The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Hebrews 9:6-8,
Here is something I wrote about this passage in August, 2006:
"When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning."
We read in chapter 8 that the tabernacle was made after the pattern of what is in heaven. Here the writer of Hebrews says that because the high priest was restricted from entering into the "inner room" just once a year and never without blood, access to God was restricted.
But in Hebrews 9:12 we go on to read that Jesus Christ entered the "Most Holy Place" of heaven by his own blood. With his blood (the death payment for sin that God had warned Adam and Eve of in the Garden of Eden) Jesus Christ has set us free from our sins, 9:15, so that we may "serve the living God", 9:14.
Here is something I wrote about this passage in August, 2006:
"When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning."
We read in chapter 8 that the tabernacle was made after the pattern of what is in heaven. Here the writer of Hebrews says that because the high priest was restricted from entering into the "inner room" just once a year and never without blood, access to God was restricted.
But in Hebrews 9:12 we go on to read that Jesus Christ entered the "Most Holy Place" of heaven by his own blood. With his blood (the death payment for sin that God had warned Adam and Eve of in the Garden of Eden) Jesus Christ has set us free from our sins, 9:15, so that we may "serve the living God", 9:14.
We now have open access to God who calls us his children! No longer are we shut out from God, estranged from him and separated from his presence! The ultimate fulfillment of this will take place in the resurrection, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:3-4.
Just how wonderful is that?!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Just how wonderful is that?!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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