Jesus is our greater tabernacle for all mankind. Those who trust in the Lord are blessed in this life and the next.
Hebrews 9 :25-28 (KJV)
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have...
Jesus came willingly as a Lamb to the slaughter. He knew that people would try to find fault in him and then crucify him.
Hebrews 9 :11-15 (KJV)
11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this...
In death, our bodies will not rise until the day of our resurrection, while our spirits will wait for the judgement seat of Christ.
From the foundation of this world, nobody was supposed to die in their sins. For us to pay the price of our own sins would mean that what Jesus did for us on the cross was not important.
As is taught, come judgement day, people are either going be found innocent or guilty. The one key factor is if people believed in and followed Jesus for salvation.
Please understand that “riches profit not in the day of wrath.” Why build up a life of wealth and security for this life, when it will all, one day, come to dust?
As you watched people go before the Lord, on bended knee, they would begin to proclaim all the good things they had done and why they should out weight the negative things.
Those whose hearts are closed off to God’s will, in their life, are on a slippery slope to hell. Unless they open their hearts to God, they will surely die in their sins.
Too many so-called Christians have died and gone to hell because they thought their own good works would save them.
Hebrews 9 :27,28 (KJV)
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them...
When the Lord takes us in, we are all given talents. Some few and some many. What have you done with God’s gifts in your life?
If you have not given your life to Jesus, do so today. No longer delay the day of your salvation. The Lord is waiting.
Choose ye, this day, whom you will serve. I pray that your heart is compelled to repent, if you are in sin. If you are covered by the blood of Jesus, then rejoice.
Our days upon this earth are numbered. Live each day for the Lord. That when judgement comes we can be found worthy of His salvation.
