In particular to close out our our missions conference because I am absolutely convinced and we're gonna see this in the Word of God that when somebody gets a real glimpse of Jesus Christ They go and tell others about it All right, and I'm not gonna preach my message before it's time and it is the time this is somewhat of an introduction I suppose but the weary and troubled soul has no light if you just if you would just take a glimpse at the Savior and in the Word of God, everything in the earth is gonna grow strangely dim, and it's just gonna be only Him at the focus of your attention. And once you look upon the Savior, that's a sweetness. The Bible says, oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. If you could just take just a taste of the Lord and see how good He is, Understanding is the goodness of God that leadeth thee to repentance and we talked about this the other night that our lives are cap ended at the beginning and at the end with the goodness of God because it's a goodness of God that leadeth thee to repentance and once you've come to repentance and you've been born of God Well, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever You're made partaker of that eternal life, who is Jesus Christ, and you've been given that everlasting life that begins in Christ and never has an ending, and oh, and it's all just glory. And when you have just a glimpse of that, and you keep your eyes fixated upon the Lord Jesus Christ, you know, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the God on the Father on high. You know, but we see Jesus, who made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, that he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. And just a glimpse of Jesus, that'll set you right. Okay, that'll set you right. And as we've learned just recently, you know, our forward hearts, though, we don't wanna turn and look Jesus in the face. Even though if we do, we know we'd find life, we'd rather cling to our That one thing that we know is solid, our unbelief. All right, you know what, let's go ahead and we're gonna get in the word of God this afternoon. Oh, I think we're gonna start in Daniel this afternoon. You know, I'm usually torn on how to close out a conference, how to close out a week of meetings when I have the opportunity to preach. And we started out the week looking at the glory of God and looking at the everything that we do ought to bring glory to God. And that is the whole purpose that we have in our lives is to bring glory to God. And we see the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ. And if we would, we're gonna be Daniel chapter 10. I don't know if I mentioned the chapter or not. Daniel chapter 10. If we could just get a sustained understanding that if we just keep our eyes fixed upon Jesus Christ, everything else will line up. You know, he said, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Everything else is gonna fall right into place if you put Jesus Christ where he belongs, on the throne. You keep your mindset there, everything else is gonna line up. And so we're gonna look at Jesus Christ this afternoon. I hope that's okay. I'm just gonna preach Jesus for a little while. He is my love, He is my life. I have come to find Him to be faithful. I have come to find Him to be trustworthy. As I have learned to trust Him, I find Him more and more glorious, and I find Him more and more lovely. And as I yield to His leading, as I see it in the Word of God, I find that His Word is more and more true. And the more that I draw nigh unto Him, the more He draws nigh unto me, and the closer you get to a fire, the more you feel the warmth from it, okay? And I just wanna lay that out in this thing to the beginning, for you to understand, I love Jesus. All right, we're gonna look at him in the volume of the book. We're gonna start right here in Daniel chapter 10. Look at verse five. It says, then I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man. I want you to note something as you're reading through your Bible and you see a certain man listed, where even if it's in a parable and it says a certain man, There is a specific man that Jesus Christ was talking about or that the word of God was talking about. A parable can sometimes be a true story. It is still a physical example to show a spiritual truth, but it can be a true story. It can be an actual factual event, something that really did happen. And so when you come across this thing of a certain man, understand God is pointing out a certain man. There is one mediator between man, God, and man, and that is the man, Christ Jesus. And before we continue on, Brother Mike Batt, would you ask the Lord to bless our time of preaching? Father, we thank you as we go to your word in the volume of the book where it speaks of Jesus that we want to give glory and praise to you this time of this service. Amen. Amen. Verse five continuing, then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. And his body was also like the barrel, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colored, polished brass, and the voice of his words were his words like the voice of a multitude. What you're gonna find and what we're gonna examine here in just these next couple of minutes in these references that we're gonna turn to is what happens when somebody sees Jesus Christ in his glory. When you see the person of Jesus Christ revealed in the glory that was given to him by the Father, which glory he had before the worlds were made. There is a common reaction on the part of man. Look what this is. And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore, I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me, for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption. and I retained no