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Hello, Michael Harrison. You said: quote:
Sanctified? ....not in giving you what to 'do', but how to believe!!!
Dear Michael, by believing in who Jesus is and what Jesus did for us on the cross we enter into the family of God. But once we are in the family of God, we as sons and daughters cannot just sit on our “donkey” and do nothing. We have to learn how to behave in the family of God, and [[I]that requires some doing on our part too.[/1]
Believing gets us into the family of God, but once in, we have to learn, like in school, how to behave in the family of God, and that takes some doing, doesn’
Romans 4:6
Even as David also describesthe blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputes righteousness without works,
James 2:20
But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Faith I know but what works are these? They are the works that the sons and daughters do in the family of God.
So Michael Harrison, to repeat what you said: quote:
Sanctified? ....not in giving you what to 'do', but how to believe!!!
Believe and do, isn't it? Believing got me into the family of God, but once in I will, uh, be chaparoned...
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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be "filled" with all the fulness of God.(Eph 3:19)Today!
Sanctified?
....not in giving you what to 'do', but how to believe!!!
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The study of the tabernacle opens up the teaching of New Testament salvation for our understanding. The second door in the Tabernacle proper (the veil) prevented entrance into God’s presence by unholy people. When the veil was rent top to bottom, it signified the end of Judaism and the beginning of Christianity. Christ’s death tears down the veil, "It is finished" = the end of Judaism.
Lesson #1 - all tabernacle furniture, symbols, ceremonies finished
Lesson #2 - reality of the Lamb of God in the person of Jesus Christ
Heb 10:19-20 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;
The teaching of the veil could not be stated any clearer, "that is to say, His flesh". What we have in view here then is the Person of Christ. What beauty there is in our Blessed Lord, oh! The colors of His life!
The blue, is the color of the Heavenlies. The purple, is the royal color, the robe of the King! The scarlet, the pouring out of His life in sacrifice! The fine twined linen, the perfection of His character. The CHERUBIM, the power of God.
It is very interesting to note the appearances of the cherubim in Scripture. Their first appearance is in Genesis 3. To protect the Tree of Life God posted cherubim at the gate of the Garden of Eden. Man was exiled from the garden, an act that prevented him from eating of the Tree of Life, lest he be locked in his sinful state forever. When we consider these angelic messengers, especially with flaming sword in hand, we tend to think of judgment. Yet the cherubim were a provision of God’s mercy. We find the next mention of the cherubim here in the tabernacle, symbolically woven into the veil between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. Certainly they were there to speak to the heart of the ministering priest, saying, "Do not enter here", but the veil also allowed God to be near His people. "Come this far, but no farther. God dwells on the other side." Yes, the cherubim kept men out, but allowed God to come near. The next scene involving the cherubim was the Mercy Seat. Here the cherubim were on either side of the Mercy Seat witnessing the offering of blood. Again this is a picture: the High Priest alone could enter the Most Holy Place, never without blood, He could enter, knowing that the blood would satisfy the claims of God and that the cherubim looked at God’s provision, not at the priest. Isn’t it remarkable to when we think of the two angels the Gospel of John speaks of , in chapter 20, one at the head and one at the foot of the spot where the body of Jesus had lain. Could this be the fulfillment of the task of the cherubim, not now with flaming sword keeping people out, but with a word of good news, "He is not here: He is risen"?
The way to heaven is now open to all! God is present in His "heavenly tabernacle" Christ can lift our heart into presence of God now = "I’ve been to heaven today already." Christ entered as our forerunner through the veil = our assurance of salvation = our hope!
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
This hope is not human "wishful thinking" but anticipation of a sure thing, something divine = Heb 6:19, "anchored fast in heaven" = within the veil. Our "hope" is not anchored in ourselves, the earth, human government, wealth, etc. but in the ETERNAL.
What was within the veil in the tabernacle? a. the ark (with law, manna, rod) b. the cover with cherubim (mercy seat). The blood carried within the veil came from goat that was the substitute goat, not the scape goat. It represented the just dying for the unjust so that we might be brought to God. The veil reminds us of God previously hid in heaven, yet in complete access to believer today. The ark/mercy seat point to our forerunner, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is based on the propitiation for our sins:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
I Jn 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
The Veil is the last entrance that the priest had to go through to enter before he was in the Presence of God. The last enemy of God’s people was death. Christ has burst through the portals of death removing its sting. How good to know when we depart this scene we shall enter through the Veil and be before God in love. "AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD." AMEN!
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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What does a vail do? It prevents one from seeing, and in some cases, prevents one from being seen.
"Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away."(2Cor3:16)
What is 'it'? It is the heart (and mind).
"But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ."(ICor3:14)
....which veil is done away in Christ.
Discover (fully discover) what it is to be 'in' Christ. Don't stop at what you think you know until you know what Paul is saying.
"But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is still upon their heart."(2Cor3:15)
They don't see. But we see, through a glass darkly. Yet, do we yet see that well yet? If we do not ask ourselves, we will settle for anything.
"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which enters into that within the veil."(Hebrews 6:19)
"By a new and living way, which He has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh."(Hebrews 10:20)
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus"(Heb 10:19)
Just look and see. It is down, way down from where we are at any time, to the feet of Jesus. Do you know that in the wilderness tabernacle, that there was one gate. The overall view of the tabernacle if viewed by a helicopter would reveal the tabernacle to be in the shape of a cross. The one entrance was at the base, which would be the feet. There is but one way to enter, down, way, way down - wonderfully way down.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.(Heb 10:14)
Are you? He hath perfected forever..... them that are sanctified. How are we sanctified? See Heb 6:19 and 10:20.
Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
This is big. It is larger than we embrace.
Rom 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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The veil
Isaiah 25
7 And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil[/b] untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil [i]is done away in Christ[i/].
2 Corinthians 3:15
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is still upon their heart.
2 Corinthians 3:16
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which enters into that within the veil.
Hebrews 10:20
By a new and living way, which He has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh.
Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
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