Speaker 1hallelujah praise the lord are you prepared for god's word hallelujah left up your hands thank you father you are everything to us thank you for the love you've loved us and how you've cherished us we receive your word by the fellowship of the spirit and when we are transformed take over blessed holy spirit have full control and what comes with glory and beauty and power and we are never the same in jesus name the son of god amen can i please be seated hallelujah for the sake of time i just want to move straight to the word of god continuation of from where we began yesterday understanding hebrews chapter 6 so by the grace of god we got to verse 18 verse 18 now let me start reading from verse 17 wherein god willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for god to lie we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to the kingdom of god and to the kingdom of god and to the kingdom of god who lay hold upon the hope set before us hallelujah praise god so yesterday we began with hebrews chapter 6 from verse 1 and we by the grace of god laid the foundations understood what apostle meant by writing to the hebrews and what he meant by the elementary principles of christ what he meant by saying it's it's impossible for those who are once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and the good word of god and were made partakers of the holy ghost to renew them again to repentance saying they crucified to themselves the son of god are fresh and put him to an open ship we understand all those dynamics praise god and we spoke about two strong foundations god gave us to give us strong encouragement god give us a promise we are the heirs of promise you see he gave us his promise we said his counsels are hidden but his when those counsels are exposed they are his promises and i i say that the bible says we are the heirs of promise heirs of promise and his promises in the present time and in the future the hope set before us the hope of our salvation the hope of eternal life he has put all of these things on two immutable things all the promises of god are founded on two immutable things his promise and his oath because god promised sometimes we think his promise is not enough but for god to help us He confirmed his promise by an oath, or he interposed the promise with an oath by swearing. And because God had sworn by, not by anything, but by himself, he swore by his life, by his throne, by his Godhead, by his existence. He's saying that if the things he has said concerning you does not come to pass, he will stop being God. He will cease to be God. He prefers to lose his throne and to lose his existence than not to fulfill the hope set before us, which is the hope of you making it to heaven and the hope of your eternal salvation. The hope set before us are all contingents established upon God's truth. God has loved us and he has helped us. So all of this verse I spoke yesterday was to give us strong encouragement. The word consolation is encouragement. God wants us to not just be encouraged, but a strong encouragement concerning all that he has said concerning our future, especially our eternal future. So we shouldn't be, we shouldn't be, we need to be assured and secured concerning our salvation. I spoke about salvation being our helmet. When you're not secured, when you're not secured about your salvation, you wouldn't live life with joy. Yeah, actually insecure people. Unsecured people live in sin. When you are full of assurance, that means you are certain of the Father's love, you have gone ahead of you. Our salvation is secured by God's promise and God's oath. Can you imagine? Your salvation is secured by God's oath. God has sworn by himself that for you to miss the hope, you would have to cease to exist. So this is to give us strong encouragement. So you should have strong encouragement concerning your future, concerning your heaven-going, your eternity. Strong consolation. You're going to heaven and the New Jerusalem and the New England, all of these things are based on God's oath. Hallelujah, because we are the heirs of eternal life, and we are the heirs of the kingdom. Hallelujah. All right, so I'd like to continue today, tonight. I want to continue from the same verse. That by two inimitable things in which it was impossible for God to die, we might have strong encouragement of consolation. Who has laid for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before us. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Now the latter part of this verse says, Who has laid for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before us. Now I told you that the book of Hebrews was written to the Hebrews, not to Ghanians, not to Nigerians, not to Europeans. So the Hebrews understood what he was talking about, because he used a lot of Hebrew terminologies, Hebrew, the Hebrew history, to teach them a lot of things. And what he spoke of? Those who have fled for refuge. The apostle was making reference to the refuge cities in the book of Joshua, chapter 20. The Bible established what is called refuge cities for the man who flees, you see, the man who flees from the avenger of love. I can't explain it. But he flees, he runs. And in the Old Testament, the guy has to flee. And get into the city of refuge for his security. Praise God. So what he actually spoke, please don't come to Joshua yet. I've not mentioned it. Let's be on hand. I'll come there. What he spoke of, who have fled for refuge, you see, is in reference to the Old Testament. But he says, Who have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before us. Now, we know that the hope set before us. Has to do with eternity. Are you here tonight? There is a hope set before us. The Bible says, your hope which is laid in heaven for you. I spoke of the blessed hope yesterday. I spoke of the good hope. The living hope. All has to do with the Lord coming for us. All has to do with our eternity with Jesus. Hallelujah. You know, we'll be in heaven. After rapture, we'll be in heaven for seven years. And we'll come down. We'll reign for a thousand years. And after that, we'll be in eternity in New Jerusalem forever and ever. That's eternity. Praise God. Okay. But I've described that there is a hope. All of this is the hope set before us. Praise God. All right. So where are we now on God's calendar? If it is a hope, then the hope is not present with us. If it is our hope, then we have not seen it. The Bible says that for what a man seeeth, why then doth he hope for it? But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it? That is in the book of Romans chapter 8. Prince Paul 25. So what it means is that presently, we all have the hope of being with Jesus. Is that not so? Every believer has the hope of being in heaven. The hope of Jesus coming for us. That is our hope. But this is the hope. God has set before us. Hallelujah. Concerning his coming. Now, as we are hoping to be with him in heaven, the Bible says that those of us who have received Jesus Christ, we have actually fled into the city of refuge. And we are in that city of refuge to wait for our hope to manifest. So, the Bible says we have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope. So, those of us who have received Christ, symbolically, characteristically, we have now fled. To receive Christ means that we have fled into a certain city. Now, I will explain that Christ is our city of refuge. We have fled into that city and we are in that city waiting for our hope to manifest. So, presently, if you are in Christ, you are in the city of refuge. Praise God. Now, let me explain to you what is a city of refuge. Hallelujah. If I can say I'm here, how much time I'm here. Praise God. Tell your neighbor I'm here. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You are becoming more and more ready. Hallelujah. Okay. So, what are the cities of refuge? What are they made? Now, in the Old Testament, there were six cities of refuge. God appointed six cities to be called cities of refuge. In the Old Testament, there were six cities of refuge. For what purpose? If God is so loving, you know, God has created what is likely to happen and made a provision. He says that, assuming you are on the farm, you are in the field, maybe you are working, and all of a sudden, the tool you are using leads to your hands and kills someone accidentally and the person dies. Yes. What happens is that if the person dies, if there are some relatives around, you know what will happen. As soon as a person dies, the avenger of blood, the relative of the person who sees you that his brother is there, will now start running after you to also kill you. He doesn't care whether you did it intentionally or not. So, at that time, he's the avenger of blood. So, because his brother or relative is there, he'll start pursuing you. So, he'll start running after you, chasing you. At that time, you have to run like using boats. Because if he catches you, he's out of the public. If he catches you, he can murder you. He can kill you. So, at that time, you have to run to the nearest city of refuge. And God established the cities of refuge in such a way that wherever the tribes are, there's one close to you. One close to you. So, you have to run. Is there someone who is going to avenge the blood of this that doesn't can really run? So, you have to run. So, if you find one of the cities of refuge, now, the cities of refuge was called that one of the priests and the Levites. Actually, it was the Levites and the priests who lived there. Okay. So, the moment they see you coming, they open the doors of the city, they get to the city, and they bring you in, and they lock it. So, you are there. You are free. And delivered from the avenger of love. Hallelujah. So, they deliver you from the guy who has come to kill you. So, all of this is in different parts of the Bible. I'll say it's future 20. Okay, but I don't have fear. They didn't do everything. So, please do understand now. So, you have to run for your escape and get inside. And the Levites and the priests will receive you inside. And, when you get inside, you have to examine the case. Whether you qualify for the city of refuge. Because, if that is not done, anybody at all can kill anybody. Intentionally. And run the city of refuge. But, to qualify for the city of refuge, what you did should be something that was done unintentionally. It should be something that was, categorized under the sin of ignorance. That's, it wasn't by a hidden motive. They were just doing something. And they can just hit the guy and die. So, it must be by the sin of ignorance. They would have to examine it if you did it intentionally. But, if you did it intentionally, they would deliver you back to the avenger of man. And the guy