One Offering

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. - Hebrews 10:14

    I know that some of these old Jews were blessed with an understanding of the ceremonies and sacrifices. Some of them (like Abraham and Abel) looked to “the Lamb of God.” But the bondage of the ceremonial law was such a burden! They were hedged in by a thousand commandments, requirements, and prohibitions. They were always in danger of being defiled or unclean. If they sat on a certain stool or lay on a certain bed, defiled! If they drank from a certain pitcher or touched a wall a leprous man touched, defiled! If they ate a certain food, did a certain deed, walked too many steps on a certain day, defiled! A thousand sins of ignorance were like hidden pits before them. They must be in constant fear lest they be cut off. No Jew talked of a finished work. The bullock was offered, but there must be another. The lamb was slain, but there must be another. The atonement was made, but there must be another. The high priest went into the holiest, but he must return next year. There was no end to these things, for they could never take away sin! “Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?” (Gal. 4:21). “But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God” (Heb. 10:12). The blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin forever; and where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.