 One of the questions that comes up obviously around this time of the year, because we were talking about Easter, we were talking about Jesus' death, his burial, resurrection. Now there's some people that don't like the term Easter, fine. If Easter bothers you, I don't have to tell you, this is what we call it. We're not promoting some sort of pagan holiday. By the way, every single day represents at least a few hundred different pagan holidays. There's not one pagan organization that monopolizes anything that is just kind of outside typical Christian or Jewish or Muslim or any other religious group, not part of the mainstream. They have been customarily called pagan and they're different pagan groups, different pagan names. And so if Easter bothers you, I don't know what to tell you other than happy Easter. But we're gonna talk about one Jesus' death, his burial, resurrection, his ascension, but there's three days that are on account for it. And the question is, where was Jesus? Where did Jesus go? Now, in the poll question is, it's a little bit of trickiness to it. The reason why I say there's a little bit of trickiness to it is because one of the questions that says, where was Jesus for those three days? Inhale in heaven, in the grave. Don't know, but I'm grateful. Right now that's leading at 43%, but inhale at 30%, I'm sorry, I can't get it out. Well, it's a little bit tricky because the term hail, depending upon which translation you're reading, might need to be explained. There are a couple of terms that are used. You'll hear the term sheol. You'll hear the term Hades. You'll hear the term Gehanna. You'll hear the term hail. Typically, especially at the NES being, hail will be referring to Gehanna in the Greek, and sheol or Hades will be Hades. And so there's a difference. The reason why that's important is because we need to figure out did Jesus go to either one of those places? And if so, why? Well, let's go to the scriptures. We've got quite a few scriptures to go through. And so you all be ready. I know that different moderators will put the scriptures up. And so if you need reference to those, then go and refer to the moderators. But a couple of things. We wanna talk about one, the purpose of all of this. There's a purpose. I said before, you don't wanna get to where you are memorizing scriptures more than memorizing the stories. Memorizing scriptures are important. That's good, that's fine. But I would much rather you memorize a story. In other words, you can know what's happening, but not just what is happening because like any good show that you guys watch, something that's live, not live stream, something that is on streaming service, where there's different seasons and so forth, you know what's happening. Not only that, do you know what's happening? You know why things are happening. Why do they have to go there? Why is this happening? All those things. And so we wanna just don't just talk about what Jesus did, but why, where he went to, why he went to. So we wanna talk about the purpose of his death, the purpose of these three days, what was going on, the purpose of the resurrection, and the purpose of the ascension. Now, before I go to the scriptures, I gotta ask you guys a question. Just wanna see what you all think about this question, how you would respond and answer this question. What would happen if Jesus only died? All he did was pay the debt and that was it. Jesus just died for our sins. If that was it, what would be the result? Would there be any, would there be any change? Would anything happen for us? Would it matter? Would it mean anything? If all Jesus did was just die. It's an important question. Because again, his death, obviously there was a purpose to it, but then what about he died, but there's no resurrection? What if he was never resurrected? Then what if, not even that, what if there was resurrection, but there was no ascension? Is our salvation what we want it to be with just the death alone? Or does our salvation also require the resurrection? But then we all say, well, yeah, it requires a resurrection, and we're gonna talk about that also, but something else we don't talk about as much and we should is does our salvation also require the ascension? That's just as important. So we'll go through all of those things. And so therefore, before we go to it, let's go to the scriptures and let's bring up what happened to Jesus, where he was and so forth. Now, you're gonna hear this term, as a matter of fact, if we go to Luke 23, 43, so let's put it on the screen, Luke 23, 43. He said to him, obviously the feet on the cross, truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in paradise. First of all, that is beautiful. To say to this person whose life is the complete opposite of what God calls us to be. Even on his deathbed, and I mean deathbed, kind of idiomatically deathbed as a figure speech, meaning that he's at a point of death. He knows death is imminent. And so he says today, because of his faith in Christ, have mercy on me, knowing who he is, recognizing, think about this guys, recognizing that he needs mercy, recognizing that he's sinful. He told the other feet, he says, this man is innocent, but us, we have whatever we got coming, we deserve it. Jesus, have mercy on me, remember me. And Jesus' response was, today you shall be with me in paradise. Now, as good Bible students, we wanna observe the words that are used in this text. Today, Samaritan, today with me, you will be in paradise. So this very day, when you die, you'll be with me. Where will they be with Jesus? Where will they be together? In paradise. So when Jesus died, he was gonna be in paradise. The question's gonna be though, Corey, where is paradise? Well, we're gonna look at that in a second. Matter of fact, we're gonna look at it right now. Because I'm gonna contend with you or with anyone that paradise right now is in heaven. Matter of fact, no question about it. Does anyone disagree with the statement that paradise is in heaven? How do we know paradise is in heaven? Well, because in 2 Corinthians 12, 4, Peter, Paul was called up to paradise. He says he didn't know if he was called up either in a vision or physically, I would assume that it was in a vision. He says was caught up into paradise and heard inexpressible words which a man is not permitted to speak. So the question is, where is paradise? The answer is paradise is in heaven. But more to the point, not where is paradise, but where was paradise? Because Jesus says this day, that day on the cross, you will be with me in paradise. So now we've gotta figure this out. Well, Jesus had made a statement previously to him being on the cross. Let's go to Matthew 12, 38. And he says, some of the scribes and Pharisees says, if you wanna see a sign from him, he said, but no sign will be given to you. An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign. We see that nowadays too, don't we? He says, but for just as Jonah, verse 40, was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster or the fish, so will the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. And this word here, heart of the earth, cardia, taste gain, which is in the heart or inside the earth. There is no other way. Now, some folks might wanna take that figuratively. They wanna spiritualize that, but the text, just the plain reading of it says, he will be in the belly. Matter of fact, you should take it as literally because he's giving a comparison, which was Jonah in the belly of the fish. So he was inside the belly of the fish and then so too was the son of man in the belly of the earth or in this case, the heart of the earth. Amen. So Jesus on that day is going to be where? Inside the earth. Now I was not in the very beginning, I mean the very middle of it, the earth's core, the molten part, no, but obviously in the grave. There's a part, if your head is spinning, if the wheels are turning, there's gonna be some part, wait a second, let me just figure this out because today I'll be with you in paradise. Paradise