Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
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16 LET US DRAW NIGH<br />
Christ entered, and into which He opened the<br />
way for us, is the, to nature, inaccessible light<br />
of God's holy presence and love, full union and<br />
communion with Him. Into that Holiest the<br />
soul can enter <strong>by</strong> the faith that makes us one<br />
with Christ. There it can abide continually,<br />
because Jesus, as we saw in chap, vii., abideth<br />
continually. The Holy Spirit, who first signified<br />
that the way of the Holiest was not yet open<br />
through whom Jesus shed the blood that opened<br />
the way ; who, on the day of Pentecost, witnessed<br />
in the heart of the disciples, that it was now<br />
indeed open ; waits to signify to us what it means<br />
to enter in, and to bring us in. He lifts the<br />
soul up into the Holiest ; He brings the Holiest<br />
down into the soul. In the power of the Holy<br />
Spirit we can now dwell in the nearness and<br />
presence of God.<br />
Enter into the Holiest.<br />
Oh, the glory of the<br />
message. For fifteen centuries Israel had a<br />
sanctuary with a Holiest of All, into which,<br />
under pain of death, no one might enter. Its<br />
one witness .was : man cannot dwell in God's<br />
And<br />
presence, cannot abide in His fellowship.<br />
now, how changed is all ! As then the warning<br />
sounded: No admittance! enter not/ so now<br />
the call goes forth : Enter in / the veil is<br />
rent; the Holiest is open; God waits to wel-