note. 157 00:15:52.857 --> 00:15:55.370 And she made the 40 copies. 158 00:15:55.690 --> 00:15:58.019 And guess what happens? 159 00:15:58.029 --> 00:16:01.775 On every copy, please make 40 copies. 160 00:16:01.785 --> 00:16:04.013 Please make 40 copies. 161 00:16:04.023 --> 00:16:06.929 And then he removed the note. 162 00:16:09.289 --> 00:16:12.437 So, that's how the virus is. 163 00:16:12.447 --> 00:16:15.145 And then it gets copied. 164 00:16:15.155 --> 00:16:19.970 And our body is designed to fight that off. 165 00:16:20.730 --> 00:16:26.715 But sometimes, it actually gets incorporated into our book. 166 00:16:26.725 --> 00:16:28.653 In a permanent way. 167 00:16:28.663 --> 00:16:37.470 And so, no longer is it something separate, but it actually gets written into the book. 168 00:16:37.690 --> 00:16:40.187 Into who we are. 169 00:16:40.197 --> 00:16:54.869 In fact, they say up to 10% of our DNA is made from ancient viruses that our ancestors caught. 170 00:16:54.879 --> 00:17:02.820 And the DNA from those viruses became a part of us. 171 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:07.905 And that's the only reason it's now a part of us. 172 00:17:07.915 --> 00:17:09.264 That's a lot. 173 00:17:09.274 --> 00:17:09.670 10%. 174 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:15.403 And that's a lot how it works with sin. 175 00:17:15.413 --> 00:17:20.366 In the beginning, God made us perfect. 176 00:17:20.376 --> 00:17:25.440 There were no imperfections in the DNA. 177 00:17:27.369 --> 00:17:40.343 But when Adam and Eve sinned, it was like the virus came and introduced itself into our DNA. 178 00:17:40.353 --> 00:17:45.993 But it wasn't just anywhere in the book. 179 00:17:46.003 --> 00:17:49.650 It was in a special place. 180 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.747 It was in the beginning. 181 00:17:53.757 --> 00:17:56.713 In the beginning of a book. 182 00:17:56.723 --> 00:18:01.519 It tells you things like who wrote the book. 183 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:05.723 And gives you some information about the book. 184 00:18:05.733 --> 00:18:08.749 Who published it, all that stuff. 185 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:13.400 And that's where the virus changed the information. 186 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:22.391 So suddenly, mankind instead of being allegiance to God. 187 00:18:22.401 --> 00:18:27.330 Instead of responding to God's commands. 188 00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:36.440 Now in the beginning of the book it says, this is the book of the serpent. 189 00:18:37.029 --> 00:18:43.732 Because it was the serpent who deceived Adam and Eve. 190 00:18:43.742 --> 00:18:47.916 And so mankind had a big problem. 191 00:18:47.926 --> 00:18:51.700 That continues until this day. 192 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:59.595 And so the question is, how do we heal our DNA? 193 00:18:59.605 --> 00:19:03.727 How do we fix that problem? 194 00:19:03.737 --> 00:19:12.745 We all have books that say, this is written by the serpent. 195 00:19:12.755 --> 00:19:16.267 And we don't want that. 196 00:19:16.277 --> 00:19:20.970 We want to be God's possession. 197 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:27.262 We want to be responding to Him. 198 00:19:27.272 --> 00:19:30.413 How do we do that? 199 00:19:30.423 --> 00:19:39.843 And that is where the sign of the Son of Man comes in. 200 00:19:39.853 --> 00:19:45.930 Now, in the sign of the Son of Man. 201 00:19:47.029 --> 00:19:49.569 It tells a story. 202 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:53.912 That story begins with Orion. 203 00:19:53.922 --> 00:19:59.430 We began to study Orion in like 2010. 204 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:03.645 And really we studied it for about 10 years. 205 00:20:03.655 --> 00:20:07.674 So there is a lot that we learned about Orion. 206 00:20:07.684 --> 00:20:11.509 But don't worry, I won't cover it all today. 207 00:20:14.410 --> 00:20:20.450 But I do want to point out a few different things. 208 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:26.742 That show you a little bit about what it represents. 209 00:20:26.752 --> 00:20:31.705 And this comes from Revelation chapter 5. 210 00:20:31.715 --> 00:20:35.309 Let me just put it vertically. 211 00:20:36.769 --> 00:20:38.830 So in chapter 5 of Revelation. 212 00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:42.687 I'm not going to refer specifically to different verses. 213 00:20:42.697 --> 00:20:45.150 But the story is there more or less. 214 00:20:46.509 --> 00:20:53.286 And it describes the scene of a throne. 215 00:20:53.296 --> 00:20:56.424 The throne of God. 216 00:20:56.434 --> 00:21:02.670 And of course God has three persons. 217 00:21:03.009 --> 00:21:07.866 The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 218 00:21:07.876 --> 00:21:12.732 And here we have representing the throne. 219 00:21:12.742 --> 00:21:19.829 A star for the Father, for the Son, and for the Holy Spirit. 220 00:21:21.309 --> 00:21:25.760 So there is that scene in the Bible of the throne. 221 00:21:25.770 --> 00:21:27.906 And the Bible continues. 222 00:21:27.916 --> 00:21:31.190 It says there were around the throne. 223 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:36.514 Four living creatures. 224 00:21:36.524 --> 00:21:39.297 Do you see them? 225 00:21:39.307 --> 00:21:43.295 Each of the four stars. 226 00:21:43.305 --> 00:21:50.210 The bright stars surrounding the throne. 227 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:55.272 So Orion represents God's throne. 228 00:21:55.282 --> 00:21:58.276 And it further continues. 229 00:21:58.286 --> 00:22:01.500 And it describes 24 elders. 230 00:22:02.630 --> 00:22:06.394 In a circle around the throne. 231 00:22:06.404 --> 00:22:09.279 Now those we don't see, 232 00:22:09.670 --> 00:22:13.154 but it tells us something. 233 00:22:13.164 --> 00:22:18.927 Because what else is divided into 24 parts. 234 00:22:18.937 --> 00:22:26.690 And you notice how these people around the throne, the 24. 235 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:29.711 They are described as elders. 236 00:22:29.721 --> 00:22:33.554 They are described in terms of their age. 237 00:22:33.564 --> 00:22:36.349 How much time they have lived. 238 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:43.503 And so it has the idea of time in there. 