The Mighty Pleader in behalf of His Church
Entrance within the gates of glory furnished the assurance that Jesus not only had ‘overcome the sharpness of death,’ but that He had ‘opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.’ In the majesty of His ascension glory, the roll of Providence in which was inscribed the destinies of His Church is confided to His keeping.
The great High Priest has entered into the Holiest of all — the Mighty Pleader in behalf of His Church, bearing on His breastplate the names of His Covenant people. The worshipers of Israel, on the day of their greatest ceremonial, crowded the outer courts of the Temple, listening in profound reverence for the sound of the golden bells on the fringe of the High Priest’s official garments. The chime of these formed the sure evidence that he was engaged ministering before the mercy-seat, proceeding with, and perfecting the great Oblation as the nation’s Representative.
We may spiritually do the same. The ear of faith may listen to the voice and intercession of Him who ever lives and ever loves — who has ‘entered, not into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us’ (Heb. 9;24).
Paul's Song of Songs