III. Christ, As The High Priest Of The World, Will Come Forth From The Holy Place.

The ascension cannot end His connection with the world. It carries in itself the prophecy of a return. If I go, I will come again.' The high priest came forth to the people waiting for him, so our High Priest will come. Men have to die, and' after death,' not merely as following in time, but as necessarily following in idea and fact, a judgment in which each man's work shall be infallibly estimated and manifested. Jesus has died to bear the sins of many.' There must follow for Him, too, an estimate and manifestation of His work. What for others is judgment,' for Him is manifestation of His sinlessness and saving power. He shall be seen, no longer stooping under the weight of a world's sins, but apart from sin.' He shall be seen unto salvation,' for the vision will bring with it assimilation to His sinless likeness. He shall be thus seen by those that wait for Him, looking through the shows of time to the far-off shining of His coming, and meanwhile having their loins girt and their lamps burning.