John chapter 12. We're going to be looking at something that we have in the past. But I believe the Lord would have us examine it again here this morning. And it does jump off of the idea and the mindset of Psalm 40 verse 7, Lo, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me. I hope you're not getting sick of hearing that because you're probably going to hear it for eternity because it's in the Word. We're going to be looking at the Lord Jesus Christ in light of Isaiah chapter 6. We're going to look at some things in Leviticus. We're going to look at some things in Exodus 25. And we're just going to do a little examination today of the Lord Jesus Christ in the volume of the book. Brother Mike Batt, would you open our time of preaching and prayer, please? Amen. John 12, starting right at verse 37, says this, That's the beginning of Isaiah 53. That's Isaiah 53. And then it goes on from there, expounding upon the Lord Jesus Christ. But verse 39 says this, "...therefore they could not believe." It says that they didn't believe, and it says they could not believe because of that prophecy. Let's continue on, "...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. And then look at verse 41, it says this, These things said Esaias when he saw his glory and spake of him. Now when did Isaiah see the glory of God? You know what chapter that's in? We sing the song, Holy, Holy, Holy. Isaiah chapter six. This is where Isaiah saw the glory of the Lord. And it says here, the one that he saw, It says right here, the one that he saw was the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the one sitting on that throne. He was the one high and lifted up, whose train filled the temple. He was the one of whom the seraphims, which stood above him, cried as they cried, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. Heaven and earth are filled with his glory. And the posts of the doors shook and moved at the voice of the ones that cried. It was Jesus. We're gonna go to Isaiah chapter six now. And we're gonna look at a couple of things in relation to this. And we're gonna see something about Jesus Christ. Again, we've gone through this. For some, this may be brand new. For some, this may be just a little refresher. But my prayer this morning was that we would all see Jesus like we've never seen him before. I believe God is pleased when you look for his son in the volume of the book. And so Isaiah chapter six. starting right in verse 1. 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. 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. 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. Isaiah chapter 6 verse 1 says, I saw the Lord. You'll notice that's a capital L, lowercase O-R-D. And I have yet, ever since I first stumbled across this, and it was a stumbling across it, it was just something that I began to notice. And the more I look for it, the more I am convinced of it. Every time you see that capital L, lowercase O-R-D, and it is speaking of deity, it is speaking of Jesus Christ. It is speaking of the eternal Word of God. And you look here and he says, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne. Back in John chapter 12, I'll read this, he said, the prophet spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Again, capital L, lowercase O-R-D. There are times where it will be all capitalized L-O-R-D, but then in the New Testament it capitalizes the L in its lowercase O-R-D. These things are specific. These things are done purposefully by God to show you the fullness of the Godhead. You can know the fullness of the Godhead through the words of this English Bible. You can know him. You can know him in his fullness. And he goes on to say that when he saw his glory, he says, "...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 when he saw his glory. spake of him whose glory Jesus glory and he spake of Jesus But there is a phrase there. There's a phrase right there in verse 3 Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts they're singing of that once crying not singing crying of that one who is seated on that throne and whose glory filled that whole temple, whose train filled that whole temple. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. Lord of hosts is a phrase that is used 245 times in your King James Bible, entirely in the Old Testament. And what you're going to find is time after time after time after time, it's speaking of Jesus Christ. It is speaking of the Son of God. It is speaking of the eternal Word. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word was made flesh, verse 14 of John chapter 1, and dwelt among us. We beheld His glory. The glory is of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus Christ, the righteous. Verse 5 in there, it says, Then said I, Woe is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. You look over at verse 10. It says, Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and be healed. The Lord of Hosts. A good way to study your Bible is when you're looking up a word, or you're looking up a phrase, and you search that thing out. Bible softwares today have expedited the process of being able to study that Bible. You don't need them. They can be a helpful tool. And when you look up the phrase, Lord of Hosts, the very first time is used in 1 Samuel. We're going to go there, 1 Samuel 1. If you go to 1 Samuel 1, and as you're turning there, just consider this. The very first time a word is used, the very first time a phrase is used, many times, it shows you the key thing to keep in mind about that one. Think about this. Where is the first time in your Bible that you find Satan? Where is it? Genesis chapter 3. What is the very first word that that serpent says? Yea, hath God said. Questioning the word of God. Trying to get you to question the word of God. That is the nature of the enemy. Wants you to question the word of God. While Satan says, yea, hath God said, God says, thus saith the Lord. In 1 Samuel chapter 1, look at verse 3. Now let's start at verse one. Now there was a certain man of Ramatham, Zothem, of Mount