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TORAH, GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS COURTYARD AND TABERNACLE

SHOWING GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION PART 6

Say - Welcome to Sabbath School class. Let's bow our head and ask God for understanding as we continue our study of God's Holy Days and His plan of salvation shown to us in the layout of the Courtyard and Tabernacle. Say - In a nutshell, the Tabernacle and Courtyard is a physical display used to teach God's people the overall spiritual plan for salvation. It reveals the "Path of Life" each repentant follower of Christ must take to have eternal life. The Tabernacle is a physical copy of what goes on in heaven around God's throne between God and our High Priest the Mediator, Jesus Christ "24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven

itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us" Hebrews 9:24. Say - Also remember the Israelites had been "called by God out of sin/Egypt" and they had been baptized as they came through the Red Sea. As we take this "Path of Life" in our study, let's keep in mind our goal of dwelling with God and the promise of eternal life. We will go through all the steps of salvation.

Step 1 - Must be called of God - "65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father (must be

called by God the Father not Christ) John 6:65, 6:44, 14:6 15:16; Ephesians 3:1-5; Psalm 33:12; Revelation 17:14, 19:9.

God is the one who calls us out of sin, "5And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I

have remembered my covenant (the covenant He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). 6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD,

and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid

you out of their bondage (of sin), and I will redeem (rescue) you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your

God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians" Exodus 6:5-7, Deuteronomy 5:15.

Step 2 - Must count the cost of following God - 33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:33.

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What does it mean to be a "disciple" of Christ? It means we imitate what Christ does, we obey what He tells us to do and we talk of Him and His ways. We eat and drink of Him spiritually to become Holy and to develop a holy mind or an obedient mind. Christ is the one who teaches us what is holy and what is not holy, not the world's religions. We will be merciful as He is merciful. What we think is what we are so we want to acquire the mind of God. We want to develop His righteousness, His nature and His love. We do His will not ours; we love the whole world even our enemies and hate evil. We seek His truth.

Say - We have discussed the "calling" and "counting the cost" of following God. The Bible tells us "6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and

the life (His spirit gives life): no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"

John 14:6. God is telling us Jesus Christ is our example to follow and no one else. We are to imitate the body of instructions given in the Torah as Christ demonstrated them for His people in person.

SPRING HOLY DAYS GATE-"STRAIT AND NARROW WAY”

Say - Do we remember in the Courtyard there was a gate where Christ had made an entrance for His people into the Courtyard? He said, "Enter ye in at the strait gate" ("Strait" means difficult, narrow, obstacles, Strong's 4728, Greek). Why? "Because strait is the gate and narrow (suffer tribulation, trouble, affliction, Strong's 2346) is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" Matthew 7:13, 14. He said "...My presence shall go with thee and I will give thee rest" Exodus 33:14 "rest" from the world of sin. Christ through David said "But made his own people to go forth like sheep (metaphor as a multitude) and guided them in the wilderness like a flock" Psalms 78:52. "In all their affliction he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love

and in his pity he redeemed (rescued) them; and he bare them, and carried

them all the days of old" Isaiah 63:9. Christ, our Good Shepherd, will do the same today for His people; it is a good promise to dwell on.

Say - In Matthew 7:13 is the contrast to the "Strait gate" "....and broad is the way that leads to destruction (death)". The broad way is the "do my own thing way, make my own laws and the popular accepted way of the world. Christ says don't take the broad way "enter in at the strait gate" to find eternal life.

Say - Don't forget how David longed for the courts of God's Temple "9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the

house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11For the LORD

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God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will

he withhold from them that walk uprightly" Psalm 84:9 -11.

PASSOVER ALTER OF BURNT OFFERING - ATONEMENT- REPENTANCE

Step 3 - Repentance of sin - Now that we have been called and we have chosen to follow Christ, we must repent of sin, the next step in God's plan of salvation. What is sin? ".... Sin is the transgression (disobedience) of the law" I John 3:4. Very few are willing to put themselves through change (conversion/repentance) which means obedience to God even if it means eternal life! Imagine that!!

Say - Do we remember the Alter of Burnt Offering which was inside the gate of the courtyard but outside the Tabernacle where they sacrificed the animals? The outer court of the Tabernacle/Tent was the appointed place of coming to worship God and bringing sacrifices, tithes and vows to God. Exodus 39:40.

Say - The sacrifice of the innocent animal pointed to Jesus Christ who was innocent and "without sin" Hebrews 4:15; "4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins" Hebrews 10:4. We are "10.... sanctified (made holy) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" Hebrews 10:10. John tells us "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away

the sin of the world" John 1:29.

Say - Once bulls and goats were offered on the alter of burnt offering as a sin offering but Christ sacrificed his blood for us on the stake/alter "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed (rescued from death) with corruptible things, as silver and gold, ...But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" I Peter 1:19. "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed.... and

the pleasure of the LORD shall proper in his hand (This is why God was pleased to "bruise Him" for the good it would bring in building His family)... because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors (sinners); and he bare the sin of many, and

made intercession (mediator for another) for the transgressors" Isaiah 53:10, 12.

