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   1 Samuel 6: God’s Holy Presence Through Christ   
      
   https://christrose.news/2025/10/1-samuel-6-gods-holy-presence-through.html   
      
   Introduction   
      
   When the Philistines sent the ark back to Israel, they acknowledged   
   God’s power but did not understand His holiness. When the men of   
   Beth-shemesh looked inside the ark, they knew who God was but treated   
   His presence lightly. Both the pagan and the covenant people faced the   
   same truth: no one can stand before a holy God apart from mercy. Yet   
   this same God who struck in judgment also provided a way for His   
   presence to return. That way is fully revealed in Jesus Christ. Through   
   Him, God’s holiness and mercy meet perfectly.   
      
   Christ our Atonement   
      
   The Philistines’ guilt offerings of gold could never take away sin. Only   
   Christ’s death on the cross can satisfy God’s justice and remove our   
   guilt. He bore the wrath we deserve so that we could be forgiven.   
      
   Christ our Mediator   
      
   The men of Beth-shemesh died because they approached God without a   
   mediator. Christ stands between God’s holiness and our sin. He brings us   
   near safely, reconciling us to the Father by His blood.   
      
   Christ our Glory   
      
   When the ark returned, Israel rejoiced and trembled. In Christ, God’s   
   glory returns to dwell with His people—not in terror, but in grace. He   
   is Emmanuel, God with us, who fills our hearts with joy in His presence.   
      
   Christ our Holiness   
      
   God’s holiness once condemned sinners, but in Christ it now transforms   
   believers. His righteousness becomes ours. His Spirit shapes us to walk   
   in purity and reverence. The holiness that once brought death now   
   produces life in those who belong to Him.   
      
   Invitation   
      
   God’s holiness still demands judgment for sin, but His mercy now calls   
   through Christ. You cannot enter God’s presence by your own effort or   
   goodness. Sin separates, and guilt cannot be covered with human   
   offerings. But Christ has already paid for sin with His blood. Change   
   your mind about sin. Stop trying to approach God on your own terms. Call   
   on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for your sins and rose   
   again. Trust Him to make you clean and bring you near. Then the holy   
   presence that once condemned will become your greatest joy—the presence   
   of God Himself dwelling with you forever.   
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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