Sin Put Away by Jesus' Sacrifice Hebrews 9:26

Jesus did not have to “offer himself often” according to the writer of Hebrews like the “high priest entered into the holy place every year with the blood of others”. Jesus went into the “holy place” one time in heaven to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. In chapter nine and verse twenty-six of Hebrews the writer shared how Jesus “appeared” in heaven “to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” where we read:

For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

The verse begins, “For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:”. The writer began with the word, “For then” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore” “must” which means “it is necessary, it behooves and is right and proper” “he often” or “Jesus frequently would” “have suffered” which means “have been affected, felt, been passionate about and vexed” “since” which means “the place where anything is, comes, befalls and originates” “the foundation” or “the deposition, founding and conception” “of the world” which refers to “the circle of earthly goods, endowments, riches, advantages and pleasures”. If Jesus offered Himself on earth only, He would have “suffered” many times from the beginning of the “earth”.

The verse continues, “but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself”. The writer added the word, “but” which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be written takes precedence over what was just stated “now once” which means “at this present one time for all” “in the end” or “at the completion, consummation and end” “of the world” which means “the unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, period of time and age” “has he appeared” or “to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest whether by words, deeds or in any other way” “to put away” which means “to abolish, dis-annul and reject” “sin” or “to miss the mark, err, be mistaken, wander from the law of God and violate God's law” “by the sacrifice” which means “through the victim” “of himself” which refers to “Jesus Himself. Jesus only had to “appear” one time as a “sacrifice” in the heavenly tabernacle to “abolish” sin.

When we consider these words in Hebrews, we see how Jesus would have “suffered” over and over again if He presented Himself in the “earthly tabernacle” alone, but He offered Himself in the “heavenly temple” one time and His offering “put away sin”. Through His “sacrifice” we now have access to God because our “sin” has been removed, and when we “trust in, rely upon and cling to” Jesus, the penalty for our sin is paid and we will live “eternally” with God.

Next time the writer declares “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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