When we have passed through the veil and entered within the holiest in the consciousness of our souls, what value do we see in the blood! And now we apprehend what the cross is! Now I contemplate the cross for the affections of my soul. I meditate and think of the cross, then I get growth. When we are at home with God, there can be growth. It is not there I find peace. For peace is had by learning that righteousness has accepted the blood which love gave. Now loves gives it to me, but righteousness is exalted in giving it. Israel go to the Red Sea, and here they are brought to a standstill. They found they were hemmed in on every side, and now they are "sore afraid." So often when a person is delivered from judgment in one sense, he meets somehow with death and finds Satan pursuing. Many a soul gets peace and comfort whilst looking at the cross: but is afraid when it thinks of judgment. "I am a poor sinner delighting in the cross: it just suits me." Does judgment suit you? When they came to the Red Sea, it was not judgment, but God a positive Deliverer. They had known God as a Judge in Egypt, and the blood had screened them. Now they learn Him at the Red Sea as a Deliverer. They never see "the salvation of God" till they get to the Red Sea, and they pass out of Egypt. They are not only sheltered from judgment but brought, into a new place.
J. N. Darby.
The Bible.
Dig deep in this precious golden mine;
Toil and its richest ore is thine
Search and the Saviour will lend His aid
To draw its wealth from its mystic shade —
Strive and His Spirit will give thee light
To work in this heavenly mine aright —
Pray without ceasing; in Him confide,
Into all truth His light will guide.
(From a Mother's Bible).