strength. Every bit of comeliness, every bit of goodness, anything that he thought was worthwhile was turned instantly into corruption in the light of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I want to continue on in this concept, and let's go over to Revelation now, chapter 19. We're gonna examine a few scriptures here. We're gonna bounce back and forth. And if you have a hard time keeping up with the turning, just pay attention and listen, okay? Revelation 19, starting right at verse 11. He says, and I saw heaven open to behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written that no man knew but he himself. And he was clothed in a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. John recolored also elsewhere, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron. He treadeth the winepress of fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This man, Jesus Christ. Go to Revelation 20, verse 11. John continues on and he says, and I saw a great white throne, and on him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and it was found no place for them. The earth and the heaven flee away from the face of this one. The comeliness of Daniel was turned to corruption in the presence of this one. We're gonna find elsewhere where John fell at his feet as dead, this one who heard the very heartbeat of God himself. When he saw him in his fullness and his glory, he fell at his feet as dead. And yet we think that somebody presented with the gospel plan in our quick little spiel is going to come in full contact with the glory of that one and have the same reaction, just because we have a good presentation. No, they need a confrontation with the Son of God. They need to see Him in His glory. They need to understand that He's not your buddy, He's not your pal, He's not just the Savior of mankind, but no, He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the Son of God. He is God Himself, manifested to be the image of the invisible God. In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. There's not a bit of God that was missing from that body of Jesus Christ. This is the one with whom we have to do. This is the Jesus in whom we preach. This is the one in whom's faith we find salvation. Knowing the man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Christ. Paul later on in Galatians 2.20 says, for I'm crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Not only is it his faith that saves us, it's his faith that gives us life to walk this life here on this earth. Some of you today have absolutely no victory in your life and you have no peace in your life because all you've done is worked up enough faith to place in Jesus Christ and you won't find that wording anywhere in the Bible. You'll never find a place where salvation equals you putting your faith in Christ. But what you will find is Christ putting his faith in you. And that's foreign to a lot of us and I understand that. but search the scriptures to see if these things are so. We've lost touch with the word of God. We've lost touch with what the wording of the word of God, what God gave us so that we would know eternal life and that this life is in his son. And over the years in our attempt to make it easier so people can understand the gospel, we have simplified it too much and the gospel cannot be found. And so that's why we have professions with no fruit. That's why we have lives that claim to have gotten saved, but there is absolutely no change in them whatsoever. Because all we've done is worked up enough faith to put in Jesus, which then puts the work on us, which robs glory from him. Now go to Jeremiah chapter 10. Jeremiah chapter 10. I'm gonna start reading in verse 10. It says, but the Lord is the true God. He is the living God and an everlasting king. At his wrath, the earth shall tremble and the nation shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, the gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens. And he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth, he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Now we understand that this is speaking of God, but who of the Godhead? It's Jesus. Jesus Christ is the one that created the worlds. We're gonna look at another scripture in regard to that. But understanding the power of the Son of God. He was not manifested for your happiness. He was not manifested so that you wouldn't have to go to hell. That's not why the Son of God came into this world. The Son of God came into this world to die to redeem that which was stolen from him. You know what was stolen from him? Glory. And when we put our importance and our lives and our happiness before the glory of God, we do the same thing. So where do you stand in light of that Savior today? Why did you come to repentance? So you'd have a home in heaven, so you wouldn't have to go to hell? The fear of fire is a good motivating fear, and it's good in the preparation for the work of grace in a life, but that's not the prime reason. It's so that Jesus Christ can get the glory out of your life. This has been the theme that we've seen throughout this week in the preaching, and God has worked it in the mouths of the preachers throughout this week to bring this exact message out. It is not about you, it's about the Son of God. And when it's all about Him, it doesn't matter what He tells us to do down here. We say, yes, Lord, so that He can get the glory. We're gonna continue in this line of thinking, go to Revelation chapter one again. We're gonna bounce back and forth. I would apologize for it, but I think it's a good thing. I'm gonna start reading when I get there. Revelation one in verse 13. Again, John recalling this vision that he had, and he says, in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one, like