The Cross & The Veil:

Living From the Holy of Holies

Sunday Round Up — 14 June 2026 Pastor John Powell

The last two weeks have been one for the history books at Church on the Move. It felt as though a whirlwind swept through the building — stirring up hidden issues, exposing weak spots, and yet, in the same breath, resolving things we didn’t even know needed fixing. God certainly knows how to keep us on our toes and refuses to let us settle into comfort. We are, after all, a church always on the move.

He has this way of emptying your hands in one moment and filling them in the next. These days have felt like a great unveiling — a pulling back of the curtain to reveal the mysterious work He has been doing behind the scenes. Almost like that moment in The Wizard of Oz, when what was hidden suddenly becomes clear.

And personally, He has been doing the same. Things I once held with shame or regret — moments I thought disqualified me — He has shown were actually places He allowed, places where He kept me set apart for His purposes. We are watching, in real time, the unveiling of His power and His pattern.

The veil has been torn — and for some, that tearing is painful. But for the faithful, it is becoming a season of restoration, clarity, and leaps of growth.

The Veil That Once Stood Between Us

In the Tabernacle and later in Solomon’s Temple, the veil stood as a thick, immovable curtain dividing humanity from the Holy of Holies. Not because God didn’t want us — but because we had separated ourselves through sin. We could not stand before Him in our unclean state.

But when Jesus cried, “It is finished,” the impossible happened. The veil tore. From top to bottom, Heaven’s hand ripping apart the barrier we could never remove ourselves.

Pastor John asked us: What does it look like to actually live as people who have access to the Holy of Holies?   Not in theory. Not in emotion. But in reality.

Living From the Throne — Not From Ourselves

To follow Jesus is to live from Heaven’s perspective, not our own. To walk in the Spirit is to walk in a new and living way — boldly, confidently, not because we feel worthy but because He made us worthy.

It’s not about how we feel. It’s about taking hold of what He promised.

George Whitefield understood this. In 1732, as part of the Holy Club with John and Charles Wesley, he refused to settle for a church that was “going through the motions.” He walked a new and living way — and God used him to ignite the First Great Awakening. One man, breathing Heaven’s air, changed nations.

The Veil, the Angels, and the Revelation We Need

Behind the veil stood the cherubim — angels who could see what humanity could not. They saw Him. They worshipped Him. They never stopped.

And now, because the veil is torn, we are invited into that same revelation.

Pastor John reminded us: You haven’t seen anything yet. God reveals Himself little by little — and there is always more.

The Hebrew word Ruach — wind, breath, Spirit — is the same breath God breathed into Adam, the same breath that filled the upper room at Pentecost, and the same breath now available to us.

Are we ready for God to breathe again? Not just on the church — but on nations, governments, systems, people who don’t even know they need Him?

Joel 2 says, “I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.”   All flesh. Not the qualified. Not the religious. Not the perfect. Everyone.

The only veil left is the veil of unbelief.

The “Conclusion Zone,” the “No-Go Zone,” is being shattered. There is no zone God cannot enter.

John’s Story — A Holy Light in the Dark

Many of us have heard Pastor John’s near-death story, but today it landed differently. As he lay unconscious on the operating table, a nurse later told him what she saw — something she could not explain.

Those who call on the name of the Lord will be heard.

In that moment, God broke the hardened shell of religion around John’s heart. He saw himself drowning in a swamp, his head barely above the water. And God said:

“John, take My hand and I will make you stronger than ever.”

It was John's moment of awakening — a point of no return.

The Cross, the Law, and the Weight of Grace

The purpose of the cross is simple: I am a sinner. I need a Saviour.

The old law still matters — as a mirror showing us our need for Him. Grace is not lighter than the law. Grace is heavier. Jesus said that to speak badly of someone is to murder them in your heart.

We feel the weight of the label “Christian” — Christ-like one. Are we really like Him?

Fruit That Tells the Truth

Jesus said we would be known by our fruit. An apple tree should produce apples. A fig tree should produce figs. When Jesus found a fig tree with no fruit, He cursed it — not because it was evil, but because it was untrue to its purpose.

God is looking for fruit — not performance, not works, not religious activity. Many will say, “Lord, did we not do things in Your name?” But He is looking for the deeper test: Has the tree been made good?

The Cross is the Tree of Life. Jesus is the fruit of that tree. And now we — made new — are good trees meant to bear good fruit.

The fruit may be small. It may be humble. But if it is from Him, it is good.

Living in the Holy of Holies

Psalm 23 says, “I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”   That “house” is the Holy of Holies — the place of presence, purity, and peace.

We don’t earn our way in. We don’t prepare ourselves enough to carry the Spirit. He gives freely. Our Father gives good gifts without limit.

Our part? Allow Him to work. Follow. Obey.

Are we ready for the next Great Awakening?

Spring Cleaning the Soul — Galatians 5

Judgement begins with the house of God.

Galatians 5 calls us to empty out the old — the flesh, the reasoning without the Spirit, the bitterness, the jealousy, the anger — and make room for the new.

If we are guided by the Spirit, we are free. If we are not guided by the Spirit, we cannot inherit the Kingdom.

The source matters. A bad tree draws from a bad source. A good tree draws from the streams of God — love, joy, peace.

The laver in the Tabernacle symbolised forgiveness. You must forgive because you have been forgiven.

Pick up forgiveness and you will produce forgiveness.

Pick up bitterness and you will produce bitterness. The fruit will always tell the truth.

Becoming Like Him

The fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control — these are the characteristics of God in us.

C.S. Lewis wrote of Aslan: “He’s not safe. But He is good.”

God is not tame. But He is good. And He calls us to treat each other as Jesus treats us — because you may be the only Jesus someone meets.

Psalm 1 says the righteous are like trees planted by streams of water.

Step one: forgive.

Step two: say sorry.

Step three: stay planted.

Everything He does in you will prosper and come to maturity.

The Final Reality

The Cross was never about me. It was always about Him loving us.

One day, everything in this life will come down to just me and Him. He will either welcome me with open arms or say, “I never knew you.”

My greatest enemy is me — and yet He prepares a table for me. He says, “Sit down. Let Me serve you.” The Servant King.