will have to slay you. It was, wow. So now, what qualifies the sin to be intentional? Well, the Bible says that, number one, if the one who died, died by, if you used wood to hit him, it was done intentionally. If you used onion to hit him, it was done intentionally. And if you used stone to hit him, and he died, it was done intentionally. So, amazing. I didn't know how few are in the New Testament. So, if these three things were used to hit or kill, this is manslaughter. Or manslayer. Murder is something that is intentional. Manslaughter is something that is unintentional. So, the Bible says that if it is wood, iron, or stone, that kills the person. It kills the person intentionally. This is the usual thing to do. It was enough to kill him. So, they will bring you back for the advent of God to slay you. Amazing. Okay. So, when we came to Christ, you know what happened? The Bible says Christ is not our city of refuge. To come to Christ is to flee from the advent of God and to come to the city of refuge. But we have to qualify. To even be in the city of refuge. But you see, when Jesus died, you know who killed Jesus? You know who killed Jesus? Our sons put Jesus to death. You know that. It was our sons that put Jesus to death. It was you and me that killed Jesus. It was our sons that, we didn't have anything to die for. Jesus was on the cross. You know what? We nailed him on the wood. He died on the wood and was nailed with iron. So, wood and iron put our sons under intentional sins. It put our sons under intentional sins. So, we are not, we didn't qualify to be in the city of refuge. Wood and iron nailed Jesus on the cross. So, we don't qualify. But Jesus, on the cross, before he died, you know what he said? He said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. By that prayer, Jesus put our sons under the sins of ignorance and liberated us so we can qualify to the city of refuge. Because he says, for they know not. That means we didn't know what we were doing. So, that put us, our sons under the sins of ignorance. So, much that, look at Acts 3.17. So much that, even these wicked guys that killed Jesus, these wicked leaders of Israel, you know they killed him intentionally. Yeah. Yesterday we read Matthew 2.1-8. When they saw the son, they said, this is the heir. Let us kill him and seize his inheritance. But they knew, well, Jesus was going to seize his inheritance. Yeah. Jesus would raise Lazarus from the dead and they had a little plot. They'll come together, not to go and appreciate him, but the plot is dead. Even there was an erection there. The guards saw the angel descend from heaven. They went away and they sat on a stone. They saw the sight. I mean, the guys were amazed. They ran to tell the high priest to cheat the priest. They know what their response. They gave them money to kill the lad. So, these guys actually knew that Jesus is, they knew, I, this is when I read the Gospels, I think these guys were party guys. Because I don't really understand. Every day I read the Gospels and these guys, of course, you know, the priesthood in the days of Jesus were not legitimate priests. They were a religious mafia. You know, Herod, when he became a priest, a king, killed the priesthood and kicked them off and established his own priesthood. That's what Herod did. So, they were like the religious mafias. They were like his coupettes. He said, I don't think interest because you don't understand even these guys when Peter was preaching in Acts chapter 17 look at what he said and now brethren I watch that through ignorance he did it I think also the rulers so he put all their sons under the sense of ignorance so Jesus said Father forgive them for they do not know what they did so all our sons have been put under the sense of ignorance so right now we call try to be in a city of refuge so now waiting for our hope where we have fled to the city of refuge so Christ is our refuge Christ is our city we have fled to wait for the hope to manifest we are in a city of refuge now what does it mean to be in a city of refuge number one actually means that we have been fled from black guiltiness see refuse from what from guilt because the avenger of blood chased us because of blood guiltiness and vengeance against us because of what we have done so now in a city of refuge we are now have received a refuge from black guiltiness from guilt so to be in Christ means you are freed from guilt from black guiltiness as long as you are in this city you are free from guilt the city called Christ the city called Christ oh my oh my look at Colossians 2 let's be from this fall that's five that's six I see therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord so what he became the seven root head and doth act in him established in the faith as ye have been taught abounding therein it comes below okay so I see have received Christ Jesus the Lord that it says we shall abound therein shall abound abound therein some years ago John Austin what's a book I think the book was the place for a page I found in gathering and the critics abounding in there or there in in there has given abounding in day what is that day it's at this podcast so you want a book in the place called day so we I never am called Christ because we are all in him that's our refuge from guilt we have a rescue from guilt I understand that Jesus says that come unto me all ye that labor and a heavy laden and I'll give you rest rest from what the rest of conscience come unto me all ye that labor and I will the Greek it doesn't say I will give you rest the Greek says and I will arrest you I will arrest you yeah he speaks speaking of the rest of conscience your conscience tells you you are wrong you have sinned you are wrong whatever you did you are wrong no we have had total refuge from the accusation of the conscience now every accusation from the conscience is not real it's not true Jesus has paid for it but the Lord having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comments there unto perfect you could stand but then would it not have ceased to be worth offered for the worshipers once and for all purified should have had no more consciousness of souls so actually there shouldn't be any debts on your conscience not to say absent absent will God accept me which is as absent absent absent is to insult your benefactor it's an insult to the blood of Jesus it's an insult to the blood it's like you were owing big time okay you couldn't pay and someone just paid for you and showed you the receipt that you didn't pay for then you see your creditor and you start hiding meanwhile the benefactor paid double you see you were owing 10,000 gallon but your benefactor gave your creditor 1 million dollars so by your debts your creditor is now a gainer but you still see him and you're hiding what does it mean it's an insult to the one it's dishonoring to the one who paid for you that's why it says once you approve at least you have had no more conscience of souls because we are in a refuge than a city of refuge praise God therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ say I'm justified much more than which we see balance of grace and of the gift of declarance of all guilt that's one of the ways to relate to the Greek and of the gifts of declarance of all guilt we have the gift of the clearance of guilt all our guilt having played it's got a gift of righteousness it's got a gift of righteousness you know the way right to justify is a good quick pick up the cow is like is the IAEI but it's end to it oh oh oh oh at the end of the call you is very important in the Greek oh oh they went oh oh actually select gotten yeah yeah it actually means God is treating you as though you have never seen God is treating you yeah actually means to treat some it's a legat terminology God is treating you as the justified one with everyone as though you have ever seen so in Christ that's how God treats God doesn't treat you as someone who has some good treat you as someone who has never seen you as someone That's how God treats you. Hallelujah. That's the fact. So actually, why are you? As we wait for our hope to manifest. You are in a city of refuge. Blessed and protected from every guilt. What a blessing. So where you are is a place of rest. Rest from conscience. If truly what the Bible says is true, these things are true, then I think that every day your prayer should become given a worship. It's like every day, you should live every day wondering what Jesus did. I think that our lives on earth is not even enough. The days we have on earth cannot exhaust every day. So one day, E.W. K. Young, I once read E.W. K. Young and he said that if the New Testament believers are to pray well, 90% of their prayers should be prayers of conscience. I read it many years ago and as the years go by, I still keep remembering what he actually said that I think is true. The more I explore the finished work of Christ, I go like, Lord, thank you. Ah, Lord, thank you. Ah, so you finished it. Ah, ah. It's like, it's too much. Ah, Lord, oh, thank you. So when you get into prayer, sometimes you go with requests but you end up saying thank you and then you go away. Thank you, Lord. Oh, thank you. Oh. You want to pray for protection and you realize that he's already doing it. So you end up thanking God. It's true. Yeah. So the more you have revelation into who he is and what he has done, the more you become relaxed and restful and the more your life is filled with thanksgiving. The one prayer in the New Testament is thanksgiving. It is mentioned in any kind of prayer. Thanksgiving is mentioned more than any kind of prayer in the New Testament. That should, in the posture of the believer. So we are in a refuge city and God forgiving and justified. Forgiving and justified. We are eternally forgiving. We are justified in a perfect sense. One self-honored justification. That cannot be repeated. It's too much. Praise God. The next thing is that God in his wisdom placed the cities of refuge nearest to all the 12 tribes. It is God's wisdom. That means refuge is never far from you. No matter what you are going through. You are never far from that. God's refuge is never far from you. It is called God is. Imagine if there were only two refuge cities. Then you have to run and run. You get exhausted. Gospel for strength. You have to, you fall down and your avenger will not give up. He will come and slay you. But God in his wisdom among all the 12 tribes that you have to run and run. You get exhausted. Gospel for strength. But God in his wisdom, among all the 12 tribes, put it in such wonderful equidistant places where no matter where you are, you will find one. You know what it means? It means that God is our refuge. And a very present help in times of