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Fall Holy Days 2007
Day of Atonement – 2007
Fred R. Coulter – September 22, 2007
Greetings, brethren! Welcome to the Day of Atonement, 2007. And as we
progress down through the Holy Day year and the Holy Day season and
knowing the meaning of God’s plan for us. I’d just like to show you on
camera—of course you all have this book: God’s Plan for Mankind
Revealed by His Sabbath and His Holy Days—and it is truly a wondrous
thing what God has done to be able to make it possible for us to
understand the knowledge and meaning of the Holy Days. So this day, the
Day of Atonement, has special meaning and the plan of God cannot go
forward unless there is the fulfillment of the Day of Atonement. So
today, as we always begin, we’ll begin in Leviticus 23, because there
God hid all the Holy Days in one chapter, put it there, and so only
those that would be willing to love Him and obey Him and keep His
commandments would be willing to accept the fact that the Holy Days—and
of course, we can prove that they were kept in the New Testament, too,
but nevertheless the world rejects them or those who accept them don’t
keep them at the right time, or they don’t keep them in the right way,
or they don’t keep them with the understanding from the New Testament.
Because you see, the Bible is a complete unit. The Old Testament and the
New Testament have a unity of the truth of God in it, and we have to
seek out the things that are in the Scriptures to give us understanding
as to what the Bible is really teaching us.
And let’s come to Leviticus 23 and let’s see what it says concerning
the Day of Atonement. Leviticus 23:26, KJV: “And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying…” So this is directly from God. When people say it’s
the law of Moses, no that’s not true because God gave it. All Moses was
was a mouthpiece. And he said, ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ So here God is
telling Moses about the Day of Atonement here, so this is God’s Day of
Atonement, not Moses’ Day of Atonement, not the Jew’s Day of Atonement.
And as a matter of fact, as we are going to publish in the coming Bible,
the whole Bible actually, let’s just take the Old Testament. The Old
Testament is not a Jewish Bible. The Old Testament is not a Hebrew
Bible. The Old Testament is an Aaronic priesthood, Levitical Bible,
written in Hebrew. Now yes, it was for the Jews, but that doesn’t mean
it was their Bible. Because it’s the Word of God. So just like
Moses in bringing the Holy Days and speaking of God’s Word and God’s
laws, it’s God’s day!
Now, let’s continue: “Also on the tenth day of this seventh
month there shall be a day of atonement… [and if you take the
word ‘atonement’ and separate it out into three words, you have
‘at-one-ment.’ And we’ll talk about that later.] …it shall be an holy
convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls… [and we know that
that means with fasting: no food and no water.] …and offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day:
for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before
the LORD your God” (vs 27-28).
Now we always take up and offering on the Holy Day, so we’re going to
go ahead and pause now and take up an offering.
(Pause)
Now let’s continue on—verse 29: “For whatsoever soul it be
that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from
among his people…. [Now, that is a spiritual application that God does.
Their still among the people, but they’re cut off from God among the
people.] …And whatsoever soul it be
that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy
from among his people…. [So, it’s not just to the Jews alone. His people
can refer to any of the tribes of Israel, refer to anyone who keeps the
Day of Atonement. So the Day of Atonement is the only day that has these
absolute requirements concerning work. Now, let’s read it again:] …Ye
shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings” (vs 29-31).
Now, we’re going to see, during this sermon, why this Day of Atonement
is so important. And in the plan of God it is the focal point then which
begins the finishing of His plan.
Now, verse 32: “It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye
shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even…
[which is sunset] …from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your
sabbath.” So this is where we have, from the Scripture, absolutely clear
that the Sabbath begins at sunset and ends as sunset. Now the reason it
is put here in the Day of Atonement, because the Day of Atonement is so
important with the restrictions on working. And is so important that we
all begin fasting at the same time and end at the same time that God
then made it absolutely clear that the Sabbaths are going to be from
sunset to sunset, which in the Hebrew is “ba ereb”—and so this becomes a
very important thing for us to understand. Now, let’s also realize that
there are things that need to be understood concerning the Day of
Atonement.
Let’s finish off here by going to Leviticus 16, because here’s some
other instructions that God gave concerning the Day of Atonement and
what was to be done. And the Day of Atonement, without the New
Testament, you can’t understand it completely other than it is a day of
fasting. But the ceremonies that are here in Leviticus 16 have spiritual
significance, which the fulfillment of it as we will see later, is not
revealed until the book of Revelation. Even the children of Israel did
not understand this. And even many of the commentators in trying to
figure out why there were two live goats, and why they were handled in
the way that did, and what they pictured, and how it was done, and the
spiritual meaning of it. So, let’s come to Leviticus 16 and here’s what
exactly was to happened at the temple on the Day of Atonement; because
God was dealing with people who were carnal, did not have the Spirit of
God and He had to provide a means and a way whereby He would continue to
deal with them. And He also had to show in the ritual that there would
come a time when all sin would be removed. But we need the New
Testament, and in particularly the book of Revelation, to fully
understand it.
So Aaron was to put on his special ceremonial garments and on this
particular day, the Day of Atonement, was the only day in the entire
year that the high priest could go into the Holy of Holies where the Ark
of the Covenant was. Now that is really something that gives us deep
meaning when we realize that Christ has made it possible for us to come
into the Holy of Holies with our prayers spiritually, directly to God
the Father in heaven above, every single day. So that shows the
difference in our relationship. But nevertheless, after he put on the
garments that he was to put on, and after he offered the offerings that
he was to do, he was to take two kids of the goats and they were to be
as identical as possible. And here is the special ceremony that he was
to do after he had offered the sin offering for himself—to make
atonement for himself and for all the priesthood. Verse 7 (Lev. 16,
KJV): “And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the
LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation…. [Now this special
ceremony was very particular, because you see, all other offerings, the
ones who brought them could select and determine whether they had a
blemish or not. And when they brought them then they were accepted. Now
here we have a whole different aspect of choosing the offerings. And
here these two goats were presented live before the Lord at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.] (verse 8): …And Aaron shall cast
lots upon the two goats… [the only time this is done in all the Bible.
