The Blood Applied

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don
Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today
with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. Well, it is a
lovely day and a lovely time to be with you.
We are four weeks away from Resurrection Sunday, and as

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you know, it's a glorious time of year. It's a
glorious time to celebrate the death and resurrection and ascension
of our Great Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So I
will be spending these four weeks talking about things that
have to do with that particular subject. Tonight, I am

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talking about the Blood applied, the blood applied. In the
Book of Exodus, Moses was instructed by the Lord to
build the Tabernacle, and there were three major parts too,
the Tabernacle, the outer court, the Inner Court, and the

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Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies could only be
entered by the high priest. And inside this particular space
was the Ark of the Covenant, and seated on top
of the Ark of the Covenant, that wooden box that
was gilded with gold set the Mercy Seat. And on

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the Mercy Seat were two cherubim facing each other. When
the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies on Yom Kipur,
day of Atonement once a year, he sprinkled the blood
of animals on the horns of the altar. The blood

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was a cleansing typifying the cleansing blood of Jesus from
all our sins. Today's message will focus on that same idea,
but written about in the Book of Hebrews, and it
gives us the understanding of the better covenant and the

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better promises through the blood. Yes, blood, but that blood
that was shed not by bulls and goats, but was
shed by the precious blood of Jesus. Now Peter the Apostle,
in writing in First Peter, he says to the church

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chapter one, verse eighteen and nineteen. He says, knowing that
you are not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or
gold from your aimless conduct, received by tradition from your father's,
but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb,

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without blemish and without spot. So we know that Jesus
redeemed us, not with silver, not with gold, not with
anything other than his precious blood, the precious blood of

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Jesus as of a lamb without spot or blemish. For
Jesus was the sinless one, the holy One, the just one. Amen.
So if you will get your bibles, and if you'd
like to follow, I'm going to be reading a lot

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of scripture this evening, and I'm going to be starting
in Hebrews, the Book of Hebrews. I'm reading completely out
of the new King James version this evening, and we're
starting with chapter eight. I'll be reading chapter eight, chapter nine,
and chapter ten, verses one through twenty two. And the

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point of Hebrews is to now bring to your focus
that that which occurred in the Old Testament now has
been made new in the New Testament, but under a
different covenant, the covenant made with the precious blood of Jesus.

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So we'll just start here chapter eight of Hebrews. Verse one. Now,
this is the main point of the things we're saying.
We have such a high priest who is seated at
the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens. Now,
I'll just stop there for a second. It was only

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the high priest, as I mentioned, that could go in
and atone for the sins of the the nation of Israel.
Once a year. Jesus is now our high priest, and
he is a high priest who right now is seated
at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in

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Heaven Verse two, a minister of the sanctuary and of
the true Tabernacle, which the Lord erected and not man,
referring to the fact that Moses, being a man just
like you and I, Moses had the artisans erect the tabernacle,

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but this tabernacle now the Lord has erected the true Tabernacle.
Now that true Tabernacle is you and I. We have
the Holy Ghost living inside of us. In other words,
he tabernacles with us inside of us. So we now

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become Jesus was the true true Tabernacle. Now we are
the Tabernacle of God because we are carrying the Holy Ghost.
We are carrying the high priest Amen. So that minister

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of the sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle, which the
Lord erected and not man. For every high priest is
appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is
necessary that this one capitalized one referring to Jesus, also
have something to offer. For if he, Jesus, were on earth,

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he would not be a priest, since there are priests
who offer the gifts according to the law, who serve
the copy and shadow of heavenly things. As Moses was
divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle.
For he said, the Lord speaking to Moses, said, see

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that you make all things according to the pattern shown
you on the mountain. But now he, Jesus, has obtained
a more excellent ministry inasmuch as he is also mediator
of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

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For if that first covenant had been faultless. Referring to
what covenant he's talking about, the writer's talking about the
first covenant, that Mosaic Covenant. For if that Mosaic covenant
had been faultless, without fault, then no place would have
been sought. For a second, we wouldn't need another covernment

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covenant if that one could have washed away all our
sins and made us righteous. But the law, that covenant,
that Mosaic covenant, could not do that Verse eight, because

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because finding fault with them, he the Lord says, Behold,
the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will
make a new covenant with the House of Israel and
with the House of Judah, not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the day when

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I took them by the hand to lead them out
of the land of Egypt. Because they did not continue
in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with
the House of Israel. After those days, says the Lord,

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I will put my law in their mind, and I
will write them on their hearts, and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. None of
them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying,
know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the

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least of them to the greatest of them. For I
will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins, and
their lawless deeds. I will remember no more in that,
he says, a new covenant. He has made the first obsolete.