239 00:22:43.513 --> 00:22:48.150 And those 24 elders around the throne 240 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:53.031 represent 24 hours. 241 00:22:53.041 --> 00:22:58.020 Just like the day has 24 hours. 242 00:22:58.030 --> 00:23:03.150 So that's just a brief overview. 243 00:23:04.029 --> 00:23:08.668 But there is one especially important point. 244 00:23:08.678 --> 00:23:13.211 Because it says that one sat on the throne. 245 00:23:13.221 --> 00:23:16.470 And it describes him as a lamb. 246 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.940 Having been slain. 247 00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:23.075 Now who does the lamb represent? 248 00:23:23.085 --> 00:23:25.663 He represents Jesus. 249 00:23:25.673 --> 00:23:29.509 He is the lamb that was slain. 250 00:23:30.009 --> 00:23:35.506 And the interesting thing is that these stars have names. 251 00:23:35.516 --> 00:23:39.460 That have been there since ancient times. 252 00:23:40.329 --> 00:23:45.018 And the name of this first star. 253 00:23:45.028 --> 00:23:46.639 Is Alnitak. 254 00:23:46.649 --> 00:23:49.559 It's an Arabic name. 255 00:23:50.990 --> 00:23:54.388 And it has a special meaning. 256 00:23:54.398 --> 00:23:57.327 It means the wounded one. 257 00:23:57.337 --> 00:24:00.130 So the lamb was wounded. 258 00:24:00.690 --> 00:24:09.333 The Bible says he was wounded for our transgressions. 259 00:24:09.343 --> 00:24:12.115 That's Isaiah 53. 260 00:24:12.125 --> 00:24:16.019 And so that's how we see 261 00:24:16.869 --> 00:24:24.039 especially around this star Alnitak, that this is a clock. 262 00:24:25.109 --> 00:24:28.580 So that's where our story begins. 263 00:24:28.590 --> 00:24:31.113 It begins with the lamb. 264 00:24:31.123 --> 00:24:35.309 And it describes the lamb as being slain 265 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:39.155 from the foundation of the world. 266 00:24:39.165 --> 00:24:41.839 So from the time of creation. 267 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:54.839 And so Alnitak and the Orion clock is pointing back 268 00:24:55.730 --> 00:24:57.191 to creation. 269 00:24:57.201 --> 00:25:02.670 By the way it's Alnitak because that's a name 270 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:08.680 describing the character of Jesus as the Wounded One. 271 00:25:08.710 --> 00:25:11.120 That's a name for Jesus. 272 00:25:11.130 --> 00:25:14.947 Just like sometimes we call him Jesus. 273 00:25:14.957 --> 00:25:17.849 Sometimes we call him Christ. 274 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:21.214 Sometimes we call him Almighty. 275 00:25:21.224 --> 00:25:23.169 Wonderful Counselor. 276 00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:25.589 The Bible uses many names 277 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:35.087 that describe the same being, God in the person of Jesus. 278 00:25:35.097 --> 00:25:38.934 And here we see one more. 279 00:25:38.944 --> 00:25:41.380 The wounded one. 280 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:43.730 And that's a biblical term. 281 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:47.048 He was wounded for our transgressions. 282 00:25:47.058 --> 00:25:50.519 But Alnitak is the Arabic form for that. 283 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:55.019 So that's a new name for Jesus. 284 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:02.420 And the Bible even says, I will write for you My new name. 285 00:26:04.349 --> 00:26:07.149 Expresses that also. 286 00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:21.569 Alright so here we have a description of the sanctuary as the throne of God as described in Revelation. 287 00:26:21.950 --> 00:26:30.386 And that brings me to an interesting chapter in the Bible. 288 00:26:30.396 --> 00:26:33.150 Ezekiel chapter 47. 289 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:43.599 I will reference the English, but you have the Spanish and German there as well. 290 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:49.685 And it starts out: Afterward He brought me again. 291 00:26:49.695 --> 00:26:49.806 . 292 00:26:49.816 --> 00:26:49.928 . 293 00:26:49.938 --> 00:26:53.619 So this is Ezekiel in the vision. 294 00:26:53.629 --> 00:26:57.269 And he is talking with the angel. 295 00:26:57.269 --> 00:27:00.945 And he brought me again to the sanctuary. 296 00:27:00.955 --> 00:27:03.196 To the door of the house. 297 00:27:03.206 --> 00:27:12.509 He is seeing this vision in several chapters where Ezekiel is showing a vision of a temple, a sanctuary. 298 00:27:13.990 --> 00:27:18.289 And here, if I can get this. 299 00:27:20.250 --> 00:27:25.848 Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house. 300 00:27:25.858 --> 00:27:32.678 And behold waters issued out from under the threshold of the house. 301 00:27:32.688 --> 00:27:35.009 Now that's interesting. 302 00:27:36.470 --> 00:27:40.675 Let's go down a little bit to verse 3. 303 00:27:40.685 --> 00:27:45.996 And when the man that hath the line in his hand. 304 00:27:46.006 --> 00:27:49.859 So you're somebody who's measuring. 305 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.978 And he went forth. 306 00:27:51.988 --> 00:27:52.878 Eastward. 307 00:27:52.888 --> 00:27:56.920 That's where the waters were coming from. 308 00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:02.065 And he measured a thousand cubits. 309 00:28:02.075 --> 00:28:02.494 So. 310 00:28:02.504 --> 00:28:07.089 If here is the wall of the house. 311 00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:08.975 He measures. 312 00:28:08.985 --> 00:28:11.603 A thousand cubits. 313 00:28:11.613 --> 00:28:13.630 Far, far away. 314 00:28:14.150 --> 00:28:15.979 A long stretch. 315 00:28:15.989 --> 00:28:21.112 And then he brought me through the waters. 316 00:28:21.122 --> 00:28:25.250 And the waters were to the ankles. 317 00:28:28.450 --> 00:28:29.166 And then. 318 00:28:29.176 --> 00:28:31.404 He measured a thousand more. 319 00:28:31.414 --> 00:28:34.099 And brought me through the waters. 320 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:37.022 And the waters were to the knees. 321 00:28:37.032 --> 00:28:39.637 And then he measured a thousand more. 322 00:28:39.647 --> 00:28:41.950 And the waters were to the loins. 323 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:46.516 And then he measured a thousand more. 324 00:28:46.526 --> 00:28:50.222 And it was a river that was too deep. 325 00:28:50.232 --> 00:28:53.009 He couldn't pass it through. 