We focus on eternal atonement.

 

 

Hebrews 9:12 says: "He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;

but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood,

thus obtaining eternal redemption."

The term "atonement" translates the Hebrew word "kaphar" and the Greek word "katallage,"

meaning "to cover," "to remove," or "to take away a fault."

It refers to the act of making amends for sin (Internet).

In the Bible, "atonement" specifically refers to the work of Jesus Christ,

the Son of God, who shed His blood and died on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.

In the Old Testament, a sin offering was required to atone for sins.

This offering, called a "sin offering," aimed at forgiveness of sins

and the restoration of the broken relationship with God due to those sins.

This practice symbolized the atoning work of Jesus Christ (Internet).

We were once placed under the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).

To receive salvation from the law of sin and death, we needed a sin offering.

Therefore, we had to offer a sin offering to God.

Because we were enemies of God (Romans 5:10), reconciliation required a peace offering.

The Father, God, appointed His Son, Jesus Christ, as "Himself" (Romans 8:3)

to be both the sin offering and the peace offering (Chang Seh Kim).

Now, no longer with the blood of goats and calves, but with the blood of Jesus Christ,

He achieved eternal redemption once for all by entering the Most Holy Place (Hebrews 9:12).\

"If the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those

who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean,

how much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit

offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,

so that we may serve the living God!" (Hebrews 9:13-14).

Therefore, it is through Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new covenant,

that we, who have been called by God, receive the promised eternal inheritance,

as He atoned for the sins committed under the first (old) covenant

by shedding His blood on the cross (Hebrews 9:15).

Therefore, we focus on the eternal atonement of Jesus Christ.