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Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old, is ready
to vanish away. Then Chapter nine. Then, indeed, even the
first Covenant had ordinances of divine service, and the earthly
sanctuary for a tabernacle was prepared, the first part in

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which was the lamp stand the table and the show bread,
which is called the sanction, which is called the Sanctuary,
and what was called the Inner court, and behind the
second veil the part of the tabernacle, which is called
the holiest of all, which had the golden censer and

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the Ark of the Covenant overlaid on all sides with gold,
in which were the golden pot that had the Manna
Aaron's rod that butted, and the tablets of the Covenant.
And above it were the Cherubim of Glory overshadowing the
mercy seat of these things. Of these things we cannot

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now speak in detail. So back in the days of Moses,
in that Holy of holies sat the Ark of the Covenant,
and in it was Manna Aaron's rod that budded, and
the Ten Commandments, or as it's referred to here as

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Tablets of the Covenant verse six. Now, when these things
had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the
first part of the tabernacle performing the services. But into
the second part the high priest went alone, once a year,

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not without blood, which he offered for himself and for
the people's sins committed in ignorance the Holy Spirit. Indicating
this that the way into the holiest of all was
not yet made manifest, while the first Tabernacle was still standing.

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So in other words, it was it was like a
replica of what was to come in the future. It
was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts
and sacrifices are offered, which cannot make him who performed
the service perfect in regard to the conscience, concerned only

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with foods and drinks and various washings and fleshly ordinances
imposed until the time of reformation. So I'll stop there
for just a second. You know, they went through all
of this what I call regamarole. They went through all
these traditions, They went through all these little ceremonial kinds

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of things. But those things that they did, albeit ordered
by the Lord, requested that they do by the Lord,
they could not purge their conscience. It was a you know,
it was just a it was just a temporary system

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Verse eleven. But Christ came as high priest of the
good things to come with the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is not of this creation.

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So Jesus represents, he represents everything about the arc. He's
you know that arc has a lid, and that lid
has those cherub thems sitting on it, and that lid
is called the mercy seat. Jesus is the mercy seat.

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He represents everything inside that arc of the Covenant, that
gilded gold box. He was the bread of life that
came down from heaven that we call Manna. He in

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his supernatural being, made Aaron's rod bud, and he wrote
those commandments the Covenant, the laws that the people were

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to follow. But those laws, just remember, it is important
to remember it. The laws could not They could not
make us clean. They no one could keep the law.
In fact, the law wasn't The law was only designed

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to show that we had sin That's the whole purpose
of the law. Whole purpose of those commandments were to
show us that we were sinful and that we needed
a savior. Because there was no way in our flesh
that we were able to keep those laws. It was
impossible and there wasn't any way made for us to

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be able to keep those laws until Christ comes and
sheds his blood. So the law served one purpose to
show us that we were sinful, we had a sinful nature,
and that we needed a savior. So I'll read verse

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eleven again. But Christ came as high priest of the
good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is not of this creation,
not with the blood of goats and calves, but with
his own blood. He entered the most holy place once

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for all, having obtained eternal redemption. So Christ actually entered
a so to speak, most holy place with his blood.
It was his blood was applied to that mercy seed
in heaven. And because of that he provided us and

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obtained for us eternal redemption from our sins. Hallelujah, Glory
to God. Verse thirteen. For if the blood bulls and goats,
and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies

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for the puring purifying of the flesh, how much more
shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit,
offered himself without spot, without a blemish, to God, cleanse
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

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And for this reason he is the mediator of the
New Covenant by means of death, for the redemption of
the transgressions under the First Covenant, that those who are
called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance. The Old
Covenant had no way of providing remission of sin that

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would lead to eternal inheritance, because it just wasn't designed
that way. And the High Priest then went into the
Holy of Holies once a year to atone for everyone's sin.

