In Hebrews 9 we read that only once a year the high priest entered the inner room, the Most Holy Place, of the tabernacle and never without a blood sacrifice. In verses 8-9 it reads, “The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper.”
In the next section, “The Blood of Christ,” verses 11-12; 14-15 read, “When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. . . . How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that led to death, so that we may serve the living God! For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance - now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”
In Hebrews 14-16 it reads, “. . . because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: ‘This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.’” [And we are beginning to understand how this act of the Lord likely occurs by dualist interaction between His Mind and the mind of repentant mankind.]
In my second book, Section 2.3, I wrote what applies to these verses: “As Jesus was dying on the cross he was heard in the ninth hour to cry out in Aramaic, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ - which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ In the sixth hour darkness had come over the whole land and lasted until the ninth hour. The sun had stopped shining, and the curtain in the temple was torn in two as Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ Jesus then breathed his last and died. The tearing of the temple curtain signified that people again had direct access to the Spirit of God [by the atoning blood of Christ] . . . .”
“But the eternal plan of God was to be fulfilled by the physical and spiritual death of Jesus the Man while carrying the sins of mankind. Jesus was a sinless propitiating sacrifice for the redemption of Man from sin. . . . Jesus was in full obedience to the necessity for his death to fulfill his Father’s purpose. It accounts for his final words on the cross, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” Now repentant mankind has direct access to the Most Holy Place!
The greatest negative in the universe is the cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the Resurrection, for through it God brought into being all he will have in the new sphere. (Watchman Nee)