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Embrace the Cross
T he Bride’s dwelling is in the Most Holy Place. This is the place of habitation and abiding.
This is the place where the veil of the flesh is torn apart and communion with God is the
order of the day. Even as the literal veil in the temple was torn asunder when our Lord was
crucified, our flesh must be crucified to open up the way for communion with the Father
and the Son.
Some may ask at this point, “Why must we embrace the cross? Wasn’t Yahshua’s
sacrifice sufficient?” It is certainly true that Yahshua has restored our access to the presence
of the Father. The torn veil is proof of this. The veil was torn from the top to the bottom
indicating that from God”s end of the relationship between God and man all impediments
to access into His presence have been removed. The way has been made open to us.
This is tremendously significant. However, Christ’s sacrifice in no way symbolizes that
God has made peace with sin, nor that sin has now become acceptable unto Him. Christ’s
sacrifice was not intended to make a way for man to remain sinful and yet have full and
complete access to the presence of a holy God. No, Christ’s sacrifice was made so that we
also could have the veil of our flesh torn asunder. Whereas we had been slaves to sin, a way
was made for us to now become slaves to righteousness (Romans 6:19). Yahshua’s death
was not for the sake of making sin acceptable to God, it was for the purpose of making
mankind holy.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of
Yahshua, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that
is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near
with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from
an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Yahshua’s death was for the purpose of purifying us, to wash us, to make us clean.
Before His death we were sold as slaves to sin. We could do nothing but sin. Our most
righteous acts were counted as filthiness before God. Through His death, a new and living
way has been opened up before us. We can now walk in holiness before God and even have