unto the son of man, clothed, with a garment down to the foot, and gird about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters. You're gonna find that time and time again. The voice of God sounds like thunderings. It sounds like many waters. The Pritchards had the opportunity to go up to the Niagara Falls, because they'd never seen it, okay? And you might not be aware of this, but Sarah Pritchard was actually born in Alberta, Canada, okay? And lived up there till she was about eight, and then they moved to Ohio. So they went up. And if you've ever been up to Niagara Falls, or you've been someplace where there are great waterfalls, you know exactly what that sounds like. That's the voice of God. But you know how he speaks to your heart? In a still, small voice. Because he wasn't in the thunderings, he wasn't in the earthquake, he wasn't in the tempest, he was in that still, small voice that passed by. And you might just be so busy in your life taking care of your things that you miss it. May I ask you this? In all the times that you came into the house of God this week, did you hear the voice of God one time? I hope you did. because his voice was heard in every single message. And if you missed it, it's because you weren't listening, or you couldn't hear, you did not have yours to hear. His voice was as the sound of many waters, verse 16, and he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength, and when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. He laid his right hand on me saying, fear not, I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore, amen. And have the keys of hell and of death. Fell at his feet is dead. This is Jesus Christ. This is the Jesus Christ of the Bible. This is not another Jesus that is preached on in the world today, a Jesus that'll save without repentance, a Jesus that'll save without belief. Paul warned of that very Jesus, and yet we don't think it's here amongst us today? This is the proper response when somebody gets in the presence of that Jesus preached in this Bible. Their comeliness comes as corruption. They fall at their feet as dead. The earth and heaven flee from the face of that one. Here's a terrifying one to come before. It's a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of Almighty God. And in light of that, I wanna look at a couple of things. And we're gonna examine something that we've looked at before. For some of us, this'll be brand new. For some of us, this may be refresher. The title, Lord of Hosts, is used 245 times in the King James Bible. One time, it's with a capital L, lowercase o-r-d. The other times, it's all capitalized, signifying Jehovah God. Lord of Hosts, 245 times. 53 times in the book of Zechariah alone. What do we do with that? Well, let's examine some of these and just see who this Lord of Hosts is. Let's start in 1 Samuel 4.4. 1 Samuel 4.4, we're just gonna doctrinally look at the Lord of Hosts for just a stretch here. And rest assured, we're not gonna look at all 245 times today, okay? But if you really want to know the fullness of who this Lord of hosts is, it would do you well to take the time to look at them all. Catalog what it says about them. Every single place that is, see what it says about the Lord of hosts. What is he doing? What is he bringing about? What is being said about him? Write it down. And let the word of God reveal the Lord of hosts to you. First Samuel chapter four and verse four. It says, so the people went to Shiloh that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas were there with the ark of the covenant of God. Doctrinally, what we're looking at this verse is what does it say about the Lord of hosts? Well, first off, he dwelled in Shiloh, and that's a really good study. I began studying that out a couple of weeks ago, unbeknownst to me that I was gonna preach this today, and the Lord is still showing me a lot of things about Shiloh. There's a lot of good things dealing with Shiloh, but I want you to understand this about the Lord of Hosts. First off, he dwelleth between the cherubims. That's where the Lord of Hosts dwelleth. Now, that ETH on the end of that dwell, it shows a continual action. It's something that is done once, but it continues on. It fills that future tense of that thing. And that's the case in which it's used here. The Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims. Keep that in mind as we continue on. Go to 2 Samuel 6. We're gonna look at verse two. Just to reinforce this, David arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baal, of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. Here we have this without a comma, showing that is the fullness of that name, the Lord of hosts which dwelleth between the cherubims. That's just known, that's his name. Where he dwelleth is a part of who he is. Now those cherubims are those cherubims of beaten gold with their wings and their feathers which stretched out over that ark and overshadowed that mercy seat. That is the Lord of hosts which dwelleth between the cherubims. That was where they were to go to meet with God. Let's go over to Exodus chapter 25 and look at that. What am I always saying? When in doubt, go to the law of God. One of the two witnesses that God gave you to be able to see Jesus Christ and to know him in his fullness is the law and the prophets. Zechariah chapter four goes into that with those two pipes, which are piping the oil through those golden pipes into that lamp to keep that burning is the law and the prophets. But Exodus 25, look at verse 22. All right, you know what, back up just a little bit. This is describing this whole process here. Verse 20, the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another. Toward the mercy seat shall be the faces of the cherubims. