Hebrews 10:19-25
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
What
I never considered though, were the lives of the people who lived in the
valleys, the hollows and the peaks of those mountains. Because they were
people, no doubt they all had some struggle or issue. Maybe it was poverty, an
addiction, a broken relationship or work. Like me, they needed a safe place. We
all do.
I
like how J.B. Phillips wrote this passage in Hebrews 10.
So by virtue of the blood
of Jesus, you and I may now have courage to enter the holy of holies by way of
the one who died and is yet alive, who has made for us a holy means of entry by
himself passing through the curtain, that is, his own human nature. Further,
since we have a great High Priest set over the household of God, let us draw
near…
The
writer of Hebrews is speaking of the Holy of Holies which is the inner chamber
of the Temple where only the High Priest could go on the Day of Atonement. It
was where the actual presence of God resided! It was a safe place; not to hide
from the world, but to become engaged with the world.
…In this confidence let us
hold on to the hope that we profess without the slightest hesitation—for he is
utterly dependable—and let us think of one another and how we can encourage
each other to love and do good deeds. And let us not hold aloof from our church
meetings, as some do. Let us do all we can to help one another’s faith… J.B. Phillips
Jesus
is our mountain scene; our safe place. From there, we are called to draw nearer
to Him, to encourage each other to acts of love and to do all we can to help
one another’s faith.
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