Enter into Christ, into the Holy of Holies, into New Jerusalem
Jesus Christ is the embodiment of God. Colossians 2:9 tells us, “in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” As the embodiment of God He is also God’s real tabernacle as we read in John 1:1 and 1:14.
Christ is a tabernacle for people to enter into. When we believed in Him, we entered into Him. John 3:36 says, “He who believes into the Son has eternal life.” The same Greek preposition for into is used in Romans 6:3, which tells us that we have been baptized into Christ Jesus. Just to say that you were baptized in Christ is not adequate. You were once outside of Christ, but when you were baptized into the water, that signified that you were baptized into Christ.*
The Old Testament priests entered the holy place of the tabernacle. In the New Testament we all are priests (Rev. 1:6, 5:10) and we have entered. In the OT only the high priest could enter the holy of holies and only once per year. But in the NT Christ, through His death, has removed the barrier.
Now we have “boldness for entering the holy of holies in the blood of Jesus” (Heb. 10:19-22). Therefore “Let us come forward” (v. 22) into the present reality of New Jerusalem (the eternal holy of holies) and let us remain here!
* From chapter 39, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986.
Posted by Don on July 12, 2023
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