is in heaven. And Jesus says I will be in the heart of the earth or the belly of the earth. Well, we've got some explaining to do. We've got some issues to cover up. Now, David. In Acts, there's a quote by Peter of David referencing Jesus at Jesus's death. Acts 2.27, we see this term, because you will not abandon my soul to Hades nor allow your holy one to undergo corruption or decay. And this word for Hades, this is some verses might say hell, but it's Hades or Sheol. It is the same word or it's the same reference. And so Jesus, according to this passage, according to Peter, according to other passages as well, being used also, speaking of what David said, Jesus is going to be in Sheol, in the grave, in Hades. And he will not let his soul or his flesh to undergo corruption, to stay there, to stay there nor his flesh see corruption. In other words, he is actually in a grave. Just like every other human being that would die, they would be in a grave. Something is different. Now, we're going to keep covering this. I want to go back a little bit later on to the beginning to see why all this has happened. Now, for those that might think that may know, I still think that Jesus on his death, I think he ascended, he went up to the sky into heaven. And he begins. Could be, could be. There's a problem with that though. Number one, Jesus is having a conversation with Mary. After he was resurrected. Now, we're going to come back to that conversation in just a little bit, but I want to go to Ephesians, if I can find where I put it at, where did I leave Ephesians at? I've got it in here somewhere. I've got all these passages up and so I've got to figure where exactly I actually, there it is. Ephesians four, let's go there and read this passage because we're trying to figure out where actually was paradise, but to each one of us, grace was given according to the measure of Christ gift. Therefore it says when he ascended on high, he led captive a host of captives. So he led up a bunch of people or a bunch of hosts. And he gave gifts to men, huh? I think we also need to focus on this and he gave gifts to men. Does anybody have any idea why that he gave gifts to men? Does anybody get that? There's a reason for that statement being there, but we'll come back to it in just a second. Verse nine, now this expression, he ascended, what does it mean except that he also had descended into the lower parts of the earth that were gazed into the middle of the taste gaze, which is what Jesus said he will be cardio taste gazed, which is in the heart of the earth. So the same word, the ground, which is what the word gazed is, gazed ground is or land or earth. So he says that he also decided he who descended is himself, he who also ascended far above heavens so that he might feel all things. And look what he says. And he gave some as apostles and prophets and evangelists and some as pastors. So now the reason why I brought that up, the reason why he ascended and gave gifts is important is because Jesus is doing something that he's always stated back in the beginning that he will do. Now, you all know me. I love how accurate and precise the word of God is, specifically speaking about how accurate and precise his prophetic word is. We've got a lot of folks running around talking about living in the prophetic. This is the prophetic. This is the fulfillment of God's words coming to fruition. When Jesus is on the cross, when he says, when he makes that statement to tell us die, just looking at it in the grammar, this perfect tense of it is finished or it has been finished, he's speaking about something that was, it's a completed action in the past. He's not saying it's now finished. Of course, he hadn't even given up his last breath. So what he's speaking about is something from the past that's being realized, actualized right now. The awesomeness, and I'm making up a word, but the awesomeness of that statement is just mind blowing. He is doing something, he's fulfilling something. And so verse eight and seven and eight, I'm sorry, verse eight, when he ascended on high, he led captives, a host of captives, he led them up and he gave gifts to men. So now think about this, at Jesus's ascension, as he's going up, this should mean to you, I hope it means to you that he's leading a captive, a host of people up with him. Well, who are these people? At the same time of doing so, what is he doing? At the same time of doing so, he's also going to be leaving gifts. Some wheels should be spinning on both sides of your head, inside your head, all the wheels should be spinning and some of them should begin to start making connections. Jesus makes a statement because there are those that believe that Jesus, he went to heaven when he died and then returned back to his body on the day that he rose. However, Jesus is having a conversation with this lady named Mary and he says to her, Mary, get your hands off me. Stop touching me. No, I'm kidding, he didn't do that. But he says, stop clinging to me. Why? For I have not yet ascended to the Father. Huh. So Jesus is saying, I haven't ascended yet. Why is that important? Well, one, it tells us that at the time of his death, he did not ascend, but he descended. I have not yet ascended to the Father, but go to my brother and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father and my God and your God. Say, basically, I am going to ascend. Go get the fellas. No, Mary, you're not a pastor. No, Mary, you're not an evangelist. No, Mary, you're not the first apostle. Mary, go tell my apostles, go tell those knuckleheads that ran. You remember when I said, when the shepherd is struck, the sheep will scatter, go get those sheep. Go remind them, hey, tell them I'm alive. All the stuff that I've been telling them is here. Isn't it amazing how God can tell you something to your face and you just, I'm not hearing you, Lord. What'd you say? Huh, that's what his disciples were doing. That's what everyone in the scriptures were doing from Genesis up to this point in time. That's what an entire nation of Israel is doing right now, having the words given to them and, huh, Jesus is not. No, let me just say this once for all, especially for all those guys over the daily wire. I still love you, but guess what? Christ is king. And here's how we know in one day, hopefully for some of you guys, you'll look back and see and not just see that because everyone at some point in time is gonna look back and see that Christ is king. But hopefully you will also confess that Christ is king. Let's also do our very best to ignore these people who are trying to co-opt and corrupt this phrase, Christ is king. He's our king. He's a Jewish king of ours for the entirety of the nation. And people are trying to diminish that and make that into a dog whistle, make that into a term that is almost antisemitic or is antisemitic. And then you've got Muslims who are saying it to kind of co-opt to also throw the Jews so that that term could also be diminished. Cause if the Muslims are saying it, it must be a bad word. And so therefore the Jews have a point in stating that we shouldn't say that word. No, again, they would love the enemy. The devil would love nothing more than for you to say or not say that Christ is king, but he is king. Whether you believe it or not, whether your head is in the chopping block or not, whether you are in the coronation ceremony or not, whether you're there or not, he is king. He's always has been and always will be. Whether you're yelling Hosanna today, crucify him next week, he's still Christ the king. Amen. So now that being the case, Mary is holding on to him. I have not ascended yet. So if we go back to his statement that he says, today you will be with me in paradise, but I have not ascended yet, is it possible that paradise could have been in heaven at that time? No, he has not ascended yet. And so if you're going to be in paradise, but you haven't ascended, then paradise cannot be where you will eventually ascend to because he tells the thief, today you will