We sing a song called “Take Me In” in our worship services, but I don’t think we really understand what we are singing about. This song says this:
Take me past the outer courts
Into the Holy Place
Past the brazen altar
Lord I want to see your face
Pass me by the crowds of people
And the Priests who sing your praise
I hunger and thirst for your righteousness
But it's only found in one place
[Chorus:]
Take me into the holy of holies
Take me in by the blood of the lamb
Take me into the holy of holies
Take the coal, touch my lips, here I am
This song is talking about the Tabernacle where God dwelt among His people. There is significant meaning behind this song and this Tabernacle of Moses. You see it is an order that God had specifically set up in order for His people to come close to Him. The Israelites (God’s people) could not just go into the Holy of Holies (where God was) whenever they felt like, however they felt like, there was a order in how they were to go before God. Even then they themselves could not go, a priest, the high priest, was allowed to go in, and that was only one day a year during a time called the “Day of Atonement” or as we know it today as “Yom Kippur”.
