John 7:32-36: The Ascension and Ministry of our Great High Priest

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Christ ascended into heaven to serve forever as our Great High Priest who atoned for our sin once and for all and lives forever to make intercession for all the saints.

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Hebrews 10:11–14 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Intro

What is Jesus doing in Heaven?
Have you ever wondered that?
Have you ever wondered what the theological significance was of the Ascension and what Jesus’ ascension into Heaven to be at the right hand of the Father means for your faith and your life today?
Usually Christians think about the Ascension they just think of it as Jesus moving to another place.
He was on earth and now He lives in Heaven.
But Christ’s work in heaven has spiritual benefit and significance for our life today.
He ascended to heaven to reign as King, and more, importantly for our purposes today, He ascended into heaven to serve forever as our Great High Priest.
We have a lot to get to today so we are going to jump right into John 7:32-36...

Narrative

John 7:32–36 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
Jesus is at the Feast of Booths in Jerusalem.
He is teaching the people in the Temple all while the Jews, the religious and political leaders of Jesus’ day, are seeking to kill Him.
And while He’s teaching the people are wondering, “Is this the Christ?”
So the Pharisees and the chief priests sent the Temple officers to arrest Him.
And seeing this, Jesus said something perplexing.
“I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”
What was Jesus talking about?
Well evidently this confused the Jews.
Where will He go that we won’t find Him?
Is He going to leave the country? Is He going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
Talking about Jews who were scattered all throughout the Roman Empire.
The Dispersion were those Jews who did not return to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile but stayed where they were.
But Jesus was not talking about going somewhere on the earth.
He was talking about going back to the Father in Heaven.
This again hits at the idea that Jesus is the Son of God who came down from Heaven.
He is not just another man. He is the Son of God incarnate in human flesh…the Messiah who came to save His people from their sins.
And what Jesus is saying is I am only here for a little while longer.
Soon…in only about 6 months Jesus would die.
The Jews would arrest Him, hand Him over to the Romans and crucify Him on a cross.
He would remain in the grave for three days, but then He would rise again.
And He would spend His last few weeks on earth preparing and training the Disciples…putting everything in order before Jesus ascended back to the Father where He is today.
That’s what Jesus is talking about.
Theologically, we call this the Ascension, and it is honestly one of the most under taught doctrines of our faith.
Usually when we think of Christ we think of His incarnation, sinless life, death and resurrection.
And we celebrate all those and what they mean for our salvation.
But we seldom think of the Ascension in the same way.
And that’s what I want to do.

What is the significance…the comfort…the promise of the Ascension and what does it mean for us today?

I think usually we don’t get much past the Ascension being just Jesus moving from Earth to Heaven.
Like He just went to Heaven to wait for a while until He comes back.
But as I hope to show you today, the ascension actually gives us precious gospel truths that are necessary to understand all the ramifications of Christ’s work and comfort and encourage us in our own Christian life.

King

Now one of the things you have to talk about when you talk about the Ascension is the exaltation of Christ as the King of kings and Lord of lords.
The Ascension was His enthronement His coronation.
Psalm 110:1, the most quoted verse in the New Testament, The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”
In the book of Acts, Peter says that this prophecy was fulfilled when Christ ascended into the heavens to return to God the Father (Acts 2:34-35).
Daniel looked forward to it.
Daniel 7:13–14 I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came [up] to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
Today Christ reigns in Heaven as King of kings and Lord of lords.
God has exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name (Phil 2:9).
Ephesians 1:20–21 [God] raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
So one of the things we should think of when we think of the Ascension is Jesus is King.
He is worthy of all glory and honor and praise.
Now this gives us great hope because as King He conquers all of our enemies and rules over all to our blessing and benefit (Eph 1:22-23).
Practically, that means that everyone in heaven and on earth is called to Worship Christ and submit to His rule.
And for us as a Church, we among all people should first and foremost worship Christ and serve Him diligently as a great King.
To live all of our lives in such a way that says Jesus is Lord.
But that’s not what I want to talk about today.
Because the context of the passage before us today focuses not on Jesus as reigning and ruling, but on Jesus as saving and that’s what I want to focus on today.
Because Jesus did not just go into Heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father as our King.
He also went into heaven to complete and fulfill His work as our Great High Priest.
And that’s the big idea for today.

Christ ascended into Heaven to fulfill His work as our Great High Priest and bestow on us all the blessings of salvation.

Psalm 110, the same Psalm that says The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool” also says in verse 4...
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.” (Psalm 110:4).
Jesus ascended into heaven not just as King but as Priest.
And He had to ascend into heaven to fulfill HIs work as our Great High Priest because Hebrews 8:4 says If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all.
So what does Christ’s Ascension have to do with His work as our Great High Priest?
What does the Ascension have to do with the gospel and why was it necessary for you and I to be saved?
We are going to answer that question in two parts...
First, as our Great High Priest, Christ ascended into Heaven to first and foremost secure for us an eternal redemption...
And second as our Great High Priest Christ ascended into Heaven to Preserve and Keep us by His ongoing intercession.
Number 1…

I. Christ Ascended into Heaven to Secure our Eternal Redemption by His Blood

Now to get this, we are going to have to do some serious theological work from the book of Hebrews.
But I want you to stick with me because by looking at how the sacrifices and the Priesthood of the Old Covenant always were types and shadows that pointed forward to Christ as our Great High Priest and one true sacrifice...
We will see more of the glorious atonement Christ purchased for us in what I hope is a whole new way.
First you’ve got to understand, the book of Hebrews was written to Jewish Christians suffering under intense and difficult persecution.
And the main message of the book of Hebrews is simple: Don’t go back.
Don’t go back to the Old Covenant. There’s nothing for you there. Its all been fulfilled in Christ.
He is the Mediator of a New and Better Covenant. A once for all salvation! But only if you hold fast!
And one of the main points the Author uses multiple chapters in the book of Hebrews to encourage the Hebrews to persevere in their faith is that Jesus is the True and Great High Priest who offered the True and Only Sacrifice in the True and Heavenly Holy of Holies to save us once and for all from all our sins.
And the Author of Hebrews connects this priestly work of Christ directly to His Ascension.
Hebrews 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, [that’s the Ascension] Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
And that passed through is intentional language.
Its more than Jesus just flying off into the sky.
Its meant to give you a picture of Christ passing through the heavens just as the High Priest of the Old Covenant passed through the veil into the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement.
Its a bread crumb all the way back in chapter 4 that’s meant to prepare the audience of Hebrews, and us, to see Christ as the true, once for all fulfillment of the priesthood and the Day of Atonement.
A bread crumb that comes out like a sledge hammer in Hebrews chapter 8.
Hebrews 8:1-2 and verses 5-6…
Hebrews 8:1–2, 5-6 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, [there’s that Ascension again] a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man…
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They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
Now this is key.
The Author of Hebrews says the Tabernacle, and later the Temple which was modeled after the Tabernacle, were a copy and shadow of the heavenly things.
Of a heavenly tabernacle.
God even told Moses, build it according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.
So the last half of Exodus where Moses gives all the intricate details of how to build the Tabernacle, the priestly vestments, the ark of the Covenant, the altar, and all parts of the Tabernacle He was only following a heavenly pattern.
The true, heavenly, spiritual temple not made by human hands, but the Lord.
And here’s the point.
The Tabernacle, the Priesthood, the Sacrifices…all the worship of the Old Testament…were all shadows and copies that pointed ultimately to Christ.
You can think of them like object lessons for the people of God.
Like when you teach your child math, you don’t just tell them 2+2 = 4.
You give them an object lesson.
2 m&ms + 2 m&ms = 4 m&ms.
We think of the Tabernacle and Old Covenant worship as highly complicated and ritualistic.
From God’s perspectives it was elementary lessons for toddlers preparing them for the true and ultimate reality of Jesus Christ.
So to see the glory of Christ as the fulfillment of these copies and shadows and give us a richer doctrine of the atonement I want to look at the copies and shadows and ask what do they show us about Christ.

Sacrifices

Let’s talk about sacrifices.

