Significantly was the veil of the temple rent in this hour; for the
glory then departed from between the cherubim. The legal high priest
delivered up his urim and thummim, his breast-plate, his robes, and
his incense: and Christ stood forth as the great high priest of all
succeeding generations. By that one sacrifice which He now offered, He
abolished sacrifices forever. Altars on which the fire had blazed for
ages, were now to smoke no more. Victims were no more to bleed. "Not
with the blood of bulls and goats, but with his own blood he now
entered into the holy place, there to appear in the presence of God
for us."
This was the hour of association and union to all the worshipers of
God. When Christ said, "It is finished," He threw down the wall of
partition which had so long divided the Gentile from the Jew. He
gathered into one all the faithful out of every kindred and people.
He proclaimed the hour to be come when the knowledge of the true God
should be no longer confined to one nation, nor His worship to one
temple; but over all the earth, the worshipers of the Father should
serve Him "in spirit and in truth." From that hour they who dwelt
in the "uttermost ends of the earth, strangers to the covenant of
promise," began to be "brought nigh.
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