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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 .


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