A Prerequisite to going - Higher, Deeper, Closer,

The Indispenseable Prerequisite - Holiness

Isaiah 2:1–5 (NIV)

The Mountain of the LORD

2:1 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 In the last days

the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established

as the highest of the mountains;

it will be exalted above the hills,

and all nations will stream to it.

3 Many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The law will go out from Zion,

the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 He will judge between the nations

and will settle disputes for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

nor will they train for war anymore.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob,

let us walk in the light of the LORD.

New International Version (2011) Psalm 24

3 Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD?

Who may stand in his holy place?

4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who does not trust in an idol

or swear by a false god.

Clean

Holy - separate, set apart, devoted, consecrated, sanctified. 272/469

Pure

Righteousness ( Vindication) 129/157

Our closeness is often proportional to our holiness, at very least there is a link and they should grow together

Hebrews 8:5-6

New International Version (2011) Chapter 8

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