 Okay, welcome back. We're just having a little bit of a chill relaxation conversation. Can you hear me? Okay. All right. Cool. I hope you had a good break. All right. So we've been discussing about the beauty of the Lord, the holiness in the beauty of the Lord. So how beautiful the Lord is the manifest expression of his holiness. His glory is the manifest expression of his holiness. And we saw quite extensively from Psalm 90 verse 16 and 17, from which perspective Moses is writing the Psalm saying, let the light of your face shine upon your people. Why? So when your face shines, he understood that there is life and the favor is there. And so, you know, let it reflect on us basically is what it is, isn't it? Kind of like moon, moon, you know, takes all that, you know, this absorbs the light and everything from the sun and it reflects on to us in the night, isn't it? Yeah. How many of y'all know Superman? Where does he get the strength from? Yeah. Have you seen the scene where he goes up and then he absorbs the sun? The sunlight, I should say. And then he gains strength and whatnot. So, okay. As we were. Okay. So, the next section talks about worship in the beauty of his holiness. This is where the, we get that line from, isn't it? From Psalm 29 verse 2. The very key scriptures that I would appreciate if we could just memorize these scriptures. It's not enough. It's okay that we know that, okay, the scripture says, you know, the Bible says, worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness. And I think this is one of the words that we have to remember. Psalm 29 verse 2, Psalm 96 verse 9, will worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Again, the Hebrew word used there is hadar. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Right. Magnificence, glory, honor, splendor, excellency, ornament, you know, lavish him. If there's anything that is, that we worship him from outside of holiness is not accepted or it's rejected. Isn't it? Because see, now that we understood that everything about God is holy and he, if holiness adorns his house, I think he's made one point very clear. I am holy. If you're going to approach me, you better approach me in holiness. If you're going to worship me, you know, worship me in holiness that is set apart. Only then it is acceptable to me. Isn't it? So true worship takes place in holiness. Okay. True worship takes place in holiness, in the beauty of his holiness. Is there any other scripture that you're reminded of immediately? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's there. I can see it. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming on. Come on. True worship. True worship. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. I'm like, I'm giving you that. I have to write on the board also. It's like, I'm giving you the clue. Okay. Oh, so those who worship him, so father is seeking? So, yeah, so you see, what is interesting there is that he is not is not just seeking true worship. He's seeking true worshipers because he knows that if he finds those who are true in their worship, that their worship will also be true. Okay. Those who are true are true worshipers. Right. Those who are true in worship, it's like a circle. Those who are true in their worship, their worship will be true. So, father is seeking true worshipers. Right. And then it says, so that's what the line here says, true worship takes place in holiness. And so, in other words, father is seeking holy people who know that they are set apart. Who will worship me in holiness? Suddenly, there's a different perspective, isn't it? About worship and true worship. Right. Because, no, again, on the topic or on the subject of worship itself, the next section says that worship, which is the adoration of his beauty. So, true worshipers, when they worship truly, what are they doing? They are adoring his beauty. Adoration is a beautiful word. Right. Adoring someone. Oh, come let us. Yeah. Adore him. Right. It's, when we sing that during Christmas time, okay, you know, we think of the shepherds and everyone around the, in our own Jesus, the baby, and then eventually the wise men coming and adoring him, lavishing him with their gifts. You know, it's, that's what, that's what true worship is, is just adoring him in his beauty, in his holiness. Our eyes are constantly fixed on him. That's what adoration is. It's just so simple. It's so beautiful if you understand, if you get, just get a glimpse of the word adoration in our worship. It's so simple. It's simply leaving out all the complexities of, you know, and just fixing our eyes on him. That's all is that, that is the secret to, what do I say? I don't want to say a successful life, but it's a secret to just living a holy life, I should say. Yeah, satisfied beyond satisfaction is living a life of beyond satisfaction is like you are fulfilled. Right. You feel fulfilled. It's like content, abundant. Yeah. Second Chronicles 20 verse 21. Do you, I'm sure you remember this chapter from, from praise and worship, where it talks about King Jehoshaphat. Right. That's the chapter. This way we get the second Chronicles 2021 says, and when he had consulted with people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord and who should praise the beauty of holiness. Wow. Praise the beauty of holiness. Psalm 27 was for such a well-known passage. One thing I have desire of the Lord, one thing that will I seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty, not to do anything, not to be busy with ministry, not to, this is David writing, this isn't