Dear Barney:
Your comment i. e. >>>>>Bob, in all due respect, I don't think ANYONE should even venture to touch that Ark.
What about God's Holiness? Awesomeness? <<<<<<
Before Christ I would agree with you. But this is now. Through Christ we have the right , the priveledge and the righteousness ( right standing ) to approach God, to talk to Him as did Moses. The thick, effective veil has been rent by God. No longer do we have to speak to God through the high priest, or be healed by God through the high priest.
My dear dear sibling wear your righteousness well. Stand tall in it's effectiveness. It's price was beyond comprehension.
One reason I feel that the world has chosen to set it's sights against me is that while I know the nature of my old person rears it's head at times; that is why Paul said we must crucify the flesh daily; I am comfortable with the knowledge of whom I am in Christ.
To some , just in the last few days, this is interpreted as irreverance or lack of awe, or lack of humility towards God.
But I know my God. I am comfortable with His presence, I am expective of His reproof, I trust in His judgement, and though He slay me yea will I trust Him. As a nation that is Holy and Righteous, as a people that are a royal priesthood; should we not feel comfortable touching holy things.
Think of the trust that God places in us when He sends us to give a testimony or to witness to a lost soul. Think of the trust God places in us when He gives us the power to pray for a sick child, or a marriage on the rocks or a prisoner on death row. Think of the absolute devotion God gives US when we depart from Him and He patiently protects us and lovingly brings us back to His loving arms.
As for me and my house would we touch the Ark, absolutely. Would we honor the responsibility, absolutely.
""But I think before I did I would take Holy Communion, and ask God to forgive every last little sin up to that nanosecond in time, to make right every ought against my brother, and to set my heart on Him, completely and then ask Christ to be interceding for me at that exact point in time..It would be an awesome thought""......gregor |
