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ENTERING THE HOLY OF HOLIES!
THURSDAY, MAY 23
Leviticus 16
John 6:47-59
“…he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with
his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow
it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.”
ENTERING THE HOLY OF HOLIES!
The Holy of Holies was the most holy place on earth. Only the high priest was allowed to enter on the Day of Atonement. On that day, he would enter the Holy of Holies three times. The first was to “…take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not” (Lev 16:12‑13). The second was to “take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times” (Lev 16:14). The third was to “…bring his blood (of the sin offering) within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness” (Lev 16:15-16).
The first was for the cleansing of sins of the priesthood, including Aaron’s. The sweet incense that he brought in represented their holy service and life. The cloud of the sweet incense had to cover the mercy seat so that the high priest would not die as he approached the LORD by God’s mercy. The second taught that without the shedding of the blood of Christ there is no remission of sin as the blood was sprinkled in front of the mercy seat (the Tabernacle always faced east) seven times. The third was the sin offering offered on behalf of the people of Israel and the blood was sprinkled before the mercy seat like the second time.
No man can enter heaven and stand accepted before the LORD without the blood of Jesus Christ.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 16:17
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for Jesus who is my Lamb that was sacrificed for my sins. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.