Say - Remember the sacrifices of animals were killed outside the Tabernacle/tent just as Jesus was placed on the stake/alter outside the Temple of God "11For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the

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camp. 12Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own

blood, suffered without the gate (of the Temple)" Hebrews 13:11-12.

Say - Why did God have the people do sacrifices? The sacrifices were symbolic of the bride of God coming before God; they were to have on garments of God's righteousness. Bringing sacrifices to God meant bringing themselves totally to God with total submission to Him and His care. The actual sacrifice represented self; the animal was physical but the intent of the sacrifice was spiritual even though the 12 tribes of Israel did not have God's spirit; the two go together. It is the same today, what we do physically indicates what we intend spiritually for our heart/mind should be in it sincerely. If our heart or mind is not in it sincerely God will not accept our prayers or efforts for they are "strange incense" unto Him; they must be of a "sweet scent" to God.

Say - Repentance means to have a teachable mind towards the Truth of God. Once rebellious towards God and His ways, repentance is the first step in uniting or reconciling with God as we begin to walk in obedience with Him and His laws which over a lifetime heals and turns our evil nature to the nature of Christ creating the “New creature/creation in Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15 which will bring us to the ultimate goal of salvation and eternal life. From God through Moses we are told 46And he said unto them, Set your

hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall

command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47For it is not

a vain (worthless) thing for you; because it is your life...Deuteronomy 32:46-47. Is there any doubt God's law will "bring us to Christ" who will give eternal life Galatians 3:24.

Say - The “Good News” is that all sin can be forgiven by God. Once one has repented, God accepts the shed blood of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as FULL payment for the penalty of the repentant sinner! When we sincerely repent and ask God for the forgiveness of our sins, then through His “grace” (kindness, love, mercy, compassion), He pardons (forgives) us and from His shed blood blots out (wipes away, erases) our sins as if it had never happened, canceling the death penalty and we are judged not guilty! Here is how the Bible says it, "24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in

Christ Jesus" Romans 3:24. Say - Repentance is a humbling experience when one realizes we were condemned to die and because of the Love of Christ, He took the “PENALTY” of death in our stead and became the "curse" as the Bible says, "13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law (when we repent of breaking God's law and accept His sacrifice for us), being

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made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree"

Galatians 3:13. Repentance is more than merely saying “I’m sorry”; it is an inner feeling of abhorring one’s evil nature and humbling oneself before God in asking forgiveness. It is an experience we all must go through before we can begin the process of becoming like God. Say - When we have repented of sin we are accepting the blood of Christ's perfect sacrifice and thus we are redeemed or rescued from death "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light ... the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" I John 1:7. Also read How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered

himself without spot to God, purge (cleanse) your conscience from dead works

to serve the living God?" Hebrews 9:14. Under the sacrifices we were still in bondage to sin and death because the blood of bulls and goats could not remove sin although they atoned or covered sin. When Christ came and gave His life as the perfect sacrifice and when we repent, He removes the sin from His people and it is never brought up again.

Say - 1For the law, (the law of sacrifices were symbols of things to come), having a shadow of good things to come (we will need the shadow until there is no more sin) and not the very image of the things, can never with

those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers

(those who are called and come to follow God) there unto perfect. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because that the worshippers

once purged should have had no more conscience of sins (Only Christ can change the spiritual conscience of a person when we asked for forgiveness.). 3But in those sacrifices there is remembrance again made of

sins every year. 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats

should take away sins" Hebrews 10:1-4.

DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD - PENTECOST LAVER

Step 4 - Baptism and Receiving God's Spirit- Now we have completed the 3rd step to salvation, symbolized by the Alter of Burnt Offering, the cleansing of sin from our lives by the blood of Jesus Christ through repentance, we continue on to the second vessel in the Outer Courtyard, the Laver. The laver was right before the entrance or gate of the tabernacle/tent. The priests were to wash their hands and feet in the laver to be pure and holy before entering the Holy Place to do the service of God. God's people today are in training to become kings and priests in God's Kingdom and are to be clean, free from sin, to do the work of God, Revelation 5:10.

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Say - When we say this and that doesn't matter to God we are saying He is not our God; God wants His people to be the best they can be when we come before Him to worship. The world says "come as you are" but not God once we learn His Truth. God's people are to come before Him ready to worship and be "free from sin" through sincere repentance to God. The Bible tells us "Wash me throughly

from mine iniquity (sin or lawlessness; wash us as in baptism), and cleanse me from my sin" Psalm 51:2. We are to be a "living sacrifice" without spot or blemish when we come to worship God 2And be not conformed to this world (the broad way): but be ye transformed by the

renewing of your mind (God is creating a new mind in His people), that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God"

Romans 12:1-2. Say - What is the spiritual lesson of the laver for God's people today? The Laver is symbolic of being baptized and receiving the spirit of God or "living water" which makes us alive spiritually for the first time. Baptism by emersion in water is symbolic of burying the old man sin. Baptism is symbolic of being "washed inside" and made clean spiritually "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies

washed with pure water" Hebrews 10:22. "1Having therefore these promises,

dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and

(human) spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" 2 Corinthians 7:1. Say - Read also "Then Peter said unto them, Repent (forsake our old ways, the false ways we have been taught when we were in the darkness of deception) and be baptized (not sprinkled, one must go deep into the water) every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,

and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (spirit)" Acts 2:38.