Laying Hands (Substitute)

First of all, the animal would need to be spotless and without blemish.
Having no defect obviously pointing forward to the perfect sinless sacrifice of Christ (1 Peter 1:19).
And when you would make an animal sacrifice, the first thing you would do would be lay your hand on its head and in doing this, Leviticus 1:4, it would be accepted to make atonement for them.
The idea behind this was to identify yourself with the animal to say “This animal represents me.”
And placing the hand on the head symbolized the sin of the worshiper being transferred to the sacrifice so that when the animal died they died in the worshipers placed.
It pictured a substitutionary sacrifice where the where the sacrifice would bear the penalty of sin the worshiper themselves deserved.
Now these animals did not actually pay for sins.
Hebrews 10:4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
But they did point forward to the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.
He died in our place for our sins.
He bore the penalty our sins deserved by shedding His own blood.

Pleasing Aroma

After that you would take the blood of the sacrifice and sprinkle it on the altar because the wages of sin is death, and life is in the blood (Rom 6:23, Lev 17:11).
Blood is what makes atonement for sin.
And then to some degree depending on the sacrifice, you would take part or most of the animal and burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the Lord (Lev. 1:9).
Now what’s that all about?
Well for one, the burning of the sacrifice represented the burning of God’s wrath against the sinner.
The sacrifice would be consumed or destroyed just as the sinner deserved to be.
And then that smoke would be a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Here’s the idea.
Sin is an odious stench to God.
It repulses Him.
In the same way that our stomachs church and we are offended and turn away from some rotten smell…our sin is pugnacious…and disgusting…and offensive before God.
There’s this loathing and abhorrence to our sin like a foul odor.
But by the sacrifice, the sin would be done away taking away the stench leaving only a pleasing, sweet, delightful aroma before the Lord.
God’s wrath and anger would be turned away leaving only God’s mercy, grace and favor for the worshiper.
Well Christ fulfills all that too.
He was crushed and consumed by God’s wrath when He hung on the Cross dying in our place.
And in Ephesians 5:2 it says that when Christ offered Himself up as a sacrifice He loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Or in other words, A pleasing aroma to the Lord.
His sacrifice made full satisfaction for our sins and took away all of their odious stench.
He turned God’s wrath into God’s favor.
Now instead of being abhorred by us God loves us and has covered us in His mercy, blessing, and grace.
The book of Leviticus really comes alive when you start seeing how it is all ultimately fulfilled in Christ.
And that takes us to the Day of Atonement.

