July 23 – Hebrews 10:11-18 – One Sacrifice-Completion
The comparison between the Levitical priests who could never sit on the job (Hebrews 10:11) and Christ who sat down at the right hand of God after offering the perfect sacrifice once is almost humorous! The priests stood while performing their duties, they were never finished. The fact that Christ sat down means that His work was completed.
How many times do we in our humanity keep pecking away at a problem, trying to solve it when allowing Christ to actually guide our will and our lives would eliminate the need to do all of these petty things repeatedly.
Christ’s sacrifice was offered for all time (Hebrews 10:12) … forever. This can never be altered, it can never be taken back, it can never be set aside.
Jeremiah’s prophecy regarding the covenant has been fulfilled (Jeremiah 31:31-34) in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit declared that mankind’s sins would be remembered no more and though the Levitical sacrificial system was a constant reminder of sin, the single act of Christ’s sacrifice ensured that our sins would be erased from memory. This act offers us perfection so that we can stand in the presence of God.
Jeremiah and the author of Hebrews remind us that the New Covenant brings a personal relationship with God. No longer are the laws written on stone tablets and delivered by priests to the people, but are written on the hearts and minds of every individual person.
We now know for certain what the will of the Father is to be in our lives. It is written across our very being. The ultimate sacrifice has been offered for the forgiveness of our sins. Hebrews 10:18 says “And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.”
We are forgiven, we know the will of the Father. He has written it on our minds and put it into our hearts. Will this change how we live our lives?
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