Curtain 3
"Jesus explained the final step in the new birth experience this way: "Except a man be born of…the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5).
Immediately in front of the third curtain and the Most Holy Place stood the altar of incense, from which smoke rose and wafted over the curtain into the Most Holy Place. This smoke represented the Holy Spirit and His power to carry the believer all the way into the very presence of God, for "There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (Romans 8:1).---In the Most Holy Place comes victory over sin, for it was here that the High Priest sprinkled blood on the mercy seat every year on the Day of Atonement. "For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you," declared God, "to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord" (Leviticus 16:30).
The lesson for us is astounding—through faith in Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, every Christian may experience victory over sin and temptation! Christ has promised that He will give this victory to those who follow Him by faith through the third curtain into the Most Holy Place."
Tim Rumsey/Fulcrum7
