The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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think of were only the vestibule through which he passed
into
that which is behind, and above and beyond them all the
light that is inaccessible, the very life and presence of God
Himself. And the word calls us to follow our great High
Priest in thought, and when thought fails, in faith and worship
and love, into this glory beyond and above all heavens, and,
having Him as ours, to be sure
that our life can be the counter
part of His, the proof of what a complete redemption He has
wrought, the living experience of what he has effected there.
A great High Priest, Jesus the Son of God. The name
Jesus speaks of His humanity, and of His work as a Saviour
from sin. This is the first work of the priest the cleansing,
the putting away of sin. The name Son of God speaks of
His divinity, and His power as High Priest, really to bring us
to God, into the very life and fellowship of the Holy
One. It
is in His Son God speaks to us ;
it is to the perfect fellowship
and blessedness of the ever-blessed One that our great High
Priest that is
passed through the heavens can, and does indeed,
bring us.
Having, therefore, a great High Priest, let us hold fast
our confession! He is (iii. i) the Apostle and High Priest of
our confession. The knowledge of what He is is our strength to
hold fast our confession. Twice the Hebrews had been told
how much would depend on this (iii. 6, 14). "We are His
house, if we holdfast" "We are become partakers of Christ,
if we holdfast" Our faith in Christ must be confessed. If we
have Him as our great High Priest, He is
worthy of it ;
our
souls will delight in rendering Him this homage ;
without it,
failure will speedily come ;
without it, the grace of steadfastness,
perseverance, cannot be maintained.
O brethren, having a great High Priest, who is
passed