WEBVTT 00:04.216 --> 00:15.128 [SPEAKER_00]: Today, as we look at the holy of Holies, we'll see how Jesus fulfilled the requirements of God's law and is the perfect high priest on our behalf. 00:16.309 --> 00:24.517 [SPEAKER_00]: As we learn of all Jesus' sacrifice accomplished, may our hearts swell in worship and thanks to our King. 00:25.479 --> 00:27.861 [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast. 00:51.348 --> 00:52.651 [UNKNOWN]: Thank you. 00:58.570 --> 01:21.457 [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Hebrews chapter 10, verses 19 through 22, Scripture says, Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh. 01:22.358 --> 01:26.383 [SPEAKER_00]: And since we have a great priest over the house of God, 01:26.363 --> 01:39.765 [SPEAKER_00]: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 01:41.669 --> 01:45.694 [SPEAKER_00]: Descriptions of the Holy of Holies strike fear in my heart. 01:46.696 --> 01:57.310 [SPEAKER_00]: Leviticus 16, verses 1 through 5, describes the work, a priest would have to go through, in order to enter into the presence of God and not be killed. 01:58.472 --> 02:04.740 [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron. 02:04.720 --> 02:07.666 [SPEAKER_00]: when they drew near before the Lord and died. 02:08.588 --> 02:21.894 [SPEAKER_00]: And the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. 02:21.954 --> 02:27.184 [SPEAKER_00]: For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. 02:27.164 --> 02:38.473 [SPEAKER_00]: But in this way, Aaron shall come into the holy place with a bowl from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 02:38.909 --> 02:45.075 [SPEAKER_00]: He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body. 02:45.996 --> 02:51.181 [SPEAKER_00]: And he shall tie the linen sash around his waist and wear the linen turban. 02:51.742 --> 02:53.403 [SPEAKER_00]: These are the holy garments. 02:54.484 --> 02:58.048 [SPEAKER_00]: He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. 02:59.189 --> 03:08.578 [SPEAKER_00]: And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for 03:11.967 --> 03:18.587 [SPEAKER_00]: The holiness of God required absolute purity from all who had entered into his presence. 03:19.790 --> 03:26.550 [SPEAKER_00]: And so powerful was God's presence that it killed the two sons of Aaron the high priest. 03:28.032 --> 03:38.723 [SPEAKER_00]: When I picture the terrifying, powerful presence of my God as told in the Old Testament, my heart is filled with reverence and awe. 03:38.744 --> 03:44.149 [SPEAKER_00]: How could this holy God love me, a broken and helpless sinner? 03:45.511 --> 03:53.179 [SPEAKER_00]: How could I come before God and enter into His presence when His holiness requires such purity? 03:54.847 --> 04:11.152 [SPEAKER_00]: But Hebrews 9 verses 11 through 12 says, When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands that is not of this creation. 04:12.053 --> 04:15.859 [SPEAKER_00]: He entered once for all into the holy places. 04:15.839 --> 04:25.135 [SPEAKER_00]: not by means of the blood of goats and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 04:26.777 --> 04:37.155 [SPEAKER_00]: Our high priest entered into the holy places on our behalf, and secured safe passage for us all to enter into God's presence. 04:38.603 --> 04:56.852 [SPEAKER_00]: Hebrews 10, 19, through 22, describes this powerful truth and saying, therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain. 04:57.513 --> 04:58.955 [SPEAKER_00]: That is through his flesh. 05:00.097 --> 05:04.223 [SPEAKER_00]: And since we have a great priest over the house of God, 05:04.203 --> 05:18.998 [SPEAKER_00]: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 05:19.018 --> 05:25.485 [SPEAKER_00]: Once more, through the death of Jesus, God is now able to flood the earth with His presence. 05:26.826 --> 05:30.430 [SPEAKER_00]: Christ defeated the power of sin and death. 05:30.410 --> 05:37.242 [SPEAKER_00]: and made the way for you and me to be the new temple of God's holy powerful presence. 05:38.765 --> 05:49.684 [SPEAKER_00]: First Corinthians 3, verses 16 and 17 states, do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you? 05:50.002 --> 05:53.908 [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. 05:54.910 --> 05:59.236 [SPEAKER_00]: For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. 06:00.899 --> 06:13.478 [SPEAKER_00]: Later, 1 Corinthians 6, verses 19 and 20, says, or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? 06:13.458 --> 06:17.785 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not your own, for you are bought with the price. 06:18.927 --> 06:21.351 [SPEAKER_00]: So glorify God in your body. 06:24.537 --> 06:26.741 [SPEAKER_00]: The question before you today is this. 06:26.801 --> 06:33.492 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you experiencing the fullness of what has been made available to you through Christ? 06:34.585 --> 06:40.838 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you experiencing the power and nearness of the God who has made His temple within you? 06:42.562 --> 06:47.352 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you living out of the holiness of the very spirit who dwells within you? 06:48.153 --> 06:50.839 [SPEAKER_00]: And has made you a righteous new creation? 06:52.642 --> 07:05.263 [SPEAKER_00]: 1 Corinthians 620 Commandous to glorify God in our body as a response to being filled with the presence of God to the work of our high priest Jesus Christ. 