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And what the writer's saying here in verse thirteen and fourteen,
if blood and bulls, if the blood of bulls and
goats and ashes are sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies the purifying
of the flesh. How much more think about that? If
back then the blood of these animals could purify the flesh,

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and the you know, they sprinkled blood on everything in
that tabernacle, all of the you know, the lamps stand
that everything got sprinkled with blood to purify it. The
blood purified it. But how much more the blood of Christ,

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who offers himself to God, cleans our conscience from dead
works to serve the living God. Because back under the
Old Covenant, nothing could clench your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God. Fifteen. And for this reason,
he is the mediator of the New Covenant by means

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of death. It was his death. If Jesus had never
died and shed his blood, there would be we wouldn't
be talking about any of this. There wouldn't be salvation.
There wouldn't have been remission of sin. It took the
shedding of his blood because he was holy, He was sinless,

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without spot, without blemish, for the redemption of the transgressions
or sins under the First Covenant, that those who are
called may receive the promise of eternal life, eternal inheritance.
That's what you and I gain with the death of
Christ when we believed in him Verse sixteen. For where

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there is a testament, there must also, of necessity be
the death of the testator. For a testament is in
force after men are dead, since it has no power
at all while the testator tongue twister. Here testator lives. Therefore,
not even the First Covenant was dedicated without blood. Oh no,

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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people,
according to the law, listen to this, he took the
blood of calves and goats with water, scarlet, wool, and hissip,
and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying,
this is the blood of the Covenant, which God has

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commanded you then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the
tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according
to the law, almost all things are purified with blood.
With and without shedding of blood, there is no remission. Therefore,

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verse twenty three, it was necessary that the copies of
these things in the heavens should be purified with these.
But the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands,

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which are copies of the true. No, he went into
heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God.
For us not that he should offer himself often, over
and over once a year day of atonement yam kapor No,

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as the high priest enters the most holy place every
year with the blood of another. He then would have
had to suffer often since the foundation of the world.
In other words, Jesus would have had to die over
and over and over and over again. But now once,

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at the end of the ages, he has appeared to
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as
it is appointed for men to die once. But after
this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear

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the sins of many to those who eagerly wait for him.
He will appear a second time apart from sin for salvation.
Hallelujah for the law having a shadow of the good
things to come. And that's you know, that's that was

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another part of why the law was given. It was
a shadow of good things to come, and not the
very image of the things. Can never with these same
sacrifices which they offer continually, year by year, make those
who approach perfect. Now, the law could not make people perfect,

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for then they would not have ceased to be offered,
for then would they not have ceased to be offered.
For the worshippers, once purified, would have no more consciousness
of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder
of sins every year. For it is not possible that

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the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Therefore,
when he Jesus came into the world, he said, sacrifice
an offering you did not desire, but a body you
have prepared for me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for
sin you had no pleasure. Then I said, behold, I

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have come. In the volume of the book, it is
written of me speaking. He's speaking of himself. Jesus is
speaking of himself. To do your will, he's speaking to
his father. It was written in the book, in the
volume of the book, it was written of me Christ,
to do your will, O God, previously saying, sacrifice an offering,

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burnt offerings and offerings for sin. You did not desire,
nor did you have pleasure in them which are offered
according to the law. And then he said, Jesus said, behold,
I have come to do your will, Oh God. He
takes away the first that he may establish the second.

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In other words, Jesus took away the first covenant so
that he could establish this new covenant. By that we
will have been sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. So we have been

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made holy. We have been set apart for the things
of God through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once and for all. Jesus didn't have to go
into it some holiest holy place and keep offering himself

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as sacrifice. It was done once, and it was done
through his body and the shedding of his blood. That
we have been sanctified, set of part, made holy, made righteous.
That's amazing. Now I'm not going to go any further

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because there's no way I can I can finish this,
but we'll take this up next week. We'll start with
verse eleven, chapter ten, Verse eleven of Hebrews and finished
through twenty two. But let me just say in closing
that that precious blood, as Peter talks about, that was

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shed for us. That blood, you know, it was so holy,
it was so pure. There's no there's nothing comparable. You

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can't compare the blood of Jesus to the blood of
bulls and goats. But when that blood of Jesus was applied, Wow,
every every everything changed. Amen, everything changed. Hallelujah. We give
glory to God. And we'll get into that more next week.

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forward to being with you again next week. This is
Don Nobles saying Shaloam, Shaloam, Peace be unto you