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Secrets from the Ancient Sanctuary

Mark Finley

01 How Will God Solve the Greatest Problem in the Universe

02 Let God Break Your Heart

03 What Is Jesus Doing Right Now?

04 Are You Ready for God’s Final Judgment?

05 Millions are Looking at the Wrong Temple

A number of years ago, in fact in 1965, I was a student missionary on the Amazon River, and we spent the entire summer, 3 months, on a mission launch traveling up and down the Amazon.

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world.

The Nile is the longest river, but the Amazon drains more water than any other river in the world.

It winds its way through the jungles of… starting up in the mountains actually of Peru and Colombia, winding its way through the jungles of Brazil, coming down to the mouth of the Amazon, which is 110 miles wide at the very mouth of the Amazon.

We spent the summer there traveling on the Lucero 6, which was a mission launch, and traveling to villages, providing medical care, and preaching in the evenings.

Now, it was on the Amazon that I learned to pull teeth.

I watched the dentist pull teeth on a number of occasions, and we had… didn't have any Novocain or anesthesia in those days, any dental people here tonight.

And we took the people up and put them on a little stool, and I'd sit them down, and I watched the dentist do this for a number of extractions, and I'd sit people down on a little stool and put their head on my lap.

I knew 2 Portuguese words at that time, obra and fecha.

And I remember the first lady that I pulled her teeth.

She opened her mouth and every tooth was black.

And I looked around and I said, now which ones do I pull?

So I said, this 1 looks worse, I pulled it and then pulled the second and a third, called my colleague, the dentist, over to look and he just smiled and said, Mark, you just pulled 3 wrong teeth.

But you know the amazing thing about the Amazon River is this, as the Amazon winds its way down through the mountains, as it winds its way down to the northern part of Brazil in the city of Manaus, it is joined by the Rio Negro.

Now the Amazon is quite muddy, it's quite dirty, but the Rio Negro is black and silky black, and this is 1 of the wonders of the world.

These 2 mighty streams come together, the muddy Amazon and the silky black Rio Negro, and they flow together for 4 miles.

And as you fly over this, you look down and you see this amazing natural wonder that thousands of tourists come to see these 2 mighty streams, these 2 mighty rivers flowing together.

We've been studying 2 great rivers of truth in this series.

Jesus of the sanctuary is the dying Lamb, and Jesus is the living Priest.

He is the Christ that died for us and the Christ that lives for us.

He is the Jesus that hung on the cross for us and the Jesus that intercedes in the sanctuary above for us.

He is the Jesus that wore the crown of thorns and the Jesus that wears the crown of glory.

Jesus is our dying Lamb and Jesus is our living priest.

The book of Hebrews in the New Testament is the singular book in the Bible that focuses on Jesus as our living priest.

And as we dig into the theme of Christ's priesthood tonight, we're going to take a new look at this book of Hebrews and discover the majesty of Christ.

The theme of the book of Hebrews is Jesus is better.

The sacrifice of Christ is better than the sacrifice of bulls, goats, and lambs.

The priesthood of Christ in heaven is better than any priesthood on earth, and the tabernacle in heaven is better than any earthly tabernacle.

If you understand what I have just said, it will save you from a thousand heresies.

There is no amount of works that can save us.

No matter how many times you and I come to God with our good works, they are insufficient because the Bible says, by grace are you saved through faith.

But second, the Bible says in 1 Timothy 2 verse 5, there is 1 mediator between God and man, and who is he?

Do we need to kneel before an earthly priest.

But here's something that many evangelical Christians are going to be deceived over.

They are looking for a new temple to be built in Jerusalem.

We are not looking for a temple on earth, but we're looking to the temple in heaven because it's the temple in heaven where Christ dwells.

It's there where His high priestly ministry is.

Jesus, that great high priest, stands before the universe for you and for me.

Now, the basic question is this, what is Jesus' work in the heavenly sanctuary?

And how does the ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary powerfully impact my life today?

What difference does Jesus' ministry in the heavenly sanctuary have for a woman who is so depressed she doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning?

What impact does Jesus' ministry in the heavenly sanctuary have on a teenager that's lying on the railroad tracks and wants to commit suicide?

What impact does Jesus' ministry have in the heavenly sanctuary on a person that's been just diagnosed with cancer, and that cancer has become malignant and it's metastasized in their body?

What impact does Jesus' ministry in the heavenly sanctuary have for a person that is being consumed with debt, and they can't pay their debts?

I want to walk with you tonight with Jesus through the heavenly sanctuary, And we want to see how Christ has an impact and His ministry has an impact on our lives today.

I know that the Spirit of God is going to touch somebody in here tonight, that the Spirit of God is going to move upon your life, that the Spirit of God is going to touch you, that you're going to walk out of here tonight with new hope, with new meaning, with new purpose in your life, and that Jesus Christ will make a difference in your life.

The Bible says in Hebrews 8 verse 3, read it with me please, for every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices, therefore it is necessary that this 1 also have something to offer." So, to qualify as a high priest, you must have 2 things.

What were the 2 things that you have to have to qualify as a high priest?

So, Jesus before the throne of God in heaven offers before the entire universe the gift of His love, and He offers the sacrifice of His life.

Can't I say, oh Lord, look what I donated to the church?

Whatever gift I come to God with, that gift is not sufficient enough.

If there's anything less than perfection in your life, you'll be eternally lost, because the Bible says the wages of sin is what?

So, if I come to God with my own gifts, trying to offer the perfection of my life, which is imperfect, sin-polluted, that's eternal death.

But Jesus stands before the throne of God as my great High Priest, offering the perfection of His life in my behalf.

It is in Christ's righteousness that we're saved.

And before the whole universe, Jesus says, this man is 1 of mine.

And He presents the perfection of His life for me, for you.

This is the mightiness of God." Notice the Bible says in Isaiah 49 verse 2, your iniquities, what's another word for iniquities everybody?

Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you that He will not hear.

Our unrighteous lives condemn us to eternal death, but Jesus Christ our Lord, by His grace, redeems us.

His perfect life on earth enabled Him to have victory over Satan.

Every single thing that Satan threw at him.

Jesus, by faith and trust in the Father, was an overcomer.

His death on the cross was that perfect life sacrificed on the cross for you and me, every drop of blood poured out.

If Christ died on the cross, but never was resurrected from the dead, would we be saved?

It takes not only a dying lamb, it takes also a what everybody?

I remember 1 day I was preaching in Moscow.

6, 500 people in the first session, 6, 500 people in the second session, 13, 000 a night coming every night to the Kremlin.

Series

Secrets from the Ancient Sanctuary

03 What Is Jesus Doing Right Now?

Transcript

Parent Series

Sponsor

Recorded

Amazing Discoveries Reveal the Future

Antichrist Cult: Will You Spot the Final Fraud

1h

A God Worth Knowing

19 Jesus Understands

58m

Plenary

When Temptations Return

1h 18m

Plenary

Truth Only

51m

A God Worth Knowing

14 The Coming Crisis

1h 3m

Purified and Preserved

1h

The Final Call

5- Safe and Secure, or Not so Sure?

53m

Life With the Spirit

The Greatest Spiritual Gift

1h 19m

The Final Call

3- Wretched, Miserable, Victorious

1h

What If I Fail?

52m

Plenary Sessions

Revelation’s War Behind all Wars

1h 3m

Restoration 2023

The Zombie Apocalypse

1h 21m

Sound Doctrine