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. Good evening everyone, welcome to the Mountain Baptist Church. Take your song books and turn to song 420. Song 420 in your song books, we'll sing there's a song in the air, if you would stand, we'll sing song 420. There's a song in the air, there's a star in the sky, there's a mother's deep prayer and a baby's long cry, and the star reigns its fire while the beautiful sing, for the manger of Bethlehem cradles the king. There's a tumult of joy o'er the wonderful birth, for the virgin sweet boy is the lord of the earth, high the star reigns its fire while the beautiful sing, for the manger of Bethlehem cradles the king. In the light of that star lie the ages imperiled, and that song from afar has swept over the world. Every hearth is a flame and the beautiful sing in the homes of the nations that Jesus is king. We rejoice in the light and we echo the song that comes down through the night from the heavenly throng, I wish out to the lovely evangelical, they bring and we greet in his cradle our savior and king. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord, we just want to thank you, God, just for another night to meet in your house, and I pray, Lord, that you would just bless in everything that we say and do. We thank you for the safety you've given us so far with the hunting, and just bringing us back tonight. We love you and pray all of this in Jesus' name, amen. All right, you may be seated and turn in your songbooks to song 292. Song 292, and your songbooks will sing, His Way With Thee, song 292. Would you live for Jesus and be always pure and good? Would you walk with him within the narrow road? Would you have him bear your burden, carry all your load? Let him have his way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. It was best for him to have his way with thee. Would you have him make you free and follow at his call? Would you know the peace that comes from giving all? Would you have him save you so that you can never fall? Let him have his way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. It was best for him to have his way with thee. Would you in his kingdom find a place of constant freedom? Would you prove him true in providential test? Would you in his service labor always at your best? Let him have his way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be. His blood can cleanse your heart and make you free. His love can fill your soul and you will see. It was best for him to have his way with thee. Amen. So welcome to Mount Baptist Church on this Wednesday evening. And just some announcements here. Service time should be normal coming up this Sunday. And obviously, we have Thanksgiving tomorrow and there's a lot of people that are out. But I'll also be in prayer for those that aren't feeling well. Pretty much all my kids are not feeling well right now. And just pray that this passes. It's been a week since Clara got sick. And then it's just been kind of taking them all out down the line. But hopefully, I'm the only one yet that has not gotten sick. So Holly's been sick. Everybody's been sick. The dogs are probably sick, who knows. But hopefully, I don't get it. But anyway, we'll be in prayer for everybody in the church because I'm sure there's other people that are dealing with sicknesses. Kids are dealing with sicknesses. And so just be in prayer for that. We do have the soul winning that's going to be coming up this Saturday. So I kind of want to mention that first, is that that's coming up this Saturday. We do have the men's prayer meeting on Friday. And then the soul winning this Saturday, brother Matt and brother Jim are leading that up out in the Pittsburgh area. And so hopefully, many people can make it out to that. But be in prayer for that. Hopefully, that goes well. I think the weather, brother Wade, you were checking on that. I know that tomorrow is supposed to be really nice. But hopefully, the weather turns out great, especially for being at the end of November. But excited to see how receptive that is in that area. And then we have the women's prayer meeting will be the next Saturday. And then we have the Christmas party that we're going to have on the 10th. And we already do a Christmas gift exchange, white elephant, whatever it's called. It's probably racist now. It's probably supposed to be like brown elephant or something like that. Is there even white? Are there white elephants? Are there albino elephants, I guess? But they're gray, right? Gray, brown, who knows anymore. But all joking aside, it's a gift exchange. So we're going to have one for the adults and one for the kids. Where's the cutoff with the adults? Do you remember what we did last year as far as the cutoff age? We just basically, if you're like, I guess, above 18 would be, or 18 and above would be adult. I mean, that's like the legal terminology, right? Anyway, OK. Yeah, I will figure it out. Well, you know what, ladies, you figure it out. You're the ones bringing the gifts anyway for whether it's a kid or whether it's an adult. So I know all mine are kids, so I'm not having to worry about that. But anyway, so that's coming up. We are going to be finishing up our study through Exodus tonight. And so I haven't decided yet on what book I'm going to be going into. We have five weeks until the end of the year. So I was thinking about doing James, First Peter, or First Thessalonians. I was also thinking about going into Luke immediately, but I feel like we kind of need a shorter book. It'd be kind of cool to do a shorter book before we get into a bigger book. So let me know what you would rather me do. I'm up for any of those. But James, First Peter, and First Thessalonians, they all have both. They all have five chapters in them. And I haven't done any of those yet on a Wednesday night. So yeah, let me know on the WhatsApp what everybody would like. I'm leaning towards James, but I also really would kind of like to do First Peter. But yeah, let me know what you think on that. See, I could take suggestions. This isn't just like a benevolent dictatorship up here, you know? You know, like those pastors that are like, you know what, well, bless God, I'm doing it because I said I was doing it. The Holy Ghost told me that I should be going through this book. And if you suggest it, I'm going to purposely not do what you suggest, because I'm sure the Holy Ghost will say something different. Anyway, on the back of your bulletin there, we are still going through the first Thessalonians chapter 2 for our Bible memory. And then I had plans to get that all memorized. But then I shot my deer before I even got to my tree stand. You know, when you're just that good, by the day you're sitting up in the front, just kidding. That happens, though, sometimes. But you know, I wasn't prepared to do some memorization in that tree stand. And you know, so not that I'm complaining about getting a deer first, you know, and getting it really early. And yeah, no. So we'll leave it at that. First John chapter 5 and verse 7 is I remember the verse for the week. And then be in prayer for my wife there under the pregnancy list. And I thought I got for announcements. I'm offering boxes in the back there if you want to give a tithe offering. Mother baby rooms for the mothers and babies only. And Brother Dave's going to come and do one more song. Who's actually reading tonight? Brother David? Brother David's going to be reading Exodus chapter 44. All right. Take your song books and turn to song three hundred and nineteen. Song three hundred and nineteen will sing just a closer walk with the song three hundred and nineteen. I am weak, but thou art strong. Jesus keep me from all wrong. I'll be satisfied as long as I walk. Let me walk close to thee. Just a closer walk with thee. Granted, Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to thee. Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Through this world of toil and snares. If I falter, Lord, who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee. Just a closer walk with thee. Granted, Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to thee. Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. When my feeble life is o'er. Time for me will be no more. Guide me gently, safely o'er. To thy kingdom, shore to thy shore. Just a closer walk with thee. Granted, Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to thee. Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. All right, take your Bibles and then turn to Exodus, chapter number 40. Exodus, chapter number 40 in your Bibles. We'll have Brother David read that for us. Exodus 40, if you're there, say amen. And the Bible reads, and the Lord spake unto Moses saying, on the first day of the first month, shalt thou shut up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the veil. And thou shalt bring in the table and send an order the things o'ertill be sent in order upon it. And thou shalt bring in the candlestick and mite the lamp so of. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for th' incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the dove to the tabernacle. And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the dove of the tabernacle on the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein, and thou shalt set up the coat round about, and hang up the hanging at the coat gate. And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof, and it shall be holy. And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar, and it shall be an altar most holy. And thou shalt anoint the laver, and his foot, and sanctify it. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons into the dough of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint them, and sanctify them, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats. And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Thus did Moses according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the birds thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. And he set a bird with a tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he took, and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above the ark. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle, without the veil. And he set the bread and the odor upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle, southward. And he lighted the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil. And he burnt sweet incense thereon, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. And he put the altar of burnt offering, by the door of the tabernacle, of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering, and the mean offering, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there in, to wash withal. And Moses and Aaron and the sons washed their hands, and their feet thereat. When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near into the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses. And he read up the coat round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging over the coat gate, so Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the Lord was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward on all their journeys. But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the hounds of Israel and throughout their journeys. Let's pray. Dear Lord, I thank you for this opportunity to come back to church, Lord. I pray that you be with Pastor, I pray that you fill in with the Holy Spirit, and all these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. We're there in Exodus chapter 40, and we are finishing up the book of Exodus here. So if you remember, when we got to chapter 35, they're basically making all of the vessels that were spoken of, that Moses saw in the mouth, and all the way up to chapter 39, where it's basically going through everything from the tabernacle itself, to everything in it, to the priest's garments. And then in chapter 40 here, they're actually erecting this tabernacle. So after all of that, and then in between everything, we have the golden calf situation, that they are erecting the tabernacle. But the first thing we see here, the first thing I want you to notice is when, in the timeline of events, this thing finally gets erected. And what you're going to see is actually it's almost exactly a year from when they come out of Egypt. So look at verse 1 there of Exodus chapter 40. It says, And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month, shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. So at that point, we don't really know the year, but we know it's the first day of the first month. Look down at verse 17. Verse 17, it says, And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. So what we're dealing with here is if you go back to Exodus chapter 12, when did they leave Egypt? Well, it was the first month, but it was established to be the first month. So they're in the first month of the second year. So we're now into the second year, and I believe that time started when they come out in dealing with Exodus 12 and Passover and all that. So let's just look at that real quick. I just want that to kind of just sink in that from where they leave Egypt to all the stuff they're doing in the wilderness, and you have the manna, you have the water coming forth from the rock, you have Moses going up into the mount for 40 days and 40 nights, then you have the golden calf situation, then he goes up again for 40 days and 40 nights. They're building all of this stuff. What's the timeline of everything that's going on from when they leave Egypt to when they're erecting it here at the end of Exodus? So in verse 1 there, Exodus 12, verse 1, it says, And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house. Now, that's going to be for the Passover. Look down at verse 17. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. For in a selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by ordinance forever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. So when we're dealing with this month, and you can see that in Exodus chapter 13, it also basically names this month Abib. So this is the first, to them, it's the first month of the year. And that's when they're doing the Passover. Now, in Exodus chapter 40 is the first day of that month. When is the Passover killed? On the fourteenth day. And they literally went out the fifteenth day. So that morning, or basically going into the fifteenth day, and at the end of the fourteenth day they kill the Passover, they're heading out, you know, in the morning. And they're heading out in haste and going out. And go to Hebrew chapter 8, Hebrew chapter 8. And the thing that I kind of want to sink in is that the covenant actually started when they left. When you have the Passover lamb that basically they put on the doorpost and on the lentil, you know, that's when it basically, he's bringing them out of the land of Egypt, that's when that covenant started with them, but the tabernacle wasn't even made yet until a year later. And I want to prove to you that the covenant started when they came out in verse 7 there. And you may say, well, we've seen this so many times. Good. Good. Because when anybody ever asks you, when did the first covenant start, you're going to know. You'll be like, pastor hits this so many times. It's in my head. I can't forget it. You know, that it's just going to be very simple to understand. Anyway, so