In His Presence

Exodus 33:7-11
There are countries in the world that still have kings and queens, such as Queen Elizabeth of England and the king of Saudi Arabia.  Queen Elizabeth’s son Prince Charles has two sons - Prince William and Prince Harry.  Prince William is an heir to the throne, and will probably be king one day.  So in today’s time, we have kings and queens.  Many people desire to be in the presence of a king or queen, and they are expected to behave a certain way if  given the privilege to do so.

When you go into the presence of a queen most times you bow, and a lot of times you are expected to kiss her hand.  The same thing is true of the king – you may be expected to kiss his hand or kiss him on the side of his cheek and these types of things.

Now, you can’t just walk into the palace of a king or queen and think you will be taken in to see them.  You won’t see them without going through some sort of process or procedure.  You will have to have permission or approval to see the king or queen.

In His Presence
In the Old Testament and even at times in the New Testament we see that the priests had to go into the presence of God on behalf of the people.  In the book of Exodus Moses went into the temple, into the Holy of Holies and he talked with God.  Moses talked with God face to face as one would talk with a friend. Can you imagine? Can you imagine standing in the Presence of God or talking to God face to face?

I’m sure that was awesome!  Now, not everybody could go into the Holy of Holies, the holiest place in the temple.  It’s not like just anybody could go and stand in the presence of God.  Only the High Priest could go into the Holy of Holies, and he could only go once a year.  There was only one time a year that a man could be in the presence of God.

There are so many, even today, that are trying to figure out - how can I go to God?  They may say: I heard that He is a holy God. How can I go into the presence of a Holy God?

But I thank God that Jesus Christ made it possible for us to stand before God anytime.  Jesus Christ made it possible for us all to go into the presence of God, and we thank God for blessing us to be able to go into His presence. 

It doesn’t matter who we are, as Christians we are allowed to go into His presence.  Even though God is a holy God, a rank sinner could come before God, confess their sins, ask God to forgive them of their sins, and they can be forgiven.  Right then he can go with a repentant heart into the presence of God, even as a sinner.  God welcomes sinners into His kingdom.

As the scripture tells us Moses went into the tabernacle, and God came down in a cloud and talked with Moses.  The people that stood in their tents seeing Moses began to fall down and worship.  They saw the cloud that came down; God was in that cloud and He spoke to Moses.

I want to let you know today that you too can go into His presence.  You don’t need Pope John Paul or Pope Benedict or any other priest to go into the Holy of Holies for you.  Jesus Christ has made it possible - Jesus Christ who is seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us (Romans 8:34).
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We can go today my brothers into His presence - don’t let nothing or nobody tell you that you cannot go into the presence of God.  Although God is a Holy God, the righteousness of Christ has made it possible.
Would you like to talk to God, would you like to feel the presence of God?  Then look to His Son, Jesus Christ for salvation.  Let Him take you into the presence of God.
~J.T.