Ephraim. And his name was Elkanah, the son of Joaham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zoth, and Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other was Penanna. And Penanna had children, but Hannah had no children. And this man went up out of his city early to worship and to sacrifice unto who? The Lord of hosts in Shiloh. What we're going to find about this He is the Lord of hosts. Now, we just found a connection from the New Testament to the Old Testament. One beautiful thing about your Bible is that the New Testament gives you the key to unlock the mysteries of the Old Testament. Who is this Lord of hosts? He is the King of glory. You'd see that in Psalm 24. When you go into those things, who is the Lord? Who is God? What is his name? What is his son's name if thou canst tell? We can tell because of the New Testament. We know God's name. We know the name of his son. But in Proverbs, they didn't have that. Paul was given many mysteries. that were revealed to him. Ephesians chapter five, he is telling us from the first marriage there in the Garden of Eden all the way up through to Ephesians chapter five being written, why men and women got married was a mystery. But Ephesians five explains it perfectly. You'll study that on your own. But here we see this first mention of the Lord of hosts. And where is the Lord of hosts? What's it say right there? In Shiloh. Well, what's in Shiloh? What is in Shiloh? We're about to find out. Go over to verse 9, though. It says, Ah, the temple of the Lord is in Shiloh. And she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. And she vowed a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, she knew who she was addressing. Because the Lord of hosts is in Shiloh. And we're going to see here in just a second how she knew the Lord of hosts dwelt in Shiloh. But it says, oh Lord of hosts, if thou will indeed look upon the infliction of thine handmaid and remember me and not forget thine handmaid, but will give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life and there shall no razor come upon his head. And it goes on from there and some wonderful things we could pull out doctrinally out of that, but we're not gonna do that here this morning. Go over to 1 Samuel chapter four and verse four. 1 Samuel 4 and verse 4. It says, so the people sent to Shiloh that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims. And here you find out how they knew that the Lord of hosts dwelt in Shiloh. Why? Well, because the ark of the covenant was there. And it says here that the Lord of hosts dwelleth between the cherubims. The Lord of hosts is the one that dwelleth between the cherubims, those cherubims with their wings outstretched forth over that mercy seat. The Lord of hosts said that he would come and he would dwell there. And it's a dwelleth, that is where he dwells continually. And now consider this. Go to 2 Samuel 6. 2 Samuel 6. The same account is recorded in 2 Chronicles, but we're going to read the one here in 2 Samuel. Again, David gathered together all the chosen men. This is verse 1 of Israel, 30,000. And David arose and went with all the people that were with him from Balaam 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. That is his name. You want to know some of the names of God? This is one of them. People have studied out the Hebrew names of God, and I don't have a bit of problem with that, all right? Those are His names. They are holy. To somebody that speaks Hebrew in their heart, they are very precious. I don't speak Hebrew in my heart. I speak English in my heart. And so what God has given me is some very precious names for the name of God. The Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. And as we continue to study this out, we're building line upon line for this thing. We are building precept upon precept, here a little, there a little. We began in the New Testament, we began in the book of John, showing Jesus Christ, that the Jews rejected Him, would not believe Him, even though He performed many miracles. And it's told that Isaiah told of that time, and that they could not believe on Him because of that prophecy. Then we're told, these things were spoken by Isaiah when he saw Him in His glory. What do we do? We jump back to where Isaiah saw Him in His glory in Isaiah chapter 6. And we see that it is indeed Jesus Christ seated on that throne high and lifted up. And then we see that it is attributed to Him the title of the Lord of hosts. This is going to come to a head all at the end. No, it's very precious to me. It's very precious to me. But as you look at the Lord of hosts, with the understanding that God has given us through his word, that that is Jesus Christ, and then you begin looking at every 245 places that's used in your King James Bible, you begin seeing a Jesus Christ that you never knew existed, but has always been there. These are the mysteries of the Word of God. This is where you take the Word of God and piece it all together to see clarity of who God is. Jesus Christ is the Lord of hosts. We're not going to look at all 245 places, all right? I just want to put you at ease of that. But we're going to look at a few. And here we see, again, that he dwelleth, and this is his name, the Lord of hosts, that dwelleth between the cherubims, verse three, and they set the ark of God upon a new cart. Time doesn't permit us to continue on in this, but you know what happens here? Uzzah dies. He reaches out, stretches forth his hand to steady that ark. Why? Because he grew up with that ark of God in his house. He'd become comfortable with the presence of the Lord of hosts, so much so that he counted it as an unholy thing, that he could just reach up and steady the ark of God. But that's not the message for today. but he that dwelleth between the cherubims. Go to Exodus 25. Exodus chapter 25. I dearly love Exodus 20 all the way through to the end of Leviticus because it's a place that I used to shun. It's a place I used to mock. To my own shame, I used to mock it. I pray God it was in my ignorance because it was so