in verse 7 here it says, For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they continued not in my covenant and I regard them not, saith the Lord. So in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, what day is that? The 15th day of the first month. Or technically you could say the end of the 14th day going into the 15th day is when it's going on there, right? But that's when the covenant started, but there's basically a year before they even had this tabernacle. And obviously they're doing things in this covenant as far as keeping the ordinances and doing that stuff before they even had the tabernacle. Because you kind of see that as you're going down the line where they're talking about keeping the... Before they even get... You hear God speaking from Mount Sinai giving the Ten Commandments, they're basically still... They're observing those commandments before God even spake them to him from the mount. So the covenant's already being... It's already stated like I made a covenant with you, but they're kind of slowly but surely getting all the pieces together as far as what they need to do for this covenant. And the thing that I want to kind of think about is the New Testament, right? And how the New Testament is kind of similar to that and the fact that you have Jesus raises from the dead. Obviously Jesus dies, which marks the beginning of the New Testament, right? The end of the old, beginning of the new. And basically you have the fact, well, 40 days later, or 50 days later, right? He's seen for 40 days, but 50 days later, you had the Holy Ghost coming down, right? And you had the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And then you have the fact that, okay, now we're getting scriptures, right? We get the apostles that are writing the books of the Bible and all this stuff that's taking years. It's years to go by. I mean, think about the book of Acts and how years go by before that's finished and we have the writings of the New Testament and have the whole Bible complete, Old Testament, New Testament, right? Yet, I mean, the New Testament started when Jesus died on the cross. Does that make sense? So it's kind of a, you can kind of see the idea here that it doesn't all have to be just like, boom, we have it all right now, right? And we have to start, we have everything we need right now. And how basically the First Testament, also, they had to build the temple. They had to get all the materials. They had to do all this stuff. But yet, that testament had already started. And they were being established as being the Levitical priesthood, if you will, as far as the order of Aaron and Aaron being the high priest and his sons being the priests and then going down the line of Aaron, okay? So I just think that's interesting to kind of note there, but also just know, like, hey, there's a year that goes by pretty much by the time you get there. And I'm going to kind of talk about, too, with the other books of Moses, right? You have Genesis, Exodus, and Exodus is really where you have Moses, right? And then you have Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. And I think it helps to understand, okay, what's the time span between these books? What's going on, right? So in the book of Exodus from chapter 12, you know, when they're coming out to the end of the book is a year, okay? And you may read there and be like, man, I feel like we've been there forever, right? And, you know, it's always been a year since we've gone through this, right? Because 40 chapters, and I've missed a few Wednesdays, sickness or whatever the case may be, that it's almost been a year since we've started Exodus. And so, you know, we're kind of doing it in the timeline, if you will. But that's kind of, if you want to feel as far as like how long it took them to get from point A to point B, and they're still not in the Promised Land yet, okay? But it's definitely, you know, interesting to know just the timeline there. And, you know, I might just, let's just talk about the timeline real quick and then I'll get that out of the way, okay? Dealing with the fact of the timeline of these books, okay? So go to, I don't know, numbers. Actually, I don't know, basically in numbers, I don't think I have it written in here, numbers, where it basically states what year it is. I thought I had it in there. I think I just stated it, okay. So when you're thinking about where you're at, you're in the second, you're in the first day of the first month in the second year at the end of Exodus. In numbers, when numbers starts, you're dealing with the first day of the second month in the second year, okay? So the end of Exodus to when you're starting in numbers, you're dealing with one month goes by, okay? And so there's one month between like the end of Exodus to when you're starting numbers. But what happens in between that month, okay? You know, is there any history that goes on? There's actually one event that happens between that. Now Leviticus, the book of Leviticus is more so basically, if you were to look at it as like a rule book for the Levitical priesthood, right, how they're doing these sacrifices, how they deal with leprosy, how they deal with all these different elements as far as, and there are judgments and stuff like that are done in there, but the priests are a lot of times the ones that are judging the cases, right? And so it's more of a, you know, not necessarily a book of history, if you will, right? You can think of Exodus as kind of chronological history as far as what you're going through, whereas Leviticus is more just like here's the burnt offering, here's the peace offering, here's the drink offering, right? But there is one story, and it's Leviticus chapter 10. Go to Leviticus chapter 10. I'm not going to go through the whole story here, but it's kind of, you know, when you think about what's going on between that one month between when they erect the temple, the tabernacle, right, and when they start in numbers and they're numbering everybody and they're getting ready to go into the Promised Land, okay? Because actually we're talking like a month, I think it's like the second month of the second year, like the 21st day of that month, okay? They're literally ready to go send spies into the Promised Land, okay? So I mean from when they erect that tabernacle to when they're about to go into the Promised Land, we're talking like a month or so that that timeline is. That's not very much timeline between when they would have gone into the Promised Land, right? So think about it, they would have been going into the Promised Land pretty much almost just a year after they get out of Egypt, but we know that changes because that's another story for another day. But in Leviticus chapter 10 here in verse 1 it says, Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them, his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord, okay? So, and this is something that was explicitly said not to do in Exodus chapter 30. It says, Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, okay? So they knew they shouldn't have done that, and so his two sons die, or his two elder sons, right? Then he has two other sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, okay? So they basically take the lead after Nadab and Abihu die. But you can kind of see, okay, they erect the temple, and they're doing the service of the temple, or the tabernacle, if you will, and they're basically doing the service, and then they mess up within a month of when they actually built that thing, okay? And then in Numbers, they're numbering everybody, and they're getting ready to go into the Promised Land, they're sending out spies. You know, that's within a month that