Day 58 - Hebrews

66-DAY JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE

Day 58 - Hebrews (One Sacrifice, Once Sacrified)

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“For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another--  He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.  And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,  so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”  (Hebrews 9:24-28)

In the Old Testament, the high priest entered the Most Holy Place once a year where the Ark of the Covenant was to offer up a blood sacrifice for himself and for the people of Israel.  The high priests had to do this ritual every year indicating that the “blood of bulls and goats could not take away sins.” (Hebrews 10:4)

But our text above says that Christ Who is The “High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens” (Hebrews 8:1) entered heaven itself, and not the copy of heaven which was what the tabernacle signified, “to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.”  Jesus Christ fulfilled what the Jewish priests enacted and hoped to see fulfilled!  Hallellujah!

As my title for this devotion states, Jesus is the One Sacrifice that takes away the sins of the world and He offered Himself “Once to bear the sins of many.”  This is so important for everyone to understand and accept because the largest sect in Christendom teaches that Christ is literally sacricifed every time the Eucharist is offered because the elements of bread and wine literally become the blood and flesh of Christ.

Will you believe the Scriptures that declares the One Sacrifice for sin and the Once sacrified Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?