God commanded: "There shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out." (Leviticus 16:17) So when Christ entered the holy of holies to perform the closing work of the atonement, He ceased His ministration in the first apartment.
But when the ministration in the first apartment ended, the ministration in the second apartment began.
*When in the typical service the high priest left the holy on the Day of Atonement, he went in before God to present the blood of the sin offering in behalf of all Israel who truly repented of their sins.
*So Christ had only completed one part of His work as our intercessor, to enter upon another portion of the work, and He still pleaded His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners."
Christ In His Sanctuary E.G.W.