be with me in paradise. Someone will say, well, Corey, how can you come to the conclusion that paradise changes locations? What biblical basis could you possibly have to say that paradise was here, now it's gone to another location? Well, first of all, he's God. God can move or change anything. He can put your head on someone else's body if he wants to. Can he move paradise if he wants it? Well, not only can he move paradise, he did, but guess what else? Guess what else he moved? How about the tree of life? Can God move? Can God move the tree of life? Well, sure, sure. How do we know? Well, because it's saying word paradise brings us to this topic, Revelation 2.7. He who has an ear, let him hear what the scripture say to the churches. To him who overcomes our grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. So now where is the tree of life at? So the tree of life is not on earth anymore. The tree of life now is in the paradise of God. We know because of what Peter said, what Paul said, that paradise is in heaven now and the tree of life is now also there as well. So if so fact though, the tree of life is moved from earth to heaven. So we don't need to worry about anyone getting hung up on on can paradise leave also? So here is what paradise is. Here is what the grave is. Jews understand this as well. Now, by the way, this idea gets a little twisted as well. By Catholics, this holding place, thinking that you can be there in the grave and be prayed up out of there. That cannot happen. So there are some that take that and just twist it, but that's not what we're saying. The Bible speaks of a grave. And so typically, most of us speak of hell, but we don't speak of it correctly. We don't see hell as the bad place. I want you to think of there are two places that a person can go. There's a boat of the dead, the grave. There are two places there. There's one that's held that's reserved for those that are on their way to just like a fire. And then there are those that are on their way to be with the Lord. Now, there's one phrase that's used in the Bible one time, but I believe the same phrase is the same phrase for or the same terminology for paradise. That is Abraham's bosom. As a matter of fact, the Jews believe that Abraham's bosom is also paradise. So let's go to that particular passage. Let's read this. And that doesn't really matter if this is a parable or if it's a true story. It doesn't matter because even if it is a parable, even when Jesus gives parables, he's giving a true statement, a truism to make a point even in a parabolic way. Amen. So in Luke 1619, there was a rich man and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen. The man was dressed to the nines. He loved his clothes, right? Then you got this poor man. You know the story. They both died. But here's the issue, verse 22. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom and the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, he lifted up his eyes being in torment. So this part, Hades again, is also used to describe where the poor man goes. So they understand that Hades or Sheol, there's two parts to it. And we're not saying that Jesus went to hell the part where there's torment. No, because if that were the case, could you imagine if Jesus went to hell to be tormented? Now there are some people that believe that Jesus went to hell and was tormented. First of all, that's just stupid. Second of all, there's no biblical basis for that. That would mean that what Jesus did on the cross was insufficient. All that he had gone through was insufficient. There's still more left to be done. No, the Bible doesn't teach that. What the Bible does teach though, is here we see this true statement being talked about in verse 23. In Hades, this rich man lifts up his eyes being in torment and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me, send Lazarus so that they may dip the tip of his fingers in water and cool off my tongue for I'm in agony of this flame. So there is torment there in the part where the rich man is and not where Lazarus is. Amen. So it is my contention that where Jesus went on the date of his death at that moment was paradise or the grave or Abraham's bosom, one portion. There is a gulf, there's a chasm, which we're told that you cannot cross. Let's continue reading. He said, but Abraham said, child, remember that during your life, you receive good things and likewise Lazarus bad things. But now he is becoming or he's being comforted here and you are in agony. And Louis says, and besides all of this between us, there is a great chasm fixed so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able and that none may cross over from there to us. So there is no, they can see at that point, but you can't cross. You can't come over. And so here we have, here we have, I just saw a funny comment. Here we have kind of an explanation. Now, Jesus is stating this not because he's making up something. He's using some sort of fantasy. He's using a true effect, even though it may not be known to every one of us, it's known to him. And so here we have what seems to be where Jesus has stated, where he has gone. He has descended. Now, some other pastor we need to look at as well. One, if we go to 1 Peter 318, also, yeah, let's go there first. 1 Peter 318. Verse 18 says, for Christ also died for sins once for all. Now, we're gonna also talk about who this was for as well. The just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. There is a reason for this statement as well. Again, God is not just throwing out words. Let's just, you know, what would be a good word to use here? No, because remember, all of these scriptures are God-breed. They are inspired. They have been impressed upon the people that are writing through the Holy Spirit. So there's a reason for these words, these terms that have been used here. And we're gonna go back in a little bit to finishing the rest of the story, in which also he went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah during construction of the ark in which a few, that is eight persons, were brought safely through the water. The question is, who are these souls? There is debate about that. Matter of fact, let me pull up something. I wanna show you guys something that may or may not be correct. Notice what he says in verse 19, in which he also went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison. Well, if you notice, this is in the, it's italicized. So to say now in prison, this is obviously, this is the translation committee giving this, should it be taken that he's making proclamation to the spirits who they weren't in prison at the time, but are now in prison? Could be, it could be. Is he speaking about demons? Could be, is he speaking about human beings? Could be, the point is, one of the things that he did, one of the things, and I don't think it's all that big of a point, at least as far as it's concerned, is that he did go down and something happened. Some sort of proclamation. Now, this isn't the gospel that he was preaching. How do we know that? This isn't the gospel that he was preaching. How do we know he wasn't preaching the gospel because the proclamations were crook so? So he was just proclaiming. So it wasn't that he went down and gave the gospel. Now, did he tell them what happened? I'm pretty sure he did. Whatever he said, I'm pretty sure he did not leave out the fact that I paid a price on the cross for other people. So the question's gotta be, question's gotta be, we're talking about all of this stuff about why he did this, why he was in the grave. I think it's pretty clear that he descended into the earth. He was in the belly of the earth, as Jesus himself says, for three days and three nights. He just, as he's comparing himself with Jonah. And he tells Mary, I have not yet ascended. Here's my question, ladies and gentlemen. Now, I asked a question earlier, what happens if Jesus didn't die for us? I'm sorry, if all he did was die. If all Jesus ever did was just die, what would that do for us? Well, if all Jesus ever did was just die, that does serve some benefit. It does serve some benefit. The benefit is that we don't go to hell. We're not tormenting it, that is, if we place faith in him. But okay. We have to remember what the point of all of this is. And then, so he died, but what if he never, if he was never resurrected? Well, here's what Paul says about that. First Corinthians 15-14, and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain. Your faith also is in vain. Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. Wait a second, uh-uh, he's also bringing up something there as well about the dead being raised, for if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. Let me stop for a second and ask you guys a question. As a matter of fact, let me put it on the screen. So the one I wanna see you guys' question, I want those that might watch this on the replay, to also see you all's question, your answers. He makes a statement, and this is an odd statement, but it's an important statement. And then we're gonna go back and see why. Notice what he says. He says, for if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. What is he speaking about? What do you mean if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised? Well, let's talk about, we'll get to the Christ being raised in a second. But what about the dead being raised? Why would he bring up that? Huh? We're not, well, we are talking about the dead being raised. The dead being raised has to do with, they are necessarily connected with Christ being raised. First of all, as he goes on to say, if Christ hadn't been raised, then your faith is worthless, verse 17. And you are still in your sins. Really? But I placed my faith in what he did. Am I not in right standing? Well, no, no. Then though, well, yes and no, yes and no. Then those who also have fallen asleep, look at this, have perished. If we have hope in Christ, in this life only, we are all men, most be pitied. So if we do not have a resurrection, there is no resurrection for us. Resurrection to where? Huh? Well, let's go back to why we have to have this resurrection. Going back to Ephesians 4, verse seven and eight. I'm sorry, let's start with verse eight again. When he ascended on high, he led captives, a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men. This is the same person who descended into the lower parts of the earth, but he also ascended far above all the heavens so that he might feel all things. So he's doing some work here, guys. He's doing some work. I don't know if y'all realize this, but Jesus is busy right here. We're getting to pull back the curtains and see all the stuff that he's doing. So in order for us to be raised or resurrected, not that grandma died, and one day we'll see her walking on the streets again here in Dallas or Chicago or somewhere in Maryland or Pennsylvania. No, there's a resurrection that is expected. Remember Jesus speaking to the sisters and she says, speaking about her brother Lazarus, not the one and the rich man, but yes, I know I'll see my brother again in the resurrection. Jesus says, I am the resurrection. Do you believe this? So his point is, and this is what we have to understand, if Jesus is not resurrected, if Jesus is not resurrected, then neither are we. As a matter of fact, let me find the passage. I think I actually deleted this passage. It's gonna be one second, one second. Hold on one second, guys, I gotta find this passage. I don't believe I did that, one second. I believe it's still in 15. There it is, same passage. Okay, I just wanna make sure. Let's continue reading, verse 20 of chapter 15. But now Christ has been raised from the dead. I want you guys to zero in on this right here. The first fruit of those who are asleep. What does that mean? For since by man came death, by man also came the resurrection from the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be alive. So what is this phrase that he's speaking here? The first fruits of those who are asleep. Well, I'll tell you what that is. Nobody is going to precede Christ to heaven. Do you hear what I said? No one is going to precede Christ to heaven. Nobody. In other words, nobody is going to go to heaven before Jesus's death, burial and resurrection. His resurrection, his ascension, his resurrection and then his ascension is how we get there. Nobody ascends to heaven prior to Christ. Wait a minute, hold on Corey. Now some of you have heard this, other folks have not. What about Enoch? What about Elijah? The Bible says he was taken and was no more speaking about God, I mean about Enoch, and he walked with God. Elijah was taken into heaven. To that I said, and so. Doesn't mean they were taken up into the third heaven, into the last heaven, into the heaven where we also want to be. No, because the term that's used there with Elijah is the same word for sky. So he was taken up, taken up, but Jesus makes a statement. Jesus makes a statement that proves that Elijah nor Enoch could have been in heaven yet. John 3.13, he's speaking in Nicodemus. He says, no one, and the word for no one is Udes, no one has ascended. This word, this Greek word here is Anna the Bacon. It's a perfect tense. So no one has in the past or now have gone up, has ascended into heaven, except one person, but he who descended from heaven. Well, the same one who descended from heaven is the one who ascended according to Peter, I mean according to Paul. And so this very same statement that Jesus is making is that no one has ascended, not Enoch at this time, not Enoch nor Elijah, no one else. Jesus makes a statement that no one has ascended. And the reason why they have not ascended, one couple things. One, the completed atoning work of Christ has not been, has not taken place. And the final, remember what God is trying to do. There has to be this covering, a canceling, a covering of the sin, a canceling of the debt that where ultimately brings about this reconciliation. The reconciliation hadn't taken place yet. The reconciliation is going to be when Christ ascends and what did he say? When he ascends, he takes captive, a host of captives. And in doing so, what does he leave? He leaves gifts. When Jesus ascends, what happens next? You all, come on students, you all know this. When Jesus ascends, what does he say is going to happen? What is next in line after, for us, for mankind, when Jesus is, when Jesus ascends? We're not saying he burned, no, no, no. I don't want you to think that we're saying he burned in hell. He was not in hell. He was not in that part of hell anyway. So no, Jesus was not in hell. If you want, unless you want to say that you're speaking about the grave, he was in the shield. But to the question, I want to see if you guys, if you guys can can answer that question. There has to be this reconciliation. Jesus ascends, what does he do when he ascends? That's one thing that he does. Phoebe says he draws to him, but something else he's doing also. There you go, excuse me, Matthew. The Holy Spirit is coming down. Chip, amen. He is sending his helper. What did he say to the disciples? He says, it is necessary that I die in that way that I will send the helper. Now, there's some points that need to be made. Why is Jesus going to send? Do we, why are you sending the helper? Do we necessarily need the helper? Yes, Lord, we do need the helper. Why? This is where we go back and we can see what all that he is trying to do. Jesus, well, God makes a statement, an odd statement, and people don't quite get it when he makes a statement. And guess what? There's no way you can understand what he's speaking of. There's no way to take what Jesus says and know what he's saying fully. He says in Genesis 3.15, odd statement. He says, and I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed. Now this and your seed, this will be called the consecutive why. He's really just kind of playing on the, he's given the greater story of what he's saying. It's not that he's really saying that I'm putting enmity between Satan and