19/02/2024
According to some traditions, though not found in scripture, during the last couple of centuries of the temple’s existence, a gold or scarlet rope was tied to the high priest’s foot on the Day of Atonement. Another priest standing in the Holy Place tended the other end of this rope. If the high priest’s sins were not atoned for properly, then God would strike him dead when he entered the presence of the Shekinah—the glory of God—that filled the Holy of Holies. Since access to that part of the temple was strictly forbidden, the priests felt they needed a way to retrieve the body of the high priest, if necessary.
I’m so grateful that we now have this access to God made freely available by Jesus, the only one who can bring at-one-ment for me. The primary call of all we do with Presence Worship is to keep coming back to that place of connection, intimacy and praise before Him.
This week I had a strong sense of this rope around our ankles. Not to pull us out of His presence, but that He was pulling us in!
His hearts desire is to have us close. Will you allow Him to pull you in by His love ?
‘Draw near to God and He will draw near to you’ James 4 ❤️
