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.
We know from the Bible that sin can only be atoned for by blood, whereby an innocent party must always take the place of the sinner through the shedding of blood. However, while the Book of Leviticus shows us that the blood of the unblemished animal was able to appease God’s wrath, it was only temporary, and it wasn’t something that He desired or gave Him pleasure. God had a better and perfect plan. He prepared a body through His only Son Jesus Christ and the shedding of His blood to take away the sins of the world once and for all.
Let us picture Jesus as that unblemished lamb which was inspected by the authorities to take away the sin of the world. In fact, Jesus was sacrificed on the day of the feast of the Passover, so the Passover was just a foreshadow of what was to come through the work of Jesus Christ, whereby we will pass over from eternal death into eternal life. It is the power of the blood that has redeemed and atoned us from our sins—He took the penalty of our sins so that we can live.
The Book of Leviticus also reveals to us that there was the High Priest who ministered on behalf of the people of Israel. Only he could enter the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle. Therefore, Jesus is also our High Priest who has gone into the heavenly tabernacle to minister on our behalf. After that, He sat down beside the Father.
The blood of Jesus has 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 sinned for us, and gave us His righteousness. The beauty of the New Covenant is that there is no longer any dead works like sacrifices, rituals, and offerings by the priest. We are saved entirely by the grace of God, not by works, so that nobody can boast.
We now have a right standing in the presence of God by because the blood of Jesus has appeased God’s wrath once and for all. God is not angry with us, and we have peace with Him.
Romans 5:1 (NKJV) Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Sermon Series: The Power of the Blood (Part 1)
一个更好更完美的计划
希伯来书10:11-12凡祭司天天站着侍奉 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。
我们从圣经了解到只能通过血来赎罪，就是无罪的一方必须藉着流血来代替有罪的人。然而，虽然利未记显示我们可以用无瑕疵的动物的血来平息神的愤怒，但这只是暂时的，这并不是神所渴望的，也不是神所喜悦的。神有一个更好更完美的计划。祂藉着祂的独生子耶稣基督的身体及祂的宝血来一次永远地除去世人的罪。
让我们想象耶稣是被掌权者检查过的无瑕疵的羔羊，祂除去世人的罪。事实上，耶稣是在逾越节那天被献上。逾越节只是预表耶稣基督将要藉着祂的工所完成的事，就是我们将从永恒的死亡进入永生。是宝血的力量将我们从罪恶中救赎出来。祂为我们的罪受刑罚，使我们得以存活。
利未记也告诉我们有一位大祭司代表以色列人服事。只有他可以进入会幕里的至圣所。因此，耶稣也是我们的大祭司，祂已进入天上的帐幕、为我们服事。过后祂坐在父的旁边。
耶稣的宝血解决了使人与圣洁的神隔绝的罪的问题。弥赛亚耶稣—藉着亚伯拉罕之约所应许的那位—在十字架上完成了善工。祂替我们成为罪，并将祂的义赐给我们。新约的美妙之处在于不再有像献祭、仪式和祭司的献祭那样的死行。我们得救完全是本乎神的恩，不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。
我们今天得以在神面前称义是因着耶稣的宝血已经一次永远地平息了神的愤怒。神不再向我们发怒，我们与祂相和了。
罗马书5:1我们既因信称义，就藉着我们的主耶稣基督得与神相和。
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