it, not to be a king of Israel. You know, I want, I want to come to a place where I can find myself and I can find myself only in you and I want to be found in your house. I want to dwell where you dwell. Why? So that I can gaze upon your beauty for all the days of my life. And it starts off by saying one thing. You see how adoration is related to the one thing and how one thing is related to adoration is if, is when you're saying that Lord, I make you my one thing. Really? Truly? Are you making God your one thing? Your only thing? Or is it one of the things? One of the things I have desired. You see just an off can make it sound so different, right? One of the things that I desire that I may dwell in the house of the Lord. No, it's one thing. And God commands that, not demanding, but he commands it. What's the difference between commanding and demanding? What's the difference between someone commanding respect and demanding respect? So what is the difference when you just say someone commands respect? For example, let's say the way I look at it is, is a person who commands the respect. If they walked into the room, they don't have to say anything. We would stand up and honor the person, right? Because we acknowledge and recognize that, okay, that person commands the respect of their character, of their integrity, of their personality. Yes, they command respect. And then there are those who can demand respect, who are not, not good. Yeah. You know, hey, don't you know who I am? Is this how you do? You have to stand and talk to me when you're talking to me. Yeah. So why didn't you address me by Reverend PhD, Dr. Bishop, so and so. You get what I'm saying, right? Okay, so the God is, he's commanding here, right? He's saying, okay, I want you to know who I am. And because you know who I am, I want you to treat me, you know, with, you know, worship me and adore me and honor me with in holiness. Right? So worship is our adoration is our admiration being enthralled by his beauty and his beauty alone, which is his holiness. And I genuinely pray that we will, we will have eyes to see the wonderful connection between holiness of God and his beauty. Because his holiness is seen in his beauty. It's nothing like it. You know, and, and I love that song, you know, like, you're beautiful, as we say, you know, I see your face in every sunrise, creation, the colors of the morning are in your eyes. Some people might get offended, is like, what is the color of the morning in the eyes? And what do you mean by that? You know, sometimes we need to let songwriters be songwriters, artists be artists and not get too complicated about it, but then see how beautifully they reveal things to us, isn't it? And I know that your eyes are like flames of fire. I know that your head is white as wool. I know that your voice, it sounds like waters. Jesus, you're beautiful. So you see, it's, that's taken, everything is written over there is from Revelation chapter one, that his head is as white as wool. His eyes was like blazing fire. His feet was like bronze. And that somehow all of that is related to beauty, right? It's not like, oh, fire, let me run away. You see, the, this is what the kingdom life is all about, is, you understand what I'm saying, right? His eyes are like, you know, blazing fire. His head is white as wool. You know, and your voice sounds like many waters, like undering waters. And Jesus, you're beautiful, right? And so adoration and worship and worshiping him in the beauty of his holiness is awesome. That's all I can say. It takes us to a different realm, you know, or a place in God that you will begin to love it and you will want to stay there and he will love you. And then you realize Psalm 34 is happening. Those who look on him and their faces were radiant. Those who, they looked on him and their faces were radiant. That means the glory of his face was now reflecting on them and now even they are radiant. Are you all following? All right. So worship and also let's just one more key subject topic here is worship with reverence or revelry, reverence or revelry. Psalm 15 verse one and five, it says towards the end, verse one, who may dwell in your holy hill or who may stand in his holy place. This is question, right? We shall be satisfied with your goodness. Psalm 65 verse four, we shall be satisfied, satisfied with the goodness of your house, of your holy temple. Okay. So what does that entire verse say? Blessed is the man you choose and cause to approach you, that he may dwell in your courts, in your holy place, in your holy hill. We shall be satisfied with goodness of your house, of your holy temple. And so, you know, there is this place where we, you know, we've learned about the seven Hebrew words of praise, like maybe Shabakh and Barak and whatnot, Halal and Yadah and Todah, you know, we praise exuberantly, right? And all of that, you know, our different postures of praise, Tehila, you know, our different postures of praise and all of that, we have to keep in mind that we are doing it for him and to him. We are doing it out of reverence, right? We celebrate in reverence. We shout for joy in reverence because he's our king of all kings, right? Shout, it says, isn't it? For the king is in our midst, right? And not just to another, what do I say? We don't just do it out of reverence. Okay, let's have a party, let's enjoy, you know, good music and jump around where there is no reverence. Are you following? Okay. So, time and time again, in the scriptures that we just read, Psalm 15 verse 1 to 5, Psalm 24, you know, it talks