Hebrews 9:7-14

Hebrews 9:7

Christ entered in by His own blood.

We who believe that Christ has entered by His own blood into the holy of holies have thereby received a fourfold assurance.

I. The redemption which Christ has obtained is eternal. Christ's precious blood can never lose its power till all the chosen saints of God are gathered into glory. It is a realredemption from the guilt and power of sin, from the curse of the law, from the wrath of God, from the bondage of Satan, and from the second death; an eternalredemption, because sin is forgiven; Satan, death, and hell are vanquished; everlasting righteousness is brought in; we are saved for evermore.

II. We have now access to God; we are brought into the very presence of God; we enter into the Holy of Holies. The veil no longer conceals the counsel of God's wonderful love; sin in the flesh no longer separates us from the presence of the Most High. Very awful, and yet most blessed and sweet, is this assurance. God is very near to each one of us. Though we see Him not, yet is He nearer to us than the very air we breathe; for our very being, and living, and moving are in Him.

III. Our consciences are purged by the blood of Christ to serve the living God. To us has been given what the old covenant saints did not possess perfection,the absolution and remission of sins.

IV. The things to come are secured to us by Him who is the heir, and in whom even now all spiritual blessings in heavenly places are ours.

A. Saphir, Lectures on Hebrews,vol. ii., p. 123.