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We are looking at chapter 8 where we are looking at Jesus as the Sinless Lamb and to understand how he is the Sinless Lamb we are looking at some of the Old Testament sacrifices that talk to us or show us how Jesus grows the Sinless Lamb because the Old Testament has a lot of details about sacrifices that the God had ordained for the people of this tribe and by looking and studying these sacrifices we will understand how Jesus became the Sinless Lamb who took on the sins of the poor boy and made the poor sufficient perfect sacrifice and the first sacrifice that was instituted by God we see here is the Passover sacrifice and in that we see that God tells them to make a sacrifice of a Lamb that is a main Lamb here without a blemish spot for any sickness or disease or any physical disability and hence we see that Jesus is also called the Passover Lamb because he was pure holy without blemish which means that he was Sinless and he could take on the sins of the poor boy and hence he made the poor sufficient and perfect sacrifice. Now we look at a few more sacrifices in the Old Testament and we will look at those sacrifices when you will see how Jesus fulfilled those sacrifices and hence we don't have to look for sacrifices and how he could fill it by being the Sinless Lamb of God. The second sacrifice we will look at is the Lamb that was sacrificed in the morning and evening sacrifice. We read this in Exodus chapter 29 verses 28 to 42 so I request one of you to read that piece. With 16 of us I need to read good if more of you could turn in your Bibles and read so that there will be a good class participation okay so can one of you please read Exodus chapter 29 verses 38 to 42. Exodus chapter 29 verses 38 to 42 now this is what you shall offer on the altar two lamps of the first year day by day continually one lamp you shall offer in the morning and the other you shall offer at twilight with the one lamp you shall be one tenth of an effer of flour mixed with one fourth of a hint of pressed oil and one fourth of a hint of wine as a drink offering and the other lamp you shall offer at twilight and you shall offer it the grain offering and the drink offering as in the morning for a sweet aroma and offering made by the fire of the door fire of the Lord this shall be continually born offering throughout your generation at the door of the tabernacle of the meeting before the Lord where I will meet you to speak with you thank you so you know we see the details that God gives the description for the morning and evening sacrifice so there had to be a morning sacrifice the evening sacrifice that had to be done daily and had to be continued throughout the generations okay so in both the morning and evening sacrifices baby was offered a lamp that was a burnt offering and this this lamp was sacrificed completely it was burnt at the altar in addition to the sacrifice of the lamp we see that this morning and evening a sacrifice also consists of a grain and a drink offering which is known as a meal offering m e a l it's also called a meal offering and these this meal offering which comprise of grain and drink offering did not contain or the products that did not contain any blood okay so the primary importance of this burnt offering was that it could atone for the sins of the Israelites okay so that God could when the sins were atoned you know God would come could come and who God who is holy who is pure who cannot stand sin would come and relate to the people of Israel who come in their midst and we understand that we are simple we are holy sin the law of sin reigns in our mortal bodies and hence we can't relate to God and these sacrifices both the morning and evening kind of atone which means kind of covered our sins and notes that it was just something that covered their sins but could not take away their sins totally and hence both the morning and evening sacrifices had to be made it had to be made daily and God said through the generations okay so we see that the animal sacrificed the lamb that was made as a burnt offering was basically to cover for the sins so the death that animal took our place took the represented the the Israelite race okay it was it took their place and it took on itself their sins and dying in their face and I think we'll say this uh and the word offering also speaks of a complete consecration because the entire animal being uh had to be sacrificed and was consumed by fire uh it basically resembles uh you know that there had to be complete concentration uh of the people of God uh so that we God would relate to them what would speak to them so basically the entire sacrifice of the entire lamb being sacrificed the entire lamb being consumed by fire is basically uh the teaching or spoke of complete consecration now the meal offering uh basically consisted of the first foods that people gave the first produce of their labor therefore the meal offering dissembles or the spoke of uh consecrating one's whole life and substance to God everything that they owned you know their very life and everything that they have the blessing of the work of their hands everything was consecrated to God so this is the meaning of this morning and we will sacrifice the burnt offering a spoke of complete consecration because the entire sacrifice was consumed by fire and the meal offering that was uh the the first foods of the produce of their land or their labor basically spoke of