Even when the matter is fully thought through, we can only
come to the conclusion that our God cannot be described. When we feel we have said it all, we are
still found lacking. Having exhausted
ourselves in the matter, we simply throw in the towel.
We can tell one another that God is Love. We can speak of how His mercies are new every
morning. We can proclaim from the
rooftops of the amazing forgiveness in His Son.
However, what we do not realize is this.
We do not realize that we cannot
see these things as through His eyes.
Consider yourself blessed that you do not envision such matters as God
himself envisions them, since as mere human beings we are not yet fit to behold
as He beholds. You can compare this
matter to Moses being on the mountaintop with God. He too thought that he could take in what he
was by no means ready for. And so he
asked the King of all creation to please show him His glory. This was not going to happen. However, the Lord did allow for His goodness
to pass before Moses; He also allowed for Moses to see the back side of
Him. Though for Moses to envision
anything more, it would have cost him his life.
I guess you can say that we are a lot like Moses was. Moses wasn’t able to view the glory of God, even
as we believers today are not able to see to the depths that our God sees –
both being a bit much for our makeup. Nevertheless, there is a very special and
glorious Day coming, according to the first epistle and third chapter of the
beloved disciple John. Here John
describes us as no longer being in a childlike state, which spiritually
speaking is our state, as long as this present earth remains our home. But in John’s passage, we see that every
believer in the Holy Trinity of God – the Godhead – will one Day be caught up
into the heavens – the great catching away – only to find themselves face to
face with none other than the Son.
Can you imagine it?
And as if this were not enough, we are told that while we stand
beholding Him, we will become changed into the very same kind of Being who has
now sent our minds reeling. I once read
in a book by a popular Christian author, that the vision of Jesus will come
with such power, that it will cause the believer to become just like the Christ
who they now stand beholding with rapturous wonder. All of this sounds so fantastic, you may
say. But what about now? What about now is all up to us. We need to learn how to make our journey
exciting, while being God’s soldier upon this earth in these last days. One of my favorite passages in scripture is,
“And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the
earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many
bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;” these were definitely
some exciting happenings. Do you know
what was the greatest of all these things? It was the veil of the temple being torn. And guess what? Today, this is still a Now Thing, though it
occurred two thousand years ago. So, what
about Now?
Exactly what was the significance of the rending of the veil? Simply it was this. Behind that veil was a room called the
innermost sanctuary. Once a year would
Israel’s high priest enter in there. His
work would be merely ceremonial. Upon
completion of it he would exit the sanctuary.
But today every believer in the Triune God has become a priest. In the book of Revelation, chapter 1: vs 6,
we are called kings and priests; and believe it or not, today each one of us
has our very own sanctuary. You can say
that wherever you have your personal time with God, this is your most holy
place – and no more is there the veil.
To add, it is not to be a ceremonial experience; more still, we may
remain there with Him as long as we desire – learning of Him, loving Him,
speaking to Him, wondering over Him, etc.
In time we become filled with the knowledge of the Holy. Yes, as the days and the weeks and the months
and the years roll by, we become intimately locked into the only God who is
Forever. He has never begun and His end
will never be. Beyond this, His Domain
spans Eternity.
Why is it that most believers spend such little time in
their Holy of Holies? That we should
meet with the God of the universe in this place is one of the reasons that our
beloved Saviour perished on the cross.
Upon the time of His death, I could just see those big carpenter hands
reaching into the temple, while tearing the curtain from top to bottom for all
who would believe. Now true communion
could be had between the faithful and the Father of their spirits. For Jesus, our strong Anchor and Forerunner,
has opened for us The Way.
Often the children of God substitute Bible reading, or other
Christian books for that intimate time of communion with Him. It is in no way the same thing. Our God wants to meet with us, that He may
hear from us, to sup with us in sweet communion. He looks for his children to talk to Him –
yes, even to the One that they cannot see: and in this they prove to Him a
great faith. To meet consistently with
our God in the sweet solitude of the Holy of Holies is the greatest thing that could
ever happen to any son or daughter of the Most High. Upon departure will we come away with a
wisdom we have never pondered; a new strength to bring down our enemy; the
passion to venture deeper into the heart of the Father; and a love for Heaven’s
Family that words will ever fail to capture.
Oh the great grace shown us on that dark, dark Day – the Day
that the Son of God took upon Himself the consequences of all of the sin of man,
from Adam down to our final act of rebellion upon His second advent to our
world. Now it is finished. Now the Son of God reigns for a thousand
years upon a new earth – a new world far beyond any utopia that any visionary
has ever brought to mind. And how
difficult it is to take all of it in – that is when you consider that a
thousand years will merely serve as a prelude to a universe made altogether
New, and to which there will be no end.
All glory and honor be unto the only God – Forever and Ever!
J. Pecoraro
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