CHRIST THE ANTITYPE OF THE HOLIEST

^[p. 172] CHRIST THE ANTITYPE OF THE HOLIEST

Your letter has reached me here. I am glad that you are exercised as to the reality and advantage of the Lord in our midst when gathered to His name.

The great point in the Epistle to the Hebrews is to show that Christians have much more than Israel under the Mosaic order.

It begins with our sins being removed (Hebrews 1:3). In Hebrews 2 Christ is in the midst of the assembly. Then He is the Apostle and High Priest of our profession — Son over God’s house. Just see how much that involves! The reality of the greatest things typified in the tabernacle. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the antitype of the golden box — the ark of the covenant, and as such, He comes into the midst of the assembly. He is the Minister of the holy places. He is High Priest over the house of God. All the power and virtue of the heavenly atmosphere comes into our midst with and through Him. We each of us have the right to enter the holiest now while we are still on earth, the veil is rent. This is our individual blessing; but when Christ is in the midst of the assembly He introduces the heavenly atmosphere by Himself, and thus we taste of heaven morally.

In Ephesians we are in heaven in spirit as members of Christ’s body. In Hebrews we taste of heaven in the Lord’s presence both individually with reference to ourselves, and in the assembly with reference to His concerns. It is God’s house. And then follows on the race (Hebrews 12) we run on, surmounting every obstacle until we reach the top.