‘Once For All’

‘Once For All’

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Hebrews 7:27

As we have been discussing these various texts from Hebrews, we have had much to say regarding the priesthood of Christ and of the value of His Perfect Sacrifice.  The author of Hebrews took every opportunity to emphasize these points, and we are following his lead in doing the same thing. Today, we arrive at our text and emphasize the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ.  Our text follows a statement, in the preceding verse, of Christ’s perfect qualification, and suitability to be our High Priest. Because He supersedes the High Priests of the Aaronic Order, He is able to offer His Own Blood as a better Sacrifice than theirs.  They entered the Veil of the Temple once a year. He has ‘entered the Veil,’ in spiritual terms, once-for-all. This is the primary emphasis of our text. Christ has made the once-for-all sacrifice for sins. We all have sins which require atonement. All the sacrifices ever offered, over all the course of Human history cannot atone for these sins.  Christ has come, ‘to give Himself a ransom for many.’ He has done what no one else could do. He has offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for sins. His sacrifice was the once-for-all Sacrifice, and it is all we need.

O, Christ, Our Great High Priest,
we rejoice in Your perfect sacrifice.
We praise You that it is all we need to atone for all our sins.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bus is Burning