Say - The Days of Unleavened Bread teach us to put on the "New Leaven" of Jesus Christ. Christ tells us "7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of

sincerity and truth" I Corinthians 5:7-8.

Say - The old leaven was symbolic of SIN in our lives but the New Leaven is of Christ and His nature; this is what we are to "put on". The Bible tells us 17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind (don't go back to spiritual darkness of deception), 18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,

because of the (spiritual) blindness of their heart (those not called of God have no knowledge or are blind to the Truth of God):

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20But ye have not so learned Christ; 21If so be that ye have heard him, and have

been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus ("Sanctify them through they truth: thy word is Truth" John 17:17):

22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man ("put off the former conduct" of the old leaven of sin), which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind (God has put His spirit in us after baptism and we are to be thoroughly cleansed daily by His spirit and put on the New Leaven of Christ.);

24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in (true) righteousness and true holiness (God tells us how through His laws of love.).

25Wherefore putting away lying (this was the old leaven), speak every man

truth with his neighbour ("Truth" is the New Leaven of Christ): for we are members one of another. 26Be ye angry, and sin not (When we lived in the old leaven and got angry we sinned but with God's spirit we can become angry and sin not.): let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27Neither give place to the devil (The old leaven of sin gave place to the devil and he moves right in and takes up residency but with the New Leaven of Christ; we have power over the devil to remove him just as Christ overcame him, Revelation 3:21.).

28Let him that stole steal no more (stealing was the old leaven of sin): but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he

may have to give to him that needeth (If one can work don't take from another's labor and be generous to all; this is the New Leaven of Christ.).

29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth (this was the old leaven of sin), but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may

minister grace unto the hearers ("Edifying" means to build up one another that we may all reach our goal of eternal life; this is the New Leaven of Christ.).

30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of

redemption.

31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking

(gossip), be put away from you, with all malice (This was the old leaven of sin; read the next verse for the New leaven of Christ that we are to "put on".): 32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Ephesians 4:17-32.

Say - Also read "8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,

filthy communication out of your mouth. 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye

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have put off the old man with his deeds (This was the old leaven which God's people buried in baptism.); 10And have put on the new man (the New Leaven of Christ),which is renewed in knowledge (of the Truth of God) after the image of him that created him: Colossians 3:8-10 and when we obey Him and act like Him; we can become Him and be a part of the Family of God.

Say - The NEW LEAVEN OF CHRIST IS THE NEW YOU; the NEW CREATION IN CHRIST; DON'T FORGET THE NEW YOU! Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature/creation : old things are passed

away; behold, all things are become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Say - Pentecost teaches us we receive God and Christ's holy spirit or "living water" when we come out of the waters of baptism by the "laying on of hands" I Timothy 4:14 and we become His "firstfruits" with Christ being the "first of the firstfruits" I Corinthians 15:20. IT IS NOT UNTIL WE ARE BEGOTTEN OF GOD AND RECEIVE HIS SPIRIT Of "LIVING WATER" WHICH MAKES GOD'S PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY ALIVE! IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH SEALS GOD'S PEOPLE 13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of

truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were

sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14Which is the earnest (guarantee

until Christ returns) of our inheritance until the redemption of the

purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory" Ephesians 1:13, 14.

Say - "Living water" is everlasting life "9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto

him, How is it that thou, being a Jew (she knew by Jesus' clothes), askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it

is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he

would have given thee living water (the Life-giving spirit of God).

11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well

is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? (She doesn't understand what Jesus is saying for He is speaking spiritually and she is thinking and speaking physically.)

12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank

thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? (Jacob was not her father; she was from Babylon so a bit deceptive.) 13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again (because it is physical water):

14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;

but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up

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into everlasting life" John 4:9-14 (She doesn't understand and this is what He offered His people and will to the entire world eventually in His plan of salvation.).

Say - Christ tells us who the firstfruits are "4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins (are spiritually clean and forgiven of their sins and are not "defiled" or mixed up with the great false churches preaching false doctrines and are keeping God's commandments and "seek(ing) first the Kingdom of God in their life). These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth (God's spirit given to His "firstfruits" at baptism gives us eyes to see and ears to hear spiritually for the first time and makes us "wise unto salvation" 2 Timothy 3:15, John 16:3. These were redeemed from among

men (by the shed blood of Christ), being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb " Revelation 14:4.

Say - Christ tells us "18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth (the same truth He gave to the Nation of Israel), that we should be a kind of firstfruits (people sanctified or set apart by God's divine power of His spirit and who are devoted to Him) of his creatures (creation,) Of which Christ was the "firstborn" of many brethren, Romans 8:8:29" James 1:18. "Firstfruits" 13Which were born (spiritual begettal at baptism), not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of

God" John 1:13! Is there anything better than this.

