Access into His Grace

(Ex15:13; Rm5:1-2)



God is the Father of grace (2Th2:16).

By grace He gives birth to His children.

By grace, He prepares the best dwelling place for His children and

Opens the door for them to enter into His grace.



Faith is believing Him and longing for Him, and

The life of this faith is turning back to the Father's house and seeking the lost and also turn them back to the Father's house.



While all fathers on earth want to give the best to their children,

Those who wait for their newly adopted children have

A special heart to prepare the best place for them.

How much more, then, for the heavenly house which

God prepared for His children whom He gave birth in His own blood? (Jn14:20)



Because he defiled the heavenly place,

The archangel, the devil, was cast down to Hades (Is14:12-15; Eze28:13-18).



Deceived by him, Adam sinned and was

Banished from the earthly paradise, Eden (Ge3:4-6).

Consequently, all men thereafter became destined to face

The price of sin, death, in the spirit (Ge2:17), and

Bear the burden of sin, such as failure, pains, sicknesses etc., in this life.



Nevertheless, God promised Abraham

The inheritance of the land of Canaan for his offspring (Ge17:8).



After their slavery of 430 years, the Israelites left Egypt for

By grace God was guiding them to His holy dwelling (Ex15:13).

He let them pass through the dreadful desert where

Venomous snakes and scorpions are (Dt8:14-18), and

Finally led them back into the Promise Land (Ge20:15, 31:3; 2Ch30:9; Jer31:2).



The sanctuary where the mercy seat was

Led them to become obsessed with Canaan, the land which God promised them.



However, Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19),

Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would lead his people not into Canaan but to the Father's house in heaven by

Becoming its gate, its access (Jn10:9, 14:1-6; Rm5:2).



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

With His blood cleansed and completed the heavenly sanctuary (He9:21-23);

Condemned the devil who defiled heaven (Is14:12-15; Eze28:18); and

Bore on His flesh the sins of all men, death and curse (Is53:4-6), and redeemed the captives of the devil (Eph1:7), making a way for them to return to the Father's house by grace (Ps85:1-2).



The Father raised Him, and

Jesus sat on the heavenly throne and

He is the Lamb who was slain (Rev5:9).



Heaven is the dwelling place which

The Father prepared for the Son by grace, and

The place which the Son prepared for the children born again through His blood:

It is the Father's house with no sadness, tears, suffering or death (Rev21:4-7, 18-27).



The Holy Spirit comes to those born again in His blood and

Lets them know the things He has freely given (1Co2:12) - that is,

The dream of the Father's house and the Father's welcoming (Lk15:11-32).



Therefore, the more the hardship

The greater the longing

The Christian has for the Father's house, as

He resolves to return there at all cost.

Furthermore, he goes out to

Lead the lost children to turn back to

The access road, the home-away-from-home, the church.



O Father!

We all desire to return to

The Father's house where there is

No weeping, no darkness, no hurt or pain, no death

But only joy, gladness and glory!

We so long for that day!

Amen.