DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- AN INVITATION FROM THE KING

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – AN INVITATION FROM THE KING

"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 the assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." (Hebrews 10:19-22)

God's great plan and desire has always been for us to dwell with Him in His presence. But sin has separated us from our holy God. Satan was cast out of Heaven – from God's presence – because of his sin. When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, they and were driven from the Garden, from the very holy presence of God. And we, because of our sin, are separated from His presence. The soul that sins shall surely die, that is, be separated from God.

There is a way – a new and living way – for us to come into God's presence. Jesus, through the veil of His flesh that was rent and torn asunder, just as the veil that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies was rent from top to bottom when Jesus died, opened the way to be in the presence of God. We have the assurance of faith that we are clean enough to be in the presence of the Holy One because our hearts are sprinkled and our bodies are washed with pure water – the blood of Jesus.

I am reminded of the story of Queen Esther. Mordecai told her to appeal to King Ahasuerus for the deliverance of the Jews from death. But the law was such that she – even as the Queen – could not come into the throne room and approach the king unless he bade her come by holding out the golden scepter. She could not just barge into the presence of the King without His invitation, or she would be killed.

Our Great God – the King of the universe – holds out the golden scepter to us because of our faith in Jesus. He invites us into His presence. Because we have a Great High Priest, we can "come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16). That is His great invitation. The Holy, awesome, eternal God desires our company.

So, let us come into the very presence of the eternal God. He wants us to come.

Love, Dad