Say - Now we can become spiritually minded and God gives His spirit to those who obey Him. Read what it brings us "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace" Romans 8:6. Now we can begin to please God "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God..." Romans 8:8. Also "...if any man have not the Spirit of Christ,

he is none of his (spiritually speaking)" Romans 8:9.

Say - Other verses which will help in understanding the benefits of having God's spirit or "living water" "10And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11But if

the Spirit of him (God the Father) that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in

you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (give life to) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13For if ye live after the flesh (human reasoning absent of the spirit of God), ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify (put to death or destroy) the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the

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Spirit of adoption (sonship as in a family relationship), whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16The Spirit (God) itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God (The ultimate purpose of man is to be with God and inherit all things or to be born into His family; this is our destiny. God's people will be Elohim because we came from Him or begotten of Him by His spirit after baptism; He is not talking about the physical but the spiritual I John 3:1.) and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together" Romans 8:10-17.

This is the NEW YOU, the new creation in Christ; don't give up.

THE CANDLESTICK OR LAMPSTAND Say - Now inside the tent of the Tabernacle in the Holy Place was the Candlestick or Lampstand. The candlestick represented Jesus Christ as the light of the world now and in His Kingdom. The candlestick had a central branch and three branches on each side. Each branch looked like an almond tree and contained buds, blossoms and flowers Exodus 25:40.

Say - Jesus "... was the true Light (all the others are not the true light but are false), which lighteth (spiritually) every man that cometh into the world"

John 1:9. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the

world: he that followeth me shall not walk in (spiritual) darkness, but shall have the light of life (eternal life)" John 8:12. "5As long as I am in the world,

I am the light of the world" (and God's people are a "light" to the world when we obey His laws of love) John 9:5. "6For God, who commanded

the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of

the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (knowledge of the truth of God and salvation)" 2 Corinthians 4:6 and other numerous scriptures.

Say- The Candlestick is a picture of Christ and His people. Remember the "Vine" is symbolic of Christ and the "branches" are His people who follow Him wherever He goes "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He

that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much (Godly) fruit: for without me ye can do nothing" John 15:5.

Say - The Candlestick was to burn continuously of beaten olive oil, very pure oil, Leviticus 24:2). The Candlestick is symbolic of the repentant sinner

who is diligent in following and obeying God; we are to keep our lamps filled with oil which is symbolic of God's spirit. In Matthew 25 Jesus tells us about the ten bridesmaids or virgins;

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five were wise and kept their lamps filled with oil and were ready for Christ when He returned but five were foolish and had no oil in their lamps and were not ready when Christ returned.

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps,

and went forth to meet the bridegroom (Remember the "marriage supper of the Lamb"?). 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3They that were foolish

took their lamps, and took no oil with them (The foolish bridesmaids did not keep their lamps burning and were not diligent in obeying God; they had let the light of God fade and die and were not ready for the wedding.):

4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps (The wise bridesmaids were diligent in serving God and following Him to the end; they kept the light on continuously and were ready for the wedding supper; they had on the wedding garment Christ could recognize.).

5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept (The Bible tells us "5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of

darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober" I Thessalonians 5:5-6.).

6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to

meet him.

7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps (were righteous to the end for it is "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also

overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne" Revelation 3:21),

8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out

(This is a death bed repentance; their oil or God's spirit left because their life was not in obedience to God; they had gone the way of the world the "broad way" and God did not know them.).

9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go

ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves (can't buy righteousness). 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he

answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not (they got their religion from a different source than God).

13Watch (be diligent in following God working and walking in the way of God and not the way of the world) therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh Matthew 25.

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THE GOLDEN ALTER OF INCENSE Say - The Golden Alter of Incense was the third piece of furniture in the Holy Place; the alter was placed right before the "Veil" which divided the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place or Holy of Holies.

Say - Now God's people have repented been baptized and received His spirit of living water and His light (truth); the golden alter has no sacrifices on it. This is the alter of Holy incense symbolizing prayer, a sweet savor or fragrance (Strong's - Greek, 2095 - good, well done, fragrance) going up to God.

"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them

that perish (and are saved)" II Corinthians 2:14 - 15.

Say - Not only has the filthy garment been removed but God's people have been clothed in the new garment of righteousness of white linen and His people will be an acceptable sweet savor of myrrh, aloes and casia, holy and pleasing to God as the sweet incense. Finally heaven on earth in the Kingdom of God; read Zechariah chapter 13 and 14!!

FALL HOLY DAYS FEAST OF TRUMPETS, ATONEMENT,

FEAST OF TABERNACLES- SYMBOLIZING OUR PERMANENT REST

THE LAST GREAT DAY

Say - To get inside the Tabernacle/tent there was another gate or door one must enter. We are to recognize who Christ is and follow Him and the only way we will know who Christ is, is by studying and proving all things.

Say - Remember the two sacred rooms inside the Tabernacle/Tent symbolized the dwelling place of God - Strong's Hebrew - 168 - dwelling place or home. Hebrew Lexicon - 7931 - permanent stay; rest literally or figuratively also the Sheepfold - Hebrew Lexicon - 4908 - Shepherd's hut. Thus the Holy Place symbolized The Kingdom of God or "permanent rest" for God's people.

