23 It was necessary, then,
For the Copies of the Heavenly things
To be Purified with these Sacrifices
(the sacrifice of animal blood),
But the Heavenly things themselves
With better Sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ did not enter a Sanctuary
Made with human hands
That was only a Copy of the True One;
He entered Heaven itself,
Now to Appear for us in God’s Presence.
25 Nor did He enter Heaven
To offer Himself again and again,
The way the high priest
Enters the Most Holy Place every year
With blood that is not his own.
26 Otherwise Christ would have had to Suffer
Many times since the Creation of the World.
BUT HE HAS APPEARED ONCE FOR ALL
AT THE CULMINATION OF THE AGES
(The Last Two Thousand Years of Time)
TO DO AWAY WITH SIN
By the Sacrifice of Himself.
27 Just as people are Destined to Die Once,
AFTER THAT TO FACE JUDGMENT,
28 SO CHRIST WAS SACRIFICED ONCE
TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF MANY;
AND HE WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME
(At the End of Two thousand Years)
Not to bear Sin,
BUT TO BRING SALVATION
TO THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR HIM.
(Hebrews 9:23-28, NIV)
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