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee. and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. The children of Israel were gonna hear from God, where did they have to go? That mercy seat. If a child of God today needs to hear from God, where do they go? That mercy seat. We'll continue in this line of thought. Go to Hebrews chapter nine. Look at verse three. Hebrews chapter nine is very unique in that the apostle Paul is describing to us the condition of the tabernacle on the day of atonement. We know it's that because the only time the golden sensor was behind that veil in the most holy place Was on that day of atonement. Okay, this is very important to remember these things Hebrews chapter nine, and look at verse three. It says, and after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid with gold, round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded in the tables of the covenant, and over it, excuse me, and over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat, of which we cannot now speak particularly. Just remember, we're a child of God in the Old Testament. Where they were to find rest and peace and joy, it was under the shadow of his wings. It was at that mercy seat. Do you understand, my brother Phillip preached about this this morning, the mercy of God. It's not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy has he saved us. Do you realize that every single one of us was predestined for a specific place in hell? And it's only by the mercy of God that you've been delivered. Not a single one of us in here. There's absolutely nothing that we have done to merit that. The great grace is that we will have that eternity with him. that we can be right with him, that we can be at perfect peace with the law of God, justified in his sight. That's what justified means. But understanding that mercy is him withholding a punishment that we rightly deserve. And it's only by his mercy that he saved us. And where you find that mercy? The mercy seat between those cherubims. At the feet of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims. Go to Leviticus 6. Oh, no, sorry, 16, Leviticus 16. Those of you who have sat under my preaching for any amount of time understand how much I love the book of Leviticus. It is a drudgery to read through, but is a glorious book to study through. It is absolutely glorious because I see the Lord Jesus Christ in every single one of these sacrifices, in every single one of these offerings, with every single aspect of the law fulfilled in Leviticus, Jesus Christ had to fulfill. If he hadn't, he said, I came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Had he not fulfilled the whole law, he would have offended in one point. What did James say about that? If you've offended in one point, you're guilty of all. So he either fulfilled all of this or none of this. Leviticus 16, verse two. The Lord said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark, that he die not. For I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. That's where God was going to speak with him. That's where God was going to meet with him. That's where God was going to appear. It was above that mercy seat. It was between the cherubims. It was under the shadow of those wings. That was where they were going to meet with God. And so let's dig a little deeper. Go to Isaiah chapter eight. What we're doing is we're laying doctrinally line upon line, precept upon precept, what the word of God says about the Lord of hosts. Isaiah chapter eight and look at verse 13. It says this, sanctify the Lord of hosts himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel and for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. A gin and a snare, a gin is a net that is placed over the hole of a coney or a rabbit, okay? And when they come out, there's a noose that closes up around that and it's a stake that's driven into the ground. And the more they run and try to get out of that, the tighter that thing gets and the more trapped they are within that net. That's what a gin is. A snare is the same thing, except it snares around the neck. And it strangles. And the harder that you fight against it, the harder it squeezes. Just to give you a little context of what's being spoken of here. Jinn in a snare. Verse 15, and many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken and be snared and be taken. bind up the testimony, seal the law upon my disciples, and I will wait upon the Lord that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion. So where's the Lord of hosts? Between the cherubims. So where must those cherubims be at this point in Mount Zion? Okay, so we're just following this out. Go to chapter nine in verse seven. Says this, of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end upon the throne of David. Oh, well this is very familiar. We've heard this, usually right around Christmas time, right? Oh yes, look at verse six. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Now who is this? Who is this prophesying of? It's Jesus. Let's follow this out. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and justice from henceforth even forever. Then it says this, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. It's the zeal of the Lord of hosts, that one that dwelt between the cherubims, that one who is mighty and strong in battle, that is going to perform this thing, wherein the word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glories of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, the Son of God. Go over to Isaiah 44. Isaiah 44, and look at this, verse six. It says, thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts. Now, hold on a second. Who's Redeemer? Well, Israel's Redeemer. Now, who is that Redeemer? It says it's the Lord of hosts. He says, I am the first and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. Now, this ought to stand out to you if you would take the time and turn with me to Revelation chapter one. The Redeemer, the first and the last, the Lord of hosts, the revelation of St. John the Divine, chapter one. Look at verse eight. It says, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty. Verse 11, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and what thou seest, write in a book. and send it to the seven churches. The first and the last, the beginning and the end. Go to verse 17. He says, and when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. That's what happens when you see alpha and omega, the first and the last. Go with me to chapter two in verse eight. It says this, and unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write, these things saith the first and the last, which was dead and is alive. Look at verse 18. And unto the angel of the church at Thyatira write, these things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass. Now didn't we just hear that description in Daniel and Revelation and Jeremiah describing the Lord of hosts? We're beginning to let the Word of God build the doctrine as to who this Lord of hosts is. Who is it in the Godhead? Who is it speaking of these 245 times throughout the Old Testament? Who? It's Jesus Christ. It's the Son of God. He is the Lord of hosts. Go over to chapter 22 in verse 13. Still Revelation chapter 22 verse 13. says this, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Now, I wanna shift gears just a little bit and connect this with the Holy One of Israel, because this all ties together. Go to Isaiah 47. Isaiah 47, I'll tell you what, by the time you leave here, your turning thumbs are gonna be fully exercised. Isaiah 47, and I want you to look at verse four. As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name, and then it further explains who that is, the Holy One of Israel. If you still have a little bit of doubt, let's go to Isaiah 54 verse 5 We're just looking at Jesus in the volume of the book folks, that's all we're doing Isaiah 54 verse 5 for thy maker is thine husband the Lord of hosts is his name and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel the God of the whole earth shall he be called It's Jesus Irrefutably, Jesus, if you take the record written of his son, of God's son. Now, go to Mark chapter one, and this is a very interesting thing. This may interest you, it may not, but this is where you find the Holy One first mentioned in the New Testament. The Holy One is that Lord of Hosts. We saw that connection. He clearly said it. He said he's the Redeemer of Israel that lines up with everything else that we saw about the description of Jesus Christ in Daniel, in Jeremiah, in Revelation, all of this culminating in this thing here, Mark 1 24. There is an evil spirit in this synagogue, and Jesus comes and he casts him out. Look at verse 24, saying, let us alone, what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. The devils know who he is. The devils believe and tremble. We have Christians that won't even tremble. And they say they believe. But what we've seen is somebody that actually truly knows the son of God and has seen him in his glory and seen him in his holiness, understands exactly who he is and trembles at the thought of Jesus Christ. You say you believe, you do well, the devils believe also and tremble. So what do you believe? More than likely, you believe some assimilation of Jesus from country music and from common culture. That's probably what you believe. That's what has made up your theology about Jesus Christ, rather than looking at the word of God and seeing what the Bible actually says about him. The one thing that God gave you to know the Son of God. And we ignore it, and we would take our opinion over that. Or we would take our opinion and adapt this so it matches what we think. Rather than taking the Bible and letting it give us our doctrine, we take our doctrine and then try to find that in the pages of the Bible. And where it doesn't meet our doctrine, we kind of just ignore that part. Brethren, don't you think we ought to get our doctrine from the Bible rather than from the words of man? Now, letting God do these things, go to Acts chapter two, verse 27. Acts chapter 2. I'd like to say I'm whining now, but I really don't think I am. Verse 25 says, for David speaketh concerning him, speaking of Jesus, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad, moreover shall my flesh rest in hope, because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. And he goes on to explain that this wasn't David that David was speaking of. It says, men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. So what happened to his flesh? It saw corruption. So by that grounds alone, David could not be speaking of himself. He says, therefore, being a prophet, and there you have it, which opens up an entire new realm of understanding with the Psalms, understanding that David is a prophet, and that Jesus Christ himself in Luke chapter 24 said that he opened up their understanding of all the prophets as they spoke of him. You know what that means? You're gonna find the voice of Jesus Christ in the book of Jonah. You're gonna find it in the book of Habakkuk. You're gonna find it in the book of Isaiah. You're gonna find it in the writings of David. You're even gonna find it in Abraham, because Abraham is called a prophet. You're gonna find it in Asaph, because Asaph is called a seer. And in 1 Samuel, we see that a seer was a four-time call, or a prophet was a four-time call to seer. So even the Psalms of Asaph, they are messianic prophecy, if