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Hebrews 9. Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place. The Tabernacle: a tent for worship. The Tabernacle: a tent for worship; a holy place. Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Exodus 26:33.
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Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship;a holy place Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Exodus 26:33
Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship;a holy place Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Exodus 26:33
Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship;a holy place Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Exodus 26:33
Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship;a holy place Place the lid on top of the Ark.There I will meet with you, and give you all My commands. Exodus 25:21 – 22
Ancient Understanding of a Holy Place • The Tabernacle: a tent for worship;a holy place • The Ark: God’s throne on earth • The closest thing to Heaven on earth
The Lord said to Moses:“Tell your brother Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place, or else he will die, because I appear over it.” Leviticus 16:2
WORDS BIG …that Matter Righteousness
WORDS BIG …that Matter Justification
WORDS BIG …that Matter Sanctification
WORDS BIG …that Matter Holiness
Holiness “I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.” Leviticus 11:44 – 45 Leviticus 19:119:220:720:26
Holiness But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15 – 16
Holiness 1 Corinthians 1:2a—To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy. Ephesians 1:4—For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. Ephesians 5:25 – 27—Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy…and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
Holiness • Withdrawn from common, ordinary use • To be setapart Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20:11b
Holiness • Withdrawn from common, ordinary use • To be setapart God has saved us and called usto a holy life… 1 Timothy 1:9a
Holiness • Withdrawn from common, ordinary use • To be setapart • We are different
Holiness Therefore, I urge you, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1 – 2
Patterns of this World Profanity Heavy Drinking Pornography Gossip Inappropriate relationships and contact outside of marriage Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed… Romans 12:1 – 2
Bringing it Together: • Righteousness: the standard • Justification: the beginning • Sanctification: the process • Holiness: the destination
Bringing it Together: Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16