Holiest of All by Andrew Murray

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LXXXIII.
THE NEW AND LIVING WAY.
X.—19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holy Place
by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living
way, through the veil, that is to say, Ms flesh
22. Let us draw near.
The Holiest of All is opened for us to enter in and appear
before God, to dwell and to serve in His very presence. The
blood of the one sacrifice for ever, taken into heaven to cleanse
away all sin for ever, is our title and our boldness to enter in.
Now comes the question, What is the way that leads up and
through the opened gate, and in which we have to walk if we
are to enter in. This way, the only way, the one infallible way
is,
a new and living way, which Jesus dedicated for us, through
the veil, that is to say. His flesh. T/ig boldness we have through
the blood is the right or liberty of access Jesus won for us, when
we regard His death as that of our Substitute, who did what we
can never do—made redemption of transgressions, and put away
sin for ever.
The new and living way, through the rent veil,
that is, His flesh, has reference to His death, regarded as that
of our Leader and Forerunner, who opened up a path to God, in
which He first walked Himself, and then draws us to follow
Him. The death of Jesus was not only the dedication or
inauguration of the new sanctuary and of the new covenant, but
also of the new way into the holy presence and fellowship of