Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

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SIXTH SECTION.-viii. 1-13.
The New Sanctuary and the New Covenant.
LVIII.
THE PRIEST-KING ON THE THRONE IN THE HEAVENS.
VIII.— 1. Now in the things we are saying the chief point is this: We
have suoh a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of
the Majesty in the heavens.
In every pursuit it is always most important to keep the eye
fixed on that which is the main thing, and to make everything
else subservient to it. A Christian often feels perplexed by the
variety of truths and duties set before him in Scripture ; to see
clearly what the central thought is, is like finding the key to
some building round which one had vainly wandered seeking an
entrance. Our author here is careful in summing up what we
have had thus far, to fix our view on what is the chief point
We have such a High Priest, as has been set before us, the very
Son of God, a true Man in His obedience to God and sympathy
with us, become a Priest
after the order of Melchizedek, in the
power of an endless life. And we have Him as one who sat
down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens. It is as our faith apprehends and holds this truth
that we have the key which opens the door into the heavenly
life upon earth.