Ezekiel 41:4 – “The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet long and 35 feet wide. ‘This,’ he told me, ‘is the Most Holy Place.'”
We’re still on the grand tour of God’s new Temple, and there’s a room we will linger in for a bit today: the Most Holy Place. This was the innermost room in the temple, and only priests were allowed in once a year. There were a lot of rules about that room as it was a highly protected space.
Want to hear something really unbelievable? You are now allowed into that Most Holy Place. Yes, you. And me. We can now walk right into God’s throne room. When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain blocking that room off tore from the top to bottom (Matthew 27:50-52). Hebrews 9-10 explains how Jesus removed the need for priests to go between us and God. We can pray and ask him for anything because the Holy Spirit dwells within us.
Here’s your freedom for today:
You have total access to God.
The system that God set up in the Old Testament involved a bunch of rules and laws to follow. This was not because animal sacrifice worked somehow, but it revealed to God’s people just how helpless they were to live perfect lives. They could not follow the law at all times. Neither can we. But Jesus came as a Rescuer to save us all, and when he did he fulfilled all of the old laws. Now, we can pray and talk to God freely. We have the Holy Spirit guiding us every day when we follow Jesus. Turns out God prefers people over buildings any day of the week.