about holy hill, holy place, holy temple, right? It talks about his dwelling place. One thing I have a desire of love that I may seek, that I may dwell, okay? And then we look at the section in Isaiah 57 verse 15. Isaiah 57 verse 15 says, for thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy. And he says, I will dwell in the high and holy place. Okay, stop. So, where is he dwelling? In the high and holy place, right? Like his throne room, whatever it is, you want to call it, heaven, third heaven, but he dwells in a high and holy place, right? It's a place that is set apart. Are you all with me? Right? This is throne room, his house is holy, is the holy hill, holy temple, holy place. That's where he dwells. Okay, that says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity. How do we explain that? He inhabits eternity. How do you define eternity? Anyway, that's for us to ponder about it. You can't say forever because, again, it's limited by time. We just don't understand. We kind of know what eternity means, but honestly, we don't completely understand it. So, that's why he dwells. And then what is interesting is what he says after the comma, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. So, it's saying this God, the high and lofty one who dwells in the holy place with him, he has a contrite and humble ones, broken. Yeah, brokenness. So, who? Huh? No, he's talking about others after the comma. So, with him, he dwells in the high and holy place. And then along with him, the ones who have a contrite and a broken heart dwell along with him. That's simply what it is. So, God dwells in the high and holy place, a place inaccessible and unreachable to ordinary people. And yet, God himself states that those who are of broken and humble spirit will dwell with him in the high and holy place. You know, we spoke about Moses in the last class, you know, how God spoke with him face to face and talk about that intimate relationship that they shared. And Numbers 12 begins by saying he's the most humble person. In Numbers 12, from verse 3, it says, now Moses was a very humble man, more humble man than anyone else on the face of the earth. It says here, Numbers 12 verse 3. And so, again, something about humility, genuine humility, not fake humility. Absolute brokenness, coming before him without any masks. It's something about that attracts him to us. James chapter 4 again emphasizes that, you know, he gives grace to the humble. He resists the proud. You can try coming to him, but he's like, no, he's resisting you. He's saying, stop, not anymore, no more further. But he gives grace to the humble. In Proverbs 6, I think, I forget which verse, but there's this long list of things that it says the Lord detests in Proverbs 6. And the first on the list is haughty eyes, or a prideful heart. That's what it is. Yeah, some Proverbs somewhere. Proverbs chapter 6, though. So living in brokenness and humility is key to dwelling in the high and holy place. In other words, now, you know, in Second Corinthians, it says, we are the temple of the Holy Ghost. Now, for the most part, we've used that scripture for individual purposes. Like say, okay, don't you know that you are the temple of the Holy Ghost? So live holy. Don't do unholy things with your body. But when Paul was writing, he's actually writing to a body of a local community in Corinthians. It's like, hey, you, don't you guys know that you are the temple of the Holy Ghost? And so in other words, what he is saying, what happens in the temple of the Lord? He dwells. God dwells. In other words, he's saying, because you are the temple of the Lord, host him well, right? Learn to host his presence, learn to host him well. And how do we learn to host him with a humble and a contrite heart? And he's attracted to that. And that's why, you know, what is prayer is a sign of dependency on him, right? In prayer, it's a sign of humility. It's like, you're just simply saying, by any prayer request, you're saying, Lord, I can't do this on my own. I need you. It's a sign of brokenness. It's a sign of dependency. And God loves that. Yes. So something about humility and brokenness that God absolutely loves. He's attracted to it, like, you know, this law of physics that he cannot ignore. It's like, what goes up must come down. It's like, okay, brokenness, I have to go. If I see a broken and a contrite heart, I have to go. That is why David is such a big deal in the context of worship, even after he did everything he did, right? Adultery, murder, lies. And then in Psalm 51, he says, cast me not away from your presence, O Lord, and take not your Holy Spirit from me, created me a clean and a contrite heart, right? Broken spirit. He will not despise. That means he will not ignore. He will come to you. Right? And I think this is something that we all need to strive for is in living a life of holiness and, you know, in living a life of humility and brokenness, we host him well. And it's something that I learned over the years is that Psalm 23 was five, I think. He says, he prepares a table for me. Right? He prepares a table. So what does that mean? Who prepares a table? The host prepares the table. Thank you. And who do you call host when you go to someone else's house? Isn't it? Right? So it's like I come to your house for dinner. You prepare the table. You're hosting me. So Psalm 23 says he prepares a table. So that means we all know that eventually he's going to host us in his house. We only have a limited amount of time for us to host him here on earth. And we want to do it well. Yep. We have 30, 40, 50 years. That's all. It seems like 50 years. 