OVERVIEW OF ENTRY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES
By Dennis Schmidt 2/2007
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This paper discusses the Christian's entry into the Holy of Holies. This is the
third experience for the believer. The other two are first salvation in Christ
and second Holy Spirit Baptism. The entry to the most Holy place is a
relationship with God the Father. The Holy of Holies was located in the
tabernacle and temple. Also discussed are symbols and types from the tabernacle
of the three experiences.
INDUCTIVE COMMENTS:
THEME: Jesus death opens the veil to the Holy of Holies given access to the place of God's presents and rule on earth.
PURPOSE: The Tabernacle
was made as a types, shadows, and symbols of what is in heaven. The Christian is to follow Jesus example
and enter the Holy of Holies by Jesus blood.
KEY VERSE:
WHO: God mainly by Bible authors Moses, Luke, John, and Paul
TO WHOM: Elected Christians
WHAT: Jesus death opens the veil to the Holy of Holies given access to the place of God's presents and rule on earth.
WHY:
The Tabernacle was made as a types, shadows, and symbols of what is in
heaven.
The Tabernacle was a tent structure which was moved from place to place
during the forty years that
WAY: The Old Testament High Priest went into the Holy of Holies with a sacrifice of blood. The Christian can go in through Jesus blood.
WHEREAS: The Triunity Godhead is involved with every Godly act including allowing the Christian into the Holy of Holies.
WHERE:
On earth
WHEN: As the Elected Christian
moves on in the Lord toward perfect.
WHILE:
The Bible shows a number of types & shadows of three. I believe that these examples show that a three fold position in the Godhead is available. Each experience is first learned by the Christian. After he understands (knowledge) what God has for him, he desires the new experience and asks for it in faith. Then God will honor his faith and manifests the experience in his life, but in God's own time. He first has it in the faith reign. When God manifests the experience to the person, he knows it by practice & encounter.
WANT: The tabernacle type
is seen in salvation experience.
The un-saved person enters the gate surrounding the Tabernacle, altar and laver basin. He brings a sacrifice to the priest who offers it on the bronze altar for the man's sins. The person believes his sins are forgiven and covered by the sacrifice. He has repented for them. Tabernacle experience is a type of salvation experience as the person goes into the first court. The person is now in the Jewish religious system set up by God.
Likewise, the person who enters a relationship with Jesus Christ does so through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus for his sins. He has repented for his sins and has faith in Jesus blood coverings. The person is now in the faith reign set up by God to save him.
The person can go on further in the tabernacle to the laver basin which is a type for cleaning by the word (Bible study). The person can go right up to the veil that enters the Holy place. Only if God selected the person does the he go on into the Holy place.
WAIT: God's gifts in the Holy of Holies are varied depending on the needs of the Christian entering. Below are many more possible blessings:
PAPER
OUTLINE:
I) ACCESS TO GOD THE FATHER:
II) TABERNACLE:
III) GOD HAS MADE US PRIESTS:
A) THE HIGH PRIEST WENT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES ONCE A YEAR:
B) JESUS FULFILLED THE
SACRIFICE MAKING
C) NEW TESTAMENT PRIESTS:
IV) THE FATHER ENCOURAGES THE CHRISTIAN TO ENTER HIS HOLY OF HOLIES:
V) THREE EXPERIENCES WITH GOD:
VI) TYPE & SHADOW 1ST EXPERIENCE 2ND EXPERIENCE 3RD EXPERIENCE
VII) SALVATION INTO JESUS THE CHRIST:
A) HOW DOES THE SALVATION EXPERIENCE OCCUR?
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN SALVATION EXPERIENCE:
C) BLESSINGS OF SALVATION:
VIII) BAPTISM INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT:
A) HOW DOES THE BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT EXPERIENCE OCCUR?
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT:
C) BLESSINGS OF BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT:
IX) ENTER INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES INTO THE FATHER'S THRONE:
A) HOW DOES THE ENTRY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES EXPERIENCE OCCUR?
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN ENTRY INTO HOLY OF HOLIES:
C) BLESSINGS OF ENTRY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES:
D) LIVING IN THE HEAVENLIES:
E) SONSHIP:
F) IN CHRIST:
G) ONENESS:
H) FULLNESS OF GODHEAD:
I) OWNERSHIP:
X) COMPLETE GODHEAD IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES THRONE ROOM:
XI) CONCLUSION:
A) GREATER UNDERSTANDING: SCRIPTURES, PEOPLE, MOVES/WAYS OF GOD:
B) GREATER PEACE/RIGHTEOUSNESS:
C) PERFECTED:
D) THOUGHTS:
E) WORDS:
F) GREATER PRAISE, INTERCESSION, WORSHIP, THANKSGIVING IN YOUR LIFE:
G) GREATER LOVE AND JOY:
H) GREATER AUTHORITY IN THE SPIRIT, BONDAGE FALLING OFF YOUR LIFE, PERFECTING OF RELATIONSHIPS, HEALING, & THE LIST GOES ON:
I) ACCESS TO GOD THE FATHER:
Jesus death opens the veil to the Holy of Holies given access to the place of God's presents and rule on earth.