you have eyes to see. Now, we'll continue with this. He says, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne, he seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh see corruption. So, you ask, all right. Bible speaks of the Holy One of Israel 53 times throughout the entire thing is 53 or 52 times throughout the whole Bible is the phrase, the Holy One. So what part of Jesus Christ is that? Well, Peter tells you it was his flesh. Because he says, neither would thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. And down here in verse 31, he says, neither did his flesh see corruption. That word which was made flesh, that flesh that walked this earth that is now currently seated at the right hand of God was made out of the word, the eternal word was made flesh. And that is the Holy One of God. And all of a sudden you see him in the volume of the book. He's everywhere. He's everywhere. I don't see how you could preach the gospel without the Old Testament. I just don't see it. How are you gonna cut out the law when Paul said the law was our schoolmaster to bring us under Christ? Listen, once you're under Christ, you're no longer under a schoolmaster. But you are, don't be fooled into this false gospel to make you think you're under grace just because we're in the church age. Listen, if you have never been brought under the condemnation of the law, you've never been brought into grace. And therefore you are still under the condemnation of the law. The law says the soul that sinneth, it shall die. That is the law of sin and death. But thanks be to God that the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. It's all in him. And we see him in the Lord of hosts. We see him in the Holy One of Israel. We see him in the book of Acts. We see him in Mark. Chapter three, verse 14 says this. But ye denied the Holy One and the just and desired a murderer to be granted unto you. After he tells him this, he says, repent and be converted. And you know, they come to him and say, what must we do? He says, repent and be converted. You got to turn from your way and you've got to turn to God. That's the only way. That is the only way that anyone can enter into eternal life. Because your thinking is according to your carnal mind and your carnal mind is entity against God. It's not subject unto the law of God, neither indeed can be. There's not a bit of your carnal mind that can please God. For without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that cometh to God must first believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them which diligently seek him. But how diligently are you seeking him? You say, well, I read my devotions in the morning and I pray every once in a while. That's why the Bible says that there's no man that seeketh after God. Because what you're doing that you call diligence, God says, nah, that's not diligence. But you know what, with the command comes the enabling. You heard the command, seek God. In your heart, it drove way down in. And all of a sudden, he gives you the ability to seek him. You of your own self have no way, no way possible to get to God. And that's why we have Jesus Christ. He's the only way. I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Jeremiah 16.10 says he is the former of all things. And we see that same thing spoken of in Colossians 1, 16 and 17, that by him were all the worlds made. There was not anything made that was made without him. This is Jesus. This is the eternal God. This is the creator of the universe. This is the one who had the voice that said, let there be light. Jesus Christ made it happen. This is the one with whom we have to do. This is the one before whom you are naked and exposed and there is nothing hidden in his sight. Jesus Christ, the righteous. And on this, we're gonna close. We're getting right to that point. Go to John chapter 12. This was gonna be where I started out, but the Lord took me on a different route and we're getting there backwards to what I thought it should be. I thank the Lord for that direction, but John chapter 12 verse 37 This is speaking of Jesus says but though he had done so many miracles before them yet They believed not on him that the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled which spake which he spake Lord who hath believed our report and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed and Therefore they could not believe because that Isaiah said again he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart that they should not see With their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them These things said Isaiah's when he saw it when he saw his glory and spake of him nevertheless Among the chief rulers also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him Lest they should be put out of the synagogue. Remember the fear of man bringeth the snare Now who so puts his trust in the Lord shall be safe. I It says, for they love the praise of men more than the praise of God. Speaking of Isaiah, it's Isaiah, okay? Because he quotes Isaiah chapter six here. And he says that Isaiah was speaking of Jesus. It says, verse 41, these things said Isaiah when he saw his glory and spake of him. Whose glory? Well, who is John speaking of? Jesus Christ. When Isaiah saw him in his glory, he was speaking of Jesus Christ. Verse 40, he quotes directly, he has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart that they should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted and I should heal them. With that in mind, keep your hand here, go to Isaiah 6. We're coming right to the end of this. Isaiah 6, and look at verse 10. This is what John is quoting. He says, make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert and be healed. John is saying that Jesus Christ is the one that Isaiah saw when he was speaking of these things, when he saw him in his glory. And he quotes Isaiah chapter six and verse 10. Well, if you're familiar with Isaiah six at all, this ought to strike you as interesting. It was right there in verse one, it starts out. 