326 00:28:53.430 --> 00:28:54.130 Okay. 327 00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:58.482 So let's look at this visually. 328 00:28:58.492 --> 00:29:03.115 If here is the edge of the house. 329 00:29:03.125 --> 00:29:07.327 He measures a thousand cubits. 330 00:29:07.337 --> 00:29:12.059 And then the waters to his ankles. 331 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.442 He goes a thousand more. 332 00:29:15.452 --> 00:29:18.415 The waters to his knees. 333 00:29:18.425 --> 00:29:20.380 A thousand more. 334 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.630 The waters at his waist. 335 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.896 And finally. 336 00:29:25.906 --> 00:29:28.920 He measures another thousand. 337 00:29:29.150 --> 00:29:31.919 And it's very high. 338 00:29:31.929 --> 00:29:33.969 He can't pass. 339 00:29:33.979 --> 00:29:37.331 So what does that mean? 340 00:29:37.341 --> 00:29:38.039 Well. 341 00:29:38.309 --> 00:29:40.306 First of all we see. 342 00:29:40.316 --> 00:29:44.299 There's a total of four thousand cubits. 343 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:50.779 And these are describing the waters that are flowing. 344 00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:55.407 The waters flow in one direction or two directions? 345 00:29:55.417 --> 00:29:56.687 One direction. 346 00:29:56.697 --> 00:29:58.220 In one direction. 347 00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:03.613 We're talking about a river that flows in one direction. 348 00:30:03.623 --> 00:30:07.255 What else flows in only one direction? 349 00:30:07.265 --> 00:30:10.400 Time only flows in one direction. 350 00:30:11.289 --> 00:30:12.301 Alright. 351 00:30:12.311 --> 00:30:12.816 Now. 352 00:30:12.826 --> 00:30:17.990 Look at the sign of the Son of man again. 353 00:30:18.509 --> 00:30:26.769 And I've changed the picture because Orion is also known as the hourglass. 354 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:31.420 Which also hints to its role as a clock. 355 00:30:33.410 --> 00:30:35.360 You know how an hourglass functions. 356 00:30:35.370 --> 00:30:36.660 It has sand in one bowl. 357 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:39.676 And it drains down the other. 358 00:30:39.686 --> 00:30:42.380 And then you turn it over. 359 00:30:44.630 --> 00:30:48.400 So here we have a clock measuring time. 360 00:30:48.589 --> 00:30:50.947 And what else do you see? 361 00:30:50.957 --> 00:30:55.955 Remember we said this is the sanctuary in Revelation. 362 00:30:55.965 --> 00:31:00.000 And from the sanctuary there flows a river. 363 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:05.885 Well, that's interesting. 364 00:31:05.895 --> 00:31:13.745 So those 4,000 cubits maybe represent 4,000 years. 365 00:31:13.755 --> 00:31:17.994 Is there evidence for that? 366 00:31:18.004 --> 00:31:18.759 Well. 367 00:31:19.250 --> 00:31:20.831 Let's look. 368 00:31:20.841 --> 00:31:22.709 First of all. 369 00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:28.756 It's interesting if we go back to Ezekiel. 370 00:31:28.766 --> 00:31:34.084 So let's go to verse 8 in Ezekiel 47. 371 00:31:34.094 --> 00:31:37.112 Then he said unto me. 372 00:31:37.122 --> 00:31:43.878 These waters issue out toward the east country. 373 00:31:43.888 --> 00:31:44.750 Right? 374 00:31:44.760 --> 00:31:49.289 So they come from the sanctuary. 375 00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:53.811 And they go out to the east. 376 00:31:53.821 --> 00:31:54.790 Right? 377 00:31:54.800 --> 00:32:00.109 And they go down into the desert. 378 00:32:00.910 --> 00:32:03.737 And go into the sea. 379 00:32:03.747 --> 00:32:07.141 Well that's interesting. 380 00:32:07.151 --> 00:32:13.654 They go down into the desert and into the sea. 381 00:32:13.664 --> 00:32:15.785 Do we see that? 382 00:32:15.795 --> 00:32:18.199 Let's look again. 383 00:32:18.209 --> 00:32:20.330 So coming down. 384 00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:26.359 And I don't have the picture unfortunately. 385 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:32.929 But there is another constellation at that point. 386 00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:37.229 It's the constellation of Cetus. 387 00:32:37.239 --> 00:32:40.055 Who represents Satan. 388 00:32:40.065 --> 00:32:45.025 In the Bible he's known as Leviathan. 389 00:32:45.035 --> 00:32:45.799 Right? 390 00:32:46.630 --> 00:32:54.927 He's got his hands on the river like he's pulling the river down. 391 00:32:54.937 --> 00:33:02.852 And Satan leads us or he pulls us into the desert so to speak. 392 00:33:02.862 --> 00:33:08.970 And then goes down to the desert where Satan is. 393 00:33:09.029 --> 00:33:14.640 There with his temptations and then up to the sea. 394 00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:21.369 And of course this is a whale. 395 00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:24.329 Where do whales live? 396 00:33:24.769 --> 00:33:25.930 In the sea. 397 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:29.940 So, down to the desert where Satan is. 398 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:34.299 And then into the sea where the whale is. 399 00:33:34.609 --> 00:33:40.024 Where the sign of the Son of man is. 400 00:33:40.034 --> 00:33:49.500 And then it says something very interesting about what happens. 401 00:33:49.910 --> 00:33:54.491 He brought me through the waters. 402 00:33:54.501 --> 00:33:59.349 And sorry that’s verse eight again. 403 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.033 They go down into the desert. 404 00:34:04.043 --> 00:34:05.048 And into the sea. 405 00:34:05.058 --> 00:34:06.869 And when they're brought there. 406 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:10.107 Being brought forth into the sea. 407 00:34:10.117 --> 00:34:12.159 The waters shall be healed. 408 00:34:14.929 --> 00:34:15.404 So. 409 00:34:15.414 --> 00:34:21.265 Let's get this straight in our minds. 410 00:34:21.275 --> 00:34:29.655 We have four thousand years going through the desert. 411 00:34:29.665 --> 00:34:38.679 To the wilderness everywhere until the waters are healed. 412 00:34:38.689 --> 00:34:42.958 And this represents Christ. 413 00:34:42.968 --> 00:34:47.030 It's a figure of a person. 