need. That means that in times of need he is the very present help. means god is never far from you when you are in trouble and this is how it was illustrated in the old testament that refuge is not far from you so the reality and the meaning is that whatever you ever you are going through in life refuge is never far from you look at psalm 46. jesus says i'm with you always even to the very end of the age you know you can just take this verse and meditate upon it for one week i'm with you always now the greek is very interesting the greek actually says i am with you in your every day and you know that the important emphasis is strong i am with you in your every day so when you're in the kitchen is with you when you are washing your clothes is with you when you are brushing brushing your teeth is with you when you're taking breakfast is with you drinking oranges with you sleeping he is with you he never leaves you i am with you in your everyday he says i will never leave you nor forsake you the one you don't want the one who said this is jesus who is the word of god the one who opposed orphans by the word of his power gravity has never failed why do you think his word will fail it is where that king gravity yeah the earth is hanging in it it is his way that is keeping it those orphans by the word of his power and it has never failed why do you think what he's told you will fail no so the bible says look at psalm 43 46. god is our refuge and strength oh it is nice and very present help in trouble so whenever you are in trouble remember there's someone with you who is very present why is it that when we're in trouble we forget that you forget that and you start pacing up and down looking for who to call but he's present now the time to develop your faith for that time it's not when the trouble come the time to develop the faith for that time is when trouble has not come to build yourself in the world and it will amaze you when trouble come your response will be better aha you wouldn't be hopeless or you wouldn't be dismayed they said fear down not why am i being they said fear down not be not dismayed for i am thy god i will help you i will strengthen you this is god speaking this maid is walking up and down where is help coming no it says don't be dismayed he's there and look at some what it says when you read the rest of the psalm i said what kind of revelation did this man have there's two he says look at what this is therefore will not we fear because god is our refuge don't you have to be removed hey if the earth is removed where will you be though the fb what removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea even when all these things are happening they will not fear why because god is our refuge the earth is removed let's say trust in god you convenient meditative and trusting god your boyfriend had you left you anything god has forsaken you it's just your boyfriend meanwhile he take it away the first that he might establish the second what's this fred is smiling i'm telling you sometimes the first man's good that then the the better covenant can be established praise god yeah so i mean refuge he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty is i will say the lord he is my heart's refuge and my fortress my god in him will i trust so he's talking about confession he's confessed i will say of the lord so he's going to confirm the lord is my refuge so god is actually your refuge he's protecting me he's caring for me yeah david said i am but as i wonder too many but now at my strong refuge that's what david said some seven to one by seven now at my strong refuge yeah in the sense of some 46 the sermon says that the lord of hosts is with us then he says the god of refuge the lord of hosts is with us then he says the god of refuge the god of jacob is our refuge the god of jacob is our refuge god of jacob is our refuge god is your refuge you know you read the bible it's amazing sometimes in this same sentence you can you can find jacob in israel sometimes whenever he's messing up the bible is jacob and whenever he straightens up the bible uses israel yeah so when jacob is mentioned it seems like someone who's he's not he's not excellent like that he's not his ways are not perfect like that that's why his ways are not perfect i mean you can see he's not always you know doing what is right when at that moment the bible will not use israel the bible will lose jacob because that's what his name reflects so to say the god of jacob is our refuge even when you are behaving like jacob god is your refuge yeah he will never leave or forsake you praise god now understand is that the cities of refuge were also cities that were for the levites and the priest so just imagine just imagine you were running away from the avenger of blood and you get there and another so you have to leave so now you have to leave you have to eat you are going to eat the food of the priest drink the water of the priest who dress the address of the priesthood because you run away you didn't take anything so now you are partaking of the priesthood and those who leave the cities of refuge they live well let me show you numbers 1812 they live well they live well look at numbers what is written about the priesthood and the best of the oil and all see how the bible says and all the best of the wine not not some and all the best of the wine sometimes people are offended when ministers of the gospel are living well it's in that you should be suffering yeah they are offended when when you are driving in a new car someone is offended when you're also driving in a bad car they're also offended what should we do at all so it says and the best of the oil and the best of the wine and of the wheat and the first fruit of them what they shall offer of the lord them have i given thee now the whole thing is talking about the priesthood praise god so so the priesthood they eat the best of the oil the best of wheat the best of wine so this is what the priesthood is talking about the best of the oil the best of wine so this is what the priesthood is talking about the best of wine so this is what the priesthood is talking about the best of wine so this is what the priesthood is talking about the best of wine so this is what so this is what we are eating in the city of refuge so you you just fled to be in that city maybe previously what used to eat grass no good used to eat cassava and salt aha maybe you you you ate Gary cocoa in the morning soakings in the afternoon and ebba in the evening all the systems were saturated with Gary even when you sneeze particles of Gary comes out yes hallelujah so in that case when you are in the new the city of refuge now you're eating better you are eating the best of wheat the best of oil the best of wine can imagine what's a privilege and now you are dressing like the priesthood what's a blessing so this is where we are as we wait for the manifestation of our hope hallelujah that means that in Christ in our refuge you can enjoy life praise God it is not a sin to enjoy life it is not a sin to enjoy good life there's this preacher it's in those days when check check you know what check check is check check right right fast food when it came there's this preacher who when people people will kill to buy the check check that he will mount his cage close to the place and they're bashing them with the gospel that they are all perishing that they are loving the world you know he was pretty well now so who and what began to bless him says my God bless him small now they kill not he was the first so he realized that the problem was not so in Christ God has made provision for us so she didn't look elsewhere so we want to look elsewhere outside Christ Christ is complete for us is our all-sufficient paneled life. Christ is sufficient for us. Christ is our satisfaction. But my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich but for your sakes he became poor that he through his poverty might become rich. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me lie down inward. You are a sheep in green pastures where the alfalfa is rich. Green pastures where you are in a city of refuge. You are to enjoy. You are the seed of Abraham. Hallelujah. Praise God. That greeting is a mystery. Okay. And the next thing is that apart from enjoying the good things the priesthood are enjoying, you are also enjoying the privilege of nearness to God. Because in the Old Testament the priesthood and the Levite, they were nearer to God than the rest. Do you understand that? They were very close to God. Because they ministered the holy things. So, the privilege of serving nearest to God. In the New Testament reality, to flee to the city of refuge means that we have been brought into the priesthood ourselves. Because we are now priests. We've been brought into the priesthood. And priesthood speaks of nearness to God. Intimacy with God. You see, do you know that all the cities of refuge were actually mountains? They are all on the hill. Mount Ephraim. Mount Nap. They were all on the hill. Can you imagine? Why is it that Jesus at the Mount of Transfiguration they had to climb Mount Hema 10,000 feet above sea level. Why should they be on the top of the mountain? 