"But we cannot discuss these things in detail now....But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood....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 functioning....But when Christ came as High Priest...He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His Own Blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption." (From Hebrews 9:1-12, NIV)
This is my theme for the journey through Hebrews, "....we cannot discuss these things in detail now." I wrote earlier today more about God's writing, "into," and, "in," our hearts and minds, but did not want to become tedious to you. So here we are in chapter nine.
Central to the Book of Hebrews is Jesus Christ as our, "Great High Priest." The earthly high priests, "entered the inner room...once a year...." Jesus Christ, "entered...once for all...." The earthly high priests came and went from, "the Most Holy Place." Jesus lives there, and because He does, so can you and I. The First Covenant People could not enter the Most Holy Place because there was no one good enough to take them there. Now, because of Jesus, all who surrender their lives to Him may enter, stay, and live there----------- in God---------------- eternally.
Our text tells us that that while sinful high priests came with, "the blood of goats and calves," Christ Jesus, "entered the Most Holy Place...by His Own Blood...." And it is only, "thus," that you and I obtain, "eternal redemption." Only in the Blood of Jesus Christ may I and can I, "come[] to the Father." Only in the Blood of Jesus may I and can I enter, "the Most Holy Place." Only in the Blood of Jesus may I and can I enter, "the Kingdom of Heaven/God." Only in the Blood of Jesus can I be, "born again/from above." Only in the Blood of Jesus can I have the cleansing and forgiveness of sin, which is, as verse 9 says, "able to clear the conscience of the worshipper." And amazingly this, "so great a salvation," offers what no religion in the history of man ever dared to offer------------------------------- "once for all"!
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for, "once for all." Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
