 Okay, the recording has started, so we're going to go forward with our lecture. I'm just going to go ahead and share the PDF that we were looking at. All right, so we just spoke about Abraham's blessings that in Christ we receive what God has promised Abraham. There have been times when I've heard people, you know, they say, how can you say that, you know, Abraham's blessings are on you, and that we have Abraham's blessings, and I, you know, actually it's pretty simple, because Paul states it right here in Galatians 3-29, he says, if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, that means he's saying you are the seed that's being referenced here in Galatians 3-16, and then you inherit the promise, your heirs according to the promise, or it means you just inherited the promise. So it's the promise is yours. So Galatians 3-29, you know, very explicitly tells us that the blessings of the blessings God spoke to Abraham are available to us as well. So let's go forward, and what else do we see that's available to us in Christ, and we have seen this before, but I just bring our attention to it, is that there is grace, enabling grace that is in Christ, Jesus in Christ. So Paul is telling Timothy, you therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. So he's telling Timothy to be strong in the grace that is in Christ. That means, you know, strengthen yourself in the grace that's available to you in Jesus Christ. That means it's the grace of God on us that strengthens us, empowers us, enables us. So the grace of God does a lot of things, God's favor, God's grace on our lives. It gives us what we do not deserve, and the grace of God also empowers us or enables us to be strong, so we can be strong by the grace that is in Jesus Christ. So how do we tap into that? You know, whenever you feel, you know, you need to be strengthened. You say, God, I pray He'll give me grace. I pray that the grace that's in Jesus, empower me for this situation. God, I thank you for grace on my life as I do this assignment, as I do this work, as I carry out this task. Lord, I thank you for grace that enables me, right? Because that grace is in Christ Jesus already there for you and me, and we can be strengthened by that grace, and we can be empowered by that grace. So we need to tap into it. So we just say, God, I thank you that your grace enables me, that your grace empowers me in this assignment, in this task, and whatever I have to do. We tap in to the grace that is ours. A few more things here. Is that in Christ we have the promise of resurrection, right? First Corinthians 15, 22, as in Adam all die, even so in Christ. So he's talking about what is available to us in Christ. In Christ all will be made alive. So obviously he's talking about physical resurrection. First Corinthians 15, that whole chapter, or the latter part of that chapter, is all about physical resurrection from the dead. So he's saying, in Christ all will be made alive. And we see this in another place also in 1 Thessalonians 416. Paul writes, he says, the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. The dead in Christ will rise first. So we have the promise of resurrection, that we will be raised physically, because we are in Christ. And the last two things that we want to talk about is, we will reign with him. That means this is a promise we have. In Jesus returns, and he establishes his kingdom on the earth. We refer to it as the Millennial Kingdom. We read about it in Revelation 24, and we also see Daniel chapter 7. In the Millennial Kingdom, we who are in Christ, all the saints, all the saints, the Old Testament saints, and us, we will reign with Jesus here on earth. So this is a promise that we have, that in that kingdom for a thousand years, we will reign with Jesus here on earth. And we will help administer his kingdom here on earth, his literal kingdom. So we read about that in Revelation 20. We'll study more about that at the end times and so on in a separate course in the second year when we talk about the end times. We will get into that. So conclusion. We have seen all these things that are, that we have in Christ. What must we do? Paul writes in Philemon 1.6, he says that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgement of every good thing which is in you, in Christ Jesus. So I just want to emphasize this part, the acknowledgement of every good thing which is in you. You know what must we do? We must acknowledge every good thing which is in us. Acknowledge it. Acknowledgements to recognize as a fact, to affirm as truth. See your knowledge. The good things that are in you because you are in Christ Jesus. Your acknowledgement. You say, God, I thank you. Christ is made unto me wisdom. I thank you. I am in Christ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I thank you. Then I can, I'm strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. I thank you that I've received your abundant grace and your gift of righteousness and I reign in life through Christ. So you acknowledge every good thing which is in you, in Christ Jesus. Acknowledge the good things. Now that's what we do when we come to the sharing of our faith. So we do this for each other also. So that the fellowship of our faith, so when we fellowship with other people and we share our faith with other people, how can our fellowship become effective? How can it become effective? We must acknowledge every good thing which is in us in Christ. So you know, if you are just talking to another believer and maybe they're going through a difficult time or some struggles, whatever, then what must we do? We must acknowledge the good things that are in them in Christ Jesus. So we say, look, I know there's grace available for you and you can be strengthened by grace. I know that you are complete in Christ and the fullness of God's available for you. I know that you are an overcomer and God will cause you to triumph. What are we doing? We are acknowledging the good things that are in them in Christ and so the sharing of our faith will become really effective. That's when it's going to be true effective fellowship and we acknowledge the good