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Scott's Reference Library
November 9, 2003 | November 12, 2006 | November 8, 2009
Hebrews 9:24 through Hebrews 9:28 (NIV)
24For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the
true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
25Nor 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.
26Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the
world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away
with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Just as man is destined to die once, and
after that to face judgment, 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the
sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to
bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 23-28
It is evident that the sacrifices of Christ are infinitely better than those of
the law, which could neither procure pardon for sin, nor impart power against
it. Sin would still have been upon us, and have had dominion over us; but Jesus
Christ, by one sacrifice, has destroyed the works of the devil, that believers
may be made righteous, holy, and happy. As no wisdom, learning, virtue, wealth,
or power, can keep one of the human race from death, so nothing can deliver a
sinner from being condemned at the day of judgment, except the atoning sacrifice
of Christ; nor will one be saved from eternal punishment who despises or
neglects this great salvation. The believer knows that his Redeemer liveth, and
that he shall see him. Here is the faith and patience of the church, of all
sincere believers. Hence is their continual prayer as the fruit and expression
of their faith, Even so come, Lord Jesus.