King James Daily Bible Study: The Holy or Most Holy Place
Date: Wednesday January 26, 2011
Chapters: Exodus 26-28
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Details of Today's Reading: God gives specific details on what materials and how to construct the Tabernacle, Aaron and his sons are appointed as priests or workers in the Tabernacle, the garments to be worn while in the Tabernacle, and ministering to the people.

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The Bible says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” - Romans 12:1,2. The word holy is defined as being sacred or blessed, belonging to, deriving from, or associated with God. If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior then you are holy, blessed, and associated with God. Praise God! We are blessed in that all we have to do to be associated with God is simply ask His Son, to save us. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” - Romans 10:9. Praise God!

Before Jesus came the people needed a place to be able to reach God, So, He instructed Moses to build a tabernacle. Everything from the wood, to the curtains, to the spoons were given specific details on how tobe made and contructed. When everything is set up God would dwell above the mercy seat, a vail separated the holy place from the most holy place, where the mercy seat would be placed.

“And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:..And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” - Exodus 26:31,33,34.

Not Moses or anyone else could see God face to face, as far as they could ever get was standing in the holy place. They or anyone else would never step foot into the most holy place. However, when Jesus came, He made a way to take down the vail. “And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” - II Corinthians 3:13-18. The vail is taken away when we allow Christ to live in us through the Spirit of the Lord, or Holy Ghost. When we accept Christ as our Savior the Holy Spirit dwells in us. In other words, we are the mercy seat God dwells upon.

God appointed Aaron and his sons, who were Levites, to be priests, Aaron would be the high priest, the one who got the closest to God. He would minister to the people and be the mediator, the one who would speak to God on their behalf. Before Aaron was able step foot in the holy place he had to wear special garments.

“And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD...And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD...And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.” - Exodus 28:1-3,35,36,38,43.

Today, we have only one mediator to God, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” - I Timothy 2:5,6. Before we can even speak to God we need to put on Christ, who is the special garment we need to even get to the holy place. “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:” - Ephesians 6:13-17.

Now, you can be in the holy place, which is doing just enough to get your foot in the door to heaven, where no one even notices that Christ is in you. Or you can be in the most holy place, which is what happens when you allow Christ to truly live in you. When you allow Christ to live in you you become a new person, all of the sinful things you use to think you could not live without are slowly replaced with godly things. “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;” - II Corinthians 5:16-18. Praise God!

Did you know that Christ has chosen you? He chose you to be a part of His life, well before God even created the earth. “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” -Ephesians 1:4-6. Isn't that amazing? When you are in the most holy place you become blessed beyond measure, if you truly want God's blessings here on earth, listen to Him, He is talking to you.

Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the Brasen Altar, by which the sin offerings would be placed (27:1-8). Jesus became the final sacrifice that would give an atonement for all who believe in Him. “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” - Romans 5:10,11.

Thanks and God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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