that story of Nadab and Abihu happens. So when you're reading through Exodus, it keeps talking about Nadab and Abihu and how they're basically going to be the priests that are going to be under Aaron and all this stuff, and then they last. Like, who knows when that even happened? That could have happened, like, as soon as they started, right? It could have been a week in, you know? But what we do know is that it was less, you know, it's not more than a month. And so I think it's interesting to kind of know those timelines, to kind of understand where we're at, and how long did it take to get to this point. And then when you get to Deuteronomy, it tells you we're in the 40th year in the 11th month, you know, that's where Moses in one day is basically speaking the book of Deuteronomy. So the book of Deuteronomy is not like this whole, like, historical timeline that's going on. It's just recapping everything that happened. And, you know, that's why it's called Deuteronomy. It's basically the second telling of the law. But it'll go through events that happened in the past and all that, but it's being spoken in one day, okay? So really the end of numbers is really where you're getting to the fact that, okay, here's the end of the timeline until you get to Joshua. And then Joshua, they finally go into the Promised Land, okay? So anyway, I just kind of wanted to go through that really quick, and you can kind of look that stuff up as far as when you get into those books, and why it splits it up that way, right? Why does Exodus split up from Leviticus, right? Because this really marks the end of their exodus, right? Exodus means, like, the exit, right? They're exiting Egypt. At this point, this is like they've exited, and they're just about to go into the Promised Land. Leviticus is named that because it has to do with all the Levitical things, all the things that the Levitical priesthood has to do, okay? It's kind of like a guidebook, if you will, for them. And then numbers, it's called numbers because there's a lot of counting in it, okay? So, but there's a lot of events that are going on. But in Chapter 1, you're numbering all those that are ready to go forth of war. In Chapter 26, you're numbering them again because they've been in the wilderness for 40 years, and then you're going through all the numbering of the sacrifices that they're doing and all that stuff, okay? So anyway, that was the tangent, but I think that it just kind of helps you understand where we're at, what's going on. So when you go into Leviticus, it's not like, all right, now we're, how long does it take to get through, you know, how long are they in the wilderness while we're going through Leviticus? One a month, you know, as far as the timeline would go. Now, go back to Exodus Chapter 40, but I want you to keep your finger there in Hebrew Chapter 8, okay? Exodus Chapter 40 and verse 13. Now, when it comes to a lot of this chapter, it's just dealing with the same thing. It's just saying that they erected it. They put them in the place where they're supposed to be, okay? As far as the tabernacle, I gave you that sheet that had kind of a diagram of the tabernacle. If you need one of those or you lost it, let me know. But basically, it's just an outline to know, okay, if I walk into the tabernacle, on the left is the candlestick, on the right is the table of showbread, right in front of me is going to be the altar of incense, the golden altar, and then there's going to be a veil. Past that veil is the Ark of the Covenant, okay? But if you were to look at what direction you're going in, right would be north, left would be south, and as you're going in would be the west. So as you're entering in, you're entering from the east going in to the west, okay? So that's why it says that the candlestick is northward, or I'm sorry, southward, and the table of showbread is northward, okay? And that's why it's stating it that way. It's just giving you the directions as far as where everything's at. Then it talks about the laver is right outside the door. Between the altar that's outside of that, in the court, and all that. And we kind of already hit on all that stuff, so I don't want to really belabor those points, but there are certain things that are said in this chapter that I wanted to hit on. And one is the timeline of events, you know, like how long were they there before the tabernacle got erected, but also there's a statement that's made here about the priesthood, okay? And so I think it's interesting that the priesthood is being mentioned and all that before we get into Leviticus, right? Because the whole book is about the priesthood, right? But in Exodus chapter 40, verse 13, it says, And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with codes. And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office, and anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Now, that's what I want to really hit on there, is that the fact that it says everlasting priesthood, right? But we know that it actually ends, right? So I want to help make, and I know I've stated this before, dealing with the everlasting covenant that he made with Abraham with circumcision, right? But when you think about this as an everlasting priesthood, it's basically a conditional everlasting priesthood, meaning this is that it's everlasting if they keep the covenant, okay? And if you remember, the covenant, the first covenant, was a conditional covenant based off them keeping the commandments and keeping the law and all that, right? When it comes to salvation, is that the condition? Keeping the commandments, keeping the law? No, right? The only condition is that you believe. And that, you know, then you don't have to worry about that covenant ever stopping, okay? But I want to make this very clear that when you're dealing with this covenant, because they continue not, notice what it says in Hebrew chapter 8 and verse 9, with that first covenant, it says, Because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. So, like I said, if you were to have a lease, for example, on a building, or you had a mortgage or something like that with a bank or a loan or something, and it's a conditional covenant, if you will, that's being made there, that if I pay this rent or if I pay this mortgage, then this place is mine, right? And whoever, you know, let's say our landlord here, if we're paying our rent, we have a contract, if you will. We have a lease that's binding, legally binding, and if we keep our end of the deal, they can't back out of it. I mean, at least in an actual world where law and order exists, okay? I'm not saying that that can't, you know, in the world that we live in, when people are unjust, you know, but we're talking about God here with this covenant. Okay, so obviously God is just. But the idea there is that as long as everything is done lawfully, then our landlord can't break that covenant, right? He's stuck with us. As long as we're paying our rent, right? As long as we're abiding by the rules, like, that are written in the contract, then, you know, he has to keep his end of the deal. What if we stop paying rent, though? Does it matter that we have a three-year lease if we stop paying rent? All right, you know, can we be like, listen, you're stuck with us. We're going to be in this building using it. We're just not going to pay you. No, we're going to be evicted. And he has every right to do it, right, because we breached the contract. Now, let's take that and say instead of a three-year lease, you have an everlasting lease, okay, which no one would ever sign. But let's say you had an everlasting lease. Like, literally, this is unlimited. As long as you pay your rent, you know, you're