10,000 feet. That's the highest mountain of college in Israel. When we went to Hoh, we went to Mount Hema. We went to Mount Hema. We climbed a certain mountain with a car. With Bishop's car, Paul. That is 2,400 feet. We went, we're not reaching. That's with car. And that place in Ametope. That's the highest habitable place in West Africa. The highest. The weather is cool. And on the mountain, the listeners sat across there. It's amazing. It's very clean and verified. Just enjoy the pure air. Hi. Then I understood why the disciples slept when they were on the Transfiguration. Because they had to climb 10,000 feet. So I don't blame Peter. I don't blame John. I don't blame James. I really don't blame them. So in the best of the glory, they slept. But it was on the top of the mountain. Jesus would go and pray on the top of the mountain. What was the mystery of being on top of the mountain? He took his disciples to the Mount of Olives and he taught them about the future things. Even the Lord was given on top of the mountain. Mountain top experience speaks of a higher elevated experiences in God. So the fact that all the cities of refuge were mountain top cities tells us that where we are in Christ as our refuge, we have been brought to a place where we enjoy elevated and higher experiences of the God kind. Praise God. So we have been given the privilege of being near to God, like the priesthood, because we have been brought to the priesthood. What's a privilege? That's where we are now. Christ our refuge. City of refuge. Praise God. Now, that's a story I'm going to tell you. It's a story I'm going to tell you. And it's a story I'm going to tell you. These cities of refuge were actually six. Three were on the east and three were on the west. The three on the east, sorry, on the west, were Kadesh. Kadesh, Shechem, and Hebron. So these were the three. Kadesh, Shechem, and Hebron on the west. Then the three refuge cities on the east, we have Golan, we have Gramoth, Gilead, and we have Beza. Okay, if you actually, Joshua 20, all these names are there. So six cities of refuge. Aren't they amazing? They're amazing. They're amazing. For instance, Golan. Actually Golan in Hebrew means rejoicing. Golan means rejoicing. That means that when you are brought into the city of refuge, you have been brought to the place of joy. Outside the city, you know what happens? There is sorrow. There is sadness. There is depression in the world. There is sadness in the world. So much in the world that's unpleasant. But to be in the city of refuge, when you are brought into Golan, you have been brought to the place of joy. So that presently as we are wait for our future hope, we can rejoice evermore. Rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say, rejoice. So we can rejoice. We can rejoice. Christ our refuge, where we are is the place of, is a place of joy. The place of joy. Remember that Jesus gave us three cheers. Now Jesus gave us three cheers. What are they? First, remember the guy who was brought down by four of his friends. And they uncovered the roof. When he came down, Jesus says, "Son, be of good cheer that I shall be forgiven thee." Cheer. You know what it means to be of good cheer? One day Jesus was walking on the sea, and the disciples saw him and they thought he was a spirit. Then he says, "Don't be afraid. Be of good cheer." He says, "I." Then the third one, Jesus said, "In this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." So he gave us three cheers. Number one, don't be afraid. Cheer. Number two, your sins are forgiven. The word "forgiven" there is in the perfect tense. Once there is forgiveness, past, present, and future, it cannot be repeated. That word in the perfect tense. So your sins are forgiven, so cheer. The third one, there is trouble in the world, but what? Cheer. Now give someone three cheers, three high fives. Cheer, cheer, cheer. there was the gross darkness in Egypt but God's people were preserved from the darkness they were in Gushan in a missile the what about says that the darkness are covered yet and was that crazy people there were decades in Hebrews of depression people are going to be depressed people are sad depressed because of situations of life and all of that but you see where we are we are in a place of refuge protected from that's why for a believer you don't live in joy I'm wondering then you have gone away from the word I'm not saying happiness I'm saying joy I for happiness is from help happenings good job good money good car good wife but joy can coexist with difficulties there's something welling up on the inside welling up on the inside hallelujah so that in the midst of the sweating you can still have joy to receive the Word of God praise God Kadesh actually means sanctuary it speaks of his presence so in a city of refuge we enjoy the Lord's presence Kadesh Kadesh actually means sanctuary it speaks of his presence so in a city of refuge we enjoy the Lord's presence Kadesh one of the cities is Kadesh sanctuary so we have been given his one of the cities is Kadesh sanctuary so we have been given his presence then another one is called shaken presence then another one is called shaken presence then another one is called shaken shaken means shoulder should I know what shaken means shoulder should I know what shaken means shoulder should I know what it means show that speaks of authority it means show that speaks of authority it means show that speaks of authority governmental authority the Bible says unto governmental authority the Bible says unto governmental authority the Bible says unto us a child is born in unto us a son is us a child is born in unto us a son is us a child is born in unto us a son is giving and the government shall be upon giving and the government shall be upon giving and the government shall be upon the shoulders so the government of the the shoulders so the government of the the shoulders so the government of the world will be upon Jesus's shoulders that world will be upon Jesus's shoulders that world will be upon Jesus's shoulders that is for clarity and power to bear the is for clarity and power to bear the is for clarity and power to bear the government of the world but in a Hebrew government of the world but in a Hebrew government of the world but in a Hebrew it's not like that it's not sure this it's not like that it's not sure this it's not like that it's not sure this it's in the government of the world of it's in the government of the world of it's in the government of the world of you on the shoulder that's one shoulder you on the shoulder that's one shoulder you on the shoulder that's one shoulder this is so great that I mean all the this is so great that I mean all the this is so great that I mean all the governments of the world and they lean governments of the world and they lean governments of the world and they lean it just be on one shoulder most doesn't it just be on one shoulder most doesn't it just be on one shoulder most doesn't stress at all but about system look stress at all but about system look stress at all but about system look 15 that when he finds the ship that is 15 that when he finds the ship that is 15 that when he finds the ship that is lost he takes a ship and put it on his lost he takes a ship and put it on his lost he takes a ship and put it on his shoulders to show this see how he loves shoulders to show this see how he loves shoulders to show this see how he loves us for the ship that is lost when the us for the ship that is lost when the us for the ship that is lost when the ship is found he put a ship on two ship is found he put a ship on two ship is found he put a ship on two shoulders but in sin to the government shoulders but in sin to the government shoulders but in sin to the government of the world is only on one shoulder we of the world is only on one shoulder we of the world is only on one shoulder we are upheld by his power having forgotten are upheld by his power having forgotten are upheld by his power having forgotten the high priest had six names of the the high priest had six names of the the high priest had six names of the Israelites on your shoulders the high Israelites on your shoulders the high Israelites on your shoulders the high priest and they were all connected he priest and they were all connected he bears us on the shoulders we are born bears us on the shoulders we are born bears us on the shoulders we are born and carried by his power just work in and carried by his power just work in and carried by his power just work in that street nobody can come you nobody that street nobody can come you nobody that street nobody can come you nobody can hit you believe it it is your can hit you believe it it is your can hit you believe it it is your unbelief that causes wrong things to come unbelief that causes wrong things to come unbelief that causes wrong things to come I believe and trust in him so we have been brought to the place of authority this refuge where we are we are in place of authority all the blessings on them too much blessing Christ has given us see I'm in a city of refuge yeah so all of these are benefits for us then there is a Hebron oh I love Hebron that in Hebrew Hebron means communion fellowship and friendship communion fellowship and friendship that's Hebron in the Bible remember that in Genesis 13 Abraham lived in the plain of Mamre which is in Hebrew and in Genesis 18 when God visited Abraham you know God visited Abraham Abraham was in Hebron in the plain of Mamre when he lifted up his eyes and saw God and the angels and they came to his house and God ate with Abraham hallelujah that place where Abraham had the koinonia and the angels and they came to his house and God ate with Abraham hallelujah that place where Abraham had the koinonia but god was hebron so hebron is the place of fellowship it's massive so i'm telling you that we've been brought to this thing the fellowship of the godhead and the god kind there's nothing greater than that there's nothing greater than that we take advantage of that do you believe the holy spirit is with you oh do you believe it why don't they why don't you talk to him why don't you listen why don't you talk to him so when you're alone what you're always talking on phone you're always talking on phone every day that you've lost your your quietness serenity of mind you've lost there's something this generation you are losing huh this is how they can so i'm be in the room alone the whole day you can't be alone without touching your phone no yeah that that is why social media was designed it was designed to rob you of your attention yeah they consult las vegas attention what's the name secret something they have a way of drawing your attention always so your quietness lying before god people cannot hear from god today but why god is speaking you god is speaking but they are so busy too much knowledge to talk to the lord what's a privilege shut your phone god didn't call you to be a telephonist yeah if you know you should always you are taking your phone always no make time for god in your life to be better hallelujah talk to him so that's hebrew then the next one is saying ramoth gilead ramoth gilead the word ramoth means heights and gilead means the heap of testimony the heap of testimony so when you bring the two together ramoth gilead is the height of testimony the height of the heap of testimony that means that of all testimonies that is the first there's a heap of testimony but the height of it so what is the testimony of all testimonies actually like we who are in christ of all testimonies what is what is the testimony of all testimonies you know what i believe and has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in christ you see now and has raised us up together the greeks is and enthroned us together this is christ a city at the highest seat of the universe this is christ a city at the highest seat of the universe the infinite height only deity possesses the infinite height only deity possesses the infinite height only deity possesses he's there we call it the highest position of priority where he is the highest seat we are enthroned with him we are enthroned with him we are enthroned with him there's nothing greater than that yeah there's nothing greater than that yeah there's nothing