In other words the blood of Christ covered all the sins all the way back to Adam, and all the way forward to the very last person that will be born. So it was a complete purchase price for mankind's redemption. Even here in Hebrews there are so many that we can't begin to touch on all of them, so we'll hit the ones that are most emphatic.
Hebrews 9:11
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;"
We're teaching the Epistle to the Hebrew believers in our blog on Paul's Mysteries Revealed, and we remind people that the little Epistle of Hebrews is constantly referring to that which was good, the Law, Judaism, but when Paul comes along and with this Gospel of Grace, and we'll see in the revelation of the mysteries, that it's all so much better. So all through Hebrews we see this constant comparison of that which was good, but now we have something that is far Better. And here it is in this verse. Oh their earthly tabernacle was beautiful, it was functional, they could take it down and move it at the drop of a hat, and it did everything they needed, but it was patterned after something in Heaven, the one which is far Better. Now verse 12. And the blood of goats and calves did its work as it covered the sins of Israel, but for a short time, it was nothing because it was weak and beggarly as lesser value when compared to the Blood of Christ. Now lets read the whole verse.
Hebrews 9:12.
"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, (that is up in Heavenliest place) having (past tense, it's all done) obtained eternal redemption for us."
Over and over we see the blood of Christ has paid the price of redemption that had to be paid in order for God to regain control of fallen man, and He's done it, it's been paid in full. But now we're faced with a dilemma, just where is the Heavenliest place when it comes to man? And how do we find our way to it? Keep in mind that this was held as a secret by God within Himself from before the foundation of the world as laid. Verse 13 -
Hebrews 9:13-14
"For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (even those things back there were good but only for a short period) How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
From here then we have to bring us down to verse 22, a verse we've used for a long, long time. This verse is one of the absolutes of Scripture. Now we know that we're decrying the fact that our society is rotting at the seams because we have lost our absolutes. We no longer as a society say, "Well these are absolutes." For you see the Scriptures does say these things. And when we ignore these absolutes then we're on very thin ice. We're sliding downhill to your doom. And here is one of them.
Hebrews 9:22
"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; (and here is what we're talking about) and without the shedding of blood is no remission."
Now folks we've got to hang on to this. We dare not side track it because it's an absolute. What the church world does not get is that when the word blood is used it implies the having passed through it to acquire strength from it. Now let's move on to the Book of 1 Peter, chapter 1. Even Peter agrees with Paul 100 % in his theology.
I Peter 1:18-19
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But (we are redeemed) with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:"
All the animals used of Israel as a covering of its sin nature were but a shadow or type until John the Baptist and Jesus who as a sinless blemishless lamb chosen by God as mans substitute. Became mans sacrifice because the supreme law of the universe demanded it to be so. We have one more verse in the Book of Revelation chapter 5 in verse 9 that He was worthy because we've been redeemed to God by His Blood.
Do you realize how many times Paul uses the word Grace? It just pops up constantly. Compared to the rest of Scripture where the word is hardly ever used. Well it's because Paul is writing about Grace in the Age of Grace as the means of the New Covenant relationship wherein God has promised to do all and be all within His sons. God's unmerited favor is but a weak term for Grace. But Grace and spiritual blessing have been given out on the whole human race and we're going to see that as we progress. How all of this has been building, and building until finally we're moving closer and closer to the end of this whole time between the enigma of the interim of the first and second coming that God has allotted to the planet earth.
Ephesians 1:8
"Wherein (the Grace of verse 7) he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;"
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