By Derek Prince
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Be encouraged and inspired with this Bible-based sermon by Derek Prince.
Be encouraged and inspired with this Bible-based sermon by Derek Prince.
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The Holy of Holies
We are dealing with the theme âThe Way into the Holiest.â Essentially what we are saying is there is a way into the holiest. Under the Old Covenant, through Moses, God gave a pattern but all that was given through Moses was just an earthly pattern of heavenly realities and truths. Itâs only through the New Covenant in Jesus Christ that we can enter into the actual heavenly realities of what was disclosed only in pattern and in type and in shadow under the Old Covenant.
The tabernacle, which was a triune building, we have chosen to take it as the pattern of the triune nature of man. There were three areas of the tabernacle: the outer court, the holy place and then beyond this veil here, the holiest of all. We have likened these to the three areas of human personality: the holiest of all, the spirit; the holy place, the soul; the outer court, the body.
The obvious distinction in the tabernacle is the type of light available. In the outer court itâs natural light, the senses, sense knowledge. In the holy place itâs the light of the seven branched candlestick which we have compared to revealed truth. And in the holy of holies there is no light except the supernatural presence of Almighty God called the shekinah glory.
We have here depicted the entrance into the outer court at the bottom of the chart at the east end. When you first come to Christ you approach the brazen altar there and thatâs how far youâve come. There is a way that takes you from the brazen altar up stage by stage into the holiest, into the place where God reveals himself in his glory personally.
I do believe I can say that God showed me this is the way, itâs there, the plan is there. The map is there if you will follow it, it will take you in.
We hear so many people say, âWhen I came to Christ I got it all.â To me that really is absurd. Itâs like standing here saying Iâm there. Itâs just a contradiction in terms. Youâve got the legal right to get into it all when you came to Christ. As many as received him, the scripture says, to them gave he authority to become the children of God. But thereâs a long distance from receiving authority to become a child of God from becoming a mature son of God. Thereâs a long, long journey. So weâre taking the journey.
Weâll just briefly review the material and then weâll take the third stage into the holiest. Hereâs the brazen altar representing the cross and the death of Jesus. Itâs four sides, each representing something essential for our progress. The first side, forgiveness of past sins. The second side, the taking away of sin as an evil, destructive, spiritual power. Once in the end of the ages Christ appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. The third side, dealing with the old, rebellious, carnal nature. Our old man was crucified in Christ. The fourth side, the burnt offering of total dedication, the placing of your life totally upon the altar for God.
We move on from the brazen altar to the brazen laver which was made of brass of the mirrors of the women of Israel and was filled with pure water and represents the word of God first as a mirror showing us our inner spiritual condition. Secondly, brass typifying judgment, the means by which we judge ourselves. 1Corinthians 11:31, âIf we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged by God.â As we look in the mirror weâre given opportunity to judge ourselves by Godâs unchanging standard.
Thirdly, it contained the clean water which signifies the word of God as a cleansing, sanctifying agent. Ephesians 5:26â27, Christ gave himself for the church by a redemptive act on the cross that he might thereafter cleanse and sanctify it with the washing of water by the word. 1John 5:6, this is he that came by water and by blood. Not by water only but by water and by blood. He came by water to cleanse and sanctify as the teacher. He came by blood to give his life as the redemptive price as the redeemer. When you come to the water and the blood, the Spirit bears witness. This is where you have the absolute assurance of moving in with God.
All thatâs in the outer court, the material is brass signifying divine inspection and judgment upon everything that does not pass the inspection. Then you move into the second entrance. The first entrance we likened to Jesus, the way. The second entrance is Jesus, the truth, revealed truth. And everything inside here does not apply to Jesus in the days of his flesh, it is revealed truth about the resurrected Christ. It can only be received by revelation. It cannot be received by sense knowledge.
And in this holy place we have the three items of furniture that we dealt with yesterday. The table of shewbread. Everything inside here is made of gold from now on. The golden candlestick of beaten gold and the golden altar of incense. Gold typifies both faith and divinity. Beaten gold speaks of that which is divine by workmanship. Pure gold speaks of that which is divine by nature.
