Hebrews 9:23-28

I.  Christ entered the true holy place on our behalf.

-Lev. 16:15-19

-Guthrie "In other words, the need for purification of the tabernacle had to do with its association with a sinful people. This holy space was made fit for continued interaction between God and his people by sacrifices that addressed the problem of sin. Correspondingly, the heavenly tabernacle, the author's conception of the place of God's presence (9:24), was made accessible to the new covenant people of God by Christ's sacrificial death. The 'heavenly things' are purified in conjunction with the purification of God's people."

-Eph. 2:4-6

 

 II.  Christ's sacrifice was the perfect, once for all offering.

  a.  He could not suffer often.

    i.  He was appointed to suffer once for sin.

-F.F. Bruce "It is not that Christ happened to come at the time of fulfillment, but that his coming made that time the time of fulfillment."

   ii.  It is appointed for man to die once.

  b.  His once for all sacrifice dealt effectively with sin.

-put away = athetesis = putting away, nullify, removal

-to bear = anaphero = to take up and carry away, take away, bear the burden of

-Is. 53:12; I Pet. 2:24

  c.  His return will bring salvation.

-Rom. 8:33-34