“The Once For All Time Sacrifice”

 “The Once For All Time Sacrifice”

 

And Christ 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.  If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again.  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.             Hebrews 9:25-26

 

In Old Testament times, the High Priest would enter the Tabernacle with the BLOOD of ANIMALS that was offered for the Priest and for the sins that the people committed in ignorance.  In other words, the Old Testament sacrifices could cleanse the OUTSIDE of a person, yet it was NOT SUFFICIENT to CLEANSE the CONSCIENCE on the INSIDE.  Only the BLOOD of CHRIST can CLEANSE our CONSCIENCES.  The BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST, the HOLY SON of the LIVING GOD, can give you a BATH on the INSIDE, and you will be able to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.

 

This ONCE for ALL TIME SACRIFICE, the BLOOD of JESUS is MORE than SUFFICIENT to COVER ALL SIN for ALL TIME.  He doesn’t have to OFFER Himself AGAIN and AGAIN, if that were the case then His BLOOD wouldn’t be any better than that of the animal sacrifices.  And He would have to DIE AGAIN and AGAIN.  

 

But NOW, He appeared at the END of the Old Testament age to REMOVE the SINS of MANKIND by His OWN ONCE FOR ALL TIME SACRIFICE.  Jesus Christ did not go into the earthly sanctuary, but He went into HEAVEN to appear in the PRESENCE of the HOLY GOD to secure for us the ABILITY to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with God our HEAVENLY FATHER.  And just as each person is destined to die ONCE and after that comes JUDGMENT, 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.  (Vv27-28)    

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are putting your ETERNITY at RISK of spending it in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  But because of the ONCE FOR ALL TIME SACRIFICE, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, you can CHANGE that DESTINY to, being able to spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  This is what you MUST DO to secure your place in HEAVEN: You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. Then you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, because of His ONCE FOR ALL TIME SACRIFICE, JESUS CHRIST.  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!