Where casting lots for sacrifice to the Lord. So this means that God has
to make the distinction, God has to do the choosing.] …one lot for the
LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat…. [or as the Hebrew is:
‘Azazel’—which is another name for Satan.] …And Aaron shall bring the
goat upon which the LORD’S lot fell, and offer him for a sin
offering” (v 9) Now, this is an important thing to understand. When you
have your sins forgiven or atoned for by the blood—and of course this
refers to the blood of Christ—and yet it is on the Day of Atonement.
Because in it’s fulfillment, as we will see, coming down in time that
there has to be a time when God has to make the final judgment—and
God will!
Verse 10: “But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the [Azazel]
scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an
atonement [upon—not ‘with’] with him,
and to let him go for a [Azazel] scapegoat into the wilderness.”
Now, let’s understand something very important: heaven where the throne
of God is, is never referred to in the Scriptures as a ‘wilderness.’ A
wilderness is where it is desolate, there’s no water, there is very
little life and it is a place of demons and jackals and so forth. So
then he was to bring in the blood at the same time for the offering for
his sins and his household. Sprinkled them on the mercy seat. And it’s
the only time of year that the blood is sprinkled on the mercy seat—and
it’s sprinkled seven times. After he does that, completes the atonement
for the priesthood (vs 11-14
paraphrased), then verse 15: “Then shall he kill the goat of the
sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within
the veil… [that is into the Holy of Holies, which then was a type of
Christ] …and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock,
and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat… [So he
also did that seven times.] …And he shall make an atonement for the holy
place,
because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst
of their uncleanness” (v 16). So when he killed the goat for a sin
offering and took that blood into the Holy of Holies, this is very
similar to what we have already covered in the book of Hebrews; that
Christ went once with His own blood, into the Holy of Holies to make
atonement for us and His one offering for sin forever.
Now when that happens, as this was going on: “And there shall be no
man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an
atonement in the holy place,
until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation of Israel” (v 17). Now when you
have your sins forgiven they’re forgiven. So why do we have the second
goat? Why was this ritual done? All right, let’s come down here to verse
20, and let’s see what was to be done there and then we will see the
fulfillment of it in Revelation 20. And the special meaning of this and
what this pictures in God dealing with the world in fulfilling His plan
becomes very important.
Verse 20: “And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy
place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he
shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the
head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins…” (vs
20-21). Now, didn’t they just have their sins forgiven or atoned for
with the sacrifice of the kid goat that was for the Lord?
Yes! Why then do this? Why is this repeated? Well, it goes to the
heart and core of the whole revelation of the Bible that sin comes
because of Satan the devil. And as long as he is around you will never,
never, never completely get rid of sin. So he is the responsible one!
Who caused Adam and Eve to sin? As soon as Satan was released in the
form of a serpent into the garden, what did he do? He came to them and
he deceived Eve. He lied to them and said, “You can become gods now! Why
do you have to wait on God to tell you what is right and wrong? You can
decide for yourself and you can become gods.” Well, that was an absolute
lie! And the only way they became as God is to decide what was right and
wrong for themselves. And we’re going to see a little later that Satan
is always there. Satan is always there!
And we will see why he has to be put away. And also, after Adam and Eve
had sinned, God changed their nature to be more sinful. And put within
them the “law of death”! And Paul describes this as the “law of sin and
death.” So you have two things that must be changed in order to get rid
of sin and in order to be at one with God. (#1) Satan the devil has to
eliminated. (#2) Human nature has to be changed. And the Day of
Atonement pictures when it’s going to be, as we will say, finished and
complete.
So then after he confesses all their sins and all their trespasses,
“…putting them upon the head of the goat [which is for ‘Azazel’], and
shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not
inhabited… [so that cannot picture heaven at all, as some people have
misunderstood, saying this is Jesus carrying away our sins. No, that’s
not Jesus carrying away our sins. He was crucified and resurrected.]
…and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. And Aaron shall come
into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen
garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and
shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the
holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt
offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement
for himself, and for the people. And the fat of the sin offering shall
he burn upon the altar. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat
shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come
into the camp” (vs 21–26). So that was the ritual that was to be done.
So we’ll see here in just a minute. Let’s finish what we have here
for the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16. Verse 27: “And the bullock
for the sin offering, and the goat
for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement
in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp;
and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their
dung…. [A complete sacrifice for sin. So the goat for Azazel could not
in any way picture Christ because it wasn’t a complete removal of sin by
Christ. This had to be the agency representing Satan the devil who
causes all people to sin. Now we’ll see this in just a bit.] (Verse 29):
…And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in
the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall
afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of
your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that
day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you,
that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It shall
be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a
statute for ever” (vs 30-31). So these are the instructions given in the
Old Testament concerning the Day of Atonement and the two goats.
Now we know, and we’ve covered before, that Ezekiel 28 shows us the
origin of Satan, who was a covering cherub, who was perfect in the day
that he was created. And he got lifted up in pride and vanity. And
Isaiah 14 show that then he decided to become like God. He decided that
he would gather, as Revelation 12 shows, a third of the angels and over
whatever period of time it took to convince them to follow him and rebel
and go against God, and we don’t know how long that this took place,
from the time that Satan decided in his heart that he was become like
God, to deceive a third of the angels to follow him, and then to launch
the war that we find given to us in Revelation 12 and also Isaiah 14.
Now, it could have taken place over many, many, many thousands and
thousands of years, we don’t know! But we do know and understand how God
works. And we understand that when there is sin, God gives warning. And
God calls to repentance. Did God give the same opportunity to Lucifer
before he became Satan, by falling? Probably did. Probably gave him
that opportunity. Did he give the opportunity to the angels? I’m
sure he did. And perhaps that helps give us understanding as to some
of the geological events that have occurred on the earth of which there
is virtually no other explanation, because it is absolutely for sure
that the heavens and the earth are older than 6,000 years. Now, those
who claim 6,000 years, they’re stuck with several problems. Number one,
God is eternal and lives from everlasting to everlasting and inhabits
eternity. So what they’re saying is, “For all eternity God did nothing
until 6,000 years ago.” And that doesn’t make any sense. And the
Scriptures in the Old Testament do not give it dogmatic absolute that it
was everything in the whole Universe was in six days. Now that’s another
whole topic, but just need to interject it here so that we understand
what we’re dealing with here—so however-long it took.
