And I appreciate you all very,
very much. Good morning. It feels like, uh, it feels like
I haven't seen you forever. We normally see each other a
couple of times a month and I think it's been six weeks or something like
that. So I've missed you. It's great to see you turn over
to Psalm chapter 24, Psalm 24. We're going to look
at the whole Psalm. I want to read it once through the beginning
here. Psalm 24, verse 1, David speaks. It says, the earth is the Lord's
and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it on the
seas and established it upon the floods. Pay attention to
this question because the majority of our message this morning is
going to circle around this question. Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place? Here's the answer. He that hath
clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul
unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive the blessing
from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy
face, O Jacob. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and a king of glory shall
come in. 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. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts of a great
accompaniment. He is the King of glory. Anytime we find a question in
the scriptures, we need to stop and we need to reread it. And
the reason it's put there, it's thought-provoking. This is God
the Holy Spirit telling us, you should be asking this question,
and you should be eagerly seeking the answer to this question.
Pay attention to this, give it thought. Two questions are asked
in this psalm, but I want to deal with the first one up front
here. Most of the messaging is centered
around this. This is the question. David said, who shall ascend
into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand? in his holy
place. What's he talking about? He's
talking about the hill of the Lord. He's talking about the
holy place of the Lord. What is this poetic language?
What is this alluding to? Second Corinthians 5.10, this
is what Paul said, For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in
his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good
or bad. That's what this hill is. And
that's what this holy place is. This is the very judgment seat
of God. And this is the question. This
is what's asking. Who can stand there? Who can
ascend into this hill? Who can stand in this holy place? Who can stand there and find
favor? and stand there without fear, and stand there and have
full assurance of acceptance with God, who can stand there?
I suppose many people over the years have asked that question.
That's why we have so many religious institutions in this world. But
most of them have the wrong answer. Who can stand there? Now, a word
on this world. I want to be a good steward of
what the Lord has given me charge over in this world. In every
responsibility that you or I are given, we are to do as in the
Lord. And I was thinking about this last night. Whether that
responsibility is great or whether it is small, whether you are
called upon to rule a nation, or you are called upon to sweep
the floor, or to clean a table, or to dig a ditch, or to stock
a shelf, or to be a parent, or a spouse, or a child, or a grandparent,
or a friend, or a caregiver, those are all offices. Those
are all responsibilities you have. Those are the responsibilities
that God gave you. God gave that to you. We should
be good stewards of those responsibilities for this reason. This is what
Paul said. And whatsoever you do, do it heartily. Do whatever you've got. Ask the
Lord, and not of men, knowing that of the Lord, ye shall receive
the reward of the inheritance. We serve the Lord Christ. I'm stocking a shelf. Whose shelf
is that? That's his shelf. Stocking the best way I possibly
can. A parent. Those are my kids. Those are
his kids. I'm going to be the best parent I possibly can. In
all those responsibilities, we're going to give ourselves to that,
because in those things, we serve the Lord Christ. We have no greater
motivation than that. But all that being said, Folks,
all the accolades of this life, all the prestige of this life,
if we have any, all the possessions of this life, it is all coming
to an end. And this is what it sounds like.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,
in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt away with fervent heat. The earth
also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up. That is the end state of everything
here. And when that happens, only one
question remains. Can I stand in that holy place?
That's it. That's the only question. Now,
this question relays two things about our Lord. It presupposes
two things in how the question is asked. Number one, he's high. who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord. You have to go up to ascend.
That means he is high. You remember Isaiah when he saw
the Lord, Isaiah six, verse one in the year that King Uzziah
died, I saw also the Lord. How remember sitting on a throne,
number one, a king. He saw relative positioning.
He's the king. He's in charge. I'm not high
and lifted up. He's up there. He's on top. He's
in control. He rules. He reigns. I'm not.
