THE veil of the temple being rent from top, to bottom, I see the holiness of God. But the very stroke which has thus unveiled the holiness has judged the sin that would have hindered any standing in presence of that holiness. I see also what God in His love has done for the believer in the person of Christ. Here I have God Himself coming down to me, and I am enabled now to go back with Christ into the rest of His holiness. In the death of Christ I believe the fearful vengeance of God against sin; and the rending of the veil which displays both His holiness and His love to man. Thus the more God's eye scrutinizes and searches me, the more it brings out the blessed truth that the blood of Jesus cleanses the believer from all sin. It spews the whiteness of the robe that has been washed in the Lamb's blood.
Do I hesitate to stand in His presence Who invites me? It is questioning the value of Christ's precious blood. Do you say I hope? You cannot hope that Christ will die for you. It is no matter of hope, but of faith. Ah, if I could only know that I have an interest in Him. But God declares in His word, that he who believes Him about His Son has the interest. He joins the faith with the interest; why should you sunder them?
Do you ask a proof of His love to sinners, to the world? What greater could He give than He has already given, and presses on your faith? What was it for Him to give His own Son? and His Son to die for the ungodly? Rest on the peace Christ made by the blood of His cross.