The altar of incense was to be put "before the veil that is by the ark
of the testimony' (Ex. 30:6). Without a doubt, as the priests came into
the holy place to offer the incense they were aware that just beyond the
veil was the Mercy Seat where God dwelt with His people. They must have
been conscious of how close they stood to His very presence. To come
directly into His presence, they would have to go through the veil.
Later the veil was "rent in twain" (Mt. 27:51), so we can come directly
into God's presence as we pray today.
This veil (Heb 10:20) represented Jesus in His flesh, and He is the High
Priest over God's house through whom we draw near "with a true heart in
full assurance of faith" (v. 22). In a very real sense we come to God's
throne. We come in Jesus' name, through Him, and Him alone. The Lord
Jesus said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give
it you" (Jn. 16:23). We do not come to God through Mary, the saints,
angels, or anyone else, but through Christ. To get our prayers answered,
we must be sure that we come to God in prayer in Jesus' name, for He is
the One who endorses all our prayers. If you would go to a bank and sign
your name to a multimillion-dollar check without any money behind it,
you would receive nothing. If we go to God in prayer in our own merit,
we will get nothing. We need to come through the person of Jesus
Himself, not just tacking "for Jesus' sake" or "in Jesus' name" on the
end of our petitions, but in reality coming in His name.
Our greatest victory is not in never falling, but in rising every time
we fall
Be sure to watch for your name that you win a pack of tracts.
"Since we met and talked I have been careful to give the whole Gospel
and not abbreviate it and we are having folks come to the Lord and in
fact we have some to baptize today. God bless you for giving wise
council" All Because of Calvary = ABC Sumner