I'm down here at the bottom. And his train filled the temple. He's fullness. He has all fullness
of all things. He's high. That's the first thing
this tells us. Number two, he's holy. Who shall stand in his
holy place? And if you're looking for a good
definition of that word, I don't have one for you. I'm sorry. I don't
think anyone's ever given a great definition of it. It has something
to do with purity. It has something to do with righteousness. It
has something to do with immutability. He cannot change. The fact that
his character and his conduct and his nature are the very essence,
the very standard of what is right and wrong, that's holiness
and that is the very standard of God. That's the only thing
he'll accept, exactly what he is. righteous, pure, and incapable
of change, holiness. That's his standard. And both
of those things are expounded upon in our text. Go up to verse
one again. Read this. David said, the earth is the
Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell
Therein. The earth is the Lord's. Why? Why does he have ownership and
control over this earth? Because he created it. That's
why. What you create, you have ownership over, and you have
control over. And he exercises control and
dominion over what he has created. Now, I think I'm like many of
you, I have a particular disdain for atheism. A man who says,
there is no God. And the reason I have a particular
disdain for that, for a man to believe that, he has to deny
what he can physically see. Now, I'll give you this illustration.
Let's say you go down to a art museum, art show, something like
that, and you find a painting, beautiful painting, let's say
it's a tree, something like that. And you look at it, and you say,
look at those vibrant colors. And you look at how the artist,
he captured the actual lifelike essence of that tree. And the
artist was actually able to understand how light interacts with objects
and how shading works. And the beautiful textures of
the whole thing. You say it's an absolute masterpiece. It's beautiful. And logically you can deduce
from that somebody made that. Somebody with great skill. Someone
with great purpose. Someone with great talent. Someone
with great ability willed this, purposed it, and created it.
And if you went to the curator and said, who is this artist?
Who made this beautiful painting? If he said, well, it's the dardest
thing, we had these paint cans down in the basement down there
and a blank canvas and some heat and pressure built up and they
exploded and this painting just came out. You wouldn't believe him for
a second to say that is absolutely preposterous. That's about as
preposterous as atheism. Just look around. Look at the
earth, the fullness thereof. I love that. He says, the earth
is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Everybody's talking
about natural resources. We're depleting resources. We're
going to run out. We're going to destroy the world.
Folks, the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. As
long as he's determined life to be on this planet, everything
that is necessary to sustain that life, it's going to be right
here. It's not going to run out. The
earth is the Lord's. We're going to destroy the planet.
Can you create the earth? No, you don't have the power
to create the earth, and you can't destroy it either. Now,
I'm all for responsible living. I said, I want to be good stewards.
I want to be a good steward of this earth, not belittling things
like that. That's not what I'm talking about. But everything
that's necessary for life to continue on this planet is going
to continue to the day the Lord says that's the end of it. I'm
done with this place. He exercises sovereign control
over this earth. It's his. He created it. He is
the sovereign ruler. Therefore, he exercises that
sovereign rule over everything that happens down here. I was
looking out my window yesterday. We have trees in the backyard.
There's a bird perched up here. And the bird flew about from
this tree, about four trees over, and just perched on the other
one, just sat there. And for the life of me, I couldn't figure
out why he did it. He said he had a good vantage point from
there. There was nothing wrong with that spot. Why did he move to this spot
over here? Because before the earth was ever built, before
any of the foundations of the earth were ever made, the Lord
purposed that on that day, at that time, that exact bird was
to move from that branch to that branch. That's exactly why it
happened. That's how everything happens
down here. And that sovereignty, it doesn't
just extend to the things of the earth. He goes on to say
this, he says, the world and they that dwell therein, All
people. See, we're his creation. All
his workmanship, all his creation, therefore he exercises sovereign
dominion and rule over us through the very thoughts that run through
our head right now. He's in control of it. Paul said
like this, he said, for in him we live and move and have our
being, my very next breath or the lack thereof. It is going
to be because he gave it to me, or he withheld it. And that's
it. We are completely dependent creatures. And this sovereignty,
this highness, what we're talking about, he's high, he's sovereign,
he's in control, he's the creator. This extends all the way to the
things of salvation. He's sovereign in this thing
of salvation. Somebody says, don't have any rights in this
thing. I've got some rights before God. Absolutely not. We have
no rights before God. We send that away in Adam. We
have no rights, and we stand in the hands of a sovereign.
who can do with us as He sees fit, and as the Creator. We being
the creation and Him being the Creator. That means this. He
gets to set the standard. The standard for acceptance.