Now when he fell, when he was cast back down—there were two castings
down. We find one here in Luke 10. Now let’s come to Luke 10 and let’s
see what Jesus told His disciples after they came back on their first
evangelistic tour, as it were, and came back and said. “Lord, even the
demons are subject to us.” So let’s come here to Luke 10:17, FV:
“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are
subject to us through Your name.’ And He said to them, ‘I beheld Satan
fall as lightning from heaven” (vs 17-18). So the
first fall was the fall of Satan the devil. The second
fall
was the fall of Adam and Eve. Now the fall of Satan, as we’re going to
see, is irredeemable. And being irredeemable means he cannot be redeemed
and brought back to a state of righteousness. But he must be dealt with,
and he must be put away, and he must be stopped. Even if Christ returned
on the earth and Satan were not put away, He could not bring in the
Kingdom of God the way He wants to if He just lets Satan linger around.
Now we’ll see that that’s very important. So he fell from heaven.
Now, let’s also see that Jesus, in confronting Satan the devil, had
to overcome him and conquer him in the lowest, least physical condition
that He could possibly be in. So this is why Jesus fasted for 40 days
and 40 nights. And He didn’t eat food, didn’t drink water and was
extremely weak. And then He had His confrontation with Satan the devil.
And this is really right here, let’s come to Luke, the fourth chapter,
this is really the battle of the ages. Not the fighting and warring in
heaven that went on—that was a battle. But here is the battle now for
all eternity, because the one Who was the Lord God of the Old Testament
became Jesus Christ of the New Testament. He didn’t humble Himself to
become an angel, but humbled Himself even more to become a man—less than
an angel, lower than an angel. So that, as the Son of God in the flesh,
could He overcome Satan the devil? Could He overcome the powerful
temptations brought upon Him? Because He had to defeat Satan the devil,
spiritually.
And so we find this battle recorded—this is part of it; of course, the
final battle was at the crucifixion and the resurrection was the final
battle to overcome Satan the devil. Now, we’ll see some of that here in
the book of John in just a little bit.
Now, after forty days and He ate nothing (Luke 4:2
[transcriber’s correction], FV); “…and after they had come
to an end, He hungered. Then the devil said to Him, ‘If you are the
Son of God… [now this took place in the wilderness where Azazel was
released. So it’s very fitting that this confrontation take place
there.] …If you are the Son of God… [appealing to pride] …command
that this stone become bread’…” (vs 2-3) Now Jesus could do that; look
what He did in feeding the 4,000 and the 5,000—he could have done it.
But you see, the key is this: whom would He obey? Would He obey God the
Father? or would He obey Satan the devil? And remember,
the one you obey is your God—understand that. And because of
the sin of Adam and Eve, Satan became the “god of this world.” And we’re
also going to see what he is currently, now doing; how he works in the
world and how he works against the Church. Now, let’s continue on here:
“But Jesus answer him [with Scripture! Now His own devices. Not His own
thoughts. Not His own ways. And since He was in the flesh, as a man, and
He’s also called the Son of man as well the Son of God, He answered and
gave the same instruction to Himself, the same Scripture, which said how
man should live, He applied to Himself.] …saying, ‘Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God’” (v 4). And this is taken from
Deuteronomy 8:3 and also is repeated there in Matthew 4:4, which says:
“…every word of God that proceeds out of His mouth.” Now, let’s just
stop here for just a minute and let’s ask a question: How much of the
Old Testament does this include? How much of the New Testament does this
include? All of it! And if there are any adjustments, or
if there are any things that need to be done to modify or change some of
the ritual laws, God alone can do that—no man! Now, if you have read the
article, it’s in the New Testament [FV] and it’s also in the
Harmony of the Gospels, “How Did Jesus Christ Fulfill the Law and
the Prophets?” And you will see that in His fulfilling He replaced all
of it with a higher, more spiritual standard. He didn’t eliminate
anything! He gave it a higher, spiritual application.
Now then, so this is: How do you do it as an individual? There it is
right there. Now verse 5—how do you do it as a ruler, because Jesus was
to be King of kings and Lord of lords, correct? Yes! So just like
today, we’ll see, Satan works in individual lives, Satan works in
communities of people. Satan works in nations of people and leaders over
nations. So this why He had to have this test. “Then the devil led Him
up into a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time” (v 5). Just like on a huge great TV screen,
seeing everything. Now notice what he says—and this becomes very
important for us to realize and where we are today and what’s going to
happen in the future. “And the devil said to Him, ‘I will give you all
this authority, and the glory of them all; for it has been
delivered to me… [isn’t that interesting? ‘delivered’ to him. Men
have delivered it to him, because they reject God and they accept Satan
the devil as their god.] …and I give it to whomever I desire’” (v
6). Now all the glory means all the wealth, all the riches and
everything like that. And also, you can tell those who are serving Satan
well by all the wealth that they have, because Satan is giving it to
them.
Now then, it requires something else. You’re not going to get it
without a price. You’ve got to pay a price to Satan. And success in this
world, Satan’s way, you got to pay a price! And the price that people
pay is rejecting God and following Satan. Rejecting the true God and
accepting him who is declared as the god of this world because all of
this has been given to him. “Therefore, if You will worship me in my
presence, all things shall be Yours’” (v 7).
