The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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LXXIV.
SIN PUT AWAY BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIMSELF.
IX. 25. Nor yet that he should offer himself often; as the high priest
entereth into the Holy Place year by year with blood not his own
;
26. Else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world : but
now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself.
27. And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this
cometh judgment ;
28. So Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many,
shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for Mm, unto
salvation.
IN the previous verses the spiritual and heavenly character of
Christ s work was contrasted with the material and earthly
figures of the old worship. Here the contrast will be between
the unceasing repetition of the old and the once and for ever of
the new. Repetition is the proof of :
imperfection what needs
doing only once is finished, is perfect,
is for ever. Now once at
the end of the ages hath He been manifested to put away sin
by the sacrifice of Himself. As it is appointed unto men once
to die, and after this the judgment with death, life is finished
and complete, and ripe for judgment ; after that comes the full
revelation of what that death was so Christ also, having been
once offered to bear the sins
time
of many, shall appear a second
in the full manifestation of what that death accomplished
without sin, to them that wait for Him, unto salvation.