here forever, as long as you want to be, right, as far as that goes. It's everlasting. What if I stop paying rent, though? Do you see how it doesn't matter how long the lease is? It doesn't matter how long that covenant's for if I don't keep my end of the deal, okay? Now, obviously, we're talking about the old covenant, so we know that we can't keep that end of the deal, right? That's the whole point of the first covenant, is to show that we can't keep that. We can't keep our side of the deal. But it's not like God is unjust because He ended it. Even though He was saying, hey, you know, in some cases, it'll talk about it being an everlasting covenant that He's making with them or everlasting ordinances or everlasting, you know, when it comes to circumcision, when it comes to even dealing with the Sabbath and all that. Well, one, a lot of those picture spiritual things that are everlasting. But two, even if in this case, you know, you're dealing with the priesthood, an everlasting priesthood, you could definitely spiritualize that because you have the priesthood of the believers, right? You have the royal priesthood that's in the New Testament, and that could be spiritualized in the fact that that doesn't end, right? That is everlasting. But go to Hebrews 7, and what you have to understand is that, one, that everlasting priesthood, if you will, the anointing of the everlasting priesthood, it says. And every word is important there, too. It doesn't even say everlasting priesthood. It says the anointing of this priesthood is everlasting, right? And so, but even if you were to say the priesthood was everlasting, I would say, well, it's predicated on them actually keeping the covenant. And they didn't keep the covenant, so therefore, He doesn't have to hold to any of those everlasting covenants, and eventually, He does disannul it, okay? He's very long suffering, right? Because, I mean, good night, He could have done it at the very beginning, right? And if you remember, Moses is the reason that God didn't destroy them all. When they made the golden calf. But go to Hebrews 7, verse 11, and the Bible is just going to straight up say that the priesthood is changed. And, you know, so when you're looking at that, and one, you'll get people that say, well, there's a contradiction in the Bible, right? You get the atheists and the haters of God, they just want to say there's a contradiction. Well, there's not a contradiction because the covenant was disannulled because they didn't keep their end of the deal, okay? Therefore, it doesn't matter how long He made the covenant for, if they didn't keep their end of the deal, He can disannul it. Just like any other covenant you make in the world, that's just the way it is, and the person that the covenant's being broken against isn't the one that's doing the wrong if that person didn't keep the end of the deal. But then you have people that are like these Zionists, if you will, that want to believe that God's still using the Jews and there's still God's chosen people, and they're still under that first covenant. Yet, the Bible says that He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second, and that that which waxes to old is ready to vanish away, and that first covenant is abolished. It is done in 2 Corinthians chapter 3, it's stating that. But go to Hebrew 7 verse 11, it says, If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood. So what are we talking about? What's the subject here? The Levitical priesthood, which is what we're talking about at the end of Exodus here, that this anointing of this priesthood is everlasting, if you will. But it says, If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for under it the people received the law, what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek and not be called after the order of Aaron? So one, you know what? When it says, If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, what further need was there that another priest should rise? You know what that means? Is that perfection wasn't under the Levitical priesthood. I mean, it's just clearly stating that we wouldn't need to find another priest if there was actually perfection under this. And it's clearly stating, because later on it talks about that it never purified the conscience, it was only to the purifying of the flesh. It never saved the soul. It didn't save you spiritually. And the Levitical priesthood never did that. But then it goes on to say in verse 12 here, this is very important. For the priesthood being changed. Now that's past tense, right? Changed. Meaning it's changed. The priesthood being changed, there is made of a necessity to change also the law. So it was changed. So you can't say, well, no, it's still everlasting. Then tell me what Hebrews 7-12 says. I mean, is there any doubt we're talking about the Levitical priesthood here? The Levitical priesthood is what's being stated, and it's coupling that, and basically it's a dichotomy between that and Jesus being the high priest after the order of Melchizedek. The whole chapter is dealing with that. And then it says the priesthood being changed, meaning it's gone from the Levitical priesthood to Jesus, the high priest after the order of Melchizedek. And under the royal priesthood, which is all believers, whether you're Jew or Gentile. So instead of just having this one tribe, and not just one tribe, but you have this one man, this lineage of this one man that could be priests, every believer is a priest. He's made us kings and priests unto God. And that's the beauty, obviously, of the New Testament, is that we don't have a high priest that can die. You know, Jesus never lived it. But also, it's not just this group of people that are priests, it's every believer. And so when you're looking at the priesthood and the Levitical priesthood, you say, well, what can we learn from that? Well, what we can learn is that if he's saying to the priest, you need to be holy, guess what? In the New Testament, all those statements about them being holy and them being sanctified and them being clean applies to us. Not all the cardinal ordinances and washings, that's been done away with, right? Since the time of reformation. But the spiritual aspect of all that stuff that the priests were supposed to be clean, they're supposed to be holy, they're supposed to be sanctified, that applies to us as believers. But keep reading here just so you know, okay, the priests are being changed, there is made of necessity to change also the law, for he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gaveth attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. So he's basically saying this is a completely different tribe, so he can't even try to say, well, he's a part of the Levitical priesthood somehow, right? They're trying to meld it in there somehow? No, it's a completely different tribe. Levi, Judah. And it's from a different person too as far as who it's over the order of. It's not the order of Aaron, because then it goes on to say in verse 15, and it is yet far more evident for that after the similitude of Melchizedek, Melchizedek there arrived at another priest, who is made not after the law of a cardinal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifies, thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofilness thereof. And that's the, I mean, the same thing you keep seeing over and over again with why the Old Testament is done away, because the weakness and unprofilness of it, because it didn't work, because we can't keep the law. And the same thing with the physical priests. They can't actually do that office. And that's why it needs to be changed, okay? And so, go down to verse 24 there, verse 24. You