In John 10 the Bible is comparing the real Shepherd to the false shepherds.

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1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door (Christ) into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2But he

that entereth in by the door (Christ) is the shepherd of the sheep(fold) (This is where we want to be with Christ in His Kingdom; this is our goal.).

3To him the porter openeth (Christ is the porter or doorkeeper of the sheepfold); and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and

leadeth them out.

4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow

him: for they know his voice (We know the voice of our Master if we study His teachings.).

5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice

of strangers (Those that follow Christ are not dumb sheep and cannot be deceived because He lives His life in them. Why do so many people follow every wind of doctrine; they do not know their Shepherd).

6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were

which he spake unto them (The Pharisees were not willing to understand what Christ said; what about us. Christ explains it to them again in the next verse because they are His people and His bride and He loves them.).

7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep(fold).

8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them

(Christ is not talking about the prophets He sent but the ones who were self appointed or the ones not sent by Him. Someday Christ will replace all that have been self-appointed and deceived the people.).

9I am the door (to the "sheepfold" or the Kingdom of God; I am the one who brings salvation): by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and

out, and find pasture.

10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (All false ministers and false prophets. In contrast): I am come that they might have life, and that

they might have it more abundantly. 11I (Jesus) am the good shepherd: the good

shepherd giveth his life for the sheep" John 10:1-11.

MEMORIAL OF THE BLOWING OF TRUMPETS OR FEAST OF TRUMPETS

Say - To be in God's Kingdom we must be changed to spirit beings "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God..." 51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be

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changed (to spirit beings like Christ), In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at

the last trump (which God's people celebrate as an annual Sabbath called "The Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets or The Feast of Trumpets" as we wait for His return): for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised

incorruptible (imperishable no 2nd death), and we shall be changed (to spirit beings)" I Corinthians 15:50-52.

15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and

remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are

asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with

the Lord. 18Wherefore comfort one another with these words" I Thessalonians 4:16.

Say - The Kingdom of God is ushered in when "... the seventh angel sounded (trumpet blast); and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms (governments) of this world are become the kingdoms (government) of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever" Revelation 11:15.

DAY OF ATONEMENT

TABLE OF SHEWBREAD-MARRAIGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB

Say - The Table of Showbread was situated across from the candlestick in the Holy Place Exodus 25:23-30. The Table of Showbread pictures the "Marriage Supper of the Lamb" prepared for kings and priests when we meet Christ face to face.

"For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this,

and divide it among yourselves: 18For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit

of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come" Luke 22:16-18.

7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8And to her was

granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto

me, These are the true sayings of God" Revelation 19:7-9.

Say - Above is the marriage table of His people, His bride. They have on the garments of righteousness and of humility "..be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble, Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in

due time" I Peter 5:5 - 6.

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Say - When we are humbled then we are forgiven and we are given mercy and eternal life, the very goal we set out to achieve and another lesson of God's Holy Days. Another interesting note is linen was especially used for apparel of kings and priests and royal personages, exactly what God's people will become 10And hast made

us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth" Revelation 5:10, 1:6.

Say - "His wife hath made herself ready" how? By the following: "35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall

never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" John 6:35. The manna/bread in the wilderness was a type of "Bread of Life" symbolic of Christ in the wilderness and sustained the 12 tribes of Israel and gave them physical life but the bread from Heaven, Christ, will give spiritual eternal life and the second death has no power over one. "I am that bread of life. 49Your fathers did eat manna in

the wilderness, and are dead. 50This is the bread which cometh down from

heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto

you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no

life in you (God's people must eat and drink in of His spiritual food, His righteousness, His truth, His ways, His laws for they are life then we will be in His family.) 54Whoso eateth my flesh (My unleavened bread), and drinketh my blood (the wine), hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day (first resurrection). 55For my flesh is meat indeed,

and my blood is drink indeed. 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my

blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 63It is the spirit that

quickeneth (gives life); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" John 6:48-69.

FEAST OF TABERNACLES

PERMANENT REST FOR GOD'S PEOPLE THE WONDERFUL WORLD TOMORROW

Say - Remember He took our hand and took the 12 tribes of Israel out of Egypt and us out of sin. He led us to the Courtyard and cleansed us on the stake/alter with His blood and washed us through baptism and He gave us His "living water" His spirit and we were spiritually alive and we began to understand the Truth of God for

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the very first time. He presented us to God as a living sacrifice and made us His bride and brought us to the resting place as He promised there to reign with Him. "This is the rest wherewith ye may

cause the weary to rest..." Isaiah 28:12. BELOW IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD HIS PEOPLE WILL "REST' IN

Say - "This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste

and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited" Ezekiel 36:35. "...he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness

like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be

found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody" Isaiah 51:3.

Say - "The wilderness and the solitary place (or drought stricken land) shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose". "It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God (the splendor of our God)". "... in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert". "And

the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of

water... (there) shall be grass with reeds and rushes" Isaiah 35, 1, 2, 6, 7. Say - Not only will the deserts change but God is going to change the mountain ranges and make them habitable for His people. God tells us through His prophet Isaiah, "I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt

thresh the mountains (cut or flatten them), and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the

LORD..." Isaiah 41:15-16. Now when we look at a dry and dusty desert and the huge mountain ranges, we can think of how God will change them in the wonderful World Tomorrow.