We said that the three functions of the soul are the will, the intellect, the emotions. We typified the will by the shewbread, the intellect by the candlestick, the emotions by the golden altar of incense. Bread is the type of strength. Bread to strengthen manâs heart, it says in Psalm 105. And your will is the source of your strength. Itâs with your will that God begins, not with your emotions, not with your intellect but with your will.
You may resent this and I know that some will. They donât like the setting aside of the emotions but I hope youâll understand me rightly. Perhaps I should say this. In Isaiah 55:10â11 the word of God is like two things: rain and snow. âAs the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, so shall my word be,â God says. Itâs easy to receive rain, itâs not so easy to receive snow. Godâs word can be both.
I remember once driving in a Greyhound bus through the Province of Ontario, Canada, from Toronto to London, looking out on the snow covered fields and thinking to myself underneath that earth is harder than it ever was because of the snow. You couldnât imagine that that snow was every going to help produce crops and growth and life. But a little later on when the sun gets hotter and the temperature rises, that snow will melt and they say snow water is even better to fertilize than rain water. Then itâs going to make the earth bring forth and bud.
Well, whether you receive Godâs word as rain or snow depends on your spiritual climate. If youâre living in a warm spiritual climate it comes down as rain. But if youâre living in a colder spiritual climate in some seasons it comes down as snow and you say, âWell, I donât like that. Thatâs hard, it doesnât make me feel good.â Just let it lie there two or three months and when the climate changes, itâll melt and itâll fertilize you and it will make you fruitful.
Iâm well aware that there are things that I say that donât appeal to all Charismatics. Because, Iâm talking about some things that are almost deadly words to Charismatics. Shall I tell you one word thatâs a dirty word for Charismatics? Discipline. Discipline is the next item on Godâs agenda for a lot of Charismatics. But itâs not one that they welcome.
And so, if what Iâm saying to you today seems like snow and you feel hard and cold, donât worry. When you get a little warmer, itâll melt. Meanwhile, just leave it there. Donât shovel it away, itâll work.
See, some people consider me unemotional. You donât know me if you think that. My problem is Iâm too emotional. Iâm scared of my emotions because I know how much trouble theyâve got me into in my past life. I donât want to be run by my emotions. I want to run them. I want to come to a place where I can turn my emotions loose without restraint knowing that theyâre purified and rightly directed. But if I turn them loose before I get there Iâm going to have all sorts of problems. Many of you know thatâs true.
So, letâs go from the will to the intellect to the emotions. God must begin with the will, thatâs the place youâre in control now. Many of you cannot immediately control your emotions, isnât that true? Emotions come over you, you donât know how to resist them, how to change them, they overwhelm you. But thereâs one place where you can begin right now, thatâs with your will. You can make a decision by your will.
Don was preaching this morning on forgiveness. Donât wait to feel forgiving. Forgiveness isnât an emotion, itâs a decision. You see, weâve left so much in the realm of emotion which belongs in the realm of decision. Begin to exercise your will, get the shewbread out on the table, get it lined up, expose it to the faith of Almighty God. Itâs the bread of his faith. Day and night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week God demands to see your will laid bare in his eyesight. And he knows when one loaf is out of place. He knows when thereâs frankincense missing from the top of one loaf.
Maybe that scares you, it doesnât scare me. I can say I have exposed myself to God. Thereâs nothing about me that God doesnât know. Iâm not trying to hide anything from him. Itâs a silly thing to do. Iâve willingly exposed my whole life to God. Thereâs nothing in me he isnât welcome to examine. Iâm not afraid of that. God, take a good look. If thereâs anything you donât like, let me know and Iâll change it. Iâll will one will with God. Many, many people make obedience sound a frightening thing. Iâll tell you whatâs more frightening than obedience, thatâs disobedience. That is frightening. The ends of that are disastrous.
So we present our will. Itâs ground small like flour, conformed into the shape that God wants it, passed through the oven in the heat of testing, comes out with frankincense upon it, placed in order upon the table surrounded with the double crown of watch and pray. Keep your will right.
