Hebrews 10:11-12,16-18 (NKJV) And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,… “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds, I will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
In the earthly tabernacle, the priests had no rest because animals were continuously being sacrificed for the people. The sacrifices could not remove the sin of the people permanently. However, the work of atonement and redemption by Jesus was so thorough and complete that no more sacrifices were needed. The blood of Jesus has completely dealt with the sin issue that separated man from a holy God.
Jesus, the Messiah—the promised One through the Abrahamic covenant— finished the work on the cross, He was made sin for us, and gave us His righteousness. The New Covenant has done away with all dead works such as sacrifices, rituals, and offerings by the priests. We are saved entirely by the grace of God, not by works, so that nobody can boast. Also, we can enter a position of rest because there is nothing that we can do to add to the work of atonement by Jesus.
Matthew 27:50-51 (NKJV) And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
The tearing of the veil in the temple that separated the Holy of Holies was no small task because the veil was 60 x 30 feet, and has the thickness of a handbreadth. One can imagine that God wasted no time in tearing it down because He was so eager to have our fellowship with Him restored.
Jesus, the Lamb of God, was judged on our behalf. He cried out asking why the Father had abandoned Him because God had turned away from Him when our sin was placed upon Christ. In exchange for His shed blood, a new and living way has been opened to us to boldly approach God without fear because Jesus’ blood has given us the imputed righteousness that enables us to stand in the presence of God. We have peace with God, and God is not angry with us because the blood of Jesus has settled the sin issue for us once and for all.
Sermon Series: The Power of the Blood (Part 2)
幔子被撕裂了
希伯来书 10:11-12，16-18凡祭司天天站着事奉 神，屡次献上一样的祭物，这祭物永不能除罪。 但基督献了一次永远的赎罪祭，就在神的右边坐下了…主说：那些日子以后，我与他们所立的约乃是这样：我要将我的律法写在他们心上，又要放在他们的里面。 以后就说：我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。这些罪过既已赦免，就不用再为罪献祭了。
在地上会幕里，祭司们得不到好的休息，因为需要不断地为人们的罪献祭。这些赎罪祭并不能永久地消除人的罪。然而，耶稣在十字架上完成的赎罪和救赎工作是如此彻底而完美，乃至于不再需要任何的献祭。耶稣的宝血完全处理了那将人与圣洁神隔绝的罪的问题。
耶稣基督——那位藉着亚伯拉罕之约所应许的弥赛亚——在十字架上完成了救赎之工，祂为我们成为罪，又将祂的义赐给我们。新约已经废除了所有靠行为称义的旧规，如祭牲、礼仪和祭司的献祭。我们得以完全本乎神的恩典，并非因着行为，免得有人自夸。如今我们可以进入安息的地位，因为基督的赎罪之工已经全然成就，我们无需也不能再添加什么。
马太福音 27:50-51 耶稣又大声喊叫，气就断了。 忽然，殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半，地也震动，磐石也崩裂，
圣殿中隔开至圣所的幔子裂为两半，这绝非偶然之事—那幔子高六十尺、宽三十尺，厚度约一掌之宽。我们不难想象，神是何等急切地亲手裂开这幔子，因祂渴望与我们的交通得以恢复。
神的羔羊耶稣为我们受了审判。当我们的罪孽都归在基督身上时，神转脸离弃了祂，以致祂在十架上呼喊：”我的神，我的神，为什么离弃我？” 如今，因着祂所流的宝血，一条又新又活的道路已为我们敞开，使我们能靠着耶稣的血，坦然无惧地来到神面前—这血将基督的义归算在我们身上，使我们得以站在圣洁的神面前。我们既与神和好，祂就不再向我们发怒，因为耶稣的宝血已永远解决了我们的罪的问题。
讲章系列：宝血的大能 (第二部分)
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