consecrating one's life uh uh giving them everything they're all everything that they had to belong to uh God so the daily sacrifice the morning and evening daily sacrifice spoke of daily atoning for the sins of for the people and also it spoke of daily consecration daily consecrating themselves submitting themselves uh in obedience in alignment to will to the plan in the purpose of keeping office laws and uh commandments now we see that Jesus who is the sinless Lamb of God did not need to offer up daily sacrifices okay why didn't he have to offer up uh daily sacrifices as being the sinless Lamb of God uh we will look at what Hebrews chapter seven was 26 and 27 says uh get one theory in Hebrews chapter seven was 26 and 27 please for as such a high priest was fitting for us who is holy harmless undefiled separate from sinners and has become higher than the heavens what does not need daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifices first for their own sin and then for the people's for this he did once for all when he offered up himself thank you so here we see that uh you know the high priest here uh refers to as Jesus who is a great interceding uh high priest and mediator uh so we see that uh you know he was holy he was undefiled uh he was sinless he was separate from the entire human race in that that he was sinless and we see that because he was without language or sport or uh and that he was sinless he did not need to offer up uh daily sacrifices it says here in verse 27 who does not need daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifices first for their own sins then for the people's so we see in the uh in the Old Testament uh the priest on the day of atonement we already looked at it in Hebrews chapter we saw that if the priest had to uh take two lamb or two goats one uh uh lamb that we had to you know sacrifice it and then uh uh you know he would take it to the Holy of Holies and sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat of the of the uh in the Ark of the Covenant and we see that before he the priest goes into the Holy of Holies we had to cleanse himself by washing his clothes and he also had to offer a ram as a sacrifice for his whole sins before he went into the Holy of Holies because he himself is sinful he himself is committed a lot of sins so he had to atone for his own sins and then atone for the sins of the entire Israelite race and the second lamb we saw that in was a scapegoat in which they placed the priest who places his hands on that boat and he would let it off into the wilderness where he could uh die so this was the very sacrifice that was done and we see that Jesus did not have to do this uh daily sacrifices why uh because it says here uh you know and you know that had to offer up uh sacrifice for himself because he was sinless and so he did not have to offer up any sins for his own self uh but you know he did it or he made a full sufficient sacrifice for once for all okay and as I mentioned uh a few minutes earlier that uh every sacrifice that was made even if it was the early atonement sacrifice or it was the Passover pieces that updated or it wasn't any sacrifice they didn't have made for their own sins or for their own cleansing we see that it was just an atonement it was a cover up for their sins just covered their sins uh you know uh for a temporary period for a short time okay and that is why they must require the morning and evening sacrifices because you know they would sin through all the days of the evening sacrifices they might sin through all the evening the night so the morning sacrifice okay but when we see that Jesus did not have to make this morning and evening sacrifice because the one sacrifice that he made of his very life on the cross uh you know or made was the full sufficient perfect sacrifice that God required once for all for the sins of the entire human race past present and future and in the peace of God in the tone totally once for all forever the sins of the entire human race and hence uh there was no need for Jesus himself to and we need uh sacrifice okay so if somebody read Hebrews chapter 10 verses 11 and 12 please Hebrews 10 11 and 12 and everything gone okay one of you can read Hebrews 10 11 and 12 and every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifice which can never take away sins but this man after he had offered one sacrifice for his sin forever sat down at the right hand of God thank you so here we see that the priest even though they offer the morning and sacrifice they would never take away the sins that are doing for the sins of uh of mankind but we see this man and the capital M there refers to Jesus Christ that he offered up for one sacrifice for sins forever and sat down with the right hand of God that means he made a full sufficient perfect sacrifice okay and why did he not have to do daily sacrifices is because Jesus was holy like we read he was harmless undefiled and separate from sinners and also we see that you know Jesus was one with the Father okay we looked at the earlier chapters that he was in the prison of the father which means talks about his perfect oneness his intimacy his unity uh in his relationship with the father and we see that he was Jesus was fully surrendered and his life was totally consecrated uh and he was sinless lamb uh and hence uh by offering up of himself as a sacrifice he bought and went to the daily sacrifice why because that he was the he was a sinless uh lamb and also