greater than that yeah there's nothing that's why you shouldn't be there's nothing that's why you shouldn't be there's nothing that's why you shouldn't be afraid of witches because you already afraid of witches because you already afraid of witches because you already you partake in the authority the throne you partake in the authority the throne you partake in the authority the throne represent you are co-seated in his represent you are co-seated in his represent you are co-seated in his executive authority executive authority executive authority that's height whatever he is you are that's height whatever he is you are that's height whatever he is you are whatever he has you have whatever he has you have whatever he has you have that's the reality of the new testament that's the reality of the new testament that's the reality of the new testament there's nothing greater than that there's nothing greater than that there's nothing greater than that which these ztr that word means which these ztr that word means which these ztr that word means it needs to if there's a word for it needs to if there's a word for it needs to if there's a word for extracting gold extracting gold extracting gold extracting all minerals extracting all minerals extracting all minerals silver ah the extraction of good it's silver ah the extraction of good it's silver ah the extraction of good it's also the same way for protection also the same way for protection also the same way for protection so we have within its prosperity and so we have within its prosperity and so we have within its prosperity and protection protection protection all of which is in the city of refuge all of which is in the city of refuge all of which is in the city of refuge say i'm in his refuge say i'm in his refuge say i'm in his refuge so you are protected from the assault so you are protected from the assault so you are protected from the assault from the world from from the world from from the world from the tempest the sorrows the darkness the tempest the sorrows the darkness the tempest the sorrows the darkness the lack the poverty the stress the the lack the poverty the stress the distress the lack the poverty the stress the distress the lack the poverty the stress the distress their adversities and adversaries their adversities and adversaries their adversities and adversaries and and and yeah even when you are in trouble and yeah even when you are in trouble and yeah even when you are in trouble and challenges you have grace to prevail challenges you have grace to prevail challenges you have grace to prevail hallelujah yeah hallelujah yeah hallelujah yeah so now you are in a better place you are so now you are in a better place you are so now you are in a better place you are in christ in christ in christ hallelujah christ is our city afraid the hallelujah christ is our city afraid the hallelujah christ is our city afraid the baptist we have fled baptist we have fled baptist we have fled for this refuge we have fled this where for this refuge we have fled this where for this refuge we have fled this where we are now to lay hold we are now to lay hold we are now to lay hold on the hope set before us so when you on the hope set before us so when you on the hope set before us so when you go home take all of these things and go home take all of these things and go home take all of these things and confess it that this is where i am confess it that this is where i am confess it that this is where i am this is where i am and work in the this is where i am and work in the this is where i am and work in the reality of it this is where i am reality of it this is where i am reality of it this is where i am now in those days the bible says he has now in those days the bible says he has now in those days the bible says he has to be there until the death of the high to be there until the death of the high to be there until the death of the high priest priest priest yes yes yes after the death of the high priest then after the death of the high priest then after the death of the high priest then he can come out but but but all that he's enjoying so even because all that he's enjoying so even because all that he's enjoying so even because of the high priest of the high priest because his standing is the standard of because his standing is the standard of because his standing is the standard of the high priest the high priest the high priest you know in the old testament they were you know in the old testament they were you know in the old testament they were accepted in the acceptance of the high accepted in the acceptance of the high accepted in the acceptance of the high priest priest priest that's what they could enjoy certain that's what they could enjoy certain that's what they could enjoy certain privileges privileges privileges but for us our high priest already died but for us our high priest already died but for us our high priest already died and resurrected and resurrected and resurrected and our high priest will never die so we'll and our high priest will never die so we'll and our high priest will never die so we'll never leave this beautiful refuge never leave this beautiful refuge never leave this beautiful refuge because they died but this man because they died but this man because they died but this man because he continues forever has an because he continues forever has an because he continues forever has an everlasting priesthood everlasting priesthood everlasting priesthood in hebrew 7 23 24 because he continues in hebrew 7 23 24 because he continues in hebrew 7 23 24 because he continues forever he has an unchangeable priesthood forever he has an unchangeable priesthood forever he has an unchangeable priesthood so he's an eternal priesthood so he's an eternal priesthood so he's an eternal priesthood praise god so we will enjoy it forever praise god so we will enjoy it forever praise god so we will enjoy it forever maybe see the oldest one preached there maybe see the oldest one preached there maybe see the oldest one preached there sorry the oldest one sings before he says sorry the oldest one sings before he says sorry the oldest one sings before he says resurrected when they died where did resurrected when they died where did resurrected when they died where did they go they went to abraham's bosom they go they went to abraham's bosom they go they went to abraham's bosom do you know that abraham's bosom was a do you know that abraham's bosom was a do you know that abraham's bosom was a city of refuge from the avenger of blood they couldn't from the avenger of blood they couldn't from the avenger of blood they couldn't go to heaven go to heaven go to heaven because jesus had not died so they have because jesus had not died so they have because jesus had not died so they have to be preserved in the in paradise which to be preserved in the in paradise which to be preserved in the in paradise which is in the underworld is in the underworld is in the underworld it's called abraham's bosom so david all it's called abraham's bosom so david all it's called abraham's bosom so david all the saints when they died they went there the saints when they died they went there the saints when they died they went there and it secured them from satan the and it secured them from satan the and it secured them from satan the avenger of blood avenger of blood avenger of blood and they were there waiting for the death and they were there waiting for the death and they were there waiting for the death of the high priest so when he says that of the high priest so when he says that of the high priest so when he says that he came and he came and he came and translated them and sent them to the heavenly city hallelujah praise god say i'm in refuge christ is my refuge now before i continue i just want you to use one minute to just speak the word of god for your life whatever is threatening your life whether it is fear whatever is stretching your life whether it is depression whatever is treating your life whether it is sadness whatever is stretching your life whether it is sickness whether it is lack declare that christ is your refuge you have fled for refuge whether if it is guilt tormenting your life you are in the place where he has given you rest in jesus mean what you say mean what you say these are spiritual realities heavenly tangibilities heavenly materiality lamba itobaka that was our strong refuge that was our strong refuge that was our strong refuge and we give you the praise and the glory hallelujah back to hebrews chapter 6 verse 19. which hope we have as an uncle of the soul both sure and steadfast and which entereth into that within the veil whether the forerunner is for us entered even jesus verse 20 even jesus made an high priest forever after the order of melchizedek this is the last verse in the book of hebrews 6. in the book of hebrews 6. okay so i'll start with 20 and i'll bring okay so i'll start with 20 and i'll bring okay so i'll start with 20 and i'll bring in verse 19. talking about our hope so which hope we have as an anchor of the soul and is both sure and steadfast and that's interacting to that which is within the veil with the way the forerunner is for us internet within jesus who's made an high priest forever after the order of my christian i love jesus jesus has a lot of things for us in these verses you know that we can spend the whole mind talking about this list so in these verses christ is our uncle christ is our refugee that is our uncle christ is our forerunner christ is our high priest okay now he calls jesus the forerunner christ our forerunners christ our forerunner jesus is our forerunner hallelujah now what does it mean for christ to be our forerunner what does it mean understand don't sleep understand christ our forerunner and you love him forever you love him forever where's god the word for runner is the word prudomos prudomos okay from the word protreku now prudomos is someone who runs ahead of you to prepare the widow ahead of you ahead of you before you come if there is a foreigner then there must be after runners is that not so if there is a fall or runner one who runs before there must be after runners so the forerunner goes ahead to prepare the way for the after runners so that after runners can have a smooth journey praise god for now christ's are forerunners the forerunners are forerunners christ are forerunner now i want to explain the word for runner in three ways number one a forerunner as i said goes ahead if there are impossibilities he claims them he claims them possibilities on the way so that the after runners can have a smooth sale they come in praise god so that the after runners can have a smooth sail and come in praise god he connects our