Day of Atonement

This is in the forefront of the book of Hebrews.
When the Author talks about Christ as our Great High Priest, this is mostly what he has in mind.
On the Day of Atonement the High Priest would two sacrifices on behalf of the people.
One was a sin offering - a sacrifice of propitiation.
That’s what we talked about earlier.
A sacrifices that satisfies the wrath of God as a substitute for the sinner turning that wrath into favor.
And the High Priest would take the blood of that sacrifice pass through the veil into the Holy of Holies where God’s presence dwelt in the midst of His people and sprinkle the blood on the mercy seat as atonement for sin.
The other sacrifice was the scapegoat.
It was a sacrifice of expiation - a sacrifice that would take away someones guilt and sin and make them clean.
The High Priest would lay his hand on the head of this sacrifice and confess the sins of the people.
Then they would chase it off into the wilderness never to be seen again as a picture of God removing our sin as far from us as east is form the west.
And Christ as our Great High Priest and one True Sacrifice fulfilled all of this regarding the Day of Atonement through His death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven.
Hebrews 9:11–12, 24 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves [that’s the Day of Atonement] but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption... Not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Now this is where it can get really confusing. so I want to try and simplify it for you.
I told you this was some really heavy duty theology and what makes it really so difficult is that its difficult from two sides:
The Old Testament background which is unfamiliar to most people.
And the spiritual nature of what Christ is talking about…This heavenly tabernacle, heavenly holies of holies, a greater and more perfect tent not made with hands.
So here’s really the point.
The sacrifices, the priesthood, the Tabernacle and the Day of Atonement, were all just a type, a copy or a shadow…a vague blurry picture…of the kind of redemption Christ would bring.
But it wasn’t the real thing.
But when Christ brought the real thing it was a better redemption and a better atonement because it was the absolute fulfillment of all the copies and shadows.
So Christ doesn’t bring a Day of Atonement that has to be repeated again and again and again.
He brought an atonement that was once for all…an eternal redemption for everyone who believes in Him and trusts in His blood.
That is the big idea you should be taking out of this.
And all this talk of Christ passing through the heavens and entering the heavenly holy of Holies, what you should be seeing is the fulfillment of the shadow.
You can almost think of Christ’s ascension into heaven and entering this heavenly Holy of Holies as a ratification or confirmation of His work on earth.
He purchased our redemption on the cross not with the blood of bulls and goats but with His own precious blood and then He went to heaven to stand before God on our behalf has our Great High Priest and once for all atoning sacrifice.
The once for all Day of Atonement and complete and absolute fulfillment of the Old Covenant Priesthood, Tabernacle, and sacrifices.
In other words, full atonement…the fullness of redemption…and complete, once for all, and eternal salvation.
Confirmed when the veil was torn at Jesus death
That’s why Hebrews 6:19-20 says We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Christ’s ascension into heaven was the consummation of His work on the cross.
He ascended into heaven to serve as our Mediator and Great High Priest before God on our behalf forever pleading His blood poured out for us.
That’s why in Christ we have an eternal redemption.
Our advocate and Great High Priest does not serve in a tent made with hands. He serves in the very presence of God Himself.
And here’s where this gets really cool.
You see where it says into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf?
That forerunner says that we follow him there behind the curtain, into the heavenly Holy of Holies, into the very presence of God Himself.
What this promises is not just an eternal redemption but a full redemption.
Remember, the High Priest could not go into the Holy of Holies but once a year and even then only by blood.
Why? He would die because of His sin.
But we are invited in because all of our sin has been put away once and for all by the blood of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 9:26).
And now we have the fullness of salvation and full reconciliation with God Himself.
Hebrews 10:19–22 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
This is what Christ accomplished for us on our behalf. Full atonement. Full cleansing.
To the point where we enter the Holy of Holies, full fellowship and communion with God without any fear because all of our sin has been forgiven and Hebrews 10:14 Christ has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
So through Christ, our Great High Priest who offered His life as a sacrifice on the cross and ascended into God’s heavenly Holy of Holies to appear before God on our behalf we have a full redemption and eternal redemption by His precious blood.
Number 2, as our Great High Priest, Christ ascended into heaven not only to secure our full and eternal redemption, but also to continually preserve us by His ongoing intercession.

II. Christ Ascended into Heaven to Preserve us by His Ongoing Intercession

That was the difficult stuff. The heavy theology.
This is the comforting stuff. The sweetness and kindness of Christ interceding for us as our Great High Priest.
Hebrews 7:23–25 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
This is one of the sweetest most precious truths in the whole Bible.
Believer do you know Christ prays for you in Heaven?
He prays for your faith.
For your courage and strength.
For your blessing.
For your perseverance and endurance.
For protection against the world and the enemy.
For your faithfulness, holiness, and battle against temptation.
Christ prays fo you and God always hears His prayers (John 11:42).
And look what it says. He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him.
Uttermost carries the idea of overflowing abundance with no lack.
There will be nothing lacking in your salvation, in your perseverance and endurance because Christ lives forever to make intercession and pray for you.
Here’s what that means.
Nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Not sin.
Not enemies - whether spiritual or worldly.
And not bitter providences.

Sin

Not sin.
No sin can ever separate you from Christ because Christ paid for it.
But also when we are tempted, Christ does not leave us to fight by ourselves.
He invites us to run to Him for help.
Hebrews 4:15-16 We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Do you fight temptation that way?
Do you run to Christ or do you try to white knuckle it by your own power?

Enemies

What about enemies?
This is a word we desperately need today as the principalities and powers, the servants of Satan at work in the sons of disobedience, those of the world, to make war on Christ and His Church.
Christ’s promise is they will not overcome you.
We are more than conquerers in Christ who conquered all our enemies on our behalf.
When He ascended into heaven God said Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool under your feet (Psalm 110:1).
That on the cross He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame (Colossians 2:15).
No enemy can touch you because Christ rules over even our enemies.
And no matter what they might do to our body they can never touch our souls which are secure in Christ.