We move over to the candlestick or the lampstand which is the mind. It has to be filled in all its seven branches with the oil of the Holy Spirit. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Let the Holy Spirit come in and fill every aspect of your mental life and processes. Let it be illuminated. Remember that itâs the Spirit with the word as Brother Baxter said this morning. Godâs Spirit never works apart from Godâs word. Psalm 33:6 is the key verse.
âBy the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the Spirit of his mouth...â
God spoke and when the word was united with the Spirit there was light. And when Godâs word is united with Godâs Spirit in your understanding, thereâll be light. Psalm 119:130:
âThe entrance of thy word giveth light, giveth understanding unto the simple...â
And when the light comes on, it shines upon the table of the shewbread and reveals the condition of your will. Thatâs why some people donât want light because light will reveal a rebellious will.
Well, weâve dealt with the will, weâve dealt with the intellect, we move on to the emotions. The emotions, as I understand, are one third of your soulish nature. To say thereâs no place for emotions in the Christian life would be to make a person incomplete, remove one third of human personality. Itâs ridiculous. But I do believe the order is significant. The emotions come third in Godâs dealing with the soul. Donât let your emotions direct you. Donât believe your emotions when they say one thing and God says another. Donât be the slave of your emotions. Your emotions are good servants but bad masters. Donât let them rule you. Be ruled through your will, through your understanding by your knowledge of the word and your emotions will become like this golden altar; theyâll become four square, balanced. It has another crown. The crown that keeps your emotions in order is self-control. You donât have to let go, you can stop it.
When youâre bringing up children, never let a child let go and have a temper tantrum. Because, a demon will come in there. But you know one problem? You canât discipline your children till you discipline yourself. If you donât discipline your emotions, you canât discipline your children. Itâs impossible. And you know, children are very smart to play on their parentsâ emotions. They learn at about age 2 how to exploit your emotional reaction and get what they want out of you. If you donât have a crown around this incense altar, youâll never be stable. I tell you this, I donât trust my feelings. Do you? Whatâs more, Iâll tell you something else, I donât trust your feelings, either!
I could say a lot about emotionalism. We have a proverb in England, I suppose you have it in America, âStill waters run deep.â Iâm not impressed by a show of emotion. I tell you, as a preacher Iâve learned to be somewhat cynical about emotional expressions. Theyâll kiss you today and stab you tomorrow, just like Judas who betrayed Jesus with a kiss. I mean, I donât mean emotion is insincere necessarily but I just donât trust it.
I trust the man whose will is yielded. I trust the man whoâs disciplined. A man whoâll be the same Tuesday morning as he was Monday morning. A man who makes a promise and keeps it. I like reliability. Itâs one of the fruits of the Spirit, did you know that? Itâs called faith. But it really should be called faithfulness. Donât misunderstand me, Iâm not belittling emotion. Itâs terrific. The word I like to use is passion. Itâs the strongest word I know for emotion. Jesus loves us passionately and he wants to be loved passionately. God wants passionate adoration, passionate worship, passionate dedication. But you canât offer him that till youâre disciplined.
I heard my wife say to one of our daughters once, she said, âWhen I take a child in, I donât take that child in for a few weeks or months, I commit my life to that child.â I will say of my wife, every person sheâs accepted responsibility for, sheâs loved them till the end.
Jesus, having loved his own that were in this world, loved them to the end. It wasnât easy for him to go to the cross. What do you think enabled him to go through? Emotion? Will. He set his face like a flint and he went through. And thatâs the kind of dedication that will get the job done.
On this altar of incense the special compound of the apothecary, the specially fragrant compounded incense was burned. It ascended up in a glorious white cloud that filled the tabernacle, a fragrant sense.
