In 1 Samuel 6 v 20 ,we read, Who can stand in the presence of the Lord,this holy God?.' These words were spoken at the time the when the ark of the Lord had returned from the land of the Philistines,it stayed in Beth Shemesh.During its time there some of the inhabitants looked into the ark and perished for in Numbers 4 v20 we are told people were not allowed to touch or look at the holy things that would go into the sanctuary,only the Levites were allowed to carry the ark. It is a reminder to us all that God is holy,. the holiness of God refers to the absolute moral purity of God and the absolute moral distance between God and His human creatures'.In Exodus 33 v23 ,God told Moses that he could not see His face and live . God is spirit, and does not have a phyisical body,but He relates to us in a way that we can understand and communicate with Him.In our sinful condition our sins are a barrier between us and God, which means we are locked out from a Holy God,and can never go to heaven,and for all eternity we will be in hell.But through faith in Christ and His atoning death,all that is changed
'A mind at perfect peace with God:
Oh, what a word is this!
A sinner reconciled through blood:
This,this indeed is peace.
So near,so very near to God,
I cannot nearer be;
For in the person of His Son,
I am as near as He. ( Words Catesby Paget)
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