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Ezekiel chapter 41 verse 4, and he measured the length of the room, 20 cubits, and it's

Brett, 20 cubits across the nave. And he said to me, this is the most holy place. That's capitalized

there at the end of verse 4, most holy place. It's a reference to the place in the temple where

the glory of God dwelled in a special, powerful, awesome way among his people. We know the picture

throughout the Old Testament that only the high priest could go into the most holy place at a certain

time. And he would go in with little bells around his legs, his feet so that if those bells stopped

moving, they would know he had been struck down in the presence of God. And they had a rope that

they could pull him out by his feet. If that were to happen, like the fear and awe and trembling

and trepidation that marked the most holy place in the temple. And so to read this in the Old

Testament, and then to contemplate how Jesus died on a cross. And when he did the curtain of the

temple was torn into and the way was made open for any one of us, no matter who we are, what we've

done, that we can enter into the most holy place by the blood of Jesus through faith and Jesus.

His sacrifice for our sins, where we've been welcomed into the most holy place and not just

welcomed into, keep going in the New Testament, the New Covenant, this term of relationship with God,

and the Bible teaches that our bodies are the what, the temple of the Holy Spirit, that God comes

to dwell in us. So God, help us to realize what a privilege this is right now. To be with you,

God, help us not to treat relationship with you, entering into prayer before you as a casual

thing. God may fear and awe and trembling and trepidation mark our relationships with you.

May we be in awe even right now in a fresh way that we have communion with you. God, we deserve

the opposite. We deserve to be cast away from your presence forever. And here we are enjoying you,

praying to you, listening to your word and praying according to it. God, thank you. Thank you,

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