4 Miracles of Easter 2 - Final Offering
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Summary: God’s full access is offered only until Christ Returns
Summary: God’s full access is offered only until Christ Returns
1 - Access to God PROHIBITED to OT Priest
1 - Access to God PROHIBITED to OT Priest
Herod’s Temple
21 Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
22 I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.
OT Access to God prohibited to
One PLACE – Temple
One PERSON - High Priest
One TIME - Passover
2 - Access to God PURCHASED by Jesus
2 - Access to God PURCHASED by Jesus
33 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
37 Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last.
38 And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
Jesus Ripped the Temple Veil - as High Priest!
Jesus Ripped the Temple Veil - as High Priest!
Christ’s Sacrifice – Lamb of God
Jesus paid the penalty of death for access – once for all
The Cross Became the New Mercy Seat
The Cross Became the New Mercy Seat
Jesus’ Death Unites the Church
Jesus’ Death Unites the Church
14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
3 - Access to God PERMITTED to SAINTS
3 - Access to God PERMITTED to SAINTS
Saint’s Bodies Became the New Temple – and Living Sacrifices
Saint’s Bodies Became the New Temple – and Living Sacrifices
19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,
NT Priesthood - All Believers are Now Priests
NT Priesthood - All Believers are Now Priests
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.
22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Saints are Saved to Serve as Priests to the World
Saints are Saved to Serve as Priests to the World
18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
Because of Christ, Access to God is given to:
Because of Christ, Access to God is given to:
Every saint
Every where
Every time