hope to the forerunner so there's one who has run ahead of us the bible didn't say he's a runner he's a forerunner so he has run before that means we're also coming because we are the after runners where he is we are coming we are following him now so he goes to play all the impossibilities and difficulties of it reminds me of story there's a place in it reminds me of story there's a place in it reminds me of story there's a place in south africa south africa south africa in cape town that place was called the cape of storms that place was called the cape of storms that place was called the cape of storms the keep of storms in south africa what the keep of storms in south africa what the keep of storms in south africa what happened was that happened was that happened was that when sailors reached that place in cape when sailors reached that place in cape when sailors reached that place in cape town town town and they want to cross now many sailors and they want to cross now many sailors and they want to cross now many sailors rich use that roots through the indian rich use that roots through the indian rich use that roots through the indian ocean ocean ocean to actually get to what was called to actually get to what was called to actually get to what was called kathy kathy kathy kathy was his present day china present day kathy was his present day china present day kathy was his present day china present day hong kong hong kong hong kong and they also use that route to get to and they also use that route to get to and they also use that route to get to the east indies this is like malaysia the east indies this is like malaysia the east indies this is like malaysia places like papua new guinea and all those places places like and all those places places like and all those places places like indonesia indonesia indonesia so they go to explore the riches of indonesia so they go to explore the riches of those lands so when these sailors those lands so when these sailors those lands so when these sailors get there the storms the waters were get there the storms the waters were get there the storms the waters were treacherous treacherous treacherous the sea was swelling it was so dangerous the sea was swelling it was so dangerous the sea was swelling it was so dangerous the storms were contrary the storms were contrary the storms were contrary so much that many of the sailors died so much that many of the sailors died so much that many of the sailors died you couldn't cross through so many died you couldn't cross through so many died you couldn't cross through so many died they couldn't cross over so probably it they couldn't cross over so probably it they couldn't cross over so probably it came to be called came to be called came to be called the keep of storms you get that your the keep of storms you get that your the keep of storms you get that your ship is either swallowed ship is either swallowed ship is either swallowed or it gets wrecked onto one portuguese or it gets wrecked onto one portuguese or it gets wrecked onto one portuguese portuguese portuguese portuguese sailor examined the whole situation and carefully was able to navigate his way through the was able to navigate his way through the was able to navigate his way through the keep of storms he was the first person keep of storms he was the first person keep of storms he was the first person to make it to make it to make it and when he made it as the first person and when he made it as the first person and when he made it as the first person others could just also follow others could just also follow others could just also follow his track his track his track so that place came to be called the so that place came to be called the so that place came to be called the keep of good hope let me show that picture for us to see let me show that picture for us to see let me show that picture for us to see the keep of good hope the keep of good hope the keep of good hope the next that showed all the pictures the keep of good hope the keep of good hope the keep of good hope i took the picture myself i was a i took the picture myself i was a i took the picture myself i was a helicopter helicopter helicopter and they were telling us the history and they were telling us the history and they were telling us the history so they said people get there and they so they said people get there and they so they said people get there and they were swallowed were swallowed were swallowed that whole region so i don't know how that whole region so i don't know how that whole region so i don't know how the guy did it the guy did it the guy did it let's see so this is the keep of good let's see so this is the keep of good let's see so this is the keep of good hope so we see the keep of good hope yeah so we see the keep of good hope yeah There's a tip. Hallelujah. Seed of Abraham. Praise God. All right. So now, why is it the keep of good hope? Good hope. You know, I love the story because of the word good hope. Because of 1 Thessalonians 2 verse 16. 2 Thessalonians 2 verse 16. Look at what it says. Now, our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, which has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace. The hope is good. So, now the keep of storms came to be called the keep of good hope. That's what Jesus did. The Bible says, where did the forerunner, the one who went ahead of us, his forerunner entered? Where did he enter through? Through the veil. But why did the Bible say he went and entered through the veil? Because he entered through the veil. Because in the tabernacle of Moses, when he gets closer to the veil, there are engravings of cherubim on the veil. The veil was very thick, three to four inches, 60 feet wide, 20 feet high. Yeah. Josephus, Jewish scholars tell us that he took 300 priests to navigate, to move the veil. Josephus said, even at that time. A dozen of horses couldn't tear the veil. It was heavy. And when you get close, there are cherubims. You know, the cherubims are standing there saying, you cannot come in. That reminds us of Eden. These two cherubs, the cherubim, they prevented Adam from going into the tree of life. And there was a flaming sword turning every way. If Adam tries to go in, the sword must do its work. Because the wages of sin is dead. It must pierce him. So, before you get through the cherubim, God's justice must be satisfied. The sword must do its work. So, nobody can get through as a forerunner until the sword has pierced him. So, that sword from Eden had been waiting for many, many, many, many years because it was spoken in Zechariah 13, verse 7. Awake, O sword. The sword had been sleeping. Against the man that is my fellow. Just awake, O sword. So, the sword had been waiting because divine justice had to be set free. Divine justice had to be satisfied. Understand? So, Jesus is the one who took the sword by his side. By his raven side. And he took the judgment for us and made a way in the holiest of holies for us. So, he has gone through the veil. Faced death and taken away every impossibility as a forerunner. So, that we, the afterrunners, can get in. But in this perspective, he's talking about the holiest of holies in heaven. That is heaven itself. Although, in practical terms, it speaks of our approach to God in present time. Hallelujah. So, that is the first meaning of the word protomos, the forerunner. He's gone ahead of us immediately. What's the second meaning? There's a way the word protomos was used in those days. Now, protomos was a servant who, you know what he does? Who announces the coming of the king. What happens is that if a king, let's say the king of England is coming to Ghana. So, someone will come ahead of him, a servant will come ahead of him and announce to the king of Ghana the movement of the king of England and tell us that, oh, the king of England is coming. Okay, as of now, he has reached this place and he's here. Okay. He's relaxing in the hotel. After two hours, he was set off. So, and after three days, he got here. So, he's announcing to the king in the homeland the movement of the coming king. Praise God. That is the word forerunner or protomos. He's a servant who announces the coming of the king. You know what Jesus has done? Jesus is the king of kings, but he now takes the place of a lowly servant to announce to the father and to the saint in heaven how we are coming. home he chose to be a servant forever so jesus our lord the king of all kings now is the prodigal he has gone ahead of us and i'm telling you that in heaven he's telling david and he's telling abraham and he's telling wesley and he's telling the saints and joshua what the church is doing and how that the church is coming home and very soon he's going to receive the church there's going to be the greatest home going you may call it homecoming it is home going greatest of all time hallelujah that will be the the happiest day of all time and the happiest day of all eternity the saints of god we will be caught up so he's announcing how we are coming how our preparation is how our coming home jesus has taken the place of the prodigals the king of kings took the place of the servants the lonely servants he's announcing to the heavenly citizens those who are in the heavens how we are making progress to come home hallelujah so the heavenly saints are happier he announces us to them he tells them what is happening and it's all joy that's the prodigal hallelujah thank you jesus now the third use of the word prodigal in those days there was these huge ships or large boats when we are approaching the their destination the hubble before they arrive at their destination there were smaller boats within their larger boats so those smaller boats they will bring it out and the smaller boats will carry the anchor the anchor that is connected to the ship they will carry the anchor and go ahead of the ship and get to the hubble and secure the anchor by the breakers or by the rocks in the hubble so that while the ship is on the sea the prodigals which were little ships took the anchor and went far to the hubble near this nation and secured the anchor by a rock or by the breakers in the hubble praise god so those little boats having the anchor securing it in its destination was the prodigal you know what jesus did we are the ship the church on the sea of life jesus went ahead and took our uncle know where the anchor is the bible says he took the ankle into heaven beyond the veil heaven is where the father is and he uncut it jesus went ahead and took our anchor know where the anchor is the bible says he took the anchor into heaven beyond the veil heaven is where the father is and he uncut it so the uncle you know where they put it at the hubble because the hubble was their