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. Now, who is this one? John said it was Jesus. Above it stood the seraphims. Each one had six wings. With twain he covered his face, with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another and said, holy, holy, holy is who? The Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory. John says that that's Jesus. Isaiah says Jesus is the Lord of hosts. And the whole earth is full of his glory. And the post of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. And then again, that natural reaction, woe is me. When you see Jesus in this case, you say, woe is me, for I am undone. Your comeliness has turned to corruption. You fall at his feet as dead. The heaven and earth are fled away from him, because he's the Lord of hosts. Then said I, woe is me, for I am undone, because I'm a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. But it goes on, it says, then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from off the altar, and he laid it upon my mouth and said, lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thine sin purged. You know what iniquity is? It's lawlessness in your heart. You don't care what the law of God says. You don't care what the law of man says. You're gonna do it your way. Well, friends, how's that worked out for you in this life? Turn around and look at the trail of sludge and slime behind you. Many times we're like slugs, you know? We just cruise along, it's a beautiful day, we're just going right along, and we don't wanna turn around and look at the trail of slime behind us that we're leaving. But if you would take just a moment and look around and take an honest, an honest view of what you leave behind you. Look at the things you've touched. Look at the things you made decisions on. How did that work out? If you'd be honest, you'd see there's nothing but destruction. The things that you did outside of God, it's nothing but destruction. But God can purge you of that. He says this, I also heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? And here it is, it's closing out our missions conference. Here it is. Isaiah gets a full view of the glory of Jesus Christ. And the seraphims which cover their face and they cover their feet and they fly and they can only ever cry, holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. He says, woe is me for I am undone. Why? Because when he saw the Savior, he saw himself as undone. If you haven't found yourself undone yet, it's because you're not looking at Jesus Christ. You're looking for a way out. You're looking for a home in heaven. You're looking so you don't get singed in the fires of hell. Listen, that's gonna send you right to those same fires. You look to him, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. But we see Jesus. And when you see him, you can't help but cry, woe is me for I am undone. When you get an upward look, you then get an inward look. But then Jesus comes in. And you know what he gives you? He gives you an outward look. Because he, Jesus then says this, I also heard the voice of the Lord saying, what did the voice of the Lord sound like? Oh, what did it sound like? Was it that still small voice? Was it a calm and calming voice? No, it was the voice of many waters. We've seen that in our study here this afternoon. So picture the roaring of the voice of many waters. Whom shall I send and who will go for us? And the only reaction that Isaiah could possibly have was, here am I, send me. But you won't have that reaction until you get a fresh look at Jesus Christ. And you can put yourself in the mission field and you can be all excited and on fire and you wanna go help those people, you wanna bring Jesus Christ to those lost sinners. But let me tell you what, Paris Reedhead said, in his message, 10 shekels and a shirt, he said, those heathen weren't gonna go to hell because they hadn't heard the gospel. Those heathen were gonna go to hell because they were sinners and they loved their sin. He got over there to Africa, and he felt like he had been sold a bill of goods, that the whole thing was a sham, because he got over there expecting to see these poor native people not knowing about heaven, and on their way to hell, and he wanted to improve their lives. But you know what he found? They knew about heaven and didn't want to go. They knew about hell and didn't care. They loved their sin, and they didn't want anything to do with it. And God had to adjust his viewpoint. Brother Reed has. He had to look at that thing with new eyes and say, okay, it's not for them. It's for him. It's for his glory. It's the same thing Isaiah saw. Here am I, send me. Here am I, send me. No, Psalm 40 verse seven says, lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me. Paul tells us in Hebrews chapter 10 verses four through 10, he talks about that when he cometh into the world, he sayeth, lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will, O God. And so you're gonna find him in the volume of the book if you know what to look for. If you have eyes to see the son of God in the volume of this book, you can find him on every single page. You'll find him in every line. You'll hear his voice from Genesis to Revelation. When he reveals himself to you, it's a glory. And that life of service is the natural reaction to seeing that glory. And that's all I've got for this afternoon. I'm closing out our conference, closing out this week. But just think on these things.