things that are in us, in each other, in Christ Jesus. So when you pray for that person, you pray, recognizing, calling forth, acknowledging, affirming the good things that are in them because they are in Christ Jesus and then they will really feel refreshed. They will really feel that fellowship in the faith was very productive, was very effective. Why? Because you chose to acknowledge the good things that are in them because they are in Christ. Rather than calling out their weaknesses and failures, call out what God can do in them and through them because they are in Christ. The same thing, you do that for yourself. You do that when you share faith with other believers. So that brings us to the end of this particular chapter and we're going to get into the next one which is that we are one body in Christ. Let me pause here before we start this section and to see if there are any thoughts or any questions from anybody. Any questions? Everything's fine? Okay, there we go ahead. Pastor, thank you. In the last verse that we went through, is it only in the context of sharing faith with other believers or is it also in the context of unbelievers? Yeah, the context there is other believers because really if you look at the background of the letter, Paul is writing this letter to Philemon. I mean, if you just quickly understand the story, what happened was Paul was in Rome and he was in under house arrest in Rome and I hear a friend called Philemon who was actually in I think in Colosse, the place called Colosse, I think if I'm not mistaken. So now Philemon had a servant, a young man who was serving in his house. His name was Onesimus and Onesimus perhaps did something wrong and maybe he stole some money or whatever and he ran away and he escaped from Philemon's house and he escapes all the way to Rome and you know it's just amazing how God works. I mean he ends up in Rome and he gets in touch with the Apostle Paul and when Paul meets him, Paul ministers to him, leads him to the Lord and you know like just spiritually restores him and then he sends Onesimus back to Philemon along with this letter which is the short epistle of Philemon which we just read. Now basically in that epistle he's telling Philemon, Philemon I want you to receive Onesimus back but as a brother and acknowledge the good things that are in him. Now the sharing of your faith may become effective but the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you, in Christ Jesus, that's the context. He's saying you know look at Onesimus now as a brother because now he's in Christ and call out the good things that are in him so really the context is you know two people sharing their faith together in Christ. Yeah Thank you. Thank you. All right so that brought us to the end of chapter 10 which was about you know the blessings the all the things that are available to us in Christ. So now we're going to shift to another section. An intersection what we want to emphasize is that because we are all in Christ we're all in Christ. We are part of one body Christ as one body and we are all part of that one body in Christ and so you know we just want to touch upon some aspects of being one body in Christ and you know living out of that understanding that we are all one body in Christ so that's what we will do in this section. Let me go ahead share the PDF all right so we are one body in Christ so let's could somebody read these two verses for us Galatians 328 and Colossians 311 please. Galatians chapter 3 27 to 28 for as many of you as a baptized into Christ have put on Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek there is neither slave nor free there is neither male nor female for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Colossians chapter 3 verse 11 there is neither Greek nor Jew circumcised nor uncircumcised nor variant sapient slave nor free but Christ is all and in all. Amen thank you so the apostle Paul is bringing our attention to something he says look we're all baptized into Christ that means we're all immersed into Jesus and we have put on Christ so that means you know we all you know if you know I just imagine if all of us had to wear you know the same kind of clothing he said okay then outwardly you know we'll all look the same we all all of us wore you know blue shirts or something yeah all these people they all look the same they're all wearing blue you know but here he's saying look we're all baptized into Christ and we're all wearing the same thing we're all we have all put on Christ so all of us look like that and then he says there is neither Jew nor Greek this has to do with our race you know no Jew nor Greek neither slave nor free this this has to do with our social position or status there's neither male nor female that has to do with our gender says you're all one in Christ Jesus all one in Christ so he says in Christ we are all one all one in the sense we're all equal we are all the same we're all baptized into Christ right so spiritually regardless of our physical social you know those those natural identities that we have regardless all that is left it's kept aside and in Christ we are all one we are co-equal we are equally loved by God we're equally blessed by God we are all one in Christ and you know he depicts that there in collosions 311 we say it's the same thing and there's no Jew or Greek or we're all it's it's all about Christ they're all about Christ so our being in Christ it's made us one with their own also is in Christ and that this is so beautiful because you know when we meet people who believers who come from different backgrounds whether you know whether it's racial whether it's social whatever they're different backgrounds we can still you know we can see each other as one you know and we can relate to each other of course we all are different in the natural naturally we have our differences but in Christ we are together we are one and therefore we can you know respect each other we can treat each other with honor we can treat each other equally and we can you know walk together we can float together because we're all one in Christ and there's an interesting thing