Now, just hold your place here and come back to Revelation 13 and
let’s see how absolutely true this is concerning the beast and the
people on the earth. And we are right now entering a time when the
deception is getting greater and greater and more and more and more
powerful than every before. And so, we’ve got be able to fight and
resist against Satan the devil in every way possible that we can in our
personal lives and within the Church. Now let’s come to Revelation 13—it
talks about the beast with seven heads and ten horns, now let’s read it
here, verse 2 (Rev. 13, FV): “And the beast that I saw was like a
leopard, and his feet like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like
the mouth of the lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his
throne and great authority.” Because he gives it to whomsoever he will.
So here we have the confrontation between Jesus Christ and Satan the
devil. Who is going to be supreme? Who is God?
Now notice, verse 3: “And I saw one of his heads as if it were
slain to death, but his deadly wound was healed; and the whole earth was
amazed and followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon…
[Isn’t that interesting, he’s called the ‘old dragon,’ Satan the devil.]
…who gave his authority to the beast. And they worshiped the
beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who has the power to make
war against him?’” (vs 3-4). So we are all going to be confronted with
this in the future. The whole world is going to be confronted with the
same proposition that Jesus was when He met Satan in the wilderness to
defeat him and overcome him. “Worship him”—and that means in the Greek,
worship him as god! In other words, he was asking Jesus Christ to
reject God the Father. Now think on that for a minute!
If people worship another Jesus and worship another father, they are
worshiping Satan the devil and they have rejected God the Father!
Now Satan likes to come in and get a little toe-hold and then get a
little foot-hold, and then get a little leg-room, and then get a little
body-room and then come in and take over the whole thing. So he has to
be stopped right at the first. Now then, the next one, let’s see the
solution to this. Before we go to the next one, verse 7
[transcriber’s correction] (Luke 4): “If you will worship me in
my presence, all things shall be Yours. But Jesus answered
and said to him, ‘Get behind Me, Satan; for it is written, “You
shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve” ’
” (vs 7-8). So you see, the Day of Atonement pictures: whom will you
serve? The Lord or the “god of this world,” Satan the devil?
Then he goes on saying—one more temptation—trusting him with your
life. Now this could be reflected in many, many, many ways. But here it
is to tempt God, you do daring things: “Then he led Him to Jerusalem and
set Him upon the edge of the temple, and said to Him, ‘If You are the
Son of God, cast Yourself down from here; for it is written…” (vs 9-10).
And he takes the Scriptures and uses them and twists and turns them to
his own advantage; to the disadvantage of those who are listening. And
if they buy into his program, they are rejecting God the Father
and Jesus Christ. And I recently read in the
Journal, there are some people who supposedly have been in the
Church and they’ve been massaged by all of Satan’s thoughts and all of
Satan’s ways and all of the false Christianity and now they have come to
the conclusion that all the laws of God have been abolished! And all we
need now is the love of God. Well you see, they have been so perverted
in their minds, because of following Satan and believing his lies that
they have just rejected everything! And that’s what Satan wants you to
do. So never put yourself into Satan’s hands for his care. And never
believe that when he quotes Scripture that it is correct. For he says
here: “‘…If you are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here;
For it is written, “He shall give His angels charge concerning You to
keep You; And in their hands they shall bear You up, lest You
strike Your foot against a stone.”’ But Jesus answered and said
to him, ‘It is clearly stated, “You shall not tempt the
Lord your God”’” (vs 9-12). So the devil left Him for a time. Came back
to Him.
Now, let’s come to John, the fourteenth chapter, and let’s see how
Jesus was successful though His whole life. And that by what He did,
through the crucifixion, judgment was brought upon Satan the devil—the
final judgment—which was this: that God, in the form of a man, with all
the pulls of the flesh that human beings have, being tempted by Satan
the devil—tempted in every way that we are—was able to overcome him and
had not sinned once in His whole physical lifetime. Now, let’s come to
John 14:28, FV: “‘You have heard Me say to you that I am going
away, and that I will come to you again. If you loved Me,
you would have rejoiced that I said, “I am going to the Father” because
My Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it happens…
[this is before the crucifixion, and the whole purpose of the
crucifixion. Because you see, He’s going to be judged as a sinner when
He wasn’t. He’s going to be judged with the wicked when He wasn’t. And
He is going to be condemned with the power of Satan the devil around all
of those carrying out these things to condemn Him. Through the political
leaders, through the religious leaders and through the people, who all
agreed to crucify Him.] …so that when it comes to pass, you may believe.
I will not speak with you much longer because the ruler of this world is
coming; but he does not have a single thing in Me…. [So there you have
it. There’s not a single thing in Him and He is perfect!] …Yet he
comes so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I
do exactly as the Father has commanded Me. Arise, let us go out’” (vs.
28-31). Now this was done on the Passover night. And the thing we need
to understand about the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is this: The Passover
pictures it applied to the Church. The Day of Atonement pictures when
it’s applied to Israel and to the world—to bring them to God.
Now, let’s see also some other things here concerning what----Now
let’s come to John, the tenth chapter, and see what else Jesus said
concerning Satan the devil. And remember, if God has spoken it, and if
it is prophesied, it is as good as done, though it has not yet been
accomplished within the time frame in which we are living. Now, let’s
come back here to John 12 and this is where Jesus was selected to be the
Passover Lamb on the tenth day of the first month. He’s telling them, He
said, verse 26 (John 12, FV): “‘If anyone will serve Me, let him
follow Me; and where I am, there shall My servant be also. And if anyone
serves Me, him shall the Father honor. Now My soul is troubled, and what
shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? But for this very
purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.’ Then a
voice came from heaven,
saying, ‘I have both glorified it and will glorify it
again.’ Then the people standing there, who heard it,
said, ‘It thundered.’ Others said, ‘An angel spoke to Him.’ Jesus
answered and said, ‘This voice did not come because of Me, but because
of you. Now is
the judgment of this world [through His crucifixion]. Now shall
the prince of this world be cast out’” (vs 26-31). So Satan has to
be cast out and we will see when that will take place as this Day of
Atonement pictures.
