Once a year the High Priest entered beyond the veil into the Holiest of Holies of the Old Testamnt temple to offer a blood atonement for sinners. God met him there.
The beautiful veil hung 60' high and 30' wide. It is said to have been as thick as the palm of a man's hand.
Mark 15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twein from the top to the bottom.
The very second Jesus died on the cross, the miraculous hand of God ripped the thick curtain apart. The Jewish priesthood had come to an end.
Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh. And having an 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.
Whether we come just to worship, to intercede in behalf of others or to petition for our own needs, we have direct access to the Creator of the Universe through His Son. Every sinner is invited.
God the Father created our bodies; God the Son redeemed us and made us a part of His body; and God the Spirit indwells our bodies and makes us the very temple of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own.?
The Spirit can use our bodies to glorify and magnify God. How can we defile God's temple by using our bodies to sin.
So God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all involved in what we do with our bodies. Christans are guilty of living like we own our body.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's.
God has a purpose and plan for each temple, and it is to worship and glorify Him.
A lot of people put down the prodigal son. Yes, he played the fool and wasted his inheritance on sinful pleasures, but he came to himself and had sense enough to admit it. He discovered sin was fake folly and the Devil a liar.
"I will arise and go to my father," he said. The Father will joyfully meet the sinner when he gets tired of sin.
Oh, the feasting at the Father's house! Oh, the blessing of the robe of righteousness! Oh, the security of a ring of sonship! Oh, the rejoicing and communion, sitting at the Father's table, being fed on the glories of Heaven!
Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
God didn't say if you come with a sober face or if you come with tears or if you make big promises. Jesus simply says, Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
If in your poor, tired, sinning heart you want to come to Jesus; then come. Ask him to forgive your sins and come into your heart. Believe He does. He will not ask you to wait, nor refuse you, but will immediately take you into His heart and into His blessed kingdom and make you God's child, forgiving all your sins.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth, say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
The highway of life isn't always straight and smooth. Detours may suddenly appear without warning. We have a promise from scripture to carry us through detours of trouble, disappointment or sorrow.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
God is going to work out everything for our good; not for our pleasure or prosperity or popularity, but for our good. Believe it.
Tears come easily on the detour, but Jesus gives us hope we can rely on.
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
The wonderful plan of salvation begins with the love of God.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
We are God's children! We don't expect the world to understand this thrilling relationship because the world doesn't understand God.
God's love for us doesn't stop with the new birth. It continues throughout our lives and takes us right up to the return of Jesus Christ.
When our Lord appears, all true believers will see Him and will become like Him. This means, of course, that they will have new, glorified bodies, suited for heaven.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
If you were to die today, do you know for sure that you will go to Heaven? If you hope to or you think your chances are good, your answer is "no". Some people say, "Nobody can say for sure that he will go to Heaven." The apostle John tells us we can know.
1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life.
John 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Have you believed on Jesus as your personal Saviour?
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Fanny Crosby
