"But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood...." (Hebrews 9:7, NIV)
"....never without blood...." This phrase reveals the precedence set in the Garden. In order to cover Adam and Eve and the shame of their rebellion, blood was shed, thus a foreshadow of, "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin." The high priests in the order of Aaron entered the Most Holy Place of the earthly tabernacle, "never without blood....But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands....He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood...."
Now some may think I am getting a little too repetitive in this Hebrew study, but I hope you are not getting bored. At the risk of sounding a little too mystical here, this time looking at Hebrews, short phrases just keep "jumping out" to me, phrases I have read for years and years, but just keep refreshing me over and over; our text is one of them. I felt earlier today that every church building and meeting place on the planet should have this phrase over the door, "Never Without the Blood of Jesus Christ," never worship, never praying, never preaching, never feeding the poor, never doing missions, "never without Blood."
"....never without blood." This is the theme of the Kingdom of Heaven. "....Never without blood," think that you or I or any personage on the planet may or can be accepted, "in the Beloved." This should be a "battle cry" of the Church, "Never without blood," because only by, through, and in the Blood of Jesus Christ may we enter the Holiest of All, and only, "by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word to which we [bare] witness," do we overcome the Enemy of men's souls.
So, continue to go about your business today, my dear friend; do what needs to be done, and------------- "never without Blood."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I utter Your Name, I seek Your Face, I cry out to You for family, friends, men and nations, "never without Blood." Amen.
"....never without blood...." This phrase reveals the precedence set in the Garden. In order to cover Adam and Eve and the shame of their rebellion, blood was shed, thus a foreshadow of, "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin." The high priests in the order of Aaron entered the Most Holy Place of the earthly tabernacle, "never without blood....But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands....He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood...."
Now some may think I am getting a little too repetitive in this Hebrew study, but I hope you are not getting bored. At the risk of sounding a little too mystical here, this time looking at Hebrews, short phrases just keep "jumping out" to me, phrases I have read for years and years, but just keep refreshing me over and over; our text is one of them. I felt earlier today that every church building and meeting place on the planet should have this phrase over the door, "Never Without the Blood of Jesus Christ," never worship, never praying, never preaching, never feeding the poor, never doing missions, "never without Blood."
"....never without blood." This is the theme of the Kingdom of Heaven. "....Never without blood," think that you or I or any personage on the planet may or can be accepted, "in the Beloved." This should be a "battle cry" of the Church, "Never without blood," because only by, through, and in the Blood of Jesus Christ may we enter the Holiest of All, and only, "by the Blood of the Lamb and the Word to which we [bare] witness," do we overcome the Enemy of men's souls.
So, continue to go about your business today, my dear friend; do what needs to be done, and------------- "never without Blood."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I utter Your Name, I seek Your Face, I cry out to You for family, friends, men and nations, "never without Blood." Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
