Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Our High Priest [Hebrews 7:26-27]


Heb 7:26 For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Heb 7:27 He doesn't need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do--first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself.

Looking back before the death of Christ, priests had to offer sacrifices for the sins of themselves and then the people they were over. They would offer a sacrifice to cleanse their sin, and then they were in the proper spot to offer a sacrifice for the sins of others. What did it take for Jesus to be the final sacrifice for sins? He was the embodiment of sinless perfection; everything about Him resonated holiness; He was without fault; without blame. As our high priest, it is not necessary for Him offer a payment for sin daily, for He was the payment. He did not offer a calf or goat, but Himself. Himself for all mankind.

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