![]() ![]() He has come to do away with sin by offering himself. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. But he has appeared once and for all time. 26 If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But Christ did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again. He enters with blood that is not his own. 25 The high priest enters the Most Holy Room every year. He did it to stand in front of God for us. That tent was only a copy of the true one. 24 Christ did not enter a sacred tent made with human hands. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. But the heavenly things themselves had to be made pure with better sacrifices. Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV / 2 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Without the spilling of blood, no one can be forgiven.Ģ3 So the copies of the heavenly things had to be made pure with these sacrifices. ![]() 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be made “clean” with blood. He also sprinkled everything that was used in worship there. 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant God has commanded you to keep.” ( Exodus 24:8) 21 In the same way, he sprinkled the holy tent with blood. He also took water, bright red wool and branches of a hyssop plant. 19 Moses first announced every command of the law to all the people. 18 That’s why even the first covenant was not put into effect without the spilling of blood. It never takes effect while the one who made it is still living. 17 A will is in effect only when somebody has died. Paul to God while, on the other hand, in 2Timothy 1:14 a trust committed by God to Timothy is spoken of. He died to set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.ġ6 What happens when someone leaves a will? It is necessary to prove that the person who made the will has died. (14) That good thing which was committed unto thee.-'The good thing committed unto thee,' or the deposit, differs from the 'deposit' of 2Timothy 1:12, inasmuch as the 'deposit' of 2Timothy 1:12 was something committed by St. They will receive it now that Christ has died to save them. Now those God calls to himself will receive the eternal gift he promised. But now we can serve the living God.ġ5 That’s why Christ is the go-between of a new covenant. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. ![]() He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. 14 But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. ![]()
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