Holiness of Heaven

Prayer – Lord Jesus, because of Your unfailing love, we will see You and see Heaven. I praise You…and our Heavenly Father for His great plan and mercy to accept us through the sacrificial blood offering that You provided. May the world know of Your obedient sacrifice and love for us. Many are called, but few are chosen…few accept You as their Savior. I love You, Lord, with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. Blessings on You and all who know and trust You. Thank You. 

I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love. I will praise the LORD for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love. He said, "They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again." And he became their Savior. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years. But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them. Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, "Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people? ... LORD, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now? Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, LORD, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past. Isaiah 63:7-11, 15-16

 

Meditate. Consider God’s guidance through the ages…from Heaven.

 

What does “holy” mean to you? Reverence, morally blameless, consecrated.

Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands. Hebrews 8:1-2

Heaven is not only a holy, sacred place—containing the throne for our Heavenly Father, but it is His actual dwelling place.

 

Heaven is a holy place.

And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven's Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:19-22

 

Now I know that the LORD rescues his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven and rescue him by his great power. Psalm 20:6

 

"Now prophesy all these things, and say to them, "'The LORD will roar against his own land from his holy dwelling in heaven. He will shout like those who tread grapes; he will shout against everyone on earth.” Jeremiah 25:30

Cross depicting the life of Christ.
From Medjugorje

We must be holy to enter heaven, and to stand before the very throne of God one day. How do we become holy? Not by any efforts of our own—only by the blood of Jesus who gave Himself sacrificially on the cross, covering our sin with His blood. By His blood we are washed clean, pure and holy. Praise be to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ Some were persuaded by the things he said, but others did not believe. And after they had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this final word from Paul: "The Holy Spirit was right when he said to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet, 'Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes—so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.' So I want you to know that this salvation from God has also been offered to the Gentiles, and they will accept it." Acts 28:24-28

 

Knowing the Lord is what life is all about.

Knowing Him is Life.

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