FROM TODAY’S READING (4/9/2021)...
POST-EASTER THOT...Hebrews 9:24-28
“It has often been pointed out that we have three appearances of Christ in verses 24–28. They may be summarized as follows:
Verse 26: He has appeared. This refers to His First Advent when He came to earth to save us from the penalty of sin (the past tense of salvation).
Verse 24: He now appears. This is a reference to His present ministry in the presence of God to save us from the power of sin (the present tense of salvation).
Verse 28: He will appear. This speaks of His imminent Return when He will save us from the presence of sin (the future tense of salvation).”
Wm MacDonald, Believers Bible Commentary
Hebrews 9:24-28 (NLT) 24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf. 25 And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal. 26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.
27 And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, 28 so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
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