say, well, you know, if the Levitical priesthood was changed, well, can Jesus' priesthood change? What does it say here in verse 24? But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. So the answer to that is no. Because here's the thing. For the priesthood to be changed, Jesus would have to fail. He would have to break his end of the deal, if you will. That's why the New Testament will never be broken. That's why it will never, it will always be. It's called an everlasting covenant, the blood of the everlasting covenant at the end of Hebrews. And the reason that that will never be changed or disannulled is because Jesus is the one that establishes that covenant, not man. Okay? Now, Jesus is both God and man. But the man Christ Jesus, the Son of God, is the one that is establishing that, and it's unchangeable. Does that make sense? I hope that makes sense, that when you have a covenant between God and man, man messes up, therefore the covenant's disannulled. But if you have a covenant between God the Father and God the Son, who's the man Christ Jesus, the intercessor for us, there's one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, when he is the one that's interceding, and he is the one that is in the place to establish that covenant, that better covenant, that established upon better promises, when he is the one there, that's never changing, because Jesus would have to fail. Over here, man fails all the time. All the priests failed, all the prophets failed, everybody that was a part of Israel failed, and God disannulled their covenant because they failed. This covenant, the new covenant, the everlasting covenant of the second covenant, if you will, that will never fail. It will never be changed, it will never be disannulled, because Jesus would have to fail for that to happen. I hope that makes sense. I hope that's very clear. So when you're in the Old Testament, and you see an everlasting covenant being made with a man, and then you see that in the New Testament, circumcision avails nothing, right? You're like, what? What in the world? I thought that was for an everlasting statute, right? And then you see the anointing for everlasting on the priesthood, right? It says it's changed, because each time those things are stated it's to a man, but when you see in the Old Testament when it's stated to his seed, when it's talking about Abraham and his seed and all these promises that are being made to his seed, guess what? That seed is Christ, and that will never be changed. So I hope that makes sense. When you're reading through here you'll be like, wait a minute, it says it's everlasting. How does that work? I've got the atheists over here that are trying to say it's a contradiction. I've got the Zionists over here that want to say the Jews are still under a priesthood that God's regarding or something like that. They're both wrong. And the truth of the matter is, is that yes, it was set up to be forever. All these covenants were made, do it forever, do it forever, but God knew obviously they wouldn't be able to, but it was a covenant basically stating, you keep this, I'll regard it. You do this, you'll be a priesthood forever. But they all failed, and therefore it was disanalled, therefore it was changed, and now Jesus is the high priest, Jesus is the mediator, and he's the prophet, priest, and king, and guess what? He's never going to fail, so it's always going to be that way, and praise the Lord for that. Now go back to Hebrews chapter 40, Hebrews chapter 40, Hebrews chapter 40 and verse 34. Like I said, the verses in between these passages that I'm kind of hitting on, it's just talking about how things are being erected, and like I said, we've kind of already hit on that multiple times. So when it comes to that, I don't want to just go through the verses, okay? But I'll say this, when it comes to the layout, chapter 40 is actually a very good chapter to see the layout of the tabernacle, because it really does just kind of simply show you, here's where this is at, here's where this is at, and as far as the layout goes, chapter 40 is probably the clearest to the point without having to read a whole bunch of chapters to figure it out. It's really concise, okay? Verse 34 there, the end of the chapter here we're dealing with, once the tabernacle's erected, about the glory of the Lord filling this tabernacle. And I keep saying temple, listen, and you'd be like, it's the tabernacle, it's not the temple. Listen, in 1 Samuel, they call the tabernacle the temple, when Eli is the priest, and if you remember the story of the ark of the covenant is taken, it's called the temple, you can call it either way, obviously I know it's the tent of the tabernacle of the congregation, we know that this thing is mobile, it's not the temple made out of stone and solid, okay? But if I say temple, you know, obviously I'm talking about the tabernacle, okay? Verse 34 there, it says, then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, and when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys, but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up, for the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. Now what's interesting about this, basically what I'm stating here is that the cloud or the fire's there, they stay there, but if it moves, they have to basically pick up their sticks, you know, they have to pick up their whole dwelling, and go wherever it goes, okay? So it's following wherever the Lord's going, we're going, right? Now the thing about this is that if you think about in Numbers, chapter 10, where it talks about they're basically ready to go into the Promised Land, we're dealing with like a month later or so, you know, a couple months later that this is going on, so they're not really going to be on this long journey doing this, but it turns out they're going to do this for 40 years, okay? So when you get into Numbers, I mean, in Numbers, I think it's Numbers 33, forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think in Numbers 33 it gives you a whole breakdown of when they come out of Egypt to every place they went to, to where they end up, to where they're going into the Promised Land, and it's just like all these different places, and every single place it's like the cloud went up, it went over here, and it could be a day, it could be a month, it could be two months, it could be a year that they're in one spot, and the cloud moves, they move, okay? And the thing that you can think about here is that with the tabernacle is that the tabernacle is likened unto how our bodies of the tabernacle, the Holy Ghost, but also the church is the house of the living God, right? The temple of the living God, which is the house of the living God. The idea there is that where God goes, we go. Both physically, like individually, that's the way it should be. If God's going that direction, I'm going that way. And the same thing with the church, the church is the congregation, right? And where God goes, we're going. That's the direction we're going, okay? And where the glory of the Lord goes, that's where we're going, that's where we're headed. Okay, that should be the idea there. And the thing that I think about, too, is that the cloud goes before them, right? So they're just going toward where God already went, right? So He's leading the way. But another thing, it doesn't really mention here, but it happened before and all that when they were coming out of the land of Egypt, is that the glory of the Lord will also have their back, okay? Go to Isaiah chapter 58, Isaiah chapter 58 and verse 8. This happens when they're coming to the parting of the Red Sea, where basically instead of God leading them to a certain direction, it