P RESENCE OF G OD [4:14 DIELHLUQOVTA TOU ;" OUJRANOUV " ; 6:20 OPOU ( EIJ " TO EJSWVTERON TOU KATAPETAVSMATO " )... EIJSHLQEN ...; 8:12, 16; 9:12, 24 EIJSHLQEN EIJ " TA AGIA ...]; 9:23 F .
T HE WHOLE DISCIPLINE OF EARTHLY LIFE WAS THE PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL H IGH - PRIESTLY SERVICE . W HEN THE WORD T ETEVLESTAI (J OHN 19:30) HAD DECLARED THE FULFILMENT OF EVERY CONDITION , THE L ORD MADE THE OFFERING OF H IMSELF , AND SO ENTERED INTO THE P RESENCE OF G OD THROUGH H IS OWN B LOOD . T HUS H E FULFILLED THE TYPE OF THE A ARONIC H IGH - PRIESTHOOD ( COMP . A DDIT . N OTE ON H EB . 9:7, S . F . ).
T HE PASSAGES WHICH DEAL WITH C HRIST ' S OFFERING OF H IMSELF BRING BEFORE US SUCCESSIVELY THE FACT OF H IS SACRIFICE (7:27); ITS NECESSITY (8:3); ITS POSSIBILITY (9:14); ITS ABSOLUTE EFFICACY (9:25, 26, 28); ITS FULNESS (10:10); AND ITS CONTINUOUS PERSONAL VALIDITY (10:12-14).
S O AGAIN THE PASSAGES WHICH DEAL WITH C HRIST ' S ENTRANCE INTO THE P RESENCE OF G OD DECLARE THE FACT (4:14); THE PURPOSE FOR MAN (6:20); THE CORRESPONDING WORK (8:1, 2, 6); THE SINGLE ENTRANCE MADE ONCE FOR ALL (9:12); AND THE PURIFICATION OF THE S ANCTUARY OF REDEEMED HUMANITY (9:23 F .).
T
HE
OFFERING
AND THE
ENTRANCE
TOGETHER PRESENT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE WORK TYPIFIED IN THE
A
ARONIC PRIESTHOOD
. T
HIS WAS GATHERED UP INTO THE SERVICE OF THE GREAT
D
AY OF
A
TONEMENT
,
WHICH WAS MARKED BY TWO CHIEF ACTS
,
THE DOUBLE SACRIFICE
,
AND THE RESTORATION OF THE COVENANT FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND
G
OD BY THE APPLICATION OF THE BLOOD
(
THE LIFE
)
OF THE SACRIFICE TO THE CHOSEN PLACE OF
G
OD
'
S
P
RESENCE
. S
O
C
HRIST OFFERED
H
IMSELF UPON THE
C
ROSS AND HUMANITY IN
H
IMSELF
,
AND ENTERING BEFORE
G
OD
,
THROUGH
H
IS OWN BLOOD
,
REALISED THE ABIDING FELLOWSHIP OF MAN AND
G
OD IN
H
IS GLORIFIED HUMANITY
,
OPENLY SEEN BEFORE THE FACE OF
G
OD
(9:24). B
Y THIS APPEARANCE THE ASCENDED
L
ORD PERFECTLY FULFILLED THAT WHICH WAS TYPIFIED BY THE BRINGING OF THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIM AS A HALLOWING POWER TO THE
M
ERCY
-
SEAT
,
THE CROWNING SERVICE OF THE
A
ARONIC PRIEST
. I
N
H
IM
, P
RIEST AT ONCE AND PEOPLE
,
THE
L
IFE WHICH WAS OFFERED WAS PRESENT IN A NOBLER AND ETERNAL FORM
.
T
HEREUPON THE
L
ORD ENTERED ON THE FULNESS OF
H
IS WORK AS
H
IGHPRIEST
-K
ING
;
AND THE IDEAS CONNECTED WITH
H
IS
S
ESSION GAIN THEIR FULL INTERPRETATION IN ITS CONNEXION WITH
H
IS ONE
D
IVINE
-
HUMAN
P
ERSON
(1:3):
H
IS TWOFOLD OFFICE
(8:1
F
.);
THE GATHERING THE FRUITS OF
H
IS VICTORY
(10:12; 1:13);
THE EFFICACY OF
H
IS PRESENT HELP
(12:2).
A
FTER
H
IS
S
ESSION
IF WE MAY USE WORDS OF TIME OF THAT WHICH IS BEYOND TIME
H
E STILL FULFILS HIS WORK AS
H
IGH
-
PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF
M
ELCHIZEDEK
,
WHICH WE REGARD UNDER TWO ASPECTS
,
AS THE WORK OF OUR
K
ING AND THE WORK OF OUR
H
IGH
-
PRIEST
:
SEE
13:15
AND
A
DDITIONAL
N
OTES ON VV
. 1, 2; 11:10.
T
HE ASPECT UNDER WHICH THE WRITER OF THE
E
PISTLE THUS REGARDS THE WORK OF THE
R
ISEN
C
HRIST EXPLAINS HIS SILENCE AS TO THE FACT OF THE
R
ESURRECTION
. T
HE FACT ITSELF UNDERLIES ALL HIS ARGUMENT
. H
E ASSUMES THE PERMANENCE OF
C
HRIST
'
S PERFECT HUMANITY THROUGH DEATH OF WHICH THE
R
ESURRECTION IS THE PLEDGE
;
AND DWELLS ON THE CONTINUED ACTIVITY OF
C
HRIST IN
H
IS GLORIFIED HUMANITY
;
BUT HE REFERS TO THE
R
ESURRECTION DIRECTLY ONLY ONCE
: 13:20. H
E THINKS
,
SO TO SPEAK
,
AS
S
T
J
OHN IN HIS
E
PISTLES
,
NOT SO MUCH OF
C
HRIST
'
S VICTORY AS OF
H
IS TRIUMPH
.