How can we boldly enter God's holy presence?
Jesus is considered by scholars such as Weber to be an example of a charismatic religious leader. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus." ( Hebrews 10:19 ) In the ancient tabernacle only the High Priest was allowed to enter the "holy of holies" to commune with God , and that only once a year, on the great day of atonement. This most holy place was separated from the rest by a very heavy veil . When Christ died, however, as the one final and perfect sacrifice, "the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom" ( Matthew 27:51 ). This miraculous rending of the veil was intended by the Lord to symbolize the wonderful truth that we now have open access to come into the very presence of God , "By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh" ( Hebre...