The Book of Hebrews stands as a profound testament to Christ’s redemptive work, grounding our faith in Scripture rather than human philosophy.
Today, we’ll explore Hebrews 9 vs 26, but first, let me share why this book holds such significance.
Hebrews has captured my heart like few other books of Scripture. Its deep theological insights reveal truths that transcend human understanding, particularly in its emphasis on Christ’s perfect sacrifice.
A key theme emerges in Hebrews 7 vs 27, where we learn that Jesus offered Himself as the ultimate sacrifice for sin “ONCE AND FOR ALL TIME.“
This phrase appears repeatedly throughout Hebrews, underscoring the completeness and finality of Christ’s redemptive work.
I encourage you to note each occurrence as you read through the book.
One of the most encouraging passages appears in Hebrews 4 vs 16, inviting us to “approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
What comfort to know we can come before God without fear, assured of His mercy and help!
These transformative truths are just the beginning. Join me as we delve deeper into this remarkable book and discover its enduring message of hope and redemption.
Shall we begin our study with Hebrews 9 vs 26?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PUT AWAY SIN?
Another phrase worth noting in the Book of Hebrews is “put away sin.” What does it mean?
To answer this, we will look into scriptures that talk about this and they are:
Hebrews 1 vs 3: “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
Hebrews 9 vs 26 (KJV): “For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Hebrews 10 vs 4,11- 12: “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins… And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God.”
First, the Old Testament sacrifices could not and could not permanently remove sin. Why? They were inadequate, so all the sacrifices of goats and bullocks were temporal.
The Greek phrase for “put away sin” in Greek is “eis athetesin tēs hamartias”
Breaking this down:
- “eis” = “for” or “unto”
- “athetesin” = “putting away,” “nullification,” “abolishment,” or “disannulling”
- “tēs” “of the”
- ” hamartias = “sin”
The word “athetesis” is particularly significant here. It means:
- To do away with completely
- To abolish
- To set aside
- To nullify
- To cancel out
This is stronger than just covering or overlooking sin – it implies a complete removal or abolishment of sin.
The same word is used in Hebrews 7 vs 18 when discussing the “disannulling” of the former commandment.
Therefore the “putting away of sin” means that Christ’s sacrifice didn’t just cover sin temporarily (as the Old Testament sacrifices did), but completely abolished it, setting it aside permanently through His one-time sacrifice.
Through Christ’s finished work, humanity can now stand fully righteous before God – a divine accomplishment powerfully symbolized by Christ taking His seat at the Father’s right hand.
This seated position declares with authority that his redemptive work is complete, perfect, and eternally effective.
Unlike the Old Testament priests who stood daily offering repeated sacrifices, Christ sat down, signifying that no further sacrifice for sin would ever be needed (Hebrews 10 vs 11 – 12).
His position at the right hand of the Majesty on high testifies to both his supreme authority and the absolute completion of our justification – Glory! Hallelujah!
LESSONS FROM HEBREWS 9
Hebrews 9 talks about how we obtained eternal redemption, mentioning the old covenant sacrifices and how they were inadequate to purify men.
The high priest would go into the holies of holies once every year by first purifying himself before going into the “holies of holies” to make atonement for the people.
Now, Jesus is the Lamb of God who has taken away the sins of the World, he has offered himself once and for all time for humanity, there are no more yearly sacrifices.
When we think about the blood of Jesus, people think Jesus carried his blood on a bowl and presented it before God, No!
The blood of Jesus is “Jesus himself”, he’s the blood.
Another misconception in Hebrews 9 vs 26 is the phrase “end of the world”. What does it mean?
Let’s look again at Hebrews 9 vs 26: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (KJV)
The word “end” in the above text means completion or fulfillment. In essence, the phrase “end of the world” therefore, will be the fulfillment of God’s plan which he commenced in Genesis.
To get the best from Bible study, we have to understand that the authors of the Greek text of the Bible were not making innovations with their use of words and phrases as they taught their respective audience God’s word.
Since they always referenced the scriptures, the context of their explanation therefore will be the Hebrew texts (Genesis to Malachi).
From the above explanation, it is important to know that the context of the Greek texts (Mathew to Revelation) is the Hebrew scriptures (Genesis to Malachi).
The authors never intended that their accounts and letters should replace the explanation of Moses and the prophets in the scriptures.
Therefore, the context of the scriptures is the Hebrew language in which the scriptures were written.
It is important to note that the law of Moses was the first writing in the scriptures and all other prophets of the scriptures took the same pattern of terms, verbiage, and illustrations used.
In other words, they all read the law of Moses; hence, the law of Moses is the fundamental theology of the scriptures.
Also, remember that Moses is accredited the authorship of the first five books of the scriptures (Genesis to Deuteronomy) and the audience of the book of Deuteronomy is the same audience as that of the book of Genesis – the Exodus people.
In other words, the book of Genesis and all the other first four books were written directly to the children of Israel who left Egypt in the Exodus.
Thus, the background of the book of Genesis is the Exodus and the background of the book of Exodus is the book of Genesis.
This has to be noticed. Observe the similarities in Deuteronomy 30 vs 15,19 – 20 and Genesis 2 vs 9,16 – 17. They were written to the same audience.
The author’s audience was unified in Deuteronomy 30 (which we have established so far as the Exodus people) with Adam in Genesis 2.
It thus implies that the author employed the narrative in Genesis 2 about Adam as a theology to teach about God and what he does.
In other words, the narrative of Adam in Genesis 2 was a historical fact that was employed in theology.
Therefore, the term “end of the world” was a phrase used by the authors of the scriptures to teach their respective audiences about the fulfillment of God’s promise on the earth.
Observe the reference in Deuteronomy 30 vs 20 concerning the land which the Lord swore unto their fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob).
It was a reference to the book of Genesis. Moses did make a whole lot of references to the promise God made unto their fathers.
The foundation of the world is about the plan and the promise and the end of the world is about the fulfillment of the plan and the promise of God in the earth.
HEBREWS 9 CONCLUSION
We can’t conclude this bible study without looking at Hebrews 9 vs 27 and 28:
Verse 27: And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Verse 28: So, Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look to him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Verse 27 reminds us that there is no salvation in the grave, it is important to note here that when an unsaved person is alive, he’s judged already because John 3 vs 18, the Bible says:
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
John 3 vs 36 says: “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
While the explanation of Hebrews 9 vs 28 means that Jesus has once and for all time settled the payment of sin and when he returns, he’s not coming for sin again but to take us home with him which is the rapture of our bodies.
The dead in Christ will rise first and we who remain will be caught up to be with Jesus! Glory to God! (1 Thessalonians 4 vs 16 – 17, 1 Corinthians 15 vs 51 – 52)
Am sure this message has blessed you our next study will be on the fellowship of the saints and study on the book of 2 Timothy 3 vs 16 – 17. Stay Blessed.
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