The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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victory, and of the blessed expectation of its full manifestation in
the subjugation of every enemy. Our life within the veil
may be
one too of possession and expectation combined ;
the enjoy
ment of the overcoming life, with the going on from strength to
strength in the victory over every foe. Between these two
pillars on the one hand, this ONCE FOR ALL, on the other this
FOR EVER, the way into the Holiest passes and brings us to the
throne of God and of the Lamb.
7. The time when the long and patient preparation was perfected in this once for all was in
God s hands. Christ waited on the Father. Even so, our full participation in it is not something
we can count a thing to be grasped ; in the faith of it we bide God s time, seeking each day to
Hue in a redemption that is perfected and eternal. Through faith and longsuffering we inherit
the promises.
2. Once for alL That covers my past completely my past not only of guilt, but of sin with
all its consequences. For ever. That covers my future, with all its possible needs. Between
these two, in the present moment, the Now of daily life, I am saved with an everlasting
salvation; the To-day of the Eternal Spirit, even as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day mates the
Once and the for ever a daily present reality.