II) TABERNACLE: The Tabernacle was made as a type and symbols of what is in heaven.
The Tabernacle was a tent structure which was moved from place to place
during the forty years that
III) GOD HAS MADE US PRIESTS:
The priest was the spokesman between man and God. He needed to conform to a standard (tribe, sex, age) and would clean himself, offer sacrifices for his sins, before serving the people in his priestly position. Likewise God has chosen His New Testament priest & trained them for ministry service. They may enter His Holy place & Holy of Holies & have a relationship with God.
A) THE HIGH PRIEST WENT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES ONCE A YEAR:
The high priest entered the Holy of Holies as in
B) JESUS FULFILLED THE
SACRIFICE MAKING
C) NEW TESTAMENT PRIESTS:
IV) THE FATHER ENCOURAGES THE CHRISTIAN TO ENTER HIS HOLY OF HOLIES:
The Old Testament High Priest went into the Holy of Holies with a sacrifice of blood. The Christian can go in through Jesus blood.
V) THREE EXPERIENCES WITH GOD:
The Bible shows a number of types & shadows of three. I believe that these examples show that a three fold position in the Godhead is available. Each experience is first learned by the Christian. After he understands (knowledge) what God has for him, he desires the new experience and asks for it in faith. Then God will honor his faith and manifests the experience in his life, but in God's own time. He first has it in the faith reign. When God manifests the experience to the person, he knows it by practice & encounter.
VI) TYPE AND SHADOW: 1ST EXPERIENCE, 2ND EXPERIENCE, AND 3RD EXPERIENCE:
GODHEAD: JESUS (SON), HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE FATHER
JESUS: JESUS (SAVIOR), CHRIST (ANOINTED), AND LORD
JESUS OFFICES: PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING
JESUS AS THE: WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE
BAPTISMS: WATER, HOLY SPIRIT, AND FIRE
FRUIT: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE
FRUITFULNESS: 30 FOLD, 60 FOLD, AND 100 FOLD
GIDEON'S ARMY: 32,000; 10,000; AND 300
FEAST DAYS: PASSOVER, PENTECOST, AND TABERNACLES
TABERNACLE: OUTER
COURT,
WHO MAY ENTER: MATURE JEW MALE OF PRIESTS FAMILY AS HIGH PRIEST
EXPERIENCES: JESUS SALVATION, SPIRIT'S BAPTISM, AND FATHER'S THRONE
VII) SALVATION INTO JESUS THE CHRIST:
A saving relationship is between the person and Jesus. This results in the person becoming a child of God and beginning eternal life. The person is a new creature with desires for Godly things. The person repents of his past sins and starts his new life.
A) HOW DOES THE SALVATION
EXPERIENCE OCCUR? (John chapter
God super-naturally changes the person. The person is born again.
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN SALVATION EXPERIENCE:
The un-saved person enters the gate surrounding the Tabernacle, altar and laver basin. He brings a sacrifice to the priest who offers it on the bronze altar for the man's sins. The person believes his sins are forgiven and covered by the sacrifice. He has repented for them. Tabernacle experience is a type of salvation experience as the person goes into the first court. The person is now in the Jewish religious system set up by God.
Likewise, the person who enters a relationship with Jesus Christ does so through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus for his sins. He has repented for his sins and has faith in Jesus blood coverings. The person is now in the faith reign set up by God to save him.
The person can go on further in the tabernacle to the laver basin which is a type for cleaning by the word (Bible study). The person can go right up to the veil that enters the Holy place. Only if God selected the person does the he go on into the Holy place.
C) BLESSINGS OF SALVATION:
Relationship with Jesus; Spiritual blessings; Abundant life; Joy; Peace; Eternal life; Not under law; God's guidance for works & life
VIII) BAPTISM INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT:
Baptism of Holy Spirit is a relationship between the person and Holy Spirit. This results in the person receiving power to do the works of God.
A) HOW DOES THE BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT EXPERIENCE OCCUR?
God super-naturally moves the vocal chords. The Holy Spirit does the utterance but the person does the speaking with his own tongues as his own private prayer language to God.
