7肆开创了进入至圣所的路十章十九节说,『弟兄们,我们既因耶稣的血,得以坦然进入至圣所。』今天至圣所是在主耶稣所在的天上。(九12,24。)当我们还在地上时,如何能进入?秘诀就是四章十二节所说我们的灵。这位在天上的基督,现今也在我们的灵里。(提后四22。)祂是那天梯,(创二八12,约一51,)将我们的灵联于天,也将天带到我们的灵里。因此,我们一转到灵里,就进入了至圣所,在那里与施恩宝座上的神相会。我们得以进入至圣所,『是藉著祂给我们开创了一条又新又活的路,从幔子经过,这幔子就是祂的肉体。』(来十。)进入至圣所的路已经开了。这一节的『新』字,原文意思是『刚刚被杀』。藉著基督在十字架上的死,这条路就藉著『刚刚被杀』而为我们开创了。被杀的是甚么?不仅肉体,甚至整个旧造都被杀了。这一节中的幔子,就是祂的肉体,表征包括我们在内的旧造。幔子上有基路伯,(出二六31,)表征一切受造之物。(结十15。)当幔子裂开时,基路伯也裂开了,表征基督的肉体(由幔子所豫表)被钉时,所有受造之物也与祂的肉体同钉。这个肉体已被杀。根据马太二十七章五十一节,当主耶稣死的时候,幔子从上到下裂开了,意思是说,这不是地上任何人裂开的,乃是诸天之上的神所作的。旧造已经被杀,就开创了一条又新又活的路,通往至圣所。现今藉著裂开了的肉体幔子,并藉著耶稣的血,我们得以进入至圣所。祂的死和祂的血,今天对我们仍然有功效。
7IV. The Way to Enter the Holy of Holies Having Been Cut Verse 19 says, “Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entering the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus.” The Holy of Holies today is in heaven, where the Lord Jesus is (9:12, 24). Then, how can we enter it while we are still on earth? The secret is our spirit, referred to in 4:12. The very Christ who is in heaven is also now in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). He, as the heavenly ladder (Gen. 28:12; John 1:51), joins our spirit to heaven and brings heaven into our spirit. Whenever we turn to our spirit, we enter into the Holy of Holies. Here we meet with God who is on the throne of grace. We enter the Holy of Holies by a “new and living way, which He dedicated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh” (v. 20). The way into the Holy of Holies has been cut. According to the Greek, the word “new” 20 in this verse means “freshly slain.” Through Christ’s death on the cross, the way has been “freshly slain” for us. What was slain? Not only the flesh but the entire old creation. In this verse, the veil, which is His flesh, signifies the old creation, including us. On the veil were cherubim (Exo. 26:31) which signify the creatures (Ezek. 10:15). When the veil was rent, the cherubim were also rent, signifying that when the flesh of Christ, which is typified by the veil, was crucified, all the creatures also were crucified with His flesh. This flesh has been slain. According to Matthew 27:51, when the Lord Jesus died, the veil was rent from top to bottom, meaning that it was not rent by anyone on earth but by God in the heavens. The old creation has been slain and a new and living way to enter into the Holy of Holies has been cut. Now through the riven veil of the flesh and by the blood of Jesus we can enter into the Holy of Holies. His death and His blood are still available to us today.