Now we come to the place of transition from the holy place to the holy of holies, from the soulish to the spiritual. The holy of holies, the realm of the Spirit. I donât think I made that clear enough. The access through the second veil is with two things. Youâll find this in Leviticus 16, the ceremonies for the day of atonement, the only day in the year when the high priest was allowed behind the second veil. He went with the blood from the brazen altar and with a censer filled with burning coals of fire and incense from the golden altar of incense. The way to the holiest is, first of all, with the blood of the everlasting sacrifice. Secondly, with the incense of worship and adoration. Without worship I do not believe we have any access beyond the holies. Until we learn to worship we are confined in the realm of the soul. The only way out of the soulish into the spiritual realm is through worship sanctified by the blood.
Moving on now, only two items of furniture in here occupying one and the same place. The ark, and over the ark the mercy seat with the cherubim, one on each end. The holy of holies, the realm of the Spirit. The three activities of the Spirit: worship, fellowship and revelation. All activities of the Spirit have meaning only in relation to God himself. Spirit is dead unless itâs united with God. Your soul can operate without direct relationship with God but the spirit only comes alive in contact with God. When your spirit is separated from God it is dead, it is darkened, it is blind. So all activities of the Spirit have meaning only in relationship to God himself. Worship, fellowship and revelation.
The ark is Christ revealed to the Spirit. Or, Christ within your own Spirit since your spirit, in this way of interpreting it, is the holy of holies. Thereâs a place within you where Christ is to dwell in the Spirit. The ark in the Bible is always a type of Christ. There are two arksâtwo main arks, there are a few othersâthe great ark of Noah, the little ark of Moses. The great ark typifies you in Christ. The little ark typifies Christ in you. Both are New Testament relationships.
For salvation, you enter into Christ by faith, God closes the door and in Christ you pass through the waters of baptism which is an essential part of total salvation. Itâs by the waters that youâre separated from the ungodly world and step out into a new world, a new covenant, new sacrifice, new law; thatâs the most vivid picture of water baptism that I know of anywhere. Entering into Christ the ark and in Christ passing through the waters coming forth to begin a new life. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God to walk in newness of life.
Thatâs the great ark but hereâs the little ark which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Iâm crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I but Christ liveth in me. This is the other relationship.
The ark was acacia wood, all the wood was in the tabernacle. Acacia is incorruptible wood and it was lined both inside and out with gold. The wood typifies the humanity of Jesus, the gold typifies his divinity. A perfect combination of true humanity and true divinity. The ark contained three items. We might as well look at that. Hebrews 9:4. Weâll read from the beginning of chapter 9 rather quickly.
âThen verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.â
A sanctuary in this world, do you understand? Not a heavenly sanctuary but a sanctuary in this world, a pattern of the heavenly.
âFor there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which had the golden censer...â
Let us say the golden altar of incense. You see, the golden altar of incense was here but it was for there, do you understand what I mean? It was in the holy place but it was the way of entrance into the holiest. So it was for the holiest.
â...and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaronâs rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.â
The two tables of stone. Now while the ark was in the tabernacle of Moses it contained three items. The golden pot that had manna, Aaronâs rod that budded and the two tables of stone. Later the tabernacle was replaced by another building which became Godâs dwelling place in Israel. What was that building? The temple. Who built it? Solomon. Now when the ark was brought into Solomonâs temple, letâs look in 2Chronicles 5 for a moment. Its contents were different. 2Chronicles 5:10. If you want to look at verse 7 and onwards.
âAnd the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: for the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.â
They were different cherubims. I donât want to go into all of this but the cherubims spread their wings right across the holy place whereas in the tabernacle they just overshadowed the mercy seat. And then verse 9:
âAnd they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. [verse 10] There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb...â
The golden pot of manna and Aaronâs rod that budded were taken out when the tabernacle ceased and the temple was built. See, the tabernacle is a picture of the church in this age: light, mobile, impermanent. Everything had staves because it had to be ready to be moved. It could be taken down, moved, reassembled in a few hours. Itâs the church in this dispensation.
I hope I wonât trouble nobodyâs theological corns but I believe the temple of Solomon is the church in the next age. Itâs established, localized, glorified, reigning in power visibly. Now itâs reigning spiritually. And two things will be taken out of the ark then. The golden pot of manna which is the hidden manna. It will no longer be hidden. And Aaronâs rod that budded, itâll be openly displayed. But the tables of stone always remain in the ark. Thereâs tremendous truth in all that, how far weâll be able to go with it I donât know.
