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“So Moses finished the work [of the tabernacle]…And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle” (Exodus 40:33,35).
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus” (Hebrews 10:19).
When the tabernacle was finished, the glory of the Lord filled it, and Moses was not able to enter into it. The same thing happened many years later, when Solomon’s temple was finished. The priests were unable to go in and perform their duties because of the glory of the Lord. See if you can find this verse about the temple.
How beautiful it is to see how we are now able, by faith, to enter into the holiest of all by the blood of Jesus. In the Old Testament, no one but the high priest could go into the holiest of all, and then only once a year, with the blood of an animal. But now the blood of Jesus has opened the way for us to go into God’s presence, for His blood has cleansed us from all sin.
When the Lord Jesus died, we read that “the veil of the temple was rent in twain (in two) from the top to the bottom” (Matthew 27:51). The work was done, and now man could enter in, and God could come out.
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