his life was totally and fully consecrated remember I said that the daily offerings of morning and evening sacrifices it spoke of the symbol um you know the atonement for such the sins and also of uh consecration of one's whole life and everything that they can yes for you have your hand question okay any questions anyone else so we saw how Jesus is the Passover lamb and how you know uh because he made the full sufficient perfect sacrifice he would not have to make the morning and evening sacrifices uh daily uh but generations to come as God had instituted uh in the sacrificial system for new instruments and we will look at Jesus as the suffering lamb uh Isaiah chapter 53 was a seven to ten in one of you do that piece Isaiah chapter 53 was seven to ten and as someone else can open up to first Peter chapter 2 verses 21 to 24 Isaiah chapter 53 verses 7 to 10 he was oppressed he was affiliated he was opened he opened not his mouth he was led as a lamb to be to the slaughter as a sheep before his share in his silent so he opened not his mouth he was taken from prison and from judgment and who will declare his generation for he was cut off from the land of the living for the transgression of my people he was stricken and they made his grave with the wicked but with the rich at his death because he had done no violence nor was any deceit in his mouth yet yet it pleased the Lord to abuse him he was put him to grief when you may when you make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his day and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand thank you can someone else can read first Peter chapter 2 verse 21 to 24 you don't have the Bible so when you want me to put it up on the screen first Peter chapter 2 verse 21 to 24 for to this you were caught because Christ also suffered for us living us an example that if you follow his step who committed no sin nor was the seed found in it he was revived did not revive in return when he suffered he did not threaten him but committed himself to him who judged righteousness who himself bore our sin in his own body on the tree that we haven't died to sins might live for righteousness by whose tribe you are healed thank you so here we see that scripture talks about you know the suffering now and who is referred to in uh who's spoken about in Isaiah chapter 53 who is the he mentioned here he was oppressed he was afflicted he opened up his mouth he was led as a lamp to slaughter so who is that he mentioned in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 7 to 10 and Jesus yes thank you Jesus and so we see that Jesus was like the lamp okay led to the slaughter uh taking on the sins of the entire human race okay so we see the scripture talks about Christ as a suffering lamb and it mentions that he was oppressed he was afflicted uh when he was revived that means when he was criticized when he was uh when they said very unpleasant things and through strongly uh strong words and and said unpleasant things towards him he did not retaliate in return he did not criticize them in return he did not say unpleasant things in return and he also describes how Christ willingly and passively bore the finality for our sins we see that he was stricken that means he was beaten he was abused for the sins of the people and it was the will of God he was the will of God that Jesus be bruised okay if you note the purpose of this suffering here was you make his soul and offering for sin which is mentioned here in uh yeah he make his uh when he was 10 or by Isaiah chapter 53 it says yeah he's the Lord to bruise him and he was and he was put and he has put him to sleep when you make his soul and offering for sin okay so the word offering in uh he bruised a sham which means a trespass offering that means a sin offering okay or a guilt offering the word trespass means uh here means guilt and it denotes being guilty or of violating the rights of others uh whether it is God or man so we see that Christ became as a suffering lamb of God so that he could make his life as an offering for the sins as a trespass offering as a guilt offering and we need about this trespass offering or this guilt offering in leviticus chapter five took the whole of chapter five versus 40 almost till chapter six versus seven we also need about it in numbers chapter five versus seven and eight and in this specific trespass offering which is called also as the guilt offering we see that the person who has violated a right or who has infringed on the rights of others and violated the rights of others or whether it is God or man they have to make a sacrifice to God so they have to come to the temple they have to make a sacrifice to God and they also had to pay back the person whose rights they had infringed upon or violated they had to give back exactly what the losses that has occurred and apart from that they had to you know make a payment of one-fifth of the total you know loss that was occurred so they have to make a sacrifice to God and it was not just a restitution or sacrifice to atone for their sins or cover up for their sins with God but they had to go back to the person that they had sinned against and they had to give back exactly what they have taken and they also had to pay back one-fifth of the total expenditure or the loss that had occurred so basically they pay back 120 percent of what you know the rights they had infringed or violated of others so we find that you know Jesus Christ became the suffering