Access to God through Jesus
In Revelation 4:8, the four living creatures cry out, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.” God is holy; He is above and beyond all created things. He is unknowable unless He reveals Himself to us. “For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God” (1 Corinthians 2:11). No created thing has direct access to God. “No man has seen God at any time” (John 1:18, 1 John 4:12). Paul affirms this also in 1 Timothy 6:16: “who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.”
This was one of Job’s many problems. He begged for access to God, but never got what he desired. When God showed up, it was not to give Job access, but a stinging rebuke. Job said, “Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:6). Job remained cut off from what He was ultimately seeking from God. He did not find a mediator that could intervene on His behalf before God (Job 9:33).
Job’s problem is all of humanity’s problem. Who may approach God? Thank God for Jesus! He resolves this problem by being both God and man. John wrote further in John 1:18, “the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” Jesus literally interprets who God is for us so that we may know and have access Him. “For through Him we both have our access by one Spirit unto the Father.” (Ephesians 2:18). What a great blessing! If you pray to God today, thank Jesus.