Enter In

Some comments on my last post, as well as a new blog post from Jul, inspired me to post this video. The "No Doubt" project from Petra (1995) is by far my favorite of their multitude of albums over the years, and it includes this song:

Petra - Enter In


Once a year for sacrifice
Just one priest could pay the price
And step inside the inner veil
To make the people free
Temple stood the same for years
Till the Nazarene appears
Things will never be the same since 33 A.D.

When He spoke and bowed His head
He who saved the world was dead
Then the earth began to shake
Heaven's wall began to break
Opening the Holy place
The temple veil is torn in two
The way is clear for me and you

We can enter in, enter in
Into Heaven's Holy place
We can enter in, enter in
Boldly by His blood we can approach
His throne of grace
We can enter in a new and living Way
By our faith He will receive us when we pray

Now without a second look we forget what all it took
To be seen as innocent by His Holy eyes
Never thinking foolishly
There is something He won't see
For our lack of righteousness there is no disguise
He won't look the other way
Someone's life will have to pay
Once for all it has been done
Taken out upon His Son
He remembers it no more
Now for us He is the Door
Opened up forevermore

We can enter in, enter in
We can enter in His gates with
thankfulness and praise
Into the once forbidden Holy place
We can live in goodness and in mercy all our days
We can enter in a new and living Way
By our faith He will receive us when we pray
We don't have to be afraid to seek His face
We can enter in