Shall we dig a little deeper into the chapter?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 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. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
In this passage the preacher points out that a testament, that is a will in other words, does not take effect until the testator dies. The same is true with the New Testament that Jesus wrought when He walked the Earth two thousand years ago. It took His death as a sin offering for all to put the New Testament into effect. This had not happened in the Old Testament. The Old Testament was like Someone’s will left in the filing cabinet until He dies. Therefore, the Old Testament had no power to save from sin, only to cover that sin until the New Testament went into effect.
But the suffering and death of the Savior made a permanent and lasting effect, back dated to the foundation of the world. For everyone who believed, from Abel to now, is redeemed by the blood of Jesus. No other offering need be made. God did it all. Sin no longer has dominion over humanity. We are free to serve God as He intended in the Garden of Eden.
Now we look forward to the return of the Prophet, High Priest and King of Righteousness, so long as we remain faithful to Him.
Do you look forward to His return? You can tell by the “signs of the times” that He is coming back really soon, like any minute now.
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