(Break)
We’ve just seen the prophecy of Jesus telling us that Satan is going
to be put away; and that his judgment has come and he is going to be put
away! So that’s quite an absolutely wonderful and great thing for us to
understand—John 12:31. “Now shall the prince of this world be cast
out.” How is that accomplished? Now you see, we have the same
operation here, don’t we, as we find back in Leviticus 16? The live goat
is removed—shall be put away. Here we have the goat for Azazel is to be
sacrificed. So what did Jesus say next? He said, “‘And if I be lifted up
from the earth… [signifying His death as we’ll see here in a minute] …I
will draw all to Myself.’ But He said this to signify by what death He
was about to die” (vs 32-33). So here we have an encapsulation of what
was talked about there in Leviticus 16, right here in John 12.
Now, let’s jump ahead, but we’ll come back, to see how Satan works,
because he’s still the god of this world. But let’s jump ahead and take
a look at how he is going to be put away. No, we’ll save that for the
end. We won’t jump ahead, we’ll come to it in a natural time. Let’s look
at how Satan works.
First of all, just put this in your notes: 1 Chronicles, the 21st
chapter, it says that
Satan moved David to number Israel. Now what do we see
with this? Satan, who is the god of this world, has rulership over all
the nations—they’ve been delivered to him. Now, Israel wasn’t. That was
the exception of all the nations of the world, and that’s why David’s
sin was so terrible, because he yielded to Satan. Satan likes to come
along and get people involved in “good” things to do; things that will
enhance the self; things that will build wealth. Now it’s not wrong to
have wealth, but we’re going to see that all those who try to build
their wealth through this latest real estate boom are all going to be
unwealthy here pretty soon. Because you see, you can’t do it by debt and
deceit. And remember, a prophet on paper is only on paper.
Now let’s see how he worked with David and what happened. Was there a
penalty for the whole nation? Yes! Seventy thousand people died
of the plague because of what David did. So when Satan gets to the
rulers, do the people suffer?
Yes! without a doubt! Now also, he likes to get to the
religionists because in Zechariah, the third chapter, we find Joshua,
the high priest, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist
him. And here’s the one that God was going to call. Here’s one
that was going to be one of the two witnesses, and God was calling him
to repentance and Satan was there to resist him, so it couldn’t be done.
Now, Satan has this whole world in his hand. We know he’s called “the
god of this world.” Let’s see why the world is in the condition that it
is in.
Now, just like today, here we’re trying to solve the immigration
problem politically. Here’s something that is true; you need to always
remember. The problems of immigration are spiritual, because of
the sins of the people; and particularly, abortion—killing the
most innocent. And, as I said before, until there’s a kind of repentance
that needs to be, nothing is going to change—it will get worse. So,
Satan has the whole world in his hands.
Now let’s come back here to Revelation, the twelfth chapter, and
let’s see what it says of Satan the devil. Now we know this, we
understand this, but what we need to do is read it and understand that
it is real, that it is happening and that it is happening today and it
has happened to the Church in the past and it is happening to the Church
today, and it will happen to the Church in the future. So we need to be
very careful, we need to be very right with God. Not thinking that we’re
right in our own minds, because that’s exactly what Satan will want you
to do—think you’re right in your own mind and therefore then you have a
righteous cause. Satan loves righteous causes. I mean look at the
Inquisition, wasn’t that a righteous cause? Now let’s come to Revelation
12:7, FV: “And there was war in heaven… [and this war is coming
again] …Michael and his angels warred against the dragon, and the dragon
and his angels warred…. [So Satan who has his demons, who a third of the
angels fell with him.] …But they did not prevail, neither was their
place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, the
ancient serpent who is called the Devil and Satan, who is deceiving the
whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast
down with him” (vs 7-9).
• Now, how does he deceive the whole world?
• What is happening?
• How is this taking place?
Now, let’s come to Isaiah 25, because here’s a very important
Scripture which tells us how Satan has the whole world, as it were, in
the palm of his hand. Because remember, he told Jesus, “All these have
been delivered to me; and I give them to whomsoever I will.” And also in
the midst of this, he can’t do anything without God’s permission. And
the whole lesson with Nebuchadnezzar was that God rules in the kingdoms
of men and gives it to whomsoever He wills and sets up over it the
basest of men. So God is also involved in it. It’s not that God is way
off. But Satan has had this delivered to him. Now, here’s what’s going
to happen when Satan is put away—Isaiah 25:6. Now this is talking about
the Feast of Tabernacles, and the Feast of Tabernacles pictures the
millennium. “And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all
people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will
destroy in this mountain… [and that means in the whole world] …the face
of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over
all nations.” (vs 6-7).
So the world is enveloped because Satan is the ‘prince of the power
of the air’ in a blanket of deception. And we can see this going on
especially in the political realm and also in the religious realm. All
religions are going to come together. All nations are deceived and they
are going to come together in their great one-world government. So there
is, how shall we say, as one man was speaking about the insanity of
WWII, that in the nations of Japan and Germany and then later in the
Soviet Union, later in China and the things that went on there, there is
a condition in which all people are so deceived that the nation seems to
be possessed. And they can’t get out from underneath it. You see, they
couldn’t get out from underneath it until Hitler died. And they couldn’t
get out from underneath it until Stalin died. And they couldn’t get out
from underneath it until Mao Tse-tung died. And the same way with Pai
Pot in Cambodia. The same way with the problem in Darfur today. Same way
with the problem in Iraq today. The people can’t get out from
under it as long as this veil and covering from Satan the devil deceives
them.
And of course, each one thinks they’re doing the right thing, don’t
they?
Yes.
And so, as long as Satan is around we’re going to see that evil
cannot be put away. Now, let’s come over here to Isaiah 26:10
[transcriber correction]. Let’s see how it works in the world.
“Let favour be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness… [Isn’t that what happens when the wicked are let off the
hook. They don’t learn anything, they just go out and do it again.] …in
the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the
majesty of the LORD.” That’s what happens.