actually goes behind them and protects them, okay? And when you're following the Lord, He's not only going to lead you in the direction that you need to go, but He also has your back when people are trying to take you out from behind, okay? And I love this about this whole story because of how God's just protecting them front and back, okay? Now notice what it says here in Isaiah 58 and verse 8, okay? Because the thing that keeps being brought up about this tabernacle is the fact that the glory of the Lord, when this cloud's on there, the glory of the Lord's there. When the fire's there at night, the glory of the Lord's there, right? In verse 8 here, it says, Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily, and thy righteousness shall go before thee. The glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward. Now, that's an older term. It doesn't mean re-reward, okay? Like, you get a reward again, okay? It's an old way of spelling. I think the modern way of spelling it, you'd put R-E-A-R, and it would literally say rear reward, right? But it's all one word. A rearward is basically, if you think about an army marching, it's the portion of the army that's on the back end that would basically protect from an attack from behind, okay? And he's basically saying that the glory of the Lord will be your rearward, okay? So he's leading you, the glory of the Lord's leading you, but he's also, he has your back, okay? Let me give you an example of this. In Exodus, chapter 14, in verse 19, when they come up to the Red Sea, if you remember, Pharaoh and his chariots are now trying to come kill them. But, and if you remember, the pillar, the cloud by day and the fire by night was leading them, right? But notice what it says in chapter 14, verse 19. It says, and the angel of the Lord, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them, okay? So he was leading them, he was before them, right? He was in front of them, but he went behind them. Why? Because the Egyptians are coming after them, right? And it says, it went behind them, and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face and stood behind them. So notice how he's going from front to back, right? And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these, so that the one came not near to the other all the night. Okay, so when they're basically deadlocked at the sea, this is before he parts the sea, right? That basically God is protecting them from behind, right? There they have the sea in front of them, but then he's basically their rear ward, right? He's protecting them from any attacks from behind. And so when you think about following the Lord, you're going on this path, the thing that you've got to think about is people attacking you from behind while you're trying to go this direction, but God has your back, okay? And this story kind of shows you that the glory of the Lord, he'll lead you, but he's also going to protect you from behind. He's going to protect you from people trying to completely destroy you, and he's protecting his servants. And so I think that's a cool thing to think about there with the glory of the Lord and how the glory was showing him where to go, but he also was protecting him at the same time if anybody was trying to come from behind, okay? Now go back to Exodus chapter 40 and verse 34, and the last thing I want to mention here is the fact that the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Okay, notice what it says here in verse 34. It says, Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the cloud above thereon and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. The basic saying, Moses couldn't even go into it, but the glory of the Lord was filled in the tabernacle, okay? So we got that. Go to Isaiah chapter 6. Isaiah chapter 6. What you have to understand is that this happens in heaven, too, with the true tabernacle, okay? Remember that the tabernacle they just erected was, it was, you know, basically a figure of the true, okay? Everything was shown to Moses on the mouth of what was in heaven, right? So it's basically, it's not going to look as good as what's in heaven, but it's basically the same, it's the same outline, it's the same, you know, like the dimensions and like the ratios of everything are going to be the same, right? And it's stating that the glory of the Lord fills this tabernacle, but that happens in heaven as well. Notice what it says here in Isaiah 6 and verse 1. It says, in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. So where are we at? We're at the temple, where the throne's at, right? It says, above it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings, with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Now you say, well, there's smoke here, you know, not the glory of the Lord. Well, go to Revelation chapter 15. Revelation chapter 15 is also dealing with the temple that's in heaven. Okay? And I kind of have a point that I want to get across, and then we'll be done. Okay? Because understanding this, that, okay, what was filling the temple? The glory of the Lord. Right? In Isaiah chapter 6, what was filling the house, the temple? Smoke, full of smoke. Even in Exodus, it talks about the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord, and no one could enter in. Okay? Well, notice what it says in Revelation chapter 15 and verse 8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of the Lord and from his power, and no man was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. So what filled the temple? Smoke. Why? Right? Why was it filled with smoke? From the glory of God and from his power. So basically it's because of God's glory and his power that it was filled with smoke. Does that make sense? Now it's going to be pertinent because I'm going to prove to you that hell is not separation from God's presence. Okay? And a verse that people will use is in 2 Thessalonians. Go to 2 Thessalonians chapter 1. 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and verse 7. Because they don't understand that the word from doesn't always mean away from. Okay? From can mean the source. Like I bought ice cream from Aldi. I didn't buy it away from Aldi. I bought it from Aldi. You know, like from the store. It was in the store and I got it from there. I'm not the only one that's going to be eating it, just so you know. But that's the source. Okay? So in 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 and verse 7 it says, And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. Now what people that want to believe that, well, hell is separation from God is saying that they're going to be destroyed from the destruction from the presence of the Lord, meaning away from the presence of the Lord. Like that's why they're being destroyed, because they're completely separated from God and from his power and his glory. Does that make any sense when it comes to, one, God is everywhere and, you know, if I make, if I stand up in heaven, behold thou art there, if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. But when you're dealing with this, especially when, what's the, this is the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. When you go to Revelation chapter 15, what's it say? The temple was filled with the smoke, with smoke from the glory of God and from his power. When you're reading that, you're like, it's away from his glory and it's away from his power. No, that's the source. The destruction, the everlasting destruction, the source of that is the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power. That's the source. It's not the separation of, it's literally the opposite of what they think. And so, but let me give you another verse, just so you know