The throne of the eternal Father has become the throne where the Nazarene is sitting, the One who died, “the Just for the unjust.” I can turn to that Christ and say, “Nothing can disturb me. That glorified Christ in God’s presence is the very ground of my peace.”

How did Christ get to this throne? Through death. If He had not died, He might have been there alone, but never in any connection whatever with poor sinners. He did die, and there the glory of God shines forth. Directly when Christ died, it came out that human religion will not do; the veil of the temple is rent from top to bottom, and then in connection with the same death all the religion of human nature is stripped off entirely—even the temple on earth will not do.

Next, we see the triumphant power of Him who died over him who had the power of death (Heb. 2:14). Some tremble at the thought of death; for not only is death the wages of sin, but a prison-house where the wages are to be paid. But it is not so with a simple-hearted Christian. He says, “If you talk to me about death, I will talk to you about Christ’s death.” It was the counsels of God, that through His death He should nullify and bring to nothing that which had power to make me tremble. Did Paul tremble when he was balancing in his mind whether he should stay or go to be present with the Lord (Phil. 1:22–24)? The power of death over him was destroyed because Christ had died. The rending of the veil was a most remarkable seal put on the death of Christ. God said by it, “The only way of approach into the holiest is the death of my Son.” The veil is rent: all expression of hindrance is split from top to bottom.