here in second Corinthians 5 16 Paul says therefore from now on we regard no one according to the flash interesting statement he makes he says you know from now on we are not looking at the outward outward outward or external factors you know when we are relating to each other he says we regard no one according to the flesh according to the natural you know why because when we are in Christ we're all new creation we're all new creation and we are one in Christ our focus is on Christ and who we are in Christ and this is what God's plan is also you know what God planned Ephesians 1 verse 10 God planned that he will gather together in one all things so everyone in Christ you know he wanted us wanted to gather all of us those of us who are in heaven those of us who are on earth his plan is look I'm going to gather everybody together in Christ whether you're Gentiles we all partake of his promise in Christ right so we all share in the same promise that's available to us in Christ so that's something to keep in mind and something for us to practice that when we meet just anybody who is in Christ you know we are equal treat each other equal love them respect them honor them bless them because we're all one in Christ in him and that's the way God sees us and that's the way we must look at each other in Christ now being part of God's body means that we're also God's dwelling place it's a place where God dwells right could somebody read this for us Colossians 1 Colossians 2 21 22 I know it splits over two pages but if he is sorry Ephesians 2 21 22 please Ephesians chapter 2 verses 21 in whom the whole building being fitted together grows into a holy temple in the Lord verses 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in spirit thank you notice in both both these verses you have in whom in whom so he's talking about something that has to do with being in Christ he also mentions in the Lord once again in the Lord in the spirit so it all has to do with us being in Christ he says in Christ the whole building so he's in his mind he's having this picture for building and he's saying he's saying in Christ it's like God is raising up this building and he's putting us all together and this building really is a holy temple a holy temple so in Christ we're all part of one body and we're all being assembled built into a building which is really a holy temple in the Lord and and this holy temple God is building together to dwell for a dwelling place of God this is for a dwelling place of God in the spirit or by the spirit so what's Paul telling us he's saying you know all of us were in Christ God has put us all together and we are being built up into a holy temple where God himself is going to dwell by his spirit obviously this is a spiritual thing it's not like a physical temple that God is building but it's a spiritual temple that God is building and God himself is going to dwell in that so here's the second thing we must understand we are in Christ that means we are all together our dwelling place of God now you can think about this locally you can think about this globally locally means in your in your city or town or wherever you dwell you are you are part of the body of Christ who right there along with other believers who are living in that area and spiritually all of us believers in that particular area we make up the dwelling place of God over there so like that you know all of us are in different places in the world and we are part of the body of believers in our respective towns or cities and they are collectively in the spirit we are the dwelling place of God and of course this is true even globally that we are all together like living stones you know we are built into a spiritual house or the same picture of a house or a building and and we offer up spiritual sacrifices to God so keep that in mind that because you are in Christ you are part of you are part of this holy temple you are part of this holy temple if you want to you can envision that as you are one of those bricks in that building we are all those you know individual bricks in that building and that's being built into this spiritual house or this dwelling place of God this holy temple now what are the implications of that first of all each one of us must do our part to keep the temple holy so God dwells in his temple and his temple is holy it's got to be kept clean it's got to be kept consecrated separate from sin separate from evil and wickedness so uh you know Paul writes he says do you not know that you are the temple of God and the spirit of God dwells in you if anyone defiles the temple of God God will destroy him for the temple of God is holy which temple you are so it's like you are the temple of God and God's dwelling in you so he's writing to the believers at Corinth and he's telling them you are the temple of God and God is dwelling in you and the temple of God is holy and you are that temple so we should be careful that none of us defile the temple right say okay now I'm gonna personally I'm going to walk holy because I want to keep the temple of God holy and I'm part of that temple I'm one of those bricks and if I defile myself it's the whole temple that's going to be defiled because one of the bricks in the temple is defiled right so what I'm going to do I'm going to keep myself holy so that the temple of God can be kept holy so each one of us do our part to keep the temple holy secondly we understand that you know we are God's dwelling place we have a God dwells and we establish God's presence in our community can somebody read Psalm 130 to 13 to 18 it's it's a beautiful passage you can somebody read that for us please but the Lord has told him Zion he has desired it for his dwelling place this is my resting place forever here I will dwell for I have desired it I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfy her poo her with bread I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy there I will make the horn of David grow I will prepare a lamp for my anointed his enemies I will clothe with shame but upon himself his crown shall flourish amen thank you so the Lord has chosen Zion now Zion