The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

iJOUCSt Of HII 365
LXXXIV.
A GREAT PRIEST OVER THE HOUSE OF GOD.
X. 21. And having a great Priest over the house of God let us draw
;
near.
WE said before that in the symbols of the Mosaic worship there
were specially four things that, as types of the mystery of the
coming redemption, demand attention. These are the Sanctuary,
tJie Blood, the Way into the Holiest, the Priest. The first three,
all heavenly things, we have had ;
we now come to the fourth,
the chief and the best of all a living Person, Jesus, a great High
Priest over the house of God. The knowledge of what He has
won for me, the entrance into the Holiest ;
of the work He did
to win the it, shedding of His blood ;
of the way in which I am to
enter into the enjoyment of it all all this is very precious. But
there is
something better still : it is this, that the living, loving,
Son of God is there, personally to receive me and make me partaker
of all the blessedness that God has for me. This is the chief
we have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right
point :
hand of the majesty in the heavens. Wherefore, brethren,
having a great Priest over the house of God, let us draw near.
And what is now the work we need Jesus to do for us ?
Has it not all been done ? The Holiest is
opened. Boldness
through the blood has been secured. The living way has been
dedicated to carry us in. What more is there that Jesus has to