difficult to understand. I just could not see why there was so much detail given. And then in an attempt for people to explain why there's so much detail, they say, oh, God is just a detail-oriented God. He cares about the little things. Well, He does. But the reason there's so much detail is because God wants you to know Him and who He is. When you look at the details of Exodus 20 all the way through to the end of the book of Leviticus, really Deuteronomy and then from there Genesis to Revelation. But when you look at those in light of, lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me. And you look for Jesus Christ. And we've just seen how to find him in prophecy. Again, doing exactly the same thing we're doing today. You look in the Old Testament for where it clearly and specifically says, this is Jesus in this Old Testament prophecy. And then you go there and you read that prophecy. And then you find other things that that prophecy says about Jesus Christ. And then from there, you begin looking for him in the volume of the book in those things. That's what we're doing this morning. through the title and the name of the Lord of hosts. We have found now that he dwelleth between the cherubims. We're about to find out where that came from. Exodus chapter 25 and verse 22. Let's back up just a little bit. Verse 21, 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 two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony of all things which I will give thee in the commandment unto the children of Israel." Now God is speaking. This is the Lord speaking. giving these instructions to Moses. Did you ever picture Jesus there before? Or did you picture God the Father giving those? I always pictured God the Father. I always pictured the highest giving these instructions for the ark, for the tabernacle, for all the accoutrements of that, for the table of showbread, the candlestick, the veil, all of those things. The sockets of silver, the timbers, everything that was gonna be constructed, the rings, the eyelets, all of that. I pictured the highest. I pictured God the Father. But what have we learned? Who dwelleth between the cherubims? The Lord of Hosts. Who is the Lord of Hosts? According to Isaiah chapter 6 and John chapter 12, the Lord of Hosts is Jesus Christ himself. And in Exodus 25, the Lord of Hosts says, There I will meet with thee. I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims. This is Jesus speaking. This is Jesus giving clear instruction of everything concerning himself. Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me. He's there. And with that in mind, you then get into Exodus chapter 20, all the way through to the end of Leviticus, and you begin looking at the construction of that tabernacle. You begin looking at all the little, small, tiny details of that thing. And we're going to look at a couple of those things. And you're going to see Jesus Christ. But he is the one that dwells between the cherubims. He is the one that sitteth above that mercy seat. You know what that mercy seat is? That's the propitiation. That is where the high priest would take the sins of the people once a year and bring them before God. That's where he would bring them. And he is our propitiation. Jesus Christ, the righteous, our propitiation, the place where we take our sins and not for ours only. He's been made a propitiation for our sins and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Again, like Brother Dale Threadgill brought out this morning, that really cuts out a lot of Calvinistic doctrine. The sins of the whole world, he is that propitiation for that. So why doesn't the whole world get saved? Because not everybody believes. That is their choice. It is your choice whether you believe the Word of God or not. And that is going to make the difference as to whether or not you are right with God or not at that day of judgment. For it's appointed unto man once to die, and after this, the judgment. You will stand before Almighty God. You will stand before this Lord of hosts. You will see Him in His glory, high and lifted up, as He exposes His arm in judgment. Remember? To whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? It doesn't take long in studying the arm of the Lord to realize the arm of the Lord is for judgment. You study that thing out. That's a very good study too. Let's keep going on this. I want to turn to Hebrews chapter nine now. Hebrews chapter nine is essentially a commentary. It is Paul's commentary on these things. We went to Romans 9, that's not where we're supposed to be. Hebrews chapter 9. Hebrews chapter 9 starting right at verse 1. Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary. Okay, so now he is describing those things which were described in Exodus 25. For there was a tabernacle made, the first wherein was the candlestick and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. So this is the outer part of that tabernacle. And after the second veil, remember, because there was a door to the tabernacle, consider that the first veil. The second veil was that one between that inner part of the tabernacle, the holy place, and the most holy place. It's not the holiest of holies. Linguistically, that doesn't even make sense. We don't have time to get into those reasonings now, but it is called the most holy place. 