is a very interesting term in the old testament it actually you know Zion was actually is actually a mount or a mount not a mountain but a small hill so a mount called Mount Zion just outside Jerusalem Mount Zion so David when he king David when during his time he kind of included Mount Zion as part of his capital and so you know eventually it became part of Jerusalem and eventually Zion was a name that was more associated in scripture as you progress in scripture the word Zion then becomes associated associated with the people of God so when it refers to Zion which was actually the name of a mount as you progress past you know kings and so on and chronicles and you come into the prophets Zion that is used to refer to the people of God and then when you come into the New Testament when you go into Hebrews chapter 12 and I think it's like around verse 26 28 on that the word Zion is referred to the people of God in the New Testament so the word Zion is important so the Old Testament Zion refers is is a parallel to the New Testament church right you see that in Hebrews 12 anyway so what I want to point out is so God says the Lord has chosen Zion so God is like choosing here I want I want to live there he has decided for his dwelling place his dwelling place so God is saying I want to dwell there so really he says I want to dwell among my people because remember Zion refers to the people of God God does I want to dwell among there among my people he says this is my resting place and I want to come and I want to settle down here my resting place here I will dwell because I have decided so God desires to dwell among his people and sure enough when you come into the New Testament as we've read the scriptures and the New Testament believers are being built up into God's dwelling place by his spirit so God dwells and God wants to dwell among his people he says here I will dwell I have decided and what does he do when God dwells among his people what does he do this is what he does I will he says I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfy her poor with bread so God saying look I'm gonna I'm gonna take care of all their needs I'm gonna live with them and I will take care of all their needs then he says I will clothe her priests with salvation so I'll give them salvation that word salvation simply means you know everything healing deliverance victory safety protection so that's all included in that word salvation and the clothe her priests with salvation that is I will bless all the people there with salvation her saints will shout a lot for joy why because they're all going to experience salvation they're gonna just be full of joy this is there I will make the horn of David grow the horn of David the horn simply represents strength it represents dominion or leadership so I will cause the horn of David I will cause his influence his strength his dominion to increase to grow he says I will prepare a lamp for my anointed that means I'll give them a light lamp is symbolic of light guidance understanding revelation everything a light does I'll give a lamp for my anointed his enemies I will clothe with shame that means I'll give him victory over his enemies but upon himself his crown will flourish when he's going to extend his rule dominion what I want you to notice is when God says I will dwell here then where he dwells he does all these things he says I will I will I will I will I will I will I will that means I will do these things for the people among whom I dwell it's like we're not trying to convince God he says hey I've come to dwell with you and I'll take care of all these things just leave it to me you know so it's an amazing thing that in the New Testament we are God's dwelling place we are established his presence and among whom he dwells he does all these things he takes care of all our needs he covers us with salvation gives us joy he increases our strength our influence our dominion he gives us light revelation guidance and he gives us victory we're enemies and he causes us to flourish God does this so think about it as one body in Christ as God's people and in in your local church community so you can apply this to your local church in your local church community you are God's dwelling place there and you can expect God to do these things God you are dwelling in our midst you're dwelling amongst us by your spirit and we want you to do these things God you said you will do these and we invite you to do these things and God himself offered to do it in I will he said so we just invite him to do these things and one more implication of us being the dwelling place of God I think a great example is to is symbolized here in for Samuel five one to four could somebody read for Samuel five one to four for us please when the then the Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashton when the Philistines took the Ark of God they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon and when the people of Ashton arose early in the morning there was Dagon fallen on its face to the earth before the Ark of the Lord so they took Dagon and set it in its place again and when they arose early the next morning there was Dagon falling on its bones to the ground before the Ark of the Lord the head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold only Dagon's torso was left just think about that so the Ark of God the Ark of God in the Old Testament was a physical box it was a wooden box it was covered with gold and inside the Ark were the tablets of stone the Ten Commandments and Averns roared and so it was kept inside and the Ark this box on top of it was the mercy seat this was a symbol of God's presence for the people right and here the enemies the Philistines they took the Ark they captured it and of course they recognized that this was a piece of furniture that was religious or you know a spiritual in nature and so they took the Ark of God and they brought it to the temple of Dagon the God they worshipped so they took this Ark of God put it in the house of Dagon and when they came the next morning Dagon was fallen on its face they picked up the statue of Dagon put it