Eve. That's not what he's saying. I'm putting enmity between her seed and Satan's seed. Okay. We know who her seed is. Paul tells us in Galatians 3.16 that the seed of woman, this woman is Jesus. So we get that. But what about his seed, the seed of the serpent? You ever thought about that? Who in the world, or what in the world I should say is the seed of the serpent, is the seed of the devil? What is, matter of fact, I like how TT put it, the offspring. What is his offspring? And oh, by the way, by the way, it's singular. It's not plural. So we can't say demons. We can't say bad human beings. No, this is a singular, singular seed. Singular seed, and this is why you guys are just awesome. Debbie J says death. CG says death. Matthew says death. Devante says death. Devante says death with a question mark. Dog on Devante, be sure. Matter of fact, take that question mark off and put an exclamation mark, death. That is the seed. How do you know? At the very, what's the last thing that Jesus does to the devil? He said, my fault. What's the last thing, ladies and gentlemen, let's go, let's leave from the beginning and go to the end. What's the last thing that the Lord does to the enemy? He throws his raggedy tail in the lake of fire. And then what precedes that? I mean, what comes after that? Death. That seed, that's the one thing. The one thing that's been a bugaboo to all of us. Jesus said, the Lord said, in the day you eat of it, you will die. The Lord comes back and says, I gotta fix that. He didn't say that. I'm speaking on this behalf. He did not say, no, he's not Cain's offspring, no. He did not say, huh, I'll let that right, no. He's gotta fix that. He's going to fix that. That's why he says, he shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the heel. So whatever he's going to do to that enemy, he's going to crush him with it. He's going to hammer, crush him, obliterate him with his feet, so to speak. This is all, this is what we call, this is, he's using figures of speech. The reason why I'm using this term figures of speech because your homework assignment coming up real soon is going to be on figures of speech. Just throw that out there. So he's not really speaking to the woman. We know that he's not speaking to the woman because in verse 16 is when he starts talking to the woman about what her consequence is going to be. But 15, he's speaking to the devil. We know that because he's still talking from verse 14. So now we see what he's going to have to ultimately do. But in the meantime of him making that statement all the way to the end of death being destroyed, Jesus, God, apostles, prophets, holy spirit, holy spirit, everybody, we have to fix something. And this is where he makes a statement. Now we're going to see the plan beginning to unfold. And so we can go to a place like Genesis 12 where we see a little bit of more information where he says, I will make you speak in Abraham, a great nation, your name will be great. Those that bless you all bless, those that curse you all curse them and so forth. But then he says at the very end of three, this is if you are Gentile and you love the Lord Jesus, this is where you get that from. If you are not a Jew, but you're saved, you owe a debt of gratitude to verse three, this is you. And in you, through you, because of you, all the families of the earth will be blessed. Cold Mishpaka, I'm sorry, cold Mishpaka, which is all the families, all the different families. So all of us non-Jews will get blessed. Okay, Corey, I get what you're saying. I'm still a scratch man. How does that have to do with what we're just talking about? I'm going to show you. I'm going to show you. The problem that we have here, and we won't cover all of the scripts, we'll just kind of mention them in passing. You go back and check them out. Cold Mishpaka, that's just trying to phonetically spell it out, cold Mishpaka, cold is all each or every in Hebrew. And then Mishpaka is or Mishpaka. On this case, plural Mishpaka is a families. So all or every family on the earth shall be blessed through you. Wait a minute, one second, stop, hold the presses. You mean every family can be blessed through Abraham, not just Jews? Yeah, cause even at that time, even not just Jews could also be saved. Those who weren't Jews could also be atoned for. And we see that happening. Again, we've got two ladies, ladies who were actually in the genealogy of Jesus who are not Jewish. So even this cold Mishpaka was happening even then. Oh, what about Caleb? Caleb was not a Jew. No, Caleb, again, we talked about it before. His Hebrew name literally means dog. And he is, oh Lord, in number 32, I can think of the verse, but I can't think of the term, the group that he's from. But he is not originally a Jew. However, however, he comes in with him. Now, his tribe ends up being with Judah, but he is not ethnically originally a Jew. So that tells us that God has always been, always been, always been bringing people in. All God has ever wanted me to do, all he's ever wanted, Shining Rivers to do, Katrina to do, Jeff to do, all he's ever wanted all you people to do, all he's ever wanted you to do was to have faith in him and follow him. That's all he's ever wanted to do. I don't think anyone would disagree with that. That's all he ever wanted any of you to do. That's all he's ever wanted anyone else to do, to have faith in him and to follow him. Houston, we got a problem. Kennesite, there it is, thank you, Dutch. Thank you, Dutch. Kennesite, yeah, Kennesite. No, not Kennesite, a Kenite. There are Kennesites and there's Kenites. I think I'm saying it correctly anyway. But thank you for bringing it up. The problem that we have, Houston, the problem that we have is he wants you to have faith and to follow him, but you won't. You are as hard headed as they come, just like I am, just like they were. So what does he say? He said, get your heart right, Deuteronomy 10, 16, circumcise your heart, fix your heart, but they won't. Even before they go into the land, he tells them that I will circumcise your heart in Deuteronomy 30, verse six, but they won't do right, which is why what he stated in Genesis 12, three is gonna show up. Because you won't do right, even though you haven't messed up just yet, you will and you won't get it right because you are the biblical equivalent of can't do right. You just can't do, boss, hey, what's wrong with him? Oh, boss, he just can't do right. After y'all remember the movie, he just can't get right, boss. That's you, that's me, that's them. So God says, I'll get your right. He has a plan to get you and me and them right. So what happens? He states, in doing so, I'm gonna circumcise your heart, not now, but in the future. And in doing so, before I even finish circumcising the hearts of all the Jews, I will circumcise the hearts of some Jews, but I'm also going to circumcise the hearts of Genesis 12, 3, the Coalmish, because the families of the earth. And in doing so, I'm going to make you guys jealous due to Rodney 32, 16 verse through 21. I'm gonna make you guys jealous to bring you back to me. I'm gonna spank you good for what you did. I'm gonna punish you for what you did. And he does. Now, I wanna move forward to Leviticus. This is what Jesus is doing in Leviticus. When he finishes atoning, this is the high priest. Now we have a better high priest. That is Jesus. All those three elements are changed. They're better. We have a better high priest. We have a better scapegoat or live goat. And we have a better sacrificial offering. The second one, the scapegoat, verse 20. When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of the meeting and the altar, he shall offer a live goat. And then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins. And he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into a wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in the readiness. Look what he says. Look what he says, guys. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land, to a solitary land or place, and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. How many of you all see kind of a typology or a connection between Jesus bearing all the sin of the people and going to a solitary place, to a land where those sins will never show up to be remembered by God. Amen? Where you see that happening. So remember this, we've got a high priest. We've got a scapegoat. We know Jesus is a scapegoat because in John one, what does John the Baptist say about Jesus? He says, look, y'all, that's a Southern talk for you folks in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, not you folks in California. You don't think you're in the South. He says, look, y'all, the Lamb of God who takes away sin. Where does this notion of a lamb coming to take away sin come from? In Leviticus 16. So therefore we need a better high priest and we need a better scapegoat. Yes, monkey move, look over yonder. Look, look over yonder. That is Kentucky, Tennessee talk. Look yonder, there's a scapegoat coming to take away the sins of the world. Y'all's great gonna be a great day in the morning. That was almost like a slave in the South, wasn't it? I'm sorry. Anyway, he is going to bear verse 22, bear on itself all the iniquities. Then what's next or what else has to take place? We've also got this sacrificial offering where there must be the shedding of a blood. Remember, Genesis nine talks about the blood that's the life of the animal or the flesh is in the blood. And so there must be this shed blood. We won't cover it. I'll let you guys go over and look at it. Just read, read all of Leviticus 16. Take your time, but read all of Leviticus 16. And this is a forever statute. And so that it has to be fulfilled in a forever fashion. This other animal that must have its blood shed is to pay for the debt of all of Israel or whomever would take place faith in it. Couple of things have to happen though. Just like what we saw on the cross with the thief, you have to have a bowed heart. You have to have a humbled heart. In other words, there has to be a level of repentance. The reason why I say so is in Leviticus 16, these people, and it's talked about later in other passages, speaking about this, that they have to have afflicted their soul. Meaning no work, we're fasting, you must afflict your soul in a repentant fashion. Now I'm gonna get into trouble with some other people who are a different theological persuasion, but I want you to notice what's happening. What's happening here is atonement is being made and made available for who? Here's the question, ladies and gentlemen, because we're going somewhere with this. Atonement in this context, atonement is made and made available for who? That's the question, ladies and gentlemen, and I want to see your answers. What or who is atonement made for? Who is it made available? There you go, Anilla. Everybody. Everybody, ladies and gentlemen, that's literally the concept of the atonement. Chaplain Trey, my Calvinist brother says, you were doing so well, but we can't get past this though, brother, that he's literally, what is happening is atonement is made for everybody. Oh, by the way, oh, by the way, even the non-Jews, they could take part in this because as we've been reading, going through the Old Testament, we keep seeing non-Jews, Hittites, Jebusites, Canaanites, Philistines, everyone knows what the God of Israel is doing and they still reject them. So they know what's happening. Some come on board like Rahab, they come on board and join in and you can. But even all of Israel, the problem is, when atonement was made for all of Israel, did all of Israel get saved? No, all of Israel did not get saved though atonement was made available. And go ahead and familiarize yourself with Leviticus 1711. I don't, I'm not sure if you guys want me to go over Leviticus 1711. I've gone over a thousand times, but Leviticus, yeah, TT, Rahab was smart. Leviticus 1711, he says that he's made atonement for all of the souls and he says that he himself is going to make atonement or provide the blood. And that speaks of him taking on flesh and shedding blood. Sheila says, please do. Leviticus 1711 is one of my, probably my three or four favorite verses in all of the Old Testament. One of my three or four favorite verses in all of the Old Testament. Here's why. In Leviticus 1711, the English part, and this is why I said that this is, if you happen to be a pastor, if you happen to be a teacher somewhere, if you want to go into ministry, just get a basic, a decent cursory understanding of Hebrew and Greek. Here's why, because this is what you can see with the Hebrew in this passage. For the life of the flesh is in the blood. We know that in the blood is the life. Life of the flesh is in the blood and I have given it to you on the altar. I'm going to come back to your question again, Chaplain Trev. And I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement. So as we look at this passage, what is God giving to them? He's giving them blood to do what? What is, why is he giving them the blood? Well, he says so, to make atonement for your souls. For it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement. Okay, what's so special about that? You all have, who have been here for a while and see me go over this a thousand times, you already know this. He says, I have given it. This word, you all could probably say it yourself. Matter of fact, I know right now, Dutch is sitting there typing out, how to phonetically say it. Wa-a-nee, not Tatine. He says, this part that's highlighted right here, let me put it in blue. This part that's highlighted, not Tatine, that means I have given. So he says, I have given to you on the altar. And we can leave it at that, given what, the blood. But he says, I need, that is I. So he says, and I, I have given. Why say I, I have given? Well, the reason for the I, I have given is that's a way of saying I myself have given. I'm not ordering on Amazon. I'm not gonna hold me some bulls or some, or some, some choice sheep lamb somewhere. No, I myself, God, I want you guys to know something about what God's plans are. God does not leave his plans to chance. He does not leave them a chance. He doesn't leave them for you or I because could you imagine if God had any sort of dependence on any of us, it wouldn't get done. I don't care how, how thorough you are, how efficient you are. If you're the kind of person you get your homework from school, you want, you like one of these little goody two-shoes. You know what, maybe you're like T-T, maybe you're like Kelly, maybe you're like Dutch, maybe you're like Jeff, get your homework. And the first thing you do before you, before you turn TV and watch cartoons, they don't do that anymore. Or come home and go outside and play. They definitely don't do that anymore. Get your homework and just start work. Some of you guys are the kind of folks that you get your homework and you do your homework in class. Before the bell rings, I could not stand people like that. I wanted to beat them up. I got homework and what do you do? You're doing it right now. Go home and do it. Made me. But even if salvation or God's plans were dependent upon you people, still wouldn't work, you'd fail. First of all, you get all the answers wrong. Two, you wouldn't do it in time. You don't have enough to carry it out. So he's not leaving what he has planned to do up to chance. Remember when God makes this statement, ladies and gentlemen, when God has determined what he is going to do for mankind, there were only two people. You weren't even around. Before you were around, God had decided what he's gonna do. Just two people and they messed up in the best place. Adam and Eve, how'd you mess up there? Well, the same way Adam and Eve can say, how do you mess up with the Holy Spirit? How, we didn't have the Holy Spirit in us. You have the Holy Spirit. How are you guys messing up? He doesn't depend on any of us. We are horrible, rotten people. And I said before, said it before, you're only worth about $5 worth of dirt. Thanks be to inflation, you're probably