"Back Home Through the Blood"

In one of the most personal and gospel-centered sermons of the Draw Near series, Reverend Holt preaches about the deep human longing for home—and how Jesus makes the way back through His own blood. Through Hebrews 9 and Genesis 3, Holt explores themes of guilt, shame, and conscience, drawing a straight line from Eden’s exile to Christ’s redemption.

The message opens with a theological reminder: that the Old Testament sacrificial system—with its priests, temples, and rituals—was never an end in itself, but a shadow pointing toward something greater. Reverend Holt explains how the layout of the temple and the functions of the high priest were all designed by God to give sinful people a way to approach His presence without being destroyed by their guilt and shame.