back came back the next day the statue was fallen and this time it was broken head and the palms of Dagon was broken so it's very interesting right you've got a symbol of God's presence and that the presence of God is the powers of darkness fall it's just a very symbolic message but a very powerful message now here in the New Testament we don't have physical objects like the Ark of God but the church the body we are the dwelling place of God and that's what we're talking about and when we establish God's presence when we are hosting God's presence and we become the temple where God is dwelling what can we expect we can expect demonic strongholds in our city to be destabilized to be shaken to fall because we are the dwelling place of God by his spirit and so this is a powerful symbolic image of what happens when the presence of God is hosted somewhere by his people okay another important part of us being one body in Christ is that we as believers when we come together to partake of the communion the Lord's table we are actually proclaiming something very powerful right so let's read these three verses could somebody do that please first Corinthians 10 16 and 17 and 21 could somebody read that for us first Corinthians 10 16 to 17 and verse 21 the cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the the bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ for we though many are one bread and one body for we all partake of that one bread you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the temple of demons so Paul is teaching the believers giving them understanding about and the Lord's table right the communion of the Lord's table so he says you know when we drink the cup it's actually communion in the blood of Christ that means we are fellow shipping we are heart-taking or we are receiving the blessing of the blood of Christ that's what he calls it the cup of blessing so when you drink that cup and the grape juice that represents the blood when you drink the cup you are drinking blessing it's called the cup of blessing and what blessing are you drinking it's the blessing that comes through the blood of Christ because that cup says you are communion you're having fellowship you are partaking of the blessing of the blood of Christ similarly the bread is communion fellowship or partnership or partaking in the body of Christ that means you know whatever Jesus made available through his sacrifice of his body we are receiving as we eat the bread you're saying I'm receiving it I'm partaking I'm I'm fellow shipping I'm receiving of what Christ made available to me through the sufferings he endured in his body but not only that so you know every individual believer eats the bread and drinks the cup and they're saying I'm receiving the blessing that comes to the blood of Christ and to the body of Christ individually receiving it personally receiving it which is wonderful but there is more he says we though many are one bread and one body who we all partake of that one bread so he says now not only is it each individual believer having communion the blood and the body of Christ but it's also all of us becoming one bread and one body that means we are all all in fellowship with each other we are blessing each other we become one bread one body because we're all eating of that same but we're all receiving from that and so therefore it's also showing that we are in fellowship or we are in relationship with one another we are like one bread we are like one body right so the Lord stable the communion is a powerful expression of us being one body in Christ we are like one loaf of bread you know we we're all part of that it's an expression of our fellowship with one another and therefore in the light of all that in I've skipped a few verses and what should we want he says you know you can't you know you can't fellowship with God and demons basically you can't you know have one feet with God and one one foot there with the devil you can't do that right we have to be a hundred percent committed in one place which is we're committed to the Lord's table that means we're committed to receiving from the body and the blood of Christ and we recognize that we are one bread and one body with each other okay so the next time you and I partake of the communion keep this in mind I am receiving the blessing that comes through the blood and through the body of Christ but at the same time I'm declaring that I'm one with everybody else who's eating this bread and drinking this cup I'm saying I'm one with them we are together we are part of the same body and we all are eating of the same table the Lord's tables and their spiritual unity that we share okay so this is part of being in Christ in Christ means we are in the body of Christ and as part of his body we said we are we belong to the one body we are God's dwelling place and we are one bread one cup we are together in Christ okay and yeah I was thinking you know should be okay let's let me show any questions all right yeah let's take some questions I'm looking at Robert's question I was wondering where the Ark of the Covenant got lost there's a record about a New Testament and so I used to touch those letters and then what happened Palestinians okay so to answer the questions you know we don't know what happened to the Ark of the Covenant so and so right there in 1 Samuel chapter five six and seven when you read those chapters at that time at that time what happened to the Philistines Philistines was you know they they eventually had a lot of trouble having the Ark of the Covenant there and so they just tried to they tried they eventually tried to send it back to Israel the people the Jewish people and they received it back that's you read about that in 1 Samuel 5 6 7 but we don't know what happened the Ark of the Covenant because what happened later on is after King Solomon King Solomon built this beautiful temple in which the Ark of the Covenant was kept then came the Assyrians people of the north of Israel they came and they attacked northern part of Israel and subsequently Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon he came from Iraq