lamb so that his life could be an offering for the you know as a for the huge that the huge offering for you know the the the the laws that we have violated the way we have violated the laws for the way that we have violated his commandments the way that we have fought against him and many things and also the way that we have infringed or violated others' rights as well so Jesus Christ became the trespass offering for that guilt offering again so we see that the trespass offering not only you know involved in the atonement for the sin but also social restitution for the wrong that I think made okay so Christ became our trespass offering and how did he became our the guilt offering in our place he made restitution for us by paying for the debts for our sins to a wild holy god to whom we have you know violated all of his commands his laws his standards and his forgiveness and so we see that Christ Jesus provided the required compensation that needed to satisfy God so that we can be reconciled back to so through the trespass offering that Jesus made or the guilt offering that he's made we see that he made he gave his very life away so he made restitution for us by paying for debt for our sin to a holy god who had been violated and so this compensation that was required by God to satisfy only the sins of mankind but also to restore back the relationship to reconcile man back to God and hence Jesus the sinless Lamb of God made that perfect sacrifice that was required for the compensation needed by God to satisfy this holy god whom we had guilty before and whom we had violated okay if you look at Hebrews chapter 13 verse 11 and 12 okay one few things that is Hebrews chapter 13 verse 11 and 12 Hebrews chapter 13 verse 11 and 12 for the bodies of those animals whose body is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin are born outside the camp therefore Jesus also that he might sanctify the people with his own blood so far outside the cage remain thank you so we say that in this in this verses we read that the Christ support outside the the outside the city he was suffered he was crucified on the first outside city and that is related to the bodies of those animals that were born outside the sanctuary we see that you know in both cases he sacrificed if you read the animal was sacrificed the blood was you know spilled on the altar or sprinkled on the altar once in a year it was sprinkled on the mercy seat of the half of the coming but we see that you know the skill of the animals they perform so the they know the other inside and everything was drawn outside the city and sometimes even the animal was even burnt outside the city which is the leftover parts but also some parts of the animal was burnt white because once the animal was the sins was placed upon the animal the animal was sinful it was unholy it was now without blemish or it was it was stained and hence it was considered as unholy and so it was burnt outside the city because it was unholy and so we see that the Jesus the sinner as an animal called was holy but for our sins he took on sins he became the sinner in our place and hence you know since he took on the sins of the whole world mankind the sins of the whole mankind was placed on him just like the lamb that was without blemish and the sins of the Israelite race was put on that the lamb became you know sinful sinful and it was born outside the city and hence we see that Jesus himself was spotless without any sin he was holy but when he took on the sins of the entire human race he was sacrificed he was seen as someone the testable in the eyes of the Jews the high priests the Jewish leaders they did not like him they hated him and we see that you know also in the other sense that he was the testable because he now became unholy he was carried on the sins of the whole world and like the scapegoat who was let off sorry into the wilderness he took on the sins of the whole world and died in our place and hence he took our place of you know in our sins and he became someone totally the testable okay so we see that he suffered outside the gate just like the animals that were sinful now they were born outside the sanitary okay so in study Christ as a sinless lamb we see how the sacrifices in the Old Testament very clearly spoke and specifically it spoke about various aspects of Christ as the lamb of God and so we see the animal sacrifices in the Old Testament where kind of pointers or spoke about the sinless lamb of God that could come and we make the most efficient perfect sacrifice again so it's important for us to know that throughout the Old Testament God was actually foreshadowing the coming of Christ so Christ the sacrifices where the foreshadowing order a type of you know the what was going to happen in the future the Christ coming and him making the sacrifice so it was in the Old Testament God was foreshadowing the coming of Christ in many different ways and one of them was through the institution of the sacrifices that were made in the temple both the morning and evening sacrifice the Passover sacrifice the sacrifice of the day of the tournament and also the sacrifice for the priests who made it for him and for those who claim individually for their trespass offering also and work as their sin so we see that Jesus you know God used all of these sacrifices as a foreshadow of what was coming of what Christ would fulfill in his work when he came to be or that he died on the cross again so any questions