Our Blessed Hope



"But this man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God." -HEBREWS 10:12 [KJV]

 
It is a fundamental article of our most holy faith, that the man Christ Jesus is now at God's right hand, a very man, not a shadowy, aerial substance. "There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." God looks at Him as such with eyes of intense delight, with ever new approbation and love; and views Him as the representative of all that are interested in Him; He being the Head, the Church the members; He the Bridegroom, the Church the bride; He the great High Priest, and the Church the house of God. As living for her at the right hand of the Father, He is ever presenting on her behalf the validity of His intercession. The fact, the reality that He is there, is the Church's joy, as it is all her hope and all her boast. "Because I live, ye shall live also."

To Him, then, do we direct our prayers; on His glorious Person we fix our believing eyes; upon His blood we hang our hope; under His righteousness we ever desire to shelter; to feel His presence, taste His grace, experience His love, and know His power, is what our soul, under divine teaching, is ever longing for. See, then, the grounds of holy boldness for a poor sinner to enter into the holiest. Blood has been shed, which blood has the validity of the Godhead stamped upon it. A new and living way has been consecrated, in which a living soul may walk. A great High Priest is set over the house of God, Who is ever presenting the merits of His intercession. Thus, those who feel their need of Him, who cannot live and dare not die without Him, whose eyes are upon Him and hearts towards Him, are encouraged to enter with all holy boldness into the holiest, that they may have communion with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

-Gospel report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)

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