TWO WEEKS - COMPARISON

“Consecrate yourself and be holy,

For I, the Lord your God am Holy ".

Lev 20.7

4. Saturday and cross of Golgotha

When God initiated the creation of the universe, he made the Sabbath day monument of creation. But SIN has led to what the day has a different meaning: it became a redemptive sacrifice, death on the cross of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

4.1. What is "mikdash"?

After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God would execute judgment on them for breaking the law: "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6.23). But God is stepped differently. For love of her, he decides: To die for them and

for the entire human race. Until He establishes a rite of sacrifice, which is not a shadow of Golgotha: "and the Lord God made for Adam and his wife wear leather, and clothed them "(Genesis 3.21). The clothes were the first people, because the mild climate on the Earth was harsh, but they also symbolize God's grace - all-forgiving and return of the repentant sinner lost paradise.

Since this rite of Holy was observed in the people of God. Abel, and Noah brought benefit - donative and the peace offerings to the Lord, and numerous altars in the territory Palestine testified that here once stayed Abraham (Gen 4.4, 12.7, 8.20-8).

Retired Jews from Egypt, were a vivid illustration of the Atonement, and the final is a Ministry in the sanctuary.

Every day the blood sacrifice for sin entered into the first (I) branch of the Sanctuary (see fig. 2) and  priest besprinkled it of beyond the veil, where the Ark of the law against Dartmouth which sinned people (Lev 4.1-6).

Once a year, in September (10 in number 7 of the month on the lunar calendar), carried out a special service of cleansing the sanctuary from sins, introduced there. Before air of each Israeli during the days of court  had to investigate itself and confess all the sins. If he did not want to do this, he killed. "The soul the making sin, will die "(Ezek 18.4, Lev 23.29).

For the rite priest took two goats and threw a lot of them (Lev 16.7-8). The first goat he then slew it and took his blood and was with her on the second (II) branch of the sanctuary, which had the right to enter only the high priest (descendant of Aaron) in the only day of the year; There he sprinkled on the lid and the lid of the Ark, thus cleansing the sanctuary. The Jews do not repent, Sin remained on him (v.15-16, 33). This goat symbolized the Christ who died for the sins of everyone believing in him and accepting his Lord and Savior. Such a person is acquitted on

the Heavenly Court and receive eternal life (1 John 1.7, 9; John 3.16-19).

Then the high priest coming out of the sanctuary and laid his hands on the other goat, and he carried the sins of the people and banned in wilderness (Lev 16.20-22). This goat was symbol of the devil, who first rebelled against the Government of God, and then implicated in revolt of the third of the angels and the population of the planet Earth; now he is unmasked as a liar and the perpetrator of all evil on the Earth, which, after the end of the world will be destroyed, along with all followers (1 John 3.8 ; Rev 12.3, 7-9 ; Gen 3.1-6,16-19,15 ; Mal 4.1 ; Is 47.14; Ps 37.10; Avd 16).

Our regeneration and sanctification is possible thanks to the exploits of Jesus, and memorial of this consecration - Saturday: "also gave them My Sabbaths, to ... know that I Lord, sanctifies them (Ezek 20.12). The Hebrew word "mikdash" - "sanctuary" translated as the "sanctification" or "redemption", i.e. separation from the world of sin and

return to God. The Golgotha’s cross put an end to the victims, as the true victim is sacrificed.

4.2. The events of creation and Holy week

Compare the texts, which share about 4000 years, and which say that we the Christians were created twice: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation" (2 Cor 5.17-19).

                    The Creation                                                                           The Atonement

                                                                                   FRIDAY

"And God said, let us make man                                              " And when they came to the place, called

our image and likeness;                                                            My Skull, there they crucified him, and the villains

and will govern they ... over all the                                           one on His right and the other on the left

the Earth ... So God created man in the                                   side. And the people stood by and watched.

his image. from the dust of the Earth,                                       and... cursing at him. saying: If

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and                        you are the King of the Jews, save yourself

man became a living being. And planted                                 a... One of the hanged villains evil -

The Lord God of heaven in Eden in the East,                          and caught Him, and said: If you're Christ

placed there the man whom the created…                              save yourself and us. The other t

to dress it and keep it and                                                        said him: or not you

his ... And the Lord God said: not good are afraid                   of God, when he was convicted on

the man should be alone; Let us make helper and                  it the same? And we indeed justly,

assistant, corresponding to it. And                                           because worthy for our,

led by God on man strong adopted                                          but it's nothing bad did not.

dream; and when he fell asleep, took one of his ribs,               And said to Jesus:

and closed the place flesh. And created                                 remember me Lord when you come into your Kingdom!                                                                                                            

Lord from the rib  the                                                               Jesus said him: "…Will be with me in Paradise".

woman, and brought her to the man "(Gen. 1:                         And the Sun was darkened, and the veil in the Temple

26-27; 2.7-8, 15, 18, 21-22).                                                   was ripped in the Middle "(Luke 23.33, 35-37, 39-43, 45).

"And God saw everything that he had made,                           "Jesus said, ' it is done! and,

and behold, it was very good. And was ... the sixth day”          bowing  His head,  he gave up his spirit. Day

(Genesis 1.31).                                                                         the same one was Friday "(John 19.30 , Luke 23.54).

                                                                                 SATURDAY

"It made the heavens and the Earth and all the                     " Sabbath came... This Saturday

military of  them. And God to the seventh DAY                       was GREAT. Sequence

the day of all the works of their own, which he did,                the women also, which came with

and the seventh day he rested from all his work,                   Jesus from Galilee, and watched the coffin,

who did. And God blessed the seventh                                  how was His body. Returning -

day, and hallowed it, because it's the same                           prepared incense and

chill from all his work which God made and                           on Saturday were left alone

created” (Gen 2.1-3).                                                              according to the commandment "(Luke 23.54, John 19.

                                                                                               31, Luke 23.55-56).

Jesus, the creator and Almighty, took responsibility for the sin of their creations.

"Finally, Jesus calmed down from his. A long day of insults and agony of finished. When the last rays of the setting sun heralded the attack Saturday, the Son of God lay in the silence of the tomb of Joseph. He completed his work. His hands were folded peacefully. The Saints watch Saturday afternoon He found peace. In the beginning, after the case of creation on Earth, the father and son were buried on Saturday. By creating "the heavens and the Earth and all their host" (Gen 2.1), the creator and all the heavenly beings were contemplating this nice picture with glee "the morning stars, when all the sons of God shouted for joy" (Job 38.7). Now, in the case of redemption, Jesus became peace. And while the Earth mourned loving it, heaven, joy reigned. What a glorious future to open eyes is heavenly creatures! Revival creation, the expiated human race, defeating sin, never will disappear from God - the result of the completed work of Christ seen angels and God. And with this Rainbow picture forever is the day on which Jesus will regulate his or her generation, because "committed his actions" and "everything that makes God remains forever" (Deut 32.4, Eccl 3.14). When the time comes "commit all that God spoke through the mouth of all His holy prophets from of the century" (Acts 3.21), Saturday of creation, the day that Jesus rested in the tomb of Joseph, will continue during the day of rest and joy. Heaven and the Earth will merge in glee, and then "from Saturday to Saturday (Is 66. 23 ) saved people will gladly worship God and the Lamb" (E.White, “The desire of ages ", Chapter 80).

No. 60

In a dark coffin lay my Redeemer

And with death reversed death my Savior.

The mortal ad destroyed the life everlasting,

Enemy conquered by death of Christ's life.

The path of life, we opened the Christ the Savior

And we love It, our Lord has revealed.

V.T.