thus far I hope you're able to hear me clearly and understand clearly is my audio clear or still unclear ma'am your audio understanding everything okay anyone else has any any questions so far I hope the rest of you are in you know it's logged in but I hope you're in class listening because I hardly hear any of the voices or no questions as well if you're going to make the class more interactive and engaging rather than just hearing my voice which kind of becomes kind of boring with the two hour class listening to the same person's voice and I also would like to listen to some of your voices some of your questions or doubts okay before we end class there are no questions so we can look at the lamb that is mentioned in Revelation okay in Revelation chapter 5 or 6 Revelation chapter 14 and 17 now we're going to look at the Lamb of God in the book of Revelation and of course this is kind of a little deviating from you know our whole lesson plan or the curriculum because we're talking about Christ his personal work in regard to this incarnation and so we saw the sinless Lamb of God in regard to his incarnation as well but here when we're looking at you know Jesus as the Lamb of God in the book of Revelation it's not dealing with the subject of Christ as the incarnate son of God because here we see that he's already you know ascended back into heaven see through the right hand of God but just for us to have a better understanding of Christ as the Lamb of God we will look at his work also as a Lamb of God as mentioned in Revelation okay the 29, 28 references of Jesus as the Lamb of God in the book of Revelation we're just going to look at a couple of them here in these chapters okay so it would be good for us to read it so those of us who are struggling to find the references I'll just put this up on the screen so that we can read okay can one of you read Revelation chapter 5 was 11 to 13 please it's on the screen there Revelation 5 11 to 13 then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne the living creatures and the elders and the number of there was 10,000 times 10,000 and thousands of thousands same with a loud voice wordy is the Lamb who was lame to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing and every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them I heard saying blessing and honor and glory and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever thank you see the story someone else can read Revelation 6 15 and 17 it's on the screen revelations chapter 6 verses 15 and 17 and the kings of the earth the great men the rich men the commanders the mighty men every slave every free men hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountain and said to the mountains and rocks fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the work of the lamb for the great day of his work has come who is able to stand thank you revelation chapter 14 verses 1 9 and 10 it's also on your screen revelations chapter 14 verses 1 then I looked and behold a lamb standing on Mount Zion and with him 100 140,000 and 40000 having his father's name written on their forehead 9 then a third angel followed him saying with a loud voice if anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand he himself shall also drink of the wine of the worth of God which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indigation he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb thank you so the last scripture passage is Revelation chapter 17 verses 12 to 14 in one clearly practice Revelation chapter 17 verses 12 to 14 Revelation 17 chapter 14 the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdoms as yet but they receive authority for one hour as kings eat the beast these are of one mind and they will give their power and authority to the beast this will make war with the lamb and the lamb will overcome them for he is lord of lords and king of kings and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful thank you both of you for leading your scripture passages so here we see that the apocalyptic view of the lamb when what's the meaning of the word apocalyptic apocalyptic basically means describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the word so when we look at Jesus as the apocalyptic view of the lamb or we look at the apocalyptic view of the lamb we see that Jesus here in his fast is no longer pictured as someone who's submissive passive and as somebody who's you know there to suffer for the sins of the world or he's not seen or pictured as a passive submissive and suffering or sacrifice okay instead or you know recognize he is or seen as one who was you know as a triumphant victorious and overcoming conqueror again being as the apocalyptic view of the lamb we see Jesus presented or we see his picture as one who's triumphant who is victorious and who is the overcoming conqueror or not as somebody who is the passive submissive and suffering or sacrifice not as and we also recognize him as the one who was seen okay so it's interesting to note that the figure of the lamb is used in a Jewish apocalyptic literature basically you know we see this in the books of perpetual books of Joel and Zachariah and a few passages in Isaiah from chapters 24 to 27 and chapter 33 we also look at it in the book of Daniel and other apocalyptic Jewish apocalyptic literature like the secrets of Enoch and you know the apocalypse of Esra and John and so all of these are not part of the of course Joel and