And then He has the power to hold accountable when the standard
is not met. He has that sovereign power and
ability. It makes that question, who can
stand in His holy place, so much more important, considering this
one we're dealing with. Now, not only is he high, high
in sovereignty, high in power, high in honor, he's holy. Who
shall stand in his holy place? And we talked about what that
meant a moment ago, but what I want to drive home right now
is that is his standard. The only thing he will accept
is perfect righteousness, perfect obedience, perfect holiness. And that's related in our text.
Go back and look at verse three again. David says, who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy
place? Well, here's the answer. Here's
what God will accept, and the only thing he will accept. He
that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive
the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of
his salvation. Now, here is the standard. Clean
hands. You know what that means? That
means hands, works, that have never been crossed with God.
Works that have always been according to the law. The law looks the
man over and he says, you've always done that which is right
and you've never done that which is wrong. Clean hands, perfection
before God's holy law. And not just clean hands, not
just the outward appearance of things, but a pure heart. A heart
with no maliciousness. A heart with no sin, no evil
imaginations, no evil will, no evil motivations, motivated simply
by love for God, love for His people. That's it. A pure heart. That's what will be accepted.
A man who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, that is not
taken with the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the pride of life, what does he prize? What does he hold dear?
The truth. When the Lord looks in his heart, he sees nothing
but the truth and the love of the truth. And finally this,
a man who doesn't swear deceitfully, if he makes a promise, if he
promises something, he never goes back on his promise. He
is always good to his word. That is who God will accept and
he will accept absolutely nothing less. Folks, who does that describe? One man. It describes one man,
folks. And his name is the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now this is called the Ascension
Psalm, and it's called that for a reason. This is picturing when
Christ came back After he completed the work that his father gave
him to do and he ascended back to the father, he's coming into
the father's throne and the father looks him over and he says, you're
beautiful. You're perfect. I couldn't demand anything more
from you. You're everything that I desire
right there. This is Christ. That's exactly
who this is. And Dave gives a greater commentary
on this in Psalm 15. Turn over there real quick. I
want you to see this. Psalm 15, look at verse one.
You'll see the similarities between these two Psalms. David says,
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in
thy holy hill? That's roughly the same question
we're dealing with in Psalm 24, isn't it? Well, here's the answer.
Look at what he says. Verse two, he that walketh uprightly
and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth. in his heart. Now that is the Lord Jesus Christ.
He came to this earth, he lived for 33 years, and the entire
time he did what he did, he walked uprightly and he did righteousness. The law of God looked him over
the entire time he was here and said he's perfect. Not just on
the outside, he had a pure heart. A heart that was not lifted up
to vanity. When the father looked inside
his heart, all he saw was this love for his father, love for
his people. He was motivated by nothing else
but love for his father, a desire to do his father's will, a love
for his people, pure motivations, pure thoughts, no maliciousness.
This is the Lord Jesus Christ. That's who's being talked about
here. Look at verse 3. He that backbites not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbor." There was a lawyer that went to our
Lord, and he asked this question. He said, all the commandments,
what's the greatest of all? What's the greatest of the commandments?