The two tables of stone represent Godâs eternal, unchanging, righteous law. Thatâs where we need to begin. There is a law in the universe which is the expression of Godâs own righteousness. It is as unchanging as God himself. Itâs eternal. Itâs represented by the two tables of stone. Psalm 40:7â8 tells us about this law in relation to Christ. This is quoted of Jesus in the epistle to the Hebrews.
âThen said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.â
So the two tables of stone in the ark signify Christ with Godâs law in his heart never deviating by a hairâs breadth from the eternal law of Godâs righteousness.
Now, God offered those tables of stone the first time to Israel but by the time Moses got down from the mountain, Israel were already breaking the first commandment by idolatry. And in anger Moses cast down the tables and they were broken. So the next time Moses went up to the mount, God said, âHew some more tables out and Iâll write on them with my finger.â But the second time he came he was not authorized to display the tables of stone to Israel, he was commanded to put them inside the ark. Then they were covered with the mercy seat. From then on it was a sin punishable with death ever to lift the lid from the ark. So that was the end of man ever trying to keep the law by his own efforts. He tried once, failed before the law got down from the mountain and God said thatâs the end of that. From now on thereâll be another way. Itâs not you keeping the law, itâs Christ in you with the law in his heart, thatâs the only way of righteousness. By the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in Godâs sight. Donât go back to standing and looking at two tables of stone and saying, âGod, Iâll do it.â because the devil will prove you a liar before the words are out of your mouth. It is a way of righteousness that has been excluded once for all. Never take the lid off the ark and go back to trying to keep those tables of stone.
The ark in you and the law in the ark. Christ being the ark. The referenceâwe donât need to look to itâis in Deuteronomy 10:1â5.
Now, Hebrews 8:10â11 unfold this truth of Christ having the law in his heart within us. Beginning in Hebrews 8:8 God sets aside the first covenant to introduce the second.
âFor finding fault with him he said, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt...â
That covenant is set aside because Israel broke it before it was even finalized. Verse 10:
âFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...â
Thatâs the condition for being Godâs people, that you have Godâs law not on two tables of stone hanging on the wall but written in your hearts. Thatâs what makes you a member of Godâs people. Verse 11:
âThey shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me...â
The direct, personal knowledge of God. Spirit to spirit. 1Corinthians 6:17:
âBut he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.â
Let me also give you another scripture. 1Corinthians 9:21. Paul is speaking about his ministry and he says in verse 20:
âAnd to the Jews I became as a Jew...to them that are under the law, as under the law... [and then verse 21:]
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)...â
Now that is not the right translation. What he says is Iâm in the law in Christ because Christ is the keeper of the law for me. When Christ rules my heart then Godâs law rules in my heart through Christ in my heart. But itâs not me keeping the law, itâs Christ living out his lawfulness in my heart. Iâm totally dependent on Christ. Christ in me, the hope of glory.
Weâll move on to the second item that was in the tabernacle, the golden pot of manna. John 6:48â51 tells us about that manna. Jesus is speaking and he says this:
âI am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.â
Heâs very clearly saying âI am the true manna, the true bread that came down from heaven.â And then in the 57th verse he says something very tremendous.
âAs the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.â
Jesus said, âI have life by my union with the Father. And the one that believes in me will have life by union with me as I have union with the Father. And in that union with me he will feed upon me. I will be the hidden manna in his heart. And on that manna he will feed day by day.â
Revelation 2:17, Jesus speaks to believers in the church and he gives them this promise of the hidden manna.
âHe that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna...â
Thatâs the manna in the gold pot there. So we feed on Christ, the manna, by our inner spiritual communion with him. Feeding on him we live by him as he lives by his union with the Father. This is the inward spiritual union with Christ within whereby he becomes the hidden manna in our hearts.