destination but we where's our destination heaven by heaven the holiest of holies where the father is that is where jesus took the anchor to anchor it today so that while we are on earth on the sea of life our uncle the chains that connected us is right there in the holiest of holies within the veil so although we have not reached our destination the ship is closer if you're not in the closer it's not yet dead yet the anchor is already at the destination you know what it means we are not there yet but the anchor is there and it is secure short and steadfast what it means is that come what may will make it to our padded destination because our uncle has gone ahead of us you will make it because your uncle is already there your prudence is already there your foreigner is already there he has secured your uncle you know where it is secured in a rock that is fastened in the holiest of all within the veil where the father is where the glory of god is in heaven itself so come what may we are going to arrive we are going to our life hallelujah now listen when the waters are calm when the waters are calm you don't need an uncle but when the waters are calm the anchor is not needed the uncle is needed when the waters are treacherous when they are swelling in their stomach that's where the uncle is needed you know why we have an uncle because there are so many troubles in this life jesus said in this what is to have tribulation so many troubles in this in this life that is why he gave us the uncle praise the lord so the uncle is holding us and is connected to the holiest of holies in heaven itself a ship needs an anchor for what reason without an ankle the ship that can even be wreckage in the midst of the storms now without an anchor the ship can reel through and through and even miss its direction but when there is an uncle the ship can make safe passage to its destination because the anchor is already ahead of it and it's connected to it so it will never feel hallelujah listen the wind and the contrary winds may blow the ship here and there no matter how stormy the winds are the ship can move to and through but the goodness is that the anchor is still holding it and it will make it to the end so the truth is that no matter what you are going through in life the troubles are going through the challenges you are going through the anchor is already holding you and the uncle is stuck in the holiest of holies in heaven so come what may whatever you are going through you are still going to make it to the end because the uncle is holding you and this uncle is our hope it's our hope the bible says which hope we have as an uncle of the soul and it's sure and steadfast it's sure that means a certain is steadfast you know why normally there are two chains that holds the ankle but connect the anchor to the rock or the breakers now jesus has taken the anchor the anchor is bound by two chains connecting the holiest of holies to where we are on earth one chain is called promise the other change is called oath two because he connected two immutable things to our hope to have strong consolation telling us that our hope which is the uncle is bound by god's promise and god's oath so that god had to swear by his life that if you will not make it to your destination i prefer denying my existence this is his oath and this is his promise and these are the two chains binding the anchor to the holiest of holies so it is sure and steadfast those anchors can never fail the chains holding the uncle can never fail it is bound to our destination and it is holding you hallelujah so it doesn't matter whatever you are going through it doesn't matter the challenges yes you are going through the bible says he has given us a lively hope unto an inheritance undefiled incorruptible that's fated not ready to be revealed in heaven for you who are kept by the power of god through faith unto salvation though now if need be ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of god you may be going through tribulation and trials but the goodness is that the anchor is holding you the uncle has fastened you so you may be blown to and through but you still make it home and the truth is that your hope is the uncle bound by two chains the promise and the oath god's promise and the oath these two things by two inevitable things in which it is impossible for god to lie so concerning your hope god cannot lie concerning your future god cannot lie for him to lie he will cease to exist this is your strong consolation this is your strong encouragement this is your strong hope this is your good hope jesus has made a way for us in the cape of storms now we have to keep a good hope hallelujah he is the forerunner we are the after runners and when he went ahead he didn't just sit down he took the anchor to hold us so no matter where we are in this life there is an anchor that is stuck that is that is connected to your soul and it is connected to the holies of holies to heaven itself that is your final destination that is your final designation that is where you have been preordained to be you are going to make it nothing can shake it god cannot lie god is true god is faithful your foreigner is there we are the after runners if you want to make it he paid the way for us he paid the way he received the sword he received the pain he tore the veil he is the forerunner he is there for us the after runners we are following his path we shall also be there because the uncle has already held us so you are going to make it to heaven you are going to make it on that day the lord is coming for you his promise is coming for you you are god's treasure you are god's darling you are god's dearest possession he is coming for his own looking for that blessed hope we are looking for the blessed hope in the greek it is called the happy hope his coming is our happy hope he has come to take us away for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and the trump of god and the dead in christ shall rise first and we also which are alive and remain shall be cut up together with them in the cloud to meet the lord in the air so shall we ever be with the lord wherefore comfort one another with his word hallelujah that is our home that is our home that is our home let us therefore go forth unto him bearing his reproach outside the camp for here have we no continuing city but we seek one to come there is a city ahead of us already we are the franchise denizens we are the citizens of that country not that we are going to be citizens we are already citizens of that country and the anchor is holding you it is sure and steadfast hallelujah it is sure and steadfast you will make it home nothing is there's just nothing's going to shake you for making it home you will make it home hallelujah the problem is the foreigner has gone ahead of you and he's holding you that's why the early believers even though they were killed even though in the first four centuries 30 million christians were slain yet they were full of joy whom though not seen he rejoiced and though whom even now you see not he rejoiced with joy unspeakable and full of glory let's say in the midst of troubles they were happy because of the betterhood that was ahead of them and truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out they would have had opportunity to have returned but now they desire a better country that is unheavenly wherefore god is not ashamed to be called your god for he has prepared unto them a city there is a city to prepare for us and i saw a new city a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth the mountains there were no more the house and there was no more sea and i john saw the holy city new jerusalem coming down out of heaven prepared as a bride adon for her husband and i shared a full blood voice from heaven saying behold the tabernacle of god is with man and god himself shall dwell with them and god shall be they shall be their god and they shall be his people God is for us there is a city prepared for you this is not where we are we don't belong to this city we are pilgrims and we are strangers of this land we are just passing through there is a city way ahead of us there's a glory way ahead of us the saints are cheering us up the other witnesses cheering us up wherefore seeing we also are compassed about by so great a cloud of witnesses they are all around us cheering us up as we run the race of life popping us up encouraging us because one of these days we are going to join them home they are home joining after our order and waiting for us we are the church of the living god we are we are waiting we are waiting to join and that gathering will be the greatest gathering of our times when we shall see face to face with the noble host of the elect when we shall see the saints from on high and that day is coming you and surely it is coming don't say it even so come lord jesus even so come lord jesus even so come come come come come come come but we shall see the king in his building we shall see the land that is afar off this all died in my faith and not having received the promises but having seen them afar off they went by sweat and they embraced them and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth your forerunner has gone ahead you are the after runner the prodigal has gone he says cheer up no matter what you're going through in life the good news is that you'll make it anyway because your anchor is already there it is too late to change your mind but the anchor is already secure in a final place and those two chains can never break they are sure and steadfast the oath and the promise god cannot lie he's he's put his life online we can only have strong consolation strong encouragement as we hope for that which is ahead of us hallelujah thank you jesus thank you jesus that's 19. which hope that's 20. where the forerunner is for us and take even jesus why did he say even jesus why didn't he say even christ now when jesus alone is mentioned like that it's a stress on his humanity now he's still showing us god's love it's a stress on his humanity the name jesus was given in his humanity remember that before he came to bethlehem he wasn't a man there was no humanity in deity he wasn't a man but now that he came on earth for 33 years when he ascended he went up as a man so right now we have humanity in deity one of us made it one of us made it remember there is one mediator between god and man because the man christ jesus the man so one of us made it and when he entered him as a man so now he retains eternal humanity you know what he was never human although he's got he retains eternal humanity so much that it has pleased the father that in him shall offer as well and for in him dwell at the fullness of the godhead bodily so much