And this is what the Lord said. He said, thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with
all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment,
and the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. This is the Christ. He loved
his father and he loved his neighbor. You know who his neighbor is? His people. Those the father
gave him in the divine election. He loved his people. Not only
did he not backbite his people, not only did he not bring a reproach
against his people, he did the opposite. He bore the reproach
of his people. He bore our sins in his body
on the tree. He suffered and he died for his
people. And when he did, he took away
all the sins of everybody he died for. To what extent? How
far does that go? So much so that nobody can backbite
or slander anybody he died for. Satan is called the accuser of
the brethren. This is what he does. Aaron Greenleaf,
this date, this time, this sin, he brings it before God. And
for those Christ died for, when he does that, the Father says,
no, you're wrong. Satan says, I saw it, I watched
it with my own eyes. Nope. No, he has a Redeemer. He has an advocate. That sin's
been put away. There is no sin, there's no slander,
there's no backbiting for everybody he died for. Now look at this,
verse four. In whose eyes a vile person is
contemned, but he honoreth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth
to his own hurt and changes not." This is talking about Christ,
both just and justifier. See, he's just like his father.
Him and his father are one. He's the second person of the
Blessed Trinity. He has that perfect sense of justice in whose
eyes a vile person is contemned. He'll have absolutely nothing
to do with sin. He absolutely hates sin. But here's what he did, because
he swore an oath an oath to his own hurt, he justified everybody
he died for. When did he swear that oath?
In that covenant of grace, before the world ever began. When the
Father said, you're going to live for them, your people, you're
going to die for them, you're going to put away their sins.
Everything I hold them responsible for, I'm holding you responsible
for. Nothing's going to be on their shoulders whatsoever. And
he swore an oath, and he swore to his own hurt. He knew exactly
what it would cost him. I'm gonna have to go to that
cross. I'm gonna have to bear the sins of my people. I'm gonna
have to die under the wrath of God. But he swore an oath. He
swore it to his own hurt. And because he swore that oath
and he made good on his oath, everybody he died for is completely
and utterly justified. No sin. No condemnation before
God. No wrath awaiting them. It's
all done. Now look at verse 5. He that putteth not out his money
to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent, he that doeth these
things shall never be moved. What does a bank do? It loans
money. It loans money, and what do they
want in return? They want usury, right? They want interest. They
want their money back, and they want money on top of that. Well,
the Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely nothing like that when he gives.
When he gives to his people, you know what he demands in return?
Nothing. You see, he does all the work. And here's what he said to Barnabas.
Barnabas, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go thy way. And you
know what Barnabas did? He followed Jesus in the way.
You're free. You see, if he did this for you,
if he died for you, if he lived for you, you're free. You don't
owe anybody anything. I'll do this for you if you do
this for me. That's not how he works. There's absolutely no
usury in his manner of salvation. It's all by grace. That means
it can't be earned, it can't be bought. It's a gift that can
only be freely given. No usury required. Now, the question,
who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand
in His holy place? What's the answer to that? The
answer to that question is Christ. But also this, and I think you
guys see the point I'm coming to. Everybody in Him. Everybody
the Father gave Him. Everybody who shares that eternal
union with the Lord Jesus Christ. Everybody He lived for, and everybody
He died for. We meet that standard too. Where? It's not how, it's where, in
him. This is the ascension song. Christ
ascended back to his father, and when he did, who did he bring
with him? What's the last thing that our text says? Who is this
king of glory? He's the Lord of hosts. The hosts,
the great accompaniment, when he came to this earth, he came
with his people. When he left this earth, he left with his
people, everyone the father gave him, and he entered into the
kingdom of God, seated in the heavenlies right now, is what
the scripture says. He was accepted, and everybody in him was accepted
because of where they're at, in him. You know, that's explained
in a very strange and interesting way in our Texas glories, but
look at verse six. This is the generation of them
that seek him. It's Psalm 24, verse 6. I'm sorry.
Pay attention to these words. This is important. This is the
generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face. Pay attention to these words.
O Jacob. Now, if you have a marginal reading
in your Bible, it probably provides you a translation for that phrase,
O Jacob. And it probably reads this, the
God of Jacob. I wouldn't take anything away
from that. The Lord's people, what do they do? They seek the
God of Jacob. In faith, they seek the Lord
Jesus Christ by his grace. But that's not what it says in
the original. It says this, this is the generation
of them that seek him, that seek thy face. Who, who do they seek?
