Shall we turn again to the word of God in the book of Leviticus chapter twenty-three. We read today... We read today beginning at verse twenty-three. Or verse twenty-six. Rather, verse twenty-six. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a day of atonement. It shall be an holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your soul, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. And ye shall do no work in that same day. For it is a day of atonement to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, The same soul will I destroy from among its people. Ye shall do no manner of work. It shall be a statue forever throughout your generation in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest. And ye shall afflict your souls in the ninth day of the month, and even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. May we turn to the prophecy of Zechariah? The prophecy of Zechariah chapter twelve, please. Next to the last book in the Old Testament, beginning to read in chapter twelve from verse nine. And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. and I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great morning in Jerusalem, as the morning of Hade Adriman in the valley of Megidon. And the land shall mourn, every family apart, the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart. the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart, the family of Shinii apart, and their wives apart. All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart, in that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. May God bless the reading and the hearing of his word. We look with utter dependence to the Spirit of God to illuminate our hearts and our minds as we meditate upon the great day of atonement, which was the sixth annual feast in Israel when commemorated in past century long ago. The great day of atonement was perhaps, with the exception of the Feast of the Passover, one of the most solemn important events in the history of Israel each year. For it maintained their relationship with Jehovah their God. Throughout the years they had undoubtedly, as all human beings, they had undoubtedly been characterized by human sin and failure, shortcomings. and the transactions that were accomplished in the great day of atonement, established and maintained the proper relationship between Jehovah and his people. It actually was a national day of forgiveness. The national day once each year when God forgave the sins of the nation of Israel. If you will take time with me to go to the sixteen chapter of the book of Leviticus, I'd like very briefly, but as clearly as possible, to touch upon the event of that day, as it is recorded in Leviticus chapter nine, sixteen rather. And in chapter sixteen, you have in great detail all that transpired in that day of betonement. And in their annual history, it was of such importance and utmost importance, they realized, as did God, the need of the sins of the nation to be forgiven. May I point out some of the scriptures in this sixteenth chapter without reading its entirety. Go with me to verse three. In the third verse, we have the high priest commencing its ceremonial preparations. to officiate on that national day of forgiveness. Verse three declares, thus shall Aaron come into the holy place with a young bullet for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. Now this was the preparation for the priest himself. He must offer a sin offering for himself before he begins his official act. Also as we read in verse four, there was to be a complete ceremonial dance. He shall put on the holy linen coat. He shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh. He shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with a linen mitre, shall he be attired. These are the holy garments. And thus with the complete preparation of the garments provided by God, we read on, therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. There was not only a sin offering, but there was the ceremonial bathing so indicative that he must come in the presence of God's cleanse. And of course, these things remind us. They are a type of the holy, prosperous purity of the Lamb of God, who as our high priest has gone into the presence of God before us. The garments of the peace, the garments of the priest put on those garments were so typical of the intrinsic righteousness of Christ in whose value we come into the presence of God now go with me please in verse five and note he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids on the goats for a sin offering and one ran for a burnt offering in the preparation there was to be given Not only two kids, one for a sin offering, but a ram for a burnt offering. And then, beginning at verse six, seven, and eight, you have ever an offering his own sacrifice. He shall offer a bullet for the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself and for his house. Now let me interject. Our great high priest, the Lord Jesus, had no need to make an offering for himself. He was prosperous and pure and without blemish. But Aaron the priest and all the successive high priests must, in necessity, bring an offering for himself as well as his household to make an atonement for himself and his family. And then in verse seven and eight, that which was then taken was for the sins of the nation. and 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. Now here are two goats. One was for the Lord. The first aspect of these two goats, one was for the Lord. The Lord in South must have the first one. And then the second one was to be the scapegoat, which of course was the one that was