Say - In God's World Tomorrow it will be a world of perfect health; no one will get sick. God will begin by teaching the entire world the "difference between the unclean and the clean animals" Leviticus 11:47. No one will be eating pigs any longer. No one will be eating shrimp, lobster, snails, oysters, or clams. No one will be eating bear, horse, dogs, snakes, mice, rats, or monkeys for everyone will learn they are an abomination or detestable to God.

Say - God tells us, "13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you;

Isaiah 66:12, Leviticus 26:6 "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:

for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety" Psalm 4:8. A peaceful nights rest will help to heal our world. "And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children" Isaiah

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54:19. All will learn to "depart from evil and do good" Psalm 34:14. . Hospitals will close; no one will need medication any longer.

Say - God tells us, "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none ...

I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them" Isaiah 41:17. "Thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the

voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee" Isaiah 30:19

Say - In the world tomorrow, God will heal the sick. "For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD..."Jeremiah

30:17. "... the lame man (shall) leap as an hart (deer) ..." Isaiah 35:6. God will make "the eyes of the blind opened out of ... (spiritual) darkness, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped and hear the words of the book (the books of the Bible, the truth of God for they will be healed both physically and spiritually)" Isaiah 29:18, 35:5. Depression will be wiped off the face of the earth "for the LORD hath comforted his people,

and will have mercy upon his afflicted" Isaiah 49:13.

Say - The Good Shepherd, Christ, "... shall gather the lambs with his arm

... and shall gently lead those that are with young (forever)" Isaiah 40:11.

Say - Would you like to live on a farm? Would you like to become a shepherd and care for baby lambs and watch them grow? Would you like to be a farmer and have orchards of fruit, fields of grain and bubbling streams on your land? That is what the Kingdom of God will be for everyone will be farmers and shepherds! God tells us through His Prophet Jeremiah "People will live in all its towns— farmers and (shepherds) who move about with their flocks" Jeremiah 31:24. Say - Many places in the world today people are starving because they live in areas affected by famine and drought and cannot grow food to feed their families. In the World Tomorrow God says, "I will increase your corn (grain) and multiply the fruit of the tree, ... that ye shall

receive no more ... famine ...Ezekiel 36:29-30. No one will starve again. Say - There is more good news, God tells us, "This land that was desolate (waste land) is become like the Garden of Eden...I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will

do it" Ezekiel 36:34-35. "...joy and gladness shall be found, thanksgiving and the voice of melody" will be heard throughout the land, Isaiah 51:3.

Say - God tells us the farmers will not have any time off between planting and harvesting because the land will produce abundant harvests of food.

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"4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5And your threshing shall reach

unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall

eat your bread to the full..." Leviticus 26:4-5, Ezekiel 34:26.

13Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the

reaper (the one who harvests the crops), and the treader of grapes (the one who beats the grapes to get the juice) (and) him that soweth seed;

and the mountains shall drop (drip with) sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt (flow with juice) Amos 9:13. In God's Kingdom, the wonderful World Tomorrow, "there shall be showers of blessings" in all the land, Ezekiel 34:26.

Say - In God's Kingdom there will be no more war; God tells us, "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people (God will end all the disagreements in the world): and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword

against nation, neither shall they learn war any more (God will destroy all the weapons in the world and end all wars)" Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3.

Say - Today in our world there is so much money spent on defense to protect our country. There is so much money spent on bombs and missiles and training armies to protect our country because our nation does not trust in God. In God's Kingdom He will "... break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth (God will destroy all the weapons upon the earth, there will be no more armies and no more war), and (God) will make them to lie down safely" Hosea 2:18.

Say - In God's Kingdom there will be no more crime or danger to anyone for everyone "...will dwell in your land safely and I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land (no no more crime)" Leviticus 26:5, 6, Ezekiel 34:26. There will be no more kidnappings or "Amber alerts" there will be no need for police departments any longer in God's Kingdom.

Say - God gives us a picture of what life will be like; He tells us "But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree (everyone will enjoy a calm, peaceful life for everyone will be safe in their homes and in the open land); and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD

of hosts hath spoken it" Micah 4:4. "And my people shall dwell in a peaceable

habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places (with security from God)" Isaiah 32:17- 18. We can be sure God will do as He promises.

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Say - God tells us we will not have trouble understanding anyone in His Kingdom because everyone will learn a "pure language (God will change our impure language) that they may all call upon the name of the

Lord, to serve him with one consent" Zephaniah 3:9. "And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name

one" Zechariah 14:9.

Say - God tells us, "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of

the LORD's house (His Temple) shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto

it".

"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,

and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion (Jerusalem) shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem Isaiah 2:2-3, Micah 4:2.

Say - The entire world will worship the "Most High God", "All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds

(people) of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the

LORD's: and he is the governor (king) among the nations" Psalm 22:27-28, Isaiah 14:9.