414 00:34:47.409 --> 00:34:52.021 And that person is dead. 415 00:34:52.031 --> 00:34:57.603 Just like Christ died for us. 416 00:34:57.613 --> 00:35:06.644 And he died four thousand years after creation. 417 00:35:06.654 --> 00:35:08.929 So it holds. 418 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:16.719 It stands that it does in fact measure four thousand years. 419 00:35:16.729 --> 00:35:20.699 It points to the time of Christ. 420 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:27.961 And I want to point out one other thing. 421 00:35:27.971 --> 00:35:28.967 Orion. 422 00:35:28.977 --> 00:35:34.456 These stars represent His wounds. 423 00:35:34.466 --> 00:35:40.111 Remember Jesus is the Wounded One. 424 00:35:40.121 --> 00:35:51.039 And so Orion shows us the wounds that he bore for us on the cross. 425 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:55.575 Where were his wounds? 426 00:35:55.585 --> 00:35:57.615 In his hands. 427 00:35:57.625 --> 00:36:04.964 So we have representing he wounds on his hands. 428 00:36:04.974 --> 00:36:06.349 His feet. 429 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:10.453 Where else did he have wounds? 430 00:36:10.463 --> 00:36:11.861 On his side. 431 00:36:11.871 --> 00:36:13.268 On his head. 432 00:36:13.278 --> 00:36:16.159 He had a crown of thorns. 433 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:23.188 There's even a little star for the head showing the crown of thorns. 434 00:36:23.198 --> 00:36:28.023 And after he died, there was a very important wound. 435 00:36:28.033 --> 00:36:31.909 Because they thrust the spear in his side. 436 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:35.772 It's worth saying. 437 00:36:35.782 --> 00:36:44.617 And that's represented by the stars in his side. 438 00:36:44.627 --> 00:36:52.889 And what happened when they pierced his side? 439 00:36:54.269 --> 00:36:57.859 Blood and water came out. 440 00:36:57.869 --> 00:37:10.360 And you see there's even the Orion nebula there dripping down with the water and blood. 441 00:37:10.370 --> 00:37:16.380 But in a greater way it serves as a river. 442 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:24.480 This river represents the flow of blood and water from Jesus' side. 443 00:37:25.789 --> 00:37:28.268 Very symbolic. 444 00:37:28.278 --> 00:37:33.234 So you can see it like this. 445 00:37:33.244 --> 00:37:39.949 From his side flowed a river of blood. 446 00:37:40.289 --> 00:37:55.345 And for 4000 years as humanity went through the wilderness with sin until Christ gave that blood. 447 00:37:55.355 --> 00:38:02.329 All through that time they were looking back. 448 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:10.739 Or rather they were looking forward to His sacrifice when the waters would be healed. 449 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:18.605 When life would be restored because what Jesus did on the cross. 450 00:38:18.615 --> 00:38:23.539 He made it possible for our lives to be restored. 451 00:38:24.969 --> 00:38:30.971 For our DNA to be restored. 452 00:38:30.981 --> 00:38:36.750 In the blood it’s the DNA. 453 00:38:36.750 --> 00:38:41.457 And so we see here also in the wilderness. 454 00:38:41.467 --> 00:38:44.493 It's the wilderness of sin. 455 00:38:44.503 --> 00:38:47.866 Where we have this experience. 456 00:38:47.876 --> 00:38:50.199 With our changed DNA. 457 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:56.420 The book now has something wrong written in it. 458 00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:01.166 The virus of sin. 459 00:39:01.176 --> 00:39:04.042 It is in our book. 460 00:39:04.052 --> 00:39:12.789 But after 4000 years, Christ came and made a sacrifice. 461 00:39:14.809 --> 00:39:19.665 And his blood covers all of that time. 462 00:39:19.675 --> 00:39:26.320 And you know that's where the story of Ezekiel ends. 463 00:39:26.330 --> 00:39:29.250 There's the 4000 years. 464 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.282 And Ezekiel lived in that time. 465 00:39:34.292 --> 00:39:37.246 From creation until Jesus. 466 00:39:37.256 --> 00:39:40.323 Ezekiel lived in this time. 467 00:39:40.333 --> 00:39:50.869 And this was the part of the river he couldn't cross it because he wouldn't live long enough. 468 00:39:52.090 --> 00:39:59.400 But he could look back in history to see the beginning of his ancestors. 469 00:39:59.670 --> 00:40:07.420 You can always look back in history, but not into the future. 470 00:40:07.430 --> 00:40:15.689 And so here we have, from creation until Christ this progression. 471 00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:19.110 And then we have the cross. 472 00:40:21.570 --> 00:40:27.090 So that's how the story ends in Ezekiel because he couldn't see further. 473 00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:33.821 But when you look at the sign of the son of man in heaven. 474 00:40:33.831 --> 00:40:35.398 What do you see? 475 00:40:35.408 --> 00:40:36.760 It's up there. 476 00:40:36.809 --> 00:40:37.150 No. 477 00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:38.406 It goes on. 478 00:40:38.416 --> 00:40:43.970 And this is how the heavens complement the Bible. 479 00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:52.480 In the Bible we see the first part of the story that leads up to the cross. 480 00:40:52.490 --> 00:40:57.210 But in the heavens we see that it goes on. 481 00:40:57.750 --> 00:41:02.780 And of course we've lived for about how many years since Christ? 482 00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.130 2000. 483 00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:07.745 2000 years since Christ. 484 00:41:07.755 --> 00:41:08.656 Right? 485 00:41:08.666 --> 00:41:11.340 Two millennia ago. 486 00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:15.239 So we're up in this area. 487 00:41:15.249 --> 00:41:21.475 After 4000 years Christ made his sacrifice. 488 00:41:21.485 --> 00:41:31.599 And John recorded that in probably the most famous verse of the Bible. 489 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.514 John 3. 490 00:41:33.524 --> 00:41:33.839 16. 491 00:41:33.849 --> 00:41:35.527 , where it says: 492 00:41:35.537 --> 00:41:50.099 For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 493 00:41:50.969 --> 00:41:55.471 So that shows God's love for man. 494 00:41:55.481 --> 00:41:59.699 You know a cross has two parts. 