A Perfect Atonement

[Thompson, Darryl]

A Perfect Atonement 

     And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. 5:11.  

     Our great High Priest completed the sacrificial offering of Himself
when He suffered without the gate. Then a perfect atonement was made for
the sins of the people. Jesus is our Advocate, our High Priest, our
Intercessor. Our present position therefore is like that of the
Israelites, standing in the outer court, waiting and looking for that
blessed hope, the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. . . .  

     When the high priest entered the holy place, representing the place
where our High Priest is now pleading, and offered sacrifice on the
altar, no propitiatory sacrifices were offered without. While the high
priest was interceding within, every heart was to be bowed in contrition
before God, pleading for the pardon of transgression. Type met antitype
in the death of Christ, the Lamb slain for the sins of the world. The
great High Priest has made the only sacrifice that will be of any value.
. . .  

     In His intercession as our Advocate, Christ needs no man's virtue,
no man's intercession. Christ is the only sin bearer, the only sin
offering. Prayer and confession are to be offered only to Him who has
entered once for all into the holy place. . . .  

     Christ represented His Father to the world, and He represents
before God the chosen ones in whom He has restored the moral image of
God. They are His heritage. . . . No priest, no religionist, can reveal
the Father to any son or daughter of Adam. Men have only one Advocate,
one Intercessor, who is able to pardon transgression. Shall not our
hearts swell with gratitude to Him who gave Jesus to be the propitiation
for our sins? Think deeply upon the love the Father has manifested in
our behalf, the love that He has expressed for us. We cannot measure
this love. Measurement there is none. We can only point to Calvary, to
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. It is an infinite
sacrifice. Can we comprehend and measure infinity?  

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