The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Ezekiel 42:15-20,
"When he had finished measuring what was inside the temple area, he led me out by the east gate and measured the area all around: He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits. He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common."
By my calculations this temple area was about 750 feet by 750 feet or so, maybe about 13 acres. What does not escape my attention is that there is a wall around it, just like the temple that Solomon built. The purpose of the surrounding wall is "to separate the holy from the common" – that is, the holy from the unholy.
This separation declares the contrast between sinful man and a holy God. Our God is separated from this cursed and fallen world, from sinful man - all mankind. Access to God is restricted as this wall portrays.
But we read of One who has removed this separation from our heavenly Father. "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water." Hebrews 10:19-22.
Jesus Christ has breached that wall for us! No longer does there have to be a separation between us and our God. As he himself has said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
How wonderful is our Lord Jesus Christ who is our way to the Father!
By my calculations this temple area was about 750 feet by 750 feet or so, maybe about 13 acres. What does not escape my attention is that there is a wall around it, just like the temple that Solomon built. The purpose of the surrounding wall is "to separate the holy from the common" – that is, the holy from the unholy.
This separation declares the contrast between sinful man and a holy God. Our God is separated from this cursed and fallen world, from sinful man - all mankind. Access to God is restricted as this wall portrays.
But we read of One who has removed this separation from our heavenly Father. "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water." Hebrews 10:19-22.
Jesus Christ has breached that wall for us! No longer does there have to be a separation between us and our God. As he himself has said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
How wonderful is our Lord Jesus Christ who is our way to the Father!
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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