he attacked Jerusalem and he destroyed the temple he destroyed everything and he took a lot of the utensils things that were part of the temple back with him to Babylon so that was you know the first destruction of so the temple Solomon's temple the temple of Solomon built which took place you know which happened during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon so it's you know it's quite possible things may have been destroyed at that time the temple was completely destroyed and then you know the temple was rebuilt during the time of Ezra the scribe so they after the Babylonian captivity 70 years they came back and they rebuilt the temple and so it's referred to as Solomon's second temple the second temple was rebuilt but that and King Herod that is during Jesus time King Herod renovated the temple and then but that temple was again destroyed in 8070 by the Roman emperor right so and so you know and then thereafter a mosque was built in the place of the temple and that's what we have standing today in Jerusalem on the temple mount you have the al-Aqsa mosque and you have the dome of the rock both which are which belong to Muslims so on that same place where there used to be Solomon's temple and today stands a mosque in a dome so to answer your question we don't know what happened it's probably been destroyed you know possibly during Nebuchadnezzar's invasion okay there your question yeah pastor it's regarding Viskurinthian stand one to four where it talks about the same spiritual food and same spiritual drink that yeah the Israelites part of it so I just wanted to know what is the spiritual food and drink mentioned there and is it related to the one bread and the one cup mentioned in these verses that we were discussing okay okay yeah so in Viskurinthians 10 Paul brings the attention of the people to what happened to Israel as they came out of the promised land right and so basically this some summation or the summary of those verses says hey we can learn from their example and we shouldn't make the same mistakes that they made which kept them out of the promised land that's the early part of Viskurinthians 10 and while he mentions that then he talks about the fact that they had spiritual food and they had spiritual drink the spiritual food of course refers to the manna which God sent them the reason he calls it spiritual food is because it came from God right it wasn't something they made but God gave them spiritual food and they drank the spiritual drink but what Paul brings out is that Christ was with them because he says that rock was Christ they all ate the same spiritual food and they all drank the same spiritual drink out of that that rock and that spiritual rock and that rock was Christ so he's saying Jesus was with them and that rock was a type of Christ and now is it the same thing as the the body in the blood of Christ or let's put it like this what is the similarity so it is not the same thing in the sense that was manna and that was water and here we are talking about bread and juice which represent Jesus there it was manna and water which quenched their physical needs right so now what is this so it is so in that sense it is different but in what are the similarities the similarities are just as they were all made one through that whole experience like he says they were all baptized in the cloud in moses so it made them one as as one people of God and they ate and they drank the spiritual meal provision that God gave so also here we all made one in Christ we eat the same bread and we drink the same cup and we are made one in Christ so that would be the similarity right that through this whole experience they were baptized in the cloud they ate and drank together and they were all baptized into moses meaning they they were identified in their leader it was moses here we're all made one and we identified in christ but the the elements are different you know one was manna and water here it is bread and juice which are symbolic of the sacrificial death of Christ himself right so in that sense they are different okay okay thank you thank you for sure yeah so um so uh next year next next semester we'll talk about in our course on hermeneutics which is interpreting scripture we'll talk about types and shadows so here's one example of a type uh meaning there is something in the Old Testament which the New Testament points back to and says that has spiritual meaning for us but the danger with the type is you only have to stay with what the New Testament is telling about the Old Testament and we shouldn't add to meaning to it so in this passage the type that's being pointed to is the rock that rock was Christ right so what is the type that's being pointed to that rock another type that's being pointed to is they were all baptized in the cloud into moses so baptism okay that's another type right uh but uh beyond this we shouldn't read meaning into that passage okay i i just realized time is up and before you could answer the question okay uh yeah we will continue we will discuss this uh next semester okay let's close in prayer please somebody could just pray and uh we will dismiss i'm sorry i've already gone over time can somebody quickly pray and dismiss us please please go ahead uh call ins father in heaven we thank you for today and we thank you for this wonderful space we are in lord it's different times in wherever we are early here in randa it is still it's almost seven thirty and i think that side is almost eleven something so lord we do pray we thank you for everything for the lecture for the pastor and for my colleagues who are online father father we do know that this is for the good and for the better and for the best of our own souls as we are trying to experience our standing in christ so lord please bless everybody bless the past bless the pastor's family our families all of us as we we we wait to see him send us the assets and other things praying the name of the father of the first body says thank you call us thank you everybody uh sorry it took your time um have a quick break and join our class thank you god bless and see you again thank you