led in the wilderness as we shall see. Now first of all let me suggest there is an important principle. Before God can forgive the sins of the nation, he himself must be satisfied by the sacrifice of a victim that meets the required righteousness of a holy God. And for before we can forgive the nation, his righteousness must be satisfied. And I'm sure that we who are believers realize and recognize, before God could forgive your sins and mine, before sins could be forgiven for the whole world, the death of his dear son must meet the need of his holy demand And God's righteousness must be completely satisfied. And thank God they have. What a joy to realize. God has his portion out of the death of Christ. Before the sinner can enjoy his or her portion. Thank God that we know God is satisfied with the death of his dear son. They go down the chapter, please. I wanted to know how Aaron was to come into the presence of God in verse twelve and thirteen. After making the sin offering for himself and for his family, then he was able to kill the offering that was to be brought in the presence of God for the nation. And on both occasions when he came into the presence of God, for he came in first with the offering for himself. that he went out, made the sacrifice of the goat upon the altar for the nation, and brought the value of that blood into the presence of the Lord. But verses twelve and thirteen, as well as fourteen, give us the important fact how he came into the presence of God. Verse twelve, he shall take a censer, full of burning coals of fire, from up the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense, beaten small, and bring it within the veil. And he shall put the incense upon the fire, the fire was in the censer that he carried. He shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat, that is upon the testimony that he dined up. And he shall take of the blood of the bullet and sprinkle it with his finger, and upon the mercy seed eastward, and before the mercy seed shall he sprinkle of the blunts with his finger seven times. Now note, as he sprinkled, the incense upon the fire of the altar, a cloud of incense filled the holy place. And there was a reason for this. That, as you know at the end of verse thirteen, The cloud of incense must cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony. That he died not. May I give this suggestion? There's no doubt. The glory of the Lord within that holiest of all. The glory cloud of his Shekinah presence was there, covering the mercy seat. That glory, the priest, could not look upon it and visibly viewed, except entering with a cloud of incense to fill the holy place. Neither could a holy God look upon a man in whose body and in whose soul was the knowledge and the presence of sin. And that cloud of incense was necessary lest he die. For he would have died had he gone into the presence of Jehovah without the cloud of incense before the mercy. And then he was able to sprinkle the blood upon the mercy seat and be poured in according to the divine requirement. That was what the priest must do, both for himself, then for the offering to be drawn on the behalf of the people, and the entrance into the holiness for the national forgiveness of sins. That was required. Beloved, may we just rejoice? that when our Lord Jesus passed into the heaven, carrying the value of his own blood into heaven itself, there was no need for a cloud of incense. For that blessed one in the glory of his person, and through the value of that one offering that he made for our sins, went into the holier, through the value of his own blood, by that new and living way which he has consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh. But this was the requirement on the day of national forgiveness. But I want you to notice something which is very important. You note in verse fifteen, the blood of atonement was sprinkled seven times on and before them at fifty, signifying the perfection of the blood of Christ. in the presence of God. Seven is the number of perfection as we undoubtedly know in its numerical structure and value in the Word of God. And as the priest sprinkled the Ark of the Covenant seven times, there you have the indication of that blessed life, the perfection of the blood of Christ, which has redeemed your soul and mind. Now look, let's look at the secondary aspect of this offering. The blood of the first goat was brought into the sanctuary. The first goat was slain. The first goat, its life was sacrificed upon the altar. But go down the chapter, please. And I want you to know, verse twenty. when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place and the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, he shall bring the light goat, and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the light goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness. And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquity unto a land not inhabited, and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. Now, when the foundation of forgiveness was laid through the sacrificial offering of the first goat, and it was accepted in the presence of God, then Aaron came out, and the live goat that was standing near the altar, he laid his hands upon the head of the goat in complete identification with the sins of the nation as he confessed the sins of Israel, requiring to be forgiven. And thus as he laid his hands upon that goat, confessing those sins, a man who was fitted, took the libel out of the tabernacle and away from the testimony of Israel into a land not inhabited, a wilderness barren plain. I believe Jewish commentators have suggested