495 00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:09.435 There's a vertical part that shows the relationship between God and man. 496 00:42:09.445 --> 00:42:19.010 But then there's also the horizontal part that shows the relationship of man with man. 497 00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:25.566 So there's God's relationship. 498 00:42:25.576 --> 00:42:30.779 God gave his only son because he loved the world. 499 00:42:30.789 --> 00:42:36.079 And Jesus as the son, He came and he became human. 500 00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.649 He was a man. 501 00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:39.591 And in that way. 502 00:42:39.601 --> 00:42:44.671 He shows the horizontal part of the cross. 503 00:42:44.681 --> 00:42:47.670 Where man is helping man. 504 00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:52.820 Jesus as a man helps the rest of us. 505 00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:57.984 He unites us back with God. 506 00:42:57.994 --> 00:43:04.067 So we see their symbolism in the cross itself. 507 00:43:04.077 --> 00:43:08.150 But again, the story continues. 508 00:43:08.150 --> 00:43:13.789 How long has it been from creation until the present? 509 00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:18.361 In layman's terms. 510 00:43:18.371 --> 00:43:20.696 Six thousand years. 511 00:43:20.706 --> 00:43:26.333 So we see in total there's six thousand years. 512 00:43:26.343 --> 00:43:34.783 But up until the time of Christ, there were only four thousand years. 513 00:43:34.793 --> 00:43:39.280 Now that has an interesting parallel. 514 00:43:44.550 --> 00:43:48.644 Because, why did Jesus die? 515 00:43:48.654 --> 00:43:54.870 What was broken that Jesus needed to die? 516 00:43:54.880 --> 00:44:01.704 Remember the book of our DNA is like the law. 517 00:44:01.714 --> 00:44:07.324 It's the law that defines who we are. 518 00:44:07.334 --> 00:44:13.360 And God's law is what defines Who He is. 519 00:44:13.590 --> 00:44:16.522 It's his character. 520 00:44:16.532 --> 00:44:25.636 And when Adam and Eve sinned, it was a breaking of the law. 521 00:44:25.646 --> 00:44:30.739 The law of their DNA was changed. 522 00:44:30.749 --> 00:44:32.880 It was broken. 523 00:44:34.199 --> 00:44:40.758 So, Jesus died because of the broken law. 524 00:44:40.768 --> 00:44:46.046 And he died after four millennia. 525 00:44:46.056 --> 00:45:05.091 And in the law, the ten commandments, there are four, the first four commandments describe God's relationship with man. 526 00:45:05.101 --> 00:45:08.750 I am the Lord your God. 527 00:45:08.929 --> 00:45:12.479 I brought you out of the land of Egypt. 528 00:45:12.489 --> 00:45:16.039 You shall have no other gods before me. 529 00:45:16.049 --> 00:45:16.940 It's about 530 00:45:17.369 --> 00:45:19.244 not making carved images. 531 00:45:19.255 --> 00:45:22.019 Also about the relationship with God. 532 00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:29.579 So the first four commandments relate to our relationship with God. 533 00:45:29.949 --> 00:45:39.891 Whereas the last six commandments relate to between man and humanity. 534 00:45:39.901 --> 00:45:41.619 For example, 535 00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:44.852 Honor your father and your mother. 536 00:45:44.862 --> 00:45:46.098 Don't murder. 537 00:45:46.108 --> 00:45:48.179 Don't commit adultery. 538 00:45:48.210 --> 00:45:49.289 Don't steal. 539 00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:50.200 Don't lie. 540 00:45:50.210 --> 00:45:51.269 Don't covet. 541 00:45:51.869 --> 00:45:56.361 Those are all about our relationships with each other. 542 00:45:56.371 --> 00:46:02.776 So in the ten commandments, we see the same relationship between God and man. 543 00:46:02.786 --> 00:46:04.429 Between man and man. 544 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:15.925 And that's what we see in the time itself, in this river for four thousand years. 545 00:46:15.935 --> 00:46:19.062 The first four commandments. 546 00:46:19.072 --> 00:46:26.199 They point to the time when God showed His part of the covenant. 547 00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:26.987 The law. 548 00:46:26.997 --> 00:46:32.599 Ten commandments for the covenant that God made with man. 549 00:46:35.489 --> 00:46:39.706 But after six thousand years. 550 00:46:39.716 --> 00:46:43.050 There's something else. 551 00:46:46.389 --> 00:46:49.819 What did Jesus say? 552 00:46:49.829 --> 00:46:51.273 He said. 553 00:46:51.283 --> 00:46:56.860 In John chapter 13 in verse 34. 554 00:46:57.969 --> 00:46:59.941 Jesus speaking. 555 00:46:59.951 --> 00:47:05.339 He says: A new commandment I give to you. 556 00:47:05.349 --> 00:47:08.766 That you love one another. 557 00:47:08.776 --> 00:47:09.301 How? 558 00:47:09.311 --> 00:47:11.900 As I have loved you. 559 00:47:13.730 --> 00:47:16.692 That's a tall order. 560 00:47:16.702 --> 00:47:18.332 Jesus says. 561 00:47:18.342 --> 00:47:25.157 We should love one another as he has loved us. 562 00:47:25.167 --> 00:47:29.760 That he also loved one another. 563 00:47:29.770 --> 00:47:33.029 How did Jesus love us? 564 00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:35.261 What did he do? 565 00:47:35.271 --> 00:47:37.730 He gave his life. 566 00:47:39.829 --> 00:47:42.513 And then he says. 567 00:47:42.523 --> 00:47:49.311 We should love one another in the same way. 568 00:47:49.321 --> 00:47:49.795 Oh. 569 00:47:49.805 --> 00:47:52.962 That's asking a lot. 570 00:47:52.972 --> 00:47:53.880 Right. 571 00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:09.420 But, Jesus said, If you want to be my disciples, you need to take up your cross. 572 00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:12.598 And do what? 573 00:48:12.608 --> 00:48:14.217 And follow me. 574 00:48:14.227 --> 00:48:18.000 Take up your cross and follow me. 575 00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.726 Now. 576 00:48:18.736 --> 00:48:22.369 What does that mean? 577 00:48:22.379 --> 00:48:34.369 I thought there was one cross, but Jesus says, take up your cross. 578 00:48:34.379 --> 00:48:37.648 What is our cross? 579 00:48:37.658 --> 00:48:42.381 Do we have something also? 580 00:48:42.391 --> 00:48:44.390 And indeed. 581 00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:46.519 There it is. 582 00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:53.045 There's a cross for man also. 583 00:48:53.055 --> 00:49:04.280 Now ours is different because Jesus gave his blood, so that we can live. 584 00:49:04.809 --> 00:49:06.573 We can’t do that. 585 00:49:06.583 --> 00:49:12.913 Our blood won't save anybody, but He said take up your cross. 