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General Summary of Main Points • Christ's unique person as the God-Man grounds a priesthood and glory no creature can attain; He ministers in the true, heavenly tabernacle and reigns as priest-king at the Father's right hand. • Earthly priests and sacrifices are copies and shadows; Jesus offers Himself and, through His ascension, conducts the necessary eternal intercession in heaven. • The ascension is indispensable: our problem is fundamentally spiritual; only a heavenly, eternal intercessor secures believers perpetually so that none are lost. • The old covenant's inadequacy lies in human failure; Christ fulfills every type and shadow, thereby obtaining a more excellent ministry as Mediator of the better, new covenant enacted on better promises. • Jesus, unlike Israel, resists temptation, refuses wilderness grumbling, obeys perfectly, defeats Satan, and conquers death—functioning as true Israel and the last Adam. • The new covenant brings a people who truly know the Lord; its membership is constituted by genuine faith rather than merely physical descent or external inclusion. • The church era, empowered by the Spirit, advances the gospel globally; Christ's ascension aligns with God's plan for worldwide mission and ongoing heavenly mediation.

To paraphrase a quote from C. H. Spurgeon, "God has made all things within the world to be our teachers". We can learn spiritual lessons from God's creative hand.

This sermon explores the biblical vision of the new heaven and new earth, emphasizing that God's ultimate plan is to dwell permanently with His redeemed people. The speaker interprets the New Jerusalem as a symbolic representation of the Church, the bride of Christ, who will inhabit this restored creation forever. Key themes include the eradication of sin, death, and suffering, ensuring that God's presence eliminates all separation and pain. By connecting Revelation 21 with Isaiah 65, the message highlights the fulfillment of ancient promises where God tabernacles among humanity in a state of perfect peace. The central hope is not merely an escape from earth but the restoration of the world as God's eternal dwelling place with His people.

Are you a gospel trumpet? That is the dominant image which Spurgeon employs for his sermon from 1 Thessalonians 1:8 about sounding forth the word of the Lord. The sermon builds to some applications which are very specific to the Metropolitan Tabernacle in Spurgeon's time, and we need to take that into account as we reach them. However, they can easily be turned to help us in our own situations, and the principles which lie behind them are broadly true. So, we are urged to consider the trumpeters themselves, the kind of men who make God's word to sound out, with Spurgeon ranging across Paul's description of the Thessalonian believers in his letters to them. This is really a brief study in Christian character. Then we turn to the trumpets, and see how it is that they give forth such a penetrating sound, and here we are in the realm of Christian experience and obedience. Thirdly, Spurgeon insists that there was a pressing present need for just such a trumpet-blast as sounded from the Thessalonian believers, and here the flavour of the hour begins to bleed through, but in a way that I think makes the modern reader add his, "Amen!" to the preacher's assessment. Finally comes the question of whether or not his immediate congregation had an obligation to sound forth that trumpet-note. While some of the qualities and opportunities Spurgeon identifies are very tightly tied to the Tabernacle gathering, they raise questions and challenges for every church and each believer as to how we respond to the need of the present hour.

What Seems Right or What God Says? This message presents the opening chapters of Numbers as God's careful preparation of a redeemed people to move from Sinai toward His promised land. Israel had been out of Egypt only a little over a year when God numbered the fighting men, arranged the tribes around the tabernacle, assigned the Levites their responsibilities, required purity within the camp, called His people to consecration, and placed His blessing upon them. Everything centered around one great reality: God was dwelling in their midst. Their strength was not in their numbers, organization, or military ability, but in the presence, provision, Word, and promises of the Lord. The message then looks ahead to Kadesh Barnea, where the preparation of Numbers 1–10 is tested by the report of the twelve spies. All twelve saw the same fruitful land, fortified cities, powerful enemies, and giants, but they interpreted what they saw differently. Ten allowed circumstances to interpret God's promise, while Joshua and Caleb allowed God's promise to interpret their circumstances. This becomes the central contrast between Proverbs 14:12—the way that seems right to a man—and Proverbs 3:5–6—trusting the Lord rather than leaning on our own understanding. Faith does not deny difficulties; it simply refuses to give difficulties more authority than what God has said. Israel's unbelief ultimately became disobedience. Though God had delivered, fed, protected, instructed, and led them, they refused to trust Him at the threshold of the promise. Their forty days of spying became forty years of wilderness judgment, and the numbered generation died without entering the land. The tragedy was not t

He Brought Them Out… …To Bring Them In Has He… "He Brought You Out — to Bring You In" This message walks through the first five books of Moses to show the unfolding purpose of God: Genesis reveals His promises, Exodus His deliverance, Leviticus His holiness, Numbers the necessity of trusting Him in the wilderness, and Deuteronomy the call to remember and obey Him as His people enter the promise. In Numbers, Israel had been delivered from Egypt, organized around the tabernacle, and prepared to move toward Canaan. Yet when they reached Kadesh Barnea, ten spies trusted what they could see more than what God had said. Their unbelief turned an eleven-day journey into decades of wandering. Using Proverbs 16:3-4, Proverbs 14:12, and Proverbs 3:5–6, the message warns that what seems right to us can lead us away from what God says is right. Faith does not deny the giants, walls, or difficulties; it simply refuses to make them greater than God. Joshua and Caleb saw the same obstacles as everyone else, but they trusted the Lord who had already promised to fight for them. Exodus 6 provides the heart of the message through four great purposes of God: He delivers His people, gathers them around Himself, makes Himself known to them, and brings them into His promised rest. Israel's physical deliverance from Egypt also warns us that being among God's people is not the same as personally knowing Him. No one can borrow another person's faith. Every individual must personally surrender to Jesus, trust His finished work, and be born again. The message closes by showing that God's purpose has not changed. In Jesus, He brings us out of bondage to bring us into life, fellowship, obedienc

Deuteronomy 16:1-17 presents three annual feasts — Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles — as institutions of Old Covenant Israel's corporate worship, each tethering Israel's communal life to God's redemptive acts. This exposition traces how each feast was bound to the central sanctuary, expressed the theme of divine redemption, and anticipated a greater fulfillment in Christ. Main points: - the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread — remembrance of redemption from Egypt - the Feast of Weeks — firstfruits and freewill offering in response to God's provision - the Feast of Tabernacles — rejoicing before the Lord for the fullness of his blessing Scripture references: - Exodus 12:1-28; 23:14-17; 34:18-23 - Leviticus 23:4-44 - Numbers 28:16-31 - Deuteronomy 12:5-14; 15:1-18; 16:1-17 - John 1:29; 7:2-39 - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; 15:20-23 - Colossians 2:16-17 - Hebrews 10:1-14 Free Grace Baptist Church — https://www.freegrace.ca Full transcript & sermon notes: https://sermons.freegrace.ca/sermons/bible-study-deuteronomy-16-1-17-the-annual-feasts-of-israel Description generated by Tyrannus.ai: https://www.tyrannus.ai