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Charles Spurgeon's Daily DevotionalThis morning devotional prepared for April, 19th.
"Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom."--Matthew 27:51
No mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and
thick a veil; but it was not intended merely as a display of
power--many lessons were herein taught us. _The old law of
ordinances_ was put away, and like a worn-out vesture, rent and
laid aside. When Jesus died, the sacrifices were all finished,
because all fulfilled in Him, and therefore the place of their
presentation was marked with an evident token of decay. That
rent also _revealed all the hidden things of the old
dispensation_: the mercy-seat could now be seen, and the glory
of God gleamed forth above it. By the death of our Lord Jesus we
have a clear revelation of God, for He was "not as Moses, who
put a veil over his face." Life and immortality are now brought
to light, and things which have been hidden since the foundation
of the world are manifest in Him. _The annual ceremony of
atonement was thus abolished. The atoning blood_ which was once
every year sprinkled within the veil, was now offered once for
all by the great High Priest, and therefore the place of the
symbolical rite was broken up. No blood of bullocks or of lambs
is needed now, for Jesus has entered within the veil with his
own blood. Hence _access to God is now permitted_, and is the
privilege of every believer in Christ Jesus. There is no small
space laid open through which we may peer at the mercy-seat, but
the rent reaches from the top to the bottom. We may come with
boldness to the throne of the heavenly grace. Shall we err if we
say that the opening of the Holy of Holies in this marvellous
manner by our Lord's expiring cry was _the type of the opening
of the gates of paradise_ to all the saints by virtue of the
Passion? Our bleeding Lord hath the key of heaven; He openeth
and no man shutteth; let us enter in with Him into the heavenly
places, and sit with Him there till our common enemies shall be
made His footstool.
This afternoon devotional prepared for April, 19th.
"The Amen."--Revelation 3:14
The word AMEN solemnly confirms that which went before; and
Jesus is the great Confirmer; immutable, for ever is "the Amen"in all _His promises. Sinner_, I would comfort thee with this
reflection. Jesus Christ said, "Come unto me all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." If you come to
Him, He will say "Amen" in your soul; His promise shall be true
_to you_. He said in the days of His flesh, "The bruised reed I
will not break." O thou poor, broken, bruised heart, if thou
comest to Him, He will say "Amen" to thee, and that shall be
true in thy soul as in hundreds of cases in bygone years.
_Christian_, is not this very comforting to thee also, that
there is not a word which has gone out of the Saviour's lips
which He has ever retracted? The words of Jesus shall stand when
heaven and earth shall pass away. If thou gettest a hold of but
half a promise, thou shalt find it true. Beware of him who is
called "Clip-promise," who will destroy much of the comfort of
God's word.
Jesus is Yea and Amen in all _His offices_. He was a Priest
to pardon and cleanse once, He is Amen as Priest still. He was a
King to rule and reign for His people, and to defend them with
His mighty arm, He is an Amen King, the same still. He was a
Prophet of old, to foretell good things to come, His lips are
most sweet, and drop with honey still--He is an Amen Prophet.
He is Amen as to the merit of His blood; He is Amen as to His
righteousness. That sacred robe shall remain most fair and
glorious when nature shall decay. He is Amen in every single
title which He bears; your Husband, never seeking a divorce;
your Friend, sticking closer than a brother; your Shepherd, with
you in death's dark vale; your Help and your Deliverer; your
Castle and your High Tower; the Horn of your strength, your
confidence, your joy, your all in all, and your Yea and Amen in
all.
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