7.2 A Bold Entrance
© 2018 Christ Revealed Bible Institute
Therefore brethren, having already a freely bold entrance into the Holiest inside the blood of Jesus consecrating for us a newly sacrificed as well as a living way through the veil, that is, through His flesh; and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us approach [everything inside the Holiest] with a true heart, in full assurance of faith; having our hearts already sprinkled clean from an evil consciousness; and having our bodies washed with pure water (Hebrews 10:19-22).
For you to be filled with all the fullness of God means that God has given ALL of Himself to you. You will know what that means to the same measure that you give yourself – faith working through love – in turn to God. The Holy of Holies is EVERYTHING inside of God.
Already Inside. Now, you will likely have noticed a seeming contradiction between two things. Do we enter into God through Christ? Or do we find ourselves already inside of God through Christ? Both of these expressions are true together as we find them in our experience.
God placed you into Himself inside of all that is Christ the very moment Jesus agreed to receive you in Gethsemane. BUT – you knew none of that. Thus, for you, the experience of discovering what is already true is like “entering in” for the first time. Yet the moment you enter into the knowledge of what is true by faith in Jesus, you discover that what seems “brand-new” has always been the only thing true.
Knowing versus the Lie. This relationship between entering into the knowledge of something in God already always true will last forever. God and knowing God never ends. Nonetheless, this distinction is critical. You cannot actually “enter” into God through Christ for you are already there, but you do enter into the knowledge of what is already true.
And this is why the one lie of the serpent is so effective. The temptation of the evil one cannot remove any Christian from being already inside of all that is God. But the seductive words, “You can be if you try” bars those who give heed to that temptation from ever knowing what is already true. They remain outside of God only in their false imagination.
Parrhesia. The Greek word for a “freely bold” entrance is parrhesia, which means to speak strongly, freely, and boldly in public and is also translated as “confidence.” Nonetheless parrhesia is the confidence of bold public speaking, that is, it means to speak out loud the words of Christ our only life. “Christ is my life; I have no other life. Christ is all that I am.”
Let’s position the critical importance of this boldness. Without faith one is incapable of pleasing God; indeed, it behooves the one approaching {everything in the Holiest} to believe that God is and that He becomes the rewarder of those seeking out and requiring of Him (Hebrews 11:6).
Reckless Assertion. Jesus is every Word God speaks. Nothing bothers God more than any form or shadow of calling Jesus false. God speaks (Jesus) “that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Your reckless assertion that these words are true, that everything that is God is found inside of you, inside of your own person, and thus belongs entirely to you, is the only thing that pleases God.
Timidity towards anything inside the meaning of “all the fullness of God” inside of you is not part of believing in Jesus. Yet our “recklessness” is towards God only; never do we “make use of God” to “rule over” or to impress others, as Adam did.
A Man after God’s Heart. “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after [bearing all the same characteristics, down to the finest details of] My own heart, who will do all that I desire” (Acts 13:22). Paul is quoting God as recorded by Samuel.
A man after My [that is, God’s] own heart. Those are simply among the most precious words in all the Bible, for God is placing them before us, not as something exclusive to David, but as our own treasure forever. That we would share heart with God.
What was it about David that so moved the Father to claim that David’s heart was an expression of His own? Three things: boldness AND fear together towards a Personal God.
Placing Sin upon God. Two large experiences in David’s life gave full expression to that heart David possessed his entire life. You see, Hebrews 10:19-22, entering into the possession of all that is God, is all about HEART. That’s why Jesus lives in your heart; that’s why His Word is written only there.
As recorded in 2 Samuel 11, David coveted, lied, murdered, committed adultery, stole, placed another above God, and took God’s name in vain, all in one big awful crime. By the law, David should have been stoned to death. But what did David do when God exposed his wickedness? David RAN straight into the Holy of Holies, straight into God, and placed all of his wickedness entirely upon a Personal God.
Walking Away. Then, in 2 Samuel 13, David’s son Absalom raised an army to take control of God’s people from David. David turned his back in tears and walked away. David never “ruled over” anyone. And never did he want to “be somebody” in the sight of others.
One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple (Psalm 27:4). David wanted only to KNOW a Personal God; he cared nothing about being “superior” over others.
Singing in the Holiest. But the most amazing thing David did was that he seized the Ark of the Covenant, the presence of God, for himself and placed that Ark into a tent in his backyard. That tent of David became, then, the Holy of Holies, and David spent every moment he could inside the Holy of Holies, taking all his friends into God with him, singing and dancing together inside of all the fulness of God.
I have found for Myself a man after My own heart. – David treated God as a Person, as his dearest Friend. David placed all of his sin only upon God upon the Mercy Seat inside the Holy of Holies. And David never thought once about “using God” to control or impress others, yet he took many with him into the bold enjoyment of all the fullness of God.
The Father’s Heart. David is you. Be as David towards and inside of all that is God. Yet David lived inside a season of limitation; you live inside all the fulness of Christ. And thus, as you know Jesus as He is inside your own heart, you will find that sharing heart with God inside the Holy of Holies goes far beyond the wonder and joy that David knew.
You can see, however, why God allows the cross and the veil to appear as a barrier to so many. Nothing in all the universe is more awful than human abuse of God’s heart. God wants to share His heart with you, as your own heart. What will you do with Father’s Heart?
Here is the turning point of knowing Jesus as He is – but we will speak more of this later.
Enter into God with all Boldness. Here’s an overview of the incredible things found in this one long sentence, Hebrews 10:19-22, one of the great and critical ruling “verses” of the Bible.
God gives the picture of the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle of Moses to convey to us that vast extent of God-meanings found inside this little three-word phrase – Abide in Me. You enter every next place in God in the boldness of freedom. Every step of the way into every next place in God, and especially into living entirely inside the Holiest is consecrated for you by the Blood of Jesus. Every step is purified; every step belongs utterly to God.
Already Carried. You are carried through every step of the way inside the Lord Jesus, first as the sacrifice, your sin carried in His death, and second as the scapegoat, your sinfulness carried inside His empty grave. When you see your flesh as the Lord Jesus, flesh of His flesh, then the Veil is the wide-open door into everything of God.
Jesus, your High Priest, is your connecting energeia in every step, connecting you in all ways with God. You approach (to connect with) everything you find inside the Holiest – all the fulness of God inside of you.
Sprinkled with Blood. You approach everything inside the Holiest with a true heart, filled with Jesus and with full assurance of faith (the faith of the Son of God).
Your heart is sprinkled clean from an evil consciousness. That is an incredible statement, for the Blood of Christ is sprinkled only once, upon the Mercy Seat of God inside His own Being. Your own heart is that very Mercy Seat.
Your physical body, and everything in your life experience, is washed with pure water. That is, everything outward regarding you and surrounding you is continuously pure, coming out of the good-speaking of Jesus.