The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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LXV.
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WAY INTO THE HOLIEST.
IX.
8. The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the Holy Place
hath not yet been made manifest, while as the first tabernacle is yet standing ;
9. Which is a parable for the time now present ; according to which are
offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make
the worshipper perfect,
10. Being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordi
nances, Imposed until a time of reformation.
WE said that the Holiest of All, or, as it is literally, the Holiness
of Holinesses, was the very embodiment of the holiness of God,
the place of His presence. The Holy Spirit specially bears the
epithet Holy, because He is the bearer of the divine holiness to
impart it to man He is the Spirit of holiness. It will appear
no more than natural that there should be a close connection
between the sanctuary as the revelation of God s holiness, and
the Holy Spirit as the revealer. This is what we are taught
here : the whole construction of the tabernacle and the
appointment of the high priest s entrance once a year was
so ordered by the Holy Spirit as to be a great object-lesson
in which the truth was taught that so long as the veil hung
there, the way into the Holiest was not yet open. The Holy
Spirit signifying that the way into the Holiest was not
yet opened. The words teach us that the truth about the
way into the Holiest was entirely in charge of the Holy
Spirit. It was He who devised and revealed to Moses the