he brought that goat to a mountain precipice and there in that barren place he pushed the goat over the precipice not to be seen again. Thus the indication Their sins have been taken away for another year. Look at verse twenty-one again. He shall lay both his hands upon the head of the libel, confess over him. And look the next word. All the iniquities of the children of Israel. All their transgressions in all their sins. putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send them away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness, and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land none inhabited, and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. O beloved one, a picture it must have been to the heart of an Israelite, who piously realized their sins were being forgiven. though only once a year, for the blood of animals could not take away sin and purge their guilty conscience, as does the blood of Christ. But pictures is in light of its sole burden with the sins of the nation, and they're seeing God's provision as the blood of the first animal has been accepted in the presence of God. And the high priest on the behalf of the people comes out and confesses the sins of the nation, and he watches and there receives the live goat, bearing, figuratively bearing away the sins of the nation for that year. What we're joining to know, the establishment and the maintenance of a relationship with God was continued for another year. Well, beloved, you and I can have greater joy than that. For you and I can indeed say, When we came to the Lord Jesus, by faith I laid my hand on that dear head of thine. With broken contrite heart, I stand and there confess my sin. For when you and I confess our sins, and place them in faith upon him, he took them all away. And as we have often sung, My sins are all pardoned. My guilt is all gone. I'm saved by the blood of the crucified one. And, oh, beloved, what a great day of rejoicing. It must have been in Israel. But may I say again what a joy it is for you and for me in this day. Look at verse thirty in our chapter. And I want you to know the result, the unsailing result, in that day long ago. when God forgave them their sins on that annual day. Verse thirty. For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you to cleanse you that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. Beloved, what a happy day it must have been when must have come for you. Well, I can only say what you and I could indeed think with joy. Oh, happy day, oh, happy day when Jesus washed my sins away. And the joy of knowing the sins of the believer have all done. May I give you three thoughts? I love them myself. I'll pass them on to you quickly. For when God forgets sins in this age, I quote the words of Psalm one hundred and three, verse twelve. As far as the east is from the west, so far had he removed our transgression from us. For when God forgives this, he puts them out of reach. As far as the east is removed from the west. And as the poet said, the east and the west, the twain they never meet. For you continue in one continuous circle, never finding a meeting place of the east and the west, as you travel in such a direction. And then in Micah, chapter seven, verse nineteen, a verse that is very typical of the national day of atonement that we shall speak of when we go to the prophecy of Zechariah. When Israel's sins will be forgiven as a nation. And in Micah seven, verse nineteen, God said, I will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. For when God forgives sins, he puts them not only out of reach, he puts them out of sight. Oh, beloved, the joy of the figurative illustration in the depths of the sea. And then, those words of Jeremiah, thirty-one, thirty-four, Hebrews ten, verse seventeen, their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Not only out of reach, not only out of sight, out of mind, forgiven and forgotten by God. Oh, beloved, hallelujah, what is salvation? When we have a God who, through the blood of his Son, takes all our guilt away. May God help you and I indeed to rejoice and enjoy the knowledge that is ours through this typical teaching of the great day of atonement as it took place in the land of Israel. It was a solemn time. May I point out to you verse thirty-one of our chapter before going further. It shall be a Sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your soul by a statue forever. Link it with chapter twenty-three, please. I want you to notice in this twenty-third chapter of Leviticus what the Lord has to say about the conduct and the attitude of the people of Israel. Read with me in verse twenty-seven. On the tenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a day of atonement. It shall be an holy convocation unto you. Ye shall afflict your soul. It was the most solemn feat, perhaps of all, with the exception of the Passover, as we have said. Ye shall afflict your soul. And you know that in today, when the day of atonement is piously kept by the Jews, it is supposed to be a day of solemnity. as they thus reflect upon their sins, their guilt, and their shortcomings in the presence of Jehovah. Ye shall afflict your soul. And may I give the thought, and how true it is, oh how we who came to Christ came under the judgment and the penalty of God's wrath upon our sins, bearing upon our conscience. And there was the deep conviction we were lost and undone, and the realization we deserve the eternal judgment that God had decreed. But, thank God in humble repentance and faith, we came to him. Now Luke verse twenty-eight. Ye shall do no word in that same day. For it is a day of atonement to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. No word! And I love the thought, if I may indeed... illustrate these words by reminding you not by works of righteousness that we have done but by his mercy he alone has made us I cannot work my soul to say for that my Lord has done and what joy it is when we have found our own atonement through the blood of his son Forever having our sins washed away. Let's go with me to Zechariah chapter twelve, please. I want you to notice, as we have on the chart, that this great day of atonement, as likewise other feet, represents the dealings of God redempted purposes with Israel, even yet to come. And may I point out, as we did last night, these last three feet, they have a blessed application in the future as we saw yesterday the feast of trumpet the awakening of Israel to repentance and as we shall see now Israel's cleansing and restoration for this great day of atonement long ago portrayed a future day when again Israel in need of national cleansing and restoration shall have that effectively brought to pass in the coming day. Now go with me to them, to the book of Zechariah. We have already seen through the Feast of Compass that the Jews will return, and we could indeed say many have, return to their own land. They have returned in unbelief. And there will be a national awakening of Israel. For God, now let me point out this. Look, The feast of trumpets in its dispensational application leads to the day of atonement. The feast of trumpets in the day of Israel's history, when kept annually, was for the stepping stone to that great day which followed immediately, the day of atonement. Now, may I emphasize, and this is something you and I should realize, we who are Christians. There is no question of doubt. God has his earthly people in Israel today for one specific purpose, to bring them to that national day of atonement. And the cleansing and the restoration of the nation to himself, which we shall see in our scripture. Oh, beloved, you and I who see and know the mind of God in this precious book relating to his earthly people must realize He is working towards that end. My, the wonder of it that we should live in such a day. When for centuries the absence of Israel from the land has been so manifest, and they have been casted throughout the nation during the formation of the church. You know, I could almost feel the Lord was coming for us to realize the threshold of such an event. Now you and I will not, as the church, be indeed involved in this National Day of Atonement for Israel. But you and I are seeing that God has begun awakening his people. He has brought many of them and also given them the privilege of restoring themselves to some national entity as they exist today. For what purpose? To bring them to that great National Day of Atonement. Now let me repeat what we said yesterday in relation to Israel's sin. You remember we said, they had broken God's law, they had despised His promises, they had slain His prophets, greater filth, they had rejected and crucified their own Messiah. Third, we said they had also despised the Spirit of God. Now beloved, I want you to realize, God is going to bring all that to account nationally to the whole nation of Israel. And their great day of national judgment is ahead. For brevity's sake, we must only state, as you have in chapter thirty of Jeremiah verse seven, as you have in the words of Jesus in Matthew twenty four fifteen, it will be the great day of tribulation for Israel. Now the Great Tribulation will have a worldwide effect. But the center of that Great Tribulation period will be Jerusalem and the environment of Israel. Now let me brief this thing. Three purposes for the Great Tribulation. First, and this is a solemn thing. First, that Great Tribulation period, don't brief. is for the destruction of the ungodly. Now let me remind you of that again. It's a problem thing. We're living in a world of explosive population. But do you and I realize that upon that world during the period of greatest trouble, God's judgment ought to be poured and finalized for the utter destruction of the ungodly? Read the epistle of Jude, chapter one, only one chapter in verse fourteen and fifteen. When God, when he had prophesied, the Lord cometh with a ten thousands of his sake to execute judgment upon all that are ungodly in Noah. And one purpose of that great tribulation is for his judgment to be upon the ungodly of the nation. And second, Another purpose and one of the greatest purposes of the Great Tribulation is to bring his people, Israel, the remnant of that day to the great day of atonement, that through that day of atonement and the cleansing of the remnant, he may populate the millennial kingdom with a remnant of his own dear people five by five. Third, a third purpose for the Great Tribulation. is also to bring down to the nation, out from among the Gentiles, those who will, with Israel, populate the millennial kingdom in that coming day. And that great tribulation is going to be the national day of judgment for Israel as a nation. Let me give you this story. I mentioned it to one or two at the table the other day. I was reading a book many years ago written by a journalist who was not a Christian. And he was a noted character in his field of journalism. And he was very pro-Jewish. And before the days of the Second World War, while in Palestine, he wrote many articles for the benefit of God's earthly people in whom he was interested. He was not a Jew. But one day he had a delegation of three Jewish rabbis of a Jewish, of an Russian Orthodox order. They came to him. And as they