SCRIPTURE

Studied: Hebrews 9

OBSERVATION

Hebrews 9:25-28 ~ The high priest enters the Most Holy Place once every year with blood that is not his own. But Christ did not offer himself many times. Then he would have had to suffer many times since the world was made. But Christ came only once and for all time at just the right time to take away all sin by sacrificing himself. Just as everyone must die once and then be judged, so Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And he will come a second time, not to offer himself for sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

APPLICATION

A comparison was used here in these verses between what the high priests did in the Most Holy Place annually using the blood of an animal (not their own), compared to what Christ did when His blood was shed on Calvary once and for all. Near the end of these verses I am reminded that Christ will come again a second time, not to repeat the offering of Himself on a cross, but to save us, or collect us that are watching and waiting for Him. My child might wait at the front door of my home waiting for me, but not a stranger visiting our home, so it is with the return of Jesus. He will return for those who are ready, watching and waiting for Him – His kids! Praise God that I am a child of the King longing to see the return of my Savior to take me out of this sinful, stressful, mean world.

PRAYER

While I anxiously await your return Lord Jesus, I pray that You will give me the gift of encouragement to speak with those that I come in contact with, and my family members that still have not accepted You as Lord of their lives, so that on that day when You return to take us home, we all will be ready, watching and waiting for You. Please speak to individuals even today so that they we will be a people ready for Your return. There would be no greater joy than to know that all of my family members would be by my side as You welcome us home! At this time, I don’t believe that all members have accepted the gift that You offer, and this troubles me deeply. Please speak with them again today and help them to realize that TODAY is the day of salvation. Not because of my impatience, but because of the urgency of Your calling and the lack of assurance that they will have another chance tomorrow. Thank You for loving me so much that You gave, so that I may enjoy that gift throughout eternity!