The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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LXXXI.
THE ENTRANCE INTO THE HOLIEST.
X. 19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holy Place ;
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22. Let us draw near.
Enter into the Holiest. With these words the second half of
the Epistle begins. Hitherto the teaching has been mainly
doctrinal. The glory of Christ s person and priesthood, of the
heavenly sanctuary which He, through His own blood, has
opened and cleansed and taken possession of for us, of the way
of obedience and self-sacrifice which led Him even to the throne,
has been unfolded. Now comes the practical part, and our
duty to appropriate the great salvation that has been provided
is summed up in the one thought
:
Having boldness to enter into
the Holiest; let us draw nigh. Access to God s presence
and fellowship, the right and the power to make that our abid
ing dwelling-place, to live our life there, has been provided in
Christ :
let us draw nigh, here let us abide.
Enter into the Holiest. It is a call to the Hebrews to come
out of that life of unbelief and sloth, that leads to a departing
from the living God, and to enter into the promised land, the
rest of God, a life in His fellowship and favour. It is a call to
all lukewarm, half-hearted Christians, no longer to remain in
the outer court of the tabernacle, content with the hope that
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