586 00:49:12.923 --> 00:49:14.064 Your cross. 587 00:49:14.074 --> 00:49:16.949 He didn't say take my cross. 588 00:49:17.289 --> 00:49:20.000 He said take your cross. 589 00:49:20.010 --> 00:49:23.050 That means we have a cross. 590 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:26.910 There's not just one cross. 591 00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:28.630 There are two crosses. 592 00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:30.874 There's Christ's cross. 593 00:49:30.884 --> 00:49:34.285 And there's the cross for the church. 594 00:49:34.295 --> 00:49:36.389 And what is that cross? 595 00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:56.390 In the story of Ezekiel it says that all along this river there were trees bearing fruits. 596 00:49:56.400 --> 00:50:09.690 And those trees in the description match the description in Revelation for the tree of life. 597 00:50:10.690 --> 00:50:20.860 And the fruit of that tree is the fruit of the cross that gives us that life. 598 00:50:24.349 --> 00:50:29.829 Now, where do you see that cross after the 6000 years? 599 00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:33.938 What is it? 600 00:50:33.948 --> 00:50:37.391 What's behind the cross? 601 00:50:37.401 --> 00:50:39.266 It's a clock. 602 00:50:39.276 --> 00:50:41.142 There's time. 603 00:50:41.152 --> 00:50:45.600 And that time is our sacrifice. 604 00:50:45.610 --> 00:50:49.053 We can't give our blood. 605 00:50:49.063 --> 00:50:52.363 That won't do any good. 606 00:50:52.373 --> 00:50:55.460 But, what can we give? 607 00:50:56.820 --> 00:51:04.431 Because think about it from God's perspective. 608 00:51:04.441 --> 00:51:07.420 He sees the world. 609 00:51:07.430 --> 00:51:12.539 Not just one little part of it. 610 00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:13.841 Like where we live. 611 00:51:13.851 --> 00:51:15.769 But he sees the whole world. 612 00:51:15.779 --> 00:51:17.539 He sees all of his people. 613 00:51:18.260 --> 00:51:21.809 And he has a deep love for his people. 614 00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:28.411 He wants to save as many as he possibly can. 615 00:51:28.421 --> 00:51:34.860 And so He decides to give Himself, His own life. 616 00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:37.932 And so Jesus came. 617 00:51:37.942 --> 00:51:39.955 He gave his life. 618 00:51:39.965 --> 00:51:48.000 And if we look at it in the same way, If we look at the world today. 619 00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:54.491 And if we have the same love. 620 00:51:54.501 --> 00:52:00.966 Like Jesus said, love one another as I have loved you. 621 00:52:00.976 --> 00:52:08.139 We can't give our life in a way that will save other people. 622 00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:13.979 Our life won't do what Jesus' life did. 623 00:52:13.989 --> 00:52:18.031 But if people aren't ready. 624 00:52:18.041 --> 00:52:23.731 We can give our life in terms of time. 625 00:52:23.741 --> 00:52:29.849 And this is what is also symbolized here. 626 00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:32.551 We have our relationship with God. 627 00:52:32.561 --> 00:52:35.699 And our relationship with our fellow man. 628 00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:41.869 And we give our lives to God. 629 00:52:42.250 --> 00:52:46.539 And we give our lives for others. 630 00:52:46.550 --> 00:52:50.059 So that we can help others. 631 00:52:50.070 --> 00:52:50.829 Right. 632 00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:53.619 We all can help each other. 633 00:52:53.629 --> 00:52:54.210 To God. 634 00:52:54.220 --> 00:52:55.030 To Christ. 635 00:52:55.380 --> 00:53:02.585 We can point the way to the river of Christ's blood. 636 00:53:02.595 --> 00:53:08.691 And we can take up our cross, our sacrifice. 637 00:53:08.701 --> 00:53:11.334 Because many times. 638 00:53:11.344 --> 00:53:14.639 You know think about it. 639 00:53:16.010 --> 00:53:21.150 There are other people that we know that really we don't like. 640 00:53:21.619 --> 00:53:23.921 You know what I mean? 641 00:53:23.931 --> 00:53:32.919 There are people that we just don't like and honestly it's not different with God. 642 00:53:32.929 --> 00:53:38.500 There are people that God really just doesn't like. 643 00:53:38.650 --> 00:53:40.638 Why would God not like someone? 644 00:53:40.648 --> 00:53:42.315 Why don't we like someone? 645 00:53:42.325 --> 00:53:43.460 Think of somebody. 646 00:53:43.590 --> 00:53:48.847 Don't mention the name, but think of somebody we don't like. 647 00:53:48.857 --> 00:53:50.949 Why don't you like them? 648 00:53:50.949 --> 00:53:54.145 Is it because of their looks. 649 00:53:54.155 --> 00:53:55.587 Probably not. 650 00:53:55.597 --> 00:54:00.336 Probably it's more because of what they do. 651 00:54:00.346 --> 00:54:04.202 They do things that you don't like. 652 00:54:04.212 --> 00:54:11.705 They do things that are not according to the way that you do things. 653 00:54:11.715 --> 00:54:14.199 It's the same with God. 654 00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:24.185 Many people do things that are not according to his character, according to his law. 655 00:54:24.195 --> 00:54:25.869 They break his law. 656 00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:28.809 And He doesn't like that. 657 00:54:28.819 --> 00:54:30.156 It's not good. 658 00:54:30.166 --> 00:54:33.798 But of course, He loves people anyway. 659 00:54:33.808 --> 00:54:37.630 Just like a parent loves their children. 660 00:54:37.640 --> 00:54:43.429 Even though sometimes their children don't do what they want. 661 00:54:43.889 --> 00:54:49.750 They don't behave in the way that they would like, but he still loves us. 662 00:54:50.269 --> 00:54:55.600 He still loves those who break his law. 663 00:54:55.610 --> 00:55:04.495 Now think about that again with those people that you don't like. 664 00:55:04.505 --> 00:55:08.449 How should we relate to them? 665 00:55:10.449 --> 00:55:14.785 How did Jesus relate to them? 666 00:55:14.795 --> 00:55:19.570 Jesus gave a sacrifice for them. 667 00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:21.060 Why? 668 00:55:21.070 --> 00:55:25.863 Because they have broken his law. 669 00:55:25.873 --> 00:55:32.408 So when you see somebody that you don't like. 670 00:55:32.418 --> 00:55:38.226 And this I think is the sacrifice in it. 671 00:55:38.236 --> 00:55:46.659 Our natural reaction when you don't like somebody as well. 672 00:55:46.669 --> 00:55:47.831 Exactly. 