Hebrews 10 -- The Unimaginable Now Real

Again speaking to fellow Jews, the writer of Hebrews evokes images that they’ve only heard about but have never seen – the high priest going into the Temple, approaching the curtain that separates the Holy of Holies (where God was said to reside) from the rest of the Temple.  On that one day a year when he was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies, he did so with a rope tied around him in case God found displeasure with him and struck him down.  Other priests would then be able to pull his body out of God’s presence.  They were accustomed to the fact that even their high priest might be inadequate.

Yet with Christ, he says in verse 19, “we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place without fear because of the blood of Jesus’ death.  We can enter through a new and living way that Jesus opened for us.  It leads through the curtain – Christ’s body.  And since we have a great priest over God’s house, let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience…”  Something unimaginable for them is now within reach, but only through the blood of Jesus.

Father, thank You for adopting me into Your family, for picking me up, dusting me off, cleaning me up, and giving me the inheritance of a child of Yours.  That is beyond imagining, yet it is real!  I love You!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford