10:10
Now that the perfectly obedient servant was here and offered as a sacrifice we have all been made holy. Mistaken religious thoughts and practices are often the result of a desire to prove ourselves righteous, to somehow achieve acceptance to God. In Christ we are made perfectly acceptable.
10:11
Yet again the contrast between the perpetual nature of the Levitical system and Christ is drawn. Sacrifices and religious duties were practised day after day, year after year. Offering sacrifices that “can never take away sins”.
10:12-14
Christ, on the other hand, offered Himself once, and then sat down at the right hand of God. The sitting down indicated that His sacrificial work was done, it was complete. The Levitical priests could never do that. Jesus now waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for Him. This Is another allusion to Ps 110:1. By Christ’s one sacrifice “He has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy”. Note the completed “has made perfect”, and the continual “being made holy”. Our sins are completely paid for, we are justified by the blood of Jesus, but the process of sanctification is ongoing.
Now that the perfectly obedient servant was here and offered as a sacrifice we have all been made holy. Mistaken religious thoughts and practices are often the result of a desire to prove ourselves righteous, to somehow achieve acceptance to God. In Christ we are made perfectly acceptable.
10:11
Yet again the contrast between the perpetual nature of the Levitical system and Christ is drawn. Sacrifices and religious duties were practised day after day, year after year. Offering sacrifices that “can never take away sins”.
10:12-14
Christ, on the other hand, offered Himself once, and then sat down at the right hand of God. The sitting down indicated that His sacrificial work was done, it was complete. The Levitical priests could never do that. Jesus now waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for Him. This Is another allusion to Ps 110:1. By Christ’s one sacrifice “He has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy”. Note the completed “has made perfect”, and the continual “being made holy”. Our sins are completely paid for, we are justified by the blood of Jesus, but the process of sanctification is ongoing.
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