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT:
The priest would serve the Lord in the Holy place. They would add oil to the golden lampstand (a type for Holy Spirit's fellowship). They partake of the showbread (twelve loaves in two rows which was changed weekly which signified a constant communion of God with His people). This is a type for New Testament priest fellowships with believers of other churches. They would add incense to the fire on the incense altar as a type of prayer and praise to God. Only the priest (not the people, prophet, or King) could go into the Holy place. The priest was at least thirty years old, a male, from the tribe of Levi, trained for the priestly ministry. This is a type for a mature believer going on in the Lord, who desires the power of God (Baptism) in his ministry. The born again saved person, as a New Testament priest, desires a second experience promised by God (Luke 11:13) to help him in his ministry. He would want to know and do God's will. The Tabernacle experience is a type of Baptism in the Holy Spirit experience as the person goes into the Holy Place of the Tabernacle. Likewise, the person who enters a relationship with the Holy Spirit does so by faith. He believes that the Father and Jesus will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask in faith. The person that enters the Holy place can fill the lampstand with oil. This is symbolic of having a close fellowship with the Holy Spirit. The person partakes of the showbread table. This is symbolic of having fellowship, in the Holy Spirit, with other Christians. The person can add incense to incense altar. This is symbolic of having a close relationship with God in praise, prayer, worship, intercession, & thanksgiving. The person can go right up to the veil that enters the Holy of Holies. The next experience is right behind the veil. Ones a year the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies. No one else was in the Holy Place during that time. Each step shows the son growing in the Lord.
C) BLESSINGS OF BAPTISM OF HOLY SPIRIT:
The Holy Spirit provides ministry gifts (wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discerning & tongues) to the person. The Holy Spirit provides power ministry (before authorities, great wonders, miracles, wisdom, cast out demon, lay hands ministry, restore dead, witness, boldness, guidance, knowledge & love) to do His works. The tongues are to pray perfectly to God in a heavenly provided language which edifies oneself.
IX) ENTER INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES INTO THE FATHER'S THRONE:
Entry into the Holy of Holies is a relationship between the person & the Father. This results in the person having a deeper & closer understanding of God's will.
A) HOW DOES THE ENTRY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES EXPERIENCE OCCUR?
God allows the person into His presents through the blood of Jesus. The person can enter because he has already been enlightened to taste the heavenly gift (Jesus), the Holy Spirit (Baptism), taste the good word of God (deep Bible study), and powers of the future world (living in the heavenlies as a son). His tests, fruits, and gifts proved the person to be responsible to enter the Holy of Holies. This mature Christian must manger this next experience.
B) TABERNACLE TYPE SEEN IN ENTRY INTO HOLY OF HOLIES:
Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, only the High Priest went into the
Holy of Holies with a blood sacrifice. He first ceremonial cleaned himself before going into God to make an offering for
C) BLESSINGS OF ENTRY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES:
Blessings differ because not everyone has the same needs. Also, we received salvation & baptism of Holy Spirit in different ways.
D) LIVING IN THE HEAVENLIES:
The first blessing for the person who enters the Holy of Holies is a new concentration on Godly things. The person's life emphasis is toward the spiritual not Earthly. His life is in a Godly reign.
E) SONSHIP:
The second blessing for the person in the throne room of the Father is they become an adopted son of God. Adoption means to be placed as a son with all the legal rights, powers & authority of sonship.
A Christian can be a son, but not be adopted. Adoption is for the mature son who proved worthy of the inheritance & responsibilities.
F) IN CHRIST:
The Christian in the Holy of Holies is one with God and in Christ. As heir & co-heirs with Jesus Christ we are united in the Godhead.
Like Jesus' works, deeds, & thoughts so are our works, deeds, & thoughts. He is our life, purpose, & love. We are His sons who will overcome and rule with Christ.
G) ONENESS:
The next blessing for those in the Holy of Holies is a oneness with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God's oneness within His Triunity is similar to the oneness that God wants with the Christian who enters the Holy of Holies. The person is closer to God than ever before as they become one with God. God wants a similar type of oneness between Christians. He also wants a similar oneness between wives and husbands which is the model of God's oneness.
H) FULLNESS OF GODHEAD:
I) OWNERSHIP:
Another blessing to those in the Holy of Holies is ownership. As God's sons we inherit all His blessings. He owns everything and by faith we have it all. The mature son has his faith grow to trust God for all his needs and desires.
X) COMPLETE GODHEAD IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES THRONE ROOM:
The Triunity Godhead is involved with every Godly act including allowing the Christian into the Holy of Holies.
XI) CONCLUSION:
God's gifts in the Holy of Holies are varied depending on the needs of the Christian entering. Below are some more possible blessings:
A) GREATER UNDERSTANDING: SCRIPTURES, PEOPLE, MOVES/WAYS OF GOD:
B) GREATER PEACE/RIGHTEOUSNESS:
C) PERFECTED:
D) THOUGHTS:
E) WORDS:
F) GREATER PRAISE, INTERCESSION, WORSHIP, THANKSGIVING IN YOUR LIFE:
G) GREATER LOVE AND JOY:
H) GREATER AUTHORITY IN THE SPIRIT, BONDAGE FALLING OFF YOUR LIFE, PERFECTING OF RELATIONSHIPS, HEALING, & THE LIST GOES ON:
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