Scripture References: Hebrews 9:8
Do you know what this "holiest of all" place is where we canspiritually enter into as the above scripture reveals to us? This holiest ofall position is actually revealing the very place where God Almighty dwells.God is holy and we are told to be holy also as he is holy by the apostle Peterin his epistle of I Peter 1:16 that says, "Because it is written, Be ye holy;for I am holy." Did you know that when Christ died on the cross the veil of thetemple was rent or torn from the top to the bottom, as Matthew 27:51 says? Didyou know that the renting of that veil opened up that holy place and it's nowpossible that anyone can enter into this holy place with God? But there is onlyone way that this can be accomplished and how this is done is revealed in thegospel of Christ, which is all his teachings found written and revealed in theNew Testament covenant. This holiest of all position is also referred to asbeing "in Christ" that the apostle Paul tells us about in his epistles. Did youknow that to be in Christ means to be in his spiritual body, which is thechurch?
It is the apostle John that tells us these words as statedin I John 3:5 that says, "And ye know that he was manifested to take away oursins; and in him is no sin." Notice how John is telling us that there is no sinin Christ. There was not and is not sin is both the physical body and thespiritual body of Christ. The church that Christ is head and builder of is hisspiritual body, which is the one true church that is made up of many members.There is but one way to get in the body of Christ and it is the apostle Paulthat reveals this truth in I Corinthians 12:13 that says, "For by one Spiritare we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether webe bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit." We arebaptized into the one body of Christ, which is the one true church, by the oneSpirit of God, but how this is accomplished is understood but by a very fewpeople in the world today. To be baptized into the body of Christ is the workof the Spirit and is accomplished as the Spirit leads us into the many truthsof Gods word. It is our belief and obedience to these many truths that will intime make us a totally new creature in Christ. Paul reveals this fact in whathe said in 2 Thessalinians 2:13 that says, "But we are bound to give thanksalway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from thebeginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit andbelief of the truth."
It is our belief and obedience to the revealed truths ofGods word in a daily process that will in time conform us to the image ofChrist, which is exactly what the apostle Paul tells us in Romans 8:29 thatsays, "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed tothe image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." Itis the cleansing and creating power of Gods holy word that spiritually performsthis operation. The true believer of Gods word will be like Christ who was aman that did not sin, but lived a perfect holy and sinless life. This "life ofChrist" which is the only sinless and perfect life, is exactly what Christ cameto give us as he said in John 10:10 that says, "The thief cometh not, but forto steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, andthat they might have it more abundantly." Christ gives us his life, which wasgiven on the cross for us, but how we receive this life is the great mysterythat only a very few understands. Most people believe they are saved by thedeath of Christ, but that is not true, because we are saved by his life as Paulreveals in Romans 5:10 that says, "For if, when we were enemies, we werereconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, weshall be saved by his life." It is the very life of Christ that becomes ourmanifested life, and it will be his life manifested in and through our mortalflesh, as Paul says in II Corinthians 4:10-11. Christ himself tells us that heis the way, the truth, and the life, as John 14:6 states. So the only way thatwe can have life and that more abundantly is to possess the very life ofChrist. What is the life of Christ? The life of Christ is the very life of Godthat was manifest in the flesh as the person of Jesus Christ.
The life of God is the very "Word of God" that was madeflesh, as John 1:14 reveals. Did not Jesus say in John 6:63 that says, "It isthe spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speakunto you, they are spirit, and they are life." And did not Peter say in John6:68 that says, "Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thouhast the words of eternal life." These "words of eternal life" are the many truthsrevealed in the teachings of Christ, which is contained in the New Testamentcovenant. So if a person is void of truth, then he is also void of Christ,which is the truth of Gods holy word. In Matthew 25:1-13 where it tells us ofthe ten virgins, we find that the foolish virgins were void of having oil intheir vessel, which is revealing that they were void of truth, which is Christ.But the wise knew the truth and the truth was in them and they were preparedfor the return of Christ and they went in with Christ to the marriage, but thefoolish was left behind in their sins. So all people can either be in one oftwo places, which is either to be (1) in sin (2) or in Christ. There is no sinin Christ, but we see that most people (with the exception of a few) will befound in their sins either in physical death or alive in sin when Christappears. It was Peter that said these words in 2 Peter 3:14 that says,"Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that yemay be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless." To be without spotand blameless is the description of the church that Christ will present tohimself at his coming, as Paul reveals in Ephesians 5:27 that says, "That hemight present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, orany such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
So "the holiest of all" position is reference to being inChrist where there is no sin and also where we become a new creature in him, asPaul states in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that says, "Therefore if any man be inChrist, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all thingsare become new." How to enter into the most holy place was not made known tothe old testament saints, but is now made known to us by the gospel, as Hebrews9:8 that says, "The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiestof all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yetstanding." But when the veil of the temple was rent from the top to the bottom,when Christ died on the cross, the way into this holiest of all is revealed inthe teachings of Christ that must be made known to us by revelation of theSpirit. Entering in this holy place is our entering into Christ, which is thework of the Spirit as he baptizes us into Christ as we follow his leading intothe many truths that accomplishes this operation in a daily process as webelieve and obey them. This "in Christ position" is the high calling of God, asPaul reveals in Philippians 3:14 that says, "I press toward the mark for theprize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." This great truth wasrevealed to the apostle Paul in all his writings, which is known as the mysterythat he taught, which is as he said "Christ in you, the hope of glory."(Colossians 1:27) So one is either dead in sin or in Christ where there is nosin. Where are you?