" The King of glory is Jesus Christ, and
the words are a prophecy of his glorious ascending into the heavens,
when he went up as the High-priest of the church, to carry the price
of his blood into the holiest of all.
THE OFFICES OF CHRIST.
Christ as a Saviour is not divided. He that hath him not in all,
shall have him in none at all of his offices in a saving manner.
CHRIST AN INTERCESSOR.
Study the priesthood, the high-priesthood of Jesus Christ, both the
first and second part of it. The first part was that when he offered
up himself without the gate, when he bore our sins in his own body
on the tree.
The second part is that which he executes there whither he is now
gone, even into heaven itself, where the throne of grace is. I say,
study what Christ has done and is doing. Oh, what is he doing now?
He is sprinkling his blood, with his priestly robes on, before the
throne of grace. That is too little thought on by the saints of God:
"We have such a High-priest, who is set down on the right hand of
the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched and not man." Busy thyself,
fellow-Christian, about this blessed office of Christ. It is full of
good, it is full of sweet, it is full of heaven, it is full of
relief and succor for the tempted and dejected.
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