07:06.926 --> 07:15.240 [SPEAKER_00]: It's in living our life out of the inner working of the Holy Spirit that we begin to experience all that God intends for us. 07:16.621 --> 07:27.992 [SPEAKER_00]: We must first acknowledge that the very presence of God, who dwelled within the holy of Holy's, and was so powerful that it killed men, now dwells within us. 07:29.593 --> 07:34.998 [SPEAKER_00]: The same spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, lives within us. 07:36.480 --> 07:45.328 [SPEAKER_00]: And in acknowledging the reality of God's presence in our lives, we must begin to re-align our lives with the will of the Spirit. 07:46.237 --> 07:49.524 [SPEAKER_00]: We must react to God's grace with our obedience. 07:51.187 --> 08:00.988 [SPEAKER_00]: So great was God's desire to provide you with an abundant life in Him that He set Jesus as the final perfect sacrifice. 08:01.778 --> 08:13.208 [SPEAKER_00]: The fact that you are now the temple of the Holy Spirit means that you have God Himself to guide you, love you, fill you, heal you, and deliver you. 08:14.749 --> 08:21.075 [SPEAKER_00]: You have access to a more real and intimate relationship with your Heavenly Father than you can fathom. 08:23.036 --> 08:31.684 [SPEAKER_00]: Spend time and prayer, acknowledging the presence of God within you, and responding to his 08:32.997 --> 08:39.333 [SPEAKER_00]: allow the Spirit to transform you in His presence and guide you into who you were created to be. 08:40.937 --> 08:50.061 [SPEAKER_00]: May you encounter the power of the God who loves you too much to allow you to lead a life apart from his holy and loving presence. 09:17.092 --> 09:42.778 [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on the power of the presence of God that dwells within you, reflect on the holiness of God as described in the Old Testament accounts of the Holy of Holies. 09:43.670 --> 10:13.272 [SPEAKER_00]: On its hem, you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple, and scarlet yarns, around its hem with bells of gold between them, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe, and it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and it sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he does not die. 10:30.093 --> 10:31.194 [UNKNOWN]: Thank you. 10:56.840 --> 11:14.595 [SPEAKER_00]: and next, meditate on the fact that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit, acknowledge the reality of the Holy Spirit in your life, open your heart in mind to experience his nearness, love, and power. 11:16.094 --> 11:27.291 [SPEAKER_00]: 1 Corinthians 3, verses 16 and 17 says, Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you? 11:28.573 --> 11:32.019 [SPEAKER_00]: If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. 11:33.000 --> 11:42.034 [SPEAKER_00]: For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. 12:00.644 --> 12:20.781 [SPEAKER_00]: Finally, come before God with the boldness made available to you through Christ. 12:22.202 --> 12:30.229 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask the Spirit to guide you deeper in to God's presence. 12:31.542 --> 12:38.380 [SPEAKER_00]: Take time to rest in the wonderful, real and loving presence of your Heavenly Father. 12:39.507 --> 13:02.207 [SPEAKER_00]: Hebrews 10, verses 19 through 22 says, therefore brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 13:02.660 --> 13:31.806 [SPEAKER_00]: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 13:37.169 --> 14:04.122 [SPEAKER_00]: In God's presence, you can experience all He longs to do in you. 14:05.131 --> 14:09.500 [SPEAKER_00]: allow the Spirit to guide you to past wounds that need to be healed. 14:10.843 --> 14:15.372 [SPEAKER_00]: If you are suffering from a physical ailment, ask the Spirit to heal you. 14:16.435 --> 14:20.142 [SPEAKER_00]: God's Spirit is as alive and active today as ever. 14:21.224 --> 14:26.295 [SPEAKER_00]: Working to heal the brokenness of a world brought with the destruction of sin. 14:27.305 --> 14:35.817 [SPEAKER_00]: allow him to work in you that you might be a picture to others of the reality of your Heavenly Father's love for his children. 14:37.260 --> 14:44.791 [SPEAKER_00]: Open your heart, ask him to move and work and receive whatever it is he desires to give you today. 14:46.153 --> 14:54.004 [SPEAKER_00]: There's no time like being in the presence of God to experience all that he has to offer us in his love and grace. 15:01.628 --> 15:06.036 [UNKNOWN]: You 15:10.741 --> 15:12.944 [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to today's devotional. 15:12.984 --> 15:15.307 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with verse 15. 15:16.308 --> 15:26.662 [SPEAKER_00]: As you go about the rest of your day, take time to reflect on how being the temple of the spirit should cause you to live, think, feel, and act differently today. 15:27.644 --> 15:29.326 [SPEAKER_00]: How could you be more at peace? 15:30.247 --> 15:34.032 [SPEAKER_00]: How could you live with greater faith and purpose? 15:34.012 --> 15:42.286 [SPEAKER_00]: And invite God into the various moments of your day when you think of Him to show you how to live a better, more meaningful way today. 15:42.346 --> 15:52.483 [SPEAKER_00]: If you haven't already, please leave a rating or a review wherever you're listening to this podcast to help even more people connect with God every day. 15:53.524 --> 15:58.112 [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you seek Him.