673 00:55:47.841 --> 00:55:50.250 Get away from me. 674 00:55:50.250 --> 00:55:52.904 I don't want to deal with you. 675 00:55:52.914 --> 00:55:53.622 Go away. 676 00:55:53.632 --> 00:55:54.940 Leave me alone. 677 00:55:55.210 --> 00:55:59.592 Is that what Jesus did? 678 00:55:59.602 --> 00:56:00.173 No. 679 00:56:00.183 --> 00:56:05.880 Jesus said, I don't like them. 680 00:56:06.539 --> 00:56:08.679 They're breaking my law. 681 00:56:08.689 --> 00:56:12.690 They're not the way that I want things to be. 682 00:56:13.610 --> 00:56:15.352 But what did he do? 683 00:56:15.362 --> 00:56:16.554 He said okay. 684 00:56:16.564 --> 00:56:19.774 We just don't look at planet earth. 685 00:56:19.784 --> 00:56:20.030 No. 686 00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:21.467 He came. 687 00:56:21.477 --> 00:56:23.752 He became one with us. 688 00:56:23.762 --> 00:56:28.933 He came even nearer, but they still broke his law. 689 00:56:28.943 --> 00:56:31.528 And they even killed him. 690 00:56:31.538 --> 00:56:33.670 That's the sacrifice. 691 00:56:33.760 --> 00:56:42.268 And that's the sacrifice that we need to make for ourselves. 692 00:56:42.278 --> 00:56:47.090 It becomes a very practical thing. 693 00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:56.446 When we have people that we don't like, instead of saying, go away! 694 00:56:56.456 --> 00:57:00.139 Think about what Jesus did. 695 00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:04.019 And what he called us to do. 696 00:57:04.029 --> 00:57:06.322 Take up your cross. 697 00:57:06.332 --> 00:57:07.639 Your cross. 698 00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:09.430 And follow me. 699 00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:11.735 And he came to earth. 700 00:57:11.745 --> 00:57:15.462 And when we have that perspective. 701 00:57:15.472 --> 00:57:22.219 When we learn to take God's perspective and see our own cross. 702 00:57:26.190 --> 00:57:28.619 We see people in a different light. 703 00:57:28.629 --> 00:57:32.724 Now instead of those people that I don't want to deal with. 704 00:57:32.734 --> 00:57:34.449 I don't want to see them. 705 00:57:34.670 --> 00:57:38.849 Just get out of my face. 706 00:57:38.859 --> 00:57:41.809 We see potential. 707 00:57:42.619 --> 00:57:49.429 And that's what this river of blood shows us. 708 00:57:49.650 --> 00:57:51.586 This in the blood. 709 00:57:51.596 --> 00:57:53.103 It is the DNA. 710 00:57:53.113 --> 00:57:55.030 The DNA of Christ. 711 00:57:58.340 --> 00:58:01.303 We have the virus of sin. 712 00:58:01.313 --> 00:58:03.199 Tainted the DNA. 713 00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:06.323 Brought us into the desert. 714 00:58:06.333 --> 00:58:10.949 But the waters were healed at the cross. 715 00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:19.910 We have everything we need for healing in the cross. 716 00:58:19.920 --> 00:58:25.080 Now the waters have Christ's DNA. 717 00:58:25.090 --> 00:58:30.230 And we receive that DNA by faith. 718 00:58:30.480 --> 00:58:34.701 And it changes who we are. 719 00:58:34.711 --> 00:58:38.121 It restores our hope. 720 00:58:38.131 --> 00:58:48.686 And then we can look at others and we see with eyesight like God. 721 00:58:48.696 --> 00:58:56.003 Instead of looking at what they are like now. 722 00:58:56.013 --> 00:59:03.929 We see what they can be with the blood of Christ. 723 00:59:04.429 --> 00:59:11.512 And that's the essence of the sign of the son of man. 724 00:59:11.522 --> 00:59:19.273 It shows us what we can be when we receive Christ's blood. 725 00:59:19.283 --> 00:59:23.539 It's the salvation by the blood. 726 00:59:28.269 --> 00:59:33.446 I'd like to close with a story. 727 00:59:33.456 --> 00:59:40.970 I may have shared it with some of you before. 728 00:59:40.980 --> 00:59:46.657 It really made a big impact on me. 729 00:59:46.667 --> 00:59:51.008 It happened at a distance. 730 00:59:51.018 --> 00:59:53.857 When I was young. 731 00:59:53.867 --> 00:59:56.989 About 20 years ago. 732 00:59:56.989 --> 01:00:00.179 All the different churches in the region would come together once a year. 733 01:00:00.380 --> 01:00:04.033 And camp out for about 10 days. 734 01:00:04.043 --> 01:00:07.570 And do like a revival meeting. 735 01:00:07.949 --> 01:00:15.472 And they would have different people giving testimonies. 736 01:00:15.482 --> 01:00:19.646 And one person got up in front. 737 01:00:19.657 --> 01:00:25.567 And without saying anything he looked at me. 738 01:00:25.577 --> 01:00:28.533 He had this long face. 739 01:00:28.543 --> 01:00:32.130 And this scowl on his face. 740 01:00:32.570 --> 01:00:35.763 His eyes were bloodshot red. 741 01:00:35.773 --> 01:00:38.625 And his flesh was sunken. 742 01:00:38.635 --> 01:00:40.346 He just looked. 743 01:00:40.356 --> 01:00:46.030 He looked at me and I said wow, this guy is angry. 744 01:00:49.530 --> 01:00:54.431 And he just looked, but he gave a testimony. 745 01:00:54.441 --> 01:00:56.668 And he gave a story. 746 01:00:56.678 --> 01:01:02.470 But he shared how Christ had changed him, his heart. 747 01:01:02.480 --> 01:01:08.800 And he explained how he had been very angry all the time. 748 01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:10.326 All the time. 749 01:01:10.336 --> 01:01:12.803 And you could see it. 750 01:01:12.813 --> 01:01:16.219 He had changed, his very DNA. 751 01:01:16.229 --> 01:01:23.512 And you could see that because he had a different look to him. 752 01:01:23.522 --> 01:01:28.103 He looked angry, but Christ healed him. 753 01:01:28.113 --> 01:01:30.059 So that was nice. 754 01:01:31.519 --> 01:01:33.253 The next year. 755 01:01:33.263 --> 01:01:37.340 We went back to the next meeting. 756 01:01:37.340 --> 01:01:39.769 They invited him to give his testimony again. 757 01:01:40.659 --> 01:01:41.883 So I saw him. 758 01:01:41.893 --> 01:01:44.151 And he looked different. 759 01:01:44.161 --> 01:01:47.737 He still looked a little bit the same. 760 01:01:47.747 --> 01:01:50.947 He still had some of the features. 761 01:01:50.957 --> 01:01:53.780 His eyes weren't so bloodshot. 762 01:01:53.790 --> 01:01:56.940 His face cracked out a little bit. 763 01:01:57.050 --> 01:02:00.909 He didn't have quite the scowl on his face that he had before. 