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). No sin can be committed by man for which satisfaction has not
been met on Calvary. Thus the cross, in earnest appeals, continually
proffers to the sinner a thorough expiation.
Repentance and Pardon
As you near the cross of Calvary there is seen love that is without
a parallel. As you by faith grasp the meaning of the sacrifice, you see
yourself a sinner, condemned by a broken law. This is repentance.
As you come with humble heart, you find pardon, for Christ Jesus is
represented as continually standing at the altar, momentarily offering
up the sacrifice for the sins of the world. He is a minister of the true
tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. The typical shadows of
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the Jewish tabernacle no longer possess any virtue. A daily and yearly
typical atonement is no longer to be made, but the atoning sacrifice
through a mediator is essential because of the constant commission of
sin. Jesus is officiating in the presence of God, offering up His shed
blood, as it had been a lamb slain. Jesus presents the oblation offered
for every offense and every shortcoming of the sinner.
Christ, our Mediator, and the Holy Spirit are constantly interceding
in man’s behalf, but the Spirit pleads not for us as does Christ, who
presents His blood, shed from the foundation of the world; the Spirit
works upon our hearts, drawing out prayers and penitence, praise and
thanksgiving. The gratitude which flows from our lips is the result of
the Spirit’s striking the cords of the soul in holy memories, awakening
the music of the heart.
The religious services, the prayers, the praise, the penitent con-
fession of sin ascend from true believers as incense to the heavenly
sanctuary, but passing through the corrupt channels of humanity, they
are so defiled that unless purified by blood, they can never be of value
with God. They ascend not in spotless purity, and unless the Inter-
cessor, who is at God’s right hand, presents and purifies all by His
righteousness, it is not acceptable to God. All incense from earthly
tabernacles must be moist with the cleansing drops of the blood of
Christ. He holds before the Father the censer of His own merits, in
which there is no taint of earthly corruption. He gathers into this censer
the prayers, the praise, and the confessions of His people, and with
these He puts His own spotless righteousness. Then, perfumed with