And then we have the third item, Aaronâs rod that budded. The account of that is given in Numbers 17:1â10. We will not read it now but you can look at it if you please at your leisure. Aaronâs authority as high priest and the only one with the right of entrance into the holiest of all had been challenged by the leaders of other tribes in Israel. God said, âWeâll settle this challenge once and for all. Let the head of every tribe in Israel being me his rod.â The rod was the symbol of authority. It always is. Each man wrote his name on his rod and then the Lord said to Moses, âPut the rods in front of the ark and leave them there. Go back 24 hours later, take them out.â He took out the twelve rods. Eleven were just the way they had been; the twelfth rod had budded, brought forth blossoms and complete almonds in 24 hours. And it had on the name Aaron. God vindicated Aaronâs authority.
The rod that budded is the type of authority, attestation and revelation. The name on that rod today is not Aaron but Jesus. By the resurrection from the dead God vindicated the claim of Jesus. He brought forth blossoms, buds and almonds in that one experience. So the rod is divine attestation and it comes by divine revelation. When you have revelation and attestation, you have authority. When you can say thus saith the Lord, thatâs authority. Itâs having been in and come out with revelation.
In most Bible schools they teach people to preach. But what they donât teach them is how to hear. If you havenât got anything to preach, whatâs the good of learning how to preach it? If youâve got something from God, even if you canât preach people will want to hear you. Though thatâs comparatively rare.
So we have now the picture of whatâs inside the holy of holies. The three items in the ark signify the following, and I believe they must be in this order. Worship. The approach is worship. Itâs by worship that we come in. Worship is not essentially an utterance, itâs an attitude. Every single word that I know of in Hebrew or Greek that is normally translated worship indicates an attitude of the body. The bowing of the head, the bowing of the body from the waist and the prostration of the whole body. Worship is not primarily praise. They can be blended together. Worship is the attitude with which you approach. Worship relates to those tables of stone. Itâs total submission to the righteous law of God that doesnât change, doesnât bend, doesnât deviate. Itâs complete reverence in approaching God.
Again, I have to say without being critical, reverence is a word thatâs hardly ever mentioned amongst Charismatics. I have a lesson that Iâve taught for a while on principles of prayer. I have seven, I thought thatâs fine. Seven is the number I usually stop at. When I was preaching this summer in Oklahoma City the Lord showed me, âYouâve missed out the most important thing. You havenât even taught the first one.â He completely readjusted my thinking and I was writing a bookâI had to rewrite the book. Thatâs a hard thing for me to do. I had my seven principles to get your prayers answered but he said, âThe first principle is your attitude in approaching God. You havenât mentioned it.â Whatâ about the Lordâs prayer? It doesnât begin with petition, it begins with an attitude. Hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done. Youâre bowing lower and lower before Almighty God, his will, his kingdom and his name. The first half of the Lordâs prayer is all access. Then come the petitions. Most of us go straight to the petitions without the access. Itâs worship. If any man be a worshipper of God and do his will, him God heareth. This is the approach. And itâs submission to the eternal, unchanging law of God thatâs there in Christ in your heart. God is a God of total righteousness.
Out of our approach in worship comes out fellowship. Without worship you donât have fellowship. God wonât fellowship with somebody that approaches irreverently or hastily. But when you approach with worship, you enter into fellowship. You begin to feed upon the hidden manna in the golden pot.
And then out of worship and fellowship there comes revelation of the mind and the will and purpose of God. The shekinah glory illuminates this place.
As you look at this, the area gets smaller and smaller the closer you get to God. Have you noticed that? What you get here is a perfect cube actually. Ten cubits long, ten cubits wide, ten cubits high. And itâs only got those two items of furniture. Thereâs nothing to attract you there but God and God planned it that way. Thereâs something in most of us that gets rather scared the further we get in this approach. Most of us come to God for things. We want blessings, we want power, we want healing. God wants us to come to him. We donât come into this place until we come to God for Godâs sake. We approach God as God. We worship, we bow before him. We feed upon him. We enjoy him. Then comes revelation.
Thereâs much false revelation. I think God has made it absolutely clear to me the only way to true revelation is this way in there. You bypass any of this, you go astray, you get error, deception.
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