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will come again, not to deal with our sins, but
to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting
for him.
— promises —
from God
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he waits until his enemies are humbled and
made a footstool under his feet. 14 For by that
one offering he forever made perfect those who
are being made holy.
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is
so. For he says,
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Let us hold tightly
without wavering to
the hope we affirm,
for God can be trusted
to keep his promise.
H E B R EWS 10:2 3
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
The old system under the law of Moses
was only a shadow, a dim preview of the
good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they
were never able to provide perfect cleansing for
those who came to worship. 2 If they could have
provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would
have stopped, for the worshipers would have
been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.
3 But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year. 4 For it
is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to
take away sins. 5 That is why, when Christ* came
into the world, he said to God,
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“You did not want animal sacrifices or sin
offerings.
But you have given me a body to offer.
You were not pleased with burnt offerings
or other offerings for sin.
Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your
will, O God—
as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”*
8 First,
Christ said, “You did not want animal
sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or
other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased
with them” (though they are required by the law
of Moses). 9 Then he said, “Look, I have come to
do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in
order to put the second into effect. 10 For God’s
will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice
of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.
11 Under the old covenant, the priest stands
and ministers before the altar day after day,
offering the same sacrifices again and again,
which can never take away sins. 12 But our High
Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice
for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in
the place of honor at God’s right hand. 13 There
“This is the new covenant I will make
with my people on that day,* says
the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”*
17 Then
he says,
“I will never again remember
their sins and lawless deeds.”*
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no
need to offer any more sacrifices.
A Call to Persevere
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters,* we can
boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because
of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death,* Jesus
opened a new and life-giving way through the
curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21 And since we
have a great High Priest who rules over God’s
house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God
with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our
guilty consciences have been sprinkled with
Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies
have been washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the
hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep
his promise. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate
one another to acts of love and good works.
25 And let us not neglect our meeting together,
as some people do, but encourage one another,
especially now that the day of his return is
drawing near.
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue
sinning after we have received knowledge of
the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that
will cover these sins. 27 There is only the terrible
expectation of God’s judgment and the raging
fire that will consume his enemies. 28 For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was
put to death without mercy on the testimony of
two or three witnesses. 29 Just think how much
worse the punishment will be for those who
have trampled on the Son of God, and have
treated the blood of the covenant, which made
us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and
have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who
brings God’s mercy to us. 30 For we know the one
who said,
“I will take revenge.
I will pay them back.”*
10:5 Greek he; also in 10:8. 10:5-7 Ps 40:6-8 (Greek version).
10:16a Greek after those days. 10:16b Jer 31:33a. 10:17 Jer
31:34b. 10:19 Greek brothers. 10:20 Greek Through his
flesh. 10:30a Deut 32:35.