Topic: THE NEW AND LIVING WAY [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 19 March 2022
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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL
BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA
SATURDAY MARCH 19TH, 2022
THE NEW AND LIVING WAY
Hebrews 10:19-20 (LB, TPT)
..dear brothers, now we may walk right into the very Holy of Holies, where God is, because of the blood of Jesus. This is the fresh, new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us by tearing the curtain—his human body—to let us into the holy presence of God. And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come right into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and with no hesitation. For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God.
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God told Moses anyone who sees His face will die, (Exo.33:20, CEV). Because of sin and the fall of man, man no longer had the capacity to see the face or glory of God and live. This made man afraid of having an encounter with God. In the Old Testament, God made it possible for only the high priest to come into the holy of holies once a year and he must come with the blood of an animal (signifying death) for the sins of the people. By this, the Holy Spirit was showing us that the real way to the holy of holies was not yet revealed, (Heb.9:6-8, NIV).
The high priest could not even enter the holy of holies whenever he liked. In Leviticus 16:2, “The Lord said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.”
But right now because of Jesus, the Bible says we can come boldly to God’s throne of grace, (Heb.4:16). We now have access to the real holy of holies where God is. The one in the Old Testament was just a shadow and God was not interested or pleased by their sacrifices (Heb.10:6). Jesus is the new and living way to access God in His fullness and glory. This is why He said, “I am the way, the truth and the life: no man comes to the Father but by me” John 14:6. This is why as Jesus yielded up the ghost on the Cross, the veil in temple was torn from top to bottom, (Matt. 27:50-51) signifying God ending that old and inferior system. Because of Jesus, now when we see God we don’t die, we receive life for all our sins have been taken away from God’s sight.
Prayer:
Father, I thank you for the new and living way that you have provided for me to have free access to your face, your fullness and your glory.
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