What A Day This Is!

"Then David said, 'No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever'....So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it.  Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God."  (1 Ch. 15:2 & 1 Ch. 16:1)

This is a reason, "....the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom."  It was in that moment when the Living Triune God of the Universe "came out" of, "The Holiest of All," came out of temple to a lost humanity.

You may remember the "Four Spiritual Laws."  One speaks of the great chasm which separates the Blessed Trinity from humanity; it's call sin, or rebellion.  Now God the Father, God the Son, "The Word of God," Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit is no less "holy" than before the Cross.  You and I cannot just "enter" fellowship apart from the Blood of Jesus.  The Bible teaches clearly that we only have, "boldness to enter the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus."  But now, because of Jesus, His shed Blood, His death, His resurrection and ascension, you and I are invited in Jesus Christ, "To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with Me in My Throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father in His Throne."

There never has been, nor ever shall be a great "invitation."  Our text tells us of a time when only the Levites were, "....chosen...to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever."  The Cross of Jesus Christ fulfilled this.  Now, as the prophet once said, "You are sons (and daughters) of His Presence."  Yes, you and I now, living in surrender to Jesus Christ and His Words, "....may carry the ark of God and minister before Him forever."  The Bible tells us that the Church is, "the household of God," even, "the Temple of the Holy Spirit."  Glorious "Good News."

Father, in Jesus' Name, may my friend here and I walk worthy of such a "high calling."  Amen.

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Two very timely, prophetic articles at:  jhs58.blogspot.com

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.'"

Hebrews 12:2