Growing Deeper In Worship (19)
Monday 26 January 2026
Lessons From Moses’ Tabernacle (7)
THE MOST HOLY PLACE
As you moved deeper into the Tabernacle, beyond the Holy Place, was the second room, the Most Holy Place of the Holy Of Holies. The two rooms were separated by a veil, an embroidered screen, which signified the separation of man from God as a result of sin.
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT.
Within the Most Holy Place, beyond the veil, was the Ark of the Covenant, which God had instructed Moses to carefully build, as a meeting place and the sign of His covenant with His people. The Ark was a box made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. It contained the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments, a jar of manna and Aaron’s rod, and was to be carried on the shoulders of the priests. ( Hebrews 8:4 )
Exodus 25:21-22 NKJV
“[21] You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. [22] And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.”
The Ark had a special lid called the Mercy Seat. The lid had two cherubim with their wings spread out but touching in the middle. Beneath the wings of the cherubim rested the “Shekinah Glory,” the visible symbol of the divine presence of God. The Most High God was seated at the Mercy Seat and, from there, dispensed mercy to His people when the blood of the atonement was sprinkled upon it.
Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies and sprinkled the blood of animals sacrificed for the atonement of the sins of God’s people. (Leviticus 16). At NO OTHER TIME was anyone allowed to enter the Most Holy Place, because the presence of God dwelt with the Ark of the Covenant.
The Significance Of The Mercy Seat
The Mercy Seat on the Ark was a symbolic foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice for all sin – the Blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the Cross for the remission of sins.
Romans 3:24-25 NLT
“[24] Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. [25] For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood…”
Just as the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant was the only one place for atonement of sins in the Old Testament, the Cross of Jesus Christ is the only one place for atonement in the New Testament. Therefore, as Christians, we no longer look to the Ark but to the Lord Jesus Himself as the propitiation and atonement for our sins.
Jeremiah 3:16 NKJV
“[16] Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “that they will say no more, ‘The ark of the covenant of the LORD.’ It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit it, nor shall it be made anymore.”
THE TORN VEIL
When Jesus was crucified, the veil between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place in the temple ripped from top to bottom. The veil symbolised the separation between God and man, caused by sin. However, just as He fulfilled for all time the sacrificial requirements, Jesus Christ removed the barrier of sin and ushered us into the presence of God.
Hebrews 10:19-22 NLT
“[19] And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. [20] By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. [21] And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, [22] 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 4:16 NKJV
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
We can now boldly enter the Most Holy Place in heaven, the very presence of the Living God, by the Blood of Jesus. We can worship God freely, empowered by His Spirit and His Word. HALLELUJAH!!! AMEN!!!
For Further Reading: _Exodus 25:10-22; Exodus 26:31-35; Matthew 27:51; Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 9:11-15 _
© Author: Apostle Jennifer Abigail Lawson Wallace
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Fulfilling Our Theme For 2026: “BEHOLD JESUS CHRIST”
“When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. [13] And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. [14] His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire. [15] His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. [16] He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.” [Revelation 1:12-16]
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