Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Where remission of these sins is given, no further offering for sin remains or is needed. Where such remission under the new covenant is given, no further sacrifice for sin remains. That remission was accomplished by Christ coming to do God's will by giving His own body once for all, which sanctifies believers, and by that one offering He perfects forever those who are sanctified. His single sacrifice is sufficient forever, in contrast to the daily work of priests standing and offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. This remission fulfills and rests on the new covenant, witnessed by the Holy Spirit, in which the Lord puts His laws into hearts and minds and remembers sins and iniquities no more. In doing God's will Christ took away the first system of sacrifice and burnt offerings commanded by the law and established the second. After His one sacrifice for sins forever He sat down at the right hand of God to wait until His enemies are made His footstool.
This remission belongs to truly converted sinners who are raised from moral degradation and sin and are washed and sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God. Having given Himself and passed through the terrible trial of Gethsemane so believers might not perish but have eternal life, Christ now stands in the presence of God as High Priest over the house of God and Head of His beloved household in the true tabernacle not made with hands. On that ground believers have boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus by the new and living way consecrated through the veil of His flesh. They are called to draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and to hold fast the profession of faith without wavering because He who promised is faithful. Through Him and with Him they also provoke one another to love and to good works and assemble together all the more as the day approaches.
The verse also means that Christ will appear the second time to declare that the sacrifice for sin is finished and there is no more sacrifice for sin, never to be repeated. The One who so appears is the same human Jesus who was on earth as a man of sorrows with His glory hidden, still bearing humanity in heaven, revealed at His return robed in glory, triumphant and exalted, with His priestly character revealed. Before that declaration, having offered Himself as a sacrifice, He took the blood of the atonement into the holiest of all and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat and upon His own garments and blessed the people. The close of all offering for sin comes just before God dwells with men and wipes away tears and death and sorrow and crying and pain.
Where remission of these sins is given, no further offering for sin remains or is needed. Where such remission under the new covenant is given, no further sacrifice for sin remains. That remission was accomplished by Christ coming to do God's will by giving His own body once for all, which sanctifies believers, and by that one offering He perfects forever those who are sanctified. His single sacrifice is sufficient forever, in contrast to the daily work of priests standing and offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. This remission fulfills and rests on the new covenant, witnessed by the Holy Spirit, in which the Lord puts His laws into hearts and minds and remembers sins and iniquities no more. In doing God's will Christ took away the first system of sacrifice and burnt offerings commanded by the law and established the second. After His one sacrifice for sins forever He sat down at the right hand of God to wait until His enemies are made His footstool.
This remission belongs to truly converted sinners who are raised from moral degradation and sin and are washed and sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God. Having given Himself and passed through the terrible trial of Gethsemane so believers might not perish but have eternal life, Christ now stands in the presence of God as High Priest over the house of God and Head of His beloved household in the true tabernacle not made with hands. On that ground believers have boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus by the new and living way consecrated through the veil of His flesh. They are called to draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith with hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and to hold fast the profession of faith without wavering because He who promised is faithful. Through Him and with Him they also provoke one another to love and to good works and assemble together all the more as the day approaches.
The verse also means that Christ will appear the second time to declare that the sacrifice for sin is finished and there is no more sacrifice for sin, never to be repeated. The One who so appears is the same human Jesus who was on earth as a man of sorrows with His glory hidden, still bearing humanity in heaven, revealed at His return robed in glory, triumphant and exalted, with His priestly character revealed. Before that declaration, having offered Himself as a sacrifice, He took the blood of the atonement into the holiest of all and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat and upon His own garments and blessed the people. The close of all offering for sin comes just before God dwells with men and wipes away tears and death and sorrow and crying and pain.