The Path to Worship Starts with Thanksgiving

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In the Tabernacle of Moses, and in the temple, there were three sections

The Outer Court 
- The brazen altar for Sacrifices
- The laver for cleansing the priests 
The Holy Place 
- Only Priests ministered unto the Lord
The Holiest of Holies 
- The High Priest alone could enter
- Only one day a year. 
-  Exceptions ended in immediate death. 
 


Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving...

Without Thanksgiving, we lock ourselves on the outside... looking in. Like orphan children standing on a street corner on a cold winter night, we can see the warm fire and lights from a distance.  But we are unable to enter into the place of His presence. 

We thank God for His goodness, His goodness is all around us everywhere we look. It is the goodness of the Lord that leads men to repentance. 

The outer court is about salvation. His goodness includes Grace, Forgiveness, Patience, Love, and acceptance. Giving thanks for salvation with the expunging of our sins the healing of our wounds and our adoption as sons and daughters is a proper response. 

The brazen altar signifies salvation, redemption, and forgiveness of sin, We are made priests, we enter a royal priesthood, and we cleanse ourselves at the laver to prepare us for ministering unto the Lord. In giving thanks, we take off our woolen robes, wash head to foot, and put on the linen robes of priesthood. 

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Enter His Courts with Praise...

A second set of gates must be opened by praise. 

We praise God for His greatness. In the song "How Great Thou Art" we sing these words... I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout thy universe displayed. Declaring the wondrous works of God, in nature. 

The Holy Place speaks of sanctification being set apart as priests unto our God. In this place, the priests ministered unto the Lord.  Entering this place took a rigorous process of washing from head to foot and removing any clothes stained with the blood of sacrifices, or the soot from the brazen altar, even the smell of smoke and sweat was removed. We sing another song that says we put on the garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness. This act of clothing ourselves in white robes of linen is what happens during our praise. 

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When Thankfulness and praise are joined, it opens the veil for worship. 

Worship is represented by the Holiest of Holies, this is where we can now enter behind the veil because our High Priest, Jesus has already entered and sprinkled His own blood on the mercy seat. 

Worship is often involuntary, it flows out of us effortlessly when we see God for who He is. Worship is connected to love, adoration, admiration, and glorification.  It can be dead silent or lively and loud, in its expression but it is never entered into without a great deal of passion and emotion. Worship leads to the Glorification of God and then because we are His sons and daughters that glory spills over onto us and we are glorified in Him.  A worship song taken from Isaiah 60 says it best "Arise shine for thy light has come, Arise shine for thy light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen, the glory of the lord has come, the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 


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