worth about $5.20 worth of dirt. Once inflation goes down, you'll be back to your regular standard price. $2 worth of dirt. So therefore, he's not looking for you to do anything. He wants you to place your faith in him and to walk in him. Well, we got a problem. You just don't. But he says, I'm going to do something. I'm gonna circumcise your heart. Now, all of you are going to wait a second. How does this have to do anything with Jesus' death, bearer and resurrection? I'm sorry, I stand corrected. I said you guys were worth $5.20 on your best day. I stand corrected. Dutch is worth $5.75 a hamster. Okay, fine, $5.75 worth of, Gloria kept it real though. She kept it real. She says $2.56 all day. Thank you. Thank you, you're humble. Dutch with his little sideburned beard, he thinks he's all that, but that's okay. One day, one day that hair is gonna leave him. One day that hair is gonna leave him. One day he's gonna mature and get balked but that's a whole nother story. Anyway, back to the thing at hand. So I wanna throw something else in there that leads up to this. Cause I want you to know what Jesus said. Jesus was on the cross. Remember, he said before he went to paradise, he said it is finished. Well, what's finished? What we're talking about right here. He's talking about this right here, but there's more. Uh-uh, there is more to the, it is finished. There's more to it. Why did you say that, Corey? Well, I wanna show you what's more. He didn't go from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, up to Matthew, Mark, Luke and nothing. No, there's a whole lot more. God has got some more. He's revealing some more. He says something, you guys are gonna think, Corey, this is an end time statement and not a salvation statement. What I'm getting ready to show you is not just an end time statement. It is a salvation statement. Does speak about the end times, but it also speaks about salvation. In Daniel chapter nine, 24, he says 77s or 70 weeks have been decreed for your people in your holy city to do what? Look what he says to do what? Cause God has concern about these hard-headed and knuckle-headed Jews and he's got concern for these hard-headed and knuckle-headed Gentiles. See what we do sometimes, we pick on the Jews in the Bible, but we don't pick on ourselves. Yeah, they kept turning their backs on God, kept turning their back over and over and over again. Yeah, we just turned our backs one time. And so what does he say? He says 70 weeks have been decreed. Now he's speaking about Israel, but it's gonna work for us as well. He says to do what? To finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity. Well, didn't we just read about that in Leviticus? This atonement? Well, so these 70 weeks, ultimately there's something's gonna happen that is going to make atonement for iniquity. And then notice what's right behind that, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to silver vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. So you are to discern and know that from the issuing of a decree to restore and build Jerusalem until, look what he says, guys, look what he says. Look what he says, until Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and 62 weeks. Let's, I'm not the best at math. Seven plus 62 is 69. From the issue of this decree to build the wall again, so we're talking 69 sevens. That is 483 years. But back on the screen. Until Messiah, the Prince, notice what he says, guys. Let's follow the language until Messiah, the Prince. So before him, what about him? Well, before him, there will be these 69 sevens. So the first 483 years takes place before something that's gonna happen with Messiah. You all could probably start, okay, I can see, I can see why this is salvific. Notice what he says. Verse 26, then after this huach, acheree, which is then after and after. So there's a pause at it. Just the reading of the Hebrew lets us know there's some sort of break right here between verses 25 and 26. Then after 20, 62 weeks, which is the 69 weeks, then after that Messiah will be cut off and have nothing. Then after that Messiah will be cut off. Now, I've gotta ask this question, are you with me? Are you with me? Cause I need someone to say I'm with you. After the 69 sevens Messiah will be cut off. What does that mean? Well, that means he's gonna die. We know that. Amen Cameron. It's just, it's not the same. Anyone else can say it, but when Cameron says it, it's just different. It's just different. So after the 69, so think about this. This is how awesome this is. Counting that time to 483 years, what happens when they're on their knees or waving the palm branches, Hosanna, Hosanna to the son of David, glory to God in the highest, all that good talk. What he said in Genesis 49, as well as other passages speaking about him riding on this cult. Speaking of cult, let me read my. Riding on a cult, prophesied, spoken of, highlighted in Genesis 49. And then again, he's laying this out and no one has any idea what he's talking about just yet. But now we do. We look back and we see it. And so 483 years from that time, precisely he comes in riding on a cult. And then after that, after that, Messiah is cut off. After that Messiah is cut off. Again, we don't need anyone else to figure things out for God. God will say what I'm gonna do and precisely do it. Now there's something else that he says. Speaking of this, because remember what he says these 70 weeks are to do. The ultimate fulfillment of these 70 weeks is to do what? Make atonement for iniquity and bring in everlasting righteousness to put an end for sin. Now that all the end of sin has not happened yet, but it's brought about again in Jeremiah. Where at in Jeremiah? Jeremiah 31. Verse 31, behold days are coming to close the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah, with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant they broke, although I was the husband of them. This is the covenant which I will make for them. And what is he gonna do? I will put my law within them and on their heart. Remember he said I'm gonna circumcise their hearts. So that's gonna happen guys. He's gonna circumcise their hearts. The part of that does happen, does happen, but not fully. Remember what the 70 weeks have to accomplish, the last seven has not happened. I know there are those that say that all 70 weeks have occurred, but if you count all 70 weeks, well then what happened in the last 70? Other than nothing, what happened in the last 70? What happened in 40 AD? Nothing's regarding this prophecy. However, it's going to happen to put an end to sin specifically for Israel, but I want you to know something. By the way he says, they will not teach again each man his neighbor and each man his brother saying know the Lord for they will all know me from the least to the greatest. Declares the Lord and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will remember no more. That is going to happen. Now question, why are you in Jeremiah 31? Because I want to go to Jeremiah 32. The reason why I want to go to Jeremiah 32, the reason why I'm going to Jeremiah 32 is someone says I'm teaching incorrectly. Well then all you have to do is push play on your camera and then teach it better. But in the meantime, I'm literally back in what I'm saying with scripture and I understand folks have been taught certain ways and so they'll stick to that but then I ask you to bring the scriptures, it's going to fall apart. This is literally what he's determined to do. Now, the reason why I wanted to go to 31 just so I can segue into 32. Jeremiah 32 verse 39, what does he say? Piggybacking on this whole new covenant that he's going to make with them and putting his spirit in their hearts. He says, and I will give them one heart and one way they may fear me always for their good and for the good of their children after them. