This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them, then He adds, Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.  

Hebrews 10:16-18 

When God forgives sin, He forgives it forever. When He made Christ to be sin for us, He received from Him the full payment for all the sins of all the redeemed for all time and for all eternity. This sacrifice supersedes all previous sacrifices, and removes the necessity for any more. This is the best sacrifice which God saved for last. It is the final sacrifice. Therefore, we do not sacrifice in any sense whatsoever. We look to the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ as being all that was necessary for God to forgive our sins. This is liberating in a way that nothing else could be. The Son has made us free and we are free indeed. We are no longer the subjects of Satan or the servants of sin. Christ has liberated us from the penalty, and power of sin. He will eventually free us from the presence of sin. Because His sacrifice has guaranteed remission of our sins, we do not fear to approach the Throne of Grace. We come boldly before the Throne because Christ has done all that is necessary to guarantee our reception there.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice at the power of Your Sacrifice. 
We praise You that we need no other. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.  

Hebrews 10:12   

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.  

Hebrews 7:28 

If Christ is seated on the right hand of God while He waits for His enemies to become His footstool, what else is He doing? According to the writer of Hebrews, He is perpetually interceding for us. How does this intercession look? We should consider that He accomplishes His intercession by virtue of His presence there at the right hand of God. He is there holding up the great objective plea of His blood. Because He has completed His once-for-all sacrifice; has risen from the dead; has ascended to the throne, and resides there, all the labor is complete. His presence, as the Head of His redeemed, who are His Body, is the grand argument for our acceptance. In this sense, He always lives to make intercession for us. His intercession guarantees that God accepts us, and hears our prayers. The writer of Hebrews argues, ‘Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession….Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.’ We may come to the Throne of Grace with utter confidence because, even though we are personally faulty, failing and, as yet, not completely holy, Jesus never fails to successfully intercede for us. God accepts His intercession.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that You hold up the objective plea of Your blood.  
We praise You that Your intercession can never fail.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 

Hebrews 10:12-13 

Where is Christ today? According to our text, He is seated at the right hand of God. What is He doing there? Again, our text relates, He is waiting ‘till His enemies are made His footstool.’ This has been the understanding of the people of God from ancient days. David articulated it clearly when he said, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ Paul refers to it in his writing on the resurrection by saying, ‘For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.’ John confirms that at the end of the age, Christ will return to defeat His enemies in a devastating manner. We must embrace a whole God, a whole Bible, and a whole Christ. Christ came as the humble, meek, sin-bearing Savior. He endured all the humiliation that was necessary to fulfill the law of God in precept and in penalty. His return will not be like that. It will be a return with power and great glory to defeat His enemies. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Until that day, He is seated at the right hand of God until His enemies are made His footstool. In due course of time, we hope to consider what else He is doing there. For the moment, we may dwell on these things.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice that we know where You are today. 
We praise You that, in due course of time, 
You will defeat all Your enemies.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them, then He adds, Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.  

Hebrews 10:16-18 

When God forgives sin, He forgives it forever. When He made Christ to be sin for us, He received from Him the full payment for all the sins of all the redeemed for all time and for all eternity. This sacrifice supersedes all previous sacrifices, and removes the necessity for any more. This is the best sacrifice which God saved for last. It is the final sacrifice. Therefore, we do not sacrifice in any sense whatsoever. We look to the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ as being all that was necessary for God to forgive our sins. This is liberating in a way that nothing else could be. The Son has made us free and we are free indeed. We are no longer the subjects of Satan or the servants of sin. Christ has liberated us from the penalty, and power of sin. He will eventually free us from the presence of sin. Because His sacrifice has guaranteed remission of our sins, we do not fear to approach the Throne of Grace. We come boldly before the Throne because Christ has done all that is necessary to guarantee our reception there.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice at the power of Your Sacrifice. 
We praise You that we need no other. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning