Title: Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The daily sacrifices, weekly sabbaths, and three annual feasts prescribed in the Old Testament are a picture of how to prepare for heaven.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
2 Peter 2:22, 10
Numbers 28:1
Exodus 23:14, 17
Leviticus 23:1, 5, 10, 33
Deuteronomy 16:1, 9, 13-14
Luke 6:1
Acts of the Apostles 2:1; 20:16
Nehemiah 8:13-14
Ezekiel 45:21, 25
Zechariah 14:16
John 7:2, 37

In natural language the word "manifest" simply means to make something clear or obvious. It's interesting, though, that in the Bible the word "manifest" appears only in the New Testament, and -- in the Gospels particularly -- is generally connected with the Lord Himself. To "manifest" something or make something manifest means to reveal the deepest true ideas about the Lord in the Bible, and is something that happens particularly in the process of bringing one church to an end and beginning another. This is, of course, what the Lord was doing during his life in this world; by revealing new and deeper truths, He was bringing an end to the Israelites as the "true" church and launching its successor, the Christian Church.