Bitter Providences

And finally, Bitter Providences.
The hard things in life.
The valley of the shadow of death.
Even none of these will make you fall away for Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me (Psalm 23:4).
You can never and will never fall away from Christ.
You will inherit the salvation He has promised you because He Himself upholds you by His almighty power.
Not sin, not enemies, nor bitter providences can ever separate you from Christ.
That’s the Promise of Romans 8:33-39…
Romans 8:33–39 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Remember Peter who the Lord predicted would deny Him three times.
But what kept Him from falling away?
Luke 22:31–32 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail.
It was Christ’s prayers. Christ’s intercession.
Left to ourselves we would all be sifted like wheat.
But because Christ lives forever to intercede for us at the right hand of the Father we are safe and secure, and have free access to all the grace we could ever need to stay faithful to Christ.

Christ ascended into heaven to serve forever as our Great High Priest.

He appeared before the Father on our behalf…He ascended to stand in the gap as our Mediator who forever atoned for all our sins.
And He lives today to make intercession for us.
There is no other Priest.
There is no other Mediator who can save us once and for all from all our sins (1 Timothy 2:5).
There is only Christ.
And that takes us to point number 3…

III. Seek the Lord while He May Be Found

This is where we go back to John chapter 7.
John 7:33–34 I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
This is not just a statement of fact about Christ’s ascension.
It is a spiritual call to action…for everyone to put their faith in Jesus Christ.
And this is the main point and application of this passage.
When Jesus says you will seek me and you will not find me and Where I am you cannot come, what He is saying is as long as they reject Him they will never know eternal life or salvation.
Remember, they are seeking to arrest Jesus.
And as long as they refuse to embrace Christ and come to Him as the Messiah they cannot be saved.
They cannot go where Jesus is. They cannot draw near to the Father.
We see this in a couple of parallel passages.
In John 13:33, 13:36 Jesus says almost this same thing to his disciples, but ends it with Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward, meaning those that follow Jesus will follow Him where He is going.
And then in John 8:21 Jesus is again talking to the Jews.
He says I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
Notice the parallels and the difference.
Now instead of saying You will seek me and you will not find me, He says You will seek me and you will die in your sin.
So finding Jesus is coming to Him for salvation.
And that’s basically what Jesus is saying. He is the only way to salvation because 1 Timothy 2:5 There is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
And Acts 4:12: There is no other name under heaven...by which we must be saved.
So when Jesus says I am with you a little longer, He is saying the day of God’s grace would not be extended forever.
Judgement will come.
That’s was true then and that’s true now.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
Paul said “Behold, now is ‘the acceptable time,’ behold, now is ‘the day of salvation’ ” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
What Jesus said then, He says today.
Do not delay.
Why will you did in your sins. Come to Christ that you might be saved.
Without Him you cannot be forgiven of your sin.
He is the only Priest that can atone for you and keep you.
The only one that can cleanse you and wash you by His blood.
That’s why Hebrews says Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. (Hebrews 4:7).
Where else can you go to have your sins forgiven?
Where else can you find such a merciful and faithful High Priest?
Where else can you find the full once for all atonement for all.
Put your faith in Christ. Trust in His death and resurrection…His saving work on your behalf and you will be saved.
How? By grace through faith.
Remember how the sacrifices of Old Covenant were slain?
The sinner put their hand on the head of the sacrifice.
They confessed their sins and symbolically put them off and transferred them onto the sacrifice as their substitute.
Well in the same way we must also lay the hand of faith on Christ.
He is The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29).
The perfect lamb without spot or blemish (1 Peter 1:19).
And the hand that enjoys the blessings and benefits of His salvation is the hand that lays ahold of Him by faith.
Trust in Christ…Put your faith in Him and you will be saved.

Christian

And for the Christian… what a wonderful and merciful High Priest we have!

Christ ascended into heaven to serve forever as our Great High Priest who atoned for our sin once and for all and lives forever to make intercession for all the saints.

By His blood we have full atonement and the full assurance of our salvation.
All of our sins have been forgiven once and for all in Him...
And He lives forever to keep us and uphold us by His hand.
With such a Great and Merciful High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, Hebrews 4:14, let us hold fast our confession.
And Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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