All the types and shadows of the past were only figures of the true, but the Holy Ghost
signified "that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the
first tabernacle was yet standing" (Heb. 9:8,9). Every claim of truth and justice having,
however, been fully satisfied, there remains no more offering for sin; the veil is rent, a
risen Christ sits at God’s right hand, and an indwelling Spirit is the abiding power for
the purged worshiped to draw near and worship the Father in spirit and in truth, "for
the Father seeketh such to worship Him." The new and living way is open into heaven
itself, and the worshiped is now privileged to enter with a true heart and in full
assurance of faith into the very presence of God. Apart from all the rites and
ordinances of a bygone dispensation, and standing in the unsullied light of the glory of
God that shines from the face of a risen and glorified Saviour, the purged worshiped’s
heart is free to delight itself in all the peerless worth of Him at whose blessed feet all
the heavenly hosts prostrate themselves in ceaseless praise and adoration.

As the countless glories of Him who sits upon the throne pass in spirit before the happy
worshiped, the Spirit strikes the chord of praise to God’s beloved Son, and the
heavenly anthem rings out through heaven’s courts from the whole of the redeemed
family. "Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and
hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen" (Rev. 1:5,6). Worship ‘must needs flow without an effort
from the heart that is really satisfied with Jesus, and that has found its true rest in sweet
communion with the Father and the Son, by the power of the indwelling Spirit. Just in
proportion as self is forgotten, and the never-ending glories of Christ ravish and
captivate the heart, so is God magnified in His saints, and His heart refreshed and
gladdened. The fragrance of that precious Name that is above all others is as ointment
poured forth, and its sweet savor ever abides before God in the heavenly sanctuary.

(From The Bible Treasury, Vol. 9, New Series, pages 111-112.)