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Come Forward to the Throne of Grace

New JerusalemHebrews exhorts us to “come forward” to God through the new way opened by the Lord Jesus in His death and resurrection. Two verses about this are:
4:16, “Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace”
10:22, “Let us come forward to the Holy of Holies with a true heart in full assurance of faith”

The boldness and the full assurance in these verses are not our self-confidence. They are based solely on what the Lord has accomplished and on what He is for us and to us today. The throne in Hebrews 4 is in the heavenly holy of holies in Hebrews 10.

Undoubtedly, the throne mentioned here is the throne of God, which is in heaven (Rev. 4:2)…This throne is the throne of both God and the Lamb (Rev. 22:1). How can we come to the throne of God and the Lamb, Christ, in heaven while we still live on earth? The secret is our spirit, referred to in v. 12. The very Christ who is sitting on the throne in heaven (Rom. 8:34) is also now in us (Rom. 8:10), that is, in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22).*

Hebrews 4:12 says, “the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit…” This is our human spirit, which is distinct from our soul. We exercise our spirit to “come forward” to God now and to allow the Spirit mingled with our spirit to prepare us for New Jerusalem.

* Part of footnote 1 on Hebrews 4:16 in the Recovery Version Bible published and © by Living Stream Ministry. A New Testament of this Bible, with 9000 footnotes, is available in multiple languages for free from Bibles for America, Bibles for Canada, Bibles for Europe.

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Posted by Don on June 3, 2024

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