Reading
SAA Notes
Rooms for priests. Believers are now all priests – Rev. 5:10. Jesus’ words in John 14 have especial poignancy – In my Father’s house are many mansions or rooms!
SJA Notes
* Loving God, please show us how to worship You from Your word today.
“When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court without laying there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy.”
As we’ve seen, this is not a temple built with human hands.
This temple that Ezekiel was shown in a vision gives us a glimpse of the heavenly realities.
As we saw yesterday, the truths we read of here give us a strong directive to take seriously what we do in our corporate together worship on the Lord’s Day (Sunday, the new sabbath).
Today we see that the leadership of the church need to be a pattern for this, leading by example.
Do our church leaders today take seriously the coming into God’s presence in the particular and distinct way on Sundays in corporate worship?
* Gracious Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the visions and truths You gave to Ezekiel. An encouragement and exhortation to Your people at that time, and for us all since then.
Please help our church leaders today take seriously the corporate-together worship You have prescribed to happen each week on the Lord’s Day.
Thank You for the strong and steady hope that we will one day be gathered up by the Good Shepherd and taken into eternal life, to many mansions built by You!
Amen.