50 years is all we have to host him because for eternity, he's going to host us. Isn't that beautiful? And living life from the perspective that we have very limited time to live a holy life, you know, I'm saying a little life of brokenness and humility, you know, don't get too caught up living a life fulfilled with pride and, you know, and all the other things. We don't have time for that. Honestly, right? You don't have time. Are you all following? Yes? Is something making sense? Okay. All right. So humility, the key to dwelling with the Holy One. And then Psalm 110, going into the next section, talks about volunteers clothed with the beauty of holiness. Volunteers were clothed with the beauty of holiness. So who are these volunteers now? You guys. So Psalm 110 verse 1 to 3 says, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people shall be volunteers in the day of your power, in the beauty of holiness. From the womb of the morning, you have due of your youth. Okay. So what is this interesting Psalm? It's a very prophetic Psalm of the millennial reign of the Lord. Okay. It's a prophetic Psalm of God's millennial reign here on earth. Okay. Now we're not going to go deep into eschatology. Okay. In times in Revelation and Daniel. But it's being quoted by Jesus in Matthew 22, 44. And then you look, you can look at Acts chapter 2 or 35. And there's a lot of scriptures that's mentioned there. So what it's saying is, okay, so who do you call a volunteer? Who do you call a volunteer? Who willingly comes? Yeah. Who willingly comes to serve? Okay. There's one interesting thing. I forget which version of the Bible, but in Judges chapter 5, it says, in the NRSV version, if someone have like a Bible app that looks, you can go to the NRSV version. Judges chapter 5. I have to see the, just give me a second. I have to use my NRSV. Give me a second, guys. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. I love that version. Okay. So I'm going to read first the NKJV version and then we look at the NRSV version. Okay. And I just want to see the, just do a comparison. So Judges chapter 5 verse 2 says, when the leaders led in Israel, and when the people willingly offer themselves, bless the Lord. What is saying? Willingly offer themselves. In other words, okay. So that's the NRSV version, which is when the locks were long in Israel. What does that mean when the locks were long in Israel? So if you just study just a little bit further on just on that verse, it's talking about the Nazarites. The bulb is going off now, isn't it? Oh, yeah. Long hair, long locks. So it's just saying the Nazarites were so radical, like they just gave themselves because they were so passionate about God and so filled with zealous for him, for his holiness. That's why Nazarites were simply those who were radically set apart. Judges chapter 5 verse 2, right? I just love the NRSV version of that. It says, when the locks were long in Israel, and then in other translation, it says, when the leaders led in Israel, and they gave willingly. So they are volunteers who led in this radical holiness. And then now we see in the notes in the same scripture as in Psalm 110. Now the people shall be volunteers in the day of your power who willingly gave themselves to you in the beauty of holiness. That means when they gave themselves to the Lord, God wrapped them or wraps them in his holiness. Are you following what I'm saying? Okay, so this passage just tells us that what kind of volunteers we his people should be as we so simply as we willingly give ourselves, you know, we are clothed in the beauty of holiness. Okay, are you all with me? Okay, let's move on. Everyone who has this hope walks holy. Everyone who has this hope walks holy. What hope? Let's look at Titus chapter 2 verse 11 and 14. Are we all on the same page guys? Yes? Yeah, it's in the notes there by the way. So Titus chapter 2 verse 11 and 14 says, for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It's talking about Jesus. Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in the present age. Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. What is it? What is that in telling there? Verse 13, what is it? Looking for a blessed hope. What is that blessed hope? Jesus is returned. That's what it says, okay? So looking for the blessed hope. Now he said, okay, in verse 11 he's saying, for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. That means Jesus appeared to all men. It says that, okay? And then teaching us that denying ungodliness and all of that. Verse 13. And now all of that has happened. We are looking for the blessed hope. We are awaiting the Lord's return. Okay, so awaiting the Lord's return is written as the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people zealous for good works. 