Changed in His Presence - Sam Hinn

CHANGED IN HIS PRESENCE
changed; my entire walk with God changed. But
the most dramatic change was in my worship.
Holiness must come first; only then can we
offer up pure worship. Our hearts' desire in
worship should be, "Lord, make us holy like you
are holy."
A few weeks after this birthing of holiness in
my life I was ministering in the Bahamas. One
night the Lord spoke to me through a vision. I
saw what looked like a priest in the Old
Testament times. He was beautifully dressed
and looked like he was walking from the outer
court into the holy of holies. I saw a rope around
his ankle and bells at the bottom of his garment.
In the Old Testament, a priest would go into
the holy of holies once a year. Wearing a robe
with bells on the hem he would offer sacrifices of
atonement on behalf of the people. If there was
any sin in him, he would die immediately when
he entered the holy presence of God. As long as
the bells were ringing, those outside would know
he was still alive. But if the bells stopped
ringing, they knew he was dead. The rope
around his ankle was for the people to pull his
body out (see Ex. 28:31-35).
The Lord spoke to me as I was looking at this
scene and said, "I am not pulling them out but I
am going to draw them in. I am putting a rope
around my people to pull them in from death to
life."
My eyes were fixed on the rope, and I asked,
"Lord, what is the rope?"
He answered, "The rope represents the cords
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