that all of the totality of deity is a domiciled in his human body one of us made it so the one who is upstairs enthroned is a man a man he says the forerunner is not for himself is for us he is there on our behalf that means the forerunner as a man is there as our representative so jesus christ is there now he's there for us what does it mean on our behalf as our representative that's why he's there as a human though god for what reason not for himself for us for us anything listen the levitical high priest were representatives but they were not foreigners the levitical high priesthood they were not foreigners because when they entered the holies of holies others couldn't come after them they themselves feared for their own life because if they don't make it they have to be drawn by a room only because he falls and so they were not foreigners nobody ran after them but they were representatives because when they went in they went to you with the names of the 12 tribes of israel and grieved on their breast piece their chest so when they stood before god god didn't see the man he saw he was a corporate man god showed israel so the standing of the man was the standing of israel because he was bearing all the names of israel's chest so if he's accepted all israel is accepted if he's rejected all israel is rejected so the acceptance was actually based on one man whatever happens to him happens to israel if like whatever happened to adam happened to us when his son we're not gone but we had some when he was rejected we're not born but we're rejected whatever happened to adam because by his disobedience we're made sinners not by our disobedience so whatever happened to him happened to us so whatever happened to the high priest if the high priest is accepted the whole year they go to the later because they're going to have victory from their enemies they're going to have grandpa harvest and have good life because he's accepted so the high priest was there as their representative praise god but not a foreigner because they couldn't come in police of police but now jesus he entered in as a foreigner we are after honest but he entered in for us on our behalf as a representative whatever he is we are whatever happened to him has happened to us he is our representative for us you know what it means when he was accepted we are accepted we are accepted in his acceptance whatever that's a high priest but in israel there was a problem you may have a good high priest this year and you are accepted by the following year you may have a bad high priest and you are rejected because the atonement was renewed every year so you can only be happy for a year so yeah salvation lasted for a year you can be happy for a year but the next year it has to be renewed by the blood of bulls and of goats it was yearly renewal because the high priest a good one throughout because they were they had to die so they changed them but our high priest that's enough who is our high priest whether the foreigner is for us anything even jesus made an high priest forever the word forever is ice ton iona ice torn iona that means he's a high priest onto the age of the ages he's the high priest onto the ages of the eternities can you imagine that means when he was accepted and we were accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he was accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he was accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he was accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he was accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he was accepted in his acceptance we are forever accepted because he's not going to be changed as a high because he's not going to be changed as a high because he's not going to be changed as a high priest priest priest unlike israel who whose high priests have unlike israel who whose high priests have unlike israel who whose high priests have to die and another one they come at him may to die and another one they come at him may to die and another one they come at him may not be correct not be correct not be correct and they are all rejected but blessed because and they are all rejected but blessed because and they are all rejected but blessed because our high priest he entered in on our our high priest he entered in on our our high priest he entered in on our behalf and he is there forever behalf and he is there forever behalf and he is there forever after the order of melchizedek he has an after the order of melchizedek he has an after the order of melchizedek he has an unchanging priesthood unchanging priesthood unchanging priesthood and he is a priest by an oath after the and he is a priest by an oath after the and he is a priest by an oath after the order of melchizedek order of melchizedek order of melchizedek hallelujah and this high priest hallelujah and this high priest hallelujah and this high priest malo bakarama lady irama sataki manala malo bakarama lady irama sataki manala malo bakarama lady irama sataki manala sata his favor is our favor his acceptance our acceptance his righteousness and righteousness who he is is what we have become he is our representative whatever happened to him has happened to us like adam what happened to him happened to us how can you be rejected only if your representative is rejected israel was rejected when your high priest was rejected you can be rejected if your high priest is rejected the good news is that your high priest can never be rejected after the order of melchizedek made a high priest when that says because it means he's our charity when i fridge that message you should go and listen christ our charity he's our charity he's our guarantor he became our bondsman he he's the one who's who became liable for all our blame he's the one who god brought some responsible for our responsibility he's the one who god brought some responsible for our blame not us blame not us blame not us that is called charity aaron was a that is called charity aaron was a that is called charity aaron was a shorty of the old covenant shorty of the old covenant shorty of the old covenant but the bible says the bible says in the but the bible says the bible says in the but the bible says the bible says in the book of hebrew 722 that jesus as a high book of hebrew 722 that jesus as a high book of hebrew 722 that jesus as a high priest became priest became priest became the surety of a better testament the surety of a better testament the surety of a better testament hey hey hey that's whatever we owe what goes in that's whatever we owe what goes in that's whatever we owe what goes in responsible he doesn't hold us responsible he doesn't hold us responsible he doesn't hold us he's the guarantor like a snake loans he's the guarantor like a snake loans he's the guarantor like a snake loans your character is responsible when you your character is responsible when you your character is responsible when you cannot be cannot be cannot be peace out heaven holds him responsible heaven holds him responsible heaven holds him responsible the wedding made is in perfect things the wedding made is in perfect things the wedding made is in perfect things once and for all liable for all our once and for all liable for all our once and for all liable for all our faults hallelujah jesus has gone ahead of us jesus has gone ahead of us jesus has gone ahead of us are you not happy are you not happy are you not happy now your uncle your hope now your uncle your hope now your uncle your hope is fixed is fixed is fixed good hope you know in the hebrew the word good hope you know in the hebrew the word good hope you know in the hebrew the word book is the same word for rube is the same word for rube is the same word for rube is the same word for rube that's why rehab that's why rehab that's why rehab hub was taught to put on a scarlet hub was taught to put on a scarlet hub was taught to put on a scarlet group group group on her window on her window on her window and that group was her hope and that group was her hope and that group was her hope of redemption of redemption of redemption and the scarlet is and the scarlet is and the scarlet is red color constant speaking of the red color constant speaking of the red color constant speaking of the blood blood blood because in the tabernacle the spell is because in the tabernacle the spell is because in the tabernacle the spell is spoke of the blood spoke of the blood spoke of the blood the humanity so our hope which is the the humanity so our hope which is the the humanity so our hope which is the rope is actually in the blood rope is actually in the blood rope is actually in the blood hallelujah and it has secured for us hallelujah and it has secured for us hallelujah and it has secured for us resting places resting places resting places today our hope is the anchor today our hope is the anchor today our hope is the anchor look how the bible establishes our look how the bible establishes our look how the bible establishes our hope hope based on the strong consolation now we based on the strong consolation now we based on the strong consolation now we are we the the the church of god is on are we the the the church of god is on are we the the church of god is on the sea of life driven by stormy winds you know the world driven by stormy winds you know the world driven by stormy winds you know the world still represent the world in the bible still represent the world in the bible still represent the world in the bible we are not we are in the world but not we are not we are in the world but not we are not we are in the world but not of the world of the world of the world we are on the ship yet we are not in the we are on the ship yet we are not in the we are on the ship yet we are not in the sea but the goodness is that our uncle but the goodness is that our uncle but the goodness is that our uncle you know that song will your uncle hold you know that song will your uncle hold you know that song will your uncle hold but can you sing for us can we sing but can you sing for us can we sing but can you sing for us can we sing through the verses through the verses through the verses will your uncle hold in the storms of will your uncle hold in the storms of will your uncle hold in the storms of life life life our uncle will hold because it's already our uncle will hold because it's already our uncle will hold because it's already connected to the final place connected to the final place connected to the final place we had a fall after ranis we had a fall after ranis we had a fall after ranis after ranis after ranis after ranis thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus that is your refuge that is your uncle
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