Oh, Jacob. In this verse, Christ takes our
name. That's exactly what's being said here. He takes the name
of Jacob. Who's Jacob? Jacob is the name
that every one of the Lord's people answer to. What was he
like? I can tell you exactly what Jacob
was like. Jacob was a weakling. Jacob was a coward. Jacob was
a swindler. Jacob was a liar. Jacob was a
cheat. Remember, he cheated his brother
Esau out of his blessing and out of his birthright. Who is
Jacob? Jacob is the sinner. That's how
you sum up Jacob. He's a sinner. And this is the
name that every one of the Lord's people answer to. Sinner. I've
got no merit before God. I've got nothing before him.
I can't even take a step before favor with him. All I have is
Christ. That's it. That's a sinner. And
it shows you how real union with Christ actually is. In this verse,
he takes our name. And he takes our name because
he took the responsibility that comes with that name, our sins.
He became our sins, he wore them in his body, and he put them
away, and he took our name. And just as true, we get his
name. What's his name? Jehovah Sidcon
you, the Lord our righteousness. This is familiar to you, Jeremiah
33, 16. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called
the Lord, our righteousness. He took our name and we get his
name, the Lord, our righteousness, and everything that comes with
it, that very righteousness. That's in your text. Look at
verse five. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord. And
what? Righteousness from the God of
his salvation. This is how real union with Christ
actually is. We receive the blessing from
the Lord. What are the blessing? What is
that? Let me read this to you. The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit that we are the children of God, and if children,
then heirs. Listen to this. Heirs of God
and joint heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified together. Joint heirs with Christ. What a blessing. What does that
mean? That means if I'm in Christ, Everything he has coming from
his father, I'm getting it too, because I'm in him. That's how
strong that union really is. All that love, all that favor,
even according to that verse, that glory, that glory that he
earned, we're partakers of all that. Joint heirs with Christ,
we have this blessing. The blessing in what? In righteousness. This is the reality of justification.
This is real. I want you to understand something.
This is not an accounting matter. This is real. Right now, if you're
in Christ, this is how God views you. You have no sin, because
our Christ became Jacob, and he put our sin away. And that
means you have the very righteousness of Jesus Christ, and you are
perfect before God, and that is right now. That's real. That's
real, this is the reality of union with Christ, and the reality
of justification. So much so, so well justified,
it says, who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, and who
shall stand in his holy place? When Christ walks into that holy
place, and he stands before his father, and he looks him over,
I am standing there too. You are standing there too, in
him, and looks over, perfect. Perfect. That's right now. Now, I want to talk a little
more about Jacob. I said the key to Jacob is Sinner. That's
the name that every believer answers to. His name means this,
though. It actually has a meaning. It
means fuel holder, and it means supplanter. Now, he gets that
name supplanter for this, for how he swindled his brother Esau.
He took his birthright, and he took his blessing. You remember
how he took the blessing? He goes to Isaac, his father,
and he's wearing Esau's clothes, so he smells like Esau. And Esau's
a hairy man, and so he wraps his hands with lamb's wool, so
when his father touches him, he feels like Esau. And he brings
him the meat that his father likes to eat that Esau was supposed
to cook for him. And through all that, he supplanted his brother
Esau, and he took the blessing from him. Now that's a swindling
story, but that's the gospel. This is the hope of every believer.
We're supplanters. Supplanters. My hope is that
he took my place, that I might have his place. That's my hope. That he took my place on that
cross. That he suffered that death for
me. That he suffered under the wrath
of God for me. That I might have his place.
His place of righteousness. His place of favor before God.
That's my hope. He's a heel holder. You know
where he gets that name? When he was born, Esau came out
first. His brother. They're both in
the womb at the same time. Jacob came out second. How? Holding
on to Esau's heel. Esau came out, and when Esau
came out, Jacob came out too, holding on to his heel. Now,
I'm a sinner, and my only hope that I ascend into that hill
with God, and I stand in his holy place, and I actually find
favor with God, is clinging to Christ. My hope is that he did
everything necessary to make me acceptable. It is not just
that I go before God pleading his name and pleading his merits.