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 round about with gold wherein was the golden pot that had manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tables of the covenant. Now what's very interesting here, Paul is describing to you the tabernacle at a certain day. because the only thing that was behind that veil in the holiest of all in that most holy place was the ark. The only time a golden censer was behind that veil is when the high priest went back there with that incense beaten small so that a cloud would cover that mercy seat. And that would happen one time a year on that day of atonement. Paul is describing to you the condition of the tabernacle on the day of atonement, which if you keep that in mind and you read the rest of Hebrews chapter nine, it makes Jesus Christ so holy. It elevates him so high. It makes him so magnificent, so wonderful, so beautiful. He is our high priest. Verse five. and over it the cherubims of glory, shadowing the mercy seat. Then he says this, of which we cannot now speak particularly. But when that which is perfect is come, that which in part is to be done away. For now we see in part, but then we shall know even as we are known. How does God know you? Does he know every single little bit of detail about you? He alone knows your heart. He knows not only the thoughts of your heart, but the intents of your heart on the inward parts. The things that your heart lies to you about, he sees right through those things. He knows every little detail. And when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part is done away. Now we know in part, he says, we look through a glass darkly, but then we will know even as we are known, 1 Corinthians. He gets into all of this. What is he saying there? There's coming a day, we know in part, but there's coming a day, by the way, when there's gonna be a volume of the book, where we will be able to know the Almighty God exactly as we are known. There is not a thing that can be known about God that he can't reveal to you through the pages of this book. Every single thing that can be known about God, He can reveal to you through the pages of this book. As he writes it here, he says, of which we cannot now speak particularly. But blessed be the name of the Lord, we can speak particularly about those things now, because that which is perfect is come. That which is in part is done away, but that which is perfect is come. Go to Leviticus chapter 16. Leviticus chapter 16, start right at verse one. And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord and died. And the Lord said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil. That holy place within the veil is that holiest of all. And he tells Moses, tell him not to come at all times behind that veil. He can't go behind that veil every time. He can't go behind that veil willy nilly. He can't go behind that veil just whenever he wants to. There are specific times where he is to go behind that veil though. Now what's interesting is Moses could go right into the very presence of God without any preparation at all. But Aaron had to be prepared, okay? Precept upon precept, we'll build on that later. Come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark. Why? That he die not. For I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat." Again, this is the Lord. This is the Lord of hosts. This is Jehovah God, the creator of the universe, speaking to Moses, giving instruction on how to approach unto him. He says, tell him not to come at all times, lest he die. He says, for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Who is he going to appear? Who is going to appear in that cloud? Jesus Christ. He's going to appear in that cloud above the mercy seat, between those cherubim. Look at this, verse three. We're going to read down through these things. Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place with a young bullock for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. and shall put on the holy linen coat." By the way, he's in the holy place right now. He brought those two into the holy place, within the tabernacle. Not within the veil, but within the tabernacle. and shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen miter shall he be attired." Remember what that miter was? Do you remember what it said? Holiness unto the Lord. And he needed to bear, Aaron needed to bear that miter. because he was going to bear the iniquity of the holy things before the Lord. And that fair mitre was the only thing keeping Aaron from being destroyed, because he bore that iniquity. Jesus Christ, as our high priest, was also given a fair mitre. You look in Zechariah chapter 3 and you find that. He says, These are holy garments, therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. Boy, so much preaching, we gotta keep going. Verse five, and he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself and for his house. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell and offer him for a sin offering." I find it very interesting it was the Lord's lot that fell on that goat that died. Because it's him. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself." Again, we think of those bells. These are the ones that Jesus Christ heard coming when he was on that cross. That high priest coming to kill that sin offering. And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil. Now I want you to hearken back to what we looked at in Hebrews. That censer which was behind the veil is on the day of atonement. This is what's being described right here. He first needed to make an atonement for himself and for his house before he could make an atonement for the people. But before he could go even in there, He had to make those sacrifices. He had to do those offerings first. Then he took that golden censer, and he took that incense, beaten small. And when you look at this thing, he is the one, the Lord is the one that appeared in that cloud above the mercy seat. Where did that cloud come from? From those coals, smoldering that incense beaten small, and that smoke rolled up, to create a cloud over that mercy seat. Bring it within the veil, verse 13. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward, and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times. Verse 15, and we're going to drop back a little bit. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat before the mercy seat. If you're just reading this, and you're just trying to figure out, okay, this is how Aaron did these things, and this was Old Testament history, and that doesn't apply to us today much because we're not under the law, we're under grace. Yeah, boring as all get out, and you're going to have a hard time getting through that. But when you're looking for Jesus Christ in the volume of the book, You see him as that high priest. You even see him as the fair miter. You see him as that linen garment wrapped about the breeches. You see him as that veil, that veil being his flesh. You see him as that ark. You see him as that mercy seat. You even see him in that golden censer. You see him as the coals in that golden censer, that bran plucked from the fire. You see him as that incense beaten small. Why? Because he was bruised for our iniquities. And as you look for Jesus Christ in the volume of the book, starting in the New Testament and building as we have, all of a sudden you see him as that cloud over that mercy seat. The only thing keeping Aaron from being killed was that cloud, that he die not, that he die not. There's one mediator between God and man. the man, Christ Jesus. If you want to go a little bit further, how did man move the ark? On a cart? They weren't supposed to. Those staves. Those staves had chitim wood. That's what they were made of. And they were overlaid with gold, showing the deity and the humanity of Jesus Christ. Those were the only things that allowed God, that allowed man to move God. Jesus Christ, our mediator, our intercessor. He is that spirit of intercession. He is that one that dwells between the cherubims. He is that one who is the Lord of hosts. Seven times, The phrase Lord of hosts is used in the Psalms. Psalm 24 10 speaks very clearly of that. Let's turn to Psalm 24 10 and then we'll jump from here. Psalm 24 and verse 10. This is speaking prophetically of Jesus Christ entering into his glory. This is speaking of those sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow as those prophets foretold. Psalm 24, we'll start at verse 8. A question is posed. Who is this king of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the king of glory shall come in. And then again, who is this king of glory? Paul said of which things we cannot now speak particularly. In the Proverbs it says, what is his name and what is his son's name if thou canst tell? Verse 10 says, the Lord of hosts, he is the king of glory. the Lord of hosts, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the volume of the book. He is the King of glory. I want you to go to Isaiah chapter six one more time. Seven times that phrase is used in the Psalms. By the way, it's in Psalm 46 as well. If that Psalm resonates with anybody in here, go looking at it again. But Isaiah chapter 6, in the year that King Uzziah died, I also saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. 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. One cried unto another and said, Holy, holy, holy. is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory. The post of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, woe is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips. I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for mine eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts." The Lord of hosts. Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Isaiah chapter 8. Sorry, verse 11. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not a confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say a confederacy? Neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify who? The Lord of hosts himself. and let him be your fear, 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. Now, what does that sound like? Jesus Christ, Romans chapter nine. for a djinn and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Why? Because line upon line, precept upon precept, hear a little. Why? So that they may be snared, they may fall backward, and then be taken. The word of God. bind up the testimony, seal up the law among 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 has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion." Thought he dwelled between the cherubims in Shiloh. Yeah. By now, the ark is in Zion. By now, the ark has been carried up into Zion. And here it is, the Lord of hosts. Go to chapter nine, look at verse seven. Oh, you know what? No, let's back up just a little bit. Start verse two. The people that have walked in darkness have seen a great light. They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Thou hast multiplied the nation, hath not increased the joy. They joy before thee according to the joy and harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor as in the day of Midian. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise and garments rolled in blood. But this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. Then this, for unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given. The government shall be upon his shoulder. Singular. 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 with justice from henceforth even forever. Then it says this, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. Jesus Christ foretold of in the scriptures, in the volume of the book. You want to know who Jesus is, you look for him in the volume of the book. You've got to look much deeper than just Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. If that's all you look for, if that's the only place you look for Jesus, if that's the only place you've ever seen Jesus Christ, you have this much of him. If that. He's in the volume of the book. He is that governor. He is that Lord of hosts. He is that one that dwelt between the cherubims. He is that one mighty and strong in battle. He is that King of glory that enter in. He is that glorious one that reigneth. We're not gonna turn there, but make a note of this. In Isaiah 10, 16, it's the only time Lord of hosts is with a lowercase l. It's only one time. What's the significance of it? I haven't figured that out yet. I don't know, but it's noteworthy. It's there. There's a reason for it. Isaiah 1016 was that place. Go to Isaiah 44. We need a little more convincing that Jesus Christ is this Lord of hosts. Isaiah 44. Oh, let's start in verse 3. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. One shall say, I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts. I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. Turn to Revelation chapter 1. This is spoken by the Lord of hosts. I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. Revelation 1, 11, the revelation of Saint John the Divine. Chapter 1, verse 11. In verse 10, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and what thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, unto Smyrna, unto Pergamos, unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. Go to Revelation 7, or verse 17. Revelation 1.17, and when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. Well, who did he see? Let's back up a little bit, look at verse 12. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. 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 had burned in a furnace. and his voice as the sound of many waters. 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. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, 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. Amen and amen. Amen. Go to Revelation chapter 2 verse 8. None of the angel of the church and smear to write these things, say the first and the last, which was dead and is alive. Who is this? This is Jesus Christ. Revelation 22, verse 13. He says, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. And it was the Lord of hosts that said that is me. It is the Lord of hosts, Jesus Christ, the righteous. I want you to go to Isaiah 47. We're going to look at just two more places and then we're done. Isaiah 47. Isaiah 47 in verse 4. He says, As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel. Again, we find a little, another piece of the puzzle. We know by the Word of God that Jesus Christ is the Lord of hosts. Now we find also that the Lord of hosts is the Holy One of Israel. Jesus Christ is the Holy One of Israel. We've gone here before, we've seen this before, but from a different angle. We've come from a different route. But now we see Him as the Holy One of Israel. Turn to Mark chapter 1. Who is the Holy One of Israel? Is that the Holy Spirit? Is that the Holy Ghost? Mark chapter one. Verse 23. And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out 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 very first place the Holy One is used in the New Testament, an unclean spirit, a devil elsewhere called, calls him out as being the Holy One of God. Jesus Christ, the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel, the Holy One of God, He that dwelleth between the cherubims, He that sitteth upon the throne as high and lifted up as the King, Jesus Christ, Jehovah God. Now I want you to go to Acts chapter 2. We're going to end here. Now that should be Acts chapter 3 that we end, but we'll end in the book of Acts. Acts chapter 2. Verse 22, very familiar passages by now. We've been in here quite a lot lately, but this is where we find Jesus Christ. Ye men of Israel, hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know, him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain, whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, who? Jesus. I foresaw the Lord always before my face. This is Psalm 16. For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad. Moreover also my flesh shall 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. 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. 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. We just read that in Isaiah. Seeing this before he sees he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ That his soul was not left in hell neither hid his flesh did see corruption the Holy One is the flesh of Jesus Christ What is the flesh of Jesus Christ? It's the Word of God and In the beginning was the Word. We quoted this at the beginning. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And verse 14 of John chapter one says, and the Word was made flesh. The flesh of Jesus Christ is made of the Word of God. And here you see the Holy One. His Holy One would not see corruption. And His Holy One is the flesh that did not see corruption. speaking of the faith of Jesus Christ, speaking of the holiness of Jesus Christ, speaking of the wonder of it all. Now one last place, Acts chapter 3, verse 12. When Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. Look at this. But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired a murder to be granted unto you, and killed the Prince of Life, whom God hath raised from the dead, whereof we all are witnesses. Verse 19, repent ye therefore and be converted. That your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. What are these times of refreshing which come from the presence of the Lord? It's when the water of the word of God is ministered under the hearts of men. So when the preaching of the word of God goes forth under the power of the Holy Ghost, and Jesus Christ is lifted up, because he said, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto me, all men. Jesus Christ, the righteous, died once for all, if you would believe. The record of Jesus Christ is in the volume of the book. The record of Jesus Christ is that He is the Lord of hosts. Again, 245 times. 54 times in Isaiah. 71 times in Jeremiah. 14 times in Haggai. Zechariah, that small little book, 53 times. Malachi, 24 times. The Lord of hosts. The Holy One of God. Jesus Christ, the righteous, he that dwelleth between the cherubims, he that is that propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world, the one that cried unto the world, come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. He is the only one that can give you rest for your soul, the only one. You can try to find rest elsewhere. You'll find the rest of death, which is no rest at all. Satan tries to tell you, come unto me. I will be like the Most High. I will give you a rest. But Hebrews chapter four tells us that there remaineth a rest for the people of God. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest. Does any of you seem to fall short of the promise? Who is Jesus Christ? He's Jehovah God. And in the volume of the book, it is written of Him. My love, I think we're gonna close with holy, holy, holy. What number is it? Number two.