Solomon said, let’s come back here to Ecclesiastes, the third
[transcriber’s correction]
chapter, and let’s see something that Solomon observed, and he didn’t
understand the reason for it. But we understand the reason for it
because we know about Satan the devil. Ecclesiastes 3:16, KJV[transcriber
correction]: “And moreover I saw under the sun the place of
judgment,
that wickedness was there…” Now, you look at the Supreme
Court, and people wonder: how could they come up with this kind of
decision? Especially when you look at the reasoning for Roe vs
Wade and bringing in abortion. And you look at some of these other
decisions that they have made. In the land where there’s supposed to be
freedom of speech, yet, you have hate speech which you can be convicted
for. And that can fall into the realm of offending anybody. Because
wickedness is there. Look at all the other judgments that many of the
other judges have done throughout the land. See, as long as Satan is
around and he’s in control, nothing’s going to change. I may be able to
modify it a little bit, but sooner or later he’s going to wiggle his way
in and have his way. We’ll see what happened to the Church here in a
little bit.] (now continuing, verse 16): “…and the place of
righteousness, that iniquity was there.” Now haven’t we
experienced that, even within the Church? That in the highest levels of
the Church, sin was allowed to abound? Yes! See, because Satan
the devil is a slick liar, and he’s the father of it—and in him there is
no truth. Now, that’s what Jesus said.
Now Satan wants to get to the Church—and we’ve seen that happen, too,
haven’t we? And we see it continue to happen, don’t we? Now, he gets to
the Church from without. Let’s come to Acts, the eighth chapter, and
let’s see that there are men who want to come in to destroy and take
over the Church of God. Now, they may not say we’re coming in to destroy
it, but “we’re coming in to improve it.” See, so the ones without. Come
to Acts, the eighth chapter, and let’s see how it identifies them. And
this is one called Simon Magus—we know all about him. Let’s see the
tactics that are used when people give themselves over to Satan the
devil and the lying, unclean spirits. And let’s see when they see
something that is good and right that they want to take over and they
want to improve it. Now they don’t come right out and say that at first.
They save that for later when people are very well deceived. And they
can come along and say, “Oh, now can’t you see how bad it was keeping
those Holy Days all those years.” Now, they couldn’t do it at first,
they had to gradually chip away.
So Philip goes down, preaching the Gospel, casting out demons and so
forth. Acts 8:6, FV: “And the multitudes listened intently with
one accord to the things spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the
signs that he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came
out of many of those who had
them; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there
was great joy in that city…. [Yes, there’s always joy when you’re
relieved of sin, yes? Correct!] …But there was a certain
man named Simon, who had from earlier times been practicing sorcery in
the city and astounding the nation of Samaria, proclaiming himself to be
some great one. To him they had all given heed, from the least to the
greatest, saying, ‘This man is the great power of God.’… [god is always
involved in it.
Amazing! But the wrong god! the ‘god of this world’—who’s
blinded the eyes of those who don’t believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ.]
…Now they were giving heed to him because he had for a long time
bewitched them with sorceries” (vs 6-11)—witchcraft, demonism, occult,
all of those things. And so, he came along and he faked that he
believed. And he was even baptized; and that was great error by Philip,
so they had to send the apostles, Peter and John, down to straighten it
out.
Now let’s come back here to Acts, the fifth chapter. Let’s see how
Satan likes to work on individuals. Acts, the fifth chapter, and see how
Satan, as god of this world, wanting to come in as God, deceives people.
He gives them good thoughts. Now here was a thought. Ananias and
Sapphira: they “sold a possession (v 1), And kept back
part of the price for himself…” (v 2). Now you see, what
they did was this: they said, “All right, we’ll sell our property and
whatever it brings we will give.” Well, lo and behold, God blessed them,
so they received more. So they decided, well, “we’re going to hold back
since we got more, we’ll hold it back.” And so, he “…kept back part
of it for himself; and his wife also being aware of it; and he
brought a certain portion and laid it at the apostles’
feet. But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why did Satan fill your heart to lie to
the Holy Spirit… [See, so Satan, the father of liars, comes in and says,
‘Well, here’s a little lie for good. Go ahead and hold back some
for yourself.’ Who are you serving? Whenever you do that, you’re
serving Satan, not God. You failed the test of Matthew 4 and Luke
4.] … and to keep back part
of the price of the estate? Before it was sold, was it not yours?…
[‘Ananias, you didn’t have to sell it. But you said you would’ And
before you sold it, it was yours. You could do with it anything you want
to. But what did Jesus say about our ‘yes’ and our ‘no’? Jesus said,
‘Let our yes
be yes and our no be no.’ And anything more than
that comes from whom? The evil one! So here we see that right in
action.] …And after you sold it, was it not in your own
authority?… [In other words, ‘you said what you were going to do with it
after it was sold.’] …Why did you contrive this thing in your heart? You
have not lied to men, but to God’ And when Ananias heard these words, he
fell down and expired; and great fear came upon all those who heard
these things. Then the young men would him up, and carried him
out and buried him” (vs 2-6). And his wife came and also
took place then.
So Satan wants to work in the lives of church members. Here’s one way he
can do it. Now, people doing like it when I say you’ve got to
tithe—because God says so. Well, think about it. This is here for a
reason, something for us to learn. All right, and I’ve never seen it
fail—never, never, never seen it fail—true, true, true, true, true, in
every instance, regardless of what it is, a little leaven leavens the
whole lump and a little sin, unrepented of and when brought out to your
attention, unrepented of, God still gives you space and gives you space
and gives you space. But if you don’t repent, sooner or later, more sin
comes. I’ve seen it in every aspect of Christian living. I’ve seen it in
every aspect of ministerial teachings. When they start teaching things
that are not right, then it goes from one sin to another sin, to another
sin, and then people are led astray. Now we’ll talk about that in just a
bit.
