Many of you may know there were 3 chambers in the O.T. Tabernacle in the wilderness. The Outer Court, The Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies. The Presence of God dwelt between the Cherubim over the mercy seat on the Ark of the covenant which was within the veil in the Holy of Holies. Only one man, the high priest, was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies (The Presence of God) and he was only permitted to do this once a year to make an atonement for his own sins and the sins of the people. The people of God were not allowed, and were not invited, to come into the presence of God.
However, the Book of Hebrews tells us that thru Jesus, our Great High Priest, The Minister of the New Covenant we are not invited to enter the Holy of Holies (The presence of God) in the tabernacle on earth, but that we are invited, yea, encouraged to enter into the Holy of Holies in Heaven thru Him.
*Honestly, how many of you woke up this morning believing this to be your privilege?
**How many of you know that today you and I as children of God are invited to not only come but to dwell in the Holy of Holies, The Presence of God, thru faith in Jesus name.
The Hebrew writer says in Heb. 6:19 "This hope which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil"
This hope is our anchor that keeps us from drifting?
Where will you live today? Where will you dwell? I choose to live within the veil!
Please meditate on these verses and live within the veil today.
Heb. 10:19-22 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb. 7:19 "for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God."
Heb 6:19-20 "This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain of heaven into God's inner sanctuary. *(This is our Privilege) Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the line of Melchizedek.
Rom. 5:1-2 "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God..." (This verse is loaded!)
Eph. 3:12 "in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him"
Eph. 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as he chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love..."
Today, if you are a born again believer, the scripture declares that you have been justified (Declared Righteous by God), by faith (In the fact that Christ was born under the law, that he might fulfill the law perfectly on our behalf, becoming a curse for us to redeem us from the curse of the law [Gal. 3:10-13], becoming our sin, absorbing the full wrath of God against our sins, and then rising from the dead and making atonement for our sins, that we should be Holy and without blame before Him.) you now have access within the veil, wherein you stand and REJOICE in the hope of the Glory of God.
Bless the LORD, O My Soul and all that is within me! Bless His Holy Name!
2 comments:
I THINK IT IS AMAZING HOW YOU GET UP SO EARLY TO SPEND TIME IN GODS WORD. YOU ARE AN AMAZING EXAMPLE TO YOUR FLOCK
Thanks anonymous. However, for clarification, I posted this at around 9:00 a.m. and not 5:15 a.m. But for what it's worth I was actually up at 4:30 a.m. that morning w/ God and His Word.
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