March 9, 2025

March 9  Hebrews 7

Here Jesus and Melchizedek are brought up together again.  "He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself." This is the reality that we cannot take for granted. Jesus' laid down his life at the cross as a sacrifice for us.  It was a once and for all time sacrifice that created a new covenant, a new relationship between God and man.  Through Jesus' death we find both forgiveness of sin and access to God in relationship as we are adopted as sons and daughters of God.  

The one reality of a one time- for all time- sacrifice is that it is not impossible for us to take it for granted. When they had to actually take an animal to the Temple and have it sacrificed because we have sinned, it made a clear awareness of sin.  It showed them how ugly and costly sin truly is.  We cannot forget the sacrifice that Jesus made for our sins or take it lightly. Our sins were forgiven, our salvation is free, but it cost Jesus his life.