that we're talking about the source of it. But you say, why are we even there? Because Exodus chapter 40 is stating that the temple, the tabernacle Lord is filled with the glory of the Lord, not away from the glory of the Lord, okay? It's filled with it. The smoke in the temple is filled with smoke, but it's because of the glory of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord is filled there as well. They're both there. The smoke's there, the glory's there, and the reason the smoke is there, because it's coming from his power and his glory that is being filled with smoke. It's not away from, okay? And the same thing when it comes to the destruction, the punishment, the everlasting destruction, people in hell are being tormented day and night from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, meaning it's the source. It's his presence that fuels that flame, because our God is a consuming fire. So this doctrine of hell is separation from God is completely false. There's no verse to back that up, and this is their text verse that they would go to to say it's separation from God. Do you see how silly that is? Do you see how it just falls on its head grammatically? Go to Revelation 14. Let me just show you one where it just strictly says that it's in the presence, okay? But I just want that to be very clear. When we're saying from, it can be the source. If I said I came from Morgantown, you know, like, you could say that I was in Morgantown, right? And I came from and I came away. I mean, you can't just add words where they're not there, okay? Revelation 14, verse 9 here, it says, And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, notice this, in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Unless you think that this is just some temporary punishment, notice what it says, In the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day nor night, who worship the beast in his image and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. So there's no doubt there that it's in the presence of the Lamb, but guess what? 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 is saying the same thing. It's from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. And it gives a little more gravitas to it if you think about it because if you think about it, it's in the presence, they're being tormented in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb, but guess what? The source of the indignation is the Lamb, the wrath of the Lamb. A consuming fire that is our God. That is the source. It talks about his anger is what... Let me just read to you, and this is the last thing I'm going to show you here. Go to Deuteronomy chapter 32, the first mention of hell. The first mention of hell here. Deuteronomy 32, I believe, is verse 22. Deuteronomy 32 and verse 22. It says, For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. So what's causing that? His anger. His anger. Just because I want to make a point here. Go to Nahum chapter 1. This is not my notes. I'm just going rogue right now. Nahum chapter 1. It's my old soul-wearing Bible. It's a little tattered at the moment. It's my other Bible at home. Bear with me here. Look at verse 3 of Nahum chapter 1. It says, The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and in the clouds, and in the dust of his feet. So we're talking about the Lord. I want to make this very clear. He rebuked the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers. Bashan languishes in Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence. Yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? Who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. So tell me again that hell is separation from God. He's the fuel. His anger, his indignation, his presence is the fuel of hell. That doesn't sound loving. Yea, it's not. If you think him sending people to hell is loving, then you're crazy. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. He loved those people and wanted them to get saved, but once they're cast into hell, that's not a loving thing to do. At that point, there, I hated them, we'll love them no more. God doesn't love those that are in hell. But, make no mistake about it, it's his presence. It's his glory that's fueling that fire. It's his presence, it's his power that's there. And you can imagine when you think of Isaiah, just being like, he talks about how he has unclean lips, you know, and he doesn't even know, he can't even talk. You can imagine that it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, even as a saved person. Think about the fear of the Lord. Even though we know that he's not going to send us to hell because we're saved, we have eternal life, but still knowing his power and his anger and indignation, I mean that's a fearful thing. Even in heaven, the posts are shaking and basically, you know, Isaiah's just like, you think of Daniel, he's fallen down dead at the presence of the Lord and all that. And then John, the same thing, when he's in the presence of the Lord and he's seeing the throne and he's seeing all this because his presence is a terrifying thing. And even for saved people, you know, it's a terrifying thing to be in the presence of the Lord. And we should fear and tremble. Serving the Lord with fear and trembling because he is to be reverenced and feared. And, you know, he's the only one that we should be fearing. Okay? It says to fear not, but it says to fear the Lord. Okay? And so Exodus chapter 40, you know, that ends our study through the book of Exodus. I enjoyed it. I know that some of it gets a little more into the weeds on things, but excited to obviously eventually go through Leviticus and all those, but I'm not going to go right into it. So I'm going to go back into the New Testament for a little bit and see what we get into next week. Like I said, I might do a smaller book that has like five chapters, and then we'll start off the year fresh with a new book. Not that we have to, but sometimes I like doing that. So let's end with a word of prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for today, thank you for your word, and thank you for the book of Exodus, and just pray that we continue to learn from the book of Exodus. And I know with these studies, these 40 chapters that we've gone through throughout the year, that there's just so much more to learn in them, and will just help us as we read through the book of Exodus again and again that we can glean more out of it. And we just pray that you be with us, be with those that aren't feeling well, and we pray that you heal all the sick, Lord, and Lord, we love you and pray all this in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. For a day we'll come and sing one more song, and that will be dismissed. All right, take your songbooks and turn to song 327. Song 327 in your songbooks. And if you would stand, we'll sing Higher Ground, song 327. I'm pressing on the upward way New heights I'm gaining every day Still praying as I'm onward bound Lord, plant my feet on higher ground Lord, lift me up and let me stand By faith on heaven's table land A higher plane that I have found Lord, plant my feet on higher ground My heart has no desire to stay Where doubts arise and fears dismay Though some may dwell where these abound My prayer, my aim is higher ground Lord, lift me up and let me stand By faith on heaven's table land A higher plane that I have found Lord, plant my feet on higher ground I want to live above the world Though Satan's darts at me are hurled For faith has caught the joyful sound The song of saints on higher ground Lord, lift me up and let me stand By faith on heaven's table land A higher plane that I have found Lord, plant my feet on higher ground