Let’s come here to 2 Corinthians 11, see because the Church, the
people in the Church and the ministers that are in the Church are not to
allow those things to happen, because Satan today, since he has not been
removed, appears as “an angel of light.” And he has many good causes:
“Hey, let’s sign people up for this. Let’s get them in bondage by
telling them we’re getting them out of bondage. Let’s free them from the
law!” Oh yes! Doesn’t that sound good? Doesn’t that appeal to a carnal
mind? You tell me how many are really converted who believe that the law
has been abolished? Not one! They have believed a great
deception. Now the church at Corinth was subject to the same problems
here. So Paul was writing them. Let’s pick it up here in verse one
because this becomes very important for us to realize. And today, we
need to be on guard more than ever before, because there are more
avenues of Satan to use in the Work to get at people than in the whole
history of the world. He can come right into your living room through
television, the internet, telephone; right into your living room through
newspapers and books; right into your mind and heart if you give heed to
it. So when I read this, let’s apply it to ourselves.
“I would that you might bear with me in a little nonsense; but
indeed, do bear with me. For I am jealous over you with the
jealousy of God because I have espoused you to one husband… [There’s one
purpose in our life, brethren, and we’re not to be detracted from that
in any way, regardless of the guise that comes along which presents a
stumbling block for you or for me that we take things into our own
hands. Or that you get mad at someone. Or that you get impatient with
someone. Or that you follow things that are wrong.] …so that I may
present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any
means… [because Satan has many, many, many means] …as the serpent
deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from
the
simplicity that is in Christ. For indeed, if someone comes
preaching another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or you receive a
different spirit, which you did not receive… [because there are false
spirits; demon spirits come with false prophets; because
they are inspiring them; because they put into their minds satanic
thoughts.] …or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you put up
with it as something good” (2 Cor. 11:1-4, FV). Today, we
could call that, as one famous cable news is, “fair and balanced.” “Oh,
we have to listen to what they have to say.” Well, if it’s not according
to what the Bible says, don’t listen. If it’s not according to truth,
then don’t follow it. But that’s what they were doing. They were saying,
“Listen, we’ve got to decide for ourselves. Speak on, let’s hear what
you have to say.” And they would come in and so what did they start
doing? They started esteeming the false apostles greater than Paul. And
the false apostles were coming along and saying, “Well, now this Apostle
Paul, you know, you know that he’s got his faults. I mean, look at how
bad he looks. And his eyes, they’re a terrible mess. And you know his
epistles are weighty and corrective. But his bodily appearance is weak.
You know, who would follow him?”
See, and they were exalting themselves, how good they are. And I
won’t have time to go through the whole thing concerning the false
apostle, but there were probably those who were Levites; there were
probably those who had priestly blood within them, because he said that
they were Hebrews and they were Israelites. And they were claiming to
have seen Jesus—Yes? Huh? Amazing, isn’t it? And it could have been some
of those very ones who followed Jesus around but were never converted.
So Paul said, “But I consider myself in no way inferior to those highly
exalted so called apostles. For although I may be
unpolished in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; for in all
things I have demonstrated this to you. Now did I commit sin by humbling
myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of
God to you freely? I robbed other churches, receiving wages from them
for ministering to you” (vs 5-8). He was going above and beyond to fight
these false apostles. But did they listen? Well, we never find a
complete resolution of this. We do find that the man who committed the
sin of incest with his mother-in-law did repent. But we find very little
else that was changed within the Church at Corinth. So I just, knowing
how things go, can believe that after Paul died, this church just went
to four winds of Satan the devil.
And we see some prophecy of this. Let’s come to Revelation, the
second chapter. Let’s see this now. Satan likes to get to the Church.
Now we’ve seen this—it always comes in the form of doctrine. Always
comes in the form of personal sin with ministers—which tolerate it and
put up with—like one man who was close to a famous evangelist who was a
very profligate whoremonger. And when well asked the question, “Well,
why did you stay with him so long?” “Well, you know, he had his
problems.” Thirty years of it? So you see, Satan likes to be there. He
enjoys it. And all the trouble that’s in the Church today, all you have
to do is read the Journal and understand its gone WACKO! Torn
from one end to the other, all by self-righteous men, not truly serving
Christ and bringing out all these false doctrines. How much that has to
do with Satanism? You have to decide. But notice.
Come here to Revelation 2, and the Church at Smyrna, the church that
had to suffer, the church that resisted unto death, the church that was
martyred. And I have yet to see a Smyrna Church of God saying, “We here
to be martyred.” No, they all want to be the Philadelphia Church of God
because somehow they have brotherly love, when they have hatred in their
heart. I can’t believe it! It is unreal! So anyway, the Church at
Smyrna, God says to them—Christ did—verse 9 (Rev. 2,
FV): “I know your works and tribulation and poverty (but you are
rich)… [because if you have faith in Christ, you believe Christ and you
hold fast to the Truth, you are rich—even though you may
not have very much physically.] …and the blasphemy of those who declare
themselves to be Jews and are not… [Now this is claiming to be true
Christians, following Jesus truly, but He says:] …but are a
synagogue of Satan. So Satan likes to come in and get a hold of the
Church and get a hold of brethren, and tear it all apart. Now, at the
same time that God lets the Church be scattered, the faithful ones God
watches over. But those who want to follow Satan now are separated out.
This is how Christ separates out the wheat from the tares.
Then he also says, “Do not fear any of the things that you are about
to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into
prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days.
Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life” (v 10). Not
one sin. They resisted Satan the devil. Oh! Not Pergamos! Hey, they live
right where Satan’s throne was—right in Pergamos. There was a great
altar to Zeus, called Satan’s throne. And they got infected with the way
of the religions of Satan, and began eating things sacrificed to idols.
And that evolved into what is called today an unholy Eucharist of the
Roman Catholic Church, because it’s sacrificed to an idol. They call it
the sacrifice of the mass—that’s what it’s talking about. And the
doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, harsh rule over the brethren of God—a
dictatorship. You know, and some people like dictatorships because then
it relieves their conscience that they don’t have to take care of their
own lives—and they can blame the ministry: “Well, you did it. You didn’t
tell me.” Well, brethren, God wants us to grow up in Christ, that we
run our own lives as led by the Spirit of God. That’s what God
wants—to be ruled by Christ, not ruled over by ministry. Then it got so
bad that the Church at Thyatira, they got into the depths of Satan. So
Satan loves to get there. He loves to come into the Church. He loves to
do these things. That’s why we need to draw close to God every day. You
go back. We just did a series of sermons on Keys to Answered Prayer.