Say - The entire world, through God's Law, will finally learn about God's weekly Sabbath Day. God tells us, "it shall come to pass, that from one

new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to

worship before me, saith the LORD" Isaiah 66:23.

Say - The entire world, through God's Law, will finally learn the Truth about God's annual Holy Days, "And it shall come to pass, that every one

that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up

from year to year to worship the King (through God's annual holy days), the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles" Zechariah 14:16.

Say - How does God make this happen? God tells us, "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea" Habakkuk 2:14. There will be no false doctrine and with "The law of God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide" Psalm 7:31. In God's Kingdom everyone will say, "Oh how love I thy law" Psalm 119:97.

Say - For now God gives His people good advice, He said, "Be wise therefore, O you (future) kings (today follow god and His ways); be instructed (be willing to change and be instructed in God's way of life), you (future) judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear (with respect), and rejoice (be glad, be thankful for your calling) with trembling. Psalm 2:10-11

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Say - While we live in the world God's people should be a light unto all but we must not be a part of the world spiritually or emotionally even those in God's church who falter back and forth "Wherefore

come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not

the unclean thing; and I will receive you" II Corinthians 6:17.

Claim hold on the promise which awaits His people "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21In whom all the

building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22In

whom ye also are builded together for an habitation (dwelling place) of God through the Spirit" Ephesians 2:19-22.

WOULD ANYONE WANT TO MISS THE KINGDOM OF GOD

LAST GREAT DAY MOST HOLY PLACE OR HOLY OF HOLIES

Say - Just after the 1000 year Kingdom of God all the people who have never heard the truth of God will be resurrected and be given the chance to come to God; the Bible tells us "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished..... Revelation 20:5. They will wake up to a world which has been under the government of Jesus Christ for 1000 years.

Say - It is the time pictured by the Fall Festivals of God called The Last Great Day and called the "eighth day" in the Old Testament. Christ will say 37In the last day, that great day of the feast (of Tabernacles or 8th day), Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me,

and drink (the door will be open to all with free access to God; drink in of My life, it's free.)" John 7:37. Why did Christ say this on the Last Great Day - We have to understand the plan of God. God gave man an opportunity to walk in His light or truth - 6000 years but after the 7th millennium is the harvest of all mankind on The Last Great Day that have never followed Christ and will be resurrected and will be offered salvation for the very first time. Read Ezekiel 37 and Revelation 20. Each Holy Day has a meaning.

Say - Prior to the Last Great Day the 12 tribes of Israel, the bride of Christ, will be back in their land and after the Last Great Day will say come one come all to take of the "living water" of Christ and they will live forever. 17And the Spirit (Jesus) and the bride (The 12 Tribes of Israel) say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him

that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely

(anyone who will obey the Laws of God) Revelation 22:17.

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Say - "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and

which entereth into that within the veil (the most holy place)" Hebrews 6:19.

MEMORY VERSE

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to

the good pleasure of his will"

EPHESIANS 1:3-5

BELOW IS THE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON FOR TOTS AND YOUTH

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COURTYARD AND TABERNACLE

SHOWING GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION

STEP 1 - MUST BE "CALLED OF GOD" "... NO MAN CAN COME UNTO ME,

EXCEPT IT WERE GIVEN UNTO HIM OF MY FATHER" JOHN 6:65.

STEP 2 - MUST "COUNT THE COST" OF FOLLOWING GOD

"...WHOSOEVER HE BE OF YOU THAT FORSAKETH NOT ALL THAT HE

HATH, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE" LUKE 14:33.

SPRING HOLY DAYS

PASSOVER

STEP 3 - "REPENTANCE" "THE NEXT DAY JOHN SEETH JESUS COMING

UNTO HIM, AND SAITH, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHICH TAKETH

AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD" JOHN 1:29.

"...FOR EVEN CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US"

I CORINTHIANS 5:7

DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, PENTECOST

STEP 4 - "BAPTISM AND RECEIVING GOD'S SPIRIT OR LIVING WATER"

"THEN PETER SAID UNTO THEM, REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED EVERY

ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION

OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT"

ACTS 2:38.

THE CANDLESTICK - "THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM,

SAYING, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME

SHALL NOT WALK IN (SPRITUAL) DARKNESS BUT SHALL HAVE THE

LIGHT OF (ETERNAL) LIFE" JOHN 8:12.

THE GOLDEN ALTER OF INCENSE - "FOR WE ARE UNTO GOD A SWEET

SAVOUR OF CHIRST, IN THEM THAT ARE SAVED, AND IN THEM THAT

PERISH (AND ARE SAVED)" 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-15.

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FALL HOLY DAYS

CHRIST IS SAYING THE TABERNACLE OR TENT IS THE SAME AS A

SHEEPFOLD AS WE READ THE FOLLOWING VERSES. THERE IS ONLY

ONE WAY WE MAY ENTER AND THAT IS THROUGH HIM, OUR GOOD

SHEPHERD, JESUS.

"VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT ENTERETH NOT BY THE

DOOR, WHICH IS CHRIST, UNTO THE SHEEPFOLD, BUT CLIMBETH UP

SOME OTHER WAY, THE SAME IS A THIEF AND A ROBBER. BUT HE

THAT ENTERETH IN BY THE DOOR (CHIRST) IS THE SHEPHERD OF THE

SHEEPFOLD" JOHN 10 1-2.

FEAST OF TRUMPETS

TO BE IN GOD'S KINGDOM WE MUST BE CHANGED TO SPIRIT BEINGS.

"NOW THIS I SAY BRETHREN, THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT

INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD..." BEHOLD I SHEW YOU A MYSTERY;

WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED (TO

SPIRIT BEINGS LIKE CHRIST), IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF

AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP; FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND

THE DEAD SHALL BE; RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE (IMPERISHABLE, NO

2ND DEATH), AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED" I CORINTHIANS 15:50-52.

DAY OF ATONEMENT

THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD WAS SITUATED ACROSS FROM THE

CANDLESTICK IN THE HOLY PLACE; THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD

PICTURES THE "MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB".

"FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, I WILL NOT ANY MORE EAT THEREOF, UNTIL

IT BE FULFILLED INT HE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND HE TOOK THE CUP,

AND GAVE THANKS, AND SAID, TAKE THIS AND DIVIDE IT AMONG

YOURSELVES: FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, I WILL NOT DRINK OF THE

FRUIT OF THE VINE, UNTIL THE KINGDOM OF GOD SHALL COME"

LUKE 22:16-18.

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"LET US BE GLAD AND REJOICE, AND GIVE HONOUR TO HIM: FOR THE

MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB IS COME AND HIS WIFE HATH MADE

HERSELF READY" REVELATION 19:7.

HOW DID GOD'S WIFE MAKE HERSELF READY? BY FOLLOWING AND

WORSHIPPING GOD ALL THE DAYS OF HER LIFE.

FEAST OF TABERNACLES - THE KINGDOM OF GOD

SYMBOLIZING OUR PERMANENT REST

HERE IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD HIS PEOPLE WILL "REST" IN

THE LAND WILL BE TURNED BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN - EZEKIEL

36:35.

"THE WILDERNESS AND SOLITARY PLACES SHALL BE GLAD FOR THEM

AND THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE"

ISAIAH 35:1

IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ALL WILL HAVE PERFECT HEALTH FOR GOD

WILL BEGIN TEACHING THE ENTIRE WORLD THE "DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE UNCLEAN AND THE CLEAN ANIMALS" LEVITICUS 11:47

"GOD WILL RESTORE HEALTH UNTO THEE, AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF

THY WOUNDS" JEREMIAH 30:17

CHRIST OUR GOOD SHEPHERD "...SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS (THAT'S

US) WITH HIS ARM...AND GENTLY LEAD THOSE THAT ARE WITH

YOUNG" ISAIAH 40:11

"THE PLOWMAN SHALL OVERTAKE THE REAPER (THE ONE WHO

HARVESTS CROPS) AND THE TREADER OF GRAPES AND HIM THAT

SOWETH SEED AND THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DROP WITH SWEET

WINE" AMOS 9:13

I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU READ ALL ABOUT GOD'S KINGDOM ON

PAGES 16-20 OF THIS LESSON; IT IS VERY GOOD WHAT THE

KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE LIKE.

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LAST GREAT DAY

JUST AFTER THE 1000 YEAR KINGDOM OF GOD ALL THE PEOPLE WHO

HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TRUTH OF GOD WILL BE RESURRECTED AND

BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO COME TO GOD; THE BIBLE TELLS US "THE

REST OF THE DEAD LIVED NOT AGAIN UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS

WERE FINISHED..." REVELATION 20:5.

"IN THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST (OF

TABERNACLES), JESUS STOOD AND CRIED, SAYING, IF ANY MAN

THIRST, LET HIM COME UNTO ME AND DRINK" JESUS MEANT TO

"DRINK IN OF HIS TEACHINGS AND THE TRUTH OF GOD" JOHN 7:37.

WHY DID GOD SAY THIS ON THE LAST GREAT DAY? WE HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND THE PLAN OF GOD. GOD GAVE MAN 6000 YEARS BUT

AFTER THE 7TH MILLENNIUM, WHICH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IS

THE HARVEST OF ALL MANKIND THAT NEVER FOLLOWED CHRIST OR

HEARD HIS TRUTH AND THEY WILL BE RESURRECTED AND WILL BE

OFFERED SALVATION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

DURING THE KINGDOM OF GOD, GOD WILL BRING THE 12 TRIBES OF

ISRAEL BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND AND AFTER THE LAST GREAT DAY

JESUS AND HIS BRIDE WILL SAY "AND THE SPIRIT (JESUS) AND THE

BRIDE (THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL) SAY, COME (COME ONE, COME ALL).

AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY, COME. AND LET HIM THAT IS

ATHIRST COME. AND WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM TAKE THE WATER

OF LIFE FREELY (THIS IS THE "LIVING WATER" RECEIVED AFTER

BAPTISM) " REVELATION 22:17

MEMORY VERSE

ACCORDING AS HE HATH CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE

FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY

AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN LOVE:

EPHESIANS 1:4

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