764 01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:02.474 And I was like. 765 01:02:02.484 --> 01:02:05.007 There was a change there. 766 01:02:05.017 --> 01:02:07.944 You could see it in his face. 767 01:02:07.954 --> 01:02:09.973 And year after year. 768 01:02:09.983 --> 01:02:16.000 He didn't get up front but I recognized him in the audience. 769 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:21.543 And I saw every year when he was there. 770 01:02:21.554 --> 01:02:26.706 He looked more and more and more peaceful. 771 01:02:26.716 --> 01:02:29.639 His eyes had that shine. 772 01:02:30.789 --> 01:02:31.771 He was happy. 773 01:02:31.781 --> 01:02:32.913 He was smiling. 774 01:02:32.923 --> 01:02:35.469 He looked like a friendly grandpa. 775 01:02:38.969 --> 01:02:49.992 That really showed me how much our lives can change by the blood of Jesus. 776 01:02:50.002 --> 01:02:55.513 Because in his blood is restored DNA. 777 01:02:55.523 --> 01:03:02.375 And that even can change some of our features. 778 01:03:02.385 --> 01:03:11.739 Because when you live in a certain way, it changes who you are. 779 01:03:13.059 --> 01:03:14.637 Year after year. 780 01:03:14.647 --> 01:03:21.154 After year, you follow the same habits, the same course of action. 781 01:03:21.164 --> 01:03:23.037 It changes our DNA. 782 01:03:23.047 --> 01:03:25.679 But when we come to Christ. 783 01:03:27.789 --> 01:03:29.790 He can undo that. 784 01:03:29.800 --> 01:03:32.154 And that's by faith. 785 01:03:32.164 --> 01:03:34.753 It changes who we are. 786 01:03:34.763 --> 01:03:38.500 And then we become a new person. 787 01:03:41.489 --> 01:03:53.076 So the story of the sign of the Son of Man is a story of faith in his blood. 788 01:03:53.086 --> 01:03:53.696 And. 789 01:03:53.706 --> 01:03:59.347 The power that He gives us to change. 790 01:03:59.357 --> 01:04:06.949 And it also reminds us of the potential of people. 791 01:04:07.719 --> 01:04:10.408 Because for example that man I spoke about. 792 01:04:10.418 --> 01:04:12.409 If you look at him, you may say, 793 01:04:12.469 --> 01:04:14.776 Oh there's this angry guy again. 794 01:04:14.786 --> 01:04:16.804 I don't want to be with him. 795 01:04:16.814 --> 01:04:18.019 Get away from me. 796 01:04:18.769 --> 01:04:19.176 Or. 797 01:04:19.186 --> 01:04:25.679 You look at him as somebody that God can change. 798 01:04:27.130 --> 01:04:29.096 Somebody that God can use. 799 01:04:29.106 --> 01:04:30.315 I never met him. 800 01:04:30.325 --> 01:04:32.650 I don't know what his name was. 801 01:04:33.360 --> 01:04:36.028 I never talked to him. 802 01:04:36.038 --> 01:04:45.135 But I saw him from a distance and it made a profound impression in my life. 803 01:04:45.145 --> 01:04:52.039 Because I saw before my eyes what faith in Christ can do. 804 01:04:52.269 --> 01:04:55.589 It changes who you are. 805 01:04:55.599 --> 01:04:58.773 It rewrites your book. 806 01:04:58.783 --> 01:05:02.659 It's the book of your life. 807 01:05:04.320 --> 01:05:10.309 And when Christ is the author of that book. 808 01:05:10.630 --> 01:05:13.335 Then we reflect His character. 809 01:05:13.345 --> 01:05:17.764 We reflect his sacrifice and his love for others. 810 01:05:17.774 --> 01:05:20.280 And then guess what happens? 811 01:05:21.380 --> 01:05:26.900 Instead of seeing people only like equals. 812 01:05:27.030 --> 01:05:29.849 Only like somebody who is like us. 813 01:05:31.380 --> 01:05:34.632 And we don't want to be with them. 814 01:05:34.642 --> 01:05:38.460 Instead, we see them like God sees them. 815 01:05:38.710 --> 01:05:42.376 We see them as His children. 816 01:05:42.386 --> 01:05:46.446 Who maybe not in the right way. 817 01:05:46.456 --> 01:05:49.710 But they're his children. 818 01:05:50.320 --> 01:05:51.681 And we love them. 819 01:05:51.691 --> 01:05:56.576 And we want to do what we can to bring them in the right way. 820 01:05:56.586 --> 01:05:58.267 That's our sacrifice. 821 01:05:58.277 --> 01:06:00.250 And that's the sacrifice. 822 01:06:01.260 --> 01:06:03.385 That God is calling us to. 823 01:06:03.395 --> 01:06:11.480 From the time that he was here on earth until now when we see the sign of the Son of man in heaven. 824 01:06:14.280 --> 01:06:15.370 So with that. 825 01:06:15.380 --> 01:06:17.719 Let's have a word of prayer. 826 01:06:20.960 --> 01:06:23.666 Dear Father in heaven. 827 01:06:23.676 --> 01:06:31.673 We thank you for your wonders in heaven that show your character. 828 01:06:31.683 --> 01:06:36.829 And show us what you are calling us to be. 829 01:06:37.679 --> 01:06:46.099 And even giving us an understanding of how to reflect that in our character, in our lives. 830 01:06:46.719 --> 01:06:49.790 By believing in you. 831 01:06:49.800 --> 01:07:01.150 And seeing each one as one with potential to have the character of Christ. 832 01:07:01.420 --> 01:07:04.573 To be restored to your law. 833 01:07:04.583 --> 01:07:11.122 And that is our desire that many may be restored to you. 834 01:07:11.132 --> 01:07:18.469 That you may know them and recognize them before it's too late. 835 01:07:20.809 --> 01:07:25.909 So Lord we ask for Your help. 836 01:07:26.889 --> 01:07:31.426 Because often we fall and we make mistakes. 837 01:07:31.436 --> 01:07:39.340 And yet You have shown us that we also have a horizontal part of our cross. 838 01:07:40.880 --> 01:07:44.395 Where though we have our problems. 839 01:07:44.405 --> 01:07:46.980 We can still help others. 840 01:07:48.159 --> 01:07:51.425 We can still lift up our brethren. 841 01:07:51.435 --> 01:07:54.317 We can still work with others. 842 01:07:54.327 --> 01:07:58.630 To show them who you are and what you can do. 843 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:10.679 Thank you for giving your Son for us to give his blood that restores us into Your likeness. 844 01:08:10.719 --> 01:08:13.474 As we receive it by faith. 845 01:08:13.484 --> 01:08:19.523 And we love you and thank you for all that you have done. 846 01:08:19.533 --> 01:08:26.930 And we ask your presence to make it possible for us to do that for us. 847 01:08:27.979 --> 01:08:37.529 To sacrifice ourselves, our own feelings, our own desires for your cause. 848 01:08:37.720 --> 01:08:42.631 And for the benefit of our fellow human beings. 849 01:08:42.641 --> 01:08:44.617 We ask this of you. 850 01:08:44.634 --> 01:08:50.440 In the name of Jesus, who was wounded for our sins. 851 01:08:50.450 --> 01:08:52.954 And died on the cross. 852 01:08:52.964 --> 01:08:53.514 Amen.