1 John chapter 3 verse 2 to 3. It says, Beloved, now we are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure. Okay, so we're talking about the return of the Lord here, his second coming. Do you believe that, no? So, okay, let's ask this, let me post a question. When we talk about the return of the Lord, the second coming, what does that make you think? Or how does it make you respond to that? So do you believe Jesus is coming back? Do you believe Jesus is coming back? Sure, no? Okay, 100%. Okay, okay. So what does that do to you? Does it cause you to live life a certain way? What are all the things that makes you think or do when you know that Jesus is coming back? What are some of the things? Sorry? We'll be with him. Okay, so when Jesus comes back, we'll be with him. That's what he thinks. Okay, be ready to go with him. Okay, pack, suitcase, everything ready. Okay, okay. So which, where in the scriptures does it say to be prepared? Look, Matthew where? Look 24, look 24, there's the ascension chapter. Ten versions. So which are Matthew 25? Matthew 25, I think, yeah. So Matthew chapter 25 where it talks about the parable of the Ten Virgins, right? It says, be prepared. In other words, telling us to live a life of holiness, okay, be prepared. Okay, have an intimate relationship with him. Don't live a hasty life. And so that's one of the things. The second thing is very missionally. It should cause a sense of urgency in us for us to spread the gospel, to fulfill the commission of the Lord, as it says in Matthew chapter 28, isn't it? But one of the components of his return is that we are expected to live a life of holiness, a righteous life until we see him face to face, as it says in 1 John chapter 3. Okay, so everyone who has this hope walks holy, right? I think in Hebrews chapter 12, now that we are surrounded with a great cloud of witness, run this race with perseverance, endurance, okay? Now that we have a great cloud of witness, run this race with endurance and perseverance until we finish that race, until we go home to be with him, right? We are called to let go of all ungodliness, let go of everything. So everyone who has this hope walks holy or lives a holy life, okay? And then finally, in that day, a reign of holiness. So in that day, what is that day? Let's look at it. Isaiah chapter 35 verse 8 to 10. Can someone read that please from the notes? Isaiah chapter 35 verse 8 to 10. Isaiah chapter 35 verse 8 to 10. A highway shall be there and a road, and it shall be called the highway of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any raven's beast go up on it. It shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow shall flee away. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Sorrow and sighing means it's like a deep sorrow and sigh, you know, he breathed. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Prince. So that's Isaiah. Again, he's prophesying about the millennial reign. Okay. And you learn more about this in eschatology. Just looking at it, from one perspective, let's look at another scripture, Zechariah chapter 14 verse 20 and 21, please. In that day holiness to the Lord shall be engraved on the bills of the horses. The pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the Lord of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day, there shall no longer be a cannight in the house of the Lord of hosts. Okay. Thank you. So again, he's prophesying about the millennial reign. It's just the emphasis on the holiness by both Isaiah and Zechariah is saying, okay, during the reign of the Lord, the roads will be marked with holiness that only the redeemed, you know, who will be marked with holiness will be allowed to pass through to enter Zion. You're following that the ungodly will not be permitted. It's like no visa. And then it goes on to say that every little thing in that reign will be marked with holiness, as Zechariah says, even the bells of horses. For me, it was like there's going to be horses, the millennial reign, you know, because it's so cool. But you see that everything, every little thing will be marked as holy to the Lord, holy unto the Lord, holiness to the Lord. That means set apart everything will be marked with holiness. Right. I was seeing a lecture very recently. It's one of those lecture I was listening to in my sleep and I don't even know where the lecture is or who was actually talking about it. It was about the study of eschatology and whatnot. So this is and it's very vague. So if they were having a discussion about why should there be a millennial reign and then the judgment, what's that about? So I was hearing this person say, I think that was just to show how it would have been, how life would have been if Adam had not fallen. And so if sin had not entered, how life would have been marked with holiness and set apart and absolute beauty. And so that's what that millennial reign is all about, is to show that what life on earth, that's what it says. And you have a new earth, what it would be like if sin without sin. And so that's simply there is no room for holiness and God takes that very seriously. Are you all with me? So that concludes this chapter 6. The beauty of the Lord is the holiness of God manifested or expressed or demonstrated. And by the end of this section where we've completed six chapters and I really hope that we've captured the seriousness that God puts on holiness. He is holy. He desires you to be holy. He has also given you the Holy Spirit. Okay, Prince. I don't know what theology that is or what doctrine that is. We'll get to that. Okay. Do you have any questions or any thoughts online or anybody here? Any other thoughts or any questions? Okay, then I guess you have understood it all. I want you to go back and go through this chapter again. I'm sure there will be a lot of content that you might have or would have missed or even if you have not missed it. I think it's always nice to revise this one of those chapters. That's really beautiful. Okay. All right, guys. Thank you all for joining. Thank you all for joining us online. Prabhu, Samuel, Nina, Ravali, Jatam, Chira, Antony, Shivkumar. Good to see you all. Thank you for joining and God bless you. Have a wonderful week and see you next week. 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