And what is it that we ask every day? Rescue us from the evil one!
Everyday we’re to ask that. And especially today, because Satan is out
there, you see. Satan has got to be put away!
Christ came to annul and destroy all the works of the devil. Now some
people like to argue: Will the devil live forever or will he die? Well,
if he could have died, God could have caused him to die a long time ago
and we wouldn’t be going through all of this, right? Yes! But you
see, the key is this: Eternal life, being the true sons and daughters of
God, living as God and inhabiting eternity as God inhabits eternity, is
so great that God has got to know that we are not going to pull a Satan
on Him. And so therefore, we have to, with the Spirit of God, be
qualified now, by God the Father through Jesus Christ, through the grace
of God and the love of God, and we need to resist all the things
concerning Satan the devil and his way; and his doctrine; and his world;
and his rule unto death! That’s the kind of
resolve we need to have in our minds. Jesus did!
Now, come to Hebrews 2:14. This is why Jesus came to defeat Satan,
but until he is put away he is still allowed to work even though he has
been judged and shall be removed, as we’ll see in a minute here. Hebrews
2:14, FV: “Therefore, since the children are partakers of flesh
and blood, in like manner He also took part n the same, in order that
through death He might annul him… [It doesn’t mean destroy. ‘Annul,’
cancel out everything that Satan has done.] …who has the power of
death—that is, the devil.” He’s going to annul him.
Now, let’s come to Revelation 20 and let’s see the fulfillment of
Leviticus 16 where Satan is put away. Now, we will see on the last day
of the Feast of Tabernacles that there is yet the final judgment to come
upon Satan as pictured by the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Revelation 20:1—first thing that happens when Christ comes to the earth,
He casts what? The beast and false prophet into the lake of fire.
You’ve got to get rid of the false government system and the false
religious system. So you get rid of them, they’re burned up in the lake
of fire. Now, you’ve got to get rid of the “prince of the power of the
air.” You’ve got to put him away! He must be removed. And the closest
thing that God could show through the ritual of Leviticus 16, the
closest thing He could show of the abyss, as pictured here in Revelation
20, is taking the goat to Azazel out into the wilderness. So then after
the beast and the false prophet are burned up—now continuing, Revelation
20:1, FV: “Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the
key of the abyss, and the great chain in his hand. And he took hold of
the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and
bound him for a thousand years. Then he cast him into the abyss,
and locked him up, and sealed the abyss over him, so that
he would not deceive the nations any longer until the thousand years
were fulfilled; and after that it is ordained that he be loosed for
a short time” (vs 1-3).
Now then, one other thing has to change. Satan has to be removed
because as long as he is around—because as we’ll see when we come to the
last day of the Feast of Tabernacles—as soon as he’s loosed, what
happens? Sin multiplies and people rebel and war against God! So
in the beginning of the Millennium not only does Satan have to be
removed, but He has got to change the nature of human beings.
Now let’s come to the book of Ezekiel. We find this three places in
Ezekiel—very interesting, isn’t it? Ezekiel 11:19—this is what else that
God is going to have to do, because you see, the carnal mind is tuned in
to Satan, ready to receive the things of Satan. Satan is removed, now
you’ve got to change the carnal mind, which was given to mankind as part
of the judgment and sentencing that God gave to Adam and Eve—and has
been passed on by inheritance all the way down to this time. Now,
Ezekiel 11:18, KJV: “And they shall come thither, and they shall
take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations
thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart… [God is going to
change their heart and mind.] …and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them
an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be
their God. But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of
their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their
way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD” (vs 18-21).
Now, come over here to Ezekiel 18:30, KJV—where He says again
He’s going to change the heart and the mind. And this comes by
repentance. So in doing that, God grants them repentance and then, what
is called in the New Testament “circumcision of the heart,” that’s
called that in the Old Testament, too. “Therefore I will judge you, O
house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD.
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so
iniquity shall not be your ruin…. [Now you see, not part of your
transgressions—ALL of your transgressions. So when we read these things,
let’s not only say God is going to do this for people when Christ
returns and puts away Satan the devil, but let’s say, ‘Hey, what about
us today, are we going to do the same thing?’] …Cast away from you all
your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new
heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I
have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn
yourselves, and live ye” (vs 30-32).
Now, let’s look at one more, Ezekiel 36:26—this is what God is going
to have to do to all mankind. Now just think how great this is going to
be. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and
I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments,
and do them” (vs 26-27). And then everyone will come to the point
of what we find in Psalm 119:128 [transcriber’s correction]:
“Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning
all things to be right…”
And with conversion and that attitude the world will be AT ONE
with God.
(The End)
Fall Holy Days—2007
Day of Atonement
Scriptural References
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Leviticus 23:26-32
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Leviticus 16:7-17, 20-27, 29-31
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Luke 10:17-18
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Luke 4:2-12
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Revelation 13:2-4
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John 14:28-31
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John 12:26-33
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Revelation 12:7-9
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Isaiah 25:6-7
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Isaiah 26:10
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
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Acts 8:6-11
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Acts 5:2-6
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2 Corinthians 11:1-8
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Revelation 2:9-10
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Hebrews 2:14
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Revelation 20:1-3
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Ezekiel 11:18-21
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Ezekiel 18:30-32
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Ezekiel 36:26-27
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Psalm 119:128
Scriptures in Old Testament from the King James Version
Scriptures in New Testament from The New Testament in Its Original
Order, A Faithful Version by Fred R. Coulter
Scriptures referenced, not quoted:
Ezekiel 28
Isaiah 14
Revelation 12
Deuteronomy 8:3
Matthew 4:4
1 Chronicles 21
Zechariah 3
Also referenced:
God’s Plan for Mankind by His Sabbath and Holy Days by Fred R.
Coulter
Harmony of the Gospels by Fred R. Coulter
Article:
How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law and the Prophets
Sermon Series: Keys to Answered Prayer
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