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them to do them good and I will put the fear of me in their hearts so they will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever turn away and I will never turn away from them. Now, Cory, okay, I'm cool with that. What does that have to do with what we're talking about? What's the step? I've got to die. I've got to pay this debt. I've got to take away sin, which is what we see in Leviticus. All those things have happened with a better high priest. That's Jesus making an intercession between man and God with a better scapegoat. That's Jesus with a better blood sacrifice with Jesus. All those are done. So now what has to happen? Who doesn't get to see the benefit of that? Well, in that day, no one who has died before. There's my grandson. Come here, come here. My grandson walked in here and asked, where's grandma? Say hi to everybody. I don't know where she is. Now kick rocks. You kick rock. Okay, go and close the door. I don't know where she is. Bye-bye, baby. Love you. Fine, bring Cory here too. Come here, Cory. All right, just bring him here. I'm on live right now. Go ahead and I'm here. Go ahead and I'm a little bad boy. This is cool. Now look, now you want to cry. Why? Look, look, look. They're seeing you cry. Don't go on it. Be a man, stop all this crying. No, I'm too. All right, bye. Kick rocks, dude. I have no privacy. That's all, ladies and gentlemen. Have no privacy. Bye, babies. Bye. So I have no idea where I left off at. I have no idea where I left off at and he's crying. Now he's crying because he's leaving. First he was crying because he wanted me to touch him. Now he's crying, he's leaving. But going back to this, we have the Lord needs to do a couple of things. This is why Jesus, his death, his burial, his resurrection, and his ascension all are important. The death does what? It's paying the debt. The burial, in other words, him going to the grave regarding and taking all of our sin, like the scapegoat, all of this is in play, the death, I mean, the scapegoat and the life, the scapegoat and the sacrificial offering are employed in his death and burial. His resurrection is what we, under this instance, God accepting this, the people with their humbled hearts, their afflicted souls, that is their repentant attitude. And so now we have salvation. But there's one left, there's one thing left. Remember the whole goal is to bring about reconciliation. So when Jesus ascends, two things he's gonna do, those very same people, you know, Abraham, Isaac, Jeremiah, even the people who we have seen come back, we've seen three people in the Bible who were in the grave who showed up after that. We saw Moses show up again, we saw Elijah show up again, and we also saw Samuel brought up again by Saul and the witch. After the death, burial, resurrection and the ascension, you know, we never see again, we never see anyone that has died to come back. Because he led a host captive, he led them up with him. And thereby being the first fruit of those who have fallen asleep. Jesus proceeds, he's resurrected, no one ascends before he ascends. And then, oh, by the way, for the rest of us, yeah, who's that are still sitting here waiting, what does he do? He gives us something. He gives us what we need, which is what he said he was going to do. So I'm gonna take care of the folks that were faithful in the past and take care of the folks that are faithful in the future. I will lead them up and I will leave something or someone behind for us. So the benefit of all of that, which is why Jesus makes a statement, tell us that it is finished. So to wrap this up, where was Jesus? He was in the grave. Now, what all was he doing on all those three days and all the, we're not told of everything that he was doing. We're not even told what everything that he said even with his proclamation to those spirits in prison. We have no idea. We don't know, we're not given that. Probably because we don't need to know that. But what we do know is everything he did was to fulfill one, all of the prophecy and two, to bring us as inheritance for himself. Remember, we were given us, us as a sheep. We were given to him by the Father. Not only were we given, he worked for us. Now, there is a such thing as works based salvation. It's just that Jesus did all the work. There's a such thing as works based salvation. He did all the work, not us. Your heart was changed in order that your faith. Now, somebody might fight as to whether regeneration precedes faith. Some might say regeneration does not precede faith. What I will tell you this is regeneration keeps faith. Without this regeneration, your faith is nothing. Regeneration keeps faith and brings about us a connection with the father and I'm sorry, with the son who was given us by the father. Amen. So where was he? He was doing his job. He was working on our behalf. That's the works base. If you wanna talk about works based salvation, talk about that one. He did all the work. You just sat back and enjoyed it. Now, here's a bit of a controversy. Here's a bit of a controversy in terms of who he died for. Who he died for. I wanna give three verses and this is where my good friend, Chaplain Pastor Trey, might be upset with me, but I gotta give it. First, Timothy 4-10. For it is for this we labor and strive because we have fixed our hope on the living God. By the way, Trinity Alert on the living God who is the savior of all men, especially, especially of believers, I don't have it, especially of believers. Notice the difference, the distinction. Melissa Pistone, especially of those that are believing. So he is the savior. In other words, does he save all? No, but he's the savior of them. He's the guy that's paying the bill for everybody. But why do some walk away with the debt still owed because they didn't take it. They didn't accept it. I don't need, I got it, Jesus. I'll pay my own debt. I'll pay my own way. Also, First Corinthians 5-14. Let me make some, make my Calvinist brothers unhappy. I love you though. First Corinthians 5, what does it say? 14, but those who are outside God judges. I'm sorry, I'm in the wrong spot. What am I supposed to be? Is it, wait a second. Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong one, wrong one. Oh, God, where is my, sorry. Let's go to First Timothy, First John. I don't know, I wrote the wrong thing down. First John 2. And he says, and he himself is the propitiation, this hallismus, which is the first, I mean the same word that's used speaking of the atonement in the Old Testament. So we talk about the propitiation and the atonement. If we use the Greek Septuagint, that same Greek word is used of the atonement then. And so for he himself is the propitiation or the hallismus for our sins and not ours only, us that are saved, but also for those of the whole world. So it might be, let me see, let me see. Let me see. No, it's not it, no. But thank you though for helping me. I've got it written down somewhere, so I won't waste time with that. But what is he doing? He's also stating to the people, you had a shot. Nobody gets to go before the Lord said I couldn't. I didn't have a shot. I couldn't, you didn't do anything for me. Yeah, I did. I went and literally paid the debt. You didn't afflict your souls, you didn't humble yourself, you didn't place faith in what I did. Instead you placed faith in what you did. Instead, like the Jews did, atonement was made for many of these Jews that Paul brings up in Romans 1911. Atonement was made and you decided, nevermind, my righteousness is in me, is in my flesh, is in what I'm doing. Okay, see how far your righteous deeds and acts, how far does that get you? Jesus says unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will in no way see the kingdom of heaven. And so this is what God is doing. This is why he died. This is why he was buried. This is why he was resurrected. And then ultimately, it's also why he ascended. Why? To make reconciliation full, complete, to wrap it all up. And in that way, he makes this one statement that I think we need to just take, that we just, just basket it. All of those that are his, that were given to him. I'm not gonna lose not one. Amen, amen.