entered into his room, he said, Gentlemen, what may I do for you? The spokesman who was the youngest said, Sir, first we want to thank you for your interest in our people and for your writings upon our behalf. But we do have a request to make. He said, What is it? And the spokesman said, We wish you would leave us alone and write nothing on our behalf. In astonishment, he looked at the man and said, Why? The young Jewish rabbi looked at him and said, Sir, according to our sacred writings, before we Jews shall see our Messiah, we must pass as a nation through the greatest time of trouble we've ever experienced. And then he writes that tears slowed down the young man's face when he continued to say, We so long to see our Messiah, we are willing to go through it. beloved they will now not all the Jews will be brought into the kingdom but the nation is to be assisted and that day of tribulation will certainly assist the nation as we shall see in the reading of God's word in the prophecy of Zechariah I want you to turn with me to it Zechariah chapter twelve the words that we have read in chapter twelve of Zechariah these words reveal the great national crisis to which Israel is coming now mark these words they describe the great national crisis that is yet ahead for the restoration and the cleansing of the nation of Israel verse nine it shall come to pass in that day now may I may I state again as I did yesterday I believe whenever you read the expression in that day And if you will read the last three chapters of Zechariah, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, you'll find this expression in that day, you'll find it sixteen times. And in every occasion, as well as in other prophecies, to a Jew, that meant the day of the Messiah, the day of his coming, in that day. it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem see I thought for a moment my dear mother this is a deep conviction with me as I see the conditions today prevailing in Israel as well as around Israel I could not help but comment as watching and listening and analyzing the news that comes out of the Middle East that there is the indication that Israel is willing to fight all the nations of the world to maintain their identity. That is their spirit. They've gone back to the land. They've established themselves in that land. For that purpose is to live or die as a nation. One cannot help but be amazed as well as astonished. at the integrity of such a people to take a stand such a time. And, beloved, may I say, that's exactly what is going to happen. All the nations are going to surround them. And cease to destroy them at the end time. And Jehovah will fight all these people. Go to chapter fourteen for a moment, please. Let me read in verse one, two, and three. Just the first one, two, and three. Behold the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem. God is going to bring them there. Let me take the time to do it. Will you keep your place, please? And I want you to go with me to Numbers chapter thirty-five. The book of Numbers chapter thirty-five and verse thirty-three. Here is one of the most interesting principles of prophecy that I've ever seen. And a dear old brother many years ago, thirty-some years ago, brought it to my attention. Chapter thirty-five in the book of Numbers. And I want you to read the thirty-third verse only. What you read in the chapter is the establishing of the cities of refuge. And God ordering the required judgments upon the murderers. as well as protection upon those who inadvertently, unintentionally, may have been guilty of murder. But look in verse thirty-three. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are. For blood it bepileth the land. And the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Now this divine principle still holds true. When human blood is built on the ground by the violence of men, God honors that blood that has been shed. He counts that blood sacred in its life. And he says that shed blood defiles the land. And there's only one way for that land to be cleansed from the defilement. It can only be cleansed by the blood of the man who shed the blood. Now I want you to think with me. Why are the nations going to be surrounding Jerusalem? Will you go with me in memory to the death of Christ? And will you recall that over that cross in three languages, Pilate wrote, This is Jesus, the king of the Jews, in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin? In the language of the religion of that day, in the language of culture in that day, in the language of political power, it was written, this is Jesus, the king of the Jews. And there at the spot, outside the gates of Jerusalem, the greatest violence of crime that was ever perpetrated by the human race was perpetrated upon the sinless, spotless, holy son of God. And not only is God going to require the judgment for the shedding of the blood of men, for the shedding of the blood of his prophet, but also for the shedding of the blood of the Son of God. And before Jerusalem and the land of Israel will be morally cleansed in the sight of God, he will gather all the nations together with his earthly people around Jerusalem for the cleansing of the land. Oh, beloved, this is God's decree. And in that day, when thus they are surrounded by their enemies, we read verse two again, chapter fourteen. Note the words in verse three. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle. The city shall be taken. The houses rightful. The women ravaged. Half the city shall go forth into captivity. The residues of the people shall not be cut off from the city. then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations as when he called in the day of battle make a note of this reference in Zechariah chapter ten and verse four you have four titles belonging to the Lord Jesus one is he's the cornerstone for Israel the second is he's the nail our most unique title one that I love the third is he's the battleboat and fourth The expression means he's the absolute ruler. And oh, beloved one day it will be when Christ, the Messiah, comes down from heaven to battle against the nation as they're gathered around Jerusalem. But let's go back to chapter twelve in Zechariah. For I want you to note, particularly as our message is about the cleansing and the atoning of the nation of Israel. Chapter twelve, verse ten. when in that time the Lord appears. Verse ten, he says, I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication, and they shall look upon me whom they have seen. Oh, beloved, what a revelation it will be, the godly remnant that shall remain, shall see that one there Jehovah coming, There must fire in all of his glory. But when they see him, he is the one they see us. And they're immersed upon him, reminding him he was the one they led out of the sea of Jerusalem and named for the sea. And what will happen? Notice what he says. They shall mourn for him. Their souls will be afflicted. it will be the greatest experience of atonement that the nation shall ever event anoneness. They shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. And in that day there shall be great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hader Grimmin in the Valley of Magadan. And note the distinction of the mourning. First, the land, the whole nation shall mourn. Second, every family apart. The family of the house of David, the royal family, and their wives. The family of the house of Nathan, the prophetic families, and their wives apart. Verse thirteen, the priestly families, the Levites apart, and their wives. And the family of Shemiah apart, and their wives. And then at the verse fourteen, all the families with that remain every family apart and their wives apart. And what a day it will be. May I give this suggestion? Their great confession. Their great confession will be Isaiah fifty-three. I know we love the crucifixion chapter of the Old Testament as we call it. But their great national confession of guilt will be Isaiah fifty-three from the beginning to the end. And they will acknowledge we esteem did not. We believe he deserved the reproach that he suffered. Yet he was wounded for our transgression. He was bruised for our iniquities. And the chastisement of our peace was upon him. And with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep are gone astray. We turned every one to his own way. Yet Jehovah has laid on him the iniquity of his all. And you read Isaiah fifty-three as being the great national confession of Israel. And when you come into chapter fifty-four, then you see and can hear the song of redemption and glory that he brings them into. What a day it's going to be. Look in chapter thirteen of our Zechariah prophecy verse one, as we close. In that day, There shall be a fountain open to the house of David, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and unclean death. In that day they will find the value of his blood. Can I remind you of what happened when they crucified their Messiah? And when Pilate brought him before the people and said, Behold your king, we have no king but Caesar. And then Pilate, as he delivered him to the people, washed his hands before the people, and said, I wash my hands of the blood of this just man. You remember the cry of the people? His blood be upon us and upon our children. And beloved, they borne the judgment. They suffer for that sin. But in that day when they see him face to face, his blood will be upon them for cleansing. There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Emmanuel's name, and sinners plunged beneath that blood, lose all their guilty same. Oh, beloved, let me say, I'm sure we all believe in the coming glory of Israel, which the Feast of Tabernacles represents in the future application. But before God will ever bring his people into that glory, he will judicially and morally cleanse them to make them fitted, cleanse and restore them with a new heart to keep his laws, to obey his teaching, and to glorify him in all the earth. Oh, beloved, let us give thanks that for the nation of Israel there is coming a day of cleansing and restoration when there is piracy. And until then, may God have with the wind some of them to the Lord Jesus as we can. Shall we pray? Oh, blessed Father, what a book. Thy precious, thy holy word. We wish to thank thee from the depth of our heart for the divine revelation of such truth. Blessed God, thou alone by the Holy Spirit, through thy sacred writings, could write such words of prophecy. pertaining not only to the world at large but to thine earthly people in particular we would be faithful to say Lord we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and ask thee that soon our Lord will come and that we shall be watching ourselves as those who were redeemed by his blood waiting for that glad shout of a descending Lord and the resurrection of those saints that have died in Christ and our own translation. Lord Jesus, we sometimes feel as though you must come any moment. And this is thy teaching. We pray, Lord, if thy word covers such, so clearly, such conditions that we are facing today, please, Lord, keep us awake. Keep us awake, Lord, looking for thy coming. and waiting to see thy face. We ask you to recommend ourselves in separating in our Savior's precious name. Amen.