“The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:”
By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places has not yet been revealed as long as the outer tent is still standing — the Spirit himself (dia toutou dēloi to pneuma to hagion) interprets the tabernacle system prophetically: its very structure announces that full access to God remains blocked. The outer tent standing symbolizes the continued separation between God and people; the Mosaic system, while divinely ordained, was inherently provisional. This is a sophisticated hermeneutic: the Spirit uses the limitations of the old covenant to point to the removal of those limitations.
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