The Holiest of All by Andrew Murray eBook & audio book

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one as apostle or messenger, the other as high priest. In the
person of Jesus the two offices are united. As High Priest He
is merciful as Aaron ; as Apostle of our profession He is
faithful as Moses. Mo.ses was the great apostle or messenger
of God, the Old Testament type of Christ as prophet. He
had access to God. and brought the word of God to the
people. Christ is the great Apostle or Prophet of the New
Covenant. He ever spake of Himself as the one whom the
Father had sent ; in Him, the Son, God speaks to us. As
Apostle He is God's Representative with us, making God
known to us ; as High Priest, our Representative with God,
bringing us into His presence. As High Priest He stands
linked to us by His mercy and compassion, as He now,
as Apostle He pleads for God with us, and proves Himself
entirely faithful to Him. We need to consider Christ
Jesus, not only as a High Priest in His mercy, but as the
Apostle of our profession who was faithful to Him that
appointed Him, as also was Moses in all his house. P^aithfulness
is trustworthiness. As we see Jesus faithful to Him who
appointed Him, our faith and trust will rise into perfect and
joyful assurance that He will indeed most faithfully fulfil all
God's promises in us, that in us too He will be faithful as a Son
over His own house. Nothing gives such strength to faith as
resting on the faithfulness of Jesus. The glory of Jesus is the
glory of Christianity ; is the strength and glory of the Christian
life.
Moses was in every respect a t>-pe of Christ. In what he
suffered from his very brethren ; in his rejection by his brethren
in his zeal and his sacrifice of all for God ; in his willingness to
die for his peo{)le;
in his fellowship with God; we see the marks