That won't do. My hope is this, that he actually brings me before
the Father in him, and I stand there in him, and he pleads my
case, and the Father says, perfect. Beautiful. That's my hope. I'm a sinner, and that's what
I have. I'm a supplanter, and I'm a heel holder. That's all
I have. And I tell you what, if that's
you, This is talking about you. The clean hands, the pure heart,
the soul is not lifted up to vanity. As the Lord sees you
this very day in Christ, he sees someone that is completely acceptable
in Christ. Now, look at verse seven. I found
this particularly touching. It says, lift up your heads,
O ye gates, And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the
King of glory shall come in. Now, I'm sure the first application
of that, it's talking about the gates of heaven. It's talking
about this. Those gates were shut after Adam
fell. After Adam's disobedience, those
gates were shut, closed to man. When the Lord Jesus Christ died
and was resurrected again and ascended back to his Father,
because of what he did, because the justice of God demanded,
those gates were opened. Open the gates! Open the door!
We have one who has the favor. We have one who can be accepted.
Open those gates. But I'm almost positive there's
another meaning here. You notice how he says it's personified
there? Lift up your head, O.E. Gates. This is talking about
people. People. This is a word of comfort. word
consolation to sinners. It shows us how approachable
the Lord Jesus Christ is to a sinner. If you're a sinner, you are not
held off in any way. Whatever doubts or fears you
may have, the message is this, come. This is the scripture I'll
give you to back up what I'm trying to say here. This is Revelation
320. It says, behold, God speaking, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and
open the door, I will come into him and will sup with him and
he with me. Now I want to be very clear about
what this is saying here. This is not talking about some
weak Jesus that is knocking on your heart's door and he's just
hoping you'll open the door to him and he really wants to save
you, but he needs you. That's not what this is talking
about and you know that. What is this saying? It's talking
about how approachable the Lord Jesus Christ is to a sinner.
Nothing holds you off. If you are a sinner, right now,
nothing holds you off from Christ. Now, if you're a righteous man,
if you have merit, you at least have the ability to get better,
you hold yourself off. Christ is made of none effect
to you. But right now, if you're a sinner, and your only hope
is Christ, nothing holds you off. Come to me. That's the message. This is the message. Be ye reconciled
to God. Who did Jesus Christ die for?
He died for sinners. And if you're a sinner, you know
what that means? That means you have been reconciled back to
God. That means the Father is no longer angry with you. All
the reason for anger has been removed because all the sin has
been removed. You have been reconciled to God. Now, be ye reconciled
to God. Lift up the gate. Open the door. Nothing holds you off. Christ
is completely and utterly accessible to a sinner. And you know what?
Everybody he purposed to save? They're all going to open the
door. That's called irresistible and invincible grace. Now I like this psalm because
it gives you the conclusion in the last verse. Makes the preaching
a little bit easier. Go down to verse 10. Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts. He is the
king of glory. What a way to wrap it up. Who
is this king of glory? I love that name. That means
the king of all glory, the king who gets all the glory and salvation. And if he gets it that way, if
he gets all the glory and salvation, this one thing must be true.
It must be that he does all the work in salvation. And that's
what I need. As a sinner, that's what I need.
I need a Savior that's going to do all the work in salvation,
and he's going to get all the glory. And he's called the God
of all glory, right here. I love that name. But he's also
called this. Who is this King of Glory? He
is the Lord of Hosts. And this is the sum and substance
of everything this psalm is talking about right here. He's the Lord
of Hosts. That means a great accompaniment. See, he's not
alone. He always has His people with Him. He came to this earth
and He lived for His people and His people in Him. He went to
the cross for His people. He put away the sins of His people.
He was resurrected because He put those sins away. And He ascended
back to the Father with who? With the Host. With all His people. And that favor He enjoys this
very day, we have that right now in Christ. And if you're a Jacob, you're
a sinner, a heel holder, a splinter, this is all for you. I'm going
to leave you there.