Entering into the Holy Place
By Editor
1783.—Entering into the Holy Place. Heb. 9:24. If Christ did not enter into the most holy place and sprinkle the atoning blood for us until 1844, what did Paul mean by, "Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, . . . but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us?" Heb. 9:24. It would take more space than we can give in this department to answer this question fully; in fact, it would mean a study of the sanctuary question and the priesthood of Christ in the light of the types. Suffice it to say that all that Christ did He did once for all; as in the type when He entered upon this priesthood He anointed both places, and of course entered them at that time. When He began His service, He began it for the very purpose that was indicated by the priest who began his yearly round of service and in the holy place. But that priest went many times into both places of the sanctuary, in the first daily, and in the latter yearly as long as he was priest. But not so with Jesus, He entered into it once for all. The book of Hebrews deals in fulfilments; it ever looks forward to the end. When Christ died He died once for all, meeting in His death the antitype for every sacrifice of the past. When He entered upon His work as priest, He entered upon it once for all, ever looking forward to the end of that work, the closing of the Day of Atonement, and the putting away of sin, the last day of His ministry in the most holy place. Is the question not answered in the light of these principles?