Zachariah and Daniel are there in the Bible but the other non canonical books are not included in the Bible but they have certain apocalyptic literature and also talk about you know the view Jesus as the lamb or the apocalyptic way okay so we see that you know he's seen in the Jewish apocalyptic literature of Jesus is seen as someone or the one who is going to bring about change we see that he's someone he's looked at someone who becomes and delivers the people of God okay so this is what is seen or pictured by the Jewish apocalyptic writers and it is in this same context that the lamb of revelation or the lamb of God in revelation is viewed okay it's also interesting to note that the Greek term used for lamb here in the book of revelation is not the same that is used in John chapter 1 verse 29 which we looked at in the beginning of this class where Jesus says we see the lamb of God it takes away the sins of the world okay so the lamb in revelation is seen as the one who has conquered everything who is victorious triumphant the lamb who is the king of kings and the lord of lords as against what we read in Isaiah where he was suffering lamb God he was revived but he did not we were criticized back he suffered quite possibly and he was that sacrificed that was made but when we look at him apocalyptic Jewish literature and we look at it look at him in in the book of revelation we see him as the king of kings a lord of lords somebody who is the triumphant of victorious and who has conquered everything so that's just mentioning who Jesus presently is now and he will come back as the triumphant king the king of kings as a lord of lords and right now also we see before the throne of God we see the lamb that was slain just reminding God the Father not that he needs to be reminded of but just a reminder for us that you know it's we are not receiving the lot of God like the Old Testament people who suffered immediately for the sins that they have done it's because of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross and we are in that grace period but we'll come a time in the tribulation period and after that when you know there would be no longer this grace period then the sacrifice would be levered Jesus himself over being a judge and he would judge us for our sins and that time there's only the judgment that we receive okay have it all okay so that is the end of this chapter anyone has any questions yeah I will I will I will tell you about the test the first assessment in the middle bit if you don't have any questions then I'll just tell you about the test no questions for today's class chapter 8 and chapter 9 okay then if you don't have any questions I'll tell you about the first assessment that is today I'll release a paper along with the e-learning for the e-learning program that will be around five o'clock and since some of you requested three days I'll give you time to first take me three five o'clock so by Thursday evening five o'clock I will request all of you to send in your papers or you know to post back your papers and the first question is you know it's a long question we will have these two three paragraphs please don't copy exactly from the notes or don't copy from any other website or from anyone else because even though I check the answers of more than a few people I can know who's copy from whom it's happening in the past so kindly don't do that don't take it out right from the website or from your notes which is basically like to understand or know what you have understood or from what we have studied so that is question one question two and question three is basically a one liner or maximum two liner answers and then you will have again three questions which is multiple choice so for the multiple choice please read carefully and then we can take your answers okay those of you who would like to submit it in today you can do so you can model you can do so it's it's an open book which means you don't have to you know you can just go and kind of find where these answers are and then you can just write the answers but I would request all of you to please you know this is theology it's very important for our basis for our understanding and also for us to teach others the right doctrine and that was Paul's main concern if you look at Paul's all of his writings it was basically because of the false doctrines of false teaching that was there so there is a lot of that and people do not understand they have not known the full depth of the revelation of God through his incarnation through the personal work of Christ so please read so that you can preach this you can teach this and it's important for you to know so please take time I know we all run busy schedules but as it's so important for me to prepare as well and come and teach it's also important for all students to read even though it's not an exam where we all sit and remember it's an invituator but I request you to be honest enough to you know read through and then try to answer without even looking at your notes that would be good okay that's about the test any questions yes if you don't understand any question you could be a unique answer about your answers after you have written it will be simply through us and I will explain okay if there are no questions for today's class and regarding the test with any class here okay thank you all for joining class and I all the best for your test and see me for our next class soon I have a good day again thank you